Gravis scratched his chin in thought. ’Underworld is a loose organization similar to a black market, rcenary army, and an assassination organization. They shouldn’t care about loyalty for the mbers that don’t know the really important information. This ans that they and I are not enemies. I was simply a target of a squad and killed them.’
’I should co into contact with Underworld. If the Peak Sects try anything underhanded when I discuss my grand plan with one of them, Underworld might be able to help ,’ Gravis thought.
’Well, let’s et them.’
SHING!
Gravis teleported away and appeared in front of the tavern. Then, he entered like a normal guest.
Gravis saw a couple of Nascent Nourishing Cultivators sitting around. He even saw so loose Law Comprehension Realm Cultivators, and there was even a Peak Immortal. The Peak Immortal acted like the owner while the bartender was only an employee. However, the bartender was the one truly in control.
"Welco!" the bartender shouted with enthusiasm. "Do you want to drink sothing? First one’s on the house!"
Gravis chuckled a bit and walked closer to the bar. Then, he simply sat down in one seat.
"I think you don’t want our conversation to reach the ears of the other guests," Gravis transmitted to the bartender.
The bartender looked confused. "Is there sothing, sir? We already paid our protection fee."
Gravis had to chuckle. Extorting protection fee from a Major Circulation Immortal Emperor. Sure.
"Now, before we begin talking for real, let first establish sothing," Gravis said calmly. "The entire Nine Elents Sect is obviously in my Spirit Sense’s range. So, if I wanted to do anything untoward to you, I wouldn’t be sitting here."
The bartender only looked with a genuinely confused expression at Gravis. One had to say that he was very good at acting.
"You are at least a Major Circulation Immortal Emperor in hiding, and below us is probably a stronghold of Underworld," Gravis said.
The bartender looked afraid as he stepped back in shock. "Underworld? I assure you that our fine establishnt has nothing to do with Underworld! Only an idiot would create a stronghold so close to the Nine Elents Sect!"
The bartender sounded genuinely scared and shocked. Of course, everything was being said via voice transmission.
Gravis only smirked. "I am absolutely certain that you are at least at the Major Circulation Immortal Emperor Realm," Gravis transmitted again, but this ti, he used his Law of Honesty.
The bartender seed to calm down as he sighed, but at the sa ti, another voice transmission appeared in Gravis’ head. "Quite interesting," the cold and emotionless voice of the bartender appeared in Gravis’ head. "If you hadn’t proven that you didn’t want to go against us, you would have already died. I hadn’t thought that soone would use the Law of Honesty to uncover us. Quite creative, I must say."
Gravis only smiled.
"So, what do you want?" the bartender asked.
"I’m planning to talk with so Peak Sects about sothing quite big, and I’m afraid that they might go against if they disagree. So, I want to protect my life," Gravis transmitted.
"We are talking about so high-quality goods here," the bartender transmitted as he cheerfully served another custor. "For that, I need to know what you have planned. You don’t need to tell the details, but since you already know the Law of Honesty, you can tell if it involves Underworld or not."
"It won’t damage Underworld, but Underworld might be tangentially affected. However, it won’t make a big difference. Instead, my negotiation has sothing to do with the beasts," Gravis transmitted with his Law of Honesty.
The bartender inspected Gravis very thoroughly, and then he uncovered why Gravis was so careful. However, Gravis had already expected to be exposed.
"I see. Yes, soone with a beast body should have a chance to negotiate with the beasts," the bartender transmitted. He wasn’t surprised when Gravis’ expression didn’t change. Gravis seed to be quite smart, and by appearing here like this, he probably didn’t mind being exposed by Underworld.
Gravis had been in such a situation before. Back when Gravis was a Lord, he had t Styr. Styr could have killed him with a thought, and Gravis could have killed Styr with a thought. Both of them had the life of the other in their hand, ensuring the safety of both of them.
However, the bartender was incredibly shocked deep inside.
After he knew that Gravis had a beast body, he noticed that nearly all the beast crystals in the town were shining. However, nobody cared, and nobody looked at them. It was like they didn’t exist.
This made the bartender realize that Gravis was soone extraordinary.
This might be big money.
"By the way," Gravis transmitted. "I was once the target of a squad from Underworld, and you know what happened to them since I am still here. I hope this won’t be an issue."
"Not at all," the bartender transmitted directly. "Most of our mbers are freelancers. They take up the mission, and if the mission fails, we simply ask for more money from the contractor and send in a stronger team. I guess the contractor didn’t pay for you to be exterminated."
"I killed the contractor," Gravis transmitted.
"There you go. No problem," the bartender transmitted.
"So, can I purchase your wares now?" Gravis asked.
"How do you want to escape from a Peak Sect?" the bartender asked.
"An emblem that teleports close to the frontlines, but not directly into them," Gravis said.
"So, you don’t want protection, but sothing that allows you to flee. That’s easier to accomplish. You probably want the emblem to be powerful enough to ignore the Formation Arrays?" the bartender asked.
"Yes, that would be great," Gravis transmitted. He couldn’t use Arc’s emblem since Arc said that the emblem wouldn’t work when Gravis was in danger. Otherwise, Gravis would have a trump card to fall back on while tempering himself, making it harder to increase his Will-Aura.
"However, I have to warn you," the bartender transmitted. "The emblem you’re asking for only works for every Sect except for the Primordial Force Sect. The Primordial Force Sect is the hegemon over gravity, ti, and space, and not even we can create an emblem that allows you to flee from them."
"That’s not a problem," Gravis transmitted. "So, how much for one?"
"50 million," the bartender transmitted.
Gravis took a hidden, deep breath. That was a lot of money.
"However, since you have amused quite a bit, I will give you a discount. 30 million," the bartender transmitted.
Gravis smiled. "Then, thank you very much."
"Here’s your drink," the bartender said with a smile as he put so wine on the counter.
Gravis smiled and chugged the wine. No poison could affect him, so he didn’t care.
As soon as Gravis downed the drink, sothing appeared in his stomach.
It was a kind of emblem, but not the one Gravis ordered. This one was black and had the crest of two snakes on it.
Gravis quickly retrieved the emblem into his Spirit Space and inspected it thoroughly.
There were no Law fluctuations, and soone else couldn’t intrude into Gravis’ Spirit like this. This ant that this emblem couldn’t be dangerous.
"That’s the token that gives you the discount," the bartender transmitted. "This stronghold is not a marketplace, but a defensive stronghold that accepts assassination missions. See it as insurance for the eventuality that the Peak Sects might beco rowdy."
Gravis realized that probably several Immortal Emperors were currently below him. That was a powerful striking force.
At the sa ti, Gravis received so directions that told him where to go.
"Thank you very much," Gravis said with a smile. "The wine was good."
"Always a pleasure to hear that," the bartender said with a bright smile. "As said previously. This one’s on the house. Do visit us again in the future."
While Gravis and the bartender were talking politely, the sole Immortal in the tavern looked with furrowed brows at both of them.
’Why is master directly trading with soone? He is supposed to be hidden at all cost, and I’m normally the one making the trades. Who is this person that he can trade directly with master?’ the Immortal thought.
After so small talk, Gravis left the tavern and teleported away.
’Interesting,’ the bartender thought with a smile. ’Truly interesting.’
After leaving the tavern, Gravis made a short stop at Arc’s clearing to do sothing and teleported a couple of tis more until he arrived in a Cultivation city.
Gravis entered a restaurant and sat down at an empty seat on the third floor.
"We’re very sorry, but we need to see your registration as a mber of the city before we can serve you," an Immortal said politely as he arrived in front of Gravis.
The Immortal put a Space Ring on the table. This was normal since everyone wanted to keep their identification hidden. They didn’t want to be a victim of identity theft. Because of that, the identification would always be put into Space Rings so that only the ones with physical contact with the Space Ring could see it.
Gravis put the emblem and 30 million Immortal Stones into the Space Ring. At the sa ti, he inford the waiter what he was here to buy.
The waiter looked into the Space Ring and nodded. "Thank you very much. Now, what would you like to order?"
Gravis touched the Space Ring and acted like he was retrieving sothing, but everything inside the Space Ring had already vanished.
The waiter appeared calm, but deep inside, he was shocked beyond belief.
Only the true seniors of Underworld could give out these tokens.
This was an important custor!
The waiter gave Gravis directions of what he was supposed to order, and Gravis complied as he said the order out loud.
The waiter nodded with a smile and returned around 20 minutes later with so cooked at.
Immortals didn’t need to eat, but good food still tasted wonderful.
Gravis ate it and was quite surprised at how good the food actually was. Well, he guessed that the food had to be good so that their disguise appeared authentic.
After eating the food, Gravis acted like he was paying and left.
He had already gotten the emblem that he had asked for while eating the at. Just like the previous emblem, this one also appeared when Gravis had finished the food.
’Hiding goods inside food and drinks. That’s quite peculiar and interesting,’ Gravis thought. ’No wonder Underworld is still hidden. They actually avoid having a lot of physical locations where their mbers could gather. Instead, so shops simply sell these goods in normal restaurants. I always thought that so hidden entrance might lead to so underground cave or sothing.’
’I an, the previous stronghold probably had sothing like this, but not this one. Also, if soone actually put their identification into the Space Ring, the waiter would know that the custor was just here to eat.’
’Underworld definitely is quite organized and smart.’
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