Chapter 267: People From North Gray Robe?
“Yaklo?”
Precia could not help but tap open the smart watch on her wrist, searching for relevant information.
Although she did not think that someone like Bert, a representative of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, would lie to her, Earth Star Pharmaceuticals was not a faction of their Wushan Region, and they had previously broken the balance of power among the regional factions, so she had to stay on guard.
In just a short moment, all the information and data about Yaklo appeared on Precia’s smart watch. The level of detail was so great that even Yaklo herself would probably be shocked if she saw it.
It could be said that from the first time the name Yaklo appeared in the Wushan Region, to many of the things Yaklo did along the way when she ran to the City of Light Chasing, all of it had been recorded.
“How is it? Miss Precia, I did not lie to you, right?” Bert said very calmly. “Don’t worry, we will not cause trouble in the City of Light Chasing. Once we capture her, we will leave.”
Bert was very confident about capturing Yaklo.
As an unregistered nomad in the Wushan Region, Yaklo did not receive any attention anywhere. Let alone them from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals capturing a traitor; even if a faction from another city came here and directly killed Yaklo in the City of Light Chasing, no one would care.
By taking the initiative to speak to Precia of the Domain City, he had already given her a great deal of face.
“I am afraid that will not do.” After reading the data, Precia shook her head slightly. “Although I am not sure whether she is a traitor of your Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, she is now a martial artist officially recorded with the City of Light Chasing Martial Artist Association, and also a member of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. It is impossible to allow you to capture her casually, unless your Earth Star Pharmaceuticals can present clear evidence.”
According to the data, Yaklo was now a registered martial artist, which meant she was already a legal citizen of the City of Light Chasing.
According to the laws set by the Domain City, any citizen in the Wushan Region, as long as they have not broken the law, cannot be arbitrarily arrested, especially martial artists.
Of course, this was only the law set by the Domain City, not an iron rule. If people of some faction truly captured someone, the Domain City would not intervene; those were matters between the major cities. However, if an outer domain force sent people to capture someone, it would be of a different nature, and the Domain City definitely would not allow it.
Otherwise, if today it was Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, and tomorrow it was another outer domain force, the Wushan Region would fall into complete chaos.
“Miss Precia, it is just a minor martial artist from a city faction. For such a small matter, is there really a need to make it such a big issue?” Bert frowned slightly, somewhat displeased. “Our Earth Star Pharmaceuticals can be considered a major supplier for your Mist Mountain Domain City. Many of the potions needed for your genius cultivation are unique to our Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. We are merely handling a traitor, and we cannot even be given this small convenience?”
Clear evidence?
The inventor of the berserk potion—how could they possibly say that.
If they really told Precia that Yaklo was a senior researcher of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, not only would Precia refuse, the entire Mist Mountain Domain City would probably protect her at once and proceed with all kinds of verification. After all, anyone who could become a senior researcher of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals was a pharmaceutical genius.
Talents like that were in short supply everywhere. If Yaklo then exposed the matter of the berserk potion, Earth Star Pharmaceuticals could forget about ever getting close to her again for the rest of their lives.
As for this woman Precia, he personally did not take her seriously at all. If it were not for the half-scale race man following behind her, he would not have bothered saying another word to her and would have simply ordered his people to act.
Yet the moment they stepped into the Wushan Region, the Domain City had sent Precia and the half-scale race man to accompany them, leaving them bound hand and foot in what they could do.
Looking at the faintly threatening Bert, Precia spoke with a very calm expression: “If it were another faction, given the cooperative relationship between our Domain City and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, of course I could turn a blind eye. But now that Yaklo is a member of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, letting you directly seize her is not a small matter.”
“Just a member of a martial arts hall. Miss Precia, you are making things difficult for me on purpose. Could it be you think our Earth Star Pharmaceuticals is easy to push around?” Bert’s frown deepened.
In the way Earth Star Pharmaceuticals did things, let alone a faction within a city; even if they captured the commander of a city’s garrison, the domain cities of each region would not say much. To them, that was a trivial matter. The fact that they were willing to inform others was already giving a great deal of face.
If they did not bother to give face and simply acted directly, it would be very difficult for the domain cities to find out, and things would just be left unsettled. After all, there were many hidden factions in each region that lay beyond their control.
Now, to capture a member of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and to be told by Precia that they could not touch her—this was simply something to fool ghosts with.
“You really have misunderstood me.” Precia chuckled. “This Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is not some nameless nobody, nor just a small city faction. When the war between Star Tower City and the City of Light Chasing came to an end, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s contributions were immense. Perhaps you have not heard the name Obsidian Martial Arts Hall before, but you should have at least heard the name Northern Grey Robe.”
As a super enterprise occupying more than fifty percent of all type three and above potions in the Four Regions, Earth Star Pharmaceuticals certainly had influence in Mist Mountain Domain City.
But now the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was also no longer some dispensable minor faction in a city. If Bert were allowed to capture their person, the face of their Domain City would not be able to be maintained in the future, let alone her own personal future.
“You are saying the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is Northern Grey Robe? And Yaklo now belongs to Northern Grey Robe?” Bert was slightly startled.
As a super enterprise in the Tianhe Region, Earth Star Pharmaceuticals had naturally heard of the famous Northern Grey Robe, which had been active in the Mountain of the Dead.
He had just not expected that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was actually the same as those elusive grey-clothed people haunting the northern part of the Mountain of the Dead.
“That’s right.” Precia nodded. “Now you should understand why we cannot let you capture her.”
If it were some small faction, she would not have intervened. After all, the unique potions of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals were of great help to her. If they deliberately reduced her potion supply, she would have nowhere to complain.
But the matter of Northern Grey Robe was not a small issue for the Domain City. Northern Grey Robe was a faction that could cause even the Smiling Skull trouble in the Mountain of the Dead.
Such a faction, placed among the major cities of the entire Wushan Region, could clearly rank at the top.
If they allowed Earth Star Pharmaceuticals to capture people at will without evidence, it would shake the very foundation of the Domain City.
“Fine, I will report this matter to my superiors.” Seeing how serious Precia was, Bert sighed helplessly. “Then before we head to Wushan Prison, we can at least stay in the City of Light Chasing for a while, right?”
“Of course, that is your freedom, Your Excellency Bert.” Precia replied with a smile when she saw that Bert had backed down.
After that, Precia arranged lodging and training rooms for Bert and the others, and only after busying herself for two to three hours did she return to the special grade training room in the Martial Artist Association reserved for Domain City personnel.
Inside the training room, as soon as Precia opened the door, she saw a half-scale race man already sitting cross-legged on the floor, clearly waiting for her.
“Senior brother, Bert did not leave the association, did he?” Precia asked.
“In my perception, he has not left, but a group of youngsters went out,” the half-scale race man said calmly. “I guess they want to secretly capture her. Do you want to send people over?”
“I knew that guy Bert would not give up.” Precia sighed and shook her head slightly. “But as long as he does not go personally, there is no need for us to waste manpower. Those geniuses from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals are indeed powerful, and quite a few of them are geniuses whose strength rivals Tuan of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, but the strength of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is not weak either. When those geniuses hit a wall and come back, they will behave themselves for a while. We will not interfere.”
She had seen the strength of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall with her own eyes. Even if Earth Star Pharmaceuticals had many geniuses, it would be difficult for them to gain much advantage over the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
And within the city, if the battle lasted too long, it would definitely alarm the city guard. By then, if the geniuses of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals did not want to expose themselves, they would naturally retreat. So there was no need for her to waste effort; she could just leave the matter for the City of Light Chasing garrison to worry about later.
Seeing that Precia did not plan to send anyone, the half-scale race man said nothing more and simply closed his eyes and continued cultivating.
This task had been arranged for Precia by the Domain City. It was a step in the Domain City’s cultivation of geniuses, while he was only the guard assigned to this task and would not make any decisions.
Night fell, at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
A group of young men and women in black cloaks, completely concealing their figures and appearances, each wearing Tier 2 battle armor, had gathered in an abandoned building less than two kilometers from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, observing every movement within.
“Ying Ya, have you found the target?” a tall, thin three-eyed tribe youth asked in a low voice. “If you have, we should almost move. This is the trial assigned from above to us geniuses. If we cannot complete it perfectly, it will be very hard to raise our evaluation level in the enterprise.”
As a super enterprise in the Tianhe Region, Earth Star Pharmaceuticals was extremely aggressive in cultivating geniuses. All internal resources were tied to evaluation level. The higher the level, the more resources one enjoyed.
This level did not simply increase by doing more tasks. Once the level exceeded twenty, equivalent to the senior researcher level in the enterprise, every promotion depended on the quality of task completion. If the completion was poor, then even if the task was finished, not only would they not be promoted, they would be demoted.
The mission to capture Yaklo this time could be considered very simple. Their opponents were merely a group of martial artists in the Viscera Refining Realm and Bone Forging Realm. Compared to the Blood Condensation Realm masters they had faced in dangerous areas before, this was negligible. Therefore, they had to complete the mission perfectly to have a chance of raising their evaluation level.
If they received only an excellent rating, this mission would be considered wasted.
“The target has been found.” Ying Ya, a young and burly half-beast race man, licked the corner of his mouth regretfully. “Such a great beauty, and to avoid the company’s pursuit, she not only changed her name but also altered her appearance. Compared to before, it is really far worse.”
“Indeed, while she still looks good now, compared with the previous image data, it is like heaven and earth.” The tall, thin three-eyed tribe youth beside him nodded as he looked through the telescope. “No wonder Lord Bert, who used to be so interested in her, has little interest now.”
“Huo She, let’s act. Make it quick; Lord Bert is still waiting.” Ying Ya put away the telescope.
“Relax. Now that we have found her, she will not escape.” The three-eyed tribe youth spoke indifferently. “Northern Grey Robe? They are just a bunch of country bumpkins praising each other. If it were not for the things in the Mountain of the Dead, that Smiling Skull would have been gone long ago.”
All the geniuses present nodded in agreement.
In the eyes of the cities, the Smiling Skull, absolutely untouchable, was nothing in front of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. Even the so-called geniuses of Smiling Skull were, in their view, a group of mediocrities, with only a few talents in Mist Mountain Domain City barely worth mentioning.
This time, they had brought a full one hundred people. The weakest among them were at the advanced Bone Forging Realm, and most had physical fitness reaching the extreme advanced level Bone Forging Realm.
Each of these extreme advanced level Bone Forging Realm martial artists could casually be considered a half-step top tier Bone Forging Realm, and those who could serve as team captains were all top-tier Bone Forging Realm and vice city lord level experts.
The strongest, such as Ying Ya and Huo She, had strength comparable to the Blood Condensation Realm and were super geniuses who would participate in the Four Regions Youth Competition this year.
At this moment, let alone dealing with a martial arts hall where most people were below the martial artist level; even destroying the entire City of Light Chasing was not impossible.
After they finished speaking, the geniuses of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals pulled on their hoods and helmets. Using the cover of night, their figures shot out from the rooftop like cannonballs, flying toward the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
At the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall training ground.
Having finished the hall’s regular training, Yaklo wiped the sweat from her forehead, then took out a bottle of pale golden self-made potion from her pocket and drank it down in one gulp.
“The meditation potion made from the hall master’s large sausage really works. Just a bit of dilution makes my thoughts so much more active and boosts training effectiveness by at least two or three times. It is a pity he gave me too little of that large sausage, so I cannot run many experiments.” Looking at the empty bottle, Yaklo felt a wave of regret.
Her talent as a martial artist was quite average. Achieving the martial artist level in this life was not easy. But Lin Qi had given her a large sausage, saying it could help her break through.
She had been half skeptical, thinking Lin Qi was joking. Who would believe that eating one large sausage could make you break through to martial artist?
So she had studied it and found that the large sausage was anything but ordinary. Using only a diluted potion made from it, she had successfully broken through to become a martial artist and even mastered an advanced martial skill. The results were astonishing.
She was even confident that, if Lin Qi gave her one more, she could break through to become an advanced martial artist. But Lin Qi was too stingy. She had begged him several times, and he only said there were none left and told her to wait until she developed a simplified type four energy potion from calamity-level monster remains, then he would give her another.
“So stingy. He really thinks type four energy potion is cabbage. If I manage to create it, I will demand two from him.” Yaklo thought to herself, feeling that Lin Qi was the stingiest boss she had ever seen, reluctant to even give her another large sausage.
But when she thought of this and looked at the lively martial arts hall before her, her expression turned a little calm and distant.
“I have stayed here long enough. If I stay any longer, they might discover me. Should I leave?” Yaklo looked at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall that had unknowingly become familiar to her and felt very conflicted.
During her time here, she had not lived this relaxed in a long while. She did not have to worry about food or safety, and it had even made her want to stay forever.
But she knew very well that the faction hunting her was no ordinary force. It was a true colossus. With the means of such a colossus, catching up to her was only a matter of time.
Once she was discovered, not only would she be in trouble, but anyone connected to her, individuals and factions alike, would be dragged down. That was the style of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals.
Just as Yaklo was hesitating, a shout suddenly rang out on the training ground.
“Look at the sky over there! Something seems to be flying over!”
“That speed! Is it a missile?”
“No! Those look like people!”
As these cries echoed across the training ground, figures like cannonballs dropped into the training grounds one after another, blasting out deep craters as terrifying qi and blood surged across the entire field.
“Earth Star Pharmaceuticals? This… how is this possible!”
Looking at the Tier 2 battle armor emblems on these people, Yaklo was utterly stunned. She had never expected Earth Star Pharmaceuticals to arrive so quickly, and to dispatch one hundred Bone Forging Realm geniuses at once. Even traitorous expert-level researchers might not receive such treatment.
