Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 56 Sudden Increase in Wealth

In the comfortable spaceship lounge, Qi Yuan sat relaxed on the lounge sofa.

"Chichi~~~"

Suddenly, a golden bracer on his left arm began to flow like liquid.

The golden liquid flowed onto the floor of the lounge, quickly transforming into a golden unicorn lion about a foot long.

"Owner."

The unicorn opened its mouth and spat out a silver world ring.

"Well done. Your mimicry ability is quite impressive. You even managed to evade the detection of a ninth-level Domain Lord."

Qi Yuan smiled and praised it before putting the world ring away again.

Before leaving the secret world, he had some idea of ​​what would happen next, and he was worried about how to safely bring his gains out of the secret world.

Unexpectedly, Bumblebee gave me a pleasant surprise.

After merging with the Heavenly Craft Tower, Bumblebee was imprinted with almost all the array patterns of the entire Heavenly Craft Tower, and also possessed many strange and wonderful abilities.

For example, it can entrust most of its consciousness to the computing core of the Celestial Craft Tower, leaving only a faint, imperceptible thought in the outside world.

In addition to its own shapeshifting ability and some special array patterns that can conceal its aura, it can almost perfectly hide all of its aura.

Qi Yuan called this ability 'mimicry'.

By having the bumblebee envelop the World Ring and then using the 'Mimicry' ability, all of Qi Yuan's concerns were easily resolved!
His interaction with Bu Chen seemed amicable, but he was certain that the other party had thoroughly examined him from head to toe.

If it is discovered that he possesses treasures such as a metallic life form or a world ring, it's hard to guarantee that the other party won't have some ulterior motives.

Fortunately, we've finally overcome this toughest hurdle!

"Finally out! Now I can see what I've got!"

Qi Yuan leaned back on the sofa in the spaceship's lounge, while a wisp of his consciousness rapidly swept through the world ring.

In the entire world ring space, the most eye-catching thing is naturally that towering pagoda, which is a thousand meters high and wrapped with mysterious silk threads.

The Celestial Craft Tower, as the most powerful crystallization of wisdom of the 'Celestial Craft Clan,' a mysterious race at the beginning of the universe, not only has a strong auxiliary and guiding effect on cultivation, but is also an extremely powerful combat weapon.

Although Qi Yuan's current cultivation level is limited and he doesn't understand any array patterns, with the help of the bumblebee, he can still get a general idea of ​​the power of the Heavenly Craft Tower.

This is definitely a powerful treasure that far surpasses the 'Immortal Divine Weapon', and can be considered his strongest trump card besides the Return System!
Secondly, the "Eight Formations" manual stored in the top six levels of the Heavenly Craft Tower is a culmination of the achievements of countless members of the Heavenly Craft Clan in the art of formations, and is a true 'clan-protecting heritage'!
With this vast collection of secret manuals passed down, Qi Yuan probably won't have to worry about secret techniques anymore before breaking through to immortality.

Besides the Heavenly Craft Tower, he also managed to snatch two other treasures in the area with the weakest spatial structure.

One of the items was the golden paper shown to Bu Chen, which contained a powerful secret technique that appeared to be a 'soul defense secret method'. Its value could be seen from Bu Chen's exaggerated reaction as a ninth-level domain lord.

The other item was a palm-sized black metal piece, which was somewhat oval-shaped and decorated with special patterns that Qi Yuan couldn't understand.

Although Qi Yuan did not know the purpose of the black metal piece for the time being, since it appeared in the weak zone of space along with many treasures, it must be a priceless treasure.

In addition, Qi Yuan also acquired a world ring with an internal space of tens of thousands of kilometers and a rather mysterious special metal life form called 'Bumblebee', which are treasures that even world lords would covet!

Compared to these, the third-tier 'junk' he had scavenged in the ruins and the spoils from killing several universe-level powerhouses were utterly beneath his notice.
"A windfall, an absolute windfall!"

As he recounted his gains from this trip to the secret realm, Qi Yuan was overjoyed!

After this trip, his personal wealth is probably greater than that of most realm lords.

He then used the return system to 'digest' what he had obtained from the secret realm.
Wow, I can hardly imagine how amazing the final harvest will be!

The deep blue spaceship sped through the dark universe. A day later, news also came from Bu Chen.

"Brother, the company's appraisal results are in. The golden paper you obtained does indeed contain a precious soul defense secret technique, and it's not even listed in the company's secret technique database."

"Unfortunately, this secret technique can only be used up to the level of a World Lord, and it is also somewhat incomplete."

Bu Chen said it was a pity, but his expression still couldn't hide his excitement.

"The company's solution is to arrange for a master who is proficient in soul magic to help fill in the missing parts of this magic. At that time, you and I will both receive a complete copy of the magic for free."

"Furthermore, for your meritorious service in handing over the secret technique, the company will give you an extremely large monetary reward!"

"A huge monetary reward?"

Qi Yuan's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Bu Chen had said that if the secret technique submitted was successfully included in the company's records, the reward would be something even a Realm Lord would envy!
He asked immediately, "How many exactly?"

"Brother, don't be scared when I tell you this."

Bu Chen seemed to take a deep breath before solemnly saying, "The company has decided to reward you with 100 times the value of the submitted secret technique. The final reward is 10 Hunyuan Units!"

"How many!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan's eyes widened in surprise!
10 Hunyuan?

According to the exchange rate described in the original work, 1 Hunyuan is equivalent to 1 trillion universe coins!

One Cosmic Coin can be exchanged for approximately 3300 Qianwu Coins (a Cosmic Kingdom-level currency), and one Qianwu Coin can be exchanged for 1000 Black Dragon Coins (an Eternal Coin-level currency).
How many Eternal Coins are equivalent to 10 Chaos Yuan?
Such a high reward for handing over a secret technique?
However, he overlooked one thing: once a secret technique is included in the Virtual Universe Company's secret technique library, it can be continuously purchased and learned, and its value will continue to accumulate over time.

In other words, the secret technique Qi Yuan obtained was incomplete and needed to be completed by the other party's soul master.

Otherwise, if he owned the full copyright, the profits he would have received would have been much higher!

“10 Chaos Units, which is 10 trillion Cosmic Coins!” Bu Chen repeated, his face flushed.

Even he, a powerful ninth-level domain lord, couldn't help but lose his composure when faced with such wealth.

If it weren't for the kindness of Qi Yuan in gifting him the secret technique, and... and that person's warning, he probably would have been thinking of chasing after Qi Yuan, grabbing him, and forcing him to hand over all his property!

Thinking of this, he suppressed his excitement and reminded him:

"Brother, I obtained this through a secret method from a high-ranking official. Oh, the same official who promised to provide you with the S-grade bloodline evolution agent for free last time."

"That official has given me a gag order, forbidding me from revealing any information about you. You must also be careful not to flaunt your wealth!"

"I told you last time that the rewards for successfully handing over the secret technique are so great that even a Realm Lord would be envious. It's no joke. 10 trillion cosmic coins, that's equivalent to the life savings of an ordinary Realm Lord!"

His tone was full of admiration, "I dare say that every single domain lord or even world lord powerhouse in the Eternal Empire, including myself, would be tempted to kill and plunder if they knew that a first-order universe-level expert possessed such a fortune!"

Bu Chen gave Qi Yuan a stern warning for a long time, and then asked for Qi Yuan's bank account number before disconnecting the call.

Not long after, Qi Yuan's consciousness-bound account received a huge remittance of 10 trillion cosmic coins!

However, Qi Yuan, sitting in the spaceship, did not immediately check the remittance, but instead seriously considered the subsequent plans.

He truly took Bu Chen's advice to heart.

Ten trillion cosmic coins are enough to tempt even world lord-level powerhouses, making them unable to resist the urge to kill and plunder!
If people knew that he possessed treasures like the Heavenly Craft Tower and the Eight Formations Manual, wouldn't that drive them even crazier?
"My strength is still not enough. But with this fortune, I can definitely speed up my cultivation!"

"Moreover, with the recent commotion caused by the secret realm ruins, the Eternal Empire is likely to be in chaos for a while. It's best to leave and lay low for a while. Besides, I need a larger channel to deal with some things later."

Qi Yuan's eyes flickered as a wisp of his consciousness entered the virtual universe and searched rapidly.

(End of this chapter)