Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 130 The Primal Light
Within the mysterious cocoon of light, three streams of nine-colored divine light—two large and one small—moved continuously.

Qi Yuan, standing to the side, seemed slightly troubled.

"How should we collect and preserve this nine-colored divine light?"

According to Hu Ge's account, he was directly infused with this divine light, which caused his body to undergo a transformation.

If Qi Yuan wants to maximize his benefits, he must give it as a gift to his disciples. If he receives or stores it improperly during the process, causing its effectiveness to be lost, he will suffer a huge loss!
"Bring them directly here?"

Qi Yuan hesitated slightly, but temporarily dismissed the idea.

This mysterious space has such a high information level, it must be extremely valuable. To be on the safe side, it's best not to let too many people know about it yet.

"Let's see if we can get the World Ring!"

With a thought, Qi Yuan immediately sent a stream of world power rapidly coiling around a nine-colored beam of light within the mysterious cocoon.

"call!"

Within the cocoon of light, a slightly longer nine-colored divine light that had been moving rapidly vanished instantly.

"Can."

Qi Yuan's joy was barely upturned before it froze. "Wait, something's not right. Once we leave the area of ​​that light cocoon, the energy of this nine-colored divine light seems to be slowly dissipating!"

Although this dissipation was extremely slow, it was still clearly perceptible to Qi Yuan, who controlled a world.

It seems we need to find suitable containers to store them.

Qi Yuan's consciousness stirred slightly, and he immediately began to quickly search through the world ring.

For over a hundred years, his Taiqing clone has been stationed on Red Leaf Star. In addition to teaching disciples and imparting cultivation experience, he occasionally participates in Lanting Auction to find items suitable as gifts. With the addition of accumulated rewards, his world ring contains quite a few miscellaneous items.

"Using metal doesn't seem to be effective."

"Try the crystals again, but that doesn't seem to work either."

"Jade?"

Qi Yuan kept trying to use containers made of different materials to temporarily contain the mysterious nine-colored divine light. However, the nine-colored divine light seemed to be invisible. Every container that came near was directly passed through by it and could not be contained at all.

"Invisible. It can be absorbed by flesh and blood, and it can also be absorbed by the power of the world! The power of the world! The cosmic crystal!"

With a thought, strands of world power were continuously compressed, quickly enveloping the wisp of nine-colored divine light in the world ring with a 'shell' formed from condensed cosmic crystals.

After doing all this, Qi Yuan sensed something faintly—

“It seems possible!”

His face immediately lit up with joy. "Haha, now that it can be preserved, things will be much easier!"

He looked at the other two divine lights in the mysterious cocoon of light ahead, and the power of the world quickly enveloped them, intending to continue doing the same thing.

However, to his surprise, the larger of the two remaining nine-colored divine lights was successfully enveloped by the cosmic crystal formed by his world power and stored in his world ring.

The smaller one, with colorful threads attached to its tail, seemed to be protected by some inexplicable force. Whenever his world power approached, it was directly shattered by the mysterious force.

Meanwhile, the threads at the tail of the 'halfway' divine light were constantly flashing with various colors of light, as if they were continuously supplying it with energy.

"Could it be that it hasn't finished developing yet?"

Qi Yuan's eyes brightened slightly.

If this mysterious space can continuously nurture treasures, then its value is immeasurable!
A complete nine-colored divine light can elevate someone who originally only had the aptitude of a domain lord to the potential to become an immortal. Its preciousness is absolutely beyond imagination!
Immortal deities can be considered the backbone of a race.

In the original novel, Luo Feng grew too fast, killing immortals like dogs in just a few thousand years, which made ordinary immortals seem somewhat worthless.

However, the reality is that although there are many immortal gods among the human race, they were accumulated over an incredibly long period of time.

If we're talking about immortal gods who have been born in the last few decades or hundreds of epochs, you probably couldn't find many even in a single universe.

Although this nine-colored divine light only improves aptitude and does not directly elevate one's realm to immortality, its value is absolutely invaluable!

"I just wonder how long it will take for this mysterious space to nurture a nine-colored divine light."

The shorter the gestation period, the more amazing the value that this space can create!
"Since we've come across such a magical place, we must hold onto it firmly."

Thinking it over, he immediately sent an email to his junior disciple, Longji—

"As quickly as possible, in the name of the Red Leaf Merchant Guild, buy all ownership of the 'Strange Rock Star System' in the Heavenly Valley Star Region. Also, call your senior brother and your original body to come to my coordinates."

Longji acted swiftly, leveraging his extensive network of relationships and substantial financial resources accumulated over the years. In less than three days, he reached agreements with most of the planetary lords in the Qiyan Galaxy, bringing over 80% of the Qiyan Galaxy's territory under his control.

Not long after, the enormous star fortress that Qi Yuan had ordered was delivered and placed directly in the void at the corresponding coordinates of that mysterious space.

When Cang Fan and Long Ji arrived together, they saw a magnificent palace, tens of thousands of kilometers long, wide, and high, standing majestically in the endless void!

"Teacher, why did you suddenly decide to buy land here?"

Inside the main hall, Longji couldn't help but ask a question out of curiosity.

"Where do you think all those resources you usually acquire come from? If you don't hurry up and expand your territory, how can I afford to support you?"

Qi Yuan replied irritably.

Over the years, Longji has managed the business operations of Red Leaf Star and dealt with all sorts of people, which has honed his thick skin.

In addition, Qi Yuan has been cultivating the Law of Time over the years, and he often summons him to teach him cultivation. After a long period of contact, he has become extremely open in front of Qi Yuan.

Longji smiled and looked at Qi Yuan: "Teacher, don't worry. With your disciple here, sooner or later we will expand the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce to the entire Human Race 1008 Universe Kingdom. At that time, you can just sit and count the money and never have to worry about these little things again!"

"You're really bragging, calling yourself the 1008 Universe Kingdom. You should sort out everything here in the Qiyan Galaxy first." Qi Yuan waved his hand. "Alright, go and make the handover with the Universe Galaxy Bank first, and finalize the transformation plan here according to the model of the Liuquan Galaxy. I need to talk to your senior brother about something."

"Teacher, if you want to give Senior Brother special tutoring, just say so. Why make up excuses?" Longji muttered as he quickly slipped away.

Cang Fan, standing to the side, couldn't help but feel a little envious of the relaxed atmosphere between Long Ji and Qi Yuan.

Although I admire him, I would never do what he did.

Among Qi Yuan's disciples, Cang Fan was the first to join the sect, but he had the worst aptitude.

Nowadays, each and every junior brother and sister is outstanding!
The second junior sister has the highest cultivation level, having reached the peak of the Domain Lord level long ago, and is now only one step away from breaking through to the World Lord level.

Although the third, fourth, and fifth junior brothers are at the peak of the universe level, they are extremely skilled in formations, and their strength far surpasses that of other cultivators of the same level.

Even Longji, the last junior disciple to join the sect, has not only reached the peak of the universe level, but is now in charge of the entire territory's commercial operations.

And what about him?
As the eldest disciple who joined the sect the earliest, he still enjoys the nurturing of his teacher's abundant and precious resources. However, after hundreds of years, he is still stuck at the peak of the ninth level of the Stellar level, and has not even crossed the threshold of the Cosmic level.

Apart from that, he had no other outstanding achievements to speak of.

In his mind, the only reason his teacher was willing to keep him by his side was out of consideration for their shared clan. Otherwise, with his mediocre performance, how could he be qualified to follow his teacher in cultivation and enjoy such abundant resources?

All of this made him feel deeply inferior and distressed.

In addition, due to his own personality, he appeared unusually reserved and taciturn among his disciples.

Qi Yuan looked at Cang Fan standing silently below and sighed inwardly.

A realm lord-level expert with keen senses, how could he not have noticed the disciple's long-standing abnormality?

However, he was truly helpless before.

After all, treasures that can directly improve one's aptitude are extremely rare, especially since Cang Fan has already consumed a drop of Dragon Essence, making lower-level aptitude-enhancing treasures essentially ineffective against him.

To help them further improve their qualifications, you not only need money, but also a bit of luck.

However, it's clear that this eldest disciple was quite lucky.
He now possesses two complete nine-colored divine lights, which he can bestow upon his two disciples respectively.

His first thought was of his eldest disciple, Cang Fan, and his youngest disciple, Long Ji.

Of these two, one has the worst aptitude and needs the most improvement, while the other has the highest basic return rate and a higher chance of achieving high returns.

A beam of nine-colored divine light can increase Hu Ge's base return multiplier from over 30 times to 50 times. If it were used on Cang Fan, the effect would be even more obvious, easily increasing it to over 40 times.

As one's aptitude improves, one's cultivation speed will naturally increase as well.

By then, the disciple's anxiety should be greatly relieved.

Thinking it over, Qi Yuan directly took out a nine-colored divine light wrapped in a cosmic crystal and used the power of the world to lift it up and send it to Cang Fan.

"Teacher, this is..." Cang Fan looked up at Qi Yuan.

"This object contains a wisp of mysterious divine light born in a perilous place in the universe. Absorbing it can transform the body and greatly enhance one's aptitude. The enhancement is so great that it can give a cultivator who could only grow to the Domain Lord level the potential to break through to the Immortal God level!"

Qi Yuan briefly organized his thoughts, then continued speaking, meeting Cang Fan's increasingly shocked gaze.

"The path of cultivation requires one to contend with the heavens and earth and to compete with all races. Our Thunder Origin Clan has a shallow innate foundation, making cultivation extremely difficult. But I must remind you that while aptitude is one aspect of cultivation, what is even more important is the perseverance to continuously strengthen one's will and belief!"

"Like your teacher, I was once just like you, fallen to Thunderstorm Star. Didn't I also gradually get to where I am today?"

"This divine light is of extraordinary value. You will use it here in a moment, but you must not take it out or reveal its existence."

He looked at Cang Fan, his gaze both gentle and authoritative.

"Now, I've managed to secure the resources to improve your qualifications. Your starting point is already far ahead of what your teacher was like back then. Whether you can become someone like your teacher, or even surpass him, depends on your own efforts!"

"teacher!"

Meeting the teacher's gaze and feeling the endless encouragement and expectations in the teacher's words, Cang Fan's eyes glistened with tears.

He never expected that someone as mediocre as himself could receive such attention and expectations from his teacher. He was no longer a native slave who had just come from Leiyuan Star; now he had a profound understanding of some common knowledge about the universe.

A treasure capable of elevating a cultivator's potential from the Domain Lord level to the point where they can break through to the level of an Immortal God is so rare and precious that it is beyond one's imagination.

Instead of giving such a treasure to his better-performing junior brothers and sisters, the teacher first thought of himself, the most ordinary of his disciples.

What a great favor and honor this is!
"teacher!"

Cang Fan knelt heavily and kowtowed, "I will always remember your kindness in giving me a second chance. If you ever need my help in the future, I will repay you with my life!"

As he spoke, he solemnly took the cosmic crystal in front of him, crushed it, and then instantly absorbed a ray of nine-colored divine light into his body.

At the same time, Qi Yuan's lips couldn't help but curl slightly—

A long-lost, beautiful sound resounded deep within his consciousness:

[I bestow upon my disciple Xuan Yuan Divine Light a share of success!]

[Base return rate 20x, return begins.]

[The gifted item has brought great joy to the disciple, triggering a 100x critical hit reward, with a final return multiplier of 2000x!]

[Return Reward: 2000 copies of Xuan Yuan Divine Light. This return triggers a perfect critical hit, granting a special reward: one copy of Primal Light.]

The reward has been stored in the system space and can be claimed at any time.

(End of this chapter)