"Finally spread, has it?"
Li Tianming sneered.
He had actually thought that something like a hundred thousand Nebula Sacrifices should have become common knowledge from the very first day he entered Flying Star Fort.
But the truth was exactly the opposite. Those who knew the news seemed to have reached a tacit understanding not to publicize it.
The more people who knew, the more people there would be to divide the money—and the lower their own chances of getting it!
Thus, it took more than a full year before the dam finally burst.
Once it entered the public eye, the news spread like wildfire, beyond anyone's control. Everyone knew that a walking hundred thousand Nebula Sacrifices was right here in Flying Star Fort.
"For me, there isn't much difference, is there? Plenty of people came after me over the past year, and most of them were probably superpowerful figures like Wei Kunchen. Now, ordinary Imperial Soldiers just know about it too."
And ordinary Imperial Soldiers, including Hundred-Soldier Lieutenants, were not much of a threat to Li Tianming.
Other than exchanging military merit, he hardly showed his face.
This appearance had caused a certain stir, but such a stir would soon die down.
"Once most people can't find me, they'll probably assume I've already been killed and the money has been claimed. Things can quiet down for a while—until I show up again?"
Li Tianming did not feel troubled at all. Instead, he found it rather amusing.
A hundred thousand Nebula Sacrifices, offered as a reward for the death of a mere Imperial Army foot soldier... Madam Meixing and Yuwen Zhulin were absolutely going mad trying to make him famous.
"Exciting!"
Although it was the rest period, after obtaining the Nebula Sacrifices and laundering his Imperial Soldier token, Li Tianming did