Kui Luo was not surprised, but if Jie Shan's Chief had heard this, he would have been shocked as well. Yi Ben City had always been at odds with the Human Domain, and there had been people who had tried to stop the war and cooperate, but they had all failed. Yi Ben City did not have a good impression of the Human Domain, but now, Lu Yin wanted to cooperate.
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong immediately laughed and looked at Lu Yin mockingly.
Half Heaven City Lord was interested. "Cooperation?
Alliance Master Lu, are you joking? "
"Very serious," Lu Yin said solemnly.
Half Heaven City Lord continued, "The Hall of Honor has also tried to cooperate with us, but we rejected them. Yi Ben City has been at war with the Human Domain for countless years, and there has never been a possibility of cooperation. What gives you the courage to talk about cooperation?"
Lu Yin calmly answered, "Because the Sixth Mainland is gone."
Half Heaven City Lord looked at Lu Yin calmly.
Lu Yin continued, "Yi Ben City cooperated with the Sixth Mainland for materials. The Sixth Mainland told me that if we cooperated with them, Yi Ben City would have to go to war with the Human Domain. Now that the Sixth Mainland is gone, you no longer have a basis for cooperation. So, it's our turn."
"What, does the Human Domain have materials that can satisfy us?
Even if you do, what gives you the right to represent the quasi star domain?
You won't be able to get past the Hall of Honor. Although I don't know much about the Human Domain, I know that their hatred for us is no less than the Sixth Mainland's. You want to provide us with materials?
What a joke, "Half Heaven City Lord replied.
Lu Yin moved his finger. "The Human Domain is not cooperating with you, but me."
Half Heaven City Lord and Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong looked at Lu Yin in astonishment. "You?"
Lu Yin nodded. "That's right. I'm not from the Human Domain, nor am I from the Great Eastern Alliance. It's me, Lu Yin. I'll provide you with materials."
"What gives you the right?" Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong could not help but ask.
Their cooperation was equivalent to the Sixth Mainland's massive amount of materials. Even if they cooperated with the Human Domain, the Hall of Honor should be the equivalent. No matter how rich or powerful Lu Yin was, he could not compare to an entire continent's worth of materials.
Lu Yin stared at Half Heaven City Lord. "I don't have any ordinary materials, but I have some rare materials that normal people can't obtain, including rare materials that even the Sixth Mainland can't get. I can help you get them."
The Half Heaven City Lord's eyes flickered. "Even the Sixth Mainland can't get their hands on these materials, yet you can?"
Lu Yin smiled. "How should I put it? It's a personal gift. I can separate certain materials perfectly and recreate their original appearance."
"Impossible!" Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong shouted as he glared at Lu Yin. "You're lying! Even with my city's technology, I can't do something like this."
"Just because you can't do it doesn't mean that I can't. You don't believe me?
Give it a try? "
The city lord stared at Lu Yin, but his rationality told him that this was impossible. Those rare materials all originated from ancient times and had long since been used. They had indeed obtained many ancient items, but they had been unable to decompose those materials and could only stare at them blankly. They couldn't find new materials even if they wanted to, as they had long since been lost to the river of time. This person in front of him actually claimed that he could perfectly decompose them.
Cultivators fought for their lives. Once they reached a combat power of a million or even a Half-Martial Ancestor, they would be as powerful as a god. However, there were things that even a god could not accomplish.
Kui Luo also looked at Lu Yin in astonishment. Was there really someone who could perfectly separate the materials of an object?
Ordinary objects were very simple, and even external objects with a combat power level of a million or more could be done by those who were proficient in this field. However, for something to be called a rare material, and with the city's technology at that, it was impossible to decompose it.
Since it couldn't be broken down, it was obviously not that simple.
Some external objects might seem ordinary, but because they were too ancient or because their manufacturing methods were too complicated, the materials themselves could not be decomposed. No one could perfectly decompose them, so it was impossible.
"You can try, Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong. Find some things that you need but can't find. Let's see if I can get them for you," Lu Yin said confidently.
The city lord looked at Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong and gave him a look.
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong left.
There was a moment of silence.
"Right, Alliance Master Lu, there were some strange events in the city a while ago. Was it related to you?" Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong suddenly asked as he stared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's expression did not change. "Not related."
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong and Lu Yin looked at each other for a long time, but he could not tell if Lu Yin was lying. Actually, Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong believed that Lu Yin was not related, as Lu Yin had been in seclusion at the time and could not have sent a clone to another place. Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong might have believed that Lu Yin was related to the Human Domain's Xia family, but that did not seem likely.
Not long after, Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong arrived with a broken stone and tossed it to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin caught it and raised a brow as he looked at it.
"This stone is very ordinary, but there's a material inside called tear dust. As long as you can extract the tear dust, I'll believe you," Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong said in a low voice.
Kui Luo was astonished. "Tear dust?"
Lu Yin was curious. "Senior, have you heard of it?"
Kui Luo nodded and looked at the stone in amazement. "Tear dust is an extremely ancient material that can no longer be found in the current era. I never thought that there would be one here." He then looked at Lu Yin. "Are you sure you can extract it?
You should know that tear dust is very fragile. Even someone who has just started cultivating can erase tear dust if they're not careful, let alone someone like you. "
"What does it do?" Lu Yin was curious.
Kui Luo replied, "Plant it and grow it."
Lu Yin blinked. "That's it?"
Kui Luo nodded. "That's it. It's actually a type of soil."
"Then why is it so precious?
Even Senior has heard of it. "
"It's said that the plants grown with tear dust are more spiritual than other plants of the same species. Right, I heard that Ancestor Hui's first Wisdom Root was grown with tear dust."
Lu Yin's expression changed, and then he was delighted. "Really?"
"Alliance Master Lu, please help yourself. How long will it take?" Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong interrupted.
Lu Yin looked at him. "Is there anything else?
Bring it all over, I don't have time to wait. "
"As long as Alliance Master Lu can extract tear dust, our cooperation will begin. Alliance Master Lu doesn't need to wait in a city. I'll give you the item, and you can bring it to me when you extract it," Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong said seriously.
Lu Yin smiled. "That's a deal. However, I didn't mention any conditions for cooperation. I just said that I'm willing to cooperate."
"Let's talk about it after we extract tear dust." Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong didn't believe that Lu Yin could do it and left.
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong hurriedly chased after him. "City Lord, aren't you afraid that he already has tear dust?"
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong replied, "If it's that coincidental, then cooperating with him is the will of the heavens. There's no need to go against it."
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong seemed to understand.
Kui Luo left as well, leaving Lu Yin alone.
Lu Yin went back to where he had been in seclusion, and his gaze turned cold.
Kui Luo took action to prevent Lu Yin from being monitored by a city.
"No problem," Kui Luo replied.
Lu Yin looked up, as if he could see that invisible thought form. He didn't know if the mainframe could see it, but even if it did, it wouldn't matter. He only needed to use two pips from his die, and the rest could be hidden.
Although his innate gift of disintegrating materials was rare, it wasn't enough to cause a stir.
He placed his cosmic ring to the side and didn't leave a single star essence on him.
Lu Yin raised his hand, and his die appeared. He tapped it, causing it to spin and slowly stop at Enhance.
Lu Yin was helpless. Kui Luo and Jie Shan's Chief both had innate gifts, but he didn't dare to touch them in the next ten seconds. He recovered his die and continued rolling it.
On his second try, he rolled three pips. Looking at the two screens, Lu Yin shook his head and tried again.
On his third try, his luck wasn't bad, and he rolled two pips. A disintegration vortex appeared, and Lu Yin threw the stone into it. The stone passed through the vortex, and several different materials fell out. Lu Yin could only recognize the most ordinary stone fragments, but there were also red and grey fragments beside them.
Once again, he threw these fragments into the decomposition vortex, but nothing was decomposed. He had reached the bottom.
That meant that one of these fragments was definitely tear dust.
The grey fragments were the most likely, as there were too few of them.
Regardless of what kind of fragment it was, Lu Yin collected some, as he needed tear dust to help him disintegrate materials. Taking some wasn't excessive, as they didn't know how much there was anyway.
The disintegration vortex could last for five minutes, so Lu Yin wasn't in a hurry to leave. Being too quick would arouse suspicion.
As the vortex disappeared, Lu Yin closed his eyes and began cultivating Sirius.
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Two days passed, and Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong came to check on Lu Yin twice, but he didn't see him come out. His expression grew colder each time he left.
When Vice-Governor Xiao Xiong came for the third time, Lu Yin walked out.
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong hurriedly stared at Lu Yin. "You failed, didn't you?"
Kui Luo and Jie Shan's chief also looked at Lu Yin curiously.
Lu Yin smiled and raised his hand, revealing several fragments. "Can I trouble you to take a look and see if there's any tear dust?"
Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong looked at the fragments in Lu Yin's hand, especially the grey ones. He was stunned.
Bantian City Lord arrived, this time with a modified human body that was much more powerful than the previous one. When he saw the grey fragments in Lu Yin's hand, he looked up. "Alliance Master Lu, welcome to work with Citadel."
Lu Yin handed the grey fragments to Vice City Lord Xiao Xiong and smiled under Jie Shan's stunned gaze. "Please come in."
"Please." Bantian City Lord's tone had completely changed.
Jie Shan's chief was stunned, and he stared at Lu Yin and Bantian City Lord in a daze. How was this possible?
For a long time, the Hall of Honor had sought a ceasefire or even a cooperation with Citadel, but they had never succeeded. However, Lu Yin had actually succeeded. How had he done it?
The times made heroes.
The separation of the Innerverse and Outerverse had allowed Lu Yin to unify the Outerverse, and the destruction of the Sixth Mainland had also allowed Lu Yin to cooperate with Citadel.
Compared to the Sixth Mainland, which could no longer satisfy Citadel's material needs, Lu Yin, who could allow them to obtain rare materials, was more worthy of cooperation. Lu Yin had already become a treasure in Bantian City Lord's eyes.
To the Technocracy, materials were like battle techniques to the Technocracy. To the Human Domain, Lu Yin was like a walking secret technique to the humans.