After dinner, Chu Mu returned upstairs and activated his Heavenly Eye to control his Doppelganger.
As the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' leader in the Exalting Sanctum, the Doppelganger was particularly busy at this hour.
His superiors had issued several orders demanding that he begin operations in the Exalting Sanctum, but the Doppelganger had ignored them all.
His goal was to lure the other party into coming in person.
Sure enough, that evening, as the mission deadline drew ever closer, someone finally came knocking.
But it was not the mysterious Chief. It was a disciple from another branch.
The visitor introduced themself as Ziyi, from the Alchemy Commission branch.
They wore a bamboo hat draped in black gauze, spoke in an androgynous voice that gave no clue to their gender, and were dressed in an Alchemy Commission uniform.
It seemed the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had probably infiltrated every corner of the Alchemy Commission.
"I remember Purple Moonflower being in charge of the Exalting Sanctum," Ziyi said arrogantly. "Since when did someone of the Green rank become the spokesperson? Did everyone above you drop dead?"
The Doppelganger nodded.
"Your powers of prediction are uncanny. You guessed right. Everyone above me did die, or I would never have gotten the position."
"No wonder you're so slow to get anything done," Ziyi said coldly. "When the tiger is away, even a monkey can crown itself king."
The deaths neither surprised nor alarmed Ziyi. Taking the Great Medicine to awaken a mara-struck state was inherently dangerous, like dancing on a steel blade. It was perfectly normal for a few people to die when these local branches used the medicine improperly.
After a pause, Ziyi snapped:
"Our branch sent a letter asking you to help capture Banxia, that traitor to the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.