Countering Enemy Intelligence, Seizing the Advantage of Terrain (Part 1)

In Yinan Garden, the extraction of Seven-Turn Peaceful Incense continued, but progress was worrying.

Without a master perfumer like Jiu Yan, the insufficiently refined materials caused mishaps of every size during the incense-making process, seriously dragging down an already dismal pace. Nearly two months had passed, yet only seven portions of supreme-grade Seven-Turn Peaceful Incense had been successfully made. They were still a world away from the required fifty portions.

"That Madame You is clearly stalling." Flower Lady struck at the heart of the matter, but Bai Lian remained unmoved.

Flower Lady was not truly angry either. Since the Bodhisattva had taken notice, they had all the time in the world to wear her down. "Earlier, she even asked me about Lu Suhua. She seemed quite uneasy about her whereabouts. It looks like the grudge she bears against Lu Suhua will be hard to dissolve."

"Yes, but once she enters beneath the Bodhisattva's seat, the dust of former days will no longer matter so much."

Both of them were rather indifferent toward the matter. Silence once again descended upon the room. Bai Lian experimented with new formulas, while Flower Lady reviewed intelligence reports sent in from every direction. Only when she saw something interesting did she mention it to Bai Lian. Sometimes she received a response, sometimes she did not, yet she never tired of it.

"This news is interesting. Someone else is preaching nearby... Hmm, under the name of the Ten Directions Great Venerable."

Naturally, they knew who the Ten Directions Great Venerable was. Multiple sources of intelligence, including Miaoxiang, had been enough to reconstruct most of the details of the previous struggle over the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion.

On the other hand, they actually knew more than the overwhelming majority of people.

It was precisely because Flower Lady