"Reporting to the Sect Master, those shops are not under the Divine Blood Sect. Their managers will not obey this disciple's orders. If I go alone, I fear I will be unable to summon them here." Ji Shao answered cautiously, as though afraid of provoking Song Wen's anger.
Song Wen thought of something else and asked instead.
"Are there any intelligence shops belonging to the Divine Blood Sect in the black market?"
"Yes, there are two in total," Ji Shao said.
"Did those Rogue Cultivators go to either of our Divine Blood Sect's intelligence shops to sell information regarding the Lightning-Avoiding Divine Willow?" Song Wen asked.
"No," Ji Shao replied.
Song Wen's eyes immediately sharpened.
"So, when those Rogue Cultivators sold the information, they deliberately avoided the Divine Blood Sect's shops?"
"That should be the case," Ji Shao said.
A cold smile suddenly curled across Song Wen's lips.
He became increasingly convinced that the matter of the Lightning-Avoiding Divine Willow had most likely been fabricated.
As for those so-called Rogue Cultivators; the several intelligence shops receiving the relevant information; Wu Jin personally going to the black market, ordering the sale of that information to cease, and tracking down those Rogue Cultivators—whether any of these things had truly happened remained questionable!
To verify these matters, the key lay with Wu Jin. Yet Wu Jin's whereabouts were unknown!
And after the person behind the scenes had gone to such painstaking lengths, their target was most likely him!
Who exactly was that person?
Qingxuanzi?
Or some Tribulation Transcendence cultivator seeking the complete cultivation method of the Corpse King Reincarnation Art?
"Elder Gu Shou, please accompany Deacon Ji Shao on this trip," Song Wen said calmly, revealing none of his thoughts.
"Yes!"
With that response, Daoist Gu Shou and Ji Shao flew away through