By posting a message on the public chat channel of Beifeng City to search for the remnants of the Huangfeng bandit group, Lu Yu got in touch with other players.

Following what was said in a private chat, Lu Yu went to the second floor of the Celestial Immortal Guest Inn and saw a man sitting in the corner wearing a black hat. Lu Yu walked over and sat opposite him.

"A Grandmaster of Martial Arts?" the man in the black hat asked. His face was completely hidden in the shadow of the black hat, making it unclear.

"Yes," Lu Yu replied, realizing he couldn't see the man's face. Lu Yu guessed that the man's hat had a feature that concealed his appearance, suggesting it was no ordinary hat.

After glancing at Lu Yu's Divine Weapon Pavilion disciple robe, the man in the black hat placed an envelope on the table, gently pushing it to the center line of the table, and said, "As per the rules, the information you want is inside. It will be yours after you pay 300 gold."

300 gold was the price Lu Yu had previously agreed upon with the man in the black hat.

The intelligence fee was expensive, but Lu Yu had no choice but to pay. Besides getting intelligence on Huang Feng from players, Lu Yu had no better options.

Placing a pouch containing 300 gold on the table, the man in the black hat picked up the pouch to count it, put it away, and pushed the envelope over the center line, indicating that the letter now belonged to Lu Yu.

After receiving the letter, Lu Yu immediately opened it to check the intelligence inside. The information was very brief, just an address, but the address was detailed. Even though Lu Yu didn't know Beifeng City well, he could easily find the destination.

After acquiring the location of Huang Feng, Lu Yu stood up to leave. The man in the black hat suddenly said, "Wait a moment, are you interested in doing some business with our Jianghu Tong?"

"Business? What kind of business?" Lu Yu turned back to sit down and asked curiously.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be an official disciple of the Divine Weapon Pavilion."

Lu Yu didn't speak, tacitly acknowledging his judgment, curious about what business an intelligence trade organization wanted to have with him.

Seeing that Lu Yu did not refute, the man in the black hat continued, "Utilizing your identity as a disciple of the Divine Weapon Pavilion, help Jianghu Tong by posting tasks for refining Spiritual Artifacts internally. We will provide the materials and fees, and you can receive a portion of the value of the refined item as commission."

"As long as you agree, you can enjoy Jianghu Tong's highest VIP treatment, getting all intelligence at a 20% discount, and once a month, Jianghu Tong can collect information for you for free."

Spiritual Artifacts are a general term for Spiritual Weapons, Spiritual Armor, and Spiritual Treasures. Spiritual Weapons are weapons, Spiritual Armor is defensive gear, and Spiritual Treasures are accessories but not limited to them; generally, anything beyond weapons and armor is classified under Spiritual Treasures.

This is the knowledge Lu Yu acquired after reading several books his master gave him.

What Lu Yu didn't understand was, if they could directly buy Spiritual Artifacts from the Divine Weapon Pavilion, why entrust him to post tasks internally? If it was merely a cost advantage, there was no need to value him so highly, offering money and VIP treatment.

The Divine Weapon Pavilion had no rules forbidding helping outsiders post tasks at the Southern Heaven Hall; Lu Yu mainly wanted to understand the situation, as he had only been in the Shenwu World game for a month and was unsure about many things.

"I've recently entered this game and don't know much. Why are you willing to spend so much to work with me?" Lu Yu tapped his finger on the table and asked.

Upon hearing that Lu Yu had recently entered the game, the man in the black hat explained, "Ordinary Spiritual Weapons and Armor can be bought in the market, but most are low to mid-tier. High-tier Spiritual Weapons and Armor often have a price but no market availability."

"Spiritual Treasures are even rarer. Most circulating in the market are low-tier ones, and mid-tier Spiritual Treasures are scarce, let alone high-tier ones. But these things are not uncommon within the Divine Weapon Pavilion. That's why I represent Jianghu Tong to sincerely invite you to collaborate."

"Jianghu Tong is a player-run organization with widespread members from remote towns to the imperial capital of Dragon City, and even outside the Great Zhou Dynasty. We possess the most information among players and cooperating with us will definitely be beneficial to you."

After pondering for a while, Lu Yu said, "Alright, I can work with you, but I reserve the right to choose whether to help post tasks for you."

The man in the black hat happily said, "Of course, whether you help us or not is entirely up to you, and we cannot force you."

Lu Yu and he added each other as friends. The man in the black hat's friend name was "Jianghu Tong 77," while Lu Yu was noted as "Grandmaster of Martial Arts" in the friend's list on the opposite side. Neither publicly shared their real name.

"I'll contact you when I need it," 77 said as he got up to leave.

Lu Yu asked curiously, "Is your hat a Spiritual Treasure?"

77 paused, glanced at Lu Yu, touched his hat, and said helplessly, "Of course not, the hat only has a few minor arrays added to obscure the face; it doesn't count as a Spiritual Treasure."

"Well, I have another deal to negotiate; let's chat next time when there's time," he said and then left the Celestial Immortal Guest Inn.

Before leaving, he paid for the meal. It wasn't much, just a pot of rice wine; he was trying to show goodwill to Lu Yu.

The wine at the Celestial Immortal Guest Inn did taste good, with a faint fragrance. After Lu Yu finished the pot of rice wine on the table, he got up to leave.

As he exited, Lu Yu's clothes changed color, turning into a black outfit, and the Divine Weapon Pavilion emblem was gone. This was due to several arrays included with the Spiritual Armor, allowing the color of the clothes to change and the Divine Weapon Pavilion emblem to be concealed.

Lu Yu was already able to slightly mobilize a bit of Spiritual Qi inside his body, allowing him to control the arrays on his clothes and open the storage bag, but he couldn't yet apply it in combat.

The ability to mobilize Spiritual Qi was something Lu Yu comprehended after reaching the unparalleled realm in the Eight Steps Chasing Cicada technique.

In some sense, in Lu Yu's hands, the Eight Steps Chasing Cicada could already be considered a Spiritual-level Body Technique.

Beifeng City was large, and even with a detailed address, it took Lu Yu quite some effort to find where Huang Feng was hiding.

Huang Feng was hiding on the edge of the east district of Beifeng City among residential houses. The environment in this area was very complex, mixed with a wide range of people from all walks of life. Without a resident who had lived there for a long time to guide them, outsiders could easily get lost.

Lu Yu tossed a silver coin to a child eagerly watching him, and after seeing the child run off, he looked up at the small general store across the street. If it weren't for the information provided by Jianghu Tong, he would never have thought Huang Feng would risk opening a shop in Beifeng City while being wanted and hunted.

Inside the store was a woman; the store was small, and only the woman managed it, with no other hired help.

Approaching a nearby stall, Lu Yu casually picked up a skewer that looked delicious, tossed down a silver coin, and said, "Pack this up for me. Do you know the owner of the store across the street?"

The vendor happily pocketed the silver coin Lu Yu gave him, packaging the skewer as he answered, "Yes, I know him. The owner of the store across the street has been living here for almost a year now, how could I not know him?"

"But the man is a bit strange; he rarely speaks to others and seldom shows his face. The business in the store is mostly handled by his wife, and it's rare to see him personally helping in the store."

"Sigh~ He seems strong and healthy but relies on a weak woman to support him, doing nothing despite having hands and feet. Isn't it infuriating?" The vendor handed over the barbecue wrapped in oiled paper to Lu Yu, "Sir, your barbecue is ready."

Lu Yu accepted the packaged barbecue, casually pulled out a skewer and ate the meat in one go, as he observed the shop across the street.

The store had a door leading to the back, but it was closed, and Lu Yu couldn't see what was behind it.

There was no release of spiritual power from the room behind the store either, making it impossible for Lu Yu to sense if anyone was there.

After glancing at a nearby three-story inn, Lu Yu walked over.

He waited inside the small inn until dusk, watching the woman in the store below close up shop for the night while the courtyard behind it started to puff out smoke.

As the smoke thinned, a man emerged from the bedroom, walked through the yard towards the kitchen, seemingly going to have dinner.

From over a hundred meters away, Lu Yu could clearly see the man's face, which bore slight differences from the Huang Feng he was looking for, but Lu Yu was sure the man was indeed his target.

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