Zhou Luan took a sip of wine and replied: "It is impossible to know your identity directly. As for monitoring your whereabouts, there is a secret method that can sense where the token is.
However, Shanbei is too far away from the headquarters and has long been beyond their sensing range.
As long as you don't run to Southern Wasteland, they won't be able to find you.
Moreover, their secret sensing technique can only sense the approximate direction, so it's no big deal.
If you really want to travel to the Southern Wilderness area, you just need to put the token somewhere else."
After hearing this, Wang Daoyuan felt relieved: "I'm still afraid that Xueying has some brilliant secret skills. After I recognize the token as its owner, there will be some means to know my identity or monitor my whereabouts.
If he really has this ability, I will capture a Zifu monk and bring him back. After controlling him, he will let the token recognize its owner on my behalf.
Since you don’t have such a brilliant secret technique, then forget it.”
Wang Daoyuan spent the next few months in the cave meditating and practicing, pretending to consolidate his cultivation.
However, he did not relax his attention to external news.
The clone Lu Zong visits Zhouluan Cave Mansion every once in a while to ask about what happened recently.
In the past few months, the overall situation has been relatively stable.
Over at Blood Wolf Mountain, the demon tribe and the half-demon didn't even have a small fight.
Bai Ying did not dare to take the wolf bones to the Wu's Weapon Refining Workshop and ask Bai Sheng to help her refine the weapons.
However, the red beard bandits have been more active recently. The fourth master who built the ninth floor and more than a hundred minions were killed by Wang Daoyuan.
They didn't know who did it, they only knew that Feizhou was split in half by the Heaven-Zipping Sword, and that the fourth master was also decapitated by the Heaven-Zipping Sword.
There are many monks who can cut the sky sword, but those who can have such power can only be the direct descendants of the Guiyuan Sword Sect.
In the past few months, red beard thieves have frequently attacked Guiyuan Sword Sect's properties.
They travel by flying boat, and ordinary foundation-building monks cannot catch up with them.
There are only two Zifu monks in the Guiyuan Sword Sect, so it is difficult to take care of all the properties.
At present, the Guiyuan Sword Sect has suffered a lot of losses, and the Red Beard Bandits have also taken a lot of advantage.
The Blood Shadow headquarters sent someone to inform Wang Daoyuan of the arrangements, and also sent some things along the way.
Xuan Diao sent someone to invite Wang Daoyuan to her cave, but he didn't see anyone coming to deliver anything.
Xuan Diao handed him a storage bag and said: "This is your deputy hall master's token and the Guiyuan Sword Code.
Elder Xu has agreed to transfer me back to the headquarters, and from now on you will be the deputy hall master of the Shanbei branch."
Wang Daoyuan took the storage bag and opened it. There was a jade token inside.
Taking out the token, I saw the word "blood shadow" written on one side, and the words on the other side were also very complicated, like patterns rather than words.
This is a text from ancient times, and Wang Daoyuan also learned some of it after joining Blood Shadow.
Naturally, the text on the token is "Deputy Hall Master Ming Hu of Shanbei Branch".
In addition to the token, there is also an animal skin book inside, but this book is relatively thin, with only a few pages.
The four characters "Guiyuan Sword Code" are written on the cover of the book, which should be the core inheritance of Guiyuan Sword Sect.
However, there was no Taiyi Fine Gold in the storage bag, and Wang Daoyuan was a little disappointed.
He asked Xuan Diao: "May I ask the deputy hall master, is this Taiyi fine gold irredeemable?"
Xuan Diao replied: "Of course it can be exchanged, but the third-level spiritual object manager does not have the right to exchange it.
Even for deputy hall masters and hall masters, there are restrictions on how to redeem third-level spiritual items.
I have redeemed a lot of third-level spiritual items before, but I can no longer redeem them in the short term.
This requires you to apply to the headquarters after you officially become the deputy hall leader.
Elder Xu has promised you to exchange for third-level Taiyi fine gold. As long as you apply in the name of the deputy hall master, the headquarters will naturally approve it.
At that time, someone will deliver Taiyi Fine Gold to you. There is no need to send the third-level Taiyi Fine Gold from the headquarters. The Sanhe Branch has some Taiyi Fine Gold in its collection.
The Sanhe branch is the head of all branches in the Zhao Kingdom, and there are many third-level spiritual objects collected there.
Although our Shanbei branch is not under the direct control of the Sanhe branch, some things must be transferred there.
After approval from the headquarters, someone will deliver it to you in a few days."
After hearing this, Wang Daoyuan felt relieved.
Xuan Diao smiled again and said: "Deputy Hall Master, you should quickly claim this token as its owner, and you will have to hand over the duties later.
I have been looking forward to returning to the headquarters for more than a hundred years.
Now that it's finally come true, just let me leave as soon as possible."
Wang Daoyuan didn't say anything else. He dropped a drop of blood essence on the token, and a ray of consciousness penetrated into it, condensing the brand of consciousness.
In less than a hundred breaths, the recognition of the master will be completed.
Xuan Diao nodded with satisfaction and said: "From now on, you will be the deputy hall master of the Shanbei branch."
After that, he handed a thick animal skin book to Wang Daoyuan: "These are the things you need to know. It contains an overview of the Shanbei branch, the responsibilities of the deputy hall leader, and a list of your subordinates.
In addition to the responsibilities in this animal skin book, your most important task is to suppress that bitch Red Fox."
Wang Daoyuan took the animal skin book and said, "Don't worry, Deputy Hall Master, I will definitely not let Red Fox have an easy time."
Xuan Diao smiled and said: "You are the deputy hall leader now. I believe that with your ability, you can definitely suppress Red Fox.
When I returned to the headquarters to take up a post, I had to have my trusted subordinates under me.
The people I brought from the headquarters probably won't listen to your call either.
Rather than stay here and cause trouble, it's better to take it back to the headquarters.
You are good at recruiting people, and you should be able to replenish them soon.
Mo Yu just let him stay here, he has no potential to open up Zifu.
When you return to the headquarters, you will only be on the lower level. You might as well be a manager here.
You were recruited into Blood Shadow by him, and you two should have a good relationship, so just let him continue to stay under you."
Wang Daoyuan was very satisfied with the way Xuan Diao dealt with the aftermath. It would be troublesome for those people she brought from the headquarters to continue to stay in the Shanbei branch.
They refused to accept anyone except Xuan Diao, and there were so many of them that they couldn't all be refined into clones.
If they are dealt with, their family members at the headquarters will also cause trouble for them.
It would be better for Xuan Diao to bring these big troubles back to the headquarters.
As for Mo Yu, if he was brought back to the headquarters, Wang Daoyuan was really afraid that someone would be able to figure it out.
It's good to stay under me. I can't stay in the Shanbei branch for a long time, so keeping him can help me handle some affairs.
Wang Daoyuan cupped his hands and said, "I will obey your orders in everything."
Xuan Diao nodded and said: "I will take you to see the communication formation, and if you need anything, please send a message to the headquarters.
Although you have good talents, you are still a little inferior to that bitch Red Fox.
Her cultivation level is higher than yours, so don't confront her head-on.
If she does anything out of the ordinary, send a message directly to the headquarters.
As long as Elder Xu and I are here, she won't be able to make trouble."
Then, she opened a stone door on the back wall of the cave, and inside was the message formation.
In the center of this communication formation is a stone round platform about one foot in diameter, surrounded by eight pillars about one foot in diameter.
The formation connects the spiritual veins, but there is no need to place spiritual stones.
Then, the power of Xuan Diao's spiritual consciousness penetrated into the circular stone platform. After a few breaths, several rays of light flashed on the circular platform.
Xuan Diao smiled and said: "This communication formation is related to your deputy hall leader's token.
There is another one on Red Fox's side, which is related to the hall master's token.
The method of use is similar to the message jade talisman. You can report to the headquarters about taking over as the deputy hall master and the matter of exchanging Taiyi fine gold. You can also pass it on.
If there is a reply from there, your deputy hall leader's token will be able to receive the message.
Normally, you can also send messages to the headquarters directly using the token.
The information will be transmitted to the headquarters through this formation.
But if this is the case, if someone is on the formation's side, they can intercept your message."