"Haha! Brother Lu is indeed very powerful. You noticed me the moment I stepped into this place. No wonder the Nine Nations Alliance would appoint you as the lord of this place."

At the originally empty palace entrance, a light flickered, and a figure appeared with a smile.

"So it's you? Why didn't you take this opportunity to rest? Instead, why did you hide your body and return here quietly?"

The bald-browed man frowned and asked the other party with a complicated expression.

"It's nothing, actually. I just discovered a secret by accident and I feel it is necessary to discuss it with you."

"Secret? What kind of secret?" The bald-browed man was stunned after hearing the news. He looked at the man in front of him carefully, with a hint of doubt on his face.

"Fellow Daoist Chen from the Luoyun Sect is most likely a spy for the Mulan people!" The man said this firmly and walked forward slowly.

"Spy? Brother Dao, are you out of your mind? Brother Dao, Chen Dao just successfully killed a Yuanying stage mage today. This statement is really too ridiculous."

When the bald-browed man heard this, his face twitched, and then he couldn't help laughing, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"I know that Brother Lu won't believe this, but I do have evidence. As long as Brother Lu takes a look, he will know that what I said is true."

The man sighed, a helpless smile appeared on his face. Then, he flipped his hand, and a green jade slip appeared in his hand with a flash of light. He took a few steps forward and approached the big man.

A look of surprise flashed in the big man's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he stood up to greet him and stretched out an arm to take the jade slip.

Seeing the other party's actions, the man raised his hand calmly, as if intending to hand the jade slip to the other party.

However, just as the big man's fingers were about to touch the jade slip, the man's face suddenly changed drastically.

A fierce look flashed across his face, and the jade slip glowed green, instantly transforming into a small emerald green snake, which quickly bit the big man's wrist.

The big man named Lu had a look of shock on his face and opened his mouth to make a sound, but in the blink of an eye his face turned black and purple, and then he fell to the ground without a sound, unable to move anymore.

"The Twin-Tailed Jade Snake is indeed worthy of its name. Its toxicity alone is probably not inferior to the legendary Ten Deadly Poisons. After being bitten by it, even a Yuanying cannot escape. If it had wings and could fly, it would undoubtedly become an extremely deadly killer of cultivators."

A look of joy appeared on the man's face and he whispered to himself. He took a step forward and carefully observed the corpse that was beginning to melt.

The little green snake loosened its fangs that were biting on the corpse, and with a flick of its tail, it revealed two slender pointed tails of the same size.

Then, its two tails tapped the ground lightly, and with a whoosh, the snake flew back to its owner's palm, then raised its head and chest, spitting out the purple poison core, and its eyes turned a deep emerald green.

At this time, the attacker held the little snake in one hand and gently waved his other hand.

The storage bag on the corpse immediately flew into his hands, and then he seemed a little excited and put his spiritual sense into it, as if looking for something.

"That's impossible. Where is the token? I clearly saw it put into the storage bag with my own eyes." After a moment, the man exclaimed in a low voice.

Then, still unwillingly, he dumped the storage bag in his hand onto the ground.

A dazzling white mist gushed out from the mouth of the bag, and a pile of low-quality magic weapons and a small number of low-level spirit stones appeared on the ground.

When he saw the objects on the ground clearly, his face turned as pale as paper, and the green light on his body suddenly lit up. Without saying a word, he turned into a streak of lightning and fled quickly towards the palace gate.

A long sigh was heard in the hall, and then the silver light on the surrounding walls flickered. Layers of silver light curtains emerged like waves, and finally formed a huge light shield that enveloped the fleeing person.

The fleeing man snorted coldly. His escape light did not show any intention of stopping. Instead, he lightly patted a bag on his waist with one hand.

A black pangolin-like spirit beast leaped out of the bag and crashed directly into the wall in front of it.

A dull "bang" sound was heard, and the silver wall remained motionless, easily bouncing the spirit beast back.

Seeing this scene, the fugitive felt a chill in his heart, but he immediately gritted his teeth and shot out a blue flying fork from his mouth.

In an instant, the magic weapon and the escape light merged into one, transforming into a thick blue rainbow light, which also hit the wall of the cover fiercely.

Another deafening "boom" sound was heard, and the blue light was mercilessly bounced several feet away. After spinning in the air, it almost fell to the ground.

"Brother Gu, don't waste your time. This hall is actually the core of the entire Huanglong Mountain formation, and it is also the most powerful place for prohibition. Now that you are trapped here, you can no longer leave."

An indifferent voice was heard in the hall. It sounded extremely familiar, and it was actually the voice of the bald-browed man.

"Your Excellency is not really dead. The corpse before is probably a flesh puppet. I have heard that there is a mysterious monk in the Nine Nations Alliance who is good at refining flesh puppets that are exactly like real people, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. I didn't expect this to be true."

The light in the blue cover gradually dissipated, revealing a figure, who was none other than Gu Shuangpu from the Yuling Sect.

But at this moment, his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were as gloomy as water. Although he tried his best to remain calm, he still looked quite embarrassed.

"Brother Gu is indeed well-informed about the affairs of our Nine Nations Alliance, and he even knows a thing or two about substitute puppets. That's right, what you just destroyed was indeed a substitute I just controlled. Even a Yuanying-stage expert like you couldn't detect the difference. This shows that from the appearance, it is indeed indistinguishable from the real thing."

The white light outside the hall flickered, and the figure of the bald-browed man appeared. He stared at Gu Shuangpu in the light shield, then glanced at the substitute who had turned into a pool of dirty blood, and said in a flat tone.

"Humph! What's the point of having similar appearances! If I wasn't worried about arousing your suspicion, I wouldn't dare to use my spiritual sense to carefully investigate your substitute. You can't deceive me with just an empty shell."

"Besides, I should have expected that even though the two-tailed emerald snake has been carefully cultivated by me for hundreds of years and is extremely poisonous, it is not easy to kill a Yuanying stage master. I originally just wanted to use this snake to deal you a heavy blow. Unfortunately, the first blow worked, and I mistakenly underestimated the effect of the spirit snake's poison. It seems that I am really too self-inflated."

Gu Shuangpu answered calmly, with a hint of regret in his eyes.

“Hehehe! Mr. Lu and this person jointly refined this substitute out of interest. Naturally, I did not regard it as a divine weapon comparable to the incarnation. However, it happened that with the help of this puppet, I successfully caught Brother Gu, the rebel who secretly colluded with the Mulan people. It can be said that the large amount of spirit stones I spent was worth it.” The strong man named Lu was not angry, but said with a smile.

Gu Shuangpu's face twitched slightly, and he remained silent for a while. However, after a moment, he asked coldly:

"From your words, it seems that you have long anticipated my visit. You even prepared countermeasures in advance. Could it be that I have aroused your vigilance when I first set foot on Fire Dragon Mountain?"

"That's not the case. How dare I doubt the elders of the Yuling Sect without any basis? I was just reminded by others. At first, I was skeptical about this matter, but now I believe it without a doubt. Fellow Daoist Chen, Brother Ma, please show up."

The bald-browed man shook his head to deny it, then shouted loudly to the people around him.

After hearing this, Gu Shuangpu could no longer remain calm and his face turned pale as paper in an instant.

Then, light flashed on the stone walls on both sides of the hall, and two figures slowly emerged. They were the calm Chen Yun and the solemn old man surnamed Ma.

"It's really shocking. Fellow Daoist Gu would actually do something so immoral. What kind of lucrative benefits did the Mulan people offer to make you lose your mind like this?"

The old man surnamed Ma had a look of grief on his face and his words were full of regret.

"Lose your mind? I am from the Mulan tribe, how can I say I have lost my mind?" Gu Shuangpu stared at the old man and retorted coldly.

"So you are from the Mulan tribe?" This news surprised the bald-browed man and others, and they all showed surprise.

"Of course. What kind of benefits do you think could induce a Yuanying-stage cultivator like me to betray? How can you Tiannan cultivators understand the scarcity of cultivation resources in our Mulan Grassland?"

"Every year, countless low-level mages who were expected to advance miss the best time to practice due to lack of elixirs and spirit stones, and eventually turn into dust after more than a hundred years. Why can you cultivators occupy such a superior environment, while we mages need to use every spirit stone carefully."

"If we can obtain the cultivation resources of Tiannan, it will only take a hundred years for our Mulan tribe to double the number of mages. With such a strong power, we can defeat the immortal master of the 'Tuwu people' and then rule the entire Mulan grassland."

Gu Shuangpu became more and more excited as he spoke, with a crazy light flashing in his eyes.

After listening to Gu Shuangpu's statement, the bald-browed man and others could not help but look at each other with mixed feelings.

"Defeat the 'Tuwu people'? As far as I know, on the contrary, your main force suffered a crushing defeat in the last battle with the Tuwu people, and now half of the Mulan grassland has fallen into the hands of the Tuwu people. Therefore, you are willing to risk everything to try to get involved in my Tiannan region."

Chen Yun suddenly spoke expressionlessly.

"You...how did you know this? ...Did you eavesdrop on the conversation between me and Master Le?"

Gu Shuangpu was shocked at first when he heard this, but then he suddenly realized what was going on. He immediately glared at Chen Yun fiercely, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

"Oh? Brother Gu seems to have understood things very quickly. This matter cannot be blamed on Chen. After all, it was you and that secret magician who performed the sound transmission technique in front of Chen without any scruples."

"And Chen's spiritual power happens to be stronger than that of cultivators of the same level. Therefore, I accidentally heard your conversation and reminded Fellow Daoist Lu."

Chen Yun looked calm and explained calmly.

"Good, it's really great! No matter how much I planned, there are still omissions! I have been lurking in Tiannan for so long, but I made such a mistake before taking action. It is not unfair for Gu to bear this result. However, the spiritual sense is only slightly stronger than that of the cultivators of the same level?"

"Humph! You are too modest. Do you think that the secret voice transmission between me and that person is just an ordinary voice transmission? Unless you have a powerful consciousness of the late Nascent Soul stage, I really can't think of any other way to eavesdrop on our conversation quietly."

Gu Shuangpu stared at Chen Yun with a pale face, but he still spoke sarcastically and unyieldingly.

"Late Nascent Soul stage?" The old man surnamed Ma was shocked when he heard this.

The brown-haired man was also shocked. He was frightened by Chen Yun's unfathomable spiritual awareness and turned to look at him in astonishment.

Chen Yun only frowned slightly, not expecting that this incident would inadvertently expose the power of his spiritual consciousness. However, he quickly regained his composure, with an elusive expression on his face, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

This mysterious attitude made the brown-haired man and the old man surnamed Ma suspicious.

After all, it is really unbelievable that a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage can possess the spiritual awareness comparable to that of a cultivator in the later stage.

"Since you have admitted that you are a spy, we don't have to show mercy. Although I originally planned to spare your life and hand you over to the law enforcers within the alliance for disposal. However, now is the time of a war, we can only destroy you physically and spiritually."

The brown-haired man finally withdrew his surprised gaze from Chen Yun, turned around, and spoke coldly and ruthlessly to Gu Shuangpu in the light shield.

Then, without waiting for the other party's response, he flipped his palm and a token shining with silver light appeared in his hand.

He raised the token high and waved it gently at the light shield.

With a "puff", a large amount of silver light gushed out, hitting the wall of the light shield and disappeared without a trace.

Silver light flickered inside the light shield, as if countless flowers were blooming, each one bright and dazzling, slowly falling down.

When Gu Shuangpu saw the silver light, his face turned extremely ugly. He slapped his body several times without hesitation, and several layers of light shields of different colors covered his body.

At the same time, he also controlled the blue flying fork in front of him. The flying fork spun rapidly and flew upwards, forming a blue light curtain that blocked above him.

"Let's go. There's nothing to see here. No matter how powerful his cultivation is, he can't last long in this restriction. It won't be long before he's destroyed by lightning and fire. Let's discuss how to deal with the follow-up matters first."

"Although this person is a spy of the Mulan people, he is still an elder of the Yuling Sect after all. Some things need to be explained in detail to other people in the alliance to avoid future troubles." (End of this chapter)