Zuan's heart sank. It seemed that the Doomsday Wraith and the Plague Lord were indeed two troublesome fellows, having actually schemed to this extent.

It seems we need to leave some protective measures for those close to us, otherwise it will be troublesome if those hidden demons attack them.

"Then what are you doing here? You're not here to spy on me, are you?" Zuan looked around at the surroundings. He could tell that there seemed to be an extremely insidious formation set up here.

He turned everyone in the Taoist temple into corpse puppets, and the bottom of the well was littered with withered bones. The once solemn and sacred Taoist temple was now filled with a ghostly atmosphere.

Venerable Wanzu was quite frank: "I'm setting up a small array here to refine living beings. This is a task given to me by the Plague Demon Lord. There should be similar arrays throughout the capital. Once the time is right, the Plague Demon Lord can combine these arrays into a large array to refine all the living beings in the capital."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but lick his lips: "Humans are the most powerful race in the entire world, and the human capital is full of experts, with the most outstanding talents in all walks of life. After such a city is refined, a few blood pills can be formed. After taking them, it will be enough to raise the most powerful demons to a higher realm."

Since he won't get a chance to eat it anyway, maybe none of us should eat it.

Ideally, this scoundrel would wipe out all those guys in one fell swoop, and then they could all come and join me, hahaha.

Sang Qian and Zheng Dan's expressions changed several times upon hearing this. This plan was truly vicious. If Zu An hadn't returned today and accidentally stumbled upon it, so many people in the capital would probably have been unknowingly refined into pills.

Zheng Dan had been a gang leader in the underworld since Mingyue City, and he had seen the ruthless methods of various gangs. But compared to these demons, everyone was as innocent as a child.

"Since you were sent to monitor whether Brother Zu has returned, how will you inform the Plague Demon Lord if you have any news?" Sang Qian keenly realized the contradiction in his words. He said earlier that he couldn't contact the other party directly, but if he really couldn't contact him, what would he do if he made a discovery during his surveillance?

Venerable Wanzu panicked a little: "I really didn't lie to you. I really can't contact the Plague Demon Lord or the Doomsday Wraith, but if we find out that the Regent has returned, we can use other methods to notify them."

"What method?"

"It involves burning nine special sticks of incense in the incense burner in front of the Taoist temple."

Zu An followed his gaze and saw nine exceptionally thick incense sticks in the corner, each several meters tall and as thick as a child's arm.

Zu An's heart stirred: "Go to the incense burner now and light this incense."

Zheng Dan and Sang Qian were taken aback and couldn't help but ask with some concern, "Grandpa, isn't this a bit too risky?"

The return of Zuan is still a secret. He was originally hiding in the shadows, but now he is taking the initiative to expose himself. If the demons find out, there will inevitably be some danger.

Zuan smiled and said, "It's alright."

When Venerable Wanzu realized that he was not joking, his mind immediately became active.

He lit incense to notify the Plague Demon Lord and the Doomsday Wraiths. If they came and fought a great battle with Zaun, he might still have a chance to escape.

Even if the Plague Lord and the Doomsday Wraiths couldn't defeat Zaun and died at his hands, at least you'd have a few companions, so it wouldn't be a loss no matter how you look at it.

Thinking of this, he became even more excited and directly controlled the corpse puppet to carry the incense to the incense burner outside the main hall, and lit the nine incense sticks.

Zuan did not go out, but closed his eyes and fully spread his divine sense.

He had just checked it, and apart from being a bit huge, the incense wasn't some kind of magical artifact. So, if the other party was using it as a means of communication, they must have set up spies near the Taoist temple to keep an eye on things, or they themselves might even be in the vicinity.

This way, by paying attention to when the incense is lit, we can trace who is watching this area and find out who is paying attention.

Normally, this would be an impossible task. Although the Taoist temple is located in a remote area, it is still in the capital city. People come and go around it, making it impossible to trace its origins. But this is no problem for Zu'an now.

His divine power subtly and silently spread throughout the surrounding area, from the vendors hawking their wares in the streets and alleys to the children passing by and the hurried travelers in the martial arts world...

Even the birds on the branches and the cats and dogs passing by are all under his surveillance.

He soon spotted a dozen suspicious figures staring at the huge incense stick in the censer.

He divided his divine sense into more than a dozen strands, tracking those dozen or so suspicious individuals.

Half an hour later, he opened his eyes.

"How is it?" Venerable Wanzu looked at him expectantly. No one wanted Zaun to find the Plague Demon Lord and his group more than he did.

“You’ve been fooled,” Zuan said calmly.

Venerable Ten Thousand Feet: "???"

At this moment, Zu'an explained to the two women beside him, "Just now, I noticed that after the giant incense was lit, more than a dozen people looked this way. However, after carefully examining those guys, I found that they were not demons, but simply curious about the size of the incense. I also observed further away and found nothing unusual."

"Then what exactly does this contact information mean?" Zheng Dan asked, puzzled.

"This contact method is just a cover, to make Venerable Wanzu's act more convincing. If I'm not mistaken, their real surveillance method is on those transit corpse puppets that preceded Venerable Wanzu. Once those corpse puppets have a problem, they will know that I have returned," Zu'an explained.

It is likely that the Doomsday Wraiths and the Plague Demon Lord were wary of his power and worried that the Ten Thousand Feet Venerable would not be able to escape from him, so they devised this plan.

Zaun couldn't help but sigh, realizing that the Doomsday Wraith and the Plague Lord were even more cunning than he had imagined, even deceiving their own companions.

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