Chapter 83: Lan Ting's Secret Mission

Lu Yang complained on the side: "This invisible force is everywhere. How about calling it Universal Gravitation?"

Lan Ting felt the voice was familiar, looked up, and saw Lu Yang: "Eh, so it's you."

"Come in and talk." Lu Yang was worried Lan Ting would reveal her true identity.

Lan Ting was extremely beautiful, standing at the door looking quite eye-catching, making it easy for someone with ulterior motives to overhear their conversation.

As soon as Lan Ting entered, she saw the Ghost Hall working hard at skewering meat, realizing these were the ghosts left behind by the tiger demon.

The two ghosts saw Lu Yang and Lan Ting walk in together, silently picked up the basin of meat and the skewers, and sat in the corner of the table to continue skewering.

Seeing their skilled movements, Lan Ting thought the ghosts had done this before they died.

Man Gu in the backyard heard the commotion, stopped practicing, and came to the main hall.

Meng Jingzhou finished his day of wandering and walked in, shouting: "Have you heard? Yanjiang County has its own festival called the Spring Picking Festival, in half a month. Picking spring greens, hiking, and sightseeing, and at night there is a poetry gathering, reciting poems and having fun. It's quite lively, and people from nearby counties will come."

"The locals of Yanjiang County even get three days off."

"I also heard that the brothels raise their prices during those days every year, making a fortune. Should we take the opportunity to have a big promotion, celebrating two months of opening or something?"

Meng Jingzhou proved he wasn't just out playing; he was also gathering intelligence, though this intelligence was of no help to the three.

Man Gu’s eyes lit up, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Lu Yang’s emotionless gaze and silently shut his mouth.

Meng Jingzhou noticed Lan Ting and was also surprised: "I remember you. You are Lan Ting from the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace?"

They had stayed here for more than a month to open the barbecue shop—no, wait, to infiltrate the Demonic Sect—without leaving. Why was Lan Ting here?

"It is this young lady," Lan Ting said softly.

Lan Ting also felt the three were interesting. She had stayed in Yanjiang County for more than a month and had heard of the barbecue shop’s fame, but she was naturally quiet and didn't like noisy places, so she hadn't come.

Today, passing by by chance, she realized this barbecue shop was opened by acquaintances, and they were Immortal Sect disciples.

It looked like the three were really working hard to build a big business in Yanjiang County.

Could it be that the task of the Dao Seeking Sect, besides subduing demons, also included opening a shop to make money?

Considering the reputation of the Dao Seeking Sect, it wasn't impossible.

Lan Ting heard from her senior sisters that the Dao Seeking Sect’s contribution point exchange rewards included a "Sect Master Experience One-Day Tour," a reward the other four Immortal Sects didn't have.

"Staying in Yanjiang County for so long, are you on a mission? If you need anything, just say so. We have familiar constables in Yanjiang County, and we even have people in the prison," Lu Yang said enthusiastically.

As fellow members of the Five Great Immortal Sects, they should help each other.

Now, the three could say they covered the sky in Yanjiang County. On the surface, they were enthusiastic residents who had helped Commandant Wei catch criminals, and the constables often came here to dine. Secretly, they were Demonic Path seeds valued by the Yanjiang Helmsman, and their true identities were core disciples of the Dao Seeking Sect.

Who could compare to their background?

Lan Ting was silent. She was here on a secret mission and shouldn't have contact with outsiders. Otherwise, she wouldn't have left after symbolically asking for two tiger skins after helping Lu Yang fight the tiger.

Now, more than a month had passed, and there was no progress, which made her anxious.

The three in front of her were an opportunity; perhaps they could help her!

Lan Ting was silent for a moment, took two deep breaths to steady her breathing, and said solemnly to the three: "This young lady is executing a secret mission. You must not spread what I say today; it concerns my safety! Don't be surprised after you hear it!"

Seeing Lan Ting so solemn, the three straightened their backs.

"This young lady is going to infiltrate the Immortal Sect as an undercover agent!"

The three blinked in unison, thinking they had auditory hallucinations.

Lan Ting continued: "This is reliable news our Moon Laurel Immortal Palace obtained through special channels. Recently, all four major Demonic Sects have planned to recruit believers on a large scale. The Radiant Sun Sect has finished recruiting, and the other three are currently recruiting."

"Yanjiang County has a branch of the Immortal Sect called the Yanjiang Branch. The Helmsman is mysterious, his identity unknown, and no one even knows his surname."

"The Yanjiang Branch is ranked relatively low among all branches of the Immortal Sect, and the overall cultivation of its members is low, which is perfect for a Foundation Establishment disciple like me to infiltrate. If the plan is proper, it is possible to mix into the upper echelons of the Yanjiang Branch."

"My senior sisters have too high cultivation, are too conspicuous, and have great fame in the outside world, which is not conducive to infiltration. After some discussion, this task fell on me."

The senior sisters Lan Ting mentioned were famous because they were too beautiful and had appeared in certain forbidden books, used to satisfy the fantasies of some men.

Lan Ting sighed: "It's just that I’ve stayed in Yanjiang County for more than a month and haven't found the location of the Yanjiang Branch. I don't know if the test is over yet. I hope everything is in time!"

Lan Ting looked at the three with hopeful eyes, especially at the very reliable Lu Yang, hoping they could provide help.

The three silently took out the waist token given by the Helmsman. The two characters for "Deacon" were particularly eye-catching.

"Sorry, we are already people of the Immortal Sect."

Lan Ting: "!!!"

"Oh, don't be nervous. We mean we have successfully infiltrated the Immortal Sect," Lu Yang added.

Lan Ting relaxed. She thought the three had defected; it turned out they were just undercover... wait, that wasn't right either.

"How did you get into the Immortal Sect!"

Lu Yang was a bit troubled. How should he say this? It was just a very normal participation in the test, and they passed smoothly.

Meng Jingzhou said proudly: "We performed excellently in the believer selection. The Immortal Sect saw that we were very suitable for entering the Demonic Sect, so they chose us."

Man Gu didn't understand what Meng was proud of.

Lu Yang explained in layman's terms how they went to the tiger demon’s lair, found Qin Yuanhao’s letter, found Qin Yuanhao based on the letter, and then learned about the recruitment of believers and the location of the Yanjiang Branch.

Lan Ting was full of regret. If she had known, she would have acted with Lu Yang. Now she had wasted more than a month, and hadn't even found the entrance to the Yanjiang Branch, while they had already mixed into the upper echelons of the Yanjiang Branch.

"You should be able to recruit ordinary believers like Qin Yuanhao, right? Can you recruit me in?"

Lu Yang shook his head: "Ordinary believers cannot touch the secrets of the Immortal Sect. You must accept the test organized by the headquarters of the Immortal Sect. To be honest, I don't think you can pass the test. The probability of exposing your identity is quite high."

Lan Ting lowered her eyes, a bit disappointed. Lu Yang said again: "However, we can forge an identity for you, saying you are my distant relative or something, coming to rely on me. You stay by our side, working at the barbecue shop on the surface, and help us when we act. That counts as completing part of the mission."

"Really?" Lan Ting didn't expect such a good thing.

Man Gu didn't expect the barbecue shop to finally recruit a new person.

Lu Yang nodded: "Of course. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, you are quite a strong combat force, which is a great help to us. It's just that you are too conspicuous, so you need to disguise yourself. By the way, do you know the Transformation Spell? If not, I can teach you."