"Then I'm truly looking forward to it," Li Fan said with a smile, looking at He Zhenghao, who exuded confidence.
He Zhenghao then went on to boast about his past accomplishments: doubling his contribution points in ten years, and making a single large profit that equaled several years of hard work.
It was only when Li Fan subtly gestured that he reluctantly ceased his boasting and took his leave.
The Heaven-Mystic Mirror's notification sounded at an opportune moment.
"Cultivator Li Fan, welcome to the Myriad Immortals Alliance. As a benefit, you will receive 1000 contribution points for free. You can use these points to exchange for spirit stones, cultivation techniques, magic treasures, and more."
"You received 1500 contribution points transferred from He Zhenghao."
"Current total contribution points: 2500."
Although he started this life with 2500 contribution points, this meager amount barely registered for Li Fan, who had once accumulated a fortune exceeding a million.
Especially in the late Foundation Establishment stage, the Heaven-Mystic Mirror's awakening cost was already as high as 300 contribution points per day.
Li Fan now realized that these 300 contribution points were roughly what an ordinary late Foundation Establishment cultivator would earn by spending nearly a month on low-risk missions.
Most of the month was spent running errands, with only one day left for awakening and cultivation.
Then, back to running errands.
This was an endless cycle.
Occasionally, they might also get lucky and receive high-reward, low-risk missions.
Only then, after a full year, would they manage to accumulate a meager sum of contribution points.
This was the unfortunate fate of ordinary cultivators in the Myriad Immortals Alliance, akin to beasts of burden.
If they were unwilling to accept this and desired to take a gamble,
then there was, naturally, the risk of falling in battle.
As someone who constantly restarted, Li Fan naturally could not fall to the same fate.
Employing his usual trick, he purchased a storage ring, went out, and then returned.
He exchanged the gold, silver, and valuables, as well as the Fragmented Stele of Stopping Steps, from the Taiyan Boat.
He obtained 2831 contribution points.
Still too little!
Li Fan remembered that in about half a year, the strange beast, the Dragon Whale, which had gained intelligence by devouring numerous glazed beads, would destroy the Spirit Mist Grass Island.
True Monarch Qingmu Huasheng also used this opportunity to set a trap and reap a great harvest.
Li Fan naturally did not want to miss such a feast.
Naturally, he needed to accumulate enough contribution points to participate before then.
Li Fan's gaze instinctively fell upon the previous mission to collect blue blood coral.
Without hesitation, he directly accepted the mission.
Then, he directly used a teleportation array to arrive at Fog Raven Island in the northwest sea of the Congyun Sea.
The guardian of Fog Raven Island was also a Foundation Establishment cultivator, whose hunched figure was hidden in a black robe, with no visible facial expression.
His aura exuded a sinister chill, implicitly keeping others at a distance.
Li Fan merely nodded slightly in acknowledgment and then left directly.
After exiting the island protection formation, Li Fan looked up.
He saw that the sky above the island was perpetually shrouded in a thin layer of gray mist.
Within the gray mist, vague silhouettes of flocks of birds could be seen.
Li Fan flew to the edge of the gray mist, used his spiritual power to control and capture one of the birds, and observed it carefully.
"Caw! Caw!"
This bird was, naturally, the so-called Fog Raven.
It had no physical body; its entire form was composed of this gray mist.
The Fog Raven struggled, flapping its wings, continuously trying to peck at Li Fan with its large, curved beak.
When spiritual power touched the gray mist, it surprisingly produced a faint burning sensation.
This couldn't help but surprise Li Fan somewhat.
"These Fog Ravens seem to have some use, but only those from the Heavenly Secrets Hall know what it is."
After some study, yielding no results, Li Fan released it.
Then, he got down to business, flying west of Fog Raven Island.
After flying over two hundred li, Li Fan concealed his aura and dived into the seabed.
Within the vast underwater ruins stretching for dozens of li, a blue blood coral was conspicuously growing.
It was entirely transparent, emitting a faint, ethereal glow.
Various marine creatures had built their homes around this coral.
Furthermore, a sea snake with strength equivalent to a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator lurked secretly nearby, acting as a guardian.
This peaceful and beautiful scene was abruptly shattered by Li Fan's arrival.
The Binding Insect divine ability was activated, and simultaneously, the True Transformation Art transformed into the Ocean Pearl.
Under a single sword strike from Congyun, the sea snake instantly lost its life.
"Huh? After the Foundation Establishment wondrous item transformed into the Ocean Pearl, the power of my moves actually received a slight boost within this Congyun Sea?"
As soon as he unleashed that sword strike, Li Fan keenly sensed the difference.
He carefully sensed the feelings emanating from around him.
"This feeling... is it the Congyun Sea inexplicably showing a sense of affinity?"
"Is it treating the Ocean Pearl as its sibling?"
Li Fan gave a wry smile, paid it no mind, and focused his attention on the blue blood coral.
With a rumble, the blue blood coral was uprooted and placed into his storage ring.
The homes of countless creatures were destroyed; they scattered in panic, fleeing for their lives.
Li Fan showed no remorse, utterly devoid of any awareness of being a destroyer.
"That's 3000 contribution points acquired, easier than my cultivation practice."
Li Fan remembered that Elder Chen of the Medicine Hall always purchased this blue blood coral.
So he carefully recalled where else in the Congyun Sea it might exist.
"Hmm, it seems there's another one not far from here, in a deep undersea valley."
"Might as well take it while I'm here."
Thus, without much effort, Li Fan excavated another blue coral.
Returning to the Heaven-Mystic Mirror, he chose to submit them.
After receiving the two corals, the other party quickly settled the mission reward.
Six thousand contribution points were immediately obtained.
"I wonder what kind of elixir Elder Chen needs this blue blood coral to refine?"
Li Fan asked casually.
After a while, perhaps out of consideration for the two blue blood corals, the other party replied.
"The Icy Heart Severing Elixir, needed for exploring a secret realm. If you can find more of this coral in the future, you can also trade it to me."
"I'll take as much as you can find."
"The Icy Heart Severing Elixir, huh." Li Fan mused, pondering the name of the elixir.
With the mission complete, Li Fan's contribution points now exceeded ten thousand.
And only three days had passed since he joined the Myriad Immortals Alliance.
The rapid increase in his contribution points was truly astonishing.
Li Fan then looked at the most conspicuous bounty mission.
"The 100,000 contribution points for the Cloudwater Dao Diagram—I still can't miss it in this life."
"But that old geezer called Heavenly Physician is a bit bizarre."
"Judging by his strength, he is at least a Dao-Integration Immortal Venerable."
The scene where the black-robed Dao-Integration expert from Yuandao Province froze Li Fan's thoughts was still vivid in his mind.
Li Fan naturally wouldn't choose his main body to confront the Heavenly Physician.
"It seems I still need to refine a clone."
After purchasing all the materials for refining a clone, he went to the seabed again to acquire the Heavenly Crystal Spirit Sand.
Then he headed straight for the cave dwelling where Sikong Yi was hiding.
Sikong Yi and his clone, Baili Chen, had erratic movements, and if he were to sense them through cultivating the "Stealing Heaven and Swapping Sun Art," he feared they might escape far away using a teleportation array.
A chase at that point would inevitably be troublesome.
It would be better to lie in wait here.
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