Chapter 1346: Buying Information
As Xuan Hao once again focused his attention on comprehending the Dao of Illusions, back in the Mountain Demon City, Chu Yang walked through a small narrow alleyway located at the edge of the city before turning to enter a small storage room where a few people in the Core Formation Realm could be seen casually chatting with each other. Not at all looking like they had been affected by the recent hunt for scouts by the wandering cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm even though their cultivation realm would have made them prime targets.
“Hm? Is there anything we can help with?”
Just at that moment, one of the Core Formation Realm cultivators seemed to have noticed Chu Yang entering the small storage room as he turned around and asked casually. Not at all showing any sign of respect or fear even though Chu Yang was currently showing a strength comparable to someone in the Nascent Soul Realm.
“I heard that it’s possible to buy information on not only the Demon Mountain City but also the neutral territory on the other side of the mountain range, so I came here in hope of buying information.” Not showing any change in expression even though the behavior of this Core Formation Realm cultivator could be considered rather rude, Chu Yang stated his purpose.
“Oh? You want to buy information? Buy you should know that-”
Thump-!
Hearing what Chu Yang said, the Core Formation Realm cultivator was just about to say something when he suddenly got interrupted by Chu Yang, who placed a large bag filled to the brim with spirit stones in front of him.
“This… Follow me, I will lead you inside and have a representative help you out!”
Seeing the large amount of spirit stones far above what a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator could take out, the Core Formation Realm cultivator instantly understood that the person in front of him was not to be taken lightly, as he adapted a far more polite tone before signaling Chu Yang to follow him as he opened a hidden door that was located at the other end of the small storage room.
“…”
Not saying anything in response, Chu Yang just glanced around the place for a brief moment before nodding his head and following after the Core Formation Realm cultivator through the hidden door into a much larger room where he could sense a few people at the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm and even someone in the Domain Lord Realm hidden somewhere in the room.
However, given that these people seemed to ignore him, Chu Yang didn’t care about them as he continued following behind the Core Formation Realm cultivator before arriving in a new room where there was nothing more than a small table and a few chairs that the Core Formation Realm cultivator signaled for him to sit at before turning around to leave the next second.
In the end, Chu Yang was left alone inside the room sitting by himself as he stared blankly in the direction where he had sensed the Domain Lord Realm cultivator earlier.
Slowly, recalling how he had ended up inside this small room after having asked around the city until finally finding out that there was a special organization specializing in selling information inside the city that not even the city lord dared to mess with.
Although it did take some time to find the place where he could buy this information given the fact that it wasn’t prominently located at the center of the city like the Explorer Union and the City Lord Mansion.
Even then, it didn’t take too long to find… And given that he had managed to acquire quite a substantial amount of wealth during his journey to the Demon Mountain City fighting all kinds of Domain Lord Realm cultivators along the way, Chu Yang wasn’t worried that he would be unable to buy the information he wanted.
Creak~!
“Hehe, sorry for making the esteemed guest wait, my name is Wang Ling, I’m the person in charge of handling most trades in the branch. So, what kind of information does the esteemed guest want to buy?”
Straight to the point without wasting any time, the middle-aged man who appeared from another door on the other side of the small room, introduced himself before asking what he wanted to know.
“I want to know about the safe passage through the mountain range.” Feeling things were rather simple with someone so straight forward, Chu Yang decided not to waste any time either as he directly asked for the safe passage through the mountain range.
“The safe passage through the mountain range… Hm… Quite a difficult one as the city lord mansion monopolizes information on that path and the path itself constantly changes every few years…”
“Changes every few years…” Frowning as he heard what the middle-aged man Wang Ling said, Chu Yang felt like he finally understood why information about the safe passage through the mountain range had not leaked over the years.
After all, if the passage was constantly shifting, it wouldn’t matter that much if information of the path ended up leaking to the outside world, though it did make him curious about how the city lord mansion managed to find out about the new passage through the mountain range after it changed. Especially so given brute force would not be an option given the fact that powerful demon beasts in the Soul Ascension Realm resided inside the mountain range. Making it dangerous to traverse even for someone in the Soul Ascension Realm.
“Hehe, I said it was difficult, not impossible. If you can pay, I will be more than happy to give you information on the current safe passage through the mountain range.” Smiling as he said this, the middle-aged man slowly sat down in front of Chu Yang with a bright smile on his face.
“So… How much would it cost for me to buy this information?”
Knowing that he was most likely going to lose most of his spirit stones after seeing the smile on the face of the middle-aged man in front of him, Chu Yang could only let out a sigh internally as he prepared himself for what was about to come.
No matter the price listed by the information broker in front of him, he had to get his hand on the safe passage through the mountain range if he wanted to continue his journey into the neutral territory between the two major empires.
“Don’t worry, the people of the Shadow Lotus Sect have always been fair to their customers, we won’t charge you an unreasonable price for the information. Only what the information is worth… And when it comes to precious information like the safe passage through the dangerous mountain range, it will of course be similarly expensive!” Chuckling to himself with a slight smile as he said this, Wang Ling took out a pen and paper before writing something down on the paper and handing it over to Chu Yang.
“Hm? This is-”
[Shadow Lotus Sect, Information Payment]
[Subject: Secret Safe Passage]
[Information Level: Soul Ascension Realm]
[Price: 5 Top Grade Spirit Stones or 500 High Grade Spirit Stones.]
Looking over the paper, Chu Yang had no idea how to react as he just stared at the price located at the bottom of the paper with a speechless expression on his face.
500 high grade spirit stones were an astronomical sum even to someone at the Domain Lord Realm, as for the alternative payment of top grade spirit stones… Chu Yang didn’t even consider it, as he didn’t have that many top grade spirit stones on him. Even the 500 high grade spirit stones were close to everything he had on him at the moment after having gone through several Domain Lord Realm cultivators on his journey so far.
“So? Do you want to buy the information, or would you like to look at some different information?” Seemingly not noticing the shocked expression on Chu Yang’s face, Wang Ling just casually smiled as he asked this with a kind expression on his face. Not at all looking like he was about to rob Chu Yang of all his spirit stones.
“I will buy it…”
Thump!
Knowing that he had no other way to get his hands on this information, Chu Yang could only reluctantly take out the spirit stones before handing them over to Wang Ling, who in turn smiled even more brightly than before as he took the spirit stones and stored them away inside his own interspatial ring.
“Great! The information you want is on this jade slip and should be accurate for at least the next two months. If you don’t have any more information you want to buy, I will be taking my leave.”
Whoosh-!
Almost the second after handing over the jade slip with the information on the safe passage, did Wang Ling stand up before disappearing from the room like he had never been there before. Leaving Chu Yang to pick up the jade slip before checking the information stored inside and similarly turning to leave the same way he had come after ensuring that the information shouldn’t have been faked.
