Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1192: Chapter 1148 Hiring a Hitman to Kill Someone

All things in the world can be commodified; where there’s profit to be had, beings will follow en masse.

The intelligence merchant is just such a being, reliant on the sale of various pieces of information for his income.

These merchants of information had even specifically established a broad alliance, within which they exchanged all manner of news to sell to cultivators in need.

Lv Fan paid allegiance to Liao Xia and came to the Xuanling Domain.

The vast distance between the Xuanling Domain and the Black Stone Domain meant that Lv Fan could not possibly know what was happening in the Black Stone Domain at any given moment.

If it weren’t for the shattering of his soul token in his hand, Lv Fan would not have thought to inquire about the affairs of the Black Stone Domain, especially since he had left there less than a year ago.

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Given the situation in the Black Stone Domain at that time, even if the Wu Meng Clan and the Xuan Clan had reignited their disputes, it would not have been a matter to be resolved quickly.

Yet, the soul token shattered, and the entire Evil Clans were annihilated.

“The human race, how could it be the human race? How could they have such strength!”

Lv Fan looked at the message within the jade scroll in his hand, his eyes filled with disbelief.

It was only normal for the human race to have been obliterated by the Evil Clans and Ice Race after suffering significant losses at the ruins of the Tun Yuan clan; how could it have turned out this way instead?

“I need more detailed information,” Lv Fan looked up at the intelligence merchant.

“Out of respect for Elder Liao, I’ll give you another piece of information,” the merchant pondered for a moment before handing over another jade scroll.

Lv Fan hurriedly received it, his mental defense exploring and reading the content within.

Moments later, Lv Fan looked up, his eyes filled with shock; the mighty Wu Meng Clan had been exterminated by the Xuan Clan, and the human race, favored by the Xuan Clan for reasons unknown, had migrated with the Xuan Clan to the Xuanling Domain.

The intelligence merchant watched the surprise in Lv Fan’s eyes and showed a slight smile. The Wu Meng Clan being exterminated and the Xuan Clan’s victorious return were news that would soon spread throughout the Xuanling Domain.

Therefore, this information wasn’t particularly valuable, but using it as a favor at the moment was extremely beneficial.

“Many thanks!” Lv Fan looked at the intelligence merchant, bowed slightly, and then turned and left.

Lv Fan returned to the courtyard where he was staying, his mind echoing with the news of his race being exterminated by the human race.

Moments later, Lv Fan raised his head, the confusion in his glance entirely vanished, leaving only a cold intent to kill.

Lv Fan no longer pondered how exactly the human race had managed to annihilate the Evil Clans; now, all he needed to know was that the human race was the root cause.

The Xuan Clan, Lv Fan could not provoke for now, but merely a human race, that might not be the case.

The human race might now be a vassal race of the Xuan Clan, and rashly targeting the human race might invite retaliation from the Xuan Clan, but Lv Fan had no intention of acting personally.

With his current strength, even if he wanted to exterminate the human race, he could absolutely not accomplish it.

In this world, where there is light, there must also be darkness.

Even under the scorching sun, there are places obscured from its light.

Lv Fan had been in the Xuanling Domain for some time, and in his routine life, Liao Xia did not require him to do any menial tasks.

Liao Xia saw some talent in Lv Fan’s cultivation and occasionally offered him advice, for if Lv Fan were to break through to the Open Heaven Realm, it would indeed boost Liao Xia’s strength.

Otherwise, with Lv Fan’s current peak of Rule Integration Realm cultivation, there were many places he wouldn’t even qualify to visit.

Having ample free time, Lv Fan focused on cultivating and stayed informed about various situations in the Xuanling Domain to avoid being caught off guard, completely clueless.

Precisely because of this, after his soul token shattered, Lv Fan was able to find the intelligence merchant so quickly and obtain the information he needed.

Now, Lv Fan planned to retaliate against the human race; the intelligence merchant naturally was powerless to assist, but there was a place in the Xuanling Domain that could aid Lv Fan—the Heart Deceit Bureau.

This was an extremely powerful force; named Heart Deceit, one could immediately understand the characteristic of this force.

Information could be traded; likewise, the lives of other cultivators could also be bought and sold—the only difference being the price.

To retaliate against the human race, Lv Fan had several options before him.

Wait until he had cultivated to the Open Heaven Realm, then not only could he personally go to annihilate the human race, but possibly do so alongside several of Liao Xia’s Open Heaven Realm followers.

However, evolving from the peak of Rule Integration Realm to Open Heaven Realm was not an overnight task, and over such a long time, too many variables could interfere.

Moreover, the fact that the human race had captured the interest of the Xuan Clan suggested that something had transpired to make the Xuan Clan willing to aid the human race.

By the time he had progressed to the Open Heaven Realm, the human race might have also gained their own Open Heaven Realm, rendering all these years of waiting in vain.

Aside from his own breakthrough, Lv Fan could also beg Liao Xia to take action and exterminate the entire human race.

Given Liao Xia’s late-stage Open Heaven Realm status and the strong race behind him, even if Liao Xia exterminated the human race, the Xuan Clan likely wouldn’t dare to say much.

But Lv Fan was merely a servant of Liao Xia, although talented, definitely not to the degree that Liao Xia would boldly take a stand for him.

After all, Liao Xia had not turned the entire Evil Clans into his servants. Lv Fan and the other members of the Evil Clans were totally different matters in Liao Xia’s eyes.

Understanding this, the idea merely circled Lv Fan’s mind once before he discarded it.

Actually going to plead with Liao Xia would probably end up with a scolding, a loss greater than the gain.

After much consideration, the only option left was to hire someone to commit murder.

Targeting the human race, a race without individuals in the Open Heaven Realm, the Heart Deceit Bureau did not ask for a high price.

However, this price, considered low for those in the Open Heaven Realm, was not low enough for Lv Fan. After making inquiries at the Heart Deceit Bureau, he found that the money he had was not sufficient to hire them to eliminate the human race.

Unless Lv Fan was willing to use the bronze fragment he had as payment to the Heart Deceit Bureau.

The bronze fragment naturally came from the ruins of the Tun Yuan Clan, initially obtained by Lv Ji, who then gave it to Lv Fan to present to Liao Xia, in hope of securing a better future.

After arriving in the Xuanling Domain, Lv Fan did indeed offer this small piece of bronze, but after looking at it a few times, Liao Xia returned it to Lv Fan.

This fragment was from a secondary Heavenly Origin Tripod, but its spirituality was completely lost.

Not all fragments of the secondary Heavenly Origin Tripod possess powerful characteristics. It depends on the runes engraved, the degree of preservation, and the original position of the fragment in the secondary tripod.

All these factors determine what specific abilities the bronze fragment holds.

This bronze fragment could speed up the absorption of the vital energy of heaven and earth, which makes it a Supreme Treasure for those in the general Rule Integration Realm, but for Liao Xia in the late stage of the Open Heaven Realm, it was less significant than even a chicken rib—it naturally failed to catch Liao Xia’s eye.

Liao Xia wasn’t impressed, but the reputation of a fragment from the secondary Heavenly Origin Tripod should be more than enough to hire the Heart Deceit Bureau to eliminate a human race with no one in the Open Heaven Realm.

With this thought, Lv Fan left the courtyard and headed towards the south of the city.

Thousands of miles away.

Xuan Clan’s Li Song, after chatting with Xiao Hua of the Feng Clan and Hong Qing of the Chi Clan for a moment, decided to still introduce them to the human race.

Between the Xuan Clan, Feng Clan, and Chi Clan, there were no old grudges or recent disputes, and everyone got along quite well. It was for this reason that, upon their return, Xiao Hua and Hong Qing were the first to visit.

To prevent the Feng Clan and Chi Clan from making any unwise decisions, it was better to let both clans be aware of the situation.

A moment later, in the grand hall of Lingbo City, Chen Fei saw Li Song bringing two individuals in the middle stage of the Open Heaven Realm towards him.

“Brother Chen, let me introduce you. This is Brother Xiao Hua from the Feng Clan, and this is Brother Hong Qing from the Chi Clan. Everyone will be neighbors from now on, and since everyone is here today, it’s a good chance to get acquainted,” said Li Song with a smiling face, as he introduced some basic information about the Feng and Chi Clans to Chen Fei.

Xiao Hua and Hong Qing glanced at Li Song in surprise, full of doubts in their hearts.

It was only after Li Song said he would introduce them to someone did Xiao Hua and Hong Qing realize that the cultivators in the ships weren’t new vassal races recruited by the Xuan Clan.

After all, if they were vassal races, there would be no need for such a grand introduction.

They then entered the grand hall of Lingbo City, observing the environment where several Open Heaven Realm members of the Xuan Clan were laughing and talking—it was clearly a welcoming feast.

Having just returned to Lingbo City, the Xuan Clan organized this feast to welcome the human race, a gesture of utmost respect that made Xiao Hua and Hong Qing even more serious about the upcoming meeting.

It wasn’t until Xiao Hua and Hong Qing saw the human in front of them, a mere early-stage Open Heaven Realm cultivator, being addressed as “Brother Chen” by Li Song.

This was a relationship among equals. If Li Song hadn’t already explained that this human came from the remote Black Stone Domain, Xiao Hua and Hong Qing might have thought this human belonged to a powerful branch of some formidable race.

“I’ve seen the two of you!” Chen Fei said, greeting Hong Qing and the other with a bow.

Within the Memory Fragments of Wizard Shihui, there were parts concerning the Feng and Chi Clans.

In terms of strength, both clans were significantly weaker than the Xuan Clan.

Even among those in the same Open Heaven Realm middle stage, Li Song was stronger than either Xiao Hua or Hong Qing.

Besides the difference in top combat power, the quantity of Xuan Clan’s initial Open Heaven Realm cultivators also far exceeded those of the Feng and Chi Clans.

Previously, the strength of the Wu Meng Clan was also somewhat stronger than that of the Feng and Chi Clans. As a result, the resources within the territories occupied by the Wu Meng Clan were superior to those of the Feng and Chi Clans.

After Chen Fei greeted with a bow, Xiao Hua and Hong Qing, not putting on airs, also returned the gesture.

After chatting casually for a moment, Li Song was thinking of taking Xiao Hua and Hong Qing away, as this place was currently hosting a feast to welcome the human race. It was somewhat inappropriate for the Feng and Chi Clans to stay here.

“Would you two be interested in buying some low-grade Open Heaven Profound Treasures?” Chen Fei quickly spoke up to keep the three of them.

Mid-grade Primordial Crystals don’t last long—thousands a day, and the mid-grade Primordial Crystals Chen Fei had recently traded from the Xuan Clan were already more than half depleted.

With the remaining mid-grade Primordial Crystals, less than two months of cultivating would use them all up.

Without mid-grade Primordial Crystals, Chen Fei’s cultivation speed would suffer significantly, and breaking through to the middle stage of the Open Heaven Realm within four years would be impossible.

“Low-grade Open Heaven Profound Treasure?” Xiao Hua and the other paused for a moment, then saw Chen Fei pulling out five Open Heaven Profound Treasures from his sleeve.

These five low-grade Open Heaven Profound Treasures were significantly damaged in spirituality, but that was not the key point.

The crucial aspect was that an early-stage Open Heaven Realm cultivator possessed five Open Heaven Profound Treasures, and these treasures felt oddly familiar to Xiao Hua and the other.