Upon hearing Zhou Qing'ang's deductions, Gao Yuan couldn't help but slap the table in admiration. "If this plan succeeds, the vast majority of cultivators throughout the entire Congyun Sea will owe the Secretary-Envoy a debt of gratitude.

"Even if the two Spirit Transformation Immortal Eminences, Hong Xi and Zi Yun, were to return, they would have to weigh the consequences before daring to move against him.

"The Secretary-Envoy's foresight is truly profound. He thinks a hundred steps ahead with every move he makes. It is beyond our ability to fathom."

He Zhenghao sighed in wonder as well. Who would have thought that a seemingly simple wealth-gathering scheme could contain so many intricate layers?

Both men were utterly convinced.

Yet they remained...