Chapter 505: Qingli True Flame

Li Family Trading Firm!

Lin Chen sat in the pavilion, and Li Qin poured tea with her sleeves tucked.

"Brother Xiao is not from Hundred-Refinement City, right."

"No."

Li Qin smiled slightly: "Where Brother Xiao comes from, I won't ask. But although Brother Xiao took first place in this pill refining re-examination in Hundred-Refinement City, if you are not from Hundred-Refinement City, you cannot represent Hundred-Refinement City to participate in the final competition, and it is even more impossible to get the rewards for this re-examination."

"The artifact refining competition didn't write this rule, did it?"

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Qin. He didn't expect that the artifact refining competition rewards had household registration requirements. That Manager Li didn't tell him at all.

"Manager Li didn't tell Brother Xiao because he didn't expect Brother Xiao to participate in the artifact refining competition. This is something all contestants in the entire Thousand Machines Domain know."

The meaning in Li Qin's words was very clear: Since you didn't know, then you are not from the Thousand Machines Domain.

"So this competition doesn't allow people from outside the domain to participate?" Lin Chen asked back.

"Of course you can, but those from outside the domain can only head to Thousand Machines City. Thousand Machines City will have competitions aimed at artifact refiners from outside the domain. Those who can enter the top ten also have the qualification to enter the final competition, but the competitions outside the domain don't have any rewards."

Hearing Li Qin's explanation, Lin Chen understood.

The Thousand Machines Domain allows artifact refiners from outside the domain to participate, but doesn't give any rewards, just giving the top ten a spot to participate in the final competition.

This rule could also be justified. The powerful figures of various cities arrange rewards for the re-examination to encourage the artifact refiners of their own cities to strive to improve their artifact refining attainments, because if the artifact refiners of their own cities can obtain rankings in the final competition, they can strive for more benefits for their own cities from the Thousand Machines Sect.

The Thousand Machines Domain is different from other domains. The trade of the entire Thousand Machines Domain is extremely prosperous, but if one wants to sell something to the outside, such as Soldier Spirits, storage boxes, arrays, pills, etc., one must obtain the permission of the Thousand Machines Sect, that is, obtain a special permit.

Without a special permit, one can only sell the things refined to cities that have special permits. The profit is naturally not as high as selling to the outside by oneself.

"Miss Li invited me, not to tell me these things, right."

"Inviting Brother Xiao to come is to want Brother Xiao to represent my Li family to participate in the final competition."

"Represent your Li family?"

Lin Chen was a bit surprised. He didn't expect that what Li Qin proposed was this request. This artifact refining competition can also be represented by a family?

Li Qin saw Lin Chen's confusion and explained: "Our Li family doesn't just have trading firms in Hundred-Refinement City; we also have them in other cities. The main firm is even in Thousand Machines City. Special permits don't have many restrictions on our Li family. It's nothing more than selling from this trading firm and transferring to another trading firm."

"But for families like ours, we also face competition. The ranking of the artifact refining competition is related to the tax deduction we pay to the Thousand Machines Sect, as well as the number of branches we open... I won't tell Brother Xiao too detailedly."

Listening to Li Qin's words, Lin Chen understood a bit. The Thousand Machines Sect doesn't care how much the families and sects below earn. What the Thousand Machines Sect wants is for these forces that occupy the resources of the Thousand Machines Domain to constantly study deeply in artifact refining...

Therefore, the seemingly glorious Li family, if they don't obtain the ranking they should have in the artifact refining competition, will fall from grace.

"Why me?"

Lin Chen asked the question he cared about most. Just because he possesses Innate Fire?

"Because currently in the Thousand Machines Domain, among those qualified to participate in this session of the final competition and possessing Innate Fire, and who also don't have a force affiliation, only Brother Xiao is one."

Li Qin didn't hide it and continued: "In order to participate in this artifact refining competition, besides the few artifact refiners in our own family, our Li family also invited three others. Adding Brother Xiao, that makes the fourth."

"Your Li family has so many spots?"

"Brother Xiao, you took first place in the Hundred-Refinement City re-examination, so you won't occupy a spot."

Hearing Li Qin's answer, Lin Chen smiled. This Miss Li is really good at calculating. Inviting him to represent the Li family doesn't occupy the Li family's spots, and it might even be the kind of 'hitting a pole with or without dates'.

"Brother Xiao, don't misunderstand. Since I would let Brother Xiao represent the Li family, I will definitely give conditions that satisfy Brother Xiao. I don't know what conditions Brother Xiao has, but feel free to say them."

Seeing the sneer on Lin Chen's face, Li Qin knew that Lin Chen had misunderstood, so she hurriedly explained.

"I want three thousand types of spirit cultivation techniques, and at least two of them must be top-tier."

"Two top-tier spirit cultivation techniques."

Li Qin frowned: "Ordinary spirit cultivation techniques—although three thousand is a large number, I can still find a way. But top-tier spirit cultivation techniques... Brother Xiao, you should know how precious top-tier spirit cultivation techniques are. Each one is a supreme technique of a sect. This condition is a bit too high."

"Miss Li, don't be anxious. Let me finish my words. If it were just representing the Li family to participate in the final competition, it naturally wouldn't be worth two top-tier spirit cultivation techniques. The three thousand types of spirit cultivation techniques are for me representing the Li family to participate in the competition, while these two top-tier spirit cultivation techniques are based on the ranking. Miss Li, what ranking do you think can achieve this transaction?"

Lin Chen smiled slightly. Li Qin didn't rush to answer, but stared at Lin Chen and sized him up for a while. She didn't know where this Xiao Yan's confidence came from?

Just because of a strand of Innate Fire?

"Top ten. As long as you can enter the top ten, I can promise Brother Xiao to give you two top-tier spirit cultivation techniques. But Brother Xiao must also take an oath that this cultivation technique must not be spread to a third person."

Li Qin gave her requirements. The Li family had indeed accumulated a few top-tier spirit cultivation techniques over so many years. If Xiao Yan could really take the top ten, the benefits brought to the Li family would not make it impossible to give him two. As long as Xiao Yan swore not to spread them, these two cultivation techniques would still be firmly held in the Li family's hands. ===== CHAPTER 506 =====