Moreover, Heng Guyuan had more than one storage artifact on him. Li Yan would only take away the storage ring whose divine-sense imprint had been destroyed. Presumably, the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect experts who entered would never care how many storage artifacts a disciple carried. It likewise seemed as though it would not affect the plan.
But with so many storage artifacts, Li Yan had no idea which storage ring Heng Guyuan had placed the golden leaf in. Was he supposed to open them one by one?
Aside from those uncontrollable factors, what if Heng Guyuan had placed what he obtained in the secret realm together with the golden leaf, while the other storage rings contained only spirit stones, Pills, raw materials, and such?
Even if Li Yan opened a storage artifact only once and happened to find the golden leaf, he could only take that one storage artifact afterward.
But Heng Guyuan had been in the secret realm for so long, yet did not have a single item from it on him. Even ghosts would know that someone had taken some things from him while leaving behind the other storage artifacts, only to draw in experts from outside the secret realm. That would be nothing but trying to cover one's ears while stealing a bell.
To resolve the problems at every juncture, Li Yan could either spend a great deal of time conducting a Soul Search, then patch up the resulting consequences one by one, or directly employ a diversionary tactic. The latter was the safest and most trouble-free.
Li Yan had long considered every detail. He would never devise a plan that appeared flawless while actually containing all kinds of small loopholes!
Then, Li Yan's body swiftly rose into the air. In an instant, his body became transparent as