316: Ancient Alchemy Sect

The information she gave to Night Owl and the others was useless to them.

The ancient ruin she was talking about now was her way of making money. As long as Night Owl and the others wanted to search for treasures, they would have to obediently generate profits for the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Guild.

Because recently, the only place Night Owl and the others could go on the Seven Star Continent was this ancient ruin.

"Oh? This ancient ruin you speak of isn't in these materials?" Night Owl asked, looking at the Woman in Black Dress with some displeasure.

He had clearly stated that he wanted information on all Secret Realms and dangerous places on the Seven Star Continent, yet this Woman in Black Dress still concealed something. She was truly too cunning.

"Hehe, honored guests, please don't be angry. This ancient ruin was only recently discovered by the Three Great Emperor-level Factions of the Seven Star Continent. It is a private ruin belonging to the Three Great Emperor-level Factions, so it is not within the scope of the sold information," the Woman in Black Dress quickly explained when she saw Night Owl's displeasure.

The ancient ruin she was referring to was an Ancient Pill Sect from the Seven Star Continent.

During its peak, this Pill Sect had over a dozen Great Emperors, millions of Disciples, and countless Medicinal Pills refined.

However, this Pill Sect was invaded by some alien races in ancient times, and the entire Sect's space was shattered beyond recognition and fell into the void.

Their Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Guild, along with the other two Emperor-level powers, only found the location of this Pill Sect's space in the past few decades.

When they first found this place, their three Emperor-level powers were ecstatic, thinking they had found a treasure trove.

But when their three factions sent people in to explore, they realized it wasn't a treasure trove, but a dangerous place.

Because this space became extremely unstable after being shattered and could only withstand the cultivation of Quasi-Emperors, their three factions all sent their Quasi-Emperors and Cultivators below that level into the Secret Realm to explore and search for treasures.

Initially, the harvest was quite good. All three factions obtained a large number of Medicinal Pills below the Saint Realm.

But when their three factions wanted to go to the core area of this Pill Sect to search for top-tier Medicinal Pills, they encountered a large number of mutated corpses of Pill Sect Disciples.

After these Pill Sect Disciples died, they were mutated by the aura of the alien races, turning into powerful Puppets. As soon as they encountered living people, they would launch frenzied attacks until the person was torn to shreds.

And for this reason, the Cultivators below the Great Emperor Realm from their three factions suffered heavy casualties.

Finally, to preserve the strength of their factions and prevent a generational gap among their descendants, they reluctantly came up with a compromise.

That was to put this ruin up for sale, selling access to the strong Cultivators of the Saint Realm and Quasi-Emperor Realm.

There were two methods of sale: one was to exchange a large amount of Spirit Stones and treasures for an entry quota, and the other was to not pay anything, but nine-tenths of whatever was obtained inside had to be handed over to their three factions.

This was why she wanted to tell Night Owl and the others about this ruin.

Because as long as they wanted to go to this ruin, no matter which method they chose, it would create a large amount of profit for their three factions. And their three factions wouldn't have to suffer any casualties to obtain treasures and Spirit Stones; it was simply a business that yielded immense profits.

"Private ruin?" Hearing the Woman in Black Dress's words, Gu Chen and the others also became interested.

At this moment, Gu Chen quickly spoke up from the side, asking, "Fellow Daoist, please speak quickly. As long as there's profit to be made, we are certainly interested."

"Mm-hmm, tell us about it. If it's suitable, we're definitely interested," Mu Xueqing also nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Gu Chen and Mu Xueqing had already spoken, Night Owl said nothing more, but looked at the Woman in Black Dress, waiting for her reply.

Seeing that everyone was interested, the Woman in Black Dress no longer played coy, but recounted the entire story of the Ancient Pill Sect to Night Owl and the others.

After finishing, she glanced at them and said with a smile, "Honored guests, I have introduced the ancient ruin to you. Whether to go or not is up to your decision."

She had already told Night Owl and the others about the dangers of the ancient ruin and the treasures that could be obtained.

As for whether Night Owl and the others would go, that depended on their own thoughts.

As the Woman in Black Dress's voice fell.

Night Owl, Gu Chen, and Mu Xueqing's eyes flashed with brilliance. Without even considering, they all spoke out in unison.

"Go! Of course, we'll go!"

"Indeed, how can we miss such a good place?"

"Mm-hmm, this is exactly the kind of place we want to go."

The three finished speaking and exchanged smiles.

Their purpose in coming out was to gain experience and fight.

Now, with such a good ruin available, they naturally couldn't miss it.

Seeing that Night Owl and the other two agreed to go without thinking, Chu Feng and the others were all dumbfounded.

The Woman in Black Dress had just made it very clear that there were a large number of Puppet corpses in the Pill Sect ruin, many of which were Half-step Great Emperor level.

Although all of them could fight above their level, apart from Night Owl and the two others who had reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm, the six of them were all at the Saint King to Saint Emperor Realm. If they encountered a few Half-step Great Emperor Puppet corpses, wouldn't they need Elder Zhao Da and the others to rescue them?

"Hehe, honored guests, please consider carefully. The potential rewards from this ruin might be high, but the danger index is also very high. Don't act on a whim, alright?" Hearing Night Owl and the others immediately agree to go, the Woman in Black Dress pretended to advise them.

"No need to consider, all eight of us are going!" Night Owl replied decisively.

Although he, Gu Chen, and Mu Xueqing were currently First Level Quasi-Emperors, their true strength meant that even ordinary First Level Great Emperors were not their opponents.

So with the three of them, Great Emperors in the Quasi-Emperor Realm, there wouldn't be much danger in this Pill Sect ruin.

Hearing Night Owl sign up all five of them, Chu Feng and the others recovered their senses and didn't say anything.

After all, they had come out for experience and combat. Since Night Owl and the others were going, they couldn't stand idly by.

"Good, good. Since all you honored guests wish to go, then tell me, which method do you intend to use?" The Woman in Black Dress was so happy she almost laughed out loud.

With the registration of Night Owl and the eight others, no matter which method they chose, their merchant guild would only profit and not lose. How could she not be happy?

"Hmm... we'll buy out the entry with Spirit Stones," Night Owl replied after some thought.

Their purpose in going to that Pill Sect ruin was to obtain emperor pills, so they couldn't choose the second method.

If they chose the second method and had a large harvest, they would have to give nine-tenths to the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Guild, which was simply too unprofitable.