Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Spirit Stones becoming the currency of the Cultivator Realm?

Isn’t that an unbelievable thing?

Spirit Stones are indeed useful for cultivators, but only limited to alchemists cultivating spirit medicine, or the rising Artifact Path faction represented by the Mo Family, using Spirit Stones to power magical artifacts.

Aside from that, Spirit Stones cannot be absorbed by cultivators.

So traditionally, the value of Spirit Stones is usually reflected in large sects, as they need a large amount of spirit medicine to refine pills to supply cultivators for assisted cultivation.

For common loose cultivators, or slightly smaller sects, the role of Spirit Stones is not that significant.

”What if the Imperial Court can make these cultivators unable to part with Spirit Stones?”

Gao Feng’s sentence, spoken lightly, was like a massive ripple breaking the still surface of a lake.

If cultivators really couldn’t part with Spirit Stones, then the value of Spirit Stones would be immeasurable.

And what kind of plotting has the Imperial Court done to achieve such an extent?

”I reckon it won’t be too far in the future, so the usefulness of Spirit Stones will become much greater.”

Gao Feng squinted his eyes and said with a smile.

Wouldn’t it? If Spirit Stones really became the currency of the Cultivator Realm, wouldn’t it mean cultivators could stop bartering and directly buy with Spirit Stones?

If the Imperial Court really made it happen, it wouldn’t just be standing firm in the Cultivator Realm.

It could easily become a giant entity beyond the Nine Sects lightly.

You Li mentioned the Imperial Court had some kind of plot, but they might not be aware the Imperial Court’s ambition is so great, right?

Do the Nine Sects know?

Han Yu’s thoughts went further and further, until…

”Are you stupid? Why are you, a lone person, concerned with their intricate plots and schemes? It doesn’t align with our main theme of gifting pills and medicine.”

The Artifact Spirit in the Sea of Consciousness suddenly spoke up with a bad attitude.

Han Yu suddenly came back to his senses, the Artifact Spirit indeed had a point, the plotting among these major sects and powers indeed was not something he, a lone person, should be worrying about.

Gao Feng had already placed the token back in his hand, and Han Yu hesitated for a moment, should he take it or not?

The conditions asked by the other party were not difficult for him, after all, they were just pills, giving them to anyone was the same.

”Take it!”

The Artifact Spirit cheered in the Sea of Consciousness.

”Alright then!”

Han Yu finally accepted the token.

”I am quite curious, are you on a pilgrimage?”

Seeing the token being accepted, Gao Feng let out a long laugh, then asked with a curious expression.

Han Yu was taken aback, pilgrimage?

”I once saw monks from the Galan Temple on pilgrimage, to either comprehend the Path of Compassion or the Path of Silence… They would walk the world, continuously implementing their own path to comprehend deeper levels.”

Gao Feng looked at Han Yu and slowly spoke, the Inspectorate always couldn’t figure out Han Yu’s intentions, sending out so many pills for free, what was the intention?

But if associated with pilgrimage, Gao Feng thought maybe it could make sense.

Normally, disciples from other sects would also go on pilgrimages, but most of them are just practicing through worldly experiences.

The monks of Galan Temple treat pilgrimage as part of their cultivation.

According to early records from the Inspectorate, the Great Compassion Skill of Galan Temple requires the comprehension of the Path of Compassion for cultivation.

If Han Yu’s distribution of pills for free all the way is seen as a pilgrimage, perhaps these behaviors could be explained.

But what path or law can be practiced by giving away pills, Gao Feng really couldn’t figure it out.

Of course, he couldn’t figure it out, Han Yu himself still couldn’t grasp it.

How did it become a pilgrimage just like that?

”That explanation is really good, at least no one will suspect your motive in the future.”

The Artifact Spirit suggested in the Sea of Consciousness.

Could that all make sense? Han Yu couldn’t help but admire Gao Feng’s imagination.

”Hmm! It is indeed a pilgrimage.”

Han Yu nodded with an odd expression, as to what path, he didn’t say because he couldn’t make it up.

Receiving his confirmation, Gao Feng showed a ’just as expected’ expression, and it wouldn’t be surprising if this conversation ended up in reports later.

So the gap in information on Han Yu could be filled up.

”If not in a hurry, you can stay in Huaizhou Prefecture for two more days, considering you’ve twice disrupted the good deeds of the Corpse Refining Lineage this time, I am not sure if they dare to cause trouble with the Imperial Court, but they will surely come looking for you.”

Regarding the affairs of the Corpse Refining Lineage, Gao Feng thought it necessary to remind him well.

Two days would be enough for the Inspectorate to dig out everything Bai Bufen knows, by then they could pass the intelligence to Han Yu, which would also show the Inspectorate’s attitude.

Han Yu nodded, these people always came and went mysteriously, knowing more wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Two hours later.

When a flying shuttle carrying a group of people left Huaizhou Prefecture, Bai Bufen was gnashing his teeth in anger at Han Yu.

Of course, besides curses, he also left behind a ground full of flower petals...

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”How much will you offer?”

Quan Xiaotong stood in front of a group of elders in the Realm of Transcendence, smiling gracefully.

The Great Elder of the Unparalleled Tower wore a pained expression, raising a finger.

The others followed suit with the same gesture.

Finally arriving at an old monk, he clasped his hands together and recited a Buddha’s name.

”Amitabha, it’s really not appropriate for someone outside the secular world to hold a local guardian position.”

With these words, seven simultaneous eye rolls.

Nonsense, when gnawing ginseng roots and stewing ginseng heads, why didn’t you mention being a person who left the worldly life?

Still, Quan Xiaotong didn’t mind, he looked at the old monk with a smile and began to speak.

”The master’s words are reasonable, otherwise, Galan Temple could just give a Vajra Pill formula, what do you think?”

The old monk looked troubled, but upon recalling his past embarrassments, he could only sigh and nod.

Quan Xiaotong’s face blossomed with joy; it was merely sealing a dossier in exchange for six disciples of Divine Gaze Great Perfection guarding the Imperial Court, and also exchanging for a pill formula.

With this deal, later Che Dapao from Chongming Tower and the fat guy from Light-shaking Tower will come begging to me.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the dossier on Han Yu was brought out. Quan Xiaotong removed the part about the Ginseng King and sealed it elsewhere, affixing a top-secret label.

”Could you not have destroyed it?”

The Great Elder of Unparalleled Tower shouted furiously, and several old men behind him brightened their eyes simultaneously.

Quan Xiaotong shook his head, his expression solemn.

”The Inspectorate can only remain a purely intelligence agency, destroying dossiers is an untouchable bottom line, clearly established at its founding.”

Some remained uneasy, even though Quan Xiaotong sealed the Ginseng King’s dossier as top secret, theoretically, besides him, only the Supreme on the Imperial Court could view it.

Yet there’s always fear of a ’what if’.

It’s all because of that damned rascal, the more they thought, the angrier they became. The Great Elder of Unparalleled Tower suddenly spoke.

”What if I wanted that boy’s whereabouts, what would you say?”

Quan Xiaotong was stunned, it seemed these old folks truly intended to trouble Han Yu.

This put him in a bind; it wouldn’t have mattered earlier, but now it seemed the Inspectorate owed him a colossal favor.

So it’s not convenient to betray him.

Why did he say ’seemed’?

Because he wasn’t sure how smoothly Elder Gao’s mission went, or if the pills were exaggerated.

”To be honest, the Inspectorate made a deal with him, so we can’t give away his location.”

Quan Xiaotong had to tell the truth.

”Nonsense, I can strike a deal with you as well, just tell me where he is, name your price.”

The Great Elder of Unparalleled Tower, enraged, shouted loudly.

”Then have Ye Hei join our Ascension Tower’s Inspectorate, and I promise to make good use of him?”

Quan Xiaotong’s eyes gleamed slyly, proposing a condition he knew they’d never accept.

As expected, the Great Elder of Unparalleled Tower fell silent instantly, lightly twitching his lips before tightly closing his mouth.

This deal could never be struck; Ye Hei was trained to be the future high-up of Unparalleled Tower, to say the least, unless a more extraordinary disciple appears, Ye Hei was almost certainly the future Sect Leader.

Would such a person work for your Inspectorate?

Dream on, while the Great Elder grumbled internally, he turned to find his companions staring at him intently.

”No need to look at me, if you want, your sect has good disciples too.”

The Great Elder huffed, then stormed off, and Quan Xiaotong watched the others with a smile.

Of course, for these others, he had similarly tough-to-accept conditions, but these old folks remained silent.

Before long, Ascension Tower finally quieted down.

After seeing the group out, Quan Xiaotong returned to his desk and exhaled slowly.

Dealing with these old foxes wasn’t easy! Couldn’t afford to offend them, yet couldn’t suffer losses either.

”Haha, I heard the Great Elder ranting on his way out, you must’ve extorted too much this time.”

Che Dapao entered with a hearty laugh, followed by Elder Feng, who looked around furtively.

”You really get the news fast, I barely finished extorting them before you rushed over for the benefits.”

Quan Xiaotong laughed, cursing as he got up to greet him.

He assumed Che Dapao came for the transferred Guardians, but to his surprise, the latter shook his head.

Che Dapao glanced around before speaking.

”Elder Gao sent someone over to request using that surname ’Feng’, apparently they caught a Corpse Refining Lineage expert. I happened to have some time, so I came to see.”

Quan Xiaotong was taken aback, had they returned?

Weren’t they going for the pills, how did they get involved with the Corpse Refining Lineage?

Moments after the thought, several figures walked in from outside, it was Gao Feng and his group.

”Elder Gao, how was it?”

The first thing Quan Xiaotong asked was about the pills.

No other reason, those pills had enormous significance to the Inspectorate; otherwise, he wouldn’t have insisted on not revealing Han Yu’s whereabouts.

Gao Feng nodded, smiling slightly, then slowly recounted their journey to Huaizhou Prefecture...

Half a two-hour later, Quan Xiaotong’s gaze at Gao Jue shone with unusual brilliance.

It actually exceeded his expectations in power, so much so that once Gao Jue received some systematic training and learned to speak normally,

it wouldn’t be long before he truly possessed the ability to know everything within a hundred-mile radius.

If all goes well, Gao Jue will certainly become one of the most important personnel to cultivate in Ascension Tower.

Then Quan Xiaotong finally had the leisure to gaze at Bai Bufen.

White as a sheet, Bai Bufen had traveled through twelve cities to get here. The Imperial Court’s revealed strength left him quivering with fear.

This fortress of a place, how could he ever escape in the future?

”Alas, not only can I not escape, but even Impermanence Mansion rescuing me seems impossible.”

Bai Bufen suddenly froze, these were his innermost thoughts, but he hadn’t spoken them aloud!

Following the voice, he realized the speaker was a middle-aged Daoist, looking at him with a sorrowful expression.

”I understand your feelings of helplessness at this moment; the Imperial Court’s revealed strength is too overwhelming. It’s nearly impossible to escape, and Impermanence Mansion couldn’t expose itself for one individual.”

”Nowadays, even if they torture you, you’d absolutely dare not reveal the name of Impermanence Mansion, you’d claim you’re merely from Zuyou Sect.”

Elder Feng spoke alarmedly.

At this moment, Bai Bufen’s face turned ghastly, and with the words ’Impermanence Mansion’ spoken, he was ashen.

You revealed everything that shouldn’t be said for me, what am I supposed to deny now...