[For the following week, you continued to stay in your dorm, occasionally meeting with Jin Congxue, and it seemed that you had not been exposed.]
[But you were still not at ease, so you decided to investigate the Black Dragon Guild.]
[Pretending to be a college student applying for a job, you smoothly entered the guild hall.]
[The customer service girl who received you was very enthusiastic, but you detected something off in her eyes.]
[That somewhat dull look in her eyes was a sign of divine soul invasion!]
[Your mind stirred, you pretended to accidentally touch the girl's wrist, but in reality your divine sense swept over it.]
[After some investigation, you confirmed something: the customer service girl had a divine soul seed planted within her.]
[Although you were unclear about the effects of this divine soul seed, you were certain it was the work of a cultivator!]>
[Following that, your gaze swept over dozens of customer service staff and managers in the Black Dragon Guild hall.]
[To your surprise, it seemed like all of their divine souls had been tampered with.]
Su Xing slightly frowned upon seeing this.
The receptionists and managers of the guild were evidently regular professionals.
But the unusual part was that they had all been implanted with divine soul seeds!
Divine soul seeds were quite special, they could either forcefully control a person, turning them into puppets, or apply psychological suggestions to make the targets obedient.
Su Xing speculated that the divine souls implanted by the Black Dragon Guild belonged to the latter.
"So, is the entire Black Dragon Guild, and even the Black Dragon Commerce, under the control of Dragon Protector?"
Su Xing's gaze sharpened; this was not good news.
The Black Dragon Commerce, as a thorn planted in Kyoto by the Descending Sect, should be an important stronghold.
Not only serving Dragon Protector, but probably the entire Descending Sect, right?
"But now, the key question is, if I break into the secret chamber, will there be any danger?"
Thinking so, Su Xing's gaze turned towards the simulation panel.
[Inside the Black Dragon Guild hall, you did not recklessly release your divine sense to probe, because while ordinary professionals might not sense the divine sense, cultivators of strength similar to yours could easily detect any anomalies.]
[You left the Black Dragon Guild without causing any fuss and returned to the academy.]
[One day, your homeroom teacher, Liu Xiaodong, approached you and told you that due to your insufficient strength, you now faced two choices: drop out or repeat the year.]
[Without hesitation, you chose to repeat the year.]
[Ever since learning that the Black Dragon Commerce was a stronghold of the Descending Sect, you realized that even Kyoto was not absolutely safe.]
[Compared to the outside world, the highly skilled Kyoto Academy was certainly safer.]
[You quietly used your connections to find a cushy job as a school librarian, which allowed you to stay in the school legitimately with both student and staff identities.]
[On graduation day, you, Fatty Yu, and a few other good friends had drinks, a somewhat sentimental farewell.]
[Afterward, you moved into a secluded staff dormitory within the school, a single room, which made it more convenient for you to come and go from the Spirit Field Blessed Land.]
[In the following months, you went about your daily routine of planting spirit plants and concocting elixirs in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, occasionally meeting with Jin Congxue, and you encountered no dangers.]
[During this time, Wang Qingxuan, influenced by your advice, continued her studies on campus, and you subtly used the Tarot Society's connection to sponsor her.]
[With Wang Qingxuan's potential, she would also become a valuable ally once she grew stronger.]
[One day, feeling that the time was ripe, you decided to find a way to join the Descending Sect.]
[You began searching for the headquarters of the Descending Sect based on the memories in your mind.]
[You quickly found an unexpected person, Damned Zong!]
[Through divine sense, Damned Zong easily discerned that you were a cultivator just like him, and moreover, a great cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage.]
[You talked and laughed as if in harmony, but in fact, both of you were on guard.]
[You casually revealed news about the Life Extension Pill and as expected, Damned Zong took the bait, exchanged a batch of spiritual medicine for two Life Extension Pills, and ushered you into the Descending Sect.]
[Thanks to Damned Zong's introduction, you gained immediate attention within the sect and successfully became an elder upon joining.]
[After that, you outwardly called Damned Zong a brother, but secretly you contacted Luo Shuying and gained her trust.]
[With Luo Shuying's help, you acquired a large number of spiritual medicines.]
[You spent your days in the Descending Sect loafing around, occasionally completing missions, but mostly stayed in the Spirit Field Blessed Land concocting elixirs and planting spiritual medicines.]
[In the second year, with Shennong's talent bolstering you, the thirty Gathering Spirit Flowers you had planted were now mature, and you also harvested a new batch of fifty Gathering Spirit Flower seeds.]
[You planted the fifty Gathering Spirit Flower seeds, preparing to harvest even more flowers after two years.]
[At the same time, over the course of a year, you stockpiled Organ Refining Pills, Essence-Nourishing Pills, Spirit Pills, and other such elixirs, totaling 100,000 pills.]
[Things were developing as you had anticipated, and you only waited to drain the Descending Sect of its medicinal materials before preparing to defect at any moment.]
[In the third year, having accumulated quite a few contribution points, you were ready to visit the Descending Sect's treasure vault once more with Luo Shuying to exchange the remaining medicines.]
[You and Luo Shuying entered the secret instance of the Descending Sect, and after undergoing the procedural check, successfully entered the treasure vault.]
[Apart from you and Luo Shuying, only Dragon Protector was dozing off in the corner of the vault.]