Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 108 Four-Star Account

Qi Yuan stayed in the meditation room for nearly a month until he had sorted out his plans for the future, before he temporarily stopped his cultivation and left the main hall where he lived.

Although it was only a month, with the terrifying cultivation speed boost from the World Lord level, it was enough to be equivalent to decades of my previous cultivation!

It goes without saying how excited the disciples, elders, and other core members of the Red Leaf Star forces were upon learning of Qi Yuan's breakthrough to the Realm Lord level.

Qi Yuan, on the other hand, began to deal with some of the resources at his disposal according to his own plan.

Over the past thirty years, the vast majority of the returned opportunities have been used for imparting insights into the laws.

But occasionally he would also use it to 'dispose of' some of the precious treasures he obtained from the Lanting Auction.

Therefore, over these 30 years, he has indeed accumulated a considerable fortune.

For example, after upgrading the weapons of several disciples to the fifth tier, each disciple received several 'Immortal Divine Weapons' that even Immortal experts could use. Each of these Immortal Divine Weapons was worth hundreds or even thousands of Chaos Units.

For example, in order to enable his disciples to unleash the power of these weapons beyond their level, he returned a large amount of similar resources to the treasures he had purchased for them, such as the "Neem Heart Fruit" which could strengthen their soul and body.

For example, by giving away E9-class spaceships as gifts, several top-tier E9-class spaceships were returned. One of them even had a configuration no weaker than the mechanical race spaceship I saw when I first attended the Lanting Auction!

It's worth noting that the mechanical race's spaceship fetched a staggering price of 3500 Chaos Units at the time!
There are also several powerful secret techniques similar to "Heavenly Thunder Manual," such as "Light Analysis" and "The Profound Meaning of Wind," as well as a large number of life fruits, D-grade and E-grade metals, and the like.
It can be said that if Qi Yuan were to reveal all his wealth now, it would definitely make a large number of immortal powerhouses envious and crazy!

Previously, Qi Yuan's strength was limited, so he naturally dared not reveal many things casually.

Now that he has broken through to the realm master level and gained the recognition of the origin law, his combat strength is already quite good.

In addition, his status as a formal member of the Virtual Universe Company and the powerful trump card of the Sky Tower naturally gave him the confidence to act more boldly.

He quickly sifted through his accumulated wealth over the years, ultimately selecting three immortal divine weapons, two E9-class peak spaceships, and a batch of precious cultivation resources and metals, which he then distributed through channels such as the Virtual Universe Company's treasury and the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.

After waiting for more than half a month, finally, with the arrival of the last payment, Qi Yuan's consciousness-bound account balance officially broke through the 1 Hunyuan mark!
At that moment, a series of emails were sent to his virtual universe account.

Most of them naturally come from various departments of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

Aside from one email congratulating him on leveling up his account and gaining access to 'item consignment' and 'item recycling' permissions, which was somewhat valuable, the rest were mostly 'harassing messages' inviting him to participate in more collaborations.

Besides these, another email from Virtual Universe Company was one that Qi Yuan had been eagerly anticipating.

"Hello.

Given that your consciousness binding account has been successfully upgraded to a four-star account, you will be eligible to participate in the Virtual Universe Corporation's 'Medium Auction'.

Unlike the 'Primary Auction' held within the territory of the Space Nation, the 'Intermediate Auction' will be jointly held by at least dozens of Space Nation countries.

A medium-sized auction, held once every 3000 years.

The minimum requirement to participate in the auction is being a four-star customer of the First Universe Bank or the Galaxy Bank.

The next medium-sized auction will be held in 8 years. For details about the auction, please see the attachment to this email.

Metaverse Corporation. "

Looking at the email on the screen in front of him, Qi Yuan couldn't help but feel a surge of good luck.

"I never imagined that this mid-level auction would only be held once every 3000 years. Fortunately, the most recent one will be held in 8 years. If I had to wait hundreds or thousands of years, it probably wouldn't be of much help to me."

The auction hosted by Virtual Universe Company has three levels.

The primary auction is held within the territory of each universe nation. The minimum requirement for participation is a three-star client of the two super banks. Basically, it is aimed at world lord powerhouses. The treasures that appear in the primary auction are all extremely rare treasures in each star field.

Mid-level auctions are jointly organized by the official governments of at least dozens of cosmic nations. After all, the threshold for participation in mid-level auctions is four-star clients, who are generally already immortal beings. And how many immortal beings does a cosmic nation have in total? It's not worthwhile to hold such a high-profile event on its own.

Treasures that appear at mid-level auctions are considered extremely rare, even in a vast universe. Many ordinary immortals can only look at them but can never afford to buy them.

As for the highest-level high-level auction, it is a super event that is almost open to the entire human race territory, and it takes many years to prepare for it!

The minimum requirement for participating in the high-level auction is a five-star client, and for the two super banks, a five-star client requires an account balance of at least ten million mixed units!
Those who can participate in such a grand event are all super giants of various organizations and forces, rulers of some universe nations, and super strong individuals among the solitary immortals.

The treasures at high-level auctions are so valuable that even extremely powerful immortals would risk their lives to obtain them!

For ordinary cultivators who are not core members of the five major powers, these three levels of auctions are one of the few channels through which they can access top-tier treasures.

With Qi Yuan's current access to the treasure vault of the Virtual Universe Company, which is roughly equivalent to the peak of some elite world lords, the things he can normally access are basically those that appear at the primary auction.

Even in terms of rarity alone, it may not be as rare as some top treasures at primary auctions, and it is naturally far inferior to those at mid-level auctions.

Before Qi Yuan's authority level is further upgraded, this mid-level auction is definitely a super event that he cannot afford to miss.

"Based on the original text, obtaining recognition of a lower-level fundamental law roughly equates to possessing abilities around the 8th level of the Bridge to Heaven, while the 10th level of the Bridge to Heaven corresponds to a law comprehension equivalent to an ordinary immortal."

"Eight years. In these eight years, besides trying to improve my strength as much as possible and catch up with those ordinary immortals, I also need to find a way to raise more funds. Those treasures that appear at the auction probably won't be cheap."

What troubled Qi Yuan slightly was that over the past 30 years, he had practically given his disciples everything suitable as a gift. His current disciples were all equipped with fifth-tier psychic (force) weapons, and their vehicles were all E9-class spaceships. He had also given them a wide variety of plant and metal life forms, as well as the resources needed for their cultivation. They had consumed treasures to strengthen their souls and bodies, and they lacked no secret techniques.
This treatment is no less than that of the most beloved disciples of some immortal powerhouses.

Unless there are particularly rare and precious treasures, it will be quite difficult to quickly "fleece" them through the return system before they have fully digested their current gains.

"I still need to recruit more high-level disciples; these few aren't enough for me to squander."

While sighing, Qi Yuan also quickly began to think of a solution.

"It seems the only way is to start with secret techniques. Nobody can have too many of these, and the returns are high. Three or five of them, comparable to the 'Heavenly Thunder Secret Manual,' would be enough for me to become rich."

Thinking about it, he quickly took action—

He successively collected several decent secret techniques through several super business associations such as Wanbaoge, whose business spanned multiple universes, as well as through channels such as Lanting Auction House.

The Virtual Universe Company's treasury does contain many secret techniques that Qi Yuan can currently exchange for. However, these internal exchanges are subject to access restrictions and can only be used by himself or other members of the Virtual Universe Company with sufficient permissions.

His disciples, of course, did not enjoy this treatment.
Among the several secret techniques, one of the movement techniques, "Nine Flashes of Lightning," cost him 45 units of Hunyuan, while the two combat techniques, "Burial of Stars" and "Thousand Machines," cost him 39 and 132 units of Hunyuan respectively.

After giving them away one by one, Qi Yuan also received three more valuable secret techniques 'manuscripts'.

With these original manuscripts of secret techniques in hand, Qi Yuan felt much more confident.

If we run out of money later, we can just sell them to the Virtual Universe Company and immediately make a huge profit!

After finishing these tasks, Qi Yuan calmed down and focused on comprehending the laws of cultivation while waiting for the anticipated 'medium-level auction' to begin.
at the same time.

Adjacent to the Blue Bay Starfield is the Qiya Starfield, a life-bearing planet in outer space, filled with dense forests, poisonous smoke, and thick barriers.

A small 'cargo ship' that is more than 200 meters long is hovering in the air.

A moment later, a circular flying saucer with a diameter of only about ten meters took off from the planet below and quickly flew into the open docking bay of the cargo ship.

Kaka~~
The docking bay doors closed quickly, and then the entire cargo ship began to slowly accelerate, speeding towards deep space.

Inside the cargo ship's core compartment, some members of the merchant corps were chatting casually.

Just then, a blond, one-horned youth wearing a black Force suit strode in.

"Captain!"

"The leader is back!"

"Commander Longji!"

A group of chamber of commerce members greeted the blond, unicorn-like youth with a degree of respect.

Commander Longji can be considered a legend in their hearts.

Decades ago, he was just an ordinary planetary boy with little knowledge on their backward life-bearing planet. Even if his cultivation aptitude was slightly better than that of his fellow tribesmen, it was by no means much better.

However, not long afterward, without their knowledge, the sovereignty of their backward planet changed.

Immediately afterwards, the new lord began to vigorously transform and develop the planet, and spent a lot of resources to guide and cultivate the planet's native inhabitants.

It was during this process of guidance and training that Longji, the leader of the group, stood out from the group of indigenous people with his quick wit and good aptitude, and successfully attracted the attention of the administrative department.

Soon after the first batch of training was completed, Longji, the head of the caravan, was directly appointed as the leader of a small merchant caravan.

He successfully seized this opportunity, not only perfectly fulfilling his duties but also frequently proposing constructive development plans based on his flexible thinking and keen intuition, ultimately leading the entire caravan to rapid growth and expansion.

Now, more than 30 years later, this man has managed to develop a caravan that originally consisted of only a few small spaceships into a large merchant group with dozens of ships of various sizes!
Although the delegation received a lot of investment support from the Administration Department during this period, the fact that they were able to obtain this support was itself an affirmation of the abilities of the Longji Delegation Leader!

Most of the members of these merchant groups were from the same hometown and clan as him, so they naturally had immense admiration and respect for him!

"Haha, Commander, did you find any good business opportunities on this trip?"

A member of the Unicorn Merchant Guild, who bore a resemblance to the guild leader Longji, greeted him with a smile.

"Yeah, Captain, you always seem to find a way to make money wherever you go. What good opportunity have you found this time? Tell the brothers!"

A large group of merchants joined in the commotion.

"Opportunity. Let's Talk"

The blond, one-horned youth looked up, but his expression seemed somewhat stiff.

After a moment of silence, the young man's lips curled up in a strange way, and a faint silver-white light rapidly spread from his pupils.
"Hehe, come here, all of you come here, I'll tell you something, come on."

In the last chapter, there was a mistake in the description of the intermediate-level Lanting Auction. It has been corrected. Only the elementary-level auctions are named after the universe nation. The intermediate and above auctions are not limited to the scope of a single universe nation.

A new volume has begun! I'm almost fully organized with the rest of the story, and I'll try to make up for the missed stamps as soon as possible!
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