Chapter 367: 【Soul Tracing】

When he learned that Liu Town was "enter only, no exit," Chen Ling guessed they would investigate the inns immediately. After all, the town was only this big, and there weren't many places to hide.

So, he bought most of the flour from those merchants going to Li Town. After all, he still had plenty of money left over from what he had robbed... earned in the Aurora Domain. After buying the flour, he swaggered back to the inn.

It was the middle of the night, and the guests in the inn were all asleep. He directly knocked out and kidnapped the innkeeper, replaced him to take over the inn, and set up his original Room 309.

However, what he didn't expect was that a group of people would come to check in late at night. Chen Ling, who had just finished setting up the traps in the room, hurriedly processed their paperwork and then began waiting for the 【Floating Life Painting】 people.

Naturally, Chen Ling didn't expect a dust explosion to take care of them. He did it mainly to test them: how many people were coming to hunt him, what their ranks were, and what strange skills or methods they had...

The Divine Path skills of these people in the Red Dust Domain were too strange. He had suffered a loss once with the umbrella painter and didn't want to suffer a second time. Being cautious was never a mistake.

Fortunately, in the first round of the exchange, Chen Ling undoubtedly had the upper hand.

Just then, as if noticing something, a deep blue radiance flashed in Chen Ling's eyes, looking at the gap at the bottom of the door...

An inconspicuous black ant was trying to crawl into the room from outside. If one didn't look carefully, it would be impossible to notice, but under Chen Ling's 【Secret Pupil】, every stroke on its body was clearly presented.

Drawn?

Chen Ling's brows furrowed tightly.

Could it be they discovered his disguise? No... if that were the case, they should have surrounded and suppressed him immediately, not sent ants to alert the enemy.

Chen Ling's brain spun rapidly. He shook slightly and turned back into the appearance of the innkeeper, rubbed his eyes as if nothing had happened, and pushed the door open.

As soon as he walked out of the lounge, he saw at least a dozen of these ants crawling into the inn from various gaps. Because their bodies were too small, they were hard to notice with the naked eye.

"Being monitored..." Chen Ling thought to himself.

It seemed these ants were also a skill of one of the three. On the surface, they pretended to leave to make him lower his guard, but in reality, they used methods to monitor the entire inn. If he didn't have the 【Secret Pupil】 and hadn't discovered these tiny existences, he might really have been exposed.

A few ants hid in the corner at the entrance of the inn, monitoring everything here, while the other ants swarmed into the rooms, seemingly to monitor other guests.

Chen Ling walked straight to the counter under their gaze, started calculating accounts with pen and paper, and continued to play the role of the innkeeper.

……

At the same time,

Room 301, by the window.

"Master, is this the good show you were talking about?" The Senior Brother withdrew his gaze and looked suspiciously at the master lying on the bed, yawning.

"What's the rush? The good show hasn't even started yet... This is just an appetizer." The beautiful youth played with his hair, looking bored. "Also, we've reached this point, haven't you realized it yet?"

"Realized what?" the Eldest Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother asked in unison.

Only Mo Jiao remained standing by the window, his gaze fixed on the direction the innkeeper had just left, lost in thought.

"That innkeeper just now... seems to have been the Junior Brother in disguise."

"What??"

The Eldest Senior Brother's eyes lit up. "I was wondering why Master suddenly wanted to enter Willow Town... So he was leading us to find the Junior Brother?"

"Fourth, how were you able to recognize the Junior Brother at a glance?" the Third Senior Brother asked.

"Because I've met him before. Although the Junior Brother's disguise ability is extremely strong, he hasn't mastered [Soul Tracing] yet. From his inadvertent movements and expressions, one can still see his original habits," Mo Jiao said. "Eldest Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother, since you've neither met the Junior Brother nor that innkeeper, naturally you wouldn't have noticed anything amiss."

The two senior brothers suddenly realized.

"However, the Junior Brother acted really well just now. To be able to perform to this extent without mastering [Soul Tracing], no wonder Master said he has extraordinary talent," the Eldest Senior Brother couldn't help but exclaim.

"So, the fact that Willow Town is imprisoned by the [Circle] is also related to the Junior Brother?" Mo Jiao asked.

The Eldest Senior Brother was about to say something when his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Except for the beautiful youth sleeping leisurely on the bed, the gazes of the other three fell simultaneously on the wall, at the inconspicuous ant slowly crawling out of a crack.

Seeing this, Mo Jiao raised his hand expressionlessly and flicked it gently at the ant. The latter fell to the ground, its existence seemingly erased.

"It seems so," Mo Jiao said. "They must have also guessed that the Junior Brother is likely hiding in the inn, so they are testing us."

"Since that's the case, we might as well just kill those three and take the Junior Brother back," the Third Senior Brother said in a deep voice.

The beautiful youth on the bed suddenly let out a cold snort.

"What? Dealing with three third-tier juniors, have you become so capable?"

"Master is right. If the enemies were of a higher tier, that would be one thing, but these three are of the same tier as the Junior Brother; it would be a bit excessive for us to intervene." The Eldest Senior Brother nodded. "I think Master's intention is to let the Junior Brother handle this matter himself, so let's not interfere."

"Speaking of which, the Junior Brother is now at the third tier, right? Why hasn't he mastered [Soul Tracing] yet?" Mo Jiao asked, puzzled.

"[Soul Tracing]?"

The beautiful youth chuckled. "Your Junior Brother knows nothing about singing, reciting, acting, or fighting, and he isn't proficient in any of the 'Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, Chou' roles. He doesn't even know who he is himself, so how can he trace the souls of others?"

"This..." The Eldest Senior Brother's brows were tightly locked. "That's true. We all learned opera from a young age, and our basic skills are quite solid. Naturally, we mastered [Soul Tracing] after advancing to the third tier. But the Junior Brother hasn't learned these things; wanting to master [Soul Tracing] is as difficult as ascending to heaven..."

"Master, what should we do?" Mo Jiao couldn't help but ask.

The three looked at the beautiful youth on the bed simultaneously. They couldn't answer this doubt, but Master was Master after all; surely he already had a method.

The beautiful youth glanced at them and spoke unhurriedly:

"What, Sixth hasn't even worried yet, and you're already anxious?"

"Master, these three skills from the first to the third tier are the foundation for integrating the fourth-tier domain. If the Junior Brother has one less skill than others, his future domain will be full of loopholes... This is a big deal." The Eldest Senior Brother's expression was extremely serious.

"Rest assured..."

The beautiful youth's gaze seemed to pass through the void, landing on the figure who was currently playing the role of the innkeeper.

"His Divine Path is different from all of yours... Naturally, this third-tier [Soul Tracing] is also different from yours."

"Whether he can comprehend the mysteries within and play to his strengths while avoiding his weaknesses depends on his own enlightenment..."