Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 71 Preparing to Return
Inside the auction hall, Qi Yuan stood in front of his seat, waiting in line to leave.

Just then, he noticed an unexpected scene—

The arrogant young woman at the Stellar level who was originally sitting to his right did not join the queue. Instead, she flew directly down to the high platform in the center of the auction hall.

The beautiful auctioneer Xue Chang, who had just presided over the auction, seemed to be quite familiar with the arrogant girl. The two women chatted warmly while leaving directly through the reserved internal passage.

"This girl seems to have quite a background; she even managed to get in through connections at the Lanting Auction House."

Qi Yuan glanced at it and then looked away.

However, the three-eyed elder to his left started chatting with him while he was in line.

"Hehe, young man, it seems this is truly your first time attending an auction." The three-eyed old man smiled at Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan was slightly taken aback, not understanding why this powerful realm lord would be interested in talking to him.

However, he remained composed and responded with a smile:
"You have excellent taste, senior. This is indeed my first time here."

"My taste is amazing! You don't even recognize that person? Even a fool knows this is your first time here."

The three-eyed old man muttered something to himself, but casually started chatting with him:

"Young man, are you from our Lanting Universe Kingdom, or from a vassal state?"

"Well, I guess it should be considered a vassal state," Qi Yuan replied casually.

"Heh, only a cosmic-level being can attend the auction. It seems you have an extraordinary status in your own empire, brother."

The three-eyed old man continued to speak with a smile.
"Young man, let me introduce myself. My name is Shamar, and I come from the Austa family in the Qianyun Star Region. I run a small business in energy and mining. Brother, it's fate that we met. Could we add each other's virtual universe accounts? You can patronize my business sometime in the future."

"Oh?"

Qi Yuan looked at the kind-smiling, three-eyed old man with some surprise. He never expected that a powerful realm master would lower himself to personally promote his own business.

He then thought about it and realized it made sense, since those who could attend the Lanting Auction were at least three-star clients of the two super banks.

Especially those of low artistic level, like him, are likely to have powerful backgrounds.

It's understandable that the three-eyed old man would come over to make friends and explore trade routes after suddenly seeing this unfamiliar face.

"You're too kind, senior. My virtual universe ID is..."

Qi Yuan readily exchanged virtual universe IDs with the other party.

The two then chatted as they moved forward with the flow of people towards the exit.

However, it was mostly the three-eyed old man who took the initiative to tell him about the treasures and interesting stories that appeared at previous Lanting auctions, while Qi Yuan simply played the role of a quiet listener.

A moment later, the two of them passed through the exit at the same time, and the space in front of them suddenly opened up.

"Haha, Brother Qi Yuan, I'll be leaving now. If you have the chance, come visit our Qianyun Star Region. I'll definitely treat you well!"

After the three-eyed old man left, Qi Yuan shook his head and smiled, but also quickly left through the teleportation point.

Red Leaf Star.

With the support of powerful technology and martial arts, the transformation of Red Leaf Star is progressing extremely quickly.

Now, two years later, the entire Red Leaf Star has undergone tremendous changes.

Along both sides of the dreamlike 'Red Leaf Forest Corridor', which spans hundreds of kilometers in width, the entire Red Leaf Star presents a polarized image.

On one side is an extremely modern steel city, with towering skyscrapers and futuristic-looking office and commercial buildings such as banks, shops, and government offices rising from the ground.

Those unaware of the magnificent and expansive interstellar docking ports and trade zones might mistake them for the capital planet of a mid-level civilization!

On the other side of the 'Red Leaf Corridor', the scenery is completely different, with a unique natural landscape everywhere.

Even the cities where the indigenous people of the Wu tribe live, whether in terms of vegetation coverage or architectural style, all have a design style that blends with nature.

In the most prominent places of the scenic spots and cities of Hongyexing, there is a nine-story building with a very similar shape that stands silently.

The buildings were all named "Qiyuan Building".

According to the Red Leaf Star Administration's announcement, everyone who comes to Red Leaf Star, as long as their cultivation level does not exceed the ninth rank of the Universe Level, can attempt to complete the trials of the Wonderful Fate Tower. The trials of the Wonderful Fate Tower have nine levels, and for each level passed, one can receive a precious gift from the owner of the Wonderful Fate Tower.

If you can pass all nine levels, you will have a chance to obtain an extraordinary opportunity!
Thanks to the extensive promotion by the Samonka team through the publicity department of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, Red Leaf Star has successively attracted many well-known business groups from the Lanting Cosmic Kingdom to settle in.

The bustling commerce and beautiful attractions have also drawn many tourists from nearby star systems to come and shop and play.

The entire Red Leaf Star, and even many surrounding planets centered on Red Leaf Star, are showing a thriving trend.

Half a month after the Lanting Auction ended.

A silver-white spaceship bearing the logo of Virtual Universe Company landed slowly in front of the Red Leaf Star Temple with special permission.

Qi Yuan, accompanied by Liao Li, went forward to greet them.

"Guest's identity confirmed, transaction can proceed."

As a beam of light swept across, an electronic notification sound immediately rang out inside the spaceship.

"Dear guest, thank you for your support of our Virtual Universe Company. This is the item you purchased at the Lanting Auction. Please check it."

Several staff members from the virtual universe came to Qi Yuan and placed silver boxes of varying sizes in front of him, opening them.

Inside the first box were several crystal-clear boxes, each containing a delicate fruit with dew still clinging to its surface.

Lan Ke fruit.

Qi Yuan had already learned of its great name from the original work.

Although the Lanco Fruit is not as good as the Fruit of Life, each one is still worth thousands of life-bearing planets.

Moreover, the energy contained in the Lanco fruit is relatively moderate, making it an excellent treasure for cultivating plant life.

Apart from the first box, the second and third boxes were also filled with Lanco Fruits.

Inside the fourth suitcase-like box were two fist-sized, almost transparent, strange rhomboid crystals—the Origin Crystals—with a faint wisp of bluish-gray energy flowing within them.

These two Origin Crystals alone are worth more than five trillion Cosmic Coins!

The fifth box contained three transparent crystal boxes, each about half a meter in diameter. Inside each crystal box was a strange vine-like seedling, about a foot long, with pale purple flesh and golden patterns on its diamond-shaped leaves, swaying gently.

Inside are three Thousand-Year Vine plants, specially cultivated by a plant master. Each Thousand-Year Vine is currently just a seedling and can be easily recognized as its owner.

As for the sixth box, or perhaps a box would be a more accurate description, it was only about ten centimeters long and wide. Inside, there lay two small, golden, oval fruits, each the size of a lotus seed. These were the two Lianxin Fruits, which could greatly enhance soul power.

After verifying the boxes in front of the Virtual Universe Company staff, Qi Yuan simply waved his hand and put each box into his spatial ring.

"The goods are fine. Thank you all for your hard work."

Qi Yuan smiled and spoke to the group.

"You're too kind, it's what we should do."

The staff members were all specifically responsible for transporting goods for the Lanting Auction, and they naturally understood that those who could participate in the auction were all wealthy and powerful. Therefore, they were all quite friendly towards Qi Yuan.

"Dear guest, since there is no problem with the goods, we will be leaving now. Thank you again for your support of Virtual Universe Company."

The white-robed man who was the leader of the staff bid farewell to Qi Yuan, and then returned to the spaceship with several of his subordinates.

Soon after, the silver-white spaceship soared into the sky and quickly broke through the atmosphere of Red Leaf Star, disappearing into the vast space.

"This little bit of stuff cost me enough to buy dozens of star systems!"

Qi Yuan watched the silver-white spaceship disappear into the distance, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

However, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"However, the greater the investment, the greater the reward. The value of each of these treasures will increase a hundredfold or a thousandfold after being returned by the return system!"

Thinking it over, he called out to Liao Li, who was waiting nearby:
"My disciple, come with me, I have a great treasure to give you!"

(End of this chapter)