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"The Heavenly Profound Sect indeed still has remnants surviving in the world. The one who escaped to the Purple Firmament Sect, who exactly could that be..." the Five Elders' Society cultivator murmured softly.
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Qing'ang again.
"Confirming this matter is very important for our Five Elders' Society. Although it's a transaction, we still have to thank fellow daoist. As for the contribution points that need to be laundered..."
He paused slightly and said, "Within a month, more than ten cultivators with different identities will come with safe, standardized spirit stones. Fellow daoist only needs to transfer the contribution points to them."
As if fearing Zhou Qing'ang's concern, he added, "These cultivators will be using shell identities that our Five Elders' Society has created over a long time. Soon after the transaction is complete, they will perish for various reasons. There's no need to worry about being traced or leaked."
After carefully relaying the secret code for the contact, the transaction between the two parties was considered basically complete and successful.
"I very much look forward to our future cooperation," the black-robed cultivator from the Five Elders' Society said slowly, looking at Zhou Qing'ang as they parted ways.
"Me too," Zhou Qing'ang replied with a smile, cupping his hands.
With that, he turned and left.
Not until Zhou Qing'ang's figure vanished on the horizon did the Five Elders' Society cultivator frown and murmur, "Zhou Qing'ang, Li Fan..."
"What exactly are their true identities? We've searched for so long, yet we haven't found a single piece of useful information."
"Is the Heaven-Covering Society truly real? Or is it simply a pretext used by some cultivators within the Myriad Immortals Alliance who want to exchange the information they possess for resources?"
After a long contemplation, he smiled in relief.
"Regardless, as long as they can provide us with intelligence, that's enough. The more chaotic it is within the Myriad Immortals Alliance, the better!"
The Five Elders' Society cultivator's figure grew fainter and gradually vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile, Zhou Qing'ang, having completed the transaction, returned to Congyun Immortal City as if nothing had happened.
Having spent such an enormous amount of contribution points, he had long prepared for his information to be exposed. But it didn't matter; at most, the Five Elders' Society would deduce that "Li Fan, the cultivator from the Heavenly Mystery Sect," was also a member of the Heaven-Covering Society, and they might even guess that the identity of the ancient cultivator was a disguise.
However, they would absolutely not guess Li Fan's true identity.
Who could have imagined that the true identity of the cultivator who caused quite a stir in the Profound Yellow World was a "mortal" from a minor realm?
Soon, all truths would be buried in the cataclysm. Even if someone wanted to investigate, there would be no way to do so.
The River of Time surged forward, and everything proceeded steadily as planned.
The number of cultivators awakened from the Medicine King Sect, including Liu San, had reached three hundred and forty-six.
Although the vast majority were at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core realms, there were only five Nascent Soul cultivators.
But united, they clearly formed a considerable force. More crucially, as time passed, the effect of the Blood Conversion Technique became increasingly prominent. Their reverence for Li Fan also grew day by day.
Furthermore, Li Fan often used the goal of "revitalizing the Medicine King Sect" to intensively brainwash them. Gradually, their gazes towards Li Fan even became filled with a certain fanaticism. Li Fan believed that soon, even if he asked them to sacrifice their lives for the Medicine King Sect, they would not hesitate in the slightest.
"The Blood Conversion Technique is truly extraordinary," Li Fan thought, extremely satisfied with the effect of this divine ability.
Of course, the excellent effect of the Blood Conversion divine ability was also based on Li Fan's absolute suppression of power.
Li Fan had once tried to use it on a Soul Transformation cultivator, but it ended in failure. Even converting the five Nascent Soul cultivators was extremely difficult. It was only with Liu San's help that he barely managed to complete it.
With enough personnel, Li Fan gradually stopped awakening more cultivators from the Medicine King Sect.
Li Fan knew that the Myriad Immortals Alliance monitored the number of cultivators in each state. An increase of over three hundred out of nowhere, considering the vast overall number of cultivators in the Congyun Sea, was still within a reasonable range. However, if the number increased further, it might arouse suspicion and investigation. Therefore, he decided to temporarily halt the awakenings.
After asking Liu San for detailed information about the Hedao Elder who was still in slumber, Li Fan used his second True Temptation Fruit.
He awakened a Hedao cultivator named Fang Zaiji.
This person was an elder of the Medicine King Sect specializing in artifact refining. The small Medicine King Cauldrons used by the disciples were crafted by him.
Fang Zaiji was not actually a Medicine King Sect cultivator. However, many years ago, after being chased and on the verge of death, he was rescued by Liu Ruchen. To repay her kindness and to evade his enemies, he stayed in the Medicine King Sect as an enshrined elder.
This person didn't actually have much affection for the Medicine King Sect. However, he was very interested in the refining method of the sect's divine artifact, the "True Medicine King Cauldron."
Liu Ruchen had previously promised to lend him the True Medicine King Cauldron for research, which was what moved him.
Li Fan used the True Temptation Fruit to modify Fang Zaiji's thoughts.
Now, in Fang Zaiji's perception, during his time in the Medicine King Sect, he was relatively unfamiliar with the other disciples.
Only Liu Yihang, who was Li Fan, constantly pestered him every day. He had virtually watched Li Fan grow up and had come to regard him as a half-son.
With Li Fan's instructions, imbued with absolute trust, when the True Temptation Fruit disappeared and Fang Zaiji awakened...
Under Li Fan's narration, he quickly understood their current situation.
"It seems the Myriad Immortals Alliance is even more insidious than the Ten Immortal Dao Sects of the past," a hint of gloom flashed in Fang Zaiji's eyes.
"Sect Master, you should have awakened me sooner," he complained slightly in his tone.
Li Fan shook his head slightly, explaining, "Initially, I wanted to find the Longevity Valley as a foothold, so naturally, I awakened Elder Liu first."
"When I considered awakening you, Mr. Fang, I heard that the Myriad Immortals Alliance monitored the number of cultivators in each state. At the time, I wasn't sure why, so for safety, I kept delaying. Now that it's clear that it should be related to the new cultivation methods cultivators are practicing today, and since you are unaffected, I awakened you."
Fang Zaiji nodded slightly, indicating he accepted Li Fan's explanation.
"Monitoring the number of cultivators might be related to the Immortal Ruins," he suddenly said after a moment, as if recalling something.
"Oh?" Li Fan was a little surprised and looked at him curiously.
"When I was traveling back then, by chance I heard that the Ten Immortal Dao Sects had once set up a formation that covered the entire Profound Yellow World," Fang Zaiji seemed to be lost in thought.
"It was like a sword hanging over the heads of all living beings. From the day they were born, all beings in the world, regardless of their cultivation or race, would fall into this formation."
"This formation could not only easily deal with cultivators across the world but also gather the power of all living beings to traverse endless void, pinpoint the locations of other cultivation worlds, and establish inter-world passages for conquests."
Fang Zaiji said slowly.
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