807 Pig-Faced Mask! (2/2)

The blurry figure standing behind him said softly, ”Young Master, do we remove the mark that the guest has left on our servant?”

”There's no need for that,” Xie Haiyang said coolly without looking up.

As Xie Haiyang uttered those words, the tiny grain of gray dust stuck on the shoulder of the servant who had attended to Wang Baole earlier downstairs shook.

Wang Baole had given that servant a pat on his shoulder before making his way out with a smile. He had since put some distance between him and the store. When the dust shook, he stopped in his tracks momentarily, then quickened his pace. The energy signature given off by his essence technique shifted. A wisp of it split away, landed at Wang Baole's feet, and transformed into an insect that crawled into the ground and hid away.

He entered multiple stores. When he left each store, his physical appearance would be transformed. He left traces of his essence technique in the stores. His energy signature changed as he walked amidst the crowd and left traces of his energy signature on the people he passed.

He located an inn in the market after he was certain that no one was following him and paid a hefty sum for a room. Then, he sat quietly in the room, a look of contemplation on his face as he considered everything that Xie Haiyang had told him.

He seems to have sensed the spiritual essence that I left behind… It doesn't matter. If what he said is true, then I should consider taking part in the mission… It's just killing someone. In fact, this is exactly what I need if I want to advance my cultivation and quickly achieve a breakthrough from the Spirit Immortal realm to the Planet realm… To kill! An icy glint flashed across Wang Baole's eyes. After a bout of contemplative silence, he swept his eyes across the room before suddenly shuddering, then vanishing into thin air. He had used his essence technique and transformed into a winged insect. He found a slitted opening in the window and flew out.

His essence technique remained activated as he flew, and his insect form soon split into numerous winged insects that spread throughout the market. The spiritual essence that he had left behind on his way to the inn transformed, taking on various forms, such as that of a winged insect, an ant, or dust. They were his ears, hearing everything and collecting every bit of information.

Only Wang Baole, who possessed the essence technique, could have conducted such an information-gathering exercise. It was quite effective. Within three days, after eliminating huge chunks of useless data, he had managed to consolidate information on the Flame Patriarch. The information that he had gathered helped him verify what he had learned from Xie Haiyang.

After consolidating the information he had gathered and assessing it, Wang Baole gathered the spiritual essence that he had sent out. At that point, it was almost the end of the third day. He picked up his jade slip and sent a voice transmission to Xie Haiyang.

”Fellow Daoist Haiyang, I'll do it!”

Xie Haiyang had been awaiting news from Wang Baole. He burst out into laughter when he heard Wang Baole's reply. He trusted his guts. Even if the man wasn't Wang Baole, his instincts told him that… this man was going to be an important client in the coming days.

He displayed extraordinary enthusiasm when he got the voice transmission from Wang Baole, making arrangements for the latter's application. He rushed to get it done before the deadline, ensuring that Wang Baole got a placement.

”Baole, you're in luck. You just made it. The mission starts in two hours!”

”Where do I report?” Wang Baole asked.

”You don't have to go anywhere. You'll know what to do in two hours' time. I'll just share something with you first… There's really almost nothing… that the Flame Patriarch is incapable of achieving! He's almost infallible, really!” Xie Haiyang said. He ended the voice transmission with those ambiguous words.

Wang Baole raised his eyebrow, and a considering look entered his eyes. He didn't spend a long time thinking, though. Two hours later, his Divine Sense were suddenly violently stirred. Then, in the blink of an eye, blue strands suddenly appeared out of nowhere and gathered before him silently. They pooled together and transformed into… a gruesome-looking pig-faced mask!

”The mission starts when you put on the mask!” The cold, emotionless voice of an old man rang out from the mask as the mask came into being. The words reverberated across Wang Baole's Divine Sense… and in the mind of his true form, which was currently resting in his coffin on the main Divine Eye planet!