"Cyan Profound Sword Sect?" The Vice Tower Master quickly recalled, "True Monarch, we indeed have two pieces of relevant intelligence here, but the price might..."
"Do you have the coordinates and the method to open that small world they went to?" Lu Wenwu asked succinctly, getting straight to the point.
"...We have the coordinates, but no method to open it. Shortly after entering it back then, the Cyan Profound Sword Sect completely sealed off the small world, and since then, no further news has emerged. The connection between the two worlds was also cut off. There’s nothing we can do about it," the Vice Tower Master replied.
"Then just the coordinates will do. Give me the information, and both of those pieces of intelligence as well."
Lu Wenwu casually pushed the small jade box at his hand forward, his lavish demeanor unmistakably displayed.
"Uh... there’s really no need for that much. After all, it’s outdated information. Though unique, it has a bit of a premium, but nothing that outrageous,"
The Vice Tower Master chuckled awkwardly, taking half of the spirit stones from the jade box, exactly a hundred pieces.
At the same time, he took out three jade slips engraved with special markings and a token engraved with a radiant golden turtle shell and placed them in front of Lu Wenwu.
"The price was set by the main tower; I have no authority to adjust it. However, I can decide to give you the other two pieces of information about the Cyan Profound Sword Sect, along with a complete history and some related speculations as a gift. I hope you won’t mind, True Monarch."
"This token is also a gift for you, True Monarch. It’s our Celestial Secret Tower VIP Token. In the future, if you need anything, by presenting this token at any branch of Celestial Secret Tower, you can get a 20% discount on all expenses, and the buying prices inside the tower will be 20% higher than usual."
"Furthermore, as long as you input your spiritual power into the token, it will automatically display the locations and maps of the five nearest Celestial Secret Tower locations to you, indicating their positions."
"I hope you accept this with a smile."
The Vice Tower Master smilingly offered the token engraved with the golden turtle shell.
From Lu Wenwu’s demeanor, it was easy to judge that he was a first-time big spender at the Celestial Secret Tower, and presumably wealthy, highly likely to be a genius Golden Core from a major sect out on experience.
As a middle stage Golden Core, the Vice Tower Master couldn’t discern the depth of Lu Wenwu’s abilities.
He was too young and didn’t look like someone at the Nascent Soul Stage.
The kind of youthful vitality he exuded couldn’t be imitated by an "old cultivator" who had closed themselves off for years, relying solely on spiritual power to rejuvenate.
It’s not impossible for a genius to reach the Golden Core Stage at thirty or forty.
But a Nascent Soul Stage at thirty or forty?
Even a demonic cultivator wouldn’t be able to do that without massacring countless lives.
If Lu Wenwu really was a demon level genius Golden Core, bringing in a potential major client, it would absolutely be a lucrative gain for the tower.
Of course, it wouldn’t matter if the judgment was wrong either.
Anyway, giving an extra VIP token doesn’t cost anything, and establishing a good relationship is never a loss.
"Sounds good, I’ll take it,"
Lu Wenwu stored the VIP token along with the spirit stones and information jade slips in his storage bag, then inquired about another matter.
"I heard your Celestial Secret Tower also holds auctions, even auctioning off items usable by Divinity Transformation True Venerables. Do you have any coming up? I’d like to see for myself."
The Vice Tower Master responded with a smile, "You must be joking, True Monarch. The best items we have in this branch might, at most, be usable by those at the Golden Core Stage. I assume you wouldn’t be interested in such things."
"In six months, our main tower will hold a continent-level auction, which occurs once every twenty years. That level of an auction should have items you could use. If you’re interested, you can go to Celestial Secret City for a short stay. With your VIP token, you can enter."
"That sounds good, thanks." Lu Wenwu nodded slightly.
"Just what I should do as the junior," The Vice Tower Master’s smile was as pleasant as a spring breeze, "Do you have any other needs, True Monarch?"
"That would be all for now."
"Then, to ensure your privacy, I shall take my leave. Please destroy the three information jade slips after reading. Once you’ve finished, you may leave at your convenience."
"Very well."
Once the Vice Tower Master and the female cultivator left, Lu Wenwu extended his spiritual power to the three jade slips, letting a large amount of information flood his mind.
As he read, the jade slips continually disintegrated within seconds.
Until his reading was complete, the jade slips had shattered into a heap of gray-white fragments, vanishing along with the internal information, ensuring utmost secrecy.
Understanding the causes and effects, Lu Wenwu fell into deep thought.
The system seemed to have given him a major challenge.
The Celestial Secret Tower provided comprehensive information, from the founding patriarch, Cyan Profound Sword Venerable, to their eventual disappearance, with very detailed historical records.
Except for matters regarding the little world, saying little of it, the Celestial Secret Tower was also unclear on the specifics of what prompted them to make such a decision.
At that time, the Cyan Profound Sword Sect had developed to a certain pinnacle, already appearing as a royal force suppressing all sects, with four Divinity Transformation True Venerables.
The current Cyan Profound Sword Sect Leader’s cultivation had also reached the Transformation Realm, almost peaking at Divinity Transformation, merely a half-step away from ascending to the celestial realm, to the legendary Immortal Realm.
They had no reason to advance the entire sect into an unknown small world for development, leaving no disciples to guard their ancestral grounds.
A thousand years passed, and people racked their brains trying to figure out why the Cyan Profound Sword Sect made such a choice.
The Celestial Secret Tower merely made speculations based on the circumstances back then.
Perhaps the Cyan Profound Sword Sect initially had no intention of mobilizing the entire sect for conquest, but encountered some unforeseen changes regarding their development of the small world.