Xiao Fei used some connections to obtain an identity token for Huang Feifei in the Jun Tian Realm.
Her current identity was a temporary worker handling miscellaneous tasks at the periphery of the Jade Void Palace, but she possessed the right to freely enter and exit the Jun Tian Realm.
This identity was sufficient. In fact, many caravans, shop assistants, and similar personnel in Jun Tian City held similar identities.
After receiving the identity token, Huang Feifei did not immediately leave the Jun Tian Realm. Instead, she rented a temporary cave dwelling within the city.
She spent her days active in the city, gathering information, and acquiring or befriending valuable immortals.
Huang Feifei planned to temporarily establish Jun Tian City as the headquarters of her intelligence organization.
Managing such a large intelligence network required a significant amount of effort.
Xiao Fei then released Fei Xin, Xiao Lan, Huangfu Xuan, and others from the second Jian Mu world to assist Huang Feifei.
However, with the operation expanding, the tens of thousands of immortal stones Xiao Fei initially provided were far from enough, being depleted in just one or two months.
To bribe an ordinary disciple of the Jun Tian Realm, it would cost at least several hundred to a thousand immortal stones.
If one wanted to win over immortals of higher rank and status, the price would be even greater.
Moreover, this was a continuous investment, requiring a constant influx of resources in the future.
Without benefits, no one would work for you for free.
In the past few days, Huang Feifei had established a friendship with a Heavenly Immortal from the Heavenly Demon Palace who held a certain status within the palace.
With this person's assistance, she could almost obtain intelligence from half of the Heavenly Demon Palace.
However, this individual had recently encountered some trouble and required a substantial amount of wealth, finding himself short of funds.
In such situations, a timely act of assistance yielded far greater results than everyday favors.
Huang Feifei mentioned this matter to Xiao Fei, as ultimately, he was the one providing the immortal stones and holding the decision-making power.
Faced with such an opportunity, Xiao Fei naturally would not let it pass. Immortal stones could be earned again, but missed opportunities were gone forever.
The last time he utilized his intelligence organization to sell a large quantity of spatial treasures, he had earned over three million immortal stones.
After spending one million immortal stones to enhance his spatial abilities, he still had over two million remaining.
He decided to take out all the remaining two million-plus immortal stones for Huang Feifei to use, leaving the rest for future expenses.
You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a cub! Only with付出 will there be future rewards.
After taking out those two million-plus immortal stones, Xiao Fei was truly penniless.
His goal was to establish an intelligence organization that permeated every corner of the immortal realm, along with an army possessing formidable combat power.
The financial investment required in the future would far exceed this amount.
A month later, Huang Feifei delivered an jade slip to Xiao Fei.
This jade slip contained detailed records of many secrets within the Heavenly Demon Palace, including the specific styles of undergarments their Palace Master preferred.
After reading it, Xiao Fei put the jade slip away, revealing a meaningful smile, and sent out a communication talisman from his cultivation chamber.
A moment later, Zhang Yi entered the cultivation chamber and first paid his respects to Xiao Fei.
Although Zhang Yi was a winner of the 100,000-year Genius Exchange Meet and possessed Heavenly Immortal cultivation, Xiao Fei's status was higher. Even with his visible cultivation only at the True Immortal realm, he had to respectfully greet Xiao Fei.
"Zhang Yi, next month Senior Brother Jin will lead a team to the Cang Tian Realm for a major transaction. I have the fortune to accompany Senior Brother Jin. Prepare some items from the shop, and accompany me as well."
"Yes! Your subordinate will attend to it immediately!"
Zhang Yi bowed to Xiao Fei again and then took his leave.
A month later, in the void above a desert, a celestial gate suddenly opened. Faintly written above the grand entrance were the words "Jun Tian Realm."
The moment the gate opened, a dense immortal aura surged out.
Concurrently, a team emerged from the gate.
The leader was the Senior Brother of the Jade Peak from the Jade Void Palace, flanked by several immortals, one of whom was Xiao Fei.
After exiting the Jun Tian Realm, Jin Wucheng conjured a massive flying ark, and everyone boarded to fly eastward.
"Senior Brother, I heard that the past few years have been rather turbulent."
On the flying ark, a disciple from the Jade Peak approached Jin Wucheng and said.
"Indeed. In recent years, the immortal energy in the Immortal Realm has been rapidly depleting. Some blessed lands and sacred grounds have experienced a decline in immortal energy, and finding themselves in difficult straits, they have resorted to unorthodox methods. Now, there are frequent conflicts between the major blessed lands and sacred grounds over resources. I heard that a sacred ground was even annihilated last time. However, no matter how audacious these people are, they wouldn't dare to target our Jade Void Palace."
Jin Wucheng, having nothing else to do, began to explain the situation outside the Nine Heavens to everyone.
As he spoke, he pointed outside the flying ark.
"Look, thirty thousand years ago, this mountain range still possessed immortal energy, and a blessed land was stationed here. In just thirty thousand years, the immortal energy here has been completely depleted, leaving it barren."
Everyone looked up. The area had become desolate, with no trace of its former glory as a blessed land.
"If this continues, the Immortal Realm will eventually be finished, and no one will be able to survive," a sharp-featured True Immortal lamented.
"You might not have paid much attention, but many of the lower realms have disappeared in recent years."
"Even if the Immortal Realm is to be destroyed, it is the lower realms that will perish first. Once all the lower realms are gone, it will be the Immortal Realm's turn."
"Regardless, even if it's going to be destroyed, our Nine Heavens will surely be the last to go, so why worry!"
"I heard that if one obtains the Creation Jade Disk, they can find a way to survive even if the Immortal Realm is destroyed."
"Alas, treasures of this caliber are not for us to covet. It's best not to even touch them, or we'll die even faster!"
"..."
Once they started discussing matters of the Immortal Realm, even these immortals who had lived for countless millennia found it difficult to suppress their emotions.
They discussed everything from the development plans of the Immortal Realm for the next 500,000 years to tips for female cultivators' hygiene, covering a vast array of topics.
Unknowingly, the flying ark had been traveling for a full day.
"Boom!"
Just then, a deafening roar echoed, followed by the entire flying ark violently shaking and rocking!
"What happened?"
Immortals from the Jade Void Palace immediately reacted, flying into the air with their weapons drawn.
In front of the flying ark, dozens of strangely shaped figures appeared.
"It's the Demon Race!"
"Prepare for battle!"
Xiao Fei, also among the crowd, had already made preparations for combat.
In the Immortal Realm, the most powerful forces were the Human, Demon, and Devil races.
The Human and Demon races had closer relations and often cooperated, but their relationship with the Devil race was very strained.
Now, encountering the Devil race unexpectedly, and with them initiating the attack, a life-or-death struggle would ensue.