I nudged Old Liu’s big foot with my toe, and said calmly, "Miss Mo, could you roughly explain the deal? I need to see if I can handle this business."

This was a rule in the art: if a warlock wasn't going to take the job, they couldn't ask the client about the details, so as not to get involved in some secret and cause trouble for themselves.

Mo Caiwei said, "Hall Master Li, I'd like to ask you to go to the place where I was born. It's a village entirely made up of warlocks, to get rid of a… well, it should be a ghost deity in the village. Is that possible?"

I couldn't help but frown. A village entirely made up of warlocks was practically a sect.

I continued to ask, "Is that ghost sealed in the village?"

"No!" Mo Caiwei shook her head. "It lives in the village. No one in the entire village except me knows it's a ghost deity."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but sit up straight. "What's the cultivation level of the highest-level warlock in that village?"

Mo Caiwei thought for a moment. "The highest should be the village chief, right? I've never seen him take action. I can't say for sure what level he's at. However, the village chief rarely goes out. Most of the time, the four village elders are in charge. They're all Di-level experts. Below them, there are probably more than ninety people, with varying cultivation levels."

Mo Caiwei glanced at me before cautiously saying, "I haven't been back to the village for many years. I don't know what level their cultivation has reached."

I tapped the table lightly and said, "So, the entire village, hundreds of warlocks, are completely unaware that there is a ghost deity by their side?"

Mo Caiwei nodded. "You could say that."

I thought for a moment and said, "This business is quite difficult. How much money are you prepared to pay me to take action?"

Mo Caiwei said, "Is ten million possible?"

I smiled. "How much do you have on hand now?"

"Only five million!" Mo Caiwei couldn't help but lower her head, not daring to look at me.

According to the market price in the art, finding someone to deal with a ghost deity starts at around two million, because it's a life-risking job, and you have to pay the settlement fee first if you want someone to take action.

However, the employer's commission generally doesn't exceed five million, because a warlock's life isn't worth much. As long as someone offers two or three million, it's enough for many warlocks to risk their lives.

The price Mo Caiwei offered already exceeded the average price in the art.

I looked at Mo Caiwei with a half-smile. "Can I ask why Miss Mo is willing to spend this much money to hire my Liang Jie Tang?"

Mo Caiwei said, "Because you've stepped through the Heavenly Gate. Someone told me that only experts who can step through the Heavenly Gate can take on this business, because this business may involve the sect's Tian Guan (Heavenly Barrier)."

"Which…" I was about to ask which sect, but I swallowed the words back down.

I hadn't taken on this business yet, so I couldn't continue to ask.

I turned to look at Old Liu, who was half-closing his eyes and waving his fan. Old Liu nodded and said, "Ten million to step through the Tian Guan, this price can be considered a friendship price."

When Old Liu looked at the nervous Mo Caiwei with a smile, he transmitted his voice to me, "The greater the risk, the greater the opportunity. The sect's Ten Great Tian Guan are no small matter. If you want to step through the Tian Guan, strength and luck are indispensable. A little carelessness will inevitably lead to death without a burial place."

Old Liu was right. In the last battle at Ao Xue Sect, I was able to break through the Tian Guan. Luck accounted for 70%, or even more.

If it weren't for the Heavenly Craft Gate infiltrating the Ao Xue Sect, and Zero plotting in the dark, I wouldn't even be able to deal with the Ao Xue Sect, let alone break through the Tian Guan.

Old Liu added a sentence while I was hesitating, "I always feel that there is a bigger secret hidden behind the Ten Great Tian Guan. Isn't the master interested?"

To be honest, I wasn't interested in the hegemony of the martial world, but I was very interested in hidden legends. Even knowing that there would be danger, I wanted to uncover the secret and see what was going on.

Perhaps some people would think that my idea was unreasonable.

What I can say is that those explorers who go deep into the jungle to explore ancient ruins are also doing things that ordinary people can't understand, aren't they? They explore dangerous places, but enjoy it, which is the same reason why I am curious about secrets.

Besides, someone was hiring me to take action this time, so why shouldn't I take a trip?

I was silent for a moment and said, "I'll take this business. This price difference…"

I was originally going to say, "This price difference can be replaced by the things obtained during the mission." But Old Liu stepped on my foot again.

Old Liu smiled and said, "Miss Mo can help our Liang Jie Tang with things to offset the debt."

Mo Caiwei said in a low voice, "But I don't know anything except for examining corpses!"

As soon as I saw Old Liu putting on a kind face like an elder, I knew that this old fox was going to deceive someone again.

Old Liu looked at Mo Caiwei with a kind smile, while stepping hard on my toes to prevent me from speaking, "It's enough that you have the ability to examine corpses. Our Liang Jie Tang just happens to be short of someone to examine corpses. You can be a guest of the Liang Jie Tang and help us deal with some problems."

"Of course, the price difference for this business will still be deducted from your guest's salary."

Mo Caiwei breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm willing."