CHAPTER 1882: CHAPTER 1883: SU XIAOXIAO

For Ye Qingci, it was not a difficult task to conceal the fact that she was the holder of the Earth Core Lotus.

After all, she hadn’t paid much attention to probing into the identities of others before.

Without any desires, naturally there was nothing to be concerned about, and thus she almost never exposed too much information.

At that time, Ye Qingci didn’t care much about being discovered by others, she just let things take their natural course.

The change in Ye Qingci’s mindset occurred after Long Xuan revealed himself as Number One.

Regardless of other people, Long Xuan’s identity was there, and being able to unconditionally request Long Xuan to agree to one of her requests indeed could significantly aid Ye Qingci, which was evident.

Using Yang Junmo from the Capital City as a starting point, Ye Qingci quickly pinpointed the identities of the remaining few.

Chen Mengmeng, who had established contact with Yang Junmo after the Kunwu journey, was the first to be confirmed by Ye Qingci as Number Three.

In a sense, Chen Mengmeng’s personality was even easier to identify than Yang Junmo’s, making it almost effortless to match Chen Mengmeng with Number Three.

Then it was Number Four, Bei Tang Qian Xiao.

Compared to Chen Mengmeng, confirming Bei Tang Qian Xiao did take some effort.

But after verifying in the group, once seeing the mutual recognition situation among several people, and combining their network of relationships, Ye Qingci didn’t have many options left.

The final confirmation came during the Demon Extermination Conference event when Yang Junmo and Bei Tang Qian Xiao joined forces on Su Chengyu’s side, which was enough to indicate that Bei Tang Qian Xiao was Number Four.

The holder of the Green Cyan Lotus Fragment, Number Five, was the one Ye Qingci spent the most effort on.

Firstly, it seemed Yang Junmo hadn’t confirmed the whereabouts of Number Five, and secondly, after the incidents in Kunwu Realm, Number Five’s frequency of speaking in the group significantly lessened.

Although this helped Ye Qingci filter out many candidates, it also made it more difficult for her to definitively identify Number Five.

Until this time, when the Yu Clan Cave Heaven shattered.

The spread and fermentation of this incident wasn’t extensive, as compared to the Luo Clan’s situation, which was almost orchestrated by Xia Country, the Yu Clan’s incident could be entirely seen as an accident.

Su Zhedian’s return was too sudden, his trip to the Yu Clan was too sudden, and the conflict of such magnitude with the Yu Clan took even the previously informed Ye Qingci by surprise.

To this day, even Ye Qingci still doesn’t know what happened in the Yu Clan Cave Heaven to cause such a great upheaval.

And it was in this unexpected incident that details were leaked from Number Five’s mouth in the group.

Despite not mentioning too many details, from Number Five’s confused and helpless demeanor, it was enough for Ye Qingci to determine that Number Five must be a person from the Yu Clan.

Coupled with the Kunwu Realm incident, Ye Qingci was almost certain that the other party must have been one of those who entered Kunwu Realm during that time, which finally allowed Ye Qingci to confirm Number Five’s identity.

Yu Clan, Yu Shuang.

Thus far, concerning the Earth Core, Ye Qingci had confirmed five people.

The only one yet to be confirmed was the latest addition, Number Seven.

Ye Qingci had been observing Number Seven for a while, and after Long Xuan’s self-exposure, Ye Qingci pondered over all of Number Seven’s words and deeds.

The final conclusion turned out to be.

This guy was lying.

The things Number Seven mentioned were not many, but indeed they had asked for help in the group a few times, and even proactively mentioned their whereabouts several times.

For instance, Number Seven had claimed to appear in the Dadao Mountain battle where Cui Manlou inherited the Demonic Path.

However, piecing all these things together, they completely contradicted each other.

As someone personally present at the aftermath dealing of the Dadao Mountain incident, Ye Qingci had gone through all the event records at the Dragon Soul Department and the Demon Slayer Department, and none of them matched up with Number Seven.

Even for those with unclear backgrounds, after Ye Qingci’s further verification, none could align with Number Seven.

For instance, those with obscure teachings, or just beginning cultivation...

Yet, from the limited utterances of Number Seven in the group, Ye Qingci still found some useful clues.

That is, Number Seven had always been following matters related to the Demonic Path, which had been there for a long time.

So with the recent upheaval in Southern Xinjiang, Ye Qingci was almost certain that Number Seven would surely be present.

"This time I’ll personally come to catch you, let’s see how you escape my eyes."

Ye Qingci’s lips curled up, fully confident as if victory was certain.

West City District Flower and Bird Street

Qian Jinming, as usual, watered the flowers and plants in the store. After evenly distributing the rain dew so that every pot received its due share, she returned indoors and played with her favorite little bird.

Although she was the main person in charge of the Qian family in the Capital City, it didn’t stop her from taking this leisure time each day to handle these mundane affairs.

After all, breaking through the realm had long been hopeless.

For her now, enjoying this rare peace was the most important.

After all, no one knew what kind of distinguished guests might visit next.

Like today.

"Quite a rare guest, I never expected the esteemed Master Ye would one day visit my humble store."

Sensing the visitor, Qian Jinming didn’t turn her head and continued teasing the little bird in front of her, showing no sign of treating the visitor as a distinguished guest.

"Manager Qian, there are many matters, of course, I wouldn’t dare bother coming without reason. However..."

Halfway through her words, Ye Qingming glanced at the potted plants beside him.

Perceiving the gaze, these potted plants seemed to come alive and immediately shrank away.

Feeling Ye Qingming’s pressure, Qian Jinming turned her head with slight displeasure and said.

"Master Ye, the spirit monsters in my store have been registered with the Demon Slayer Department. Although their lives may not count as lives, if you really scare my little treasure to death... well, women can hold grudges."

Ye Qingming laughed lightly and said, "I won’t, I just wanted to advise the manager that even registered spirit monsters shouldn’t be so flauntly exposed, which does not conform to the management rules of the Demon Slayer Department."

Qian Jinming’s brows furrowed tightly, clearly displeased with Ye Qingming’s reprimand, but she couldn’t refute since he was stating a fact.

"But rest assured, I am with the Dragon Soul Department, these matters aren’t my responsibility."

"Not your responsibility, yet you still have so much to say. Is this the attitude of someone asking for a favor?"

Faced with Qian Jinming’s anger, Ye Qingming remained unbothered, walking straight into the store, randomly finding a place to sit, then looked around and said.

"Manager Qian, mind if we talk somewhere else?"

"Do you qualify?"

Qian Jinming was clearly still annoyed and wasn’t inclined to speak graciously to Ye Qingming.

Ye Qingming tapped on the table in front of him, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

"I don’t mind discussing it here, but if matters about this person get out, I fear it might be inconvenient for your Qian family."

"Su Xiaoxiao."

Before the three words were fully uttered, the environment around Ye Qingming rapidly shifted. In an instant, Ye Qingming, who was just in the flower and bird shop, was taken to another space.

At this moment, Qian Jinming’s expression changed completely, furrowing her brows as she demanded from Ye Qingming.

"How did you know about this?"

Ye Qingming smiled and said, "Xia Country has never been exclusively about just your Qian and Shen families having an intelligence network."

"Dragon Soul Department? No, why would your Dragon Soul Department care about such matters?"

Suddenly realizing something, Qian Jinming looked up at Ye Qingming and asked, "Is it because of Su Chengyu? The Ye family has always been investigating matters related to Su Chengyu themselves, so it isn’t just Ye Qingci, everyone in the Ye family knows Su Chengyu’s identity?"