Mu Yanxi opened the paper and found that it was a map with routes left by Lin Haochen. No wonder he didn’t use telepathy to explain. And this map was clearly of Yuzhen City.
There were two routes. One was from a location in Yangxin High Sect to the garbage recycling yard outside the city. The other was from a pharmaceutical factory under Yangxin Hall to the drug processing station.
“Our discarded pills are in very large quantities. They must undergo professional processing to be rendered harmless. Therefore, they are transported from the lab to the processing plant for decomposition. The Young Master suspects the problem lies on these two routes.” Li Qing said.
“Wait, Lin Haochen means for me to follow the waste spiritual medicine transport on these two routes? Then follow the lead all the way and root out the people smuggling the pills? He’s overestimating me. I simply can’t do it.” Mu Yanxi shook her head repeatedly.
“Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to tail them. I’ll give you a legitimate identity to make it convenient for you to investigate. This is also the Young Master’s arrangement. Hold out your Terminal Ring.” Li Qing smiled.
“Like this?” Mu Yanxi reached out her hand. Li Qing’s fingertip lightly tapped it. Mu Yanxi immediately saw a new ID card appear in her Terminal Ring.
“Yangxin Hall Pharmaceutical Group, Waste Medicine Recycler, Confidentiality Clearance Level A?” Mu Yanxi stared at the electronic ID with her name and photo, dumbfounded. ‘What does this mean?’
“This is the most inconspicuous identity the Young Master could think of that can still enter most of Yangxin Hall’s facilities without arousing suspicion. From now on, your identity is a medicine recycler working as an intern at Yangxin Hall.” Li Qing smiled.
“Jobs like this recycling work are not something alchemists with some status or mid-rank cultivators are willing to do. It’s usually done by low-level employees.”
“However, pill refining often involves many secrets, so when hiring such odd-job workers, they usually choose to recruit the children of grassroots employees.”
“You happen to be the child of an inconspicuous farm employee, with a clean background and no apparent connection to the Young Master. This authorization was also given to you after I went through some detours.”
“According to the records, you are a temporary worker who proactively came to Yangxin Hall Pharmaceutical Factory for a work-study program. And A-level clearance is enough for you to enter most non-core confidential areas.”
Mu Yanxi looked at her new ID and was speechless. Lin Haochen had prepared so thoroughly, as if he was certain she would agree. She sighed and said, “I’ll try, but don’t expect me to definitely find clues.”
“Please rest assured, the Young Master won’t put all his eggs in one basket. He will investigate through other channels and with other people. Take this. The Young Master will contact you through this later.” Li Qing handed over a mechanical spider.
Mu Yanxi was very familiar with this mechanical spider. It was the one from yesterday, just not activated now. Mu Yanxi took it and stuffed it directly into her Terminal Ring. In theory, no signal can be received inside a Terminal Ring.
“May I ask, can I go help Yanxi? I’m still worried that it’s unsafe for her to investigate alone.” Shangguan Yun asked, still unwilling.
“Theoretically, she can bring one or two helpers. I can temporarily issue two C-level temporary worker passes. Having someone with her does make it seem more like she’s working. But I don’t recommend you follow, Miss Shangguan. You are still a bit too conspicuous, and it would easily expose her.” Li Qing said.
“If Miss Shangguan really wants to help, you can try using your Student Council authority within the sect to check into the medicine transactions.”
“If you can directly find the mastermind behind it, Miss Mu Yanxi won’t have to risk investigating. However, the sect itself is a dragon’s den and tiger’s lair. Once you’re targeted, it’s very dangerous. You can investigate, but absolutely do not personally contact or investigate them.”
Hearing Li Qing say this, Shangguan Yun finally had a direction—if she could find the real culprit first, then Mu Yanxi wouldn’t need to go undercover.
This instead made Mu Yanxi experience the same worry Shangguan Yun had earlier. “Yun’er, you absolutely must not actively contact those people. Your identity is too prominent, and you might already have been targeted when submitting the report earlier.”
“So you do know to worry about me, huh? Did you not think about how worried I was? Don’t worry, I have a good sense of things. Because if I’m targeted, they most likely won’t let go of you, my double cultivation partner, either. Even if only for that, I won’t act rashly.” Shangguan Yun tapped Mu Yanxi’s forehead and said.
“Hehe, you two really have a good relationship. However, the Young Master’s request for you to investigate is not mandatory.”
“If you two feel it’s dangerous, you can step away from the trouble at any time. Those people’s target is ultimately Yangxin Hall; they won’t relentlessly pursue disciples of the Lingyue High Sect.” Li Qing said with a smile.
“Also, although you absolutely cannot mention my name outside, if you are really being hunted, or feel there is a risk of assassination, you can come to the Sixteenth Medicinal Garden. That medicinal garden is mine, and there is a teleportation array inside. It should be no problem to shelter the two of you.”
‘As expected of a lackey by Big Young Master Lin Haochen’s side… She even has a medicinal garden. On the other hand, all the lackeys by Lin Haochen’s side are such alluring and sexy beauties. Could they be Lin Haochen’s lovers?’ Mu Yanxi couldn’t help but think.
At that moment, a flash of fire pierced the Forbidden Ward. Li Qing reached up and caught it. The fire turned into a talisman.
Mu Yanxi could recognize it as a Transmission Talisman. Very few people in this world still used them, because the Dao web allowed direct communication, unless in a fully sealed Forbidden Ward with no Dao web signal.
Li Qing glanced at the Transmission Talisman, and her expression instantly changed. She said, “Something’s happened outside. Let’s go out quickly. Oh, right, these are the investigation tools the Young Master gave. Take them.”
She then threw two Narings Rings to Mu Yanxi and Shangguan Yun, and immediately canceled the Forbidden Ward, rushing out.
‘Something happened outside?’
Mu Yanxi had no time to see what treasures were in the Narings Ring, and she also ran with Shangguan Yun toward the hall entrance.
Inside the main hall, some signs were already visible. The Senior Sisters from the Housekeeping Department were not cooking at the stoves; instead, they were gathered at the hall entrance looking outside.
When Mu Yanxi also arrived at the hall entrance, she found that the feast music outside had stopped. The teachers in the pavilion had all stood up. Everyone’s gaze was focused on the plaza in front of the hall.
A young girl was kneeling and crying.
“It’s her?” Mu Yanxi looked at the girl in surprise.
It was Lin Xiaofeng, a top ten alchemist in her grade, and Lin Haochen’s clan sister.
But right now, she was actually emitting the aura of the foundation establishment stage, and she hadn’t been able to contain it, indicating she had just broken through and her aura was still surging outward.
“Who did this?! Who harmed me!” Lin Xiaofeng looked up and cried out heart-wrenchingly. “Who put a Foundation Establishment Pill into my food?”