"Master Li, this is the report from our investigation!" A Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner handed a jade scroll to Li Shiming.
This practitioner from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Intelligence Department was the supervisor, whom Li Shiming had asked to help investigate Jian Wuweiâs whereabouts, and only today had they received a response.
This wasnât due to the Intelligence Departmentâs slow investigation but because Jian Wuwei wasnât a cultivator from the Dongqi Continent; he had only appeared on the Dongqi Continent for a very short time.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Intelligence Department had almost no information on Jian Wuwei, and starting an investigation from scratch was already challenging enough.
Li Shiming was able to utilize the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Intelligence Department, thanks to his current standing in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
He was a direct disciple of Grandmaster Hu, and this status alone qualified him to mobilize the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Intelligence Department, not to mention he was a highly skilled Alchemy Master.
"Brother Chang, thank you, deduct the corresponding contribution points from my Identity Jade Disc!" Li Shiming thanked with a smile.
Mobilizing the Intelligence Department naturally wasnât a free service; he expended a significant amount of contribution points, but he was extremely satisfied.
After Brother Chang left, Li Shiming connected his divine sense into the jade scroll.
Jian Wuweiâs movements on the Dongqi Continent were indeed brief. He came from the ocean to the Dongqi Continent and stayed there for about three months, mostly in seclusion.
Li Shiming quickly found the information he needed. Jian Wuwei had contacted Yu Xiang Trading Company, which, though a mid-sized power on the Dongqi Continent, had multiple intercontinental routes, with long-distance flying boats traveling between continents at regular intervals.
"Yu Xiang Trading Company, it seems I need to find them!" he muttered to himself.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Intelligence Departmentâs investigation only found that Jian Wuwei had made contact with Yu Xiang Trading Company and then disappeared.
Itâs possible that Jian Wuwei boarded one of Yu Xiang Trading Companyâs long-distance flying boats, or something happened to him during this period.
In any case, starting with Yu Xiang Trading Company was currently the only thing Li Shiming could do.
A mid-sized sect suggests having at least one Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, and Yu Xiang Trading Company had three Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators.
However, at least two of Yu Xiang Trading Companyâs three Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators were stationed on long-distance flying boats for most of the year, with only one Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator at the headquarters of Yu Xiang Trading Company.
Li Shiming naturally couldnât directly approach Yu Xiang Trading Company to inquire. If Jian Wuweiâs disappearance was indeed related to Yu Xiang Trading Company, such an inquiry would alert them, making future investigation more difficult.
Before leaving the sect, he sent a message to Master Hu and left some Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills with Zhong Qiang.
He also had a task of retrieving the other half of the map that Zhong Qiang had hidden.
He hadnât immediately attempted to retrieve the other half of the map due to the matter of killing Zhao Lingyu, as he needed to confirm that Master Ba wasnât aware of his involvement in Zhao Lingyuâs death.
He had obtained definite information from Grandmaster Hu.
Master Ba was fully investigating Zhao Lingyuâs disappearance, but it was clear that they had not expanded the investigation to the vicinity of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
It wasnât Master Baâs negligence in the investigation, but rather that he hadnât considered the possibility that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect cultivators could be involved.
At the approximate time of Zhao Lingyuâs disappearance, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was engaged in multiple confrontations and conflicts with the Sun Concealing Sect.
Every great cultivator the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect could deploy had a clear deployment location, and the powerful Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators were stationed at important resource points for defense.
According to the Sun Concealing Sectâs investigation, Zhao Lingyu was far from the conflict areas of the two sects and was situated in Guangyang State.
As for Li Shiming, a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, appearing in Guangyang State, the investigating cultivators from the Sun Concealing Sect did not notice Li Shimingâs presence.
Zhao Lingyu was known for his formidable combat strength, such that even a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator would seldom match him, to say nothing of a Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioner.
So, when the investigation results were revealed, they made no mention of Li Shiming, allowing him to escape suspicion.
As Li Shiming distanced himself from the sect, he used a Chameleon Cloak to become invisible and traveled using âWorld Crossing Distanceâ.
He was uneasy about the other half of the map; although it had been on the island for many years, he couldnât be sure someone else hadnât already seized it.
At full speed, it didnât take long for him to enter the ocean and approach the small island marked on Zhong Qiangâs map.
He stopped dozens of miles above the island, using âHeavenly Visionâ to carefully observe the island.
In his perception, the island was too bizarre, devoid of any sign of life.
While he was inspecting, the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ in his sleeve suddenly became active.
He communicated with the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ, receiving surprising information that a similar âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ appeared ahead.
"It seems one of those two escaped âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectsâ has made it here!" Li Shiming speculated.
He remembered that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had been persistently tracking those two âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectsâ, so how did one end up here without cultivators from the sect monitoring nearby?
The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had been embroiled in numerous troubles recently, particularly with continuous conflicts with both the Gu Feng Sect and the Sun Concealing Sect, drawing considerable sect resources.