This explained why the miniature radar sensors on the Heavenly Dao helmets hadn't detected the four people’s presence.
The four of them had been shielded by the spiritual body aura.
Unable to find Chu Tian, Tao Jiayu couldn't linger in a place with such strong Yang energy as the school.
Moreover, the male dormitory building was even more saturated with Yang energy.
This was why, after each graduating class, the male dormitories would be swapped with the female dormitories, and vice versa.
Although schools did not advocate superstition, this practice was tacitly accepted by almost all universities nationwide.
Furthermore, Tao Jiayu discovered that she couldn't stay away from water for too long, nor could she stay away from the [の]馆 for too long.
Helpless, she had to return.
Not long after Tao Jiayu returned to the [の]馆 from the school, Chu Tian's group encountered the team from the Ninth Office.
At that time, none of her resistance was effective; she was immediately entangled by the woman with a whip made of special material.
After she was subdued, the other party didn't rush to leave.
From their conversation, she learned that these people weren't after her; their target was the old man.
According to their information, the old man had been lingering there for a long time, and she wasn't the only victim.
They had stumbled upon Tao Jiayu while tracking the Gu Master.
Moreover, they had witnessed Tao Jiayu killing people from start to finish, and even her return to school with Yan Peng'ao and the other three.
They had been under surveillance the entire time, and surprisingly, they knew Chu Tian. They had then devised a plan, using Yan Peng'ao and the other three as bait, to wait for Chu Tian's arrival.
This was an unexpected bonus. First, they discovered a nascent spiritual Gu Master, and then they learned Chu Tian's whereabouts. Although they knew nothing about Chu Tian, they knew that Ye Ling had worked as a recruiter at this school.
Therefore, they deduced that this Chu Tian was likely Chu Tian, the副队长 of Ye Ling's M team.
The news circulating within the Ninth Office was that Ye Ling of the M team had defected, all her subordinates were out of contact, and all information about Chu Tian and others had been deleted.
This made it impossible for anyone to investigate the other members of the M team.
Although they had investigated this university after arriving in Shengjing, they had found several people named Chu Tian.
After investigation, all of them turned out to be ordinary people, except for this one who had just passed all his subjects and had failed the competitive combat class every year.
This Chu Tian, labeled a good-for-nothing, they couldn't track his movements because Chu Tian had been absent from school for some time.
During their investigation, they had interacted with Yan Peng'ao and others, so when they discovered these four, they were certain they would have a harvest today.
Even if Tao Jiayu hadn't recovered, they would have intervened to save the four and send them back, then waited for Chu Tian to appear.
At this moment, upon learning about the factional disputes within the Ninth Office, Chu Tian understood that perhaps Elder Xu, mentioned by Ye Ling, had deleted their information to protect them.
This meant that Chu Tian and his group were no longer members of the Ninth Office.
Today, Gao Kai had presented his Ninth Office identification, and the other party hadn't verified it thoroughly.
They probably wouldn't have been able to verify it even if they had tried, and while the Ninth Office was not well-known, those who knew dared not impersonate them.
Because within the realm of superpowered individuals, the Ninth Office's reputation was terrifying.
Who would dare impersonate them? If caught, it wouldn't be a simple matter of being eliminated!
Even if they weren't caught, if news reached them, they would be targeted!
It was rumored that the dissenting factions possessed many means of controlling people.
At that time, even after your death, your body might still be controlled to commit fratricide.
Logically, the dissenting factions, developing so openly, should have been eliminated long ago.
However, only other superpowered individuals could eliminate them.
But the original faction had little power left, and relying on them was impossible.
The country also couldn't hire organizations from other countries to do such a thing.
Doing so could lead to the Ninth Office falling under the control of an enemy nation.
Fortunately, while the dissenting factions were cruel and ruthless towards superpowered individuals, they had no impact on ordinary people.
So, the country turned a blind eye, as long as they could keep the superpowered individuals in check and not affect normal society.
Moreover, it seemed that under the leadership of the dissenting factions, superpowered individuals were much more subdued than before, and these people were cautious every day.
They were all afraid of being targeted by the Ninth Office, which perhaps was the benefit of using strong-arm tactics.
This was also why the Lin siblings feared the Ninth Office so much.
It wasn't just fear; Lin Yu was even a little desperate. Ever since she was sensible, she had been investigating the reason for her parents' disappearance.
Everything pointed to the Ninth Office.
Now, her maternal grandfather had also gone missing.
It was undoubtedly the work of the Ninth Office.
She just didn't know why her entire family had offended the Ninth Office.
She already hated the Ninth Office, but now that she was truly facing them, she was somewhat at a loss.
As Chu Tian and his group left the Huang residence, Chu Tian asked Lin Ran, "Will Tao Jiayu continue to survive in this way?"
Lin Ran shook his head and said, "The resentment of a vengeful spirit should not dissipate easily, yet hers has naturally dispersed. While this is a good thing for her, it is also a bad thing.
The good aspect is that she can be freed and even reincarnated in the legendary underworld.
The downside is that the endless slaughter she committed before will be entangled by karma, and whether she can go to that place is still unknown.
Furthermore, because her resentment has dispersed, she will become increasingly weak, and may even perish naturally.
At the same time, she is also a Gu Master. If she can master a cultivation method, it would be ideal, and then she could truly continue to survive this way.
However, the cultivation methods circulating externally are the simplest and most common. The true so-called techniques are held by hidden sects and families..."
Chu Tian was still not very interested in the karma he mentioned, and he also knew how difficult it was to obtain cultivation methods.
With their current strength, it was impossible to acquire them, let alone such a obscure cultivation method for Gu Masters, and one that was for spiritual bodies.
Finally, he inquired about some other matters, wanting to know why Tao Jiayu couldn't leave the range of the [の]馆, and other questions.
Lin Ran said that it was because she had died there, and her soul had generated endless resentment in the water, thus her spiritual body could not leave the water there.
It could be said that she was the 'water ghost' of that hot spring pool!