To make the Feng clan take things seriously, Yunxi casually mentioned that the Xiao clan of Xiaohé City had been wiped out. Feng Jiaqing sighed again and again, and he took her warning about cultivating the heart to heart.
Yunxi then explained the current undercurrents surging through Weiyu Realm, telling Feng Jiaqing about evil cultivators infiltrating the realm and why she wanted the Feng clan to develop in Haoran City.
Feng Jiaqing's brows never relaxed. The Feng clan had lived quietly on the fringes, and news in Kunyu City was rather closed off. If not for maintaining contact with the Wei clan that had moved to Haoran City, they would have missed much.
"Uncle, that's how things stand for now. I accepted a sect mission and will be away for a while, so I came to see you first. From here on, you will have to rely on yourselves. The Wei clan will support the Feng clan. If anything happens, contact me with a communication jade."
Feng Jiaqing rose at once. "Yunxi, don't worry. I know what to do next. Don't delay your sect mission."
He moved to see her out.
From outside the door came a voice. "Patriarch, I have a report."
Since Feng Jiaqing had not activated the isolating array, the person spoke, then pushed the door open.
"Patriarch—"
He had only said two words when he saw Wei Yunxi. He was about to apologize and withdraw, but Yunxi drew him into the room with a tug, then closed the door again.
Her movements flowed like water. Even Feng Jiaqing did not react in time. He was just about to speak when Yunxi sealed the man's dantian and said coldly, "Will you come out yourself, or shall I drag you out?"
"Patriarch, save me!"
The newcomer immediately begged Feng Jiaqing for help.
Clearly, Feng Jiaqing trusted Yunxi more. He asked directly, "Yunxi, is there a problem with this one?"
"He has been possessed by an evil soul. His aura is abnormal. My Xunzong Mouse smelled it."
Dian Dian was tucked inside Yunxi's sleeve pouch. When this Feng clansman approached to knock, Dian Dian had already warned her through sound transmission.
Feng Jiaqing's mouth fell open. Only after forcing himself to calm down did he say, "His name is Feng Xiaoyan. He was chosen from the clan for his decent aptitude, at mid Foundation Establishment. I brought him to Haoran City to gain experience so he could form a Golden Core sooner."
Yunxi shook her head. "It is already too late."
She placed a palm atop his head, ready to search his soul directly.
Feng Xiaoyan's face finally twisted with ferocity. He roared, "You will not search my soul!"
No sooner were the words out than his gaze turned vacant.
Yunxi's divine sense outstripped her cultivation. After finishing the search, she drew out a blank jade slip, carved the results into it, and handed it to Feng Jiaqing.
"Uncle, this evil soul's cultivation is low. That is why he was sent to a relatively remote city like Kunyu City to lurk. He chose a Feng clansman to possess because of the Feng clan's ties to the Wei clan. They wanted to use the Feng clan as a path to infiltrate the Wei clan again."
Feng Jiaqing sucked in a sharp breath. Evil cultivators were terrifying. They had actually taken such a long, roundabout route to scheme against the Wei clan. It was impossible to guard against.
Yunxi continued, "The jade slip records all the arrangements he made after successfully taking the body, the contingencies he left, and the Feng clansmen he contacted. Check them all.
Have Kunyu City act at the same time under Ancestor Feng Feng's oversight. Do not let any fish slip through the net."
"I understand. Leave Feng clan matters to me."
Yunxi sighed inwardly. In the end, the Feng clan had been dragged into this by her. She gave her uncle a storage ring, then slipped out of the inn without a sound.
Once Yunxi left, Feng Jiaqing quickly skimmed the jade slip, then summoned two Elders to plan their next steps. He certainly could not take the Feng disciples to the Wei clan now. That would only play into the evil cultivators' hands.
Yunxi also felt the Feng clan had arrived at exactly the right time. If they had been half a day later, she would already have left Haoran Sect. Without this meeting, she would not have caught this rat.
By now, Yunxi had reached the Golden Core secret realm Ancestor Hao Yi mentioned. It happened to be the same secret realm that Wei Yunqing had entered with a team of loose cultivators.
That coincidence tugged at Yunxi's attention. How was it that the secret realm had problems not long after Wei Yunqing was transmitted out? She hurried over. At present, however, the secret realm was closed, and the next opening would be in fifty years.
Yunxi pondered how to get in. The jade slip had not mentioned the realm was closed, but if evil cultivators controlled it, they must have a way to come and go freely. She immediately spread her divine sense and monitored the hundred-li radius around the entrance. She refused to believe she could not find a flaw.
She kept watch outside the secret realm for more than a month with no discovery, so she organized Yixian Gate formulas while keeping her senses locked on the area.
In her spare moments, she sent a message to Yun Chen Fózǐ to ask about Wei Yunqing. She learned that Wei Yunqing had nearly been possessed by an evil soul and had gone to Yunmen Temple for help. Even after forming a Yuányīng, she had almost lost her body to inner demons. Her formation was extremely forced, and she had to close up to stabilize it.
Yunxi laughed out loud at that. She felt very satisfied with Wei Yunqing's misfortune. So what if Wei Yunqing formed a Yuányīng? She still was not Yunxi's match.
She sent these updates to the sect's Hive as well, so the sect could properly assess Wei Yunqing's threat level.
After that, she sank her divine sense into her space and contacted Star Trek, sending over the potion formulas she had screened, complete with illustrations and notes. In exchange, she acquired a "capsule house" and a Hong energy defense shield.
]Star Trek]: "Little Cloud, the Hong energy shield you want will take some time. It is a tightly controlled military asset of the Interstellar Alliance.
Also, the Hong energy blocks that power it are supplied separately. The larger the coverage, the faster the blocks are consumed."
[Fleeting Cloud]: "Then configure it for a one-hundred-cubic-meter coverage, with enough Hong energy blocks to run for one hundred years."
[Star Trek]: "Little Cloud, are you going to war?"
[Fleeting Cloud]: "Possibly. Prepare it for me. If you cannot secure enough Hong energy blocks, contact me. I will trade you some of your alliance's extinct plant species."
Yunxi's goal was clear.
[Star Trek]: "All right. Wait for my message."
With that, their conversation ended.
Ethereal Grace and Sacred One were both offline, so Yunxi exited the chat group.
Not long after, Yunxi noticed a black figure moving swiftly toward the secret realm's entrance.
The moon was just then veiled by a dark cloud, cloaking the newcomer in shadow. Ordinary cultivators might not have noticed at all.
Yunxi flickered forward and appeared behind the figure. As the person sensed something amiss, she pinched their neck. A domineering lightning strike drilled into the body in an instant.
The intruder grunted, then went limp. Yunxi lifted them by the collar and carried them off.
Yunxi opened her newly acquired capsule house. An antique-style residence unfolded on the open ground.