When he heard Balsam's reply, Lu Yin laughed. "Give me ten, and don't tell me that you haven't developed them yet. Actually, I had an agreement with Yu Mu that he would give me one, but you guys were in a hurry to get rid of him, so this task fell on your shoulders."
"Ten?
That's impossible! Not to mention that we haven't developed it yet, even if we did, there's no way we'd give you ten! "
Lu Yin nodded. "Alright, then let everyone know about the Astral Source Pill. Shamrock Enterprises will become the center of attention of the entire universe, and not just the Fifth Mainland."
Her eyes narrowed. "One. I can only give you one. That's the limit."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and he thought for a moment. "Three."
She took a deep breath. "Alright."
"I'm at the Giant Financial Group. Send it here." Lu Yin ended the call, and his expression changed. He was no longer as casual as before. He had purposely said that Yu Mu had been dealt with by Shamrock Enterprises, and she hadn't denied it. That had been a subconscious admission. He was certain that Yu Mu had died at their hands. How had they done it?
Lu Yin suddenly felt uneasy, and he immediately contacted Cleaving White King to have him send him all the characteristics of Yu Mu's death. At the same time, he continued to investigate the cause of Yu Mu's death. He had to uncover the truth behind Yu Mu's death, or else he would feel uneasy.
Elsewhere, in Shamrock Enterprises' headquarters, Balsam ended her call with Lu Yin. Her angry expression disappeared, and she regained her icy demeanor. "I'll give it to you if you want, but that depends on whether you're alive to use it."
No one was stupid. Lu Yin believed that he had uncovered Shamrock Enterprises' secrets and that everything was under his control. However, Balsam had also gone along with his wishes. As the president of the Innerverse, she was clearly not an ordinary person.
Lu Yin was confident that he could control Shamrock Enterprises, but Balsam was also confident that she could turn the tables.
In the easternmost part of the Innerverse, President Han welcomed a long-awaited guest in Erudite Flowzone's Lost Radiance Academy: Wen Zizai, the head of the Wen family.
"What are you doing here instead of sweeping the floor?" President Han wasn't polite with Wen Zizai, as he knew why he had come.
Wen Zizai was the head of the Wen family, but he liked sweeping the floor as a form of training.
Hearing President Han's words, Wen Zizai didn't mind. "Since the younger generation can't do it, an old man like me has to do it. How about it? Give me some face."
President Han shook his head and said solemnly, "I'm not lying to you. There really is a landscape painting. Back then, Chong-er saw it and tried to draw it, but it was also because of this that he was killed."
Wen Zizai was puzzled. "What is the origin of that landscape painting?
Even the Wen Clan doesn't know about it. "
President Han sighed. "That painting was left behind a long time ago, and it was protected by my Han family. For some reason, it disappeared into the river of history. All I know is that every member of the Han family has to protect this painting. Chong-er only saw it by coincidence. Old friend, this painting is very important, and it can't be given to anyone else."
"How did Lu Yin know?" Wen Zizai was puzzled.
President Han's expression changed slightly. "That's what I want to know as well. Apart from me, no one else in the Han clan knows about it. Even you don't know about it, so how does he know?"
"He said that Han Chong had used this technique during the Astral Combat Tournament. Could he have seen the remnant painting before?" Wen Zizai guessed.
President Han frowned, as he wasn't sure either. "Do you think that Chong-er's death has anything to do with him?"
Wen Zizai solemnly replied, "It should have.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked for it so brazenly. "
President Han nodded with a complicated expression.
Wen Zizai looked at him. "Do you know what conditions Lu Yin offered in exchange for my Wen family's help in obtaining this painting?"
"What conditions?
Even you can't refuse, "President Han asked. Wen Yao had asked for the painting before, but he had immediately refused without even asking for the reason. Now that even Wen Zizai had stepped forward, he was truly curious.
Wen Zizai's voice was low as he answered, "Literary Prison. It's a cultivation technique that my Wen family has lost."
President Han was shocked. "No wonder you're here." Wen Zizai stared at him.
"As long as my Wen family exists, your Han family will have nothing to worry about. If my Wen family disappears one day, then forget about that landscape painting, your Han family might not even be able to survive. You and I are here, so don't ever forget. Besides, Han Chong's death is enough to prove that someone in the outside world has set their sights on the landscape painting. Someone who could secretly kidnap Han Chong from Lost Radiance Academy must not be simple. It's very likely that they're from the Neohuman Alliance."
"I'm not confident in being able to stop them."
"What are you trying to say?" President Han's tone was unpleasant.
Wen Zizai sighed. "Hand it over. Consider it repaying the kindness of my Wen family for taking care of your Han family for so many years."
President Han's body trembled, and he painfully closed his eyes.
Not long after, Wen Zizai personally contacted Lu Yin. This was not his first time speaking with Lu Yin, and each time, he felt something different. This time, however, he could not see any reverence or respect in Lu Yin's eyes for an Emissary powerhouse. Instead, he felt as if they were on the same level.
"Alliance Master Lu, since you want the landscape painting so badly, you should know how important it is. Now, the conditions need to change. I'll hand it over to you, and you'll hand over Wen Zizai to me," Wen Zizai said directly, wanting to take the initiative.
After that, Lu Yin ended the call and stopped talking.
Wen Zizai frowned and answered again. "Alliance Master Lu, what do you mean?
You don't want to talk? "
Lu Yin casually replied, "Senior Wen, it seems like you're the one who doesn't want to talk. It's just a painting, and you want to exchange it for the Wen family's chance to become a top power in the Innerverse in the future?
Do you think it's possible to exchange it for the Wen family's missing inheritance? "
Wen Zizai stared into Lu Yin's eyes, unable to tell if Lu Yin was telling the truth or not. Did he know how important this landscape painting was?
In the Han family's eyes, it was a treasure.
"Alliance Master Lu, don't you know how important this landscape painting is?" Wen Zizai shouted.
"I don't," Lu Yin replied directly.
Wen Zizai was stunned, as if he had misheard. "What did you say?"
Lu Yin generously replied, "I don't know, so I want to take a look. However, if your Wen family isn't sincere, then I won't take it."
Even though Wen Zizai had lived for many years, he still found it difficult to respond. Negotiations were based on both parties' recognition of the conditions. If one party held the absolute initiative, then it would not be a negotiation, but rather an extortion. Lu Yin was currently extorting the Wen family. He did not care how important this landscape painting was. In any case, if the Wen family wanted Wen Zizai, then they had to give him the painting.
As for whether it was important or not, he did not care. He would get it first.
Wen Zizai ended the call, unable to continue the discussion. Lu Yin did not understand what this landscape painting represented. In fact, he did not know either, but the Han family's attitude made it clear to him that this item was more important than their lives. If such an important item was only a prerequisite, then there was no need to continue the discussion.
Before the end of the discussion, Wen Zizai asked Lu Yin to change his conditions, but Lu Yin refused.
He had not thought of what he wanted.
Wen Zizai was sullen. If it had been anyone else, he would have had ten thousand ways to take the initiative and force the other party to negotiate. However, he could not do anything to Lu Yin. This person's background was too powerful, and he had no obvious weaknesses. There was nothing that Wen Zizai could do to him.
The Wen family was forced into an absolute passive position in the negotiations with Lu Yin.
However, Lu Yin was not in a hurry to negotiate, which made the Wen family helpless. Even Wen Zizai, the family head, was useless.
After experiencing the Astral Tree Expedition, Lu Yin was no stranger to Emissaries. He had long since lost his respect for them. He had killed many of them.
Negotiations with the Wen family had failed for the time being, and Lu Yin quietly waited for the day when Chaosgod Mountain's people would come to the Giant Financial Group.
…
A giant mountain roamed through the heavens, and regardless of whether one looked at it from a distance or close up, it was still a mountain.
One giant after another entered the mountain and disappeared without a trace.
Qing Kong looked at the mountain and felt a little nervous. He did not know what Lu Yin was planning, but he knew that Ku Wei had been thrown into the mountain after transforming into a giant. This meant that Lu Yin was definitely planning something big.
Qing Kong could not help but look to the side where an elder was looking at the mountain with his hands clasped behind his back. His name was Cang Song, and he was an elder of Chaosgod Mountain. He was in charge of every visit, and his power level was over 400,000.
Cang Song coughed and clutched his chest. When the Sixth Mainland had invaded, he had been struck by an Imprinter's palm while transporting goods. He had been lucky enough to survive, but he had been left with an illness that could not be cured.
"President Qing, I'll be taking these people with me," Cang Song said, sounding a little tired.
Qing Kong nodded and did not say a word.
The Giant Financial Group was protected by Chaosgod Mountain, but they were also exploited. They had no freedom at all.
Cang Song did not care about Qing Kong's attitude. He leaped up the mountain and entered.
A total of ten giants stood there quietly. The mountain was hollow, and it was incomparably huge. The giants were thousands of meters tall, but they did not even reach half of the mountain's height.
Ku Wei looked at Cang Song. Suddenly, the mountain collapsed, and the giants were pressed down. Ku Wei was the same, and he almost reverted back to his original form.
"Stay like this until we reach Chaosgod Mountain. This is to prevent you from destroying the mountain," Cang Song said. He then turned around and left without even looking at the giants.
Ku Wei gritted his teeth as his entire back was pressed down by the mountain. This mountain was not ordinary, and it was not just its weight. Even someone like Ku Wei, who had surpassed an Enlighter, found it difficult to resist. This was a weapon specially made by Chaosgod Mountain to suppress giants.
The giant mountain moved towards the Chaos Flowzone at a rather fast speed.
The Giant Financial Group was not too close to the Chaos Flowzone, but it was not too far either. There were several smaller flowzones and the Spirit Seal Flowzone in between.
Behind the mountain, Lu Yin and Liu Yefei followed closely behind, heading towards the Chaos Flowzone.
A few days later, the mountain encountered a giant spacecraft. Lu Yin had seen the insignia on it before, and it belonged to the Blackbeard Pirates that he had encountered before.
After encountering the mountain, the Blackbeard Pirates clearly recognized it, and they immediately turned around and left.
However, the mountain accelerated and crashed into them.
Lu Yin could clearly see from behind that the Blackbeard Pirates had been smashed to pieces. Quite a few Explorers had tried to escape, but they had been killed by the cultivators from Chaosgod Mountain.