CH 117.2

At this time, Xing Mo’s light brain rang, and the name displayed on the screen was Yin Ye.

Xing Mo knew that this guy must have also seen the news of the battle, so he made a gesture to Lin Luo and went into the second bedroom to pick up the communication.

Xing Mo and Lin Luo lived in a suite. The entrance of the suite was set up as a small living room. The master bedroom, which had a big bed and a lavish bathroom through a door off to one side, was separated from the rest of the suite by a large standing screen. Near the master bedroom was a smaller second bedroom which contained some office furniture. Due to the way it was furnished it was able to be used both as a living space and as an office. The suite they had booked was one that was not only suitable for couples, but also suitable for business trips or a family of three.

After Xing Mo closed the door to the second bedroom and connected the video communication, Yin Ye’s face immediately appeared on the light screen.

“I’m impressed, I really didn’t expect you to make such a big move on the first day of the gambling rally.”

A smile appeared on Xing Mo’s face, “Of course, that wouldn’t be taking into account who he is.”

“Yes, yes, your Lin Luo is the best…” Yin Ye rolled his eyes indifferently, and then continued, “Guess how many communication requests I received today?”

“Huh?” Xing Mo was a little surprised. For a while, he didn’t understand the direct relationship between their bet on glass jade and Yin Ye’s sudden receipt of many communication requests. “Is it because you want you to transfer the jade?”

“No, it’s all been communications from major families wanting to buy our company’s element liquids. Because they know that we won’t transfer those glass jades, they want do the next best thing and give us a reason to give them a cut of the action.” Yin Ye said with a smile, “They’re all suggesting that the best energy engineers in their families can help extract the element liquid and won’t take a penny for it. Two of those offered were even senior energy engineers.”

“Oh?” Xing Mo raised his eyebrows slightly.

“Of course, we don’t need it.” After all, they had Lin Luo, an energy engineer who was comparable to a cheating device. There was no need for them to accept the ‘benefits’ given by these families. “But I don’t think Andre’s side actually needs high purity element liquids. After all, they can’t absorb elemental energy, but only temporarily store it in their bodies after consumption, so I think we can sell some within the empire. Selling sufficiently advanced elemental liquid can not only help the growth of talents in the empire, but will also let those aristocratic families know what respect is.”

Although the Yin family was currently the first family of the Empire, its foundations were still relatively shallow. If they hadn’t had a queen in their family, they likely wouldn’t have been able to call themselves the top family. The real powers would not put them in their eyes at all, and would think that the Yin family was still just a house of merchants doing superficial work.

When the king chose to marry the queen, in addition to their own feelings, he also wanted to support the Yin family. The king’s succession to the throne is still fairly recent, so the regime has inevitably experienced some instability. There was also some recent news that some established families weren’t on the side of the king.

So even if everyone knew that the person standing behind the Yin family was actually the king, once something really happened they wouldn’t necessarily give the Yin family any face.

The problems faced by Xing Mo and Lin Luo were the same. They were weak, and even if they had outstanding qualifications, it was impossible for them to use their personal abilities to resist the joint suppression of the aristocratic families.

Only once they were able to prove their worth and ability would these aristocratic families back off and understand that they couldn’t easily attack them. Starting with advanced energy liquid would be a very good entry point.

Lin Luo had already proven his strength in gambling on stones. If he could also prove his strength in element extraction, those people would definitely change their attitudes and do everything possible to win them over and befriend them. The increasingly powerful Yin family and the distinguished Xing Mo were Lin Luo’s strongest backing.

The military’s issues with their chronic lack of energy had already been largely alleviated by the energy converters provided by the Yin family. It also surreptitiously enhanced the king’s prestige in the military department. If they were to go on to use high purity element liquid to win over some aristocratic families, it would further help stabilize the king’s position. This was ideal as the more stable the king’s position, the safer Lin Luo and Xing Mo would be.

“I agree.” Xing Mo replied after hesitating for a while.

If Xing Mo worried about one thing more than others, it was that Lin Luo was simply too good. He was always worried that Lin Luo’s talents would attract trouble. Still, as long as the people behind Lin Luo were strong enough, those who were cautious would know well enough to leave them alone[1]. Once his power level upgraded further, anyone who wanted to mess with Lin Luo would first have to think about their own fate!

After He Kun and Xu Jian left, Xing Mo told Lin Luo about the conversation between Yin Ye and himself. Lin Luo naturally had no opinion, so the matter was settled.

===========Translator’s Corner===========

[1] 投鼠忌器 – Tóu Shǔ Jì Qì – lit. to refrain from shooting the rat for fear of breaking the vase, idiom meaning to have scruples in doing things / not to do something because it will cause greater harm than good