Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 117 Exaggerated Cultivation Speed, Mid-Level Auction Arrives
Although Qi Yuan had a plan to go to the battlefield outside the region, he did not act rashly immediately.

After all, even if someone goes in a clone, they have a clear goal and mission, rather than simply going to deliver food.

Therefore, he still needs to prepare properly.

Putting everything else aside, at the very least, we need to prepare high-specification detectors, weapons for clone combat, and armor.

Considering that there were still less than two and a half years until the medium-sized auction, he decided to wait until after the auction to see if he could obtain some useful trump cards before leaving.

"However, anything that appears at a mid-level auction won't be cheap, so I need to prepare more funds."

Qi Yuan's mind raced, and he quickly came up with an idea: "If we're talking about making money quickly, we'll probably have to rely on 'pirated' secret techniques."

Once he set his goal, Qi Yuan quickly got to work on it.

He first introduced the disciple 'Longji', who had just successfully possessed the body of the insect, to the other disciples and made sure he was settled in.

He then began assigning tasks to his various clones.

Among them, the Taiqing clone possesses the ability of 'education', so it naturally stays in its lair to teach its disciples and improve its strength through the return system.

The Jade Purity Avatar and the Upper Purity Avatar possess the powerful talents of 'time freeze' and 'space freeze' respectively. When combined, they can unleash unimaginable combat power, making them the best choice for sending to the outer battlefields.

However, before heading to the outer battlefield, Qi Yuan first had them stay in his inner world, where they rapidly cultivated using their powerful time and space talents.

As soon as he tried cultivating, he immediately felt an unprecedented surge of pleasure in his understanding of the laws!

Especially in terms of the laws of time, now, relying solely on the powerful time talent of the Jade Purity clone, the speed at which he comprehends the laws of time is no less than that of the lightning laws, which have already gained the recognition of the original laws!

In addition, he has now taken in a disciple who also possesses the talent of the Law of Time. Although the other party's realm is currently only at the Stellar level, the experience feedback from using the return system is slightly less for him at present.

However, when one's own cultivation is facing a bottleneck, occasionally returning to the source can also effectively help one break through the bottleneck quickly.

In addition to his three clones, Qi Yuan also made some arrangements for his main body after careful consideration.

Considering the significant steps he would be taking in the next half of the time, and to be on the safe side, his main body secretly left Red Leaf Star with his life core, and went into hiding on an ordinary life-bearing planet tens of thousands of light-years away from Red Leaf Star.

Unless a powerful expert of the level of Realm Lord or above specifically travels to this planet to scan and investigate with their mental power, no one would generally think that there is a Realm Lord living in seclusion on such an ordinary planet.

While doing all this, Qi Yuan was also actively preparing for the upcoming medium-sized auction.

With his clone, his ability to survive increased dramatically, and he naturally acted without the same timidity as before.

Previously, after realizing the huge potential benefits of using the system to 'adapt' secret techniques, he consciously collected several secret techniques and used the system to 'adapt' them.

In order to raise funds to participate in the mid-level auction, he directly took out two of the 'adapted' secret techniques and then contributed them to the company through the virtual universe's internal treasure vault system.

When he was just an ordinary external member, he had to go through the authority of the 'Saya Branch Manager' of the Eternal Branch to apply for such a request.

Now, I can operate it myself.

Soon, a person in charge of the logistics department of Virtual Universe Company contacted Qi Yuan.

According to company regulations, the person in charge provided him with two contribution options.

The first option is for the company to acquire the copyright in a one-time transaction at a price one hundred times the selling price, after which all copyrights will belong to the company, and all subsequent profits will be unrelated to Qiyuan.

The second option is that the copyright will remain with Qiyuan, and the company will only act as a sales agent. Ten percent of the profit from each sale will be Qiyuan's 'copyright tax'.

From a long-term perspective, the second option might be more suitable.

After all, devouring a world takes hundreds of millions of years, and over such a long period of time, the number of sales of an excellent secret technique can definitely accumulate to an exaggerated level.

However, with less than two and a half years until the start of the intermediate auction, Qi Yuan urgently needed a sum of money, so he chose the first option without hesitation.

Qi Yuan took out two secret techniques. One was "Fleeting Shadow" which was obtained by using the movement technique "Nine Flashes of Lightning" which originally cost 45 Hunyuan units.

One of them is "Return to the Void," which is obtained by using the original 39 Mixed Yuan Unit combat secret technique "Burial of Stars."

Ultimately, the sales price of "Fleeting Shadows" was set at 67500 Mixed Yuan Units. With the 100x reward, Qi Yuan directly received 675 million Mixed Yuan Units!
The price of "Return to the Ruins" is 97500 Mixed Yuan Units. With the 100x reward, Qi Yuan obtains 975 million Mixed Yuan Units!
The reason why "Gui Xu" is priced higher is naturally because the return rate when obtaining "Gui Xu" rewards is higher.

After selling the copyrights to the two secret techniques, Qi Yuan's cash increased dramatically from several thousand Hunyuan units to more than 1650 million Hunyuan units, making him an overnight millionaire!
It should be noted that the assets of an ordinary Marquis-level Immortal God are only around ten million Hunyuan!

Like Hu Yanbo, the master of Meteorite Star in the original work, his wealth only exceeded ten million Hunyuan at its peak.

This massive influx of wealth not only upgraded Qi Yuan's consciousness-bound account at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank to a five-star customer level, adding numerous practical service functions, but also significantly enhanced his access to the virtual universe's treasure vault.

A large number of items that were previously inaccessible appeared in the treasure vault list, which dazzled Qi Yuan for a while.

After doing all this, Qi Yuan calmed down and used his clone talent to quickly cultivate and teach his disciples while quietly waiting for the mid-level auction to arrive.

Regarding the fundamental laws of lightning, he had already gained the recognition of the fundamental laws, and his improvement speed remained as rapid as ever.

In terms of the laws of time, thanks to the powerful time talent of Yuqing's clone, coupled with the system's experience return, it has also entered a stage of rapid advancement.

Even the spatial laws, which he had never encountered before, began to be grasped and rapidly improved under the comprehension of the Shangqing clone. The Realm Lord level is inherently the easiest stage to comprehend laws, and with the support of several powerful clones, Qi Yuan's progress in laws was accelerating at an astonishing rate!

Time passes slowly.

A year after gaining the ability to create clones, under the subtle influence of the Taiqing clone's 'educating' ability, the second disciple, Liaoli, finally broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the Domain Lord level.

After she had consolidated her cultivation level, Qi Yuan immediately bestowed upon her the 'Domain Lord-level Perfect Nutrient Solution' that he had prepared beforehand as a gift.

To be on the safe side, he prepared enough nutrient solution to quickly advance ten ordinary human cultivators from the first level of the Domain Lord level to the ninth level of the Domain Lord level.

Fortunately, he received a large sum of cash after selling the copyrights to two secret techniques last time, and his access was also upgraded accordingly; otherwise, he really couldn't afford to spend so much.

However, such an investment is naturally a sure-fire way to make a profit. After the system returns the money, the 'Domain Lord-level Perfect Nutrient Solution', which was worth thousands of Mixed Yuan Units per ton, has been transformed into the 'World Lord-level Perfect Nutrient Solution', which is worth millions of Mixed Yuan per ton. It's simply the best deal ever!
On the very day he obtained the nutrient solution, Qi Yuan secretly delivered it to his main body.

He already had an F-grade nutrient capsule that had been returned earlier, which, when combined with a World Lord-level perfect nutrient solution, was enough to raise his body's energy to the peak of the World Lord level within a few months!

As for the three clones, there's no need for such trouble.

The three avatars obtained from the One Qi Transformation into Three Pure Ones are all derived from the inner world. As long as the original body reaches a certain level, the avatars can naturally improve rapidly by using the energy of the inner world.

In the days that followed, Qi Yuan continued to focus on his cultivation, teaching disciples, and improving his energy.
Time passes day by day.

Finally, on this day, news finally arrived that the Virtual Universe Company's 'Intermediate Auction,' which Qi Yuan had been waiting for for so long, was about to begin.
The auction held by Virtual Universe Company is divided into three levels: primary, intermediate, and advanced.

The primary auction, which is the Lanting Auction that Qi Yuan had previously participated in, is mainly aimed at cultivators at the realm lord level, and is held within the territory of a certain universe country.

The entry threshold for the mid-level auctions is four-star clients of the two super banks, and the main target group is figures of the immortal level.

To avoid auctions failing due to insufficient participants, each event is jointly organized by a dozen or even dozens of intergalactic nations.

The medium-sized auction that Qi Yuan is going to participate in is jointly organized by Virtual Universe Company and 46 other universe countries, including Lanting Universe Country. It can be considered a medium-sized auction of a relatively large scale.

This medium-sized auction will be held in the virtual universe, in the floating auction house of the Ancient Chen Continent.

Based on the opening time, Qi Yuan arrived at the floating island where the auction house was located early through the teleportation point of Lanting Continent.

On his way to the auction, Qi Yuan could see figures with different auras, some sharp, some dignified, and some erudite, flashing past him from time to time.

Even in the virtual universe, Qi Yuan could feel an extremely strong sense of oppression from those figures!

That was the natural pressure of the will emanating from the immortal powerhouses!
The figures flashing past him were almost all immortal-level powerhouses!
"In just this short time, I've seen at least several thousand Immortal-level powerhouses. How many Immortals does a cosmic nation even have?"

"If the immortal powerhouses gathered on this floating island were to join forces, they could probably easily wipe out some of the weaker alien races!"

As Qi Yuan moved forward, he silently sighed in his heart.

Soon, he arrived at the magnificent auction hall in the center of the floating island.

"Dear guest, welcome to this medium-sized auction. This is your seat number; please keep it safe!"

Upon seeing that Qi Yuan was merely a Realm Lord, the staff member responsible for verifying his identity not only showed no disrespect but instead became even more respectful.

Those realm lords who are able to participate in the mid-level auction are either extremely powerful or have a profound background, so they naturally dare not be negligent.

Soon, Qi Yuan successfully entered the auction hall and sat down in his seat according to the token in his hand.

The layout of the entire auction hall was similar to the Lanting Auction he had participated in before, with countless huge seats surrounding a high auction platform.

However, the number of seats in the auction hall had decreased significantly, but each seat had become much taller, and the distance between the seats had been greatly increased.

Qi Yuan waited quietly in his seat.

One figure after another entered, and the number of people in the auction hall quickly exceeded 20.

Finally, after waiting for about four hours—

woohoo~~~
Flames flowed in and, in the blink of an eye, converged on the central platform of the auction hall, forming a majestic figure clad in a robe of flames.

The figure spoke, and his powerful voice instantly resounded throughout the entire auction hall.
"Haha, everyone, thank you for waiting! Our mid-level auction is about to begin!"

The price of the nutrient solution was estimated based on the original text.

I don't know if you've noticed, but in Tomato's setting, the difference in wealth or strength between each level is basically divided into about 'a thousand times'.

The original text stated that each ton of stellar-grade nutrient solution is worth tens of thousands of life-bearing planets, roughly billions of cosmic coins.

Based on a difference of a thousandfold, cosmic-level nutrient solution is roughly equivalent to several mixed units per ton, domain lord-level nutrient solution is roughly equivalent to several thousand mixed units per ton, and world lord-level nutrient solution is roughly equivalent to several million mixed units per ton.

In the original text, Babata said that upgrading from the first to the ninth level of the Realm Lord requires a huge amount of energy. Even Huyan Bo did not dare to use methods such as nutrient solution to quickly upgrade his most core disciples, because he could not afford to play that game.
When Luo Feng, a Domain Lord, returned to Earth, he mentioned that he could provide nutrient solutions for Domain Lords from the first to the ninth level, but he simply couldn't provide them for World Lords from the first to the ninth level.

When combined, it roughly corresponds to the number calculated based on the 'thousand-fold' difference.

Hehe, of course, we're just reading novels for fun, so let's just enjoy it and not take it too seriously~~~
I'm mentioning this just to let you gentlemen know that the numbers I've written aren't made up; they all have some basis in the original text.
Finally, thank you to all the gentlemen who have accompanied me along the way. Wishing you all good health and all the best!
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