Where to Keep Them

Upon hearing this, Liao Pantu nodded. "That makes sense."

"So, we should be fine for now that we've caught Myriad Connections's spies," Lin Xiao continued. "As for those cultivators from the major sects, cough cough."

He coughed lightly twice, feigning nonchalance, before calmly saying, "Senior, you may not know this, but a new person has recently joined our sect. His name is He Yi."

Liao Pantu didn't know why he suddenly brought up the new disciple. "I know that, isn't he quite skilled at making talismans? By the way, I didn't hear you mention where this person came from. Suddenly a Golden Core talisman master has joined the sect."

Lin Xiao winked at him. "Don't you remember? He Yi, the first place winner at the Talisman Master Assembly."

Hearing this, Liao Pantu finally recognized him. "Is this He Yi the He Yi first place in the Talisman Master Assembly?"

It's no wonder he didn't remember it well. At that time, he was holed up in the Soul-Nourishing Pendant and didn't come out to properly observe the Talisman Master Assembly. Naturally, he wouldn't have any impression of He Yi's appearance. He only remembered that the first place winner was He Yi because he heard the commotion.

Thanks to being too busy lately, Lin Xiao hasn't had time to explain He Yi's identity in detail. He only told Liu Yunan a general outline, which was not very detailed. Therefore, many people in the sect only knew that there had suddenly been a disciple named He Yi, who seemed to be from the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and that was it.

Lin Xiao nodded. "Besides, he came with those cultivators from the major sects. He's from the Talisman Sect, so I was thinking that if the major sects can't keep it a secret any longer, we can have He Yi go back and tell them that we have some clues here, but not many, and we need more time to investigate. That way, we can buy a lot more time."

Liao Pantu was speechless at this hasty plan. After a while, he finally spoke up, "Where do you plan to lock up so many people? We can't just put them in the sect. It would be difficult enough if so many people Heart-Questioning Road."

Speaking of this, Lin Xiao became as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. "Talking about the pass is so boring. I actually plan to invite them to Xiushui City as guests and give them a few empty rooms to stay in first. It's just that their movements will be temporarily restricted so they can't leave the city."

Seeing him stop, Liao Pantu asked incredulously, "That's it? You just brought them here to Xiushui City and let them stay here doing nothing?" How could he be so skeptical that it could be so simple?

Lin Xiao then spread his hands. "But of course, we can't just live in our houses in Xiushui City for free, right? And I'm thinking that these cultivators can't just sit around doing nothing, right?" He chuckled, "So I plan to have them clear land behind our Trade Affairs Center."

"Recently, the spiritual fields in our sect have yielded excellent harvests, and there are many more high-quality seeds. Even after deducting the seeds we grow ourselves, as well as those we sell or borrow, there's still a considerable surplus. We don't have enough fields, so it's perfect that they're here as guests and have nothing else to do, so they can help us clear the land. We'll deduct their rent and give them some compensation, so their stay won't be a waste of their time, right?"

The hundred acres of land that the village gave us before have long been planted, and behind those hundred acres of land are endless barren mountains and dense forests.

For ordinary people to cultivate those places would be as difficult as ascending to heaven, but for Myriad Connections's spies and cultivators from various sects in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, while it was not easy, it was not impossible.

Lin Xiao believed his arrangement was perfectly reasonable.

After listening, Liao Pantu actually rested his chin on his hand and pondered seriously for a moment before saying, "It's not impossible."

During his years at the Lingxian Sect, he gradually began to pay attention to farming and increasingly felt that land was very important. As for food, of course, you can never have too much.

Seeing his approval, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "However, these are just my initial plans at the moment. The specifics and implementation will depend on communicating with the sects and royal families to understand the details before making any further decisions."

Liao Pantu wasn't one to hesitate. Since he thought it was feasible, he slapped his thigh and said, "Then let's settle on this for now. Let me know when you've finalized the plan, and I'll go and capture the hard-to-catch ones!"

And so, amidst the beautiful sea of flowers in the herb garden, the two tentatively finalized their plan to capture the person.

Having gained Senior Liao's approval, Lin Xiao first contacted several familiar sects and royal families.

These members of the royal families from various sects were somewhat surprised to hear that the Lingxian Sect was asking about their spies in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. They didn't understand why the Lingxian Sect would suddenly bring up something that everyone knew about but tacitly avoided mentioning.

However, they are currently doing business with Xiushui City and are hoping that Xiushui City will pay them in Spirit Stone for all future orders. It's just something everyone tacitly understands, and there's nothing to hide.

Therefore, they were completely open with Lin Xiao, answering all his questions without reservation.

Although these sects and royal families in the Mortal Realm didn't know anything about "Myriad Connections," they were very familiar with these unfamiliar cultivators who appeared within their territory. In fact, their every move could be said to be under the control of these sects and royal families in the Mortal Realm.

This undoubtedly reflects the contempt that Myriad Connections people have for the Mortal Realm. Because of this contempt, they don't care much about their actions or whether their informants' identities are exposed.

In the eyes of Myriad Connections's spies, the Myriad Connections Mortal Realm was a place completely controlled by them. They could make the Mortal Realm Mortal Realm live or die at will, Mortal Realm could not escape their grasp.

It is precisely because of this disdain that the sects and royal families of the Mortal Realm are able to know almost everything about their identities and numbers.

Thanks to this, Lin Xiao gained a general understanding of the number and cultivation level distribution of Myriad Connections's spies around the sects in the surrounding countries.

After learning about it, Lin Xiao contacted Li Zhanying, the Li Clan Ancestor, separately.

He hoped that Li Zhanying could help him investigate as thoroughly as possible the number, cultivation level, and whereabouts of all the Immortal Cultivation Realm' spies throughout the Mortal Realm.

To this end, he even made a special trip to the Pusi Kingdom and gave Li Zhanying ten Jade Slip, asking him to record the specific distribution of his spies in these Jade Slip. If they were not enough, he was to contact him and he would send more.

Li Zhanying was somewhat bewildered when he received the ten Jade Slip personally delivered by Lin Xiao. He didn't know what Lin Xiao wanted them for, and why he wanted the entire Mortal Realm at once.

However, he had a gut feeling that the Lingxian Sect was about to make a big move.

All the sects and royal families in the Mortal Realm are well aware that these spies exist solely as a means for the Immortal Cultivation Realm to control them, so naturally they have no favorable impression of them.

However, due to the vast disparity in strength between them and the Immortal Cultivation Realm, they dared not speak out against it, let alone take action to eliminate these informants.