At first, the Ancestral Hall thought she was sent by the Xiao Alliance to secretly monitor Hu Weidong, but after some investigation, they discovered that wasn't the case; the two seemed to be allies.
A series of recent incidents within the Supreme Council of the Xiao Alliance have gradually come under the control of the Ancestral Hall.
The Ancestral Hall realized that Hu Weidong was not just a lone figure recently promoted within the Supreme Council of the Xiao Alliance, but already represented a considerable force. Although it wasn't clear how he achieved this, the Ancestral Hall's attention towards this person increased significantly.
He Kao was quite surprised upon receiving the news and immediately realized he had been somewhat negligent last time.
The Lingxi Skill is very mysterious, its wonderful uses are not clearly known even by many Magic Sect Disciples, only that the sorcerers of the Lingxi Sect are skilled in calculations, and historically, many Lingxi Sect disciples indeed roamed the Jianghu as fortune tellers.
The Lingxi Sect has an Applied Technique called Celestial Secret Skill, which requires at least Tier Five Cultivation to practice and master. This skill is reputed to glimpse divine secrets and predict the future, yet in reality, it sees the past.
For example, Wei Luo can taste a mouthful of spicy soup and discern the origins of each ingredient. This ability would be immensely powerful in the field of criminal investigation, such as reconstructing a crime scene and uncovering many hidden details.
Being able to see events that have occurred in the past allows one to know what others do not, thereby predicting the future.
Julie is also a Tier Five Wanderer. If she directly tried to spy on He Kao, it might be hard to see his origins clearly. But if she could get hold of some of He Kao's daily items, she could gather quite a bit of useful information.
He Kao is usually very cautious. Although he hasn't mastered the Lingxi Skill, his close relationship with Jiang Daozhen and Wei Luo makes him aware of the magical uses of the Lingxi Sect's Technique, and he guards against it daily.
If someone were to infiltrate his office or home and try to find clues from his daily items, they might uncover a lot of information but should not be able to discover that he is the Hidden Moth.
When he last met Hu Weidong, he played the part of a sage skillfully, but upon careful reflection now, he must have left some loopholes, especially with those two plates of fruit.
There's a saying in the Northeast of the Eastern Country: "the more one flaunts, the more they lose feathers," it seems he has indeed been a bit reckless recently.
Maybe it's due to the growth of his cultivation, maybe there's some subconscious reliance, or maybe because the events he experienced recently went too smoothly, he's no longer as vigilant as he used to be.
He Kao naively assumed that Hu Weidong's private interactions with the Ancestral Hall would be done very secretly, that since not even his children knew the details, it would be impossible for others in the Xiao Alliance to find out.
The Xiao Alliance has only one Tier Five Wanderer, who is Elder Julie of the Supreme Council. In He Kao's mind, Julie could not know about this matter, so there was nothing to worry about.
Hu Weidong is part of an Eastern Country faction that is marginalized in the Xiao Alliance. He entered the Supreme Council through his cultivation and unexpected opportunities, while Julie is a well-established Anglo-Saxon and a senior member of the Supreme Council. How could the two possibly be in cahoots?
Reality proves that small probability events should never be overlooked; these two do appear to be in collusion.
If Julie used the Celestial Secret Skill to investigate the items he left last time, such as those cherries and lychees, she might uncover some clues, either suspecting that he is the Hidden Moth or that the Hidden Moth stands behind him.
With matters as they are, let them suspect what they will.
According to Hu Weidong, in fact, the Supreme Council of the Xiao Alliance is already speculating that Elder Gu Chun is the Hidden Moth, and the alias "Huo Qing" adopted by He Kao was precisely sent by the Ancestral Hall.
In this way, this suspicion seems even more confirmed.
No wonder during today's meeting, Hu Weidong made such a request, hoping his son, Hu Henry, could join the Hidden Moth Sect, as if he was confident that the Ancestral Hall would have a way to help!
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