Investment Returns: Starting with funding the enemy, that's my master's wife.

Chapter 28 Qinglan Sect Treasury

Upon hearing Li Chang'an's agreement, the two men's faces lit up with joy.

Immediately, Xu Kai and Qiu Fan clenched their fists and said in unison.

"Thank you for taking me in, Sect Leader Li!"

Li Chang'an smiled, nodded slightly, and looked at the two of them before speaking.

"Xu Kai and Qiu Fan, you two are both very strong and familiar with the Qinglan Sect, so you will continue to serve as elders."

Li Chang'an had just finished speaking when he looked at his disciples and then at Xu Kai.

"Elder Xu, you know this place, Qinglan Sect, best. Please settle these disciples for me!"

Xu Kai hummed in agreement.

"By the way, those disciples with better talent can come to the Cangyun Sect to cultivate, while the rest of the disciples can stay here."

"This place will become a branch of the Cangyun Sect from now on. What should be taken to the main sect should be taken with it."

Xu Kai nodded as he listened to Li Chang'an's words, which carried a hint of deeper meaning.

He then took a few steps forward and stood before the group of Qinglan Sect disciples, beginning to appease and screen the former disciples of the Qinglan Sect.

Li Chang'an was quite satisfied with Xu Kai's actions.

He never intended to take over all of Qinglan Sect's assets; Li Chang'an's initial plan was simply to package up Qinglan Sect's high-quality assets and bring them back to Cangyun Sect.

The rest can be left to those who come later.

"You can't get fat in one bite. If a sect doesn't have high-end combat power, having too many visible treasures will only make it a target for covetousness."

After thinking it over, Li Chang'an turned to look at Qiu Fan.

"Sect Leader Li, you must be heading to the Qinglan Sect's treasury!"

Upon hearing Qiu Fan's words, Li Chang'an was slightly surprised, but quickly calmed down and nodded slightly.

"Elder Qiu, lead the way!"

Qiu Fan leaped into the air, and Li Chang'an flew into the air, turned back to instruct Ning Hanruo, and smiled.

"I'll leave this to Elder Ning for now."

He immediately followed Qiu Fan closely.

Ning Hanruo glanced at Li Chang'an's departing figure, pursed her lips, and snorted.

"Do you need to tell me that? Not a single flower or leaf here can escape my eyes."

The territory of the Qinglan Sect is quite large. After passing through the inner gate, it took the two about twenty minutes to arrive at a cave.

The cave was twice as tall as Li Chang'an, and wide enough for ten people to enter together. The entrance was dark, but the bright blue gate made of spirit stones, which was constantly being blown by Da Fei, was very conspicuous.

Qiu Fan pushed open the door and went inside first.

"Sect Leader Li, this treasury contains many treasures, but also some array formations."

"These formations were left behind by Liu Yishui, the former sect master of Qinglan Sect, and are enough to kill a Golden Core cultivator."

Qiu Fan's voice was tinged with apprehension, but his eyes were filled with admiration for the deceased Liu Yishui.

"Oh? Liu Yishui also knows about formations?"

Qiu Fan nodded, seemingly recalling the triumphant look on his face when Liu Yishui crowned him as an elder of the Qinglan Sect.

"Among all the sect leaders of Qinglan Sect, only Liu Yishui was proficient in array formations. The sect's protective array was created by Liu Yishui."

His tone made no attempt to hide his admiration.

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an frowned and tentatively inquired.

"So Liu Yishui must have had a teacher?"

"I don't know about that, but the only thing I do know is that Liu Yishui has a Level 3 Array Master certificate certified by the Eastern Continent Array Association."

"A level three formation master?"

Upon hearing this name, Li Chang'an's brows relaxed. When he heard that Liu Yishui could set up formations, he thought that Liu Yishui would have a mysterious and powerful master, but now that the power behind him has surfaced, Li Chang'an felt much more at ease.

Although a level three array master is only considered a beginner array master in the array lineage of the Divine Fall Continent, Liu Yishui is still considered a top-tier level three array master. He is only one step away from becoming a level four array master, which is also a mid-level array master.

Now that Li Chang'an has killed him, the news will surely cause a brief uproar when it reaches the Eastern Continent Array Masters Association.

But Li Chang'an didn't seem to care about that. After walking for a while, he continued to ask Qiu Fan.

"Elder Qiu, you said there's a formation here? I haven't seen a single one!"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Fan pointed to the fork in the road ahead, channeled his spiritual power, and struck the brightest spot.

The spiritual energy that had just entered was instantly reduced to dust.

"This is Sect Master Liu's Level 3 Spirit Extinction Array. Once a cultivator enters and circulates their spiritual power, they will be attacked by this array."

Looking at the offensive power of this formation, Li Chang'an gasped and murmured.

"An ordinary Golden Core cultivator entering this formation would likely perish here."

"What's even more terrifying is that this formation is virtually undetectable; it's a silent and stealthy formation, truly remarkable."

When Li Chang'an finally learned about and saw the formation set up by Liu Yishui, he couldn't help but take it a step further.

"It's a pity he's dead, otherwise I would definitely have made that old man set up several protective formations for my Cangyun Sect."

The two walked towards the dimly lit intersection. After passing through this place, they arrived at the end of the Qinglan Sect's treasury, but did not see the dazzling array of treasures.

It was very dark here, with almost no light penetrating through. At a glance, one could see a lying corpse with tattered armor on it.

At the far end was a wooden table with only a few bottles of low-grade fourth-order spiritual plants in jade bottles on it. Next to the table was a bookshelf with only a few cultivation manuals on it.

Looking further into the corner, all that remained were some dilapidated spiritual artifacts. Although they were old, their quality was not low, with the lowest being a third-grade low-level artifact.

A third-tier spiritual weapon is already considered extremely precious among third-rate forces.

Unfortunately, Li Chang'an didn't care about these things, but with a wave of his hand, he packed them into his storage ring.

"Never mind, even a small mosquito is still meat."

He then looked at Qiu Fan and asked.

"Is this all the Qinglan Sect's treasury has?"

"That's all."

Qiu Fan replied.

"Is that really all?"

Li Chang'an used a questioning tone.

"That's really all."

Qiu Fan felt Li Chang'an's imposing aura and broke out in a light sweat.

"Sigh, the Qinglan Sect is really poor!"

Hearing Li Chang'an's complaints, Qiu Fan rolled his eyes at him as Li Chang'an glanced around.

"Third-tier spiritual energy and fourth-tier spiritual plants are not enough. The sect master of Cangyun Sect is truly ambitious."

But when Li Chang'an suddenly looked at him again, Qiu Fan put on a sentimental expression.

"Sect Leader Li, there's nothing we can do about this. The Qinglan Sect is only a third-rate sect, so the Cangyun Sect should be able to understand."

Li Chang'an shook his head, expressing his incomprehension, since the Cangyun Sect did not have a sect treasury.

In Li Chang'an's heart, he was the sect's treasury, and the sect's treasury was him.

But as the sect leader, he was unwilling to lose face in front of the new elders.

"Although the overall strength of my Cangyun Sect is not as good as that of the Qinglan Sect, its foundation is naturally stronger than that of the Qinglan Sect."

At this point, Li Chang'an glanced at Qiu Fan out of the corner of his eye and saw that he looked incredulous.

Li Chang'an then pointed to his chest, appearing confident and assured.