Chapter 866: Stabilizing South Emperor Mountain and Winning Over Qiankun Academy

After reaching a cooperative agreement, Nangong Wan provided Qin Xiao with all the intelligence concerning the Immortal Pill Sect.

Following a brief round of polite conversation, Nangong Wan took her leave to report back.

Some information was of no use to Qin Xiao: he already had a Hidden Agent in the sect. But the Non-Alchemy Faction’s low standing limited what it knew, so other details were new to him.

The Non-Alchemy Faction did know much about battle arrangements. It provided the sect’s fighters, after all.

The Immortal Pill Sect had contacted seventy to eighty percent of the Southern Region’s forces, large and small.

Several top-tier factions were among them. If all of those forces intervened simultaneously, the Seven Stars Tower would genuinely struggle to cope since the enemy could mobilize a formidable number of Great Luo Realm experts.

Qin Xiao, however, had no intention of striking immediately. The timing was simply not right.

Moreover, the Immortal Pill Sect was apparently preparing to host an event called the Myriad Pill Assembly, inviting alchemists from various factions to exchange techniques. The rewards promised to be quite generous, yet the Seven Stars Tower had been pointedly excluded.

A scheme immediately formed in Qin Xiao’s mind. The Immortal Pill Sect was holding this grand assembly without extending an invitation to the Seven Stars Tower-was that not a direct slap to his face? When the time came, he would lead his people right to their doorstep and demand an explanation.

Since the Myriad Pill Assembly was still half a month away, Qin Xiao felt no particular rush.

The night passed without incident. The following day, representatives from South Emperor Mountain arrived.

The visitors from South Emperor Mountain lacked subtlety. They came straight to the point, asking whether Qin Xiao possessed items capable of aiding a breakthrough to the Great Luo Realm, and expressing their willingness to purchase them.

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