Shuncheng Street in Chilin District is adjacent to the commercial street. Although it is not as prosperous as the city center, it is not bad either. It was just dark at this time, and people's nightlife had just begun.
Qinji Tavern is a relatively famous tavern on Shuncheng Street. There is also a night market outside the tavern, and diners come here in an endless stream to dine. A man who looked about forty years old was busy at the night market stall with other tavern staff.
After a while, the man heard the roar of an engine and looked up, with a smile on his face. A young man parked his car and walked towards him with a smile.
"Brother Qin! Are you busy?" The young man was Yao Yingjie. He smiled and greeted the man.
The man whom Yingjie called "Brother Qin" also walked towards Yao Yingjie. After the two came together, the man pretended to be a gesture, raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "That's not right. Why are you more than half an hour late from the agreed time? This is not like your style. What's wrong? Did you encounter any difficult problems on the road?"
I saw Yao Yingjie casually bringing a stool from the side and sitting on it. He picked up the juice on the table next to him and took a sip. He said: "I haven't encountered any problems. It's just a C-level reward order. It's not a problem for me. Mainly. I picked up a girl from out of town along the way and took her to where she wanted to go. It took a detour, so I came back a little late."
"Did you pick up a girl on the way?" Brother Qin pretended to be questioning and asked, "That's not right. You have never been so enthusiastic towards a stranger, even if the other person is a woman. What? Did you fall in love with her at first sight?"
Hearing these words, Yingjie, who was drinking juice, almost spit out the juice he just drank in his mouth. With a dumbfounded expression on his face, he said: "Brother Qin, don't make fun of me. We just met by chance, and we have nothing to do with each other." I don’t know her, it’s love at first sight! When I was cleaning up those four guys, I almost hurt her by accident, so I gave her a ride on the way, as an apology.”
Hearing Yao Yingjie's explanation, Brother Qin thought thoughtfully and said, "So that's it. Oh, that's a pity. I thought you were in love." After hearing this, Yao Yingjie's head turned dark.
"Is she pretty?"
"She's pretty, and her figure is..." Suddenly he noticed something was wrong. Yingjie felt that Brother Qin was deliberately "tricking" him again. Halfway through, he stopped talking. Then he hit back hard at his brother Qin with his eyes.
"Hahahaha, okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore." Brother Qin laughed for a while, and then said: "You have been wandering outside for two years. Now that you are back, you should take a good rest for a while, and other things first. put aside."
"I'd like to take a break, but conditions don't allow it." Yao Yingjie then stood up, approached Brother Qin and whispered, "Come on, go up to the second floor, and I'll show you something." After saying that, he walked to the stairs next to him and prepared to go up to the second floor. building.
Looking at the somewhat mysterious Yao Yingjie, Brother Qin was confused: "What's going on? It's so mysterious..." Then he ordered his subordinates to be more careful. Then he followed Yao Yingjie to the second floor.
On the second floor, in Brother Qin's office room, Yao Yingjie sat at the table. After Brother Qin came in, he sat next to Yingjie and asked, "What's the matter?"
I saw Yingjie holding a small glass ball with colorful weak light in his hand, and then handed this strange stone similar to a glass ball to Brother Qin.
Brother Qin stared at this thing carefully for a long time, as if he suddenly remembered something, and suddenly asked Yao Yingjie seriously: "Where did you get this thing?"
Looking at Brother Qin who suddenly became very serious, Yao Yingjie realized that this thing might not be simple. Then he replied: "A middle-aged uncle gave it to me."
"Middle-aged uncle?"
"Yes, a middle-aged uncle. He looks about fifty years old and is dressed quite simply. In terms of height... he is slightly taller than me." Yingjie continued to answer.
"Middle-aged uncle...what's his name?"
"I don't know. I only know that he asked me to call him Uncle Long. As for his name, I don't know. I didn't ask. He said that if we are destined, I will naturally know his name the next time we meet."
"Uncle Long, an uncle in his fifties... have you seen him before?" Brother Qin continued to ask.
"I met him two years ago, in the cemetery, when I went to visit my father. I also saw him at the same place this time. From what he said, it seemed that he had just come back from outside, and he must have drifted a lot outside. Nian... By the way, he should be a brave man. Although the inner energy aura I feel on him is very weak, I guess he is deliberately restraining his aura." Yao Yingjie said.
"I want you to call him Uncle Long. He is in his fifties, a brave man, taller than you, and has been traveling for many years. Could it be..." Brother Qin thought carefully and said to himself with some uncertainty: "Could it be... he?"
Hearing this, Yao Yingjie asked: "Brother Qin, do you have a clue? Do you know who he is?"
"No... not sure. But..." Halfway through the words, Brother Qin stopped talking. It seemed that he was thinking about something. After a moment, he said: "This middle-aged uncle is definitely not an ordinary person, and..." As he spoke, he picked up the strange stone in his hand: "This stone, if I judge it correctly, should be... a magic stone."
"Demon spirit stone?" When Yao Yingjie heard this name, he felt as if he had heard it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"Don't you know about the Demon Spirit Stone?" Brother Qin asked after seeing Yao Yingjie's expression.
Yao Yingjie thought for a moment and said, "This name seems to have been mentioned by the instructors when I was in the academy, but I don't know the rest. What is this magic spirit stone?"
Seeing that Yao Yingjie didn't know what the magic spirit stone was, Brother Qin didn't expect that Yingjie didn't know. Then, he slowly said: "Speaking of this, first of all, we have to talk about spirit stones. I believe you must know what spirit stones are."
Seeing Yao Yingjie nodding, Brother Qin continued: "Our world, or planet, contains a very expensive mineral deposit, the Lingshi mine. Lingshi is also a substance refined from these mines. The appearance is similar to translucent glass, just like diamond, but the hardness is harder than diamond, and it also has a certain degree of toughness under certain conditions. I believe you know some of these. The magic spirit stone is actually a spirit stone. . Because someone initially discovered that external energy could be stored in the spirit stone through some means, and coupled with the characteristics of the spirit stone itself, it was naturally applied to energy storage. "
Hearing this, Yao Yingjie seemed to think of something: "Storing energy...?"
"Yes, it does have this function. The reason why it is called an expensive mineral deposit is because although the currently proven reserves of Lingshi mine are not large, 90% of the mines are buried deep underground, and the cost of mining them is very high. Moreover, the refining technology of spirit stones is currently only available to the six major countries, so spirit stones and their mineral deposits will be very expensive. Moreover, even if the six major countries have the refining technology, they cannot achieve mass production with their current capabilities, so... spirit stones Stone resources are very rare.”
"You mean, this thing is very expensive?" Yao Yingjie asked.
"Expensive, not just expensive. The so-called magic spirit stone refers to the spirit stone that stores magic energy. Do you know what magic energy is?" Brother Qin asked.
Yao Yingjie thought for a moment and replied: "Is it the energy of the Demonic Soul Stone?"
"That's right. The energy of the Demonic Soul Stone is what we call magic energy. You should know what the Demonic Soul Stone is... It is the most crazy thing in the world, and the huge energy contained in it is very terrifying. Although it has a lot of energy, it is just a stone after all. If we want to use the energy in it, we will inevitably have some limitations, such as distance, controllability, stealth, etc., which are very inconvenient to use. But if we use a small amount of it Part of the energy transfer is stored in the spirit stones. Wherever magic energy is needed, the spirit stones containing magic energy are brought there to provide magic energy. This is more convenient, and because the amount is relatively small, it is easy to control, so the magic spirit stones are like this circumstances, was born.”
Listening to the information that Brother Qin said, Yao Yingjie's heart was gradually deepening in surprise, and there was a hint of surprise on his face.
Looking at Yingjie's expression, Brother Qin continued: "The spirit stone he gave you should be the magic spirit stone, but judging from the appearance, the fluorescence emitted is already very weak, and it is estimated that the energy is basically not much. But even if it is In this way, for people, the energy is also huge."
"For humans? What do you mean?" Yao Yingjie felt puzzled when he heard this. What does magical energy have to do with human energy?
"...Sigh. After all, you are still a young man, and there are many things you don't know yet. Magic energy can be integrated into the human body and controlled by others. Most brave men know this. Even if they don't know the details, they should understand it in general. Things." Brother Qin sighed and said.
Yao Yingjie's eyes widened, feeling incredible! Magic energy can actually be integrated into the human body. How is this possible?
Shocked by Brother Qin's words for a moment, Yao Yingjie seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked: "Isn't this right? As a brave man, you should know one truth, that is, strong power needs a strong carrier to bear it. That's right. For this reason, in addition to improving the density, quality and control accuracy of our internal forces, our practice must also temper our own bodies. This is a foundation that cannot be ignored. Because once our body is not strong enough, it cannot bear too much power. The power will be counterattacked by the power."
"What you said is correct. But the fusion of magic energy is not that simple, and the things involved are not unique. From the discovery that magic energy can be integrated into the human body, to now, over the past few hundred years, it has been Many people have died when used in fusion experiments. Therefore, various countries, and even the entire world, have banned human fusion experiments with Demonic Soul Stones. But is this really the case? It is prohibited openly, but who can guarantee that this is not the case secretly? Where’s the experiment?”
"This is so crazy. In order to gain power, people can be directly used as experimental subjects..." As he spoke, Yao Yingjie made a fist with one hand and smashed it on the table angrily: "To conduct such an experiment is simply a waste of human life. , is human life really worthless in their eyes?”
"Sigh... Okay, you don't have to be so angry. Fortunately, the entire world now explicitly prohibits such experiments. And it is not easy to conduct such experiments in secret. After all, magic power is not a joke. Fusion experiments want to It is basically impossible not to make a noise. At the very least, it is now clear that there are a total of 16 Demonic Soul Stones in the world, more than half of which are owned by major countries, and only a few are currently missing, so that It's basically impossible for this kind of thing to happen." Seeing Yao Yingjie being so angry, Brother Qin gently patted Yao Yingjie's shoulder with one hand and comforted him.
Yao Yingjie stared at the magic spirit stone and thought about it over and over. The more he thought about it, the more senseless it became: "Since this thing is so expensive and rare, how could he give it to me so easily?"
"I don't know either. If the energy provided by a magic spirit stone is used to generate electricity, it can supply the electricity consumption of the entire Akagi for nearly a month. Some people have paid tens of billions or even hundreds of billions for this thing on the underground black market, but there is no Asking to sell information... Although there is not much energy left in this energy, it is too outrageous for the other party to give it to you directly." Brother Qin also felt a little baffled.
Yao Yingjie suddenly smiled evilly and said, "Why don't you leave this thing here? It's useless to me anyway, and it's so valuable. If you sell it on the black market, Brother Qin, you will be rich."
Hearing this, Brother Qin immediately threw the Demon Spirit Stone to Yao Yingjie, then rolled his eyes at him and said, "Thank you very much. This thing is a hot potato. How can you sell it for money? You think too much, really take it." Selling money on the black market, it's unknown whether I can live a good life. Do you want to trick me?"
"Hahaha." Yao Yingjie laughed for a while, then put away the magic spirit stone and said, "It's just a joke, I'm not that reckless. Since the uncle gave me this, he must have some other meaning. I Just leave it like this for now, and ask him for advice next time if you meet him."
"This is the only way to go now. Remember, this matter must be kept secret. You can't let anyone else know except me. Otherwise, it will easily cause some trouble." Brother Qin ordered.
"Boss, there is a lady downstairs looking for Yingjie!" As soon as they finished speaking, they heard someone calling outside the door.
"There is a young lady looking for you, haha, it can't be the beautiful girl you brought with you today, right?" Brother Qin laughed when he heard the call outside the door.
"Okay, okay, let's go down." Yao Yingjie quickly stood up, opened the door and walked out, for fear that if he stayed for a second longer, his elder brother would make fun of him again.
Seeing Yao Yingjie's hurried expression, Brother Qin also stood up and went out and said, "Okay, I want to see which beauty can melt this ice cube like you."
After that, the two of them walked down the stairs together, one behind the other.
