In Wuling City. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Somewhere in a dark alley.

A tall figure quickly darted through.

"Damn it, someone tattled on me. Once I get out, and find out who it was, I’ll make sure they regret it!" the man muttered fiercely.

"Who won’t you let off?"

A calm voice suddenly sounded beside his ear, startling the man.

Without hesitation, he flung the hidden weapon in his hand and rushed in another direction.

Bam!

A hand, hard as alloy, clamped around his neck, forcefully pressing him against the wall.

An overwhelming force bore down, smashing his face into the wall with a resounding crash, rendering him unconscious and his face bloody.

"I didn’t expect so many spies to be hiding in Wuling City."

Lin Zheyu shook his head gently.

He had met this man a few times before, having seen him at a banquet hosted by Jiwei City.

Grabbing the man’s limp body, he slowly walked out of the alley as patrolling soldiers arrived belatedly.

"Check if this is the guy."

Lin Zheyu tossed the man over.

"Yes, yes, thank you, sir!"

The lead soldier said respectfully.

This wasn’t their first time witnessing this master’s skills.

Whenever a spy or an enemy infiltrated Wuling City, once a signal was given, this master would always quickly locate them.

A feat that left them in awe.

"Send the reward to my residence."

Lin Zheyu said blandly, turning and disappearing into the alley.

In Wuling City, he didn’t freely use his cultivation sensor, but slightly expanding his sensing domain wasn’t a problem.

Lin Zheyu had tried before, and cultivators didn’t seem very sensitive to his sensing domain.

Under the cloak of his sensing domain, all activities within a radius of over 1,800 meters appeared in his consciousness.

"Sensing domains and spiritual sense each have their strengths and weaknesses."

"Moreover, my sensing domain is still evolving. If my physical body continues to strengthen, I wonder what level it could reach."

Lin Zheyu mused to himself.

His figure quickly darted through Wuling City, pausing slightly when about to leave the bustling area but then resuming.

"Was that just now a spiritual sense scanning over me?"

Lin Zheyu slowed down, a hint of doubt flickering in his mind.

Although he had only recently condensed his spiritual sense, he was sure he wasn’t mistaken.

Just now, he sensed a spiritual sense scan over him, but it didn’t focus on him.

"The spiritual sense wasn’t strong, seemingly on par with mine."

"Their skills are about as amateur as mine with dual cultivation, so their strength shouldn’t be much."

Lin Zheyu contemplated.

He turned a corner at the crossroads ahead, ensuring no one noticed, no spiritual sense scanning, and then turned into an alley.

When he emerged again, his physique, aura, and appearance had transformed into that of an average middle-aged man.

Exiting the alley, he headed towards a nearby tavern.

For the first time sensing evidence of cultivators in Wuling City, Lin Zheyu couldn’t help but want to learn more about them.

Especially when judging the adversary’s strength might be lesser than his own.

"Waiter, bring me your best wine and serve all the signature dishes."

Lin Zheyu summoned the waiter, ordering.

His demeanor showed no signs of change, his sensing domain rapidly expanded, enveloping the direction from where the spiritual sense had originated.

In a brothel two streets away from where Lin Zheyu was.

Lin Zheyu’s sensing domain unknowingly encroached upon this place.

The spiritual sense he had just detected radiated from here.

Though the other’s spiritual sense was concealed, under Lin Zheyu’s combined spiritual and sensing domain overlay, not only did he discover the probing, but also the spiritual sense’s source.

This was the wonder of the sensing domain.

Simply relying on spiritual sense alone, Lin Zheyu would never achieve this.

"Mr. Qian, this is Wuling City, under the celestial observation array of the Observatory. Discussing such matters here isn’t wise."

The speaker was a youthful man in his twenties, with an air of arrogance between his brows.

Yet, most cultivators maintained their looks well, and spiritual power greatly slowed aging, making it impossible to judge their age by appearance alone.

"As they say, the more dangerous the place, the safer it is. Discussing things here won’t raise suspicion."

"I just used a secret technique to detect, and within 500 meters, there are no traces of a cultivator, nor personnel from the Observatory."

"Even if there were, their spiritual senses couldn’t penetrate the small ten thousand void god-locking array I set up to eavesdrop on our conversation."

Qian Baiyan said confidently, filled with satisfaction.

"Small Ten Thousand Void God-locking Array!"

"Mr. Qian actually mastered this array, truly impressive!"

The youth’s expression shifted, showing admiration.

The Small Ten Thousand Void God-locking Array is a simplified version of the Ten Thousand Void God-locking Array.

Though simplified, its effects are strong, isolating most divine sense detections, known amongst arrays for this purpose.

The materials for this array are easy to obtain, yet few can set it up.

Mainly due to its high demands on the array setter.

"Mr. Muu, you overpraise me."

Qian Baiyan replied with a smile, feigning modesty though filled with pride.

"With the Small Ten Thousand Void God-locking Array, there’s indeed no need to worry."