Swallowed Star: The Original Secret Realm

Chapter 230 The Establishment of the Refining Treasure Group
In the virtual universe, atop Thunder Mountain, within the palace of the Chaos City Lord.

Zhang Yi and the Lord of Chaos City became increasingly happy as they talked, as if they could already see the future rise of humanity.

"By the way, the 'Treasure Refining Factory' is also of great importance. It can be said that in the next million epochs, or even hundreds of millions of epochs, this is the means to maximize the strength of the race," the Chaos City Lord reminded him.

Zhang Yi nodded slightly; he understood what the Lord of Chaos City meant.

While the legacy of ancient civilizations is powerful and determines the future development of a race, it takes time to digest and cannot enhance the race's strength in a short period of time.

However, the 'Treasure Refining Factory' is different. It can not only quickly refine a large number of supreme treasures, from True Gods to World Lords and Immortals, but also directly enhance the combat power of the clan's strong members.

Moreover, the refined treasures can be exchanged for a large amount of refining materials and cultivation resources. In this virtuous cycle, the human race only needs to control the number of treasures sold to plunder a large amount of resources from other races and forces.

It's important to understand that when ethnic groups have a tradition of inheritance, the struggle for development boils down to two things: territory and resources.

If you can't control the territory for now, then seize resources, and seize them so much that you have no way to resist.

“Teacher, I also have an idea about the ‘Treasure Refining Factory’,” Zhang Yi said with a smile.

“I plan to establish a special group within our Virtual Universe Company to handle this matter, and we’ll call it the ‘Treasure Refining Group’.”

"The Refining Treasure Group?" The Chaos City Lord nodded in agreement. "You've thought things through. That way, there's no chance of anything going wrong."

He then asked a question.

Who do you plan to put in charge of this group?

Clearly, Zhang Yi is not suitable to be in charge.

Zhang Yi thought for a moment and then slowly said, "Teacher, how about the Lord of Dragon Path? Dragon Path is a veteran of the company, with seniority, strength, fairness, and generosity. All of these qualities make him a good fit."

"The Lord of Dragon Journey?" The Lord of Chaos City was taken aback. After a moment's thought, he nodded approvingly. "Indeed, the Lord of Dragon Journey is quite suitable."

"With him in charge of this 'Treasure Refining Group,' the other four major powers won't have any complaints."

"Yeah." Zhang Yi nodded with a smile.

After all, the Refining Treasure Group holds a key resource for the future development of the human race. Both he and the Lord of Chaos City hoped that this position would be filled by a strong person from the Virtual Universe Company, since everyone has their own selfish motives.

But this person also needs to gain the trust of the other four major powers' cosmic rulers.

Besides the two of them, the Virtual Universe Company has four other universe masters.

Although the Lord of Darkness is powerful, he focuses solely on his own cultivation and rarely appears among the human race. In fact, very few people in the entire race know that the Lord of Darkness is from the human race, which is naturally not very appropriate.

The Lord of Ice Peaks is too cold-hearted, so he is naturally unsuitable.

As for Lord Youhou, he was a junior in terms of both seniority and strength, and therefore could not command respect.

The most suitable candidate is the Dragon Lord, who once followed the Primordial Ancestor and whose seniority is no less than that of the Chaos City Lord.

After appointing the person in charge, the master and apprentice discussed many ideas about the Lianbao Group in detail.

"I'm calling Long Xing over," the Chaos City Lord said, sending an email to Long Xing as he spoke.

A moment later, the majestic Dragon Lord appeared in the hall filled with chaotic energy.

"Chaos, what do you want from me?" the Dragon Lord asked with a deep, resonant voice and a loud laugh.

"Huh? Time and space are here too!" He suddenly noticed Zhang Yi sitting below the Lord of Chaos City.

“Lord of Dragons.” Zhang Yi nodded and smiled at him.

The Lord of Dragons walked to the side of the Lord of Chaos City and sat down on the throne opposite Zhang Yi.

The Lord of Chaos City spoke, "Long Xing, I've summoned you here today to entrust you with an important task. I wonder if you're willing to accept it?"

"A heavy responsibility?" The Lord of Dragons was taken aback. He then realized it might be related to the 'Human Rise Plan'.

follow closely.

Zhang Yi explained his ideas about Lianbao Group to him in detail.

"The Refining Treasure Group?" The Dragon Lord's eyes lit up. He had come to the Cosmic Ship to undergo the test of inheritance, but he had failed.

Seeing that the Lord of Chaos City, the Lord of Darkness, and even the Lord of Heavenly Eclipse Palace had all obtained their inheritances, it would be a lie to say that he wasn't envious.

He was feeling a bit down when this wonderful thing happened to him.

Just from Zhang Yi's brief description, he could clearly grasp the immense power and profits behind this treasure-refining group.

"No problem, leave it to me. I will definitely not let my people down." The Dragon Lord said excitedly, "I will devise a detailed plan and squeeze those alien races' resources ruthlessly."

"Don't forget, I own 'Yu Bao Tang' in Hongmeng City. I'm an expert in that."

A hint of longing and drive had already appeared in his eyes.

Zhang Yi and the Lord of Chaos City exchanged a glance, both understanding the meaning in each other's eyes.

Surprisingly, we found the right person.

"Time and Space, is that refining factory really as magical as you say?" the Dragon Lord couldn't help but ask.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Zhang Yi, but the refining factory was the core of the Refining Treasure Group. Without this treasure, everything was just empty talk.

"Long Xing, don't worry, I've already set up the refining factory in Chaos City. You can send a clone there, and I'll explain it to you in detail," Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"Alright, then my clone in the Primal Secret Realm will head there immediately." The Lord of Dragons could no longer contain himself.

Immediately afterwards, one of his clones arrived in Chaos City.

Here, Zhang Yi's star avatar was already there, leading him inside to visit this special treasure passed down from the Wu Kingdom. He was deeply shocked and marveled at the power of ancient civilization.

"I never imagined that the treasures we risked our lives to obtain could be mass-produced here on an assembly line," the Dragon Lord exclaimed.

"Haha, it's only fast to refine low-end treasures. For treasures at the peak level, a lot of special materials are needed, not to mention the strongest treasures," the Star Avatar said with a laugh.

"Give me some time, and I'll develop a detailed plan," said the Lord of Dragons.

In the virtual universe, inside the Chaos City Lord's palace, Zhang Yi and the Chaos City Lord had been waiting.

The Lord of Dragons was very efficient. Before long, he returned to the main hall and presented a detailed plan regarding the Refining Treasure Group.

"Not bad, Lord Dragon's plan is very thoughtful." Zhang Yi couldn't help but give a thumbs up as he looked at the plan. As expected of someone who can open a shop in Hongmeng City, his business acumen is indeed excellent.

The Lord of Chaos City, standing to the side, also teased, "Long Xing, we've known each other for countless years, I never expected you to have this skill." "Haha, in the past few years, my strength has been difficult to improve, so I've put more effort into this," Lord Long Xing laughed heartily.

The core of the Dragon Lord's plan consists of three points.

First, within the clan, lower the price of the treasure.

The same ordinary treasure that previously required 2 treasure points to exchange can now be exchanged for only half that amount, namely 1 treasure point. Moreover, this price may decrease further as the refining speed of the treasure refining groups increases in the future.

Second, increase the ratio of valuable items to rare items.

Previously, according to the exchange standard of the human race, it took about three to four thousand Treasure Points to equal one Supreme Treasure Point. Now, it has been increased to two thousand Treasure Points to equal one Supreme Treasure Point. However, there is a limitation: Treasure Points can only be obtained by contributing Treasure Points, and this is the only way.

The reason for this regulation, including increasing the exchange rate for rare treasures, is due to the refining factory.

Back in Chaos City, Zhang Yi had already demonstrated the refining process of an ordinary supreme treasure to the Lord of Dragons.

There are roughly two ways to refine an ordinary treasure. One way is to provide the most basic materials for refining the treasure and refine them directly before putting them into the treasure refining space to produce the corresponding ordinary treasure.

Another method is to invest in valuable treasures, especially top-tier set treasures. The treasure production line will automatically break down these invested treasures, extract materials, and produce treasures.

According to calculations, a top-tier set of treasures, plus materials worth about 100 treasure points, can produce two of the most ordinary treasures, each worth only one treasure point.

A top-tier set of Arcana items is worth approximately 1100 Treasure Points, meaning that it would take about 600 Treasure Points to produce even the most basic Arcana item.

Therefore, even if the human race reduces the exchange price of treasures by 50% while increasing the ratio of major treasure points to treasure points.

However, as long as the strong members of the clan contribute treasures to obtain treasure points, and then exchange them for supreme treasures, the clan can actually earn 400 treasure points for each supreme treasure exchanged.

In the long run, not only will the core members of the race have a higher probability of obtaining supreme treasures, but also a large number of cosmic venerables. At the same time, it will also inspire their enthusiasm for adventure and exploration to seize great treasures.

The clan's treasure-refining group can also obtain more materials, which can be used to replenish the resources consumed in cultivating the clan's geniuses and strong individuals, achieving two goals at once.

The key to all of this was the refining factory that Zhang Yi had exchanged.

It not only improved the efficiency of refining supreme treasures and reduced the difficulty of refining (supreme treasures below the peak realm can be produced on an assembly line), but also reduced material costs.

Third, sell the treasures to outsiders.

There are two main exchange rates. For powerful members of the human faction, the Hongmeng, a set of semi-top-tier treasure armor can be exchanged for one most common supreme treasure. For other races, there is a uniform price: two sets of top-tier treasure armor can be exchanged for one most common supreme treasure.

"Haha, once this plan is implemented, not only will the chances of the race's cosmic venerables obtaining supreme treasures greatly increase, but the treasure refining group will also be able to harvest a large number of precious treasures as materials for refining treasures," Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"Moreover, just as Long Xing said, we can now openly and on a large scale plunder resources, and they can't refuse."

In the primordial universe, the standard for exchanging even the most ordinary supreme treasure for the most powerful races and forces, including those of second-tier forces like the Nine Domains Alliance, is basically three sets of top-tier treasure sets.

The same proportion applies to human populations.

For races without a cosmic ruler, exchanging for even the most ordinary treasure might require four sets of top-tier treasure sets, or even more.

In the primordial universe, the main force in acquiring great treasures has always been the cosmic venerables.

Most of the cosmic venerables are concentrated among the vast number of ordinary and weak cosmic races.

The Golden Horn Clan, mentioned in the original work, is just an ordinary clan, yet it boasts at least ten Universe Venerables. The number of ordinary clans like the Golden Horn Clan is countless.

Once the Refining Treasures Group introduces this exchange rate, the cosmic venerables of their races, especially those cosmic overlords and high-level cosmic venerables, will definitely go crazy.

“Then I’ll go back and prepare. But in the early stages, before the refining factory is fully operational, should we limit the exchange of supreme treasures? I’m worried that the clan’s treasury doesn’t have enough supreme treasures.” The Dragon Lord had some concerns.

"Go ahead and carry it out. I still have a large stockpile of ordinary treasures," Zhang Yi said directly.

He possesses all the accumulated treasures from the three cycles of the Chongshui Clan, including countless ordinary treasures.

"By the way, Long Xing, there's one thing to remember: apart from clan powerhouses, even those from the Hong Alliance, the level of treasures they can exchange for is restricted."

"The alien races of the Hong Alliance can at most exchange for high-grade palace treasures and top-grade weapon treasures."

"As for other alien races, they can only exchange for domain-type treasures and high-grade weapon-type treasures at most."

Zhang Yi reminded him.

This is to prevent alien races from paying a price for valuable treasures that would be of great use to their own race's universe lord.

"Alright." The Lord of Dragons nodded.

The Lord of Dragons acted swiftly and decisively, quickly gathering a group of trustworthy and reliable cosmic venerables to form the Treasure Refining Group.

As the head of the group, he reported to Zhang Yi on matters related to the group.

The group headquarters is divided into three departments: the Treasure Refining Department, the Treasure Trading Department, and the Martial Arts Department.

The Refining of Supreme Treasures Department mainly assists the refining factories in refining supreme treasures, and is mainly concentrated in an area specially set aside in Chaos City.

The Treasure Trading Department is responsible for matters related to trading treasures with powerful alien races.

The most important responsibility of the Military Department is to ensure the security of the exchange and transaction of rare treasures.

After all, it's impossible to trade for treasures with other races in Chaos City. Ordinary races wouldn't dare to play tricks in such transactions, while some powerful races that have joined the alliance might not be so rule-abiding.

The role of the military is to deter those with ulterior motives.

Therefore, the Martial Department must be strong. After Zhang Yi communicated with Giant Axe and the Lord of Chaos City, each of the five major forces sent a Universe Lord-level warrior to join the Martial Department.

In this way, the Martial Department will have five Universe Lords as combatants, plus the Dragon Lord, making at least six Universe Lords, which can basically guarantee the security of the transaction.

Virtual Universe Company ultimately decided to send Lord Youhou.

The reward for these five cosmic lords is that every ten epochs, the Treasure Refining Group will pay them a supreme treasure.

The other cosmic lords of the human race did not comment on this.

On the contrary, a group of palace masters in the Hong Alliance were very envious.

It's important to understand that even if a cosmic ruler were to venture into the three most dangerous regions, he might not find a single treasure on average even after ten epochs. Moreover, searching for treasure in the cosmic ocean is extremely dangerous.

In the primordial universe, most people are willing to exchange precious treasures for them.

Unfortunately, they are not a human race.

(End of this chapter)