When Mai Yaode died, Yue Wen was actually across from the East City Cemetery, hidden in the pitch-black night by his Trace-Hiding Art, without a trace to be seen.
He dared not approach the center of the cemetery, afraid those powerful demonic cultivators could detect his Trace-Hiding Art. But he did not need to get close. He only needed to wait along the road from the Pudu Sect research institute and watch the car Mai Yaode had arrived in.
He watched those three get out of the car, but even after a long time, not one returned.
Yue Wen knew his plan had succeeded.
He had long known about the astronomical bounty on "Wen Yan," and Perfected One Nagiko had also told him that large numbers of demonic cultivator assassins were gathering in River City. He had never intended to use that identity again.
He had only remembered the matter because he happened to be seeking revenge against the Pudu Sect this time.
Of course, he lacked the ability to kill a Pudu Sect steward himself, but those vicious demonic cultivators were another matter.
With enough money, they would wreck even someone in the Dao Realm.
For Yue Wen, who had information from Medicine Jar and the identity of Wen Yan at his disposal, the plan's only difficulty was getting those demonic cultivators to believe Wen Yan would come. If he spread the news himself or revealed his identity, they could easily suspect a trap instead.
Instead, by not volunteering his identity and simply making a call using the number Gongsun Yan had left behind, he could let the Five Ghost Sect members draw their own conclusions and sell him out.
If they would not sell him out for profit, they would not qualify as demonic cultivators.
As long as