Chapter 785: 315. The Image of Master Lei (Chapter Combined)_4

Lei Jun glanced at the porcelain bottle in his hand, raising his eyebrow.

This must have been the fifth grade opportunity mentioned in the moderately good lot from White Horse Mountain.

White Lotus Frost Dew was exceedingly rare, and it was undoubtedly a fine thing, but for Lei Jun, and even for Zhuo Baojie, Taoist cultivators like themselves found its value rather limited.

However, as the lot indicated, this opportunity came with no hidden danger or risk, which was truly commendable.

Later, perhaps he could experiment with the White Lotus Frost Dew to see if it could serve other purposes, or maybe exchange it with someone else.

............

North of Luoyang City, lay a vast residence.

Upon the manor’s gate hung a plaque, bearing the word "Ye."

Within Luoyang City, two Ye mansions were most renowned, one in the north and one in the east.

These were, respectively, the important dwellings of the Cangzhou and Qingzhou branches of the Ye Clan within the Capital. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

At that moment, inside the northern Ye mansion, Ye Feishan of the Cangzhou Ye Clan sat silently in the study, grinding ink by his own hand.

This young leader from the Cangzhou Ye Clan’s rising generation had arrived in Imperial Capital Luoyang earlier that year.

Yet, compared to Ye Cheng of the Qingzhou Ye Clan, Ye Feishan conducted himself with far greater restraint.

He kept a low profile in matters of conduct, but when it came to gathering and compiling intelligence from all sides, he was sharp and thorough.

After grinding the ink, Ye Feishan took up his pen and began to write.

He was not recording events.

The writing barely lingered on the paper, then faded away like wisps of smoke, rising slowly, as if traversing the manor’s roof and soaring into the skies, carrying his words to another place.

He sent word to his father, Ye Wei, the current clan chief of Cangzhou Ye Clan, and also to his grandfather, Ye Moquan, the old Ye Clan patriarch presently residing in Youzhou.

Ye Feishan had three main pieces of intelligence to report,

First, Lei Jun’s cultivation and might were extraordinary, and his public appearance on this journey had let all sides confirm further that the Celestial Master Mansion had already begun setting the stage for a transition of the Celestial Master’s position.

Such an obvious maneuver could not possibly evade the attention of the current Celestial Master Tang Xiaotang, even if she was not presently atop Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Yet, clearly, Tang Xiaotang herself had already developed the intention to actively relinquish her post.

*Any expectations that the imminent change in the Celestial Master’s seat would spark another rivalry between Tang and Lei could be entirely dismissed.*

Ye Feishan’s brush flew over the page, never resting,

Second, on the White Lotus Sect’s side, they seemed to be acting on their own initiative, even recklessly, disregarding caution.

The Cangzhou Ye Clan had long been supporting the White Lotus Sect, Yellow Sky Sect, Great Void Temple, and such groups in secret.

Currently, the White Lotus Sect was broadly split into two factions, and one of them had indeed received significant aid from the Cangzhou Ye Clan.

Yet, this latest involvement between them and Prince Zhao’s Mansion—though danger was emerging within the White Lotus Sect—the Cangzhou Ye Clan had had no prior knowledge of it.

*This was a signal that warranted deep consideration.*

Several years ago, the Maitreya Holy Master had emerged from seclusion, forcing the two factions to work together.

But then, the Maitreya Holy Master had retreated again, recovering in isolation.

Some of the old disputes, previously suppressed by the Maitreya Holy Master, were resurfacing now.

...In the near future, the White Lotus Sect might change.

After finishing this line, Ye Feishan’s hand, for once, paused minutely upon the page.

A moment later, he resumed writing the third critical matter,

Investigation showed that about thirty years ago, His Highness Prince Zhao had traveled to the Greater and Little Guan Mountains, with further details unclear and meriting more inquiry....

Watching as the ink faded on the paper, rising like smoke, Ye Feishan’s face was solemn.

Thirty years ago...

Back then, Emperor Zhang Qilong had still been on the throne.

*Prince Zhao, too, was one to keep hidden depths.*

Ye Feishan stood up, waved his hand casually, setting the writing instruments back in order, then left the study to instruct his subordinates to continue keeping a close eye on developments from all corners.

Only...

At the same time, inside Lianyun Temple, deep within Lei Jun’s eyes, the Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript quietly circulated.

He casually unfolded a sheet of paper.

Then his ink brush rose into the air of its own accord, landing upon the paper to write rapidly and continuously.

"Right in Luoyang, there is a high-ranking member of the Cangzhou Ye Clan using the Seeing the Words as if Seeing the Person Technique to contact distant kin," Lei Jun became intrigued, "Could it be Ye Feishan?"

Once the ink had finished writing itself, the characters scattered chaotically across the page, seeming little better than a child’s scribbles.

But Lei Jun’s expression remained serious, the taliscript in his eyes flickering with radiance, that light gathered into a single line, shining upon the page.

For a moment, the messy ink marks on the paper appeared noticeably more coherent and legible.

And through the Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript, Lei Jun’s field of vision presented scene after scene as if in living images.

"Hmm, not so different from the time of the Huai Mountain chaos, someone from the White Lotus Sect might be acting out on their own again."

Lei Jun watched intently, "Greater and Little Guan Mountains? Compared to the White Lotus Sect, was Prince Zhao Teng more likely entangled with the previous Solitary Eagle Khanate?"

After reviewing the information, he nodded mildly, satisfied with the intelligence network of the Cangzhou Ye Clan and hoping they would continue to make greater discoveries yet.