Granted the title of a secret messenger

"Fellow Daoist Li, please!"

That square-faced Cultivator walked up to Li Fan and said in a deep voice.

When Li Fan had previously eavesdropped on this group discussing countermeasures, he had learned from Zhou Kebao that this person's surname was Long.

Among this group of people, he vaguely held a leadership position.

Among the commercial contracts signed with Zhou Kebao, there was only one Cultivator with the surname Long who had left their name.

Thus, Li Fan was able to know the identity of the Cultivator in front of him.

Long Yueyou.

The surname Long was still rather uncommon.

Back in Tianquan Province, inside the Tianji Academy of Heavenly Accomplishment Heavenly Lord, Li Fan had once heard of the name of the Tianquan Long Family.

Although they were not like the Tantai Family, who had Dao Integration elders holding high positions in the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

However, the Long Family was extremely united, and Family descendants were spread all across the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

Even though most of them held grassroots positions, once united, they could definitely be considered a force not to be underestimated.

It was just unknown whether this Long Yueyou had any relation to this Long Family.

This thought flashed through his mind, and Li Fan feigned ignorance as he looked at Long Yueyou and asked, "Who is this?"

Long Yueyou smiled slightly, his expression arrogant as he remained silent.

Naturally, the underlings beside him rushed to introduce him to Li Fan.

It was indeed just as Li Fan had guessed.

"Long admired! Long admired!" Li Fan quickly cupped his fists, putting on a shocked expression.

However, in his heart, his evaluation of this Long Yueyou had already dropped by a few notches.

Long Yueyou nodded in response.

Li Fan did not mind either. Surrounded by the group of Cultivators, the two of them followed behind Zhou Kebao and flew into the hanging city in the sky.

The defensive Formation was not activated, allowing them to fly freely and unimpeded within the city.

This was the first time Li Fan had overlooked an immortal city of the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

With a different perspective, it had a unique flavor.

Zhou Kebao began to introduce the various facilities and layouts within the city to Li Fan.

In fact, even without him saying much, Li Fan could clearly see that this immortal city Immortal Cave was indeed identical to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cities usually seen.

After visiting the various buildings in the city in detail and inspecting them one by one, Li Fan nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing that the time was about right, Zhou Kebao took out a token carrying colorful brilliance and handed it over.

"This is the control hub of this Immortal Cave. As long as you refine it with your heart's blood, you can manipulate the Formations of corresponding sizes within the city according to your will."

"Aside from the basic functions possessed by all immortal cities, according to Fellow Daoist's requests, we have specially added numerous wonderful uses such as ultra-distance teleportation, illusory mirages, and mustard seed accommodating Mount Sumeru."

"Of course, Fellow Daoist can also distribute certain control permissions of the Immortal Cave to other Cultivators."

…

Zhou Kebao conscientiously demonstrated the powerful aspects of this immortal city Immortal Cave to Li Fan, and also thoughtfully provided a reminder.

"Ultra-distance teleportation requires consuming a massive amount of energy. Aside from Top-Grade Spirit Stones, it also requires a certain amount of precious Materials such as [Space-Rending Sand] and [Orbit-Fixing Profound Crystal], which are expensive on the market. If Fellow Daoist has any needs, you can come to us—cheap and affordable," Zhou Kebao said in a low voice, drawing a burst of laughter from the surrounding Cultivators.

"Right, there is one more matter that requires attention. This ultra-distance teleportation requires precise spatial coordinate information of the target location. Otherwise, positional deviation during teleportation is a minor matter, but if one mistakenly enters the endless Void Realm, that would truly be troublesome," Zhou Kebao said with a solemn expression.

Li Fan nodded to indicate he understood.

"Lastly, it is the self-detonation function that Fellow Daoist has repeatedly reiterated." Zhou Kebao's tone suddenly grew somewhat nervous.

"For Fellow Daoist's request, we truly put in quite a bit of thought."

"When building the city, we added special Materials capable of triggering the [Nirvana Annihilation Thunder] all over the city."

"Coupled with the fact that we crafted this immortal city Immortal Cave using the methods of refining Magic Treasures, the Magic Treasure itself inherently possesses the function of self-detonation to injure enemies."

Zhou Kebao paused.

"According to our calculations, if this Immortal Cave suddenly explodes, even a Dao Integration Cultivator, if caught unprepared, would suffer severe injuries."

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings instantly quieted down.

The Cultivators present, including Long Yueyou, all sized up Li Fan with slightly bizarre gazes.

However, none of them asked for the exact reason.

Just as Li Fan himself had said, he had once been attacked by spies of the Five Elders Association, and coupled with his own substantial net worth, carrying such a massive divine weapon around for self-defense

was it not entirely reasonable?

Regardless of Li Fan's true intentions, anyway, as long as they sold this Immortal Cave immortal city and got their hands on the Contribution Points, that was enough.

At worst, from now on, unless necessary, they would no longer provoke this person and simply stay far away from him when nothing was going on.

Zhou Kebao and the others all shared this thought.

Amidst slightly awkward laughter, the group of Cultivators brushed past this matter and stopped discussing it.

After Li Fan transferred the remaining Contribution Points over, under the witness of everyone, he refined that colorful Immortal Cave control token.

Looking at the huge city below, a feeling of effortless control arose spontaneously.

At the same time, methods for manipulating various functions also emerged in his mind.

With a thought in his heart, the immortal city Immortal Cave instantly transformed into a tiny speck of light, escaping into Li Fan's Dantian.

"Good treasure!"

Li Fan clapped and praised.

"If Fellow Daoist has any further needs in the future, you can still come find us."

"As long as the Contribution Points are sufficient, everything is negotiable."

Zhou Kebao said with a beaming smile.

"Then in the future, I will frequently have to trouble you all!" Li Fan swept his gaze around and said with a smile.

This drew a burst of laughter from the surroundings.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, using the impending completion of Congyun City and busy official duties as an excuse, Li Fan left this vanguard Realm.

"This person is also an audaciously bold scoundrel; unless necessary, do not make an enemy of him," Long Yueyou evaluated as he watched Li Fan's gradually disappearing figure.

"Indeed, what normal Cultivator would carry such a terrifying big fellow around with them? If he goes crazy and detonates it in any immortal city…"

"Tsk tsk…"

"Ancient Cultivators, normal. If he were truly loyal to our Myriad Immortals Alliance, that would actually be strange."

"Heh, anyway, the Contribution Points are in hand, it has nothing to do with us."

The crowd wore nonchalant expressions as they discussed with smiles.

——

Congyun Sea.

Li Fan checked the Immortal Cave immortal city quietly slumbering in his Dantian, and his heart immediately felt much more at ease.

With this destructive power for self-defense, coupled with the [Blood Essence of Ten Thousand People] residing within the [Huan Zhen] bound space.

Li Fan believed that even facing a Dao Integration Cultivator, he now possessed sufficient capital to deter them.

As for whether Zhou Kebao and the others would leave any hidden doors in this Immortal Cave…

Li Fan did not care at all.

Anyway, its fate was already sealed.

Before the identity of "Ancient Tianji Sect Cultivator Li Fan" completely vanished, it would also erupt with its final brilliant radiance within the territory of the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

Several possible future visions flashed through Li Fan's mind instantly, and a sneer arose in his heart.

His thoughts calming down, before the foundation-laying ceremony of Congyun City officially arrived, Li Fan came to the Dust-Crossing Boat once again to request an audience with First Canon.

"Young Master Jinglun, after months of hard work, the alliance's mission has been completed. The matters you entrusted to me have also been handled accordingly."

"You see…"

Li Fan spoke very tactfully, but he believed that First Canon was an intelligent person and should be able to understand the meaning behind his words.

First Canon, who was lowering his head and furrowing his brow while looking at the constantly flickering and changing information within the official documents, did not even raise his head at this moment.

"Rest assured, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance never shorts those who render meritorious service."

"The corresponding rewards were already decided long ago. Originally, I planned to send someone to read them out at the foundation-laying ceremony. Since you are so impatient, take a look first."

First Canon tapped lightly on the table, and a stream of light instantly flew toward Li Fan.

Unable to dodge in time, as the stream of light entered his body, a piece of information instantly surfaced in Li Fan's mind.

"Hereby, Acting Island Master of Congyun Island, Li Fan, working from dawn to dusk and conscientiously performing his duties, has rendered meritorious service in overseeing the construction of Congyun City."

"He is specially promoted to [Secret Envoy] of the Congyun City Government Affairs Hall, holding full authority to act on all government affairs when the Island Master is not within the provincial borders."

"Additionally, he is bestowed with 100,000 Contribution Points and a Class-A Superior Merit."

…

"Hmph, the alliance never shorts those with merit—that sentence sounds quite familiar."

"However, the reward for this mission is quite worthy of these words."

Li Fan thought to himself inwardly.

Carefully reading this order issued down by the Government Affairs Hall headquarters, Li Fan discovered that the actual power of the [Secret Envoy] he was about to assume could be said to be quite immense.

In reality, during the actual operation of government affairs in various places, many matters were ultimately decided by the Government Affairs Hall [Secret Envoy]s.

Only special events reaching a certain Rank needed to be reported to the immortal city's City Lord for approval.

After all, within a single province, there were too many trivial matters; if the City Lord had to personally inquire into every single matter regardless of size,

then I'm afraid even if they had a few Clones, they might not be able to handle it all.

Furthermore, the City Lords of the immortal cities in various provinces were mostly at the Soul Transformation Realm.

Once reaching this Realm, who would not want to take another step forward and achieve Dao Integration?

One must know that once one stepped into the Dao Integration Realm, that status would be drastically different from Soul Transformation.

To put it small, one was the true Dominator of a province.

To put it grandly, one could be transferred from the local region to the heartland of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, and stepping into the center of power was just around the corner.

Therefore, they must ensure they had sufficient time dedicated to cultivation.

As the City Lord's assistants, [Secret Envoy]s naturally had to help shoulder and process government affairs.

Generally speaking, a province's [Secret Envoy]s usually numbered three to five people.

However, the situation in the Congyun Sea was special.

The uppermost echelon had been transferred elsewhere by a single sheet of orders, unknown where.

Meanwhile, the middle and lower tier Cultivators had also been almost completely wiped out in one fell swoop by the Five Elders Association.

In order to quickly get the reconstructed Congyun City operating as soon as possible, this time the Government Affairs Hall headquarters temporarily arranged only one [Secret Envoy], while also granting Li Fan sufficient permissions.

For the currently vacant positions, he held a one-third internal recommendation quota.

As for the remainder, they would be transferred from Cultivators of other provinces shortly.

"With the two Soul Transformation Immortal Lords Hongxi and Ziyun not returning, this Congyun City can practically be said to be entirely up to me alone to decide."

"It was not in vain that I have been so busy these past few months."

Thinking this in his heart, Li Fan revealed an expression of excitement.

"Many thanks to Young Master for your cultivation! From now on, this subordinate shall serve Young Master to repay your grace of recognition!"

Li Fan vowed solemnly.