"Commander Xuanyuan, we found no heretical cultivators from Moon Worship Tower or the other factions, but a few Otherworlders have slipped in."
At the foot of the arena outside the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, a plainclothes member of the White Tiger Armor leaned toward Xuanyuan Xueluo's ear and spoke quietly.
"Otherworlders?"
Xuanyuan Xueluo frowned slightly.
The existence of Otherworlders was no longer much of a secret in this world, and the White Tiger Armor naturally had ways to identify them.
"Yes. Look at those two collecting their waist badges up ahead. I just rubbed ox-horn powder on my nose and sniffed them out. They have a peculiar orchid fragrance."
The White Tiger Armor soldier answered Xuanyuan Xueluo.
Ox-horn powder was a blended medicinal powder that, when applied inside the nose, allowed one to smell the distinctive scent of Otherworlders.
This was precisely one of the methods cultivators within the Mysterious Wasteland Tower used to identify Otherworlders.
Hearing this, Xuanyuan Xueluo looked in the direction the White Tiger Armor soldier pointed, and sure enough, she saw two cultivators dressed as martial wanderers collecting entry badges.
"Hmm... they don't seem very much alike."
Xuanyuan Xueluo studied the two closely, a trace of disappointment appearing on her face.
"Alike? Like what?"
The White Tiger Armor soldier looked bewildered at her words, unsure what exactly Xuanyuan Xueluo meant by "alike."
"Nothing."
Xuanyuan Xueluo turned and left, giving the White Tiger Armor soldier instructions as she walked:
"A Mu, have our people watch these Otherworlders from the shadows. Also, the moment an Otherworlder with the scent of dendrobium appears, inform me immediately. The Heavenly Frost Pavilion will be the key to our White Tiger Armor bringing these martial wanderers into the fold."
"Yes, Commander Xue Luo."
The White Tiger Armor soldier called A Mu paid no