Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger

Jidu is the ancestral land of the Emperor Ji lineage.

The relationship between the Emperor Ji lineage and the Emperor Chu lineage is relatively friendly. Before, they both belonged to the neutral lineage and were ostracized by other branches. Therefore, the first-class marquises of the two lineages would occasionally interact with each other and have a good relationship.

And the reason Emperor Chuyu came here was to find Jiyue, a first-class marquis with whom he had a good relationship!

"Chu Yu, what a rare guest. This is the first time you have come to my cave in Jidu since I became a first-class marquis. It seems that the matter you are doing this time cannot be easily resolved." A woman in a purple gown said with a smile.

Ji Yue is a newly promoted first-class marquis of the Emperor Ji lineage. He has just reached the peak of Chaos Lord not long ago. Compared with Emperor Chuyu, who has already transcended Chaos Lord, he is much inferior. However, this does not affect the relationship between the two.

"Tell me, what is it that makes you come all the way from the imperial capital?"

Jiyue looked at Di Chuyu.

Di Chuyu was not polite and said directly: "Jiyue, I remember you still have a guest official quota, right?"

"Guest position?"

Ji Yue was stunned when she heard this. As a first-class marquis, he naturally had two guest quotas. But Di Chuyu came to her specially for one guest quota. It seemed that it was not for him, but for someone else.

She thought about it for a while, and recalled the information she had obtained before about the Great Sage of the Abyss. The Great Sage of the Abyss is now guarding Nagano Castle in his true form, and he is followed by a Chaos Lord servant. She guessed that he was asking for the quota for that servant.

Although he did not guess the right person for the guest quota, he did accidentally guess the right person for whom he was asking for the quota.

"The one who did this should be the Great Sage of the Abyss, right?"

Jiyue asked.

Di Chuyu did not hide it and said directly: "That's right, it was because of the Great Sage of the Abyss that he asked me for a guest position, but you know that I gave the first one to him and the second one to my father-in-law. Now the only two positions have been used up, so I came to you for help."

Jiyue scratched his head in annoyance and said, "If you had come earlier, maybe I could have helped you, but my quota was just given to Liyue Great Sage of Tianmu Kingdom a few days ago, and now I don't have any quota at all."

As a newly promoted first-class marquis, Ji Yue naturally knew how beneficial it was to be able to approach a powerful figure like the Abyss Great Sage.

Even if there is no way to talk to the Great Sage of the Abyss directly, I can still save the country in a roundabout way through his servants. If there is something in the future that needs help, I may be able to use this favor to solve it.

Unfortunately, her place was used up a few days ago.

The Great Sage of Liyue is the direct disciple of the Purple Heart God King of the Tianmu Kingdom. Although he is only a cultivator at the peak level of the Chaos Lord, as the direct disciple of the Purple Heart God King, the second-in-command of the Tianmu Kingdom, his methods are not inferior to those of some Chaos Lords.

More importantly, I felt like I had known her from the first sight.

So after the other party spoke, without much hesitation, Ji Yue used the last spot on the other party.

Now the Great Sage of the Abyss also wants a spot. Even if she has great ability, she cannot come up with a third one, so she can only watch helplessly as this favor slips away from her.

When Di Chuyu heard Ji Yue's words, he frowned and said, "It's been used."

That would be a bit troublesome.

He thought that with his relationship with Jiyue, plus his title as the Great Sage of the Abyss, he would be able to exchange for a spot at least. However, Jiyue directly used up the second spot, so he could only think of other ways.

Seeing Di Chuyu's frown, Ji Yue thought about it in his mind and suddenly thought of a person's name.

He slapped his thigh hard!
"By the way, I know one person who still has a spot!"

"Jiyou!"

When Di Chuyu heard this name, his brows furrowed even deeper, and he said helplessly: "That Ji You has always been at odds with me. Even if he still has a quota, he may not be willing to give it to me."

But Jiyue said: "Never mind, let's try it out and call the person over first."

Having said that, without waiting for Di Chuyu's consent, he directly sent a message to Ji You through the communication token.

Ji You came very quickly.

After all, Ji Yue is considered a famous beauty in the Emperor Ji lineage, and she is also a newly promoted first-class marquis. She is valued by the Emperor Ji, so generally when there is no interest conflict involved, other first-class marquises will give her more face.

Since an incarnation of divine power has been dispatched, there's nothing wrong with going.

But when Ji You arrived at Ji Yue's cave, he saw Di Chuyu at first sight, who made him feel a little uncomfortable, and his face immediately fell.

"Emperor Chuyu, what brings you to my sacrifice?"

Although he knew that he had something to ask of others, after hearing Ji You's impolite words, Di Chuyu couldn't help but retort: ​​"Isn't this Ji the territory of Emperor Ji? When did it become yours? Besides, I'm here to find Ji Yue, not your Ji You Mansion. Ji Yue hasn't even said anything, why are you in such a hurry!"

"Humph!"

Ji You sneered and said, "Since you have something to discuss with Ji Yue, I will come next time."

talking.

He bowed to Jiyue and turned to leave.

Ji You is not a fool. Ji Yue knew the relationship between him and Di Chuyu, but still invited him over. It was obvious that he wanted to get something from him, and this thing was what Di Chuyu urgently wanted now.

I had originally thought of making Di Chuyu bow his head, but he didn't give me face, so let's not talk about it anymore.
Ji You moved very quickly.

Before Ji Yue could react, he was already at the door.

Fortunately, Ji Yue finally spoke at the moment when Ji You stepped out of the door and kept him: "Ji You, please stay!"

Ji You paused.

Out of consideration for Ji Yue, and also because he wanted to see Di Chuyu lower his head, Ji You finally did not take a step forward to leave, but leaned quietly against the door, waiting for the two to speak.

Di Chuyu knew that as soon as he opened his mouth he would definitely get into a fight with the other party, so he simply signaled Ji Yue to speak with his eyes.

Receiving Di Chuyu's gaze, Ji Yue smiled helplessly. Knowing the temperaments of the two people present, he simply acted as a bridge for the conversation between them.

"Sacrifice to You."

Ji Yue said, "I remember that since you became a first-class marquis, you have only had one guest official quota, and now there is still one vacant one, right? Brother Chu Yu came here for the guest official quota."

Ji You glanced at Di Chuyu, then at Ji Yue, and said, "Yes, I do have one vacancy."

"But I don't want to give it to him."

Ji You grinned, revealing his cold white teeth, and said, "A guest official position is not expensive, but it is not easy to get such a position. At least in the current situation, among the thirteen branches, those who have a guest official position are rare, but they can be counted on one hand."

"There are many people who want this spot. Even many Chaos Lords are willing to sell themselves to me for this spot." "I can definitely keep it."

"As long as this quota is still there, I can get help continuously, and I only need to pay a very small amount of merit points. There is no need to give up the quota just for a little benefit."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chuyu couldn't help but frown.

He was not afraid of Ji You's temper, but he was afraid that the other party would present the facts and conditions openly and honestly, because in this way, the value of the guest quota would soar thousands of times. Even if the Abyss was willing to provide more resources, they would be limited after all and could not satisfy the other party's appetite at all.

"This spot is needed by the Great Sage of the Abyss."

Ji Yue was afraid that Ji You didn't know who asked for the quota, so he hurriedly reminded him.

Hearing the name of the Great Sage of the Abyss, Ji You's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly recovered and said, "If the Great Sage of the Abyss is willing to be my guest, then I will naturally be willing to offer him a place. However, the Great Sage of the Abyss has long been a guest of Emperor Chuyu, and he can only ask for a place for other Chaos Lords."

"It is totally unnecessary to give away a guest position that would be of great benefit to me just for a favor from the Great Sage of the Abyss."

Ji You certainly knew the horror of the abyss.

The Chaos Lord is the most transcendental one, the direct disciple of the First Ancestor, and will soon become the God King. In the future, he will definitely be the overlord-level existence in the Origin Continent!
But even if the abyss becomes the overlord of one side, what can it do?
It's just a favor, who knows when it can be fulfilled? Besides, once Abyss becomes the God King, he will not be able to participate in the struggle between the first-class marquises of the royal family. Even if Abyss becomes the overlord of one side, it will be of no help to him at all. After all, compared to the Great Sage of Abyss, he trusts the strong men of the Emperor's lineage more.

"The Great Sage of the Abyss is willing to trade this spot with you for tens of billions of cosmic sands."

Seeing that Ji You was very stubborn and refused to give in, Di Chuyu finally couldn't help but said, "If you have other conditions, just mention them and I will tell the Great Sage of the Abyss."

Since the emotional card doesn't work, then just interact with them based on interests.

But in response to Di Chuyu's words, Ji You just shook his head and said, "You know, I have obtained a lot of cultivation resources in the Heaven-level mission. Some resources cannot impress me. For more, perhaps the Great Sage of the Abyss can give them, but he may not be willing to give them."

"Besides, what I need now is to become a Divine King. A guest official who is wholeheartedly helping me and is strong enough is more important to me."

Di Chuyu was silent for a moment.

In fact, he should have thought of it earlier. Ji Youlian had not used up this quota for such an important task as the heavenly level mission, so how could he hand it over so easily? After all, there were only two quotas for a first-class marquis in his lifetime.

"Ji You, is there really no room for maneuver?"

Jiyue asked.

Even though she knew the possibility was slim, she still shamelessly asked in order to get in touch with the Great Sage of the Abyss.

Emperor Chuyu also looked at Ji You.

"Jiyue, it's because you asked. Otherwise, I wouldn't even bother to make an offer." Jiyou thought for a moment and said, "If the Great Sage of the Abyss is really willing, I will sell this spot for 500 billion cosmic sands."

When Emperor Chuyu heard this, he stood up and said goodbye to Jiyue.

What a joke!
Five hundred billion cosmic sands are equivalent to more than one million merit points, which is enough to break the ice prison of Palace Master Yuanxiu and rebuild it twice, and even have some left over, which is enough for City Master Huangliu to rebuild it from scratch!
Not to mention whether the Great Sage of the Abyss can afford it, the price is already far more than the guest position itself.

Moreover, he really didn't believe that, apart from Ji You, the other first-class marquises of the thirteen branches couldn't even find a vacancy for a guest official.

However, in the next ten days, he met with more than ten first-class royal marquises in succession, trying to ask for a guest position, but they all rejected him. The reasons for the rejection were varied, but the core reason was only one: tens of billions of cosmic grains of sand were not enough!

After all, they are the first-class royal family of the ancient country of Yanfeng, and they don’t need to be afraid of Luo Shen at all.

As for after Luo Shen becomes the God King, there is no need to worry about him, because the God King is not allowed to participate in the competition among the first-class marquises. It is neither helpful nor threatening to them. In this case, why should we give him face?

Although tens of billions of cosmic sands may seem like a lot, they had just participated in a heavenly mission not long ago and obtained a lot of cultivation resources. They all had surplus resources on hand, so naturally they didn't care about such a small amount of resources.

On the contrary, there is a guest position on hand, which can attract more Chaos Lords who want the position to help.

Di Chuyu returned to the imperial capital empty-handed and told Luo Shenyi about the matter: "There are still more than ten first-class marquises in the Thirteen Veins who have vacancies, but each of them either offers too much or is unwilling to trade at all. It's really too embarrassing to face you."

Luo Shen smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Chu Yu."

There are thirteen branches of the royal family, and many of them do not have good relations with each other. But even so, Di Chuyu still visited all of them one by one. Although he failed to reach an agreement, he still had to accept the favor.

Besides, it is normal that those first-class dukes are unwilling to trade.

After all, they were reluctant to use the guest quota for the previous heaven-level missions, so it is naturally extremely difficult to ask them to give out a quota now.

After all, there is a long time interval between each heavenly level task. Luo Shen was already a Chaos Lord hundreds of epochs ago, and thousands of epochs later, he might even become a God King. By then, he won't be able to participate in the competition for the Chaos Lord realm, and won't be able to help.

Those first-class people only care about their own interests.

A non-royal God King who is of little help to them is not important to them at all. After all, the first-class marquises are the core elites cultivated by the royal family, and this batch of first-class marquises will even decide the emperor's son, which is of great importance. Naturally, they don't care about Luo Shen's thoughts.

"Besides the first-class marquis being able to select guest officials, is there any other way?"

Luo Shen asked.

Although there is no need to rush for the original ancestor's inheritance for the time being, Luo Shen still hopes that if there is a better solution, he can help him solve this problem as soon as possible. After all, obtaining the right inheritance earlier can help him avoid some detours.

"According to the rules of our clan, the first-class marquises select the Chaos Lord's guest officials, and the God King selects the God King's guest officials. Only the current emperor and the ancestor can make exceptions and directly select the guest officials."

Di Chuyu thought for a while and said.

That being said, under normal circumstances, the Yanfeng Ancestor doesn't care about the happenings on the Origin Continent at all. He focuses most of his energy on his own cultivation, and the management of the tribe is just providing some resources.

In other words, the best way is to ask the current emperor for an exception.

But now Luo Shen is not even a God King. If he goes directly to the contemporary emperor and the other party does not give him face, that would be extremely normal.

"Do you need me to ask the ancestor for instructions?"

Di Chuyu thought for a moment and said, "If the ancestor speaks up, this shouldn't be difficult to accomplish."

The ancestor that Di Chuyu mentioned was naturally Di Chu. When he spoke in the capacity of Emperor Di Chu, generally speaking, the contemporary emperor would give him some face and grant him a guest official position, so an exception would be made.

"Emperor Di Chu."

Luo Shen hesitated for a moment, but finally chose not to agree. After all, if he bothered the emperor for such a small matter, it would not be so easy to ask the emperor for help in the future.

Besides, the Progenitor had just become the Lord of Chaos, so he was not that anxious.

I'm still thinking of a solution.

Maybe the things that I, the Lord of Chaos, cannot solve, will be solved when I become the God King. If that doesn't work, I will let the original ancestor go to the Thunder Ancient Country. After all, the Flame Wind Ancient Country is not the only country that has guest officials. (End of this chapter)