754: Infiltrators?

Lin Yang was not in a rush to take action immediately.

Because the Moon Shadow Sect and the Tiankun Sect would surely continue to fight for many more years before there could be a result.

The two sects had been fighting for so many years that it was impossible for either side to completely eliminate the other in a short time.

Therefore, he was not anxious and would slowly wait for a suitable opportunity.

Furthermore, his current strength was still slightly lacking, and he needed to seize the time to improve it further.

Only by reaching the Late Dao Fire Realm could he have more initiative amidst the conflict between these two sects.

Fortunately, his recent tasks were loose, and he had plenty of time to cultivate.

With the Moon Shadow Sect reopening, Baichi City had clearly become much livelier again.

The Moon Shadow Sect had closed its doors for so many years; suddenly reopening the sect sparked a wave of heated discussion among everyone.

Time passed day by day.

Lin Yang's cultivation was getting closer and closer to the Late Dao Fire Realm.

One day, the Squad was patrolling.

Lin Yang once again felt that strange sense of familiarity from a stranger cultivator.

This time, he immediately told Cheng Fu and Li Rui.

He asked them to help keep an eye on them.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Fu and Li Rui secretly noted down the person's appearance and features.

"Lin Yang, what do you plan to do? Do you want us to try making direct contact?" Li Rui asked.

Lin Yang was also a bit unsure.

He understood Li Rui's meaning; Li Rui meant to simply go over and check them in the capacity of the Prefecture Army.

"If we check directly, in case the other party really does have a problem, wouldn't we just alert the enemy?" Lin Yang said.

This sense of familiarity always made him feel very strange.

And this was already the third unfamiliar face.

If, as Cheng Fu said, they were all from the same clan and their identities were problematic, it would be easy to alert them.

Li Rui frowned: "If we don't check directly, it's hard to follow them. I feel that the other party's cultivation is not low, and there's no opportunity to track them secretly."

This was also where Lin Yang felt a headache.

These people who gave him a strange sense of familiarity had very keen perceptions; there was simply no chance to track them.

Cheng Fu said: "Lin Yang, are you suspecting something? Do you think they have a problem?"

Lin Yang said straight out: "This is also the point that is a bit hard for me to explain clearly."

He didn't quite know how to express that feeling.

Or rather, he couldn't draw any conclusion to explain that the other party had a problem.

He didn't even have a direction for his suspicion.

It was like the police catching suspects on Blue Star.

There were directions and motives for suspicion.

But regarding these three, he had no points of suspicion.

Li Rui's eyes flickered, and he said:

"Lin Yang, I can probably understand what you mean."

"Is it that you don't have any direction, but you just instinctively feel that these three are a bit strange? This strangeness isn't because of what the other party did, but rather that indescribable feeling that they carry themselves?"

Lin Yang nodded: "That's about it."

"Then let's do this: we'll simply approach them openly and aboveboard, and you can get close and try to feel it out."

Li Rui suggested again.

His suggestion this time was not to check their identities, but for the whole Squad to approach them.

They were the Prefecture Army, executing patrol missions.

They could completely openly and legitimately patrol anywhere.

Lin Yang paused.

Li Rui continued: "Lin Yang, rest assured. Currently, only you have this feeling, which means you might have had some intersection with them, so you yourself instinctively don't want to disturb them."

"But in reality, as a Prefecture Army patrol Squad, there's no problem patrolling anywhere; you're just falling into a misconception."

Lin Yang thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

He might indeed have been overthinking it.

What Li Rui said made a lot of sense.

As long as they were properly executing their patrol and didn't appear to be paying special attention, there was actually no problem at all.

Li Rui led the Squad and quickly approached.

Indeed, it didn't cause any abnormality.

There were several patrol Squads in Baichi City.

Everyone knew that there were Prefecture Army Squads stationed here, so everyone was not surprised at all.

Soon, the Squad approached the person who gave Lin Yang a strange sense of familiarity.

Just as Li Rui said, as long as they acted normally, the other party didn't care at all.

The Squad brushed past that person.

Then they gradually walked away.

This was the first time Lin Yang had approached someone who gave him such a strange sense of familiarity at such close range.

Unaccountably, he felt a bit nervous.

A nervousness that didn't know where it came from.

Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to have noticed anything.

After putting some distance between them and that person, Li Rui said:

"See, I told you there would be no problem and it wouldn't arouse suspicion. How do you feel now? Did you have any more feelings after close contact?"

Lin Yang frowned tightly.

To be honest, there weren't many more feelings, but under very close contact, that strange sense of familiarity did indeed become slightly stronger.

It made him seem to have a bit of an impression.

But that impression made him somewhat disbelieving.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked back: "Captain, do none of you have any feeling?"

Li Rui and the others shook their heads: "No feeling at all."

Lin Yang hesitated again: "Captain, do you remember the incident where the Ancient Night Clan people infiltrated last time?"

"Of course I remember that, what's wrong?" Li Rui nodded.

Lin Yang said softly: "If I say that the sense of familiarity I felt from that person is very likely the sense of familiarity brought by the Ancient Night Clan people, would you believe me?"

"What!?"

Li Rui was instantly shocked.

Cheng Fu and everyone in the Squad also had their eyes sharpen.

"Lin Yang, are you serious? Are you suspecting that those three people are from the Ancient Night Clan?" Li Rui quickly calmed down and asked with extreme seriousness.

Lin Yang nodded and then shook his head: "I can't be sure, but it is indeed very similar."

Last time the Ancient Night Clan people infiltrated, although their Squad participated in the battle, he hadn't had close contact with the Ancient Night Clan people.

Furthermore, when the Ancient Night Clan people infiltrated, there would generally be a warning from above.

Coupled with the fact that that Ancient Ruins had already been discovered.

Therefore, he had never thought in the direction of the Ancient Night Clan people.

But just now, under extremely close contact, he finally figured out where that sense of familiarity came from.

So he was somewhat incredulous.

The Ancient Night Clan people infiltrated last time claiming to be treasure hunting, but in reality, it was very likely that they wanted to dig out that Fierce Ancient Ruins to borrow its power to cause destruction.

Now the Ancient Ruins had already been excavated.

How could there still be Ancient Night Clan people appearing here?

And even those above were completely unaware and had not issued any warnings.

This was very incredible.

Li Rui became even more serious: "This is no small matter; if they really are Ancient Night Clan people in disguise, then things have become a big deal."

Things had indeed become a big deal.

Unknown Ancient Night Clan people had disguised themselves and infiltrated, and they hadn't been detected by those above.

If this went wrong, it could cause huge trouble.

Especially that Ancient Ruins!

Could the Ancient Night Clan people be trying to attempt to trigger the leakage of the Ancient Ruins' power?

It was hard to say!

In short, the problem was a bit serious.

"Lin Yang, come with me to see Lord Zhen Ge."

Li Rui also dared not easily draw any conclusions.

He was about to take Lin Yang to see a Prefecture Army lord stationed here.

Suspected Ancient Night Clan people appearing must be reported.

Lin Yang followed Li Rui.

That Lord Zhen Ge was a middle-aged man with a thin and refined face, looking quite cold and stern.

After receiving Li Rui's preliminary report, his highly oppressive gaze fell upon Lin Yang:

"You say that you felt a sense of familiarity brought by the Ancient Night Clan people from all three people?"

"Yes, Lord," Lin Yang answered truthfully.

"Tell me in detail, including the specific feelings from the first time you saw the other party, tell me everything," Zhen Ge said seriously.

Lin Yang didn't hide anything and told everything in detail, without any omissions, from the feelings when he first saw that middle-aged male cultivator, all the way to the feelings when he saw the third person just now.

Zhen Ge's expression had not changed, and only after Lin Yang finished speaking did he slowly say:

"So, up until now, only you can discover this so-called feeling of something wrong from them, and others still cannot discover it."

His gaze glanced towards Li Rui.

Li Rui immediately replied: "Yes, Lord, we have also had close contact with them, but everyone in the Squad is indeed unable to feel any abnormality from the other party."

Zhen Ge tapped on the table: "The infiltration and disguise of the Ancient Night Clan people are indeed difficult to discover, but since such a situation has occurred, it must be taken seriously."

"Lin Yang, do you still remember the specific appearance of those three people?"

"Naturally, I remember." Lin Yang nodded, then used his power to draw out the appearance and features of the three.

Zhen Ge took a look: "I will have people investigate. Apart from these three, do you have any other discoveries?"

"For the time being, I haven't discovered any abnormalities in more people," Lin Yang answered.

"Good, do not take any action for now, and do not make contact with them again. Just pretend you haven't discovered anything, and wait until I have investigated clearly," Zhen Ge said.

"Understood," Lin Yang responded.

"Starting from today, you will patrol all day, see if you can discover more suspected Ancient Night Clan infiltrators," Zhen Ge instructed.

Once these words were spoken, Lin Yang was suddenly a bit helpless.

Originally, their patrol mission was very relaxed, they didn't need to patrol frequently at all, and other time could be used for cultivation.

But now with this instruction, it conversely left him and the entire Squad with no time for cultivation.

"What? Do you have any questions?" Zhen Ge saw that Lin Yang's expression was a bit unnatural and asked again.

"No, everything follows your instructions, Lord," Lin Yang said.

"Then go and patrol first," Zhen Ge waved his hand.

Lin Yang and Li Rui bowed slightly and then left.

After going out, Lin Yang sighed: "If I had known, I wouldn't have said anything."

Li Rui couldn't laugh or cry: "I know you always want to seize time to cultivate, but discovering Ancient Night Clan people is a big deal, and it's a huge merit."

"Once it's confirmed that they are Ancient Night Clan people, then you will have achieved a very great merit this time, and afterwards, there will inevitably be rewards for you. By then, you can completely apply for seclusion time."

"That's also true." Lin Yang nodded slightly.

"Alright, let's go. This time, our Squad will very likely also, thanks to you, receive a reward for the whole Squad," Li Rui was actually quite happy.

He was also striving towards the Nie Kong Realm.

But breaking through to the Nie Kong Realm required more resources.

Now with the intelligence provided by Lin Yang, after the investigation is clear, if those few people are truly Ancient Night Clan infiltrators, then that would be a great achievement, and extra rewards would be indispensable.

And they could also get an unexpected income.

"Captain, don't just focus on being happy. You have to think, if they really are Ancient Night Clan infiltrators, they were able to infiltrate silently again; this is not a good thing."

Lin Yang saw this and reminded him:

"Our Squad is here now; in case those infiltrating Ancient Night Clan people do something, we would be caught off guard; it's too dangerous."

The joy on Li Rui's face instantly vanished: "Indeed, but what can we do? Unless we quit and run away immediately."

"..." Lin Yang was speechless.

Li Rui looked at him and added: "But don't we have you? You can discover the abnormalities of those people, so let's strive to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune."

Lin Yang remained speechless.

After a moment, he said: "Let's still wait for the investigation results from above; maybe they aren't Ancient Night Clan people."

Li Rui touched his chin: "Since you can feel that something is wrong, then this matter is likely ten out of ten; those three guys are definitely Ancient Night Clan people, no need to harbor any more wishful thinking."

"Fine." Lin Yang didn't say anything more.

He was considering whether to just run away.

The Ancient Night Clan people had silently infiltrated again.

If they really had some way to trigger the leakage of the Ancient Ruins' power, and also came for this reason, then continuing to stay in Baichi City would really be too dangerous.

Returned to the Squad.

Li Rui announced the order from Lord Zhen Ge; starting from today, their Squad needed to carry out patrol missions around the clock without interruption.

The members of the Squad didn't express any opinions on this; clearly, they had long been mentally prepared for this.

Because up until now, only Lin Yang could discover the abnormalities, so it was conceivable that they would inevitably have to follow Lin Yang to patrol.

As soon as the words fell, Li Rui's expression moved, he took out the communication jade slip and looked at it, then quickly added another sentence:

"Right, a new order from Lord Zhen Ge has come down, saying that we should go to the entrance of the Ancient Ruins to patrol first."

"If the Ancient Night Clan people who infiltrated are really trying to trigger the leakage of the Ancient Ruins' power, we need to discover it at the first opportunity."

This order was also quite reasonable.

The Squad then prepared to set off.

Lin Yang, however, said cautiously: "Just us? If the Ancient Night Clan infiltrators really have this goal, then us going over would be too dangerous, right?"

To tell the truth, he didn't really want to go.

Li Rui laughed: "Rest assured, there must be a lord following in secret; otherwise, just with us, even if we discovered the Ancient Night Clan infiltrators, we wouldn't be able to solve it."

"Alright then." Lin Yang didn't say anything more.

"Right, on the way, you should also pay more attention to observing, and see if you can discover other suspected Ancient Night Clan infiltrators," Li Rui reminded.

Lin Yang nodded to indicate he knew.

They traveled all the way to the vicinity of the Ancient Ruins.

On the way, Lin Yang didn't discover any other suspected Ancient Night Clan infiltrators.

The area near the entrance of the Ancient Ruins was still quite lively.

Although not as many sightseeing people as at the beginning, there were still quite a few tourists.

"Lin Yang, let's circle around a few times first; if there are any suspicious people, you just say so." Li Rui looked around.