The Holy Spirit Cult's protection of Ma Xiaotao was far tighter than Dai Yunze had imagined. During the day, he had taken Scorpion Tiger Douluo around the main headquarters, yet they had been unable to get anywhere near that area. It seemed Zhongli Wu had long since ordered that he was not to approach Ma Xiaotao.
There were not many high-ranking members of the Holy Spirit Cult currently staying at the main headquarters. The rest were Holy Spirit disciples, along with a handful of relatively valued outer members known as Holy Servants.
Although Zhongli Wu had never announced his identity to the others, everyone at the main headquarters respectfully addressed him as "Your Highness the Holy Son" whenever they saw him, even if those people were also the ones preventing him from approaching Ma Xiaotao's location.
Now that Dai Yunze had begun maintaining the persona of an Evil Soul Master, he naturally had to put on an extremely displeased expression whenever those beneath him in status stopped him. However, he did not say much. After being blocked, he simply left with Scorpion Tiger Douluo.
The only regrettable thing was that he did not possess a soul skill like Spiritual Simulation or Spiritual Interference. In a place where he needed to infiltrate and gather intelligence, that made it difficult for him to act freely. Spirit Detection could be used, but he would have to release his Martial Soul, and that would be no different from telling those people that he was up to something.
However, Dai Yunze had his own means of gathering information; he simply had to wait until night to use them. Besides, he had already established contact with Ma Xiaotao. His wandering around was not only to avoid suspicion, but also to see whether he could run into