Chapter 4

It is not yet mealtime, and the servants always deliver meals at fixed times, and each time it is done by two servants together.

The butler has arranged the servants, and they will not be replaced unless there is a special situation.

In Chu Xuan's willpower perception, the servant delivering the meal is a new recruit.

In Chu Xuan's willpower perception, this servant seems somewhat off.

Chu Xuan's brows slightly furrowed. Could someone in the Chu family be targeting him?

There's no reason for that.

In the main line of the Chu family, he is not favored by Chu Tianming, and the uncles and aunts have never targeted him.

As for his peers, he has already been expelled from the ancestral home and marginalized.

There is even less reason for them to target him.

The Chu family is indeed a large family, and the struggles within the main line are not too intense.

Chu Xuan watched as the servant entered and began to place the dishes on the table.

Using his willpower to perceive the food on the table, he discovered that there were several tiny insect eggs mixed in the rice.

If he had not broken through to the Xuan realm, he would absolutely not have noticed the insect eggs mixed in with the rice.

Eggs of a venomous insect?

The venomous insect, which can be perceived by willpower, is just an ordinary one and poses no threat to him at the Xuan realm cultivation level.

The other party is not trying to kill him but to control him!

"Thirteenth Young Master, it's time to eat."

After placing the dishes, the servant bowed his head and retreated to the side.

Chu Xuan still lay on the reclining chair, looking at the servant and said, "I'm quite curious, who sent you?"

"Huh?"

The servant was taken aback, glanced at Chu Xuan, and said, "It was the butler's orders."

The butler, who brought Chu Xuan here, is Chu Tianming's confidant and the head butler of the Chu family's ancestral home.

Chu Xuan decided to use this servant to test the mind control technique. A servant who has just cultivated to the Mortal realm's Qi Gathering stage absolutely cannot resist the mind control technique.

He immediately focused his mental will and cast the mind control technique, sending an invisible wave into the servant's will.

In just a moment, the servant had no resistance at all, and his eyes became vacant.

"Speak, who are you, and who sent you?"

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed with a cold light. No matter who is behind this, anyone who dares to harm him will not be forgiven.

His strength is not yet powerful enough, so he must endure for now. Once he becomes strong, he will be the first to eliminate them!

"I am a cultist. No one sent me. I saw an opportunity to control you and could report to the cult elders, so I came..."

The cult is the most unstable factor within the Qin Kingdom, and the force behind it is the Evil King Court!

The Evil King Court is a very special country in the Southern State, where everyone cultivates evil techniques, and there are few laws.

Every day, cultivators of evil techniques fight and devour each other to become stronger.

The population of the Evil King Court is the smallest, but its strength is extremely powerful, and it has a covetous eye on neighboring countries.

Especially the Evil King lineage, which firmly controls the Evil King Court, has strength that surpasses imagination; otherwise, how could it rule over the evil cultivators within its domain?

The Eight Kingdoms of the Southern State all have cults, which are either formed by evil cultivators from the Evil King Court or cultivated by the Evil King Court in their own territories.

The cults are secretive and extremely adept at hiding, making them impossible to eradicate and the biggest unstable factor within each country.

The members of the cult do not call themselves a holy religion like some sects; they call themselves cultists.

Because the cult is a group of people who cultivate evil techniques, they know they are evil and therefore do not call themselves a holy religion.

When Chu Xuan heard that the servant was a cultist, he was instantly shocked. Has he been targeted by the cult?

No, it should be that only this cultist has targeted him for now.

The Chu family has been infiltrated by a cult spy!

Could the cult be planning an attack on the Chu family?

If it were just the cult, the Chu family's strength would be sufficient to handle it.

What Chu Xuan is worried about is whether the Evil King Court has targeted the Chu family or even the Qin Kingdom, preparing to launch an attack.

At this stage, the Chu family cannot afford to have any problems. If the Chu family has any issues, how can he stay and become stronger?

He doesn't know how many cult spies are hidden within the Chu family. He must warn his nominal grandfather, Chu Tianming, to thoroughly investigate the Chu family and root out the hidden spies!

After questioning, Chu Xuan slightly relaxed. This action was the cultist's own initiative.

He saw an opportunity to control a member of the main line of the Chu family and thus prepared to secretly control him to curry favor with the cult elders.

Chu Xuan thought that if this cultist felt it was an opportunity to control a member of the main line of the Chu family, other cultists would likely feel the same way.

If there are cultists at the Xuan realm level hidden within the Chu family and they target him, it would be a big problem.

Therefore, to ensure his safety and comfort, he must have the Chu family thoroughly investigate the hidden spies.

He must warn his nominal grandfather, Chu Tianming.

How to warn him?

Chu Xuan does not want to reveal his strength. He does not plan to leave the courtyard and wants to hide his strength to reduce the enemy's attention.

Before he becomes strong enough, he must remain stable and endure!

As Chu Xuan thought this, his emotions fluctuated, and the mind control technique experienced a tremor. After all, it was his first time using the mind control technique, and he did not control the strength well, inadvertently destroying half of the servant's will.

As a result, Chu Xuan could not hand over a live spy to Chu Tianming. If he were to investigate, he would inevitably discover that the spy's will had been destroyed.

His strength would be suspected, and he would receive attention and speculation about whether he is hiding his strength for other purposes.

For a spy who has just cultivated to the Qi Gathering stage, the destruction of half of his will is an extremely serious injury, potentially even leading to mental retardation.

Even if he does not become mentally retarded, he will certainly experience confusion and uncontrollable emotions.

To prevent the discovery of the spy's damaged will, he must eliminate him.

Once dead, there would be no way to detect the damage to his will before death.

After all, it is just the Mortal realm, and there would be no residual mental will after death.

After Chu Xuan lost control and destroyed half of the spy's will, the servant's face twisted, as if he had fallen into a state of confusion.

Not long after, the two servants originally assigned to deliver the meal arrived.

Chu Xuan immediately released the cultist and pretended to engage in a fierce battle with him.

The cultist is just at the beginning of the Qi Gathering stage, and Chu Xuan also displayed the strength of someone just entering the Qi Gathering stage. He had just opened his meridians a few days ago and now broken through to the Qi Gathering stage, which would not raise suspicion.

Moreover, he acted as if he had just broken through and was not yet as strong as the cultist, barely defending himself, which fit his character.

A scum of the main line!

"Ridiculous, daring to attack Thirteenth Young Master!"

The servants delivering the meal heard the sounds of battle and quickly rushed over. Seeing Chu Xuan barely dodging and in a dangerous situation, they were shocked.

No matter how marginalized Chu Xuan is, he is still of the main line of the Chu family, not someone they can offend.

For a servant to attack a member of the main line of the Chu family is a grave offense!

"Cultist?"

Upon seeing the servant using evil techniques, they were even more shocked.