"Everyone, be careful."

Ye Jinghong cupped his hands and said.

"Don’t worry, Old Ye, with our strength, if he dares to show up, we’ll capture him and bring him back to the Imperial City."

"You don’t know that the Shen Family has offered a sky-high reward, just afraid he won’t come!"

The man laughed, showing no concern.

"Alright, we’re leaving. There are many mansions that need their arrays modified, it’s quite troublesome!"

The six of them immediately turned into streams of light and swiftly left Moran City.

After seeing them off, Ye Jinghong returned to the main hall.

Sitting at the top, his brow was tightly furrowed. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Could I have guessed wrong, and it’s not him?"

After all, even if Chen Xuan killed Shen Xuan, there was no reason to destroy the Three Judicial Departments of Donglin Mansion.

Once discovered, it would be a capital crime!

His future was bright; it was impossible for him to do such a thing.

"Better if it’s not!"

To be honest, he felt quite guilty these days.

Only now did he feel relieved, much more at ease.

...

That night, Chen Xuan came near the Three Judicial Departments.

He used Telepathy to inspect the arrays on the fifth floor of the Library Pavilion, then stepped forward with Godly Footwork.

"As expected, it won’t work."

He shook his head helplessly.

Then his figure disappeared.

This time, Great Yu’s efficiency was very high, taking only about half a month in total to completely renovate the arrays of the Library Pavilions in the Hundred Mansions of Great Yu.

Chen Xuan had given up on infiltrating other Library Pavilions.

By this time, he had quietly left Prince Xuan’s Mansion.

None of the women at home knew about this, he just told them he was going into seclusion.

...

Celestial Thunder Mansion, Jiuxian County.

Chen Xuan spent half a day to arrive here.

"I didn’t expect the Sword Sect, one of the Hidden Kill Nine Gates, to hide in such a small place."

He muttered to himself.

Then he entered the county town and found an inn at random.

"I’m here."

In the room, Chen Xuan communicated with his clone.

In Xiao Mansion.

The clone suddenly opened its eyes.

"Finally, you’ve come."

During this time, he had been cultivating Xiao Yu’s "Bloodthirsty Technique," although he had only comprehended the first few levels and was far behind Xiao Yu.

But now he could completely simulate the Bloodthirsty Technique with Nine Elements Dao Skill.

When used with the Blood Sword, the effect was almost the same.

Night fell!

The clone left Xiao Mansion, heading to the inn where Chen Xuan was staying.

...

"Long time no see."

Chen Xuan looked at him while maintaining the appearance of Xiao Yu, exchanged a greeting.

"I don’t feel anything."

The clone slowly opened its mouth.

Chen Xuan was a bit surprised, now it seemed more and more like a person.

"Big brother has gotten stronger!"

"Yes, Fourth Level of the Dao Realm, Spirit Cultivation has also reached Late-Stage Xuan Rank."

Upon hearing this, the clone’s expression slightly changed.

So fast!

It hadn’t been long, yet he had broken through to the Fourth Level of the Dao Realm.

Compared to him, it seemed like he was much inferior.

No wonder he was the clone of the big brother.

"Let’s not talk about this for now. Later I will impart to you the cultivation insights of the Nine Elements Dao Skill. It won’t take long before you can break through."

"Mm!"

The clone nodded.

Then he said, "There’s no major matter, only one: the Hidden Kill Nine Gates are going to have a rank battle. To set up an array, we must get rid of the bottom rank, otherwise, we won’t get the key materials for setting up the array."

"Last time, Sword Sect was the last rank!"

He added another sentence.

Chen Xuan’s brow furrowed slightly.

"Is that so...."

Then he asked, "What is the strength of the other eight sect leaders?"

Back then, the soul search was carried out by the clone. He didn’t know much about Xiao Yu, so he asked the clone.

"The weakest is also at Sixth Level of the Dao Realm!"

Sixth Level!

This is troublesome.

That means to get out of the bottom rank, it’s best if the clone breaks through to Fifth Level of the Dao Realm before the rank battle.

But... at the current pace, it’s nearly impossible.

Unless Ning Xin reaches the Dao Realm.

But even that, he wasn’t sure.

Then he asked,

"Any news about Heaven-Reaching Bamboo?"

"No, Xiao Ming won’t say. I’ve probed him several times, but he diverted the topic; it seems very dangerous."

The clone shook his head.

"What about a soul search?"

"No way!"

"Although he is seriously injured now, Xiao Ming is a Daoist Rank Spirit Cultivator. Unless big brother is stronger than him, it’s very hard to search his memory."

Moreover, after a Spirit Cultivator reaches the Daoist Rank, their soul becomes even stronger.

That is why it’s very difficult to perform a soul search on a Daoist Rank Spirit Cultivator.

"Troublesome!"

Chen Xuan frowned, quite annoyed.

He hadn’t expected Xiao Ming to be a Daoist Rank Spirit Cultivator.

If the Heaven-Reaching Bamboo cannot be found, then he could only use those weak World Spirits to repair the Human Realm.

"Alright, let’s keep it like this. I’ll transmit the cultivation insights of the Nine Elements Dao Skill and Myriad Manifestation Skill to you, taking it one step at a time."

"Mm!"

The clone nodded.

At this point, there was no other way.

Afterward, Chen Xuan infused both techniques’ insights into his sea of consciousness.

However, he sealed a part of it, as the clone was only at Mid-Stage Xuan Rank. Without sealing part of it, his sea of consciousness would explode.

Of course, the clone also transmitted his insights on the Bloodthirsty Technique and the simulation method for the Nine Elements Dao Skill to him.

Back and forth, the day broke.

"I’ll come back in three months to unlock that part of the seal for you."

"Mm!"

After Chen Xuan explained a few things, he used Godly Footwork to return to Prince Xuan’s Mansion.

At the same time, the clone returned to Xiao Mansion as well.

But just as he stepped into the gate, a figure hurriedly approached.

"Young master, someone has been sent from the leader’s side."

The clone raised his eyebrows, why so sudden?

"Where is the person?"

"In the main hall."

Upon hearing this, the clone immediately headed towards the main hall of the mansion.

In the hall, seated above was a middle-aged man in white, his eyes closed. Only when he heard footsteps from outside did he slowly open them.

"It’s him!"

Seeing the man in white, the clone immediately tensed up inside.

Hong Zhisha!

Known as the executioner of Great Yu, all the martial artists of Great Yu who died by his hands were without exception at the Dao Realm.