#14 - Huang San's Gift

Qin Buyi didn't speak, using his Eye of Exploration to look at Huang San.

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A string of question marks appeared before Qin Buyi's eyes, just like the first time he met Huang San at the Wang family.

This situation could only mean that Huang San's cultivation realm far exceeded his own.

The Eye of Exploration could discern the details of all enemies with similar strength to his own.

But when facing enemies whose strength far exceeded his, there was no way to detect them.

All of Huang San's information was unknown.

When they first met, Huang San had shown him goodwill, giving him a jade pendant, saying that it might save his life when it was in danger.

Qin Buyi did not use this jade pendant when he was in dire straits during the life-and-death struggle with Tang Zhentian. To Qin Buyi, even if he survived, he would only live for three more months.

Once the mission deadline arrived, he would still be obliterated if he failed to complete the mission. More importantly, in Qin Buyi's view, living like this would make him unable to face his own heart.

After destroying the Tang family with astonishing momentum with the help of the Killing Blade, Qin Buyi couldn't be sure whether this person in front of him would pose a threat to him because of his inner greed.

This was also the reason why he chose to return to the Falling Star Mountain Range as soon as possible after leaving the Tang family.

The battle with the Tang family had drawn too much attention to him, and the entire Qingyang City must be speculating about the so-called incredible opportunities he possessed.

Seeing Qin Buyi's guarded appearance, Huang San sighed and said, "Brother Qin, don't be so tense, I have no hostility towards you."

Immediately afterward, Huang San looked at Qin Buyi with a sincere expression and said, "Brother Qin, my purpose here is to sincerely invite you to join me."

Qin Buyi said with a dubious tone: "Join? Now Qingyang City must be spreading rumors that a Golden Core realm cultivator annihilated the Tang family, trying to obtain the incredible opportunities I possess. Aren't you tempted?"

"Everyone wants incredible opportunities, but opportunities should be possessed by those who are virtuous. I have no greed for the opportunities Brother Qin possesses."

"I am upright in my actions, and if I really wanted to covet the opportunities you possess, I wouldn't bother using these words to deceive you. Moreover, if that were the case, it wouldn't just be me who came here, you would have been surrounded long ago."

Huang San replied, pausing for a moment, hinting something, with a hint of arrogance hidden in his tone: "Moreover, what some people see as treasures and incredible opportunities may just be ordinary and commonplace in my eyes, not worth looking at at all."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang San added a sentence as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder:

"Let me correct myself, it's now Nascent Soul realm, and it's the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Spreading the news that a mid-Nascent Soul realm cultivator concealed his cultivation and destroyed the Tang family, which was only at the early Nascent Soul stage, is not a rare thing. This can also save a lot of trouble."

Qin Buyi said, "It seems I underestimated Brother Huang's magnanimity. Since that's the case, let's be more frank with each other, your identity and purpose."

"Haha, with Brother Qin's wisdom, haven't you already guessed it? Why ask such a question?" Huang San laughed.

"I am the Third Prince of the Great Ming Dynasty, the third among the princes, hence the alias Huang San. My real name is Ying Zhi."

"I sincerely invite Brother Qin to join me and assist me."

Seeing Ying Zhi's clear eyes and the sincerity revealed in his words, Qin Buyi remained silent for a long time and said, "I will be going out for training recently, and I may not be able to help you."

"Very far?" There wasn't a trace of doubt in Ying Zhi's tone.

Qin Buyi nodded and said with an uncertain tone: "Very far, very, very far, it's possible that I will never come back."

After hearing this, a trace of disappointment appeared in Ying Zhi's eyes, but he hid it the next moment and said, "Then what kind of help do you need? What can I do for you?"

"Thank you for Brother Ying Zhi's kindness," Qin Buyi politely declined.

After thinking for a while, Ying Zhi took off the spatial ring from his hand and stuffed it into Qin Buyi's hand, smiling:

"It's always necessary to have travel expenses when going out. The resources in this ring may be able to help Brother Qin in critical moments."

Qin Buyi's cultivation was not as high as Ying Zhi's, so he couldn't refuse him. Looking at the ring in his hand, he said with a complicated expression: "Why are you helping me?"

"Haha, because I and Brother Qin hit it off at first sight. As friends, isn't it right to help each other? Brother Qin, take care. If you encounter difficulties, there is a way to contact me in the ring."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Zhi's figure disappeared before Qin Buyi's eyes.

"Friends?" Qin Buyi murmured.

Since becoming an assassin, these two words had been very distant from him.

Ying Zhi didn't doubt at all what he had said about training, and didn't suspect that he was pushing back or unwilling to join.

Opening the spatial ring left by Ying Zhi, even Qin Buyi was shocked by the resources contained within.

Boxes of low-grade spirit stones were neatly arranged in the ring, each box containing 10,000, a full 100 boxes.

Above the low-grade spirit stones, there were also ten boxes of mid-grade spirit stones and one box of high-grade spirit stones.

One mid-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for ten low-grade spirit stones, and one high-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for ten mid-grade spirit stones.

If they were all exchanged for low-grade spirit stones, that would be a full three million low-grade spirit stones.

"This gift is too precious..."

In addition to the spirit stones, there was also a letter and a jade talisman-like object in the ring, which must be the way Ying Zhi said he could be contacted.

Taking out the letter, the letter introduced how to use the jade talisman.

"Sound transmission jade talisman?"

Taking out the jade talisman, his divine sense probed into it, but the message he sent was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response.

Qin Buyi flew all the way back to Qingyang City. When he arrived in the sky above Qingyang City, he saw City Lord Nan Tianlong and Wang Zong waiting for him in the air.

"In just a short while, you're at the... Nascent Soul... mid-stage???" Wang Zong looked at Qin Buyi with an exaggerated expression.

Nan Tianlong was slightly better than him, but the constantly shaking fingers hidden in his sleeves betrayed him, obviously his heart was not very calm either.

Nan Tianlong said, "Young Master Qin, my young master has already left Qingyang City. Before leaving, he instructed that if you come to find him, tell you that there is no need to look for him, there is no need to be polite between friends."

Wang Zong echoed from the side: "The Third Prince is just like this, you'll get used to it."

Qin Buyi wanted to ask something more, but seeing the tight-lipped appearance of the two, he knew that they definitely wouldn't say anything even if he asked. He cupped his hands at the two and turned to leave.

On the way back to the Falling Star Mountain Range, Qin Buyi felt a heavy weight in his heart.

One should not accept rewards without merit, let alone such a generous gift.

Qin Buyi did not touch the low-grade spirit stones in the spatial ring. After completing the epic mission, he would find a way to find Ying Zhi and return the things to him in person.

Taking out the Star Positioning Compass, Qin Buyi probed his divine sense into it to activate the compass.

The static pointer on the compass rotated continuously after being activated.

After about a quarter of an hour, the rotation speed of the pointer became slower and slower, and slowly stopped, pointing in one direction.

At the same time, inside the Falling Star Mountain Range.

A giant fox with a snow-white body, the most peculiar thing was that it actually had nine tails growing behind it.

Its bewitching eyes seemed to look through space towards the direction where Qin Buyi was, and it muttered to itself:

"Star Positioning Compass? It's actually in the hands of a Nascent Soul stage human?"

The giant fox slightly raised its front paw.

"Pa!"

Strands of star power emerged from the giant fox's body.

One end of the star power was connected to the giant fox's body, and the other end was connected to a basketball-sized sphere emitting light above the giant fox.

"Damn it! This star core still retains its instincts after the destruction of the meteor. It has trapped me here for more than three hundred years, treating me as nourishment."

The giant fox's eyes flickered as it thought: "This human kid holding the Star Positioning Compass can be carefully plotted against..."