When I came out of the temple, it was already completely dark.
In the city, it was already time for ten thousand lights to illuminate the homes.
Wei Kai glanced at the lively and prosperous city nightscape, then turned and boarded the bus, heading to the next stop.
Just then, his phone suddenly rang.
“Hello, Ling Jie?”
“Akai. We have news about the item you’re looking for,” Tian Xiaoling’s voice came from the phone.
“Really? Where is it?” Wei Kai asked eagerly.
“Duobao Pavilion doesn’t have it,” Tian Xiaoling said, shaking her head. “But they have relevant information they can sell to us.”
“What do you mean?” Wei Kai was stunned.
“It means they know where to get items with an auto-loot function, but they can’t acquire them themselves, so they can only sell the information to us.”
Tian Xiaoling quickly explained.
“So, I have to farm it myself?”
“Yes,” Tian Xiaoling said with a wry smile. “Duobao Pavilion only sells information, and their asking price isn’t low…”
“How much?”
“One million!”
“!!!”
Damn it, that’s really dark!
Wei Kai wanted to curse, but the words caught in his throat, and in the end, he only said one word.
“Buy!”
It’s just one million, I can afford it!
“Alright, then I’ll place the order with them.”
Tian Xiaoling breathed a sigh of relief. She had expected Wei Kai to at least curse a few times, but she didn’t expect him to be so calm.
One million, and he spent it without even blinking.
If it were her in the past, she wouldn’t dare to spend money like that.
Of course, it’s different now.
After earning money from opening her shop, she also began her Enchantress leveling journey.
“There’s one more thing,” Tian Xiaoling said again. “Regarding the Foreign Affairs Group…”
“How is it?”
“It’s not convenient to talk on the phone,” Tian Xiaoling hesitated, then suggested, “I have some information here; let’s discuss it when we meet.”
Wei Kai nodded: “Alright, I’m on my way to West Township Market.”
“Okay, I’ll be right over.”
After Tian Xiaoling finished speaking, she quickly hung up the phone.
Fifteen minutes later, the two met at the small shop in West Township Market.
After meeting, Tian Xiaoling directly handed over several documents and said, “These are the Foreign Affairs Group and Wu Qiliang’s information. Take a look yourself.”
“That was fast.”
Wei Kai couldn't help but exclaim.
It seems the Tian Family’s influence is indeed not to be underestimated; no wonder they could keep Duobao Pavilion out of Yongning.
Tian Xiaoling smiled upon hearing this, noncommittally.
Opening the documents, Wei Kai quickly scanned through them and soon finished reading the Foreign Affairs Group’s information.
Then, he saw a report about a mission carried out by the Foreign Affairs Group.
It was about a group of scientists going out to find a safe camp, and the Foreign Affairs Group’s mission was to protect these scientists.
There was nothing special to say about the mission process, but the outcome was extremely tragic.
One scientist who left the city died, and five members of the Foreign Affairs Group died.
The reason was that they had trespassed into a regional boss’s territory, thinking there were no monsters there and treating it as a safe zone.
Then the group was ambushed by the boss.
After reading the mission report, a slight worry arose in Wei Kai’s heart.
The next piece of information, however, made him smile bitterly.
“Foreign Affairs Group casualty report? Is their mission death rate really that high?”
“What do you think?” Tian Xiaoling shrugged. “You’ll understand if you look at Wu Qiliang’s information.”
Upon hearing this, Wei Kai immediately picked up Wu Qiliang’s information, and after only a few glances, he understood the whole story.
It turned out that just half a year ago, Wu Qiliang was not yet a captain.
He wasn't even the strongest member of the First Action Team.
It wasn’t until an operation half a year ago that his fate was completely changed.
In that operation, the First Action Team suffered heavy casualties; all the team members who were higher level and stronger than Wu Qiliang died.
Other team members either had mental problems or became physically disabled.
After this incident, the First Action Team was almost disbanded.
It was Wu Qiliang who stepped forward, voluntarily taking on the responsibility of captain, then recruited extensively, and it took him half a year to barely rebuild the team.
Because they were all new recruits, the First Action Team was also the weakest of the five action teams.
“No wonder he was so eager to recruit me.”
After reading Wu Qiliang’s information, Wei Kai finally understood the other party’s intentions.
This was like throwing a net wide, hoping to catch something.
He didn’t care about his actual strength; he just wanted to recruit him first, and if he happened to recruit a master… then it would be a huge profit.
“Are you done reading?”
After a while, Tian Xiaoling spoke again.
“Hmm.”
“Do you still want to join?” Tian Xiaoling asked with a smile.
“Huh, how did you know I was going to join them?” Wei Kai looked at her in surprise.
“Otherwise?”
Tian Xiaoling retorted, “Do you have any designs on the Foreign Affairs Group?”
“How would I dare?”
Wei Kai spread his hands.
The Foreign Affairs Group is affiliated with the official Police Department and is a unit within the system.
Daring to have designs on it would be equivalent to opposing the authorities… What’s the difference from seeking death?
“Oh, right, I’m a bit curious.”
Wei Kai suddenly remembered something and said, “Ling Jie, how did you get so much detailed information?”
“Our Tian Family isn’t just a merchant guild,” Tian Xiaoling said calmly.
Wei Kai nodded, thoughtfully saying, “So, by that logic… Ling Jie, have you also investigated my information?”
“What do you think?” Tian Xiaoling looked at him with a smile.
“Forget it, I won’t think too much about it.”
Wei Kai shook his head self-deprecatingly, too lazy to dwell on these things.
Even now, his identity was merely that of an ordinary citizen.
Wanting to investigate his background was simply too easy.
Let alone a behemoth like the Tian Family, even Wu Qiliang could easily investigate his identity.
However, precisely because his identity was ordinary, as long as he didn’t expose his core secrets, he wouldn’t easily attract trouble.
Of course, Wei Kai also understood that this was only a temporary measure.
The best way to protect his family was to join the authorities and become one of them!
“Don’t worry.”
Tian Xiaoling immediately saw his thoughts and said with a comforting smile, “Besides me, no one in the Tian Family knows your information.”
“Then thank you, Ling Jie.”
Wei Kai cupped his hands in thanks, then said, “I’m going to buy new equipment later. I wonder if Ling Jie is free?”
“What, you want me to go shopping with you?” Tian Xiaoling asked with a smile.
“No, it’s to help me haggle,” Wei Kai replied with a smile.
“Alright!”
After settling it, the two quickly closed the small shop and then set off for the official trading house in West Township Market.
That was the place Tian Xiaoling was most familiar with; she knew all the good items there like the back of her hand.
“You want to replace your equipment with Level 20 gear, right?”
“Yes, preferably Legendary or higher-grade sets.”
“That might be hard to find.”
“If not, individual pieces are fine too.”
“Still Legendary or higher?”
“Mythic is also acceptable.”
“Dream on.”
“There really isn’t even one piece?”
“I already told you, Mythic equipment is only exchanged through bartering.”
Along the way, the two chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at the official trading house.