If the gray-clad men had immediately dispatched over a dozen Vice City Lord level experts, that convoy would have surrendered long ago. But the gray-clad men didn't do that, as if they wanted to watch the people in the convoy resist and fight, gradually exhausting the convoy's living forces, until the surviving members were left in despair, not even caring about the deaths of their own men.

Having traveled far and wide for so many years, he could say that in his entire life, he had never encountered such a mad and cruel force.

This is why he chose to abandon the fight at the first encounter with the gray-clad men and opted for negotiation instead; he didn't want to be slowly worn down like other convoys, for the amusement of these lunatics.

Couldn't he just surrender straight away?

And so, under the escort's lead, the double-headed lizard man soon arrived by a stream, where a youth from the Human Race wearing dark blue alloy battle armor stood quietly. Whether in terms of qi and blood or spirit, nothing could be sensed—one could only see him with the naked eye.

"What kind of existence is this person?" The double-headed lizard man was shocked the moment he saw Lin Qi.

His own strength was that of a master at the level of a city's Vice City Lord, just one step away from the Blood Coagulation Realm.

Yet facing Lin Qi, he felt an indescribable sense of danger in his heart, but strangely, he couldn't sense any qi or blood from Lin Qi, as if this person didn't exist.

Even a strong practitioner at the Blood Coagulation Realm couldn't completely conceal their qi and blood—it could at most be gathered within their body, leaking out unnaturally. Such a feat would be tiring, and normal martial artists wouldn't bother doing it.

Under normal circumstances, the clash of qi and blood would allow one to sense the opponent's level.

Just like the six gray-clad martial artists behind him, through the collision of qi and blood, one could roughly estimate that the six had qi and blood levels at the high-tier martial artist level. One among them even had a qi and blood quantity higher than an average Bone Forger Martial Artist, but the intensity was insufficient, indicating they weren't in the Bone Forging Realm.

Yet on Lin Qi, he didn't feel any feedback from the impact of qi and blood, as if the qi and blood he sent crashing had sunk into the ocean...

However, the double-headed lizard man didn't know that Lin Qi's spirit had already broken through its shackles, forming a Spiritual Domain. The energy within the domain could be manipulated to a certain extent, allowing the qi and blood impacting from outside the domain to be completely diverted away, unable to touch him in the slightest.

Of course, this diversion is limited. If the double-headed lizard man exploded with all his qi and blood, Lin Qi wouldn't be able to deflect it using the free energy within the domain.

"Are you the leader?" Lin Qi looked at the leading double-headed lizard man and asked softly, "What is it you want to discuss with me?"

"Honorable sir, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Dyson, Vice President of the Lion Heart Commerce." The double-headed lizard man spoke with great respect, "Our Lion Heart Commerce loves making friends and would also like to be friends with you. To show our sincerity, we're willing to offer out five hundred energy crystals. In the future, if you wish to purchase anything from the Celestial River Region, we can offer a ten percent discount on our side."

"Spending five hundred energy crystals to become friends with us?" Lin Qi looked at the double-headed lizard man, shook his head, and said calmly, "Please take back your energy crystals. Our Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is willing to make friends, but we never take advantage of others."

"You've misunderstood, sir. The five hundred energy crystals are merely a personal gift from me." Dyson, upon seeing Lin Qi's refusal, assumed Lin Qi was dissatisfied with the toll fee and immediately brought out a handheld-sized instrument, gritting his teeth, "Our Lion Heart Commerce simply wants to trade fairly with you. For instance, the medium-sized portable life detector we produce, with a detection radius of five kilometers, typically sells for two hundred energy crystals per unit. I can authorize a fifty percent discount for you for twenty units."

The medium-sized portable life detector, only the size of a hand, is essential for field exploration. Its production cost is a hundred energy crystals. When sold to cities in the Wushang region, each unit is priced at four hundred energy crystals, and yet they are still in short supply.

But now he could only grit his teeth and sell them to Lin Qi at cost because Lin Qi had already stated that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall doesn't take advantage, which implies a 'fair' trade is needed.

A total of 6,500 energy crystals; this price was almost comparable to paying tolls to the Smiling Skull.

"This medium-sized portable life detector is indeed great." Lin Qi's eyes lit up when looking at the hand-sized medium-sized portable life detector. This thing was practically a divine artifact for hunting in the wild, much better than those from Myriad Stars City, but he quickly shook his head, "I'm sorry, Mr. Dyson, although this instrument is good, our Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall doesn't have that many energy crystals."

Energy crystals are considered the main currency across various regions since all martial artists need them, including those in the Bone Forging Realm. However, he had only recently become Vice City Lord and couldn't quickly monetize the residential area he gained in the city center. And the small energy ore vein in Red Moon Mountain couldn't produce many energy crystals.

Although players have seized quite a few energy crystals recently, very few are willing to give them to the Martial Arts Hall. Even at best, he only had over six hundred energy crystals, far from enough to purchase Dyson's twenty medium-sized portable life detectors.

"This..." Dyson couldn't help but feel an urge to curse out loud as he saw Lin Qi still refusing.

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