Wu Shattered Star River

Jiang Han quickly asked Xiao Chun to invite Meng Yi in. Meng Yi entered with a solemn expression.

She cupped her hands and said, "Jiang Gongfeng, I am under orders from the Town Guardian to deliver two messages to you."

Jiang Han asked Xiao Chun to serve tea and then inquired, "Please speak."

"First!"

Meng Yi handed Jiang Han a letter and said, "This is a letter from Miss Xi to you. Please check it, Jiang Gongfeng."

Jiang Han took the letter and noticed several small divine arrays on it, presumably to prevent someone from opening and peeking. He directly destroyed the small divine arrays and opened the letter.

The handwriting was very delicate. It began with some words of greeting, followed by the main matter.

She said that her grandfather's body was on the verge of death, and the family was now sparing no expense to treat him, but with little effect.

She was searching for a recipe for an ancient miraculous pill. If she found it, she hoped Jiang Han could help refine dozens of pills and send them over.

After reading the letter, a look of doubt appeared in Jiang Han's eyes. The Yu family was one of the high-level members of the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion. The Yu family's old master was dying, and now refining a pill required him? Did the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion headquarters not have any alchemy grandmasters?

"Could it be because of Xing Gu's matter?"

Jiang Han thought of a possibility. The Xing family had a very strong influence in the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion, and Madam Yu didn't trust those alchemy grandmasters. She was afraid that they were Xing Gu's people or had been bought by him, so she could only ask him to refine the pills.

Madam Yu had shown him great kindness, and if he could help, he would naturally not hesitate.

He thought for a moment and said, "Help me send a message back to Madam Yu that I will do my best to fulfill any instructions she has."

Meng Yi didn't know what Madam Yu had said to Jiang Han, but the fact that Madam Yu personally wrote a letter to Jiang Han instead of just sending a message indicated that the two had a very close relationship.

Thinking of this, Meng Yi's gaze towards Jiang Han became even more respectful.

She then took out a piece of information and handed it to Jiang Han, saying, "This is information from our Intelligence Division. You have three friends who came to the Wushan Immortal Kingdom half a month ago, and their situation... may not be very good."

"Friends?"

Jiang Han was stunned. In the Upper Realm, where did he have any friends? And three of them?

"Could it be Wu Ji and the others?"

Jiang Han was even more surprised. This Fourth-Rank Immortal Kingdom required 100 million immortal stones. How could Wu Ji and the others possibly earn so many immortal stones?

He took the information and looked at it, his face full of astonishment.

The information showed that it was indeed Wu Ji, Lu Yu, and Yin Ruoxi. The three of them were currently in the Beimang Mountains of the Wushan Immortal Kingdom and were even in a relatively powerful bandit gang.

The information said that a large immortal sect near the Beimang Mountains was preparing to encircle and suppress this group of bandits.

A spy from the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion was lurking in this bandit group. He reported the information, and that's how they learned about Wu Ji and the others.

Jiang Han frowned. He pondered for a moment and asked, "My three friends were previously in the Cangyun Immortal Kingdom. They shouldn't have been able to earn 100 million immortal stones in such a short period. How did they come to the Wushan Immortal Kingdom?"

Meng Yi explained, "They probably didn't come through regular channels... They became bandits because they didn't have identity tokens."

"Ah?"

Jiang Han was dumbfounded and asked, "There are irregular channels to enter the Immortal Kingdom?"

"Of course!"

Meng Yi said with a wry smile, "Where there is light, there is darkness. Where there is demand, there will be a market. Becoming a citizen of the Immortal Kingdom requires paying so many immortal stones, which ordinary immortals definitely can't afford."

"Some high-level members of large families in the Immortal Kingdom have mastered some hidden secret realm passages and can secretly bring citizens from Fifth-Rank Immortal Kingdoms in. This is commonly known in the black market as... 'walking the line.'"

"They will charge anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of immortal stones, but the people who come in don't have identity tokens and are blacklisted, so they can only become bandits..."

"So that's how it is!"

Jiang Han suddenly understood. This Upper Realm was actually the same as the Lower Realm, so dark?

Collecting millions of immortal stones to bring citizens from Fifth-Rank Immortal Kingdoms in, and because they don't have identity tokens, they can only become bandits.

When there are more bandits, these large families and sects can then go and suppress them?

This way, not only can the disciples of the sect and family be tempered, but they can also kill people and steal goods, plundering the bandits.

That's making money in several ways...

Jiang Han was a little anxious, but he pretended to be calm on the surface. He asked, "If I go and bring these three friends out and help them complete the procedures and purchase tokens, will the Immortal Kingdom pursue the matter?"

Meng Yi explained, "That depends on whether they have any blood debts on their hands and whether they are on the wanted list. If they haven't committed any major crimes, then smoothing things over shouldn't be a big problem."

"Then please, Shopkeeper Meng, help me check?"

Jiang Han said, "If they are not on the wanted list, then I will go and bring them back and help them complete the procedures."

"Alright, please wait a moment!"

Meng Yi got up and quickly left. Her grandfather was the Demon Suppression Envoy of the Immortal Kingdom, and many departments of the Immortal Kingdom would give her face, so it was easy to check some information.

Meng Yi only left for an hour. She returned and said, "I checked. They should have just arrived in the Immortal Kingdom not long ago and joined the bandit group not long ago, so they haven't committed any major crimes. Spending ten million immortal stones should be able to smooth things over, but of course, the identity tokens are 100 million per person, which can't be reduced."

"That's not a problem!"

Jiang Han cupped his hands and said, "I will go to the Beimang Mountains to bring them back now."

Meng Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Jiang Gongfeng, the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion has an iron rule that we cannot interfere in the affairs of local Immortal Kingdoms, so I cannot go with you."

"In that case... you go to Beixing City, and I will arrange for a clansman to meet you, which will make it much easier for you to act."

"The Beixing Sect may encircle and suppress that group of bandits in the next two days. After you go, don't be impulsive. It's best to secretly take them away and don't clash with the Beixing Sect."

Jiang Han frowned and asked, "Is the Beixing Sect very powerful? What level of expert is the sect master?"

"Their sect's strength is average!"

Meng Yi explained, "The sect master is a late-stage Heavenly Immortal, and several elders are also Heavenly Immortals. The main thing is... the sect master's daughter married into the Shi family and is now the legal wife of the Shi family's youngest son!"

"The Shi family?"

Jiang Han touched his nose. The Wushan Immortal Kingdom had five major families, and the Shi family was one of them. The head of the Shi family was an Immortal Sovereign.

Jiang Han had nothing to fear from a Heavenly Immortal, but if it involved the five major families of the Immortal Kingdom, then things would be more troublesome.

Therefore, he couldn't easily clash with the Beixing Sect. This matter had to be handled discreetly. If he could secretly take the three away, then nothing would happen.

"I'll go to Beixing City to find out the situation first!"

Jiang Han nodded. Wu Ji's character was good. When he borrowed immortal stones, Wu Ji gave him two million without saying a word, and they fought side by side several times, so they could be considered friends in life and death.

Jiang Han also approved of Lu Yu and Yin Ruoxi. Now that the three were in trouble, how could he sit idly by?

Jiang Han walked outside, and Meng Yi followed. When they reached the door, Meng Yi added, "If things are more troublesome, you can go to the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion there and have them send a message back. I will find a way to smooth things over."

"If I can't smooth things over, I will ask the Town Guardian to come forward. If the Town Guardian comes forward, the Shi family will also give face."

"Okay, thank you!"

Jiang Han cupped his hands. With Meng Yi's words to back him up, Jiang Han felt much more confident.

He was just going to save three insignificant bandits, so the difficulty shouldn't be too great, right?