Chapter 1 Linjing City

Julian stood in the empty room of the City Lord's mansion, silent.

The only things in the room were layers of gauze curtains, obscuring the person sitting inside so that their figure was unclear.

This was completely different from the carved beams and painted rafters and majestic aura of the City Lord's mansion seen from the outside. Only by truly standing inside could one feel the coldness and desolation here.

It was as if the other party no longer had anything to care about.

"How is it? Have you figured out why the Zerg are doing this based on the information you've gathered recently? Or have you found other clues?"

The man who hadn't shown his face from the innermost part of the room finally spoke, and Julian couldn't help but purse his lips.

He remembered the surprise in his heart when his father told him the true identity of the Enforcer.

What kind of mistake would such a person have to make to be placed in this game world?

Even his father didn't give him a specific answer to his question, only a piece of advice—"The other party is a person without belonging. He didn't stay in the Federation willingly, but had ulterior motives."

However, after being in the game for so long, Julian didn't think the other party was that bad, at most a bit of a prankster.

Even though he knew all the stories in this game world, he was unwilling to reveal them, instead guiding him to explore and discover them little by little.

When he had any needs, the other party would cooperate with him as much as possible.

For example, when he went to the City of Ultimate Cold, he helped him find a legitimate reason to enter, although they were later caught due to his own improper operations, he still sent someone to bail them out.

The Enforcer was truly an unpredictable person.

"I do. I've investigated all the recent events. Although it's a bit unbelievable, I only had that idea on a whim. But when I found out that it was really the case after investigating, I still felt incredible."

Julian thought about how his investigation eventually led him to the Sect Leader of Butian Sect, which was really bizarre!

A bizarre coincidence.

"The relic of Lotus Flower Temple... I heard that after the relic was lost, the Abbot of Lotus Flower Temple specifically asked Xie Zhen to divine its whereabouts, but it remained missing.

The destruction of Hundred Herb Sect and the incident where Fairy Yuehua, the Sect Leader of Azure Ripple Jade Mountain, attacked Butian Sect caused quite a stir. I think you've heard of it. Xie Zhen once predicted that Yuehua's disciple's destined partner would come from Hundred Herb Sect, but the entire Hundred Herb Sect was wiped out, not even the birds and beasts were spared.

And the Sword Pool of Ten Thousand Swords Sect was destroyed. At the last Sword Tasting Conference of Ten Thousand Swords Sect, it is said that Butian Sect did not buy any divine swords, but said that a unique weapon would appear at the next Sword Tasting Conference of Ten Thousand Swords Sect. As a result, the Sword Pool was destroyed, and countless sharp swords that had been forged were ruined, and even the Sword Tasting Conference was postponed...

There are also some annihilated aristocratic families and small sects, many of whom had met or been divined by Xie Zhen. All gone."

Julian spoke in detail, and finally couldn't help but judge that Xie Zhen was truly a poisonous milk. (a figure of speech describing someone whose predictions always lead to negative outcomes)

Poisonous to the extreme!

Fortune telling?

The kind that kills the whole family.

"I don't understand why the Zerg are targeting Xie Zhen. Could it be that the ability to solve the Zerg issue was also divined?" Julian thought, but then said, "In that case, why not just find a way to kill him?"

"Pfft~"

Mo Wenshu, who was unwilling to show his true face, couldn't help but laugh when he heard Julian's simple and crude statement, "If everything were that simple, do you think the Zerg would be such a stupid sucker to do so many things?"

"Then what exactly is the reason why that Sect Leader Xie Zhen is being targeted?"

Julian couldn't figure it out. Since Xie Zhen was being targeted, he must have something extraordinary about him, like this divination.

"You can go ask him."

"What?"

Julian couldn't help but look at the figure in the gauze curtain, thinking that the other party was joking.

"Go ask him. Since you've thought about why the Zerg don't directly take action, why don't you just ask Xie Zhen if he has offended anyone?"

Julian: ???

Are you freaking kidding me? Is that really going to work?

...

"Are you sure? Can I ask that?"

After feeding the two little ones, Lu Xiaoyao didn't expect to go out again for a late-night rendezvous with Julian.

When Lu Xiaoyao heard the news that Julian had recently investigated, she couldn't help but be surprised, "Heavens! That happened?"

Then Julian explained to Lu Xiaoyao in detail. Lu Xiaoyao suddenly thought of Qi Hai Kui and Merui Ta she met today, and asked Julian if he had returned to the small courtyard. Then she took him to see Qi Hai Kui and Merui Ta.

After seeing the two of them, Julian's investigation became more certain, because both Qi Hai Kui's and Merui Ta's character memories contained information about Xie Zhen.

"Our Sect Leader said that he was saved by the Butian Sect Leader when he was young, and he always remembers it."

"Our family's ancestor also valued my cousin very much, saying that... someone had divined a divination for the Nine Families, saying that within three generations, the Nine Families would produce a talented genius who would lead the Nine Families to a new height. My grandfather and father's generation were of ordinary aptitude, and then our generation is all girls.

Only my cousin is a male, and he is still a one-in-a-million mutated Heavenly Spiritual Root. Isn't he the genius that was predicted?"

After Merui Ta finished speaking, she shook her head and said, "But now..."

Finally, Julian suddenly looked at Lu Xiaoyao and suddenly asked if she wanted to try to probe Xie Zhen when she went to Butian Sect this time.

So that's how the previous question came about.

"If we don't ask, we'll never know why the Zerg are doing this, why they're targeting the Butian Sect Leader. This is a bit difficult to understand."

Although Julian's words made sense, Merui Ta frowned and looked at Julian before Lu Xiaoyao could speak, and said, "Why don't you go yourself?"

Julian explained that his character's identity prevented him from moving around freely.

"Do you think I'm a fool? Julian, do you think you can fool me so easily?"

Lu Xiaoyao suddenly became smart this time and immediately noticed something was wrong. "If I ask, aren't you afraid that I'll be stupid and say the wrong thing, which would be embarrassing?"

"Pfft~ Don't you usually say you're very smart? Are you admitting that you're stupid at this time?"

Merui Ta raised her eyebrows. Although her words were harsh, her eyes were full of admiration. She added, "I can hear someone's plan all the way in Tiannan~~"

"That's right. If admitting that I'm stupid can help me live longer, I think I can do it." Lu Xiaoyao thought for a moment and seriously replied to Merui Ta.

Merui Ta: "..." Is this intelligence some kind of sine wave?

However, Julian seemed to have expected Lu Xiaoyao to refuse. He wasn't angry. Instead, he took out a letter from his arms. Julian chuckled a few times and said, "Then I'll write a letter and you can help me pass it on to the Butian Sect Leader, okay?"

It wasn't that Julian hadn't thought that Lu Xiaoyao's direct questioning would be targeted by the guys secretly watching Xie Zhen. He had asked that question earlier to see if Lu Xiaoyao would be more cautious.

It seemed that she was okay.

As he spoke, Julian had already handed the letter to Lu Xiaoyao. Everyone present looked up and saw the seal of the City Lord of Linjing on it, which looked very formal.

It seemed that Julian hadn't come up with it on a whim.

"Be more alert when you go to Butian Sect. Be as cautious when facing others as I was when I set a trap for you today. Since someone is targeting Xie Zhen, there must be people watching him around him. You must give the other party the impression that you're just a little errand boy.

Then, if something really happens, it's the City Lord of Linjing's business."