Chapter 138 Tracing the Cause and Effect, Obstacles to the Pursuit

[Wuyue City Alien Cult Investigation Bureau, Underground Interrogation Area Corridor.]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian stood with his hands behind his back, quietly watching three light-blue information orbs floating before him.]

[These three orbs emitted soft ripples.]

[They seemed out of place in this Investigation Bureau filled with a killing aura.]

["Hehe..."]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian stroked his whitening beard and smiled.]

["To be able to deliver things so precisely before this old man."]

["It seems this friend who is secretly laying out the board is coming specifically for me."]

[He slowly reached out a calloused palm and made a grasping motion in the void.]

["Buzz—"]

[A surge of irresistible golden Origin Power instantly enveloped the three light orbs.]

[Refining was completed in an instant.]

[He confirmed there were no malicious traps targeting the Divine Soul mixed within.]

[Immediately after, Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian initiated his signature Divine Ability—[Tracing Cause and Seeking Effect]!]

[As the Director-General of Jiangnan Province, he didn't have the habit of passively receiving intelligence.]

[Since the other party had taken the initiative to show their head, he would follow the residual aura of these three light orbs.]

[And drag the other party's true identity out!]

[A golden thread invisible to ordinary people extended from his fingertip.]

[Following the light orbs' Karmic lines, it spread toward the endless Void Realm.]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian divided his attention between tracing the source and reading the information within the orbs.]

[At first, this Great Grandmaster's expression was relaxed and composed.]

["Zhang Dehai, Chief Physician of Yangxin Hospital, is actually a Heart-Eroding Cultist."]

["Conspired to plunder the life force of the latent Wood-elemental esper Liu Yiyi, aiming to refine Divine Blood and promote to Origin Opening..."]

["Hmm, this is a decent lead."]

[Although Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian already knew the gist through Cold Kite's report.]

[The specific details here were numerous, saving Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian the trouble of inquiring.]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian nodded slightly.]

[But as he continued reading, the subsequent content bursting from the light orbs...]

[...became more explosive one after another!]

["The Heart-Eroding Cult has birthed a new Mountain-Sea Realm Cult Leader, code-named 'Tianxin'..."]

["The new Cult Leader Tianxin has successfully performed a Blood Ritual, re-establishing a connection with the evil god, Myriad Ages Pure Eye Burning Body God..."]

[Seeing this, Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's originally relaxed face instantly darkened.]

[A new Mountain-Sea Realm Cult Leader! This was no small matter!]

[Moreover, they had actually reconnected with that evil god!]

[However, the bombardment of intelligence continued.]

["The Heart-Eroding Cult has secretly colluded with the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, the largest enterprise in Longnan City."]

["And has established a large-scale cult stronghold and altar on the fifth basement floor of its Central Tower..."]

["Simultaneously, they secretly lured Liao Yun, the granddaughter of Longnan No. 1 High School's Principal Liao Xianyu, into the cult."]

["Using this to blackmail the school principal, forcing him to defect and help the Heart-Eroding Cult complete a project within the school named..."]

[Reading the intelligence to this point, Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's heart rate couldn't help but quicken.]

[This information was too detailed!]

[Detailed down to the specific location of the stronghold.]

[And the methods used to blackmail others were all crystal clear.]

[By now, Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian already believed most of it in his heart.]

[Because if such detailed intelligence were fake,]

[he would only need to go to the basement of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce to investigate,]

[or secretly investigate Principal Liao Xianyu's granddaughter.]

[It would be known with one check.]

[The other party had no need to fabricate a lie that would be punctured so easily.]

["What plan exactly do they want to complete in Longnan No. 1 High School?!"]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian was eager to continue reading.]

[He wanted to know.]

[What this plan, which the Heart-Eroding Cult spent so much effort to achieve,]

[actually was.]

[However.]

[Just as he was prepared to read the next sentence.]

[There was no more.]

[Nothing followed.]

[That's right, the information in these three light orbs]

[came to an abrupt halt here.]

["This..."]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian was stunned, a breath stuck in his chest.]

[Neither up nor down, it felt incredibly uncomfortable.]

[But that wasn't even what made him most uncomfortable.]

[At the same time his information reading was interrupted, the golden Karmic line of [Tracing Cause and Seeking Effect] he had sent out]

[finally traced the source of these three divine technique spiritual objects in the void.]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's spirits rose, thinking he could use this to see through the true face of the mastermind.]

[As a result, in his Divine Ability vision, he didn't see any hidden expert, nor did he see anything else.]

[The image he saw was—]

[On a sunny, shimmering azure sea, three pink pigs wearing sunglasses and floral swim trunks]

[were standing on surfboards, surfing leisurely on the waves in extremely seductive poses!]

[One of the pigs seemed to notice Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's spying and actually turned its head.]

[Facing the Great Grandmaster's gaze, it arrogantly wiggled its butt and then blew a bubble.]

["Pop!"]

[The image instantly shattered, and the Karmic line was crudely severed by a high-level authority.]

[It could no longer be traced in the slightest.]

["..."]

[In the corridor.]

[Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian abruptly opened his eyes.]

[The corners of his eyes twitched violently, and he almost lost his composure.]

[He, a dignified Divine Power Realm Grandmaster,]

[was actually, in his most proud Karmic Divine Ability,]

[mocked by three surfing pigs?!]

["Good... good methods!"]

[For his ever-successful Divine Ability to fail was indeed beyond his expectations.]

[And the other party's operation made it even harder for Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian to figure out the person behind this reporting incident.]

[What they were trying to do.]

["Are they trying to use the subsequent intelligence to negotiate terms with me? Or are they deliberately playing with me?"]

[However, Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian also had a guess; there was a high probability that the one behind this incident was a deity.]

[Only such an existence would have the ability to intercept his Divine Ability.]

[...]

[In fact, what you wanted to do was very simple.]

[First, test the reliability of the divine techniques.]

[You spent eighty years in the "Vast Abyss Grotto-Heaven" and deduced countless divine techniques.]

[But in simulations, you must test whether these methods are useful against truly top-tier martial arts experts.]

[A Divine Power Realm Grandmaster was undoubtedly a very good touchstone.]

[If your divine techniques could even deceive Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's Karmic tracing, then it would be enough to prove the reliability of the divine techniques.]

[Second, observe the reaction threshold.]

[You deliberately released information about the Heart-Eroding Cult in segments just to observe which piece of information the Grandmaster was most sensitive to.]

[It now seems that the Mountain-Sea Realm Cult Leader and the fall of Longnan No. 1 High School have successfully piqued his nerves.]

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