Chapter 518: Chapter 249: The Battle Record Shocks Grandmaster Wu Wei, a Special Promotion to True Inheritor Candidate

Tingfeng Pavilion.

The night was as black as ink, the lone lamp a mere speck of light.

Song Yuan was just about to sit and meditate to regulate his breathing when he suddenly heard a series of urgent knocks at the door.

He swept the area with his Divine Thought and found it was Jiang Che. With a grand wave of his sleeve, a gust of True Qi swung the door open.

Song Yuan came out to greet him, asking with some surprise, "Junior Brother Jiang, it’s so late. Haven’t you rested yet? Has something urgent come up?"

Jiang Che didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he walked quickly into the room and shut the door behind him.

Seeing Jiang Che’s series of cautious actions, Song Yuan’s expression instantly turned grave.

"Something happened?"

Jiang Che took a deep breath, pulled a worn, grayish-brown notebook and a folded letter from his robes, and gently placed them on the table.

"Senior Brother, please take a look."

Song Yuan picked up the notebook in confusion. The moment he flipped to the first page, his expression changed slightly.

By the time he finished reading the letter tucked inside at the end, his expression had become extremely grim.

"This... where did you get this?"

Song Yuan’s head snapped up, and he stared intently at Jiang Che.

Jiang Che had already prepared his story. He said in a low voice,

"Senior Brother, I went deep into the Black Mist Wood to hunt Exotic Beasts today. On my way back, I happened to run into two strange middle-aged men."

"I didn’t want to get involved, but without a word, the two of them suddenly transformed into terrifying, three-meter-tall giants. They were immensely powerful and tried to surround and kill me!"

At this point, Jiang Che paused, a hint of lingering fear on his face.

"Fortunately, my Body Technique is decent, and it seemed those two didn’t want to cause a huge commotion, so they didn’t pursue me with all their might. I used the mist in the woods to maneuver around them for a while and luckily managed to escape."

"During the struggle, their clothes tore apart after they transformed, and their belongings fell out. I took the opportunity to grab them."

Jiang Che didn’t say that he had killed the two men.

After all, for someone with a Fourth Layer True Master Realm Cultivation to kill two Giant Spirit Martial Artists in return was simply too shocking and unbelievable. It would be impossible to explain and would only expose his trump cards.

But claiming he had "maneuvered" and "escaped," while still a bit of an exaggeration, was at least believable for a top-tier genius.

After all, he had heard from Bao Da that some of the previous direct-line Demon Fiends in the Sect also had records of escaping from High Tier enemies.

However, even though Jiang Che trusted Song Yuan deeply, he was still fully activating his [True: All-Seeing Eye], watching Song Yuan’s reaction with extreme focus.

The [True: All-Seeing Eye]’s Perception of malicious intent and killing intent was incredibly sharp.

No matter how cunning the other person was or how well they disguised themselves, if for even a single moment they had the thought of silencing Jiang Che, or revealed a special aura related to the Great Yan Kingdom, it would absolutely not escape his eyes!

This was, after all, a matter of life and death, so he didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless.

If Song Yuan really was the mole, Jiang Che would activate [Shadow Escape] at the first opportunity and flee to the ends of the earth!

After all, if even Song Yuan was a mole, it meant the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect had been infiltrated so thoroughly it was like a sieve. Staying here would just be asking for trouble sooner or later.

However, in Jiang Che’s vision, he saw no killing intent from Song Yuan directed at him—only shock at hearing the news and deep concern for him.

’Phew...’

The tightly wound string in Jiang Che’s heart finally slackened.

’No problem.’

’Senior Brother Song is clean.’

"Junior Brother, this time... you truly walked through the gates of hell and back!"

A look of lingering fear appeared on Song Yuan’s face. "Since those two could use Transformation, they must be elite Assassins from the Great Yan Kingdom! For you to escape from their grasp is nothing short of a miracle!"

"My fault! It’s all my fault! I should have gone with you!"

On one hand, he was shocked by Jiang Che’s strength, to be able to escape an ambush by Giant Spirit Martial Artists.

One had to know, Giant Spirit Martial Artists were generally at the Fifth Layer of the True Master Realm or higher, at minimum.

Although he didn’t know what level Jiang Che had encountered, he guessed it was probably two at the Fifth Layer of the True Master Realm, or at most, the Sixth Layer of the True Master Realm.

Otherwise, it would have been absolutely impossible to get away.

On the other hand, he regretted not accompanying Jiang Che on his hunt.

If something had happened to a seedling of this caliber, he would truly be unable to escape the blame!

He had originally thought that nothing could go wrong at the foot of the Sect’s mountain.

Who could have imagined that these Assassins had already crept up to their very doorstep!

The thought of this made his expression turn incredibly grave.

"This notebook contains detailed information on our Sect’s Core Disciples, and the letter even leaks tomorrow’s training plans..."

"There must be a huge problem within our Sect! A high-ranking mole is colluding with the enemy!"

"This matter is too big. I can’t make the decision on my own."

Song Yuan paused and said solemnly to Jiang Che,

"Junior Brother Jiang, you brought this intelligence just in time! If you had been just one night later, I’m afraid Ye Guyun and the others would have been in grave danger tomorrow!"

"You go back and rest first. I must report this matter to the Grandmaster in person!"

"Right, for safety’s sake, don’t leave the Sect for the next few days. Since those two Assassins lost their things, they’ll surely be searching for you like madmen."

"I understand." Jiang Che nodded in agreement.

Once the higher-ups got involved, this matter would have nothing to do with him. It wasn’t something an ordinary disciple like him could meddle in.

Jiang Che was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something.

"Oh, right. Senior Brother, there’s one more thing."

"Oh? Go on."

Jiang Che took out the dark Soul Storage Jade Talisman from his robes and handed it over.

"My luck was pretty good on this trip out. I found a Beast Soul that I’m quite happy with."

"Could you take a look for me, Senior Brother?"

"Sure. Let me see what you caught."

Song Yuan took the Jade Talisman and casually commented as he sent a wisp of his Divine Thought into it,

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