Jia Nan Star, a third-rate life planet, had a teleportation array that could not directly reach the Continent of the World's Heart. After arriving at Jia Nan Star, Zhang Fan did not linger. After all, there were too few powerhouses on this planet, and fewer things that interested him.
Therefore, Zhang Fan used the star system's teleportation array on Jia Nan Star to travel to a first-rate life planet. After another detour, it took more than ten days before he finally reached his ultimate destination, the Continent of the World's Heart.
The Continent of the World's Heart was a supercontinent located in the center of the Wu Shan Starfield. It floated in the universe, with a width and length measured in light-years. Thus, even flying at the speed of light, it would take over a light-year to traverse the entire continent.
The Continent of the World's Heart was generally divided into five regions: the Arctic Sea, the Southern Wilderness, the Central Region, the Eastern Observation Region, and the Western Extreme Imperial Region.
Each region was extremely vast, with countless sects and Nascent Soul families scattered like stars.
Wu Ning City in the Eastern Observation Region was a renowned supercity within the region, gathering hundreds of millions of cultivators, far surpassing the cities on third-rate life planets.
Zhang Fan, dressed in a green robe and wearing a black longsword at his waist, walked into the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion in Wu Ning City.
At this moment, his appearance had changed considerably; he had transformed into a rather handsome young man.
This transformation was out of sheer necessity.
When Zhang Fan arrived at Jia Nan Star, he could hear many cultivators discussing him in the streets and alleys of that third-rate life planet.
The bounty issued by the Immortal Assassin Alliance on his head at the Black Sand Grotto-Heaven was no longer a secret. His head was now worth fifty million spirit crystals, and a complete him was worth a hundred million spirit crystals.
This was enough to tempt powerful Nascent Soul cultivators.
After all, the wealth of an ordinary four-tribulation Nascent Soul expert was not even fifty million spirit crystals.
Therefore, Zhang Fan had no choice but to spend some time cultivating a transformation technique. Although it wasn't particularly profound, it was at least sufficient to prevent ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators from seeing through his disguise.
After entering the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Zhang Fan looked around. The vast lobby had only one old wooden table with a pile of white paper on it. A red-bearded old man in a gray robe lay on a long chair by the table, seemingly asleep.
There wasn't even a welcoming attendant, but Zhang Fan knew a lot about the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and understood that this was their business style.
They sold intelligence. If someone needed it, they would come to them. They didn't need to provide excellent service; as long as the intelligence was accurate, customers would be satisfied.
Zhang Fan walked to the wooden table, picked up a brush and paper, wrote four large characters, put them down, and said, "I want to know his precise location."
The red-bearded old man opened his eyes, looked at the characters Zhang Fan had written, and said, "Two hundred thousand spirit crystals. If there's no reply, half will be refunded."
Zhang Fan frowned slightly. Although True Monarch Tian Hua was somewhat famous in the Wu Shan Starfield, his fame was limited to the Golden Core realm cultivators. He hadn't expected that simply inquiring about his location would cost two hundred thousand spirit crystals.
One had to know that the wealth of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator was only around this amount.
"I'll give you a reply within ten minutes."
After Zhang Fan paid the spirit crystals, the red-bearded old man replied indifferently, then closed his eyes and paid Zhang Fan no further attention.
Zhang Fan did not rush and waited patiently.
A few minutes later, a white light talisman descended from the upper floor of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and flew into the red-bearded old man's hand.
He held the light talisman for a long moment before opening his eyes and looking at Zhang Fan. "True Monarch Tian Hua's last known location was on a desolate planet on the edge of the Wu Shan Starfield. That place is an opportunity left by True Immortal Zi Wu."
"After that, no one has seen True Monarch Tian Hua. Perhaps he has died in the land of opportunity."
"The intelligence has been provided. If there is nothing else, please feel free to leave."
After leaving the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Zhang Fan went directly to the Immortal Treasure Pavilion in Wu Ning City.
Although he hadn't obtained the answer he wanted from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Zhang Fan was still satisfied. No news was also good news.
With the strength of True Monarch Tian Hua and Xue Jingyi and others, as long as they didn't encounter an expert above the three-tribulation Nascent Soul realm, they would be able to protect themselves.
If something happened to them, it would undoubtedly cause a considerable stir, and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion would have news of them.
No news indicated that they were acting discreetly and cautiously, which was a good thing.
The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion sold intelligence, while the Immortal Treasure Pavilion sold various treasures.
In the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, as long as one had enough spirit crystals, even treasures of the level of immortal treasures could be purchased.
As the largest artifact merchant in Wu Ning City, the Immortal Treasure Pavilion was extremely popular. Various magic treasures of different styles floated above the spacious hall, and there were many cultivators in the Condensing Core and Golden Core realms browsing.
Compared to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, the service in the Immortal Treasure Pavilion was much more attentive. As soon as Zhang Fan entered, a delicate-looking attendant approached him with a sweet smile and asked in a very respectful tone, "May I ask, sir, what can I help you with?"
Zhang Fan shook his head and said, "I'll look around myself first."
The attendant acknowledged this and then moved a small distance away.
Zhang Fan scanned the hall with his eyes, then shook his head and walked towards the second floor.
The magic treasures floating in the first-floor hall were mostly spirit artifacts, with the best quality barely reaching the level of mid-grade spirit treasures. Naturally, they couldn't arouse his interest.
Compared to the first floor, the second floor of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion was much quieter. However, the cultivators who could be on the second floor were at least experts who had condensed a second-grade Golden Core, and there were even two Nascent Soul cultivators.
Above the second-floor hall, a pile of various magic treasures also floated. The variety was much smaller compared to the first floor, but similarly, the quality was much higher.
The worst among them was at the mid-grade spirit treasure level, and there were even several heaven treasures, whose value could make the strong among Nascent Soul cultivators' hearts flutter.
However, no one dared to take these magic treasures that floated in the air above the pavilion.
This was because all the magic treasures put up for sale by the Immortal Treasure Pavilion were already confined by formations and connected to the entire Immortal Treasure Pavilion. To seize a treasure, one would have to break the super grand formation that enveloped the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.
Zhang Fan's gaze swept over the pile of magic treasures one by one, somewhat disappointed. He didn't see any suitable magic treasures. Two high-grade spirit treasure level swords looked quite good, but for Zhang Fan's current strength, high-grade spirit treasure level magic treasures were no longer sufficient.
As for the heaven treasure level sword, although there was one, its blade was too thin, making it unsuitable for Zhang Fan's sword intent.
"Hmm?"
Just as Zhang Fan was feeling disappointed, a pair of golden gauntlets emitting a dazzling golden light caught his eye, suddenly reminding him of his disciple, Lin Haotian.