[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho":3,"chapter-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-148":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Immortal Cultivation from the Clan School",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2314042,4525,"Chapter 148: The Four Chiefs Turn on Each Other","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-148",148,"\u003Cp>Su Jin immediately slipped out a thousand-mile message talisman and sent the information about the wooden hut directly to Su Hanlin, reporting its condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Hanlin was just reporting to his superior on the recent list of insect-human traitors he’d compiled; without a second thought, he added Su Jin’s transmitted information to the list of suspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huchen took the list he handed over, flipped through it lightly, then signed off, authorizing the Police Inspectorate to dispatch personnel for arrest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Su Jin and the others were settling their belongings into their assigned wooden hut, another hut had already been kicked apart by a group of Police Inspectorate cultivators. Wooden shards flew everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no one inside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead cultivator’s face turned black; he immediately activated the Earth Listening Secret Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Below ground—he’s sprinting through a tunnel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he slashed open an entrance to the tunnel. The lead cultivator personally led the team inside and captured the man within less than a quarter-hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the man’s head had already transformed into half-human, half-insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was unquestionably an insect traitor embedded within the human race—not some ordinary traitor swayed by manipulation. They’d caught a big fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead cultivator’s eyes and brows shimmered with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he returned to the temporary headquarters with the insect traitor, someone immediately approached him. “Did your team catch anyone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? Did someone fail to catch anyone? Mess up?” someone asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard it was Su Hanlin’s fault—his intelligence analysis was completely wrong. You sent out five teams, and four of them went on a wild goose chase? What about you? Did you go for nothing too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you go for nothing—or did they deliberately walk into empty traps?” someone immediately frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” the other exclaimed in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man ignored him, ordered his deputy to interrogate the prisoner, then went to see the Director.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bao Junyi crossed his arms and stared at the group standing before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four district chiefs from all four city sectors were openly snarling at each other right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, dogs fighting, fur flying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough, cough—if Su Huchen knew Bao Junyi had compared him to a dog, he’d definitely pluck out his beard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West District Chief Tang Junyi roared angrily: “It’s all your external intelligence chief Su Hanlin’s fault! His intelligence analysis was wrong, and that’s why we wasted our time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get lost—you’re the one who submitted flawed basic intelligence, yet you blame us for faulty analysis!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why blame me for your wasted trip?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re so capable, why didn’t you analyze it yourselves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why dump all the basic intelligence on our East District Intelligence Office?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huchen shot back immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking for someone to blame? Can’t handle your own job, so you want to shift the blame?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a chance—not even a crack in the door!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve caught people in previous raids, but this time we caught none. Something’s off. Is there a flaw in the process?” North District Chief Han Yiqu spoke up. He spoke objectively, with no intention of shifting blame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Check your own side first,” Su Huchen said bluntly. The root of this mess was that they’d relied too heavily on Su Hanlin, believing his analysis was always precise!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bao Junyi favored him greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they teamed up and forced him to analyze all the basic intelligence from the outer city districts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few days, Su Hanlin had been worn down to a skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huchen was thoroughly fed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to make a scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought: Even if Su Hanlin is useful, you can’t work him to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huchen, don’t always speak with such emotion,” South District Chief Zhang Zhi smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get lost—you’re the biggest hypocrite, Mr. Smiley Face. I know you’re the one spreading rumors outside that Su Hanlin messed up his analysis. Do you think I don’t know you’re the one whispering behind the scenes? How dare you pretend to be a good man in front of me? You’re a sneaky, vile little worm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Huchen’s words made Bao Junyi frown. He gave Zhang Zhi a neutral, unreadable look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill surged through Zhang Zhi’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bad—Director is questioning me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huchen, if you don’t want Su Hanlin helping analyze intelligence for the entire outer district, just say so. Why force everyone into open conflict?” Zhang Zhi said, forcing himself to speak under Bao Junyi’s scrutinizing gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t have your nerve—you spread rumors that he’s useless, yet still beg him to analyze your intelligence. How can you even look me in the eye?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhi: “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, we messed up—we shouldn’t have dumped all the basic intelligence on Su Hanlin. But he’s clearly incompetent! This time his analysis led us on four wild goose chases? Do you think we’re all idle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there a possibility you simply failed to catch them yourselves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who said that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who the hell said that? Step forward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The West and South District Chiefs roared in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young cultivator in his twenties stepped over the threshold from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Yunrui?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Yunrui, what are you meddling in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yunrui was a rising new generation cultivator in the Police Inspectorate in recent years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he often neglected his duties, frequently sneaking out to impersonate gate guards or forest rangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his official work was solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mission completion rate in the Police Inspectorate was always 100%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bao Junyi knew Xu Yunrui was the only son of City Lord Xu Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I caught someone. An insect traitor. His head had already transformed into half-insect when we apprehended him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When we broke into the hut, there was no one inside. Only Earth Listening revealed he’d dug a long tunnel several meters underground.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we hadn’t noticed quickly and chased fast, he might have escaped.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you all overlook the underground threat? That’s why you missed him four times in a row?” Xu Yunrui said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You caught an insect traitor?” Tang Junyi stared at him in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yunrui nodded: “Caught him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not just an ordinary traitor?” Zhang Zhi asked, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes—half his head is insect. Definitely a shape-shifting insect hatched from the nest. He’s in the interrogation room now—Lu Jing is questioning him. Go see for yourself if you don’t believe me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhi roared inwardly: This can’t be—how could they catch an insect traitor from completely wrong basic intelligence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right—it was a setup targeting Su Hanlin—or rather, Su Huchen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhi set this trap because Su Huchen had recently gained too much attention, making him jealous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re all district chiefs—why should some brat who came back to recuperate from injuries be towering over me in the Police Inspectorate?\u003C\u002Fp>",1113,"2026-06-20T13:23:54.434Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","25321379c01ace85fb3dad41daabc0b054b4038b33730603ec06d66158276be5","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-149","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-147",156,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-cover.jpg"]