When Krupp first heard the news, he found it a little surprising. All signs indicated that Digital Phantom only cared about intact magical artifacts.
Those people had no interest in incomplete artifacts, so why would they care about materials? Now he had a new guess: could this team have other research directions as well?
But on second thought, it was not all that strange. These people also possessed remarkably powerful artificial intelligence! Clearly, this force had a formidable R&D team, and their research extended far beyond the cultivation system.
No matter what, for Krupp, obtaining this stone was much easier than getting his hands on a magical artifact.
So he nodded. "All right. Once I get this stone, we'll be even?"
Old Lady Jia gave him a bland glance. "This had nothing to do with you in the first place. You just had to make your presence known!"
Krupp's eyes shifted. "Does your team sell its method for operating magical artifacts?"
As expected of someone who had lived for centuries. Once the grudges had been cleared up, he immediately began probing for other information.
In fact, he had come this time partly to establish contact with Digital Phantom—countless people in the Empire wanted to connect with this team.
Unfortunately, his temper was not the best. He had failed to restrain himself at the start, and things had turned out like this.
"You don't even have a magical artifact," Old Lady Jia said, rolling her eyes at him coldly. "You want to resell our stuff... who do you think you're fooling?"
Krupp was not angry. Instead, his eyes lit up. "So you really do have such a method."
"Stop playing these petty tricks," Old Lady Jia said disdainfully. "How small-minded can you get?"
"You think you can draw information out of