After a few breaths, the person observing him left. Lin Feng sighed and continued his cultivation.
...
In the abode area of the core sect, a male disciple landed in front of his abode. He went inside and saw that his partner was laying with another disciple. This was quite a normal scene for him, so he didn’t react.
In fact, they all were from the same sect, not the Yin Yang Harmony Sect, but from the Crimson Flame Palace. There were total five of them. 2 were already dead in the last expedition in the central region.
They had been working as spies here for a long time now, even before their current mission of finding the recipe of the pill.
Being a spy was not easy for them. If they got caught, then death would be the least of their worries.
It wasn’t a fluke. They had seen it happen. Usually, none of them knew each other. Only he and his partner knew about themselves before even joining the Yin Yang Sect.
Once a spy from their sect was caught, so they had witnessed how cruel a fate they would have to go through, if they were caught too.
The caught spy wasn’t killed immediately, but tortured extremely to reveal information about other spies.
There was no doubt if that spy had knowledge about others, he would have spilled easily. Forget about him, they would have done too.
It wasn’t because they would live after doing so. No, they would have spilled all secrets just to have a quick death. Nobody would love their limbs chopped while having their sensitivity to pain increased using a pill.
They couldn’t even die as they would be fed vitality pills while someone stronger than them used their spiritual sense to stop them from even suiciding out of their will.
This was also a reason why others didn’t know about each other. This had an advantage, as this might prevent them from getting caught if one of them got caught by their stupidity, but there was a disadvantage too. They wouldn’t be able to provide information for a quick death.
The reason they had joined hands with another disciple from their sect this time was because they were finding the exact formula of the pill.
They had been gathering information about it, but till now they hadn’t found the exact formula. It was as if there was something else missing other than the ingredients listed in the missions of the sect.
They had even found out about the blood aspect. They were among the group who went in the central region, so the sect trusted them about revealing things like this.
"So how did it go? Is it really Lin Hao who is managing the spirit field?" The woman suddenly stood up and stretched. Her bare breasts hung with some faint marks from her recent activity with their friend, who also stood up.
The male disciple nodded, "Yes, he is overlooking the spirit field from today."
Their main mission was to find the pill recipe, but they had two other side missions. The first was to look at the spirit lotus Yin Yang Harmony had found in the sect ruin, just like the pill recipe.
It was something that had caught the interest of their sect too, and they were eager to know about it.
The second mission was to keep an eye on Lin Hao. An absurdly talented alchemist who could create peak tier pills like they were nothing, and those pills were even more efficient than other peak tier pills.
They weren’t the ones who reported about Lin Hao to the sect. In fact, it was done by some other spy from the inner sect.
They themselves were stunned when they got the mission regarding Lin Hao. They couldn’t believe that it was possible. Their sect elders were also a little skeptical and told them to verify it, and once they did, they were shocked that it was true.
From then, they were given the task to keep an eye on Lin Hao, and if he kept producing higher grade pills in the same way once he broke through to higher realms, then it was their duty to recruit him by all means possible. If Lin Hao denied, then finish him off, even if it cost them their life.
They had accepted it. They had no choice. There was a reason some disciples were made into spies. It was because the sect had got hold of their weaknesses. These weaknesses were impactful enough for them to give their life.
This was why they were very surprised when they found out from the previous manager of the spirit field about Lin Hao being the newest manager.
They had made the previous manager their friend in hopes to get closer to the lotus. His partner even slept with him. Now that position was taken by someone else.
They weren’t disappointed. In fact, they were happy, as this would allow them to get closer to both Lin Hao and the lotus.
"Good. Should I start approaching him, or should we wait for a few days?" The woman stood up and began wearing her robes.
"Let’s wait for a few days. Once he becomes accustomed to the spirit field, we will slowly start approaching him. Oh, by the way, he broke through to the Mid Stage of Core Formation realm."
"Well isn’t it obvious, the primordial yin essence of Xie Ruyue is definitely potent enough for him to reach the Soul Sea realm easily..." The woman spoke.
They had found out yesterday that Lin Hao had become a Core Sect disciple, and his partner was none other than Xie Ruyue. This news was already spreading in the whole sect.
"By the way, is there any chance he would go to the inheritance site?" The other disciple who was on the bed stretched himself.
"Might be. It is a very good chance for Lin Hao to cultivate in a highly dense spirit qi environment. He himself might want to go inside badly. Maybe this is the reason he was cultivating right now when I saw him..."
"Well, if that is the case, then should we report to the sect about it? They can inform the inner spies." The woman said.
"Should we? We don’t even know if he will go to the inheritance site or not?" The disciple who was on the bed spoke.