Chapter 631 - 457: Heavenly Dao, You Schemed Against Me

With Zheng Yi’s skills, neither the guards at the mine nor the soldiers around the checkpoint could detect his presence.

Encountering almost no obstacles, Zheng Yi had already returned to Riverbend Village.

Had Feng Haitao not held him back, he could have moved even faster.

Seeing the village so silent, only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.

"We made it in time. Immediately contact those hunting outside and tell them to return as soon as possible."

Zheng Yi did not immediately go and deal with those two Zhao Family members.

After all, considering the attitude of the Heavenly Dao of the Cangyan Realm towards him, if he acted first, who knows what might happen.

The best option was to set traps near the village and wait for them to come voluntarily.

The key was to act only after the people of Riverbend Village had made their move.

Only in this way could the influence of the Heavenly Dao be minimized as much as possible.

"Let me see." Zheng Yi found on the map the location where the Zhao Family members were discovered.

To handle this situation, Zheng Yi was not only using magic to monitor the surrounding movements.

He was also already well prepared.

Near every Guardian Spirit, Zheng Yi had actually laid out many false clues.

These clues were quite secretive, if not for veteran hunters accustomed to the wilderness, they would likely be undetectable unless someone deliberately tracked them.

Those Zhao Family members, since they have not yet reached Riverbend Village, must have been misled by the false clues and are still circling in the mountains.

From the previous conversations of these people, they clearly know Zhao Mingtang is dead, but evidently do not know where he died or how he died.

"Master, everyone has been notified and they haven’t gone far from the village, they’ll be back soon." Feng Haitao rushed in as Zheng Yi was contemplating.

Perhaps hearing Zheng Yi muttering to himself, Feng Haitao asked hesitantly, "Master, isn’t it quite troublesome that the Zhao Family can use some means to know their people have died?"

"Master, your future plans inevitably involve interacting with the Zhao Family. If this keeps happening, they’ll eventually notice something’s off, right?"

Zheng Yi was taken aback by the remark, realizing he had been so absorbed in his thoughts that he accidentally voiced them.

Before coming to the Cangyan Realm, he certainly would not have made such a serious mistake.

It was possibly because his surroundings were filled with the most simple and honest villagers, causing him to lower his guard somewhat.

Silently admonishing himself to be careful in the future, Zheng Yi smiled and began explaining to Feng Haitao.

"Using certain means to determine the life and death of their own people is indeed a very significant source of intelligence."

"However, the changes in this intelligence source are too great. Even those warlocks who can peer into heavenly secrets can’t completely predict it accurately."

"Other than getting a definite result about a person’s death, it’s impossible to gain much truly useful information."

"Moreover, in the future, we can fully exploit this aspect."

Seeing Feng Haitao still seemed somewhat unclear, Zheng Yi smiled and pointed toward the forest outside.

"Like now, if those people didn’t know Zhao Mingtang was dead, they could be anywhere."

"But now, they’ll soon be within our encirclement. So tell me, is knowing this information beneficial to them?"

Feng Haitao furrowed his brows and pondered, "I see." He bowed deeply to Zheng Yi with respect, "Thank you, Master, for your guidance."

Zheng Yi nodded slightly, "These things, I shouldn’t really have said to you. What you can understand on your own is what truly belongs to you."

"If you always rely on my guidance without thinking for yourself, then you’ll only see the surface of things in the future."

The villagers of Riverbend Village responsible for hunting acted even quicker than Zheng Yi had anticipated.

They returned to the village a cup of tea earlier than expected and under Zheng Yi’s arrangement, set up an encirclement.

"You bunch of useless..." Seeing their incredibly clumsy methods of hiding, Zheng Yi almost went on a rant.

Suddenly remembering that just several days ago these people were merely underground miners every day, he forcefully suppressed the urge to scold.

To punish without teaching is considered cruelty.

Given these people’s living environment, they naturally wouldn’t be adept at such things.

Realizing he had not considered teaching them these skills before, it wouldn’t be right to blame them for this matter.

"Listen to me now..." Zheng Yi pressed down his irritation, quickly instructing them on how to hide.

Given the urgency, even trying to save them wouldn’t be a matter of a moment.

They had to be ambushed before the team investigating Zhao Mingtang’s death arrived.

Therefore Zheng Yi didn’t bother with complex reasoning, directly telling them where each person should hide.

As an Entry Level cultivator, naturally, he was different from ordinary people.

Many places that seemed hidden to ordinary people, were exceptionally easy for these cultivators to detect.

Yet there were some places that, while seemingly conspicuous, were very easily overlooked by them.

Suddenly a bird call came from the distant forest.

A flock of birds flapped their wings and flew into the sky, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

"They’re here!" Zheng Yi’s heart stirred.

Just by seeing the startled birds, he knew it was likely the Zhao Family people had arrived, approximately only one or two miles away from their current position.