Warning! A hidden dragon has emerged!

Time flies, the years are like a shuttle.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past two weeks, Qin Quan has completely disappeared.

There was no news of him outside the area; only Jiang Yao could occasionally get through to him on the phone.

He and Lin Wanrou lived and worked in the laboratory of Qingcheng Group, focusing all their efforts on the artificial spirit stone project.

To ensure the spirit stone was successfully obtained on the first try, the two even suspended their dual cultivation.

For a full fifteen days, there was not a single exception.

laboratory.

A faint spiritual aura lingers in the consistently warm and humid air.

Qin Quan stared intently at the rapidly spinning cultivation equipment in front of him, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Boss lady, what's the success rate?"

Lin Wanrou's gaze swept quickly across the dense data on the main control screen, and she tapped the screen with her fingertip to confirm the final parameters.

"All values ​​are up to standard, the status is perfect, and the success rate is 100%."

"Start the mold!"

Qin Quan immediately made his decision.

The two worked in perfect harmony, requiring no further communication, and immediately began to operate the robotic arm, methodically disassembling the outer structure of the cultivation equipment.

After a full half hour of meticulous operation, the internal outline of the giant cultivation instrument was finally revealed.

One hundred nurturing mother discs were neatly arranged and lay quietly inside the instrument chamber. In each mother disc, ten artificial spirit stones in their initial form were embedded.

"The final step is to disassemble the master disk, but this must be done manually."

Lin Wanrou earnestly instructed, "After high-temperature quenching, the lid, the plate, and the spirit stone are almost integrated. If the machine's force control is inaccurate, even a slight deviation will lead to complete failure, and half a month's hard work will be wasted."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Qin Quan nodded in agreement.

All the quenching processes in the spiritual vein soil environment and high temperature and high pressure environment are precisely completed by the intelligent system.

The only part, unpacking and removing the film, requires manual labor and a delicate touch to open.

The two men each took out a mother plate, their fingertips lightly touching the edge of the cap, applying gentle and even pressure, and using a hammer to peel off the high-temperature cast sealing layer bit by bit.

A moment later, one of the master discs was perfectly opened.

A corner of the dark, lustrous spirit stone was revealed, and the spiritual energy emanating from this mere crack was so pure it was suffocating.

Qin Quan's dantian felt like it had been parched for a long time and was now operating on its own, with all the meridians in his body opening up and frantically absorbing the surrounding free spiritual energy.

"We did it! We really made it!"

Qin Quan forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his dantian, his face filled with barely suppressed joy.

One mother plate contains ten spirit stones, one hundred mother plates, and a total of one thousand spirit stones.

"Hahaha, we're rich! We've really struck it rich!"

"Stay calm! Don't be clumsy and break the master plate."

Seeing his overjoyed expression and excited gestures, Lin Wanrou quickly reminded him, fearing that he might accidentally damage the spirit stone in his excitement.

The two men patiently hammered away, one hammer blow at a time.

After an unknown amount of time, all the hundreds of master discs were finally unsealed.

Although dozens of spirit stones were accidentally damaged, Qin Quan did not waste a single one. He immediately circulated his cultivation technique to absorb all the overflowing spiritual energy and transform it into his own cultivation.

The final product consisted of a total of nine hundred and ninety pieces.

Looking at the small mountain of black spirit stones before him, brimming with spiritual energy and possessing a warm, smooth texture, Qin Quan couldn't stop smiling.

He casually took out his phone, quickly snapped a short video of the pile of spirit stones, and sent it directly to the long-dormant Yuquan Temple sect group chat.

Caption: Dear senior sisters, junior brother has struck it rich! Please don't tell Master.

The moment the message was sent, the previously silent group chat exploded with activity.

Master Su Qingyan's voice: "You wicked disciple! Where did you get so many spirit stones? Quickly send me your location, I'm coming right away!"

Senior Sister's voice message: "Junior Brother, Senior Sister will be there soon. With me here, the sky won't fall down."

Clearly, they thought Qin Quan had made a fortune and couldn't protect it, so they asked for help in the group chat in this way.

Second Senior Sister, on the other hand, was as clear-headed as a mirror.

"Junior brother, I deserve half the credit for this, so I want half the spirit stones."

The third senior sister followed closely behind, sending out a picture with a voice message: "Junior brother, look what good stuff I found for you."

In the picture, five golden fruits, gleaming in the sunlight, are quietly arranged, exuding a rich fragrance and a captivating spiritual aura.

Qin Quan's pupils contracted sharply, and his eyes widened instantly.

A single Golden Core Fruit can increase a cultivator's chances of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm by 20%.

Five in total. Even a cultivator of mediocre talent could break through the Golden Core barrier and achieve the Great Dao of the Golden Core by consuming them all.

"Third Senior Sister, I'm waiting for you at Jincheng Qingcheng Group!"

"Okay, I'll set off right away."

Once the decision was made, the group fell silent instantly.

Qin Quan put away his phone, a smug smile playing on his lips.

These senior sisters usually lurk and do nothing, but when nine hundred spirit stones were offered, they all obediently popped up.

"Who are you chatting with so happily?"

Lin Wanrou asked while tidying up the instruments beside her.

"My master and several senior female disciples."

Qin Quan spoke frankly and openly, without hiding anything.

He turned to look at Lin Wanrou, his gaze gradually becoming ambiguous and intense, and he sighed inwardly.

The proprietress not only possesses a rare pure Yin constitution, but can also mass-produce artificial spirit stones, combining beauty and ability.

"Boss lady, we've been working so hard for half a month, under so much pressure, shouldn't we relax a bit?"

Qin Quan took a half step closer, a roguish grin on his face, but his eyes were unusually fiery.

Lin Wanrou looked up at him with a smile. After half a month of hard work, she had long forgotten about dual cultivation. Her long-suppressed desires were finally released at this moment.

"I am eager to improve myself."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, Qin Quan put all the spirit stones into his treasure bag, quickly cleaned up the mess in the laboratory, and took Lin Wanrou downstairs, heading straight for Haihong International.

creak!

A black SUV came to a steady stop in front of the hotel, followed closely by a red supercar that pulled over to the side of the road.

The car door opened.

As Qin Quan and Lin Wanrou got out of the car, Song Hongyan and Chen Shuang also got out of the red sports car.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Qin, what a coincidence."

Song Hongyan smiled gently and took the initiative to greet them.

"President Song, President Chen."

Qin Quan responded with a smile.

"Are you two preparing for a meal or checking in?"

Song Hongyan asked softly.

"Take a shower and rest first, then eat."

Qin Quan spoke frankly and openly, without any attempt to conceal anything.

Since they chose Haihong International, they knew they couldn't avoid Song Hongyan's gaze. If they told lies, they would lose face.

Besides, after Song Hongyan returned from Australia, she stayed in Jincheng, waiting for Qin Quan to treat her a second time. She had tried to contact him many times but received no response. So when she met him at the hotel today, she naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity.

With a smile, Song Hongyan took out a private room key from her handbag and handed it to Qin Quan with a respectful attitude.

"Mr. Qin, this suite was reserved for you alone and will not be used for any other clients in the future."

"I'm so sorry..."

Qin Quan just raised his hand to decline.

Lin Wanrou, however, took the room key first and smiled lightly:

"Thank you, Mr. Song. We won't stand on ceremony then."

Song Hongyan smiled faintly, not taking it to heart.

It doesn't matter who gets the room key, since Qin Quan will definitely need Lin Wanrou when he books a room anyway.

"You all go upstairs and rest first. I'll have the kitchen prepare the ingredients."

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Song."

In this way, Qin Quan and Lin Wanrou didn't spend a penny and even got a long-term private room for free.

Having not engaged in dual cultivation for half a month, the pure yang energy accumulated within Qin Quan's body was already stirring restlessly.

As soon as the door opened, the two eagerly rushed into the bathroom.

They wished they could unleash all the feelings they had been holding back for half a month onto each other.

Dry wood and a raging fire, ignited at the slightest touch.

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