NOVPUBThe premium battleship of a level six technological civilization was significantly faster compared to other vessels. The range of its spatial jumps was many times greater. That meant for the same distance across the cosmos, they could save a great deal of time and energy by cutting down the number of spatial jumps needed.
Previously, whether going or coming back, Lin Yun would have taken over three months to complete the journey—an entire round trip costing more than half a year.
This time, it took only a few days for the battleship to reach the Heavenly Bamboo Star.
"This speed, it’s really incredible..."
As he gazed at the azure planet before him, Lin Yun breathed out in admiration.
No wonder many these cosmic travelers longed to own a good battleship. Having a quality spaceship indeed proved to be incredibly beneficial.
"Lin Yun, you’re back?"
Star Blue asked cheerfully upon seeing Lin Yun’s return.
"Yes, something happened back home." Lin Yun replied with a wry smile.
He had previously handed over Heavenly Bamboo Star’s management to Star Blue. Now, it had barely been three or four months, and he’d already brought over hundreds of thousands of people. Without offering some kind of explanation, Star Blue might overthink the situation.
Although Heavenly Bamboo Star was indeed a pleasant place, he did not want to renege on his words.
At present, his capabilities were strong enough to seize any place he desired.
This place was too close to Earth. With the Immortal World and Heavenly Realm’s power, he subconsciously didn’t want to stay too close.
"What exactly happened? Does it have anything to do with why you left there?" Star Blue hurriedly asked, indicating concern and apology in his tone.
Lin Yun spent several months traveling here. Now, he had returned just four or five months after he had left. Star Blue guessed it must have been closely tied to his cosmic voyage.
"It’s unrelated to that. It’s a long story. I plan to rest here for a while with the people I brought before we depart once again." Lin Yun shook his head.
"Lin Yun, if it weren’t for you, I would’ve been killed a while back. This planet should rightfully be yours. I can give it back to you." Star Blue hesitated a bit before suggesting.
"No need. This time, I plan to visit the advanced civilization star domains." Lin Yun replied with a faint smile.
People strive to ascend, just as water naturally flows downward. Since his power was sufficient, he might as well explore those advanced civilization star domains. He couldn’t venture into the Immortal World or Heavenly Realm, but he could definitely visit the advanced star domains.
On one hand, he could observe the vast cosmos. On the other, he could earn some Spirit Crystals.
Otherwise, he might run out of resources. By the time he had finished spending his Spirit Crystals and wanted to earn some more, it would be too late.
"Advanced Civilization Star Domain..." Envy flickered in Star Blue’s eyes.
He also wanted to go, but he didn’t have the funds...
When he thought about Lin Yun controlling a premium battleship of a level five technological civilization when he left, and returning wielding a premium battleship of a level six technological civilization, Star Blue’s eyes filled with envy.
Such a battleship was worth seventy billion Spirit Crystals in the Cosmic Trading System!
Such a short time had passed...
And here he was, pleased with an income of a few thousand or tens of thousands of Spirit Crystals... There was simply no comparison!
...
Inside the battleship.
Lin Yun was in conversation with Star Blue.
"You’re saying that there’s a level nine cultivator on Heavenly Bamboo Star, as well as a dozen or so level eight cultivators lurking around?" Lin Yun asked in surprise.
"I gathered this information from those people. Reportedly, over a thousand years ago, a spaceship from a technological civilization landed on this planet. The spaceship was obtained by a powerful figure who, back then, was only in the early stage of level eight..." Star Blue nodded.
"When that figure’s strength broke through to the middle stage of level eight, he began driving the spaceship away. It took more than three hundred years before he returned. Not only had the spaceship upgraded, but his strength had advanced to the peak of level eight. He also brought back a lot of cultivation resources.
Originally, his followers were severely oppressed by other sects during his absence, but he suppressed them all as soon as he came back. He dominated the strong, became the strongest on Heavenly Bamboo Star, and established the first sect—the Heavenly Bamboo Holy Land." Star Blue continued his narration.
"After that, another two hundred years passed, and his boundary breakthrough the initial stage of level nine. His subordinate also made rapid progress, many of them reaching level eight. Once again, he brought his subordinates and left..." sighed Star Blue.
A level nine cultivator was an exceedingly powerful existence. If this person returned, Star Blue was far from being his match.
However, the story didn’t end there.
"Then, about three hundred years later, they returned once again. Their spaceship had changed again. The specifics were unclear, but from my analysis, it had reached a level six technological civilization, and it was a battleship... I suspect that the strong figure obtained a level three technological civilization’s battleship in the beginning.
The first time he left and returned, I think the spaceship he brought was from a level five technological civilization..." Star Blue took a pause before continuing.
"A battleship of level six technological civilization?" Lin Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.
If the figure didn’t obtain the same Cosmic Trading System as them, then he must have reached a not-so-low-level technological civilization. Basing on the battle levels, that civilization had to be at least a level six technological civilization.
There were countless civilizations in the cosmos, divided into nine levels.
Levels one to three were considered lower level civilizations.
Four to six-level civilizations were considered intermediate civilizations.
Seven and eight-level civilizations were considered advanced civilizations.
Nine-level civilization was regarded as a super civilization.
A six-level civilization… was the pinnacle of intermediate civilizations, just one step away from becoming an advanced civilization.
Their strength was not to be underestimated.
Take Lin Yun’s current strength, for instance.
His highest combat power was Moon One, who had the strength of an early stage nine-level martial artist, Moon Two who had the strength of a peak nine-level martial artist, and this top-tier battleship of the six-level tech civilization.
A battleship from a six-level tech civilization could combat a nine-level cultivator without falling behind.
This top-tier battleship of the six-level tech civilization could barely be considered as a peak nine-level cultivator.
But a six-level civilization would have a fleet of battleships comparable to a six-level tech civilization, indicating the adversary would have more than just one six-level tech civilization battleship— at least hundreds, if not thousands or tens of thousands.
Similarly, the strength of the adversary’s cultivators wouldn’t be far off either. Continue reading at freewebnovel
Due to the lack of sufficient mental strength, they also wouldn’t be able to control a battleship.
Although Lin Yun mentioned wanting to explore advanced civilization star domains, he hadn’t initially planned on venturing into highly advanced ones— it was too dangerous.
The six-level civilization was Lin Yun’s psychological cut-off point and deserved serious attention.
"The second time they returned, that strong individual had reached the middle stage of level nine. Many of his underlings had reached the late and peak stages of level eight. They didn’t dwell at the Heavenly Bamboo Star for too long, leaving behind some techniques and some things before departing," Star Blue said.
"I went to find it, and this is what they left behind." Star Blue took out an item and placed it in front of Lin Yun.
"Is this a device for absorbing and refining spiritual energy?" Lin Yun asked, surprised.
Though this device varied from the ones he previously bought, how could he not recognize it with his eyes trained by the Cosmic Trading System?
"Correct, there are numerous such devices— enough to cover about one-tenth of the population here. It was when I was installing these energy-absorbing and refining devices that I found something off. I discovered a large number of spirit crystals near these devices, totaling over 160 million pieces," Star Blue confirmed.
"Over 160 million spirit crystals?" Lin Yun was slightly surprised.
Although he now had over a trillion spirit crystals’ worth of assets, one could not disregard the significant quantity of over 160 million spirit crystals— and this was just over one-tenth of the population here?
It was then that Lin Yun understood the value of this planet.
Intelligent life was indeed the greatest wealth of a civilization.
If the entire population of this planet were covered, how many spirit crystals could be obtained over a long period?
"These spirit crystals are an unexpected gain. I’ve kept them in this spatial item and will hand them all to you now," Star Blue said as he handed a spatial item to Lin Yun.
"I said it last time, all income from this planet will be split evenly. I’ll take half of these spirit crystals, and you can have the rest," Lin Yun said, examining the spatial item around. He quickly took out half of the spirit crystals before handing the item back to Star Blue.
"But these are rightly your war spoils… I merely discovered them…" Star Blue frowned.
"I don’t want to take back what I’ve said. These spirit crystals aren’t significant for me now," Lin Yun smiled slightly.
Perhaps if his wealth hadn’t been as extensive then, he might have accepted these spirit crystals.
However, his current wealth was already immense which meant, as he had just said, he didn’t want to go back on his word.
Keeping one’s word was a way of cultivating the mind.
Aiming to pursue the grand path, he naturally couldn’t fret over small profit and loss like this.
"Alright…" Star Blue hesitated for a moment before nodding.
Thinking about it, it was only a short time ago Lin Yun switched to a battleship worth six or seven billion spirit crystals. Last time, Lin Yun could casually give him a hundred million spirit crystals.
Lin Yun probably didn’t consider these spirit crystals important.
However, even if Lin Yun didn’t want it, he couldn’t reject it— such it was a matter of attitude.
Now, since Lin Yun was willing to give him half, he would accept it with ease.
"From the placement of these devices on the Heavenly Bamboo Star and reapings of numerous spirit crystals, it can be inferred that the adversary will return— and it wouldn’t be too long from now…" Lin Yun said thoughtfully.
Those devices only covered one-tenth of the population on this planet. Any ambitious person wouldn’t let the rest of the population go.
"How long has it been since their last departure?" Lin Yun looked up at Star Blue and asked.
