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Chapter 207 Infiltration

"Yes! Of course I can!"

Yao Chen's attitude suddenly made a complete 360-degree turn.

His old face, which had been filled with vigilance and murderous intent, was now plastered with a fawning smile.

He strode forward, rubbing his hands together, and said in an almost ingratiating tone:

"Fellow Daoist! Please come in! Please come in!"

He respectfully invited Li Zhe and Han Li, who was already stunned by the scene before him, into his simple bamboo house.

Then, in a flurry of activity, he brewed them a pot of his prized "Cloud and Mist Spirit Tea," a tea he had treasured for decades and which he himself was reluctant to drink.

"Fellow Daoist, please have some tea, please have some tea."

Li Zhe took a sip of tea, feeling the refreshing spiritual energy flowing slowly through his body, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Yao Chen, you must already know why I've come."

He put down his teacup and got straight to the point:

“I need one… no, two ‘Nine-Turn Golden Pills’.”

"Two...two?!"

Yao Chen's lips twitched slightly upon hearing the number.

He said with a bitter face, "Fellow Daoist, you're putting me in a difficult position... The success rate of refining the 'Nine-Turn Golden Pill' is extremely low. Even with your 'Chaos Fire' to help, I only have a 30% chance of refining one batch at most..."

"And a single furnace can produce at most... three pills."

"Then let's forge two batches."

Li Zhe's answer was simple and blunt.

"..."

Yao Chen was speechless for a long time because of his arrogant attitude.

He looked at Li Zhe and tentatively asked, "Then... the reward..."

"As long as you can help me refine the pills," Li Zhe's tone was full of unquestionable confidence, "I can provide you with everything you need, whether it's rare spiritual herbs or a huge amount of spirit stones."

As he spoke, he casually took out a pile of things from the maintenance hangar...

The "fungal tendons" and "spore pustules" collected from the Sea of ​​Decay forest are full of vitality, yet exude an eerie aura.

And several "data crystals" containing pure energy, seized from the core area of ​​the Steel Empire.

When these rare and precious materials, practically extinct in the Tianyuan Continent, were casually piled up on that simple stone table.

Yao Chen's eyes widened instantly.

He rushed forward and, with his withered hands, trembling, caressed those "treasures" that exuded an alluring scent.

"This...this is...the legendary 'Tai Sui Dragon Tendon'?! And...'Void Magic Crystal'?! My God! These...these are all divine objects from ancient times!"

He exclaimed in surprise, picked up a piece of "data crystal," put it in his mouth, and carefully licked it.

next second.

An immense energy, indescribable in words and brimming with information and rules, exploded on his taste buds in an instant!
"Ugh—!!!!!"

His cloudy old eyes suddenly shone with an unprecedented brilliance, making him look decades younger.

"Great...good stuff! It's really good stuff!"

He looked at Li Zhe with an unprecedented fervor and awe in his eyes.

"Fellow Daoist! Rest assured! With the help of these divine artifacts, let alone two furnaces, even ten furnaces! I will refine them for you!"

"very good."

Li Zhe nodded in satisfaction.

"Then it's settled."

He paused, then turned his gaze to Han Li, who was completely stunned by the scene before him. "As for you..."

Han Li's body trembled violently.

"Senior...senior..."

"Of these two golden pills, one is yours."

Li Zhe's answer was so bland, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

But to Han Li, it was like a thunderclap, leaving him frozen in place.

He looked at Li Zhe, his sharp, hawk-like eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

He had been pursuing his dream of "Foundation Building" for years, even enduring scorn and infamy in the outer sect...

How could it have been achieved so easily and in such a way?
"Why... why?"

His voice became somewhat hoarse with excitement.

“I’ve said before that I’m very interested in you.” Li Zhe looked at him and smiled calmly. “I like to invest in people with potential.”

He paused, his tone becoming meaningful.

"I hope you can use this golden elixir to leverage something..."

"A brand new future."

……

The deal was thus completed.

Li Zhe did not linger in the valley of medicine dust.

He left those "heavenly treasures" behind and made an agreement with Yao Chen to come back and collect the pills a month later.

Then, under Han Li's gaze, which was filled with gratitude and awe, he drifted away.

I have already planted a seed full of infinite possibilities in this unfamiliar land.

As for this seed, what kind of flower it will bloom into, and what kind of fruit it will bear in the future...

He'll wait and see.

And he himself should proceed with the next step of his plan.

He intended to use this month to completely seize control of all intelligence regarding the entire Qingluan Sect, and even the entire region.

He wanted to transform this seemingly insignificant cultivation sect into his first...

Secret base.

Thus, an "intelligence war" filled with cyberpunk and cultivation elements quietly began on the ancient land of Qingluan Sect.

Li Zhe utilized his supercomputer-like brain, along with top-notch hacking techniques and psychological knowledge learned from the United Government's database.

They began a comprehensive "infiltration" of the Qingluan Sect.

He was no longer satisfied with the most basic books in the library.

Instead, he used his status as a lowly servant with a "useless spiritual root" and his ghostly agility to silently infiltrate the more core areas that only inner disciples and elders could access.

He was like a top-notch spy, stealing classified cultivation techniques, elixirs, and personnel files and interest diagrams within sects.

He even used his superb "acting skills" to blend in with the inner disciples who were usually aloof and arrogant.

From their boastful and self-aggrandizing words, we can extract all sorts of valuable information.

Soon, in his eyes, the entire Qingluan Sect held no secrets whatsoever.

From the sect leader's little-known "quirks" to the intricate factional struggles among the various elders.

Then there are those so-called "chosen ones," and the sordid deals and conspiracies behind them...

Everything was presented to him as clearly as the lines on his palm.

(End of this chapter)