Holy Spirit Cult: Do We Have a Spy?

"Cult Leader! Is Xuan Zi, one of Shrek's Sea God Pavilion members, really an undercover agent of our Holy Spirit Cult?"

The speaker was an ordinary Holy Spirit Cult member of no particularly high status, but Zhongli Wu happened to be passing by at that moment.

So he took the opportunity to ask their Cult Leader.

"Uh..." Zhongli Wu was speechless. As the Holy Spirit Cult's Cult Leader, he was not truly in charge; the Supreme Cult Leader and the Chief Consecrator were above him. At best, he could be considered a man of considerable status.

But he could not be considered the Holy Spirit Cult's true leader.

After all, while he could command most members, there were some he could not command. He did not know about such matters either. He was curious too. He had no idea whether they really had a spy in Shrek, and the book's contents made an awful lot of sense.

"Xuan Zi can get people killed while hunting Soul Beasts tens of thousands of years old, and even get people killed when facing Evil Soul Masters with Soul Skills at the Soul Saint level. Just how useless is he? Could he really be a spy Mother planted in Shrek?"

As Zhongli Wu read the book's contents, he had people investigate whether they were true. The results showed that none of it was false, though some details might have been exaggerated.

But if the contents were true, then did that mean Xuan Zi really was a Holy Spirit Cult spy? Just not one from his era—back when he had yet to entered the Holy Spirit Cult's decision-making circle.

Zhongli Wu had originally wanted to ask his mother, Ye Xishui, but she was currently with Long Xiaoyao.

For the moment, he decided not to disturb them and simply send the materials over.

"Take this to the Supreme Cult Leader and the Chief Consecrator. Have them look at it."

"Understood."

Soon afterward, in Long Xiaoyao's room, Long Xiaoyao quickly saw the Supreme Elder's Secret Transmission.

"What is this?"

"The Cult Leader asked me to deliver it to you, Consecrator. Word is spreading outside that Xuan Zi, the Shrek Sea God Pavilion member, is our undercover agent."

"What?!!!"

Long Xiaoyao was dumbfounded. As the Holy Spirit Cult's Chief Consecrator, there were many things he could not interfere with, because Ye Xishui had him completely under her thumb.

There was nothing he could do about many matters, but his status was still far from low. If an important Shrek member had been planted in Shrek by the Holy Spirit Cult as a spy, how could he not know? He immediately began reading the contents.

"Th-These contents... are they true?"

Long Xiaoyao stared at the passages describing how Xuan Zi could get people killed against Soul Beasts tens of thousands of years old, and how several students, along with Evil Soul Masters at the Soul Emperor and Soul Saint levels, could cause the deaths of a group of outstanding talents. It was simply absurd.

"These are the relevant records we investigated. Take a look."

Long Xiaoyao began reading through the materials. The contents were all bloody and damning, and the evidence made him unable to help wondering whether Xuan Zi truly was a spy planted by the Holy Spirit Cult.

"What's going on?"

Ye Xishui walked over. She had just been working on a Soul Tool and had only now returned after finishing it.

"Xishui, tell me—are the contents of this book true? Is Xuan Zi really a spy our Holy Spirit Cult planted in Shrek?!!!"

"What?!!! Xuan Zi is a spy planted by our Holy Spirit Cult? How could I not know about that?!!!"

Ye Xishui was dumbfounded. She knew of Xuan Zi; he was an important figure under Shrek's Mu En, someone who would protect Shrek and eventually take over Mu En's position.

But now Long Xiaoyao was telling her that Xuan Zi was a spy?

Even this old witch, who had lived for who knew how many years, did not know what to say. She had no idea whether Xuan Zi was a spy, and she was also curious where Long Xiaoyao had heard such information.

"First tell me why Xuan Zi is supposedly a spy. Where did this information come from? Tell me that first."

"See for yourself."

Long Xiaoyao handed the book, along with the Holy Spirit Cult's investigation materials, to Ye Xishui.

"Pfft! Hahaha! Hahahahahaha! Hahaha!!!"

After Ye Xishui read through it, she laughed in disbelief. The reason was simple: the contents were too absurd.

A level-98 Title Douluo protecting a few students at the Soul Emperor and Soul King levels, yet still getting them killed while fighting Evil Soul Masters or Soul Emperors and Soul Saints—and even getting students killed against Soul Beasts tens of thousands of years old? It was ridiculous!

"I can tell you plainly that Xuan Zi is absolutely not a spy. If that guy were a spy, how could I possibly not know? After reading this, I can understand why people would suspect him, but there is only one explanation: Xuan Zi is simply too useless. He cannot be a spy. If he really were one, how could I not know? So it is impossible. He absolutely cannot be a spy!"

After hearing that, Long Xiaoyao more or less understood. Put simply, Xuan Zi was so useless that people suspected him of being a spy.

Long Xiaoyao was speechless as well. A level-98 Super Douluo was only one step away from becoming an Ultimate Douluo, yet he could still get so many students killed. It seemed Xuan Zi really was so incompetent that people suspected him of being a spy.

Since Ye Xishui had explicitly guaranteed that Xuan Zi could not possibly be a spy planted by their Holy Spirit Cult, then that settled it. Long Xiaoyao did not think Ye Xishui would lie to him.

"By the way, I want to ask how the contents of these books were spread around. Who did it? And why were all the things Xuan Zi did exposed in this book? Shrek should have kept such information well protected, shouldn't they?"

"I don't know either. Some lower-ranking Holy Spirit Cult members gave me these books. I only told you after seeing what was inside."

After hearing Long Xiaoyao's words, Ye Xishui also began wondering who was targeting Shrek. Shrek fought Evil Soul Masters, so its relationship with the Holy Spirit Cult, founded by Evil Soul Masters, was naturally hostile. But who had spread this information? And who could know such things?

Anyone who knew these details about Shrek had to be a confidential insider. After all, these were shameful matters—how could Shrek possibly let outsiders know? Therefore, it had to be a confidential member who leaked them.