Chen Yi dragged the Dragon-Man by its tail, heading towards the Ancient Pagoda within the Chixin Sect.

The Dragon-Man had its fateful throat seized by Chen Yi; no matter what tricks it tried, it couldn't break free from Chen Yi's large hand.

"What kind of monster are you! This is too bizarre!"

Chen Yi glanced at it, summoned the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and directly tossed it inside.

"I know you're a tough nut to crack, but life is precious. Don't self-destruct, okay? Little Wan, arrange a seat for him at the same table as Feng Yucheng."

Inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the Dragon-Man saw Feng Yucheng and was quite surprised.

"Why is the Demon Seed here??"

Feng Yucheng was on guard, his expression complicated.

The Dragon-Man continued to yell.

"Hey! Human! Let me out! Do you even know who you've captured! Do you know you're playing with fire!"

Chen Yi ignored it.

Keeping Feng Yucheng and today's Dragon-Man, to be honest, Chen Yi wasn't sure if they'd be useful later.

It seemed in the fourth simulation, Feng Yucheng's soul was never of any use, and in the end, it exploded along with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

But what if one day he obtained an ability like Soul-Searching? Then keeping them would be useful.

Chen Yi lay in wait near the Ancient Pagoda, waiting for Sect Master Yu to take the bait.

This guy surnamed Yu was often not at the sect; who knows what he was busy with outside all day.

"Bro! What the heck are we doing here?"

It didn't take many days before the Ten Thousand Souls Banner lost its patience.

"When I, Chen Yi, act, why should I explain myself to you? What's wrong, want to go find the Earth Vein?"

"Yes! With a Low-Grade Bone Structure like yours, if you rely on your own cultivation, you'll stay like this your whole life!"

"Stay a Martial King my whole life? That's pretty good too."

"Forgot about that... Don't you want to go further, become a Martial Saint? A Martial God?!"

"I do."

"Then that's right! Let's go! Find the Earth Vein! Let me help you break through!"

"Next time for sure."

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner really couldn't do anything with you.

"He's here."

Finally, you managed to ambush Sect Master Yu; he finally returned to the sect.

As soon as Sect Master Yu returned, he headed straight for the Ancient Pagoda within the Chixin Sect.

"Without my order, no one is allowed to enter and disturb my secluded cultivation, understand?"

He publicly claimed the Ancient Pagoda was his place for secluded cultivation, so every time he entered, he would say this to his subordinates.

Sect Master Yu sneakily entered the Ancient Pagoda, shut the door tightly, and even locked it from the inside.

Then, he took out paper and a brush and started writing something.

At this moment, Chen Yi was floating directly above Sect Master Yu's head.

This old Yu couldn't even imagine a Martial King Realm expert would be lying in wait for him, so it never occurred to him to look up.

Chen Yi suppressed all his aura, his gaze fixed on the letter paper in Sect Master Yu's hand, clearly seeing what he was writing.

"The Eastern Wastes outpost has been established. Location: Wave Valley, marked as the red dot on the attached map."

Sect Master Yu began drawing a map.

He drew a bird's-eye view of the Eastern Wastes, then marked a red dot on it.

Chen Yi took a look.

Not bad at all.

Could practically use it as a map directly.

Looking more carefully.

The location marked by the red dot seemed not far from the location of the Nine Provinces Cauldron.

He could now fly through the air, making travel convenient anywhere. Why not retrieve the Nine Provinces Cauldron while destroying the Dragon-Man tribe's outpost?

"Sect Master Yu is truly a man of many talents. Drawing maps is also a strong suit for you."

In the quiet Ancient Pagoda, this voice suddenly popped out of nowhere, almost scaring Sect Master Yu's soul out of his body.

"Who?!"

Sect Master Yu looked up. Chen Yi raised his palm and pressed him to the ground with a single Cloud-Scorching Hand, rendering him immobile.

"Ah!! Fire! Fire!"

The two guards standing watch outside the pagoda vaguely heard something.

"The Sect Master seems to be saying something about fire? Is something wrong? Should we go in and check?"

"If you want to die, don't drag me down. Last time, someone entered without the Sect Master's order and was immediately chopped into mincemeat, then thrown to the back mountains to feed the dogs."

This Sect Master Yu was exactly the same as in the simulations.

A super spineless coward.

Chen Yi showed just a hint of his Martial King Realm strength, and he immediately stopped resisting, begging for mercy non-stop, willing to exchange everything for his life.

"No need to be nervous, Sect Master Yu. I have no interest in the scrap metal on your person or this tiny little sect of yours. You just need to honestly answer some questions for me, and I naturally won't make things difficult for you."

If you were still at the Golden Body Realm now, saying this might sound like bragging.

But you are a noble Martial King!

When you say you're not interested, Sect Master Yu believes it ten thousand percent!

Sect Master Yu nodded like pounding garlic.

"Understood! Understood! Please ask, Senior!"

Actually, all the intelligence that could be extracted from this guy, Chen Yi had already asked in the simulations.

It's just that back then, he didn't inquire about how many outposts the Dragon-Man tribe had in the human world and their locations.

This time, of course, he only asked about matters related to the Dragon-Man tribe.

"What were you just writing?"

"A location in the Eastern Wastes."

"What for? Who is it for?"

"Actually, I have a cooperation with the Demon Tribe. They asked me to find some inconspicuous places within the Five Regions and, according to their requirements, deliver some things there."

The "Demon Tribe" in Sect Master Yu's mouth was actually the Dragon-Man tribe. He conflated the two, not knowing they were separate races.

"What things?"

"Spirit Crystals, and some materials."

In other words, the Dragon-Man tribe was having Sect Master Yu help scout locations and complete the preliminary construction of outposts.

The Dragon-Man tribe relied on these hidden outposts to complete early intelligence gathering on the human world and other preparatory work for invasion.

"Besides this Wave Valley in the Eastern Wastes, what other places have you helped them find to build outposts?"

"There's also Cold Maple Temple in Xiliang. I'm old friends with the abbot there. The conditions offered by the Demon Tribe were good. After my repeated persuasion, the abbot finally agreed to join."

Chixin Sect, Cold Maple Temple, Wave Valley.

Good, that's three already.

Chen Yi continued questioning.

"Any other outposts you know of?"

Sect Master Yu shook his head repeatedly.

"No more."

"Really don't know?"

"I wouldn't dare deceive you, Senior. My cooperation with these Demon Tribe members has only been for five years. All these years, I've been running around outside, using up all my old connections. I've only helped them set up these two outposts. Really no more."

Chen Yi felt a bit of a headache.

Not enough.

The task said six needed to be destroyed.

Suddenly, Chen Yi noticed the strange patterns underfoot.

He remembered!

In the third simulation, Chen Yi had eavesdropped on a conversation between two Dragon-Men.

One of them mentioned that each floor of this seven-story Ancient Pagoda in the Chixin Sect actually had a "Demon Bridge Formation," allowing Dragon-Men to travel between various outposts.

In other words, this Demon Bridge Tower was the early transmission hub connecting the various Dragon-Man outposts!

Through this Ancient Pagoda, couldn't he reach all the outposts?

But...

The Dragon-Man tribe's formations were completely incomprehensible.

He asked this Sect Master Yu, who said he didn't know how to activate them.

Huh?

Wasn't there a native-born Dragon-Man right inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?

Chen Yi released the Dragon-Man he had captured a while ago.

Seeing Sect Master Yu kneeling before Chen Yi, the Dragon-Man immediately became furious and used some secret technique to allow Sect Master Yu to hear its voice.

"Yu Qian, you fence-sitter! How dare you betray us! We'll make sure you die without a whole corpse! Just you wait! Pah!!"

The Dragon-Man's voice echoed within the Ancient Pagoda.

Even though the voice was loud, and the two guards outside could hear most of it, they just wouldn't come in.

Although coming in wouldn't be of much use anyway.