“What do you think?”

“It’s not bad, he’s quite similar to Senior Brother Zhou. In the next generation of true disciples, it seems we have an interesting junior brother.”

Yuan Chiyi asked the girl beside him, receiving an answer that was beyond his expectation.

“Senior Brother Zhou? He’s the next sect leader of our Shenmu Sect, and you’re already favoring this Chen Guixian.”

“The next sect leader? That will have to wait until Senior Brother Zhou reaches the Foundation Establishment stage.”

“Hehe…”

Yuan Chiyi didn’t dare to continue the conversation, he could only laugh it off.

The next day.

The venue for the talisman examination had been set up. All the loose cultivators who had passed the first round of spirit testing entered one after another. Under the guidance of the people from the four major families who came to maintain order, they sat down in an orderly manner.

Chen Mobai had already been accepted and was just waiting for the spirit crossing tasks within the entire Yun Kingdom to be completed. Then, the Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed in Yun Kingdom would come and take them all to Shenmu Sect.

He didn’t have the leisure to watch the worried expressions of these people.

Fortunately, Zhuo Ming didn’t need to participate in the talisman examination either.

So, the two of them found a place and started talking about Lu Shu.

“He also gave me this ‘Shenmu Sect Talisman Making Insights’, but I had already received the refining manuals for the Resurrection Talisman, Regeneration Talisman, and Rebirth Talisman before. When I compared them, I found the discrepancies.”

As soon as Zhuo Ming spoke, she confirmed that the talisman making insights Lu Shu gave to Chen Mobai had indeed been tampered with.

“Did you confront him about this?”

“I didn’t dare to. At that time, I was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and he was already in the late stage of Qi Refining. I could only pretend not to know and thank him for the book every time I saw him.”

“Could it be that he was also deceived and didn’t know that there was a problem with this talisman making insights?”

“Hmph, I thought so too, until one day, I saw him give another identical book to another loose cultivator who was setting up a stall. If he was deceived, would he buy two such erroneous books? I thought he was a helpful loose cultivator, but he turned out to be so cunning.”

Hearing Zhuo Ming’s words, Chen Mobai nodded.

If this was the case, then Lu Shu was indeed disrupting the ecosystem of Shenmu Sect’s recruitment of loose cultivators in this way.

He knew how precious the knowledge of the Tianhe Realm was.

And by giving away the wrong talisman making insights for free, he could undoubtedly destroy the future of Shenmu Sect in the shortest time.

“So, in your opinion, do you know why Lu Shu would do this?”

“I think, he might be from the Five Elements Sect.”

Although Zhuo Ming’s tone was hesitant, her expression was firm. Chen Mobai thought about it and felt it made sense.

Indeed, the Five Elements Sect was the most likely, the most suspicious, and the least afraid of being discovered and retaliated against by Shenmu Sect.

“Do you think we need to report this to the two true disciples?”

Chen Mobai asked again, Zhuo Ming hesitated for a moment, then immediately shook her head.

“It’s better to pretend not to know. If you want to live a long life in the world of cultivation, you have to be ignorant.”

That’s why she didn’t tell Chen Mobai about this in the first place.

Who knew what Lu Shu’s background was, she didn’t want her resentment towards him to cause potential retaliation in the future.

“If you’re going to report it to the two true disciples, say you discovered it yourself, don’t involve me.”

Zhuo Ming’s words left Chen Mobai speechless. The customs of the Tianhe Realm were indeed conservative.

But he couldn’t blame Zhuo Ming, after all, he was also acting this way here.

However, since he was now in the spotlight, being hailed as the leader of this generation of Shenmu disciples in Yun Kingdom’s Nanxi, he could no longer keep a low profile.

Perhaps in the future, he would need to be a bit high-profile.

Just as well, he also wanted to become a true disciple and strive for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

“Since Junior Sister has made up her mind, I naturally won’t expose you.”

At the end of the talisman examination that day, Chen Mobai handed over the Shenmu Sect Talisman Making Insights in his hand to Yuan Chiyi. The latter looked at it with a puzzled expression, his brows furrowed.

Being able to become a true disciple and entrusted with the important task of coming to Yun Kingdom for spirit crossing, his vision and knowledge were naturally top-notch.

Without Chen Mobai pointing it out, he understood the sinister plot hidden behind this erroneous book.

“No wonder the talisman making skills of this generation of loose cultivators are a whole grade lower than the previous one. If it weren’t for the sect leader’s leniency, I’m afraid I would have eliminated eighty percent of the loose cultivators.”

Yuan Chiyi shook his head, his eyes serious, and asked Chen Mobai solemnly, “Who else knows about this besides you?”

“I’m not sure about that, because this book was given to me directly by Lu Shu. Perhaps there are other people in the market who have also been given it. For specifics, you’ll have to ask the other loose cultivators.”

Chen Mobai’s words didn’t have any flaws, and Yuan Chiyi didn’t notice any ambiguity. After nodding, he put the ‘Shenmu Sect Talisman Making Insights’ into his bag.

“The spirit crossing in Nanxi market has just ended, I need to go to Uncle Dan’s place. I’ll report this matter along the way. Before the order from above comes down, you should act as if this matter doesn’t exist. Even if you meet the person who gave you the book, you should pretend not to know and greet him with a smile.”

“Yes, Senior Brother Yuan.”The two true disciples, who had originally planned to rest for the night, did not delay any longer. They left Nanxi Market in the middle of the night and headed north.

“It’s a good time to go back and check on the Water Mansion.”

Chen Mobai had long since successfully practiced the method of lifting the Ren Water Thunder Law restriction recorded in Liu Yanpei’s notes. If it weren’t for the fact that joining the Shenmu Sect was too important, he would have gone back long ago.

Now, he still needed to wait for about half a month, waiting for Yuan Chiyi and the others to complete the spirit crossing in the other three directions of Yun Country, before he could go to Jumu Ridge.

He could just complete this long-cherished wish.

This was the problem that had been troubling him since he first came to the Tianhe Realm.

What exactly was in those two side halls?

After practicing the Pure Yang Law Body all night, a spirited and energetic Chen Mobai leisurely left Nanxi Market.

“Finally, the day has come!”

The loose cultivator who had been staking out at the entrance of the market saw Chen Mobai’s departing figure, squinted his eyes, and then activated a sound transmission talisman.

Soon, another loose cultivator arrived.

“Senior Brother, he’s gone.”

“Junior Brother, are we really going to do it? He’s a disciple of the Shenmu Sect now. If we kill him, even if we join the Jinguang Cliff, once exposed, I’m afraid we’ll have to pay with our lives.”

“Senior Brother, at worst we just rob his Sword Casting Ring, without killing him. He’s also from a loose cultivator background, he must be a man who knows the times.”

In the end, the temptation of the Sword Casting Ring was too great, or they had become accustomed to the rapid wealth increase brought by looting, unable to resist, they gritted their teeth and chased in the direction Chen Mobai had left.

Not long after they left, He Qun and his two sworn brothers also appeared.

They were smiling sinisterly.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

Everything was theirs.