After leaving Clear Wind Hall with 2,700 Spirit Mist Grass, Li Fan wandered around the vicinity, hoping to find some hidden small lending organizations.
Unfortunately, his wish was not fulfilled.
Li Fan returned to the Tianxuan Mirror, silently calculating.
"The price of Spirit Mist Grass will rise to 25 contribution points soon, and I need to sell all of it before that happens."
"After the news of the discovery of the Wood Attribute Subworld spreads, the price will collapse. It will stabilize only after dropping to 6 contribution points."
"By then, I can buy 3,510 plants and return them to Clear Wind Hall."
"With one round trip, I can earn about 40,000 contribution points."
"Tsk tsk, so little."
"Making money is still too difficult..."
Accustomed to units of 100,000 contribution points, the growth of a mere thirty or forty thousand points didn't seem like much.
However, accumulating capital at the beginning is often the most difficult. Once it reaches a certain level, the wealth will start snowballing, and the growth of wealth will become faster and faster.
"In this life, expanding the business of breakthrough loaning like before seems impossible. It seems that the strict control of the number of cultivators is the reason for the intense reaction from the cultivation world. The power of Dao Integration is not something I can contend with at my current level." Li Fan contemplated carefully.
"The 400,000 contribution points from Zhang Zhiliang can't be given up."
"In this life, someone still needs to push the cultivators of Ten Thousand Immortals Island to fight against the Crimson Flame."
"However, maybe I can change the target."
The figure of a chubby man suddenly appeared in Li Fan's mind.
"Zhang Haobo has great luck but isn't infallible. He can use the strength of the desperate struggle of the Cong Yun Sea to kill the Crimson Flame, and successfully reach."
"However, facing the upcoming Ink Death, he mustered no resistance at all and was killed."
"His luck had run out, and his life disappeared."
"If his luck was a bit stronger, would the ending be different?"
"Of course, the most important thing is that I have already comprehended the Cong Yun Sea Twenty-Eight Swords. Zhang Haobo will be useless to me if he emerges again."
"However, Ye Feipeng has a peculiar fate. If he is given enough help, maybe he can give me a surprise."
"Complemented with 'Mountain Meditation Technique'..."
"I wonder, if he succeeds in entering Dao Integration, how much cultivation feedback he can provide? Can he push me to the Golden Core realm?"
"Of course, guiding this person must be done in a different way. If Zhang Haobo was moved by emotion, then this person must be tempted by interest."
After some planning, Li Fan had a clear idea.
The reason he chose a proxy to carry out the Dao Integration was because the risks involved were too high. If even the black-clothed Dao Integration could almost freeze Li Fan's thoughts, Ink Death, whose strength was obviously superior, would be even more formidable. Even Zhang Haobo, who had just entered Dao Integration, couldn't react in time and was killed. How could Li Fan ensure that he would be an exception?
There was a probability of success, but there was also a high probability of being killed. Once he failed, there would be no chance for a comeback.
Li Fan had no reason to take such a risk.
"I can wait for the dust to settle after the Spirit Mist Grass incident and then go to the Dali world."
"Now..."
Li Fan searched for information on how to work for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
Soon, a pile of information appeared.
There were several ways to take up a position within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
The first method was to participate in the assessment held by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance every ten years.
In order to participate in the assessment, one must meet several conditions, such as being a member of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance for at least thirty years, having a cultivation level at Foundation Establishment or above, and possessing great talent, among other requirements.
In simple terms, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance does not accommodate idle or useless individuals.
The second method is to have a high-ranking cultivator within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance serve as a guarantor, recommending a junior cultivator for a position. After a three-year probationary period, they can be formally appointed.
In simple terms, Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance does not accommodate idle or useless individuals unless there is someone influential vouching for them.
The third method is more unique. It involves completing specific tasks, such as assassinating a key figure in the Five Elders Association or accomplishing a critical mission.
It is said that Zhou Qingang, the guardian of Tai'an Island, officially joined the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance through this method.
Li Fan was particularly interested in what He Zhenghao mentioned about increasing permissions to a certain level, which allows the purchase of techniques that were previously inaccessible.
Li Fan discovered that the conventional techniques offered by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance for exchange had limited power. Possibly to restrict the combat capabilities of ordinary cultivators in Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, the techniques Li Fan saw in the Tianxuan Mirror throughout these lifetimes were not particularly profound.
Not to mention matching the Cong Yun Sea Twenty-Eight Swords, even techniques comparable to the Sea Fixing Sword Technique were rarely seen.
However, Li Fan thought this was reasonable. If powerful techniques were widespread, ordinary cultivators would gain the ability to overthrow the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Wouldn't it be like turning the world upside down? There had to be some limitations.
For people under the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's employ, treatment was naturally different. As long as their permissions were sufficient, all kinds of profound techniques were available.
The benefits didn't need to be elaborated. Li Fan carefully examined the special reward tasks.
As he looked, Li Fan furrowed his brows. The reason he hadn't paid attention to these tasks before was that he didn't have any understanding of them. However, he quickly discovered something suspicious.
Only a few of these tasks had actual reward value, such as tracking a spy within the Five Elders Association or eliminating a traitor within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
But the majority of tasks seemed to have a very strong...
Customized nature?
As if they were specially created reward tasks for a particular cultivator.
For example, one of the tasks Li Fan saw was particularly peculiar.
Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's Hall of Heavenly Secrets needed to recruit a cultivator surnamed Wu between the ages of 123 and 130. This cultivator should cultivate a fire attribute technique and be at the Foundation Establishment mid stage.
It was almost like calling someone out by name, directly specifying the candidate.
Li Fan was no stranger to such practices.
However, he didn't expect the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to develop to this extent.
After a thorough examination, Li Fan did not find a suitable task for himself. The ten-year assessment had just ended not long ago.
Without any other options, Li Fan once again inquired with the ever-reliable fellow Daoist He.
He Zhenghao responded promptly as always.
"Does fellow Daoist want to officially join the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance? Well, that might be a bit difficult. Mainly because fellow Daoist has only recently joined Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."
"But, there is still a way."
"I have some friendship with Master Gong Boyu, who is a master of formations. He has some positions available for formation maintenance personnel every year."
"You just need to spend a bit of contribution points to obtain this position."
"By working diligently in this position for one or two years, you can then establish connections and transfer to other positions."
"Hehe, but this is a secret. Be careful not to spread the word."
"It might result in a negative impact."