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Li Yunyang and Qingtian exchanged smiles and strode inside. An old woman with a face full of moles was sitting there, sizing up the three of them for a while before slowly getting up and walking to the back.
Li Yunyang quickly followed her, only to see the old woman push open a door at the back, revealing a bright and spacious scene.
"Wow, it's so luxurious!" Lian Cheng Xue exclaimed, her eyes widening as she looked at the expansive circular building, with red pillars carved into doorposts and a two-story small building painted in red and white that resembled a royal villa.
Following the two inside, various Exorcists were coming and going. It seemed that with such luxurious architecture, they must have earned quite a bit of money. As soon as they stepped into the Waystation's entrance, they could see a crowd gathered in the lobby on the first floor, all staring at something.
"There are still so many people here; business must be booming!" Qingtian pointed at the crowded group. In front of them was a wall covered with various characters, divided from top to bottom into primary, intermediate, and advanced tasks.
The price offered by employers for the three levels naturally varied; the higher the level of demon, the higher the price. Lian Cheng Xue had never seen such a place before and was naturally thrilled. She walked over to look at the highest task board: "Millennium Horned Demon Beast, fifty thousand taels of silver."
"My goodness, killing a Millennium Horned Demon can earn you fifty thousand taels of silver!" Lian Cheng Xue counted on her fingers for a long time. "If we could kill that Black Dragon Saint Lord, how much would that be? Enough to live several lifetimes!"
"Lian Xiong, this is still the highest-level task; only Saint Ten level Exorcists can handle it. It is said that a previous Saint Ten Exorcist took three years to complete it. To put it in perspective, that Black Dragon Saint Lord should be considered top-tier. If you kill it, you could earn at least over one million taels of silver!" Lan Ran Qingtian explained slowly; he was a regular here and sometimes came to take on tasks.
Lian Cheng Xue's mouth dropped open in astonishment; no wonder Exorcists in this country were so sought after—it was directly tied to their income.
"Stop looking; let's get down to business!" Li Yunyang saw they were chatting endlessly and pointed upstairs. "Let's go ask for information first; time is tight."
"Okay!" Qingtian nodded, and the three went up to the second floor of the Waystation. Upon entering, it was empty compared to the bustling first floor. At the counter sat only one woman leisurely cracking sunflower seeds.
He quickly walked over and asked her, "Hey, do you have any information about Gu Liu Ma?"
The woman looked up with an indifferent expression, her small eyes sizing up Li Yunyang for a while before she ignored him and continued cracking seeds. Seeing her attitude, Li Yunyang became impatient and slammed his hand on the table, shouting, "Hey, I'm talking to you!"
The woman frowned slightly and finally stopped her actions with visible annoyance as she slapped the counter. "Hey, are you new here? Do you understand the rules?"
Rules? Li Yunyang was confused. Seeing this, Qingtian quickly pulled him back and pointed at a piece of paper on the wall that seemed to be an information guide: The price for inquiries—three thousand taels of silver for primary beasts, fifty thousand taels for intermediate beasts, and one hundred thousand taels for advanced beasts.
"Is it really that expensive?" Lian Cheng Xue muttered, reaching to touch his body. He only had the five thousand taels earned by Xiang Xueer last time at Yixiang Pavilion, and it had already been spent nearly completely, not enough to cover the information fee for a low-level demon.
Qingtian immediately put on a smile and stepped forward, saying, "Xiangling, it's been a while!"
The woman looked up at Lan Ran Qingtian, and her mouth instantly broke into a smile, her pockmarked face resembling a giant pit. She revealed her large yellow teeth and, spitting as she spoke, rushed out, "Oh my, Qingtian, why did it take you so long to come? I missed you so much!"
Qingtian quickly took a step back. Generally speaking, he tried to avoid provoking women as much as possible, but with Xiang Xueer in danger, he had no choice but to sacrifice his appearance at this critical moment.
"Xiangling, I want to ask you about Gu Liu Ma!" Lan Ran Qingtian forced himself to hold back his laughter and looked at her with a friendly expression.
Xiangling pouted upon hearing that he wanted to inquire about Gu Liu Ma's information and immediately started tapping her fingers. "Oh, so you didn't come just to see me? How annoying!"
Qingtian was almost laughing uncontrollably; the woman named Xiangling shyly grabbed his hand. "If it were someone else, I wouldn't say anything, but since it's you, I can make an exception. However, the price is quite high!"
As Xiangling spoke, she leaned toward him flirtatiously, causing Lian Cheng Xue and Li Yunyang nearby to quickly step back a few paces. "Oh my, this woman isn't thinking of offering Qingtian in exchange for something, is she?"
"I understand the rules!" Lan Ran Qingtian nodded and began discussing prices with her seriously. "The information about the Holy Ten Exorcists is at least ten thousand taels."
"Ten thousand taels? That's robbery!" Li Yunyang exclaimed, nearly jumping up. Even if they sold all three of them, they wouldn't have that much money.
Qingtian turned to look at Lian Cheng Xue, who quickly shook his head. "Qingtian, we can't afford that price!"
"Alas!" Lan Ran Qingtian sighed. "In that case, let's just trade information for information!"
"Trade information for information?" Xiangling's eyes lit up with a smile as she said, "That could work too, but it depends on whether the information you provide is worth that price."
Qingtian reached into his pocket and pulled out two tokens for the entrance to Underground City, placing them on the table. "I have news about the Black Dragon Saint Lord and entry tokens for Underground City; trading one for the other should be quite a good deal."
Xiangling picked up the token with a look of surprise and said, "But isn't this the Black Dragon Saint Lord under the Demon Lord from a hundred years ago? I've only heard of the Underground City, but I didn't expect it to really exist!"
She didn't hesitate much and readily agreed to Lan Ran Qingtian's exchange request: "Since that's the case, I'll take this token. You want information about Gu Liu Ma, right? Let me see what I can find!"
After saying that, she turned and walked towards a Secret Door behind her. She reached out, and an extremely thick old book appeared before her. She flipped through the book and then looked up at Qingtian: "Got it! Someone sold me information yesterday, saying he recently appeared in the nearby Shili Slope forest, located over fifty miles southeast. If we go now, we might still encounter him."
"Shili Slope?" Li Yunyang frowned upon hearing this. "Why would Gu Liu Ma come to Shili Slope? That's really strange. Hey, woman, don't you have more precise information?"
Xiangling glared at Li Yunyang with an annoyed expression: "Hey, Dead Blackie, if you’re not satisfied with the information I provided, you can go ask someone else!"
As the ancient saying goes, only women and petty people are hard to deal with. He thought about it and let it go; at least the three of them had obtained some information. They headed towards the forest near Shili Slope.
The vast Tropical Rainforest looked like a place where no one would come. Poisonous snakes coiled around tree trunks everywhere, and wild beasts scurried around; one could easily be swallowed by this mysterious and sinister place.
"What do you think Gu Liu Ma came here for?" Lian Cheng Xue looked around in confusion. It was hard to believe that someone as prominent as the second of the Holy Ten Exorcists would wander around in such a place.
"Maybe he's here to gather herbs? Isn't he known as a medical saint?" Lan Ran Qingtian couldn't think of any other explanation. As evening approached, they had found no traces in the forest.
"This is simply a waste of time; today is already the fourth day!" Li Yunyang was most worried about Xiang Xueer. He wondered how she was doing now.
Suddenly, Lian Cheng Xue's eyes flashed as she pointed to a huge snake skin in the opposite forest and shouted, "Look over there! What is that?"
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