Hu Weidong asked with Divine Thought, "Any discoveries?"
Julie replied using Spiritual Sense Gathering Sound, "This person seems to have a diverse cultivation and is quite adept at concealing their Divine Qi, making it hard to discern their background."
Hu Weidong said, "That's normal. There are always people in the world who study multiple techniques and achieve considerable success, like Earth Master Gu Chun."
Julie added, "This person's cultivation is not weak. Using any means might alert them, so I didn't trace their path just now."
Hu Weidong said, "That should be the case. Since we're partners, we shouldn't ruin the relationship."
Julie said, "So I only investigated their origins. This person came from outside the east gate. They didn't take a vehicle when they reached the school gate, so they must have walked. However, there are no traces beyond a short distance outside the school gate."
Hu Weidong asked, "With your Celestial Secret Skill cultivation, you couldn't see more?"
Julie said, "The other party is very cautious. Many techniques can hide traces."
Hu Weidong asked, "I'm talking about other information. Didn't you see anything at all?"
Julie said, "I can't perform spells directly on the person. Isn't there anything they left behind here?"
Hu Weidong replied, "They left nothing this time, not even a hair or any trace of aura."
Julie sighed, "It's clear they don't want us to know their identity. If we don't want to sour relations, we shouldn't investigate their background further."
Hu Weidong said, "I certainly don't want to sour relations. I want to maintain a good relationship. No need to investigate this person's identity or guess blindly; I already have a sense of things."
Julie said, "Whether you can guess or not, just don't push it."
Hu Weidong said, "I've already asked this person to inform the Ancestral Hall about Wenges' matter. Once the path is clear, I'll arrange your matter."
Apart from Wenges, Julie also wanted to gain the Magic Sect's inheritance.
Without the support of the Magic Sect, Wenges still had hope of breaking through to Tier Six Great Success Cultivation, because Xiao Alliance had produced more than one Tier Six Illusion Master in its history.
But without the Magic Sect's help, Julie would almost certainly not break through to Tier Six. There was no precedent in Xiao Alliance's history, and no spy had ever infiltrated the Lingxi Sect.
Therefore, Julie also wanted to secretly join the Magic Sect, receive the Secondary Inheritance, and gain guidance from a master. Her identity was also as an elder of the Supreme Council of Xiao Alliance, so she and Hu Weidong discussed first letting Wenges explore the way.
Hu Weidong said, "Mr. Huo Qing personally confirmed earlier that Jiao Peter will not appear again. It can be certain that he was either recruited or captured, in any case, he fell into the hands of the Magic Sect."
Julie said, "Jiao Peter's intelligence error caused Xiao Alliance to lose so many experts, and then he disappeared himself. Everyone suspects he betrayed Xiao Alliance and defected to the Magic Sect.
I personally went to inquire about that woman called Luo Mingzhi, confirming that she knew nothing about it."
Hu Weidong said, "The truth is simple. Jiao Peter most likely exposed his identity and was taken away by the Magic Sect. Someone disguised as that woman ambushed him; then someone else disguised as him appeared publicly at Qi Yuan University."
Julie said, "Don't you find it strange? They could have just taken Jiao Peter. Why did someone also need to disguise as him for a public appearance? In the end, they still disappeared; the result makes no difference..."
Jiao Peter came to Qi Yuan as a visiting scholar, and in just a year and a half, had deep exchanges with five women at Qi Yuan University, including three students and two teachers.
Luo Mingzhi was among them, and her situation was the most peculiar. After Jiao Peter disappeared, she was once listed as a key suspect by the police.
Because on the night Jiao Peter disappeared, someone saw Luo Mingzhi visit his apartment, and surveillance showed her leaving with a large viola case, after which Jiao Peter never was seen again.
The police soon uncovered her private connections with Jiao Peter, and it looked very much like a love affair gone wrong, resulting in murder and disposal of the body.
Luo Mingzhi resolutely denied meeting Jiao Peter that evening, but with incontrovertible evidence, she was still taken away by the police... until Jiao Peter inexplicably reappeared, returned to the apartment, and then once again disappeared mysteriously.
Xiao Alliance had long since acquired relevant intelligence, and Julie's further verification left her puzzled about one detail.
Hu Weidong explained, "Of course there's a difference. At least it cleared that female teacher of the suspicion of murder and body disposal, so a lawyer can work to get her out."
Julie said, "Someone impersonated Jiao Peter to appear again, just to clear Luo Mingzhi's murder suspicion? Even if they didn't, without evidence, the police would eventually release Luo Mingzhi; at least they couldn't convict her.
Initially, I also suspected Luo Mingzhi was related to the Magic Sect, but the result showed she had no connection to the Magic Sect, and was unaware of the matter altogether..."
Hu Weidong pondered, "I do understand why, it's simply someone not wanting to implicate the innocent.
To that female teacher, having suspicions without enough evidence to convict is completely different from having no suspicion of murder, and being released sooner has a different result as well.
She's just an unaware ordinary person, yet bearing such suspicion in that place for too long, she would break down, and even if released in the end she would likely be ruined..."
Julie asked, "Are you sure it's just for such a simple reason?"
Hu Weidong said, "I'm almost certain."
This was an answer beyond Julie's expectations, and she sneered, "Not wanting to implicate the innocent? Hypocritical!"
Hu Weidong frowned, "Why do you say that?"
