Chapter 38: Finally Entering the Spirit Pool
Chapter 38: Finally Entering the Spirit Pool
After not explaining too much to Xiao Heng and letting him rest assured, Li Fan hoofed it to Tian Bao Lou.
Yin Yu Zhen was a little surprised at Li Fan’s sudden arrival.
After listening to Li Fan’s reason for coming over, Yin Yu Zhen explained the whole story with a sulky face.
It turned out that after these few months of inquiring, the forces of Liuli Island had finally figured out that the Star Sea Quicksand was the Meteorite Iron in the sky.
But when they wanted to collect the meteorite iron, they realized that the Star Sea quicksand within the sea area of Liuli Island had all been scavenged by the Heavenly Treasure House.
The chaotic scene in the Liuli Island market before was the Tian Bao Building secretly messing around.
“Tian Bao Lou is treating everyone like a monkey!” Under the shame and anger, they made a scene to the Liuli Island Lord, wanting to ask for a statement.
Yin Yu Zhen naturally defended herself righteously, saying that her actions were legitimate business competition.
And the Liuli Island Master also thought that although Yin Yu Zhen’s approach was a bit too aggressive, but the competition for the Pure Body Spirit Pool quota was originally based on each person’s ability, as long as they could collect all the supplies needed by the Immortal Masters in the end, even if the means were a bit out of the ordinary, it was not impossible.
Therefore, the island master did not punish Tian Bao Lou, but instead reprimanded those who caused trouble.
How can these people be willing?
So a few days later the island began to have Tian Bao building secretly do mortal smuggling business gossip began to circulate.
And the more the rumor is spreading the more suspenseful, it seems that tomorrow Tian Bao building will be immortal master questioned and killed.
“So is this matter serious or not? Will the Immortal Master really be blamed?” Understanding what happened, Li Fan couldn’t help but ask again.
“This is where this matter hurts the brain.” Yin Yu Zhen’s brow furrowed, “As the saying goes, if the punishment is unknowable, then the might is unmeasurable. The matter of helping mortals sneak across the border has never been explicitly forbidden. But this matter is ultimately somewhat taboo and cannot be seen in the light.”
“Coupled with the fact that more than ten years ago, a certain Immortal Master happened to stumble upon the matter of smuggling, and in his annoyance, he killed all the mortals present.”
“Since then, everyone has been secretly doing this smuggling business in private.”
After hearing this, Li Fan also frowned slightly, “So, this matter can be big or small. Dealing with it all depends on Immortal Master’s mood?”
“That’s right. If Immortal Master doesn’t care much, then it’s nothing. If Immortal Master is in a bad mood, then …… “Yin Yu Zhen didn’t finish her sentence, but her face was just a little pale.
Li Fan fell into silence.
He recalled the scene when he first met Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi.
Mortals were really like ants in the eyes of them, the Immortal Cultivators, and could be beaten and killed at will.
“Rather than risking the risk of having their heads killed, they also want to do this smuggling business, so I guess the profits are extremely high.” Li Fan sighed.
“That’s natural. The cost of a single stowaway often requires a small world to scavenge for nearly ten years to fulfill. One can imagine how much profit is made.” Yin Yu Zhen nodded her head. “Because of this, that’s why there are Immortal Masters who can’t help but join in secretly as well, to get a piece of the pie.”
“These Immortal Masters would never admit that they are involved in these things, and when they come into contact with us, they all use Immortal Techniques to make a cover, so they can’t see their faces. And in the end, they have to take most of the profits.” Saying this, Yin Yu Zhen was also somewhat helpless. “That’s why this matter still needs to be handled by our Heavenly Treasure House itself.”
Li Fan nodded as he remembered the Immortal Master that he had met when he first entered the Immortal Cultivation World to guide the people from the departing world.
“Then, what is the disposition of that Immortal Master stationed on Liuli Island? And what is his attitude towards this matter?” Li Fan then asked again.
“Immortal Master He of Liuli Island usually lives in deep seclusion, and I have not seen him several times. So I really can’t pinpoint his attitude. However, judging from his past means of dealing with mundane matters, he is not a person with a soft heart.” Yin Yu Zhen said in a deep voice.
After analyzing the situation in his head, Li Fan finally sighed.
Li Fan knew that even though he was full of schemes, but in front of the absolute power gap, everything was in vain.
There was not much Li Fan could do about this kind of time bomb-like unstable factor.
Li Fan’s mind moved and remembered the large amount of Immortal Mortal Miasma that was kept in one of the cabins of the Tai Yan Boat.
“If it was in Daxuan, with thousands of dead soldiers, it might still have a fighting chance. It’s a pity. ……” But soon, he suppressed this dangerous thought.
“Make an appointment to meet. This matter should not be made too big after all.” Li Fan opened his mouth.
“Well, that’s what I think too.” Yin Yu Zhen said.
“They just want us to hand over some of the Star Sea Quicksand, anyway, we have the upper hand and have collected enough. So why not just throw out some of it and let them dogfight each other. They are bound to fight on their own soon.” Li Fan snorted coldly. “There is no such thing as an unbreakable alliance in this world.”
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Three days later, the Heavenly Treasure House made an appointment to meet with a group of forces on Liuli Island and made the following demands:
Tian Baolou agreed to hand over a portion of the Star Sea Quicksand, but would need the other party to take out materials of equal value to use in exchange.
At the same time, the exact division of this Star Sea Quicksand amongst the various families would be decided by the families themselves.
Lastly, a spot in the Pure Body Spirit Pool must be secured for the Heavenly Treasure House.
This condition wasn’t too harsh, so after deliberating for a while, the two sides quickly reached a settlement.
After all, the two sides didn’t have any deep grudges and were only competing for a spot in the Pure Body Spirit Pool.
Thus, after paying the price of a few dozen pieces of Meteorite Iron, the Heavenly Treasure House managed to get out of this whirlpool of strife.
Almost on the same day, the rumors about smuggling on the island disappeared without a trace.
And all the other forces started to fight for those dozens of pieces of meteorite iron, and no longer had time to worry about Tian Bao Lou.
Time passed, and the day when the Pure Body Spirit Pool would open would soon arrive.
After finishing the inventory of the materials submitted by each family, the quota for the Pure Body Spirit Pool was finally determined.
There were a total of thirteen places to enter the pool this time, and Tian Bao Lou had one of them.
The big event was finally finalized, and Li Fan couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Just waiting for the opening of the spirit pool, Li Fan would be able to get rid of all the miasma and formally embark on the path of immortal cultivation!
He had waited too long for this day.
Therefore, even with Li Fan’s city spirit, he became a little hyperactive.
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Mortal
Physical Age: 42/99
Mental Age: 505/1299↑
Recharge progress: 121%
Anchor Charge Progress: 51%
Current number of anchors: 1
Bound Items: “Thousand Mechanisms Jade Huan Golden Chapter”, Taiyan Boat, Stopping Remnant Tablet (Loss)
Li Fan looked at the panel of [Returning Truth], after two years of metamorphosis, his physiological age had reached the limit of 99 years old, with no signs of further growth.
The upper limit of his mental age, on the other hand, was still growing slowly due to his practicing the Xuan Huang Qing Xin Mantra day and night.
I wonder what kind of changes would happen after being baptized by the Spirit Pool?
Li Fan was somewhat looking forward to it.
The day of the opening of the Spirit Pool finally came, and on this day, Li Fan took the Dust Leaving Pill given to him by Yin Yu Zhen, and under the guidance of a special person, he entered the spell formation in the center of the Liuli Island.
(End of Chapter)