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Before Lin Fan approached these strong men, Hong Huang asked Lin Fan to collect information about them, which would be helpful for Lin Fan's next actions. Lin Fan naturally did so.

In a dim cave, a young man sat near a relatively flat stone with several pieces of paper covered with words and a pen on the stone. He then used his spiritual power to ignite a flame that could slightly illuminate the paper without being noticed by the outside world. Finally, he took out a blank piece of paper and muttered to himself softly on the spot.

"Master, I have done as you requested."

"Okay, go do your thing, but remember to prepare for battle, because you might have to fight at any time later."

Lin Fan nodded and started practicing on the spot, but the flame still remained on Lin Fan's palm.

"Yes, Zhang Ji, a disciple of the Rock Beast Sect, is in the middle stage of foundation building. He came with several fellow disciples. As for this one," Hong Huang turned his eyes away from Zhang Ji's information and read the information of another man: "Sun Zhi, also in the middle stage of foundation building, is from Huahuan City."

Hong Huang took a rough look at everyone Lin Fan had recorded, sorted out each person's strength, and then summarized again:

"This time, there are a total of four factions. The Rock Beast Sect has two people in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Huahuan City has sent three people in the Foundation Establishment stage, but one is in the middle stage, and the other two are in the early stage. There are also two people in the Foundation Establishment stage, but their realms are not detailed. The last faction is Lin Fan and I, one is in the fifth level of Qi training, and the other is in the second level of Qi training."

Hong Huang took another look at the power distribution map he had compiled, then looked at Lin Fan who was practicing, and said to himself, "Comparing the strengths like this, the disparity is quite large. However, as for who will win the secret treasure in the end, it's hard to say."

Then Hong Huang turned the paper over and began to think about his plan.

"According to Lin Fan, the secret treasure will not be truly revealed for another five days. As the time until its release decreases, the effect of the secret treasure will become more and more obvious. Basically, after the third day, everyone will know the effect of the secret treasure. Then I have a hunch that I may be able to make a fuss here."

After saying this, Hong Huang controlled the pen to write down the important information on the paper and continued speaking.

"Now the other three factions are all aware of each other's existence and are testing each other. Fortunately, they are unaware of the existence of our fourth faction. The enemy is in the open, while we are in the dark. We have the advantage. However, to be on the safe side, we still need to let Xiao Linzi explore if there are any new forces. After that, I can start with..."

Time passed slowly, night fell, and three places in the Spirit Beast Forest lit up one after another.

In the dark night, a figure was jumping around on the tree, but no one from the three camps noticed the figure on the tree.

"Master, I haven't found anyone outside of the three major factions yet. Does that mean we can go back and rest?"

"Don't be impatient, wait a little longer. You have to believe that human greed is enough to make them do things that ordinary people cannot tolerate. So I boldly guess that there must be people like you who are investigating other forces, and there are also people who are trying to be Voldemort."

"Voldemort, what is that?"

"Don't worry about it. Just think of him as someone who has been hiding in the dark. What you need to do now is to hide better than them."

"But Master, I'm worried that if I continue to stay like this, I might not perform well in tomorrow's operation."

"We are not in a hurry to act. The current situation does not necessitate action sooner rather than later. We should act the better at the right time. We may not act tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow, but we must be fully prepared before we act."

After hearing this, Lin Fan stopped talking and stayed quietly on the tree.

As the night deepened, the flames of the three major forces gradually dimmed, and at this time, tiny lights appeared in many places far away from the three major forces.

Just as Hong Huang said, these faint lights are other people outside the three major forces, and looking at the distribution of the firelight, it can be known that these people are all individual cultivators.

"Master, it seems you are right. There are indeed a lot of them. Um, what is that called?"

"Voldemort."

"Yes, Voldemort, now that we know of their existence, shouldn't we go back?"

"How can you be sure that this is all Voldemort? Since there is Voldemort, is it possible that there is Voldemort and Voldemort and Voldemort and even..."

"Stop, stop, stop, Master, please stop talking. I won't leave."

"No, you must leave now, and leave loudly to let these Voldemorts know of your presence."

"Master, you're almost confusing me. Why do you let me stay one moment and then let me go the next?"

"Before, we didn't let you go so that we could understand whether Voldemort existed or not. Now we let you go so that we can tell Voldemort that you are the fourth force. Later, you will be the fifth force, the sixth force, and even more forces. The more forces there are, the more chaotic the situation will be. Such a chaotic situation is very beneficial to us, the few 'outsiders'."

"That's actually the case. Master's words today have taught me a lot, and I even understood something."

"Oh~ Then tell me what you understand?" Hong Huang was intrigued by Lin Fan's sudden words.

"From what Master did for me today, I understand that in the Profound Sky Continent, only strength reigns supreme. Those without strength either hide in the shadows or rack their brains to scheme against others. Those with true strength don't need to do these things, nor do they need to worry about others doing these things to them."

"Yes, strength is king." Hong Huang whispered softly. He never thought that there would be a day when he would be taught a lesson by Lin Fan.

"Just like Senior Wang Shui, he was so powerful that no one dared to cause trouble for Uncle Wang Tian's village. But now the Voldemorts on the ground are not strong enough, so they can only hope to find an opportunity to take advantage of the weak when the strong ones fight."

"If you say so, then what are we now?"

"We are different from those people on the surface. Although we are all people in the dark, our goal is not to pick up the missing things, but to snatch the food from the tiger's mouth."

"So, aren't we what you call weaklings who try their best to scheme against others?"

"Yes, but only for now. I firmly believe that we will become as strong as Senior Wang Shui, or even stronger than him, so we can be considered the weaklings for a short time."

"Pfft."

Hong Huang smiled at Lin Fan's words, then said, "Xiao Lin, after all this talk, do you still remember your next mission?"

"Leave in a grand manner and let Voldemort know about the existence of a fourth force, right? I will do this beautifully."

After saying this, Lin Fan tried his best to mobilize the spiritual energy around Voldemort to make them feel the difference, then threw a special explosive talisman into the air. Finally, he jumped down from the tree, pressed the button at the bottom of the compass to conceal the breath, and urged his spiritual power to make the talisman explode.

As soon as the talisman exploded, people from the three major forces noticed something was wrong and came to watch the explosion. The Voldemorts were forced to stay away.

Lin Fan, who had escaped by using the explosion to attract other people's attention, looked back at the place where the explosion occurred and disappeared. The scene changed, and Lin Fan returned to the secret cave where he had originally stayed. Looking forward to tomorrow's action, he casually built a bed and fell asleep.