441: Chapter 441 I'm an undercover agent too!

Zhou Yan was currently walking down the street, pretending to be nonchalant.

True to his habit of being overconfident, after encountering yet another problem he couldn't solve, he decisively chose to flee.

Originally, Zhou Yan's impression of the Void Refining Realm was that even if he couldn't win, he could at least run away.

But after witnessing Liu Dan's special effects-laden rampage with his own eyes, Zhou Yan followed his heart and chose to slip away quickly.

So, as soon as he left the imperial palace, he didn't look back and headed straight for the capital's exit at his fastest speed.

As long as his overconfidence didn't result in a setback, it didn't count as being overconfident.

As for the invitation from the Dao Sect, that part was actually true.

They had come last night, but at that time, he was busy transcribing the Scripture of the Useless, so he kicked them out and told them to go wherever they wanted. When he would go was naturally up to him to decide.

His only goal now was to run away quickly, but halfway there, that fellow Yuan Chenling sent him another communication.

"What do you want? I'm in the middle of running away, brother!"

After sending a Divine Sense message, Zhou Yan hurriedly checked his mini-map. After confirming there was no danger, he quickly resumed his original speed and continued his escape.

"Boss, there's an urgent matter this time, I couldn't help it."

"News came from Qingxuan's side saying that Taiyi City suddenly received an invitation, asking you to go to the Desire Realm to discuss some matters."

"I've heard of the Desire Realm; they say the demonic sects jointly established a special dimension. And the person who delivered the message was from the Truth Cult."

"What should we do, Boss? Should we agree? Those demonic sects have screwed us over twice already. How about we kill the messenger and just declare independence?"

Zhou Yan's originally nervous mind suddenly calmed down.

What's the situation? How did the Truth Cult suddenly get in touch with Taiyi City?

Although strictly speaking, the Truth Cult was still considered Taiyi City's superior.

But everyone knew how Taiyi City came to be—first an internal coup, followed by an invasion of gods.

Although the Truth Cult seemingly didn't oppose the worship of gods, he had personally dealt with two of their top generals. If things went smoothly on Zhang Wei's father's side, Taiyi City was already no different from being independent. He didn't expect that even under these circumstances, the other party would dare to contact him.

While thinking, Zhou Yan replied to Yuan Chenling.

"Don't have too much contact with them for now. Use my identity as a god being in seclusion as an excuse to stall them. Wait until I get back."

After saying that, Zhou Yan cut off the communication and followed the flow of people out of the capital.

Could it be that the Truth Cult had been purged and ran out of people, so they set their sights on him?

There was definitely a conspiracy involved. A cult of this nature wouldn't invite him for no reason.

But what was certain was that this might be an opportunity to infiltrate the Desire Realm.

Zhou Yan's original identity wasn't exactly welcome in such a place. At most, he could sneak in, and those powerful experts would at best turn a blind eye, or perhaps even secretly trip him up.

But if he let Taiyi City enter while he acted as the hidden pusher, the nature of the situation would be different.

His grudge with Ma Hao went without saying; there would definitely be a reckoning.

But that fellow Ma Hao's whereabouts were currently unknown. Logically, 'whereabouts unknown' meant he was dead, but he wasn't in the Underworld either.

If he wanted to find him and stop the Year Plan, being able to directly connect with the Desire Realm was undoubtedly the best way.

Then...

"Then, Old Ancestor, where are you planning to go?"

A bright red dot suddenly appeared on the mini-map, and then a rift appeared out of thin air in front of Zhou Yan. Those words had come from inside the rift.

The rift grew wider and wider until the scene inside was revealed.

Inside was a glow similar to that of a teleportation array tunnel. On the other side of the rift stood a Taoist priest with a goatee and gray hair, but whose face looked like that of a young man.

[Zheng Dafu]

[Realm: Middle Stage of Void Refining (Old Method)]

[Affiliated Forces: Dao Sect (Fake), Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, Liang Dynasty]

"Old Ancestor, didn't you say you were going back to the Dao Sect with us?"

"Why are you leaving all by yourself without even saying hello?"

Zheng Dafu grabbed Zhou Yan by the collar. Zhou Yan immediately felt a force envelop him, and he was instantly pulled into the rift.

As the rift closed, it was as if nothing had happened.

Damn it, the thing I hate most has happened.

After beating the small one, the old one shows up. As expected, this is an inevitable part of the cultivation world experience.

The panel of the person in front of him, along with his name, had fully exposed who he was.

And the other party had no intention of hiding it either.

Because he had already displayed his health bar—it was a full boss template.

"Old Ancestor, you really gave me quite a search."

"Come with me to the Dao Sect; the Sect Leader is waiting."

Zheng Dafu smiled kindly, but the spatial fluctuations ahead didn't look like they led anywhere decent.

Stupid brain, move! Move!

I've got it!

In those few short seconds, a world-shaking idea rose in Zhou Yan's mind.

He first slowly lowered his head, hiding his face in the shadows.

Seeing this, Zheng Dafu shook his head.

"So you really do know everything. You crippled my nephew right from the start, and now, as soon as you leave the Great Liang palace, you head straight out of the capital. It seems I really can't let you live."

"I originally wanted to take you further away before killing you, but since you can't wait, let's do it here in this spatial tunnel."

Zhou Yan didn't speak. He only raised his dark golden eyes, which were filled with a sense of pressure as the effects of the 'Dragon and Phoenix Bearing' title and the 'Path of Slaughter' title manifested.

A massive wave of intimidation gushed out.

However, Zheng Dafu didn't care at all. He just looked at Zhou Yan with a cold smile.

"The fact that you could come out of that old fellow's secret room unscathed proves that your strength is at least above the Soul Transformation stage."

"Since I anticipated this possibility, I made preparations long ago. Even a lion uses its full strength when hunting a rabbit. Not only did I come personally..."

"...but I've also set up several grand arrays and countless experts outside this space. Even if you were also in the Middle Stage of Void Refining, you couldn't escape this death trap."

Zhou Yan remained silent, continuing to release pressure as he slowly approached Zheng Dafu.

The other party's behavior of completely disregarding him, combined with the anger over his nephew being crippled, made Zheng Dafu feel inexplicably irritated for a moment.

Finally, he no longer wanted to communicate with Zhou Yan and intended to defeat him in one move.

Instantly, the eight-foot-tall Zhou Yan transformed into a three-meter-tall dragonman.

This instantaneous change caused Zheng Dafu, who was already feeling a bit of inexplicable anger, to widen his eyes. His original anger turned into utter confusion.

"You... you're from the Dragon Clan?"

*Slap!*

"Idiot!"

Zhou Yan's response wasn't an answer, but a slap carrying true damage and a shouted curse.

This slap landed solidly on the other's face, causing his second health bar to wobble and decrease slightly, though not by much.

Zhou Yan's eyelid couldn't help but twitch. How could this cultivation level be like this? Are the cultivation levels of the older generation all incorrectly labeled?

According to this trend, even if the other party continued to remain undefended, it would still take him some time to deplete one of his health bars.

Because that slap had only worked under the influence of the Six Desires Heaven, Zhou Yan didn't continue. Instead, he followed his original plan, putting his hands on his hips and unleashing his Dragon Might.

"You... I... huh?"

Zheng Dafu pointed at Zhou Yan, then at himself, and finally covered his somewhat swollen cheek.

"You, *cough*... you idiot! You nearly violated a major taboo of our Yao Race. If something goes wrong, let's see how you explain it to the Yao Emperor!"

As those words in the dragon script, spoken with a slight accent, came out, Zheng Dafu was completely stunned, not knowing what to do.

The one he had cornered was supposed to be an unknown expert who had crippled his nephew and was suspected of joining the Human Race's camp.

How did he turn into a member of the Dragon Clan?

And that slap really hurt. What exactly is the other party's cultivation level? Also, why does it hurt so much?

Seeing that the other party could still fall under the influence of the Six Desires Heaven even after being slapped, Zhou Yan became completely confident.

As expected, the ancients were still ancients. Although their stats were filled in haphazardly, their mechanics were still outdated. It seemed not everyone was like Liu Dan.

While thinking this, Zhou Yan's face remained incredibly cold, his dragon face full of ferocity.

"I am of the Azure Dragon Department, Ao Runzhi. I am also an undercover agent, code name: Holy Master."

"Do you have any idea? You and your nephew, you two idiots nearly ruined my great plan!"

Under this succession of plot twists, Zheng Dafu's IQ plummeted.

Undercover? Holy Master? Ao Runzhi?

What on earth is all this?

How come I didn't know there was an undercover agent coming to Great Liang?