98: Get information

Great Han, Xingfeng Fu City.

This place was incredibly prosperous, with people coming and going, nearly a million residents, its prosperity second only to the Great Han capital.

Li Qi traveled all the way here. As a Soul from modern times, he was accustomed to bustling metropolises, but upon arriving at Xingfeng Fu City, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

“What a wonderful place.”

A place of prosperity and debauchery, intoxicating people, but Li Qi's purpose in coming here was not for enjoyment, but for important matters.

After finding a restaurant and eating, Li Qi found the Linglong Merchant Guild Headquarters. This time, Li Qi did not disguise his appearance and walked directly into the Guild with his true face.

Seeing Li Qi's extraordinary demeanor, a young attendant immediately stepped forward: “Esteemed guest, do you need to purchase anything?”

“Of course, I need to purchase some information.”

“What kind of information do you need?”

“Hehe… it’s about Land Immortals.”

Upon hearing Li Qi say this, the young attendant’s expression immediately changed. Seeing Li Qi’s serious look, he quickly said.

“Esteemed guest, please wait a moment. I cannot make decisions on this matter. I will go and invite the Head Manager over immediately.”

“Esteemed guest, please follow me to the private room next door and wait for a moment.”

After the attendant led Li Qi to a quiet and elegant room nearby, he quickly left. A moment later, a long-bearded man hurried over.

“I apologize for not welcoming you sooner, esteemed guest. Please forgive me.”

“Manager, you are too polite.”

This was a man with a refined scholarly aura, approximately forty years old, with a long beard and a scholar's robe, his face amiable, easily inspiring goodwill.

“I am Su Hongye, the Head Manager of the Linglong Merchant Guild. May I ask your esteemed name?”

“Li Qi!”

Li Qi generously spoke his name. Before long, his name would resound throughout the four seas.

However, Su Hongye had not yet heard Li Qi's name, but he still said with a look of admiration: “So it is Lord Li! I have long admired you!”

His words were so sincere and his expression so emotional that one might have thought he had truly heard of Li Qi's name before.

Li Qi smiled faintly. Just based on Su Hongye's acting skills and his ability to handle things, Li Qi looked at him with higher regard.

“You don’t need to admire me now… you will naturally admire me in the future.”

These words choked Su Hongye, leaving him momentarily speechless, only able to look at Li Qi with a pained expression.

It was as if he was saying, “Why don’t you play by the rules, kid? Others don’t talk like this.”

Clearing his throat, Su Hongye continued: “Lord Li, I just heard the attendant say… you need information about Land Immortals?”

“That’s right.”

“What kind of specific information?”

“I need information on the Cultivation methods of Land Immortals.”

“……”

Su Hongye was speechless, choked with emotion.

He really dared to say that…

The Cultivation methods of Land Immortals were all ultimate secret arts, their potential so high… enough to allow a Martial Artist to enter the Secret Realm!

How precious were such Cultivation Techniques?

How could they be easily obtained by outsiders?

Without the strength of a Land Immortal… you shouldn't even think about it!

Su Hongye said helplessly: “You make me laugh, Lord. My Linglong Hall is small and doesn’t have that much capability. If it were other things, it would be fine, but things of the ultimate secret art level… I’m afraid we cannot produce them.”

This was a truthful statement.

The Linglong Hall had a Great Grandmaster overseeing it. The Linglong Hall was confident in acquiring and trading Cultivation methods of the Great Grandmaster level.

But if it were the ultimate secret art of a Land Immortal… they would be powerless.

Li Qi slowly nodded and continued: “I don’t need you to directly provide the ultimate secret art. You only need to tell me where a Land Immortal’s Legacy might be, and I will go and retrieve it myself.”

This was one of Li Qi's purposes in coming here… he wanted to acquire more ultimate secret arts!

Li Qi had annihilated hundreds of thousands of bandit troops at the border, and he had over 400,000 Potential Points in his hands. So many Potential Points were useless if kept, so he had to find a way to use them and convert them into strength.

The Pine Crane Longevity Art had reached Major Achievement, with no further progress possible. Li Qi had also comprehended the Martial Dao Divine Ability, Body Escape into Azure Heavens, from it… but his strength still had room for further improvement!

For example… cultivating other types of ultimate secret arts concurrently!

Comprehending more Martial Dao Divine Abilities!

Although he had comprehended Body Escape into Azure Heavens, giving him extremely strong survival capabilities, this did not mean that Body Escape into Azure Heavens had no weaknesses.

If other Land Immortals comprehended Martial Dao Divine Abilities that happened to counter his Body Escape into Azure Heavens… then it would be troublesome.

For example, the Monk Jue Yuan whom Li Qi had encountered before, his Buddhist Divine Ability was Heavenly Eye, which could see through illusions!

If this Buddhist Divine Ability was Cultivated to a profound Realm, it might be possible to see the Qingming Heaven hidden deep within the Void Realm.

If Monk Jue Yuan locked onto the Qingming Heaven deep within the Void Realm… then it might be possible to attack Li Qi, who was hidden within the Qingming Heaven!

This was the weakness of Body Escape into Azure Heavens!

There was no perfect Martial Dao Divine Ability in the world.

Every Martial Dao Divine Ability had weaknesses and could be targeted.

Once an enemy thoroughly understood the weaknesses of a Martial Dao Divine Ability… then one would not be far from death.

Many Land Immortals in history died this way.

But this was not without a way to compensate.

The best way was to master multiple different Martial Dao Divine Abilities, using the strengths of one Martial Dao Divine Ability to compensate for the weaknesses of another, cooperating with each other and complementing each other.

In this way, such Land Immortals would be less likely to be targeted and less likely to be forced into a desperate situation.

It was just that secret arts were easy to Cultivate… but Divine Abilities were difficult to achieve.

It was already incredibly difficult to successfully comprehend one Martial Dao Divine Ability, and to comprehend multiple Martial Dao Divine Abilities, the difficulty… was even greater than imagined.

But what was extremely difficult for others was not worth mentioning for Li Qi.

He had hundreds of thousands of Potential Points in his hands. As long as he obtained new ultimate secret arts, he could quickly raise the mastery Rank of the Cultivation Technique and successfully comprehend the Martial Dao Divine Ability within it!

What he lacked now… was just ultimate secret arts.

Before leaving the School, Li Qi had also asked Ji Zhizhang if he knew any news about ultimate secret arts, but unfortunately, Ji Zhizhang only knew about the Pine Crane Longevity Art within the School and nothing else.

Therefore, Li Qi came to the Linglong Merchant Guild this time to inquire about this matter. If there was news of ultimate secret arts here, that would be best. If not, Li Qi would go to other places to ask again.

Meanwhile, Su Hongye's expression was uncertain. After pondering for a moment, he gave a definite answer.

“If Lord Li only wants the whereabouts of an ultimate secret art…”

“Don’t tell me… I actually know a place.”