Kulu's Abnormal Behavior

That day, Bai Yuan was leisurely practicing Tai Chi in the hall.

As his control over his strength deepened by the day, he gradually discovered the true terror of Tai Chi.

As the saying went, the Dao gave birth to One, One gave birth to Two, Two gave birth to Three, and Three gave birth to all things. Tai Chi was precisely a martial art capable of evolving countless variations of force.

Take Hong, for example. As a grandmaster of Internal Martial Arts, he had brought Tai Chi to the pinnacle of mastery.

A peak sixth-level domain could actually unleash the power of an eighth-level domain in his hands.

And what Bai Yuan excelled at most was the way of switching between offense and defense.

Tai Chi was undoubtedly the martial art best suited to him.

In truth, he had never learned any other Earth martial arts. This set of Tai Chi was something he had learned from his grandfather in his previous life.

However, Bai Yuan had not simply copied it wholesale. Instead, he had incorporated his own understanding and insights into the original framework of Tai Chi.

Just as he finished an entire set of forms, Xingwu's voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"Master, you have mail."

Bai Yuan opened the message, and his brows immediately furrowed slightly.

"A message from Kulu?"

His impression of Kulu was neither particularly bad nor particularly good.

The man was courteous to him, but only because Bai Yuan's talent and background surpassed his own.

If it had been an ordinary person instead, let alone speaking as equals, it would have been polite enough if Kulu did not trample them underfoot.

Opening the message, Bai Yuan saw that Kulu wanted to invite him to meet and talk. He claimed to have discovered the inheritance of a Universe Realm expert and was willing to split the gains with him after the matter was done.

Bai Yuan merely glanced at it before directly pretending he had never seen it.

"With so many fellow senior brothers and sisters in Hundred Tiger Tower, he comes looking for an outsider like me instead? Does he really think I'm an idiot?"

He vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but he could not immediately pinpoint the problem.

On the other side, seeing that his message had gone unanswered for so long, Kulu could not help but reveal a helpless expression.

"Master ordered me to lure him into the cave, but he won't respond to me at all."

Originally, Master had intended to focus on cultivating him, until he learned of Bai Yuan's existence from Kulu.

After that, Master decisively changed his plan and resolved to enslave Bai Yuan.

Unfortunately, Bai Yuan simply refused to take the bait.

Next, Kulu kept sending messages and occasionally entered the Virtual Universe, hoping he might run into Bai Yuan.

Yet Bai Yuan never replied, nor was there any sign of him in the Virtual Universe. It was as though he had vanished from the face of the earth.

Kulu found the matter increasingly troublesome. Master's orders could not be allowed to fail, yet the target was nowhere to be found.

Left with no choice, he could only go find Luwa.

The moment Luwa saw Kulu, he was so frightened that he nearly fainted, his face turning deathly pale as he staggered back two steps.

"You... you're actually not dead!"

Kulu waved a hand and said calmly, "Don't be nervous. I'm the same as you now—we both work for Master."

Hearing this, Luwa relaxed slightly, but his heart remained full of shock.

Kulu was no ordinary person. He was an elite disciple of Hundred Tiger Tower.

Even if Master was quite powerful, before a colossal force like Hundred Tiger Tower, he was no more than an ant.

How exactly had Master subdued him? And what made him so certain Kulu would not betray them?

If Kulu reported this matter to Hundred Tiger Tower, every one of them would die without a burial place.

"What did you come to ask me? Don't come looking for me if it's about fighting." Luwa steadied himself, his tone guarded.

"Don't worry. I know perfectly well what you're capable of," Kulu said indifferently.

"I only want to know Bai Yuan's address. You should know it, right?"

Luwa nodded. He indeed knew that information.

However, Bai Yuan's background was far too formidable. He did not dare provoke him lightly.

After obtaining Bai Yuan's address, Kulu hurried without pause toward the castle where he lived.

The moment Kulu appeared outside the castle, its detection system immediately picked up his presence.

"Well, damn. He came straight to my doorstep!" Bai Yuan was secretly alarmed.

At this moment, Bai Yuan could be completely certain that there was a major problem here!

If ordinary people learned the location of an inheritance, they would desperately want to monopolize all the benefits, perhaps even silencing everyone who knew about it.

But Kulu was different. Not only did he insist on sharing this secret with Bai Yuan, he had even persistently come knocking at his door. It was practically an admission of guilt.

"Interesting. I'll ask someone else."

Bai Yuan immediately took a screenshot of Kulu's message and forwarded it to Pusis.

About two minutes later, Pusis called directly.

The moment the call connected, Pusis immediately asked, "What's going on? Kulu never mentioned this to us. Why did he contact you directly?"

"Even if he really wanted to tell you, if you didn't reply, he could have gone to someone else. Why was he so fixated on you?"

Bai Yuan shrugged. "If I knew, I wouldn't have messaged you to ask."

Pusis fell silent for a moment, her tone gradually turning grave.

"Tell me what you think. What exactly is going on with Junior Brother Kulu?"

Bai Yuan did not beat around the bush and directly voiced the three possibilities he had considered.

"Tell me what you think. What exactly is going on with Junior Brother Kulu?"

Bai Yuan did not beat around the bush and directly voiced the three possibilities he had considered.

"I have three theories. Help me analyze them."

"First, I defeated him last time, and he bears a grudge against me. He wants me dead, and this so-called inheritance of a Universe Realm expert doesn't exist at all—it's just an excuse to lure me out."

"Second, there really is an inheritance from a Universe Realm expert, but he doesn't want the Hundred Tiger Tower to know. If that's true, then he's either an infiltrator or has some grievance against the Hundred Tiger Tower."

"Third, and this is the most absurd one, someone has controlled him—and the person controlling him is targeting me."

After hearing him out, Pusis pondered for a while before slowly speaking.

"The first possibility is unlikely. Although Junior Brother Kulu's character isn't exactly upright, he isn't petty. He has always admired genuine experts and geniuses."

"The second possibility is even less likely. The Hundred Tiger Tower conducts thorough background checks on every disciple. It wouldn't be easy to hide from the organization's investigation."

"The strongest forces in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Sector are no more than the Two Great Holy Lands, the Four Great Organizations, and the Sixteen Families. The Sixteen Families are hardly worth mentioning, while the Two Great Holy Lands have always kept out of our affairs. As for the other three organizations..."

Pusis's tone carried a trace of hesitation.

The Hundred Tiger Tower, Black Cloud Society, North Dragon City, and Three Axe Mountain—the four great cosmic organizations—had deep roots in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. They were colossal forces, ones even the imperial family was reluctant to provoke lightly.

Immortals had indeed emerged from the Hundred Tiger Tower in its history, but beings of that level had long since gone to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom or other, broader realms.

In that regard, it was inferior to the Blade Clan.

Although the Blade Clan's Immortal was usually not within the clan, they always cared for their people, often bringing back resources and Secret Techniques.

The reason the Blade Clan had produced so many experts was not only due to the efforts of its clansmen, but also inseparable from that Immortal's assistance.

"So you think the other three organizations wouldn't plant spies?" Bai Yuan asked.

Pusis shook her head. "Not exactly. It's just that if he really were a spy, he shouldn't be acting like this. What he's done is far too obvious, which makes it seem less likely."

Bai Yuan frowned slightly, his voice lowering. "If the first two possibilities don't hold up, then only the third remains... Could it really be him?"

Naturally, the person he thought of was Bai Luoyan.

But if a World Lord truly wanted to kill him, would they need to go to such trouble?

No matter what, he had to make thorough preparations!