Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 97 All the World's Talented Individuals Fall into the Trap
A magnificent banquet hall.

Several powerful realm masters from the Blue Bay Star Region and their young successors, along with over a thousand core colleagues from the Blue Bay Star Region branch of the Virtual Universe Company, gathered in the banquet hall.

The only immortal deity present, Xing Zhan, the highest-ranking official of the Blue Bay Star Region branch, chatted with Qi Yuan and the others for a while before leading them to a high platform at the very front of the banquet hall.

"Haha, old friends from the Blue Bay Starfield!"

The voice of the immortal god Xing Zhan echoed throughout the hall, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The realm lords and young people below all looked quietly at this immortal god who held great power, ready to listen to his speech.

"Welcome everyone to our Blue Bay Star Region branch gathering, but before we begin, I'd like to introduce a new friend!"

Xing Zhan's voice was loud and clear, "Although my friend didn't choose to enter the core secret realm of the Virtual Universe Company back then, I dare say that his talent, strength, and speed of progress are far superior to many core secret realm members of the company!"

"This friend of mine, the one next to me, is Qi Yuan, the newly appointed head of the Martial Department of our Lanting branch in the Blue Bay Star Region!"

As he spoke, he gently patted Qi Yuan's shoulder with a smile and said, "I believe you will have many opportunities to deal with Director Qi Yuan in the future. I want to say in advance that Director Qi Yuan is my good brother, and all his actions represent our Blue Bay Star Region branch!"

I hope everyone can give me, Lao Xing, and our Blue Bay Star Region branch some face, and support Director Qi Yuan's work in the future!

"Haha, enough of the chit-chat, everyone, let's officially begin our banquet! Enjoy yourselves!"

After Xing Zhan's lively opening remarks, the banquet, which had been in preparation for nearly a month, finally began!
The entire banquet hall immediately became lively.

Some familiar realm lords, young people, and realm lords, domain lords, and universe-level colleagues from the Virtual Universe Company in the Blue Bay Starfield took this opportunity to chat animatedly with each other.

In this bustling and lively hall, Qi Yuan was undoubtedly the busiest one.

Without him even having to move, powerful realm lords would constantly come up to him and chat warmly.

"Haha, Director Qi Yuan, welcome to our Blue Bay Star Region!"

An elderly man with a broad face and three pointed horns on his forehead, dressed in a gray robe, was chatting warmly with Qi Yuan.

"Director Qi Yuan, the territory of my Yu De Star System and the Liu Quan Star System where your Hong Ye Star is located happens to be adjacent. In a way, we are neighbors. If you need any help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask. I, Lao Ryder, will definitely not hesitate to help!"

"Haha, Mr. Ryder, you're too kind. Let's exchange ideas more often in the future," Qi Yuan said with a smile as he chatted with the other party.

“good good”

The triangular old man nodded with a smile, while pulling over a triangular-shaped youth who looked somewhat like him but was much younger.

"Haha, Director Qi Yuan, this is a rather outstanding junior from my clan. I brought him here to broaden his horizons. Ahem, if there is an opportunity in the future, I would be grateful if you could help him out. Old Ryder would be eternally grateful!"

As he spoke, he shouted at the triangular-faced boy, "Quickly, pay your respects to Director Qi Yuan!"

"Greetings, Director Qi Yuan!" The triangular-shaped youth, who was only at the ninth level of the planetary stage, hurriedly bowed respectfully to Qi Yuan.

"No need to be polite."

Qi Yuan looked at the boy and a smile appeared on his face.

The moment he saw the boy, he received feedback from the system in his mind—

The boy in front of us, who is a star-shaped triangle, is actually a little genius with a base return multiplier of 37 times!
It should be noted that among his disciples, the one with the highest base return rate, Liao Li, only has a return of 36 times.

And this random young man's aptitude was actually slightly stronger than Liao Li's, who had used S-level bloodline evolution agent and dragon essence in succession!
"Haha, it seems this banquet was definitely worthwhile!"

Looking at the triangular-faced boy in front of him, as well as many other outstanding young people from various world-leading families and forces in the hall, Qi Yuan's smile grew even wider.

This is truly a stroke of good fortune!
It seems that he won't need to go out and search for suitable apprentices anymore, as they will come to him one by one!
Although the most outstanding core elites of the realm lord families here are basically here for the elite training quota of the virtual universe company, they may not necessarily be willing to become disciples of a mere 'domain lord' like me.

But by doing both, you might be able to successfully "intercept" a few opportunities!

Thinking it over, Qi Yuan smiled warmly at the triangular old man:
"Haha, Mr. Ryder, rest assured, I will definitely give your family's elite talents a good opportunity to mentor them!"

"Ah, thank you very much, Mr. Qi Yuan!"

Upon hearing this, old Ryder's face immediately broke into a satisfied smile.

Since that old man Ryder, Qi Yuan has never had a moment's rest.

One by one, powerful realm masters from the Blue Bay Starfield, and even some of their own from the Blue Bay branch, began to approach Qi Yuan to toast and chat.

And almost every one of these people has one or two outstanding young people following them.

Qi Yuan was having a lively conversation with each of the realm lords, and the smile on his face was almost constant!
[Target Holmes, base return rate 36x, can be bound after becoming a disciple.] [Target Yan Yu, base return rate 40x, can be bound after becoming a disciple.]

[Target: Ophelia; base return rate: 39x; can be bound to her after she becomes your disciple.]

[Target: Tuva; base return rate: 42x; can be bound after becoming a disciple.]

Qi Yuan's gaze swept over each of the outstanding geniuses, and as he listened to the system notifications in his mind, he was overjoyed!

Those who are able to be taken in by powerful realm lords are naturally the most outstanding young people in their respective families and forces!

It can be said that this banquet hall now gathers more than half of the outstanding talents in the entire Blue Bay Star Region!

According to the system's prompts, the basic return rate for these outstanding young people from various world lord families is no less than 30 times, and many of them even reach more than 40 times!
According to Qi Yuan's speculation on the system's base multiplier, when the base multiplier breaks through integer multiples such as 9~10, 19~20, 29~30, 39~40, etc., although it may seem like only a difference of one, it is very likely to represent a significant leap in aptitude.

As for those with a base multiplier of 40 times or more, as long as the external cultivation conditions are not extremely poor, it is estimated that breaking through to the realm master realm will not be a problem.

Of course, these are just his guesses at the moment and need to be verified over time, but they are estimated to be close to the truth.

At this moment, Qi Yuan looked at these outstanding young people whose basic return rates were in no way inferior to those of his three disciples, and suddenly felt a wonderful feeling that 'all the talents in the world are in my grasp'.

"We must take advantage of this rare opportunity to recruit more outstanding disciples!"

Qi Yuan secretly made up his mind
Meanwhile, during the banquet in the main hall.

In front of the 'Wonderful Encounters Towers', which are prominently located in various cities and scenic spots on Red Leaf Star, there is a lively scene.

For some reason, a large number of young, foreign star-level and planetary-level geniuses have suddenly appeared on Red Leaf Star recently.

Moreover, after the news spread that a certain planetary-level expert had successfully passed the third floor of the Wonderful Destiny Tower and received a third-tier psychic weapon as a reward, it instantly ignited the great enthusiasm of this group of young geniuses from outside the city for challenging the Wonderful Destiny Tower!
The record for the Qiyuan Tower challenge, which had stood for years, has been broken repeatedly in the past month!

Third floor. Fourth floor. Fifth floor. Seventh floor.
Meanwhile, during the banquet in the main hall, some observant people were shocked to discover that the challenge record of the Red Leaf City Wonder Tower had quietly changed to 'eighth floor'!
The highest floor of the Red Leaf City's Mystery Tower, the ninth floor.

Unlike the previous layout which was divided into small cubicles, the entire ninth floor was just one open space.

On the four walls of this space, there are eight metal engravings hanging in sequence.

Each of these eight engraved images features intricate and chaotic silk thread patterns.

To the average person, apart from dizziness and blurred vision, there is no clear cause for the illness.

However, at this moment, in front of one of the metal engravings that looked like it was engraved with a broken leaf, a white-clad girl with dreamy transparent four wings was engrossed in studying it.

"The complexity of this ninth level is more difficult than the previous eight levels combined!"

"This area feels somewhat like domain construction."

"Hmm? Why is it wrong? Oh, it's like this, the two rings are nested together."

"No, no, no, it's not two rings. All the patterns are nested and combined. Moving one part will affect the whole thing. You have to fully understand its construction concept to do it."

"Fun, fun! I love trying things that are challenging."

The four-winged girl was completely absorbed in studying and deducing the inscription, seemingly forgetting the passage of time.
Meanwhile, in another major city on Red Leaf Star, Radiant City.

In the center of the dazzling city, there also stands a magnificent building called the Wonderful Encounter Tower.

In a private room on the sixth floor of this strange building.

A burly, black-haired youth with a hideous scar on his cheek was staring intently at a metal engraving in front of him that seemed to be branded with thousands of lightning bolts.

After careful deduction and thought, the black-haired youth raised his finger and, with the aid of the Force, began to draw and carve directly on the metal plate.

One, two, three.
As the black-haired youth was depicted, the patterns on the metal engraving gradually became more refined.

Finally, as the black-haired youth made his last stroke, a burst of electric light flashed across the entire metal engraving, instantly bringing it to life with incredible vibrancy.

"Success!"

After completing all this, the black-haired youth's lips curled up slightly, and then he quickly got up and entered the seventh floor.

However, the black-haired youth only stayed on the seventh floor for a short while before reluctantly retreating.

"This seventh level actually involves the application of domains. Alas, what a pity."

The black-haired youth sighed softly, then strode out of the Qiyuan Tower.
(End of this chapter)