While admiring the great power behind Qin Yu, both Liu Minghan and the Liu Family Master felt somewhat helpless.

Right off the bat, they demanded Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, and in large quantities at that.

It is known that one Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stone is equivalent to one million. How many such stones could the Liu Family possibly have if they were to deplete all their resources?

"Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, each valued at one million," said Liu Minghan helplessly, "Mr. Qin, normally our family does not indulge in using Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, so we have a fair number of Upper Grade Primordial Spiritual Stones, but very few Top-Grade ones."

The Liu Family’s current assets were about one hundred million, with usual expenditures mostly on Low and Middle Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, and occasionally on Upper Grade ones. As for Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, they simply couldn’t afford to use them.

"Mr. Liu," sighed Qin Yu, "you giving me an Interstellar Map has already been a great help. I will personally contribute two Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones to my Master Uncle, now it’s up to you. But of course... if it’s less than ten, don’t bother giving them to my Master Uncle, as that few won’t catch his eye."

Liu Minghan and the Liu Family Master exchanged glances, unsure if they were communicating through Immortal Consciousness.

Behind Qin Yu, Shuo Yan and Zang Yuan wore solemn expressions, though in their hearts, they were bursting with laughter.

Qin Yu giving two Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones to his Master Uncle?

It’s just the left hand giving to the right.

"Grandfather, we should be decisive. Once Yan Gao is killed, not only can we gain control of the transmission array this time. If we align ourselves with the Yujian Sect, we can benefit next time as well!" The Liu Family Master communicated telepathically with Liu Minghan.

On such major decisions, in the end, it still depended on Liu Minghan to make the final call.

Liu Minghan struggled internally.

Suddenly raising his head, he said, "Mr. Qin, could you please give me a baseline, about how many Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones would it take to sway your Master Uncle?" Clearly, Liu Minghan had made his decision.

Qin Yu was pleased internally.

"How many?" Qin Yu pondered for a moment, "The secret treasure that my master uncle is currently refining requires a vast amount of Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones. I think if there are about twenty or thirty, that might be sizable, of course, if it exceeds fifty, there’s an eighty to ninety percent chance it would work. A hundred stones would definitely make my master uncle agree!"

Qin Yu proposed this number based on an assessment of the Liu Family’s assets.

Liu Minghan nodded, "Alright, Mr. Qin, our family doesn’t have many Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, allow me to go back and think of a solution. I will bother you again in a few days."

"Fair enough, fair enough. Having received the map of the Blue Bay Star Domain, how could I not help you?" Qin Yu said smilingly.

Following this, both the Liu Family Master and Liu Minghan left Qin Yu’s residence.

×

Within the Liu Family council hall.

"Greetings, Great Elder," a plump middle-aged man respectfully saluted Liu Minghan.

Liu Minghan took a deep breath and said, "Yunfan, you’ve been in charge of our family’s business affairs for years. Now, I have a critical task for you!"

"Please instruct, Great Elder," said Liu Yunfan respectfully.

Liu Yunfan held a very high status in the Liu Family; he was not an ordinary Elder, but one with real power. He controlled all the business affairs of the Liu Family.

"Here are quite a few Upper Grade Primordial Spiritual Stones and a vast number of Middle Grade Elemental Spirit Stones; I want you to convert them into Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones as soon as possible," Liu Minghan directly handed over his Space Ring to Liu Yunfan.

Liu Yunfan was stunned.

A family’s wealth is usually stored within the spatial rings of the Great Elder and the Clan Leader, as well as in the family’s warehouse. Particularly, the spatial ring of the Great Elder alone typically contains at least a third of the family’s assets.

"There’s almost thirty million here; try to exchange it for as many top-grade elemental spirit stones as you can," Liu Minghan said with emphasis.

Thirty million could roughly be exchanged for thirty-four top-grade elemental spirit stones.

"Great Elder, exchanging such a large amount all at once is difficult, as those who possess many top-grade elemental spirit stones generally aren’t interested in lower-grade ones. Meanwhile, those with lesser power don’t have top-grade elemental spirit stones. If we approach certain powers for the exchange, they tend to raise the exchange rate, possibly to 1:110," Liu Yunfan hastened to add, "Perhaps we should delay and exchange them gradually."

Though the public exchange rate is 1:100, one needs people to trade with.

If no one trades, you’ll have to take some loss.

For example, the public price for a Communication Spirit Pearl is only a few hundred thousand, but as they are troublesome to manufacture, most powers do not sell them externally. There are sects that sell Communication Spirit Pearls, but they are very far from here. At such distances, the price rises to three hundred thousand. The principle is the same.

"Let’s do it as soon as possible, even if we suffer a little loss. The important thing is... we must get top-grade elemental spirit stones," the Great Elder, Liu Minghan, declared resolutely.

Having heard the Great Elder speak thus, what more could Liu Yunfan dare say? He immediately responded respectfully, "Yunfan will not disappoint the Great Elder," and then took possession of this vast wealth.

The Great Elder Liu Minghan wasn’t worried at all about Liu Yunfan running off with the massive amount because... as the Liu Family’s manager of finances, from the very beginning, it was mandatory to swear an oath of loyalty to heaven and earth.

To swear an oath of loyalty to heaven and earth was an extremely solemn vow; violating it could lead to immediate retribution.

×

Days went by, and on the eastern side of Liu Feng City, a vast, tranquil estate called ’Bamboo Garden’ was given by the Liu Family to Qin Yu. Qin Yu, others, and Liu Hanshu moved in.

Along with Bamboo Garden, a group of maids and guards was also provided.

At the same time, the Liu Family sternly ordered that nobody should offend the master of Bamboo Garden. This led many people in Liu Feng City to speculate wildly about the identity of this esteemed master of Bamboo Garden.

Inside Bamboo Garden.

Patriarch Liu, Mr. Liu Minghan and two others, led by a maid, walked through pavilions and corridors and entered a quiet bamboo grove. Shortly after, they arrived by a pond in the center of the grove, where Qin Yu was quietly fishing by its side.

"Ah, a fish has taken the bait," Qin Yu said as he lifted the fishing rod, pulling up a lively three-pound fish. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Haha, Mr. Liu, Patriarch, I’ve been fishing for a while without any luck, but the moment you arrived, I caught a fish. Isn’t that strange?" Qin Yu set the fishing rod aside and stood up to walk towards a nearby stone bench, smiling at the two men.

"It seems Mr. Qin’s luck has arrived; it’s unstoppable," Liu Minghan laughed.

Shuo Yan and Zang Yuan were snickering on the side.

Fish taking the bait? Weren’t two big fish just caught here?

"Please, have a seat," Qin Yu said as he sat down and gestured to the two men.

A maid immediately served tea.

The stone table was round with three stone benches around it; Qin Yu, Liu Minghan, and the Patriarch of the Liu Family settled into those three spots.

After sipping his tea, Qin Yu glanced at the two men, then put down his teacup and said, "It’s been two months since we last met, I presume you have prepared the top-grade elemental spirit stones for this visit?"

"They’re ready," Liu Minghan promptly replied.

Qin Yu nodded and sighed, "You two are a bit slow. My master has been busy collecting top-grade elemental spirit stones recently. As of my last update, the gap between the number of top-grade elemental spirit stones my master possesses and the amount needed to refine his secret treasure has narrowed significantly. I’m not even sure if he’s completed his collection by now. If he has, then even possessing top-grade elemental spirit stones might be futile."

The expressions on the faces of Liu Minghan and the Patriarch of the Liu Family froze.

They began to understand as well.

The Master’s uncle needed to refine artifacts, so naturally he would collect top-grade elemental spirit stones. Given his uncle’s strength, the collection should be quite fast.

"You know, money alone can’t sway my master’s uncle, and it’s precisely because I knew my master’s uncle needed top-grade elemental spirit stones to refine that secret treasure that I told both of you to gather them. But now..." Qin Yu sighed.

"Is it not possible now?" Liu Minghan asked.

"Don’t worry, let me ask my master’s uncle." At this time, Qin Yu pretended to take out the communication spirit pearl. In fact, Qin Yu didn’t send any message, but he still needed to keep up appearances.

Quiet.

The pondside was quiet except for the ’rustling’ sound of the bamboo forest.

Liu Minghan and the Liu Family Master held their breath, waiting, staring intently at the expressions on Qin Yu’s face, trying to discern the situation of Qin Yu’s conversation with his ’master’s uncle’ from his face.

After a long while...

"Mr. Qin, how is it, what did your master’s uncle say?" The Liu Family Master was the first to speak.

Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief and cheerfully said, "That’s good, my master’s uncle was delayed a lot by collecting Blue Cold Stone and hadn’t gotten around to collecting top-grade elemental spirit stones. It seems there’s still hope."

"By the way, how many top-grade elemental spirit stones did you bring?" Qin Yu casually asked.

Liu Minghan gritted his teeth and said, "Forty blocks!"

Qin Yu’s heart leapt with joy, but he showed no emotion on his face, "Oh, forty blocks, it seems there’s an eighty to ninety percent chance. My master’s uncle is very protective of me; if I persuade him, he should agree."

Liu Minghan and the Liu Family Master felt a pang of pain in their hearts.

Forty blocks of top-grade elemental spirit stones!

This was close to half of their Liu Family’s assets. These forty blocks were only gathered by urgently exchanging what Liu Yunfan had, plus a few that the Liu family originally possessed.

"Please rest in the bamboo garden for a few hours. If I’m not mistaken at this time, my master’s uncle might be resting since the planet he is on is currently at noon. He is usually in the best mood in the evening. That’s when success in discussing matters is most likely, so please wait," Qin Yu said with a smile.

"Indeed, indeed."

When Liu Hanshu and company heard that ’success rate is highest in the evening,’ how could they refuse?

"What about these forty blocks of top-grade elemental spirit stones?" The two Liu Minghan were somewhat conflicted.

They were now anxious about giving these forty blocks of top-grade elemental spirit stones to Qin Yu for fear that Qin Yu would deceive them and run away with their treasure. Yet not giving them was also a worry lest Qin Yu get angry.

"Please rest, haha... There’s no need to hurry giving these top-grade elemental spirit stones. You can hand them over to my master’s uncle when he comes. By doing this, you will know that I haven’t coveted a single one," Qin Yu said with a laugh.

"Of course, we would never doubt Mr. Qin," the two Liu Minghan hastily replied.

Soon, the two Liu Minghan were duped by Qin Yu into resting.

And what about Qin Yu himself?

He was just smiling and fishing, while Zang Yuan and Shuo Yan just conversed and laughed telepathically. When the time was roughly right, Qin Yu pretended to take out the communication spirit pearl again. He then told the maid, "Alright, let the Liu Family Master and his companion come over."

"Yes, my lord." The maid respectfully said.

In just a moment, Liu Minghan and another appeared.

"How did it go?" Liu Minghan was the first to speak.

Qin Yu’s smile was radiant, "Mission accomplished!"

Liu Minghan and the Liu Family Master looked at each other, then both couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

"Haha, from today onwards, my Liu family will be the number one clan on Fengyue Star!" Liu Minghan and the Liu Family Master were trying hard to contain their excitement. Liu Minghan looked at Qin Yu, "Mr. Qin Yu, when will your master uncle arrive?"

Qin Yu also appeared very pleased, "My master uncle is also in the Silver String Star System. He will head directly to Fengyue Star via the transmission array after our conversation and will then use the Great Teleportation to hurry over. He will definitely arrive within an hour."

"An hour?"

The smiles on Liu Minghan’s faces grew even brighter.

If they could kill Yan Gao, the Yan Family would no longer be considered much of a threat.

"Gentlemen, as I said initially, I personally would add two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones. Here are my two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, you can give them to my master uncle along with your forty stones. Of course, there’s no need to say two of them are from me." Qin Yu said with a smile as he handed over two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.

Upon seeing Qin Yu handing over these two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, and not allowing them to tell the master uncle, both were somewhat incredulous.

They hadn’t expected Mr. Qin to be so generous.

"No, this, how could we?" Liu Minghan hurriedly declined.

"Take them, not taking them would be disrespecting me," Qin Yu said, appearing to be on the verge of anger.

Liu Minghan begrudgingly accepted them, their hearts filled with even more gratitude towards Qin Yu.

It was just about an hour later—

"Alright, about time," Qin Yu silently calculated, then a thought arose in his mind. Suddenly, a stern man in a long robe, carrying an Immortal Sword, appeared above the Bamboo Garden.

Qin Yu promptly stood up, "Greetings, Master Uncle."

Liu Minghan looked up at Sword Immortal Lan Feng and also quickly stood up to respectfully say, "Junior Liu Minghan (Liu Yunlu) greets Senior."

"Nephew, forty-two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones to kill a Sixth-level Golden Immortal Swordmaster, right?" Sword Immortal Lan Feng said in a cool manner.

"Yes, Mr. Liu, please hand over the Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones to Master Uncle," Qin Yu eagerly urged Liu Minghan.

At this point, Liu Minghan had already felt the aura of Sword Immortal Lan Feng. The sheer sharpness of the aura definitely surpassed that of Yan Gao he had encountered before. Naturally, he was fully confident, and with a wave of his hand, forty-two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones appeared out of thin air.

"Forty-two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, Senior, please accept them," Liu Minghan said respectfully.

Sword Immortal Lan Feng casually waved his sleeve to collect the Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, indifferently saying, "Since I have taken your Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, I will kill the person you mentioned. Tell me more about him."

However, a trace of joy appeared on Qin Yu’s face.

Forty-two Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones in hand, his Sword Immortal Puppet could now be freely used for a while. And soon... he would go to the Yan Family, where there likely wouldn’t be a shortage of Top-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.

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