Daily Divination: A Sneaky Undercover Agent in the Demonic Sect

Just as he was filled with doubt and confusion, a familiar yet cold voice rang out from behind him: "Pang Sicheng, you don't need to come looking for me anymore."

Pang Sicheng quickly turned around and saw Duanmu Yao standing not far away.

Her usually aloof and pretty face was now filled with disdain and even disgust, as if she were looking at something filthy.

"Junior Sister Duanmu!" Pang Sicheng's heart skipped a beat, and he asked anxiously, "What happened? I...did I do something wrong and make you angry?"

Duanmu Yao snorted coldly, her tone icy and biting: "What is it? The 'good deed' you did has already spread throughout the entire sect. Do I need to remind you?"

Pang Sicheng felt a sense of foreboding and quickly asked, "Junior Sister Duanmu, what exactly did I do?"

I've been in seclusion in my cave all day, cultivating without leaving for a moment!"

Duanmu Yao scoffed, "Cultivation? You mean cultivating together with your 'cauldron'?!"

The entire sect knows that you secretly practiced evil arts and had your family arrange for a female disciple to be your cultivation vessel.

These words struck Pang Sicheng like a thunderbolt from the heavens, shattering him into pieces.

His eyes widened, his face filled with absurdity and disbelief, and he exclaimed, "I practice evil arts? And I use female disciples as my cultivation vessels?!"

"What...where did this come from? I had no idea this even existed!"

Duanmu Yao's disgust deepened: "Even now, you still want to play dumb?"

Your subordinate Tong Lu said this to the handyman disciple Hu Wenbiao himself!

Hu Wenbiao, in order to please you, even went so far as to offer his own younger sister as a vessel for you!

The evidence is irrefutable, what excuses do you have left to offer?

Hu Wenbiao? He gave his sister to me?

Pang Sicheng looked blank, trying hard to recall, but he had no recollection of the name.

He quickly explained, "Who is Hu Wenbiao? I don't know him at all!"

Besides, how could Tong Lu possibly say such things?!

"Enough!" Duanmu Yao interrupted him sharply. "Whether you know me or not is none of my business. What you cultivate or do is also none of my business."

From this day forward, we shall be like strangers, and have no further contact whatsoever!

Pang Sicheng was so anxious he was almost in tears: "Junior Sister Duanmu, listen to me..."

Duanmu Yao's eyes were icy: "So you've been pursuing me all this time for another purpose. You wanted me to be your furnace? Despicable and shameless."

After saying that, Duanmu Yao didn't look at him again and resolutely turned and left.

Pang Sicheng was left standing there, frozen in place, facing the strange looks from those around him, his face turning ashen, then flushed red.

An unnamed anger mixed with immense humiliation surged from the depths of his heart.

He felt dizzy and shouted sharply, "Hu-Wen-Biao! Tong-Lu!"

Pang Sicheng squeezed out the two names through gritted teeth, his eyes filled with terrifying bloodshot veins and murderous intent.

......

That night, in Pang Sicheng's cave on Haoyang Peak, the atmosphere was oppressive, as if a storm was brewing.

Pang Sicheng's sinister gaze was fixed on Tong Lu, who was kneeling below with blood still visible at the corner of his mouth. He said coldly, "Tong Lu! Look what you've done!"

Tong Lu trembled all over, his voice trembling with tears as he protested, "Senior Brother Pang, please understand! Even if I had the greatest courage in the world, I would never dare to slander you like this!"

This...this must be Hu Wenbiao, a traitor who, under someone's orders, deliberately smeared you!"

Although Pang Sicheng was angry, he did not lose his mind. Tong Lu's entire family was in the hands of the Pang family, and he would never dare to do such a thing.

He slammed his hand on the stone table, shattering it, and shouted sternly, "Hu Wenbiao is the person you hired!"

How dare you, a mere lowly servant, frame me without any reason?

What exactly is he trying to do?!

Now the entire sect is spreading rumors that I practice evil arts, using female disciples as my cultivation vessels!

How am I supposed to face this? How can the Pang family save face?!

Tong Lu was so frightened that he almost collapsed. He said in a trembling voice, "Senior brother, please calm down! I...I have already made an appointment with Hu Wenbiao tonight to meet him in the Purple Bamboo Forest behind the Miscellaneous Service Hall."

I'm determined to get to the bottom of this!

If it was truly his doing, I will capture him and hand him over to my senior brother for punishment, including having his soul extracted and refined!

Pang Sicheng paced back and forth in the cave a few times in frustration, and then said, "That's not right. Even if Hu Wenbiao had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to frame me out of thin air."

There must be someone behind him instigating this.

Who is behind this?

Or is there some force targeting me?

Tong Lu's eyes darted around, and he chimed in, "What Senior Brother says is absolutely right!"

Within the sect, everyone knows that the sect leader and Elder Pang have always been at odds.

Could it be that someone from the sect leader's lineage, seeing that I sought help from Hu Wenbiao, took advantage of the situation and arranged for him to stage this play, with the aim of smearing my senior brother and undermining Elder Pang's prestige?

Pang Sicheng paused, his eyes flashing with cold light: "That's right! It must be so! You've finally shown some intelligence!"

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and his anger intensified: "We absolutely cannot let Hu Wenbiao escape tonight!"

Bring several trustworthy disciples with you and make sure you capture him alive!

I'm going to pry his mouth open myself and see which demon is behind all this trouble!

"Yes! Don't worry, Senior Brother, Tong Lu will certainly live up to your expectations!" Tong Lu felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly kowtowed to accept the order.

......

At the same time, in the servants' quarters, at Hu Wenbiao's residence.

He listened to the rumors from the outside world brought by his two lackeys, his face turning ashen.

The follower surnamed Su said in a trembling voice, "Brother, it's all over the place now. Everyone says that you said it yourself, that Pang Sicheng is practicing evil magic and needs female disciples as his furnace."

"And...and they even said that you sent your own sister away to curry favor with him..."

"Bullshit!" Hu Wenbiao swept the teacup off the bedside table and onto the floor.

He was so angry he was trembling all over: "Where did I get a sister?!"

How come I didn't even know I had a younger sister?

Who is it?! Who is so vicious as to want to kill me?!

The henchman surnamed Su rolled his eyes and whispered, "Brother, could it be Wei Dachuan? He came to cause trouble for us for no reason a few days ago. Maybe he's spreading rumors!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Wenbiao's eyes flashed with doubt, and he shook his head dejectedly, saying, "Wei Dachuan might harm me, but he would never dare to slander Senior Brother Pang."

It was probably done by Senior Brother Pang's rival; I was just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.

When gods fight, mortals suffer.

He collapsed onto the bed, his eyes vacant, his heart filled with endless regret and fear.

They thought that clinging to the inner circle was a shortcut, but little did they know that they would soon become a small boat in a raging storm, at risk of being smashed to pieces at any moment.

......

At midnight, Shen Li pondered the increasingly rampant rumors circulating in the streets, a cold smile creeping onto her lips.

Rumors have started. Pang Sicheng, let's see how you clean up this mess.

With a thought, golden light flashed in his mind:

[The divination result has been updated].

Today's divination result: Very auspicious.

[Suitable for: traveling, visiting relatives and friends].

[Taboo: No taboos]

[Divination]: Tonight at midnight, you and the Purple Bamboo Forest behind the mountain will successfully thwart Tong Lu's meeting with Hu Wenbiao.

This led Pang Sicheng to believe that the rumors were a conspiracy by the sect leader's lineage against his great-grandfather Pang Tianjue, intended to undermine his prestige, and that the conflict between the two sides might escalate.