Perhaps it’s due to its location in the Western Desert, but teahouses are quite common here.
At this moment, in the southeastern corner of Zhao Yue City, inside a teahouse with a distant view of the sea.
Su Yuan greeted, "Have a seat, everyone."
"Yes!" Xiong Chunyang and Li Su both obediently sat down.
These past days, Li Su discovered that as long as they were not enemies, Su Yuan seemed to be quite easy to get along with?
Ruan Ruan leaped off Su Yuan’s shoulder, transformed a small hand, and pulled out a large bottle of iced cola, pouring it directly into its mouth.
"Ah! Slurp slurp!"
Ruan Ruan’s eyes lit up, rubbed its belly, and its whole body rippled comfortably.
All these years, Ruan Ruan still loved iced cola as always.
To provide Ruan Ruan with fresh cola, Antonios even specifically grew vanilla, cinnamon, and other ingredients used to make cola, along with a refrigerated warehouse designated just for storing these colas, spoiling it beyond measure...
The three of them drank their tea casually; the Dragon Flame Tea of the Western Desert is also a local specialty. After drinking it, there’s a touch of warmth that stirs the heart.
While drinking tea and resting, they also listened to the locals in the teahouse chatting about some trivial matters related to the coast.
Su Yuan had done such things quite often.
Today, seeming to have pretty good luck, Su Yuan captured some useful information from two people who had just sat down outside, within half an hour.
"Brother Bo, it’s said that the Storm Alliance seems to be heavily purchasing Detoxification Pills again!" a young man with a sallow complexion whispered.
A middle-aged man in his thirties sitting opposite smirked, "Heh, that new island discovered by the Storm Alliance is teeming with poisonous creatures, even Shining Star Level couldn’t withstand them.
From what I know, the Storm Alliance has lost quite a few people, just yesterday alone, seventeen died, and over forty people are lying down unable to recover!
To quickly exploit that island, they need a large number of Detoxification Pills."
"It’s actually that serious? No wonder!" The sallow young man smacked his lips, then his eyes flicked, "Now that the Storm Alliance is purchasing like this, the price of Detoxification Pills has increased sixfold! Brother Bo, why don’t we think of a way to bring in some Detoxification Pills from outside?"
The middle-aged man snorted, "Donkey, what are you thinking? Not only is it risky for us to go outside, but even if we safely return, it will take a month or two!
Moreover, there are already outside gangs sending Detoxification Pills this way, by the time we get there, even if the price of Detoxification Pills remains high, it certainly won’t be as much as now, and we won’t earn as many Star Stones as now."
The sallow young man sighed, "Yes, I originally thought it could be a great business opportunity."
...
"Storm Alliance, Detoxification Pills..."
In the booth, upon hearing the two outside, Su Yuan pondered for a moment and signaled to Xiong Chunyang.
Xiong Chunyang immediately understood, got up from the booth, walked over, and gave a pat on that middle-aged man’s shoulder.
"Hmm... Who’s that!"
Being merely Silver Stage, the man was nearly knocked over by Xiong Chunyang’s sudden pat!
The middle-aged man was about to burst into a tirade, but when he turned his head and saw Xiong Chunyang’s massive and intimidating figure, he chickened out a bit.
"Wh-who are you, what do you want?"
Xiong Chunyang grinned, "Hey, you two don’t be afraid, I just came from the central region to this coastal area. I just overheard you talking about the Storm Alliance and that island, and I’m curious, what’s up with that?"
Although the middle-aged man was a little scared of Xiong Chunyang, he had a simmering anger in his heart and didn’t really want to deal with him.
However, the thin-faced young man, looking at Xiong Chunyang’s fierce appearance, awkwardly spoke up.
"This... brother, here’s the thing: a month ago, the Storm Alliance discovered a new island in the sea, filled with lots of precious materials.
But unexpectedly, almost all the insects and beasts on that island are poisonous, like the Fire Poison Mosquito, Golden Needle Bee, White Flower Python...
The people from the Storm Alliance who went to that island were almost all poisoned, some exhausted, some ulcerated, and others died as a result!
So, the Storm Alliance has been purchasing a large amount of Detoxification Pills recently."
Detoxification Pills refer to the "Universal Detoxification Pill."
This elixir is very common and can resist many kinds of common poisons.
In terms of grade, there are Level One to Fourth Level, the higher the grade, the stronger the Detoxification Pill’s efficacy, and usually, the broader its applicability.
"Is that so... hey, thanks for the info!"
Xiong Chunyang grinned, didn’t say much further, thanked them, and turned to leave immediately.
As for leaving a tip... that might instead get them remembered and bring unnecessary trouble.
Xiong Chunyang returned to the booth, "Boss, I’ve found out!"
Su Yuan nodded, "Mm, I heard it all. It seems the Storm Alliance does indeed need a lot of Detoxification Pills."
Xiong Chunyang glanced at Li Su beside him, then turned to Su Yuan and asked, "Boss, what’s our next move?"
Xiong Chunyang naturally knew Su Yuan’s purpose in coming to the Western Desert: to support forces to manage the Western Desert, to avoid unnecessary trouble for Great Flame during the calamity.
But that’s entirely an open-ended task; if it were Xiong Chunyang, even with Burning Sun Level cultivation, he wouldn’t know where to start...
Are we supposed to wipe out all the forces in the Western Desert?
That would be useless; like the spring breeze bringing fresh growth, others and other forces would just flow in to take over the Western Desert’s territory again.