After confirming the receipt of the money, Lin Feng put the 100 plain golden bells in his warehouse into his backpack. Although he was curious about why Lu Yu needed so much cash, he understood it was Lu Yu's secret, and it wasn't appropriate to ask more.

Suppressing the curiosity in his heart, Lin Feng discussed business with Lu Yu—how many resources at maximum could Lu Yu provide?

This was a task assigned from above.

If it was merely 300 "bulletproof vests," even if these vests were particularly expensive, the higher-ups wouldn't pay too much attention.

But if Lu Yu could provide 300 fifth-grade Spiritual Treasures, it indeed provoked deep thoughts—could he possibly provide more resources, such as the pills necessary for cultivation, rare materials, and even Cultivation Techniques or martial arts?

In the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although there were many opportunities to gain experience, relying solely on experience points to push strength growth was still too slow. Otherwise, the 300 Black Dragon Cavalry led by Lin Feng wouldn't have been only at the Qi Controlling Realm after half a year in the game.

For ordinary people, advancing from an ordinary person to the Qi Controlling Realm within half a year is simply genius in cultivation, an incredible existence.

Once, the high levels of Hua Country were also afraid that the upgrade speed being too fast would attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Great Zhou Dynasty and get strangled in the cradle before their forces had a chance to develop.

Later, after joining the Black Dragon Legion, they realized that their speed of becoming stronger was still an acceptable level in the army.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty's army all practiced the White Tiger Slaughter Technique, a Cultivation Technique that accelerates cultivation through killing, suitable for soldiers who frequently engage in combat.

Moreover, all the soldiers in the army practiced the White Tiger Slaughter Technique, which helped commanders to lead soldiers, form battle formations, and consolidate the soldiers' strengths to confront strong opponents with the power of the formation.

Training in the White Tiger Slaughter Technique, to reach the Qi Controlling Realm within six months, is relatively fast but still within an acceptable range, which is also why the high levels of Hua Country decided to develop their forces in the legion.

In other places, a sudden appearance of a group that can quickly elevate their realm is difficult not to attract the coveting of other forces and might lead to the obliteration of the official forces, which themselves aren't very strong yet.

Although their cultivation speed is already very fast, after advancing to the Qi Controlling Realm, the growth rate significantly slows down, requiring a long time for Qi Controlling Realm Martial Cultivators to accumulate Spiritual Power before they can elevate their realm.

Without external help, relying solely on leveling up by gaining experience points and practicing the White Tiger Slaughter Technique daily to increase the Spiritual Power ceiling, reaching the Sea of Qi Realm would also require a long time.

After enhancing to the Qi Controlling Realm, every 1 point of Spiritual Power requires 30,000 experience points to increase, and each level in the Qi Controlling Realm requires 1,000 points, equating to 30 million experience points.

Not everyone is like Lu Yu, who can easily handle Martial Cultivators of higher realms; for most Martial Cultivators, it's already quite rare to defeat those of the same level without getting hurt.

Often, after a battle, it takes a long time to recover injuries and strength, and managing to defeat a dozen or so opponents of the same level in a day counts as being quite powerful.

After reaching the Qi Controlling Realm, it's extremely challenging to grind large amounts of experience points.

Therefore, the main way to enhance Spiritual Power remains daily cultivation.

Lu Yu, during each cultivation session, directly absorbs the Spiritual Qi from Spirit Stones, only increasing 7 or 8 points of Spiritual Power ceiling a day; if directly absorbing and refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, he might only increase 2 or 3 points a day.

Not everyone can be as extravagant as Lu Yu, who always directly absorbs the Spiritual Qi from Spirit Stones during cultivation—most can only absorb the diluted Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, refining it to increase their Spiritual Power cultivation.

Spirit Stones must be reserved for battles to restore Spiritual Power.

For others, Spirit Stones are more like recovery items rather than cultivation items.

"If there's nothing else, I'll head out first." Lu Yu said after seeing Lin Feng put away the items.

Just now, he logged off to confirm that the six billion amount had been credited.

"Wait, I have one more thing I want to ask you," Lin Feng called out to Lu Yu.

"Besides Spiritual Treasures and Spiritual Weapons, do you have other items, like rare materials and pills that can boost strength?" Lin Feng asked.

In an instant, many possibilities crossed Lu Yu's mind. He thought that this was most likely a probe from the high levels of Hua Country, and his answer would directly influence their attitude and actions towards him.

After some consideration, Lu Yu said, "I have a small amount of rare materials and pills, but they're not high-grade enough to have much effect on Qi Controlling Realm Martial Cultivators. As my strength grows, I might be able to acquire more high-grade materials and pills."

He no longer emphasized his identity as a Disciple of the Divine Weapon Pavilion. When dealing with ordinary people, he could claim to have acquired items from the Divine Weapon Pavilion due to their limited quantity and muddle through.

However, against governmental forces, Lu Yu wasn't sure what level Hua Country had reached in the Martial Universe, so it was better not to over-explain, leaving the source of his resources for them to guess.

It would be best if both sides maintained a relationship of mutual benefit, where the higher-ups didn't disturb him, and he supplied them with the resources they needed.

His claim of being able to acquire higher-grade materials and pills later also had a hidden meaning.

Lin Feng felt disappointed at first upon hearing Lu Yu's words but brightened up when he heard there might be a chance for higher-grade materials. Still somewhat unwilling, he asked, "What rare materials and pills can you currently obtain?"

Even though Lu Yu said it wasn't useful for Qi Controlling Realm, Lin Feng still held a slight hope that it might have some use; the specific utility would only be clear after seeing them.

After reaching the Qi Controlling Realm, the marketplace has unlocked fourth-grade rare materials and fourth-grade, fifth-grade Spirit Pills, but with purchasing restrictions.

Fourth-grade and fifth-grade Spirit Pills are effective for the Qi Controlling Realm, but Lu Yu doesn't have enough of them to sell to others.

He could sell fourth-grade rare materials, but the problem is that they are in very limited quantities.

Any rare material that directly enhances Spiritual Power cultivation, Lu Yu would reserve for his own use. Other materials are merely crafting components only available in small quantities each month.

Thus, all Lin Feng could be sold are a few third-grade rare materials with no purchasing restrictions, most of which are ineffective for Qi Controlling Realm, and among the few effective ones, Lu Yu doesn't recognize them.

After all, he's not an Alchemist and hasn't specifically studied the knowledge about rare materials.

Since Lin Feng asked to see the heavenly materials and earthly treasures that Lu Yu could offer, Lu Yu picked out a few of the more expensive ones for him to view.

After all, he didn't recognize any of them, but he figured that the expensive ones couldn't be bad. That was how Lu Yu thought.

Looking at the heavenly materials and earthly treasures Lu Yu took out, Lin Feng scratched his head, not recognizing them either. He had to message some experts for detailed information, asking whether these items were useful.

"It looks like a gourd, white, palm-sized, with non-attributed spiritual Qi. What kind of heavenly material or earthly treasure is this?" Lin Feng messaged his friend, who worked in a research institute specializing in auxiliary professions like alchemy, artifact refining, and array studies in the Shenwu World.

"A Snow Jade Gourd, why are you asking about this?" his friend replied.

"Just asking if this thing is useful?" Lin Feng inquired.

"Useful, of course it's useful. The Snow Jade Gourd can be used to refine the Heart Cleansing Jade Flower Pill, which can increase a Martial Cultivator's training speed in the Realm of Qi Control by 50%."

Light shone in Lin Feng's eyes as he eagerly asked Lu Yu, "How many Snow Jade Gourds do you have?"

Lu Yu glanced at the store, showing a remainder of 9999 Snow Jade Gourds, and said, "I don't know either, there should still be a few dozen."

"I want them all."

After inquiring about other heavenly materials and earthly treasures from Lu Yu one by one, Lin Feng decided to buy them all, purchasing everything currently in Lu Yu's inventory.

As some of the most valuable Grade-Three heavenly materials and earthly treasures, each item's value exceeded 1 million Points, with some even reaching 2 million Points.

Lu Yu took out a small number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures for Lin Feng, telling him that it would take some time to produce more.

The transaction reached a temporary conclusion, and Lu Yu gained more orders.

After Lin Feng relayed the information to the think tank in reality, the think tank deduced a conclusion from various analyses, suspecting that Lu Yu likely possessed a resource secret realm.

After Lu Yu's strength improved and he could acquire more resources, the think tank inferred that he might have inherited a secret realm left by a powerful figure, who might have been a significant figure in an artifact refining sect during their lifetime.

Moreover, the think tank had yet to reach a plausible conclusion regarding Lu Yu's conversion of game resources into cash. They were also unclear about why Lu Yu needed so much money.

In reality, Lu Yu appeared to be a recluse who couldn't possibly use such a large sum of money. As for investigating the flow of money in Lu Yu's accounts, they found no issues.

The think tank couldn't draw a reliable conclusion about Lu Yu exchanging resources for cash, but they conducted a brainstorming session, listing all possibilities as future follow-up projects.

One speculation, among them, was that Lu Yu could directly purchase Shenwu World resources with cash.

This speculation didn't gain much support, as there was still no evidence of tangible exchanges between the two worlds. This guess was drowned out among numerous other speculations.

The most commonly accepted hypothesis was that a powerful organization might be behind Lu Yu, of which he was a member, and this organization held significant influence in the Shenwu World.

The organization was using Lu Yu to funnel money from reality, taking advantage of the current chaotic situation in the real world to strengthen their power, intending to plot something.

Thus, the higher-ups made a resolution not to interfere with Lu Yu's current life, to monitor his every move, and to expose the organization behind him.

...

Lin Tao deliberated for a long time before arriving at the He family's mansion's entrance, having made up his mind.

He wouldn't act to capture the little mermaid; after all, Lu Yu seemed to quite like the little mermaid, and Lin Tao didn't want to take away what his friend loved with his own hands.

He would only inform the He family of the little mermaid's location and lead them to capture her. Since it was the He family who would be taking the little mermaid, he wouldn't be betraying his friend just for the bounty.

Taking the bounty from the He family, he also planned to give a portion to Lu Yu afterward, so Lu Yu would have no complaints.

After all, he was not forgetting his moral principles for greed.

It was just a sea creature, not a human. Without directly capturing her for the reward, he was already considerate of Lu Yu's feelings.

In his view, taking the little mermaid away from Lu Yu would be effortless.

At the sixth level of the Realm of Qi Control, Lin Tao had no doubt that he could easily overpower Lu Yu, who had just reached the same realm.

Given that he could easily overpower Lu Yu, the fact that he was willing to share a portion of the bounty meant that Lin Tao still valued his friendship with Lu Yu strongly.

Meeting He Yichao, Lin Tao said, "I know where the little mermaid is; I can take you there, but I want a bounty of 3 million."

According to the bounty order, the clue was worth only 100,000, but hearing Lin Tao claim that he could take them to capture the little mermaid, He Yichao didn't hesitate. "Alright, as long as we catch the mermaid, I'll give you 3 million. Lead the way!"

He Yichao stepped out of the room and saw Lin Tao standing still, furrowing his brows, and said to the butler beside him, "Give him 1 million."

The butler handed Lin Tao a Cyan Crystal Card. Lin Tao smiled, then, thinking of Lu Yu, the smile faded; pondering over the little mermaid, he thought to himself, "It's just a sea creature after all,"

"Let's go!" He Yichao said with a harsh tone, warning that if Lin Tao lied, he would ensure Lin Tao experienced a fate worse than death.

Lin Tao pocketed the Cyan Crystal Card and led the He family team toward the Divine Weapon Pavilion disciple residen.

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