Hearing Qu Jianlei's question, Duan Bowen pondered for a moment and nodded. "Making friends with Zhiyuan is no problem..."
"But his influence within Star Palace is limited. He's just an envoy."
"If there are no achievements, then forget it. But if there are achievements, they'll definitely be credited to the person who sent him. Don't you agree?"
Qu Jianlei nodded at that. This matched his understanding of an envoy's authority.
So he nodded again. "It really is... boring. Do you have any way to contact Star Palace's upper ranks?"
"You're making things difficult for me," Duan Bowen said with a troubled smile. "I can't avoid them fast enough."
The Isolation Grand Array had been organized and set up by Star Palace. As someone involved in unconventional foreign trade, how could he dare approach them?
"However..." He paused in thought before adding, "If you're interested, I can keep an eye out for you. Perhaps something will turn up."
His line of work was a typical gray-market industry. Though the money he earned was not exactly aboveboard, he could know all sorts of people.
"There's no rush," Qu Jianlei said, shaking his head slightly. "By the way, is there anywhere nearby that's relatively secluded for practicing spells?"
"Red Wu Mountain," Duan Bowen answered without hesitation. "It covers more than two hundred thousand square kilometers. Any spell is fine there except Wood-Type Spells."
Red Wu Mountain was a vast stretch of red sandy land. Due to the barren soil, vegetation was quite sparse.
The main vegetation consisted of low shrubs, with the occasional gnarled, thick tree visible among them.
The trees looked somewhat like withered poplars, with thick branches and sparse leaves. Locals called them Red Wu, and Red Wu Mountain got its name from them.
Whether Red Wu trees or shrubs, they