Kong Ming had been in contact with the Mercenary Alliance before, and even got the appreciation of Boss Gu from the Tongshan Branch of the Mercenary Alliance, who wanted Kong Ming to officially join the Mercenary Alliance. It's just that Kong Ming had other concerns, and after a series of changes on the Skyfall Star, the matter naturally went nowhere.
I wonder if Boss Gu has returned to the Mercenary Alliance after escaping from Skyfall Star? However, Kong Ming's identity is sensitive. Even if he has a good relationship with Boss Gu, it is impossible for him to reveal his true identity. Therefore, when Kong Ming entered the City of Holy Helm, he changed his appearance into that of a wandering mercenary with a big beard, and at the same time suppressed his cultivation to the realm of kingship.
Wandering mercenaries like this are too common in Helm City. With Kong Ming appearing in Helm City with such an image, it is naturally impossible for anyone to pay special attention to him.
The layout of the City of Helm is more important the closer it is to Mount Helm, and the Secret Tower specially set up by the Mercenary Alliance to sell information is located at the foot of Mount Helm. On the surface, Tianji Building is just a very ordinary three-story building, but in fact the main buildings of Tianji Building are all below the ground. If you want to buy more confidential information in Tianji Building, you have to go underground. Deeper.
The Tianji Building on the ground didn't look like anything special. It was just a public place where mercenary missions were released. Kong Ming was naturally not interested in these, so he walked straight to the service desk set up in the building and asked in a low voice. Said: "I want to inquire about king-level news, please help arrange it!"
The person in charge of the service desk was a middle-aged woman who looked big and round. She glanced at Kong Ming and did not look down upon him because he looked inconspicuous. Instead, she replied simply: "I want to inquire about the king's news." , the entry fee of one hundred high-level world coins will not be refunded."
Kong Ming knew a little about the rules of the mercenary alliance, and he did not express any objection at the moment, and directly handed one hundred high-level world coins into the hands of this middle-aged woman. The middle-aged woman was very straightforward and threw a wooden sign directly into Kong Ming's hand and said: "Go straight in, and someone will receive you."
The so-called king-level information refers to the highest-level information sold by the mercenary alliance. Once this kind of top-secret information is successfully traded, the transaction price is often sky-high, so it is very normal to set a threshold fee of one hundred high-level coins.
Those who are truly willing to trade this level of information will not care about such a small fee, and those who do not have the ability to trade just want to deliberately cause chaos. A hundred high-level world coins are not a small price to pay.
Kong Ming walked through the lobby of Tianji Building and entered a corridor in the back. The wooden sign in his hand suddenly emitted a white light and instantly teleported him to a stone passage deep underground. I believe this is where Tianji Building trades the king. This secret place of super-level information is surrounded by overlapping restrictions and protections. Everything that happens here cannot be discovered by the outside world. Of course, if someone wants to come here to cause trouble, they will not be able to get in or out under the constraints of many restrictions!
At the end of the passage, there was a brightly lit stone room. Kong Ming walked in without any hesitation. He saw that the furnishings in the stone room were very simple, with only a stone table and a few stone chairs, and an old man with silver beard and hair was sitting there. Beside the stone table, he made an inviting gesture towards Kong Ming.
Kong Ming was not polite and walked to the stone table and sat down. The white-haired old man bowed his hands to Kong Ming and said, "I wonder what news my fellow Taoist wants to find out? I am here to listen attentively."
Kong Ming said straight to the point: "I want to inquire about news related to acquired creatures. Do you have any here?"
Kong Ming now looks like a big man with a beard, so he deliberately puts on a very rough appearance, which is also to conceal his true identity.
The white-haired old man kept smiling and said very confidently: "Fellow Taoist, please rest assured that if you can't find out the relevant information here, then you can't find it anywhere else in the realm. .”
As the white-haired old man spoke, he took out a jade slip and said: "This is a catalog of all information related to acquired beings. Do you want to directly inquire about information about a certain type of acquired beings, or are you planning to browse first?" List of contents?"
Kong Ming said gruffly: "I know that in your mercenary alliance, it is difficult to move forward without money. If you want to read these catalogs, how many world coins do you have to pay?"
The white-haired old man smiled and stretched out a finger and said: "You only need to pay 10,000 high-level world coins!"
The white-haired old man said it was "only", but ten thousand high-level world coins is not a small amount. You must know that the acquired treasure of average quality is only more than 100,000 high-level world coins. Now it costs 10,000 high-level world coins. Just looking at a catalog, most practitioners will think that they have entered a black shop!
But Kong Ming did not hesitate at all. He directly took out 10,000 high-level coins from the Ring of Tolia and transferred it to the white-haired old man. The white-haired old man also simply threw the jade slip in his hand to Kong Ming.
King-level information, each piece of information can be said to be worth astronomical figures, and the rarity of acquired creatures is far higher than the acquired treasures. Now just looking at the catalog information will cost 10,000 high-level world coins, which is not really considered The asking price is too high, so why does Kong Ming care
If Kong Ming is really a wandering mercenary, and he really only has the strength of the King Realm, he will not be able to spend tens of thousands of high-level realm coins casually under any circumstances. But among the cultivators who came to inquire about king-level news, who didn’t hide their true identity? Therefore, the white-haired old man was not surprised at all.
After Kong Ming scanned it with his spiritual consciousness, he immediately saw the information in the jade slip clearly.
This jade slip is said to be a directory message, but in fact it only lists more than ten pieces of information, which can naturally be understood at a glance.
If you think about it carefully, this is also a normal thing. After all, acquired creatures are too rare, and their rarity is second only to innate things. No matter how powerful the mercenary alliance is, it is impossible to collect too much information related to it. , and now being able to list more than ten pieces of information is pretty good.
Among the recorded news, there is news that a certain spiritual tree suddenly transformed into the sky and disappeared, and there is also news that a certain treasure weapon awakens and can suddenly transform into a human form. However, these are not relevant to Kong Ming now. Too attractive, the only thing he is really interested in is Tiandan.
Fortunately, among these more than ten pieces of information, one is indeed related to Tiandan, that is, far away in the Western Realm, there is a rumor that a divine alchemist caused a pill thunder disaster while refining the pill. , it is suspected that some kind of heavenly elixir has been refined!
Kong Ming pondered for a moment. Since he came to the realm, he has never been to the Western Realm, but he will eventually go to the Western Realm. Because the Wind Spirit Kingdom where King Xuliu used to be was located in the Western Realm. Now that King Xuluu has the help of the Sky-Swallowing Spirit Tree, he may recover at any time, so it is necessary to help King Xuliu return to the Western Realm and seek justice for him. Moreover, King Xuruu once refined the Heavenly Water Pill. It can be seen that the Wind Spirit Kingdom also has a tradition of refining heavenly pills. So after King Xuruu, another divine alchemist refined some kind of heavenly pill. Not surprising either.
At that moment, Kong Ming didn't hesitate at all and said directly: "I want to inquire about this piece of news related to Tiandan. Please give me a price!"
The white-haired old man was still smiling, and he stretched out a finger again and said: "Inquiry about the news related to Tiandan. We do not accept world currency transactions. We can only exchange things for things. At least one acquired treasure of good quality is required. , or only the most top-notch heavenly materials and earthly treasures are qualified to trade, I wonder what price fellow Taoists are willing to pay?"
Kong Ming flipped his wrist without hesitation, and the counterclockwise wind wheel appeared in his hand, and then said: "This thing should be enough for exchanging news, right?"
The Counter-Time Wind Wheel is an acquired treasure refined by imitating the Wheel of Time and Space. Its power can slow down the flow of time. It can be regarded as touching the surface of the law of time. It is a special type among acquired treasures. Its value is definitely at the top among acquired treasures. . Having such an acquired treasure can not only reverse the situation of the battle at critical moments, but also be of great help to high-level practitioners to use this treasure to understand the law of time during daily practice.
Of course, although the Counter-Time Wind Wheel is rare, it has no value to Kong Ming now, because the Wheel of Time and Space has fallen into Kong Ming's hands, and the first eight levels of innate prohibition have been refined by Kong Ming. As a result, the magical power of time that Kong Ming casually displayed was better than the power of the reverse-time wind wheel, and the reverse-time wind wheel became useless in Kong Ming's hands. Therefore, Kong Ming is absolutely willing to use the Anti-Time Wind Wheel in exchange for news related to Tiandan.
The white-haired old man stretched out his spiritual consciousness and swept it over the counter-clockwise wind wheel. His expression suddenly condensed, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a very solemn expression.
After a moment, the white-haired old man bowed his hand to Kong Ming and said: "It is a great handiwork of Daoist friends. This treasure is of extraordinary value. It is more than enough to trade for a piece of king-level news. And our Tianji Tower has always been fair and fair in transactions, so we cannot use it in vain." For the benefit of fellow Taoist, you can also send another piece of news to fellow daoist. I wonder what fellow daoist would like to ask?"
This white-haired old man has the cultivation level of a divine lord, so he can naturally see the value of the counter-clockwise wind wheel, so he is determined to win this deal. The so-called gift of a message is also to make Kong Ming make up his mind and prompt him to use this Come and exchange news with the treasures from the day after tomorrow!
(End of chapter)