Chapter 3177: Chapter 3177: Nearly Five Hundred People

"Go to the horse carriage to drink water, I’m thirsty," he muttered softly.

"Okay."

Qian Yizheng, holding the little baby, boarded a Qing Family horse carriage nearby.

Qian Yi Rong and a few others followed, but they didn’t share the same horse carriage with Qian Yizheng. Instead, they discussed among themselves, with three people to a carriage. As for Min Yi, he could choose whichever carriage he wanted.

...

After a short while, Min Yi boarded the horse carriage, holding a booklet in his hand.

"Is the data compiled?"

Qian Yizheng looked at Min Yi while fanning the sleeping little baby.

"Hand it to me."

Min Yi took the fan from Qian Yizheng’s hand, taking over the task of fanning the little baby. He also fanned Qian Yizheng a few times.

"The data is compiled, but it doesn’t match the previously reported number of Saintess Sect disciples."

Then, he started speaking, handing the booklet in his hand to Qian Yizheng, indicating that the situation wasn’t favorable.

Qian Yizheng accepted the booklet and carefully read through it.

"The difference is that large?"

They originally thought that if the Saintess Sect intended to entirely leave the Seasonal Moon Plane, they wouldn’t have any presence left in the plane.

But they were all mistaken. The Saintess Sect had left a hidden presence in the Seasonal Moon Plane, and no one was aware of it.

"Nearly five hundred people, what does the Qing Family Head say?" he asked.

"Uncle Qiushi is also troubled by this matter. It’s not easy to discuss this with the other prominent clans, but it’s difficult for the Qing Family alone to track down nearly five hundred hidden individuals."

Min Yi sighed deeply and said.

"It’s not difficult. Once we return to Yin City, have the Qing Family Head pretend to investigate and then inform the other Noble Clan Patriarchs about the approximate number of missing Saintess Sect disciples," Qian Yizheng said.

Hearing this, Min Yi pondered for a moment.

"Although this tactic might work, the major clans have already rescued their own disciples. By then, it’s doubtful they will be willing to put in more effort, right?"

"Heh."

Qian Yizheng chuckled softly.

Min Yi was indeed overestimating those clans.

Even if their Family Heads agreed, there would be opposition because eliminating the remnants of the Saintess Sect offered no benefit to them.

"But what if those Saintess Sect disciples possess some exclusive cultivation techniques? Wouldn’t they be interested then?" he raised an eyebrow at Min Yi.

Min Yi: "..."

If such rumors spread, even if Saintess Sect disciples fled to the Ends of the Earth, they would still be hunted down, right?

"This plan is good, but are you sure they really have any undisclosed techniques? We don’t want to end up shooting ourselves in the foot."

"Even if they have, the disciples of the Saintess Sect wouldn’t hand them over," Yi Zhou said.

That’s their ultimate trump card. Handing it over means certain death, but if they hold onto it, there’s still a glimmer of hope.

What is a cultivator most unafraid of? It’s being injured, right? The Saintess Sect disciples are all women, but they’re definitely not cowards afraid of death.

They’ve interacted with Saintess Sect disciples before. He noticed earlier that these disciples had nothing but steely resolve and stubbornness. Perhaps they’ve been brainwashed by the Sect Masters and Elders since childhood, entirely devoted to their Sect.

"Moreover, even if there were such techniques, they wouldn’t carry them on their persons. They must be hidden somewhere, and that place is most likely the Saintess Sect."