Zuo Chenxing's family's star stone mine is located within the territory of Orchid Star. Qiao Mei was seriously injured there last time, and to be honest, she still has some lingering trauma from it.
But now that their enemies have moved from the shadows to the open, they can take precautions in advance and avoid being as passive as before.
She didn't even tell Shu Qingqing, who was staying there, about arriving on Orchid Star; she only told Yan Qing.
In order to avoid being discovered about his private itinerary, he even borrowed a private aircraft from Xu Wenfeng.
Therefore, their whereabouts were relatively well concealed.
Zuo Chenxing's maternal grandfather's family wielded considerable influence on Orchid Star. On the day of their arrival, she and Ao Cang were under tight protection, with more than twenty bodyguards assigned to pick them up.
Compared to the Shang family, they were even more wealthy.
This clearly demonstrates the importance the Fei family places on Zuo Chenxing.
"Rose!!" Not far away, Zuo Chenxing, with blond hair, walked towards her surrounded by several tall bodyguards and led her onto the flying vehicle that the Fei family had prepared in advance.
The aircraft is fully equipped with food and drinks, as well as games, a TV, and a desktop computer.
Seeing this, she could roughly guess that the mine Zuo Chenxing mentioned was probably not far away.
Sure enough, after hearing Zuo Chenxing say that it would take half an hour to travel by flying vehicle, she was somewhat surprised by the vastness of Orchid Star.
Compared to the Imperial Star and the Federation Star, Orchid Star, although it is the lowest-ranked and most backward, has the largest geographical area.
On the way, she had no interest in appreciating the beautiful scenery of Orchid Star from the sky, but instead asked about Zuo Chenxing and the QC520 Star Stone.
"How big is it? Did you take a picture?"
Zuo Chenxing nodded: "It was photographed, but it's the volume that hasn't been completely polished from the stone yet. If it's polished properly, the volume should be much smaller."
The star stone in the photo appears to only reach Qiao Mei's upper thigh in height, and in terms of size, it is about the size of a small water tank.
They only mined this one piece this time, so of course she couldn't possibly take it all.
So I'm thinking about how much she should ask for when the time comes.
And whether she has enough money.
After checking the volume, she asked Zuo Chenxing about the price of the star stone.
The reply was that because the star stones have not been fully mined yet, and the price varies depending on the purity of each part of the star stone, everything will only be known once we get to the location.
She had no choice but to patiently wait for the aircraft to arrive at its destination.
Ao Cang stared at her the whole time, and seeing that her brows showed no sign of relaxing, he pursed his lips and lowered his golden eyes, suddenly feeling that he was so useless.
He always made Qiao Mei worry about him, and even got her involved in so many dangerous situations because of him.
When we arrived at the Fei family mine, it started raining heavily outside.
But this did not deter Qiao Mei's eagerness to see the star stone. After holding Ao Cang's hand with her umbrella, she followed closely behind Zuo Chenxing.
The star stone has been moved out whole and is being polished in the grinding room to remove the outer layer of waste soil.
On one side, there were craftsmen waiting to cut and evaluate the star stones, and workers waiting to transport the waste.
The entire polishing room was packed with people.
Upon seeing Zuo Chenxing arrive, the staff member responsible for recording the star stones approached him and gave him a general overview of the star stones.
They said it would take at least twenty more minutes to thoroughly polish the waste material, so they asked them to wait a moment.
We've arrived at the destination, and the items are right in front of us, so there's no need to rush.
As Qiao Mei and Ao Cang sat down to wait, Qiao Mei quietly asked him if he could tell which part of the QC520 star stone had the greatest effect on him.
"Sure, but your friend's technicians can also tell the difference; they're probably more professional than me."
After Ao Cang finished speaking, he looked at Qiao Mei, whose gaze had returned to the QC520 star stone, and finally couldn't help but call out to her, "An'an."
"Hmm?" Qiao Mei didn't even turn her head, still looking at the star stone, as if she was afraid that if she didn't look at it for a while, someone would tamper with it.
Seeing her like this, Ao Cang took a deep breath and told her that she didn't actually have to work so hard for him anymore.
“I actually have another way to heal me that I haven’t told you yet. If you use this method, then all you need to do is make offerings and absorb the power of wishes. You won’t need to use star stones anymore.”
Having been in the world for so long, he also knows that there is something called human interaction between people.
If Qiao Mei asks Zuo Chenxing for help to end this, she will owe him a favor.
This is only temporary.
If QC520 star stones appear elsewhere later, Qiao Mei will definitely ask others for help for him again.
During this process, she would become extremely tense, which was not what he wanted to see.
"What method? Is it very dangerous?" Qiao Mei finally turned her gaze away and frowned as she looked at Ao Cang.
Knowing him as she did, if there really was a better way, he shouldn't have kept it to himself.
Sure enough, Ao Cang's eyelashes trembled, and he didn't dare to look at her with his golden eyes. He whispered, "It's not very high. The main reason is that once this method is used, An'an, your life will be directly linked to mine, which is why I haven't said anything."
Now that Qiao Mei is helping him find QC520 star stones more and more often, she will definitely be noticed by Qiao Yingying and Lai Tan.
This would be tantamount to directly exposing her to danger; compared to that, it would be better to be connected with his life.
The difference in danger between horizontal and vertical directions is not that significant.
Ao Cang is a god with boundless lifespan. If she could share his life, she would be the first to die.
Qiao Mei refused without even thinking after hearing what he said.
"No, I won't agree to this method, so don't even think about it."
She entered the world of the book for his sake, and she had long been prepared to die and leave this place one day.
If her life is tied to his, then wasn't her trip here in vain?
Ao Cang wanted to say something more, but Qiao Mei didn't give him the chance. It wasn't until QC520's star stone was evaluated and Zuo Chenxing told her that two-thirds of the quantity could be sold to her that she spoke again.
"How many Star Coins are needed in total?"
She currently has a little over 1.5 million interstellar coins, including what Ao Cang gave her. She doesn't know if that's enough.
Zuo Chenxing: "Since you're my friend, of course I can't sell it to you at the market price. I can give you a 30% discount, and I'll charge you 1.4 million interstellar coins in total. What do you think?"
Hearing that the price was within her budget, Qiao Mei breathed a sigh of relief and readily paid to pick up the goods.
The star stone needs further processing by Li Chonghua; it cannot be consumed directly.
Qiao Mei stayed at the Fei family's place and had a meal with Zuo Chenxing. After thanking him repeatedly, she took Ao Cang back to the Imperial Star and went straight to find Li Chonghua.
I never expected that this time when I went there, I would hear that this workaholic had taken a day off for the first time ever.
Upon asking, I learned that he had accompanied Xu Hui to the hospital.
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