Faced with the chaos, the Jin family father and son were in a frenzy. They held meetings until late every night, even resorting to forceful measures to suppress the unrest.
Among these were some illicit businesses that the Jin family had originally been very careful to distance themselves from, minimizing any contact. However, the Jin father and son were now forced to step forward.
Meanwhile, the Misty Rain Pavilion seized this opportunity to gather much evidence linking these illicit businesses to the Jin family.
Ling Tian quickly identified his target, which this time was in Xiba Village.
This was a small village located on the outskirts of Jiangshan City. The village originally had a collectively-owned factory that later went bankrupt due to poor management. The Jin family acquired it.
The factory had a large compound on the outside with walls over three meters high.
Inside the compound were tall factory buildings, and within these buildings, there was a two-story structure. This structure was the location of the secret vault.
Originally, ten people were stationed there year-round. After a previous incident with a secret vault, the Jin family sent another six enforcers to reinforce the security.
These six enforcers were reportedly former mercenaries abroad, possessing rich combat experience. They worked in three shifts, closely monitoring every movement around them.
Ling Tian's mind raced like a computer, with various action plans flashing through his thoughts.
Around 3 PM, Ling Tian rode his beloved electric scooter into Xiba Village.
He wore a leather jacket and a helmet, entering the village in broad daylight.
Next, he stealthily concealed himself near a house on the village outskirts.
A few dozen meters west of this house lay a large vegetable patch. In the center of the patch was the factory.
If Ling Tian approached the factory directly, it would be difficult to avoid detection. The distance of over a hundred meters would be enough for the guards to raise an alarm.
Therefore, Ling Tian decided to find an alternative route.
Before long, a van appeared on the road in the distance. Judging by the direction from which it was coming, Ling Tian immediately deduced that its destination was the factory. This was the vehicle carrying money.
A thought flashed through Ling Tian's mind, and a talisman appeared in his hand.
This talisman was no ordinary item. Ling Tian had spent a vast amount of materials, time, and energy, failing nearly a hundred times before successfully crafting this one.
This talisman was the legendary invisibility talisman.
Injecting inner energy into the talisman would activate the array inscribed on it.
This array was incredibly mystical, capable of not only obscuring vision but also masking sound and scent.
Ling Tian had even conducted experiments, and after activation, the talisman could even block temperature, rendering equipment like infrared sensors useless.
The talisman was instantly activated, and Ling Tian's figure seemed to vanish from the world.
The people in the van did not see Ling Tian. He leaped forward, his body rising gracefully, and landed directly on the rear bumper of the van.
With his feet on the bumper and his arms spread wide, his hands gripping the car body tightly, Ling Tian hitched a ride, heading directly towards the factory.
Seeing the van arrive, two people emerged from the factory and thoroughly inspected the vehicle. After confirming the identity of the occupants, they opened the gate to the compound, and the van drove in. Ling Tian swaggered in as well.
No one noticed that someone had infiltrated so brazenly. How could these mortals imagine the existence of legendary items like invisibility talismans?
Ling Tian quickly moved around the interior and exterior of the building, assessing the situation and the personnel.
He turned and headed straight for the kitchen.
In the kitchen, a cook was busy preparing dinner for over a dozen people, a considerable workload.
However, the diligent cook did not realize that a ghostly figure had already slipped into the kitchen.
Immediately after, a fine powder appeared in mid-air, poured into the prepared cold dishes and the freshly cooked thick soup.
Having done this, Ling Tian proceeded into the factory. Inside the factory was a two-story building constructed of sturdy brick and stone. The stairs were external metal stairs.
Ascending the stairs led to an iron gate. Beyond the iron gate was the entrance to the vault.
Inside the small room behind the iron gate were four security guards.
Throughout the factory, security guards were constantly patrolling.
Ling Tian surveyed the area and quickly identified blind spots in the surveillance. With a flicker of movement, he swiftly scaled the wall to the roof of the two-story building.
He then sat cross-legged in a surveillance blind spot, and with a flash of thought, his entire being vanished.
The invisibility talisman's effect lasted only thirty minutes. With Ling Tian's actions, the talisman's validity was nearing its end.
So, he directly entered the Spirit Realm space, another dimension where no one would know of his presence.
Upon re-entering the Spirit Realm space, Ling Tian discovered that the concentration of spiritual energy in this realm was much denser than during his first visit.
After all, Ling Tian had been cultivating daily using the Spirit Gathering Array, and the Spirit Realm Key had also absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy. All this energy was stored within this pocket dimension.
However, Ling Tian felt a slight regret that he could not directly absorb the dense spiritual energy of the Spirit Realm space.
Ling Tian did not understand the principle behind this. It was likely because his strength had not yet reached a certain level, and some aspects of the Spirit Realm space remained locked.
Nevertheless, Ling Tian found a loophole. Although he could not directly absorb the spiritual energy of the Spirit Realm space, he could place jade pendants inscribed with the Spirit Gathering Array within the Spirit Realm space to absorb the spiritual energy.
Then, Ling Tian could take these jade pendants out and cultivate by absorbing the spiritual energy from them. However, this method was inefficient and resulted in some loss, making it not worthwhile.
But he could use the spiritual energy in the Spirit Realm space to recharge artifacts like these jade pendants, essentially carrying a portable charging station.
Ling Tian spent a considerable amount of time in the Spirit Realm space and soon made another discovery.
The room labeled "warehouse" had its pocket dimension expand by approximately one meter in length, width, and height.
It seemed that as his strength grew and the Spirit Realm Key continued to absorb external spiritual energy, the pocket dimension within would also continue to expand.
While in the Spirit Realm space, Ling Tian also found something interesting: the passage of time inside and outside the space was different.