Chapter Fifty-Three: The Black Stone

  "This is absolutely impossible!" Mo Gu Yun said word by word.

  "Haha, Dad, your reaction is exactly the same as mine back then! Haha!" Mo Yan looked at Mo Gu Yun's shocked face and couldn't help but laugh too.

  Looking at Mo Yan's mischievous expression, Mo Gu Yun was also speechless. Looking at Mo Yan, he said: "Yan'er, stop messing around and quickly tell me what's going on?"

  "Dad, this is absolutely true, I saw it with my own eyes. Qin Lang can really absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth." As she spoke, Mo Yan recounted the events of that night to Mo Gu Yun without leaving out any details. The more she spoke, the deeper Mo Gu Yun's frown became. When she mentioned how her own primordial energy had almost been drained by Qin Lang, Mo Gu Yun seemed to have personally experienced the danger and wiped away sweat for Mo Yan.

  Until Mo Yan finished speaking, Mo Gu Yun also remained silent for a long time, his eyebrows completely furrowed together.

  After a while, Mo Gu Yun took a deep breath. Until now, he still didn't dare to believe everything that Mo Yan said, but Mo Gu Yun knew that Mo Yan wouldn't joke about this matter with him.

  "Refining the body can absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth? This goes against common sense!" Mo Gu Yun shook his head, saying in an incredulous tone.

  "Yes, I was also frightened at the time. What's even more terrifying is that when he started absorbing the heavenly and earthly primal energy, my connection with the heavenly and earthly primal energy was completely severed. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't absorb a single thread of primal energy." Mo Yan gave Mo Gu Yun another dose of strong medicine.

  "This Qin Lang is getting more and more unfathomable, could this be the reason why he gives me a special feeling?" Mo Gu Yun said in a low voice.

  Mo Yan also fell into deep thought, she had been unable to figure out this matter all along, and had thought that telling her father would give herself a reasonable explanation, but unexpectedly her father was also full of incredulity.

  After a long time, Mo Gu Yun finally spoke again.

  "Yan'er, this matter is too astonishing and unconventional, it must not be known to a third person. Also, you have to remind Qin Cang that before reaching the Refining Spirit Realm, he absolutely cannot reveal his ability to absorb yuanqi. Otherwise, I'm afraid some trouble will arise."

  "Hmm, I already know all this. I've warned Qin Lang to never expose this matter." Mo Yan said.

  "Yes, Yan'er is in charge, I can rest assured."

  "Dad, what's next? Are we just going to let Qin Lang develop freely like this?"

  "What else can be done? People like Qin Lang cannot be inferred with common sense, just give him more freedom, as long as he doesn't do anything too out of line, let things develop naturally."

  "Let him be a bit freer? Hum! That's impossible, or else this guy will turn the sky upside down." Mo Yan said viciously.

  "Haha, then you're on your own, I won't interfere with military matters." Mo Gu Yun said with a smile.

  After talking about Qin Lang's affairs, the father and daughter also started chatting about family matters, all of which were ordinary things.

  Qin Lang was now wandering aimlessly within the Lonely Cloud City and had unknowingly walked into a bustling market street.

  There aren't many people in this market, with stalls scattered sparsely about. Occasionally, passersby would stop at each stall, take a look and then leave.

  Qin Lang also walked in slowly, and on the stall were placed some strange and unusual things that Qin Lang had never seen before, making Qin Lang who had never seen the world very interested.

  "Boss, what's this thing?" Qin Lang walked up to a stall and pointed at a bottle-like object on the stall, asking.

  "This gentleman, you have an extraordinary presence, one look and I can tell you're a man of discerning taste." The stall owner's interest was piqued as soon as he saw the customer.

  "This bottle has a great origin!" The stall owner picked up the bottle, with a deep and solemn tone, pausing for a moment as if waiting for Qin Cang to ask questions, but seeing that Qin Cang didn't react, he could only clear his throat and continue.

  "Cough, this bottle was unexpectedly obtained by me not long ago when I went out for a trip at an ancient relic. At that time, there were several spiritual period demon beasts guarding this bottle, and we paid a huge price to get it."

  "Wow, I didn't expect this ordinary-looking bottle to have such an extraordinary origin!" Qin Cang exclaimed.

  "This isn't just an ordinary bottle, look at the material it's made of, that's not normal......Hey, sir, don't leave yet, I haven't finished talking, don't leave yet, I can give you a discount..."

  "Haha!" Qin Lang turned around and left without looking back. This guy, still trying to deceive himself? Doesn't he see what kind of person he is? He just puts out a broken vase and pretends it's an antique.

  As he walked on, Qin Guangdong looked around but didn't see anything worth paying attention to. Just as he was about to leave, a quarrel broke out at a stall behind him.

  "You dare to open your mouth so wide for this broken thing? Do you think I'm a sheep, wanting to slaughter me?" A young man in luxurious clothes shouted, pointing at a black stone-like object. Behind him was a young woman in a red long dress, who was now holding the black stone and fiddling with it, looking very interested. Behind them were several guards.

  "This is just a quote from me, sir. If you think it's expensive, you don't have to buy it." The stall owner said with his eyes closed and without even lifting his head.

  "Hmm, expensive? I can easily buy your entire stall with the money I have. But I think you're just randomly quoting a price and trying to rip me off." The young man said, with one hand on his hip and the other pointing at the stall owner.

  "If you don't buy it, no one can cheat you." The stall owner still lowered his head and didn't take the young man seriously.

  "You!!!" The young man suddenly became furious, looking as if he was about to overturn the stall, but was stopped by a woman in a red skirt beside him.

  "Brother, just say a few less words." The woman in the red skirt stopped the man in the fancy clothes and said to the stall owner: "Boss, I quite like this stone, but your price is a bit high. Do you think you could sell it to me at a lower price?"

  The woman in the red skirt had a voice as melodious as an oriole's song, extremely pleasant to listen to. Upon hearing such a voice, Qin Lang asked himself if he could completely stir up any refusing emotions. However, the stall owner was not moved at all and remained extremely firm.

  "Sorry, my quote is the selling price. If you think it's expensive, I can't help it."

  "What a pity." The woman in the red skirt couldn't hide her disappointment, and slowly put the black stone back.

  "Cousin, it's okay, if you like it I'll buy it and give it to you." The man in Chinese clothing saw the red-dressed woman's disappointed look and suddenly felt heartache, saying that he would take out his money.

  "No need, brother. I just thought the stone looked a bit special and was curious, but at this price, I think it's not worth it. Forget it." The woman in red stopped the man in fine clothes from making a move and decisively gave up on the stone. She pulled on the man's clothes, ready to leave.

  The stall owner sitting behind the counter shook his head slightly and didn't say a word.

  Qin Lang took a look at the black stone and also felt a spark of interest. Just now, he had seen this black stone on his way here, but his eyes hadn't lingered on it for long. Now that he heard the price of this black stone was extremely high, Qin Lang became interested.

  Qin Lang walked up and pointed at the stone, asking: "Boss, how much is this stone?"

  "One hundred silver coins." The stall owner said without looking up.

  "Hehe, it's indeed quite expensive." Qin Lang smiled and was about to reach out to take the stone.

  Qin Lang's movement on this side was also noticed by the young man and the woman in red.

  "Hum, this boss is just a swindler. I'm telling you, brother, don't get cheated." The young man warned.

  "Hmm, thanks for reminding me." Qin Lang turned his head and said, thinking that the man in the fancy clothes seemed arrogant, but was actually quite good.

  He picked up the stone, Qin Lang concentrated his mind on the stone, wanting to dive in and see what was going on, but his mind was like being blocked by a thin membrane, unable to enter at all. Qin Lang suddenly lost interest, feeling a bit disappointed.

  Just as Qin Huan was about to put down the black stone, his body underwent a change. When he realized that the golden aura within him was the primordial energy of heaven and earth, Qin Huan deliberately suppressed it. At this moment, it was as if a stone had disturbed the calm, stirring up ripples.

  A few strands of golden aura uncontrollably surged out from his dantian, and it was precisely these few strands of golden aura that caused Qin Lin to clench the hand holding the stone tightly.

  He knew this stone was extraordinary.

  "Boss, I don't have that much money on me. I wonder if it's possible to exchange for something else?" Qin Lang gripped the black stone in his hand tightly, as if afraid someone would snatch it away from him.

  "Alright." The stall owner finally lifted his head and smiled at Qin Cang.

  "Huh, I'm telling you, didn't you hear what I just said? Are you willing to be taken advantage of like this?" The man in the fancy clothes saw that Qin Leng was actually going to buy the stone, and looking at the stall owner who was smiling, he suddenly became angry.

  "This brother, I really like this stone, so it's okay even if it's expensive." Qin Lang put the black stone into his arms, afraid of any accidents.

  Seeing Qin Lang's appearance, the young man in fine clothes was both angry and amused, but he didn't say anything else. He turned to the woman in red and said, "Cousin, let's go. What a guy."

  The woman in red skirt slowly walked away with the man in fine clothes, took a few steps, then turned back to glance at Qin Guang, and then left.

  As he watched the man in Chinese clothing leave, Qin Lin seemed to let out a breath of relief, looked at the stall owner, took out a blue beast crystal core from his storage bag and handed it over.

  "Boss, I only have this on me, can you exchange it for this stone?"

  As soon as the stall owner saw the beast crystal in Qin Lang's hand, his eyes lit up. At a glance, he could tell that this beast crystal was extraordinary and far exceeded the price of 100 silver coins.

  "Alright, alright, this young master is really generous." The stall owner took the beast crystal from Qin Chao and said with a smile: "This young master, this stone now belongs to you."

  "That's more bosses then." Qin Lang said happily.

  Having obtained the black stone, Qin Lang also lost his mind to stroll around. He ran all the way back to the military camp, rushed into his own military account, and carefully took out the black stone.

  "Hey, found treasure?"