Chapter 914: Stealing Intelligence

Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9

Inside the cave of rocks.

Gu Qing Shan walked up to the tall slender woman’s side and asked:

“How is your recovery?”

“Not very good, Demon Dragon didn’t hold back at all with its last attack, right now I can only reluctantly move around” the tall slender woman shook her head and replied.

——she said ‘move around’, and not ‘recovered’.

It was only now that Gu Qing Shan understood just how serious her wounds were.

He muses: “This world isn’t too safe, we need to head to Riddle World and rest for a while”

The tall slender woman asked: “What’s wrong with this world?”

“There is a pixie that works as an intelligence broker in this world, I’m worried it might try to pry into our secrets” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“Hm, pixies are a unique and annoying type of creature, it’s a good idea to leave” the tall slender woman agreed with him.

Gu Qing Shan paused slightly before continuing: “You and I will be traveling together through various worlds, but I still don’t know your name yet. It would be very easy for people to notice this issue on our way forward”

The tall slender woman didn’t answer him and instead calmly said: “Before I fully recover, you will also need to take care of me on the way, so if someone asked, how are you going to explain our relationship?”

“I’ve already thought about that, you’ll be my elder sister. We are siblings who are travelling together in order to search for our lost relatives while earning our keep” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The tall slender woman scowled: “Elder sister? So you think of me as being old?”

Gu Qing Shan replied without a pause: “That’s not it. Just that from both the knowledge and cultivation standpoints, you are greatly superior to me, so I can’t be arrogant and have to volunteer for the little brother role”

The tall slender woman seriously listened to him, then showed a pleased expression.

“My name is Lin” she answered

“Lin?”

“Yes. Since my body is like this for the next while, I’ll trouble you to take care of me, thank you” she politely replied.

“No need to be so formal, I have a few healing pills on me. Take one right now and I’ll use my spirit energy to help you with your wounds”

“Sure”

…

When night was about to fall.

Gu Qing Shan and Shannu brought Lin together with them out of the cave of rocks.

When Shannu was about to destroy the cave, Gu Qing Shan stopped her.

“Leave it, if we need to return to this world, we may be able to use it one day”

Gu Qing Shan told her.

Suddenly, he started to rub the area between his eyebrows.

Faint images of his past began to show up and moved around in front of Gu Qing Shan’s eyes.

Gu Qing Shan leaned on the wall and shook his head, scattering the images in front of his eyes.

“You aren’t in your top shape”

Lin noticed his unnatural behaviour at a glance and casually pointed it out.

Gu Qing Shan explained simply: “The Measure Tribulation is coming”

“So you’re about to break through into the Paragon realm—— which means, you’re afraid of heavenly karma?” Lin asked.

“I have nothing to fear, but the Measure Tribulation isn’t a small issue, so we need to move forward to the next world as soon as we can” Gu Qing Shan replied.

Lin tilted her head at him a bit, then scoffed: “In the end, you’re still afraid of heavenly karma. You killed me quite resolutely at that time but you’re afraid now?”

Murder goes against the Law of Heaven.

Even Abyssal creatures were considered to be life forms——- in fact, they were considered to be considerably advanced life forms. With their Eternal characteristic, they weren’t afraid to die, but the Law of Heaven would still take that into account and return the karma to him two-fold.

Gu Qing Shan shrugged.

He can’t continue with this topic.

He could only keep quiet, silently put everything away into his Inventory Bag as he prepared to leave.

A few moments later, everything had been taken care of.

Gu Qing Shan gestured Shannu with his eyes.

Shannu then supported Lin to stand up and left the cave of rocks.

Gu Qing Shan put an airship out at the entrance to the cave.

“The location is North of here, around 300 miles away, so we’re going to fly over” he explained.

Lin nodded to express that she had no objections.

Shannu supported her onto the airship and started to fly towards Riddle World.

Lin leaned on the window and looked at the rocky surface down below, then asked without turning her head:

“Tell me a bit about your plans”

Gu Qing Shan replied: “First I’ll head to the Strife Zones, look for the three coins, return to the past to save a few people, then get rid of the [Demon King Order]”

“Why do you want to get rid of it?”

“In the Age of Old, it once tried to bypass me and summon some sort of Demon King. I didn’t know for sure what it was at the time, but I clearly felt uneasy”

“Your feeling was correct” Lin agreed.

Gu Qing Shan continued: “In the Fallen Zones, the [Demon King Order] had most likely already reached the [Demon King Ascension] stage, but since it is kept busy dealing with the [Demon King Order], it has been unable to accomplish its plan for now. I want to take that chance and capture it”

“But the [Demon King Order] is currently battling against the Soul Shrieker’s avatar, if you deal with it, what about the Soul Shrieker?”

“I’ll kill it as well”

“Demon Dragon is also hiding behind the scenes in the Strife Zones, what are you going to do about it?”

“Kill it”

Lin looked at him.

He was pursing his lips in a painful manner, apparently trying to endure something.

Lin wondered: “Are you under so much pressure from the Measure Tribulation that you can’t think of anything but impossible goals?”

“I’m not. These are all issues that I will have to deal with sooner or later, as for how——- I’ll think about it after saving the people” Gu Qing Shan replied.

Lin glanced at the cold sweat dripping down his forehead and asked: “The Measure Tribulation is approaching?”

“Yes, I’m trying to hold it off until we arrive into the next world” Gu Qing Shan replied.

Lin thought for a while, then spoke up: “I have a martial scripture that can eliminate sin from one’s body, repeat it after me”

Gu Qing Shan asked: “Is cutting it this close going to do anything at all?”

Lin replied: “This is the sovereign… a type of martial scripture that specifically purifies the body. Just by chanting it, an unimaginable seed of power would take shape and grow, let alone serious cultivation and recitation”

She clasped her hands together to form a meditative seal and recited the scripture with a serious expression.

Gu Qing Shan solemnly listened to her, recited it a few times under her supervision until he thoroughly memorized it.

“Your soul is in a released state, so you are able to use this martial scripture to purify your sins, this way, the Measure Tribulation would be delayed somewhat——- because the Law of Heaven and Earth would need to recalculate your karma” Lin explained.

Gu Qing Shan tried reciting it a few times and actually felt his discomfort subsiding.

“How miraculous” he sighed.

“Of course, other martial scriptures of this level have already been lost to the ages, consider yourself lucky” Lin lightly told him.

At this point, sharp whistling sounds could be heard from outside.

Gu Qing Shan’s expression changed and swiftly stowed the airship away.

The three of them vanished from the air and reappeared on the ground.

Shannu was holding Lin up as Gu Qing Shan stood on the side, the three of them all looked up.

Several people wearing devil masks came down from above as well.

They landed and surrounded Gu Qing Shan’s group.

“Gongzi——” Shannu worriedly muttered.

Gu Qing Shan waved his hand and gestured to her not to be rash.

He stood in front of the two girls and smiled all around: “May I know why you’re blocking our way?”

A blurred figure came flying.

Gu Qing Shan grabbed a sword out of thin air and nonchalantly waved it at the figure.

Kih!

With a clear metallic chime, the figure flew backward.

It was a short man with a pair of metal claw gauntlets in both hands.

Everyone else watched this without much surprise; as if this was within their expectations.

The short man chuckled with a squeaky voice: “You were able to stop my ambush, meaning you’re also a Lord. No wonder you have secret information about the Demon Dragon”

Gu Qing Shan felt heavy.

The information transaction was conducted within the Great Pixie’s palace in secret, but now these people were coming straight for him.

This meant that the Great Pixie sold him out together with the information.

Or…

Gu Qing Shan asked: “Tell me, what do you want?”

“Not much, just that the Great Pixie’s information was too expensive, we don’t want to spend that much money, so we want you to tell us that information instead” the short man explained.

“What if I refuse?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The short man replied: “Although you’re a Lord-class Combatant, the Demon Dragon is valuable enough that we aren’t going to give up that easily——– you can take a look, all of us here are Lord-class as well”

Gu Qing Shan glanced around.

Indeed, the other party wasn’t lying, there were around a dozen people with masks on their faces surrounding them, all of which were Lord-class.

The fact that they’re wearing masks meant that they wanted to avoid making a grudge and are only here to obtain the Demon Dragon information.

And they just had to arrive just when I’m close to breaking through…

But if it’s just information about the Demon Dragon, I don’t mind telling them.

Gu Qing Shan smiled and replied: “Very well, I’ll tell you”

The people all nodded.

The short man scoffed and said: “Smart choice”

Gu Qing Shan didn’t care about him and simply told them everything he told the Great Pixie again.

The people listened seriously.

After he finished, one of the people declared: “He wasn’t lying”

The atmosphere became a bit more relaxed.

Gu Qing Shan then looked around: “I’ve already told you what you wanted, and you’ve confirmed it to be true, do you mind letting us go now?”

None of them moved.

They still had Gu Qing Shan, Shannu and Lin surrounded.

Gu Qing Shan asked without changing his expression: “What do you want?”

The short man continued: “According to the Great Pixie, you have more than just this piece of valuable information”

Gu Qing Shan casually replied: “You’re overstepping your boundary. In truth, if I want to run away, none of you can stop me, there’s no need to become enemies with me over this, is there?”

“He’s not lying”

The one responsible for confirming his words spoke up again.

The group was a bit shocked.

Over a dozen Lords still couldn’t stop him, does that mean he has some sort of treasure that allows him to immediately escape?

If that’s the case, we can’t push him too hard, or everything will be for naught.

The Lords exchanged glances and silently discussed.

Finally, the short man spoke up: “Tell us one more piece of information——- we just want another valuable piece of information that can be sold, then we’ll let you go”

When Gu Qing Shan was about to reply, he felt someone tugging at him from behind.

Shannu.

She angrily said: “Gongzi, those things took you so much hardship and struggle——-”

Gu Qing Shan waved his hand to stop her and sent his voice: “We’re running out of time”

Shannu looked up at the sky.

It’s already night.

The moon had just appeared from behind the clouds above.

In just a few moments, the swamp that leads into Riddle World would appear.

We really don’t have time to waste.

Not to mention that gongzi still has the Measure Tribulation to take care of!

Shannu bit her lips and went silent.

Gu Qing Shan turned around and amiably told the Lords: “Very well, then we have a deal. I’ll give you one more piece of valuable information, then we’ll part ways, what do you say?”

The Lords exchanged glances and nodded.

“Good, since everyone here is a VIP in their own right, I trust that no one will go back on their words. This is information about another Eternal monster——- the Soul Shrieker and its avatar”

Gu Qing Shan continued to speak.

He told them everything he knew about the Soul Shrieker.

“He’s not lying”

The voice from before confirmed it again.

Gu Qing Shan then quickly said: “Very well, I want to save us all some time. What happened here today isn’t important, so let’s stop here”

He released the airship, about to leave with Shannu and Lin.

The Lords remained silent and slowly gave way for him.

All of a sudden, a squeaky voice sounded.

The short man declared: “The pixie had just told me, his information is very valuable, but there is also a unique entity behind him. Capture that entity and we can choose any Soul Artifact within the pixie’s vault!”

The group was roused once again.

There were a lot of precious Soul Artifacts within the Great Pixie’s vault.

Soul Artifacts!

If we can really choose any Soul Artifact we want, this will be an extremely profitable endeavour!

“Quickly! Quickly! Surround him!”

The short man shouted.

The Lords once again surrounded Gu Qing Shan’s group.

This time, their encirclement was a lot tighter.

The short man stared closely at Lin.

He suddenly turned his gaze towards Gu Qing Shan: “Young man, it’s not easy to become a Lord, and you can clearly see, there are over a dozen Lords on our side, we can easily kill you if we wanted to”

“So?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“In consideration of your attitude just now, we just need you to do one last thing”

“What?”

“Leave that woman, then you can leave”

The short man pointed at Lin and said.

Gu Qing Shan turned around to look at Lin.

Lin glanced at him without care, her expression still as cold as ever.

The short man continued: “Young man, you might be able to escape from our encirclement, but you won’t be able to take that woman with you. I suggest that you value your life and leave her to us”

Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit and sighed.

He turned around and said to Lin: “Sorry”

“What?”

Lin’s gaze suddenly lost its focus as her eyes dashed around his face, staring at his sincere appearance.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “You probably won’t be able to rest very well”

“Why not?” Lin blankly asked.

“Because——-”

Gu Qing Shan hesitated a bit, but still told her the truth:

“Although I’ve killed a Paragon realm Divinity, fought against monsters like the Soul Shrieker and Abyssal Demon Dragon, I’m still a bit experienced with fighting against Lord-class opponents like these”

Lin was stunned.

Gu Qing Shan continued: “I afraid I’m going to waste a bit of time on them——- I know your wounds are still quite considerable, so I hope you can sympathize with me”

Oom!!!!!!!!

Intense sword qi erupted from his body and turned into sword-infused wind that swept through the entire barren land.

He turned around to face these Lord-class Combatants.

The twin swords appeared from the void of space, held tightly in his hands.

The terrifying killing intent he had been suppressing appeared on Gu Qing Shan’s expression as he slowly walked forward.

“You’re all dead”

His soft whisper resounded in the wind.