Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World
Chapter 380 - 186: News

"Doctor Chen."

After Wu Cong entered Little Cold Peak, he respectfully greeted Chen Yi with a bow.

He looked worn and tired, his face lined with the traces of wind and frost, making his long scar seem less terrifying than usual.

Chen Yi wasn't fooled by his appearance. A Foundation Establishment cultivator who wanted to keep himself clean and fresh would only need a simple spell,

Wu Cong deliberately exhibited this hardship, as if showing how difficult his journey had been.

"Sit down, it must have been a tiring journey. Did you encounter any issues along the way?"

Chen Yi casually motioned for him to sit and let Liu Emei pour some Spirit Tea.

"Luckily, although there was chaos outside and bandit cultivators were running rampant, I often travel the outside world and know how to handle them, so I was able to carry out your instruction smoothly."

As he said these words, Wu Cong handed Chen Yi a storage bag.

After Chen Yi received it, he swept it with his divine sense and secretly calculated the contents. Judging by the market price, it contained even more than the materials he thought worth 5000 spirit stones.

It seemed that Wu Cong wanted to make a good impression, not only did he pay for his expenses during the journey, he may have also subsidized the cost of the materials he bought.

It seemed that he desperately wanted to cling onto him and valued this opportunity.

Chen Yi nodded inwardly.

Of course, the most he could have endured is hardship along the journey and spent some time. As for the bandit cultivators he mentioned, Chen Yi didn't believe it was that serious,

Wu Cong, with deep scars on his face and a menacing aura emanating from him, looked more like a bandit cultivator than anyone else,

Chen Yi even speculated that during the difficult times the Wu family faced, Wu Cong may have acted as a bandit cultivator for a while.

"How has the outside world been recently? Are there any important news?" Chen Yi asked.

Wu Cong turned serious, preparing his words carefully. He knew this was his second test,

if buying important resources without causing trouble for Doctor Chen was considered the first test, then gathering intelligence would be the second,

fortunately, Wu Cong was well-prepared. Not only did he get information from his old friends, but he also paid hundreds of spirit stones to buy upper level information from Blood Shadow Gate.

"Doctor Chen, it seems that a major event is about to happen outside."

"Some war cultivator friends who frequently hunt Demon Beasts revealed that there's been a great disturbance among the beasts in the Demon Territory. Either there are no beasts in radius of hundreds of miles,

or they would encounter a group of Demon Beasts with a disorderly, pungent demonic aura. A few experienced mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators have disappeared in the Demon Territory for several months without a trace. It is said that where they disappeared is where the demonic aura is gathered, and these groups of Demon Beasts seem to have a pattern in their movements."

"Therefore, we small groups who often hunt beasts speculate that a great change is taking place in the Demon Territory, perhaps a Great Monster has emerged and is controlling the beasts, and from their movement patterns, it's very likely they will break out of the Demon Territory and attack the cultivated lands of human cultivators."

Wu Cong spoke solemnly while Chen Yi nodded slightly. His information matched closely with Wang Tengfei's sourced from the upper levels. It seemed Wu Cong was quite capable.

"What are the prices of goods outside at present?" Chen Yi asked.

"Currently, the supply of strategic materials has started to tighten, but because most cultivators are clueless about the situation, the prices have increased, but not substantially, and overall it's still stable.

If within one or two years, the Demon Beasts were to really break out of the Demon Territory, the prices of strategic materials such as pills, talisman scrolls, magical instruments, array methods, and puppets etc. would likely see a significant rise."

Chen Yi nodded again, this was in line with his judgement,

"Any other news? Hmm, especially within tens of thousands of miles of Cold Sword Gate." Chen Yi asked again.

Wu Cong pondered before replying:

"There is one more piece of news."

"This one is an important piece of information I purchased from the Blood Shadow Gate, the source should be reliable, but I didn't buy the more core information because it cost 3000 spirit stones."

"The news says, Ling Jingjing of the Lingxiao Sect did not return to the Xuantian Continent after the Secret Realm ended, instead, she has been frequently active in many areas of the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance.

It's rumored that she brought with her three or four sets of main and other important auxiliary ingredients for the Crystallisation Pill, a specialty of the Xuantian Continent, which have already secretly been spread and are being competed for by several major forces in the Alliance.

Moreover, because True Person Ling has successfully formed her Golden Core, she's young and beautiful, her mana is extraordinary, and she's a Nascent Soul Seed. She's greatly sought after by the Core Formation cultivators of the Alliance, including True Person Qingming of the Qinglong Island. Everyone has an extraordinary enthusiasm for True Person Ling,

so anything that True Person Ling wants to accomplish could be less difficult than imagined."

Chen Yi nodded slightly, this piece of news was interesting, but not worth much.

He was not particularly interested in Ling Jingjing's private affairs.

After seeing Chen Yi's expression, Wu Cong continued:

"It's rumored that one set of the Core Formation main ingredient was dealt with in Wangyue City, but reliable sources say, that the Yang Clan Commerce did not get it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi narrowed his eyes.

This was interesting.

Wangyue City was jointly established by four commerce associations, but over the past hundred or so years, because the Yang family produced a True Pill cultivating monk, the city naturally fell under their control.

In the years that the Yang Family has been in charge of Wangyue City, they have blatantly and secretly seized many resources of the other three families. Although they were angry, they dared not speak out,

There must be a considerable amount of internal conflict that has built up over time, they just never had the opportunity to retaliate.