Many measures were taken to appease, warn, collect taxes, and sort out the situation in the Lower Domain.
The Artifact Sect envoys methodically swept away every factor that threatened the immortal sect's rule.
At this time, amid the vast stream of intelligence, a rogue cultivator from the wilderness entered their sights.
"Anomaly."
"This rogue cultivator carries a great secret."
True Venerable Caishan said to True Venerable Duofu's avatar beside him, "Even if a rogue cultivator encountered a fortuitous opportunity, he should not have been able to produce so many Natural Treasures. And even if he did possess so many Natural Treasures, he should have exchanged them for cultivation pills, cultivation techniques, secret arts—things of vital importance."
"Rather than merely exchanging them for Natural Treasures that were only raw materials."
"This defies common sense."
Tax collection and commercial dumping were the two legs upon which the immortal sect maintained its rule. The two were closely linked; there was no divide between them.
What happened within Tiangong Tower could not be concealed from the Artifact Sect's Tax Collector Envoys.
"Then should we eliminate this factor?"
"Senior Brother Caishan, let me make this clear first: neither I nor Tiangong Tower will participate. Furthermore, it must be ensured that he returns to his lair after completing the transaction. We can only act after at least a hundred years; even in an emergency, it must be fifty years."
True Venerable Duofu said with a smile, "Unless the charge is something like betraying the human race or colluding with the Demon Race, Tiangong Tower's commercial reputation cannot be affected."
"I naturally understand."
True Venerable Caishan waved his hand. "Though he is an anomaly, there is no evidence. He may have stumbled into an Ancient Cultivator's Cave Mansion, killed a severely wounded Void Refinement cultivator, obtained some