"I am afraid I do not know."
The middle aged man smiled and shook his head. "I also bought them from someone. These mutilated dragon bones were just giveaways because the thing I traded was of great value to the other party. Although I cannot use them either."
Since they could not be absorbed as spirit bones, the value of these mutilated dragon bones dropped sharply. They had been kept by the various great families of Xingluo as collectibles that were tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.
Although some people had tried to use them to make soul tools, the results were not very good.
"Could you introduce me?" Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes and said calmly. "I will give you satisfactory compensation."
"You are looking for complete dragon bones, are you not?"
The middle aged man thought for a moment and nodded. "Of course. But I am not sure whether the other party was the first to obtain the dragon bones."
At this point, he changed his tone, a strange smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"So, rather than finding them, I have a better suggestion."
Le Xiaoling, standing behind Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena as a "guard," narrowed her eyes. Sensing danger, she was about to warn Huo Yuhao and the others.
But a flash of dark shadow passed by. Le Xiaoling only felt her vision go dark and lost consciousness.
The middle aged man had unknowingly come behind her, without even using his martial soul.
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena watched this scene calmly, neither surprised.
They had long expected that the person who knew the core information about Dragon Valley would not be an ordinary soul master. Moreover, although Le Xiaoling could not sense it, in their eyes, this middle aged man's strength was laid bare.
He was a Titled Douluo.
The only thing that surprised them somewhat was that the person who came was not from the Holy Spirit Cult or the Xingluo government, but from the Dawn Society.
The man did not try to hide his actions. After confirming that Le Xiaoling was unconscious, he set up a spirit power barrier, then respectfully bowed to the two. "Sorry to startle the distinguished guests of the Spirit Transmission Tower. I am Mo Yan, representing the Dawn Society. I hereby apologize to you both."
Glancing at Le Xiaoling lying unconscious on the floor, Huo Yuhao did not care. He simply stared at Mo Yan, who claimed to be from the Dawn Society.
"You just attacked the train carrying our Federation delegation, and now you have knocked out the guide Xingluo assigned to us and interrupted my transaction plans. I am afraid a simple apology is not enough."
The man's expression did not change. Instead, a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. The heavy feeling in his heart also relaxed a bit.
Being in the same room as Huo Yuhao, an expert who had just defeated a Red Grade Mecha pilot and established his authority on the Xingluo Continent, was no small pressure.
Fortunately, Huo Yuhao had not attacked immediately, which meant that negotiation was possible.
Mo Yan cleared his throat lightly. "The attack was also unavoidable. We did not know how you planned to deal with the Xingluo Federation. If we had allowed you to enter Xingluo City, sign various agreements with the Xingluo Federation, and even establish good relations, we would have completely lost our chance. However, through the previous battle, we have understood that you temporarily have no intention of involving yourselves in Xingluo's conflicts. I apologize to you both here."
The tentative attack had given the Dawn Society a very important answer. The experts of the Douluo Federation had not pursued the fleeing members of the Dawn Society. From this, they could understand the true attitude of the Douluo Federation.
And in his view, that was the greatest significance of that attack.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's indifferent reaction, understanding that he had no interest in his explanation or apology, Mo Yan smiled again. "The Dawn Society will soon offer compensation for the displeasure we have caused your delegation members. Ling Hefan, who acted on his own initiative to attack you, has already been dealt with. If the two of you are still angry, I can offer you his head."
His hand rested on his soul tool bracelet, as if he could produce the head if Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena wanted it.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. "He is already dead?"
"Indeed. The leader has made him pay the price."
Mo Yan smiled slightly. "After all, we have no foundation of trust between us. If a strong initial dose can earn your trust, that would be perfect."
Gu Yuena looked at the smile on this man's face and snorted coldly. "All I sense from that is madness."
Killing a Red Grade Mecha pilot at will. Grinning cheekily at a companion's death and treating it as a bargaining chip. Compared to the apparent normalcy of the Xingluo Federation, the Dawn Society was also quite mad.
"The background of Xingluo is madness. Which strong person who has survived to this day is not mad?"
Mo Yan smiled, looking at The auction is still in progress outside, and said in a strange tone, "Unlike the two of you, we were not born in paradise."
At that moment on the auction stage, the host was enthusiastically introducing, "Distinguished guests, the next item is the Soul Source Pill. I am sure you are all very familiar with this pill. It is refined using an ancient secret formula. It can help soul masters break through bottlenecks and increase spirit power levels, with no side effects. The starting bid is five million Xingluo coins."
The audience instantly boiled over. Countless bidders raised their paddles in succession. The price climbed higher and higher.
Finally, it was won by a guest in a private booth, who shouted out the winning bid.
"Do the two of you know who is in that booth?"
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena did not answer. Mo Yan did not mind and answered his own question. "The person inside is from the Douluo Federation. He has been in Xingluo for decades. In the past, he did not think much of the Soul Source Pill sold in Xingluo, believing that pills that could be used continuously were fraudulent and not worth his attention."
"After all, there have been Pill pots who became Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos. In forces like the Blacksmithing Association and the Mecha Designer Association, which value secondary professions, there are many such people. But their combat effectiveness is generally very low. Not to mention fighting above their level, they cannot even defeat those weaker than themselves. His view was not strange."
"However, the Soul Source Pill is different. He just accidentally tried it once and could no longer stop. The effect of that pill is similar to the spirit power increase after obtaining a spirit ring. As long as you do not take too many at once, you will not become one of those Pill pots. Moreover, the Soul Source Pill has no drug resistance. With enough Soul Source Pills, becoming a Titled Douluo is not difficult."
Gu Yuena frowned as she looked at the Soul Source Pill being auctioned. Her heart sank.
Every pill has drug resistance. Being able to take them continuously with still excellent effects, and being sold at the Xingluo auction house... She thought of Dark Phoenix Douluo's guess.
Was this Soul Source Pill also a Human Pill?
Mo Yan continued, "But is this not very strange? How can such an unreasonable pill exist in this world? Increasing cultivation quickly without harming one's foundation. It inevitably brings to mind a dangerous group, evil soul masters."
"Our Dawn Society has existed in Xingluo for several hundred years. Investigating in this direction, although we encountered many obstacles at first, no defense can withstand the power of time. In the end, we discovered the truth of the matter. Xingluo has cooperated with evil soul masters, and the material for these pills is humans."
"How could we not become demonically insane after learning the truth, having once taken pills to become stronger and resist the Xingluo army?"
Mo Yan had thought that after he said this, no matter how strong these two young people were, given their youth, they would show expressions of shock, disbelief, or anger.
And once he planted this seed of doubt, things would develop in the direction he hoped.
Evil soul masters should be killed by all. The Douluo Federation would not cooperate with evil soul masters, while the Xingluo Federation secretly colluded with them. This truth would be enough to make the Federation hostile toward the Xingluo Federation and bear fruit in the future.
However, Huo Yuhao just looked at him calmly. "Keep your One sided Statements for others. I am only one member of the delegation, not its leader. If you want to seek cooperation or elaborate on Xingluo's situation, go find His Majesty Duoqing and the others. What I want now is only the information you originally intended to give me."
Mo Yan said, "..."
What was wrong with this person? Was a normal person not supposed to be furious upon hearing that evil soul masters were refining pills from living people?
Did they not care about Xingluo cooperating with evil soul masters?
Were they not curious about these inside details?
In the end, under Huo Yuhao's calm gaze, Mo Yan conceded defeat and showed a helpless smile. "It seems the leader was right that I am not good with words. Very well, since you want to know about Dragon Valley, I will tell you now. I hope it can make up for my previous offense."
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