Am I not a nascent saint demon cultivator?

"No, there's still a flaw."

After thinking it over again, Xu Yun realized that his plan had many flaws.

For example, why did the cultivator I slandered happen to have all the information about the Muyun Chamber of Commerce branch? Why did I slander that cultivator, and what evidence do I have?

If anything unusual is exposed, one will immediately be in danger.

"Forget it, let's put this task aside for now; the risk is still too high."

Xu Yun shook his head, deciding to put the task aside for now, since it wouldn't disappear anyway.

As for whether to complete it, Xu Yun would have to wait and see how things went before making a decision. As for the rewards for this Initial Saint quest...

"A second-tier superior-grade trap formation talisman, although it is very high-end, is not very useful to me at the moment."

Xu Yun took a closer look and his gaze fell on the reward, whereupon the details became clearer and more specific.

[Second-Tier High-Grade Trapping Talisman: Once deployed, it immediately seizes control of the formation. The strength depends on the formation's grade, with a maximum of seizing a second-tier high-grade formation.]

"This talisman is quite powerful, but I don't have any need to use it right now, so it's okay if I miss out."

Xu Yun murmured to himself, "Even setting aside its quality, this second-tier high-grade talisman is still a top-notch product in terms of its effects."

It should be noted that even a skilled array master cannot guarantee the capture of an enemy's array; in most cases, the only option is to destroy it. However, this talisman can do just that.

Xu Yun had previously read about this talisman in various ancient texts. It was a very rare item even in the Yuan Kingdom, and could definitely be used as one of the final items in a major auction.

But as I said before, no matter how powerful and rare this second-tier superior-grade trap talisman is, Xu Yun never fights a battle he is not confident of winning.

Xu Yun would never take on this initial saint mission without being absolutely certain of success.

With that thought in mind, Xu Yun stopped having any doubts and continued doing what he was supposed to do.

........

Several days passed quickly.

Inside the city of Mofeng.

Xu Yun walked down the street, heading to Tianhe Tower as always, to deliver the completed talisman.

Since the Yuan Kingdom clashed with the Tianming Palace over the Yuan Tian Sect, various chaotic phenomena have gradually emerged, and even some have been faintly visible outside Mofeng City.

In this situation, everyone is insecure and frantically collects all kinds of strategic resources, which are already in short supply.

Therefore, during this period of time, Xu Yun had been having those banner spirits frantically draw talismans, then pretend to be working very hard to hand them over to Tianhe Tower in order to earn a lot of spirit stones.

Soon, Xu Yun squeezed through the crowd and arrived inside Tianhe Tower.

"Manager Wen, these are the talismans I drew earlier. Please accept them."

Xu Yun approached Wen Xinlan, handed her a storage bag, and showed a hint of fatigue.

Seeing this, Wen Xinlan took the storage bag and showed a grateful expression, "You have worked so hard these past few days, Fellow Daoist Xu. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid the supply of talismans to my Tianhe Tower would have been cut off."

Under Wen Xinlan's management, Tianhe Tower had a huge customer flow. Putting aside other things like pills and magic artifacts, because she chose to attract the middle and lower classes, there were many cultivators with low cultivation levels.

These cultivators, due to their own economic problems, could not afford expensive pills and magical artifacts, but in order to improve their combat power in a timely manner, they chose to buy talismans that could be used immediately as a means of killing.

Therefore, Tianhe Tower's talismans have been in a very tense state for some time. If it weren't for Xu Yun's intervention, she probably wouldn't have been able to handle so many transactions.

That's why she was so grateful to Xu Yun, not to mention that he had Wen Lingyu, a promising Class C retainer, by his side, which immediately brought them closer together.

"Haha, Manager Wen, you flatter me. I... um?"

Just as Xu Yun was about to say something more, suddenly, a thought struck him. With the aid of his greatly enhanced spiritual sense, he vaguely sensed something strange.

"This aura is... demonic energy!?"

Xu Yun glanced silently at a spot in Tianhe Tower and was shocked. He had been focused on exchanging talismans, but now, concentrating on his investigation, he felt that the demonic energy had become even clearer.

It should be noted that Xu Yun has many demonic cultivators among his banner spirits, and Daoist Tianlin is an even more powerful and accomplished demonic cultivator. After frequent contact with them, Xu Yun has long been able to identify demonic energy.

At this moment, in his perception, the demonic energy inside Tianhe Tower, though very weak, was undeniably present.

"This must be some kind of demonic restriction, how could it be set up inside Tianhe Tower? Could it be that there's a spy within Tianhe Tower?"

At this moment, Xu Yun's mind was racing with thoughts, and he seemed incredulous, knowing that this was Mo Feng City.

It was quite far from those chaotic places, and even if it was affected, it would only be some rogue cultivators taking advantage of the chaos, which was nothing.

But at this moment, this real demonic restriction is extraordinary, which means that a real demonic cultivator has broken in and is even preparing to commit murder against Tianhe Tower!

"This...might be an opportunity!"

Xu Yun's heart stirred slightly. He still remembered the initial saint mission he had refreshed a few days ago, which required him to frame someone.

He originally thought the task was difficult and even planned to give up, but he never expected to discover hidden demonic restrictions inside Tianhe Tower.

In this way, when the other party makes a move, he can directly accuse someone in Tianhe Tower of being a spy of the demonic path, and then secretly hide the information obtained from the Jiexiu in the hands of the framed person, thus completely confirming this point.

Since there are demonic restrictions in place, all the blame can be reasonably shifted to demonic cultivators.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, what's wrong?"

As Xu Yun's thoughts raced, Wen Xinlan, sitting behind the counter, blinked, wondering why he suddenly paused, as if he were thinking about something else.

"No, it's nothing."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yun quickly regained his composure and smiled slightly, saying, "Manager Wen, I've noticed that the situation in the Yuan Kingdom has become increasingly chaotic lately, and Tianhe Tower has seen a significant increase in business. It would be a waste of time to exchange talismans back and forth like this. Perhaps I could temporarily draw the talismans within Tianhe Tower, which would be more convenient for both of us."

Since a demonic restriction was discovered inside Tianhe Tower, and the mastermind behind it was very likely to make a move in the near future, Xu Yun simply decided to stay there.

Anyway, he had drawn talismans in Tianhe Tower before, so making this request didn't seem unusual, and no one would suspect him.

"That's wonderful, Fellow Daoist Xu has truly done me a great favor."

Wen Xinlan was unaware of Xu Yun's secret plans, and was overjoyed to see that he intended to draw talismans inside Tianhe Tower.

In this way, Tianhe Tower can supply talismans even faster and get more business!