Arn and the others looked at the pale crystal with some surprise.

After the monster in this Ruins of Return died, it didn't leave behind a corpse, but instead left behind a crystal?

"What is this?" Lu Ning asked curiously.

"Pale Crystal. The situation in the Ruins of Return is very special. The monsters here all come to this wilderness through various distorted spaces in the mist. When the mist monsters die here, their corpses dissipate, and the spiritual pollution within them is condensed into this crystal. This crystal is very useful."

As Yan Bing explained, he waved his hand, and the two crystals landed in his hand.

Ya'en and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

They had never seen this strange phenomenon on Earth before.

On Earth, even in the foggy areas, once a monster dies, it's dead; its body remains in the same spot.

Of course, some parts of a corpse can be used to make items such as Horcruxes, so they are also collected by people.

As for the disappearance of the corpse, only mental pollution condensing into crystal, they had never encountered such a situation before.

"Why is there such a special situation here?" Lu Ning asked curiously.

To be honest, this feeling is somewhat similar to getting gold coins when defeating monsters in a game.

Yan Bing shook his head: "I don't know. Based on what I know about the exiled city-state, the situation was already like this when they first entered the Ruins of Return."

At this point, Yan Bing paused slightly before saying, "However, the condensation of these crystals should be related to the Pale Tower."

Arn and the others glanced at the stone tower in the distance in surprise.

"Why do you say that?" Osiris couldn't help but ask.

“As I said before, the Pale Crystal is very useful, and I also said that the reason why the Exile Civilization was able to survive in the Ruins of Return was because of the Ruins Tower. And this Pale Crystal is the core of it.”

Yan Bing glanced at the crystal in his hand and then said, "Based on the exiles' years of research, they discovered that the Pale Crystal can replenish the energy of the Tower of Ruins. The barrier of the Tower of Ruins is probably generated by the Pale Crystal. Every month, each race submits a batch of Pale Crystals to ensure the stability of the Tower of Ruins' barrier. As for the remaining Pale Crystals... they can be exchanged for anything."

Everyone was taken aback and looked at Yan Bing with some surprise.

“Exchange? Anything?” Yann repeated the two words with a hint of surprise.

If what Yan Bing said is true, then this pale crystal should have some kind of monetary ability, similar to the work of the Mist Bureau.

After all, the merits earned by the Bureau of Mystery can also be exchanged for items.

However, unlike merit, this pale crystal can be exchanged for 'anything'?

That's a bit arrogant.

Osiris was somewhat skeptical and asked, "Anything? Even a critically endangered soul weapon can be exchanged?"

Yan Bing glanced at Osiris: "Of course, if you have enough Pale Crystals, you can even exchange for artifacts."

Everyone gasped, their eyes widening in shock.

Even just hearing the name, they knew it was a stronger soul weapon than the extremely dangerous level soul weapon.

If the extremely dangerous soul artifacts are for demigods, then the divine artifacts are for evil gods?

They had never even heard of, let alone exchanged for, a soul weapon of this caliber in the Bureau of Mystery.

And inside this Tower of Ruins, one can actually exchange for such a powerful soul weapon?

That's meant for evil gods!

After a moment of silence, Osiris immediately asked, "Lord Yanbing, have you ever seen anyone exchange for a divine artifact?"

Yan Bing shook his head: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Aisha asked, "Then why do you think it's possible to exchange for a divine artifact, Lord Yanbing?"

"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, as far as I know, several of the more powerful civilizations in the exiled city-states possess divine artifacts, and their soul artifacts are all exchanged from the Tower of Ruins."

Ya'en and the others gasped.

If that's the case, the exiles in this Ruins of Return are probably much stronger than humans.

After all, they had heard Yan Bing say before that there were demigods among these exiles.

Although their human civilization also has demigods, they do not possess soul artifacts of the divine level.

Lu Ning asked with some curiosity, "What kind of artifact is it? Is it very powerful?"

Yan Bing shook his head: "I don't know. During the time I've been in the Ruins of Return, I haven't seen any civilization using Soul Weapons."

Lu Ning and the others exchanged glances. They were very curious about the power of the artifact, but they also understood that it was probably impossible to see it under normal circumstances.

Come to think of it, even high-risk soul artifacts have huge side effects when used, as well as extremely strong mental pollution. Divine artifacts probably have even greater side effects.

Unless absolutely necessary, no race would want to use such a weapon of mass destruction, right?

However, Lu Ning soon thought of something.

He asked, "If we also possess the Pale Crystal, can we exchange it for a divine artifact? And can this artifact be brought back to Earth?"

Upon hearing Lu Ning's words, the three of them gasped for breath, their eyes widening as they looked at Yan Bing.

yes.

What if they could also possess divine artifacts?

If an evil god were to descend at that time, they might have the power to fight back with the help of the divine artifacts.

At the very least, humans can put up a fight against evil gods, right?

A burning desire shone in the eyes of the three, eagerly awaiting Yan Bing's answer.

Yan Bing nodded: "Okay."

"hiss!"

"Great! We absolutely must exchange for the divine artifact!"

"Yes, it would be best to exchange for several more. Perhaps then, the guardians could fight the evil god with these divine artifacts?"

The three were overjoyed and clenched their fists.

Yan Bing calmly said, "You're oversimplifying things."

The three of them, including Ya'en, were taken aback and looked at Yan Bing, somewhat confused.

Yan Bing said, "Even the powerful races among the exiles have only exchanged for one divine artifact so far. You can imagine how many pale crystals they need to consume. With just a few people, I'm afraid they won't be able to collect that many pale crystals before they die."

The three of them fell silent.

Yan Bing's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the three's enthusiasm.

However, what she said does make sense.

Just as Yan Bing said, even if the exiles' civilization were to be wiped out, the number of survivors would certainly far exceed that of the four of them.

Even the Exiles civilization needs many years to exchange for a single Horcrux. How long will it take the four of them?

The atmosphere fell silent. Lu Ning spoke up, "Let's go to the exiled city-state first and see what's going on. We'll decide after we understand the situation."

The three of them took a deep breath and then nodded slightly.

Yan Bing didn't say much, and led the four of them to continue towards the exile city-state.