Condemning the Heavens

Xue Wei did not need to think about the offer he had been given. "I accept," he said right away.

The stoic-looking man’s face suddenly cracked into a hideous smile, and soon after he nodded his head.

He reached out and siphoned half the constructs on the table into his personal storage treasure. Afterwards, he handed over the snow jade box.

"This is the Rebirth Pill. It is of high purity, but it is only suitable for the Heavenly Warrior rank, so it is the weakest version of the Rebirth Pill. Still, it will be enough to recreate the body of the young madam here."

Xue Wei nodded his head. It was easy to see why they would want the Rebirth Pill. It was a pill that could completely remold the body of the consumer. It would turn the skin into that of a newborn’s, and the meridians and every fiber in their body would reach their best possible condition.

"Young sir, I would suggest that you stay in our private hotel," the appraiser said with a deep bow. "We have the Three Legged Golden Crow Hotel located here in the Golden Chamber district. It is the place where most people from influential factions reside, and you have now become the most important person for the auction."

Xue Wei nodded his head. "We will gladly stay at the Three Legged Golden Crow Hotel," he answered.

After that, they finished the paperwork, and the four friends were led by another servant to the Three Legged Golden Crow’s hotel.

Hotels were much more luxurious than inns. They were often owned by influential factions, and usually Xue Wei and his companions would avoid them, but this time it was probably a good idea to accept the hospitality.

"Manager Hu," the servant bowed to the man behind the counter of the hotel. "This is a group of VIPs to the Golden Chambers," the servant introduced. "They have to be served with the highest care and consideration that this hotel can manage, and everything is on the house."

Manager Hu’s eyes turned round. He had been the manager for the Three Legged Golden Crow Hotel for a long time, but he had never heard of anyone being treated so highly in their establishment.

"It is an order from the director," the servant said, worried that Manager Hu did not believe him, but Manager Hu was not a slow man. He knew that no servant would ever dare to be so presumptuous as to lie about such a matter.

"Well, my honored guests!" Manager Hu clasped his hands together and looked at Xue Wei and the rest. "The top floor is free; it has seven bedrooms, two living areas, three bathrooms, and a training room."

"This floor is usually reserved for royalty, but we would be honored to let your entourage stay there," Manager Hu said while looking at them with reverence.

"Ye Xiao!" Suddenly a voice sounded out from the audience, calling for someone called Ye Xiao. Vaguely recognizing the voice, Xue Wei looked over and saw that it was Xiong Bing, the, at that time, leader of the Argent Moon forces in the Black Iron Fortress.

She was looking straight at him. Xue Wei was somewhat perplexed before he remembered that he had used an alias during the tournament. In fact, he had used quite a few random names back in the Black Iron Fortress, not caring for the fact that people would know that they were fake.

"Ye Xiao is not your real name either?" she asked, annoyed when she saw Xue Wei’s completely puzzled expression. "I went to the ones who signed you up, and they said that you went by the name Ye Xiao."

"Well, Lady Xiong, it is not beneficial for me to give my real name," Xue Wei said with a sigh. He had not even given his name to the members of the Golden Chambers, but he had been given a talisman that would display his position and status.

Xue Wei was still wearing the mask he had worn in the Black Iron Fortress, and thus he was recognized as Ye Xiao.

When Xiong Bing exclaimed his name, the rest of her group also looked at him with curiosity, and many of them looked at Wang Xiaoyun with pity.

Wang Xiaoyun looked at Xue Wei and smiled grimly. "My dear, are you acquainted with the ladies from the Argent Moon Sect?" she asked with a sweetened voice that made Xue Wei shiver with fear.

"No, no, not at all!" he exclaimed and raised his arms in self-defense, gesturing for Wang Xiaoyun to understand him.

Seeing his behavior, Xiong Bing was stunned. She had seen Xue Wei as a devil. Someone without a shred of humanity or compassion within them.

"So he is Ye Xiao?" a melodious voice sounded, and a woman stepped forward. "I hear that you defeated every single person in the tournament, even the members of the three great sects."

"Although you were able to defeat them, I would like you to know that the experts you met were not the limits of what our three great sects can produce." The woman was extraordinarily arrogant, but Xue Wei completely ignored it.

Wang Xiaoyun, on the other hand, was incapable of completely ignoring her.

"Who are you to decide how strong he is?" Wang Xiaoyun sneered. "He has worked very hard, harder than anyone else to be where he is today, and you just come here claiming his accomplishments are nothing? Well, let me ask you, how old are you? Were you as strong as him at his age? Are you truly that wonderful?"

Xue Wei felt warm at heart when he saw Wang Xiaoyun stand up for him, but he did not want her to get into trouble because of him.

The woman fell silent. "How old is he?" she asked. She did not get insulted, but she was curious. Wang Xiaoyun gave her a sideways glance. "I won’t answer that," she said.

Wang Xiaoyun was aware that if she answered honestly that Xue Wei was seventeen years old, they would start questioning him about why he was not in the army. Although he looked very young, no one could say anything without knowing his real age.

The woman’s eyes turned icy when she heard that answer, displeased with what she heard. Xue Wei smiled wryly.

"Ladies from the Argent Moon Sect, these sirs and madam are significant guests of our Golden Chambers," Manager Hu suddenly stepped forward. "I understand if you wish to reunite with long-lost friends. However, it is our Three Legged Golden Crow Hotel’s turn to entertain these sirs and madam."

Seeing that Manager Hu stepped forward to smooth over the situation for Xue Wei’s sake, the woman from the Argent Moon Sect frowned.

Although she was from the Argent Moon Sect, she did not dare to go against the Golden Chambers. The Golden Chambers was a colossus in the entire continent; some say its influence has spread to other continents too.

Going against the Golden Chambers was something that even the three great sects did not dare to do. The Golden Chambers could rouse almost any extreme expert with promises of wealth and treasures that the world had never seen before. Even the great sects with their many experts would not be able to sustain themselves.

Since the Argent Moon Sect’s disciples had been advised to act amiably towards anyone related to the Golden Chambers, the woman was puzzled as to why Manager Hu would step out and try to straighten the mood.

Manager Hu was on the list of people that the Argent Moon Sect considered important in Golden Crow City. To insult him was absolutely not allowed.

"Oh, Ye Xiao," another person suddenly called out. When Xue Wei turned around, he found that Lin Yuelong from the Cerulean Starlight Sect was standing together with another group.

This group of experts consisted of Heavenly Warriors with a few Ordinary Knights amongst them. Their strength seemed to be even with the ones from the Argent Moon Sect.

"Are you little brother Ye Xiao?" The leader of the Cerulean Starlight Sect was much friendlier than the lady from the Argent Moon Sect.

"I did use that name back in the Black Iron Fortress," Xue Wei acknowledged. The man was stumped but then laughed. "Let us keep using this name then, " he grinned. "I doubt that I will ever be told your real name."

"One day, you will naturally know it," Xue Wei said casually. "One day, the entire world will know my name."

This sounded arrogant, but there was a pride within Xue Wei that told him that this would be possible if he had enough time to grow.

The crowd was stunned, but many interpreted his words differently.

The lady from the Argent Moon Sect snorted and looked at him with disdain, while Xiong Bing had a complicated look in her eyes, which were the only visible parts of her beneath the veil.

The man from the Cerulean Starlight Sect frowned, but then he nodded his head. "I feel a conviction in your voice," he said seriously, "so I will look forward to the day that your name resounds through the entire world!"

Xue Wei smiled. He had a favorable impression of the men from the Cerulean Starlight Sect. They had always been friendly and open-minded. They had also done their best to assist him when he needed it, and even now a more outstanding genius from the sect was treating him as an equal.

While Xue Wei was in deep thought, a voice suddenly boomed in the lobby, "Experts of the great sects, this is news you would want to know!"

A small midget rushed into the lobby of the hotel. He was frantic, and his eyes were shining strangely.

"My lords and ladies, this news is the greatest news I could get, and I am sure you would thank me when I am done telling it!" he said breathlessly. The experts from the two great sects frowned.

"The Rebirth Pill has been pulled out from the auction!" he started. Anger flashed in the eyes of both leaders of the two factions.

"Wait, wait, wait!" the man continued, waving his arms in front of himself protectively. "It is not a big deal; they replaced it with something even more outstanding. Formations will be put up for sale instead!"

"What?!" both of the leaders exclaimed at the same time. All eyes in the entire hotel lobby were on the midget.

"This story is proven to be correct! We don’t know how many there are, but the man from the Golden Chambers said that there would be more than one formation and more than one kind!"

"The formations that are nearly extinct outside the center of the continent have appeared! They will be worth much more than a mere Rebirth Pill, so contact your sects right away and find a way to get more essence stones, because these formations will not go cheap!"

While everyone was shocked, Xue Wei and his friends stood there casually and listened in on the conversation. Manager Hu was not slow and looked over. When he saw their unimpressed expressions and remembered the message that the servant from earlier had given him, he quickly connected the dots.

Although he had already sworn to provide his best service, he understood the significance of formations to the Golden Chambers, and thus he decided to do anything to help these experts have as enjoyable a stay as they possibly could.