"What exactly was in there? Whatever you obtained, you have to hand it over!" Felton refused to give up, intent on digging out Xiao Ran and his companions' secrets.
"Didn't you see what was inside yourselves? I didn't stop you from going in. I only warned you not to touch anything carelessly." Xiao Ran smiled faintly. They wanted him to cough up something he had already swallowed? Dream on!
Felton's face turned livid. Faced with their complete refusal to budge, he really had no idea what to do.
"Oh, right. Your minister told you to cooperate with us fully, didn't he? Could you prepare a laboratory for me, then? I need to do some... research?" Xiao Ran said after some thought.
The Sparkling Stone had to be made into a Z-Ring before it could draw out a Z-Crystal's power. But even with the blueprints he had obtained from the Altar, he would still need to experiment to make one.
The patterns that had appeared on the Altar earlier were the blueprints for a Z-Ring and the poses used to unleash Z-Moves. Those poses looked ridiculously overdramatic, but following them was necessary to draw out a Z-Crystal's power.
"All right, I'll arrange that as soon as possible!" Felton paused, then quickly nodded in agreement. Having Xiao Ran conduct research on his turf was exactly what he wanted. Those research results would eventually find their way into the Federation's research institutes.
"Thank you, then!" Xiao Ran smiled and got up to leave.
If the blueprints leaked, so be it. All he was letting out was the method for making a Z-Ring. They still had no idea how to use Z-Moves.
Besides, although Sparkling Stones were the material used to make Z-Rings, simply having one wasn't enough. They also needed the Tapus' blessing.