The Free Swordsman
Zhai Cai was stunned, pondering for a few seconds before saying, "He's from the Five Elements Alliance."
The Lord of the Zhisha Palace slightly nodded. "There are many spies like him in New Covenant County!"
The conflict between the Lawful Evil factions in New Covenant County has garnered global attention. As one of the most powerful Lawful organizations in the world, it's only natural for the Five Elements Alliance to send spies to infiltrate New Covenant County.
Zhai Cai had initially speculated that the Free Swordsman of the Anti-Black and White Alliance might be an official member in the Second District. Now, hearing the red-skirted woman's words, his suspicions were confirmed!
"So, you're here today to cut me off, or to help?" The Single-Pass Knight squinted and smiled.
"Help!" The Lord of the Zhisha Palace said calmly.
The Single-Pass Knight loosened his grip on his sword, shrugged, and looked at the Thunder Magician struggling in the talisman array. "You're a Musician, right? Find a way to hypnotize him. I have questions to ask him!"
At this moment, Qianning Lu let out a deep roar, and intense electric light burst forth around him. The six black talismans arranged in a circle trembled violently, and the barrier array showed faint signs of collapse!
Trying to break through the Refinement Talisman array with physical means is impossible. Only mental attacks can work!
But this isn't the Thunder Magician's specialty. Although lightning restrains wraiths, it isn't essentially a mental realm spell.
The Thunder Magician's soul isn't as strong as a Night Wanderer or Illusionist!
But the Refinement Talisman still loosened under Qianning Lu's outburst. The Head of Administration is, after all, an eighth-level Thunder Magician. His level is there. Even if he's not good at mental powers, his foundation is still solid.
From the Zhisha Palace Lord's perspective, even if Qianning Lu broke free of the Refinement Talisman's restrictions with brute force, he wouldn't escape death.
Because there are two Sovereigns guarding outside the array!
But since the Single-Pass Knight wanted to interrogate him, she couldn't just watch Qianning Lu destroy the Refinement Talisman.
So, she turned her head and warned, "Cover your ears!"
Zhai Cai shrugged. "The Knight has an indomitable will. Do as you please. Don't worry about me!"
The Zhisha Palace Lord didn't waste words. She took a deep breath and let out a high-pitched soprano, as sharp as a dolphin's cry.
Zhai Cai's vision went black. He felt countless steel needles piercing into his ears, drawing blood, and his spirit was subjected to a sonic penetrating attack.
"The noise is so ear-piercing. You should have said so earlier! You should have said so earlier!" The Single-Pass Knight covered his head and grimaced.
In the terrifying, ear-splitting noise, Qianning Lu's spirit also suffered unimaginable attacks, weakening it. The originally trembling paper talisman regained its stability!
The Thunder Magician, who wasn't good at the mental realm in the first place, gradually lost his resistance under the attack of the Refinement Talisman and the Musician's sound waves.
His soul power was weakened again and again, his eyes became cloudy, and his consciousness gradually blurred. Seeing this, the Zhisha Palace Lord stopped her shriek, and a deep vortex appeared in her clear, watery eyes, while her voice seemed to contain a soothing power.
"Qianning Lu, we are companions. We are companions!" No one here can resist the Musician's voice, just as no one can resist the charm of an Eros Profession!
Qianning Lu first showed a look of struggle, then his eyes remained pained by the Refinement Talisman, and his wariness and hostility dissipated. After a moment, his gaze became vacant, and he murmured:
"We are companions. Why don't you save me? Why don't you save me?"
The Zhisha Palace Lord nodded. "Don't worry, I'll save you now!"
She gently waved her wide sleeves, letting the six black talismans float up one by one, connecting end to end, and drilling into her sleeve!
This action was the final step in hypnosis. The moment the Refinement Talisman was collected, Qianning Lu's last bit of resistance completely dissipated, and he stood woodenly, like a soulless puppet!
The Zhisha Palace Lord looked at Zhai Cai!
The Single-Pass Knight pondered for a few seconds and said, "The Hunter's Guild, no, why is the Free Covenant dealing with Old Berent?"
Old Berent is Winnie Berent's grandfather.
Qianning Lu was silent for a moment and truthfully said, "Because Old Berent has a fragment of the Holy Plate of the Holy See."
Holy Plate Fragment, the Zhisha Palace Lord's heart stirred. She had heard Yuanshi mention the Holy Plate Fragment and the Holy See's treasure. Two fragments were in his hands.
One was in the hands of the annoying Single-Pass Knight. If Qianning Lu's information was reliable, then the whereabouts of the last Holy Plate Fragment had been found!
Zhai Cai "tsk"ed and said, "How do you know Old Berent has a Holy Plate Fragment?"
Qianning Lu replied, "We investigated the source of the Holy Plate Fragment from the relationship between Jia Cheng Feizhang and the Anti-Black and White Alliance, and found that the source was Huo Zhengkui. After a detailed investigation of Huo Zhengkui's life, the organization locked onto the locations of the remaining two fragments. One fragment was hidden in the Zhou Ji Phoenix Bird Zun and was returned to China by Huo Zhengkui in 1955!"
"Not long ago, Fu Qingyang, the newly promoted leader of the Five Elements Alliance, suddenly went to the Beijing Museum and requested to view the Zhou Ji Phoenix Bird Zun and be alone with the antique for more than a quarter of an hour. The organization has confirmed that the fragment was obtained by Fu Qingyang."
Hearing this, Zhai Cai looked at the Zhisha Palace Lord. "Did that old six, The Free Swordsman, tell the Five Elements Alliance this information?"
The Free Swordsman participated in the Holy Plate incident throughout, and even learned of Huo Zhengkui's existence from the leader of the Anti-Black and White Alliance. Only through him could the Five Elements Alliance learn the details of this matter!
Moreover, the red-skirted woman had just said that the Free Swordsman was a spy sent by the Five Elements Alliance to New Covenant County to gather intelligence!
"You're the old six," the Zhisha Palace Lord pouted!
Qianning Lu continued, "The 31st President of the Free Federation once received funding from a Chinese gang leader, and the two had a very deep relationship. That gang leader was Huo Zhengkui!"
"Before returning to the Spirit Realm, Huo Zhengkui seemed to have foreseen the disintegration of the Brotherhood and gave a large number of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and cash to the President under the pretext of funding!"
"After the President's death, those things disappeared. They were neither sold nor donated to the museum. They weren't found in his family's treasury either. We investigated the good President's life and found that Old Berent had once been the President's bodyguard and was a trusted confidant!"
"So, we speculated that those things were taken away by Old Berent after the President's death and hidden in the Maze Villa!"
Before Zhai Cai and the Zhisha Palace Lord could speak, Winnie's voice came from behind. "So, that's why you asked me for the routes to the first and second levels of the maze?"
Looking in the direction of the voice, Winnie was leaning against the iron door, her eyes staring blankly at the three people. The floor two meters in front of her was broken, leading directly to the lower level!
Although she couldn't see, her hearing was still good. When Qianning Lu used Thunder Burst just now, she clearly heard the sound of the floor and walls collapsing, so she didn't dare to completely leave the secret room but leaned against the door!
Even if an eighth-level Wind Magician jumped from the top of the building, she wouldn't die, but it would be very embarrassing!
"I knew a long time ago that your grandfather was hiding a Holy Plate Fragment in the maze. I'm a man with a Scholar's Little Secretary!" Zhai Cai admitted generously. "However, when I sought refuge with your grandfather, I didn't know that there was a fragment hidden in his maze. I only discovered it later after having the secretary analyze Huo Zhengkui's data!"
"I tried to buy the President's belongings from your grandfather, but he refused!"
"That person, your grandfather, is stubborn and pedantic. He said that the President asked him to take good care of those things before he died, until the end of his life, so he would never sell them!"
"There's no way. I can only cooperate with you. Anyway, you're very familiar with the Maze Villa. If he doesn't give it to me, I'll just steal it!"
This is what an honest Knight would say, the Zhisha Palace Lord was stunned!
Winnie was silent after listening. In the secret room just now, when he heard Qianning Lu say that the target was his grandfather, not Zhai Cai, he vaguely realized something was wrong!
Now she understood what was going on!
"I will tell you the maze routes for the first and second levels as agreed. However, the Holy See's treasure is of great importance. Now that I know about it, I can't just ignore it!" Winnie said lightly.
"I'll give you five days. Within five days, if you still can't get the Holy Plate Fragment, then it's mine!" This was her biggest concession. Of course, she was also worried that if she showed the idea of wanting to monopolize the Holy Plate in this situation, she would be silenced by Zhai Cai and the Musician Sovereign of the Second District!
"No problem, the Thunder Magician is indeed fair!" Zhai Cai didn't know if he really didn't care or was mocking!
Winnie ignored him and looked blankly at the Zhisha Palace Lord. "Ask him who the Free Covenant's spy is in the Execution Department!"
With Qianning Lu's status, it was impossible for him to be like Emma, knowing nothing. There might be his downline within the Holy Punishment!
The Zhisha Palace Lord didn't refuse, repeating Winnie's words and strengthening the hypnosis in the process to ensure that Qianning, whose spirit was extremely weak, remained under her control!
"Mark Edward, Sinker Keith." Qianning Lu blurted out five names in one breath!
Winnie listened without expression and then said, "Who is your superior? How many spies of your level are there in other Lawful organizations?"
Qianning Lu replied, "The person in charge of contacting me is the President of the Hunter's Guild. I don't know who he is. He takes the initiative to contact me every time, using a network dial-up. I don't know how many people like me are in other Lawful organizations, but our Sovereign-level The Way of the Extraordinary hold a banquet under the gaze of God on the 28th of every month!"
"There, everyone's desires can be vented. You can ask any woman present for favors, and she can't refuse. You can also enjoy bloody and violent gladiatorial fights!!"
Qianning Lu said the information in detail!
"Before the 28th arrives, everyone who attends the gathering can make a request to the organization. For example, if you fancy a powerful woman and want to play with her and humiliate her, you can submit an application to the Free Covenant. As long as you contribute enough, the Free Covenant will kidnap that powerful woman for you. Or, if you want to see your enemies and political opponents killed in gladiatorial fights, those enemies and political opponents will appear at the 28th gathering after submitting an application and paying contribution points."
Zhai Cai shook his head when he heard this. "You guys in the Evil Faction really know how to play!"
Winnie, however, thought of the gathering that Emma attended. Her assistant was lying on a golden bed in a similar banquet and her cognition was distorted, becoming a fallen person!
Winnie said, "The Free Covenant's model has actually been figured out. Every spy has a superior, who is usually a Sovereign of the Evil Faction. As long as you hunt the Sovereigns of the Evil Faction, you can find the spies!"
Back then, it was because the biological father of the Underworld Emperor, the leader of an evil organization, was hunted down by Holy Punishment that the Free Covenant reappeared in the public eye after a century. That leader of the evil organization was Sovereign-level!
Winnie asked a few more questions, including how Qianning Lu fell. As expected, Qianning Lu, who liked women, couldn't resist the temptation and was seduced by a depraved Eros Profession to join the gathering and was polluted.
When Winnie had asked almost enough, the Zhisha Palace Lord suddenly said, "How do you spies hide yourselves from being discovered by Holy Punishment?"