The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 382 - 372: Is There an Insider Traitor?

When the Shenxiao Sect went to war with the Imperial Court, Lin Yun and the others in Haizhou had no idea what was happening.

Once they arrived in Haizhou, their first task was to find a large ship, readying themselves for a sea journey.

Securing the large ship was a matter of the Flower Fairy simply showing her face. The speed of information transfer in the Cultivation World is not slow, but the Flower Fairy had just defected, so the news had not yet had time to reach Haizhou.

The main reason was that no one would have thought that, having reached the Enlightened Realm and not lacking treasures, the Flower Fairy would actually stoop to robbery.

Aren’t you supposed to be the exalted and unmatched twin paragons?

Jiang Chenyu could not help but marvel at the audacity of Lin Yun and the Flower Fairy. She had been kept blindfolded the entire time, not allowed to speak, until Lin Yun untied her after she boarded the ship.

"Neither of you lack treasures, right? The items from Pearl Island are only fit for those in the Lower Three Realms and Three Middle Realm to use. There’s not much point in you robbing them!"

Jiang Chenyu could not comprehend the thought process of Lin Yun and the Flower Fairy. The Flower Fairy, holding three Divine Artifacts and possessing countless Spiritual Artifacts that she could hardly count, even the earring, the hairpin, or even a small pendant on her clothes, were all top-tier treasures.

"Master, you haven’t been in charge for too long and don’t realize that managing a household requires careful budgeting. What we don’t use can be left for our subordinates; what they don’t use can be saved for later. These items might sit and collect dust, but we can’t be without them."

The Flower Fairy said, and then suddenly thought of her many possessions, and her heart ached as if it was being cut with a knife.

A billionaire suddenly reduced to just a millionaire, all because she had too much money, and despite transferring funds frantically, she still couldn’t transfer it all.

"Someday, I will take back everything that belongs to me!"

The Flower Fairy said with full confidence.

Lin Yun teased, "You’re saying the kind of line that a villain would say."

The Flower Fairy didn’t mind, laughing, "Aren’t I, in the mouths of the great Sects, the epitome of a negative example now? Betraying my master, falling into the Demonic Path, killing the innocent..."

When she got to killing the innocent, a shadow passed over the Flower Fairy’s eyes.

To kill for vengeance was not something to be censored, but the formation she had set after falling into madness had indeed hurt too many people.

"Don’t be too sad. You need to carry this sin and continue to walk the path ahead."

Jiang Chenyu suddenly discovered that, when Lin Yun was comforting the person he liked, his words didn’t sound difficult to hear at all.

Why did she feel like Lin Yun was deliberately belittling her when he was comforting her?

Seeing Lin Yun and the Flower Fairy being very close, the Snow Maiden immediately felt extremely dissatisfied in her heart.

She came over and took Lin Yun’s hand, staking her claim to him, and asked, "Ah Yun, tell me about what happened in that cave!"

The Snow Maiden had always wanted to ask how Lin Yun had turned the Flower Fairy into an ally. She hadn’t found an opportunity before, but now, taking advantage of the time when jealousy was rife, she finally sorted out this matter.

Her intuition told her that this was an important issue.

Lin Yun knew he couldn’t escape this matter.

What was bound to come, would come sooner or later. He had diverted the Snow Maiden’s attention with the robbery of Pearl Island, but now, while the large ship was sailing towards Pearl Island, the Snow Maiden still managed to ask indirectly.

She asked about the events in the ruins, and Lin Yun knew he had to clarify the Flower Fairy’s situation as well, or even an innocent Snow Maiden would start to have doubts.

She might be naive, but she wasn’t stupid.

"This story is quite complicated," Lin Yun said.

Lin Yun decided to make a long story short.

He began by explaining how he defeated Thousand Mechanisms. This battle scene was actually very straightforward when it happened—an instance of thunder, a burst of flame solving the issue. Yet, to buy time, Lin Yun turned a fight that concluded in one round into a tale where the sky changed color and the stars dimmed.

After greatly embellishing the fight, the narrative moved on to entering the secret tunnel. Lin Yun again focused on his own cleverness, leading up to meeting the Young Daoist Nun Zhenli in the cave, which allowed for a subplot to be introduced.

Although nothing had happened between them in the secret tunnel, this did not prevent Lin Yun from painting a story that was full of excitement and intrigue.

The Snow Maiden, whose main concern had been the Flower Fairy, was caught off guard when she heard about a beautiful young Daoist nun giving Lin Yun an amulet, and a hint of sourness arose in her heart.

"Are women from the Central Plains all so shameless? Clinging to men upon sight, hmph!"

Jiang Chenyu and the Flower Fairy were both inadvertently roped into this, both feeling annoyed.

You think you’re any different, Prairie Simpleton? As if you didn’t throw yourself at him for free!

However, Yuxuan’s disciple indeed wasn’t acting properly, offering an amulet upon just meeting—what next, would she offer herself the next time they met?

This needed to be closely watched!

At this moment, only the innocently naive Long Xiaoman was unaware of the obvious competition between the others. She saw the island getting larger ahead and cheerfully shouted, "We’re almost there!"

Lin Yun breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good thing they didn’t break into a fight.

"Why is Pearl Island so quiet today?"

It was the middle of the day, which was typically when people would go out to sea.

"There’s a smell of blood."

Lin Yun’s keen sense of smell kicked in, and when he detected the scent of blood, he sensed that something was awry.

Without waiting for the ship to dock, he used his Escape Skill to rush towards Pearl Island, and the closer he got, the stronger the smell of blood became.

Upon completely landing on the island, he saw a horrifying scene of mounds of corpses and seas of blood.

The Flower Fairy and the Snow Maiden followed closely behind. Seeing the bodies strewn everywhere, they too were taken aback.

"Did we have company?"

The Snow Maiden blurted out, but the Flower Fairy shook her head solemnly.

"Several Cultivators of the Celestial Knowing Realm guard Pearl Island. Ordinary people don’t have the power for this."

"The blood is still fresh, they haven’t gone far."

Lin Yun investigated and found that the corpses were still warm; the murderer hadn’t gone far.

While both were instances of robbery, Lin Yun hadn’t planned on killing anyone—knocking them unconscious was sufficient.

But the culprit this time was ruthless; bodies were everywhere, clearly here to kill.

Lin Yun turned to look at Jiang Chenyu, who was still on the ship, and said, "Be careful, there’s something strange about this."

Having said that, he went to bring Jiang Chenyu to his side.

Right now, Jiang Chenyu was like a complete novice in combat, it was best not to leave her here to be attacked.

Lin Yun’s attentiveness dispersed all of Jiang Chenyu’s unease, even though she had lost her cultivation, she felt an unprecedented sense of safety by his side.

"Let’s move together, don’t scatter."

Lin Yun carried Jiang Chenyu on his back and ran ahead, with the Snow Maiden and Flower Fairy inwardly feeling jealous, but seeing the eerie bloodiness around them, neither fought to carry Jiang Chenyu.

All the corpses were fresh, Lin Yun did not examine each one, but with a simple glance, he knew these people had not been dead for long.

As they went deeper into Pearl Island, Lin Yun and the others finally felt the aftermath of some battles.

"I’ll go have a look first, you guys follow quickly."

The Flower Fairy used the Lightning Motion Technique, took to the air, and soared like a Vermilion Bird spiraling in the sky, her speed extremely fast.

Lin Yun, carrying Jiang Chenyu, and the Snow Maiden were a bit slower, and as for Long Xiaoman, now that she was on land, her speed wasn’t as great.

The Flower Fairy was the first to reach the battlefield, just in time to see a Celestial Knowing Realm cultivator guarding Pearl Island being chopped into pieces.

The murderer was shrouded in a black robe, and when he turned to look at the Flower Fairy, his face was also covered with a layer of black mist.

Seeing the Flower Fairy, he swiftly ran away.

"Stop!"

The Flower Fairy immediately gave chase.

The other’s speed was getting faster and faster, but the Flower Fairy wasn’t one to be trifled with; as she pursued, her twin blades also flew out.

The robed figure flickered a few times, and Sky-splitter hit nothing but air.

This person’s fighting style was somewhat similar to that of Dongfang Hongyue, his escape skill and illusions were both top-notch.

"What coward dares not leave a name behind?"

The Flower Fairy tried to provoke him.

Provocation may be low, but it usually works.

Great cultivators have their pride; if insulted, they are sure to react.

This robed figure seemed to be no exception; now, as they chased each other all the way to the seaside, upon hearing the Flower Fairy’s shout, the robed figure slowly removed his hood, turned his head, and the Flower Fairy’s heart went into chaos.

"Mother?!"

If Lin Yun had been there, he would have been able to tell that this person did indeed resemble Hua Ruolan greatly, but the temperament was different.

The same face was there, but Hua Ruolan clearly had the air of a gentle matron.

"Hua Ruolan" looked at the discomposed Flower Fairy, showing a smile, and soon, she turned into a shadow and vanished.

If she had used this escape skill sooner, the Flower Fairy wouldn’t have been able to chase her this far.

What on earth did this mean?

The Flower Fairy was a bit confused.

Why would her mother appear here, and why had she killed so many people? Hadn’t Lin Yun made it clear about the cause and effect? Was her mother not dead? 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Feeling as if her mind was in a mess, the Flower Fairy stood in place for a long time before she absentmindedly went back to find Lin Yun.

"Are you okay? Nothing’s wrong, right?"

Lin Yun first showed concern for the Flower Fairy’s state, and the Flower Fairy shook her head, saying, "It’s nothing, the person got away."

Lin Yun’s brow furrowed, feeling that things were not so simple; the Flower Fairy wasn’t telling the truth.

Just because the person got away, she shouldn’t have this reaction.

Lin Yun did not press the issue, keeping it in mind, and brought up their current dilemma.

"It seems we’ve been calculated."

Lin Yun pointed at the broken jade talisman on the ground.

Piecing it back together, a "hua" character could still be seen.

This must have been Pearl Island’s emergency contact jade talisman, the person didn’t have time to write their name, and only wrote "hua."

It was precisely when they arrived on the island that the Flower Fairy, using her own identity, arranged for the boats.

Now there was not a single survivor on Pearl Island, and with this "hua" character, the Flower Fairy couldn’t escape from this huge incrimination.

It wasn’t just her problem, he and the Snow Maiden probably wouldn’t be able to escape this setup either.

Was it coincidence or premeditated?

Lin Yun was more inclined towards it being premeditated.

There aren’t that many coincidences in the world, one must always consider the worst.

And if someone planned this, his goal was to ruin the reputations of both the Flower Fairy and himself.

That wasn’t the scary part; what was frightening was that their plan to loot Pearl Island was decided on the spur of the moment, so who could have predicted that they would come to Pearl Island?

"Is there an insider traitor?"

The Flower Fairy voiced her suspicion, then her gaze drifted towards Jiang Chenyu.

Lin Yun also looked at Jiang Chenyu.

It was impossible for either the Flower Fairy or the Snow Maiden to be the insider traitor.

Jiang Chenyu: "..."

Are these looks suggesting to sink me into the sea?