Gu He nodded, his expression calm, offering no comment on the matter. He merely said to the middle-aged man, "Go. But remember, it would be best if you learned to control your arrogance in the future. Just because I do not hold it against you does not mean others will be so forgiving."
After waving the middle-aged man away, Gu He stroked his chin and sank into thought.
It sounded as though the Heavenly Fire Venerable had run into some trouble, but why had he established a force near the Pill Region? He should have known that, given the environment there, such a force could never grow into a first-rate power. And what special meaning was there behind the name Pill Fire Pavilion? Why was he so insistent on it?
Questions piled up one after another like curses, making Gu He's head throb.
In the end, Gu He rubbed his forehead and said, "Forget it. No more thinking. I'll just go ask him directly!"
However, Gu He did not immediately fly east. Who knew whether the middle-aged man had told the truth, or whether he harbored thoughts of revenge and had deliberately pointed him in the wrong direction? Though the possibility was small, he could not let down his guard.
Gu He pulled aside several more people on the stone platform and asked them the same two questions he had asked the middle-aged man.
This time, he did not approach anyone wearing an alchemist's robe. It seemed that in the Pill Region, alchemists always possessed a particular sort of arrogance. Since he was not wearing an alchemist's robe himself, those he approached would probably react just like the first middle-aged man. He could hardly use Soul Power to intimidate every person he questioned. That would be far too troublesome.
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