Seeing Shen Gui nod, the young man said, "In that case, I really do know something about Empress Nuwa. How many Origin Crystals would it be worth?"
"Oh?" Shen Gui's expression shifted slightly.
Something about Nuwa?
Shen Gui carefully looked the young man up and down. After confirming that he was merely a parrot in human form at the True Immortal realm, with nothing unusual about him, Shen Gui asked curiously, "With your cultivation, how could you have crossed paths with Empress Nuwa? Surely you do not think my Origin Crystals are so easy to swindle, so..."
Shaking his head, the young man smiled. "I can guarantee that this information is absolutely true. You will know as soon as you hear it."
He would know as soon as he heard it?
Shen Gui shook his head. "Since you put it that way, I doubt it is anything important. Ten Origin Crystals."
As he spoke, Shen Gui waved his hand, and ten Origin Crystals floated up from the ground.
The young man secretly laughed at the sight, but still said, "This concerns Empress Nuwa. Aren't ten Origin Crystals a little too few?"
Shen Gui said nothing. He only looked at him.
The young man gave an awkward smile. "Ten Origin Crystals it is, then."
As he spoke, the young man reached out for the Origin Crystals, but Shen Gui whisked them away.
The young man froze, then demanded, "What do you mean by this, fellow Daoist?"
Shen Gui chuckled. "Where is the information? With so many people here, are you afraid I will run away?"
Hearing this, the young man hesitated before saying, "You should know that this city is called Qingluan City. Its lord is a Qingluan in human form at the Golden Immortal realm. My information is that this Qingluan is actually Empress Nuwa's mount. Many people know of this, so you may ask around if you wish."
After speaking, the young man looked at Shen Gui, afraid that Shen Gui would refuse to give him the Origin Crystals out of anger after hearing the news.
Yet, to everyone's surprise, Shen Gui merely smiled and said, "Though this information is simple, it is indeed of some use to me. These ten Origin Crystals are yours."
With that, Shen Gui tossed the ten Origin Crystals to the young man.
Holding the Origin Crystals, the young man still found it hard to believe.
The onlookers around them regretted it even more.
Hardly anyone did not know that information. Had they known they could get ten Origin Crystals so easily, they certainly would not have hesitated.
Seeing the eager looks on some of the people around him, Shen Gui smiled inwardly.
In truth, even if the young man had given him information he already knew, he would still have given him some Origin Crystals, simply so everyone could see his sincerity.
This was precisely what it meant to cast a brick to attract jade.
Sure enough, with the young man taking the lead, a second, third, and fourth person soon came to trade information with Shen Gui.
Most of it was inconsequential, but after Shen Gui spent all of the hundred-odd Origin Crystals he had condensed in his spare time, he still obtained several useful pieces of information.
Among all this information, the most useful to Shen Gui was actually the news provided by the first young man.
The lord of Qingluan City, that Qingluan at the Golden Immortal realm, was actually Nuwa's mount.
Shen Gui truly had not known that before.
However, even after learning this, Shen Gui did not immediately do anything. Instead, he turned and left the city.
After all, if he rashly went to find Qingluan, she might not even agree to see him. Besides, he was currently suppressing his cultivation at the True Immortal realm.
Yet not long after leaving the city, a trace of helplessness appeared on Shen Gui's face.
Why were there always people who overestimated themselves and wanted to rob him?
With a soft sigh, Shen Gui left Qingluan City and headed straight for a remote mountain range.
Behind Shen Gui, three auras that believed themselves well concealed followed him out of the city and pursued him in the direction he was heading.
After silently traveling several hundred li from the city, Shen Gui sensed the three True Immortal auras that had been following him and stopped directly.
Turning around, Shen Gui said blandly, "Come out. Stop hiding."
Hearing this, the three people who had been concealing themselves exchanged glances. Though somewhat surprised, they still revealed themselves.
The leader laughed. "As expected of someone who can produce over a hundred Origin Crystals at once—you even noticed us following you. But you are only an early True Immortal. So what if you noticed? Hand over your Origin Crystals, magic treasures, and everything else. Perhaps, in our mercy, we will leave you a shred of your Primordial Spirit. Otherwise, do not blame us for being ruthless."
This man was none other than the young man in the gaudy green robes who had been the first to speak in Qingluan City.
Seeing this, Shen Gui helplessly shook his head and sighed. "You are truly blinded by greed. You practically received ten Origin Crystals for nothing, yet you were still not satisfied and insisted on plotting murder for wealth. Sigh!"
With that final sigh, Shen Gui swept his sleeve. A wave of earthen-yellow light spread outward, instantly freezing the three True Immortals in place, unable to move.
The gap between a Golden Immortal and a True Immortal was simply as vast as heaven and earth.
Especially for a Golden Immortal like Shen Gui, who had already grasped the power of laws.
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