Jiang Hong's Fear! Infiltrating the Core Area

Standing at the entrance of the abandoned mine, Chen Feng's face showed satisfaction.

The abandoned mine shafts finally gave him a sense of security.

Once the main gate is reached, the next step is to install the security system inside the mine.

He can only buy the components used in the security system from the Golden Triangle; they are virtually impossible to find domestically.

At this moment, Liu Qian, dressed in a long robe, walked over.

"Sect Master!" Liu Qian bowed to Chen Feng.

Liu Qian currently holds an extremely high position within the Xingfeng Sect.

But he remained extremely respectful towards Chen Feng, because he had always held Chen Feng in awe.

Liu Qian is very good at judging people, but Chen Feng is someone he can't see through.

For example, the core area of this Xingfeng Sect has undergone tremendous changes compared to a month ago.

Many of the extra things here were completely beyond her comprehension.

He didn't know what many of the newly built buildings here were.

Especially the seven or eight generators at the abandoned entrance that kept making strange noises.

He had no idea what this thing was for.

As for the abandoned mine shafts, Liu Qian had never been inside.

It can be said that Wang Hu was the only one in the entire Xingfeng Sect who had ever entered it.

"Any news?" Chen Feng asked Liu Qian.

During this period, Liu Qian was helping him acquire medicinal herbs.

In just one month, we have acquired over a thousand medicinal herbs that are over two hundred years old.

Chen Feng also reached the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining by using the Spiritual Liquid extracted from those herbs.

As he reached the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, he needed more and more Spiritual Qi.

The speed at which he was acquiring medicinal herbs couldn't keep up with the speed at which he was cultivating.

Fortunately, Lin Wei successfully created two Spiritual Qi Collector.

Chen Feng handed over the two Spiritual Qi Collector to Wang Hu a week ago.

He was sent to lead his men to collect Spiritual Qi within the territory of the Yue Kingdom.

"Brother Wang Hu hasn't returned yet, but he's already had the things sent back."

After saying that, Liu Qian took out a medicine bottle from his person.

He didn't know what it was, and he didn't dare to open it to look.

Chen Feng opened the bottle and saw that it was full of Spiritual Liquid.

"Hmm, not bad."

Chen Feng estimated that this amount of Spiritual Liquid should be enough for him to break through to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

He could sense that the Qi Refining Sixth Layer would be a watershed moment, allowing him to greatly enhance his strength.

"Sect Master, the sect now only has 500,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold left."

Liu Qian reminded Chen Feng.

Chen Feng spends money way too fast.

In just one month, they spent millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of gold.

Most of this money was spent on buying herbs.

The Xingfeng Sect only earns tens of thousands of taels of silver each month from other industries.

If this unrestrained spending continues...

Liu Qian felt that Xingfeng Sect was about to face bankruptcy again.

"I understand. We'll stop buying the herbs for now."

Chen Feng said helplessly.

He has indeed been spending money quite lavishly lately.

In order to acquire medicinal herbs, the people of the Xingfeng Sect traveled to almost all three major cities of the Yue Kingdom.

However, herbs that are over two hundred years old are not so easy to buy.

The large-scale purchases by the Xingfeng Sect have led to a rise in the price of herbs from this year.

Herbs aged two hundred years or more are primarily used to refine Xiantian- level elixirs.

One herb can be used to refine a batch of pills, but he needs at least twenty herbs to condense a single drop of Spiritual Liquid.

You can imagine how much energy was consumed.

Chen Feng had considered sending members of the Xingfeng Sect into the Great Forest to collect this herb.

Finding heavenly materials and earthly treasures that are over two hundred years old is not easy, and it would be a waste of time.

But now that Wang Hu and his men are out collecting Spiritual Qi for him, there's really no need to buy up medicinal herbs on a large scale anymore.

"What's the situation inside the gate now?" Chen Feng asked, turning to inquire.

Lately, he has been either renovating the abandoned mine or cultivating, and has hardly left the abandoned mine area.

He's completely a hands-off manager.

"The number of martial artists in both the inner and outer sects has increased to 1,500, while the number of inner sect martial artists has now reached 200. Recently, many forces have also relocated to the vicinity of Hengduan Mountain."

Liu Qian began to report to Chen Feng on the recent situation of the Xingfeng Sect.

Xingfeng Sect is now the true overlord of the northern border of the Yue Kingdom.

Some smaller factions have also chosen to move their forces to the vicinity of the Hengduan Mountain.

This is just like Liuyang Town back then.

At that time, there were Lineage in Liuyang Town, and many smaller forces would move there to seek protection.

This also made Liuyang Town the center of the Yue Kingdom's border.

Now, its identity has completely changed; the Hengduan Mountain have become the center of the northern border.

As for the Mo Household, which had previously chosen to become a vassal force, they also established their Lineage next to the Xingfeng Sect.

Many Mo Household disciples also joined the Xingfeng Sect.

Besides being the head of the Mo Household family, Mo Chen is also responsible for managing other minor sects in Hengduan Mountain, as well as some of the Xingfeng Sect's businesses.

Xingfeng Sect now has many businesses, which Liu Qian alone cannot manage.

Chen Feng didn't question Liu Qian's decision to relinquish this portion of power.

He had already entrusted everything to Liu Qian.

As for the specifics of how to do it, that's Liu Qian's business.

"Any movement from the Yue Kingdom and Ning Kingdom?" Chen Feng asked again.

He was concerned about these two behemoths.

These two are powerful forces with cultivators.

"No, there's been no change in the Yue Kingdom royal family, and the Ning Kingdom hasn't sent anyone Yue Kingdom border either, which is what I find strange."

Liu Qian replied.

Liu Qian originally thought that these two forces would take no action against the Xingfeng Sect.

But a month has passed, and neither of the two forces has made any move.

"I'm going into seclusion now."

Seeing that everything was normal at the Xingfeng Sect, Chen Feng felt relieved and planned to return to continue his cultivation.

But at this moment, Liu Qian suddenly called out to Chen Feng:

"Sect Leader, wait a minute, there's new information about the materials you asked me to find last time."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng stopped in his tracks. "What kind of material is it this time?"

The materials he had Liu Qian find were naturally those that could provide concealment.

To this end, Chen Feng even bought a small radar to monitor whether it was effective.

During this period, Liu Qian sent him a lot of materials, but none of them could escape radar detection.

"It's a special stone called ' Illusory Concealment Nether Metal,' which our people discovered in the three main cities of the Yue Kingdom. It originates from the Dark Forest of the Ning Kingdom."

As Liu Qian spoke, he took out a stone.

This stone is completely black and looks no different from an ordinary stone.

Liu Qian explained:

"After being specially forged by a weapon refiner, this item can give the concealed weapons it creates a stealth effect."

Chen Feng took the stone and nodded, saying, "Okay, you wait here for now."

He naturally wanted to test this thing; if it worked, he would have Liu Qian buy a batch.

Back in the secret room, Chen Feng took out the radar equipment he had purchased earlier.

This is a home-use millimeter-wave radar that he bought online.

It's mainly used to monitor home security, such as people's movements, the opening and closing of doors and windows, etc. These small radar devices can be purchased online.

Chen Feng turned on the radar and then placed the stone next to it.

If detected, the millimeter-wave radar will issue a notification.

After waiting for a while, the radar did not detect anything.

A smile appeared on Chen Feng's face:

"Finally, it's working!"

This should be enough to satisfy Liu Mu, but he still needs the factory to process it a bit more.

Back at the entrance of the abandoned mine, Chen Feng looked at Liu Qian and said:

"Go and buy a batch of these stones, just five thousand catties to start."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qian's expression changed:

"Sect Master! This is not Blazing Sun Stone; it's very expensive, costing fifty taels of silver per stone."

Liu Qian was naturally unsettled; such a stone weighed at most one or two ounces.

Five thousand catties, how much money would that cost?

He felt that his master was truly oblivious to the value of money, always asking for thousands of kilograms of anything.

"Sect Master, this item is extremely difficult to acquire. It's a specialty of the Ning Kingdom, and only Ning Kingdom merchant caravans occasionally bring some over," Liu Qian explained.

He was already sweating profusely.

Even if Chen Feng manages to acquire it this way, Xingfeng Sect will immediately go bankrupt.

"Then I'll take some for now and send it to me later."

Chen Feng really hadn't expected this thing to be so expensive; for now, he could only buy a batch to try it out.

But Chen Feng wouldn't let himself be taken advantage of; if he were to sell it in the modern world, he would have to charge at least twenty times the price.

It's not that he's corrupt, it's just that he's desperately short of money.

At this moment, Liu Qian suddenly said:

"Sect Master, are those unusual items from last time still available?"

Chen Feng knew exactly what Liu Qian was talking about. Last time, he bought a batch of modern world small commodities from the Eagle Sauce to resell and made a lot of money.

"I'll bring some over next time to solve the current financial problems within the organization."

Chen Feng had been so busy lately that he almost forgot about it.

Buying modern goods and selling them in the Painting Scroll World can indeed make more money.

Upon hearing this, Liu Qian immediately smiled:

"Sect Leader, a catalog like the one from last time would be excellent; it would definitely sell like hotcakes!"

Chen Feng nodded. "I'll take care of it when I get back."

Without continuing his conversation with Liu Qian, Chen Feng returned to the secret chamber to continue his cultivation.

This time, he plans to break through to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, then head to the Golden Triangle to deliver a batch of weapons that Jack bought to the Painting Scroll World.

The Xingfeng Sect.

Yue Yao was chatting with a maid.

"Sister Yue Yao, I really haven't met the sect leader. Ever since we joined Xingfeng Sect, Steward Liu hasn't taken care of us; he's just let us do whatever we want."

A maidservant said helplessly to Yue Yao in front of her.

She was one of the ten maids sent by the Phoenix Dance Pavilion to serve Chen Feng last time.

"Okay, thank you, little sister," Yue Yao replied with a smile.

Yue Yao has been with the Xingfeng Sect for a month now.

For the past month, she has been staying at the outer gate of the Xingfeng Sect.

Every day, Xingfeng Sect doesn't send her to patrol near the Hengduan Mountain.

It's just to handle some matters at the Xingfeng Sect's businesses.

As she was only an outer sect martial artist, she had no access to the core of the Xingfeng Sect.

She rarely even saw inner sect martial artists, let alone Chen Feng.

Even if you see some inner sect martial artists, they won't stay in the outer sect; they'll all go elsewhere.

That place is the core area of the Xingfeng Sect.

She wasn't qualified to go in.

Yue Yao had considered becoming an inner sect martial artist.

The Xingfeng Sect has extremely strict selection criteria for its inner disciples, including checking their family background and conducting a long assessment period.

Furthermore, your talent isn't considered in the selection process for inner sect martial artists.

It all comes down to whether you're loyal, which leaves Yue Yao with no other option.

She came to ask Chen Feng's maid today because she wanted to get some information.

Surprisingly, even these maids had never seen Chen Feng before.

We can't wait any longer.

Yue Yao made up her mind; she planned to take the risk tonight and sneak into the core area of the Xingfeng Sect to take a look.

She has been here for a month.

But there were no useful clues at all, and she had no way of obtaining that special hidden weapon to study.

If she chooses to rob those inner sect martial artists, she will most likely be discovered.

However, after a month of observation, Yue Yao also discovered...

The defenses inside the Xingfeng Sect are not very strong.

My infiltration plan is risky, but it's worth a try.

With her martial arts skills, it would be very difficult for others in the Xingfeng Sect to discover her.

"Sister Yue Yao, I'm also very curious about Sect Master Chen. My sister and I asked Steward Liu about him last time, and he said that the Sect Master is in seclusion. We'll be able to meet him when he comes out, and then I'll tell you what kind of person the Sect Master is."

The maid spoke with expectant eyes.

The maid assumed that Yue Yao admired Chen Feng, so she came to ask her about Chen Feng.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

It's normal for a young girl to have feelings of first love, let alone someone of such high status as Sect Master Chen.

Rumor has it that Sect Master Chen is quite young, and she is actually very much looking forward to meeting that mysterious sect leader.

"Okay, I'll get back to work now."

Yue Yao had given up hope on Chen Feng's maids.

It's likely that within the entire Xingfeng Sect, only Liu Qian and Wang Hu have any contact with Chen Feng.

Night fell.

A figure silently left the outer gate area.

The patrolling outer sect warriors did not spot this figure.

Because her figure was ghostly, almost blending into the darkness.

After passing through a group of buildings at the sect's headquarters, Yue Yao arrived at the rooftop.

The core area of the Xingfeng Sect is not far ahead.

She has explored this area many times.

Dozens of inner sect martial artists, armed with special hidden weapons, guarded the entrance to the core area.

For Yue Yao, bypassing these inner sect martial artists who were guarding her was not difficult.

From the rooftop, the core area of the Xingfeng Sect doesn't look particularly special.

Apart from some buildings, there were two watchtowers in the distance.

She didn't know what it was for.

Yue Yao wasted no time; she once again swayed and headed forward.

A moment later, Yue Yao bypassed the guards and appeared in the core area of the Xingfeng Sect.

Yue Yao cautiously observed her surroundings.

She discovered an abandoned mine shaft not far from her.

There were also many inner sect martial artists guarding the entrance to the abandoned mine.

"It seems that's where Chen Feng is going into seclusion."

Yue Yao had already made up her mind.

Instead of heading towards the abandoned mine, she first looked around.

She wanted to understand the situation here first.

Yue Yao arrived at the door of a nearby house, which was unattended.

Yue Yao was about to enter the house to check when she suddenly noticed...

There is a peculiar object on the upper left side of the doorway of this house.

What makes it special is that it flashes red light and has a mirror-like surface.

The mirror was pointing directly at him.

For some reason, looking at the mirror, Yue Yao felt as if she were being watched by something.

Just as Yue Yao was wondering what was going on, a faint sound suddenly came from inside the room.

The sound was very faint, but she could still hear it with her cultivation level as a martial artist at the Transformation Realm.

Yue Yao cautiously entered the room.

Upon entering the room, she saw a figure hanging on the wall.

The person was almost unrecognizable; most of their body was charred, with only their face still somewhat discernible.

But judging from her figure, she is a woman.

At this moment, the woman was firmly fixed to the wall by five chains.

The woman seemed to notice Yue Yao's arrival. She opened her eyes, and her expression changed drastically upon seeing Yue Yao.

"Your Highness!"

Yue Yao was startled; she hadn't expected the other person to know her.

He abandoned his original plan to kill the other party.

"Who are you?" Yue Yao asked warily, as she had never seen the person in front of her before.

"I am Jiang Hong, the commander of the Forbidden Martial Guard. I have seen Her Highness the Princess in the Imperial City before. What brings you here?" Jiang Hong was clearly shocked.

"Jiang Hong?" Yue Yao immediately understood.

Jiang Hong did indeed disappear in Liuyang Town, and it now appears she has been imprisoned here by the Xingfeng Sect.

She had never met Jiang Hong, partly because Jiang Hong was merely the commander of the Imperial Forbidden Martial Guard.

There are many commanders like this in the capital, so she naturally wouldn't remember them all.

At this moment, Jiang Hong, who was hanging on the wall, seemed to have thought of something, and she said in horror:

"Your Highness, let's go! Don't stay here!"

Jiang Hong didn't know why Princess Yue Yao was at the Xingfeng Sect.

But did she know that Chen Feng, the sect leader of the Xingfeng Sect, was a cultivator?

If Princess Yue Yao were to infiltrate this place and be discovered by Chen Feng, she would undoubtedly die.

She had witnessed Chen Feng's ruthlessness firsthand.

"Why?" Yue Yao asked, somewhat puzzled.

Jiang Hong said anxiously:

"Who is the leader of the Xingfeng Sect?"

However, she stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence.

Because she had already seen the figure appear at the doorway of the room.

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