"Several of them even had [Heart Domain Realm Cultivators]—"
From Pei Yi's description,
the number of forces that had approached the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] over the past few days could simply be described as countless.
And in order to successfully obtain the [Heavenly Star Gold Stone], the conditions those forces offered the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] came in every strange variety imaginable.
Some wanted to buy the information outright with various treasures and wealth.
Some wanted to obtain the information through threats and inducements.
Still others sought to gain the intelligence by splitting the profits.
The greatest difference among them was how well each force knew its own measure.
Generally speaking,
the stronger a force was, the more it knew its own measure,
because they understood the true strength of the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] far better than the weak did, and thus held far greater apprehension in their hearts.
They would only seek mutually beneficial cooperation with the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion].
Conversely,
those forces attempting to threaten them were often not particularly strong.
They did not even understand the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion]'s true strength, making it easy for them to boast wildly without knowing their own limits.
However,
the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] did not care much about any of it, treating them all as a swarm of incomprehensible flies.
So-called threats and inducements
simply did not work on the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion].
If not for the thought that Ling Wuyuan was still lingering in the [Northern Domain],
Yuan Yujun and the others would likely not have bothered with those people at all. They had no desire whatsoever to hear such nonsensical talk. Even now,
Yuan Yujun and the others still had little desire to pay those people