The old woman was speechless. Even the Commander had put it that way. "Commander, it's not that I'm unwilling to make the exchange. The item is simply gone."
"Gone? What do you mean? How could something that's gone still be on the exchange list?" Xia Yan asked.
The old woman replied awkwardly, "That item had already been exchanged by someone. But just as the exchange was completed, the large-scale war from some time ago broke out and swept across the Five Formation Bases. The person who exchanged it was killed, but the item had indeed been exchanged. So the Commander's Department of the Fifth Formation Base ordered us to contact the exchanger's family and let them claim it. The family hasn't arrived yet, so the item is still on the exchange list, but we can't give it to this young man. Besides, his Military Merit is nowhere near enough to exchange for a Wisdom Root."
What Lu Yin wanted to exchange for was precisely a Wisdom Root. He hadn't expected to find one here.
"I'll cover the Military Merit," Qing Chen said. He had accumulated a great deal over the years, and still had some left after exchanging for the Cloud Robe. Besides, he was about to take Long Qi to the Lower Realm to search for anteaters. If they found one, he'd earn even more merit. Naturally, he was willing to give Lu Yin some of his Military Merit.
Listening to the old woman, Lu Yin asked suspiciously, "How can you prove that?" He really didn't trust her.
The old woman looked troubled.
"I'll contact Wang Jue, the Commander of the Fifth Formation Base," Xia Yan said.
Lu Yin waited.
A short while later, Xia Yan lowered the Cloud Communication Stone and told Lu Yin, "It's true."
Lu Yin