"Didn't you buy information about this from the Ling Tong Sect?" Yang Sen asked.
"I intended to, but the Ling Tong Sect refused to sell any related information on the grounds that this involved Huang Xiao and his companion's commission," the disciple said.
"In that case, Huang Xiao must have gone to the Moshang Mountain Range through the Ling Tong Sect," Yang Sen said, his brows furrowing slightly.
That left him unable to learn the purpose of Huang Xiao's trip.
The Ling Tong Sect naturally had its own set of rules.
Since Huang Xiao had previously paid the Ling Tong Sect to investigate Hu Pursuing Wind's whereabouts, they naturally would not disclose information related to the matter, nor would they sell it even if someone offered a high price.
This ensured the safety of those who bought and sold information through the Ling Tong Sect.
If Huang Xiao and Huo Lian had gone to the Moshang Mountain Range without going through the Ling Tong Sect, then once the Ling Tong Sect learned of it, they would sell that information.
Thus, if some people discovered that their secrets might be uncovered by the Ling Tong Sect and then resold, they would first go to the Ling Tong Sect themselves and spend a sum of money, thereby ensuring that the Ling Tong Sect would no longer sell information about the matter.
Of course, the price was certainly not low.
Huang Xiao, for instance, had spent one million one hundred thousand taels merely to have the Ling Tong Sect find three places where Hu Pursuing Wind and his companion had stayed, and even those were only approximate areas.
"Yes, that was what I thought as well," the disciple said. "Grand Elder, quite a few people of the Jianghu have already set out from