"Judging from the people we have captured so far, Fellow Daoist Su, do you think their method was safe?"
Li Yan continued questioning. After a brief moment of thought, Su Liuyun quickly shook his head.
"Based on the course of our clashes with them, the enemy had taken corresponding precautions in every link that might expose them.
"But after passing intelligence along like this, although the method appeared secretive and even used coded language known only to themselves,
"Zhao Yidong had immediately learned of the existence of the four hidden agents. Once Zhao Yidong was captured, the people on the other side were essentially exposed. In truth, those coded words had become useless as well..."
As Su Liuyun spoke, something suddenly stirred in his mind, as though he were about to grasp something.
Su Hong, at his side, had also calmed down by then. Hearing her elder brother's words, she immediately recalled Li Yan's earlier question.
But Li Yan gave neither of them any more time to think and continued speaking.
"So, when I saw that so many people had been captured at once, I felt that something was already wrong. How could the other side possibly expose so many hidden agents all at once? It was practically handing over their heads.
"That was why I had Fellow Daoist directly conduct a Soul Search and inspect their memories. Sure enough, the result was exactly what we see now—they had no problems whatsoever.
"As for the intelligence Zhao Yidong transmitted, it could most certainly reach the other side. Otherwise, he could not possibly have received subsequent orders.
"Moreover, the jade slip his superior received was precisely that jade slip containing the coded language. Yet the target Zhao Yidong was meant to send it to was not anyone in those four marketplaces.