Two Birds with One Stone, Undercurrents Stirring [Please Vote]

"The Zhang Family's Spirit Transformation Old Ancestor has been assassinated!"

"What! He was a Spirit Transformation Cultivator! Could a Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivator have struck from the shadows?"

As news of the Zhang Family's Spirit Transformation Old Ancestor's death spread, the Spirit Transformation cultivators on the front lines grew tense.

Spirit Transformation cultivators had fallen in the fighting before, but this was the first time someone had slipped into a stronghold and killed one without a sound.

The war had entered a fiercer stage. Even the Ice God Palace was shocked by the news—and after the shock came fury. Someone was fanning the flames.

"Who is the killer? To infiltrate a stronghold and kill a Spirit Transformation Cultivator without alerting anyone in the Market... even if the victim was at the early stage, no ordinary Spirit Transformation Cultivator could have done it."

The Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarchs on both sides began speculating. There were only so many Spirit Transformation cultivators to consider.

While both sides were still guessing, the Buddhist Glazed Saintess received a letter.

"Six hundred li outside the Border Stronghold. An exchange for intelligence—"

The Glazed Saintess, who looked like a young girl, studied the letter, suspicion showing in her cold eyes.

An exchange for intelligence?

The meeting place lay in the heart of the current fighting. If it was an ambush, either side could escape easily.

Confident in her strength and reassured by the distance, the Glazed Saintess considered it briefly, then decided to go.

Rogue Cultivators trading intelligence for cultivation resources was hardly unusual in the Cultivation World.

Six hundred li away, a quiet pool lay among hillsides scarred by spells from the war.

"Master, with the way you wrote that, I doubt she'll believe it."

By the pool, Jin Feng perched on a branch. Watching