Chapter 2171

Lin Moyu smiled and said, "You are a noble person with a short memory."

During their small talk, President Lu Xue finally finished calculating the price.

"For the Southern Continent, the nine top seven-star forces, thirty-six six-star forces, one hundred and forty-four five-star forces, as well as forces below five-star and above three-star, totaling over twenty-three thousand people, with all historical information from ancient times to the present." "The price is 300,000 third-grade premium origin crystals."

"As a premium member, you get a twenty percent discount, so you only need to pay 240,000 third-grade premium origin crystals."

This number was terrifying. Back then, when the five-star force, the Yin Family, produced ten thousand third-grade premium origin crystals, it already severely hurt them.

Even a six-star force like the Lei Family might not necessarily be able to produce so many third-grade premium origin crystals.

It was estimated that in the entire Origin Continent, other than the Lufeng Chamber of Commerce, only a few top seven-star forces could produce so many origin crystals at once.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing watched Lin Moyu's expression. When President Lu Xue quoted this price, Lin Moyu's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing chuckled and said, "Now you know how expensive it is, kid. You do have some strength, but with this much money, even a force like the Hanshui Holy Land would probably find it difficult to produce it all at once."

Lin Moyu asked calmly, "Is the information complete?"

President Lu Xue answered honestly, "Not entirely. Some information cannot be sold, but as long as it is sellable, it is all here."

Lin Moyu understood this. There must be many secrets among the unsellable information, and he did not expect to get them anyway.

President Lu Xue said, "Among this information, the most expensive is the data on the nine top forces, which accounts for almost half the price. Perhaps Mr. Lin can remove some of it, in which case…"

Before she could finish her sentence, her eyes suddenly widened.

A streak of Lei Guang leaped in the room, and a powerful Power of Origin filled the air.

Fortunately, there was a formation to block it, otherwise the Power of Origin would have leaked out, potentially even spreading outside the Lufeng Chamber of Commerce.

President Lu Xue felt a wave of numbness wash over her entire body. The Lei Guang before her was so beautiful and mesmerizing; the origin crystal in Lin Moyu's hand was the most perfect one she had ever seen.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing was startled by the sudden Power of Origin. "Holy crap, how do you have this thing?"

Lin Moyu took out a lightning-attribute origin crystal. The lightning attribute was not unusual; what was unusual was that it was an eighth-grade premium-grade origin crystal.

At that time, Daoist Tianlei had not hesitated to damage his spirit vein to give Lin Moyu ten of them.

President Lu Xue was somewhat uncertain. "Elder, what grade do you think this is?"

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing glanced at her. "Haven't you already recognized it? That's a redundant question."

President Lu Xue had indeed recognized that this was an eighth-grade origin crystal, and a premium-grade one at that. She was just afraid of making a mistake, which was why she asked.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing continued, "However, this is lightning-attributed, which is relatively rare. You can ask the old guys upstairs to see how to price it."

President Lu Xue nodded. "Alright, I will ask right away."

At this moment, Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing added, "Tell the old guys upstairs that Little Lin's premium membership was personally given by the girl Feng Yao, so they should be mindful."

President Lu Xue was shocked once again. "It was actually Miss Feng Yao! I understand!"

President Lu Xue began to report this matter upward through the formation.

An eighth-grade origin crystal was extremely rare, especially a premium-grade one, and a lightning-attributed one at that. It had already exceeded the scope of what she could decide on.

Lin Moyu understood Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing's intention. The reason Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing mentioned Lu Fengyao was to tell the Dao Venerables above not to suppress his price.

It was obvious that Lu Fengyao held a very high status in the chamber of commerce; even those high-level executives had to show her respect.

Lin Moyu estimated that the reason Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing treated him this way was partly due to Lu Fengyao.

Lin Moyu glanced at Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing, expressing his gratitude with his eyes.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing chuckled and said nothing.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing seemed to find this kind of act of undermining his own organization quite amusing.

Just two minutes later, President Lu Xue received a confirmed quote.

"Mr. Lin, for this lightning-attribute eighth-grade premium-grade origin crystal, we can value it at 160,000 third-grade premium-grade origin crystals."

For normal premium-grade origin crystals, the downward exchange ratio was always one to ten.

An eighth-grade premium-grade origin crystal exchanged for third-grade premium-grade origin crystals would be 100,000.

Even though an eighth-grade premium-grade origin crystal was extremely rare, at most it would only be worth ten to twenty percent more, yielding at most 120,000 third-grade premium-grade origin crystals.

Now, because of its lightning attribute, it had become even rarer, which was why it could be exchanged for 160,000.

President Lu Xue asked, "I wonder if Mr. Lin is satisfied with this price."

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing winked at Lin Moyu from the side, telling him that this was already good enough.

At this moment, Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing seemed a bit like a traitor to his own cause.

Lin Moyu smiled and said, "I am very satisfied with this price. As for the remaining 80,000, I will pay with these."

Saying so, he took out 80 sixth-grade premium-grade origin crystals, which could be exactly exchanged for 80,000 third-grade premium-grade origin crystals. Added together, it was just enough.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing stared with wide eyes from the side. "Good heavens, your net worth is much greater than this old man's!"

Chapter 2642: Not Unwilling, But Unable

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing envied Lin Moyu from the side. He couldn't even produce a single eighth-grade lightning-attribute premium origin crystal.

An eighth-grade origin crystal could only be nurtured by an eighth-grade origin spirit vein, and if one wanted a premium-grade one, some price had to be paid.

The eighth-grade spirit veins on the Origin Continent all had owners, controlled by several top-tier great forces.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing had already guessed where Lin Moyu's eighth-grade lightning-attribute origin crystal came from; it should be from deep within Thunder Mountain.

"Who would have thought that deep within Thunder Mountain, an eighth-grade lightning-attribute origin spirit vein was hidden. No wonder the Lei Family wanted to seal off Thunder Mountain."

"However, by the looks of it, the Lei Family has probably not mastered this origin spirit vein yet, otherwise their strength would be far greater than this."

An origin spirit vein concerns destiny and is also related to the strength improvement of its controller.

Different origin spirit veins bring entirely different benefits. If the Lei Family could control an eighth-grade origin spirit vein, Ancestor Lei Yiming's strength would certainly be far beyond his current realm.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing thought a lot in his heart, but he did not show any of it on the surface.

Lin Moyu had also considered that when he took out the eighth-grade origin crystal, the fact that there was an eighth-grade origin spirit vein in the Thunder Mountain range would inevitably be exposed.

But it didn't matter. Daoist Tianlei had mentioned before that while not many people knew of his existence, it wasn't a small number either.

Many old fogies knew of his existence, but no one dared to provoke him.

Lin Moyu guessed that the high-level executives in the Lufeng Chamber of Commerce must also know about the existence of Daoist Tianlei and the eighth-grade origin spirit vein. They just wouldn't easily provoke a terrifying existence of the Ninth Realm of Dao Venerable. It was precisely because of this that he dared to take out the eighth-grade origin crystal.

President Lu Xue put away the origin crystals and then activated a formation in the room.

The formation was small in scale, but it had the function of teleporting items.

Although it only teleported small items, it was sufficient for use.

A moment later, a box was teleported over.

President Lu Xue opened the box. Inside was a beautiful and bright pearl, about the size of a human head.

This pearl was much better than the inheritance pearl back in the Cloud Mist Sect. Its quality was extremely high, and it was already a material of the Dao Venerable Realm.

Lin Moyu smiled and said, "Your chamber of commerce is truly willing to invest heavily."

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing said, "You are overthinking it. You can't take this pearl away. You have to read it here, and then return the pearl."

Lin Moyu said, "How can I remember so much information?"

President Lu Xue said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, but this is also the chamber of commerce's rule. Some information is not allowed to be leaked."

"Therefore, you can only memorize it here, and you must swear not to leak the information."

Lin Moyu asked, "To think there is such a rule. Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing chuckled and said, "Well, you didn't ask either!"

Lin Moyu felt like he had been set up. All that talk about the Lufeng Chamber of Commerce being based on credibility was utter nonsense.

However, now that the transaction was completed, backing out was not allowed, so Lin Moyu could only follow the rules.

He made a soul oath, "I hereby swear that I will never compile the information obtained today into jade plaques to be circulated to the outside world. If I violate this oath, may my cultivation be completely destroyed and my soul annihilated." After he finished swearing, a low rumble of thunder sounded in the room, and his oath took effect.

Lin Moyu asked, "Is this fine now?"

President Lu Xue hummed in agreement. "No problem. Mr. Lin, please proceed."

She pushed the box over, placing it in front of Lin Moyu.

Lin Moyu took the pearl out of the box and pressed it against his forehead. In an instant, a stream of information surged in.

Lin Moyu already had experience with this. With a thought from his soul, instead of accepting the information, he transferred it to the Human Emperor.

Outside the Human Emperor's main body, Lin Moyu's phantom appeared. "Human Emperor, receive it."

The Human Emperor had already received Lin Moyu's message beforehand and had made thorough preparations.

With his power fully unleashed, the various high-tech instruments inside his main body gleamed as they began to receive the information transmitted by Lin Moyu.

No one would have expected that Lin Moyu would actually do this.

He himself did not look at the information at all. That way, he hadn't actually obtained any information today, so there would naturally be no issue of leaking today's information.

Any information he needed afterward would be obtained from the Human Emperor, which had nothing to do with the soul oath.

As for the Human Emperor, he had never made any oath, so he would be completely unaffected.

With this operation, this information became Lin Moyu's private property, to be manipulated however he pleased.

However, Lin Moyu would not leak this information either. If the Lufeng Chamber of Commerce found out, those old guys in the chamber would probably come looking to cause trouble for him.

Lin Moyu stood motionless, receiving the information. There was simply too much data, and it was impossible to finish receiving it in a short amount of time.

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing said to President Lu Xue, "Who knows how long this guy will take. With me here, you can go attend to other matters first. I'll call you when he's done."

President Lu Xue was very tactful. She rose gracefully and said, "Then I shall trouble Elder Lu. Xue'er will take her leave first."

She knew very well that Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing sending her away meant there must be other matters.

And these matters were actually not convenient for her to know.

Don't ask what shouldn't be asked, and don't pry into what shouldn't be pried into. This was the most basic rule of the Lu Family.

After President Lu Xue left, Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing looked at the motionless Lin Moyu, and then manipulated the formation to report his speculation about the eighth-grade origin spirit vein of Thunder Mountain upward.

He was a Dao Venerable, and his authority, status, and position were much higher than President Lu Xue's, allowing him to directly contact the ancestors in the chamber of commerce.

Communicating with the formation via his soul, a phantom soon appeared in his Soul World.

The phantom was majestic and solemn, appearing to be a middle-aged man who bore some resemblance to Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing around the eyes.

The phantom rumbled, "Fengqing, what business do you have with this ancestor?"

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing's soul looked at the phantom and knelt respectfully. "Fengqing pays respects to Third Ancestor. I have discovered something."

Third Ancestor said in a low voice, "What is it?"

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing said, "The Lei Family of Lei City, which belongs to the Hanshui Holy Land, might have an eighth-grade lightning-attribute origin spirit vein hidden in the Thunder Mountain range within their territory."

Third Ancestor looked at Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing. "You deduced this from that origin crystal, didn't you?"

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing nodded immediately. "Third Ancestor is wise."

Third Ancestor said in a low voice, "Regarding this origin spirit vein, this ancestor is aware of it."

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing was stunned. "Third Ancestor, you know?"

Third Ancestor said, "Yes. Not only does this ancestor know, but several old fogies in the major forces are also aware of it, and so is that old guy in the Hanshui Holy Land."

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing was even more puzzled. "Since that is the case, why doesn't the Hanshui Holy Land take control of it?"

Third Ancestor chuckled. "It is not that they are unwilling, but they are unable. As for the specific reasons, come back and ask when you reach the Dao Venerable 4th Realm. Currently, your strength is insufficient, and you are not yet qualified to know." Third Ancestor left with a light laugh, leaving Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing dazed and speechless for a long time.

Who would have thought that the ancestors of the major forces all knew about the existence of such an origin spirit vein.

Knowing about it but not trying to seize it was truly baffling.

"Third Ancestor said, it's not that they are unwilling, but they are unable."

"What reason could there be that prevents even those old fogies from obtaining the origin spirit vein?"

Dao Venerable Lu Fengqing was completely baffled.

He looked at Lin Moyu. He knew that Lin Moyu definitely knew, but he didn't want to ask.

That would make him seem so ignorant. After all, he was a senior, and he still needed to save face.

Chapter 2643: Ten Thousand for One Slot