I just want to be a middleman between the two worlds.

In the depths of the mine behind Liuyun Mountain in the Qingxuan Realm.

The LED miner's lamp in Lu Yan's hand cast flickering light in the dim mine tunnel, illuminating the scattered, low-quality spirit stones on the rock walls. Su Muxi followed closely behind, a hint of confusion in her cool eyes.

"Young Master Lu, your injuries have only just healed, why did you rush to this abandoned mine?" Su Muxi asked softly, her gaze sweeping over Lu Yan's slightly pale profile. Ever since Lu Yan miraculously recovered from the cold poison three days ago, she could always sense a faint, chilling aura emanating from his body.

Lu Yan stopped, his headlamp beam fixed on a rock face where spirit stones were densely packed: "These spirit stones, considered worthless by the cultivation world, might save our lives."

He took out a fist-sized piece of low-quality spirit stone, and then a palm-sized metal box. The box was engraved with peculiar patterns, neither talismans nor formations, yet it faintly emitted a special energy fluctuation.

"Mu Xi, I need your help to channel the energy of this spirit stone." Lu Yan handed her the metal box. "Use your water-based spiritual power as a conduit to guide the energy into this container."

Su Muxi took the metal box, and the moment her fingertips touched its surface, she keenly sensed the intricate energy circulation within. Following instructions, she circulated her spiritual energy, the pale blue water-based energy seeping into the spirit stone like silk threads. Initially, the energy guidance went smoothly, but soon the impurities in the spirit stone caused the energy circulation to become sluggish.

"No, the energy is too chaotic..." Su Muxi frowned, her spiritual power almost being repelled.

Lu Yan immediately took out the jade pendant from his chest and placed it on the metal box. The jade pendant emitted a warm white light, and the originally violent energy of the spirit stone immediately became much calmer. Su Muxi was surprised to find that, under the harmonization of the jade pendant, guiding the energy became effortless.

Half an hour later, the spirit stone completely dimmed. The indicator light on the metal box lit up steadily with a green light.

"Success!" Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, the sound of falling rocks suddenly came from deep within the mine. Su Muxi instantly became alert, and her water barrier deployed immediately. In the darkness, several scarlet lights appeared, accompanied by a chilling rustling sound.

"Watch out!" Lu Yan pulled Su Muxi behind him and shone his LED mining lamp toward the source of the sound.

On the rock wall of the mine, several palm-sized blood-red spiders were slowly crawling. The strange patterns on their backs were exactly the same as the patterns on the fragments that Scarface had found earlier!

Su Muxi gasped, "The burrowing spiders of Blood Spider Valley! What are they doing here?"

A sudden realization dawned on Lu Yan: "These spiders are attracted by the source stone energy! It seems Blood Spider Valley is also searching for this energy!"

He made a quick decision: "Muxi, use the Ice Seal spell to trap them. We need to capture one alive!"

Modern world, suburban warehouse laboratory.

Li Mo, his hair a mess, excitedly pointed to the metal sphere on the lab table: "Qin Xue, look! The stability of the Originium Resonance Core exceeds expectations! As long as a resonance node is established in the Azure Profound Realm, real-time communication between the two realms can be achieved!"

Qin Xue frowned as she looked at the data on the tablet: "The representatives from Kane Bio will arrive in an hour. What are we supposed to offer in our negotiations?"

"Let's use this!" Li Mo excitedly adjusted the parameters. "As long as Lu Yan successfully establishes a resonance point in the Qingxuan Realm, we can demonstrate interdimensional communication technology. This is an absolutely overwhelming advantage!"

Just then, the resonant core on the experimental platform suddenly emitted abnormal fluctuations. Li Mo's expression changed: "Something's wrong! Something's happened in the Azure Profound Realm!"

Inside the Qingxuan Realm mine, Lu Yan and Su Muxi were working together to capture Blood Spiders. Just as Su Muxi's Ice Seal Technique was about to succeed, she suddenly groaned and her face turned deathly pale.

"Mu Xi!" Lu Yan hurriedly helped her up and noticed a small wound on her arm that had appeared at some point, and the area around the wound had begun to turn black.

"The spider... is poisonous..." Su Muxi leaned weakly against the rock wall.

Lu Yan acted decisively, taking out the jade pendant and applying it to the wound. The jade pendant emitted a soft white light, different from its previous gentle glow; this time, the light carried a sharp purifying power. Even more surprisingly, the inferior spirit stones on the rock wall, under the influence of the jade pendant, began to emit a faint, resonant glow!

"These spirit stones...are resonating with the jade pendant?" Lu Yan keenly sensed the anomaly.

He tried bringing the jade pendant close to the rock wall, and immediately the entire rock wall lit up! The energy contained in the spirit stone flowed into the jade pendant like rivers flowing into the sea, and then was transformed into pure energy that flowed into Su Muxi's body.

The toxins subsided at a visible speed, and Su Muxi's complexion gradually regained its rosy hue. She stared at this scene in shock: "Young Master Lu, this is..."

"I understand!" A flash of realization crossed Lu Yan's eyes. "These inferior spirit stones were abandoned by the cultivation world not because they contained little energy, but because their energy was too chaotic and difficult to absorb. But the jade pendant can purify them!"

He immediately tried to guide the energy into the metal box, and this time the energy flowed smoothly, and the indicator light shone brightly!

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded outside the mine. Wang Lei came running up, panting, "Senior Brother Lu! The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is coming this way with the county tax officials! They say we're illegally mining!"

Lu Yan sneered, "Perfect timing. Mu Xi, can you still circulate your spiritual energy?"

Su Muxi stood up, a determined glint in her eyes: "No problem."

"Okay." Lu Yan handed the metal box to Wang Lei. "Take this back to Liuyun Mountain and activate the resonance array. I want to give the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce a 'surprise.'"

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Neng swaggered into the mine with the tax collectors. However, what they saw was not the scene of illegal mining, but Lu Yan waiting there leisurely, with several baskets of spirit stones emitting a pure spiritual light piled up beside him.

"This...this is a top-grade spirit stone?" The tax collector picked up a piece in disbelief.

Lu Yan smiled: "Our Flowing Cloud Sect has discovered a method for purifying inferior spirit stones and is preparing to report it to the prefectural government. Manager Liu's arrival is timely; he can serve as a witness."

Liu Neng's face turned ashen. He clearly saw that those spirit stones were refined from inferior spirit stones! What shocked him even more was that the energy fluctuations emitted by these spirit stones were extremely similar to a certain type of energy that "Mr. Mo" had been searching for!

Just then, a pillar of light suddenly rose from the direction of Liuyun Mountain, and the entire Qingxuan Realm could feel the strange energy fluctuations. The jade pendant in Lu Yan's arms warmed slightly, and Li Mo's voice from the modern world resounded directly in his mind:

"Old Lu! The resonance node has been successfully established! The people from Kane Bio are watching our demonstration. How are your preparations going?"

Lu Yan smiled slightly and said to the empty space, "Tell Kane's representative that we're not talking about an acquisition, but a partnership. The conditions are simple: we want a controlling stake and to share their global sales channels."

Liu Neng and the tax collector stared in disbelief as Lu Yan "talked to himself," but the next moment, something even more shocking happened: Lu Yan suddenly produced an exquisite jade bottle in his hand, the liquid inside emitting a refreshing fragrance.

"This is..." Su Muxi also opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"The Azure Realm version of the Deep Sleep Capsule," Lu Yan smiled slightly, "just transported here through the interdimensional passage."

In a modern-day laboratory, the representative of Kane Biotechnology was watching the live feed from the Qingxuan Realm mine via monitor, speechless with shock. Qin Xue elegantly handed over the contract: "It seems we need to renegotiate the terms of our cooperation."

As night deepened, in the mine at the back of Liuyun Mountain, Lu Yan gazed at the piles of spirit stones before him, his eyes filled with a profound sense of awe. Su Muxi stood quietly beside him, the moonlight bathing them both.

"Muxi, are you scared?" Lu Yan suddenly asked.

Su Muxi gently shook her head: "With Young Master Lu here, there's nothing to fear."