Inside the Shadowkill Tower.
The Snake-Masked Man fell silent for a moment before saying evenly, "The intelligence you need concerns Nascent Soul sects and Nascent Soul cultivators. Information of this kind comes at an astronomical price. Have you thought this through, fellow Daoist?"
His implication was that he did not believe Li Ping would be willing to spend so much on intelligence.
Li Ping replied without betraying any emotion, "Since I have come to your establishment, you need not worry about the price, fellow Daoist. So long as the intelligence is sound, a few spirit stones mean little to me."
The magnanimous indifference to spirit stones in his words prompted a slight nod from the Snake-Masked Man.
Then the Snake-Masked Man said coolly, "Since you are already prepared, there is no harm in telling you. Intelligence concerning the Pill Saint and the Heavenly Thunder Sect has been in great demand lately. We have assigned specialists to investigate and compile it, dividing it into four grades-heavenly, earthly, profound, and yellow-according to its confidentiality and value. They cost twenty thousand, nine thousand, three thousand, and eight hundred spirit stones, respectively. Which would you like?"
Hearing those prices, Li Ping inwardly clicked his tongue.
The most expensive, heavenly grade intelligence actually cost a full twenty thousand spirit stones. That sum could buy an ordinary treasure or a somewhat inferior Core Formation Treasure.
The entire fortune of many newly advanced Core Formation cultivators probably amounted to only twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones.
Yet at the Shadowkill Tower, that could buy only a single packet of intelligence.
Despite his astonishment, Li Ping thought the price could just barely be considered reasonable.
The Heavenly Thunder Sect was a Nascent Soul sect, and the Pill Saint who had passed away had been not only a cultivator