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Leian did not stay outside for long. After tidying his attire, he stepped into the trading firm building with a calm expression.

The first floor of the building was very spacious, with numerous moonstones embedded in the ceiling, illuminating the entire hall with a bright, snow-white glow.

Leian looked up and saw that the front, left, and right sides of the hall were lined with counters, while the center was bustling with people—mostly warriors and mages of decent strength.

He merged into the crowd, walking along the counters to browse. He discovered that the goods on sale were incredibly diverse, ranging from battle-qi manuals, meditation techniques, magic scrolls, weapons, magic cores, and ores to everything else one could imagine; there were even counters offering custom magical beast pet services.

Leian had visited the Youquan Trading Firm in the county city before, but those branches were far smaller in scale than this one. It was only from those branches that he learned the information he wanted to purchase was only available at the imperial capital level.

Thinking of this, Leian turned his steps and headed toward the staircase leading to the second floor. Just as he approached the stairwell, a maid dressed in a red gauze dress appeared in his line of sight.

A circular pedestal stood in front of the maid, holding a crystal ball the size of a human head. When she saw Leian, she immediately cupped the crystal ball with both hands, and a stream of milky-white magic power was channeled into it.

At that moment, the crystal ball suddenly shot a beam of white light toward Leian. The light swept over him and then vanished.

After the light disappeared, the maid seemed to have confirmed something. She immediately put on a smile and said respectfully, "Welcome to the Youquan Trading Firm!"

Leian nodded slightly and stepped onto the stairs, heading upward at a steady pace.

In the first-floor hall, some of the nearby customers watched Leian's back as he disappeared into the stairwell, their faces filled with envy.

The imperial capital trading firm was divided into three floors. The first floor received warriors or mages below the seventh rank. To enter the second floor, one had to possess strength at the sixth rank or higher. As for the third floor, it only received Saint Realm powerhouses.

The maid guarding the stairwell was actually a low-level mage, and her primary responsibility was to trigger the identification magic within the crystal ball to determine if a visitor had the qualifications to enter the second floor.

This type of identification magic was the most basic form of light magic, which could generally only determine the lower limit of a target's strength, rather than their precise level.

Leian had heard of the rules of the Youquan Trading Firm before, so he was not surprised by this.

As for the second floor of the trading firm, although its area was the same as the first, only half of it was arranged with counters, while the remaining half consisted entirely of individual small private rooms.

These private rooms looked no different from the outside, but each door was marked with a serial number, and a thumb-sized crystal was embedded next to the number.

At this moment, some of the crystals were white, while others were emitting a red glow.

After Leian reached the second floor, he scanned his surroundings and then walked toward a room with a white crystal without hesitation.

He had inquired clearly back in the county city that the white crystal meant the room was vacant, while the red glow indicated that the room was currently hosting a guest.

After Leian pushed open the door with the white crystal, he saw a long wooden table placed in the center of the small room, with an old man with gray hair and beard sitting behind it.

After Leian closed the door, the old man gestured toward the wooden chair opposite him and said, "Please, sit!"

Once Leian sat down as instructed, the old man spoke again, "May I ask, guest, are you aware of our firm's rules?"

Leian was slightly stunned, but he immediately realized the old man was likely referring to the firm's fee standards. He nodded slightly and said, "I know a little."

"That makes things much easier!" The old man laughed while stroking his beard upon hearing this. "May I ask what the guest requires?"

The old man's demeanor was very confident, and the scope of his inquiry was extremely broad, as if they could provide whatever Leian requested.

In fact, this was no empty boast; after all, in the eyes of god-level powerhouses, there were basically no secrets in the entire plane that could be hidden.

Of course, the needs of ordinary people rarely reached that height.

Moreover, there was one prerequisite: you had to be able to afford the price!

Leian's purpose for this trip was very clear; he wanted to know about Beirut. After a moment of thought, he tentatively said, "I want to know some information about the Yulan Continent."

"Oh?"

The old man raised an eyebrow, his expression slightly surprised. He had worked at the trading firm for decades and rarely saw anyone below the Saint Realm asking about other continents.

However, surprise was surprise. Since the guest had a request, he naturally had to provide service. He immediately said, "There is too much information regarding the Yulan Continent. Which aspect does the guest wish to know about?"

Leian looked directly at the old man and said expressionlessly, "It is about a god-level powerhouse. Of course, not the king of the Yulan Continent, but another god-level powerhouse!"

Ever since he guessed that the Goddess of Dark Night was the ruler of the Youquan Continent, Leian had also inquired about information regarding the other four continents from elsewhere.

In the entire Yulan Plane, there were five continents: Yulan, Youquan, Elven, Chiyan, and Nansen. Basically, each continent had at least one god-level powerhouse presiding over it.

Not counting the Youquan Continent, the Elven Continent was dominated by the Elven race, and it was rumored to have two god-level powerhouses: the Elven Goddess and the Elven King.

The Chiyan Continent was dominated by the human race and divided into several kingdoms, controlled overall by the Radiant Church, with the current Radiant Pope as the god-level powerhouse.

The Nansen Continent was also dominated by the human race, but all the nations on the continent worshipped the Dark Church, with the current Dark Pope as the god-level powerhouse.

As for the last continent, the Yulan Continent, only one empire existed—the Yulan Empire. It was rumored that this country was founded by the Yulan War God, and this Yulan War God was a god-level powerhouse.

As for whether there were other god-level powerhouses besides these six, the answer was certain. When Leian had inquired about this information, he had heard the names of several other god-level powerhouses, but when asked about their specific locations, no one could provide an answer.

In Leian's view, the reason these god-level powerhouses were not well-known was either because they had already left the Yulan Plane or because they were living in seclusion somewhere, known only to others of the same god-level status.

After hearing Leian's question, the old man was not as surprised as he had been at the beginning. He had seen too many people inquiring about news of god-level powerhouses.

After all, god-level powerhouses generally did not show themselves, and in the eyes of ordinary people, they were the most mysterious existences. And the more mysterious and powerful someone was, the more curious people became.

The old man smiled and said, "In the detailed and clear historical records, besides the Yulan War God, other god-level powerhouses have indeed appeared on the Yulan Continent.

I won't ask which one you are referring to for now, but just to purchase news about a god-level powerhouse, are you sure that with your status, you can afford the price?"

The old man's words were very direct, but Leian did not get angry. He followed up by asking, "I don't know what the price range is. Of course, I don't want to know much; I only want to know the time this person became a god."

Hearing this, the old man nodded and said, "The price for this information is indeed not high. May I ask in what capacity the guest is purchasing it?"

When the Youquan Trading Firm sold items, there were different prices for people of different strengths. For example, some information-based goods were an astronomical price for those below the Saint Realm, but for a Saint Realm powerhouse, they might only be worth a few tens of thousands of gold coins, or sometimes the firm might even inform them for free.

The old man was asking about his status on the surface, but he was actually referring to the guest's strength.

Leian did not have many gold coins on him, so he had no choice but to reveal his strength to negotiate a lower price.

"A level nine warrior!"

"Level nine?"

Before Leian's voice had even faded, the old man's eyes had already widened, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes trembling slightly; this was the second time he had shown such a look of astonishment.

Level nine powerhouses were not a common sight; an empire would have at most a hundred or so, and the total number of known level nine warriors across the entire Youquan Continent did not even reach five hundred.

As for these few hundred level nine powerhouses, the Youquan Trading Firm kept records of almost all of them. Although the old man dared not claim he remembered every single one, he certainly would not have missed a genius as young and promising as this, especially one from their own Byron Empire.

Yet, he was certain that the person before him was absolutely not in the firm's records.