The Immortal Path of the White-Haired Maiden Volume 1 Chapter 106 Investigating the News

  The maid led the five people out of the side hall, and finally, the crow couldn't hold back and knocked his head to ask: "Excuse me for being foolish, Master, why didn't you directly interrogate those four people? If they really hadn't secretly hidden anything, just relying on the monthly distribution of Youling Dan wouldn't be enough to improve their cultivation so quickly. Are we going to let them continue like this?"

  Kong Bangzhu seemed to be completely unbothered and merely said leisurely: "Do you have any evidence to convict them of a crime?"

  "This...” The owl hesitated for a moment, but soon he was indignant again: "Just look at their cultivation and you'll know! What more evidence do you need? They think that the demonic consciousness can't be used here, and there's no anomaly in their cultivation to investigate, but they're greatly mistaken! Unbeknownst to them, from the day they entered the pavilion, everything on their bodies has been under the control of the leader!"

  Kong Bangzhu smiled and shook his head, "You also said that it's just a different cultivation, but cultivation is a mysterious thing. If they use this as an excuse to punish you, they can simply say that you obtained other opportunities on the island. How will you respond then?"

  "Hmph, this is simply impossible! On the Nameless Island, who doesn't know that except for the Nameless Fruit's refined Spirit Dan, everything here is completely useless to me, a demon cultivator."

  Kong Bangzhu said, "Alright, everyone knows it's impossible in private, but if we use it as evidence, it will be a bit unconvincing. Moreover, every time they return, they indeed hand over the nameless fruit honestly, and 'Tianyan' would never make a mistake about this. So, we absolutely cannot alarm them prematurely, let's continue to send people to secretly monitor them."

  "But the scouts we sent to Vanguard Island basically don't survive for more than two days, even if we secretly send someone to follow them onto the island, in the end they all either go missing or lose their tail. Those four demons may look sloppy, but they're actually very cunning and always manage to get rid of our tails."

  At this point, a flash of dark light flickered in Kong Bang's eyes. "The more they are like this, the more it shows that there is an unmentionable secret. However, times have changed, and perhaps our opportunity has arrived. More than two years ago, I casually threw away that ugly girl, originally just wanting to make her suffer. I didn't expect her to be able to survive on her own in the inner island for more than two years. It's also a case of unintentionally achieving success. Now with this freak around, those four demons will definitely think of ways to eliminate this hidden danger. So you still have people secretly tailing the four demons as before, and also follow that female demon at the same time. From time to time, find that female demon alone and ask her some questions. With her involvement, I believe we'll soon be able to find a weakness."

  The owl suddenly looked stunned, with a surprised expression: "Just now, the master suddenly mentioned that female demon, isn't it... letting them think that the female demon is our person?"

  "Hmm, you may be slow-witted but not entirely stupid," Kong Bangzhu said with a hint of a smile on his lips. "Now that this seed has been sown, let's see how it grows."

  Xiao Yao and the four demons left the Pianyuan Hall and came to the warehouse instead of leaving the Piaomiao Palace.

  Inside the warehouse, a fence made of iron-like metal was built, and there were restrictive measures to prevent theft. Only on the counter was there an opening that allowed one person to stretch their hand in and out. Above the opening hung a silver-white mask with a single eye painted on it.

  The yellow-haired demon stood in front of the counter, opened his mouth and spat out more than a dozen purple fruits that looked like duck pears. He handed all the fruits into the door hole, and then heard an old voice coming from the other side of the door hole: "Is there any private storage?"

  The blond-haired boy said resolutely: "No."

  At this time, Xiao Yao saw that the single eye on the upper aspect of the corpse was as if alive. The originally dull and lifeless eyeball suddenly cast a glance downward, and from within it shot out a white light that enveloped the yellow-haired male demon. However, this lasted only for an instant, after which the single eye returned to its normal state, reverting back into a dead object.

  Then the remaining three demons came forward one after another, and after repeating this process three times, the yellow-haired male demon said to Xiao Yao: "It's your turn now. Hand over the nameless fruit you found on the inner island for the past two years to the person in charge inside. Don't try to secretly hide it, as the heavenly eyes here can see through people's hearts."

  For some reason, Xiao Yao felt that his tone was somewhat gloating, and the "Tian Yan" he mentioned was referring to the single-eyed mask above? Although she had some doubts, she still told the truth to Huang Mao Male Yao: "In the past two years, I have been hiding in the inner island, but I have been fleeing and searching for a way out. I didn't notice what the nameless fruit looked like at all. If it weren't for today, seeing you all take it out, I wouldn't know what this fruit looks like."

  The voice fell, and the white light shot out from the single-eyed mask enveloped downwards, just like before, but it was withdrawn in an instant, and there was no abnormality.

  At this scene, Xiong Lao San was the first to lose his composure and subconsciously exclaimed: "You didn't go find Wuming Guo on Nei Island?! This is impossible!"

  Xiao Yao didn't see what the big deal was, but she noticed that Huang Mao and Hou Lao Er had a strange look in their eyes. Even the usually taciturn Yin Sen male demon couldn't help but glance at her several times. Just as she was about to ask them what was going on, a voice came from the doorway again, "The warehouse is an important place in the pavilion, no one is allowed to stay here for more than a moment. Since you don't have any fruit to hand over, why don't you leave quickly?"

  The five of them had to leave the warehouse first, and the four demons' expressions returned to normal, but the yellow-haired demon's eyes still looked a bit strange as he glanced at Xiao Yao. He then said: "We four will return to the Vanguard Camp first, it's small and messy there, and it's not convenient for fellow Taoists to stay overnight. Please find another place to stay, if there is a task, we will notify you in advance with a transmission symbol." After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Xiao Yao to respond and led the three demons away quickly.

  Xiao Yao missed the best opportunity to ask questions and didn't expect to intercept the four demons, so she pondered whether to go around and investigate.

  The four demons returned to the thatched cottage, all of them silent, seemingly lost in thought. The atmosphere was somewhat gloomy. After a long while, Xiong Lao San spoke up first: "Big Brother, do you think it's true what those women said about not knowing what the Nameless Fruit looks like after two years?"

  The blond-haired man's face was expressionless, but his deep eyes revealed the turmoil in his heart. "I can't determine what's true or false, but she passed the trial of the Heavenly Eye, that's a fact."

  "Could it be that this woman is actually a running dog for Kong Yao, and she's doing this on purpose?" Hou Lao Er chimed in at this time, apparently having been thinking about it earlier. "I remember when we left, didn't Kong Yao take her under his wing? Only then can it be explained why she was able to avoid the Tianyan ritual. I really don't believe that there's a demon cultivator in this world who wouldn't be tempted by the dan medicine that can increase their cultivation, unless...". At this point, Hou Lao Er's eyes darkened, "She's not a demon at all! In that case, she also won't have any so-called true form!"

  The yellow-haired demon was taken aback, and he shot a strange glance at Hou Lao'er, but didn't say anything in rebuttal. At this time, the usually taciturn and few-worded Yin Seng male demon suddenly let out a sinister laugh, his voice hoarse as he said: "What else could she be if not a demon? Don't you think that a human cultivator could survive for over two years on Nameless Island? Don't forget that she's someone who withstood the tempering of the Jade Thunder."

  The four demons fell silent again, and the woman demon named Chong Rou seemed even more mysterious and hard to fathom.

  "Anyway, this female demon's identity and actions are suspicious, we must be cautious but not too tense, lest we disturb our own formation. Regardless of whether she is a spy sent by Kong Yao or not, as long as we are careful and don't reveal any weaknesses, they won't be able to find an opening. From now on, we will continue with the original plan, if there's an opportunity to shake her off during the mission, then shake her off. In any case, we absolutely cannot let them discover the existence of that thing!"

  Just as the four demons were making plans for the future, Xiao Yao on the other side was also not idle. She found Bai Tu in the Floating Palace. The rabbit saw that she hadn't died and got excited to the point of tears, after all, it's hard to find a black-haired demon cultivator who is weaker than himself on this island. He had already considered her as his confidant. When he heard the news of her death last year, he was sad for a long time. Who would have thought that she was lucky and came back to life? Overjoyed, he took Xiao Yao to the small wine shop where they first met, saying he wanted to treat her to fruit wine.

  Xiao Yao originally came to him to inquire about some things, and places like wine houses, tea houses, and small bars were all good places to gather information. She also readily agreed. The two of them went to a small bar together, and after several jugs of fruit wine, Bai Tu became cheerful and talkative. Before long, she had gathered the information she wanted to know.

  The androgynous leader of the Kong sect was named Kong Yao, a peacock spirit with an extraordinary appearance. This demon had a beautiful face, but disliked plain male attire, so he preferred to wear female clothing. Due to his extremely vain nature, he couldn't stand ordinary or ugly people and things; otherwise, he would be furious and depressed all day long. Such a leader who loved beauty established a vanguard camp in the sect, where all the members were ugly demon cultivators. This had shocked many demon cultivators in the Nameless City. The four demons in the vanguard camp, like Kong Yao, were well-known throughout the Nameless City, despite their ugly appearance. Their magical powers were not weak, and each of them had a special talent that allowed them to move freely in most parts of the Inner Island, infiltrate deeper, and find more Nameless Fruits. For this reason, even though they were ugly, Kong Yao was willing to pay three times the salary of other sects to keep them in the Zither Pavilion, meeting with them behind a beaded curtain.

  Among the four demons, the leader was a yellow-haired demon named Wang Er Ma Zi. The other two were called Hou Lao Er and Xiong Lao San. As for the last dark demon, his name was Ba Shu. When Xiao Yao first heard these names, she couldn't help but twitch, especially at the name Wang Er Ma Zi - wouldn't having a mole on one's face make them be called Ma Zi? But soon she figured it out: demons' naming conventions were different from humans', often based on their preferences or what sounded pleasant to them. These four demons had strange temperaments; sometimes they would enter the inner island and not be seen for two or three months. They always acted together, like conjoined twins, never making contact with outsiders unless provoked, at which point they would annihilate them - most demons didn't dare offend them lightly.