Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 109 An Acquaintance

On this day, Qi Yuan was immersed in comprehending the laws of lightning.

After gaining recognition from the fundamental laws of lightning, he could merge his consciousness into the ocean of fundamental laws of lightning, and the clarity of his perception of the laws skyrocketed!

In addition, with the "Heavenly Thunder Secret Manual" which has a strong auxiliary effect on the study of the fundamental laws of lightning, the "Eight Formations" lightning manual which can be used for mutual verification and reference, and the incomparably mysterious and magical fragment of the "True Explanation of the Dao of Formations", he is now comprehending the fundamental laws of lightning with lightning speed as if flying!
It has only been three or four years since his breakthrough, but the effect of his cultivation is definitely stronger than when he cultivated for thousands of years at the Domain Lord level!
However, the cultivation of the fundamental laws becomes increasingly difficult and complex as one approaches the final stage.

The eighth and tenth levels of the Sky Bridge may seem like just two levels apart, but the difficulty between them is far greater than the cumulative difficulty of climbing from the first to the eighth level!
Qi Yuan estimated that, judging from his progress over this period, he should have reached the level of the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, but he still had a long way to go before mastering the entire lightning law.

"It's a pity that my second disciple hasn't broken through to the Domain Lord level yet, so the experience return efficiency is much lower than before; otherwise, the progress should have been faster."

Just as he was silently sighing, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly separated a wisp of his consciousness to enter the virtual universe.

Virtual universe, Cloud Island.

Inside the massive palace where the Blue Bay branch is located.

"Minister, why are you calling me in such a hurry?"

Qi Yuan greeted Xing Zhan, the leader of the Blue Bay branch, with a smile.

Since taking office, he and this Lord Xingzhan have played good cop and bad cop, helping each other withstand a lot of pressure from those world lord families. As a result, their relationship has become increasingly familiar.

"You little brat, don't you dare call me that in front of the minister later!"

The burly, strong-looking Xing Zhan glared at him with annoyance.

Beside him, the refined-looking fox-man Director Wiggins smiled and nodded at Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan first smiled and nodded to the fox-man elder, then asked with some confusion, "Ah? Minister? Which minister?"

"Come with me first, we'll talk on the way!"

While they were talking, Xing Zhan had already led Qi Yuan and Wiggins out of the Blue Bay branch and was flying rapidly towards the most magnificent amethyst palace in the center of the entire Cloud Mist Island.

Not only them, but during the flight, Qi Yuan could clearly see that in all directions of the entire Cloud Mist Island, figures were flying up from those palaces of different sizes and then converging in the same direction.

There were countless figures, at least tens of thousands of them.

"Master of Criminal Investigation"

Seeing this, Qi Yuan was slightly surprised and quickly asked, "What major event has happened? Why are you all here? And are we going to the central palace?"

It's no wonder he was surprised; since joining the Blue Bay branch, he had never been to that most magnificent central palace!

Moreover, judging from what Xing Zhan said earlier, it seems that a minister will summon them later.

The only people Xing Zhan can call ministers are the three big shots at the very top of the Lanting branch!
"Hehe, it's Marquis Jiuchen who summoned me."

Sure enough, Xing Zhan then smiled and explained telepathically.
"Recently, a genius from the company's core secret realm will be transferred to our Lanting branch. Marquis Jiuchen has summoned the main leaders of our various branches to come and welcome this new colleague. After all, he is a core elite of the company, so we should give him the respect he deserves. Who knows what kind of achievements he will make in the future?"

"The Marquis of Jiuchen also has a genius who has been transferred to the company's core secret realm?"

Qi Yuan was slightly curious, but he followed Xing Zhan and flew quickly toward the central palace.

The palace where the Blue Bay branch is located is not too far from the central palace.

Before long, the three of them landed on a huge plaza in front of the central heavenly palace, which looked like it was paved with purplish-black crystals.

"Haha, Lao Xing has arrived."

In the square, other immortal gods who had arrived earlier greeted Xing Zhan with smiles.

“Brother Lucius.”

Xing Zhan gestured for Qi Yuan and Wiggins to wait where they were, while he himself went forward to talk to a middle-aged man with four arms and dark skin who was about three meters tall.

Hey bro, any news? Which genius did the company send out this time?

The four-armed middle-aged man shook his head slightly: "I don't know, I just heard that he is a genius from the Primordial Secret Realm, and it seems that he was assigned to the Hidden Cloud Star Region by Marquis Jiuchen."

"Hidden Cloud Starfield? I was wondering why Zi Ni was suddenly transferred to the branch headquarters. So it was to make room for someone else," Xing Zhan said, pursing his lips.

"Haha, judging from your tone, you still harbor quite a bit of resentment towards Zi Ni. She just rejected your advances back then, is it really necessary to hold a grudge for so long?"

"Hey, brother, your habit of exposing other people's shortcomings is really not good." Xing Zhan and the other immortal gods could chat freely, while Qi Yuan and the others could only stand obediently and wait.

As more and more figures arrived, the number of people in the square quickly reached thirty to forty thousand.

Thirty to forty thousand people stood neatly in the square, the weakest of whom were all at least Realm Lord level.

The immortal gods gradually stopped talking and walked to stand quietly in front of the group of realm lords, waiting.

About half an hour later.
"Haha, it seems everyone's here. Let's go out and take a look!"

As bursts of hearty laughter rang out, two figures, one tall and one thin, flew out of the magnificent amethyst palace and quickly landed in front of the crowd.

Qi Yuan, who was in the crowd, secretly observed the two men and saw that the one in the lead was a middle-aged man who was only about 1.5 meters tall, with a thin build and purple-gold scales on his head.

He appeared small and thin, but his entire body was filled with an extremely fierce aura, and his golden eyes, when they opened and closed, faintly revealed a sharp divine light that pierced straight to the soul.

Invisible fluctuations of laws surrounded him, making him look like a peerless divine weapon drawn from its sheath!

Although Qi Yuan had never seen him in person, he could instantly recognize him from the images he had seen. This was none other than his top superior in the Lanting branch, the Minister of the Martial Department, 'Nine Marquis', one of the three giants of the entire Lanting branch!
Slightly behind this Marquis Jiuchen, there was a burly young man who was nearly two meters tall.

The young man was dressed in a simple black robe, with some yellow down on the edges of his face. His eyes and demeanor were extremely reserved and composed.

"Greetings, Marquis Jiuchen!"

Without taking a long look, the moment these two appeared, all the realm lords present, including Qi Yuan, as well as the immortal gods, bowed to each other with utmost respect.

Putting aside the immense power wielded by this Marquis Jiuchen, his own strength as a marquis alone was enough to deter anyone from showing the slightest disrespect.

"Hahaha, no need to be so polite!"

The Marquis of Jiuchen waved his hand casually, then smiled and said, "I called you all here today to introduce a new colleague."

After everyone standing below looked up, he turned slightly to the side and gestured to the burly young man standing next to him.

"Our new colleague is a member of the company's core secret realm, the 'Primordial Secret Realm.' He was dispatched to the Lanting branch after breaking through to the Domain Lord level. Haha, speaking of which, this colleague is also from the Lanting Universe Kingdom. Many of you have probably heard of him."

Marquis Jiuchen's voice rose slightly, "I believe some of you have already remembered. That's right, this is the peerless genius who fought his way through the previous Genius Battle, ultimately being absorbed into the company's core layer as a member of the Primordial Secret Realm, and is now a Domain Lord-level member of the Primordial Secret Realm—"

"Longyun!"

"Long Yun will be serving as the branch manager in the Qianyun Star Region under our Lanting branch. We'll be working together from now on, so please give him your help and support."

Qi Yuan was too lazy to listen to the pointless ramblings that Marquis Jiuchen continued to say.

At this moment, his mind was completely captivated by the name spoken by Marquis Jiuchen—

Longyun!

That's right, it's Long Yun, the genius member from the same year as Luo Feng, who even defeated Luo Feng in the final battle and was absorbed into the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company as a member of the Primal Secret Realm!
And this is also the first character that Qi Yuan has truly come into contact with in the original work after decades of time travel!
At this moment, Qi Yuan felt a bit like when he successfully drew a familiar character card in a fan-made game in his previous life.

It felt like playing a single-player game for a long time and finally seeing a real person among thousands of NPCs.
He felt a surge of excitement, and his undisguised scrutiny even drew the attention of the burly young man.

Qi Yuan grinned and gave the burly young man a friendly smile.

"Long Yun. Long Yun, haha, finally I've met a familiar face from the original story."

Unfortunately, the return system cannot be used in the virtual universe, otherwise Qi Yuan would definitely have immediately cast a 'probing spell' on the other party.

As a powerful genius who once defeated Luo Feng in the Genius Battle, although his performance has been somewhat lackluster since then, his talent must still be exceptional!
If we could take him under our wing...
Qi Yuan smiled wryly as soon as the thought crossed his mind. A genius from a top-ranked core secret realm in a virtual universe company like this would need a teacher who is at least at the Marquis level.

As a mere 'realm lord nobodies' who hasn't even fully grasped the basic laws of a single realm, I'd better not embarrass myself in front of others.
"Strength, strength, strength! I must quickly improve my strength, and then I must make a name for myself. Otherwise, even if a genius is placed in front of me, I probably won't be able to handle it."

Qi Yuan's mind was filled with random thoughts.

At this moment, Marquis Jiuchen in front had already finished his speech.

"Haha, you guys can get together and get to know each other privately, I won't join you."

As he spoke, his figure vanished, leaving the virtual universe.

After he left, the square in front of the palace became unusually lively.
While Luo Feng was cultivating in seclusion in Chaos City, Bo Lan and Rong Jun broke through to the Domain Lord level one after another. Now, more than two thousand years have passed. Considering that the original work mentioned that those core geniuses usually stay at the Universe level for thousands of years, it should be reasonable for Long Yun to appear here at this point in time. Hehe, what do you all think? (*^▽^*)
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