Swallowing the Stars: Equipment Slots, Starting with a Genius Battle

Chapter 85: Resource Management, the Surprised Kings

With the countdown to the original Tongtian Mountain mission underway, in 799 years, in the Dark Universe, the Liujian spaceship heads towards the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.

"Originally, I planned to hunt in the outer battlefields for at least 500 years to gather enough resources to arm myself. I didn't expect that just one plea for help from the Illusion Star King would be enough." Ye Feng was in a good mood. "I'll go back to headquarters, exchange the resources for strength, and then go hunting in the outer battlefields again."

The reward of over 800 billion Hunyuan from the Illusion Star King allowed Ye Feng to gather enough resources ahead of time and make some adjustments to the original mission plan.

Originally, he planned to roam the outer battlefields for at least 800 years, accumulate enough funds to advance the Burning Star Vine to immortality and acquire the equipment to become a king, and then return to focus on comprehending the laws. Within a thousand years, he would cross the Primal Tongtian Mountain and complete his first mission.

With the Beast God Statue in hand, crossing the Primal Tongtian Mountain was not difficult for him. The challenge was the second task: to hunt 1000 Kings within ten thousand years, including 10 Kings at the limit.

He prepared everything according to the plan for the second task.

On the spaceship, Ye Feng rested briefly, then summoned and took out the sixth set of bronze tablets from the "Heavenly Fire Chaos Tablet" to continue his study. He also diverted a sliver of his mind to log into the virtual universe.

Teleported to the manor of Fourth Senior Brother Yunlan.

"Junior brother, what brings you here?"

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Upon seeing Ye Feng being led in by a servant, Yunlan quickly rose from her seat and greeted him with delight, saying, "It's been quite a while since we last met, since you went to the extraterritorial battlefield."

Ye Feng smiled and bowed slightly to Yun Lan, then casually sat down in a seat and said with a smile, "Fourth Senior Brother, I have been busy hunting and fighting in the outer battlefields these past few days and have not dared to be distracted, so I have not come to pay my respects to you."

Yunlan nodded understandingly and said with a smile, "The extraterritorial battlefield is very dangerous. Junior Brother, it's right that you're cautious about forming a team."

"Which immortal squad are you following? Who's the immortal leader? Do you need your senior brother to put in a good word for you?"

Yunlan subconsciously regarded Ye Feng as having the strength of a Realm Lord General.

Indeed, Ye Feng broke through to the Realm Lord level in one go. His understanding of laws, which was originally incredibly monstrous at the Universe level, was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary Immortal among Realm Lords. His strength should only be at the Realm Lord War General level.

Realm Lords and Warriors often follow Immortal Military Lords to explore safer places.

"Which immortal is leading the team?" Ye Feng smiled and shook his head, politely declining his fourth senior brother Yun Lan's offer. "Fourth senior brother, our time is precious. I came here mainly to deal with a batch of spoils of war."

A barely perceptible hint of disdain flashed across Yunlan's face.

The spoils of war of a Realm Lord General? At most a few hundred or a few thousand Chaos Yuan. Asking a King who handles millions or tens of millions of Chaos Yuan every day to handle them? Isn't that a waste of talent?

But out of consideration for his junior brother, he carefully chose his words, "Junior brother, I do know some kings who are in charge of purchasing for their tribes, but they—their standards are all very high. Your things—"

The meaning was clear even before the words were finished.

Ye Feng understood the underlying meaning and smiled confidently: "Don't worry, senior brother. I've had some good fortune these past few years, and this batch of spoils—it's definitely substantial enough. I guarantee it won't make you lose face in front of your friends. Please invite them over."

Sell ​​it directly to the official Virtual Universe company?

It's convenient, but if you try to negotiate the price too aggressively, you'll likely lose at least 10% or 20%.

Normally it's just small-scale fighting, but this time the spoils are nearly a hundred billion yuan. Even a fraction of that is a hundred or two billion yuan.

Losing one or two hundred billion? That's like giving away the fortune of a king for nothing. Ye Feng isn't that generous, so he has no choice but to swallow his pride and ask his fourth senior brother for help.

Seeing Ye Feng's resolute tone, Yun Lan gritted her teeth and said, "Fine. I'll contact him right away."

He decided to trust his junior brother this time. After all, Ye Feng wasn't one to talk nonsense, and besides, this was the junior brother he had the highest hopes for.

To cover for Ye Feng, Yunlan specially arranged the location to be the lakeside pavilion on the lake island in the best view of the villa.

Inside the pavilion, a large table was laden with 101 delicacies.

Ye Feng chuckled upon seeing this. His fourth senior brother was worried that his spoils would be too shabby, so he deliberately staged a "gathering of friends" to avoid people thinking he had come specifically to dispose of junk.

Ye Feng appreciated the sentiment but didn't point it out.

A short while later, two servants led two powerful princes to the pavilion.

"Junior brother, come here, let me introduce you." Yunlan enthusiastically pointed to a powerful figure with wings on his back and a powerful figure with bright golden eyes, "This is the Cloud Demon King, and this is the Golden-Eyed King. Both are renowned and powerful kings."

The powerful Cloud Demon King laughed heartily: "Haha, Yun Lan, do you need to introduce me? This must be your junior brother who is famous throughout the clan, the monstrous genius who is said to surpass Kodi, Ye Feng, right?"

The Golden-Eyed King's eyes, which seemed to pierce through the void, also fell on Ye Feng, and he laughed, "That's right, His Highness Ye Feng's reputation is even more renowned than yours, his senior brother."

"Sit down, sit down and let's talk," Yunlan invited.

After a few rounds of drinks, the atmosphere became increasingly lively.

Yunlan skillfully steered the conversation to the extraterritorial battlefield, naturally turning to Ye Feng: "Junior brother, you've been in the extraterritorial battlefield for almost a hundred years, what spoils of war have you acquired? Show them to us."

This was paving the way for Ye Feng, as if they were afraid that what he would bring out later wouldn't be substantial enough.

Ye Feng felt a warmth in his heart and nodded in agreement, "Okay, Fourth Senior Brother."

With a wave of his hand, crimson-gold world power surged above the lake, lifting up seven neatly stacked "small mountains" of armor, resources, and secret techniques—categorized and piled high.

"Hmm?" Yun Lan, who was holding a wine glass and clinking glasses with the Golden-Eyed King and the Cloud Demon King, glanced at them casually and froze instantly, his eyes widening as he stared intently at the seven small mountains.

The Golden-Eyed King and the Cloud Demon King, who had previously been indifferent, showed obvious surprise on their faces.

"Good heavens. So many?" All three were experts who dealt with supplies year-round, and they could basically get a sense of the situation with just a glance.

"This pile of stuff is worth at least 2.7 or 2.8 billion Chaos Yuan, right?" Yunlan put down her wine cup and looked at Ye Feng in surprise. "Junior Brother, which secret realm treasure vault did you rob?"

He wasn't unfamiliar with such a large sum of money; he had handled numerous deals worth hundreds of billions or even trillions while managing affairs for the Nine Swords Venerable.

To his surprise, Ye Feng, his junior brother who had just broken through to the Realm Lord level, was able to pull out such a large sum of money at once.

Ye Feng stood up with a smile and bowed slightly to the three of them: "Fourth Senior Brother, you two have been granted the title of King. Please help me dispose of them and give me an estimate."

Yunlan quickly suppressed his surprise and immediately chimed in, "Gentlemen, this is my junior brother. He's family. You have to give him a fair price."

The Golden-Eyed King and the Cloud Demon King exchanged a glance, then burst into laughter, pointing at Yun Lan: "You, Yun Lan! So that's why you were so generous in treating us to drinks today—turns out you were just putting in a good show for your junior brother!"

Yunlan simply smiled calmly.

Ye Feng's spoils gave him confidence.