This Princess was far from the only one who made this kind of decision. While many cultivators and experts received the message from the Saints, very few, close to none, planned to deliver the wanted man to them if they managed to find him. There were many reasons for it.

For one thing, he held a soul channel connected to the remnant of an expert who reached Sainthood. It meant that he could call out said remnant. Of course, the Saints would have taken some measures to prevent the remnant from escaping but what if? Just what if?! The 'if' was already too much of a tentation for anyone to ignore. As respectable leaders of their own powers, they couldn't just let such an opportunity pass them by.

And if this was not enough, there was still much more. That guy owned three peak grade 6 attacking treasures with two of them rather well-known for they belonged to Cao Lei. Whether they were after those for themselves or to sell or exchange them, it was an incredible wealth so close at hand.

Yet, there was something else that attracted them. The man fused with corruption. That was a banned element. No one practiced it any longer and there were incredibly rare samples of it. Who would want to be hunted down because of their element after all? But what kind of respectable cultivator would not be interested by it? This was banned for a reason. Its threatening might. The evil factions were very interested in getting him while the righteous ones rejected the idea publicly while making plans privately.

What mattered was who used the power, not the power itself. That was what would define whether it was 'good' or 'evil'. Of course, both sides planned to use it to fight the other. Who could say which one was truly righteous?

In any case, Jin's picture began to spread across the entire world in every cultivator circle. Neutral areas received dozens and dozens of different wanted posters for the same man. It was to the point that they did not know which one to post else they offend dozens of powerful forces. In the end, they simply posted them all.

As the different forces noticed the moves from their rivals, they kept changing the reward. It went higher and higher until all forces agreed upon a majestic price of five million golds as well as position of grand elder. Forget cultivators, even mortals began to eye the bounty. It was one of the highest bounties to be put up in the recent decades.

Considering what owned the man, many still thought it was lacking. Then again, it was the bounty for the 'man' and not his belongings. Some hunters were planning to only give up the man if they captured him and keep the goods for themselves...

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In no longer than a month, Jin became the most wanted figure throughout the five higher continents and four lower ones.

News of it circulated everywhere and those who knew him obviously got the news.

At the top of one of the twin dragon towers, Hae-Hyuk looked at a wanted poster of his disciple. It displayed the reward in big letters with an added *negotiable next to it. There was Jin's portrait as well. It was quite accurate. After all, how hard would it be for a pinnacle expert to recall that champion's face and draw it once? They only had to make one and leave the rest to their subordinates.

What attracted Hae-Hyuk was the description under the profile picture:

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=> Highly dangerous

=> Owner of at least 3 grade 6 items

=> Manipulator of banned element 'corruption'

=> User of the Will

=> Recommended level to hunt: 30th stage minimum

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Isla asked him from the side: "Want me to put one up too?"

Hae-Hyuk shook his head and said: "There is no need"

Isla didn't ask further and changed the subject: "Sophia reacted quite badly to it. Can you spare some time to teach her? I am quite worried about her these days...She sent letters to a few people and the contents were rather..."

Hae-Hyuk cut her mid-sentence: "Naive, right? I know. I was thinking that we could teach her for a decade before I tried to breakthrough"

Isla beamed at the idea of having him to herself for an entire decade. She nodded with enthusiasm. He smiled and told her: "I have ample time now. So, why don't we go over there?"

Isla agreed and they left the room in each other's embrace.

...

Meanwhile, Sophia was talking to two women. They were twins and the daughters of one of Isla's champions. They each had a grade 5 sword strapped to their backs.

Sophia was showing them one of the wanted posters for Jin. The twins recognized the man shown on the picture. He was the talk everywhere after all. But they knew him more than that. They met him once. He was also the reason they earned their precious weapons. They did not quite understand why Sophia showed the picture to them.

Sophia told them: "I need you girls to find him and bring him back here. Safe"

The twins looked at each other. Their families served the Crowe for generations and they were Sophia's retainers. But then again, it did not mean that they would do anything this little girl told them to. They were powerful experts at the 43rd stage and did not move rashly. Especially in these times where they mourned their father.

One of the twins asked why and Sophia answered: "He's one of us and everyone is trying to hunt him. Do we need a reason to help our own?"

The twins nodded. They agreed with the fact that helping their own was a must and a duty. What they had a problem with was whether to consider him one of their own. After all, at the most, they might consider Hae-Hyuk as half family but that guy...