After Xiang Tian left the Blood Skull Base, a piece of news spread through the small town like a plague.
"Hey, did you hear? That kid the Blood Skull Mercenaries took away yesterday has a Top Grade Spirit Stone on him!"
"A Top Grade Spirit Stone? You don't think that golden light from the other day was from the Spirit Stone, do you?"
"That must be it!"
"Hey, wait, that's not right. If it's a Top Grade Spirit Stone, why would the Blood Skull Mercenaries let this news get out?"
"You haven't heard? I heard the kid royally screwed over the Blood Skull Mercenary Corps' leader, Xue Qinghe. So now Xue Qinghe is hunting him all over town and has even put out a huge bounty! Whoever catches him will be promoted directly to fourth-in-command of the Blood Skull Mercenary Corps, and they'll get to keep the Top Grade Spirit Stone!"
"What! Where did you hear that?"
"One of my buddies is a member of the Blood Skull. It's inside information!"
