"Senior Brother, that was what happened. I hope you can help investigate who exactly was behind this."
Li Xin had naturally sought help from his Second Senior Brother, Venerable Shi Yuan. He did not want to trouble his teacher over something like this, so he had come to his Second Senior Brother instead.
"Hmm? Something like this happened inside the Primordial Secret Realm?"
"Don't worry, Junior Brother. I'll help you get to the bottom of this. Whoever did this must be an alien spy hiding in the Primordial Secret Realm. No one else would have the motive or the means."
After hearing Li Xin's account, Venerable Shi Yuan agreed to help him find the real culprit. As for how Li Xin had dealt with Rek, Venerable Shi Yuan never asked, nor did he suspect that Li Xin was lying.
"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
Li Xin thanked him sincerely. In all the time they had known each other, he had troubled his Second Senior Brother with many things, and he was truly grateful to Venerable Shi Yuan.
If this matter had not exceeded the scope of his authority, he would not have wanted to trouble Venerable Shi Yuan either.
After all, anyone capable of enslaving Rek, an Immortal Army Lord Peak expert skilled in soul techniques, had to be at least a peak Marquis Immortal, or even a King Level expert.
With his current means and authority, he would not uncover any clues at all if he investigated himself. He might even suffer another assassination attempt.
What troubled Li Xin most was that if the culprit acted personally, it might expose many of the trump cards he did not want revealed.
Trump cards were trump cards precisely because of their power and the fact that they were unknown.
Once the alien