The Immortal Alliance conceals the intention

Huangfu Song tightly hugged the Heaven Measuring Mirror, looking as if he had seen a ghost, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Meanwhile, Dongfang Yao, who usually appeared open-minded, after connecting his Divine Sense to the Heaven Measuring Mirror, watched as the over thirty thousand Azure Mystic Points that he and the others had risked their lives to earn were instantly reduced to zero, his eyes turning blood-red in an instant.

"Huangfu! Is this thing of yours reliable? Why did it swallow all of our contributions?" The veins on his neck bulged, and his expression turned somewhat ferocious as he said this.

In contrast, Li Fan was much calmer.

Upon checking, during the period when the Heaven Measuring Mirror was disconnected from the Tianxuan Mirror, the massive amount of Azure Mystic Points they had obtained from exploring the Life and Death Mystic Domain were indeed completely empty now.

"The change only happened after we left the Mystic Domain and reconnected with the Tianxuan Mirror…" Li Fan muttered thoughtfully, summoning the Puxian True Ark to pull Huangfu and Dongfang, who were exposed in the Essence Devouring White Mist, into the cabin.

"Calm down, two brothers. Being able to preserve our lives this trip is already a great fortune. If the Azure Mystic Points are gone, we can always earn them back later." Standing at the bow of the Puxian True Ark, Li Fan comforted the two while looking toward the White Mist not far away.

There, within the thick white and beyond the reach of sight, some kind of change seemed to be quietly taking place.

"No, we absolutely cannot let it rest like this. Either something went wrong with the Tianxuan Mirror, or our contributions were swallowed up by someone. I must go and demand an explanation!" Huangfu Song said, gritting his teeth.

"Damn it, bullying right onto my head! If I catch whoever stole our Azure Mystic Points…" Flames of fury burned fiercely in Dongfang Yao's eyes. His chest heaved up and down, obviously angered to the extreme.

Seeing this, Li Fan no longer tried to persuade them.

After such an incident, the few of them naturally had no mood to continue exploring. Furthermore, their supplies had been consumed quite a bit, so setting out to explore again was not a wise move. Thus, they hurried back to Tianyu City.

"The two brothers can wait for my news; I am going to find Dean Ji right now." As soon as they returned to the city, Huangfu Song impatiently went to find Ji Hongdao.

Dongfang Yao, however, found it difficult to suppress the anger in his heart. Even when they reached the private room of the Dao Discussion Tower, he did not take a seat. Instead, he paced back and forth, moving and stretching his body, causing his bones to crackle continuously.

Li Fan did not say much. He ordered a cup of spiritual tea, drank it, and closed his eyes to wait.

After a short half-day, Huangfu Song walked in looking utterly dejected.

He slumped onto the ground, his eyes devoid of focus.

"Huangfu, what did they say?" Dongfang Yao noticed something was amiss, but still unable to hold back, he pressed on.

"It doesn't exist, it no longer exists…" Huangfu Song murmured softly.

"What doesn't exist! You better make it clear! You're really driving me crazy!" Dongfang Yao roared.

"Dean Ji said that the Life and Death Mystic Domain we reported…" Shouted at by Dongfang Yao, Huangfu Song recovered a bit of his normalcy and said intermittently, "This place simply does not exist."

Dongfang Yao was stunned for a moment, and then flew into a rage: "In broad daylight, how dare they talk nonsense? We experienced it personally, and we even have that damn mirror as proof…"

"That's what I told Dean Ji as well. But…" Huangfu Song's face turned extremely pale.

"He asked me to take him to the Life and Death Mystic Domain once more. But when I arrived there based on my memory, the Life and Death Mystic Domain had vanished."

"What?" Dongfang Yao was frozen on the spot.

"There was only the pure Essence Devouring White Mist. What Reversing Life and Death Formation, what seas of desolation and vitality—they all felt like an illusion we experienced…" A trace of bewilderment appeared in Huangfu Song's eyes.

"Did we really experience all of that? Or were we influenced by some eerie existence within the White Mist and fell into an illusion?" Looking at his appearance, he himself could no longer tell the difference.

Dongfang Yao opened his mouth, having a belly full of words he wanted to say. In the end, however, he slumped down next to Huangfu Song, grabbed a cup of spiritual tea with utter depression, and chugged it down in one gulp.

"An illusion? Hmph…" In Li Fan's mind, the hua dao stone emitted a brilliant blue light, and the appearance of the [Reversing Life and Death Formation] instantly materialized.

"What kind of illusion can create such a Formation."

Li Fan was very certain that the experiences of the three of them in the Life and Death Mystic Domain were completely real.

However, the official Myriad Immortals Alliance refused to admit that such a place existed for some reason.

"It seems that the higher-ups of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, or perhaps the Tianxuan Mirror, know the true identity of this Reversing Life and Death Heavenly Venerate. Moreover, their relationship seems rather deep. Now that He Himself has no intention of actively manifesting in the world, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance has taken the initiative to cover up His traces."

Li Fan sensed that after they left the Life and Death Mystic Domain and the Heaven Measuring Mirror established a connection with the Tianxuan Mirror, faint fluctuations emanated from the location of the Mystic Domain.

It should have been at that time that the Mystic Domain was transferred to another place.

"Such methods…"

"Interesting."

Over thirty thousand Azure Mystic Points had vanished into thin air, yet unlike Huangfu and Dongfang, Li Fan did not look like he had just lost his parents.

"If nothing unexpected happens, compensation from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is already on the way."

"After all, they need to turn a big issue into a small one and a small issue into nothing. Otherwise, if Huangfu Song and Dongfang Yao get too angry and tell everyone they meet about this, it won't be easy to clean up."

Having figured out the crux of the matter, Li Fan was carefree and content, taking his time to sip a cup of spiritual tea while quietly waiting for the visitor.

Sure enough, after a short half-day, a series of knocks sounded outside the private room.

"Who is it?" A trace of vigilance flashed in both Huangfu's and Dongfang's eyes.

Before they could make a move, the door opened on its own. A black-robed Cultivator whose appearance could not be clearly seen abruptly stood before the three of them.

"You…" Dongfang Yao's expression changed drastically, his muscles tensed all over as he instantly entered a combat state.

Just as he was about to make a move, his heart skipped a beat, and he was forced to stop.

Because Dongfang Yao saw the Heaven Measuring Mirror automatically fly out from Huangfu Song's embrace and come before the black-robed Cultivator.

The black-robed Cultivator gently tapped the Heaven Measuring Mirror and then said coldly: "Up to now, the maps of the explored areas within the White Mist Barrier are all inside here."

"If you want more efficient exploration, you can go to those places that are still blank."

"Remember, do not randomly say things that shouldn't be said. Otherwise, no one will be able to protect you."

"Take care of yourselves!"

Flicking his finger slightly, a ball of light flew toward Huangfu Song's side.

Afterwards, the black-robed Cultivator's figure gradually distorted and slowly vanished into thin air just like that.

Huangfu Song and Dongfang Yao stared blankly at the ball of light before them, and after a long while, they seemed to finally understand something.

Cold sweat dripped from their foreheads, and their bodies trembled slightly and uncontrollably.

After a long time, the two of them recovered their senses.

Exchanging glances, they harbored deep unspoken thoughts and both stopped mentioning the matter altogether.

Probing the ball of light with his Divine Sense, a trace of joy appeared on Huangfu Song's pale face: "[Exemption Talisman]!"

With that, he took out three Talismans glowing with colorful radiance from within.