Chapter 3265 — Big Feng's News

"Oh, and the blue crystal?" He Dantou nodded and asked.

"That... I just bought it to keep..." Yang Qiqi trailed off, suddenly a little embarrassed. "I heard blue crystal is the material used to forge divine weapons. I figured I would collect some materials, and when I reach the Heaven Rank, see if I could get someone to forge a divine weapon for me..."

"Oh?" He Dantou was taken aback by Yang Qiqi's words. He had not expected that she had bought the blue crystal for such a purpose, and he was caught between laughing and crying. "Yang Qiqi, the profession of artifact refiner has been gone for a long time—didn't you know? Even if you gathered all the materials, you still couldn't forge a divine weapon!"

"Ah... I didn't know..." Yang Qiqi shook her head blankly. "There's none in our Overseas Cultivators Association—could there be none among the cultivators over in Huaxia either?"

Seeing Yang Qiqi's expression, He Dantou found himself believing her. The Overseas Cultivators Association was cut off from news; the cultivators here got all their information from the association, and the association had never once mentioned anything about artifact refining. It was only natural that Yang Qiqi would not know.

What was more, that blue crystal was one of the materials for artifact refining was an even deeper secret, something ordinary cultivators did not know. He Dantou only had a smattering of it because he had grown up in the Five Luminaries Sect. So now he no longer believed the blue crystal was what Wei Zhao was after.

After all, Wei Zhao and Yang Qiqi were not particularly close. If Wei Zhao wanted blue crystal for artifact refining, he would never have told Yang Qiqi—these were secret matters. If he were Wei Zhao, he would not have spoken of it carelessly either. That being so, the only possibility left was that Yang Qiqi was telling the truth: the thing was simply something she wanted for herself.

"Over in Huaxia, there shouldn't be any cultivators who can refine artifacts either." He Dantou shook his head, and he no longer cared about the matter. He merely said, "But if you want to collect them, then collect them. Yang Qiqi, thank you for your cooperation. Go to the storeroom and collect this month's cultivation resources, then you may go back."

"Ah... thank you, President He!" Yang Qiqi said hurriedly.

He Dantou nodded and said nothing further. In his view, Yang Qiqi was not a suspect; he had only called her in for a routine question, and he let her go.

Once Yang Qiqi had left, she let out a long breath of relief. She showed nothing unusual, however; she collected her cultivation resources and left the Overseas Cultivators Association.

Once Wei Zhao had settled in, he too could only smile bitterly. He had meant to take Xu Shilan out for a bit of relaxation, never expecting to run into such a mess. Thank goodness he had the Gale-Chasing Lightning Boots on him; otherwise, this time he would surely have been doomed!

Still, it was fortunate—he had escaped the danger for the time being. But the collaboration between Xu Shilan and Cheng Yiyi was certainly dead in the water. Wei Zhao could not allow them to work with the companies here any longer. Otherwise, if the Overseas Cultivators Association ever used them as hostages to make Wei Zhao come and die, things would get very troublesome.

That meant a loss of income, and at the thought of Yu Xiaoke's orphanage, Wei Zhao felt a headache coming on. The operation had grown too large; it was too late to pull back now. Sick orphans from all over the country were being sent over, and given Yu Xiaoke's and the old director's temperaments, they would certainly never turn those children away at the door.

Wei Zhao was mulling over these matters when his phone suddenly rang. He assumed it was Yang Qiqi, but when he took out the phone and looked, it was actually Big Feng of the Red Conch, who had not been in contact with him for a long time!

"Big Feng, what do you need?" Wei Zhao answered the phone quickly.

"Mr. Lin, it's like this. After all my efforts digging around these past days, I've come by a piece of news: the addresses of several of the Red Conch's poison-refining bases are all kept at the Red Conch headquarters, in the safe in the general manager's office of the Conch Building. There's a document there with the detailed location coordinates of each poison-refining base. When I attended this year's headquarters reporting conference, our headquarters' Conch Group general manager—that is, the Red Conch's chief helm—had his secretary fetch that document out of the safe while he introduced our performance figures. It was in a yellow document pouch." Big Feng spoke quickly. "But the chief helm only introduced the profits of each base and did not say the specific locations of the poison-refining bases. Still, out of the corner of my eye I saw that there were map coordinates on it!"

"Oh? Big Feng, are you certain?" This news excited Wei Zhao enormously. All this time he had been searching for news of the Pangolin; it was a debt owed not only to himself but to Ying Ziyu as well.

"Yes, I'm certain!" Big Feng said with conviction.

"Good. If this news holds true, then when I return this time, you will be richly rewarded. I will raise your strength to the peak of the late Earth Rank!" Wei Zhao said.

"Ah... that..." Big Feng was startled. He had not expected Wei Zhao's reward to be so generous—peak late Earth Rank! If he truly possessed such strength, he might well obtain a Qi-Gathering Pill or other pills for advancing one's cultivation from the headquarters. Then, while rising another level in strength, he would also be able to take on a more important post! At this thought, Big Feng said excitedly, "Mr. Lin, if I can reach peak late Earth Rank, I might even contend for a position at headquarters. When that time comes, I will certainly keep serving you, Mr. Lin, and keep digging for news of your friend's whereabouts!"

"Mm..." Wei Zhao gave a faint response. "Tell me, what is the address of the Red Conch headquarters?"

"The Red Conch headquarters is in Ruileida Town in Europe. On Tiankeng Road in Ruileida Town there is a great red building called the Conch Building—that is the Red Conch headquarters!" Big Feng said.

"Ruileida Town... pff..." Upon hearing the place name, Wei Zhao suddenly felt caught between laughter and tears. Earlier, when he had entered the bathhouse, he had found the name of the town beside it somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. Now, hearing Big Feng say it, Wei Zhao realized with a start that the small town he was in was none other than Ruileida Town!

Sometimes things are just that coincidental—truth is stranger than fiction. Wei Zhao felt that his experiences could be written into a biographical novel. (The character art of the outstanding female fighter has already been posted on Yuren's WeChat; it will be posted again tomorrow, so don't miss it! Account: yuren22) (To be continued...)