Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

"A deal? That's interesting."

"What benefits can you offer me?"

He Li smiled and pressed on with the question.

Yu Qingge's eyes flickered as she pondered for a moment before replying, "The five tribes of Shuzhou are descendants of people from various eras of the ancient Shu Kingdom. We... possess many ancient artifacts that are not publicly disclosed."

"And among those ancient relics..."

"We have a fragment of the cultivation technique you practice, the Great Nuo Ode. We'll trade you the fragment for it."

"How about it? It should be worth it for you, right?"

"After all, the Great Nuo Ode is no ordinary practice."

Fragments of the "Great Nuo Rhapsody"?

When He Li heard Yu Qingge's response, he was truly surprised that their tribe had such a treasure. At the same time, he became even more curious about the five tribes of Shuzhou.

"They have fragments of the 'Great Nuo Rhapsody,' so there might be many other precious items in their possession."

"I really need to go and see it for myself when I have time."

He Li secretly made a note of this.

Aloud, he countered, "That sounds alright, but you'll have to give me the incomplete chapter first."

"I need to check if the fragments you gave me contain content I've already cultivated. If it's duplicate content, then I've wasted that relic token."

"Also, consider the token as a gift to you..."

"So you can go to the immortal mountain?"

"Do you dare go to the sacred mountain?"

"That place is very likely connected to the Middle Realm."

"Heh, you'll have a hard time dealing with just those low-level Qi cultivators who've gone mad."

"It's not that I look down on you, but with your level of strength, what's the difference between going to the immortal mountain that connects to the middle realm and suicide? Those normal Qi cultivators are much stronger than those crazy Qi cultivators."

He spoke with a hint of curiosity in his voice.

Yu Qingge simply shook her head calmly.

"That's none of your concern. Besides, the five tribes of Shu Province aren't as weak as you think."

She seemed unwilling to reveal more.

Seeing this, He Li shrugged and didn't ask any more questions.

He simply said, "Okay!"

"If you're not afraid of death, then come and exchange. Once you have the fragment, I will naturally hand over the token to you."

"But I can only give one..."

"Two!" Before He Li could finish speaking, Yu Qingge interrupted him by holding up two slender white fingers, perhaps noticing the slight displeasure on He Li's face.

She continued, "I'll exchange the fragment for a whole one."

"We still have something to exchange for one."

"What is it?" He Li asked suspiciously.

Yu Qingge did not respond immediately. Instead, she took out a red booklet from her pocket and threw it to He Li. He Li took the booklet, opened it, and his expression was clearly surprised and bewildered.

Those around noticed something was wrong and tried to peek at what was written in the booklet.

Unfortunately, He Li reacted too quickly.

Before anyone's eyes could even fall on the booklet, he had already closed it and stored it in his inner dantian. At the same time, he took out a relic token and threw it to Yu Qingge.

"The transaction is complete; you can take the tokens."

"But you'd better remember that."

"Once it's traded, it's mine."

"Anyone who dares to touch me... ha, I can control Shanghai, and I can control your five provinces of Shu!"

He Li's tone was cold, and anyone with eyes could see that his sudden change in attitude was related to the booklet, which made them even more curious about its contents.

However, they didn't dare to ask.

Yu Qingge and the others didn't want to get entangled any further.

She simply said, "I will personally bring you the fragments of the 'Great Nuo Rhapsody' tomorrow or the day after."

As she spoke, she looked at Yu Ji again.

Seeing this, the latter bid a brief farewell to He Li and then followed Yu Qingge and the others back to Shuzhou. After they had gone far away, Wang Yue, who was deep in thought, turned to look at He Li.

"Wasn't this deal a bit too hasty?"

"And if this gets out, I reckon people will start talking badly about you behind your back."

"After all, the number of those tokens is limited."

"Some people definitely won't be happy if you trade freely."

Wang Yue seems to be referring to something else entirely.

He Li shrugged: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I can give the tokens to whomever I want. But... even if I give away two out of the nine tokens, I still have seven left."

"I plan to keep two more for myself."

"The rest... we'll leave it to Kyoto to decide."

He Li himself had no use for the token.

Having the ability to not follow the spirits of the past, the restrictions on the overseas immortal mountains would have no effect on him at all.

He kept two tokens, naturally for Mu Lan and Yu Ji to search for the passage to the Middle Realm together after the overseas immortal mountains appeared. He didn't need the rest of the tokens.

Wang Yue felt a pang of emotion upon seeing him like that.

"It has to be this kid; he's not afraid of offending anyone at all."

"If it were someone else..."

"I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to trade tokens privately, since many high-ranking officials on the overseas immortal mountains are eyeing them, and those people will definitely try to get more tokens to go to the island."

"To those guys, simply exchanging two items would be a blow to their interests."

"They will never tolerate it."

"When the time comes, it would be strange if ordinary people didn't panic when faced with being labeled, targeted, or even punished without cause by higher-ups. Only this kid would be so audacious and fearless of power."

Wang Yue's lips curled up slightly.

The younger generation should be like this!

If all those rising stars were like this...

The future of the Great Xia Dynasty is promising!

Thinking about these things, Wang Yue's smile grew wider as he changed the subject: "Alright, you can keep your own thoughts about the relic token to yourself."

"The Kyoto General Bureau certainly won't blame you."

"You don't need to worry about the rest of the people."

"Let's not talk about that now. Come on, let's get on with those things you need to nourish your soul..."

He Li smiled and nodded upon hearing this.

Meanwhile, at the Kyoto Special Bureau headquarters, which was closely monitoring the situation in Shanghai and waiting for reports from the dispatched investigators, things were exactly as Wang Yue had predicted.

The Kyoto Special Affairs Bureau's headquarters meeting room has been thrown into chaos because He Li traded the relic tokens without authorization...

"He Li is getting more and more outrageous!!!"

"He's arrogant and has a penchant for killing, which is one thing."

"After all, they were killing criminals."

"Legacy tokens, how important are they? They're passes to the overseas immortal mountains! And he just handed over two of them so easily?"

"Indeed, that overseas immortal mountain is suspected to be a place where a complete Qi Refining Dao exists!"

"There are even rumors that it contains the secret to immortality..."

"The precious tokens that can reach the immortal mountains overseas are more valuable than those antiques with extraordinary abilities. Such things should be in the hands of those in power."

"Those things are also the property of Great Xia!"

"What right did he have to engage in this unauthorized transaction?"

"He gave out two tokens, which means there are two fewer of us going to the overseas immortal mountains. Such an important matter... didn't he discuss it with us beforehand?"

Does he even respect his superiors?!

The noise in the meeting room continued.

Seventy percent of those voices were criticizing He Li.

Although they had previously treated He Li fairly well and supported him.

They supported He Li's previous actions, which did not harm their own interests. However, they felt they had been taken advantage of this time because of the token issue.

How can they support He Li?

Zheng Guo, sitting in the high seat, looked very unhappy as he listened to the arguments of those below.

Especially after arguing for quite a while...

Those people showed no sign of shutting up.

Instead, they condemned He Li even more vehemently.

Zheng finally couldn't take it anymore...

"Enough!!!"

Bang! With a loud thud as the table was slammed, the noisy conference room fell silent instantly, and all eyes turned to Zheng Guo, whose face was contorted with rage.

The latter straightened up, his tone icy: "I think you've all been blinded by greed."

"How did He Li obtain that token?"

"That was his spoils of war."

"He had the right to handle those things."

"Look at you all! For the sake of those so-called overseas immortal mountains with their elixirs of immortality and their supposed immortal lineages, where is the slightest bit of the demeanor expected of officials from the General Administration?"

"Ha, just because He Li traded away two tokens, you all want to devour him alive?"

"If someone didn't know this..."

"I thought you were the ones who brought the token back!"

"I'm ashamed of you all!!!"

Zheng Guo's furious voice echoed in the conference room, and all the senior executives lowered their heads, not daring to utter a sound.

Seeing this, Zheng Guo sneered: "Heh, you're all afraid of death and want to send your people to the overseas immortal mountains to try your luck in seeking immortality, but have you ever thought about the dangers there?"

"Longevity? Immortality techniques?"

"Can't you use your brains? So what if he gives you tokens to search for immortality?"

"Do you dare accept the token? Do you dare go?"

"Do you really think your useless descendants will go there and come back alive and well?"

"Stop dreaming!!!"