Settling a Private Grudge, Seeking to Swallow Yingqiong, Body and Heart Convinced, Capturing Zhou Shijie!

Li Xian found it most strange and carefully read the letter. Li Hengfeng had described in detail how he had, through a fortunate coincidence, infiltrated the Flower Cage Sect, how he had earned its trust, and how he had learned where the Heavenly Secret Lotus was... Li Xian had once obtained a scroll depicting the Heavenly Secret Lotus and shown it to Li Hengfeng, asking him to help search for the treasured lotus. Li Hengfeng already knew what the "Heavenly Secret Lotus" looked like; if he encountered the real lotus, he would recognize it.

Li Xian was exceptionally clever. After reading the letter, he sorted through the clues before and after it, and clearly pieced together the Heavenly Secret Lotus's many changes of hands.

So... there had been a great coincidence within all this. The Heavenly Pivot Box had contained the Heavenly Secret Lotus. It had passed through several hands at sea before finally falling into the possession of Vice Alliance Leader Zhang of the Mad Slaughter Pirate Alliance. Yet these powerful sea bandits had limited knowledge and narrow horizons. They suspected they had acquired a great treasure without realizing it. They merely found the lotus strange and beautiful, and actually wished to show it off and flaunt it.

Vice Alliance Leader Zhang thus held a grand treasure-appreciation banquet. He summoned friends from the seas, old acquaintances from the martial world, fierce outlaws of the greenwood, and vicious criminals from the Crimson List, displaying the treasure's uniqueness to bring honor to his face. One of Vice Alliance Leader Zhang's old friends was Zheng Fei, altar master of the Flower Cage Sect's Earth Altar.

At the time, the Flower Cage Sect was convening a grand assembly to discuss matters concerning the sect. Altar masters from every altar gathered in Jade City.