With just this one sentence, the red-robed spy knew the other party's origins.
Because it involves the secular world and the world of immortals, they speak in a very obscure way. They will not casually mention their own sect, they only need to say the location of the sect.
"Oh, I see. Can we talk alone?" the red-robed secret inspector asked.
The monk from the Taoist Palace of Zixia Sect nodded, then motioned for the other party to follow him upstairs, and they soon entered a separate private room.
The cultivators of Zixia Sect did not find it strange that the people from the Secret Investigation Department would find out here. It was a matter of time, and that was why they could not act rashly.
The main duty of the Secret Investigation Department is to handle all extraordinary cases within the secular world.
Once in the secular world, even cultivators from the Yun Sect have to obey the rules of the secular world. This is the rule set by the Jiutian Holy Land. The secular world and the world of cultivation must be separated and cannot be confused.
"Fellow Daoist, the four bodies found in the canal three days ago were the disciples of your sect, right?" The red-robed secret inspector asked straight to the point as soon as he came in.
The Taoist strongman from Zixia Sect let out a long breath.
"I have been waiting for you for a long time. If your people from the Secret Investigation Department don't come, we will be unable to resist and break the rules of both the immortal and mortal worlds." The strong man from Zixia Sect said with an unhappy look on his face.
Of course, he was just saying that in anger.
"I'm sorry that your disciples have suffered harm in the secular world. This is our dereliction of duty. But I would like to ask, why do the cultivators from your four major sects want to stay in Jianglin City? Is there something going on in Jianglin City that our court doesn't know?" asked the red-robed secret inspector.
Obviously, the Secret Investigation Department does not know that the Blood Demon Cult's headquarters is hiding in Jianglin City. It can only be said that there is no communication between the two sides.
But that's normal. Yun Zong hasn't decided to take action yet, so he didn't inform the Secret Investigation Department.
"You, the Secret Investigation Department, supervise the secular practitioners. Don't you know what happened to Jiang Lincheng?" The strong man from Zixia Sect frowned.
The red-robed secret inspector was stunned.
"What exactly happened? We haven't received any news from the cultivation world." The red-robed secret inspector immediately frowned.
Seeing that the other party really didn't know, the strong man from Zixia Sect didn't waste time and directly told him about the Blood Demon Sect. However, after listening to him, the red-robed secret inspector immediately said that it was impossible.
"What? Thousands of years ago, the Blood Demon Cult that sacrificed an entire city had their headquarters in our Jianglin City. How is that possible?" The red-robed secret inspector's face changed drastically.
"Haha, the news from your court is really bad. You saw how our four disciples died. All the blood in their bodies was drained. Isn't this the method of the Blood Demon Cult?" The monk from the Taoist Palace of Zixia Sect reminded.
The red-robed secret agent fell into deep thought upon hearing this.
"But, the evil art of blood refining is not exclusive to the Blood Demon Cult. Maybe it was done by other evil practitioners?" The red-robed secret inspector put forward his own hypothesis.
The strong men from Zixia Sect were about to roll their eyes.
"No, don't you know that the Yun Sect recently joined forces with all the major sects in Jiangzhou Prefecture to wipe out the various branches of the Blood Demon Cult?" The strong man from the Zixia Sect reminded.
But the red-robed secret inspector still shook his head.
"Then I don't know what to say. You go and investigate it yourselves. By the way, return the bodies of our disciples to our Zixia Sect." The monk from the Taoist Palace of Zixia Sect said in a deep voice.
But the red-robed secret inspector directly refused.
"No, the body cannot be returned to you until the matter is clarified. Don't worry, we will investigate it as soon as possible." The red-clothed secret inspector assured.
After saying that, he turned and left, but when he reached the door, he gave another reminder.
"Oh, by the way, let me remind you four major sects not to act rashly. You need to at least get permission from our Secret Investigation Department before you can act, otherwise you will bear the consequences." After the man finished speaking, he opened the door and went downstairs.
This attitude made the strong men of Zixia Sect very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do. With the support of the holy land, even the Yun Sect did not dare to provoke the Dark Inspection Division easily.
Not only did people from the Zixia Sect come, but at the same time, three teams of people from the Secret Investigation Department also came to the other three inns where the families were staying. What they wanted to investigate was very simple.
The person coming from Yunxia Sect was a female secret inspector in red, and she was negotiating with Yun Xin.
"Ms. Yun, your four major sects are staying in Jianglin City on a large scale. According to the rules, our Secret Investigation Department needs to monitor your behavior. I hope that your Yunxia Sect can cooperate." At Yun Xin's residence, the female secret investigator in red said directly.
Yun Xin nodded indifferently.
"Whatever. Don't worry. We won't act recklessly without orders from our superiors." Yun Xin replied calmly.
Upon seeing this, the female secret agent in red immediately expressed her gratitude.
"Thank you for your cooperation. I'll take my leave now. Don't worry, we won't send too many people to monitor you. We will only leave one person in the inn." The female red-clothed spy left a word and retreated directly.
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They didn't want to be discovered by the people from the Secret Investigation Department, but who knew that the Blood Demon Cult would actually take the initiative to assassinate their people, so there was nothing they could do.
After the people from the Secret Investigation Department left, Lin Aoxue walked out of the room. Although Ye Liuyun was refining medicine in the room, he was isolated by Lin Qingyou's power and no one could notice him, so she was relieved.
"Senior Brother Yunxin, what's going on?" Lin Aoxue came to Yunxin and asked.
She and Ye Liuyun had already made plans, and no unexpected situations must occur, so she had to find out what happened and eliminate all uncertain factors.
"It's nothing. The four people who were killed from Zixia Sect were noticed by the secret inspection department, the government office that supervises cultivators in the secular world. They also found out that cultivators from our four major sects are in Jianglin City, so they sent people here to warn us. The general meaning is that no matter what happens in Jianglin City, we must get permission from their secret inspection department before we can act." Yun Xin explained.
But after Lin Aoxue heard it, her first reaction was to say something that made Yun Xin look unhappy.
"But what if the Blood Demon Cult and the monks of the Dark Investigation Department are colluding with each other?"
This question made Yun Xin's heart skip a beat.
Yun Xin had never thought about this question, because if this was true, then their situation would be dangerous and they would be at risk of being visited by the Blood Demon Cult at any time.
"This? I haven't thought about this question. It shouldn't be the case. Although the imperial court doesn't care about the disputes in the cultivation world, in the history of the cultivation world, the Blood Demon Cult once sacrificed a city of one million people. The imperial court should have records of it." Yun Xin said.
They don't have much knowledge about worldly affairs, so it's hard for them to judge.
"Haha, Senior Brother Yunxin, who can say anything about interests? What if the Blood Demon Cult happens to have an interest relationship with the monks of the imperial court? That's just what if." Lin Aoxue said.
Lin Aoxue's reminder made Yun Xin feel more uneasy, because everything Lin Aoxue said was based on possibility.
It was already difficult to understand why the Blood Demon Cult's headquarters was hidden in a secular city. If it was still as Lin Aoxue said, it would be too scary, because the Blood Demon Cult could sacrifice blood in Jianglin City at any time.
In other words, if this matter is not resolved soon, Jiang Lincheng’s safety will become a big problem.
"I understand. I will report this matter to the sect immediately and see what they say. However, it is the Yun Sect that is leading this mission. If the Yun Sect does not agree, there is nothing we can do." Yun Xin said.
This is exactly the effect Lin Aoxue wanted. She wanted others to urge the sect as well, and then let the sect put pressure on Yun Sect. In a word, as long as Yun Sect could feel anxious and want to take action, that would be enough.
If this doesn't work, then we can only make up a lie and trick Yun Zong into taking action.
Anyway, from Lin Aoxue's perspective, although Yun Zong's forceful action will definitely harm innocent people, it is better than the situation getting worse. The current situation is still controllable. Once it becomes uncontrollable, it will be the end of it.
To be honest, there was no need for Lin Aoxue and Ye Liuyun to take it so seriously. After all, the emperor was not anxious, but who made them meet?
If they didn't meet or see it, then it has nothing to do with them. If they saw it or met it, if an accident happened in Jiang Lincheng, then the two of them would be more or less involved in the cause and effect.
Let's talk about the red-robed secret inspector who got the clue from Zixia Sect. After he returned to the Secret Inspection Department, the first thing he went to see was the Inspector of the Secret Inspection Department of Jiangzhou Prefecture, Du Ming, who was a cultivator from the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
"What? The Blood Demon Cult has a regional headquarters right in our Jianglin City. Do you have any evidence?" Du Ming suddenly stood up and asked.
"Sir, four disciples of Zixia Sect were drained of blood and died a few days ago. This method is in line with the Blood Demon Sect's method. Moreover, I heard that it was the Yun Sect that sent them to Jianglin City to investigate, so it should not be wrong." The red-clothed secret inspector replied.
Du Ming fell into deep thought.
"I understand. You guys go down and investigate. Tell me as soon as you get any clues." Du Ming quickly calmed down.
However, the red-robed secret inspector raised a question.
"Sir, I have a bold guess, but I don't know whether I should say it or not." The red-robed secret inspector suddenly said.
Du Ming glanced at the other person.
"Go ahead, there's nothing to hide here."
“Sir, if the Blood Demon Cult’s headquarters is really in Jianglin City, wouldn’t that senior know about it?” The red-robed secret inspector said thoughtfully.
As soon as these words came out, Du Ming's pupils shrank, and then he quickly glared at the red-robed secret inspector.
"Shut up, you are so brave, how dare you say that?"
The red-robed secret inspector was stunned for a moment, then left helplessly.
However, his reminder did alert Du Ming that such a big thing happened in the cultivation world, but their secular secret investigation department did not get any news at all. This was already very abnormal.
The formation of Jianglin City is controlled by Lu Wenyang. If such a big thing happens in the cultivation world, Lu Wenyang will be the first to know it, and then he will notify them.
"No way?" Du Ming's face became more and more ugly. He really wanted to pass the information to his superiors, but unfortunately, once he sent the message, Lu Wenyang would definitely know it, unless he sent someone to leave Jianglin City to pass the information outside.
However, he had no evidence and only relied on suspicion. If he was wrong, he would be in big trouble, so after thinking it over, he decided to investigate first.
"Boom!"
Just when Du Ming was struggling over what to do, he heard another thunderclap in his ears. He was startled by the thunder. It had been thundering for several days.
"Damn, are you ever going to stop? Can you please stop thundering? It's so noisy. There's only thunder but no rain. God, are you the same as a human? Do you have a fever?" Du Ming walked to the door angrily and complained to the sky.
It's hard to get a good night's sleep these days. There are thunders in the sky, sometimes muffled thunder, sometimes loud thunder. No matter how soundly you sleep at night, you will be woken up by the fright. Fortunately, they are monks, so it's okay for them to endure it for a few days, but it's also very annoying.
Look at ordinary people again. There are fewer people on the streets, and each of them has dark circles under their eyes and looks listless, without any energy at all.
"Oh my God, please stop thundering. If it keeps thundering, I'm going crazy." Some people stared at the electric current flowing in the sky with their panda eyes and said weakly.
Fortunately, Ye Liuyun's one thousand pills had been almost refined, and Lin Aoxue frequently left Yuelai Inn and hid the pills in various places in Jianglin City.
"Ah... Aoxue is almost done, right?" Ye Liuyun retracted the flame, stood up and stretched.
"Well, there's no way except in the North City. All other places have been installed, and there are some left over." Lin Aoxue said.
As Ye Liuyun stopped refining the medicine, the dark clouds dissipated. Once the dark clouds dissipated, the first reaction of ordinary people was to breathe a sigh of relief and then go to sleep.
So there are not many people on the streets even in broad daylight.
"Ah! It's quiet now. We can have a good rest now." Even the practitioners were relieved.
As long as the thunder sound didn't stop, they would have no time to practice.
After taking care of the elixir issue, Ye Liuyun had to start the second thing, which was to nourish the Lanwei Sword in his body.
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"Lan Wei, increase your strength to absorb the blood in my body. Don't worry about me. Just absorb hard." Ye Liuyun ordered the Lan Wei Sword in his body.
But Lan Wei was a little hesitant.
"Master, will this hurt you?" Lan Wei asked belatedly.
"Don't worry, I won't die, just inhale it." Ye Liuyun said again.
Seeing that Ye Liuyun was determined to do so, Lan Wei Sword immediately began to increase its strength. As Lan Wei Sword extracted Ye Liuyun's blood, the originally beautiful Ye Liuyun turned into a skinny old woman in an instant.
"Ah! I suddenly feel hollowed out." Ye Liuyun rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.
Lin Aoxue was also startled and hurried over to check.
Lan Wei Sword was startled, and the weapon spirit quickly flew out of Ye Liuyun's body to check on Ye Liuyun's condition.
"Master, Master, are you okay? Didn't you say that I could suck harder? What are you doing?" Lan Wei was confused.
However, the weak Ye Liuyun called out, Lin Aoxue.
"Aoxue, bring back the Tiandan."
Lin Aoxue looked at Ye Liuyun's behavior, sighed slightly, then took out the Huitian Pill and stuffed it into Ye Liuyun's mouth. As the pill entered her body, the blood lost in Ye Liuyun's body was quickly replenished, and she soon became full of energy again.
Although his body can recover on its own, it will waste several minutes. It would be faster to take the Huitian Pill.
"This?" Lan Weijian was confused.
She almost drained all the blood in Ye Liuyun's body in one breath, but not only did Ye Liuyun not die, but he also recovered after taking a strange pill. This was too weird.
"Lan Wei, ignore her. She won't die. Just keep sucking. I think she feels pretty good." Lin Aoxue complained.
Although Lan Wei Sword didn't know what was going on, it returned to Ye Liuyun's body again and absorbed his blood again.
Back and forth, Ye Liuyun felt so excited that he couldn't stop.
Moreover, Lan Wei discovered that Ye Liuyun's blood power was much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators. At this rate, as long as Ye Liuyun could hold on for ten days, Lan Wei would be able to recover 30% of her strength before the fifteenth of next month.
The Blood Demon Cult is also taking action over there. They are secretly capturing mortals. Jiang Lincheng has no shortage of mortals. Of course, there are also some monks who are unlucky. After capturing them, they drain their blood and send it to the Blood Demon Cult branch to make the medicinal blood that Lu Wenyang needs.
The four lower-level sects were also urging Yunzong to make preparations early.
The Secret Investigation Division was also secretly investigating the Blood Demon Cult, but apart from feeling that something was wrong, they could not find any clues about the Blood Demon Cult. However, according to their investigation, not long ago, the Yun Sect did unite with the sects in Jiangzhou Prefecture and eliminate the branches of the Blood Demon Cult in various places, leaving only one headquarters. The Yun Sect searched the entire Jiangzhou Prefecture, and only Jianglin City was left.
In other words, what Zixia Sect said is very likely true.
"We are in trouble. Lu Wenyang is intentionally concealing the affairs of the Blood Demon Cult. What is his intention?" Du Ming was looking at the information he had searched for.
The days passed one by one, and soon a month had passed. There were only three days left until the full moon night of this month, but the Yun Sect still had not made a decision.
Looking at Ye Liuyun, after more than ten days of blood nourishment, the power of the Lanwei Sword has recovered more than 30%.
