An incense time later. Zhan Hongxiu, Ning Xue, Lv Cheng, and Jiang Yunni all met up and immediately headed towards the South Wall of Youdu City. As they walked, Zhan Hongxiu said solemnly: "Last check of the elixirs and other items everyone is carrying, I’ll start." "A Cloud Mirror, two bottles of Turtle Breath Elixirs, a bottle with four Golden Yuan Pills, a set of Five Elements Illusion Array Plates." Lv Cheng followed closely, taking out each item from the Sumeru Bag with a flip of his hand. "I only have one Golden Yuan Pill left for healing, it should be enough, I’ve also brought a bottle of Demon Transformation Powder, if this mission doesn’t go smoothly, we can transform into demons and return directly." Zhan Hongxiu nodded approvingly, then looked towards Ning Xue and Jiang Yunni, asking, "What about you two?" "I’m just like Senior Brother Lv, brought some food as well, enough for the four of us for three days," Ning Xue said gently, her voice soft. Jiang Yunni patted the cloth bag slung across her waist with a smile: "Don’t worry, Senior Sister, aside from the usual array plates, I’ve recently learned an array that’s even better at concealment, even demons in the Third Realm of Divine Power can’t detect it." Zhan Hongxiu smiled, saying without turning her head: "Thank you, Junior Sister Yun Ni." Paused for a moment, she continued: "This mission is special, Colonel Zuo Guangyuan from the Reconnaissance Camp specifically mentioned in the secret letter, that once we leave Youdu we should take a detour for two hundred miles towards Earth Flame City, then head to Corpse Demon Village from the forward base." "Besides investigating Corpse Demon Village’s movements, the key is to ascertain whether that Corpse Demon is in the village." "I’m afraid we must delve a thousand miles into the Demon Court’s territory to uncover the whereabouts of the Corpse Demon in the Sixth Realm of Divine Power." Lv Cheng frowned upon hearing this, pondering: "Senior Sister, it’s not that I’m trying to shirk, but this task is too sudden, and too peculiar." "Detouring is fine, but the key involves investigating the Great Demon King in the Sixth Realm of Divine Power, tasks like that are usually only undertaken by the Colonel Reconnaissance at the Divine Power Realm, delegating it to just the four of us..." Upon hearing him, Zhan Hongxiu paused her steps, thinking for a moment before she took out the task letter and glanced at it, then handed it to him: "Look, it mentions the Corpse Demon’s location and specifies its position in the Demon Village, presumably investigated by the officials earlier." Discover more novels at Nov3lFɪre.ɴet Lv Cheng took a look, then handed it to Ning Xue beside him, "Junior Sister Ning, any thoughts?" Somehow he felt that the task came too unexpectedly. "Indeed, there are some oddities," Ning Xue mused for a while, saying: "This secret letter doesn’t seem to say much, but I think we might make a slight modification." Zhan Hongxiu asked, "What modification?" "Since the mission location is determined, we should be able to decide our traveling route ourselves during the journey." Saying this, Ning Xue opened her palm, revealing a brief map—with markings including strong cities, garrisons such as Youdu City, and the rough location of various Demon Villages within the Demon Court. She pointed east of Youdu and said: "According to the secret letter, we need to detour south here, bypass a forward base, and head straight into the Demon Court’s hinterland." "But I think since we need to enter the Demon Court’s hinterland anyway, we could head straight from here as well, without passing through the base, and it’s closer." Zhan Hongxiu looked at the location Ning Xue pointed on the map, nodding slightly: "West of Youdu City, deviates a bit from what the letter suggests, but... it’s no big deal." Although they were scouts from Youdu City, during missions, they naturally understood the principle of ’commands can be disregarded.’ As long as the final result is good, the choice of route is entirely theirs. Seeing her agree, Ning Xue put away the map without speaking, but cautiously used Sound Transmission to communicate to the group: "Moreover, since it’s such a secretive task, perhaps once out of the city, Yun Ni should cast an array to hide us." Zhan Hongxiu raised an eyebrow, responded via Sound Transmission: "Why so cautious, Junior Sister? Why use Sound Transmission?" Ning Xue shook her head slightly, frowning internally: "I, can’t say exactly, better safe than sorry." In fact, Ning Xue hadn’t thought much at first, but after hearing Lv Cheng speak, a vague sense of foreboding stirred within her. As if something big was about to happen, prompting her to be more cautious. "Then we’ll follow your advice, let’s do it that way." Zhan Hongxiu noticed the three others silent, registered their departure at Youdu, and walked out of Youdu City. Next, Jiang Yunni quietly used an array to transform their appearances, with the decoy proceeding towards the location described in the letter. Meanwhile, they themselves followed Ning Xue’s suggestion, after leaving the city, proceeded twenty miles in the opposite direction of the decoy, then veered south, heading into the Demon Court’s hinterland. Zhan Hongxiu stopped, standing at the edge of Demon Court’s hinterland, peering far into the dense forest, signaling: "We’re a thousand miles away from Youdu." "Beyond this point lies the Demon Court’s forward base, Junior Brother Lv, use the Demon Transformation Powder, we’ll disguise ourselves." Lv Cheng nodded immediately, about to take out the Demon Transformation Powder. Just then, Jiang Yunni exclaimed, using Sound Transmission to warn them: "Wait." The three looked at her, "What’s happened?" "My, my decoy shattered." "Do you know where?" Zhan Hongxiu’s brow furrowed, asked promptly. Jiang Yunni spoke with difficulty: "According to the letter’s guide, I only had them stationed a hundred miles east of Youdu City." Lv Cheng upon hearing this, quickly suggested: "Senior Sister, there must be something unusual about this mission, we should..." Before he could finish, Zhan Hongxiu turned decisively: "Let’s abandon the mission, head back to Youdu City!"