Chapter 141: Spy

"What a joke!"

Ye Xiaotian slammed the table and stood up. He could discern some meaning from Elder Sang's words, "You told him to find the Boundary Suppressing Treasure?"

"Nothing of the sort, don't speak nonsense." Elder Sang motioned for him to calm down and explained, "I merely told him to go cultivate at Blackfall Cliff."

"Are you sure you didn't tell him anything else?" Ye Xiaotian frowned, half-believing, half-doubting.

"What could I have said? If he obtains it, it's his destiny. If not, a breakthrough in cultivation is still good." Elder Sang said indifferently. Telling him to cheat, or revealing the method to break the seal of the Boundary Suppressing Treasure, was out of the question. Yet, he was certain that as long as the boy went to Blackfall Cliff, something would happen.

"Want to bet?"

Ye Xiaotian remained silent, but Qiao Qianzhi chuckled, "Elder Sang, if you don't cheat, how could Xu Xiaoshou get something even that girl Qianqian couldn't?"

"That's not necessarily true!" Elder Sang shrugged.

Ye Xiaotian was about to immediately reject the idea, but Qiao Qianzhi's words enlightened him. Instead of outright refusal, he said, "What if you lose?"

"I can't possibly lose!"

"Heh heh!" Ye Xiaotian sneered. "Trying to welch on a debt again?"

"Don't believe me? Fine, if I lose, I'll owe you a favor." Elder Sang grabbed another large pork hock.

All three were stunned by his words. Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but be tempted and countered, "What if Xu Xiaoshou doesn't bring anything back?"

"Same!" Elder Sang bit into it, his mouth full of sauce.

"Alright, I'll bet!" Ye Xiaotian slapped the table. "You two are witnesses. If this guy tries to renege then, don't let him off!"

Qiao Qianzhi nodded with a playful smile, but Xiao Qixiu's face was clouded with worry. Unlike Ye Xiaotian, he was well aware of Xu Xiaoshou's destructive power. What if that guy really dug up the Boundary Suppressing Treasure? What would happen to Tianxuan Gate then?

Elder Sang looked at him at the right time, "There are treasures to stabilize the barrier. At worst, we can find a few lesser ones and install them. Don't worry, it's not a big problem."

Xiao Qixiu hadn't been too worried initially, but hearing "Don't worry, it's not a big problem" sent a chill down his spine. You said the same thing last time, and what happened? The Spiritual Treasure Pavilion caught fire!

"Knock, knock, knock!"

A rapid knocking sound interrupted the four men's private conversation.

Qiao Qianzhi stepped forward to open the door. The person standing there was none other than the frantic Zhao Xidong. All four men's gazes were drawn to the spiritual disc in his hand. One of its beads had already dimmed, and another was in a precarious state, flickering brightly.

Ye Xiaotian's face immediately darkened. The bet had just been placed, and the damn situation was already blowing up?

"What's going on?"

"Come inside first to talk." Just as Zhao Xidong was about to speak, Qiao Qianzhi pulled him into the room and closed the door.

The confined space became even more crowded with five men.

Zhao Xidong swallowed, forcibly averted his gaze from the table, and said, "It just blew up. Another one blew up on my way here, but its bead's light hasn't extinguished yet."

The four men: "..."

Seeing the four speechless for a moment, Zhao Xidong immediately grew anxious, realizing he had misspoken.

"I didn't blow them up. One exploded on its own on my way here, just a dozen breaths after the previous one."

The four men fell silent again.

The twelve Boundary Suppressing Artifacts of Tianxuan Gate were far apart. It was impossible for one person to destroy two seals simultaneously within a dozen breaths.

Qiao Qianzhi said in surprise, "Two infiltrators?"

If only one had exploded, it would have been within their expectations. The opening of Tianxuan Gate this time was originally a trap, designed to see if the infiltrator would show their hand. But now... two?

Xiao Qixiu hesitated, then quietly said, "Is it possible that one is an infiltrator, and the other is Xu Xiaoshou?"

Everyone froze. It seemed... highly possible?

Zhao Xidong couldn't help but ask, "Who exactly is this infiltrator, and where did they come from?" He was genuinely curious. Boss Xiao had only told him that there might be an infiltrator among those entering Tianxuan Gate this time, but hadn't elaborated. How did they know there was an infiltrator in the Spiritual Palace? And so confidently?

Qiao Qianzhi glanced at the three, and seeing that they didn't stop him, he explained, "Do you remember the masked man's attack that night?"

"If it hadn't been an inside job, and the masked man had chosen to forcibly break through the Spiritual Palace's grand array, we would have detected him immediately." "But even so, he still fell into my trap. Not long after entering the Spiritual Palace, he was detected by my hidden grand array." Qiao Qianzhi's tone was triumphant, but he finally sighed, "Unfortunately, the inside agent left quickly and was very nimble, leaving no traces."

Zhao Xidong suddenly understood and asked again, "But how did you know this inside agent would definitely enter Tianxuan Gate?"

"We weren't sure before, but we are now." Qiao Qianzhi looked at the spiritual disc in his hand.

The other three exchanged knowing smiles, aware that Qiao Qianzhi wasn't telling the whole truth. The "White Cave" was about to open. Since "Holy Slave" wanted to collect all twenty-one famous swords, they certainly wouldn't want to miss out on "Four Swords." Although this sword was not among the famous swords, it was known as "one of the five great divine artifacts of the continent," making it even more significant than the famous swords. Add to that the title of "the Eighth Sword Immortal's former personal sword," and who wouldn't be tempted? Even Xiao Qixiu was tempted! And the scabbard of such a mystical weapon was in Tianxuan Gate... If someone obtained the scabbard, wouldn't that be half of the success?

Zhao Xidong pondered, then asked again, "Couldn't the infiltrator be Xu Xiaoshou?"

Xiao Qixiu couldn't bear to listen to this question any longer. He directly slapped Zhao Xidong on the head, making him yelp in pain and nearly drop the spiritual disc.

"Can you use your brain a little?"

"An infiltrator who can hide so deeply must have planned this for a long time. How long have those boys from the outer court been in the Spiritual Palace? They probably haven't even seen the grand array!"

Zhao Xidong hunched his head, thinking to himself: Who could be more like an infiltrator than Xu Xiaoshou? That guy spends his days tearing things apart, blowing things up, and occasionally killing a few people. Isn't that intentionally stifling the Spiritual Palace's talents? If he's not an infiltrator, what is he? Thinking of this, he also recalled Chao Shu. Last time, Xu Xiaoshou used the excuse that Elder Sang was looking for him and escaped enforcement. Although he had told Boss Xiao about it later, there was no reaction at all. Should he ask?

Zhao Xidong looked at the four men, wanting to speak but hesitating, and ultimately chickened out.

Forget it, his life was more important. Better not ask!

Elder Sang looked at the young man in front of him with interest and asked, "Besides Xu Xiaoshou, who do you think the infiltrator could be?" Xu Xiaoshou was impossible. As his disciple, Elder Sang had scrutinized the boy's background countless times; there were no flaws.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xidong couldn't help but fall into deep thought. After a long time, he uttered a name that surprised everyone:

"Mo Mo!"

Xiao Qixiu's face darkened. He had just said that the infiltrator had been planning for a long time, which surely excluded newly promoted inner court disciples. Yet, this boy still brought it up? He was about to curse, but Elder Sang stopped him by grabbing his clothes with chopsticks, then looked at Zhao Xidong, "Why do you think so?"

Xiao Qixiu, in his concern, wasn't thinking clearly about their own people. The other three, however, knew this young man was unusual. After all, he graduated as the top of thirty-three. How could he not remember what was just said?

Everyone looked at Zhao Xidong expectantly, hoping for a logical explanation. To their surprise, the guy puffed out his chest and declared, "A man's intuition!"

The four men: "..."

Xiao Qixiu took a deep breath and took the spiritual disc from Zhao Xidong's hand.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Xidong was confused.

The moment the spiritual disc left his hand, he was slapped to the ground, and the small room shook twice.