Chapter 576: Hundreds of Insects Born in the Century
Chapter 572 – Hundred Insects Born in the Century
Although the process and results of this battle were deliberately downplayed by the official Wanxian Alliance, the various actions of the Wanxian Alliance could be glimpsed after the battle.
The various offensive instructions that had just been issued were urgently canceled; the states were instructed to strictly guard against the infiltration of the Five Elders’ Association cultivators; no state was allowed to start the war lightly, and the task at the current stage was to focus on defense.
The requisition orders sent to the states from the front line also became more and more frequent.
“Changing orders, straw man!”
Almost overnight, the combat guidelines had shifted one hundred and eighty degrees, causing the Immortal Alliance cultivators to vomit from the bottom of their hearts.
However, due to the heavenly authority of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, no one dared to say it outright to their faces. Only when gathering privately, lamented bitterly.
The progress of the war is not shifted by the will of the cultivators.
Only suddenly from the seemingly dominant, into a stalemate.
The external war was thwarted, and it didn’t stop internally either.
At the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, it was rumored that many cultivators in high positions had been dismissed and investigated, and even some veteran Harmonious Dao cultivators with deep backgrounds and long tenures had not been able to avoid it.
However, the reason why they were being interrogated was unknown.
Even after these cultivators were released, even if they had been tortured and looked weakened at a glance, they were secretive about the matter and refused to talk about it in detail no matter how much they were pressed.
This further led to suspicion and panic.
After all, no one wanted to be the next person to be taken away for interrogation for no reason.
Li Fan, on the other hand, knew that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance was catching a non-existent mole.
How could they have thought that the person who leaked the Tianxuan Spirit Sealing Formation map was a small Jindan cultivator who had never touched the matter and was far away from the Immortal Alliance’s borderland: the Cong Yun Sea?
So this was an investigation that was destined to be fruitless.
Perhaps, the case would end up with a few unlucky people being beaten into submission and the case would be hastily closed.
And the names of a few more innocents would be added to Li Fan’s list of injured people.
After roughly understanding what happened in the war over the past year, Li Fan flipped through the many messages that He Zheng Hao had sent to Zhou Qing Ang.
Basically, they were all inquiring and urging him when he was going to leave the gate.
At the beginning of the retreat, it was very frequent. But later on, I don’t know whether he gave up or for some other reason, the messages became less and less frequent.
“Lord Secret Envoy is in deep seclusion, and so are you, Fellow Daoist Zhou.”
“Can’t even contact anyone.”
“This is good, everyone has learned in a similar fashion, one by one, they all destroyed their communication spirit talismans outright and claimed to be in seclusion.”
“If this continues, we, Cong Yun City’s Buzheng Hall, are afraid that we won’t even be able to gather ten officers! When Lord Secret Envoy returns, how am I going to explain to him!”
……
He Zhenghao was spouting out his bitterness, but Li Fan snorted coldly.
“Do you still have me, the Secret Envoy Lord, in your eyes?”
Not bothering with this dying man, Li Fan winked out the messages in the communication talisman, then left the retreat chamber and quietly appeared in the hall of Buzheng Hall.
“Brother Gao, recently the position of [Pill Quality Inspector] in the Dan Hall has become vacant, and someone has offered me fifty thousand contribution points to buy this position. What do you think?”
“I do think it’s a bit less, eighty thousand at the very least.”
“After all, not long ago the position of the Performing Arts Hall’s [Performing Arts Team Leader] earned a full 130,000 contributions. This time ……”
He Zhenghao spoke, but suddenly realized that there was one more person in the field.
The words came to an abrupt end, He Zheng Hao looked at “Zhou Qing Ang” with an embarrassed face, and was a bit embarrassed for a while.
Gao Yuan, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, not the slightest bit flustered by being bumped into using power for personal gain. Instead, with a smile on his face, he naturally greeted “Zhou Qingang” and said, “Long time no see, fellow Daoist Zhou, it’s just right to come and help us with our counseling!”
Saying that, he cordially pulled Zhou Qing’ang and explained the matter of the two of them trafficking the vacant positions in Cong Yun City truthfully.
And with two eyes full of expectation, he looked at Li Fan, waiting for his answer.
This hand, instantly dissolved the awkward situation between him and He Zhenghao, at the same time, will and long time not seen Zhou Qingang and Zhou Qingang between the raw points to dispel, and turn to pull him into the gang.
Even Li Fan, who has been in the officialdom for hundreds of years, could not help but praise a “beautiful”.
Smiling, not smiling, surveyed the two, he also did not choose to be cynical, vowed to report and expose the two righteous people.
Just after pretending to think for a while, he slammed the table: “Eighty thousand contribution degrees?”
“Still less! One price, one hundred and sixty thousand contribution degrees!”
“Love it or hate it!”
Unexpectedly, Zhou Qingang’s appetite was even bigger than his own, opening his mouth and doubling the price.
He Zhenghao was instantly dumbfounded.
However, after a moment, he came back to his senses and persuaded with a bitter smile, “Fellow Daoist Zhou, you may have just woken up from seclusion and don’t understand the current market.”
“The position of [Pill Quality Inspector] can only be sold for 80,000 at most at most. After all, it’s not like we’re selling it at one place in Cong Yunhai, and others are only choosing us because it’s inexpensive here and can be bought as a springboard.”
“You doubled it all at once ……”
He Zhenghao shook his head, “With this kind of money, why don’t others go to Luo Yanzhou or other more prosperous places?”
Gao Yuan also nodded in agreement.
Li Fan sneered as he sized up the two men, his eyes showing sarcasm, “I don’t understand the situation? Could it be that the two of you think that because I have been in seclusion for this period of time, I am ignorant of what is happening in the outside world? I think right now, it is you two who are confused about the situation!”
“Zhou Qingang’s behavior was very different from his previous style.
Zhou Qingang was a relatively stable person, and he wasn’t a man without a purpose.
Could it be that ……
Gao Yuan and He Zhenghao looked at each other, and there was a look of surprise in their eyes.
As the saying goes, if you don’t do anything wrong, you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, just such a simple sentence will bluff the two of them.
He Zhenghao bowed forward and cautiously asked, “Fellow Daoist Zhou, where does this come from?”
“Zhou Qingang” didn’t answer, but only looked askance at Gao Yuan.
A trace of anger flashed in Gao Yuan’s eyes, but he quickly forced it down, revealing a smiling face and also assuming a posture of curiosity.
It was at this time that Li Fan slowly spoke out, ”The battle of Tian Ling Zhou is nearing its end, and the war is about to calm down. Those of you who took advantage of the special period when the war was chaotic and there was no one to govern and bought and sold official positions are nearing the end!”
At these words, both Gao Yuan and He Zhenghao were filled with shock.
It wasn’t a pretense this time.
After a short period of shock, a hint of disbelief appeared in both of their eyes.
He Zhenghao hurriedly asked, “There was absolutely no wind of this matter coming through, so how did Fellow Daoist Zhou know about it?”
“It’s not that we don’t believe you, it’s really a matter of great importance to the Immortal Alliance, you mustn’t speak rashly about that.” Gao Yuan also helped out.
“How do you know?” Zhou Qingang squinted at the two, his eyes showing a cold light.
“Naturally, it was Lord Secret Envoy, who summoned the message to me!”
(End of chapter)