Chapter 2788 - 1291: Reincarnation King (Part 2)

"I know where the other child disks are, can I trade that for information on the Heavenly Sovereign?" Chen Mobai immediately asked.

"Fellow Daoist, to be honest, the information on the Disk of Life and Death and the Six Paths Child Plate has already been sold to our Impermanence Pavilion by that client. If you sell it now, you’re a bit late."

Dong Tai’s words made Chen Mobai regretfully slap his own thigh.

No wonder the master of the Central Demonic Path could exchange so much information from the Impermanence Pavilion; turned out he’d simply sold off every bit of intelligence related to the Disk of Life and Death.

It’s easy to sell the old man’s fields when it’s not your heart that aches.

But then Chen Mobai thought of something else: Tu Ming probably hadn’t told the master of the Central Demonic Path that the Hell Disk had fallen into his hands. Otherwise, Dong Tai wouldn’t have only mentioned the Evil Spirit Disk and the Asura Disk.

Still, this news wouldn’t stay hidden for long. After all, as one of the Five Directions Demonic Path lords, Tu Ming would definitely collude with the master of the Central Demonic Path. When they went to attack the Nine Heavens Morality Sect, they’d have to allocate combat strength, and it would definitely come up then.

"I’m guessing that client told your sect that the Hell Disk is in the hands of Ming Zun of the Tongyou Demon Sect, right?"

Chen Mobai probed with a question, and sure enough, an expression of shock appeared on Dong Tai’s face. After a brief silence, he nodded.

"Correct. Could it be that this intelligence is wrong?"

"As an intelligence organization, doesn’t your sect verify the authenticity of a client’s information?" Chen Mobai asked in some puzzlement.

"When clients sell intelligence, if they don’t provide proof that convinces us, then they must swear a Daoist Heart Oath to show that what they’re selling is true." Dong Tai did not conceal this aspect and explained the Impermanence Pavilion’s process for verifying information.

This was indeed rather rigorous.

After listening, Chen Mobai nodded, but when he considered the situation of the Hell Disk, he quickly spotted a loophole.

Namely, that in the understanding of the master of the Central Demonic Path, the Hell Disk was indeed in Tu Ming’s hands, so from his perspective, that information was true.

But in reality, the Hell Disk had already fallen into Chen Mobai’s grasp.

"Fellow Daoist, if I say that the information that person sold you is false, how would you handle it?" Chen Mobai asked after thinking of this.

"Oh? If Fellow Daoist has proof, we will grant you one corresponding Sixth Rank intelligence for free. As for that client who sold us false information, our Impermanence Pavilion will blacklist him from now on, and it’s even possible that Lord Reincarnation King will personally go to settle the score."

Dong Tai’s words made Chen Mobai’s eyes light up.

That would be a free Sixth Rank intelligence—and he could also cause trouble for the master of the Central Demonic Path.

The Impermanence Pavilion’s Reincarnation King ranked among the Six Wonders under Heaven, shrouded in mystery, but his strength was beyond doubt.

"Can this Sixth Rank intelligence be exchanged for some of the Heavenly Sovereign’s dossiers...?" Chen Mobai asked again. For him, this was what he cared about most right now.

"That depends on whether what Fellow Daoist has to say is worth that much." Dong Tai didn’t give a definitive answer. Sometimes a very ordinary piece of information could be extremely important to the Impermanence Pavilion.

Besides, the Heavenly Sovereign’s dossiers were very long. Extracting one or two sections, he felt, could be considered equivalent to a Sixth Rank intelligence.

"The Hell Disk is not in Tu Ming’s hands. That information is false."

"Oh? Does Fellow Daoist have any proof, or will you also make a Daoist Heart Oath?" Upon hearing this, Dong Tai’s expression immediately grew solemn as he pressed the question.

For a being like Chen Mobai, who was on the verge of Cultivating Void, a Daoist Heart Oath was extremely important. If he was willing to swear one, the credibility was practically maxed out.

But Chen Mobai had no need to rely on that. He simply reached into his Storage Bag and took out a pitch-black jade disk with eighteen corners.

"The proof is that the Hell Disk is in my hands."

Seeing the Hell Disk placed on the table in front of them, Dong Tai and the Black and White Impermanence beside him were all three faces full of shock.

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist, where you obtained this Hell Disk?" After a long breath, as if confirming the authenticity of the Hell Disk, Dong Tai spoke.

"That’s another piece of intelligence. I wonder how much it’s worth?" Chen Mobai said with a playful smile. He was starting to understand how intelligence trading worked at the Impermanence Pavilion; no wonder Dong Tai had said their knowledge scope was very broad—anything involved counted.

"It counts." Dong Tai nodded calmly. He needed to confirm at which step the master of the Central Demonic Path’s intelligence had gone wrong.

"I snatched it from Tu Ming. If he hadn’t run fast enough, he’d probably have died under my sword again by now."

Chen Mobai’s words piqued Dong Tai’s curiosity once more. "Has Ming Zun already died once at your hands, Fellow Daoist? If you answer, that can be priced as a Rank-5 intelligence."

"Back when I participated in the Beidou Conference, Ming Zun felt that I would become a great scourge to the Demonic Path in the future. On the road, he ambushed me with the strongest Ghost Fetus nurtured by his Primordial Body, and I cut it down with a single sword."

Chen Mobai’s offhand reply made Dong Tai and Black and White Impermanence’s eyes tremble violently.

A Ghost Fetus nurtured by a Primordial Body might just be a name to other cultivators, but for Ghost Cultivators like them, they were all too clear on its gold content.

The last Ghost Fetus with such a foundation to be born had been their Impermanence Pavilion’s Reincarnation King.

And yet even such a Ghost Fetus had been cut down with a single sword by the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor before them while at the same Realm.

Just how terrifying was this person’s foundation?

"Then that doesn’t count as false information, merely outdated information." Once he came back to his senses, Dong Tai could also, from Chen Mobai’s several answers, understand why there had been an error in the intelligence regarding the Hell Disk.

"How many of the Heavenly Sovereign’s dossiers can I exchange for with what I just provided?" Having finished delivering his information, Chen Mobai started planning his purchase.

"The Heavenly Sovereign’s dossiers are in seven scrolls in total. Originally, the intelligence from Fellow Daoist would at most be enough to exchange for half a scroll. However, in the spirit of sincere cooperation, this office can make the decision to let Fellow Daoist read one complete scroll, and I hope our two sects will have more business dealings in the future."

Dong Tai was very straightforward. In order to cultivate Chen Mobai as a new client, he made a grand gesture: smoke suddenly billowed over the table before him, condensing into one scroll after another of illusory dossiers that resembled bamboo slips.

On the dossiers was inscribed: Eastern Pole Azure Radiance Longevity Heavenly Sovereign.

They were differentiated by the numbers one through seven.

Seeing this, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but feel his heart thump.

He was certain Dong Tai could never be his match, especially within the Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation.

If he made a move, could he just snatch all seven dossiers at once?

But very quickly, the bell in Chen Mobai’s Sea of Knowledge at the Purple Mansion tolled, washing through his Heart and Mind, dispersing that thought.

Ever since he’d cultivated the Primordial Demon Talisman and stepped onto the End of Destiny Great Dao, Chen Mobai had discovered that his Heart and Mind would frequently generate Demonic Thoughts from time to time.

Fortunately, with the Morning Bell as his Lifespan Artifact, he could keep himself clear-headed at all times.

Chen Mobai wanted to eradicate this hidden danger at the root, but discovered that even if he dispersed all the Power of the End of Destiny from himself, as long as a single Primordial Demon Talisman he’d spread remained in existence, the power of this Great Dao would continue pouring out from the Apocalypse Great Mill without end.

It had already sunk deep roots!

As expected, once Fallen into the Demonic Path, it was hard to turn back. The methods of the Demonic Path harmed others and oneself.

From his own experience, Chen Mobai profoundly understood why, over here in the Tianhe Realm, people loathed the Demonic Path so deeply.

He could only keep the Morning Bell permanently active, purifying any Heart Demon the instant it arose, while also looking for ways to elevate his Saintly Virtue Great Dao.

Once he achieved Harmonization, he wouldn’t have to worry about this problem.

"I choose seven."

Chen Mobai wanted to know the Heavenly Sovereign’s latest situation, so he directly chose the final dossier.

"Very well."

Dong Tai nodded, then, under Chen Mobai’s surprised gaze, picked up the tablet he’d placed on the table before him and stood to bow three times toward the great earth. With his movements, a wisp of black qi surged up from deep within the ground, passed through his tablet, and poured into dossier number seven.

After this process, the slightly illusory dossier solidified from illusion into reality.

"Fellow Daoist, please!"

Dong Tai picked it up and handed it to Chen Mobai.