Chapter 390

Lu Yang led people to open up the secret passage of Hanqiong and heard the news of Beishuo again, which was an event that happened in August of the third year of Does Does Da Xia, five years ago.

In these five years, Lu Yang led a group of people to use Dongling as a base, backed by Does Does Da Xia, to control or infiltrate Beining Mountain and even the entire Jingxi area, and the achievements were naturally not small;

But in order not to arouse the vigilance of the Beishuo high-level officials and ensure the absolute safety of that secret passage in Hanqiong, Lu Yang always held an attitude of keeping Beishuocheng at a respectful distance. Let alone infiltration, even inquiring about news was extremely cautious.

But even so, five years of time, even if inquiring by side-tapping, was enough for him to figure out many situations in Beishuocheng.

Information about these two people, Yang Ning and Li Hu, had already been inquired about and sent back to Xia City as early as the year before last, which was September of the sixth year of Does Does Da Xia.

From the two men's origins to their ages, to their approximate cultivation and strength, and even what positions they held in Beishuocheng, Xia Chuan and the others were all clear about it.

Qiu Peng reacted violently because he was one of the people who experienced it back then. The arrogant and conceited attitude of the two Yang and Li men from beginning to end in Seeing Hong Mu Ridge, their disrespectful words to the lord Xia Hong, and later their heavy wounding of Xia Chuan and almost taking him away from Seeing Hong Mu Ridge—he remembered all of this clearly.

People generally have deep memories of the humiliation they encountered when they were at their lowest, and Qiu Peng is no exception. His impression of the two Yang and Li men is extremely deep. When Lu Yang sent the news of the two men back to Does Does Da Xia the year before last, he did mention going to Beishuocheng to kill the two men himself, but his strength was still a bit lacking at the time, and coupled with Xia Hong and Xia Chuan both speaking to stop him, he could only give up;

And it is worth mentioning that on the night of killing the wooden puppet ghost in Shuanglong Valley nine years ago, Xu Ning was not present because his right eyeball was blinded by a magic sheep.

Although he was not present, after Yuan Cheng and the others returned to the camp, they told him everything that happened that night, so he was aware of all these things, including Xia Chuan almost dying at the hands of Li Hu back then, and later almost being taken to Beishuocheng by the two Yang and Li men.

With the status of Xia Hong and Xia Chuan in his heart, the behavior of the two Yang and Li men back then would not be an exaggeration to be sentenced to death directly by him. It is naturally normal to show the same reaction as Qiu Peng.

"No need to be so excited, sit down first!"

Unlike the two, Xia Chuan's reaction after listening was unusually calm. There was not even a ripple on his face. He just raised his hand to press down, smiling and signaling the two to sit down first, and then looked at Yuan Cheng and asked: "They mixed in following that Han Peng, and they are all using fake identities?"

Yuan Cheng nodded and replied: "They all used the identities of Jin Yang Village, and their aliases are even simpler, directly calling themselves Liu Ning and Liu Hu. When I saw the names and appearances of the two, I was already 80% certain in my heart. Just now, I went to the Jurisdiction Department to get the information of all Frigid-level experts in the nine villages of the Yinhe Valley jurisdiction to compare, and found that I couldn't find any information that matched the two men's situation, so it was basically confirmed."

"Then it can be certain that it is these two!"

Qiu Peng immediately took over the conversation and nodded heavily.

Before entering Hong Sect City, everyone must strictly register their personal information, not just for the convenience of management in the city, but more importantly, the Jurisdiction Department must use this information to verify and screen the true identities of the registrants.

Lu Yang has been in Beishuo for five years, and coupled with the spies Does Does Da Xia sent to infiltrate various towns last October, they have long since begun to play a role. They might not be able to inquire about the core situation of the eight garrison towns, but there is no difficulty in mastering the basic situation of all village-level camps within the territory of the Eight Towns.

How many jurisdictions each of the Eight Towns has, how many villages are in each jurisdiction, how many Frigid-level experts are in the villages, and even the specific strength of some Frigid-level experts—with the increasingly perfect intelligence network, Xia City has long been clear about it.

Since Does Does Da Xia announced the opening of the port in Hong Sect in July, it has been two months, and people from various towns have come here in an endless stream, already exceeding 20,000. Although the vast majority of people come to Does Does Da Xia for trade with their real identities, there is also a small portion of people with ulterior motives who have mixed in with fake identities.

Yuan Cheng has been sitting in Hong Sect for these two months. Relying on Does Does Da Xia's intelligence network spread across the Eight Towns, he personally led the Hong Sect Jurisdiction Department and has already ferreted out more than three hundred people who mixed in with fake identities, which can be considered as having rich experience. The reason he could see through Yang Ning and Li Hu at a glance today probably also has a bit of this reason.

"I remember that both of them are commanders of the Beishuo Town Defense Army and have nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce. What are they doing running to Hong Sect?"

Hearing Xia Chuan's words, Yuan Cheng immediately answered: "What else could it be? They must be spies sent by Beishuo Town, just like those people before, wanting to inquire about the true strength of our Does Does Da Xia."

Xia Chuan did not speak, but shook his head slightly.

Qiu Peng's emotions had already calmed down at this moment. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said to Yuan Cheng: "What is the use of sending people to Hong Sect City to inquire about Does Does Da Xia's true strength? Hong Sect is already open to the Eight Towns, so there is no need to enter with fake identities at all."

Yuan Cheng immediately reacted, his expression slightly freezing.

Hong Sect City is not only a port for trade and a gateway to the north bank, but also a window for Does Does Da Xia to display its strength. Its status is naturally of vital importance. Not only are the Cloud Dragon Army and the Dragon Slaughtering Army, totaling 8,000 troops, all stationed here, but also a group of Does Does Da Xia high-level officials like Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng are personally sitting here.

But no matter how important it is, in the end, it is just a station of Does Does Da Xia. It is unrealistic to want to inquire about Does Does Da Xia's true strength through here.

To truly inquire about the specific situation of Does Does Da Xia, there is only one way, which is to go to Xia City. The Eight Towns cannot fail to understand this truth.

In fact, the Eight Towns did indeed do this. Since the end of the Hong Sect Banquet in April, their espionage on Xia City has almost never been interrupted.

"Over the past four months, Si Zheng Li of the Prison Department has led people to catch a total of more than 100 Frigid-level spies from the Eight Towns outside Xia City. Among them, Jiangxia and Muyin were slightly better, only sending one wave of people. After we let that wave of people go and the Si Cheng personally sent a letter to warn them, the two towns did not dare to send people again.

As for the other six towns, they are truly persistent! The spies sent were wave after wave, as if they were endless. Recently, the Prison Department hasn't caught any spies. I estimate it is because those people have now figured out the safe distance of Xia City."

Qiu Peng spoke interestingly, and smiles immediately appeared on the faces of the three Xia Chuan.

"The Lord's Ancestral Spirit Mother-Child Tablet is indeed too magical. Within 50 kilometers of Xia City, as long as there are outsiders breaking in, they will be monitored immediately. Those spies from the Eight Towns cannot even get close to Xia City, so it is even more impossible to sneak into the city to inquire about the situation."

Qiu Peng has been running back and forth between Xia City and Hong Sect during this period, so he knows many situations at home. Mentioning the Ancestral Spirit Mother-Child Tablet, his face was full of admiration, but then he thought of something, his face sank slightly and he continued: "The only pity is that this Mother-Child Tablet cannot be used to screen spies in the city. A large number of people are moving into Xia City from time to time now, so there is no guarantee that there will be spies arranged by the Eight Towns in advance, mixing into the city with other people."

Yuan Cheng and Xu Ning nodded upon hearing this, their expressions both sinking slightly.

The Ancestral Spirit Mother-Child Tablet's monitoring of the 50-kilometer radius of Xia City can only target non-Does Does Da Xia camp alien life forms, which means that as long as people from other camps successfully join Does Does Da Xia, they are no longer monitored by it.

As long as the Eight Towns are smart enough to send people to mix into some normal camps in advance, and then take the opportunity of Does Does Da Xia's expansion and annexation of these camps to pretend to become members of Does Does Da Xia and mix into Xia City, it is not a difficult thing.

This problem is basically unsolvable.

They cannot always hope that the lord Xia Hong will take out another divine object that can screen whether others are sincerely joining Does Does Da Xia, right?

Thinking of this, the three of them suddenly looked up and found that Xia Chuan, who was sitting in the main seat, was wearing a smile on his face at this moment, and a trace of hope suddenly rose on their faces.

"I know what you are thinking. Regarding the problem of spies from the six towns, I already asked the lord for instructions at the beginning of June. He said that as our Xia City population grows, it is inevitable that spies from other camps will mix in, and we can only strengthen precautions. It is impossible to eradicate it completely. However, compared to other camps, our Does Does Da Xia really has a way to screen..."

Speaking of this, Xia Chuan paused, closed his eyes, and his body shook slightly. Three blood-colored vertical cloud patterns immediately appeared on his brow.

"It's the Saint Pattern!"

Seeing Xia Chuan show the Does Does Da Xia Saint Pattern, the eyes of Qiu Peng and the other three immediately lit up, and they all had some guesses in their hearts.

Xia Chuan pointed to the Saint Pattern and continued: "You should all have the Saint Pattern bloodline now. The lord said that only those who sincerely join Does Does Da Xia and have their bodies tempered by the Saint Cauldron Furnace for more than half a year can obtain the recessive Does Does Da Xia Saint Pattern bloodline..."

Speaking of this, Xia Chuan did not continue.

Because the expressions of Qiu Peng and the other three were very excited, obviously they had all understood.

Xu Ning, in his excitement, couldn't help but speak directly: "The lord said in the 'Xia Ritual Cultivation System Chapter' that all of us Xia people have recessive Saint Pattern bloodlines in our bodies. There are only two ways to stimulate the bloodline to grow Saint Patterns. One is to rely purely on bloodline talent to grow them out by oneself. The earlier they grow out, the higher the talent, such as the two young masters of Si Cheng's family;

The other is through cultivation. After breaking through to the Frigid level, the bloodline will automatically become dominant, and Saint Patterns will inevitably grow on the brow."

Hearing Xu Ning mention the two young masters of Si Cheng's family, Qiu Peng and Yuan Cheng couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Xia Chuan, nodding with full envy.

Qiu Peng has three children. The eldest son, Qiu Hong, who has the best talent, grew Saint Patterns at the age of five; Yuan Cheng currently has one son and one daughter, and his son, Yuan Shao, also grew them after his fifth birthday last year.

Being able to grow Saint Patterns at five years old, the aptitude of Qiu Hong and Yuan Shao is definitely far ahead compared to children of the same age in Xia City, but if compared to Xia Yu Zong and Xia Yu Ning, it is definitely not enough.

These two were born with Saint Patterns.

Currently, in the entire Does Does Da Xia, a third case has not yet appeared.

Of course, all of this is excluding the two Highnesses.

Not many people in the entire Xia City know about the aptitude of Xia Yu Yao and Xia Yu Sheng. It just so happens that Yuan Cheng, Qiu Peng, and Xu Ning are among them.

Comparing their own children with the two Highnesses—not to mention that they wouldn't have this thought at all, even if they really compared them, not only themselves but also their children would lose some self-esteem. Why bother!

Of course, these are all digressions.

In Xu Ning's words just now, the most important thing is the latter sentence, which is that as long as they are people of Does Does Da Xia, after breaking through to the Frigid level, the bloodline will automatically become dominant, and Saint Patterns will inevitably grow on the brow.

Combined with what Xia Chuan said just now, the meaning is already very obvious.

Yuan Cheng's expression shook slightly, and he said happily: "That is to say, anyone who has joined the camp for more than half a year and has Frigid-level cultivation but has not grown Saint Patterns can basically be determined to be a spy sent by another camp."

Qiu Peng also said with high spirits: "That's right! In this way, as long as time passes, any spy from the six towns who has mixed into the garrison town and has Frigid-level cultivation will show their feet. We only need to do regular screening."

Xia Chuan smiled and nodded, a cold look appearing in his eyes.