"Thank you for your efforts, Fellow Daoist!" He Zhenghao said with a smile, cupping his hands before departing with Gao Yuan.

Li Fan watched their retreating figures, his expression unreadable.

In just a year, they've become this corrupted...

Not long ago, these two were convinced I was an Eternal Heavenly Venerable whose cultivation had regressed. They were eager to ride my coattails to a prosperous future. And now they dare deceive their superiors and conceal the truth from their subordinates

A cold glint passed through Li Fan's eyes.

After all, the war in Tianling Province in this lifetime was something he had personally set in motion. He had long anticipated that some cultivators participating in the fundraising plan would perish in the conflict...