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Chapter 551 - 548: Pursuit · Oct 14, 2026

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801 Chapter 801 - 797: Sword Comprehension 2026-10-14
802 Chapter 802 - 798: Taking Action 2026-10-14
803 Chapter 803 - 799: Sacrifice 2026-10-14
804 Chapter 804 - 800: Proposal 2026-10-14
805 Chapter 805 - 801: Moved Up 2026-10-14
806 Chapter 806 - 802: Action 2026-10-14
807 Chapter 807 - 803: The Grand Wedding 2026-10-14
808 Chapter 808 - 804: Striving for Favor 2026-10-14
809 Chapter 809 - 805: Proposal 2026-10-14
810 Chapter 810 - 806: Five Transformations 2026-10-14
811 Chapter 811 - 807: The Hunt 2026-10-14
812 Chapter 812 - 808: Spiritual Dew 2026-10-14
813 Chapter 813 - 809: Doubts 2026-10-14
814 Chapter 814 - 810: Stirring Up 2026-10-14
815 Chapter 815 - 811: Extermination 2026-10-14
816 Chapter 816 - 812: Golden Eyes 2026-10-14
817 Chapter 817 - 813: Choices 2026-10-14
818 Chapter 818 - 814: Flying Knife 2026-10-14
819 Chapter 819 - 815: Destruction 2026-10-14
820 Chapter 820 - 816: Sowing Discord 2026-10-14
821 Chapter 821 - 817: Harvest 2026-10-14
822 Chapter 822 - 818: Merger 2026-10-14
823 Chapter 823 - 819: Silent Blood 2026-10-14
824 Chapter 824 - 820: Cooperation 2026-10-14
825 Chapter 825 - 821: Purple Ganoderma 2026-10-14
826 Chapter 826 - 822: Prank 2026-10-14
827 Chapter 827 - 823: Jade Marrow 2026-10-14
828 Chapter 828 - 824: The Test 2026-10-14
829 Chapter 829 - 825: Mending the Heavens 2026-10-14
830 Chapter 830 - 826: Earth 2026-10-14
831 Chapter 831 - 827: Aftermath 2026-10-14
832 Chapter 832 - 828: Six Transformations 2026-10-14
833 Chapter 833 - 829: Assassination 2026-10-14
834 Chapter 834 - 830: Methods 2026-10-14
835 Chapter 835 - 831: Questions 2026-10-14
836 Chapter 836 - 832: Prelude 2026-10-14
837 Chapter 837 - 833: Joining Forces 2026-10-14
838 Chapter 838 - 834: Solution 2026-10-14
839 Chapter 839 - 835: Propelling Forward 2026-10-14
840 Chapter 840 - 836: Secrets 2026-10-14
841 Chapter 841 - 837: Silencing the News 2026-10-14
842 Chapter 842 - 838: Spirit Communication 2026-10-14
843 Chapter 843 - 839: Chance Encounter on the Road 2026-10-14
844 Chapter 844 - 840: The Threshold 2026-10-14
845 Chapter 845 - 841: Entering the Pavilion 2026-10-14
846 Chapter 846 - 842: The Giant Stone 2026-10-14
847 Chapter 847 - 843: Bewitching Soul 2026-10-14
848 Chapter 848 - 844: Heavenly Illusion 2026-10-14
849 Chapter 849 - 845: Third Transition 2026-10-14
850 Chapter 850 - 846: Retracting the Sword 2026-10-14

Chapter 551: Chapter 548: Pursuit

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Ma Tianhe looked distressed.

He naturally knew that his request was too difficult for Chu Zhiyuan.

But this secret agent leader was too important.

Many secret agents were only known to this leader. If this leader died, it meant that these agents would be out of contact, completely lost.

More importantly, this leader knew too many of Da Jing’s secrets.

He also had the list and contact details of the secret agents in Tianjing City.

If he were dead, that would be troublesome enough, but the greatest fear was him being captured alive by Da Meng.

If all the secrets were interrogated out of him, the entire network of secret agents in Tianjing City would be wiped out.

Centuries of accumulation would be destroyed in an instant, this loss would be too great, unacceptable.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”If he really gets caught, without enough leverage, we can’t exchange him back.”

”Princely Heir...” Ma Tianhe helplessly repeated the severity of the situation.

Chu Zhiyuan surprisingly said, ”Those secret agents operate on a single-line contact, but surely there must be some secret records? If an accident really happens, isn’t it like abandoning them?”

”If there are truly secret records, only the leader would know,”

Chu Zhiyuan frowned, ”These secret records should be with the Emperor or the Director of the Inspection Department.”

”As far as I know, there shouldn’t be such secret records. He doesn’t trust anyone, only himself.”

”Do you judge him dead or alive?”

”Most likely captured by Da Meng, hopefully, Da Meng doesn’t know his true identity.”

”Let’s go to his home,” Chu Zhiyuan said.

”Princely Heir...” Ma Tianhe said, ”The sooner the better.”

”After seeing his home, then we’ll know whether he’s dead or alive. If he’s already dead, we won’t bother wasting time.”

”...Very well.” Ma Tianhe suppressed his anxiety and took out two masks from his sleeve, handing one to Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan took them, handed one to Zou Fang, and kept one for himself.

The three left the small courtyard and headed to the Four Directions Pavilion’s main street.

The main street of the Four Directions Pavilion was guarded by the Imperial Guard, with guards every three steps, a post every four steps.

Once the three left the main street of the Four Directions Pavilion, they mingled into the bustling crowd.

Then they put on their masks and parted ways.

Ma Tianhe walked alone, turning right into a small alley, passing through it and turning into another alley, entering a house in the alley.

Moments later, Chu Zhiyuan and Zou Fang arrived in this courtyard.

”Princely Heir, this is old Xu’s residence, it should be one of his courtyards.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

A crafty rabbit has three burrows; as the secret leader in Tianjing City, it was impossible for him to have just this one residence.

The mask he wore was of a plain-looking middle-aged man, drawing no attention.

Zou Fang also had a plain appearance as a middle-aged man, not eye-catching.

With these two faces, even if someone saw them, they’d find it hard to remember.

Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes.

Under Super Sensing Illumination, the whole courtyard was mapped in his mind, from high to low, inside and out.

Footprints in the courtyard, traces, and all the faintly circulating auras.

Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes, entered the house, and retrieved a strand of hair from the dirt floor.

This hair was long, fine, and resilient, with a sheen.

”This is...” Ma Tianhe was surprised.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”This is a woman’s hair.”

Ma Tianhe was taken aback, ”Old Xu has a woman?”

”He doesn’t have a woman?”

”Old Xu’s wife is in Yujing City, and their relationship is very good.”

”Then it’s strange.” Chu Zhiyuan pinched the strands between his fingers, closed his eyes, and propelled his super senses to the extreme.

”No way?” Ma Tianhe exclaimed, ”Old Xu has another woman here?... It’s to disguise his identity, I suppose.”

Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes and pulled another strand of hair from the dirt floor.

This hair was completely different from the first, thick and short, slightly yellowish.

He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them, ”He’s still alive.”

”Can we find him?” Ma Tianhe urgently asked.

Chu Zhiyuan looked eastward, ”Let’s go, over there to check.”

The three stealthily left the house, entered the alleys, weaving through one after another, occasionally emerging onto the main street, moving through the bustling crowd.

They eventually reached outside the East City Gate, and Chu Zhiyuan stopped, looking toward the eastern official road.

”Princely Heir...” Ma Tianhe looked at Chu Zhiyuan curiously, ”Not in the city?”

That seemed peculiar.

If caught by Da Meng’s Rain Listening Platform, he should have been detained within Tianjing City, not outside it.

The most heavily guarded locations were the Imperial prison of Da Meng’s Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, or the Rain Listening Platform’s secret surveillance.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, ”Not in the city, the two are in the same place, let’s go, and have a look.”

Chu Zhiyuan continued onward, diving into the nearby woods, hopping lightly over tree branches.

Zou Fang and Ma Tianhe followed behind him.

In one breath, they rushed over thirty miles, entering the mountainous region.

Peaks rose one after another.

Chu Zhiyuan stopped midway up a mountain, peering at a peak opposite.

In the woods on the opposite peak, there was a manor concealed by the surrounding trees.

Unless one approached closely, the manor wasn’t visible from either the mountain top or bottom.

”They are there.” Chu Zhiyuan tilted his head slightly and smiled, ”It looks like they aren’t captured but are hiding there voluntarily.”

Earlier, he had inferred from the two strands of hair, speculating the woman had captured Da Jing’s secret agent leader Xu Jingwen.

But quickly discarded the notion.

After all, as Da Jing’s secret agent leader, Xu Jingwen should have had guards around him.

But in that small courtyard, there were no traces of guards or signs of a struggle.

So Xu Jingwen wasn’t captured by this woman.

That meant the two left together and came to this villa.

As to why they came here, whether to escape danger or for some other reason, they’d find out soon enough.

Ma Tianhe said, ”Did old Xu realize he was exposed and quickly withdrew?”

Chu Zhiyuan remained silent.

Ma Tianhe hastily said, ”Princely Heir, am I wrong? Is old Xu in trouble?”

”He’s in a tender trap.” Chu Zhiyuan blandly remarked, ”Doesn’t appear he’s in trouble... his charming confidante isn’t an ordinary woman.”

”Not ordinary?”

”A grandmaster from the Phoenix Sword Sect,” Chu Zhiyuan said.

Ma Tianhe was taken aback, puzzled, ”Old Xu got involved with a Phoenix Sword Sect master?”

He immediately frowned, ”This is...”

He suddenly sensed something wrong.

Phoenix Sword Sect was one of Da Meng’s Four Great Sects, hailing from Emperor Li Hongzhao’s sect.

The disciples of the Phoenix Sword Sect didn’t have the same status as Da Jing’s Four Great Sects, rather they were comparable to the Four Demon Sects.

Disciples from the Phoenix Sword Sect were proud and held themselves in high esteem.

Xu Jingwen, within Tianjing City, was merely a common merchant, how could he enchant a disciple of the Phoenix Sword Sect?

Could it be the other way around, that he’s enamored with a female disciple of the Phoenix Sword Sect?

He pondered this and his face changed slightly, ”Princely Heir, surely old Xu wouldn’t act recklessly!”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Tender traps are the heroes’ graves, let’s hope he doesn’t go astray... let’s meet him.”

”I’ll go with you, Princely Heir,” Ma Tianhe hastily said.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, ”I’ll bring him over.”

His body flashed and he was off effortlessly.

Moments later, he returned, carrying a burly, robust middle-aged man.

This robust middle-aged man had an imposing presence with a lion-like nose and wide mouth, radiating integrity.

Ma Tianhe approached him.

The burly Xu Jingwen cupped his fists and smiled, ”Lord Ma, it’s been a while.”

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