Master of Strange Dao

When No.1 White Water Egg received the news, he was dumbfounded.

He never imagined that such a situation would arise.

The same task, after years of validation, the technology had already been updated and iterated.

Initially, they had to bribe at least three people and even take risks to replace someone in a critical position.

Later, it was enough to bribe the person verifying the soul.

Now, they actually didn't need to bribe anyone anymore.

Where there are people, there are flaws; if the fake resembles the real closely enough, then it becomes real.

Their Painted Skin technique had long been validated and continually updated over time, so even the identification procedures for death row inmates posed no issue.

The only concern was the soul verification procedure.

But this was no longer a worry either; the White Water Egg organization also had Dao Cultivators.

Obtaining the Jinyi Wei's soul verification Magical Treasure wasn't particularly difficult.

If acquiring it from the Jinyi Wei was too challenging, then taking it from the place where the treasures were made was the alternative, since the treasures weren't exclusively crafted by the Jinyi Wei.

With a finished Magical Treasure in hand, finding some flaw and specifically exploiting it wasn't too hard.

Just a bit of disguise to trick the Magical Treasure—no big issue for No.3 White Water Egg.

No.1 White Water Egg didn't rush to deal with the two White Water Eggs caught red-handed; instead, he went straight to No.3 White Water Egg.

"What exactly is going on?"

If this oversight wasn't resolved, such a mature procedure could never be used again.

Once caught in the act, all Three Divine Dynasties would focus on this situation.

"I don't know either. Logically, it shouldn't be possible. I've tested it personally, and there's no issue.

I speculate that the scapegoat made a mistake; he accidentally triggered the Silence Divine Spell, causing others to activate as well.

The fluctuations from the Silence Divine Spell automatically nullified the soul disguise."

No.3 White Water Egg was completely puzzled; he searched for several days but couldn't find the problem.

In the end, he could only conclude that it was definitely a human error.

This person himself was the greatest flaw.

No.1 White Water Egg wanted to say something but held back, realizing that regarding this aspect, No.3 White Water Egg was the most authoritative person in the base, and he didn't dare speak harshly.

Because he himself had tested, and indeed the issue wasn't with the Dharma Method or Magical Treasure.

The mistake was human, but the fault wasn't No.3's.

No.3 had researched for days without finding the issue, so the focus needed to shift to what to do about those two White Water Eggs.

Their dispatched personnel had never been captured alive before.

In the hands of the Jinyi Wei, their prepared scorched-earth methods were useless; dying would be just as difficult.

A death row prisoner didn't matter much; he knew little and wasn't capable or strong enough for external missions anyway.

Having him as a scapegoat was already the most value he could offer.

Moreover, even if he died, they could continue leveraging the forces behind him.

After all, anyone who could be a scapegoat usually had a fairly ordinary backing—not indispensable but useful.

But someone like the Crown Prince of Daqian's brother-in-law, regardless of ability or strength, would never be allowed to be a scapegoat.

Alive, his value was higher, and there was no need to risk offending the dead Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Consort's family.

No.1 White Water Egg pondered for a long time; the death row prisoner was inconsequential, but the White Water Egg beside the Second Prince...

Either silence him or rescue him.

He took out a small booklet, opened it, found the corresponding record, and sighed quietly.

The risk of silencing was also high.

If possible, rescuing him would be best.

In the transaction with the Second Prince, as a gesture of sincerity, they found a family to support the Second Prince.

And this family was the force behind this White Water Egg.

Their direct son wasn't dead and was still with the Second Prince, so they didn't need to convince them to support the Second Prince.

Such support wasn't solely due to a White Water Egg as a link; there were more complex interests and various benefits involved.

The White Water Egg was just the most crucial catalyst.

The problem now was that the clan leader of this family definitely knew the person caught was from their family.

And now was a critical moment.

If the White Water Egg was silenced, the family would likely turn against them, impacting the Second Prince as well.

Their mistake would sever ties with the Second Prince, making it hard to proceed with many subsequent matters.

More trouble than advantages.

Let's try first, have the Second Prince lend a hand, together with their strength, to try rescuing the person.

As long as he doesn't die, everything can be worked out.

This unexpected incident left them extremely passive and disrupted all their pace.

They never expected they'd one day expend effort to rescue these White Water Eggs—it's utterly absurd.

...

Yu Ziqing walked along the banks of the Mother River; its main and tributary streams covered a vast area.

From the Wilderness to Kuihou Country, then to Daqian, and even some tributaries were in Dali.

But the Mother River's main stream was primarily in Daqian.

Yu Ziqing walked along the riverbank, observing the vast expanse of the river, which resembled the sea, and sighed inwardly.

With this great river, both sides of the river were bound to be rich in products, no wonder Daqian had abundant resources, and even mortals rarely starved en masse.

With such a large expanse, the Divine Country of the River God from those years was certainly still there.

Numerous, sufficiently large tributaries, alongside the river's own immense size, contained River Gods.