"I'm sorry for not welcoming you, two immortals." Upon seeing the two people, Nie Yihao stood up with a bright smile. His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, although he was a little too enthusiastic.
"Mr. Nie is the leader of the underground black market Blood Butterfly, right?" Gao Han didn't bother to be polite with him.
"I'm Nie Yihao." Nie Yihao immediately realized that the reason they were looking for him might be related to his identity, and they must not be here to seek revenge.
"Don't worry, Mr. Nie. We are not here to seek revenge."
Nie Yihao raised his head and met Zhongli Tingzhou's half-smile. Fortunately, he was also a man who had seen the big waves of the sea. He suppressed his discomfort and showed an awkward smile.
"You two immortals are here to see me, what's the matter?"
"Mr. Nie, I'm actually here for the exterminated Gao family." Gao Han looked at Nie Yihao steadily. "More than 20 years ago, the largest branch of the Blood Butterfly was on Galan Star. With the intelligence capabilities of the Blood Butterfly, I think they should know something, right?"
"This..." Nie Yihao hesitated.
"Don't worry, Mr. Nie. Based on the principle of fair trade, I will not let you suffer any loss. As long as the answer satisfies me, I will give you what you need."
Nie Yihao's heart was slightly moved. "To be honest, it's not that I don't want to talk about it now, but more than 20 years ago, my father was the head of the Blood Butterfly family. I had not yet taken the position at that time. I don't know much about the Gao family. I have to check it out."
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Nie." Gao Han glanced at his body and threw the bottle in his palm over. "This is the advance payment."
Nie Yihao pinched the bottle and realized that there might be elixirs for cultivation inside. His soul trembled, but he still held back and threw the bottle back reluctantly.
"My two immortals, we haven't started investigating yet. I can't guarantee whether Blood Butterfly has any information. You should take this thing back first. If you really find the clues you want, it won't be too late to give it to me."
Gao Han raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, and seeing the reluctance in his eyes, he smiled and put it away, "In that case, I will wait for good news from Mr. Nie."
After saying that, he and Zhongli Tingzhou left first.
"Boss, why did you give back what you got?" Mao Zihai saw with his own eyes that the boss clearly wanted to hide the bottle.
Nie Yihao glared at him and said, "What do you know? What if we don't have the intelligence he wants? Would you be willing to give the good stuff back?"
"But, our previous rules were not like this." Mao Zihai was puzzled as to how he could return the things in their hands.
Nie Yihao immediately asked back: "After you swallowed someone's food, do you think he can kill you with just a flick of his finger?"
"Well, it seems possible." Mao Zihai recalled the scene where the two of them destroyed the alien spaceship. Anyway, he would never be able to do it.
"So next time, don't say things that make me want to beat you up." Nie Yihao said, "Get out now and contact Lei Biao and ask him to come see me now."
"Boss, aren't you at odds with Lei Biao? Will he be obedient and come to see you?"
Nie Yihao sneered, "Tell him that I am working for the two immortals now, and see if he dares not to come."
Mao Zihai's eyes lit up, "Yes, I'll go right away."
"This Nie Yihao can really hold back. He knows it's a good thing and returns it." After leaving his residence, Zhongli Tingzhou raised the corner of his mouth.
“How can someone who can grow the blood butterfly to such a big size be a person with weak will?” However, Gao Han did not look down on this person because of his action.
"I wonder if he can find any clues about the Gao family." Although Zhongli Tingzhou heard that Xuedie might know something about the situation, he was not sure. He did not want to see Gao Han's disappointed expression.
"I hope we can find it." Gao Han had no intention of leaving here until the truth behind the Gao family's massacre was solved.
Zhongli Tingzhou sent him back, and after he entered the small world and continued to teach the group of weak "people", he walked out of the room alone and slowly strolled to Nie Yihao's door.
"It's you, why are you..." Nie Yihao was surprised to see him coming back not long after he left.
"Why am I here again?" Zhongli Tingzhou walked towards him with a smile, "Are you sure you can find clues about the truth behind the extermination of the Gao family?"
Nie Yihao's heart trembled. It sounded like a threat. If he was not sure of finding out, this man might do something. After thinking it over, he said, "I should be 60% sure."
Zhongli Tingzhou seemed dissatisfied with this answer, "Only 60% sure?"
Nie Yihao said helplessly: "If I hadn't been injured, I would have been 80% sure."
Zhongli Tingzhou looked at him with a half-smile, "What does this have to do with your injury?"
Nie Yihao gritted his teeth and said, "My father, the last leader of the Blood Butterfly, passed away two years ago. At that time, he had a capable subordinate who was also a cultivator with a higher level of cultivation than me. Because my father passed the Blood Butterfly to me, he became dissatisfied. He has been against me in every way for the past two years and has also won over many old members of the Blood Butterfly..."
Zhongli Tingzhou interrupted him, "What does this have to do with finding clues about the Gao family? Don't trick me into helping you solve your problems, or you won't want to know my methods."
"How dare I lie to you, Immortal Master? My father had a secret vault. In addition to storing some treasures, there were also some confidential files. I am the only one who knows where the secret vault is, but one of the keys was stolen. I have always suspected that the person who stole it was my father's subordinate, because he has always coveted my Nie family's secret vault and has sent people to spy on it many times. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask him."
Zhongli Tingzhou really didn't believe it, so he went to find that person, and in less than an hour, he came back.
"Master, why did you come back so soon?" Before Nie Yihao could finish his breath, someone appeared in front of him.
"Does this little thing take a long time?" Zhongli Tingzhou glanced at him indifferently, "I have got the key, now take me to the secret vault of your house."
After saying that, he threw the key over.
Nie Yihao took the key and took a look. It was indeed the key his father passed on to him on his deathbed. There was a blood butterfly logo on it. It was a technological key that could not be copied.
"The secret vault is on Galan Star. I will take the immortal there now. What about the other immortal? Should I call him along?"
Nie Yihao did not ask what happened to Lei Biao after he took the key.
"No, he has something else to do." Zhongli Tingzhou wanted to give Gao Han a surprise.
"Master, please follow me."
Nie Yihao took Zhongli Tingzhou away from the royal court. The news of their departure quickly reached other people. Everyone was shocked. How did he get together with two immortals, especially the one who looked the most difficult to deal with?
The former leader of the Blood Butterfly was a very bold man. He built the secret vault in an ordinary underground apartment not far from the royal court.
In addition to the treasures and valuables collected by Blood Butterfly over the years, there are also secrets of many powerful people in the Nitin Empire. If there had been no alien invasion, Blood Butterfly could have used these confidential information to control most of the Nitin Empire, and it was even possible that she could even undermine the power of the royal family.
Unfortunately, there is no if. The invasion of aliens almost caused the Nitin Empire to fall apart, and many people disappeared in the war.
Zhongli Tingzhou's powerful spiritual sense quickly found the one he wanted from among thousands of secrets and opened the first page.
"In the year 2916 of the Universal Calendar, the Gao family, a long-established wealthy family on the Galan Planet, was wiped out by a mysterious monk, leaving only a child who managed to escape. The mysterious monk has since disappeared, and the case has become an unsolved mystery."
There is another paragraph below.
"Once upon a time, Xuedie discovered a mysterious cultivator who was very similar to the cultivator who wiped out the Gao family. Both cultivators had a totem on the back of their hands. Later, it was found that the totem came from an organization called Tianjiao. The organization is very powerful, and all its members are cultivators. The threshold for recruitment is extremely high, and ordinary Qi-refining cultivators are not allowed to join."
Zhongli Tingzhou saw this, closed the information, and asked expressionlessly: "What kind of organization is Tianjiao?"
Nie Yihao's expression changed when he heard this. "Tianjiao? What the Immortal Master means is that the force that wiped out the Gao family is an organization called Tianjiao?"
Zhongli Tingzhou gave him a look that said "nonsense".
"If it's the Heavenly Cult, no wonder my father put this information in the secret library. The Heavenly Cult is a taboo that cannot be touched. I also heard my father mention it by chance. This organization is very large. Their people are spread all over the nine galaxies in the universe. They come and go without a trace. No one knows their whereabouts, but their people may appear around us at any time."
Nie Yihao's face turned pale. "Once they want to kill someone, they will never wait until the New Year. Before my father passed away, he told me that no matter what, I should not get involved in anything related to the Heavenly Religion. He told me a story from the past."
"Blood Butterfly was not the largest underground black market in the Nitin Empire fifty years ago. At that time, the power of gangs robbing gangs was very strong. Above Blood Butterfly, there was another underground black market that was very powerful. Later, I heard that it offended someone, and as a result, all the people died overnight. It was said that it offended the Heavenly Religion."
After that force disappeared, the territory was divided up by Blood Butterfly and other forces.
Nie Yihao glanced at Zhongli Tingzhou and saw that he looked calm, which moved him slightly. He did not know the true strength of Tianjiao and could not judge who was stronger between Tianjiao and the two immortals. If judging by the number of people, it must be Tianjiao, but for some reason, he had a hunch that Tianjiao might not be as strong as the two immortals.
He never liked to gamble on things he was not sure of, but this time, for some reason, if he was really asked to take sides, he would stand on the side of the two immortals.
Zhongli Tingzhou narrowed his eyes. "The Heavenly Cult? Interesting. Do you know where their headquarters is?"
Nie Yihao shook his head. "I don't know. No one knows where their base is. But according to my guess, it is most likely in the Sirius system. The Sirius system is the fastest-growing system in the Xuantu Universe. If the nine galaxies are ranked, the Liuhuo system can only be ranked second to last. The Sirius system must be the first."
Zhongli Tingzhou threw him the bottle of pills that Gao Han had given him before, as well as a book of martial arts techniques and mental skills, and left.