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Chapter 418 The Writer
Xu Yuan sensed that his "unfettered" destiny had stirred again.

And this time it was even more intense than the first time.

"Still not giving up?"

Xu Yuan stroked his chin, revealing a fox-like smile.

……

The wizard drank a vial of potion beforehand.

The solution was prepared by himself, contained in a glass test tube, and was dark blue in color, emitting a fishy stench like that of dead fish.

However, this medicine has an extremely strong healing effect.

The wizard felt he needed to prepare in advance.

To avoid the divination failing and causing a backlash that could lead to death before one can save their life.

After making the preparations, the wizard began the second shuffle.

When it came to the questioning and card-flipping stage, the wizard was very nervous—surprisingly, no accidents occurred this time.

The divination proceeded smoothly!

The wizard secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, mystery did not abandon me.

……

Inside the inn, Xu Yuan's "Unfettered" and "Eight Directions of Injury" activated simultaneously.

Xu Yuan smiled slightly; he had succeeded.

……

After asking the last question, the wizard turned over the last card.

Everything has come to a conclusion.

Richard waited a moment, then asked, "What was the result?"

The wizard nodded and said, "The mystery has provided the answer. We need the help of outsiders."

"who?"

"The people who can help us are a group of warriors."

Richard frowned: "That's it? The mystery didn't give any further hints?"

The wizard shook his head: "No more."

Richard left with a question in his mind.

Before he even got back to his room, he had already guessed the answer.

“Outsider… warrior…”

"The Ming Dynasty's demon-slaying army?"

Although the mission stayed in the guesthouse and rarely went out, they were not completely unaware of the situation in Luocheng.

Richard has developed his own intelligence network.

"But how can we accurately find the person in the demon-slaying army who is willing to help us?"

Richard turned around and went back to find the wizard.

The wizard was tidying up the cards and putting them into the box.

I still feel a lingering fear.

From now on, we should avoid using the alien substances in this box if possible...

Then the leader came back: "Let's do another divination."

"what?!"

……

There was a local man who was in charge of cleaning and sweeping at the inn.

People in the Ming Dynasty were not very willing to do this kind of work.

On Richard's first day at the inn, the fourth-level "teacher" in the delegation secretly used his skill to investigate the servants who were responsible for serving the delegation.

Teachers can see their emotions.

Then they could identify which of these people were spies planted by the Ming dynasty to monitor them.

And who are the ones who can be bribed and turned into your spies in Luocheng?

This country bumpkin is Richard's informant.

After receiving a "revelation" about the demon-slaying army from the shaman during his fourth divination, he took advantage of a room cleaning opportunity to secretly scout out the natives.

After the natives left Richard's room, they were actually already under Richard's "trick".

After finishing work, the native returned home and, after secretly observing that no one from the Exorcism Bureau was watching him, went out through the back door and, following the address in the "Revelation," found a courtyard. It wasn't Bai Huahun's courtyard, but Fan Jie's.

Fan Jie's last plan failed, and he even suffered a hidden loss at Xu Yuan's hands.

Just when they were worrying about how to help Bai Huahun achieve his wish, the arrival of the Turen was like someone offering a pillow when you're about to fall asleep.

"The adults from India are willing to pay you a considerable reward if you can help them."

The natives took out a fifth-tier mutated artifact.

Fan Jie's eyelids twitched when he saw this monstrous object.

The alien creatures of the Blue-Eyed Barbarians are actually what the Ming Dynasty cultivators call "materials".

These materials all have a strong staining effect.

The imperial court would use "fishy wrappers" to contain the contaminants and prevent them from getting infected.

However, the Westerners are not "fussy" at all; they just take things and use them directly, just like "props".

This native is probably already tainted by yin energy, and he might change strangely at any time.

After mentally complaining for a moment, Fan Jie said, "I can only give them information from the Exorcism Division and the Mountain and River Division."

Fan Jie knew Bai Huahun's plan, so he couldn't give it to the demon-slaying army.

Otherwise, how could Lord Bai Huahun turn the tide?
The native replied, "No problem."

The native was caught in Richard's "trick" without realizing it; his current state is similar to that of Richard's puppet.

Unbeknownst to her, she was being manipulated by Richard.

Behind every decision he made was actually Richard's decision.

Otherwise, Richard wouldn't have felt comfortable entrusting him with the precious fifth-tier "alien material".

Fan Jie then recorded all the information he knew and handed it over to the natives.

The focus is on Xu Yuan's part.

Richard saw this intelligence at the same time the natives saw it.

The local pointed to Xu Yuan's name and asked, "Is this person very important?"

Fan Jie immediately exaggerated: "This person must be the main force of the Purification Division! He is the youngest fifth-rate under Ma Tianshou, and he is the successor that Ma Tianshou has devoted a lot of effort to cultivating. As long as we can defeat him, the others in the Purification Division and the Mountain and River Division are not a threat."

Fan Jie believed that he had said enough.

The Blue-Eyed Barbarian is no good. When facing Xu Yuan, he will definitely use his full strength. He will either kill Xu Yuan on the spot or seriously injure him.

Then Bai Huahun's opportunity has arrived.

……

Richard, who was in the inn, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The competition between the two countries tomorrow is finally on track.

Fortunately, I was vigilant, otherwise I might have really been defeated tomorrow.

This Xu Yuan actually has three "professions"!
If he hadn't known this information beforehand, none of his men would have been able to defeat him without a doubt.

Richard was unaware that Boris and his two companions had also fallen into Xu Yuan's hands; otherwise, he would have been even more fortunate.

Richard was exceptionally confident that even if the Ming Dynasty sent a fourth-rate cultivator, he would never lose.

But what he wanted was a great victory for the mission, preferably a complete victory!

If we win tomorrow, it will be a four-game winning streak.

If all victories are decisive, the Ming Dynasty will secretly fear and dare not compete with our Aneliyah for India.

Benjue's company was able to reap the greatest profits in India.

but……

Who should Xu Yuan send to fight tomorrow?
Richard didn't need to think too much; he knew that there was only one person in the delegation who could defeat Xu Yuan.

"That arrogant Asmru."

Asmru is a fifth-level "writer".

Before becoming a professional, he had already published an opera, a novel, and more than a dozen short stories.

Unlike other writers, he was tall and robust, had a bad temper, and enjoyed strong liquor.

He often got into fights with people in bars because he was drunk.

He came to India on a large ship, not to make money, but to gather material for his creative work.

He infiltrated the mission again, also because he was filled with curiosity about the mysterious Eastern Empire.

Before setting off, he drank too much and said to Richard, "I don't quite understand what the women of the Ming Dynasty did by binding their feet. What exactly did that do to their feet?"
I need to find a woman like that, and personally untie the cloth binding her feet to see for myself…

(End of this chapter)