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Ordinary mother-child talismans and mother-child mirrors, including systems such as the rapid post talisman, voice transmission talisman, and Cloud Message, all operated on a network with interwoven connections. Due to this, they could potentially be monitored or intercepted. They were secure against outsiders, but not necessarily secure internally.
Thus, when carrying out highly confidential operations, the Daoist Order would even resort to using coded language.
However, fish talismans and licenses functioned on a direct point-to-point basis without passing through third parties, making them extremely difficult to intercept, thus ensuring a much higher level of security.
Qi Xuansu had used a fish talisman to contact Madam Qi, while the method he now used to contact Zhang Yuelu was the license.
Zhang Yuelu was quite surprised, since Qi Xuansu had contacted her only a short while ago.
“What good news is it this time?” Zhang Yuelu asked.
Qi Xuansu replied, “It’s hard to say whether this is good news or bad news. Maybe it’s good news.”
Then Qi Xuansu recounted the entire sequence of events to Zhang Yuelu.
After listening, Zhang Yuelu remained silent for a long while.
She did not quite know what to say.
As Qi Xuansu’s investigation deepened, he gradually found himself in a peculiar situation. Although the Earthly Preceptor had made no openly hostile moves, Qi Xuansu was slowly ending up on the opposite side of the Yao family.
The Yao family was no longer his backing. Instead, they were beginning to subtly...
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