Alien Science Cultivation

"This is the first floor. The cultivators working here generally have cultivation levels below the Golden Core stage. These spirit stones are used to provide them with spiritual energy for cultivation and are replaced once a year. The concentration of spiritual energy here is several times higher than outside. The low-level cultivators of the Qingshan Sect are very happy to come here to work for free. As for the second and third floors... the higher you go, the higher the level of the spirit stones used, and the greater the quantity. If a cultivator on the first floor performs well, he can enter the second floor, then the third floor, and so on... So don't underestimate the cultivators working here. They are all the best in the same realm in the Eastern Region..." Wang Ling explained to everyone appropriately.

"Second floor...? Third floor...?" Chen Ying asked softly with a puzzled look on her face.

"Yes, this is the Linglong Tower. It is dozens of times more precious than the Twin Towers of Qingshan Sect. Shopkeeper Wang spent a huge amount of money to auction it on the Qingshan Trading Website... For it, Patriarch Yao Chen even led a team personally to bring it back from the endless desert. The journey was full of dangers. Even though Patriarch Yao Chen was so powerful, he almost died in the desert..." Although Che Lizi did not describe in detail what happened along the way, just looking at his frightened expression was enough to prove the hardships and dangers along the way.

"Linglong Tower...? Twin Towers...?" Zhang Qiang asked in a doubtful voice.

"The Twin Towers are truly supreme acquired treasures, and this Linglong Tower is a top-grade innate treasure... To acquire them, we practically exhausted all of the spirit stones and belongings at the Qingshan Exchange..." Che Lizi continued, his gaze casually glancing at Wang Ling's back. He added with admiration, "Shopkeeper Wang's vision is truly beyond my reach. He's the most courageous cultivator I've ever met, unparalleled..."

"Haha, Elder Che, you're being too kind. At the time, I simply thought it was a rare treasure. If it weren't for the outbreak of the war between the two realms, it wouldn't have come to light, let alone been traded..." Wang Ling turned around and explained, "Hmm...? Who did you buy this tower from...? When did the Qingshan Exchange trading card reach the depths of the desert...?" Zhang Qiang listened to Che Lizi and Wang Ling's conversation, pondered for a moment, and then asked. Wang Ling was right. A treasure like this shouldn't be traded. Wang Ling's explanation seemed reasonable, but Zhang Qiang still felt something was amiss.

"Haha, boss, to be honest with you, it was a young ghost who posted it on the Qingshan trading website. As for how he got the Qingshan trading card, it is still a mystery... I am incompetent..." Che Lizi said, and couldn't help blaming himself.

"A young man from the ghost tribe..." Zhang Qiang muttered in a low voice.

"That's right, it's the young man from the ghost tribe. Before leaving, he gave us two words, something like 'sea... have a bosom friend... and... and..." Che Lizi tried his best to remember the two complete sentences, but after racking his brains for a long time, he couldn't remember them. His face gradually became ugly, and he even began to doubt his memory.

"A true friend afar brings a distant land near... Is that the line?" Zhang Qiang pondered for a moment before reciting Wang Bo's two lines. He'd only intended to interrupt Che Lizi's recollection, never expecting to help him unlock that memory. Che Lizi possessed the cultivation of a late Divine King, so it was impossible for him to forget those two lines so quickly. The only possibility was that the young ghost had tampered with them.

Before Che Lizi could recover, Zhang Qiang turned around and began to examine the various information displayed on the bookshelves in the Linglong Tower. At this moment, Che Lizi's eyes flashed with a dark line, and his expression was a little strange.

"Yes, it means that a friend in need is a friend indeed... That's for sure!" Che Lizi responded with a very affirmative tone towards Zhang Qiang's back.

Zhang Qiang's hands, clutching the book, trembled slightly upon hearing this, his heart aching with anxiety. "Who is this? Is he coming for me? He claims to be a close friend, so could he be another Earthling who's traveled through time?" Zhang Qiang pondered, but ultimately had no clue. After all, Zhang Qiang himself had never said these two words on the Red Snake Planet. If they were from Earth like him, and knew he was, the possibility of them knowing he was also from Earth was extremely slim. However, judging by these two sentences alone, they seemed like a friend, not an enemy. With this in mind, Zhang Qiang temporarily put his doubts aside.

However, when Elder Che Lizi looked at Zhang Qiang's back, the fear in his eyes grew even stronger. "How terrifying! Just a few words actually undid the seal on my memory. That young ghost was truly terrifying. He was able to seal my memory without anyone noticing. Although it was just two short sentences, I don't think he could do such a thing. I wonder if Elder Yao Chen was also tricked...? Fortunately, we humans have the leader here, who can always deal with these situations..." Che Lizi felt a moment of fear, but then a look of relief appeared on his face. He thought Zhang Qiang had specifically undone the seal for him, but in reality, his idea was both right and wrong. Zhang Qiang hadn't even noticed that his memory was sealed. He had simply said the codeword that happened to unlock it.

"This is the first level of the Linglong Tower. It mainly collects some simple content such as the latest information of the human sects in the Eastern Region... The higher you go, the more hidden the information collected becomes, and the higher the cultivation level of the cultivators required becomes, and the more bizarre the methods used... Senior Che is the person in charge of this Linglong Tower. As a casual cultivator, he has a deep understanding of the world of cultivation. A lot of knowledge and information cannot be found in the sect's books..." Wang Ling slowly walked towards Zhang Qiang and explained softly.

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, naturally understanding Wang Ling's intentions. The Qingshan Exchange was backed by the Qingshan Sect. Given Wang Ling's current status and position, there was essentially no information within the Qingshan Sect's Sutra Library that she couldn't access. If she so desired, she could even take over the Qingshan Sect's intelligence department. Therefore, her arrangement was simply to obtain information that the Qingshan Sect's intelligence department couldn't or didn't have the means to obtain. Che Lizi, however, was able to do so, and precisely because of this, he was undoubtedly the perfect candidate to manage the Tianji Pavilion...

"Let's go and take a look at the upper level..." Zhang Qiang said softly to Wang Ling.

Wang Ling naturally had no objections and gestured for everyone to come in. A quarter of an hour later, they passed through rows of bookshelves and arrived in front of a small, transparent teleportation array. The array was a transparent semicircle, approximately three meters in diameter. Under the bright light of the spirit stone lamps in the first-floor room, it seemed remarkably inconspicuous.

An hour later… they inspected six floors in succession. The structure of each room remained largely the same, but the cultivators' cultivation levels were, as Wang Ling had predicted, rising higher and higher. The information they gathered was also increasingly astonishing, even recording the origins of the elves. Even the outer space fall was recorded, including the coordinates of Chen Ying's time-travel ship's crash. Although it was only briefly mentioned, it still left Chen Ying feeling surprised and horrified. After all, she was the only one who knew the authenticity of this information.

However, among the few people, only Zhang Qiang and Che Lizi are qualified to enter the next three levels, seven, eight and nine. Even Wang Ling, Wang Yan and Chen Ying are not qualified.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry... Although the Linglong Tower was purchased by the Qingshan Exchange, our ancestor Yao Chen had a rule during his lifetime that only the masters of the four holy places, the head of the Qingshan Exchange, the leader of the Qingshan Sect, and I are allowed to enter. No one else is allowed to enter..." Che Lizi explained the situation to everyone with an apologetic look on his face.

After some reflection, everyone agreed that this was understandable. After all, a place like this involving confidential information wasn't something ordinary people could enter. While the Linglong Tower had been purchased from the Qingshan Exchange, it had been Patriarch Yao Chen himself who had led the team there to retrieve it. In the process, two Divine King Realm masters from the Eternal Holy Land tragically perished. Having the Linglong Tower stored at the Qingshan Exchange was already a tremendous blessing.

“Senior Che, I’d like to ask a question… Why is the leader of Qingshan Sect allowed to enter? Although he is the leader of Qingshan Sect, his cultivation…” Chen Ying’s sudden question startled everyone, and even Lin Ling fell into deep thought.

"Haha... you are such a smart girl, you dare to think and ask... Wu Yong himself basically never shows up... I can only say this much, I hope you will forgive me..." Che Lizi bowed and responded softly.

"So that's how it is... No wonder..." Chen Ying responded, then quietly retreated behind Wang Yan.

At this moment, several people seemed to truly understand why Qingshan Sect could become the number one sect under the Holy Land.

Zhang Qiang glanced at the stunned Lin Ling with the corner of his eye, "Are you telling the truth...? Senior..." Lin Ling asked softly.

"It's true... But don't worry, Wu Yong's clone and original body are very special. They are not the same as ordinary people. One day you will understand... For now, I can only tell you that your master is a ruthless man..." Che Lizi responded, and then looked at Zhang Qiang, as if waiting for Zhang Qiang to enter the next level together.