Reincarnated As A Fox With System (WN)
chapter-618

'Their movement is really big. Does the City Lord seriously want to find and eradicate the Eternal Joyous Cult or is it just an act?' Tang Li Xue frowned a bit as she thought it carefully.

Previously, Tang Li Xue deduced that the Eternal Joyous Cult was the City Lord's chess piece to suppress the power and growth of the three biggest cultivator families, but she was not sure about that anymore.

Tang Li Xue shook her head to shake away all distracting thoughts and muttered: "Forget it... Anyway, that is not important anymore. Once I manage to save the kidnapped foxes in the City Lord's Mansion, I will win this treasure game."

Tang Li Xue used her [Moonlight Flickering Flash Step] and dashed toward the City Lord's Mansion under the cover of night skies.

Tang Li Xue failed to realize that sometimes seemingly insignificant information could determine victory or defeat, even life or death, and she might need to learn a painful lesson from that.

It could not be helped since Tang Li Xue herself still lacked a lot of experience in dealing with such a complicated matter involving several human powerhouses.

But the purpose of the Fox Race's higher-ups in creating treasure games such as this one might be also to teach their younger generation about how cunning and treacherous humans could be.

The Undead Race might be their main enemy for now, but their beast race should never forget the Human Race's wickedness and treachery just because they were in a cooperative relationship at this moment.

For the higher-ups of the Beast Race, the Human Race might be much worse than the Undead Race in some situations, since they were the creatures who could kindly smile at you and call you friends, brothers, or sisters at one moment but stab you in the back the next moment.

Meanwhile, it did not take long for Tang Li Xue to reach the City Lord's Mansion with Yaya and Little Loki.

Even though many city guards and the army were patrolling the street right now, but the City Lord's Mansion was still the most tightly guarded compared to the other places.

Even Tang Li Xue with her [Ethereal Form] and [Art of Concealment] turned on still did not dare to sneak in rashly at this moment.

"Damn it~! That inscription on the wall of City Lord's Mansion looks identical to the one engraved on the city wall outside. It really gives me a bad feeling vibe as if something bad would happen if I carelessly touch it." Tang Li Xue murmured with a solemn expression.

With her [Extrasensory Perception], Tang Li Xue's danger sense had also become much more sensitive, so her hunch about the inscription on the wall should be not far from the truth.

Even though she could not pass through the wall with her [Ethereal Form], Tang Li Xue still had many ways to sneak into the City Lord's Mansion, but the problem right now was which way was the most effective.

"Sigh... If only I had more time, I could buy talisman papers from the street shop and make some talismans for emergency situations." Tang Li Xue said with a regretful tone.

Among all the talismans she could make, the [Stealth Illusion Talisman] should be the most useful since it could make her disguise as the guard.

But there was no time to whine or regret since she had already reached the City Lord's Mansion, and it was impossible for her to retreat without doing anything tonight.

Tang Li Xue hugged both Little Loki and Yaya, then activated her [Shadow Flash] to teleport into the building's shadow behind the wall.

She could also jump or fly over the wall, but she was afraid that someone would accidentally spot her since there were so many guards there. Some of them even reached the Core Formation Stage, and they might have some skills or techniques to see through her [Ethereal Form]'s invisibility.

Tang Li Xue silently approached two guards who were patrolling nearby and used her [Mystic Whisper] on them: "Tell me where are you guys detaining those fox girls~?!"

Tang Li Xue's words penetrated into their deepest consciousness, and they instantly fell into her control.

"We do not know. We never heard anything about fox girls." The two guards replied to Tang Li Xue obediently.

"Go and try to ask the other guards about it. Report back to me here after you find some clues or information about it. Remember to never mention anything about me." Tang Li Xue ordered the two guards with her [Mystic Whisper] again.

"Understood~!" The two guards nodded and dispersed to ask the other guards about the fox girls.

Tang Li Xue sighed in amazement while muttering: "This [Mystic Whisper] is surely extremely useful in almost all situations. No wonder that Apex Predator level fox with Crimson Skies Domain become so arrogant and unrestrained."

The City Lord's Mansion was extremely huge, and there were more than twenty large buildings there.

If Tang Li Xue tried to find the kidnapped fox girls by blindly searching around alone, she might not be able to find them even if she was given a few days.

Tang Li Xue repeatedly did the same thing to more than a dozen patrolling guards.

She only stopped after she only had half of her energy left.

Tang Li Xue brought Yaya and Little Loki to hide in one of the city guard's resting rooms.

While waiting for the information from those mind-controlled guards, she used this time to rest and recover her energy.

.....

Meanwhile, those more than a dozen mind-controlled guards had already scattered around the City Lord Mansion and began to ask about the detained fox girls.

But Tang Li Xue clearly failed to realize the three absolute rules of these City Lord's guards.

Obey all orders from superiors, never inquire about anything that you should not ask, and report back any suspicious thing no matter how small it is.

Their current move clearly violated the second absolute rule!

Their unusual movement immediately attracted the suspicion of the other guards, and they hastily reported it to their superior.

The guard's captain immediately made a swift move and led many other guards to catch all of the mind-controlled guards who were asking around about the detained fox girls.

All of them were brought into the interrogation room to be interrogated.

But no matter what method they used to interrogate these mind-controlled guards, they still refused to say anything.

Without any other choice, one of the guard captains used the Soul Searching Technique on one of the mind-controlled guards to peek at his memories.

Unfortunately, they still failed to find anything useful about the person who instructed them to do this.

"What should we do? Should we report it to the City Lord right now?" One of the guard captains asked while frowning deeply.

The second guard captain shook his head to reject that idea and replied: "If we report it to the City Lord right now, it will only show our incompetence since these guards are our own people. We might get severely punished because of them."

The third guard captain nodded in agreement and added: "That's right! It would not be too late to report this to the City Lord after we find the person behind them. At that time, we will look more reliable in front of the City Lord, and we might even be rewarded for our merit."

The first guard captain still frowned and said: "That might be the best option, but we still cannot find any clue about the person behind them even after we used the Soul Searching Technique on a few of them."

The cunning third captain smiled and spoke out his thoughts: "Since we cannot find any clue after we used the Soul Searching Technique on a few of them, then it means they might be completely innocent."

The second captain felt dizzy at the third captain's cryptic words and urged: "I really hate this about you! Just say what you think clearly!"

The cunning third captain laughed and continued to say: "Do all of you never think that their mind might be controlled by someone using a spell or technique?"

The eyes of the first and second guard captains immediately shone brighter in excitement and exclaimed at the same time: "You are so smart~! How could we never think that?!"

The third captain nodded while kept smiling and muttered: "Bring the Tracing Compass here~! Their mastermind ordered them to ask around about the detained fox girls. So, it means the mastermind's order still has the follow-up order such as reporting the information back to him."

"Since there is a follow-up order for them to do, there should be some residual aura left on them by the mastermind, so they could finish carrying out their task. If we can extract the residual aura from them, and use the Tracing Compass to track the location of the mastermind..." The third captain muttered while sneering slyly.

"Then we can catch the mastermind behind this~!" The first and second captains shouted in excitement.