1349 Gathering Information (1/2)
The gloomy-looking Star Luminous, who stood next to Tang Xiu, slowly said, ”How many experts from the Everlasting Palace have come here, exactly? Are there any prominent ones among them?”
Yue Tian turned to glance at Star Luminous and slowly shook his head, saying, ”I dunno about the exact number, Sir. But from my observations, it should be several hundred people. Else, the Hundred Joyous Mansion wouldn't be filled up by them. Also, there's one prominent person among them.”
”Do you know the name of that person?” asked Star Luminous.
”I heard it from others. That person seems to be a Perfected Golden Immortal called Salientia Demon or something. He's very powerful and he was the one who crushed those powerhouses who came to seek pleasure with the Hundred Joyous Mansion's girl before,” answered Yue Tian.
Salientia Demon?
Star Luminous and Star Peng exchanged glances and a similar look of hatred could be seen on their faces. If it wasn't for not knowing how powerful the person was, they would've already rushed to kill him.
”What's wrong?” asked Tang Xiu lightly. ”Do you have some feud or something with this guy?”
Star Luminous hastily shook his head and said, ”No, no. I just asked casually. After all, so many forces went to the Hundred Joyous Mansion to seek pleasure, but they were all kicked out by the Everlasting Palace's people. That's why we thought that there must be a very powerful figure among them. Since we now know that the Everlasting Palace's people, we'll be able to guard against them earlier when we enter the Secret Palace.”
Tang Xiu slowly nodded and felt satisfied with Star Luminous's answer. Hiding their identities and waiting for a chance to get revenge was something that one must have aside from having patience. Only then would they be able to go on living and fighting against the enemy time and again. He felt that his guidance to these two fellas wasn't wasted.
8 days later, as the coach passed by a teahouse, Yue Tian introduced it. ”This place is occupied by Immortals from Inner Pill Sect, about several hundreds of them. I heard their leader is someone called Venerable Multifarious Refiner, a fearsome Supremacy Stage expert. Rumors have it that this Inner Pill Sect is a top alchemy sect in the Immortal World. They brought a massive number of elixirs and pills with wonderful effects and various types, so they are sought after by countless forces. I'm sure they are now flushed with profits. Venerable Multifarious Refiner must be grinning from ear to ear.”
”You wait outside. We're going in to buy some pills,” said Tang Xiu lightly.
Having said that, he got up in a flash, but his hands were pressed on the shoulders of Star Luminous and Star Peng since the two guys couldn't restrain the murderous intent in their eyes. As they landed outside the teahouse, he looked at the four Golden Immortals guarding the entrance and lightly said, ”I want to buy some immortal pills.”
The four men cupped their fists and one of them asked, ”May I know your origin, Sir?”
Tang Xiu casually fabricated a name and then brought Star Luminous and Star Peng, who had finally calmed down, into the teahouse. After entering, a white-haired old man greeted him. Then, Tang Xiu asked, ”Do you still have Purple Scent Pill available?”
The old man observed Tang Xiu for a few moments and smilingly said, ”We still have some Purple Scent Pills in store. Please come with me, everyone.”
Tang Xiu and they followed the old man to the second floor and halted their pace in the corner of a hall. The old man then opened the cabinet door as he turned around and asked, ”How many Purple Scent Pills do you need, Sir?”
”Give me 10!” said Tang Xiu.
The old man smiled slightly, took a cyan jade bottle, and handed it to Tang Xiu as he smilingly said, ”There are exactly 10 Purple Scent Pills in this insulator, a total of 10 million Immortal Crystals.”
Tang Xiu took out 100,000 Crystal Essences and handed them to the old man. Then, he asked, ”Do you have Thunder Pellets here?”
”Thunder Pellets?!”
The old man's countenance slightly changed. After putting away the 100,000 Crystal Essences, he carefully scrutinized Tang Xiu's trio for some time and then said with all seriousness, ”We do have Thunder Pellets here, but the number is few and each is extremely expensive. Do you really need to buy it, Sir?”
”How much is it, though?” asked Tang Xiu.
”5 million Crystal Essences,” said the old man.
”Then get me one!” Tang Xiu nodded and said, ”Running into fearsome Perfected Golden Immortals when entering the Secret Palace is bound to happen, so I can use this Thunder Pellet to snatch the time to escape in case of a grave crisis.”
The old man nodded and said, ”The three of you, please follow me to the 3rd floor.”
Star Luminous and Star Peng followed behind the old man and Tang Xiu with strange expressions. They communicated each other in private through voice transmission:
”Senior Brother, this Great Tang Heavenly Emperor not only uses a fake name to introduce himself but also spends big and dares to buy a Thunder Pellet. This person is definitely not simple. We need to be more cautious and guard against him.”
”My opinion is the opposite of yours, Junior Brother. He's willing to buy a Thunder Pellet, meaning he has the ability to explode and kill a Perfected Golden Immortal. The might of the Thunder Pellet is enough to kill an early-stage Perfected Golden Immortal should the person be caught off guard. Even the late-stage Perfected Golden Immortal would still be gravely injured if they were hit by it. Just one Thunder Pellet is enough to kill us if he wishes to do so, though I don't think he needs any trick or plot to harm us.”
”Ah, you're right.”
Quickly after, Tang Xiu bought a Thunder Pellet and paid 5 million Crystal Essences. He observed around the 3rd floor of the teahouse and learned some things about the inside of Inner Pill Sect, while also memorizing their faces.
After leaving the teahouse, Tang Xiu shifted to Yue Tian and said lightly, ”Take the 6th road on the left and head to the city gate directly, we can traverse several times faster.”
Although Yue Tian had no idea why Tang Xiu changed his mind, he respectfully drove the two popular beasts and returned through the return route as per Tang Xiu's instruction.