"Several years ago, the Hundred Treasures Pavilion chamber of commerce in the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land released word that it was trying to inquire into and locate Immortal Stones."
"If the Hundred Treasures Pavilion needs Immortal Stones, it cannot be because the person in charge of the Pavilion needs them. After all, people like Nangong Yi have not yet reached a cultivation realm where they could use such things."
"If it were at the request of another great force, they would not have turned to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion either. The Pavilion may be sizable, but the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land is even larger, and the various other forces, great and small, have no shortage of affiliated merchant associations."
"The only explanation—or rather, the most likely possibility—is that the true master behind the Hundred Treasures Pavilion needs this item."
"As for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion's true master, I imagine Fellow Daoist should know better than I do."
A hoarse voice rang out. Clearly, Su Shi'er's earlier words had had an effect.
Yet the successive remarks were plainly pointed.
The Hundred Treasures Pavilion's true master...
From the way this fellow spoke, he seemed to know quite a lot.
The question was, how much did he know about my current identity?
Su Shi'er's thoughts stirred, but his face remained utterly unreadable.
"The Hundred Treasures Pavilion's true master? What does that have to do with this mountain dweller?"
"One may deceive those who do not know. Su Shi'er, whose fame resounds throughout the Cultivation World, should be the Hundred Treasures Pavilion's true master—or at least one of them.
"As for Fellow Daoist, you are Su Shi'er's friend through life and death, and you have once received the Hundred Treasures Pavilion's generous favor.
"If you said you had no considerable connection to the Hundred