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Chapter 2572: Chapter 2564: Mission Accomplished

"Longyang Patron?" Elder Yi Jue didn’t know much about this person, "An inconspicuous character, only a patron of the Songzhan Sector, supposedly at the Nascent Soul Middle Phase, but this person isn’t known for combat strength... seems like there’s nothing else famous about him."

Feng Jun frowned and answered, "I think we should go to the Songzhan Sector to take a look, only... that’s the base of the Lingmu Sect."

The Songzhan Sector is not open to outsiders, just like the Geng Zi Yuan of the Lingmu Sect. It’s one of the sectors where Lingmu Sect cultivates Combat Lingmu and experiments with combat methods. Lingmu Sect has more than a dozen such sectors, and Songzhan is one of the three major ones.

Elder Yi Jue nodded, "Alright, let’s go there then. Actually, I think these bases are quite suspicious too."

These bases are the hardest to infiltrate. In a sense, it’s even harder than entering the Lingmu Sect’s main gate. The main gate still has visitors and merchants, but the bases almost never have outsiders. If there’s an outsider, they must be accompanied by someone from the base.

Don’t think Feng Jun could just casually wait for someone at the entrance of Geng Zi Yuan. That’s because the first time he went there, he was brought by the True Immortal Shou Zhong, the person in charge of Geng Zi Yuan. Later, he went with Elder Yi Jue several times, so the people of Geng Zi Yuan remembered him.

There’s a rumor saying that he might become Elder Yi Jue’s dao companion in the future, so nobody would make things difficult for him.

Moreover, the number of cultivators in these bases isn’t large, and they are all well aware of who does what.

Feng Jun, playing the role of Han Feng, went to the Lingmu Sect’s main gate and completed the identity verification. As long as he didn’t encounter someone who knew him well, his cover wouldn’t be blown. However, if Han Feng wanted to enter the Songzhan Sector, he not only had to verify his identity but also explain his purpose and present relevant proof.

It was for this reason that when everyone first designed the plan, they didn’t consider entering these bases. Only when all possible sectors had been checked and no options remained would they attempt entry.

So when Feng Jun changed the order of selection, Elder Yi Jue was willing to support it.

However, at that moment, Can Sheng and Qian Zhong also approached, and Can Sheng asked, "Postpone the matter of entering the main gate?"

"Yes," Feng Jun nodded, "That Han Ling went to the main gate, and I really don’t want to run into her there."

Can Sheng laughed upon hearing this, "True enough," as he had witnessed firsthand how that woman cornered Feng Jun.

But in the next moment, he sighed, "As for the Songzhan Sector, which is a base for cultivating Lingmu, it shouldn’t be hard to infiltrate, but we need some time to deduce a plan."

"Deducing a plan?" Feng Jun asked in surprise, "You need to go through that for concealing and simulating auras?"

"Of course," True Immortal Can Sheng responded naturally, and then asked, "You’ve tried out the Yao Family’s concealment techniques these days, right?"

"Extremely impressive!" Feng Jun gave a thumbs up, "Especially yesterday’s mind-affecting illusion, absolutely brilliant!"

"The effectiveness isn’t just due to the secret technique," True Immortal Can Sheng replied earnestly, "To do good work, one must first sharpen his tools. The success of the Yao Family’s secret techniques is built on carefully studying every step. If there’s a lack of attention, the effect is reduced."

Upon hearing this, Feng Jun was taken aback and then nodded, "I’ve learned something."

To be honest, hearing this perspective made him truly appreciate the Yao Family’s heritage—doing things requires an attitude. It isn’t realistic to rely solely on what the ancestors left behind and expect to forge a family that lasts ten thousand years.

After the discussion was settled, Feng Jun, under the guise of Han Feng, used the sub-main gate to teleport to another sector, while Elder Yi Jue and the other two didn’t use any teleportation. After exiting the sector’s entrance, they directly flew away, making it unlikely to arouse suspicion.

Three days later, they appeared on a large stone thirty million miles away from the Songzhan Sector. Qian Zhong stated that he needed two days to match the sector’s aura.

During this time, Feng Jun and Elder Yi Jue approached the sector’s perimeter, intending to try their luck at catching disciples of the Lingmu Sect coming and going.

Songzhan Sector has a Transmission Array, but to be safe, it only connects to the Lingmu Sect’s main gate. As a result, quite a few people fly in and out of Songzhan.

Their luck was indeed good, as within less than a day of lying in wait, three groups came out. Elder Yi Jue selected one group with two Golden Core Disciples, "Let’s take those two and perform a Soul Search."

Their sneak attack was smooth and steady, capturing the two without any disturbance and efficiently performing the Soul Search—searching both souls since the disciples in the Combat Lingmu Base usually leaned towards combat styles and didn’t get along with Lingmu Dao.

Feng Jun then chose to impersonate the one at the Fifth Layer Golden Core, while Elder Yi Jue wanted to impersonate the one at the Seventh Level of Golden Core, as she believed a higher stage in the Golden Core would make it easier to approach Longyang Patron’s residence.

Feng Jun had to persuade her once more, using the rationale of "Asura is about to arrive"—once discovered, it would truly disrupt Lingmu Dao’s plans.

A day later, Feng Jun, pretending to be the Fifth Layer Golden Core disciple, entered the Songzhan Sector.

The inspection here was stringent, but Feng Jun, following Qian Zhong’s tips, responded in a standard manner to a series of questions. One had to admit, a powerhouse at the Divine Spirit Stage was different. Even from thirty million miles away, he knew the inspection procedures here.

Moreover, Qian Zhong asserted with certainty that even for a Combat Lingmu base, the checking shouldn’t be this strict, indicating there’s a reason for such thorough inspections here.

Feng Jun passed the inspection, but the feeling of being watched lingered, leading him to vaguely guess that he might have actually found the right place.

He returned under the pretense of helping another Golden Core senior with his affairs—since he already knew that Golden Core’s secrets anyway.

On the first day, he helped manage affairs and did not venture out until early evening, which resulted in some questioning.

The next day, he found a reason of "surveying," and roamed back and forth on the sector. This was part of his job anyway, so he didn’t arouse suspicion.

Not until the third day did he approach the suspected location of the patron. However, when he was about a thousand miles away, he could go no further, as doing so might draw unwanted attention.

He then activated an array plate he had brought along, and cultivators tens of miles away noticed some anomaly. Upon scanning with their Divine Sense, they found it was just an array plate testing the soil, spiritual energy, and spirit wood vitality, and thus gave it no further thought.

Such array plates were familiar to all cultivators here. Many were fixed in certain areas, though it was common to carry them for testing due to various tasks that might involve them.

On the surface, Feng Jun appeared to be surveying, but when unobserved, he took out a piece of obsidian and crushed it.

Though it looked like obsidian, it wasn’t—most people wouldn’t detect anything unusual.

Then Qian Zhong’s consciousness appeared in his mind, "At the place?"

"Yes, no one is paying attention," replied Feng Jun with thought. "About a thousand miles from the patron’s residence."

"Then put down the wooden box," instructed Qian Zhong, "And quickly leave."

It was all prearranged; Feng Jun knew he couldn’t approach further while Qian Zhong said he could help obtain things, but couldn’t access the sector—he had to find a way in first.

Thus, Feng Jun brought along an empty wooden box, but Qian Zhong assured that once the obsidian was crushed, activating the imprint on it, a strand of his consciousness could be transmitted—operating within the sector would be much easier.

After dropping the wooden box, Feng Jun could leave, which was challenging for Qian Zhong to enter, yet easy to stealthily exit.

Feng Jun didn’t show concern for Qian Zhong’s movements afterward, and just as he packed up the array plate ready to leave, a paper crane landed.

The paper crane was sent by Yi Jue, posing as another Seventh Level Golden Core, saying, "Hurry over, I can’t handle the task here."

Thus, Feng Jun collected the paper crane to request leaving. To the disciples of Lingmu Sect, such matters were not unusual. The managerial True Immortal muttered a couple of words, "Why keep running back and forth?" and granted him permission to leave.

Feng Jun flew far away, nearly three million miles before disappearing behind a large stone.

The next moment, he appeared back with his group.

Immediately following, Qian Zhong’s Divine Sense subtly trembled, and a wooden box appeared in her hand.

They had almost returned simultaneously, evidencing the prowess of a Divine Spirit powerhouse.

Then the wooden box lifted off from Qian Zhong’s hand, suspended in the air; she smiled and said, "Mission accomplished."

"Thank you, senior," Feng Jun bowed and answered respectfully, "Without your help, obtaining the items would have been impossible."

"That’s why I told you in advance to consider pricing based on the performance," Qian Zhong replied with some pride. Then her expression changed slightly, apologetically adding, "Didn’t collect hair or nails, nor any aura, only a few of his crafted elixirs."

Hair and nails were certainly unattainable, and collecting aura was normal—after disappearing for so long, it couldn’t be preserved if tampered with; she even considered gathering some residual aura but couldn’t succeed.

In truth, the dwelling of Longyang True Immortal was swept clean; many everyday items were gone, leaving only a set of tea utensils on the table, evidently for remembrance.

But tea utensils require washing after each brew. Even minor Qi cultivators can use "Cleaning Spell"; surely True Immortal was familiar with such practices.

Fortunately, Longyang left a batch of elixirs. He was a competent alchemist, creating low-level elixirs with ease—whether for selling or gifting—and had friends and family outside Lingmu Sect.

This batch of elixirs was specifically prepared for friends outside. Even with utmost caution, Lingmu Sect couldn’t rightfully confiscate these elixirs—as the person was gone, seizing the inheritance left to friends would ruin its reputation.

Yet Qian Zhong, with her experience, understood that any batch of elixirs bore the unique mental state, techniques, alchemical insights, and possibly even rules of their alchemist.

So she unhesitatingly took several elixirs, one from each bottle, aiming not to arouse suspicion.

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