Meanwhile, in a dark room, several hooded figures were standing around engaged in a heated conversation.
"Since we are all here now, can you tell us why you have called us here, Black?" One of the voices bellowed in annoyance.
The other two members were also attentive to the current conversation. They usually didn't gather unless it was important, so they weren't angry like the previous speaker.
The first man who was referred to as 'black' didn't seem to mind the previous speaker's tone as he spoke in a low voice.
"I have orders."
This simple statement was enough to make all three figures around him tense as they paid attention to his next words closely.
"The heir of the Thorne family, Adrian Thorne is alive. During the attack, he was no where to found. After some investigation, the leaders found out that he wasn't in the Thorne family when the attack occurred. He was training in the Misty mountains."
Black paused to allow the weight of his words to simmer among the group. After a few seconds, the man who spoke up initially retorted again.
"So what, can't you just get to the point?" He said in anger.
"Patience Red, were all here to listen to the mission." One of the other two men spoke this time.
Black continued his story. " You all know that we couldn't enter the vault of the Thorne family, so we weren't able to gain anything from the attack."
The rest nodded in agreement. This was already a widely known fact among their organization.
"Well, I was told that we needed some sort of key to open the vault. Previously, the higher ups didn't have clue where this key could be. Even the patriarch of the Thorne family didn't have it. Now that they know that Adrian is alive, they believe that the key is in his possession." Black stated earnestly.
The other two men who were known as Yellow and Green exchanged skeptical glances.
However, before they could express their opinions, Red roared in anger.
"Are you kidding me! Why would such a precious item be in a brat's hands."
Black responded candidly, "Where else would it be if it isn't in his hands. This is the only clue we've managed to find about the key so the higher ups are very serious about it. Our mission is to hunt down the kid and find the key, if it's in his possession."
The room fell into silence as Black finished speaking.
"Alright, we'll send some assassins to find him. Since he was in the Misty mountains, let's start the search from Stonehold City.
Let's just hope he hasn't gone too far."
Green, who had been silent all this time finally spoke up.
"Hmph, it hasn't even been two months yet. How far could he have gone?"
Red spoke again.
"I agree. He's just a brat in the end. He is most likely just in the middle stages of the foundation establishment realm. Even though he is a genius, he won't be able to pose a threat. This mission should be an easy one." Yellow commented.
"Alright, let's send a group just in case. This mission is incredibly important, and nothing can go wrong," Black reiterated. Their meeting swiftly concluded as each of them departed for their respective regions.
Unbeknownst to Adrian, he had just become a target for the demonic faction.
The next few days were spent in peace. Adrian would spend his days practicing his sword techniques and alchemy while his nights were spent cultivating inside the blood star. Cultivating in the presence of the rainbow rose wa much better than cultivating in his room, so the choice was a no brainier. Of course, he had to take note of the time, he didn't want the kids to freak out if they one day came into his room and didn't find him there. He obviously didn't want to inform them about the blood star. It wasn't that he didn't trust them, but that the information would do them no good. It might even bring harm to them.
After about a week, Adrian sets out into the city again. His funds had already ran out a long time ago and they were only surviving off of the money he had left behind before his trip into the mountains.
One would have expected that he would have made a fortune from the space ring of the disciples of the Cloudcrest sect, however, the reality was disappointing. All of them had very few qi stones. Their storage rings was mostly filled with some rank 1 and 2 pills that weren't useful to him. Some herbs which they had discovered were also present.
He chuckled a bit when he remembered the scene of Robert yelling at him for his lack of funds when in reality, he was the poorest of them all.
Of course, their lack of qi stones didn't mean they were poor. Most sects preferred to use a different form of currency known as 'sect points'. The resources in most sects can only be accessed through sect points which makes qi stones useless for disciples of sects. Of course, they didn't discard them completely. After all, sect points were only useful within the sect. Once one leaves the premises of the sect, they become useless.
As he discarded his irrelevant thoughts, Adrian strode leisurely in the streets.
He needed to make more money. He was planning on selling some of the herbs and pills he had accumulated within his storage ring. This wouldn't earn him much but he didn't mind. He was mainly doing it to discard irrelevant junk.
His real money maker was the corpse of the rank 3 beast. Magical beasts provided a large amount of energy and were the preferred meals of cultivators. Ordinary foods wouldn't be able to provide the insane amount of energy needed by a cultivator which is why magical beasts meat sell really well.
However, Adrian didn't know how much he could get for such a piece of meat. Therefore, he headed to the nearest market and entered pretending to be a customer. He wanders around and haggles with a few butchers to get a preliminary understanding of the price of those types of goods. He stylishly asked asked about their prices for large amounts of meat while pretending that he was inquiring on behalf of a new restaurant that wanted to sell dishes made of magical beasts. He gained many useful information this way before leaving the market, towards his real goal.