495: surging undercurrents

Chu Tian's words caused many people to look over with strange expressions, and several Huaguo soldiers nearly suffered internal injuries trying to hold back their laughter.

At this moment, Chu Tian couldn't help but blush. He cleared his throat and asked the Professional leading the team:

"Ahem, are there any Clerics among these people?"

The Professional nodded, then pointed in the direction of Li Zaikan.

Chu Tian scrutinized Li Zaikan for a few seconds, then politely asked Li Zaikan to step out of the line.

Afterward, he calmly led Li Zaikan away and instructed others to take the remaining Professionals to rest.

Ten minutes later, Gu Qinghan was led by a soldier to Chu Tian's temporary tent.

"I'm seriously impressed. Can't you show up normally just once?

Do you know how awkward I was just now? Luckily, I reacted quickly, or you would have been exposed, got it?"

As soon as Chu Tian saw Gu Qinghan, he immediately started complaining.

Gu Qinghan laughed heartily, looked at the soldier next to him, and said:

"Don't tell anyone my identity. Few people have seen me, and with my current messy appearance, I certainly won't be recognized."

He had just left the team under the pretense of going to the restroom, found this soldier, revealed his identity, and thus was able to meet Chu Tian.

The soldier nodded and respectfully exited the tent.

Then, Gu Qinghan looked at Chu Tian and began to explain why he was hiding in the crowd.

After hearing Gu Qinghan's explanation, Chu Tian frowned deeply and said:

"We actually considered this issue, but the monster we discovered is very likely the Lord of the Secret Realm you mentioned before.

Coincidentally, experts from other countries have also discovered this guy's existence, so we can't worry too much about it now.

With you here, our success rate will be much higher, and we won't have to worry about those people rushing out from the shadows."

"You really think highly of me." Gu Qinghan rolled his eyes at him.

Chu Tian chuckled and wiggled his eyebrows at Gu Qinghan:

"Don't say that. It's the same as always; we'll strike together, and you get to choose the reward for killing this guy first.

If the reward of the Lord of the Secret Realm goes to you, we definitely don't want it to go to people from other countries!"

Gu Qinghan found this statement very strange, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was odd about it.

Chu Tian continued, this time speaking a little more seriously:

"Honestly, our main goal in entering this Secret Realm this time is to gather information.

We've only been in this Secret Realm for less than a week, and the average level of everyone we know has increased by nearly two levels, which is already an exaggerated gain.

We will try to compete for the reward of the Lord of the Secret Realm, but if we can't, we won't force it.

But if a special situation truly arises, you must secure the final reward.

A reward of this caliber will definitely be excellent, and I completely trust it in your hands.

At that time, I won't let my soldiers take action, but I will find a way to help you."

Gu Qinghan nodded. In fact, he would have done so even if Chu Tian hadn't said anything.

He thought for a moment and then asked about the Cleric Alliance again:

"By the way, have you been attacked by those people from the Cleric Alliance?"

"We haven't been attacked, but someone did scout this area from a distance before, and it was very likely them.

Maybe they saw how numerous we were, so they didn't make a move. When we checked again later, they were gone."

Hearing Chu Tian's words, Gu Qinghan frowned slightly and pondered for a while.

Then, he said to Chu Tian:

"Have you considered that these people might have already infiltrated your ranks?"

"Yes, we had that concern, which is why I proposed managing the Professionals from each country separately.

The Cleric Alliance doesn't seem to be a Huaguo organization, so there shouldn't be many Huaguo people in it, right?"

Chu Tian shrugged. This feeling of the enemy being in the dark while he was in the light was truly unpleasant.

But there was nothing he could do. Their goal for entering was different from the enemy's, and the enemy's characteristic was having few members but strong individual combat power.

Unless they did nothing at all, they would inevitably fall into this constrained state.

Gu Qinghan pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke:

"That's hard to say. What if there are Huaguo members among them? Then our team wouldn't be very safe right now."

Chu Tian also got a headache discussing this and asked helplessly:

"What should we do then? Asking them to reveal themselves one by one definitely won't work. If someone is truly hiding among us, he certainly won't show his hand.

But if we abandon this operation entirely, we will already be behind others in this Secret Realm expedition, and the good stuff might even fall into the hands of the Cleric Alliance."

Gu Qinghan pointed to himself and said to Chu Tian with a smile:

"With me here, what are you afraid of? I'll just hide in the crowd and not make a move.

As soon as I find someone from the Cleric Alliance appearing, I will immediately take action and capture him.

You might not know this, but I now possess some information regarding their abilities. As long as they genuinely make a move, I can discern their identities."

Chu Tian's eyes lit up, and he asked, tempted:

"Then why don't we just go and investigate right now and capture the mole who might be mixed in among us first?"

Gu Qinghan shook his head and said to him:

"No. My main goal is to capture that Number Two. If I fail this time, it will certainly be incredibly difficult to catch him afterward.

You might not know this, but he can use some spatial abilities, similar to those of teleportation scrolls and the teleportation tower."

"Holy cow," Chu Tian frowned, "That's too abnormal."

Gu Qinghan glanced at him and said with a smile:

"That's just the beginning. Do you think there are only these few rotten apples among the people who joined?"

Chu Tian shook his head, but quickly began to chuckle:

"Of course not, but I've already made preparations.

Before, I was worried about the large number of Clerics in the Cleric Alliance, but now that you are here, things are much easier.

There are ten Clerics from our Shangjing Base who entered this Secret Realm, and eight have gathered in the past few days.

But only two are currently public outside. Guess where the remaining six people are?"

Gu Qinghan was stunned for a moment. If Chu Tian hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have guessed that they had already assembled eight Clerics.

It seems the development of events will be very interesting... Meanwhile, in a dark corner outside the gathering area, twelve figures huddled together, carefully scanning their surroundings.

After confirming that no one was paying attention to them, a man's voice rang out:

"None of you were discovered when you came out, right?"

"No," the remaining people answered in unison.

"Good. The original plan is canceled. Don't take direct action yet when the time comes. I have a bad feeling, like something unfavorable is about to happen."

"Why? Are we just going to watch them kill the monster?"

"We'll see when the time comes, but I always feel like that guy I saw that day is already in the team."