"Pay?" Wandering Know-it-all was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts ran astray.
Chapter 792 - Search for Lu Xiaofeng
Wandering Know-it-all sent away his group of curious disciples. Then, he looked up and smiled while he asked, "Happy, you came over to Beijing this time in such a flashy manner and even publicly told those from Class One Hall to search for you at my mansion. Your main goal isn't to cause me trouble, right?"
Once he learned of Happy's thoughts, Wandering Know-it-all was not at all worried about Happy provoking Class One Hall. After all, he had a clear grasp of Mu Clan's strength. It was once one of the four top-class sects, but now, Mu Clan's strength had gradually surpassed Class One Hall, and it was now the best sect in the Chinese server. Even if Happy died eight or ten times in Beijing, it will not cause substantial effect to Mu Clan. The one who will suffer a misfortune at the end of the day from this will only be Class One Hall.
Happy could hide all that he did in Sky Demon Secret Cave from everyone else, but he could not hide from Wandering Know-it-all and his Universe Secrets Inkstone. Jinjiu and Yinshi, the two Myth Realm elites from the mighty northern clan, might already have their corpses turn cold, but they were still more powerful than one Nine-tailed Fox.
When he noticed the questioning look in Wandering Know-it-all's eyes, Happy smiled faintly, and he did not hide his intentions. "This time, I came over here because I want you to help me figure out a person's whereabouts, aside from drinking with you, that is."
"A reading?" Wandering Know-it-all frowned slightly. "Whose information do you want to know? You could have just gone to my disciple for that. Wind Chimes might have suffered a slight misfortune this time and many of her martial arts are now gone, but the girl still has her abilities in divination remain in her."
"Wind Chimes should be focusing on training with all her heart and soul right now, and I don't want to bother her. Besides, you're free, and you're her master. You shouldn't be thinking about letting your disciples do everything, right?"
"You… you just don't know how good I am to you." Wandering Know-it-all brought out his eight trigrams chart in resignation. "Do you have any idea just how many people come to me to have their fortunes told? It took me a lot of effort to reject all of them so that I can spend time with you, and you say I'm free… Oh well. Next time, when you come to Beijing, I'll just refuse to see you so that I can spare myself from all this vexation."
Happy just giggled.
What Wandering Know-it-all said was true.
As a person's qi realm increased, the diviners in the market could no longer figure out the whereabouts of those who were at Inaction Realm or those whose qi realms were higher, and there was an increasing number of ways to avoid being found.
The fights between sects caused Wandering Know-it-all and his Universe Secrets Inkstone to be a god among many sects, and they will pay tribute to him once they had something they wanted to know.
Right now, there were people who posted Wandering Know-it-all's prices when he performed his divinations.
The lowest price was two million taels of silver, and that was the starting price. If he had to perform a reading on some of the more famous players, it was impossible for him to do a reading without being paid tens of millions of silver.
Wandering Know-it-all did not only treat Happy for free when he met him this time, he had also rejected a lot of business deals. The reason behind this was because he was showing respect to the strongest player in the game as well as the strongest sect in the game, and because Mu Clan was taking care of his disciple Wind Chimes.
"Tell me, who is going to be struck by misfortune this time?" Wandering Know-it-all was not at all as quiet and lofty as the outside world said him to be.
Happy smiled wanly and said, "No one's going to be unlucky. Help me find where Lu Xiaofeng is. I'm recently going through a quest, and I have to find him before I can clear it."
"Lu Xiaofeng?" Wandering Know-it-all was slightly stunned. Then, he nodded in understanding. "You had to first look for Ximen Chuixue, then Lu Xiaofeng. Hmm… it's a little interesting."
As he spoke, he did not ask what quest Happy was carrying out in detail. He just arranged the chart that brought him food on his table and the other items that looked like kitchenware, but were really divination tools.
Happy did not look. He just poured wine into his own cup. After all, he will not understand it even if he looked. Even after playing the game for so many years, he never had time to come into contact with I Ching, the Chinese divination text.
"Strange…" Wandering Know-it-all fiddled with the eight trigrams chart for a while before a crease was slowly formed between his eyebrows. He had a solemn expression appear on his face and looked toward Happy. "What quest are you doing? I can't find Lu Xiaofeng's location even with Universe Secrets Inkstone. This sort of situation is rare."
"...You can't find him?" Happy stopped bringing the wine cup to his lips. "You can't find even a single bit of information about him?"
"It won't reveal universe secrets to me."
"Then forget it. I'll go search online when I need to." Happy was not affected by this problem. After all, the NPCs involved this time were all Myth Realm martial artists [1]. It was not strange for this sort of situation to appear.
Besides, Lu Xiaofeng was a busy person. It was actually very easy to find him, and there was no need for him to actually rely on divination to find him.
Also, the quests at the borders were right around the corner. Even if he did manage to find Lu Xiaofeng now, he might not be able to go over to wherever he was within a short period of time. At that time, he might need to get a reading on him again. So, to Happy, searching for Lu Xiaofeng now was not the most urgent thing he had to do.
"You don't mind?" Wandering Know-it-all saw Happy's reaction, but he soon understood why he reacted this way. "The quests at the borders affects all of the Chinese world of martial artists. You'll definitely have to go. That's good too."
"Hang on, since you're already working, why don't you help me find out a few more people?"
"You… You sure don't hold back in front of friends."
Wandering Know-it-all asked for the names from Happy with a look of resignation.
"Teacher." A cold glare shone in Happy's eyes.
When he heard the name Happy mentioned, Wandering Know-it-all's gaze also changed, and the gentle middle-aged man's temperament changed slightly. "I thought it'd be enough for you to kill them only once."
At that time, Wind Chimes was killed by those Americans from Dragon Sect. Without that group of people from Dragon Sect, those from Towering Palace and Class One Hall would not have dared to do anything to Wind Chimes.
"...That's impossible." Happy took a sip of wine and said, "If I don't get rid of this person completely, I won't feel at ease. In the next month, if I don't chase out this wild beast from America out of the Chinese server, I'll feel uneasy."
"Okay." Wandering Know-it-all understood what he meant.
Even though during all branches and sects will not be attacked or affected by any attacks during the Emperor's Announcement event, if this group of American elites were intent to fight against Mu Clan, without Happy, Silver Wolf, and the other elites serving as garrisons in their headquarters and branches, Mu Clan will be in grave danger.
"They're currently still in the Chinese server, and during this period of time, they've been under Class One Hall's protection. They're hidden in one of the fixed training spots for Class One Hall." While Wandering Know-it-all said this, he asked Happy, "The question is, how do you intend to deal with this group of people?"
"I won't let even a single one remain." A determined, cold glare shone in Happy's eyes. "Didn't Dream Clouds give them a batch of Illusion Life and Death Pills?
"That's perfect. I'd like to see just how many Illusion Life and Death Pills she can provide."
"If Dream Clouds comes over here at that time, what do you intend to do?"
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sp; "Let her wait." Happy smiled mysteriously. "There should be one of Dream Clouds' spies among your disciples. If he bears witness that I am still in your mansion, I will have basically not fail in this operation."
He stopped talking for a moment before he suddenly asked. "So… have you finished constructing your underground tunnel?"
"Obviously." Wandering Know-it-all put away his eight trigrams chart and led Happy into the house.
Wandering Know-it-all's group of disciples then received orders from their master saying that Wandering Know-it-all had something to talk to Happy in private, and no one was to approach them.
Dream Clouds soon received this news in another mansion in Beijing. Then, she replied.
Author's Note:
[1] In this game, Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuixue are at the same level.
Chapter 793 - Using Gold and Money Sect’s Secret Branch
Not far way from Beijing was a small town, and it was rumored that there was a secret branch set up by Gold and Money Sect[1]. Most of the people inside were at Moksha Realm or Inaction Realm, and it was a place that Class One Hall had recently discovered and invaded. Right now, it had already become Class One Hall's private treasure trove, and only Class One Hall members can get close to that territory.
When Happy snuck near the place, he noticed that the situation was better than he imagined.
Even though the outside world mentioned that Gold and Money Sect's secret branch had already become Class One Hall's personal territory, due to Class One Hall's status in the north, they did not need to place a lot of people to protect this area's safety.
There were countless elites from different sects moving in and about the town, along with some solo players.
Most of these people came for the loot from Gold and Money Sect.
In the game, the disciples from Gold and Money Sect's secret branch had extraordinary skills. Some of them used weapons that were made with gold, and they had the effect of breaking defenses. They were very popular among martial artists, to the point they were idolized.
Also, it was said that once a player assembled twelve Gold Hoops, they could assemble the unique weapon, Vajra Arm, which was worth cities.
Vajra Arm was a local specialty in this place. Not only did it have astonishing attack, it was also not inferior to a middle-grade divine weapon. It can also be used as an armor.
When it was used to withstand attacks, six of those Gold Hoops can weaken sixty percent attack. If the player used both arms to block the attack, they can completely negate the damage from their opponent's attack, but there were few martial arts that complemented Vajra Arm. Once they had a martial art manual that could complement this weapon, they will truly have their combat ability increase by leaps and bounds, and they will jump straight to the ranks of the top-class players in the game.
And as luck would have it, Class One Hall did not forbid selling individual Gold Hoops to the outside world. They also seemed to be encouraging the players in the north to assemble a full Vajra Arm.
To the players, this was a great temptation. They did not have a lot of chances to do so. Hence, this place gained great popularity.
Of course, aside from Vajra Arm, Gold and Money Sect also produced many other things.
The rare drops were Li Xunhuan's unique throwing knives. The people who carried out quests for Gold and Money Sect's sect master could get one of these throwing knives. It was considered a consumable divine weapon. It had a one hundred percent accuracy, could destroy defenses, and had shocking damage.
Happy came to this place before in his previous life, and he knew about some of the mysteries and secrets in this place. He also knew that Class One Hall used Vajra Arm and Gold Darts as bait to attract elites to carry out quests for Gold and Money Sect's sect master so that they could get the rare Little Li Flying Dagger.
All those who obtained Little Li Flying Dagger can practically not escape from Class One Hall's sights.
But Class One Hall will not personally attack these people. Instead, they will order the elites from the sects affiliated to them to attack in secret and gathered Little Li Flying Daggers through force or trickery.
Unfortunately for them, the people from Dragon Sect had been sent to this small town by Dream Clouds. Their training spot was the secret branch that was off limits to non Class One Hall members.
The people from Class One Hall were very cautious. As long as someone wore a Bamboo Hat into the small town, Class One Hall will immediately have people keep an eye on them in secret. They will also think of ways to figure out that person's identity.
Happy was familiar with Class One Hall's tricks, so he took out a human skin mask, gave himself the disguise of a solo player who had a very miserable time in the game, and entered the small town.
Happy went straight to Sky Ascension Tower when he entered the town.
Since they were close to Beijing and since this place was right under the emperor's nose, this place became the most popular place in town because its name had the meaning of reaching the skies in just one step. Also, the wine here was pretty good, and it was another reason why it attracted the martial artists.
But Happy did not come here for wine.
When he came out of Wandering Know-it-all's mansion, he already had a few pots of wine in his belly, and he was temporarily uninterested in wine.
Once he sat down, Happy drank a little while he ordered some dishes, and his gaze naturally landed on the elites sitting by the tables across him. They seemed to have already surrendered themselves into the p.l.e.a.s.u.r.es of wine.
But Happy remembered these people, and he knew that they had a second identity.
Dragon Sect elites.
'Dream Clouds, what a woman.'
Happy chuckled in his heart. He did not expect that these Dragon Sect elites will join Class One Hall straightaway. It was no wonder why they did not attract anyone's attention even though they were so close to Beijing.
By the looks of it, Dragon Sect already had a deep relationship and was working closely with Class One Hall, otherwise, Dream Clouds will not take great pains to receive these people to Beijing after giving them a batch of Illusion Life and Death Pills before arranging so many hidden but great training spots for them.
Happy kept quiet. He lowered his head to pick out the peanuts in his plate in an effort to look away, and during that time, he used his spiritual senses to observe that group of people.
The thirty or so Dragon Sect elites occupied the seats for five tables near the windows. The curtains were drawn around them, and their discussions could not be heard. By the looks of it, they were rather cautious.
"Waiter."
When he heard someone call out to him, a young employee ran up the stairs. There was a white towel over his shoulders. There was an incredibly respectful and hospitable smile on his face. "Sir, what is your request?"
The waiter's eyes instantly lit up and became much livelier. The smile on his face also became much more respectful and hospitable. "Sir, what is your request? You can tell me what you want."
While the waiter bowed, he quickly picked up the silver on the table. This action instantly attracted quite a lot of players' shocked and bewildered gaze.
"Let me ask you something. If you answer well, I will reward you further."
Happy's tone was calm. His pathetic appearance and his unusual act caused him to be shrouded in a mysterious light.
"Sir, please tell me what it is. As long as I know the answer, I will definitely tell you, and I will definitely tell you all I know about it." Fifty taels of silver was nothing to wanderers, but to the employees who were at the lowest level of existence in the game, this was a great fortune.
The employee's respectful attitude and conversation attracted the attention of all the martial artists in the restaurant.
After all, when everyone drank and ate in the game, there were very people who will pay attention to the employees and waiters who walked about the hall. Naturally, they w
ill not know that they could actually converse with the waiters like this. By the looks of it, it was a hidden quest, but it also seemed like a small trick that no one knew.
Right now, most of the people who could master these small tricks had a pretty good life in the game.
hence, the people who saw this scene were interested, including the Dragon Sect elites who sat in the private rooms near the window. When they noticed the situation in the hall at the first floor, they drew the curtains.
The sounds of conversation finally came out from the private room and traveled into Happy's ears clearly.
"The waiters in restaurants in the room might seem inconspicuous, but they're always the people who are the most well-informed. How could we not have noticed this?"
"That guy is lucky. I wonder what he wants to ask."
"There's no harm in us listening to the conversation. I've heard that there are people who are doing Flower Snatcher Li Xunhuan's quest. Little Li Flying Dagger is a peerless martial art. If he has it, we can try getting in touch with him."
Happy had already recognized the person who said these words. He was Teacher, the middle-aged man who died in his hands while they were outside Yangzhou City.
Translator's Note:
[1] Gold and Money Sect: From Gu Long's Wuxia novels.
Chapter 794 - Sing a Song, Ambush from Ten Sides
The restaurant instantly became much quieter. A lot of people began discussing quietly among themselves while countless gazes were gathered on the stranger who was being served by a waiter at the hall in the first floor.
Everyone tried to guess his identity, and they also tried to guess just what sort of information he wanted to learn from the waiter.
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