Chapter 456 Tianxiang City_2
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Zi Liyuan finished a Wine Gu and tossed ten Spirit Crystals again. The waiter swept his sleeves, swiftly collecting the tip and naturally exited the private room, even closing the door for them.
"Master, do you intend to obtain intelligence on the dynasty from Ziyun Pavilion?"
"Spending a few Spirit Crystals can yield vast amounts of intelligence, much faster than sending people to gather information on your own."
While sending people could yield highly detailed intelligence, it certainly wouldn't be as comprehensive as what an intelligence-selling organization could provide, and some hidden information might not even be uncovered.
Zi Liyuan was not in a hurry, as his Spirit enveloped the entire Tianxiang City, examining the surroundings of several obscured areas.
The backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, a certain spot in the eastern army camp, a large estate in the northern part of the city, and a segment a hundred meters under the western city wall.
Altogether four places, not shown on the map.
His Spirit swept over these places, but it couldn't penetrate inside.
This filled Mr. Zi with interest in these four places, especially the spot a hundred meters below a segment of the western city wall.
There was a five-hundred-square-meter area there that was completely undetectable, yet this secret place deeply buried underground was connected by three underground passages.
Two passages led into the city, one exiting in a well in the east of the city, and another in the basement of a residence in the south.
The last passage led directly outside the city to a small valley three kilometers away, where a village of Alien Races had been established, inhabited by the Ox-head tribe.
Obviously, these Ox-head people were subordinates subdued by someone, living there merely as a cover.
As for the other three special places, the first two were spots related to officials of the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty, while the large estate in the north should be the old lair of some major force.
This meal lasted for more than an hour.
Zi Liyuan had almost completed a thorough search of Tianxiang City through the map and Spirit examination.
Especially focusing on the barracks and the City Lord's Mansion.
The former was a station troop garrison in Tianxiang City, with corps mainly composed of Second Tier and Third Tier forces.
Regarding the originally supposed army of a million professionals and fifteen thousand Fifth Tier Epic Warriors, there were hardly any in Tianxiang City.
About several tens of thousands of professional army members settled in the city, then developed families, all single-mindedly focusing on family business growth, having no interest in obeying the City Lord's Mansion's orders.
The originally fifteen thousand Fifth Tier Epic Warriors, there were at most a few hundred in the city, and their whereabouts were unknown.
This result left Zi Liyuan momentarily speechless.
He initially prepared that if there truly were a million professional army and ten thousand Epic Warriors stationed in Tianxiang City, he'd summon Xiao Guang for a Magic Crystal Cannon baptism on the city.
Peak of Sixth Tier Xiao Guang was a Legendary BOSS model; after upgrading, the potential power of the Magic Crystal Cannon was something he wanted to test on Tianxiang City.
Unfortunately, the promised million professional army was just a scant tens of thousands in the city, and the rest were nowhere to be found.
With only a few hundred Fifth Tier Epic Warriors, he couldn't readily make a move.
If he startled the enemy, they could quickly gather the million professional army and the ten thousand Fifth Tier Epic Warriors, and even the Land of the Dead could suffer greatly in opposition.
This was the difference in foundation between a new territory and an established one.
Given some time for development, Zi Liyuan could also train a million Fourth Tier professional army and ten thousand Fifth Tier Epic Warriors without difficulty.
Especially after having enslaved an insect swarm ruler; not caring about the consequences of potential backlash could quickly create an insect swarm disaster that might engulf the old demoness's territory.
"Waiter, lead us upstairs."
"Alright, sir, just follow me."
The server who had just delivered the wine led them smilingly upstairs.
Upon reaching the sixth floor, they entered a small private room and opened a secret door on the wall.
"Please, gentlemen, go up from here to reach the place."
The server gestured, but he stood aside without moving.
"Your reward."
Casually tossing ten Spirit Crystals to him, Zi Liyuan and Dilys ascended through the secret door to the seventh floor.
The entire floor had no windows, completely isolated from the outside, with luminous pearls embedded in the walls.
The dim light gave the surroundings a particularly dark appearance.
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"Guests may enter Room 3 to choose the products you need."
The voice was intermittently metallic, causing discomfort to the ears.
With the doors to Room 1 and Room 2 tightly shut, Zi Liyuan led Dilys into Room 3.
As soon as they entered, the door to Room 3 closed automatically.
"Guest, please state your purpose, whether you need to purchase intelligence or sell it."
A faint Dignity Pressure formed within the room; a person in a black robe sat behind a table, wearing a ghostly mask on their face.
"Here to buy intelligence, though I'm not sure what kind of intelligence you have."
Zi Liyuan and Dilys felt no discomfort from the Dignity Pressure released by the black-robed person, instead pulling out chairs in front of the table and sitting down unceremoniously.
Dilys even poured tea from the pot on the table into cups for both herself and Zi Liyuan.
"Excellent Spiritual Tea, a good thing."
After taking a sip of tea, Zi Liyuan casually tossed a piece of Fourth Tier silver equipment onto the table and continued.
"Do you have the detailed intelligence on Old Demon Ci?"
"Of course, though it's somewhat expensive."
"How expensive? A hundred thousand Spirit Crystals? A million Spirit Crystals? Or tens of millions?"
Since becoming the Lord of the Land of the Dead, he could harvest substantial Spirit Crystals weekly, and after becoming a Grand Lord, even more.
Currently, his lord panel showed that the Spirit Crystal count had exceeded thirty billion.
"The guest is indeed wealthy, ordinary detailed intelligence is 100,000 Spirit Crystals, some special intelligence costs a million Spirit Crystals, and if you need to know the color of someone's underwear today, that's a billion Spirit Crystals."
The black-robed person retracted their own Dignity Pressure and discreetly sent information to the Fifth Tier warriors stationed in Ziyun Pavilion.
Dilys was already known as a Peak Fifth Tier Epic Warrior, and the released Dignity Pressure just tested Zi Liyuan.
Seeing that the opponent totally disregarded his pressure, the black-robed person understood that this was also a Fifth Tier warrior.
Such mysterious warriors appearing made it easy to speculate on their identity.
It was rumored that the new territory had merged into the Wild Boar Skin Dynasty; this man and woman should be powerful figures from the new territory.
Being in the intelligence business, he couldn't afford to offend them; he needed the few big bosses below to hold down the fort.
"Let's start with [ordinary detailed intelligence]; if it satisfies me, then spending millions of Spirit Crystals won't be a problem. Otherwise, heh heh..."
Suddenly bursting forth with Peak Fifth Tier power, he directed pressure onto the black-robed person.
Instantly, the entire room became filled with a deathly gloom, everything tainted with a layer of decay.
And the black-robed person felt their Spirit being intensely scrutinized by terrifying beasts, with the Power of Death continuously eroding their Spirit, like dragging it into the Nether.
"Please... have mercy, my lord... I will now fetch your intelligence..."
The black-robed person felt as if pressed under a mountain, with hallucinations invading their Spirit. Monstrous, terrifying ghostly entities wandered before them, seemingly ready to leap forward and rip him to shreds.
The powerful Fifth Tier Epic Dignity Pressure left the black-robed person utterly terrified; this person's presence was even grander and more terrifying than the Fifth Tier experts underground.
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