Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 256 Operation
The bright moon is bright and clear, hanging high in the sky.The chirping of insects and birds in the jungle is endless.

A ray of light came straight in, startling thousands of birds to fly.

Duanguang fell into the mountain forest, showing the figure of a man in his [-]s or [-]s, but he saw a Chinese character face, big eyes and thick eyebrows, with several deep wrinkles between the eyebrows, a solemn expression, and a serious expression.

He raised his eyes and looked around, and walked slowly to a camphor tree. The tree was very strange and thick, like three giant trees entangled in one place, criss-crossing, and looked like a human being, with a circumference of two feet.

The man walked around the camphor tree, and saw that the soil under his feet was different, the color was lighter, and it seemed to be newly turned.

He squatted down, carefully identified it, and confirmed that it was correct. With his hands covered with spiritual power, he plunged into the ground, and in the blink of an eye, he dug a foot-deep hole. There was a stone buried under the ground, and a letter of paper was hidden under the stone. Book.

The man took out the paper book, unfolded it for a look, and then left in a flash of light.

After walking for several hours, he came to a dilapidated Taoist temple. He disappeared, and a man hurriedly greeted him: "Senior Zheng, you are finally back."

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?" The man surnamed Zheng asked when he saw his haste

"Senior Du is here, waiting for you in the hall."

The man frowned, and walked forward quickly, with a little doubt in his heart.

The two of them have always sent messages and exchanged news with Xuanying. No matter what happened, he always called him to meet. After so many years, it was the first time that he came to him on his own initiative. I don't know what happened.

In the hall, Tang Ning and Du Yuankai were seated separately, while a man with a broad forehead and broad face stood beside him with his hands down.

"So, the way you communicate with the insiders is through letters?"

"Yes, unless there is an emergency, they will usually send us a message once a month." The man standing on the side replied
As soon as the voice fell, the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with a square face, big eyes and bushy eyebrows walked straight in.

Du Yuankai stood up to meet him, and Tangning also stood up.

"Emissary Du Xian, why did you come in person? Did something happen?" the man asked, but looked at Tangning.

Du Yuankai smiled and said, "It's nothing, I came here to see you, Brother Zheng! Let me introduce you, this is Junior Brother Tang Ning from the Department. Junior Brother Tang, this is the fellow Daoist Zheng Wei I mentioned to you earlier."

Tang Ning nodded slightly, and Zheng Wei also saluted.

"This time, Junior Brother Tang came here to take over the head of the Silver Fox Intelligence Station under the order of the sect. Brother Zheng, you will be able to help me in the future."

Tang Ning said: "I heard the name of Daoist Zheng earlier. It is Brother Du's humerus. It is the mainstay of this site. Tang is new here. He is not familiar with everything and people. I hope that you will give me more advice from now on."

"Don't you dare?" Zheng Wei hurriedly replied: "Young Daoist Tang is the immortal envoy of the Shangzong, so just ask for anything. Since the immortal envoy Tang takes over as the master, will the immortal envoy Du return to the Shangzong?"

Du Yuankai said: "I'm old, my lifespan is short, and I don't have the energy to manage these things anymore. A few years ago, I wrote to the department and the Zongmen, requesting to resign from this position, but the Zongmen has not yet found the right person. I haven't agreed, but now that I have sent Junior Brother Tang down to take charge, I can just take off all the heavy burdens and rest well for the rest of my life."

These words can be regarded as sincere, he is indeed tired of this job long ago, and he lives every day with caution, like walking on thin ice.I often worry about revealing my identity and being targeted by the demon sect. How can I be so carefree and happy in the sect.

More importantly, he has been in charge for seventy years, and his cultivation has also stagnated.It can be said that time is wasted and half life wasted.

Zheng Wei said: "Tang Immortal Envoy is not very old, and he is rich in spring and autumn. He is already a monk in the middle stage of foundation establishment. I think he must be an outstanding disciple of the last sect!"

"Brother Zheng is right. Junior brother Tang is a well-known figure in our sect, and he is a disciple of the sect's generation. Many uncles of our sect appreciate him very much, even the head teacher of our sect appreciates him a lot. add."

"Senior brother Du is absurdly praised. I am just an unknown soldier in the sect, how can I get the appreciation of my uncle and the head of the sect."

"Junior Tang, there is no need to be overly modest. Who doesn't know that you are a disciple that Master Luo values. If you are a mediocre person, can you be personally recommended by Master Luo?"

Tangning didn't want to get entangled in this matter, so she asked, "Zheng Daoyou, you are in charge of information collection, and there are [-] monks under your command. How can these be the only ones in the Taoist temple? Where are the rest?"

Zheng Wei replied: "This Taoist temple is a temporary place for me to handle daily affairs. There are only five monks, and the rest of the people are scattered all over Chu State to inquire about news, collect information and contact insider disciples."

"After all, our intelligence network is not only aimed at the Corpse Puppet Sect family, but also the insiders of the Chamber of Commerce and various practice families, all of which need to be watched closely. And I can't handle all the affairs by myself, so I will use the less important insiders on hand Leave it to them to get in touch."

Tangning said, "Can you tell me more about the specific situation?"

Zheng Wei said: "There are [-] monks under my command, five of them handle affairs in this Taoist temple, and the other eleven gather information everywhere."

"Zhang Long, the eighth level of Qi Refining, joined our organization seventeen years ago. He is now located in Bianjing and is responsible for liaising with insiders in Tainan Gufang City. He mainly inquires about intelligence information in Tainan Gufang City."

"Wang Shuhua, with an eighth-level cultivation of Qi Refining, joined our organization twenty years ago, and is now located in Cangshan County, Central Plains. He is mainly responsible for inquiring about intelligence information of the Huan family."

"Xu Zhenxian, with a seven-level cultivation of Qi Refining, joined our organization fifteen years ago, and is now located in the southern part of Longyou. He mainly listens to the Feng family's intelligence information."

"Kong Yue, the sixth level of Qi refining, thirteen years ago..."

After Zheng Wei introduced them one by one, Tangning nodded and said, "How do you contact each other? How often?"

"Every region has an intelligence point that we set up. They don't know our exact location, so they can only send the news through the intelligence point. The intelligence point in each region transmits the news to the Central Plains intelligence point with the black eagle, and then relays it to the Central Plains intelligence point. Give it to us. Only the person in charge of the intelligence point in the Central Plains knows our location, and under normal circumstances, intelligence is delivered once a month, unless it is urgent information, it will be delivered urgently."

"Are you handling all the intelligence contacts of the insiders of the Corpse Puppet Sect?"

"Yes, I have information channels for four insider disciples of the Corpse Puppet Sect. I developed an insider disciple the month before last."

Tangning asked, "What conditions did he propose? Could it be fraudulent?"

Zheng Weidao: "This person's name is Chen Xun. He is originally a descendant of the Chen family in the southeast of the Central Plains. This Chen family is a small family. The head of the family, Chen Yinglong, has a nine-level Qi refining cultivation. There are only ten monks in the whole family."

"Chen Xun is Chen Yinglong's nephew. Twenty years ago, he did a big move in Yizong's sect. He went to pay homage to the mountain, but was turned away, and has since disappeared."

"We learned that he was accepted as a disciple by a foundation cultivator from the South China Branch of the Corpse Puppet Sect and joined the Corpse Puppet Sect."

"I learned about his life experience from an insider disciple, so I found the Chen family and asked Chen Yinglong to get in touch with him, intimidating and luring him to become our insider."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Wei turned his left hand and took out a piece of paper: "This is the information he sent today, and he is about to send Xuanying to send a message to Du Xianshi."

Du Yuankai took the paper book and unfolded it for a look, then handed it to Tangning, "Brother Zheng reported to me about developing Chen Xun as an insider, and I agreed."

"After our investigation, this person meets the conditions for developing into an insider disciple. His master was a foundation cultivator from the South China branch and died in the battle of Xuanyue Mountain. Chen Xun was quite neglected in the Corpse Puppet Sect, and no one was protecting him. , I don’t have much ability myself.”

"Junior Brother Tang, you know that within the Demon Sect, the meritorious service system is used to determine the status and salary. He has no meritorious service, and he has only received the minimum salary every month. In addition, his Gaotang mother is still alive, and now he is in our hands. Think about it He didn't dare to act rashly."

Tangning took the paper book, only to see that there were only a few large characters on it.

Fail and die.

"What does it mean?"

Du Yuankai said: "A cultivator named He Ling from the Corpse Puppet Sect in the late stage of Foundation Establishment tried to attack the Golden Core Realm last month, but failed and died."

"Senior Brother Du, you said that intelligence work is like a businessman's business. They provide intelligence information and we pay for it. How much spiritual stone do we have to pay for such information?"

"Three hundred spirit stones."

"Three hundred spirit stones?" Tangning was shocked. Such an ordinary piece of news cost three hundred spirit stones, and the entire Silver Fox Information Station only spent [-] yuan a year. Wouldn't it just be spent casually?

Seeing his surprised look, Du Yuankai smiled and said, "It's not the three hundred spirit stones for this news, but three hundred spirit stones for buying him."

"What do you mean by that?"

Du Yuankai said: "Didn't Brother Zheng just say that? Threats and lures, the threats naturally use the lives of the Chen family and his mother as bargaining chips, and the lures are the three hundred spirit stones."

"This kind of news is not worth a penny, but with this letter, it is equivalent to grasping his handle. If he has a different mind in the future, he will hand over the correspondence to the Corpse Puppet Sect. He will naturally die without a place to bury him."

"This can be used as a means to coerce him, but coercion alone is useless. The rabbit bites people when it is in a hurry! From time to time, you have to give him some sweets, for example, give him hundreds of spirit stones every year, or the information he provides is of great value. , you can give more rewards, so you won’t be afraid of his betrayal.”

Tangning said, "So that's how it is. I also said that one piece of intelligence information will cost [-] spirit stones."

"If it's really useful information, don't say three hundred, three thousand is not much. Don't worry about funding, you can apply for subsidies from the sect when you run out. Like this time, we have recruited a new insider disciple, so we can ask the sect for a subsidy." Apply for additional Lingshi subsidy. Fellow Daoist Xu will assist you in this regard. She knows how to deal with it.

"Shouldn't the intelligence information exchanged be in ciphertext? Why doesn't his letter use ciphertext?"

"The ciphertext is only used to transmit messages within our organization. It is to prevent the intelligence information from being intercepted during Xuanying's transmission and reveal the identity of the insiders. They don't need to do this. If they themselves are noticed, everything will be over. Write Any ciphertext is useless."

(End of this chapter)