"Are you a weapon refiner?" Mo Wuji asked, startled, "Does this black stone happen to be a weapon refining material?"

Jia Qi shook her head. "I don't know if black stones are weapon refining materials, and that weapon refining master isn't sure either."

"Then why are you taking me to see the weapon refining master?" Mo Wuji asked, puzzled.

"First, tell me, are you able to dig up a large quantity of black stones?" Jia Qi looked at Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji didn't hesitate. "I do have that ability, but I'm a little strained when I'm digging, so it wouldn't hurt to cooperate with you."

"If you spent all five days searching for black stones, how many could you find?" Jia Qi was still not entirely at ease, and asked again. As for Mo Wuji saying that digging was somewhat strained, she ignored it. Who wouldn't be strained digging black stones? Mo Wuji, at the mid-stage of Human Immortal Realm, could dig up six black stones without a black stone shovel, which was already heaven-defying enough.

Mo Wuji pondered for a moment and said, "That's not certain. I think if I only search and don't dig, then a dozen or so should be about right."

"Alright, now swear that you will never reveal what I told you, and I will take you to see that master," Jia Qi said immediately upon hearing that Mo Wuji could find more than a dozen black stones in five days.

Mo Wuji smiled. "Fellow cultivator Jia Qi, seeing that master is dispensable to me. I'm not used to swearing; goodbye."

For Mo Wuji, cooperating with Jia Qi was indeed dispensable. Moreover, that master didn't even know the use of black stones, so what was the point of him going to see that master? Not to mention swearing, he had no interest in swearing to see someone. Even if that person was the King of Earth Immortals, it wouldn't work.

"Wait, will you tell what I told you?" Jia Qi obviously wouldn't give up like this.

Mo Wuji said indifferently, "No, believe it or not, it's up to you. There's no need for me to swear, and there's no need for me to assure you."

"Alright, I believe you." Jia Qi's answer surprised Mo Wuji greatly.

Seeing Mo Wuji's surprise, Jia Qi explained, "People who don't readily swear are the ones worth believing."

After a pause, Jia Qi suddenly cast a soundproof restriction, and at the same time lowered her voice and said to Mo Wuji, "This weapon refining master can refine storage rings."

Mo Wuji looked at Jia Qi in confusion. He had more than just one storage ring on him, so being able to refine storage rings was nothing to him at all.

Seeing Mo Wuji's expression, Jia Qi knew what Mo Wuji was thinking, and she moved closer to Mo Wuji and said even more quietly, "He can refine storage rings that can store these black stones..."

"What?" Mo Wuji stared at Jia Qi. This news was too shocking.

These black stones cannot be put into rings, so they are definitely not products of this realm. That's why the Semi-Immortal Domain wasn't worried about the black stones being secretly concealed.

If someone could refine storage rings to store these black stones, then once it was leaked, the Semi-Immortal Domain would definitely kill or control that person at the first opportunity. No wonder Jia Qi was so cautious; Mo Wuji now understood her previous words a little more.

"I didn't lie to you; that master can indeed do it. Moreover, the materials for refining this kind of ring can also be found in the Semi-Immortal Domain," Jia Qi explained.

Seeing Mo Wuji remain silent, Jia Qi continued, "You may think that these black stones aren't of much use to you and that it's better to exchange them for spiritual stone fragments. But I'm telling you, once we can leave the Semi-Immortal Domain and enter the true Immortal Domain one day, these black stones can definitely come in handy."

Mo Wuji naturally wouldn't think that these black stones were useless. In fact, if he could hide the black stones, he would have sent them into his ring long ago.

"Alright, I agree. After seeing that master, if he can indeed refine rings that can hold black stones, we'll discuss the distribution." In fact, even if Jia Qi didn't explain, after hearing that someone could refine storage rings to store black stones, Mo Wuji would have agreed to cooperate with Jia Qi without hesitation.

A trace of excitement flashed in Jia Qi's eyes, and she nodded to Mo Wuji. "Let's go, we'll talk more when we get back."

"Wait a moment, I have six black stones here; I'll sell you five," Mo Wuji pointed to the basket behind him.

"Alright." Jia Qi immediately understood Mo Wuji's intention. Since Mo Wuji was planning to cooperate with her, he didn't want to reveal his ability to find black stones. With Mo Wuji's mid-stage Human Immortal strength, it would indeed be a bit abrupt if he found too many black stones at once.

She had been in the Semi-Immortal Domain for some time, and it wouldn't be abrupt for her to find seven black stones in a stroke of luck. In fact, she had once had such an experience; she had found a place with twelve black stones, and she had dug up eight of them that time.

....

The spaceship stopped on time outside the Ren-character mining area. After Mo Wuji and Jia Qi boarded the ship, they didn't say anything more. There were many people on the ship, and their affairs were not suitable to be discussed here.

A day later, the spaceship stopped outside the Semi-Immortal Domain again.

A row of places to collect black stones had already been set up outside the Semi-Immortal Domain. Mo Wuji honestly queued up in the line.

Mo Wuji noticed that many people took out more than a dozen at a time, and some even took out more than twenty black stones. There were also quite a few who only had one black stone like him. At the same time, Mo Wuji also discovered that many cultivators who had more than a dozen black stones only handed in part of the black stones; they didn't exchange their black stones for spirit stone fragments, but chose to take the black stones away.

Taking away your own black stones seemed to be accepted here, as long as you had enough black stones, you were allowed to take away your own part of the black stones.

When it was Mo Wuji's turn, he took out his wristband like the people in front of him, and then took out a black stone from the basket.

"Ren-character 5109 mining area, one black stone, gain five Semi-Immortal stones." The cultivator who collected the black stones took Mo Wuji's black stone and handed five spiritual stone fragments to Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji knew that the distribution scheme of the Ren-character mining area was 2:3:5, which meant that for every ten spiritual stone fragments, he could get five, the Semi-Immortal Domain got two, and the Longevity Sect got three.

"May I ask if the spiritual stone fragments belonging to my Longevity Sect are also handed over to you here?" Mo Wuji asked immediately after seeing that the guy who collected the black stones in the Semi-Immortal Domain only gave him five spiritual stone fragments.

Before the guy who collected the spiritual stone fragments could speak, someone flashed out from the side and pulled Mo Wuji away.

"Brother Mo, don't worry, the Semi-Immortal stones of the Longevity Sect have already been collected by the Semi-Immortal Domain on behalf of you, so you don't need to hand them in again. I'm here to apologize to you..." The one who pulled Mo Wuji away was Lang Hao, and his tone was extremely humble.

Lang Hao's tone was extremely serious and apologetic. "Because of my mistake, I actually forgot to give you the black stone shovel when you left. I've already brought it to you now, and I guarantee that similar situations will not happen again next time."

After speaking, Lang Hao took out a black stone shovel from somewhere and handed it to Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji sneered inwardly. This guy saw that he had dug up a black stone and returned, so his attitude had changed greatly. He naturally took the black stone shovel unceremoniously and said, patting Lang Hao's shoulder, "Fellow cultivator Lang, you're overthinking things. This little matter doesn't need to be taken to heart. It's because I helped fellow cultivator Jia Qi, and she saw that I was working hard, so she casually gave me a black stone. If it were up to me, I might not even be able to get one."

Lang Hao didn't know whether Mo Wuji was telling the truth or not, so he gave an awkward smile and quickly took his leave.

Mo Wuji was too lazy to pay attention to him. He planned to go to the abandoned mining area to find black stones in the future. There was no need to pay a distribution ratio in the abandoned mining area, and everything you dug up was your own.

At this time, Jia Qi had also handed in the black stones. She didn't talk to Mo Wuji, but quickly left alone. Mo Wuji didn't care. He knew that Jia Qi must have gone to ask that weapon refining master. She should be seeking the consent of that weapon refining master before she could take him to meet him.

Mo Wuji didn't worry at all. He was sure that the weapon refining master would agree. If Jia Qi hadn't revealed the weapon refining master's matter to him, then the weapon refining master would have been in control. Now that Jia Qi had revealed the existence of such a weapon refining master to him, the initiative was in his hands, unless that weapon refining master could find him to kill him and silence him.

From this, it could be seen that although Jia Qi was aloof, her experience in survival was far inferior to his.

As for being killed and silenced, although Mo Wuji was at the fourth level of the Human Immortal Realm, he was not afraid of anyone taking action against him here at all. Therefore, Mo Wuji didn't go to the Longevity Sect to find Lang Hao. He directly returned to his residence to wait for Jia Qi's news.

...

In a small blockhouse on the outermost side of the Semi-Immortal Domain, Jia Qi, dressed in black, was standing respectfully in front of a man with a face full of beard.

This man with a face full of beard was frowning and thinking, as if digesting what Jia Qi had just said.

A full half-incense stick's time passed before he sighed and said, "Since that's the case, then let's meet him."

Jia Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said somewhat guiltily, "Brother Pu, I was too inconsiderate and shouldn't have said you out."

The bearded man waved his hand, "Jia Qi, this has little to do with you. Although this person's cultivation is very low, if I'm not mistaken, he should be a veteran of the *jianghu*. He used 'withholding to induce action' to grasp your psychology, which is why you couldn't wait to reveal my existence. That way, you have a bargaining chip to talk to him. In short, if it's a blessing, it's not a curse; if it's a curse, you can't avoid it. Just call him over. If this person is really harboring sinister intentions, even if I fall in the Semi-Immortal Domain, I won't refine a ring for him."

...

In his residence, Mo Wuji was constantly thinking about what the black stones were actually used for. According to his previous observation of the black stones, they contained a kind of aura of unknown nature. Anyway, he had never seen it before.

An hour later, the restriction he had set up outside his residence was triggered. Mo Wuji scanned out with his divine sense and immediately knew that Jia Qi had come.

Seeing Mo Wuji come out, Jia Qi didn't enter Mo Wuji's residence, but stood outside and said, "Fellow cultivator Mo, if you don't have anything to do, why not come with me now and take a look?"