The reason Meng Fan didn't personally go to the Ji Yuan Empire to collect the silver, but instead transported it all the way from afar with great fanfare, was to spread the word that the Gold and Silver Sect liked silver.

He just hadn't expected that 100 million taels of silver would be so much. Ji Yuan must have spent a lot of money along the way, but it was much cheaper than exchanging it from Hengtong Bank.

If you have a bank note and want to spend such a large sum of money, let alone whether Hengtong Bank can come up with it in a short time, even if they could, the handling fees would be at least ten million taels.

These are all digressions, so let's leave them aside for now. Meng Fan has some very important matters to attend to.

These past few days, he noticed that Yu Min's face had become increasingly worried, probably because the outbreak of Yu Qiu's Yin energy was approaching and because of that vicious man surnamed Fei.

Yu Min was unfamiliar with cultivation, so she didn't know just how powerful the people around her really were. Even though she had witnessed Meng Fan's might in the Ji Yuan Empire, in her mind, even the Ji Yuan Empire couldn't do anything about that fierce man, and his fearsome reputation was too great, which made her somewhat worried.

Seeing her like this, Meng Fan even lowered the quality of the dishes he prepared, knowing that it was a mental illness and that only by dealing with that wicked person could the root of the problem be removed.

Although the events that occurred above the imperial city that day were kept secret by the Ji Yuan Empire, and as a result, the Golden and Silver Gate remained relatively unknown in the Qingxuan Continent, the Ji Yuan Empire was always willing to grant the Golden and Silver Gate's requests. Whenever Meng Fan wanted to investigate something, the imperial machinery would start working, and a steady stream of information would be gathered and sent over.

Leaving aside the Ji Yuan Empire's attempts to curry favor, Meng Fan's own power had already been quietly expanding. Now, almost a year later, the people he summoned back then have basically established considerable forces. As their strength has risen like a rocket, the influence of their forces has also increased rapidly.

Some of these people were in the Ji Yuan Empire, while others were in other empires. The forces formed by Xiong Ba, Wang Chongyang, Pang Ban, Lang Fanyun, and others, either together or individually, spread rapidly thanks to their powerful strength and experienced expertise.

People like Cao Shaoqin and Yu Huatian joined the imperial court departments of various empires, similar to the Eastern Depot and Western Depot in their previous lives. With their strong strength and wealth, their promotion speed was much faster than their cultivation.

Lin Yuantu and Shen Wanqian's business was thriving, which made the Junqing Chamber of Commerce very popular in more than a dozen surrounding dynasties.

Shen Wanqian is indeed a business genius. Not only did he make a fortune using the modern products that Meng Fan taught him, but he also established partnerships with various dynasties, making his business bigger and bigger, and providing strong financial support to the people of the Gold and Silver Sect!

He absorbed a lot of Meng Fan's theories and decided to accumulate more wealth before venturing into the money exchange business. Unlike Hengtong Money Exchange, people who deposited money with him not only didn't have to spend any money, but he even gave them a certain amount of interest.

When he told Meng Fan about his idea, he was afraid that Meng Fan would not understand, so he explained for a long time. Who knew that Meng Fan looked him up and down for a long time, and finally, with Meng Fan nodding suspiciously, he nervously withdrew.

Although the affairs of the empire have come to a temporary end, many new troubles have arisen in the martial arts world of the Fire Maple Dynasty.

"According to intelligence from the Ji Yuan Empire, Fei Bin has arrived near the Fire Maple Dynasty. Recently, there have been signs of him around the dynasty. However, Fei Bin seems to have some connection with the Qingyun Sect and is preparing for the opening of the Ciyun Mountain Secret Realm."

Chu Di stood in front of Meng Fan and said.

This intelligence was pieced together from information sent by Qiao Feng's Beggars' Sect and Ji Yuan. After all, Fei Bin was rumored to have reached the Void Transformation Realm and his whereabouts were elusive. If it weren't for the fact that the Beggars' Sect had a large number of disciples who were almost everywhere, it would have been impossible to find Fei Bin's whereabouts based on the scattered information sent by Ji Yuan.

Although Meng Fan didn't take Fei Bin seriously, he wasn't used to raising other people's children, so he wanted to get rid of the child's biological father as soon as possible so he could feel at ease.

"What is Fei Bin's relationship with the Qingyun Sect? He is from the Jiyuan Empire and has absolutely no connection with the Qingyun Sect, which is sandwiched between the Huofeng Dynasty and the Yunsheng Dynasty."

"The Qingyun Sect produced a female martial artist with an extremely Yin physique. Although she survived the first Yin energy outbreak with the help of a precious medicine, the second one is hard to say. With the opening of the Ciyun Mountain Secret Realm, it will likely attract sects from several nearby dynasties to compete for the opportunity. Therefore, they were willing to offer this extremely Yin physique to Fei Bin in exchange for him entering the secret realm to protect the Qingyun Sect."

Meng Fan sipped the last drop of tea, and Yu Min refilled it for him with gentle movements, exuding charm in every gesture.

"What's the situation with Ciyun Mountain? Qingyun Sect is at least a Grandmaster-level power. Although it's rumored that there are hidden Grandmasters within the sect, they are still far inferior to Fei Bin. How could they dare to cooperate with such a vicious person for the sake of Ciyun Mountain? Don't they know that Fei Bin is utterly untrustworthy?"

Chu Di silently recited the Mind-Clearing Mantra, and his mind instantly cleared. This was a mantra that the Sweeper Monk had specially taught him, so that he could remain unaffected by Yu Min.

Upon hearing Meng Fan's question, he shared what he knew: "Senior brother, Ciyun Mountain is the tomb of Chen Jue, a master of array formations. Chen Jue was originally a disciple of the Heavenly Array Sect of the Dragon Yuan Empire. He had outstanding talent in array formations and broke through to the Unity Realm at the age of three hundred, thus becoming an elder of the Heavenly Array Sect."

He paused, took a sip of tea, and continued, "Unfortunately, Chen Jue was chased to this place by his enemies during a mission. Knowing he was doomed, he set up a great formation on Ciyun Mountain, trapping and killing all his enemies before exhausting himself. He left his entire legacy within the formation, which opens once every fifty years. Anyone with the right destiny can enter. Whoever obtains his legacy can enter the Heavenly Formation Sect and receive special training. This may not seem like much to our Gold and Silver Sect, but it is a significant event in the martial world."

"The formation inheritance of the Unity Realm?"

Meng Fan became interested, and his endless divine sense surged into the distance, arriving at a continuous mountain range in the blink of an eye.

Ciyun Mountain is located within that mountain range. Meng Fan carefully observed with his divine sense and saw that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was exceptionally dense in the distance. Upon closer inspection, he saw a large array covering an area of ​​ten miles in radius, which was clearly the location of that secret realm.

To outsiders, the secret realm appeared powerful, but Meng Fan's divine sense could pass through it unimpeded. The reason was simply that the gap between them was too great.

Upon entering, they discovered a vast expanse within, likely spanning over a hundred miles. Meng Fan secretly admired Chen Jue's impressive array formation skills. Passing through arrays one by one, they arrived at the central house, where only a book and a rusty sect token remained.

Meng Fan unceremoniously recorded the book into his divine sense, and was shocked to find that it contained thousands of formations, basically detailed explanations of formations that various sects and schools could name!

Could Chen Jue be a master thief?! How many family heirlooms must he have stolen to amass so many formations!

No wonder he was hunted down, and no wonder he dared to assert that his successor would be highly valued once he arrived at the Heavenly Array Sect!