Fang Chen's words stunned both of them. “What do you mean? Are you suggesting you'll let us go?" asked the middle-aged man tentatively, his voice rising. "Immortal Sea Dragon has been severely injured. He isn’t coming back anytime soon. So yeah, you can leave,” said Fang Chen. “But if you don't want to leave, that’s fine too.” "What? He’s severely injured?” repeated the middle-aged man in shock. His eyes quickly turned wary. “Wait! Who exactly are you?” If he really wasn’t one of Immortal Sea Dragon’s men, then how did he know about the Jiang Family? And why did he ask them about it the first thing he saw them? "I've compromised this island, but I’ll be returning to the Flame Empire now. You can weigh your options and come to a decision while I’m away" replied Fang Chen, pivoting around to leave. After walking a few steps away, Fang Chen came to a stop and lightly smiled. He turned his head back. “You coming or not?” "We're coming!" The middle-aged man immediately grabbed the little girl's hand and sprung forward. He’d follow Fang Chen. He wanted to know who he was, anyway. If Fang Chen was one of Immortal Sea Dragon’s men, then he’d take a look at what he was capable of. "This little girl was kidnapped by Immortal Sea Dragon to be his concubine, but she refused, so he threw her and her servant inside here, locking them up,” invented Fang Chen. Elder Su smirked at that. “I’ve long since heard of the Sea Dragon Sect’s weird antics. Looks like it’s true.” Puzzled, the middle-aged man and the young girl secretly seized up Jin Nan, Elder Su, and the Sixth King. "We didn’t find a lot of things of value in his cave dwelling. I'm afraid the most valuable things on the island are the spiritual fields and springs," said Jin Nan casually. "I don't want any of those things,” said Fang Chen. “I am not from around here, after all. And I won’t be staying for long. I’ll accept spiritual materials in exchange for them.” "Can we use spirit stones?" asked the Sixth King. Fang Chen nodded. "I can take spirit stones." It was all the same; he could use spirit stones to buy spiritual materials. The middle-aged man's brow scrunched up. ‘So they’ve really raided the Sea Dragon Sect.’ But Immortal Sea Dragon was a powerful Golden Core Realm cultivator from the Spirit Blood Sect. How were these people able to do this? He had been a little taken aback when he saw how Fang Chen had gone out of his way to come up with an excuse for them, but he naturally didn’t call him out on it. He wasn’t sure if any of these people in front of him were from the Spirit Blood Sect, after all. An hour later, they all left the island on the ship, taking away the youths in green robes with them. The Bai Family reception hall. There were many Foundation Building Realm cultivators gathered inside the hall today. The ancestor of the Bai Family took on the role of being today’s host, personally tending to the guests alongside the Bai Family Head. Even Bai Qianqian had sensibly transformed into a maidservant, serving tea to the guests. The other members of the Bai Family didn't even have the qualifications to enter the hall, so they all remained stationed outside, but they were brimming with excitement nonetheless. After some discussion, they agreed to deliver the spiritual materials and spirit stones to the Qingzhou Sword Sect seven days later. After everything was settled, they all left the Bai Family manor, and the ancestor personally saw them off. But before leaving, Fang Chen took out five peak-grade Purple Lightning Talismans and handed them to Bai Qianqing. “Consider these payment for the tea. Keep them. If you face any problems in the future, you can go to the Qingzhou Sword Sect.” "Thank you, Senior Fang!" beamed Bai Qianqian. After everyone had finally left, the ancestor took the talismans from Bai Qianqian's hand and took a look at them. "Purple Lightning Talismans!" he exclaimed suddenly. Those around were shocked to hear those words. Purple Lightning Talismans? Those were some of the best low-grade, yellow-rank talismans one could get their hands on! They were very rare! "What’s their grade, Ancestor?” asked the Bai Family Head quickly. "I'm not sure,” the ancestor smiled, giving Bai Qianqing the talismans back, “but the spiritual energy on them is very dense, so they can’t be weak." They’ve really had a windfall today; not only had they been able to swallow the Huang and Liu families’ territories, but they were also able to network with a powerful sword cultivator. And all of that because of the five hundred spirit stones he had handed over to Fang Chen back then. "Qianqian, how do you feel about going to the Qingzhou Sword Sect to cultivate?" asked the Bai Family ancestor suddenly. The head of the Bai Family felt ashamed upon hearing this. “Then… I want to go to the Qingzhou Sword Sect to cultivate, Ancestor!" “There’s no rush. We’ll prepare some gifts and I’ll personally take you there when the time comes,” said the ancestor after some thought.