Chapter 596: Chapter 568: White Mist Launches a Surprise Attack
Up to now, Li Fan was still unclear about what punishment he would receive if he violated the contract with the Five Elders Organization.
However, he definitely had no intention of testing the law with his own life.
Wasn’t it him, Li Fan, who raked in profits from every transaction with the Five Elders Organization? He would rather have more such trades, so why would he willingly break the contract!
The spy from the Five Elders Organization had already been reduced to bones and ashes, leaving only Li Fan at the trading location.
He casually destroyed the stone table with inscriptions on it and, as Zhou Qingang, flew back to Misthaven City.
On the way back, however, Li Fan was thinking about some unusual signs during the negotiation process.
The Reality Seducing Fruit and the Human Path Stardust, these treasures that were useful to cultivators in the Unity Realm, the Five Elders Organization only agreed to provide a handful.
Li Fan could understand this.
But for the Purvant Jurisdiction boat, the Five Elders Organization was also stingy, refusing to give more.
They even preferred to compensate with other more valuable items rather than make concessions.
This left Li Fan somewhat puzzled.
You must know that this Purvant Jurisdiction boat was an item one could casually buy on the roadside when the puppet body was traveling in the Five Elders Organization’s territory.
It hasn’t been long, but it suddenly became extremely valuable?
What on earth happened?
Li Fan was utterly confused.
It wasn’t until “Zhou Qingang” returned to the Governance Hall and inadvertently saw the map of the surrounding areas of Misthaven Ocean hanging on the wall – a light bulb suddenly came on in his mind.
He closely stared at the natural demarcation lines depicted on the map of the various states, named [Foggy Barrier], as if he had some insight.
“So-called supply determines the price.”
“Although the actual value of the Purvant Jurisdiction is not high, if the Five Elders Organization is now massively requisitioning it and there is a severe shortage…”
“Everything makes sense.”
Li Fan quickly changed his thought process.
“Does the Five Elders Organization intend to advance into the fog?”
“Along the Foggy Barrier, invade the inner part of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, or go deep into the fog?”
Even Li Fan himself was shocked by this sudden idea.
For many years, cultivators usually stayed away from the fog that would devour their lifespan.
Who would have thought that these Foggy Barriers could be used as natural waterways?
Although the internal members of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals already knew that the truth leaves could reduce the effects of the Element Devouring White Fog to a certain extent.
However, in terms of practical application, it has not yet been popularized.
This is undoubtedly a big blind spot in the thinking of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
The seemingly absolutely safe Foggy Barrier is very likely to have countless enemy cultivators pouring out in the next moment.
No matter how you look at it, it is an extremely thrilling event.
“I hope this is just me worrying over nothing. The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals has countless talents and they would surely take precautions against such a thing…”
“Right?”
During the next period, “Zhou Qingang” deliberately kept himself busy.
Requests for visits that he would initially refuse outright, he now all agreed to.
As soon as he was free, he would go to inspect the various islands around Misthaven Ocean.
In just three to four days, he had interacted with hundreds of individuals of different identities and statuses.
In this way, even if the Five Elders Organization wanted to investigate his source of information, and the whereabouts of the so-called [Overturning Sky Alliance].
It would also be an impossible task.
Furthermore, even if the Five Elders Organization had extraordinary methods and really arrested and soul-searched all these people, they would not find anything.
They probably wouldn’t dream in their wildest dreams that all the top secrets of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals came from Li Fan himself!
By the fifth day, Li Fan had arrived alone at Youlan Island’s Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion with the incomplete Array Diagram.
In the depths of the secret room, he saw the contact person for this transaction.
It was still the person shrouded in black clothing, with a concealed face.
But Li Fan was able to discern that this was not the same cultivator as last time.
“Very good! Daoist Zhou is very trustworthy, and we will not disappoint you.” The black-clothed cultivator looked at Li Fan, who had fulfilled his promise, and praised him aloud.
However, Li Fan asked about the situation of the previous spy from the Five Elders Organization.
The black-clothed cultivator solemnly said, “To accomplish his mission, he chose to sacrifice himself. This is our destiny and our honor.”
It was obvious that the one Li Fan had seen on that day who dissolved into golden light had truly died.
His life was the price for obtaining a contract scroll marked by the five Grandmasters.
The only strange thing was that there was no falling phenomenon in the sky, but the reason was unknown.
Li Fan nodded without uttering a word.
He handed over the storage ring containing the Encrypted Jade Scroll.
The black-clothed cultivator respectfully put it away and said, “Please wait for a moment.”
After speaking, he left with the ring, not knowing where he went.
Li Fan closed his eyes and waited patiently.
He wasn’t worried about the safety of this clone.
On one hand, due to the existence of the golden contract, which stipulates that neither party shall harm each other.
On the other hand, “Zhou Qingang” had shown himself to be a member of a large organization hidden deep within the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, a member of the Overturning Heaven Society.
And he is the only way to contact the Overturning Heaven Society.
Unless the Five Elders Organization is ready to break with the Overturning Heaven Society, and not obtain secrets from them about the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals in the future.
Otherwise, the Five Elders Organization wouldn’t attack Li Fan.
Especially when they were unable to find even a shred of information about the Overturning Heaven Society, despite their best efforts.
Also, the Five Elders Organization is currently at war with the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and certainly wouldn’t want to create additional enemies.
Of course, it can’t be ruled out that the Five Elders Organization might come up with some foolhardy plan, like using the Reality Seducing Fruit to forcibly turn Li Fan.
So while Li Fan was waiting, he never let down his guard and was ready to abandon this body at any time.
The efficiency of the Five Elders Organization was very high.
In just the time for a cup of tea, the black-clothed cultivator returned to the secret room.
Although he tried to conceal it, it was still possible to vaguely discern the excitement in his heart.
“Your skills are indeed shocking, I am impressed!”
“Here are the items we promised, please check them.”
Saying this, the black-clothed cultivator handed over a white stone.
“This is…” Li Fan’s eyes sparkled.
Fortunately, he had seen and heard a lot. After searching through the memory stored in the Huadao Stone, he immediately recognized the white stone.
[Ethereal Stone Matriarch].
A wholly natural storage material.
Compared with regular storage rings, it offers a larger storage space. It can also be absorbed and refined by cultivators, stored inside the body.
It is also a necessary item for crafting spatial magic treasures, extremely precious, and almost without a market price.
This thing was not on the list of materials Li Fan requested, so it was obviously given to Li Fan purely as a storage container.
Li Fan nodded slightly, then opened his mouth and directly swallowed the Ethereal Stone Matriarch.
However, he did not hurry to refine it immediately, instead first checking the objects inside.
The Five Elders Organization naturally would not be short in numbers, ten thousand Enlightenment Pills, three hundred Purvant Jurisdiction boats, three pieces of Human Path Stardust…
All were consistent with the contract.
Li Fan concentrated his attention on a statue glowing with five-color radiance, floating in the center of all the items.