Hidden Moth-Chapter 584 - 336: A Toast to Spring Shadows Over Fine Conversation

At this time and place, almost no one would come, and He Kao didn't want to stay long. He found a vantage point, took out the Shadow Mirror, and locked onto a region with a mirror reflection, then turned around and disappeared.

After a while, a person appeared in the valley—a middle-aged man of Eastern Country descent. He picked up a few branches and stuck them into the ground.

At this moment, his phone rang. He answered, only to hear someone ask, "Mr. Mi?"

Mr. Mi: "Who is this?"

While speaking, he spread his divine sense to probe around, focusing his gaze on a small mountain peak nearby, which was precisely the observation angle He Kao had locked onto with the Shadow Mirror.

"Walk in the direction you're looking now. Cross two mountains, and you'll see me. I've prepared chilled beer waiting."

Mr. Mi quickly arrived at another valley a few kilometers away. In recent years, it hadn't suffered from wildfires, making it the lushest time for the forest to grow.

On the ground beneath a large tree, there was a travel table among the flowers and grass, with two leisure chairs beside it. On the table were beer and freshly picked big cherries and lychees, all chilled with ice in a tray.

Mr. Mi walked over, sat down, and said, "The place earlier was simply uninhabitable." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

He Kao apologized, "It wasn't like that the last time I came. I didn't expect the weather to be so hot and that the place had gone through a wildfire, so I had to change the location temporarily."

As he spoke, Mr. Mi had already started eating cherries, nodding as he said, "These are yellow crystals, just right in taste."

He Kao: "From Northeast Cherry Valley, right in season."

Mr. Mi began peeling a lychee: "These are Hanging Greens, quite rare..."

He Kao: "You can recognize the variety at a glance. Does Mr. Mi often eat them here?"

Mr. Mi: "In my dreams, how could I? I was also born in Eastern Country. My family was in the Northeast when I was little, then I went to the South for school."

"The things you wanted, I've brought them." He Kao pushed two small wooden boxes and a USB flash drive across the table.

Mr. Mi picked up a small wooden box, opened it for a glance—inside the rectangular box were two compartments, each holding a golden and silver pill, precisely the Pure Yang Pill and Peony.

Mr. Mi closed the box and pushed it back, saying, "The Ancestral Hall indeed keeps its promises, many thanks!

The pill-taking method has been received. The elixirs can be taken by two people or one. If two people take them together, one must have Tier Five cultivation or above, plus the aid of the Yin Yang Tai Chi Array."

He Kao: "I heard Mr. Mi himself has Tier Six cultivation. As for the Yin Yang Tai Chi Array, if you need it, I can try to help arrange it, but it can only be set up somewhere in Eastern Country."

Only then did Mr. Mi ask, "May I ask your name?"

He Kao: "As the contact for the Ancestral Hall, you may call me Zong Luo."

Mr. Mi only took the USB flash drive, again pushing back the two small wooden boxes: "I will do my best to try to distribute the Ancestral Hall's announcement to every Xiao Alliance member. If I succeed, could I ask the Ancestral Hall for a favor?"

He Kao: "Go ahead, and I will relay your request."

Mr. Mi: "These two Pure Yang Pills are not for me. I have a son and a daughter. I want to send them to Eastern Country for schooling, and I need the Ancestral Hall's assistance..."

Mr. Mi's daughter is twenty-one years old, and his son is seventeen. One is about to graduate from college, while the other is about to start college.

He wants his children to return to Eastern Country for schooling. As for which school or major, help from the Ancestral Hall is needed for arrangement. Mr. Mi can handle the procedures on the United States side.

Mr. Mi also hopes the Magic Sect can protect his children. If possible, he will personally take them to use the Pure Yang Pill... If not, he asks the Ancestral Hall to arrange experts to help them take it together.

As for the two Pure Yang Pills, they will temporarily remain deposited with the Ancestral Hall.

He Kao reminded, "I can convey this to the Ancestral Hall and will try to arrange it for you. But at such a sensitive time, wouldn't suddenly sending your children back to Eastern Country arouse suspicion?"

Mr. Mi sighed, "This is not a last-minute plan; it has been planned long in advance. Three years ago, the Xiao Alliance wanted to send my daughter to Eastern Country, but I managed to prevent it. Still, it wasn't completely stopped, just delayed.

After that, the Xiao Alliance rearranged their plans and decided to send my daughter and son to Eastern Country this summer to carry out their mission to infiltrate the Magic Sect.

They are Eastern Country people, so the Xiao Alliance believes they would find it easier to succeed.

Recently, Xiao Alliance suffered significant losses on the Eastern Country side, needing to replenish manpower urgently. Even if I wanted to stop it, I couldn't. A representative from the Supreme Council already told me that if I want to join the Supreme Council, this is a contribution I must make.

But they don't realize I no longer wish for my children to stay in the United States. I may as well take this opportunity to send them back. They are young and naive, and I hope the Xiao Alliance will ensure their safety, guiding them as much as possible."

Hearing "They are young and naive," He Kao inexplicably felt a headache coming on. It seemed the situation might be more complicated, as they were about to turn eighteen and twenty-two, not exactly young.

The two children probably do not know about their father's relationship with the Magic Sect; they might truly believe they are undercover agents sent by the Xiao Alliance to Eastern Country, with the primary task of infiltrating the Magic Sect.

He Kao continued to ask, "How are they Eastern Country people? Do they understand your intentions?"

Mr. Mi explained further.

He himself was born in Eastern Country. After graduating from university, his parents sent him to study abroad, and then he stayed in the United States. Later, his parents also moved to the United States after retirement, having transferred a considerable amount of assets overseas in advance.

Mr. Mi did not specify his parents' identities, but He Kao could guess something.

Mr. Mi looks about thirty or forty, but he is actually in his sixties. He became a citizen of the United States long ago, but married and had children late; his wife was also of Eastern Country nationality at the time of childbirth.

According to U.S. policy, his children can choose their nationality at eighteen, but the Xiao Alliance high-ranking members arranged for his daughter to choose the Eastern Country nationality.

His daughter was unwilling at the time, but the Xiao Alliance high-ranking members promised that as long as she completed the tasks assigned by the organization, future arrangements would be favorable... As for his son, he would only face this issue in the latter half of this year, with instructions from the Xiao Alliance to also choose the Eastern Country nationality.

The purpose of such arrangements is to facilitate their infiltration into the Magic Sect. However, Mr. Mi does not want his children to get involved in such matters; even if they practice techniques, it should be for a better life.

Just recently, Mr. Mi broke through to Tier Six in Alchemy Cauldron Skill, becoming a Tier Six Pharmacist.

Traditionally, Tier Six cultivators become members of the Supreme Council, and even some core Tier Five cultivators are already part of the Supreme Council, but the Xiao Alliance did not directly let him join.

The excuse was ready: that simply being a Tier Six sorcerer to join the Supreme Council isn't a clear rule, after all, aren't there Tier Five cultivators in the Supreme Council too?

This logic is a bit strange; even Tier Five cultivators can join, yet Tier Six cultivators are still kept out? But the Supreme Council's logic is that since Tier Five cultivators can join, it indicates that Tier Six cultivation is not a necessary condition to join it.

The real reason is tacitly understood: Mr. Mi was born and raised in the Eastern Country and was only selected and taken as a disciple by a sorcerer from the Xiao Alliance during his postgraduate studies abroad.

The Xiao Alliance seeks to deal with the Magic Sect, needing people like him, yet naturally discriminates against them.

The Supreme Council also has a member named Fabre, who is of Eastern Country descent.

But Fabre is already a third-generation immigrant born in the United States, and after he broke through Tier Six cultivation, he wasn't immediately absorbed by the Supreme Council, but made great contributions to the Xiao Alliance, proving his ability and loyalty.

Mr. Mi usually manages a small company he founded, focusing on cultivating techniques, and hardly contributed to the organization... It wasn't until recently that the Xiao Alliance high-ranking members decided to let Mr. Mi enter the Supreme Council.

Actually, Mr. Mi's "smooth" entry into the Supreme Council has to thank the Magic Sect because when he broke through to Tier Six, Master Dan Qiu was already trapped in the Immortal Pot Grotto Heaven, leaving the Xiao Alliance without another Tier Six Alchemist.

Hearing this, He Kao asked curiously, "Mr. Mi, when did you join the Xiao Alliance's Supreme Council?"

Mr. Mi smiled and said, "Next week."

So he hadn't joined yet. He Kao asked again, "To join the Supreme Council, is there any oath that needs to be taken?"

Mr. Mi: "Of course, an oath is required, mainly to not disclose secrets and not betray the organization."

At this point, his tone paused, "I haven't disclosed any secrets to you that only Supreme Council members know." Then he sighed and said, "As for betraying the organization, I have my own judgment.

For example, today's matter—I don't consider letting Xiao Alliance members know the facts they are entitled to know as a betrayal, nor do I see the plunder and theft from the Magic Sect as the Xiao Alliance's true purpose."

He Kao couldn't help but ask, "Is it presumptuous to ask how you broke through Tier Six cultivation?"

Mr. Mi drank a whole bottle of beer, burped slightly, and put down the bottle, saying: "That question is indeed quite presumptuous. You should know there is no fixed rule, nor any ready-made path to follow. More importantly, you simply shouldn't ask about it!"

He Kao: "Sorry, then I won't ask."

Mr. Mi, however, countered: "Daoist Zong Luo, if you had children, would you want them to successfully learn techniques and join the Magic Sect?"

He Kao: "Is there even a need to ask? I'm afraid they might not have the aptitude to get in!"

Mr. Mi seemed to be talking to himself: "My two children are not without potential, but they aren't top-tier either. If they were born into an ordinary family, they might not have this opportunity.

If I was willing to concentrate resources on training them, they should both be able to enter, but the hope for them to break through to high-tier in the future isn't great.

However, I have always hesitated, only teaching them some techniques before Foundation Establishment, aiming to keep their bodies and minds healthy and vigorous, to lay a good foundation, without ever teaching them the entry-level techniques.

With my then Tier Five cultivation, my status in the Xiao Alliance wasn't low, I was privy to many situations and knew many things the Xiao Alliance was doing, hence I didn't want them involved.

After all, they're still young and can wait to see how things evolve. I myself only got involved in techniques after age twenty-two.

But there are those in the Xiao Alliance who don't want me to wait; someone contacted my daughter, taught her entry-level techniques, and specifically came to tell me, reproaching me for holding her back.

She is now a Tier Two Mountain Guest, as for my son, he hasn't entered yet... Actually, none of this is important, what's more important is that I hesitated, not wishing them to learn techniques.

This has nothing to do with the techniques; I just don't want them involved in the Xiao Alliance's affairs, which is quite reflective.

Three years ago, the Xiao Alliance high-ranking members found me, wishing to arrange for my daughter to go to the Eastern Country, trying to infiltrate the Magic Sect as a spy, and from that moment, I began reconsidering many things.

I don't want them going, not them, not even myself wants to do such things—is it the Xiao Alliance's problem or my own?

It wasn't until recently, and speaking of it, I have to thank the Ancestral Hall, that I came to realize."

He Kao: "Oh, why thank the Ancestral Hall?"

Mr. Mi: "Because Master Dan Qiu was trapped in the Immortal Pot Grotto Heaven, a member of the Supreme Council was cut down in Qi Yuan, then the Ancestral Hall released a special announcement, which I happened to see, so I realized.

If you want to ask me what I experienced when I broke through Tier Six, these are the main things... This place isn't safe, you shouldn't stay long, I entrust what I've just said to you!"

Mr. Mi did not mention what realization he had found, seemingly unwilling or unnecessary to say, leaving only He Kao to ponder on his own.

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