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Chapter 363: Chapter 276: Seeking Treasures – Five-Colored Fire Separation Feather (Part 4)

"Master, the Jade Pendants have been appraised, all six are good quality Primordial Qi Objects, it’s just..." Steward Wan was about to say that the value of the six Jade Pendants was insufficient.

"Wait." Before he could finish, the Primordial Qi Warrior Moo interrupted, and turned to bow to the black-clothed youth, asking, "Master, do you have more of these Primordial Qi Jade Pendants? Six are somewhat not enough."

"How many do you need?" Chu Ming’s expression remained calm.

"Ten will suffice."

Ten?

Upon hearing this, Steward Wan immediately looked at the Primordial Qi Warrior Moo.

Ten pieces of Tier Three top-grade Primordial Qi Objects in exchange for a Fourth-tier top-grade Fire Feather?

Even ten pieces wouldn’t suffice, not thirty, not fifty, perhaps a hundred would be close.

"Alright." Chu Ming reached into his chest and produced four more similar Jade Pendants.

Seeing those four Jade Pendants, the Primordial Qi Warrior Moo was more certain that these Primordial Qi Jade Pendants were not naturally formed but created through Great Divine Techniques.

"Steward Wan, please retrieve the Fire Feather of the Five-Colored Firebird."

"Mo Changge..." Steward Wan hesitated.

The value disparity between the two was too great; if the transaction were completed, he, as the steward, would certainly be held accountable.

"Don’t worry, Steward Wan, I will personally discuss this with the Tower Master," whispered the Primordial Qi Warrior Moo.

After a moment of silence, Steward Wan left the Treasure Hall to fetch the Five-Colored Fire Feather.

The Primordial Qi Warrior Moo did not leave, instead bowing again, "I am Moo Jili, steward of the Heavenly Inquiry Tower."

"Does Mo Changge have other matters?" Chu Ming asked.

"May I ask where Master obtained these Primordial Qi Jade Pendants?" Moo Jili pondered repeatedly before broaching this rather taboo topic.

Chu Ming’s eyes swept over Moo Jili, his tone becoming colder, "The rules of the Heavenly Inquiry Tower?"

"Please don’t misunderstand, Master," Moo Jili hurriedly apologized, "As a Primordial Qi Warrior, I know the mystical nature of these Jade Pendants and was momentarily curious..."

"..."

Elsewhere, Steward Wan, supposedly fetching the treasures, instead arrived at a secluded courtyard where a white-haired old woman was turning over a patch of soil.

"Tower Master." He bowed and saluted.

In the Treasure Hall earlier, the whisper from Mo Changge carried another meaning, instructing him to inform the Tower Master about the Primordial Qi Jade Pendants.

The white-haired old woman did not pause, seemingly continuing to dig the soil without hearing a word.

"A treasure seeker wishes to exchange ten Primordial Qi Jade Pendants for the Fire Feather of the Five-Colored Firebird. Mo Changge has appraised the Jade Pendants as pure in Primordial Qi, but their upper limit is only Tier Three top-grade."

"However, the ten Primordial Qi Jade Pendants are not naturally formed; Mo Changge speculates they were artificially made using Divine Techniques."

Once Steward Wan finished speaking, he bowed his head in silence.

The white-haired old woman, hearing the words, put down her hoe, stretched her back a couple of times, and stooped over to approach Steward Wan.

"Make a mark," she said with an ancient voice.

"Yes."

Steward Wan saluted and left the courtyard, then proceeded to the Heavenly Inquiry Tower’s place for storing treasures.

Familiarly navigating, he arrived at a shelf and took down an ice-colored box.

Upon opening the box, a rush of heat surged forth, revealing a fiery red feather at the bottom.

With a flick of his hand, Steward Wan produced another object, resembling raindrops, colorless and tasteless.

He lightly touched the ice box, a faint gleam seemed to flash, and the raindrop-like object absorbed into the ice box unseen.

And this scene was all under the investigation of the Sword Gourd Spirit.

In the Treasure Hall.

Chu Ming calmly looked at Moo Jili, feigning surprise: "Mo Changge is a Primordial Qi Warrior? In the Great Qin Dynasty, it seems only the Divine Mystery Bureau has Primordial Qi Warriors?"

"Master is not wrong; in the Great Qin, apart from the Divine Mystery Bureau, there are few Primordial Qi Warriors, but I am not from Great Qin, and my Heavenly Inquiry Tower is not limited to the Great Qin."

Moo Jili replied respectfully.

The Heavenly Inquiry Tower spreads across the Ancient Profound Western Continent, known by few but still numerous.

In his view, even if the black-clothed youth is not a High-tier Primordial Qi Warrior who refines Primordial Qi Jade Pendants, he is at least close to someone of high status behind the scenes.

Such a presence is eligible to know things unknown to others.

"In countries like Nine Hordes Kingdom to the west of Great Qin, Xue Di Kingdom to the north, Jingyue Kingdom to the south, and Yiyang Kingdom to the east, all have my Heavenly Inquiry Tower."

Chu Ming feigned surprise, "The Heavenly Inquiry Tower is so powerful, I wonder if it has cultivation techniques above the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm?"

Asking about Primordial Qi Warriors was a pretense; inquiring about Bone Marrow Cleansing realm cultivation techniques was his true intent.