Rankings Information!

Having departed Wuzi City, Li Guanqi found his storage ring richer by another thousand high-grade spirit stones, along with numerous medicinal pills for daily cultivation. As for Tang Ru's offer to find him a defensive magic treasure, he had declined it. He felt his combat style was not oriented toward defense in the first place; compared to defending, all his mind focused on was how to crush the enemy. Equipping him with a defensive magic treasure would only make him feel constrained. Regarding Tang Ru's so-called support, Li Guanqi considered it a transaction agreed upon by both sides. He liked this about Tang Ru: since it was a trade, both parties should be willing, with neither feeling shortchanged. Tang Ru had also stated very clearly that Li Guanqi would not be subject to any restrictions, nor would he be asked to run errands in ordinary times. *Whoosh!* With a flick of his wrist, Li Guanqi looked down at the face-changing bug in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and pressed it against his cheek. Emitting a very faint pulse, the little golden bug actually pierced right through his skin and burrowed inside. In his mind, Li Guanqi conjured the face of a relatively ordinary young man. Immediately, his facial features began to shift rapidly. The high bridge of his nose flattened slightly, and the wings of his nostrils broadened. Before long, Li Guanqi's appearance turned completely unremarkable. As he was now, even if he returned to the sect, probably no one would recognize him as Li Guanqi. Li Guanqi touched his face; the utterly real texture left him deeply astounded! Meanwhile, the face-changing bug had vanished entirely. His appearance had changed like this because after entering the facial skin, its body had transformed into a liquid-like layer. It was precisely for this reason that it could reshape his features according to Li Guanqi's will. Li Guanqi even sensed that the face-changing bug's capabilities did not end there; if his mental strength were powerful enough, he could even alter his height, build, and more. Having taken on a new face, Li Guanqi put away the sword coffin on his back as well, lest someone target him. Donning a bamboo conical hat on his head, Li Guanqi then took out the Tianji jade pendant. Back when he first received it, he had already noticed this jade pendant was extraordinary. Within this pendant, one could not only view all manner of rankings, but also purchase various intelligence from Tianji Pavilion! In other words... as long as you had the coin, you could purchase a great deal of unexpected information. Li Guanqi slowly channeled primal energy into the jade pendant, and a gentle halo rippled across its surface. "Investigate Cheng Yun's identity for me!" Soon, a line of glowing spiritual script appeared before Li Guanqi's eyes: "Five hundred low-grade spirit stones." Li Guanqi paused, surprised. He hadn't expected this information to be so cheap... He sent a mental transmission asking, "For someone inquiring about things like this, will my identity be exposed?" Another line of small characters floated up slowly: "Tianji Pavilion does not disclose any person's identity information." Li Guanqi pondered silently, then flicked his hand to toss out the spirit stones. In an instant, the spirit stones were sucked into the jade pendant! Li Guanqi was somewhat shocked. He had not anticipated that this tiny jade pendant actually held a miniature spatial teleportation array! However, he also sensed a difference—this teleportation array could probably only transport spirit stones and nothing more. Soon, Cheng Yun's identity details were laid out entirely before Li Guanqi's eyes: "Cheng Yun. Female. Honorific: Qionghua Sword. Dao age: one thousand nine hundred and twelve years." Seeing this Dao age, Li Guanqi was slightly stunned. He hadn't expected that woman had actually been cultivating the Dao for nearly two thousand years! A bona fide old monster in every sense of the word... By the looks of it, she must have taken a Youth-Retaining Pill as well. The information above was merely a brief summary. What followed was what Li Guanqi truly cared about—namely, her background! "Third Elder of Riyue Pavilion in the Eastern Domain of Great Xia. Had conflicts with You Daozi in her youth; the two are mortal enemies." "Cheng Yun went missing during a fierce battle against You Daozi in the Purgatory Mountain Range. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day." Li Guanqi stared at the glowing spiritual characters before him, sinking into contemplation. He suspected Tianji Pavilion knew far more than this! He followed up by asking, "Do you know who killed Cheng Yun?" As the spiritual voice faded, the Tianji jade pendant remained silent for a long time. Li Guanqi was in no rush. He wanted to see whether Tianji Pavilion truly harbored any hostility toward him! *Buzz!* Four large characters suddenly materialized before his eyes: "No comment!" Li Guanqi's heart clenched. *They really do know everything!* Li Guanqi murmured inwardly, *If they don't want to tell anyone the truth, why did they deliberately mention the incident in the Purgatory Mountain Range back then...?* *As a newcomer to the rankings, I naturally attract a lot of attention.* *Since I could leap across a minor realm to slay Xue Yan, then Cheng Yun's death...* Li Guanqi suppressed the jumbled thoughts in his mind and spoke to the jade pendant once more: "What is Cao Yan's true identity?" Soon, amidst a vibration of the jade pendant, a line of small characters appeared before him: "Ten thousand high-grade spirit stones." The corner of Li Guanqi's mouth twitched slightly. He hadn't expected that simply inquiring about an identity would be so expensive! A mischievous thought suddenly flashed through his mind. "What color is... *cough, cough*... the Great Xia Domain Lord's Dao companion's...?" "Eight thousand high-grade spirit stones." Li Guanqi slipped the jade pendant away with a backhanded motion, his expression gravely solemn... These two pieces of information were enough to prove just how terrifying Cao Yan's background truly was! Originally, he had guessed that Cao Yan was merely the scion of some prominent clan. Looking at it now... his estimate had probably been far too conservative. With a playful gleam on his face, he pulled the jade pendant back out. Trembling faintly, the pendant emitted a pulse of energy. The pulse transformed into a spiritual voice that sounded softly in his mind: "Do you wish to bind your identity?" "After binding your identity, you may access higher-level intelligence. The information will also be more detailed, and the prices cheaper." "Binding will not expose your identity." A cold sneer tugged at Li Guanqi's lips, and he replied bluntly, "No need." The pendant's glow faded, disturbing him no further. Many thoughts churned in Li Guanqi's mind; this Tianji Pavilion had thoroughly piqued his curiosity. Even Tang Ru knew very little about it; it would not be an exaggeration to say that Tianji Pavilion was the most mysterious and powerful organization on this entire continent. Suppressing these stray thoughts, he drew two cyan jade slips from his robes. The jade slips looked ancient and dignified. He slowly channeled a wisp of primal energy into them. *Boom!* Two colossal maps manifested instantly in Li Guanqi's mind, accompanied by an endless stream of information flooding his consciousness. All of this information concerned the factional divisions across the maps, detailed to an extraordinary degree. Li Guanqi slowly overlaid the jade pendant map he had obtained earlier onto them. His gaze shifted across it when, suddenly— "It really isn't in the Eastern Domain!"