Chapter 101: The Sect's Internal Surveillance Bureau

"Then what should we do?" Su Huchen asked.

"Nothing we can do about it." Director Bao Junyi quipped, "I'll go back and gather more clan elites and the sect's elite disciples currently in Xiancheng!"

"Right, don't forget to call Xu Chengzhu," Su Huchen added.

"Cough, cough, cough." Director Bao Junyi nearly choked on his own saliva. "You... you brat are plenty sly."

"Can you blame me? Something this big, neither you nor I can handle it alone." Su Huchen protested. "Besides, although Xu Chengzhu just became city lord, he's actually been in Xiancheng for over ten years now."

"I'll give you that, kid, you've got some sense." Director Bao Junyi suddenly laughed. "Fine, don't worry. Even if you hadn't said it, I would have called him."

Su Huchen immediately breathed a quiet sigh of relief inside.

The fact that Director Bao Junyi was willing to call Xu Chengzhu meant Xu Chengzhu should be fine for now.

He knew Director Bao Junyi's background — before returning, his master had specifically warned him: provoke anyone but Director Bao Junyi.

Director Bao Junyi came from the sect's Internal Surveillance Bureau.

The Internal Surveillance Bureau was the inspection department specifically responsible for screening out sect spies, traitors, and disciples who violated regulations.

If the sect thought Xu Chengzhu was dangerous, they definitely wouldn't have called him for this operation.

But with such a huge mess in Xiancheng now, someone had to be held accountable.

Xu Chengzhu had already been in Xiancheng for over a dozen years, so the sect would definitely want to investigate him.

"I heard Xu Chengzhu hasn't been in office long either, so who exactly was the previous city lord? I don't believe he didn't notice any of the chaos here in Xiancheng at all?" Su Huchen said indignantly.

"The previous city lord was named Ma Jue. He's already been caught by the Internal Surveillance Bureau for bribery." Director Bao Junyi said. "You know how the sect works — the Patrol Bureau handles catching the small fry among spies, traitors, and rule-breaking disciples.

The big fish still need the sect's Internal Surveillance Bureau to take action.

The Internal Surveillance Bureau had long since noticed something was off with him, which is why they took the opportunity of changing city lords to gradually send people like us over and clean this place up.

Who knew this cleanup would drag out such a big fish?" Director Bao Junyi quipped — he himself was utterly shocked, after all.

"I remember the city lord before I left was named Sima Xuan. Later I heard a new city lord was appointed — that must have been this Ma Jue."

"Mm, Ma Jue was originally Sima Xuan's deputy. Sima Xuan was poisoned to death by a hidden spy, and Ma Jue temporarily took over as the new city lord." Director Bao Junyi said coldly.

Cough, cough, cough — Su Huchen immediately caught on. "This Ma Jue either really was colluding with the spies, or he was bought and turned into their puppet on a string."

"Mm, things we couldn't see back then, now that we look, everything becomes clear. Ma Jue definitely has problems." Director Bao Junyi said. "He probably won't ever leave the Internal Surveillance Bureau's prison for the rest of his life."

"Then Sima Xuan's death is also suspicious." Su Yunhu added.

"The clans on your side of Xiancheng also have problems." Director Bao Junyi said bluntly. "If there were no problems, Sima Xuan wouldn't have been poisoned to death."

"Wait, Old Bao, are you saying there's a clan here in our Xiancheng that betrayed the sect?" Su Huchen was immediately shaken. "The clans on our side have been fighting alongside the sect through thick and thin for three hundred years. How could that be?"

"Human greed is a bottomless pit — who knows which family lost its mind. Still, your Su clan should be outside the scope of suspicion. Otherwise you wouldn't have been transferred back to work." Director Bao Junyi advised him.

Since the Su clan had been established, it had always been on an upward trajectory.

Even though many clan members had died in battle, they always had worthy successors.

Outstanding new generations kept emerging.

There had never been a crisis of a broken lineage for Purple Palace, Jin Dan, or Nascent Soul.

The likelihood of such a family betraying the sect was negligible. That was why Su Huchen, after being injured, could be sent back by the sect under the pretext of needing rest to recover from serious wounds.

To put it plainly, Su Huchen hadn't been seriously injured — he had been deliberately transferred back to do the dirty work.

But outwardly, he had to claim he had been severely wounded at the root and needed to recuperate, which was why he had returned.

"The sect's Xiancheng city lord Sima Xuan cannot have died for nothing." Director Bao Junyi said with hidden meaning.

Su Huchen immediately tensed up again.

Director Bao Junyi's meaning was that the mastermind behind Sima Xuan's poisoning had to be found.

Su Huchen nodded solemnly.

"Then let's go — before I head back to allocate personnel, let's settle the matter with the Blood Xue Chiluo first." Director Bao Junyi said.

"Old Bao, you're a Venerable Purple Palace Realm cultivator — won't that make the Blood Xue Chiluo uneasy?" Su Huchen asked hurriedly.

Director Bao Junyi rolled his eyes at him in exasperation.

"I heard the little Blood Xue Chiluo your clan keeps has already eaten one mother worm and undergone one metamorphosis. It shouldn't be too afraid of a single Venerable Purple Palace Realm cultivator now. After all, even if it can't beat them, can't it still run?

Honestly, if it wants to run, I'm really not sure I could catch it." Director Bao Junyi said.

"It has grown up — I only just found out today. I didn't expect Old Bao to have such well-informed sources and find out so quickly?" Su Huchen was astonished.

"It's a Blood Xue Chiluo — how could I not pay attention to news about it?"

"Then you also know about it complaining that the worm crystals we gave it were too small and too few?"

"Cough, cough, cough," Director Bao Junyi looked up at him in astonishment. "What did you say?"

"The Blood Xue Chiluo is on strike and slacking off now. It thinks the worm crystals we gave it are too small and too few. It figures that once it grows a bit bigger, it can just force its way into the worm nest itself — why would it need to take us along to compete for food with it?" Su Huchen complained with a resentful tone. "Didn't you say that since the Blood Xue Chiluo is still small, giving it a few worm crystals would be enough to make it work? Those ten tiny worm crystals I had were ones you issued to me. And they ended up being looked down on by the Blood Xue Chiluo."

"Cough, cough, cough," Director Bao Junyi laughed awkwardly.

He hadn't expected it either!!

The other Blood Xue Chiluo recorded in the sect's archives had all been quite easy to coax when they were young.

How come it didn't work here!

"Then what are its demands?"

"Little Blood's meaning is that it wants the loot share redivided. It has to be given enough good food. The problem is, where would I have that kind of authority? Doesn't this need you, Old Bao, to make the call?" Su Huchen said.

Director Bao Junyi immediately looked pained.

"Giving too much is absolutely impossible. After all, we workers also need rewards, and if people die, the compensation is even greater. So we must take the lion's share of the worm nest's profits."

"I heard from the Blood Xue Chiluo that there should still be mother worms in the nest. If we capture another mother worm, can we give one to the Blood Xue Chiluo?" Su Huchen asked.

"No way. Mother worms are of great use to the sect. The Sect Master already issued a mandatory order long ago: every single mother worm the sect captures must be turned over to the sect. Your family's Blood Xue Chiluo ignorantly eating one was already let slide — if there's another one, both it and your Su clan will be punished." Director Bao Junyi said in exasperation.