The Grand Pixieâs palace.
Gu Qing Shan explained every exact detail of the Demon Dragonâs background.
âAccording to what you said, he is actually the strongest weapon that the ancient humans created?â the long-nosed old man asked.
âCorrect, it craves the power of the Abyss, then finally fell into it and was transformed into an Eternal life formââ- the Abyssal Demon Dragonâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âBut how strangeâ the long-nosed old man contemplated: âYou said that it stayed for a long time at the bottom of the Primordial Fiend Realmâs Chaos Demonic Sea, resting inside a secret Abyssal Jail?â
âCorrectâ Gu Qing Shan confirmed it.
âThen, if that place was a jail, what was the thing being jailed?â the long-nosed old man asked.
âSorry, but this is related to another secret, it is unrelated to the Demon Dragonâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âAnother secret...â
The long-nosed old man patted his forehead, still unsatisfied.
Gu Qing Shan spoke up: âLetâs be frank, Iâve told you everything about the Demon Dragon, this secret should be more than enough to exchange for the Riddle Worldâs locationâ
The long-nosed old man replied: âIndeed, this is undeniable, this truly is an unbelievable secret with terrific valueâ
He appeared hesitant, but couldnât help himself asking: âBut there is one crucial point that you have yet to mentionâ
âWhat is it?â
âWhat was the Demon Dragon going after in that final battle of the Age of Old?â
Hearing that question, Gu Qing Shan laughed.
âHm, that matter is related to an even bigger secretâ
Before the other side said anything else: âAccording to our transaction, I have told you about the true mastermind behind the Strife Zones of the 900 million World Layers, revealed the outcome of the final battle in the Age of Old, and exposed what the Demon Dragonâs experienced up to now. This is surely a hugely valuable secret that is more than enough to exchange for Riddle Worldâs next location and timeâ
The long-nosed old man sighed: âIndeed, I agree with you on thisâ
Gu Qing Shan replied: âThen, please finish this transaction of oursâ
The long-nosed old man tried asking further: âI want to use a few exceptionally valuable treasures to exchange for the rest of your secretsâ
Gu Qing Shan shook his head: âMy apologies, I have no intention of selling those pieces of information for nowâ
The long-nosed old man blinked a few times.
He then slowly answered: âVery well. According to the law of the pixies, as we have agreed on a transaction and you have already given me the information you wished to exchange, I will also provide you the information you seekâ
âTonight, when the moon reaches its highest point, 300 miles North of the Scattered Rock mountain, the swamp that leads into Riddle World will appearâ
âThis swamp will only exist for exactly 5 breathsâ worth of time, you must take that chance to go in. If you miss your chance, it would vanish and only show up again 3 months laterâ
The long-nosed old man impatiently took out a coin, blew on it, and tossed it to the air.
Cling clang!
The coin landed with a clear metallic chime.
âItâs âHeadâ! See that? The coin of truth and lie had proven that there was no falsehood in our transactionâ the long-nosed old man told him.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and nodded: âThen this transaction is over, thank you very muchâ
The long-nosed old man kept trying: âYes, this transaction is over, but are you sure you wonât consider selling the rest of your information?â
âNot for nowâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
The matter with the twin swords Heaven and Earth are too deeply rooted with too many issues, so I canât say a word.
I canât say anything about the Abyssal Fate Weaver either, since she had now lost her Abyssal powers and is heavily wounded, I canât let anyone find her.
âââwithin this vast 900 million World Layers, as long as something is put into words, there would surely be some sort of strange and unimaginable way to trace back the origin of that matter and locate the related entities.
This was among the advice that the old man from the Spire had given Gu Qing Shan when he rode their boat.
Barry and Kitty had also once told Gu Qing Shan to be careful about matters like these.
So Gu Qing Shan acted extraordinarily careful when he sold the information just now.
The long-nosed old man appeared disappointed and helplessly waved the short club in his hand: âFine, fine, this matter, hah, whateverâ
The scene around them changed again.
They returned next to the well, Gu Qing Shan was standing where he was before, while the long-nosed old man was still standing on the edge of the well.
âFarewellâ Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist.
âSee you again, and I really look forward to our next meetingâ the long-nosed old man also bowed to him slightly.
Gu Qing Shan leapt upwards and flew away towards the rocky mountain from before.
The long-nosed old man watched as he left, all the way until he couldnât be seen any more that he waved his short club and returned to his palace.
âDamnit! Damnit! Damnit!â
He angrily cursed inside his palace.
âThat snot-nosed brat clearly had even more valuable information, but he refused to tell me!â
The long-nosed old man breathed heavily as he picked up a pure gold alarm clock, wanting to throw it to the ground, but then as if remembering how valuable it was, he softly put it back down.
He roared again:
âI am THE Great Pixie, and he dares do that to me!â
âIâm mad! Iâm very mad!â
He angrily plopped himself on his chair and spoke to the air: âGo, put up the Demon Dragon secret information, set it as highest top-secret, and let those guys give me a priceâ
[Understood] a voice replied to him from the air.
The long-nosed old man sighed and sat down. He poured himself a cup of tea and was about to take a sip whenââ-
Bam!
A cluster of white fog abruptly exploded in front of his face, startling him to the point that he almost threw the cup away.
âShi...â
As the long-nosed old man was about to curse again, he froze.
A long piece of writing paper had appeared in front of him, with more and more words showing up without stopping, causing the paper to grow longer and longer as well.
Taking the piece of writing paper, the long-nosed old man was shocked as he read: âSo many people want to know about the mastermind behind the 900 million World Layersâ Strife Zones?â
âWait a minute, a few people also want to know about the final battle in the Age of Old, but this price is a bit low...â
âHm, the Demon Dragonâs background, Iâm not gonna sell that information if the price is less than several worldsâ
Seeing the huge profits coming his way, the long-nosed old man became excited.
At this time, the green frog inside the old manâs green robe jumped out again and said: âMaster, Iâm hungryâ
The long-nosed old man looked away from the paper and glanced at the green frog.
He had a sudden thought.
âYouâre the Frog of All Secrets, tell me, was that brat only acting, or did he actually have more important secrets?â
The green frog replied: âIâm hungry, canât answer anythingâ
The long-nosed old man angrily threw out a figure even smaller than he was.
The green frogâs mouth swiftly opened.
The figure couldnât even scream before it was swallowed whole by the green frog.
âThere, I just gave you fresh, living food today. Iâm clearly not treating you badly, now answer my question!â the long-nosed old man urged the frog.
The green frog opened its big mouth and croaked: âThat man was wearing the black Silent Dusk Cloak, he had countless secrets about him, his existence itself is also a secret, but all of his secrets have been carefully hidden away. Only the things that he explained on his own accord may be known to othersâ
âWHAT!? He actually had more secrets!?â
The long-nosed old man practically jumped.
He paced back and forth inside his palace, his eyes glittering nonstop.
...
At another location.
Not too long after he took flight, Gu Qing Shan took out a formation plate and activated the long-ranged warp formation on it.
His figure vanished from the air.
No one would be able to follow him and search for his location now.
Inside the cave of rocks.
Gu Qing Shan appeared.
âGongzi, how was your investigation?â Shannu asked.
âDonât worry, Iâve already found out about how to head to the next world, we will leave tonightâ
Gu Qing Shan smiled and answered
His gaze then shifted a bit and asked: âSo youâve already awakened?â
At the end of his gaze, the tall slender woman was leaning up from the soft bedding to silently look at him.