"Ten billion low-grade spirit stones!"
Ling Xiao couldn’t help but stick out his tongue, marveling at how rich Phoenix God College truly must be to easily produce ten billion low-grade spirit stones just to purchase dicinal herbs. He couldn’t begin to imagine their wealth.
"Indeed, such a vast sum of low-grade spirit stones is probably all of Phoenix God College’s current liquid assets. After all, spirit stones can’t all be used for transactions; most need to be reserved for cultivation, the maintenance of array formations, and magic arrays, among other things. If you really did steal those dicinal herbs, Phoenix God College wouldn’t be able to recover for several years."
Yun Ya said with a smile.
"Besides Fengming Wan Zhong, are there any other experts in the escort team?"
Ling Xiao asked further.
"In addition to Fengming Wan Zhong, there are two Cave Heaven Realm martial artists with cultivation levels around the fifth Cave Heaven. The rest are Heavenly Realm martial artists, with varying strengths."
Yun Ya answered.
Heavenly Dragon Auction House seed to be just an ordinary auction house, but in fact, it dealt in many things, including intelligence, which was one of their ventures, as well as assassins!
"How many spirit stones do I need to pay for your Yin-Yang Realm assassins?"
Ling Xiao inquired.
"What, are you considering hiring an assassin, young master?"
Yun Ya asked, montarily taken aback.
"Is that not allowed?"
"Of course, it’s possible. The fee isn’t fixed; it depends on the extent of what you want done."
Yun Ya replied.
"I just need them to contain Fengming Wan Zhong."
Ling Xiao contemplated and said.
"That’s relatively easy. You would only need to pay a thousand upper-grade spirit stones, or alternatively, a mortal spirit artifact would suffice."
Yun Ya said with a smile.
"That’s outrageously expensive! Do you know how precious a thousand upper-grade spirit stones are?" Ling Xiao said with a wry smile.
He was weighing whether this transaction would be worthwhile.
"Of course, if the young master does not wish to pay with spirit stones or a spiritual tool, owing us a favor, or concocting a type of Yellow Grade Super dicine for us, would also be acceptable."
Yun Ya suggested cheerfully.
This Princess really knew how to conduct business.
Owing favors was sothing Ling Xiao definitely didn’t want to get involved in, as he didn’t know how he’d repay it later.
However, alchemy could certainly be considered.
"What kind of pills does the Princess require?"
Ling Xiao asked.
"A Heaven-breaking Pill of perfect grade. We can provide the materials, but you must handle the concoction."
Yun Ya replied.
"Damn—a Heaven-breaking Pill, and perfect grade at that? Even Yellow Grade super alchemists wouldn’t have such confidence, let alone a black-grade alchemist who would barely stand a chance."
Ling Xiao gasped.
A Heaven-breaking Pill was a pill used to break through the limitations of the Cave Heaven Realm and advance into the Yin-Yang Realm, and the ingredients were extrely precious. Although Ling Xiao knew how to concoct it, he couldn’t possibly gather the necessary materials with his current abilities.
Besides, the success rate of concocting it was not a hundred percent.
After all, the better the pill, the higher the requirents for the alchemist’s expertise.
"Can’t do it?" Yun Ya expressed her disappointnt.
"It’s not impossible, but I would need at least two full sets of materials to have a good chance of success."
"Only two sets?"
Yun Ya seed surprised. They had sought many alchemists to concoct the Heaven-breaking Pill, including so black-grade alchemists from the White Tiger Continent, but their demands always started with a minimum of ten sets of materials.
Ling Xiao actually only wanted two sets, which was simply unbelievable.
"Cough cough, then give three sets, I’m sure I will succeed in making them."
Ling Xiao also seed to feel that he was asking for too little, so he simply added one more set.
"How about this, we have a total of five sets of ingredients on hand, which we’ve collected with great difficulty over a long ti, all for you. Just being able to make one Heaven-breaking Pill is enough."
Yun Ya thought about it and said.
"No problem, but can you help complete the plan first? After all, making such pills takes a long ti, and if Fengming Wan Zhong returns to the Imperial City, there will be no chance then."
Ling Xiao said.
"Of course, that’s possible. Our assassins can act at any ti. His codena is ’Scorpion.’ As soon as you make your move, he will naturally follow."
Yun Ya said, smiling.
She was not afraid that Ling Xiao would go back on his word; first, she trusted Ling Xiao’s character, after having worked with him so many tis.
And secondly, if he really did renege, the Heavenly Dragon Auction House would certainly let Ling Xiao know what for.
Although she feared the expert behind Ling Xiao, it did not an that the Heavenly Dragon Auction House would be afraid.
At most, it was a matter of respect.
If they really had to show their claws, they could definitely make Ling Xiao disappear from this world without a trace.
"Alright, let’s go now."
Ling Xiao put the ingredients into the Storage Ring and then turned to leave the Heavenly Dragon Auction House.
Not long after he left, a shadow closely followed.
"Scorpion, rember, protecting Ling Xiao is the top priority; fulfilling his request cos second."
"Understood!"
Watching Scorpion leave, Yun Ya couldn’t help but sigh softly, "Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao, are you really just a sixteen-year-old youth? With tactics like these, even I have to admire you. It’s really too bad for Fengming Wan Zhong, the venerable Vice President of Phoenix God College, to et his end on the way!"
Although Scorpion’s strength was not enough to kill Fengming Wan Zhong, with a cunning person like Ling Xiao involved, it was a different story.
...
Torrential rain poured down.
On the muddy road, several horse-drawn carriages struggled to advance.
The drivers, wrapped in thick raincoats, would occasionally erupt with an irritated curse.
The carriages creaked and groaned, as if they might fall apart at any mont.
Fengming Wan Zhong walked at the forefront of the group, immune to rain within a foot of his body.
His feet remained about a foot above the ground, floating in mid-air, sohow not touching any dirt.
As the Vice President of Phoenix God College and an expert of the Ice Phoenix Clan, he was accustod to luxury and being served; the only thing he ever needed to do was cultivate.
But now, the foul weather and the foul road were fouling his mood.
"Damn Qingxu College, damn Ling Xiao brat! Once I return, I definitely will not let you off lightly!"
Fengming Wan Zhong cursed bitterly, his mood growing even more irate.
In their group, five people possessed Storage Rings, each loaded with a portion of the ingredients, but unfortunately, since there were so many ingredients, these five Storage Rings—which were only Immortal-grade Treasures—had limited capacity and could not contain them all.
Thus they had this dozen or so carriages loaded with a large quantity of ingredients.
The carriage continued forward, and Fengming Wan Zhong closed his eyes, trying to soothe his anger through cultivation.
However, just as he lowered his guard, a huge roar and the pitch screams of the carriage-protecting martial artists suddenly ca from behind.
He turned his head with a start.
It was a man in black, soone who had wrapped himself from head to toe as tightly as a rice dumpling.
Clearly, the assailant did not intend to let him know his identity.
Judging from the stranger’s aura, it seed he must be a professional killer!
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