Chapter 207: Cross Double.
When they arrived to the Celestial Abyss a month later, Lee was content with the result. The only problem was that he had run through almost half of his funds – feeding fifteen mouths wasn’t cheap, especially since he pretended to be well off in front of his subordinates.
After settling the company in a remote inn in the outskirts, Lee went to gather information around the outer sect.
He couldn’t tell whether the place had changed much – after all the last time he didn’t stay here for long. This time around he didn’t intend to hang out too much either – he was eyeing the Midsummer festival celebrations that would begin in four days.
Besides the training part, this was the reason why he took his time to get to the Celestial Abyss sect – this place was much more expensive compared to countryside. Fortunately, the gang obediently stayed in the inn, although it was hard to keep the hillbillies from drinking themselves into oblivion.
The next day Lee spent the rest of his gold. He paid for the inn they were staying at and food in advance, but the lion’s share went towards placing orders at several tailor shops.
It was hard to find anyone willing to replicate the attire worn by the inner sect’s enforcers. However, Lee’s previous experience in this place helped him. He managed to find a local gang boss in the outer sect who solved the problem by referring him to shops he owned.
Then he went to another district of the outer sect and applied for a job at the local blacksmith. He would’ve preferred a cleaner job, but this was the only place he could find in a hurry that was hiring. The blacksmith was a stingy man, though, and for the first several months Lee was going to get paid only in the form of getting meals and a place to sleep.
Lee also went for a walk around the inner sect. Now that there was no wedding held, it wasn’t as hard to get in.
Just like the last time, he forged a couple of letters and without a problem was allowed to enter.