Immortal Dao is dead, I am the mastermind behind it all.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang..."

He found it hard to reconcile the decaying male corpse before him with the gentle and refined young man from yesterday.

Shen Moyan was momentarily dazed, but still tried his best to act as if it had nothing to do with him.

"What happened?"

Shen Moyan grabbed a random passerby and asked them, joining in the fun.

"You mean that evil scoundrel hanging from the city gate?"

"Hey, that man was wicked. He committed murders inside the city lord's mansion. Everyone who saw him in that area is dead. Luckily, we have our wise city lord."

"That demonic villain was also extremely fierce. The city lord alone was no match for him. Fortunately, two immortal masters from the upper sect recently arrived, and they were able to capture that demonic scoundrel."

Shen Moyan finally understood what this so-called official news was.

The murderer Jiang Zhiqi, in collusion with the demon clan, attempted to assassinate the city lord and seize Dongshan City.

"Oh, I see. Our city lord is truly great!"

Shen Moyan acted like an ordinary person watching the drama unfold.

He looked at Jiang Zhiqi's corpse hanging on the city gate, shook his head slightly, disguised himself, concealed his aura, and blended into the city as an ordinary person.

At this moment, atop the city gate.

"Lord Chu, it seems that the Holy Court's lackey has no accomplices."

Ni Gaoyuan leaned against the shadow of the city wall and spoke to a man with a gloomy expression.

"It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away."

"With this inspector dead, even if the great formation is still operating, the entire Dongshan City will soon be exposed."

Chu Sheng, who was at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, said calmly.

Those who serve in the Holy Court, even those at the lowest level of the Transcendent Realm, have their soul lamps kept within the state government. This ensures that if someone dies in the line of duty, the cause of death will be known to them.

"Fortunately, you had the foresight to find people from the Biyang Sword Sect and have them take on the karma, thus saving us from this calamity," Ni Gaoyuan said with a cupped-hand salute.

"That would be like asking a tiger for its skin," Chu Sheng sighed.

"Without entering the Purple Palace, you and I are no different from the mortals in this nursery, all serving as food for others."

"By the way, how did that inspector get into Dongshan City? Have you found out?"

Jiang Zhiqi's attempt to challenge Chu Sheng's decades-long brainwashing efforts in front of the entire city is utterly absurd.

But strangely enough, Chu Sheng clearly had powerful connections and close relationships with the officials in Langya Prefecture.

His Dongshan City was officially registered in the Holy Court as a gray area rampant with demons, and any official who wanted to maintain stability would not step into this mess.

But where did this Jiang Zhiqi come from?

"By the way, Lord Chu, someone has come to your door, saying they have a great gift for you." Ni Gaoyuan bowed and reported.

"Who?"

Chu Sheng frowned, his divine sense extending for ten miles, reaching outside the city lord's mansion, where he saw a father and son cursing and swearing.

…………

"What bad luck! I got bitten by a Holy Court dog as soon as I stepped out the door."

"Senior Brother He, how is your injury?"

Ji Yu and He Liang were floating on clouds above Dongshan City, their anger still evident between their brows.

"Our souls have been damaged. Today, my fellow disciples and I have been utterly betrayed by that man surnamed Chu."

"Damn it, that Chu Sheng is so arrogant just because he has the True Lord backing him up. One day we should really refine him into ginseng and soak him in a jade basin," Ji Yu said indignantly.

"It's alright. The 800th birthday of Zheng Zhenjun behind him is approaching. If he doesn't have more celestial mystic energy, he probably won't last much longer," He Liang added.

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this nursery in Dongshan City is destined to be discovered within sixty years."

"The benefits of the 'All Beings Refining God Array' may be greatly reduced at that time."

"Hiss~ My head is getting more and more painful. I need to go down there and get some living souls to nourish myself." He Liang covered his head, his face contorted in pain.

…………

Dongshan City, Wanbao Street.

How much does this insect cost?

Shen Moyan looked at the cages in front of the stall and asked curiously.

The cage was empty, but if you looked closely, you could see a few barely perceptible dark shadows flashing by inside.

The cage was filled with fireflies, their presence so faint that even Shen Moyan's divine sense could not perceive them.

"Sir, you have excellent eyesight. This insect is a six-sense firefly, which I just found in Night Moon Lake in the east of the prefecture."

"If a cultivator recognizes you as their master, you can share their vision." The stall owner was an old man who was showing off his yellow teeth as he looked at Shen Moyan with a half-smile.

"Would you like to give it a try?"

Shen Moyan immediately bit his fingertip and gave it to a firefly with six senses to recognize him as its master.

In an instant, Shen Moyan's consciousness split in two, allowing him to see his every move clearly through the firefly.

"How long do fireflies live?" Shen Moyan asked.

"It will take more than two months; they will need to organize their own reproduction," the old man replied.

"The effect is very good, give me a basket."

"Fifty spirit stones."

"make a deal."

After buying the Six Senses Firefly, Shen Moyan spent all his spirit stones to purchase a hidden array diagram.

Shen Moyan walked through the brightly lit streets and then ventured into the dark and damp alleys.

After recognizing most of the six sense fireflies as his master, he scattered them in different directions.

"This way, even from my secluded retreat outside the city, I can still keep an eye on this city."

This is just a casual move.

But Shen Moyan sensed something amiss.

With Jiang Zhi Qiu dead, the Holy Court cannot remain inactive.

If you gather all the information in this life, you can seize all the possible opportunities in the next life.

What Shen Moyan needs to do is to remain hidden between the sect and the Holy Court, and make his move at the right time to seek benefits.

"Wait, something's not right."

Shen Moyan looked at the shrewish fireflies with a gloomy expression.

"Why does this insect look so weak?"

The six-sense fireflies I had just bought fell to the ground one after another, fluttered a few times, and then fell silent.

"Dead? That old kidnapper tricked me?"

Shen Moyan's first thought was that he had encountered a swindler.

"Wait, something's not right. The rest of the animals in the cage are still alive and well."

Shen Moyan carefully examined the remaining fireflies in the cage, his expression strange.

Then he picked up the dying firefly that had fallen to the ground and carefully compared the two.

"These insects become less active once they're outside."

"What's going on?"

The fireflies outside seemed to have had all their energy drained away, and didn't want to move at all.

Shen Moyan quickly gathered his spiritual power in his ears and activated the Earth Hearing Ear.

Last night I roughly refined my ability to hear sounds, and although it's not as exaggerated as Baili Xunsheng's, I can still clearly hear the subtle sounds inside the fireflies' bodies.

"The fireflies inside the cage have active organs and are full of vitality, while those outside the cage have organs like stagnant water, with damaged blood and qi, and are stagnant."

"Is this organ failure? Aging?!"

After repeatedly comparing the fireflies inside and outside the cage, Shen Moyan came to this incredible conclusion.

He suddenly had a bad feeling and quickly called out the words I had written.

[Real name: Shen Moyan]

Race: Human

[Realm: Ninth Level of Qi Gathering (Xian Dao)]

Current remaining lifespan: 249

"I just broke through to the ninth level of Qi Gathering, and I've only been in this world for less than three days, yet I've already lost a year of my lifespan?!"

Shen Moyan exclaimed in horror, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

That's it! No wonder he found this mortal in Dongshan City so strange.

The old teacher at the private school, though only fifty-one years old, looked like he was on his deathbed.

The average human lifespan is less than thirty or forty years; it turns out that someone stole their lifespan!

"Damn it, how can everyone in this world be so evil!"

Shen Moyan cursed inwardly.

Fortunately, he discovered it in time.

We must leave this city immediately.

Shen Moyan was about to step out of the alley when he caught sight of two gray-robed men on the street, and immediately withdrew his foot.

"Senior brother, the core of the array that draws life force from living souls seems to be nearby."

Ji Yu and He Liang walked against the flow of people toward the alley where Shen Moyan was.

Damn! It's from the Biyang Sword Sect!

Shen Moyan gritted his teeth and said that he had seen these two people before and could not forget them.

Ancient ancestors, nurseries, captive breeding, drawing life force...

Everything makes sense! It's something those Biyang bastards could have done!