NOVPUB"It’s been a total of five hundred and eighteen years. I have discovered from others that the mighty one once left a message. He will return in about five hundred years," Star Blue stated hesitantly.
"I understand. I will rest here for a while, and, even when I leave, I will leave arrangements for response," Lin Yun nodded slightly.
"Lin Yun, sorry for bothering you this time," Star Blue said, exhaling in relief then spoke shyly.
Looking at the income from those devices, he was even less willing to abandon this planet. But the enemy was too powerful.
"It’s what I should do. After all, I share half of the income from this planet." Lin Yun said, wearing a faint smile.
The situation of this Heavenly Bamboo Planet was remarkably similar to that of Earth.
However, the opponent on the Earth side was too powerful, forcing him to flee in a sorry state.
If that powerful being on the Heavenly Bamboo Star was at the level of ninth-tier cultivator, he could handle them quite easily.
"Over two hundred years to break through from the peak of eighth-tier to the beginning of ninth-tier. Over three hundred years later, from the beginning of ninth-tier to the middle of ninth-tier. And then, a departure of five hundred plus years..."
Lin Yun muttered to himself.
When someone’s strength reaches a certain limit, it becomes more difficult to break through. After the eighth-tier, the ninth-tier, it took hundreds of years to break through just a small tier, which was still growing at a very fast rate.
Within the cosmos, many powerful beings remained stagnant for thousands, tens of thousands of years after reaching this state, unable to break through any further.
"According to this speed of cultivation, his current strength should not exceed the peak of the ninth-tier. However, if a person encounters an opportunity, the more he progresses, the more unpredictable his speed of cultivation becomes...", Lin Yun soon shook his head.
Just as his acquisition of the Cosmic Trading System, in the beginning, his development speed was extremely slow.
The more he progressed, the faster his development pace. In just one year, he had grown to such a staggering stage. A year ago, how could he have predicted this?
At that time, he was distressed over a few hundred to a few thousand Spirit Crystals. Now, he didn’t give a second glance to millions or tens of millions of Spirit Crystals. He owned wealth amounting to more than one trillion Spirit Crystals.
Back then, he had to look up to the Huajin Grandmasters, a formidable being in the initial stage of the Innate realm. He was so badly injured in the encounter and was close to death. Now, the weakest among his one hundred and eighty thousand subordinates were all Huajin Grandmasters, and there were countless Innate powerhouses. There were also many legendary Golden Core martial artists.
His own realm had reached the Domain realm above the Golden Core, more specifically, the latter stages of the Domain realm. His strength was incomparable to an ordinary Dazzling Star realm. He did not know how many of him from a year ago he could extinguish in the blink of an eye.
"However, that mighty one from the Heavenly Bamboo Star might not have encountered such an opportunity. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have only managed a minor breakthrough every few hundred years. To be safe, I should buy a robot with the strength of a tenth-tier cultivator..." Lin Yun pondered.
The standard price for a robot with the strength of a tenth-tier cultivator, ranging from the initial to peak stage, was between one hundred billion to seven hundred billion Spirit Crystals according to the Cosmic Trading System.
"There’s no rush for this..."
Lin Yun spoke softly.
One hundred billion was manageable, but seven hundred billion was not a small number.
The talent of Earth’s humans was strong. Originally, the spiritual energy of Earth was absorbed by the Immortal World and Heavenly Realm, and they could only cultivate martial arts. Moreover, there was hardly any profound martial arts knowledge passed down, on top of the disputes over exclusive territories.
This made humans on Earth gradually decline in their cultivation.
Now, with his strong support, his one hundred and eighty thousand subordinates had various methods of cultivation available. They should be able to make great strides.
The Immortal and Heavenly Realms had so many powerhouses in such a short time.
Among his one hundred and eighty thousand subordinates and including himself, if there were those among the people he carefully cultivated who progressed quickly, perhaps, he could save those Spirit Crystals, doesn’t it?
Now thinking about it, using so many Spirit Crystals to buy robots was too wasteful.
The humans of Earth were the most worthwhile subjects for cultivation.
...
After that, Lin Yun began his period of secluded cultivation.
Through his transactions with the powerful beings of the Immortal and Heavenly Realms, Lin Yun had gained some methods of cultivation and martial arts, which the Cosmic Trading System had not collected on Earth.
Now that he had time, he began to study this in detail.
Even if it was the method of cultivation, this was a very suitable method for the people of Earth. Moreover, it was a top-tier method of cultivation in the universe. Although he practiced martial arts, it was also worth his research.
These cultivating methods, Lin Yun had searched on the Cosmic Trading System, some of which he found, but they weren’t cheap. And some he didn’t find at all, which proved that the practices of the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm were indeed profound.
Because of revisiting the previously studied techniques, Lin Yun’s pace of cultivation had slowed down for a while.
On the contrary, his subordinates continued to break through, one after another.
Among them, several individuals who had reached the peak level of the Golden Core had broken through to the Domain Realm.
They were simply waiting for Lin Yun to elevate their mental strength to level eight, and then they could independently control the battleships of a Level Six civilization.
Heavenly Bamboo Holy Land, arena.
Star Blue looked over at Lin Yun’s group and was massively impressed by how frequently breakthroughs were occurring among them, causing huge commotions each time.
"Their rate of cultivation is too rapid, isn’t it? Has Brother Lin really not used the Cosmic Trading System to enhance their realms? Also, these breakthroughs are causing quite a ruckus!"
"When I walked by earlier, I might have sensed something unusual. Their rate and quantity of spiritual energy emission were quite large. Exactly where do Brother Lin and his group come from?"
"What’s that old saying? Dragons breed dragons, and phoenixes breed phoenixes. The progeny of those advanced civilizations’ intellectual life forms are extraordinary, too. Could it be that Brother Lin and his people are humans from some super-civilization?"
It was such thoughts that put Star Blue on high alert.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
"Buzz——"
Sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, Lin Yun’s body suddenly shook as he broke through once again.
Reached the peak of Domain Realm.
It took him more than three months to just break through this small level, which turned out to be Lin Yun’s slowest cultivation in the recent two levels.
"But, I have taken this time to consolidate all of my knowledge, which has perfected my martial arts foundation. It was worth it..."
Opening his eyes, Lin Yun revealed a soft smile as he muttered lightly.
Including calligraphy, painting, inscriptions, etc, he had made remarkable progress by asking questions and exchanging insights with masters from respective fields.
Even though his foundation wasn’t as solid as theirs in the techniques beyond martial arts, Lin Yun, in his wide-ranging studies and divergent thinking, mastered these techniques effortlessly, drawing inferences from one instance, and then applying them broadly.
Some of his insights even astounded these masters, leading to mutual advancement.
For instance, Ji Lee’s calligraphy had reached the state of "Spiritual Emergence". Each character he wrote could be used as a weapon against enemies.
According to the Cosmic Trading System, Ji Lee’s calligraphy technique had reached the level five rank. Sadly, his fourth and fifth rank were not at their peak, only his first, second, and third rank calligraphy had reached the peak level.
At most, it could only produce a level three spirituality.
Despite that, witnessing Ji Lee’s abilities left Star Blue utterly astounded.
A level three spirituality was worth at least a thousand spirit crystals. Considering back then, his Galactic Civilization could only obtain one and a half spirit crystals per day, how priceless was the spirit crystal?
To create spirits with characters, and to defend against enemies with them, it was as if one was investing money to build their power.
Originally, Heavenly Bamboo Star was short of spirituality, which resulted in many devices unable to operate efficiently. Star Blue was eager to see if the spirituality born on Heavenly Bamboo Star could improve the operating efficiency of these devices.
Unfortunately, it turned out not to be the case.
Lin Yun and Star Blue came to the conclusion.
It’s not the spirituality of the native land that could increase the efficiency of devices that absorbed and refined spiritual energy on the native land.
It was the spirituality created by the natives that could improve the efficiency of devices absorbing and refining the spiritual energy made by the natives.
Since Ji Lee wasn’t native to this land, the spirituality he created naturally couldn’t improve the efficiency of Heavenly Bamboo Star’s devices that absorbed and refined spiritual energy.
Aside from Ji Lee’s huge progress, others, such as the master of the Drawing Principle, Lu Buyan, and the master woodcarver, Jiu Zhu, etc., also made considerable progress.
All their strengths were growing at a rapid pace.
