"Xiao Qiang, teach me how to increase defense and I'll consider giving you a little bit of Qilin horn," Yuan Ye said immediately.

  "Is it cloudy?"

  "Get out of my sight! An ordinary qilin horn is just a small piece, either do the deal or forget it."

  "Wow, you're too dark, aren't you? I'll exchange a small piece of Qilin horn for your kung fu. This kung fu is something I've researched for tens of millions of years. Look, now I only have the strength of Wu Jun, but even a martial emperor can't do anything to me. Think about how powerful that is."

  "You'd better shut up! After cultivating for tens of thousands of years, you're still a Martial Junior, either you're an idiot or you're deceiving people." Yuan Ye immediately bellowed.

  "I'm a cheat, I was once a top-notch ancient immortal, if it wasn't for my single-minded pursuit of refining equipment, after tens of millions of years, even if I didn't reach the level of a quasi-sage, I would still be a late-stage strongman among the underworld gods. Go ask around, all the ancient immortal-level experts and underworld god-level experts on the Blazing Flame Continent are my old friends, no matter who they are or what deep-seated grudges they have between them, as soon as they see me, they all put aside their past grievances and gang up on me, those bastards, I was almost beaten to death by a group of underworld gods, my cultivation was also reduced to this state."

  "Cut the nonsense, either make a deal or forget it." Yuan Ye said resolutely.

  "Kid, don't think that a small piece of qilin horn can be compared to the entire qilin horn. Do you think shrinking it down and hanging it around your neck is enough? It's simply a waste of heaven's gift. I'm telling you, all treasures formed by heaven and earth or born from rare beasts must undergo refinement, otherwise their effects won't even reach one-tenth. You give me a small piece of qilin horn, and after some refinement, it'll be gone - this absolutely won't do."

  "You're quite knowledgeable, aren't you?"

  "That is," Mu Rong's strong eyebrows rose, and he said proudly: "Don't you see who I am? I am the number one equipment refiner on the mainland of Lianyue."

  "Alright, alright, stop bragging. The number one alchemist master has ended up like this." Yuan Ye pointed at Mu Rong Qiang's outfit with disdain, an outfit that was no less than the European style he used to wear.

  "I was hunted by that group of bastards for seven whole years, if my defense wasn't strong, I would have been dead long ago. But they robbed me of my spatial ring, and all my treasures were inside! This refining equipment requires materials, without materials, no matter how powerful I am, it's useless."

  "Alright, you refine a spatial ring for me using this stone." Yuan Ye casually pointed at a piece of rubble.

  "Refine a space ring with stones! Are you sick, stones are so fragile, once they're destroyed, all the treasures inside will be gone. The materials used to refine a space ring must be the hardest, even if we can't get the Heavenly Armor of the Xuanwu Divine Beast, it must be other hard materials."

  "What's the point of all this nonsense, I'm just testing you to see if you really know how to refine equipment. If you're truly skilled, I might consider giving you an entire Qilin horn." Yuan Ye said immediately.

  Murong Qiang's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "Good, using stones to refine is much simpler than using hard materials. I can complete it in just seven days."

  "In seven days, you big idiot, I thought it would be ready soon." Yuan Ye immediately shouted.

  "Big brother, do you understand? This is not professional at all. The reason why this space ring can store large items in such a small space is because of the virtual microcosm inside. This virtual microcosm is not easy to set up, even for an ordinary person like me, it would take at least a month to create a low-level virtual microcosm. Otherwise, these world-space rings would have been rampant already.

  Secondly, once a space ring is snatched, it becomes someone else's. As the number one alchemist of the Flame Continent, how could my crafted space ring be so inferior? That's why I used a blood contract as a medium and added an array to it. As long as the first person drips their own blood onto it, the contract array will be triggered, making them the master of the ring. Even if someone else snatches it, they won't be able to get it, this is what's called 'blood recognition'."

  "Is that it?" Yuan Ye said, raising his left hand. The space ring of the Qilin tribe's great elder, Sui Mu, suddenly lit up.

  "Zi Ming's ring, how did it end up in your hands?" Murong Qiang took one look and immediately let out a cry of surprise.

  "Do you know him?" Yuan Ye asked immediately with interest.

  "What I recognize is what I refined, the material is the Tianjia of the Xuanwu Divine Beast. Although this Xuanwu Tianjia is slightly inferior to the Qilin's aura, it is still an extremely rare treasure that even a high-ranking master of the Underworld cannot obtain. That's why I used the Tianjia to refine this ring. To this day, I still remember clearly. Don't believe me? Take a look at this spatial ring, which contains 108 small spaces. In the 36th space, my name is engraved at the deepest part: Murong Qiang."

  "Really or fake?" Yuan Ye half-believed and half-doubted, probing his divine sense into the spatial ring. Indeed, he saw the three words "Mu Rong Qiang", which he hadn't really paid attention to before.

  "How is it? Do you believe me now? I'm telling you, such a high-grade spatial ring, apart from me, not many people can refine it." Murong Qiang said with great pride, "But how did it end up in your hands?"

  "I'm thick as thieves with Old Man Sui Mu, he begged me to take it in, no way?" Yuan Ye immediately boasted.

  Murong Qiang's face was bewildered: "Who is Sui Mu?"

  "My goodness, you know Qilin Clan's Second Elder Chi Nu, but don't know Great Elder Sui Mu?"

  Murong Qiang smiled awkwardly: "The Kirin clan is too mysterious, those few elders of his, if one comes out, there are not many people in the Flame Continent who dare to provoke him. I haven't seen any, just heard that there is an elder named Chi Nu."

  Yuan Ye extremely despised him, raising his middle finger, "The owner of your ring is Su Mu, and you don't even recognize him!"

  "Kid, are you really clueless or just pretending? Can the owner of a treasure be fixed? We masters of artifact refinement craft treasures for those high and mighty figures, but once these treasures come out, they inevitably attract the envy of other powerful individuals. In this world, killing people to steal their treasures is a common occurrence, especially when it comes to spatial rings - the most coveted objects among warriors. The Subduing Ring has been refined for over 100,000 years, I have no idea how many owners it's had."

  "Alright, alright, you're the only one who understands, no need to prove it, I believe you. If you agree to a few conditions, I'll give you an entire Qilin horn to help you recover your strength." Yuan Ye had already started thinking of ways to swindle this little undead creature.

  "Alright, come on, say it quickly." Murong Qiang's face was filled with excitement.

  "First, hand over all the things you've refined, without exception, especially that defensive technique for refining your body. Second, before I master it, I want you to help me refine a few treasures. Firstly, apart from the two Huánguāng, I also have five pairs of Qílín horns, which is ten in total. I want you to refine all of them and I'll give one to you as a thank you. Then, you must also refine a bow and a hundred arrows for my wife, with enough power to easily pierce through your thick skin, let's see if you dare to be arrogant with your rough skin."

  Yuan Ye said, Mu Rong Qiang's face turned green, "I gave you the method of achievement, and I also gave you a refining device. You just give me a qilin horn, why do I feel like I'm at a loss?"

  "You're kidding me, if I give you my Qilin horn, it'll be gone. You can still teach me your skills. Helping my wife make bows and arrows won't cost you any flesh either. What you call resource sharing, I call painful sacrifice. What are you losing? This deal is off."