"Senior Brother?"
Hearing Blue Crystal's words, Mo Yu was startled, then realized that this person was another Disciple of Elder Bing.
"Yes, it's him. Senior Brother Sheng Qi joined ten years earlier than me. He has been with Teacher for more than twenty years. If you insist on finding Na Ling, I don't know about others, but Senior Brother definitely has it, and he will definitely exchange it with you," Blue Crystal said with a smile.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Mo Yu rubbed his chin and asked curiously, "Sister Lan, do you mean that this Senior Brother Sheng doesn't seem to lack Na Ling?"
"Hehe, Junior Brother, you're quite clever to have guessed that. That's right, Senior Brother indeed has a lot of Na Ling. As for why..." At this point, Blue Crystal paused playfully, smiled sweetly, and asked, "Junior Brother, do you know what the biggest source of funding within the Qi Alliance is?"
A thoughtful expression appeared on his face, and Mo Yu slowly said, "Could it be... storage rings?"
Hearing Mo Yu's answer, Blue Crystal was startled, then smiled and said, "Junior Brother, you are indeed smart. That's right, it's storage rings.
On the continent, for various reasons, not all cultivators need weapons, so weapons are not as sought after as Medicinal Pills. This is also why our Artifact Refiners have always been inferior to Alchemists. However, there is one exception, and that is storage rings.
As essential supplies for traveling and Cultivating, storage rings are popular throughout the entire continent. Even a low-grade storage ring is priceless.
The Qi Alliance controls nearly 60% of the storage ring business across the continent, which is also the Qi Alliance's largest source of funding. The Qi Alliance even specially established a 'Casting Department' to specifically handle the Artifact Refining and sales of storage rings.
For decades, the 'Casting Department' has refined hundreds of thousands of Advanced storage rings, and Senior Brother is the Deputy Head of the 'Casting Department'. You've found the right person to trade Na Ling with him."
After listening to Blue Crystal's description, Mo Yu's heart also suddenly understood. Although the original work did not explain the origin of storage rings, it was probably because Artifact Refiners were not well-known, so there was not much explanation.
However, as an organization that controls 60% of the continent's storage ring trade, the Qi Alliance must have acquired many Advanced na stones due to years of refining Advanced storage rings. Even if the proportion of Na Ling in Advanced na stones is extremely low, they must have accumulated a lot of Na Ling given such a massive base.
Thinking of this, a smile couldn't help but appear on Mo Yu's lips. He currently needed a large amount of Na Ling, and he didn't expect the Qi Alliance to have accumulated so much.
Moreover, Sheng Qi was Elder Bing's eldest Disciple, which created a bridge for communication between them. As for the capital for the trade, he had plenty.
"Thank you, Sister Lan, for informing me. May I ask where exactly the Qi Alliance headquarters is located in the Central State?"
"Since I've already decided to recommend you to join the Qi Alliance, there's no harm in telling you this. The Qi Alliance headquarters is located in the Central State Western Region. You'll know once you inquire about it in the Central State.
Moreover, Senior Brother is quiet by nature and loves Artifact Refining, so he's most likely at the headquarters. If you want Na Ling, just mention Teacher's name, and he will help you," Blue Crystal said with a smile.
Hearing this, Mo Yu nodded gratefully, feeling that this trip was very worthwhile.
If he hadn't come to the Beast Desolate City Alchemist Association to take the Artifact Refiner assessment, he probably wouldn't have met Blue Crystal, nor would he have learned about Na Ling. How long would it take him to search for Na Ling all over the world?
Having obtained the most needed information, Mo Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Then, thinking of something, he cupped his hands to Blue Crystal and said, "Since I can't trade for Na Ling for now, may I ask if Sister Lan has any information about na stones or other objects containing spatial power? I also urgently need them."
Hearing this, Blue Crystal was startled and asked curiously, "Junior Brother, you have so many needs. Treasures containing spatial power are very rare, and most people don't need them.
If you really need them, I collected some na stones a while ago. na stones are not as rare as Na Ling. If you need them, I have some here that I can give you."
Mo Yu raised an eyebrow slightly and smiled, "Then thank you, Sister Lan. na stones are very much needed by me. May I ask how many na stones Sister Lan has?"
"I have ten low-grade na stones and six Intermediate na stones." At this point, Blue Crystal paused and chuckled, "And one Advanced na stone..."
"Advanced na stone?"
Hearing this, Mo Yu's face immediately lit up with joy. Although low-grade na stones and Intermediate na stones also contained considerable spatial power, after absorbing so much kong ling ice crystal, this amount of spatial power was like mosquito meat to Flash Void Piercing Sky Lightning, better than nothing.
However, Advanced na stones were different. These were Materials for refining Advanced storage rings, and the spatial power they contained was enough to give Flash Void Piercing Sky Lightning a small feast.
"Sister Lan, I'll take all these na stones. How would you like to trade?" Mo Yu smiled.
Blue Crystal's alluring eyes gazed at Mo Yu, and she covered her mouth with a light chuckle, "Originally, for our first meeting, as someone Teacher thinks highly of, it wouldn't be impossible for me to just give you all these things.
However, the other low-grade and Intermediate na stones are fine, but this Advanced na stone is extremely rare, and even I would feel quite pained to part with it.
How about this: as long as Junior Brother can casually take out a treasure of equal value to the Advanced na stone for exchange, the rest of the na stones will be my meeting gift to Junior Brother, how does that sound?"
Mo Yu slowly rubbed his chin and nodded. Indeed, for treasures like Advanced na stones, money was no longer enough to measure their value; usually, bartering was required.
And the dozen or so low-grade and Intermediate na stones given to Mo Yu were worth nearly a million gold coins, which was quite generous. It was probably only someone with a deep background like Blue Crystal, who wasn't short on money, who could be so magnanimous.
Blue Crystal had been extremely benevolent to the young man, and Mo Yu naturally wouldn't be ungrateful.
"Hehe, thank you for your kindness, Sister Lan." Mo Yu cupped his hands in thanks, pondered for a moment, then gently rubbed the beast ring with his hand, flicked his finger, and a small jade bottle appeared in his palm.
Seeing the emerald jade bottle in Mo Yu's hand, Blue Crystal raised an eyebrow, a hint of curiosity faintly visible in her beautiful eyes.
Looking at the meaningful small jade bottle, Mo Yu seemed to recall the various experiences in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and that woman...
He shook his head, slowly uncorked the bottle, and gently placed it on the table. Immediately, a wisp of purple Qi rose from it, and the temperature of this small space seemed to rise sharply at this moment.
Feeling the gradually heating air around her and staring at the wisps of gas resembling purple flames, Blue Crystal's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.
She reached out her jade hand, grabbed the jade bottle, placed it under her nose, and took a light sniff of the rich purple Qi. Blue Crystal's beautiful eyes lit up, and she exclaimed.
"accompanying purple crystal source?"
Hearing Blue Crystal's words, Mo Yu nodded slightly. The jade bottle contained the accompanying purple crystal source that Mo Yu obtained from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Immortal Cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, in cooperation with Yun Yun, right after leaving Wutan City.
He had initially harvested six bottles of accompanying purple crystal source, and three bottles had been used up intermittently, leaving only three bottles now.
He just didn't expect Blue Crystal to recognize it with just a light sniff.
Mo Yu glanced at the small jade bottle on the table, feeling a bit reluctant.
However, he didn't have anything too valuable on him at the moment, and copying a Grade 4 Pill Formula would be too time-consuming and mentally exhausting, so he could only take out the accompanying purple crystal source.
Although the accompanying purple crystal source was precious, it was nothing compared to the Advanced na stone and the information about Na Ling.
"Tsk tsk, Junior Brother, I didn't realize you could get such a rare item as the accompanying purple crystal source..." After recalling the information about the accompanying purple crystal source in her mind, Blue Crystal couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"I just got it by chance." Mo Yu smiled faintly, raised his eyes, looked at Blue Crystal, and chuckled, "How is it? Sister Lan, are you satisfied with what I've taken out?"
"Of course I'm satisfied." Blue Crystal smiled sweetly at Mo Yu, then gently swiped her jade hand across the storage ring on her ring finger, and more than a dozen black stones of various shapes immediately appeared on the table.
"na stones!"
Seeing these dozen or so stones containing rich spatial power, Mo Yu was slightly startled, then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Mo Yu's gaze shifted slightly, and he noticed that in the middle of the dozen or so na stones, there was one that was larger in shape and richer in spatial power than the others.
"Advanced na stone..."
Seeing this ancient, simple black stone, as large as a washbasin, causing subtle spatial fluctuations around it, a hint of joy appeared on Mo Yu's lips.
After devouring so many na stones, Flash Void Piercing Sky Lightning should be able to smoothly grow to its second growth stage.
By then, even if it couldn't instantly traverse thousands of miles like a Dou Zun expert, it would still be able to exert some usefulness.
His gaze fixed on these na stones, and after obtaining Blue Crystal's consent, Mo Yu reached out to put them into his beast ring.
As soon as Mo Yu's palm touched these na stones, the Flash Void Piercing Sky Lightning within his body immediately emitted a hungry signal, like a greedy Vicious Beast encountering delicious food, wanting to devour all these na stones.
However, this scene was clearly not suitable for devouring, so Mo Yu briefly warned Flash Void Piercing Sky Lightning, and the latter obediently settled down. The young man then took these na stones one by one into his beast ring.
Blue Crystal also repeatedly examined the accompanying purple crystal source before putting it away, and the transaction was successfully completed.
"Alright, Junior Brother, the transaction is complete. You're probably leaving the Mu Lan Empire now, aren't you?" Recalling the wanted poster on the young man, Blue Crystal guessed.
"Yes." Mo Yu nodded and said softly, "I will leave Beast Desolate City today and then head to the western border of the Empire to return to the Jia Ma Empire."
"Jia Ma Empire? Returning to your hometown, that's indeed a good place. Although Mulan Valley is powerful, it cannot interfere with the affairs of other Empires. You'll be much safer once you return."
Learning that the young man was about to leave, Blue Crystal pondered, "Although I can recommend some Artifact Refiners to join the Qi Alliance, you still need to confirm it at the Qi Alliance headquarters when you get there.
Although the Qi Alliance's requirements for members are not as strict as other forces, Junior Brother, you must remember not to do anything that betrays the Qi Alliance's interests."
Hearing this, Mo Yu nodded. He valued his identity as a Qi Alliance member very much and naturally wouldn't give it up easily.
Moreover, as a well-structured organization with numerous members, Mo Yu also had some thoughts about the Qi Alliance.
One must know that with Elder Yao as his backer, Xiao Yan directly became the Young Pavilion Master of Starfall Pavilion after going to Central State, wielding great power and prestige.
While Mo Yu wouldn't engage in such meaningless comparisons, holding a certain amount of power is undoubtedly very important for one's own growth. To achieve higher development, one must have a strong force as support.
Fighting alone is not advisable, whether in his previous life or this one.
And compared to those Family or sects, Mo Yu preferred the Qi Alliance.
Currently, although the Qi Alliance's power is dispersed and its reputation is not prominent, it only lacks some top Artifact Refiners to oversee it.
And in the future, under the leadership of Mo Yu, a Great Master of Artifact Refining in his previous life, the Qi Alliance might become an organization no weaker than the Pill Tower.
Mo Yu thought a lot in his heart, but his expression remained as calm as ever. After hearing Blue Crystal's warning, he nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, Sister Lan, as an Artifact Refiner, I will not do anything detrimental to the Qi Alliance."
After speaking, the two chatted for a while longer, and Mo Yu finally got up to bid farewell. He was leaving Beast Desolate City today.
Under Blue Crystal's curious gaze, Mo Yu once again disguised himself as the handsome Qing Pao.
"What a miraculous disguise technique." Blue Crystal smiled in surprise and said to Mo Yu, "Let's go, I'll see you off."
Hearing this, Mo Yu nodded.
As the two walked out of the Alchemist Association together, people along the way constantly greeted the calm-faced Blue Crystal respectfully.
However, when their eyes glanced at Mo Yu, who was closely following behind, they were slightly stunned. Their gaze swept over the purple robe, which represented a Grade 3 Artifact Refiner, and finally stopped in shock on Mo Yu's young face. Clearly, they were extremely shocked by such a young Grade 3 Artifact Refiner.
Ignoring the shocked gazes along the way, Mo Yu followed Blue Crystal through more than a dozen streets in Beast Desolate City before the city gate appeared in their sight.
Just as Mo Yu was about to bid farewell to Blue Crystal and leave, a cold voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
"Hehe, Junior Brother Yu Mo, leaving Beast Desolate City so quickly? Did you do something wrong?"
Hearing this, Mo Yu was immediately startled. He turned his head to look behind him and saw that Mu Qing had also arrived here at some point, looking at Mo Yu with a sinister smile.
However, what surprised Mo Yu even more was that beside Mu Qing, there were three men with extraordinary Aura, dressed in Qing Pao.
Looking at the three people who suddenly appeared, Mo Yu's gaze slowly focused on the leading young man, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.
"Little Beast King!"