Mr. Mi was clearly surprised and responded, "I was already planning to go to Xijing, just catching a taxi to the high-speed train station now, do you have anything urgent?"
He Kao: "I have matters to discuss in person, it won't take up much of your time, let's meet at the high-speed train station…"
He Kao immediately headed to Qi Yuan South Station, and halfway there, he specially performed a Clearing Skill to erase the environmental aura lingering on him and transformed into Feng Zilong's appearance.
In the corner of a fast-food restaurant in front of the station, the two who had just met bumped into each other again.
He Kao wasted no words, directly using Spiritual Sense Gathering Sound to say, "Could you tell me if Julie, the elder of the Supreme Council of Xiao Alliance, has also arrived in Qi Yuan, and went to find that university counselor named Luo Mingzhi a few days ago?"
Mr. Mi awkwardly explained, "That is correct, Julie primarily came to assist me."
He Kao: "Assist you?"
Mr. Mi said, "The Supreme Council appointed me as the general manager for Eastern Country affairs. I need to rebuild the personnel and intelligence network by clarifying whether the channels previously controlled by Jiaobide still exist, and what possible issues might be present."
He Kao: "Since it's a cooperative relationship, I ask passersby not to mess around asking for directions."
Mr. Mi tentatively said, "Didn't expect your intelligence to be so insightful, you found out so quickly?"
He Kao: "Someone reported to the police!"
Mr. Mi: "Sorry, I'll remind Julie to be more careful. Is there anything else Mr. Huo Qing asked to convey?"
He Kao: "Besides Julie, another Tier Five Heart Stealer also went to find Luo Mingzhi, does Mr. Mi know who it is?"
Mr. Mi's pupils slightly contracted, retorted, "Is the information reliable?"
He Kao: Certainly! Can you tell me how many Heart Stealers are in the Xiao Alliance, could it be Wenges elder that you mentioned today?"
Mr. Mi shook his head and said, "It couldn't be Wenges; he's still in the United States and hasn't set out yet. Without a definite response from the Ancestral Hall, he couldn't have come to Eastern Country… and nor could Menlu; it appears to be Hillary most likely."
Among his spoken Divine Thought, based on his knowledge, the Xiao Alliance currently only has three Tier Five Heart Stealers.
Originally, the Supreme Council had two cultivators of Xingshen bloodline, they were Grand Elder Grossi and Menlu. Grossi was slain in Qi Yuan, and newly-appointed Grand Elder Hu Weidong proposed to add another cultivator of Xingshen bloodline to the Supreme Council.
This amounts to choosing between Wenges and Hillary. Hu Weidong eventually selected Wenges, jointly recommending with several other elders.
Being unable to become an elder, Hillary was quite discontent with Hu Weidong.
Hu Weidong did it deliberately, since Hillary was a staunch ally of Grand Elder Arthur, anyway not on the same side, so it's worth offending, it even adds Wenges as an ally in the Supreme Council.
Mr. Mi finally said, "Even I didn't know about this information, thanks to you for that, it looks like someone is still uneasy about me and sent another expert over."
This was the first time Mr. Mi mentioned the internal factional conflict of the Xiao Alliance in front of He Kao, something he had always avoided discussing before, which shows how much it had impacted him.
He Kao: "If you truly want to thank me, please provide detailed information about Hillary, the more detailed, the better. Focus on high-resolution photos, audio, and video, as well as identity background and cultivation characteristics."
Mr. Mi: "Hillary usually lives in seclusion, spending most of the time in hidden cultivation, often no one knows where he is... I will try to gather the information as quickly as possible and give it to you."
Mr. Mi was about to catch the train, only said a few words before hurriedly leaving, he sighed during departure, mentioning how back when he left Eastern Country, he never dreamed that today's Eastern Country would have such advanced high-speed trains.
At around ten o'clock in the evening, the information about Hillary was sent to the email specified by He Kao.
He Kao pondered, Mr. Mi, who is actually Hu Weidong, likely cares about this, otherwise, he wouldn't have acted so quickly, it seems he has intentions of using someone else's knife — borrowing the blade of the Magic Sect.
Though Hillary is a Tier Five cultivator of Xingshen bloodline, not part of the Supreme Council, his whereabouts are hidden, Hu Weidong seldom interacted with him and doesn't directly control the other's situation.
Such an expert, following Hu Weidong into Eastern Country, stirring things in the same city, has even drawn Magic Sect's attention and investigation.
From any perspective, this is a dangerous signal. So he hopes to harness the power of Magic Sect quickly, investigate the matter, and eliminate the potential threat.
He Kao requested data to dismiss the threat, a Tier Five Heart Stealer if secretly causing chaos is extremely threatening, simply too unpredictable.
Even someone with advanced cultivation like Mei Guyu couldn't possibly monitor every movement within the range of his Divine Sense, an expert who excels at hiding would be hard to detect routinely.
Experts of the Xingshen Sect are even more troublesome; they are adept at perceiving and influencing emotions, skilled in various illusion techniques, capable of subtly distorting people's cognition, perfectly suited for deceit and intelligence gathering.
These visitors might be targeting Hu Weidong, or they might be after the Magic Sect. What other goals would such experts have upon arriving in Qi Yuan?
He Kao could easily guess that he would probably be targeted. Not to mention the Xiao Alliance, many scoundrels within the Magic Sect have targeted him before, attempting to uncover clues about the Hidden Moth.
Given He Kao's cultivation skills, he's actually not afraid of confronting them head-on; his worry is that they might act from the shadows... So He Kao's plan is to lure them out.
He Kao now has Tier Five Cultivation, but very few people are aware of this and those who are, can be trusted. Many outsiders don't even know he has broken through Tier Four; in the eyes of most people, this programmer at most has Tier Three Cultivation.
This kind of misjudgment will cause the opponent to suffer greatly... As for whether the plan will succeed, it must first be tried.
The information provided by Hu Weidong includes high-resolution photos of Hilarie, along with several videos showing appearances at public venues. The appearance, body shape, and voice of this person are quite distinct.
In today's era where surveillance is everywhere and everyone has a smartphone, it's not difficult to collect this kind of information if you know where to look. It seems Hu Weidong had been doing quite a bit of work in the shadows.
He Kao's cultivation is close to Tier Five Perfection, and the exclusive Divine Techniques of the Hidden Moth Sect include Yin Spirit Travel, which can quickly locate people or things within the range of one's Divine Sense based on gathered information.
After receiving the materials, he first reported this situation to Li Xiuyuan, then returned to the Sesame Apartment. The phone screen was too small, so He Kao opened the materials on his computer, constructing the Primordial Spirit Heart Image while watching.
He constructed an image of Hilarie within his Primordial Spirit, including information about the face, physique, and voice, striving to make it distinct, complete, and vivid.
Once the Primordial Spirit Heart Image was mostly constructed, He Kao activated the Divine Technique of Yin Spirit Pursuit—but the Yin Spirit didn't leave his body, finding nothing, indicating the technique had failed.
It's quite normal for the technique not to succeed; the reasons could be twofold. Firstly, Hilarie might not be within the reach of He Kao's Primordial Spirit.
Currently, he is only suspicious and has not confirmed that person as Hilarie. If the opposite party is not Hilarie, and Hilarie himself is in the United States, it's natural his Yin Spirit would fail to pursue.
The second reason might be incorrect or insufficiently detailed information.
This can't be helped. Whether photos or audio-video records, they are essentially indirect information. He Kao doesn't know Hilarie personally or hasn't met him, so a Primordial Spirit Heart Image constructed from indirect information can't directly locate the person himself.
The next day, Mei Wenhua informed him of a matter: that Tier Five Heart Stealer suspected to be Xiao Alliance's cultivator Hilarie, advising him to be cautious...
This news was actually provided by He Kao to the Ancestral Hall, which then informed Mei Wenhua, and Mei Wenhua in turn reminded He Kao—a small boomerang of sorts.
The secret meeting between He Kao and Hu Weidong even Mei Wenhua didn't know; Boss Mei was even less likely to know the intelligence came from He Kao asking around Hu Weidong.
Arriving at work, He Kao tried closing his eyes and concentrating to activate the Divine Technique again, which still wasn't successful... It seemed the possibility of using the exclusive Divine Technique of the Hidden Moth Sect to find the opponent was slim.
Whether at the Sesame Apartment or work, it was likely that person dared not get too close, so He Kao had to be far enough away from Mei Guyu.
If the opposite party is indeed interested in him, there might be some covert probing. Being a Hidden Moth, He Kao could sense if anyone was spying on him.
That day, He Kao took the initiative to stay late at work; when Mei Guyu left, he didn't go right away, staying for a while longer before leaving the company. He didn't return to Sesame Apartment but drove to Pugang Town.
Driving makes it easy to detect a Peeping Tom, because if someone was focused on him, their attention would usually be on the car's dynamics, not on He Kao himself inside the car.
If someone focuses particularly on He Kao himself, there might be an issue.
Throughout the journey, He Kao didn't discover anything unusual, and returning to his old home courtyard was no different. But he was very patient, and even the next day, he didn't go back to the Sesame Apartment but went to Pugang Town after work.
On the third day, someone indeed made a move.
He Kao commuted over thirty kilometers for work each way, and that day instead of taking the bridge, he chose the river tunnel. Upon exiting the tunnel, he sensed something strange... He was being observed.
Thus, He Kao didn't return home, instead turning towards the Bai Ma River outside the town. He parked and retrieved a fishing set from the trunk.
Fishing is prohibited in the Great River now, but it's still allowed in tributary bay rivers like Bai Ma River. Regulations confine it to one rod per person, no live baiting, electric fishing, or fish bombing.
This fishing gear was specially prepared by him, initially intended to be brought to the Floating Colors Grotto Heaven, where everyone could fish leisurely in the mountains and supplement meals with fresh catch, though he hadn't had the chance to bring it over.
With a plastic bucket and a small folding chair, he sat prepared by the river, setting up the fishing rod, but intentionally had not brought any bait, opting to mold some clay from the ground onto the hook, mimicking baiting.
He didn't even dig up worms, taking things rather casually.
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PS: Happy Golden Week holiday to everyone!
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