Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 142: Incompetent and Traitors

Mu Yan looked over to the six other third-stage forced and saw that one of them was in the outskirts in the south.

With a guess, he walked there.

The kids saw he became serious so they didn’t speak, following him quietly.

They passed the main road and walked into several alleys, to the corner of the hollowed town.

The ceiling here was lower and few people were around.

Between earthen houses, there was one wood three-story building, its third story already reaching the ceiling.

He saw that there were few people going in and out, a very barren place.

From afar he had already seen that the fortune symbol of this building was a golden eye.

In the Ning Dynasty, only the Royal Eyes, the spies directly under the jurisdiction of the Royal Office, had this symbol.

He pushed the door and walked into the inn.

Inside, only three tables had people sitting on them, their clothes black, barely revealing anything.

It looked like a den of criminals and thieves.

He looked at the countertop and saw that there was one barkeeper rubbing a glass, looking at him too.

Instantly, anger flared up in Mu Yan’s eyes!

Golden power rose, colouring his eyes golden!

The barkeeper and the black-robed customers at the tables were stunned instantly!

Behind Mu Yan, two spirits rose –

An ice-blue phoenix, gradually turning gold as it rose and grew larger, so large that passed through the building’s walls, covering it with its wings!

From the outside, there was a golden light for a moment before disappearing – only those inside saw the figure of the phoenix!

The dragon, inky-black, also rose inside the inn, curling around itself until it took the form of a dragon seal, also becoming golden!

One was the pure gold of fortune, the other was the deep dark gold of royal authority!

An immense pressure rose from the seal –

All the cultivators were locked in their seats, their eyes nearly popping out from shock.

"You!" an angry shout escaped Mu Yan as he looked at the barkeeper.

They didn’t have the power to speak, their mouths seemingly locked.

"As agents of the Royal Office, how dare you collude with the noble families!" he couldn’t hold back his anger.

Inside his own domain, half of the Yamen was completely controlled by a different force, and the other half was extremely weak.

And when he entered the bar, he saw something even more shocking –

The barkeeper was the third-stage agent, while those black robed cultivators were second-stage intelligence agents.

But he saw that more than half of them had a fortune connection to the force in the south!

"Not only did you not report that the whole Garrison has been taken over by a local force, you even allowed the force to infiltrate your own intelligence bureau!"

Only the Royal Office or the local Imperial Office has the right to assign Government and Military positions – it didn’t matter if the Magistrate or Garrison Commander came from a noble family or a commoner family, only with either of the offices giving them the position were they allowed to take the authority!

When the barkeeper heard this, his face paled.

He looked over to the black robed cultivators in shock.

Under the suppression, he was barely able to utter, "You traitors!"

Mu Yan instantly got confused when he heard this.

He looked between these two, suspecting the agent was trying to defend.

His suppression, based on his fortune which had just been boosted several days ago, should be able to supress them fully. Now it seemed the bureau leader was of a higher stage, allowing him to speak. The weaker agents weren’t able to say anything.

With suspicion, he reached his hand to the seal in the air –

The dragon opened its maw and spewed out a small black seal.

After awakening, the dragon automatically gained Royal Authority while the phoenix gained Royal Fortune. Their abilities didn’t come from the inspiration.

He looked at the inspiration in his hand, using it to discern the Qi of those around –

Hidden below the fortune line, he saw a small black leech sucking at the fortune!

A look of even deeper shock and disgust appeared on his face – "YOU! YOU DARE!"

With a move of his hand, the Qi Seal flew out of his hand, hovering in the air.

The dragon on top of the seal rose from the seal and flew directly to the leech.

With a bite, it ate the leech instantly.

Then it moved from one to another, eating the other leeches.

When the Qi of Betrayal was severed by the dragon, half the black robed cultivators felt their spiritual power revolt –

Every resource they earned through betrayal was sucked out of their body at this moment!

Part of it flew to the golden eye in the sky, covered by the phoenix, it only grew slightly, not daring to act up.

Another part of the energy entered the dragon’s body, making it grow several inches, which it forcibly reduced.

After eating all, it flew back to the seal.

Mu Yan looked over to the bureau leader – it seemed this guy didn’t betray but was simply too incompetent to realise there were traitors right below his nose.

The pressure on that man reduced.

Feeling it, the man instantly knelt down on the ground, "Esteemed Royal Eunuch! I am willing to atone for my sins! Please kill me!"

"Hmph, do you think you can escape just by pleading a bit?

The Imperial Office assigned you here to oversee the town when there is no Royal Office!

How the hell did you fail? And why is there only you? In this town, there should be at least three or four agents!"

Thud

The man smashed his head on the ground, admitting, "I have failed the eunuch! I have failed the Royal Office! I have failed the Imperial Office!"

"Tell me! Where are the others?" Mu Yan didn’t have the patience to listen and asked again.

"They have been called back to the Imperial Office because they had a shortage!"

"A shortage? Hah, so they’re allowed to create a shortage to fill another?

Hmph, let’s see which idiot in the Imperial Office dared to get involved in my Royal Office’s Intelligence Bureau!"

When he heard this, Mu Yan was even angrier.

Such negligence couldn’t only come from one incompetent agent. Not to mention, he should’ve reported the lack of a Garrison Commander already.

That couldn’t have been hidden from the Imperial Office!

There was only one explanation to this –

Inside the office, the one in charge of his Royal Office’s matters was bribed!