Chapter 649: Heaven Law Sect

Yan Buji smiled: "I think this matter is of great importance to your relationship, but I need some benefits."

"Speak freely," He Caifei said.

"Back then I accidentally went to Youming Jie once, entered a secret realm in an unknown direction, and met a senior named Wu Konghou."

"Wu Konghou?" He Caifei frowned: "Sect Master of the Shenlong Sect?"

"I'm not sure if it's true, but he told me to look for something called the Huang Tian Soul."

Upon hearing this, He Caifei became certain Yan Buji wasn't deceiving him, and then asked: "What about the Huang Tian Soul?"

"I don't know about that either," Yan Buji laughed.

He Caifei frowned: "Then what do you mean by this?"

"I mean, are you also looking for that Huang Tian Soul?" Yan Buji asked.

"Since you know about this, there's no need for me to say more, right?" He Caifei raised his eyebrows.

What exactly is this old thing trying to say? Does he even know where Hong Chengtao is?

The information He Caifei received was that Hong Chengtao returned from Youming Jie with the Huang Tian Soul, so the superiors demanded he spare no expense to find this person's whereabouts.

Coincidentally, He Caifei learned that Inner Gate Elder Hong Shu and Hong Chengtao were relatives, so he came to investigate their family history, and ended up encountering Yan Buji, who was also investigating here.

Yan Buji smiled: "This deal is called, I will find Hong Chengtao's whereabouts for you. At the same time, you must give me some benefits."

"You?" He Caifei looked at Yan Buji doubtfully: "How will you find him?"

"I naturally have a way, but I need...." Yan Buji whispered his request.

After hearing that, He Caifei's pupils constricted, and he looked at Yan Buji in shock: "You're so bold? You dare to ask for that thing?"

"Just say whether you can produce it."

"I will naturally report to the superiors, but whether we can obtain it is uncertain."

"Then I'll go investigate first." Yan Buji chuckled.

He Caifei watched Yan Buji's retreating back, remaining silent for a long time.

Afterwards, He Caifei returned to his residence.

Immediately after, he drew a formation on the ground, chanted an incantation, saw the formation glow, and He Caifei knelt on one knee:

"Greetings, Fire Elder!"

"What is it? Speak!"

"Wu Konghou possibly appeared in Youming Jie before."

"What?" a voice came from the formation, asking doubtfully: "How do you know about this?"

"I have someone here...." He Caifei recounted the previous events.

The Fire Elder on the other end of the formation visibly startled: "You mean that guy who practices Martial and Law Dual Cultivation went to Youming Jie?"

"Yes, as for this person's background, it's still under investigation; all we know is he once appeared in the West Sand River Basin. Fire Elder, this Yan Buji is likely not ordinary—should we recruit him?"

"No need." The Fire Elder's voice came: "There are many talented people in the world; this person acts for profit, so we can just use him with generous rewards."

"Yes."

Moreover, since he met Wu Konghou, he must have received some inheritance from the Shenlong Sect; ask him if he knows the Great Xiang Heaven-Reversal Art.

"The Great Xiang Heaven-Reversal Art?"

"I will transmit a method to you, give it to him, and let him go find Hong Chengtao! As for the conditions, hum, just give it to him!"

"Yes!"

He Caifei evidently didn't dare ask further, recorded the method transmitted by the Fire Elder on a jade slip, and ended this communication.

"How does the Fire Elder know that Yan Buji will definitely know that Great Xiang Heaven-Reversal Art? And what is this method?" He Caifei also had many doubts.

Even if the superiors are well-versed in ancient Martial Dao sects, how can we be certain Yan Buji has such a good relationship with them?

Despite the uncertainty, He Caifei still went to actively seek out Yan Buji.

At that moment, Yan Buji was assigning tasks to his subordinate Alchemists inside the Lian Dan Tang; upon seeing He Caifei arrive, he asked doubtfully:

"What's up? I couldn't find the person that quickly."

"This time, my superiors have already agreed to your request, but there's still something I want to ask you." He Caifei looked around.

Yan Buji understood and led him to the study.

After setting up a soundproof formation, Yan Buji said: "Please speak."

"Do you know the Shenlong Sect's Great Xiang Heaven-Reversal Art?"

"Huh?"

Yan Buji's pupils constricted; this was the Martial Dao divine ability he obtained after meeting Wu Konghou and discussing terms, used to enhance combat power, but he....

"You superiors know quite a bit about this; I indeed know this divine ability." Yan Buji laughed.

"Since you know it, that's fine. This is the method the superiors want me to give you, said to help you find Hong Chengtao." He Caifei took out a jade slip and handed it to Yan Buji.

Yan Buji received the jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and couldn't help but be stunned: "This secret art...."

"How? Any problem?"

"No, it's very strong; I never imagined there would be a method using Martial Dao Dao Marks to calculate others' positions." Yan Buji laughed, putting away this secret art.

He Caifei looked at Yan Buji, wanting to speak but hesitating: "You.... are you a member of some hidden faction?"

"What makes you say that?" Yan Buji countered.

"Based on my understanding of the superiors, just with your lion's big mouth, the superiors didn't order me to kill you, but instead gave you a secret art to help you find people—this is too abnormal." He Caifei said.

Although they're also having him do work for them, their faction is so vast—how could they possibly need an ordinary Martial Cultivator to help them find someone?

Although He Caifei acknowledges Yan Buji's ability to get things done, this doesn't mean he has the qualifications to deal with them. So He Caifei had been wondering where this guy gets the nerve to speak to them like that.

Adding the Fire Elder's attitude, He Caifei became even more convinced that Yan Buji's background is extraordinary!

Yan Buji is also quite strange, what kind of backing could he possibly have?

Thinking about this, Yan Buji suddenly thought of something and took it out from his storage bag.

"Do you know this?"

Yan Buji held a jade disciple token; He Caifei glanced at it doubtfully, then widened his eyes:

"Fa Tian Sect token?! Are you a person of the Fa Tian Sect from the Nan Ting Mountain Region?"

"Fa Tian Sect?"

Yan Buji suddenly realized that his cheap wife actually came from the Fa Tian Sect.

This token was the result of Yan Buji's several-decade plan, made during his mortal years, to enter the cultivation world; after its failure, he unwillingly obtained it.

Back then, Yan Buji personally killed an ordinary person with a strange background; this ordinary person was the resurrected son of his wife, Zhang Xungui. He took this token from him; if not for the leak of his identity back then, he could have obtained this token more smoothly, and perhaps he wouldn't have endured these five hundred years of tribulations.

The events of that time are vivid in his mind; Yan Buji sometimes recalls how perfect his plan was, wondering how his identity could suddenly be exposed, forcing him to take a risky move, but the outcome's failure also proved he could only walk a one-way road.

It was from that time onward that Yan Buji's mindset began to change; excessively pursuing perfection makes it easy for a tiny flaw to cause total defeat, so afterward his stealing and robbing became consequence-free.

But now, Yan Buji has a place to settle down, so he naturally can no longer act that way.

"Beichen Wanqing, it turns out is a person of the Fa Tian Sect." Yan Buji thought secretly, quickly putting away the jade token to prevent He Caifei from noticing anything, and smiled as he looked at the shocked him.

"Do you know the Fa Tian Sect?"

"How could I not know." Although the jade token flashed by, He Caifei still sensed through its details an extraordinary qi, he said: "The Fa Tian Sect is indeed a sacred academy of the Nan Ting Mountain Region; since you come from there, why must you run to the Zhong Tian Zhi Yu?"

Sacred academy?!

Yan Buji's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was overturned by huge waves!

Thinking of some things, Yan Buji involuntarily felt his scalp go numb and his limbs turn cold: "No, if Beichen Wanqing is a disciple of the sacred academy, how could she end up in the Eight Dao Earth Realm? And she's even bringing her son...."

Also not right!

Who can prove that the child carried by the seriously injured Beichen Wanqing back then was her son?

If it wasn't her son, how could that child suddenly come back to life after death?

"So the one called Zhang Xungui is also a cultivator, who just happened to seize the body of the deceased child?" Yan Buji thought to this point, but it's equally strange that as a disciple of the sacred academy, how could he possibly be injured so casually?

Moreover, he suffered a serious injury, his magical power completely gone; if it weren't for bumping into me, he would have almost died there.