Swallowing the Stars: Recruiting Apprentices and Getting Cash Back

Chapter 108 Baikaro's Plea for Help

The three-legged golden crow said, "Who said Yuan Meng subdued me? He is my friend. I came to the extraterritorial battlefield this time to improve my strength through killing."

"Oh, I see." Everyone suddenly realized that this explained why Yuan Meng, who was of average strength, was accompanied by such a terrifying being.

After a hearty meal, everyone began distributing the spoils. A fair distribution could be achieved simply by accessing the military industry system.

The Three-Legged Golden Crow killed six Realm Lords, earning 70 military merits. It also contributed the most to killing the Immortal Mechanical Clan, earning 5000 million military merits, for a total of 5070 million military merits.

Even though Yuan Meng had fought on the battlefields outside the region for many years, he did not have so many military achievements.

According to the military merit system, an ordinary realm lord needs to accumulate 100 million military merits to retire, while killing an ordinary alien realm lord only earns 10 military merits.

In other words, to retire, one must kill ten alien races of equal strength. This is an extremely difficult task, so those who survive to retirement are either incredibly lucky or possess extraordinary combat power.

Yuan Meng was able to retire alive for two reasons: firstly, he was lucky enough to have reliable teammates, and secondly, as an animal trainer, he often didn't have to put himself in danger.

Kill those you can beat, run away those you can't; that's how you survived to the end by crushing the weak.

"With the Golden Crow, our team now has two Immortals. In the Seventh Battlefield, our team's configuration is invincible; we can do whatever we want," Luo Feng declared, directly treating the three-legged Golden Crow as an Immortal.

While the Three-Legged Golden Crow was thriving, Nuolan Mountain was frowning deeply.

He was studying the Cosmic Chaos Stele, and combined with his previous study of the Giant Axe Chaos Stele, he discovered a problem: it looked perfect, but he always felt that something was missing.

But what exactly was missing? Nolanshan couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Day after day—Nuolan Mountain only spent one day hastily looking through each of the Chaos Monuments.

"Senior brother, I have a request." After finally reading all the Chaos Steles, Nuolanshan contacted the Lord of Chaos City.

"Oh, what request?" the Chaos City Lord asked with interest. He wanted to see what kind of request his exceptionally talented junior brother would make.

"I want all the Chaos Tablets to be gathered together, rather than stored separately in a secret room," Noranshan stated his request.

"You want to comprehend 52 Chaos Steles at the same time?" Even with the knowledge of the Chaos City Lord, Nolan Mountain was stunned by this idea.

"Not really, it's just that when I'm studying a single Chaos Stele on my own, I always feel like something's missing. So I thought I'd try bringing all the Chaos Steles together, maybe then I can find out what's missing," Nuolanshan said.

Even if he had some kind of cheat code, he knew it was impossible to comprehend 52 Chaos Steles simultaneously. Those were at least the crystallization of the wisdom of a cosmic overlord; how could a mere domain lord like him possibly have the ability to comprehend them all at once?

This is just an experiment; we don't expect it to actually work.

"Alright, but the Chaos Stele is precious and cannot be lost. After I've made arrangements, come find me at Chaos Ruins." The Chaos City Lord nodded and said he would make arrangements now. After all, the geniuses in Chaos City stayed there to comprehend the Chaos Stele, and they needed to give up their comprehension before coming back.

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother." Nuolanshan said obsequiously.

"Haha, as long as it's useful to you." The Chaos City Lord smiled and ordered Guiyi to do it. That's the benefit of being a leader.

However, since Venerable Guiyi was also a leader, the matter ultimately fell to Kandri, the guardian of the Chaos Stele. In the end, it was Kandri's clone who played the villain and blasted out the geniuses who were comprehending the Chaos Stele.

"What's going on? The time isn't up yet."

"I want to file a complaint."

"I was abruptly interrupted, and the little bit of inspiration I had finally grasped vanished."

There was a great deal of resentment. If the group of geniuses hadn't known that Kandri was a Cosmic Venerable and they were no match for him, they would have given Kandri a good beating.

"Rest assured, everyone, the time allotted for meditation today will be given to you. Next time, no matter when you come, you will receive an additional seven days," Kandri announced this high-level decision on the spot.

"Great, I've been trying to understand it for six days."

"Hahaha, I've reached the seventh day of enlightenment."

The geniuses were instantly excited, experiencing a sense of joy akin to winning the lottery.

The process was very efficient. Nolanshan had just chosen a place to stay in Chaos City when the Lord of Chaos City sent word that he was to enter Chaos Ruins.

"Okay, I understand." Nuolanshan put away the valuable set of treasures she had received as a cashback and headed to the city lord's mansion.

"Your Highness!"

It was obvious that the Lord of Chaos City had already given instructions. Even without Venerable Guiyi leading the way, the inner palace guards immediately made way for Nuolanshan and addressed him as "Your Highness."

After arriving at Chaos Ruins, Nuolanshan met with the Lord of Chaos City.

"Senior brother." Nuolanshan bowed to the Lord of Chaos City.

"Since they've arrived, let's begin." The Lord of Chaos City waved his sleeve, and with a series of booming sounds, 52 Chaos Steles appeared out of thin air, neatly arranged in front of Mount Nuolan.

Nuolanshan stepped back a few meters, ensuring he could clearly see all 52 Chaos Steles at a glance.

This is the way of space.

No, no, no, you're wrong, it should be like this.

The Way of Time — You're wrong, it should be like this.

It should be this way, it shouldn't be that way. I'm right, you're wrong.

This is the right way, your way won't work.

Numerous voices appeared in Nuolanshan's mind, all explaining the laws of the universe to him, and some even started fighting each other.

"Shut up! Shut up, shut up!"

"what!"

"Shut up!"

Nuolanshan's head ached from the noise. He clutched his head in agony and roared repeatedly.

Not only did the Lord of Chaos City not stop Nuolanshan from comprehending the Chaos Stele, but he also took out a tea tree on the spot and slowly began to pick tea leaves.

call-

Nuolanshan smelled the aroma of tea, and his mind cleared up instantly. He was no longer in so much pain and could hear those words more clearly.

It was no longer a back-and-forth exchange; instead, it resembled a discussion among powerful figures, with Nuolanshan acting more like an apprentice listening in.

Whoosh!

A cup of warm tea floated to Nuolanshan's front. Nuolanshan glanced at the Lord of Chaos City, then drank the tea without any suspicion.

Hey!

Refreshing.

If Nuolanshan was just a junior apprentice and an observer, after a cup of tea, he was able to participate in the discussions among the big shots, occasionally coming up with some novel ideas of his own, which made the connections between the big shots even closer.

However, the effect quickly wore off, and Nuolanshan felt the noise again, giving her a severe headache.

Seeing the opportunity, the Lord of Chaos City promptly ordered another cup. Noranshan then joined the discussion.

This happened several times before the Lord of Chaos City stopped offering more cups.

"Senior brother, continue," Nuolanshan urged.

"You really think this is tea? There's no more," the Chaos City Lord said irritably.

Nuolanshan then turned his head and saw a bare tea tree with not a single leaf on it.

"Uh, okay." Nuolanshan was a little embarrassed. Anyone with a brain would know that this tea was a good thing, and even someone like the Lord of Chaos City didn't have any in stock.

"You've been involved for ten years, it's time to go out and digest it." The Chaos City Lord waved his sleeve and directly moved Mount Nuolan out of the Chaos Ruins and to the entrance of the Inner Palace.

"Ten years? Time really flies." Nolanshan thought it would only be two or three days at most, but unexpectedly, ten years have already passed.

"Our troops are under attack! Requesting reinforcements! Requesting reinforcements!"

Meanwhile, the Three-Legged Golden Crow, which had been fighting on the battlefield outside the region for many years, received a distress signal from the human race.

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