Chapter 2839: No Problem Is the Biggest Problem

Looking at the information in his hand, the heavenly palace celestial official fell into deep silence; he simply couldn't believe that this kid named Chen Jiu had no problems at all—it was absolutely impossible.

Given this kid's background, even if you chopped him up and sold him by the catty, you couldn't afford 1,110,000 immortal crystals.

Yet the information in his hand, no matter how he looked at it, showed no problems whatsoever.

Every detail had been triple-checked by the heavenly palace; they confirmed that this person named Chen Jiu truly had no problems.

But having no problems has now become the biggest problem.

Seeing the heavenly palace celestial official frown and ponder, the heavenly palace strong cultivator below couldn't help but speak up.

"Sir, why not just kill that kid? Better to mistakenly kill than let him go."

As soon as those words were spoken, the heavenly palace celestial official immediately rebuked him.

"What do you think we are? Born killers?"

Right now there's not a shred of evidence; we can't possibly prove that this kid Chen Jiu has any problems—so we're supposed to kill him?

After being scolded by the heavenly palace celestial official, the heavenly palace strong cultivator obediently shut his mouth.

But what truly concerned the heavenly palace celestial official was that Chen Jiu was likely up to something—about an eighty percent chance.

He wanted to know what secret this kid actually had.

Killing him outright would likely scare the snake.

Thinking this through, the heavenly palace celestial official looked up at the heavenly palace strong cultivator below and spoke calmly.

"Secretly bring that person back; remember, don't harm his life."

"Yes."

Hearing this, the heavenly palace strong cultivator immediately nodded in assent and then turned and left.

With the heavenly palace's abilities, even within the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens, silently capturing a person and bringing them back is naturally no difficulty.

Well, Ah Jiu had finally managed to enjoy a comfortable night, but the next day, just as he stepped out of the Eight Immortals Pavilion and had only just turned a corner, he vanished in an instant.

He was abducted in broad daylight, yet Ah Jiu seemed not at all worried, and didn't even struggle much.

However, the two heavenly palace strong cultivators didn't care about those details; the superior's order was to bring the person back, and other matters could be discussed later.

They weren't detected along the way, and when Ah Jiu finally cleared his vision of the surroundings, he found himself in a secret room of the heavenly palace.

Inside the secret room were only three people: the two heavenly palace strong cultivators who had abducted him,

and the third was that heavenly palace celestial official.

At this moment, looking at Ah Jiu before him, the heavenly palace celestial official spoke calmly.

"Are you Chen Jiu?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Ah Jiu nodded in reply; the heavenly palace celestial official didn't mind and continued his questioning.

"Where did you get all those immortal crystals on you?"

As soon as he said that, the heavenly palace celestial official fixed his gaze on Ah Jiu, missing not the slightest change in his expression.

Under the heavenly palace celestial official's stare, Ah Jiu's face showed no panic; instead, he looked at the other party with composure.

After a moment, he even revealed a faint smile and said,

"Sir, doing this doesn't follow the rules; I haven't violated any regulations in the city."

Although they had brought him to the heavenly palace, Ah Jiu remained completely unfazed, and this reaction only deepened the heavenly palace celestial official's suspicions.

After all, according to the information gathered by the heavenly palace, this kid was just an ordinary cultivator; coming to the heavenly palace, he shouldn't have remained so calm, and the problem grew ever larger.

But the heavenly palace celestial official didn't notice that, ever since Ah Jiu entered this secret room, the spiritual energy inside had undergone some extremely subtle changes.

"You just need to answer my questions."

The heavenly palace celestial official naturally didn't care about rules; that line had no effect on him.

The interrogation continued, but as time passed, slowly, the heavenly palace celestial official himself didn't even realize that his mind had been affected at some point.

This included the other two heavenly palace strong cultivators present.

At first glance the interrogation procedure seemed normal, but the problem lay in the absurd answers Ah Jiu gave.

For example, where those 1,110,000 immortal crystals came from—the heavenly palace celestial official and the two heavenly palace strong cultivators actually believed it.

"These immortal crystals were left to me by my father; they're completely clean."

Despite how far-fetched that explanation was, the heavenly palace celestial official actually nodded in agreement.

Although as a heavenly palace celestial official he possessed present-era strongest cultivation, in Ah Jiu's presence he was unknowingly, without even realizing it, having his Ling Zhi manipulated by the other party.

One couldn't say it was controlling Ling Zhi; more accurately, Ah Jiu made the heavenly palace celestial official believe whatever facts he wanted him to believe.

With such a bizarre and unfathomable method, the heavenly palace celestial official noticed nothing at all.

This is one of the methods of the Shadow Demon Race.

It can manipulate the surrounding spiritual energy to alter the other's judgment.

Unlike controlling Ling Zhi, this is entirely different, so even afterward, no one would notice.

It merely disturbed some judgments, making them believe a false fact, while everything else remained normal.

Having never encountered the Shadow Demon Race, let alone seen such methods, the heavenly palace celestial official didn't even realize he had been affected.

After the interrogation, he actually obediently released Ah Jiu again, and even the two heavenly palace strong cultivators had no objection whatsoever.

When Ah Jiu stepped away to leave, the heavenly palace celestial official turned to the two beside him and said,

"It seems this kid really has no problems."

"Hmm."

"No need to keep an eye on him."

Just like that, suspicion was simply cleared, and there was no longer any doubt about Ah Jiu.

Leaving the heavenly palace with light steps and returning to the city, Ah Jiu's expression remained as usual.

Yesterday he had already thought of this, but he wasn't too panicked inside; precisely because he had a countermeasure, so he remained so calm.

As things stand now, the Human Race truly knows nothing of the Shadow Demon Race's tactics; that is actually good news.

Not understanding means there can be no preparation; thus it becomes even easier to succeed.

Otherwise, like when facing that Heavenly Palace Celestial Official, if the opponent were on guard, A Jiu would still have to expend effort to succeed.

After all, the cultivation gap stands here; to eliminate that gap, other means are needed.

But looking at it now, that Heavenly Official simply doesn't know the Shadow Demon Race's tactics, so A Jiu succeeded easily.

"But from now on we still need to be a bit more careful."

Having successfully passed this hurdle, A Jiu felt relieved, but more so he reflected.

He'll have to watch out for such things in the future, after all he needs to stay hidden in the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens for not a short time, and when the mission will be completed is still unknown.

At this critical juncture, he can't afford any mishaps; staying low-key, as a professional, low-key is essential.

He made up his mind that from now on he must not expose himself as he did yesterday.

1,110,000 immortal crystals indeed attracted many unnecessary gazes; from now on he must not do so again.

Just thinking about this, A Jiu recalled yesterday's meal, a slurp sounded, and saliva again welled up.