As Yi Yun was beginning to gain some insights, he caught sight of someone through the corner of his eye.
It was a thin, little old man. His hair and beard were messy, but the most amazing thing about him was the blood-red gem embedded in between his eyebrows. It sparkled under the everlasting lamps in the hall.
The old man was wearing a large gray robe. He was comfortably reclining on a lounge chair and his eyes were half-squinted, as if he was almost falling asleep due to the comfort.
There was a plate containing crystal-like grapes on a table beside him.
The little old man would occasionally reach out to pick up a grape lazily and put it in his mouth. He looked like he was enjoying himself a lot.
“Senior, you are also here?” Yi Yun was surprised. He had seen this old man before. The blood red gem in the middle of the old man’s eyebrows had left a deep impression on Yi Yun.
Back when Yi Yun went to the Wilderness Divine Hall to absorb the primordial species’ energy, he had met this old man when he came out of the divine hall. He had attacked Yi Yun without any warning, and had defeated him with one move. He had even reprimanded Yi Yun, telling him how terrible his saber skills were.
Back then, this little old man had recommended Yi Yun to go to the Sword Scar Palace. And when Yi Yun really came here, he did not expect to run into him.
The old man opened his eyes and glanced at Yi Yun. He laughed and said, “Kid, you finally thought of my place?”
“Paying my respects to the senior.” Yi Yun cupped his hands and bowed. “I’m here to gain insights from the sage saber scars.”
“Saber scars? Hehe!” The old man plucked another grape and threw it into his mouth. He shook his head and said, “Gaining insight from saber scars… Do you know where the deepest saber scar abstractions are in the Sword Scar Palace?”
Yi Yun shook his head after being questioned by the old man, “I do not.”
The old man chuckled, as if he had predicted Yi Yun’s answer. He said, “Let me take you to a good place. I guarantee you that it will be extremely beneficial to you!”
Hearing the old man’s words, Yi Yun was overjoyed. It could not get any better with someone giving him pointers.
“Thank you, Senior.”
“Heh, it’s no big deal!” The old man waved his hand, before suddenly remembering something, “Right…”
The old man stretched his right hand before Yi Yun and pinched his thumb and index finger. He gave a wretched-looking smile, “Did you bring enough dragon scale runes? The place I am taking you to will charge an additional fee.”
Yi Yun hesitated for a while before smiling, “I have brought enough.”
Charging more dragon scale runes? That was nothing!
Yi Yun had over a 100,000 dragon scale runes. There were not many places that he could not enter in the Tai Ah Divine City.
All Yi Yun cared about was the best cultivation resources. He paid no heed to the price.
“Oh… That’s good!” The old man looked relieved and said, “The place I’m taking you to will need an additional 10,000 dragon scale runes, and at the same time… you will need to pay a glory point. You should still have a glory point left, right? By handing over the primordial herb, you must have received plenty of rewards?”
The old man grinned as he asked Yi Yun. When Yi Yun heard this, he froze up.
What!?
10,000 dragon scale runes… and an additional glory point!
He could not have heard wrongly!
Although he paid no heed to price and only wanted the best, this fee was unreasonable.
This was robbery!
Looking at the old man with his wretched smile, Yi Yun felt a chill. This old bastard looked like an old swindler. Was he cheating him!?
“Senior, did you make a mistake?” Yi Yun asked tactfully, “This junior only needed two glory points to buy the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’…”
The old man shook his head like a rattle, “How could I make a mistake? This price is because a kid like you knows me and it is on account of our friendship. If it were anyone else, they might not even enter with that price! That place is not an ordinary place. After entering it, you will definitely have great gains. As for buying the ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’ with two glory points, that was just the first three volumes. The fourth and fifth volume combined will need five glory points. The prices of the last few volumes even increase at an astonishing rate. Do you think that the entire ‘Tai Ah Sacred Technique’ is cheap? So what about it? Are you going in? You can enter that place and stay there for a whole day. You will regret it if you don’t go!”
The little old man began to tempt Yi Yun.
Yi Yun was in a dilemma. This old man looked like an old swindler. But as an administrator of the Tai Ah Divine City, even if he did not have any moral integrity, he still wouldn’t cheat a rookie, right?
Was it really worth the price?