Accepting Yan Fengfeng's invitation, Ye Chen, Li Xiaoyun, and Jing Aoxuan stayed at the Mysterious Martial School as guests for a day. During their stay, the four chatted happily, exchanging their own experiences in the martial arts. They were all rare martial geniuses, and sometimes, one inspiration or one natural change could help them make a breakthrough. While exchanging information, they all felt that they had been enlightened in certain areas, which would save them a lot of time in the future.
One day later, Ye Chen and the other two left the Mysterious Martial School.
"Now, I will have to go on my own."
On top of a nameless mountain, Ye Chen stood alone, looking at the endless mountains and rivers. As for Li Xiaoyun and Jing Aoxuan, they had their own things to do, so they had already separated from him.
"Collecting the materials for the antidote for the Shadowless Poison is not something that can be done in a day. I should go somewhere with more people first and ask around."
Shoo!
Ye Chen turned into a beam of light, flying toward the nearest city.
…
The East Royal City was one of the top ten cities in the world. The biggest power in the city was the Gu family. Although the Gu family was not one of the top four families, they used to be the number one family in the world. It was because this family used to have a titled emperor warrior, the East Royal King. Right now, the Gu family was like a sun in the west, but a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Among the rank 5 families, the Gu family still had quite a bit of prestige.
The East Royal City was huge, it was even bigger than the Thunder City, which was also one of the top ten cities. It would take a few days for a normal person to walk from the east gate to the west gate. Although the warriors who had reached the Condensing Reality Realm could fly, no one dared to fly in the sky above the East Royal City. There was a rule in the East Royal City, which was that flying was forbidden. Anyone who dared to fly in the sky would be disrespectful to the Gu Family of the East Royal City. The lightest punishment would be imprisonment for a few days, and the most severe punishment would be beheading in public.
In the west of the East Royal City, there was an inconspicuous pavilion. It was seven stories high and had an ancient look. There was a plaque hanging on the door with the words "Knowledge Pavilion" written in silver.
The pavilion was a place for information, and each floor had its own price. The first floor was for normal information, the second floor had a certain value, and the third floor and above was not a place that normal people could go. Any piece of information up there could cost a normal Clasping Yuan Realm warrior's entire fortune.
The Knowledge Pavilion had a powerful background. Even the Gu Family of the East Royal City didn't want to mess with them. If they needed any information, they had to go through the normal channels.
Imperceptibly, the status of the Pavilion of Knowledge became higher.
On the first floor of the pavilion, a cold beauty with a calm temperament was sitting on a chair behind the counter, flipping through a book with an extremely serious expression.
A group of people walked in from outside the door.
The one in the lead looked like he was in his twenties. He was not that handsome, but his body was huge. He walked like a tiger, with a pair of sharp eyes. Anyone who was stared at by him would feel like their heart would stop beating.
He was a direct disciple of the Gu Family. His name was Gu Ping, and he was one of the rare martial geniuses of the Gu Family. He had reached the Sea of Souls Realm at the age of thirty-two, and had been training for two years. His battling power was even more powerful than the older generation of Sea of Souls Realm warriors.
"Miss Nightingale, long time no see."
Gu Ping walked to the counter and said to the cold beauty with a smile.
The beauty moved her eyes away from the book, lifted her head and said lightly, "Mr. Ping, we have just met last month. What kind of information do you want this time?"
"Shadowless Demon!"
Gu Ping only said those three words.
"Sixth floor!"
A surprised expression flashed past the beauty's face as she answered.
"Alright, wait for me this time. Miss Nightingale, would you do me a favor and have a meal with me?" Before going upstairs, Gu Ping turned around and said with a smile. He was obviously interested in the beauty.
"Not interested!"
After saying that, the beauty went back to reading her book.
"I believe you will be interested." A hint of displeasure flashed past his eyes as Gu Ping asked the others to stay downstairs while he walked up the stairs to the sixth floor.
"So, this is the pavilion?"
At the corner of the street not far away from the pavilion, Ye Chen scanned the surroundings and found the pavilion. Lifting his feet, Ye Chen walked over.
"Move!"
On the first floor, there was a group of people blocking the way. If one wanted to get in, he would have to crawl through the corner. Obviously, Ye Chen would not do something like that.
Hearing Ye Chen's words, no one said anything, and no one moved out of the way. It was as if he did not exist at all.
Frowning, Ye Chen pushed his Zhen yuan and shook his body. The group of people who were blocking his way were pushed back to the sides, creating a path for him.
"Brat, you are looking for death!"
"How dare you to do whatever you want in the East Royal City? Your death is not far away."
This group of people were all at the Sea of Souls Realm. But, the pavilion was not as simple as it looked. It was covered with restrictive spells, and the attack that Ye Chen had just used did not even have the power to shake the pavilion. But of course, with his pure Zhen yuan and powerful sword intent, it would not be hard for him to blow away a group of normal Sea of Souls Realm warriors.
The beauty lifted up her head and said lightly, "Do not make too much noise in the pavilion. You all get out."
"Miss Nightingale, we are from the Gu family."
This group of people were used to being rude and unreasonable, so they reminded the beauty.
"Get out!"
The beauty waved her hand. She did not use her Zhen yuan, but the restrictive power that was everywhere in the pavilion had been directed by her. It blew the group of people out, leaving only Ye Chen.
"What kind of information do you want?"
As if she had done something insignificant, the cold beauty asked.
Ye Chen said, "It is about the Shadowless Plant and the Rootless Flower."
Actually, there were a lot of ingredients for the antidote, and he was not only lacking the Shadowless Plant and Rootless Flower. But, Ye Chen was afraid that if he mentioned too many ingredients, it would cause unnecessary trouble. Plus, he had to take it one step at a time. So, saying two ingredients would be enough.
"Shadowless Plant and Rootless Flower?" A strange expression flashed past the beauty's face, "Do you know the rules of the pavilion?"
"Yes, the information on the fourth floor starts at one hundred thousand low rank spirit stones, the fifth floor starts at five thousand top rank spirit stones, and the sixth floor starts at thirty thousand top rank spirit stones."
The Shadowless Plant and the Rootless Flower were both rare plants, so it would be impossible to get information below the fourth floor.
Nodding, the beauty said, "Since you know about it, I believe you have the money to pay for it. You can go to the sixth floor to ask for what you want."
"Thank you!"
Holding his fists together, Ye Chen walked toward the stairs.
On the street outside of the pavilion, a group of Sea of Souls Realm warriors from the Gu family looked extremely pale as they stared at the beauty angrily.
"What are you talking about? Isn't she just a manager from the pavilion? If we were not inside, I would be able to beat her with only one hand. "
The pavilion was covered by an invisible inhibition power. As one of the deacons of the pavilion, the cold beauty could control the inhibition power to attack anyone who entered the pavilion. That was also why no one dared to challenge the pavilion. The inhibition power was too horrifying.
"Huh! The existence of the pavilion has affected the reputation of our Gu family. If it were not for the fact that it had such a powerful background, we would have taken it out already."
…
The footsteps stopped as Ye Chen arrived at the sixth floor.
"What kind of information are you looking for?" Right in front of the stairs was a counter. The middle-aged man behind the counter said lightly.
Ye Chen said, "Plants!"
"In the third room."
The middle-aged man pointed at the third room.
Arriving at the door, Ye Chen pushed the door open and walked in.
There was only one table and two chairs inside. It was not that big, but because of the lack of furniture, it did not seem crowded at all. Instead, it gave people a very safe and private feeling.
"What kind of plants?"
A voice was heard out of nowhere. Ye Chen looked around and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. He knew that it was a trick of the pavilion, so he answered, "Shadowless Plant and Rootless Flower."
"I know a little about this. I will go."
One of the voices was heard. Then, the wall of the third room was opened, and a normal-looking elder walked in.
"Information about the Shadowless Plant, forty thousand top rank soul stones."
"Information about the Rootless Flower, fifty thousand top rank soul stones."
"Do you want both?"
The elder asked.
"Yes."
Ye Chen nodded.
"There are three news about the Shadowless Plant. The first one was from fifty years ago, and I heard that someone had gotten it in the Soul Losing Valley in the Sky Martial Region. The second one was from nineteen years ago, and it was located in the Star Regional Lake. Someone had seen it on a strange island, but it had disappeared later on. The third one was from one year ago, in an underground crack five and a half million miles away from the northwest of the East Royal City. Someone had also seen it before. Plus, there is a kind of evil creature called the Shadowless Demon, which is good at stealing bodies. It is invisible and formless, and Astral Reaching Realm warriors would die for sure if they go there.
"There is only one information about the Rootless Plant, which is also in the underground crack. But, it is in the deepest part of the crack. If you run into an underground lake with light spots, you might be able to see it."
"Alright, please pay ninety thousand top rank soul stones."
Taking out nine huge boxes filled with top rank soul stones, Ye Chen thought to himself, 'It is so easy to earn money here. Just by opening your mouth, ninety thousand top rank soul stones would be the entire wealth of a normal Sea of Souls Realm warrior.'
But then again, it was also reasonable. Information was the most valuable thing, but also the least valuable. The key was whether or not it was needed, since it would not be for free. It would take a lot of time and effort to get it, so how could it be sold at a low price?
Walking out of the third room, Ye Chen saw the door of the ninth room open as well, and a tall young man in his twenties walked out.
The two of them looked at each other, then shifted their gazes and walked toward the staircase one after the other.
"Such a powerful sword qi! He would be a good material."
Gu Ping, who was walking in front, had a weird evil smile on his face.
"This person is not a good person. I wonder what kind of evil martial art he has trained?"
Ye Chen seemed to have sensed something.
Arriving on the first floor, Gu Ping started to talk to the cold beauty. Ye Chen left the pavilion directly. As for those Sea of Souls Realm warriors at the entrance, they seemed to be waiting for someone, so they did not try to cause trouble for Ye Chen. Only one of them sprinkled a bit of colorless powder at Ye Chen, sticking it onto the corner of Ye Chen's clothes.
Meanwhile, in the Thunder city millions of miles away, there was another pavilion. A man in black robes walked in.
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