"The issue is we can’t kill him."

Zhou Xuan said with a bitter smile.

The engineer calmly analyzed, "Someone who can freely come and go from the stage must indeed be at a very high Incense Fire Level."

"It’s not just that he can freely enter and exit the stage." Zhou Xuan recalled as he spoke, "The incense fire Taoist was found by the Eternal Life Sect Leader."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader and Tiancan Monk, these two God-level imperial envoys from the Heavenly Dome, received the latest instructions from the Heavenly Dome—if Zhou Xuan doesn’t refine a better elixir than the last one tonight, the Heavenly Dome will kill Zhou Xuan and also take away the Green and Red Fish.

Neither of them believed Zhou Xuan could refine a better elixir than the last one, so they prepared for violence, but fearing two fists won’t beat four hands, they found the incense fire Taoist to hold the fort.

Zhou Xuan had understood much of this situation from some casual remarks by the incense fire Taoist when he first arrived at the stage.

In other words,

it was the Eternal Life Sect Leader and Tiancan Monk who went to invite the incense fire Taoist, but ended up inviting a "ghost" along the way.

Zhou Xuan said, "The Taoism of Tiancan Monk and the Eternal Life Sect Leader is already beyond ordinary God-level, yet they couldn’t see through the disguise of the fake incense fire Taoist,

which means the level of the fake incense fire Taoist is far higher than that of the Eternal Life Sect Leader and Tiancan Monk."

"That means this fake’s Taoism must be as high as several floors."

Miss Qiang clicked her tongue in amazement, while the engineer remembered Zhou Xuan’s golden sticks and said,

"Boss Xuan, I remember you have three golden sticks given by the Witch God to seek his help, why don’t you try finding the Witch God?"

"Of course, I’ve thought about it, but this method, in the current situation, won’t work."

Zhou Xuan said, "That fake incense fire Taoist is standing right beside us, and I’m sure he’s also keeping an eye on me,

if I move the golden sticks, he will strike and kill me—if that happens, I’d be done for before the Witch God even arrives."

"Right, why didn’t I think of that?" The engineer felt Zhou Xuan was very thorough in his thinking, with a strong enemy nearby, indeed they must be careful with their words and actions.

Miss Qiang found it all quite mind-boggling, knowing Zhou Xuan had a plan since he entered the Secret Realm, she said,

"Ah Xuan, don’t speak in circles, we’re not people who use our brains, just tell us your good idea, how we and the engineer should cooperate with you, we’ll follow your lead, none of that other nonsense."

Zhou Xuan paced a few steps in the Black Water, held up two fingers, and said, "Two paths, the first, let the incense fire Taoist go."

"Let him go? Will he leave?" the engineer asked.

Zhou Xuan said firmly, "There’s a ninety-nine percent chance he will leave. I’m so certain because I have my own reasons, let me explain it to you."

He immediately began to explain concisely.

In Zhou Xuan’s view, there is a flaw in Jing Country that opens randomly over periods of decades to a century, through which some people from Buddha Country enter Jing Country.

"However, I believe this isn’t a flaw, it’s a backdoor Jing Country people open for Buddha Country people."

"It’s just that the Buddha Country’s Five Styles don’t know this is a backdoor, they think it’s just a flaw in Jing Country."

Zhou Xuan continued, "And the person who opens the backdoor in Jing Country is that fake incense fire Taoist,

he’s afraid of the matter being exposed, so he disguised himself as an incense fire Taoist and mixed into the stage,

that’s why the Pharmacist Bodhisattva gets nervous when recounting how they came to Jing Country, and the incense fire Taoist acts tense.

He’s worried that the Pharmacist will reveal the matter of the backdoor,

but the Pharmacist’s group thinks the flaw is just a flaw and doesn’t know about the incense fire Taoist’s backdoor,

only then does the incense fire Taoist relax."

At this point, Zhou Xuan added, "Although I don’t know the true identity of that fake incense fire Taoist, I figure he’s a big shot even in Jing Country."

"He wants to protect his position and reputation, as long as the backdoor matter isn’t exposed, he will leave peacefully, not meddling with us."

With this series of explanations, Miss Qiang and the engineer finally understood why Zhou Xuan was so sure that as long as he was willing to let the fake incense fire Taoist go, the latter would certainly leave.

The engineer smacked his forehead, feeling a bit remorseful, "Boss Xuan, just now we were both watching the excitement outside, but why did you see so much more than I did?"

Both had the same eyes and witnessed the same event, yet Zhou Xuan gleaned information of several magnitudes more.

Miss Qiang said beside him, "Since that’s the case, Ah Xuan, just let that fake incense fire Taoist go."

"I’m a bit reluctant to let him go."

Zhou Xuan looked at the fake incense fire Taoist as if eyeing a juicy piece of fat meat.

He said to Miss Qiang, "Ah Qiang, do you think the only ones testing me are the people from the Heavenly Dome? No, the Witch God is also testing me."

"The people from the Heavenly Dome are testing if you’re a one-in-a-million talented Dan Officer, but what is the Witch God testing you for?"

"He wants to know if I can actually deal with the people from Buddha Country."

Zhou Xuan said, "I signed a cooperation agreement with the Witch God some days ago, but during these days, I practically ignored the issues with the people from Buddha Country because I feel that going through all the trouble to catch a few insignificant Buddha Country people is exhausting and doesn’t prove my capability."

"I’m the type to do something big if I’m going to do it at all, and this incense fire Taoist is the big target I want to take down."

He made a grabbing gesture and explained to Miss Qiang, "Only by capturing this fake incense fire Taoist can I provide the Witch God with a perfect answer sheet."