Chapter 494: Arrangements to Leave the City (2/2)

Xiao Chen frowned slightly. Why did this fellow have such a huge reaction when he saw me? There is no reason for that, right?

Bai Lixi guzzled down a few more mouthfuls of wine before hitting his chest. The piece of meat lodged in his throat went down, and he relaxed.

“Brother Xiao! You are here. Come, come, have a seat. What do you want to eat? It’s my treat!”

Xiao Chen glanced at the table and was stunned. Aside from the Rank 6 Thunder Ox, many other meats of Rank 5 and above Spirit Beasts filled the table.

Xiao Chen tore off a piece of deep purple Thunder Ox flesh and its fragrance a.s.saulted his nose. Then he placed it in his mouth and chewed. Indeed, it was extraordinarily delectable.

Bai Lixi revealed a smile as he somewhat tried to curry favor with Xiao Chen. “What do you think? Old Brother Xiao Chen, this beef is pretty good, right? Although this shop is small, the food here is one of the best in the south side of Desolate City.”

“It tastes good. It is very flavorful!”

Xiao Chen’s expression remained unchanging as he checked out Bai Lixi’s get-up.

Bai Lixi wore black half-finger gloves. On the surface, they seemed like ordinary leather gloves. However, Xiao Chen detected several complicated talisman scripts within it with his Spiritual Sense.

Looking at the complexity of the talisman scripts, the gloves had to be at least a High-Level Medial Grade Secret Treasure.

Xiao Chen continued checking upwards and saw a black necklace with talisman scripts and a rhombus-shaped rock on it. It was obvious from one glance that it was not ordinary.

Bai Lixi also wore a blue inner vest, which emitted strong Spiritual Energy, under his outer garments. This inner vest had to be a Medial Grade Secret Treasure at the very least.

Then, there were two shoulder plates on Bai Lixi’s shoulders. When Xiao Chen looked downwards, there were also two s.h.i.+n guards on his lower legs. Even the shoes Bai Lixi wore did not seem ordinary.

What a fellow! Bai Lixi wore a complete set of Medial Grade Secret Treasures. All these must have cost a lot. Just the items that Xiao Chen saw alone would cost tens of millions of Medial Grade Spirit Stones.

However, high-level Medial Grade Secret Treasures were not things that could be bought with Spirit Stones alone. One would have to spend several million Spirit Stones in order to establish connections with certain people in order to obtained such items.

Xiao Chen thought deeply about all this before smiling faintly and saying, “Old Bai, does your b.u.t.t still hurt? I did not mean it the last time.”

Bai Lixi smiled very magnanimously and said, “It’s fine, it’s just a small matter. I forgot about it long ago. The skin on my b.u.t.t is very thick; it would not matter even if you kicked me two more times.”

Since when did this fellow become so magnanimous? Something was strange. Xiao Chen put down his wine cup and said in a soft voice, “Tell me the truth, were you the one who placed a huge bet on me after the all-or-nothing system was established, resulting in Gao Yangyu going bankrupt?”

Bai Lixi looked around cautiously, as if he had antic.i.p.ated that Xiao Chen would ask this question. He said, “It is inconvenient to speak here. Come with me to the booth on the top floor.”

“Dong! Dong! Dong!”

Bai Lixi casually tossed a Medial Grade Spirit Stone on the table before quickly leading Xiao Chen to the top floor.

He found an isolated booth, entered it, and closed the doors and windows tightly. After making sure no one was listening in, he told Xiao Chen what happened that day in detail.

After Xiao Chen heard everything, he still felt rather shocked. Even though he already guessed it, he was still shocked.

“You have nerves of steel. I really don’t know where you obtained all this courage from.”

Bai Lixi chuckled. He said, “Since the Demon Battlefield on Qianren Island, everything I’d seen about you indicated that as long as I follow along, I would be able to obtain many benefits. Furthermore, I trust in your strength. The worst case scenario is that I would lose and not be able to make a living in the Ancient Desolate Land anymore.”

After Bai Lixi finished, he said somewhat embarra.s.sedly, “I received some news that Gao Yangyu went to the Wind Chasing Pavilion several times. It seems like he is asking for your location. That fellow seems bent on killing you before leaving the Ancient Desolate Land forever.

Xiao Chen calmly said, “This has nothing to do with you. You don’t have to blame yourself for this. Even if he does not come and seek trouble for me, I will go to him. Tell me more about this Wind Chasing Pavilion.”

Xiao Chen finally understood why Bai Lixi had such a big reaction.

Bai Lixi nodded and said, “I knew that you would not mind. The Wind Chasing Pavilion is a organization that deals in information. As long as you can afford it, you can obtain any information you want.”

“However, you don’t have to worry. Even if you did not find me here, I would have gone looking for you. Likewise, as long as you are willing to spend money, you would be able to evade the eyes of the Wind Chasing Pavilion. However, it is rather expensive. I already made arrangements; you can leave the city by nightfall.”

Xiao Chen thought about it carefully. He concluded that Bai Lixi was telling the truth. This restaurant is the nearest one to his courtyard. It seemed that meeting Bai Lixi here was not a coincidence.

He shook his head and said, “Let’s not make any movements for now. I have a question for you: together with your set of Secret Treasures, how strong is your full-power strike now?”

Bai Lixi chuckled. Clearly, he was very satisfied with his Secret Treasures. He said, “You are probably aware that there are strong and weak half-step Martial Monarchs. Normally, we cla.s.sify half-step Martial Monarchs into three categories: Small Perfection, Great Perfection, and Consummation, which is just a step away from becoming a Martial Monarch.”

“With my full power, I am now a peak Small Perfection half-step Martial Monarch. I can deal with five or six Small Perfection half-step Martial Monarchs like Gong Haoyu.”

Xiao Chen felt astonished. He did not expect this fellow to be able to make it big from unexpected luck. As a result, Bai Lixi had managed to get ahead of him in terms of strength.

Xiao Chen remembered that he had been about as strong as Bai Lixi when he first came to the Ancient Desolate Tower. Neither could triumph over the other.

Xiao Chen worked very hard, risked his life many times, and put in an extraordinary amount of effort before he managed to get to this point.