Chapter 3265 — Big Feng's News
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"Oh, and the blue crystal?" He Dantou nodded and asked.
"That... I just bought it to keep..." Yang Qiqi trailed off, suddenly a little embarrassed. "I heard blue crystal is the material used to forge divine weapons. I figured I would collect some materials, and when I reach the Heaven Rank, see if I could get someone to forge a divine weapon for me..."
"Oh?" He Dantou was taken aback by Yang Qiqi's words. He had not expected that she had bought the blue crystal for such a purpose, and he was caught between laughing and crying. "Yang Qiqi, the profession of artifact refiner has been gone for a long time—didn't you know? Even if you gathered all the materials, you still couldn't forge a divine weapon!"
"Ah... I didn't know..." Yang Qiqi shook her head blankly. "There's none in our Overseas Cultivators Association—could there be none among the cultivators over in Huaxia either?"
Seeing Yang Qiqi's expression, He Dantou found himself believing her. The Overseas Cultivators Association was cut off from news; the cultivators here got all their information from the association, and the association had never once mentioned anything about artifact refining. It was only natural that Yang Qiqi would not know.
What was more, that blue crystal was one of the materials for artifact refining was an even deeper secret, something ordinary cultivators did not know. He Dantou only had a smattering of it because he had grown up in the Five Luminaries Sect. So now he no longer believed the blue crystal was what Wei Zhao was after.
After all, Wei Zhao and Yang Qiqi were not particularly close. If Wei Zhao wanted blue crystal for artifact refining, he would never have told Yang Qiqi—these were secret matters. If he were Wei Zhao, he would not have spoken of it carelessly either. That being so, the only possibility left was that Yang Qiqi was telling the truth: the thing was simply something she wanted for herself.
"Over in Huaxia, there shouldn't be any cultivators who can refine artifacts either." He Dantou shook his head, and he no longer cared about the matter. He merely said, "But if you want to collect them, then collect them. Yang Qiqi, thank you for your cooperation. Go to the storeroom and collect this month's cultivation resources, then you may go back."
"Ah... thank you, President He!" Yang Qiqi said hurriedly.
He Dantou nodded and said nothing further. In his view, Yang Qiqi was not a suspect; he had only called her in for a routine question, and he let her go.
Once Yang Qiqi had left, she let out a long breath of relief. She showed nothing unusual, however; she collected her cultivation resources and left the Overseas Cultivators Association.
Once Wei Zhao had settled in, he too could only smile bitterly. He had meant to take Xu Shilan out for a bit of relaxation, never expecting to run into such a mess. Thank goodness he had the Gale-Chasing Lightning Boots on him; otherwise, this time he would surely have been doomed!
Still, it was fortunate—he had escaped the danger for the time being. But the collaboration between Xu Shilan and Cheng Yiyi was certainly dead in the water. Wei Zhao could not allow them to work with the companies here any longer. Otherwise, if the Overseas Cultivators Association ever used them as hostages to make Wei Zhao come and die, things would get very troublesome.
That meant a loss of income, and at the thought of Yu Xiaoke's orphanage, Wei Zhao felt a headache coming on. The operation had grown too large; it was too late to pull back now. Sick orphans from all over the country were being sent over, and given Yu Xiaoke's and the old director's temperaments, they would certainly never turn those children away at the door.
Wei Zhao was mulling over these matters when his phone suddenly rang. He assumed it was Yang Qiqi, but when he took out the phone and looked, it was actually Big Feng of the Red Conch, who had not been in contact with him for a long time!