Li Xinyi, with no time to care that she had not slept all night, rushed straight back to Hangzhou Prefecture.
In her eyes, exchanging five hundred taels of gold for one-quarter of the Secret Realm Key was simply a bargain fallen from the heavens.
And not just to her. Probably every sect cultivator would think the same.
In the eyes of most Cultivators, once gold and silver reached a certain amount, they became utterly useless. Only things that aided cultivation could be called wealth.
A secret realm was absolutely a windfall.
Obtaining this one-quarter of the Secret Realm Key could even be said to be a greater merit than eliminating a Ghost Commander.
After all, for sects on the level of the Twelve Immortal Sects, no matter how powerful a ghost they eliminated, people would only think it was a matter of course. It was very hard for them to gain any more prestige from it.
A secret realm, however, could bring a sect enormous benefits directly.
And compared with the lone and thinly supported Li Chu, a colossus like Facing Heaven Pavilion possessed an enormous advantage when it came to finding the other three pieces of the key.
Sure enough, when she returned to Facing Heaven Pavilion's station in Hangzhou Prefecture and reported the situation, she immediately received commendation from her superior.
She had done quite well in Yuhang Town during this period—the frequently occurring Vengeful Spirit Cases had settled down, and this merit would all be credited to her.
Although a certain someone had done the work, Miss Li had paid for it too.
The five hundred taels of gold were approved with ease, but there was still one problem.
The matter of the secret realm was of vital importance. It was impossible to let Li Xinyi handle