A dark and secluded space, where scattered lights illuminated the few shadows within this area.
The so-called Shackling Prison.
This was the place where the Xianzhou imprisoned arch-enemies who had committed unpardonable crimes.
The mortal enemies of the Xianzhou were usually executed directly, but there were always some existences that were difficult to destroy due to their special abilities, or could not be destroyed due to their special status. Thus, they were placed at the bottom of the Shackling Prison for eternal confinement.
Jing Yuan walked up to a cell, raised his hand, and dismissed the jailers following him.
Standing with his hands behind his back in front of the door, Jing Yuan looked through the iron bars at the figure bound within.
"A core member of the Stellaron Hunters, deputy to Destiny's Slave Elio, a wanted criminal whom even the IPC can do nothing about. How could you be lured out and arrested so simply? I am actually quite curious—what is your relationship with Caelus and Stelle?"
"Guess?"
Although her wrists and ankles were bound by inhibition ropes and her power was sealed, making her look like a lamb awaiting slaughter without any ability to resist, the beautiful purple-haired woman in the prison still wore an elegant and calm smile.
Clearly, she was already skilled and accustomed to the matter of being imprisoned.
"Heh."
An expected answer. Jing Yuan narrowed his lion-like eyes slightly, switched his thinking mode to the state used when communicating with Caelus, and slowly opened them.
"You are their mother."
"...?"
As the words fell, Kafka, whose lips had held an eternal smile even upon entering the Shackling Prison, froze slightly, revealing a small amount of astonishment.
No, it's one thing for Star-baby and Caelus-baby to go crazy.
How could you, the dignified General of the Luofu, actually believe it?
Perhaps because the Star Rail duo was mentioned, Kafka's face, which exuded an aura that tempted people into crime like a poppy flower, seemed to soften a fraction. The corners of her mouth raised slightly:
"Hehe, if I said I was, what advice would the Lord General have?"
"Then it seems your parenting skills are quite good. The children you raised possess benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, filial piety, and courage—they have both virtue and glory."
Jing Yuan's tone was relatively relaxed, yet Kafka inexplicably felt a sense of sarcasm.
"Did the Lord General come here just to ask me this?"
"After all, you are a prisoner the Seat of Divine Foresight bought with 3 billion in funds. Getting a bit more information out of you is excellent."
Jing Yuan maintained the logical mode of communicating with Caelus.
This time, it was Kafka's turn to fall silent.
Discussing this topic with a Xianzhou General is so weird!
Moreover, Kafka felt that the Jing Yuan before her was slightly different from the Divine Foresight General in the intelligence reports.
"Does the Lord General not want to inquire about the Stellaron?"
Kafka propped up her charming and mature face, her expression kind and her smile relaxed.
"No need." Jing Yuan shook his head.
"You are a wanted criminal skilled in disturbing human hearts with Spirit Whisper. Even if your power is suppressed right now, I do not believe your words hold a shred of credibility."
Playing with human hearts in the palm of her hand was one of the reasons for Kafka's notoriety.
"Wait until Master Fu repairs the Matrix of Prescience; your objectives will have nowhere to hide."
On this matter, no matter what judgment Jing Yuan himself held, he needed the results of the Matrix of Prescience to verify them.
"By comparison, I would much rather learn some things about those two 'children' of yours."
The possibility that she used strange means to deceive his Master into becoming his 'Grandmaster'—whenever Jing Yuan thought of this, he couldn't hold back.
It just so happened that he was indeed very interested in the relationship between Kafka and the Star Rail duo, so he came over to see if he could ask something out of her.
"Oh my, I didn't expect the Lord General to be so interested in my family affairs."
Kafka smiled: "These things aren't written in the script."
Not written meant she could improvise.
"However, whether for public or private reasons, I can tell you in advance: they are the key to breaking the future and destiny, the most critical variables in the universe."
Kafka put away the smile on her face and spoke seriously:
"—This is Elio's original words."
Not long after, as Jing Yuan left the secret chamber, the cell fell into deathly silence again.
Through his communication with Kafka, Jing Yuan determined that her relationship with the Star Rail duo was definitely not simple; they were certainly not biological mother and children, but the relationship was somewhat subtle.
As for the words of Destiny's Slave, Jing Yuan didn't care too much, merely noting them down.
Walking out of the Shackling Prison to the outside world, Jing Yuan looked at the message sent by Fu Xuan on the Jade Abacus projection, revealing a hint of a smile.
[General, the various formations of the Divination Commission have been repaired. The Matrix of Prescience will be completely restored tomorrow. At that time, we can conduct the interrogation of the Stellaron Hunter.]
[I knew this little matter wouldn't stump Master Fu. The Luofu will still have to rely heavily on Master Fu's signature skills in the future!]
Jing Yuan routinely said nice words to Fu Xuan, painting a bright future.
pondering in his heart, he felt that the Stellaron had nothing to do with the Hunters.
It wasn't that he trusted Kafka, but that the Stellaron Hunters had no need to lie. Kafka knew the capabilities of the Matrix of Prescience; stalling for this little bit of time was useless.
But if it wasn't the Stellaron brought by the Stellaron Hunters, then who was it?
And regarding the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus who had become increasingly rampant recently—those running dogs of Medicus had not set foot on the Xianzhou, so who was giving these petty thieves the courage to leave the shadows?
Although Jing Yuan had commissioned Caelus to investigate, to be honest, Jing Yuan did not hold too much hope for Caelus.
The Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had lurked in the Xianzhou for thousands of years, acting with extreme caution.
To avoid the Seat of Divine Foresight discovering any clues, the communication between members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus often used the most primitive letters, bypassing the Jade Abacus network completely controlled by the Xianzhou.
With a flat organizational structure and various methods, they were impossible to kill off completely, growing back like weeds in the spring wind; it was truly difficult to eradicate them.
Kafka had a deep relationship with the Star Rail duo, allowing the two to capture her easily. Could Caelus possibly have a relationship with the Head of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus as well?
If Caelus could find one or two branches of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and obtain some important clues while the Disciples were surfacing on a large scale this time, Jing Yuan would be satisfied.
"..."
Raising his hand to catch a drifting, withered yellow leaf, Jing Yuan sighed.
His age was truly not low. For ordinary Xianzhou natives at his time of life, nine out of ten had already become Mara-struck.
Not to mention that Jing Yuan, as one of the former High-Cloud Quintet, had experienced all kinds of blows. But for the future of the Xianzhou, Jing Yuan still had to shoulder heavy responsibilities.
Amidst his emotional sighs, the Jade Abacus in Jing Yuan's hand sent another message.
Sender ID: [I am Miss Jingliu's Dog~!].
Seeing this made the corner of Jing Yuan's mouth twitch. He immediately pulled up the settings and changed the remarks for this ID to 'Caelus'.
The Jade Abacus projected a clear interface. The message Caelus sent was a picture.
Lying on the young man's open palm was a jade token that looked warm in texture but slightly odd in color.
The jade token was engraved with a medicinal pill, and the surface of the pill had textures like ginkgo leaves.
Jing Yuan waited for a while, but receiving no follow-up explanation from Caelus, he could only ask proactively.
[Real Name Online (Jing Yuan): Caelus, how is the investigation going? Is it going smoothly? What is this jade token?]
However, after Jing Yuan sent the message, Caelus did not reply.
Jing Yuan smiled, sighed silently, his eyes lingering with melancholy. Suppressing his rising blood pressure, he composed a new message and sent it.
[Real Name Online: Grandmaster, may I ask what this jade token is?]
This time, Caelus's reply was quick.
[Caelus: The investigation is very smooth. I am now a high-level executive of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. (Chibi Stelle akimbo proud.jpg)]
[Caelus: As for this jade token, it is the token of the Head of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. Internally, it stores information on roughly one-quarter of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus branches and their corresponding persons in charge.]
[Caelus: I can use it to mobilize the operations of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus organization within a certain range.]
[Caelus: How about it? Jing Yuan, isn't your Chicken Brother... bah, isn't your Grandmaster amazing?]
—The last sentence was a voice message, but Jing Yuan seemed not to hear it.
What the fuck!?
Jing Yuan was now full of question marks.
A high-level executive of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus?
The Head's token recording member information?
You really have a relationship with the Head!?
The amount of information contained in these few sentences from Caelus was truly too massive, so much so that even Jing Yuan, who possessed the title of Divine Foresight, was briefly stunned. He reacted quickly.
[Real Name Online: You really successfully infiltrated the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus... and became a high-level executive?]
Jing Yuan was truly dumbfounded.
The Seat of Divine Foresight had planted spies in the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus before, but they had all gone never to return.
A Cloud Knight had risked death to transmit some news, allowing the Seat of Divine Foresight to learn the process of new members joining the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. Months of brainwashing—elite Cloud Knights could withstand it, but almost no one could withstand the meals that induced the Mara-struck state!
How did Caelus manage it?
Wasn't there a six-month rookie period?
How much time had passed?
And how did he become a high-level executive directly?
Jing Yuan had too, too many doubts he wanted to ask, but before he could inquire, Caelus's messages continued to pop up.
[Caelus: Besides that, I have a piece of good news and a piece of bad news here. Which one do you want to hear first?]
Jing Yuan was overjoyed and pondered for a moment.
[Real Name Online: Let's hear the good news first.]
The Luofu was currently beset by crisis and undercurrents were surging. Jing Yuan quite wanted to hear some inspiring good news to drive away the recent gloom.
[Caelus: I met the Head of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. Our conversation was quite pleasant. The other party didn't suspect me, and I learned her identity.]
[Real Name Online: This is truly meant to be gigantic good news!]
Jing Yuan was filled with mixed surprise and joy. He hadn't expected that Caelus not only obtained the token but actually met with the Head!
The Seat of Divine Foresight had never relaxed its investigation into the Medicine King's Head, but had obtained almost no useful intelligence.
To think Caelus found the other party's true body directly!
His evaluation of Caelus's ability rose another few notches in his heart, but suddenly, Jing Yuan had a bad premonition.
The next second, the premonition came true.
[Caelus: Good news is done. Now let's listen to the bad news.]
[Caelus: The Head of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus is the current genius Head Alchemist of the Alchemy Commission, the Acting Head Alchemist, Dan Shu.]
Hmm!?
Jing Yuan stood up directly from his chair, feeling that his whole person was unwell.
The Medicine King's Head is a high-ranking official of the Six Commissions!?
[Caelus: According to currently known intelligence, the Alchemy Commission is the base camp of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. A conservative estimate is that half of the alchemists and medics are organization members. As for the other Six Commissions, except for the Divination Commission, all have more or less organization undercover agents.]
Lord Gin transformed into the ultimate Red side undercover, crazily throwing out intelligence bombs.
Ah?
At this moment, Jing Yuan's eyes widened.
The Alchemy Commission had become the base camp of a terrorist organization?
What the hell!
Jing Yuan was completely speechless.
He actually knew that some departments had people from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, such as the personnel within the Seat of Divine Foresight. Jing Yuan hadn't exposed them in order not to alert the enemy, using this to fish out the mastermind behind the scenes.
But he had never imagined the situation was severe to this extent!
Jing Yuan directly dialed Caelus's phone.
"Where are you right now?"
"Just sold some Immortal Traces diagrams to Dan Shu, currently on the way back. By the way, Jing Yuan, do you want the identity information in this jade token?"
The Gray-hair's brisk tone came from the other side.
"For Jingliu's sake, I'll give you a deep bone-breaking discount, but it can't be too low. After all, these are the betrothal gifts I'm saving up for Jingliu."
"You, as the apprentice General, can't be stingy, right?"
Jing Yuan: "..."
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