Chapter 665: Chapter 631: The Final Matter of Congyun
Before leaving, Gao Yuan handed over the matter of “cleaning up the ancient Secret Realm cultivator’s identify” to He Zhenghao.
“Zhou Qingang” also took out a generous sum to show his sincerity.
Since they were old colleagues, He Zhenghao naturally agreed to the task. In the course of the conversation, He Zhenghao further asked Zhou Qingang whether he planned to leave the Misthaven Ocean.
Zhou Qingang laughed and affirmed he had no such intentions.
Upon hearing this, He Zhenghao suddenly felt at ease. Even Zhou Qingang, being the trusted emissary of top-ranking officials, didn’t come up with any plan to avoid the upcoming disaster. This indicated that although the arrival of Heaven and Earth’s Spirit entails some risks, they were not significant.
Becoming more certain of his choice, he stopped overthinking. After persuading his daughter to leave, he started dealing with the “Secret Realm Cultivator’s entry into the Immortal Alliance.”
In his eyes, this felt similar to when he was the guard of Liuli Island, assisting mortals in escaping the realm.
The process was very smooth like he was charging per head.
Moreover, he was more daring than Gao Yuan and was not worried about being caught by the Immortal Alliance.
Therefore, the speed of the Medicine King Sect cultivators’ joining and integrating into the Alliance accelerated significantly.
Batch after batch of cultivators were awakened after the Bloodline Transition Rite, joined the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, and received the contribution points that Li Fan had scattered and transferred over.
Regardless, the hundreds of millions of contribution points Li Fan had were still a drop in the bucket.
To transfer all the contribution points before the event of the Crimson Blaze Ocean, Li Fan secretly exchanged and purchased standard-grade Spirit Stones from other cultivators.
In the meantime, he also reached out to the Five Elders Organization again.
As before, the negotiation was done through Zhou Qingang. This time, the team moved much faster than before.
Soon, Zhou Qingang met with the person in charge of the Five Elders Organization again.
He looked familiar, dressed in black, and his face was unclear. However, it was apparent that he was aware of the previous transaction.
Upon meeting, he asked, “Is there progress with the matter we discussed previously?”
Zhou Qingang smiled slightly, “It seems this matter is indeed important to you. Even after so much time has passed, you still haven’t forgotten about it.”
The previous matter referred to the Five Elders Organization entrusting “Zhou Qingang” to assist in investigating the ancient cultivator who was excavated from the Violet Firmament Sect Relics.
Li Fan had already learned about this from Jiao Xiuyuan and took it as a bargaining chip for this trade.
The monk from the Five Elders laughed it off, “Even though we are currently in a truce, everyone knows that peace is temporary. Nobody can predict when the war will break out again. Not to mention, we are only in a general state of peace. There are still some places where the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and us are still at odds.”
“Right now, we have only found a way to counteract the Alliance’s [Mystic Sky Phantom Lock]. But to thoroughly nullify its effect, we need more intelligence.”
Zhou Qingang kept a straight face, revealing no sign of astonishment, and nodded in acknowledgment.
“I have found out about the ancient cultivator’s identity. What price is the Five Elders willing to pay for this?” He said with a faint smile.
“Is that so?” The monk from Five Elders seemed delightfully surprised. He stood up immediately and stared intently at Zhou Qingang.
Zhou Qingng proudly nodded in confirmation.
“Excellent! Excellent!” The monk repeated several times, “The means of your Overturning Heaven Society is truly extraordinary!”
“Wait a moment, I will report to the top!”
The black-clothed cultivator turned around, falling into silence.
Zhou Qingang observed carefully but failed to decipher how the cultivator contacted the Five Elders’ headquarters. He could only reckon that it was due to the Five Elders’ formidable spy network.
After some time, the Five Elders’ Monk turned back around.
This time, he came back full of vigor and started to discuss the conditions with Zhou Qingang.
“The previous batch of [Fruit of Truth] and [Mortal Stardust] was very effective, we need some more…”
After some haggling over the price, a transaction was agreed upon at a price that both parties were relatively satisfied with.
“The sooner the trade is completed, the better.” Zhou Qingang hinted.
The monk from the Five Elders looked at Zhou Qingang and nodded in agreement.
“Oh, there’s one more thing.”
Just when the contract between the two was about to be fully signed, Zhou Qingnag suddenly inquired, “I have a certain amount of contribution points with complicated origins. I need to convert them into clean, untraceable standard-grade Spirit Stones. Could you help me with this?”
The monk from the Five Elders first hesitated, thinking that Zhou Qinggang had backed out. Upon hearing the cultivator’s terms, he immediately chuckled and said, “This is a small matter, no problem.”
“How many do you need?” he then asked.
“Not much, just two or three billion.” Zhou Qingang casually replied.
The monk from the Five Elders was utterly stunned.
“How…much?” For a moment, he doubted if he had heard wrong.
Zhou Qingang repeated his statement.
“Well…give me a moment, I need to consult this matter.” He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, his voice slightly trembling.
Zhou Qingang waved his hand, urging him to hurry on.
Compared to the previous consultation, this one took much longer, leaving the black-clothed cultivator nearly exhausted.
“Um, the top has agreed to your request. However…”
Appearing somewhat nervous, he continued cautiously, “the previously mentioned list of materials might need some adjustments.”
“Hmm?” Zhou Qingang displayed a look of dissatisfaction and turned to leave.
“Wait! Wait!” The black-clothed cultivator hurried forward to stop him.
“Let’s discuss this! You see, the number of standard-grade Spirit Stones you are asking for is really too huge, not to mention trying to avoid attracting the attention of the Thousands of Immortals Alliance, it’s almost impossible!” he explained.
“If it isn’t a difficult task, why would I come to you? I would have done it myself.” Zhou Qingang huffed.
The monk from the Five Elders nodded repeatedly without arguing.
After further negotiation, the two parties finally managed to come to an agreement.
As a streak of Golden Light entered Zhou Qingang’s body, the black-clothed spy slowly dissolved in the Golden Light and vanished.
However, there was no hint of fear or panic on his face.
He only mentioned the details and location of their next transaction to Zhou Qingnag.
After the black-clothed spy completely vanished, Zhou Qingang observed the area carefully before shaking his head slightly.
“Using humans as contracts, not fearing life and death. This truly is peculiar.”
He then destroyed all traces of his presence and quietly returned.
Ten days later, Zhou Qingang met another black-clothed spy whose aura was extremely similar but clearly a different person.
Just like last time, he handed over an [Ethereal Stone Matriarch], all the materials required were listed inside.
After a brief check, Li Fan revealed the identity of the excavated ancient cultivator.
“Law King of the Mystic Sky Sect?”
The person opposite was visibly shocked upon hearing this.
But it seemed that they were somewhat prepared for this, he quickly regained his composure.