205 Infamous (1/2)

Xue Wei gave the pills that helped with a breakthrough from Sky Warrior to Heavenly Warrior to Hei Gou.

Although his physical strength had reached the Heavenly Warrior level, his Qi was still a bit off.

Having these pills would let him smoothly advance, especially since he was given quite a few of them.

The pills to stabilize one's foundation were split between Xue Wei and Hei Gou. The former had just reached the first layer of the Heavenly Warrior realm and the latter would do so shortly. Both needed them.

The herbs and spiritual fruits were distributed according to the same idea of 'who needed them the most'. Xue Wei gave a few herbs and spiritual fruits that benefited spiritual energy cultivation to Bai Tianyi.

Bai Tianyi had previously said that all he needed was the Rainbow Pill, but he did not decline the herbs and fruits offered to him.

After portioning out the items, Xue Wei also gave them some of his essence stones, giving Bai Tianyi and Hei Gou a hundred each. It wasn't that he being stingy but that it would be a waste to give them more. It would take them a long time to use all of those essence stones—in fact, they were pretty useless to Bai Tianyi, so giving him a hundred of them was merely a courtesy on Xue Wei's part.

”Although they are useless to me, I am keeping them as currency,” Bai Tianyi snickered. Xue Wei just nodded his head. He was not going to take something back he had already given.

”Here is some gold.” Xue Wei also handed some gold he had to his two friends. ”Okay, now that we've split everything, we might as well dedicate the next couple of months to cultivating and have as many breakthroughs as possible.”

”Since we are going to be doing closed door cultivation, we might not see each other for quite some time, so make do with the gold and essence stones for the meanwhile.”

Bai Tianyi gladly accepted the gold coins with a big smile on his face, but Hei Gou hesitated. ”Is it really needed?” he asked, confused. Xue Wei nodded his head. ”Yes.”

Because Xue Wei sounded so decisive, Hei Gou barely accepted the gold. ”Now you two can go ahead and start your cultivation. I'll go to the desk and pay for three months worth of rent here, and then I'll pay a visit to the Cerulean Starlight Sect. They have been searching for me for half a year, after all.”

Bai Tianyi and Hei Gou both nodded their heads this time. They did not insist on accompanying Xue Wei. They were both eager to raise their strength as soon as possible.

Seeing their eagerness, Xue Wei smiled and took his leave afterwards, after which they both quickly went into seclusion in their rooms.

”You want to rent those three suites for three months?” The manager was dumbstruck when he heard what Xue Wei said, but Xue Wei just smiled at him and nodded his head.

”Three months is expensive!” The manager tried to make him understand, but Xue Wei had already accepted this fact. Still, he had no other option because the inns had denied him and his team entrance, either on the orders of the Crimson Sunshine Sect or because they did not want to be drawn into a conflict.

”Each day is one gold coin, so three months is around ninety gold coins a suite. Two hundred and seventy gold coins in total!”

Xue Wei did not hesitate and took out two hundred and seventy gold coins, which he placed on top of the counter.

The manager finally understood that he was serious. He quickly noted down that the suites had been paid for three months. Xue Wei confirmed it before leaving the hotel.

When he walked down the street, however, he noticed that he had become a walking spectacle. Every person on the street looked at him with undisguised curiosity while whispering to their companions.

After spreading out his spiritual energy, Xue Wei could hear what was being said as clear as day.

”He is the one who the Crimson Sunshine Sect has warned us about.”

”I hear he left a tavern after threatening to kill everyone inside and didn't pay for his meal.”

”I heard that he is the reason for the mysterious murder back in Golden Crow City. He might even be an accomplice of the beasts.”

”Watch out or your children will be killed by him. He is a murdering maniac who has killed humans before.”

”I hear that the only reason he is still alive is because that genius from the Skyward Empire, Wan Qiang, stood up for him.”

It was clear that the Crimson Sunshine Sect had done a great job at giving him the image of a cold-blooded human murderer who stopped at nothing for personal gains.

The truth was that the ones who spoke were not wrong so he could not even get mad at them.

He was wondering how everyone knew his face, but the answer came to him moments after when he stepped on a painting on the ground. It was a picture of Ye Xiao's plain face. There was a long list of the atrocities he had committed written on the back.

So they were trying to turn him into the public enemy by distributing flyers throughout the city. Xue Wei understood this now.

The citizens saw him pick up the paper, and all of them expected him to become violently angry, so they held their breath while fearfully watching Xue Wei.

Never did they expect that he would just smile and shake his head as if he did not take it seriously at all.

There were a few Heavenly Warriors affiliated with the Crimson Sunshine Sect in the crowd. They were waiting for him to make a fuss so they could step in righteously, but his lack of a reaction caught them all by surprise.

Xue Wei held on to the flyer and continued his stroll to the Cerulean Starlight Sect's residence within the city.

The grand elder of this city's Cerulean Starlight Sect branch had asked to meet him half a year ago, but he was unaware whether or not they would seek to maintain the relationship after this long. The lack of a response for so long could possibly have turned them off.

As he reached the complex that belonged to the Cloudsoar City's branch of the Cerulean Starlight Sect, he found that the sect disciples standing guard outside the gate were at the Heavenly Warrior realm. Even the auras of Ordinary Knights were close by.

Xue Wei approached one of the Heavenly Warrior guards. ”Hello, I am Ye Xiao,” he said, introducing himself. ”I was informed that your branch's grand elder was looking for me.”