Chapter 267: The Douqi Dragon Arm that Makes Refiners Want to Dismantle It
"I... I don't know much about the Mo Family, but I think their technology is pretty good. They seem like good people," Jiang Lin said awkwardly, slightly embarrassed, as he instinctively rubbed his nose, feeling the weight of Ha Mo's gaze.
"Good people?" Ha Mo's eyes widened slightly, looking at Jiang Lin in disbelief, as if questioning whether he had misheard.
"Do you really not understand or are you pretending not to?" Ha Mo's face twitched slightly. He hadn't expected Jiang Lin to make such a naive comment. "The Mo Family, although they may not be completely evil, are a regional power, a local tyrant of sorts. They may not be truly malicious, but you definitely can't call them 'good people.'"
Jiang Lin's heart stirred at Ha Mo's words, and he curiously asked, "How do you know so much about them?"
Ha Mo shot Jiang Lin a look and then explained, "Klei is someone from Salt City, and he knows a lot about the Mo Family. We've all heard about them from him. The families within the Gamma Empire, there's no clear good or evil — it's more about their stances. Generally speaking, everyone avoids interfering with each other's core interests. The Mo Family, in Salt City, relies on the flag of Yun Lan Sect, so they've had a relatively comfortable time. Other families just turn a blind eye. The Yun Lan Sect has expenses, and sometimes they need secular industries. Even the Gamma Royal Family doesn't meddle in their business."
"The Yun Lan Sect and the Gamma Royal Family are both part of the Gamma Empire's faction. Even though they fought in the past, when facing external enemies, they need to unite," Ha Mo continued, explaining the current relationships between various factions within the Gamma Empire to Jiang Lin.
"Then..." Jiang Lin's eyes flickered as he looked at the invitation letter in his hand, hesitating before asking, "What if the Mo Family has captured one of my friends?"
"Hmm?" Ha Mo raised an eyebrow, slightly frowning as he looked at Jiang Lin. "Go on."
"The Mo Family took a girl..." Jiang Lin then shared everything he had heard from Xiao Yi Xian, including the situation in Stone Desert City, where a Mo Family Great Dou Master had attempted to silence someone, and emphasized the importance of Qing Lin's special eyes, the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes.
"I'm not really interested in the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes, but my opinion of the Mo Family has dropped considerably. They've used their blood fusion secret techniques on humans. I don't mind them trading in beast limbs and organs, but trading human organs... sorry, my evaluation of the Mo Family has turned negative." Jiang Lin said in a low voice, the complexity in his heart growing.
At first, he had thought the Mo Family's secret techniques could save more people, but now he was disgusted by the fact that the targets of these techniques had become humans. Though Jiang Lin was technically part of the Spirit Clan and not human, he still considered himself a human in the same way that most ancient clans, despite being classified separately, still viewed themselves as humans.
The Mo Family's techniques involved extracting limbs from beasts and implanting them into humans, and Jiang Lin had no issue with this. It wasn't a moral question but rather a matter of faction. But now, seeing them apply these techniques to humans, Jiang Lin's feelings turned sour.
Even though Qing Lin was a half-human, a child of both humans and snakes, she was still, fundamentally, human. If she had willingly given her eyes to the Mo Family, Jiang Lin could understand. For example, if Qing Lin were crushed by a large rock and near death, she could give her eyes to the Mo Family and allow them to fulfill her wish to continue living and protect the world. That would have been easier to accept.
"Is that so?" Ha Mo frowned slightly after hearing Jiang Lin's description. He, too, was disgusted by the Mo Family's eye-removal practices. He had only known them as a shady family working with beast limbs, and they were tolerated because of their usefulness. Many people in the Gamma Empire lost limbs during various battles, so the Mo Family's beast limbs were in demand. This was why the upper echelons of the Gamma Empire tolerated them but didn't openly support them.
The Mo Family was like another 'Refiner's Guild' — not needed but impossible to do without.
"If the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes really have the extraordinary control over snakes and beasts that you say, then it aligns with the Mo Family's interests. That's how they operate," Ha Mo said with a solemn tone. "Do you need help? The Mo Family's Grand Elder, Mo Cheng, is a Dou Ling, so if you want to get someone from them, it might be a bit difficult."
Ha Mo, being a Dou Ling, could easily tell that Jiang Lin wouldn't face much resistance from the Mo Family, as Jiang Lin had an excellent reputation within the Mo Family. However, the value of the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes was high, so Mo Cheng might try to refuse. This was where Jiang Lin might have difficulty using force to retrieve the person.
Ha Mo was almost on the same level as Mo Cheng, but he had Xuan Weapons. In a fight with someone like Mo Cheng, a few slashes would have him begging for mercy.
"You don't need to worry about Yun Lan Sect," Ha Mo added, "If the Mo Family has offended them, so be it. As long as you can get your person back, everything else can be negotiated. I heard from Old Han that Yun Lan Sect is closely related to the previous Guild Master, and the Yun Lan Sword, a six-star transmission Xuan Weapon, was forged by the previous Guild Master."
Ha Mo emphasized again to Jiang Lin that he wasn't alone in this — he had the entire Refiner's Guild behind him. "If you want to do something, just go ahead."
(END CHAPTER)
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