In the previous life, Li Fan spent a significant portion of the treasures he had scavenged by salvaging and whitewashing to obtain a spot in the Pure Body Spirit Pool of Liuli Island.
In the end, he was left with only 235 contribution points.
In this life, with a total value of 863 contribution points, Li Fan understood why some cultivators sneakily helped ordinary people smuggle into the cultivation world.
Li Fan had only raided a few corrupt officials and rich families and already earned over 800 contribution points.
It was reasonable to assume that those cultivators could easily earn over a thousand points in one outing.
It is important to note that a cultivation technique costs just over a thousand points.
If done once every decade, it could be considered a substantial income.
"Wealth moves hearts…"
Li Fan sighed and took out the golden Liuli Pearl he obtained from the giant Liuli Fish.
"Golden Liuli Pearl can be converted to 850 contribution points."
After some thought, Li Fan realized that this giant Liuli Pearl was a weakened version of the Liuli Pill. Its effects were slightly inferior, but it didn't deplete upon use.
Considering its potential usefulness in future cultivation, Li Fan chose not to exchange it and instead kept it.
Looking at his total of 2,831 contribution points, Li Fan shook his head.
It was still not enough; it was too little!
After all, heavenly treasures cost over two thousand points.
Li Fan realized when he was chased by the guards of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, that although he had the cultivation level of late Qi Condensation, his actual combat strength was quite low.
His primary cultivation technique, "Jade Cosmos Thousand Variations Sutra," lacked effective means of offense.
Apart from the formless killing intent he comprehended, he had no other means to defend himself.
While the formless killing intent was formidable, it had a fatal flaw: it often required some time to take effect.
It was more suitable for sneak attacks rather than facing an opponent head-on.
In a battle or under siege, Li Fan could only choose to run.
Moreover, he only knew the most basic flight technique, so he likely couldn't outrun others.
Unable to win in a fight and unable to escape—tragedy was inevitable.
Therefore, Li Fan wanted all the combat techniques, escape arts, defensive techniques, artifacts, formations, and elixirs available in the Tianxuan Mirror.
As many as possible!
However, this amount of contribution points was simply insufficient.
After pondering for a moment, he started to look at the bounties posted by other cultivators in the Tianxuan Mirror.
In his previous life, when he assimilated with the Canghai Pearl's consciousness, he saw many hidden treasures and secrets within the Cong Yun Sea.
Some of them were within his current capabilities to obtain, such as the giant Liuli Pearl.
There are still many things that are extremely dangerous, and not easy for even Foundation Establishment cultivators to obtain.
Instead of letting these secrets rot in the sea, it's better to choose some to sell early on and quickly turn them into one's own strength.
His gaze quickly swept through.
When he saw one of the tasks, Li Fan suddenly stopped.
His divine sense moved, and he checked the task details.
Elder Chen from the Medicine Hall lacked a certain auxiliary material for alchemy: Blue Blood Coral.
Now, he's offering a reward to all in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance: 1000 contribution points for providing relevant information, and 3000 contribution points for directly providing the Blue Blood Coral.
Li Fan looked through the other tasks, but this one was the most prominent one and had the highest known reward.
So, Li Fan took on this task.
"In the northwest area of the Cong Yun Sea, about two hundred miles west of the Mist Crow Island. I've seen this coral on the seafloor."
"Unfortunately, there is a sea snake guarding the coral."
"I'm not sure about the specific strength of the sea snake, but even from a distance, I felt a fatal danger."
...
Li Fan fabricated a set of words and submitted the task.
He believed that with the efficiency of the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, the authenticity of the information he provided would soon be confirmed.
Sure enough, just half a day later, Li Fan received the task reward.
However, interestingly, the reward task for the Blue Blood Coral was not canceled but still hung there.
"It seems that Elder Chen needs a considerable quantity of Blue Blood Coral. I wonder what pill he's trying to refine."
Just for one ingredient, he was willing to spend 3000 contribution points. Obviously, the pill he intended to refine was extraordinary.
However, Li Fan was just curious.
Elder Chen was said to be the chief elder of the Medicine Hall of the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, a great cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. At that level, Li Fan was still far from reaching it.
Suppressing the curiosity that surged within him, Li Fan focused on one of the most prominent bounties among the many.
This was also the reason why Li Fan was eager to improve his own strength.
Task: Bounty for the "Cloud Water Map."
Reward: One hundred thousand contribution points.
Just two simple lines, with no other explanation.
But that number of one hundred thousand contribution points made all the cultivators who saw it tremble in excitement.
That was a hundred thousand contribution points!
Many cultivators in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance might not accumulate this much in their entire lifetime.
With these hundred thousand contribution points, reaching the Golden Core stage would be a breeze!
Countless cultivators looked at these two lines repeatedly, daydreaming about the glorious scenes after completing the task.
Unfortunately, the bounty task had been hanging there for over a decade, never reaching completion.
Even the nature of "Cloud Water Map" was unknown to anyone.
And the task issuer was also extremely mysterious, never showing up or making any statements.
It seemed to signal that if you knew, you knew; if you didn't, speaking wouldn't help.
In the Cong Yun Sea, at present, nobody knows where the "Cloud Water Map" was.
Except for Li Fan.
"The 'Cloud Water Map' is in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace," Li Fan kept repeating in his mind.
This "Cloud Water Map" worth a whopping one hundred thousand contribution points was in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.
The Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, or rather the ruins of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, was the place mentioned by Xiao Heng in the letter, where he went to search for heavenly treasures.
The reason why nobody knew this secret yet was simply because the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace had not yet manifested in this world.
In the previous life, Li Fan became interested in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace only because of Xiao Heng's message.
Then, he recorded this upcoming event in his mind.
The ruins of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace would emerge.
It was said to be the most powerful sect within the Cong Yun Sea in ancient times.
When the great calamity of heaven and earth arrived, the disciples of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace fought each other, and only one in a thousand individuals survived.
The surviving individuals decided to activate a protective array to hide from the world.
Since then, the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace has been concealed by the array and hidden in the central sea area of the Cong Yun Sea.
It was only the eleventh year after his anchor point that the array was broken, and the hidden Cloud Water Heavenly Palace reappeared in the world.
However, the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace that chose to hide from the world had also not escaped the fate of destruction.
When the cultivators of the Cong Yun Sea entered, they discovered that the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace had long turned into a ruin filled with bizarre scenes.
In the previous life, Li Fan spent a significant portion of the treasures he had scavenged by salvaging and whitewashing to obtain a spot in the Pure Body Spirit Pool of Liuli Island.
In the end, he was left with only 235 contribution points.
In this life, with a total value of 863 contribution points, Li Fan understood why some cultivators sneakily helped ordinary people smuggle into the cultivation world.
Li Fan had only raided a few corrupt officials and rich families and already earned over 800 contribution points.
It was reasonable to assume that those cultivators could easily earn over a thousand points in one outing.
It is important to note that a cultivation technique costs just over a thousand points.
If done once every decade, it could be considered a substantial income.
"Wealth moves hearts…"
Li Fan sighed and took out the golden Liuli Pearl he obtained from the giant Liuli Fish.
"Golden Liuli Pearl can be converted to 850 contribution points."
After some thought, Li Fan realized that this giant Liuli Pearl was a weakened version of the Liuli Pill. Its effects were slightly inferior, but it didn't deplete upon use.
Considering its potential usefulness in future cultivation, Li Fan chose not to exchange it and instead kept it.
Looking at his total of 2,831 contribution points, Li Fan shook his head.
It was still not enough; it was too little!
After all, heavenly treasures cost over two thousand points.
Li Fan realized when he was chased by the guards of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, that although he had the cultivation level of late Qi Condensation, his actual combat strength was quite low.
His primary cultivation technique, "Jade Cosmos Thousand Variations Sutra," lacked effective means of offense.
Apart from the formless killing intent he comprehended, he had no other means to defend himself.
While the formless killing intent was formidable, it had a fatal flaw: it often required some time to take effect.
It was more suitable for sneak attacks rather than facing an opponent head-on.
In a battle or under siege, Li Fan could only choose to run.
Moreover, he only knew the most basic flight technique, so he likely couldn't outrun others.
Unable to win in a fight and unable to escape—tragedy was inevitable.
Therefore, Li Fan wanted all the combat techniques, escape arts, defensive techniques, artifacts, formations, and elixirs available in the Tianxuan Mirror.
As many as possible!
However, this amount of contribution points was simply insufficient.
After pondering for a moment, he started to look at the bounties posted by other cultivators in the Tianxuan Mirror.
In his previous life, when he assimilated with the Canghai Pearl's consciousness, he saw many hidden treasures and secrets within the Cong Yun Sea.
Some of them were within his current capabilities to obtain, such as the giant Liuli Pearl.
There are still many things that are extremely dangerous, and not easy for even Foundation Establishment cultivators to obtain.
Instead of letting these secrets rot in the sea, it's better to choose some to sell early on and quickly turn them into one's own strength.
His gaze quickly swept through.
When he saw one of the tasks, Li Fan suddenly stopped.
His divine sense moved, and he checked the task details.
Elder Chen from the Medicine Hall lacked a certain auxiliary material for alchemy: Blue Blood Coral.
Now, he's offering a reward to all in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance: 1000 contribution points for providing relevant information, and 3000 contribution points for directly providing the Blue Blood Coral.
Li Fan looked through the other tasks, but this one was the most prominent one and had the highest known reward.
So, Li Fan took on this task.
"In the northwest area of the Cong Yun Sea, about two hundred miles west of the Mist Crow Island. I've seen this coral on the seafloor."
"Unfortunately, there is a sea snake guarding the coral."
"I'm not sure about the specific strength of the sea snake, but even from a distance, I felt a fatal danger."
...
Li Fan fabricated a set of words and submitted the task.
He believed that with the efficiency of the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, the authenticity of the information he provided would soon be confirmed.
Sure enough, just half a day later, Li Fan received the task reward.
However, interestingly, the reward task for the Blue Blood Coral was not canceled but still hung there.
"It seems that Elder Chen needs a considerable quantity of Blue Blood Coral. I wonder what pill he's trying to refine."
Just for one ingredient, he was willing to spend 3000 contribution points. Obviously, the pill he intended to refine was extraordinary.
However, Li Fan was just curious.
Elder Chen was said to be the chief elder of the Medicine Hall of the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, a great cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. At that level, Li Fan was still far from reaching it.
Suppressing the curiosity that surged within him, Li Fan focused on one of the most prominent bounties among the many.
This was also the reason why Li Fan was eager to improve his own strength.
Task: Bounty for the "Cloud Water Map."
Reward: One hundred thousand contribution points.
Just two simple lines, with no other explanation.
But that number of one hundred thousand contribution points made all the cultivators who saw it tremble in excitement.
That was a hundred thousand contribution points!
Many cultivators in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance might not accumulate this much in their entire lifetime.
With these hundred thousand contribution points, reaching the Golden Core stage would be a breeze!
Countless cultivators looked at these two lines repeatedly, daydreaming about the glorious scenes after completing the task.
Unfortunately, the bounty task had been hanging there for over a decade, never reaching completion.
Even the nature of "Cloud Water Map" was unknown to anyone.
And the task issuer was also extremely mysterious, never showing up or making any statements.
It seemed to signal that if you knew, you knew; if you didn't, speaking wouldn't help.
In the Cong Yun Sea, at present, nobody knows where the "Cloud Water Map" was.
Except for Li Fan.
"The 'Cloud Water Map' is in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace," Li Fan kept repeating in his mind.
This "Cloud Water Map" worth a whopping one hundred thousand contribution points was in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.
The Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, or rather the ruins of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, was the place mentioned by Xiao Heng in the letter, where he went to search for heavenly treasures.
The reason why nobody knew this secret yet was simply because the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace had not yet manifested in this world.
In the previous life, Li Fan became interested in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace only because of Xiao Heng's message.
Then, he recorded this upcoming event in his mind.
The ruins of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace would emerge.
It was said to be the most powerful sect within the Cong Yun Sea in ancient times.
When the great calamity of heaven and earth arrived, the disciples of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace fought each other, and only one in a thousand individuals survived.
The surviving individuals decided to activate a protective array to hide from the world.
Since then, the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace has been concealed by the array and hidden in the central sea area of the Cong Yun Sea.
It was only the eleventh year after his anchor point that the array was broken, and the hidden Cloud Water Heavenly Palace reappeared in the world.
However, the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace that chose to hide from the world had also not escaped the fate of destruction.
When the cultivators of the Cong Yun Sea entered, they discovered that the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace had long turned into a ruin filled with bizarre scenes.
