"Lan Gu Chairman, and Master Lan Yue."

Zhang Xiaoman stood up and nodded to greet them.

"Cultivating in your Holy Land is indeed much more efficient than my previous place. Such a treasure land is truly rare."

He was generous in his praise.

However, despite saying this, Zhang Xiaoman didn’t truly care internally.

Although this planet can indeed enhance cultivation speed, the efficiency is actually not much different from the Star Alliance Base on Water Blue Star, and far less than the Tianyuan Sect, which did not surprise him much.

"Ji Xing, how is it? Did you gain anything just now? The Fire Mystic Crystal is hard to find. Although we’ve already issued a bounty task for you, the likelihood of it being completed is very small. I think you still need to consider other options."

The man in the blue robe said to Zhang Xiaoman.

When he came over earlier, he saw the virtual projection displayed in front of Zhang Xiaoman, which was the image of the Dark Star Alliance auction house.

Given Zhang Xiaoman’s current needs, they naturally were aware and specifically issued a bounty task to quickly help him find the missing Fire Mystic Crystal.

Their purpose was to assist Zhang Xiaoman in breaking through and thus enhance their own strength.

In a way, they were even more eager.

"Not at the moment. I’ve scoured the entire region’s dark web already, and there’s no news of the Fire Mystic Crystal..."

Zhang Xiaoman shook his head in disappointment.

"Ji Xing, your strength has reached the Upper Control Level, and you can initially use the Dark Spirit Technique corresponding to the realm. What is lacking now is merely the Dark Spiritual Power needed to cast skills. You just need to raise the dark spiritual power limit, then you can become a true Upper Control Level expert."

The man’s face showed an appreciative expression as he spoke, clearly indicating he had a certain understanding of Zhang Xiaoman’s situation.

This situation isn’t uncommon within the Dark Star Alliance. There’s a general term called Pseudo Realm, which refers to the type that has successfully communicated with higher realm dark spirit particles but lacks the corresponding dark spiritual power limit to cast skills.

However, the appearance of this Pseudo Realm situation is relatively rare and generally only displayed by the geniuses cultivated by major forces.

Because, for ordinary dark spirits, communicating with higher sequence dark spirit particles is much harder than increasing the dark spiritual power limit.

The former requires relying on the affinity talent of dark spiritual power to perceive, with an element of luck involved. Many people are stuck at one sequence for their entire life, unable to make any progress.

While the latter merely requires time; for most people, time is actually quite cheap, especially in the powerful dark spirit technology civilization within the Dark Star Alliance. Everyone has at least hundreds or thousands of years of lifespan; as long as they live safely, they will eventually have enough dark spiritual power limit.

Zhang Xiaoman is in the first situation now.

To get the help of that Star Pattern Master Lan Yue, he actively disclosed some of his Pseudo Realm strength, as normal Middle Control Level is not sufficient for such commitment from the other party. Only by demonstrating one’s value can both sides sit down for a detailed discussion.

This time, he benefited quite a bit from the Lan Family’s efforts. They issued a bounty task for him, and while they haven’t found the missing Fire Mystic Crystal yet, they did collect several ordinary materials.

"Master Lan Yue, if I want to imprint the fourth star pattern, do I have to use the Fire Mystic Crystal? What about other third-level fire attribute materials? I just saw a ten-thousand-year-old Purple Fire Vine, which is a third-level material. Can it serve as a substitute?"

Zhang Xiaoman looked at the woman behind the man in blue.

That woman is the Star Pattern Master from the Lan Family.

Lan Yue looked at the projection of the ten-thousand-year-old Purple Fire Vine in Zhang Xiaoman’s hand, decisively shook her head, and said:

"I’ve already helped you ascertain, the Fire Mystic Crystal is the most suitable for your dark spiritual power waves, and according to my configured material list, Fire Mystic Crystal must be fused with other materials. Recklessly replacing it with the ten-thousand-year-old Purple Fire Vine would disrupt the resonance among the materials, requiring everything to restart, which is not worth the loss."

Zhang Xiaoman nodded heavily, understanding the meaning behind her words. Every material for the fourth star pattern was customized based on his dark spiritual waves. According to the Star Pattern Master’s unique imprint method, all materials need to be meticulously gathered, as lacking even one would affect everything.

Unfortunately, this means that within the current area of the Dark Star Alliance, he temporarily cannot find what he needs and must think of other options.

"In that case... I shall try to see if I can find a connection to go to the Aegus Planet. It might have what I need."

Zhang Xiaoman proposed his idea.

Since the Dark Star Alliance doesn’t have the Fire Mystic Crystal, that doesn’t mean the Aegus Star Domain lacks it. He initially planned to try his luck over there, hoping to resolve the current predicament.

Regrettably, due to the war, the Aegus Star Domain has completely blocked the channels for Dark Spirit Star Domain entry. Although Zhang Xiaoman has Unlimited Teleportation, the precondition is that he must prepare a Star Alliance Marker in a location beforehand.