I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

On the cloud-wreathed 'mountainside,' a solitary figure stepped onto the land.

He walked alone to the building in the very center of the clearing, raised his hand, pushed open the wooden doors, and walked inside. Without hesitation, he sat down in the seat prepared for him across from the Taoist who sat with his eyes closed.

"You've come earlier than I expected," said Xiaoyao.

Ma En naturally reached for the tea that had been brewed for him:

"I made an agreement with you."

Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows and looked at him:

"Haven't you had some trouble to deal with recently? I thought you'd wait until you'd taken care of it before coming to me. Aren't you worried that working for me will give them an opportunity to find some flaw?"

Ma En said with a smile:

"Of course, I'm not worried about them. Master, you should have heard about it, right? There's a powerful organization called the Secret Alliance behind me. But these days, we've also discovered that they can't be dealt with in a short time.

"Since that's the case, I can't keep waiting, so I'll just pretend they don't exist. When they attack me again, I'll take the opportunity to find their weakness and solve them."

He spoke as if the mastermind behind the scenes posed no threat to him, just a slight inconvenience.

Xiaoyao nodded slightly:

"You are quite thoughtful."

He was sincere, after all, if Ma En wasn't afraid of the mastermind, then there would be no problem in coming to work for him earlier. And if the mastermind could really kill Ma En, then he should come to him even more.

At least he had to help him get things done before he died.

Xiaoyao also knew that Ma En's coming to him at this moment might not be without the idea of using him, but Xiaoyao himself wouldn't be foolishly drawn into it, and that mastermind certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to offend him.

As long as the other party was smart enough not to make more enemies, Xiaoyao would naturally keep a safe distance from Ma En, not giving him a chance to use him to deal with the mastermind. And as long as he didn't do anything stupid, Ma En couldn't use this relationship to make him clash with the mastermind.

In fact, in Ma En's situation, this was already the best approach for him, and Xiaoyao didn't have the patience to wait for him to slowly solve the problem with that mastermind, let alone wait until Ma En was killed.

Of course, the mastermind might really be stupid enough to attack him without any need, but if that was the case, it wasn't Ma En's fault, but the other party's lack of insight.

Then he wouldn't mind giving these 'fellow practitioners' in the Barren World a lesson.

In the end, the root cause of Xiaoyao's indifference was that he had enough confidence in himself, not only believing that Ma En couldn't and wouldn't be stupid enough to use him, but also not fearing any accidents.

So even if Ma En didn't come to him, he would start urging Ma En in a few days, and based on the contract they signed, he could 'force' Ma En to work for him.

Ma En said:

"I just asked the Federation, and they won't stop this matter, but they will also arrange for other members to be inserted into our sect, and they have already selected a few guys to monitor us.

"The leader is the Yin-Yang Twins who once followed Shenxiao."

Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Those ghost cultivators?"

Ma En showed a curious look:

"Ghost cultivators?"

Xiaoyao nodded:

"That's right, these ghost cultivators were refined by cultivators. I don't know the specifics. Is there any remaining cultivator here, or are they actually ghosts from the cultivation world?

"But the one who refined them must be a Nascent Soul cultivator with extraordinary attainments in this field. Although these siblings have extraordinary physiques, it is by no means easy to make them Golden Core level fierce ghosts just by refining them. It is definitely not something that any Golden Core cultivator can easily do. You must know that these siblings have not cultivated any methods."

This passage raised many questions.

Ma En asked curiously:

"So their power also comes from cultivators, but if they were refined in the cultivation world, how could they appear here? But if the one who refined them was a Nascent Soul cultivator, how did they gain freedom?"

Xiaoyao said with a smile:

"You've hit the nail on the head. These fierce ghosts are extremely extraordinary even among Golden Core ghosts. Their hearts and souls are connected. If they are not killed at the same time after turning into fierce ghosts, they will not be completely destroyed.

"Therefore, they are not bad for any Nascent Soul cultivator, and if they are supplemented with good mental methods, they may cause no small trouble to ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. That's why I say they may be from the cultivation world.

"In fact, although the cultivation world and the Barren World are separated by formations, it is not completely impossible to travel between them. Otherwise, how do you think I went there? You must know that I was not yet at the Nascent Soul realm at that time.

"And I haven't said it before, but in fact, only my soul was left when I entered the cultivation world. In other words, these ghosts are more likely to enter and exit the cultivation world than cultivators.

"As for the second possibility, because I can't see the origin of that cultivator, it's hard to imagine what kind of cultivator can cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm in the Barren World. Maybe he has integrated other Taoist methods, and the cultivation method is only used to purely temper the soul. This is not impossible.

"And in fact, this possibility is also easy to explain. Think about who the Yin-Yang Twins followed later?"

Ma En immediately understood what he meant when he heard this. If there was a Rank 5 Nascent Soul cultivator who had cultivated through some incomplete and modified cultivation method, then he might have been killed by Shenxiao after completing the Yin-Yang Twins.

However, after thinking deeply, he felt that this idea was somewhat unreasonable. After all, Shenxiao did not immediately accept the Yin-Yang Twins at that time, unless Shenxiao was actually more cold-blooded than she looked, and Ma En, who had just met Shenxiao, did not think this was possible.

But he immediately thought that Shenxiao might not have really gone to 'see' the Yin-Yang Twins, but rather killed the cultivator instinctively in an accidental encounter, and her prediction of the future at that time might have been polluted by the Federation's plan, and it was normal not to notice the harm caused by the Yin-Yang Twins.

After all, Shenxiao is not a real god, but if this is the case, it raises new questions...

Could it be that Shenxiao really has some long-term arrangements for the Yin-Yang Twins that have not yet arrived?

But in fact, the real situation may not be this, and these ideas themselves are not important at all.

However, Ma En still followed Xiaoyao's words as usual:

"Do you think Shenxiao is really so scheming?"

"Maybe, or maybe I suspect her divine power," Xiaoyao said with a smile. "Although we were all born in this land, I can actually accept someone like Shenxiao more than most people here.

"After all, I have also seen all kinds of knights in the cultivation world, and some of them are as admirable as Shenxiao."

Ma En asked with a curious look:

"Even you admire Shenxiao, Master?"

Xiaoyao raised his teacup and took a sip:

"Of course, if I were you, I might follow her. After all, before she was defeated, I couldn't imagine who could really defeat her. It was this matter that made me a little more afraid of your Federation.

"And if you ask me about the Nascent Soul in the Barren World, I will tell you that most of the Nascent Soul are just mediocre in my opinion, and only a few can be called individuals, but if you ask about Shenxiao...

"I am not as good as her."

Ma En didn't expect to hear Xiaoyao say this. Although most high-level ability users in the Federation have some kind of deep-rooted respect for Shenxiao, Ma En noticed very early on that he always looked down on the Federation's ability users.

After all, Xiaoyao came from the cultivation world, which really has higher-level ability users.

This time, it was really out of pure curiosity. Ma En sincerely asked:

"What kind of person is Shenxiao in the cultivation world?"

Xiaoyao smiled, and he also saw that Ma En wanted to inquire about the situation in the cultivation world indirectly:

"Naturally, she is a dragon among men. I have already said that I am not as good as her. Do you think I am an ordinary cultivator? Among the current Nascent Soul cultivators in the cultivation world, there are no more than five who can make me say this.

"But the current cultivation world is too calm. To be honest, she would only be a direct disciple of a Half-Immortal there, and she would not be able to see her true abilities at all. Only in that chaotic era of cultivation could there be heroes like her.

"If you really want to compare, she is more like those cultivators who stepped by step killed their way to the Half-Immortal realm and re-established the Heavenly Court and a new order, more like that Half-Immortal Jade Emperor who was reincarnated hundreds of times."

Although he knew that Ma En was inquiring about the situation in the cultivation world, Xiaoyao did not deliberately exaggerate to mislead Ma En's judgment. These were his true thoughts, and this may be because he was actually a Barren World person.

But if there was a mastermind in the Barren World like Shenxiao, then today he would definitely let Ma En go back temporarily. Even if he felt that he had the means to stay out of it, he would never gamble.

After all, if the mastermind was as strong as Shenxiao, he would not need to care about his feelings at all.

However, Xiaoyao did not expect that Ma En was actually using this to judge his strength. After all, Ma En himself was not the Rank 5 ability user who was hiding his identity as they thought, but had just been quietly promoted.

So in fact, he is not very good at judging the strength of ability users of the same rank, but this is also very important, especially the strength of Xiaoyao. He must have a most basic concept of this now.

Because he really intends to use Xiaoyao a little. Although he does not really want to rely on Xiaoyao to deal with Seryne, Ma En feels that Seryne will still use Xiaoyao's matter to deal with him.

And there are reasons why he and Xiaoyao have different views on this matter. First of all, Seryne still does not intend to expose his true identity, so he will definitely deal with him indirectly.

Secondly, Ma En does not think that Seryne will be particularly afraid of Xiaoyao.

This is actually the key point. Xiaoyao feels that there are not many ability users here who would dare to offend him, but Ma En knows that Seryne is likely to be the ability user who is not afraid of Xiaoyao, not only because Seryne is very strong, but also because gods like Seryne cannot be easily killed, and Xiaoyao cannot do anything to him.

So the confidence revealed in Xiaoyao's words made Ma En feel a little more at ease.

Ma En pretended to be surprised and said:

"I didn't expect that even you would evaluate Shenxiao so highly."

Xiaoyao showed a respectful look:

"And don't think that I am treating Shenxiao as a Half-Immortal just because I mentioned that the Jade Emperor is a Half-Immortal. This Jade Emperor is the leader of the Heavenly Court, the ruling organization in the current cultivation world, and he can ascend at any time.

"He has deliberately cultivated a method that allows him to be constantly reincarnated and re-cultivated, and he has forcibly stayed in the Half-Immortal realm. Moreover, he can retain 10% of his cultivation level every time he re-cultivates, and he has now been reincarnated hundreds of times.

"And he has re-cultivated to the Half-Immortal realm every time."

Hearing this, Ma En had new questions again:

"Does he have any reason why he can't ascend to become an immortal?"

Xiaoyao shook his head:

"Immortals are not left in the mortal world, but this is too early for you. After you help me establish the sect, you will slowly understand what this is all about. We should get back to the topic.

"How are things going with the sect, how are you communicating with the Federation?"

Ma En also said seriously:

"Of course, I have talked to them about many things. The most important thing is the first batch of cultivators. According to our agreement with them, they need to have 30% of the positions in the initial disciples, and 10% of them are simply decided by the Federation. The remaining 20% are selected from the young people they provide.

"And the others are decided by ourselves, but this part has not been decided yet."

Xiaoyao said:

"I will personally select these disciples. Although I am asking you to manage the sect for me, the initial preaching and explanation will naturally be done by me. When the initial disciples can also teach the exercises, I will start to retreat. At that time, I may have to wait a long time before I can come out to explain once."

Ma En nodded:

"The Federation has also considered this point. They said they would find some scholars who may not really be able to cultivate to join, and they want them to learn the principles of cultivation, and want them to teach the new disciples the theory of cultivation at that time."

Xiaoyao was noncommittal about this:

"If they want to, let them try. The Federation does have a lot of smart people, but if you want to truly understand any path, you still have to rely on personal experience. Whether they can achieve success depends on their own abilities."

Ma En continued:

"As for the location of the cultivation sect, after careful discussion with the Federation, I have set it in the eastern part of the Southern Federation. The Southern Federation itself is a particularly chaotic place, and people there are more likely to believe in the existence of supernatural powers, which is especially suitable for us to recruit disciples, and the Federation is more receptive to us establishing a sect here.

"And I chose the east because it is closer to the Eastern Federation. Many people there are immigrants from the Eastern Federation. Basically, the locals there understand the Eastern Federation language and are more likely to see the teachings of the exercises."

Xiaoyao nodded:

"Okay."

Very good.

This is Ma En's real purpose in coming to Xiaoyao.

He does have the intention to use Xiaoyao, but that is definitely not his real motive. After all, Seryne may not really take the opportunity to deal with him, and he cannot guarantee that Xiaoyao can form an effective counterattack.

What he really wants to do is just to find a reasonable excuse to enter the Southern Federation. Seryne must know that Xiaoyao may have some chips of his own, so in Seryne's view, his entry into the Southern Federation does not seem like a trap.

Enoch needed to convince Serene that he had walked into the "lion's den" willingly...

He wanted the prey to think it was the hunter.