Against The Heavens 18 Royal Dragon Pavilion.

"Excuse me sir, but I am planning on traveling around the continent, so I was wondering if you knew about a place where you can find a large amount of information, as well as a place that lets you travel around and earn money?"

While they were sitting around the campfire, Li Yang turned towards the fat man, Ren Jie, as he asked. The more information Li Yang was able to buy, the easier it would be to find Fang Ying. At the same time, he would also need a large amount of money and a way of traveling around the continent. If she ended up being on the other side of the continent, he could not simply walk the entire way.

"You want to know where you can easily find a large amount of information? As well as a place that can let you travel around and earn money? That's not hard."

Upon hearing Li Yang's question, Ren Jie chuckled slightly. If Li Yang had been someone from the city, he would never have needed to ask that question.

"There is an organization on this continent called the Royal Dragon Pavilion. Almost anyone can join this organization, granted that they prove that they have the required strength. Royal Dragon Pavilion can be called a mercenary organization, as it not only allows it's members to undertake missions to receive a reward, but also lets them purchase all kinds of information."

Royal Dragon Pavilion had a branch in nearly every single city on the continent. The sheer amount of wealth and information that they possessed was unimaginable. Yet there was not a single organization on the continent that dared openly work against them.

"I don't imagine just anyone who is a member can buy all kinds of information?"

Li Yang's face held a slight smile as he questioned. If they allowed any member to buy any kind of information, that could only mean that the price of the information would be incredibly inflated. While speaking, Li Yang did not forget to occasionally feed Jinwu some meat, otherwise, Jinwu would start pecking his neck and annoying him.

"Clever. Upon joining the organization, you will receive the rank of One-Clawed Dragon and will have access to rank one missions as well as rank one information. Upon clearing enough missions, your rank can increase, allowing access to more dangerous but more rewarding missions, as well as allow you to buy more information."

Ren Jie responded with a smile of his own. Royal Dragon Pavilion had a strict ranking system, no matter what connections you had, you could only buy information and do missions within your own rank.

"The the ranks go upwards all the way to Five-Clawed Dragon, or t.i.tled Dragon. Above t.i.tled Dragon is a special rank, which is only for people who far transcend the power of a t.i.tled Dragon, that rank is Divine Dragon."

As Ren Jie spoke about the higher ranked people, his voice was filled with respect and awe. To become a t.i.tled Dragon required you to hold immense power, but to become a Divine Dragon, you needed to completely dwarf a t.i.tled Dragon in strength.

"But there is not much point in us talking about Divine Dragon's, even a t.i.tled Dragon is far above any of us. Every three years, the Royal Dragon Pavilion will release a ranking list of the t.i.tled and Divine Dragons, allowing people to know a little about them."

Ren Jie shook his head with a self-deprecating smile. He was just a small-time merchant, even interacting with a Three-Clawed Dragon was incredibly hard for someone like him. t.i.tled and Divine Dragons were far too far away from him.

As he spoke, he dug around the inside of his clothing for a little while, fis.h.i.+ng out a small rolled up scroll and tossing it to Li Yang. Once Li Yang unrolled the scroll, a small stream of Qi shot out from it and entered his forehead, filling his mind with information.

Li Yang had seen such scrolls in his past life, so he was not surprised when the stream of Qi shot out from it. The scrolls were used to store information in the form of Qi, unrolling the scroll would send out the information into the mind of the person holding the scroll, directly transmitting the information into their mind.

Li Yang leisurely looked through the information, there were 100 people on the t.i.tled Dragon list, as well as 100 people on the Divine Dragon list, noting some of the more memorable names. But his eyes suddenly hardened when he spotted the t.i.tle of a person on the t.i.tled Dragon list.

Ranked 100 on the t.i.tled Dragon list, the lowest possible rank, was a person who was t.i.tled Poison's Kiss. The list did not have a name for this person, but it listed that she was a woman and specialized in using the laws of poison to kill her enemies.

"Poison's Kiss? Quite a gruesome name isn't it? Do you know anything about her?"

Li Yang put on a calm and slightly curious expression as he asked Ren Jie, but he was far from calm on the inside. The only lead he had to find Fang Ying in this world was that the specialized in the laws of poison, so he would, of course, pay a lot of attention whenever he heard about a woman who used the laws of poison.

"Poison's Kiss? Very little is known about her, she has never even told anyone her real name, not even shown her face. She should be in the middle of her twenties, but no one has learned the truth yet."

Ren Jie shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, sipping the soup that they had made. It was not strange for some of the people that were ranked on the two lists to have some quirks, hiding her face and name was a fairly harmless quirk.

Li Yang nodded his head and continued going through the list, but he set a firm determination to find out more about this person t.i.tled Poison's Kiss. The rest of the night pa.s.sed by very uneventfully, with most conversation being about the other people ranked on the two lists.

The group set off again the moment the sun rose, continuing their journey to Cloud's End City. After one and a half day of traveling, when they were only one more day away from Cloud's End City, Xun Zhi briefly left the wagon to have a chat with Ren Jie.

"Are you going to join the Royal Dragon Pavilion?"

The moment Xun Zhi left the wagon, the cultivating youth from the Shentu clan opened his eyes and looked at Li Yang. The youth's eyes were a deep yellow, almost golden, in color, his gaze strong and steady. This was the first time Li Yang had heard his voice, and he could not help but be surprised at how powerful and majestic sounding it was.

"Once I have started cultivating, I would like to join them."

Li Yang was slightly surprised that the youth had suddenly started talking to him, but he still answered him. He would, of course, try to join the Royal Dragon Pavilion as quickly as he could, but there was no way he could tell this youth that.

"Good, I look forward to that day. My name is Shentu He, I look forward to working with you."

The youth slightly bowed his head and introduced himself, his words greatly surprising Li Yang. Why would this Shentu He look forward to working with him, the two of them had never interacted with each other.

"I am Li Yang. Why would you look forward to working with me? Have we ever met before?"

Li Yang cupped his hands across his chest and returned the introduction. At the same time, he also made sure to ask exactly why Shentu He was looking forward to working with him.

"No, we have never met before. But I can tell that we are the same, you and I. You hide it deeply, but there are still instances where it can be seen glimmering in your eyes. That disdainful arrogance and pride, letting the whole world know that you are above it. Not just anyone can have such arrogance and pride."

After speaking, Shentu He closed his eyes again, returning to cultivating in silence. But his words had slightly shocked Li Yang. There was no denying that Li Yang was a prideful, almost arrogant person. After all, he had once stood at the top of the world, only dying because the rest of the world had banded against him and Fang Ying.

How could such a person not have his own pride and arrogance? But Li Yang had also thought that he had made sure to hide that pride and arrogance deep within himself, not letting others see it. After all, he was no longer the Li Yang of his previous life, he was no longer the Thunder Monarch.

Li Yang shook his head slightly, reminding himself to make sure that he hid it better in the future. Since Shentu He no longer bothered talking, neither did Li Yang, closing his eyes and focusing on his cultivation. They would reach Cloud's End City very soon, and that would be the time Li Yang got to truly start his journey.