Chapter 2467 An Unassuming Black Bird
Ashy had heard a lot of 'gossip' in her trial run which was more than satisfactory for Lin Mu.
'She even managed to snoop on a Minister and several high ranking members of nobility and guards… I suppose this should be more than enough for the job.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
"Alright, that's enough." Lin Mu asked Ashy to stop. "You did really good." He praised the bird.
"I did! Really!?" The bird asked.
"Yeah. You should do well for this job too." Lin Mu replied. "You member what I told you right?" "Yep, I'll sneak into her shadow and listen to everything." Ashy nodded.
"Good." Lin Mu spoke before sending out a message to the Discipline Hall elders, Commander Dui as well as Crown Prince Feng Shun.
He merely told them that he had begun the investigation and that they should withdraw all surveillance from the suspected servant.
The Crown Prince asked if Lin Mu was sure of this method, and in response he simply sent the prince the transcription of all that Ashy had told him.
The Crown Prince only had one word in reply after that.
"Damn."
Taking that as approval Lin Mu showed Ashy the appearance of the servant to Ashy and told her where she would be present.
"You can get there on your own right?" Lin Mu asked.
"Yep, I know all parts of the palace now!" Ashy said with great confidence. "Hiss~ we explored the palace a lot already and know all the secret paths." Xiao Yin spoke.
"Yes~ we even know where the nobles sneak to meet their mistresses!" Xiao Yang added.
'Looks like it's not a problem limited to Ashy… the three have been getting into some strange stuff.' Lin Mu wondered if it needed to be addressed.
But for the time being he decided to let it be.
"Alright then, you can head out Ashy." Lin Mu stated.
"Can we go too?" the twins asked.
"No, its best to let her be alone. I already added protection for her too, so she'll be fine. You two might get detected later." Lin Mu replied.
"Okay." The twins understood.
"Beside, I have your gem ready, Xiao Yin." Lin Mu added.
"YAY!" The black serpent was highly pleased.
"I'll see you all later!" Ashy said as she quickly flapped away.
~WHOOSH~
"Here, take this." Lin Mu said as he handed the red gem that he had refined.
~SHUA~
Xiao Yin easily made a connection with the Immortal Red Cuprite Gem and branded it, making the gem fly out of Lin Mu's hand and attach to her forehead.
"It works!" Xiao Yin played with the Storage Gem a bit and tried storing and withdrawing things which was quite easy for her.
She took all the things she had asked Xiao Yang to keep in his storage and finally moved them to her own.
Lin Mu also gave her more items for use like Talismans, pills, immortals stones and more. If both the serpents had enough like this, they would have a better level of safety.
And while he was doing this, Ashy had already reached the location of the servant.
~WHOOSH~
She came to a stop at an awning that hung over the kitchen of a courtyard. It was a separate building which was pretty much only used by servants and the nobles rarely came by. This was the place where the suspected assassin worked as a cook's assistance.
'That should be her.' Ashy quickly spotted the girl who was helping chop vegetables for the cook. The kitchen was rather busy since it was almost lunch time and there were at least thirteen servants hard at work here, along with many that were going in an our carrying dishes and ingredients. And yet with so many people present, not a single person found Ashy suspicious.
A majority didn't even look at her and even the couple that did look at her barely paid any attention. After all, she wasn't the only bird present there. At least thirty more birds were sitting on the awnings and the roofs of the kitchen, waiting to peck at the leftovers that might fall or be thrown.
It was a normal sight for the servants as such they didn't pay attention to it at all. As long as the bird didn't come disturb them while working or taint the materials they didn't care.
Thus, a bird like Ashy that didn't even seem to be an Immortal was of the least concern to them. After all, half the servants present here were immortals too and even the ones that were not immortals were at least at the Dao Treading Realm.
None of the bird were of any threat to them so they would never care about them.
This was also why Ashy was the perfect for this job. She was just an Unassuming Black Bird.
The bird simply watched the servant girl and observed how her shadow moved. It was currently noon, so the shadow being cast on the ground was rather small, leaving little space for Ashy to use. But once the servant girl moved in front of the stove, Ashy moved.
The light from the stove's flames cast a long shadow that merged into the shadow of a pillar on the side. ~WHOOSH~
Ashy silently dived into the shadow of a pillar under her, with none the wiser.
She then moved to the Servant Girl shadow that was connected with the pillar's shadow and calmly watched as the shadow disconnected again when the girl moved.
After her control had improved, Ashy had learned that she could actually jump between different shadows as long as they were connected or at least touching. This is exactly what they had been practicing in the forest as it had a lot of shadows and allowed Ashy to practice to her hearts content.
The twins would hide somewhere and Ashy would have to tag them without the serpents sensing her. The little game had went great for her and she had improved quite a bit.
And now all she had to do was to wait and observe.