As the daughter of the captain of Firefly and an expert of refining herself, Miss Tang had been through hundreds of battles on Firefly, a super warship that was as large as a Sector, and she had seen a lot of things.
However, when she walked to the door of the seemingly plain refining workshop on her own, she was somewhat nervous for no good reason.
What kind of refining team was the buyer who had purchased so many tricky materials and broken magical equipment all of a sudden?
The door of the refining workshop slid open before her eyes without a sound, and she was hit by … a weird scent that was slightly sour.
Miss Tang had been in touch with at least eighty thousand kinds of materials, if not a hundred thousand. She knew the form and smell of most of the materials in the universe very well. However, when she observed carefully, she could not tell the source of the sour scent at all. She could not help but be shocked.
Miss Tang was even more uneasy. Taking a deep breath of the sour air, she walked in solemnly.
It was a refining workshop of the highest level in the magical equipment center of the Four Sectors. It was divided into two suites, the inner one and the outer one. The inner one was even a negative pressure dustless room, where certain operations with high precision could be performed.
Right now, the inner one was empty, but it could be seen clearly through the glass window that quite a few materials and magical equipment had been processed and repaired on the floating test rune arrays in the inner one. They were floating in midair for their stability to be observed.
Seeing the materials, Miss Tang's pupils constricted violently, and she almost shrieked in shock.
"What!
"The Moon Soft Glue has been processed? Such brilliance, such form, and such wonderful changes when it is flowing are all too perfect!
"'Water Spirit Gel', 'Seven Brilliance Wood', 'Cave Sound Stone', and more than ten other materials have all been processed perfectly. The ultimate performance of each material can be carried out!
"How is that possible? It hasn't been more than two hours since these buyers purchased our materials. Normally, it would take three to five days just to think about how to deal with the materials. How could they have finished processing it so quickly?"
"Also, this is …"
Miss Tang moaned like a kitten.
"Isn't this' Super Static Rotor 'dismantled in the accident of the' Planetary Penetrating Cannon '? It has been appraised by the specialists to be beyond repair. I was there, too. This' Super Static Rotor 'was appraised by me, too. It is completely useless now!"
"Why? Why was it fixed in such a short time?"
"Also, what does the owner of this place want to do with the 'Super Still Fixed Rotor'? Does anybody know how to use such a rare item other than us?"
Miss Tang covered her chest hard, trying to hold back the waves of shock that were each higher than the last.
If it wasn't for her firm Dao Heart, she would even suspect that she had fallen into the enemy's illusion and was unable to extricate herself from it. How could such a ridiculous thing happen in the real world?
"Slurp slurp, slurp slurp"
Just then, a hair-raising sound came from the corner of the outer room, attracting her attention.
Inch by inch, she turned her head with difficulty.
"… What?!"
Ms. Tang had thought that the buyer who had purchased and refined so many materials must be a whole team of experienced, well-trained, and professional refiners.
The luxurious refining workshop, where hundreds of cutting-edge instruments and magical equipment were stored, had been designed for an entire team, too.
However, Lai Yangyang was leaning against a corner of the refining workshop. He was a very … unconventional, eccentric man.
Miss Tang's eyes moved from the blue and white slippers on the man's feet to the colorful beach shorts and the loose undershirt of the old man. Of course, he was wearing a refining suit that looked like a white coat over the shorts and the undershirt to prove his identity.
The girl surnamed Tang had the urge to poke her own eyes out.
"Slurp slurp. Slurp slurp."
In his hand, he was holding a bowl of … something that seemed to be called "instant noodles". He was taking small bites of the curved noodles. The smell of pickled vegetables that filled the entire room was coming from this bowl!
"What — what is this?"
"Hasn't such shabby, simple food been eliminated decades ago even in the remote villages at the edge of the cosmos? Everybody is eating the quasi fresh food that can freeze water instantly. Where did he find such ancient food that might've expired? He seems to be enjoying it so much!"
"What — what is this black thing exactly? It can't be the legendary braised egg, can it? The question is, how long has the braised egg been there?"
Miss Tang was on the verge of collapse.
Li Yao enjoyed the instant noodles and the braised egg comfortably. Although the taste and nutrition of the food were not very good, it was the taste of more than a hundred years ago after all!
He still remembered that before he became a Cultivator, he had practiced with Ding Yin, the refiner, while eating instant noodles in the train station on the way north to the Grand Desolate Plateau.
The moment he smelled the aroma of the instant noodles, countless memories flooded back to him. No delicacies could replace them!
"Do you have all the materials on the list?"
Seeing that Miss Tang was dumbfounded, Li Yao could only take the bowl of noodles and ask her.
He did not want to expose his whereabouts in the beginning, but quite a few of the materials that Miss Tang had listed were indeed very attractive. Some of them were even precious materials that he had refined in Ou Yezi's memory pieces but could not be found in the Xing Yao Federation.
With those materials, he would be able to significantly strengthen everyone's Crystal Suit and magical equipment.
After weighing the pros and cons, it did not seem to be a bad idea to meet the experts of refining on Firefly.
After all, they were going to resist the Imperium of True Human Beings together in the future. They were sort of comrades who would fight side by side!
Hearing Li Yao's voice, looking at the template that she was very familiar with, and confirming it with his slippers, Miss Tang suddenly realized that it was him. She lost her composure and exclaimed, "It's you!"
Li Yao sucked another mouthful of noodles and watched Miss Tang's expression change from confusion to shock, from shock to excitement, from excitement to fear, and from fear to admiration …
He blinked and put another mouthful of instant noodles into his mouth.
The girl seemed to have recognized him.
But it was not a big problem. After all, he was using a fake identity and an anonymous crystal card. Nobody would know who he was after he left the Four Sectors Magical Equipment Center.
"I thought that you were here to trade materials."
Li Yao slightly frowned. "Do you have all the materials on the list just now? If you don't, let's not waste each other's time."
"Yes, yes!"
Miss Tang was so excited that she could not control herself. She nodded quickly and said, "I have all the materials on the list just now. Also, the price is definitely favorable, senior! Did — did you repair the 'Tranquility Fixed Rotor'? This is unbelievable. We tried to repair the rune arrays inside with the 'Art of Moon Dragging Star', but we couldn't fix them at all. What kind of marvelous technique did you use to repair it, senior? "
"I used the 'Art of Moon Dragging Star', too," Li Yao said.
Miss Tang was dazed. "How is it possible?"
Li Yao picked up the remaining half of the egg and said casually, "It's possible. As long as you're fast enough."
"Fast enough …"
Looking at Li Yao's plain hands that were no different from those of regular Cultivators, Miss Tang was deeply confused again.
"If you do have the materials, I'm indeed very interested in them."
Seeing that Miss Tang was in a daze again, Li Yao could only shift the topic back to business. Thinking for a moment, he said, somewhat hesitantly, "But here's the thing. I have a sum of money that won't arrive until a couple of days later. So, can we examine the quality of the materials first before we settle the accounts? After all, I'll be here all the time. I won't just leave with the materials. "
"Well …"
Miss Tang's heart was in a mess. After discovering that the mysterious man who had been standing next to her in silence half a day ago turned out to be such a shocking master of refining, the materials were not important at all!
If she could make friends with such a master, she would not mind giving all the materials to him!
However, was the man who was chewing the noodles and the eggs really a master of refining? Was there any misunderstanding?
Was it him who had tampered with the 'Azure Thunder', or was it somebody else?
Who was he exactly? Was he an unworldly expert living at the edge of the cosmos?
The nature of a refiner in Miss Tang's blood was completely triggered. She summoned her courage and was about to ask Li Yao if the tampering on the Azure Thunder was done by him.
However, Chu Chongjiu and Nie Siyuan's warnings just now were still ringing in her ears. She was finally able to maintain the most basic rationality and did not ask recklessly.
Thinking of something, Miss Tang changed her question and said respectfully, "Senior, the materials are all negotiable. I'll take you to our warehouse of materials to buy them later. Money is not a problem at all!
"However …"
"Half a day ago, when I embarrassed myself next to the magical equipment test field, you were there too, weren't you, senior? Would you mind giving me a few comments on the adjustment of the 'Azure Thunder'?"
Li Yao drank a mouthful of the sour soup of the noodles and understood what Miss Tang meant.
She was going to use his comments as a 'deposit'.
It was quite reasonable. After all, the rarely-seen materials couldn't have been delivered to him for free, could they?
"I didn't see the second half, but judging from your performance at the beginning, it was quite good. The Azure Thunder has been adjusted quite well by Wu Yaxuan in the first place, and you were able to exploit new potentials. Not bad."
Li Yao said drily.
"Senior!"
The girl surnamed Tang's eyes suddenly turned sharp. Taking a deep breath, she clenched her fists and said, "I'm sincerely hoping for your enlightenment, senior. Please don't mind my feelings and point out my mistakes and omissions straightforwardly! I — I'm willing to trade a piece of pure natural 'Green Star Ancient Fault Stone' for your enlightenment! "
Li Yao was slightly dazed. He sucked a noodle from the corner of his mouth and looked at Miss Tang thoughtfully. "Your adjustment techniques are truly remarkable. I'm not just brushing you off. However, you are as wrong as Wu Yaxuan from the very beginning. Is there any value in your comments?"
"What!"
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