Leaving the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Se followed Otto to a remote, peculiar building near the southern part of Black Rock City.
"This is that fellow Gu Te's residence. He clearly has decent talent as an alchemist, yet he insists on obsessively collecting all sorts of heavenly treasures and rare oddities. As a result, his alchemist rank has remained at Rank 3. I really can't understand him. But then again, in the entire Gama Empire, he's probably the most likely person to possess Ice Cold Spring. Let me remind you once more: before going in, you'd best prepare to bleed heavily." Otto's lips twitched as he looked at the strange building before turning to Xiao Se with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Se gave a wry smile and nodded. He wasn't sure whether Gu Te had truly obtained the Ice Cold Spring yet. If this failed, he could only try his luck with Medusa.
Xiao Se vaguely remembered that, in the original story, Medusa had collected an entire pool of it in preparation for swallowing a Heavenly Flame and breaking through to Dou Zong. Now that the timeline had been pushed forward by several years, he had no idea whether she possessed any yet.
Following closely behind Otto, Xiao Se sensed a fierce gust carrying white powder drifting toward them the moment Otto pushed open the door.
"Grandmaster Otto, get away from there!" The sudden powder made Xiao Se frown. As he leaped backward, he called out to warn Otto.
"Just petty tricks!" Otto curled his lips. As though he had long grown accustomed to it, he swept his sleeve and unleashed an even fiercer gust, blowing the white powder back inside.
"Let's go. Be careful, that old fellow is crafty." Otto smiled and stepped into the room. Before he could