The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 121: Activating an Insider Traitor to Find an Insider Traitor
Lin Yun’s intuition was all too accurate; Green Lotus indeed found himself in trouble.
After losing the Thunderclap Sword’s Spirit, the Shenxiao Sect did not fall into disarray; instead, they united their front.
At this time, their thoughts unexpectedly coincided with Lin Yun’s as they both wanted to find a scapegoat, and naturally, they set their sights on the perennially unlucky Green Lotus.
Right now, the Righteous and Demonic paths were in a phase of cooperation, and large-scale conflicts between them should have been avoided, but the Shenxiao Sect didn’t care about that and directly went to Green Lotus to demand the item.
This gave Green Lotus quite the headache.
He truly was wronged this time, but no one believed him.
The Elders of the Shenxiao Sect failed to achieve a feat and had anticipated that those Demonic Cult Fiends must be plotting extortion.
This time, there could be absolutely no compromise!
Thus, after the negotiations failed, the Shenxiao Sect had already issued a ruthless ultimatum.
Within three days, if the Thunderclap Sword’s Spirit was not returned, there could only exist either the Shenxiao Sect or the Green Lotus Sect in the Cultivation World.
It was either your death or my demise.
Regarding this, the various major sects were all watching with keen interest.
The people from the Shenxiao Sect were well-known for their fiery tempers in the Cultivation World, which was related to the environment of the Shenxiao Sect, where they lived under constant thunder and cultivated the Thunder Law, so it was unsurprising that they were temperamental.
This time, they showed an uncompromising stance, and other sects had no doubt that if the Green Lotus Sect really didn’t return the Sword Spirit to Shenxiao Sect, these two sects would genuinely fight to the bitter end.
The relationship between the two sects had always been poor, with continuous altercations in the past. If it weren’t for the influence of the external force of the Demon Tribe, the Shenxiao Sect would probably be getting into daily scraps with the Green Lotus Sect.
The loss of their sect’s treasured artifact made the Shenxiao Sect unwilling to hold back any longer.
Of course, the higher-ups of the Shenxiao Sect did not wish to escalate to such a situation, but if they did not prepare themselves mentally in this manner, how could they force the Green Lotus Sect to return the Sword Spirit?
Now, the pressure was on the Green Lotus Sect.
Liu Ji was originally busy unlocking the Cheating Heaven Record when he heard that Green Lotus had stolen the Thunderclap Sword’s Spirit, he couldn’t sit idly by and immediately sought out Green Lotus.
"Return the Sword Spirit."
That was all Liu Ji had to say at the moment.
"Sect Hierarch, I truly don’t have it."
Then, he got beaten up.
"I’ll say it again, return the Sword Spirit."
"How can I return something I don’t have?"
Green Lotus looked wronged.
Liu Ji came to believe him at this point. Green Lotus was an important Elder in the Green Lotus Sect; during such times, he shouldn’t have any reason to deceive him.
But...
The imperious CEO Liu Ji indifferently said, "It’s your problem, you solve it."
Green Lotus realized the gravity of the situation; getting beaten up by Liu Ji was actually the least of his worries. A great war would mean a dire end for him.
Therefore, he sought out Lin Yun to understand the inside story. Upon hearing that even Lin Yun believed he had taken the Thunderclap Sword, his frustration could not be contained.
Anger did not cloud his reason, but rather, it cleared his mind even more.
"I have been used!"
Green Lotus put his mind to work and came up with a possibility.
"A third party must have stolen the Sword Spirit and is framing me for it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yun couldn’t help but snicker to himself.
There was no third party; the Sword Spirit was on his own person.
But of course, he wasn’t going to tell Green Lotus. Wasn’t it better to let Green Lotus take the fall?
Even so, Lin Yun went along with Green Lotus’s reasoning and helped him theorize.
"From this perspective, the person must be an Elder from the Shenxiao Sect, holding considerable authority, able to access the seal of the Thunderclap Sword, and deliberately leaking information to Zhang Xiuya while secretly stealing for himself."
"Yes, that must be it!"
Seeing Green Lotus mislead by himself, Lin Yun played the fool appropriately, "Then what should we do now?"
"I must find a way to identify the insider traitor."
Green Lotus felt the situation to be quite absurd at this moment.
I actually need a traitor to help find another traitor.
But there was no other choice, without uncovering this insider traitor, he would be in big trouble.
Green Lotus finally understood the frustration of being set up.
Luckily, he was in good fortune, having Lin Yun around.
"I give you three days. Within three days, I want to know who the insider is."
Is this how ruthless bosses delegate crises?
"But, disciple will be following the Elder to the Sword Sect tomorrow..."
"That’s your problem, you must solve it."
Green Lotus also took on Liu Ji’s domineering CEO style, speaking aggressively, no longer caring about Lin Yun’s feelings, ready to remotely control the Azure Dragon Gu Worm to bite Lin Yun.
Gu Worms usually parasitize within the human viscera, which are very fragile. A single bite can cause excruciating pain.
He intended to teach Lin Yun a lesson and coerce him into working diligently for him.
However, the command he gave to the Azure Dragon Gu Worm was immediately relayed to Lin Yun by the worm itself.
Lin Yun was momentarily stunned, then quickly caught on and pretended to be bitten, begging for mercy repeatedly, "I’m wrong, please spare me!"
The lines were a bit stiff, but Lin Yun’s acting was on point, conveying a sense of pain-tolerant communication, and Green Lotus thought nothing more of it.
Little did he know that the Azure Dragon Gu Worm had long since turned into Lin Yun’s shape.
Raising Gu Worms for many years, he had never seen a Gu Worm revolt.
A person might distrust even their own children or relatives, but they would never suspect their Gu Worms.
"Hmph, you’d better watch yourself. If in three days a war truly breaks out between the two sects, I might not be in trouble, but before that, you as a pawn might become useless."
Green Lotus, in his effort to threaten Lin Yun, disregarded any logic.
If a war really was to start, Lin Yun, as a spy infiltrated within the enemy’s ranks, would only be more useful.
Lin Yun didn’t expose him. After Green Lotus assigned the task, he left, and Lin Yun began to consider his options.
Green Lotus was too hasty earlier and didn’t ask Lin Yun what he was to do at the Sword Sect. But he would eventually come to know.
This was Lin Yun’s conundrum—staying in Shenxiao Sect, if he didn’t reveal his purpose, he was bound to be backstabbed by the Sword Sect sooner or later. But after sharing with Shenxiao Sect, they would send him to settle scores with the Sword Sect, making even more people aware of his identity.
Once a secret is known by others, it is no longer a secret.
If his cover as a Sword Sect disciple got blown, Dongfang Hongyue might also have objections, as Lin Yun had not been forthright about this with her previously.
She, however, was relatively easy to appease. Worst comes to worst, he’d just lie down obediently, whisper some sweet nothings, and she probably wouldn’t be angry anymore. After all, she herself had said that past identities didn’t matter.
Green Lotus was the one he needed to deal with.
Lin Yun wasn’t afraid of Green Lotus. Since the Azure Dragon Gu Worm was already at his command, he now had the assets to confront Green Lotus. But he had also learned some common sense during this time.
Gu Worms are cultivated from their masters’ essence and blood, so they generally don’t betray their owners. Despite this, the owner still has the power to kill all their Gu Worms instantly. Moreover, the servants perish with the master’s demise.
Lin Yun didn’t know why the Azure Dragon Gu Worm had rebelled, but since it had, he didn’t want to harm it; otherwise, he could have turned against Green Lotus long ago.
But after giving it some thought, if Green Lotus found out that Lin Yun was originally a disciple of the Sword Sect, he would probably just suspect his loyalty, which he probably didn’t trust from the start, right?
After all, he would think that with the Azure Dragon Gu Worm in hand, Lin Yun was completely at his mercy.
He guessed that Green Lotus would remotely control the Azure Dragon Gu Worm to bite him a couple of times when the time came.
Isn’t that essentially harmless!
Lin Yun quickly organized his thoughts. Parting ways with the Sword Sect did not carry any risk.
The current task was to help Green Lotus catch an insider traitor.
Whom should he pick as the culprit?
Lin Yun considered the several Elders he had met in the Shenxiao Sect.
It’s decided then, Elder Hu, it will be you!
