From star gatherer to leader of humanity

"That depends on how much detail you want to hear."

The driver glanced back at the spirit stone in Xu Bai's hand and chuckled.

Cats have their ways, and mice have theirs. In Shattered Star City, a truly good driver doesn't live off the money earned from pulling a rickshaw.

"How much spiritual energy is there at the very least?" Xu Bai felt that the drivers of these spaceport service vehicles could extract a lot of information from them.

"The price is 10 spirit stones. Let's become friends, and I'll let you know about any interesting things happening in Shattered Star City. It's free."

The driver slowed down, giving Xu Bai more time to chat.

Xu Bai simply smiled and took out nine more spirit stones from his storage bag, making a total of ten.

The driver took out a silence talisman and stuck it on the roof of the car, then directly transmitted his voice to Xu Bai using spiritual power.

"Our leader, Yang Yishan, is the second son in his family. He has inferior aptitude. Although he has a powerful background, his aptitude is not good enough. He is unwilling to abandon the path of immortality and take the evil path. He has been spending a lot of resources to cultivate."

"About 50 years ago, I don't know who gave him the idea, he began to provide large amounts of financial support to the members of the star-gathering teams in the 25 cities of Shattered Stars."

"Almost every year, he recommends several students to Hundred Star University or the outer sect of Hundred Refinements Sect."

Upon hearing this, Xu Bai couldn't help but ask a question.

"Is it effective?"

"It's only been 50 years. Besides, most of the members of the Star Gathering Team who can come to the inner city are of average to low-grade aptitude. No matter how good their comprehension is, they still need resources to support them. In 50 years, they won't accomplish anything."

"It is said that some of the earliest recipients of the grant are already preparing to advance to the Golden Core stage, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"But given our leader's level, to help him, one would need to be at least a cultivator at the Integration Stage."

"This matter, if it doesn't go on for over a thousand years, will probably not yield any results."

"By the way, our gang leader isn't well-liked at home. He's extremely at odds with his older brother, who is a highly sought-after inner disciple of the Hundred Refinements Sect. It's said that he has already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, and he looks down on his useless younger brother."

"The gang leader is probably doing this to prove himself."

"That's the gist of it. Now I'll tell you how to gain the leader's favor."

"Besides the various art galleries, Immortal Path Street also has many magic dojos. Magic cultivation places the greatest emphasis on comprehension."

"Learn more combat spells, engage in virtual battles within the Shattered Star Twenty-Five Cities' internal battle network, and once you achieve a top-ten ranking, you'll attract the attention of the guild leader."

"After a period of time, the guild leader will summon you and grant you access to the human race's battle network and virtual equipment. Once you meet his requirements, you will be recommended by him to enter Hundred Star University or the outer sect of Hundred Refinement Sect."

Just as the driver finished speaking, the service vehicle pulled up outside the noodle shop.

"I'll waive the fare for you." The driver turned around, smiled, and extended his hand to Xu Bai, indicating that he wanted to add him as a friend.

Xu Bai first placed 10 spirit stones in the driver's hand, and then added the driver as a friend on his personal terminal.

It was afternoon. After finishing his noodles, Xu Bai returned to his residence and sat on the sofa in the living room, lazily reading the latest news about the human race.

"Let's take a day off first, then get the important stuff done before we talk about anything else."

Just then, the beautiful robot butler brought over a glass of freshly squeezed juice.

After Xu Bai accepted the juice, he looked at the beautiful robot butler, took out 100 spirit stones from his storage bag, absorbed them, and imbued the robot with a white attribute.

Love Nest Type 3 Robot - Attribute: Five Times Computing Power [Increases its own operating speed by 5 times.]

Looking at the data panel of the beautiful robot butler, Xu Bai wondered what use a butler robot would be after its computing power was increased by 5 times.

"Master, upgrade package detected. Upgrade complete. My computing power has increased fivefold, enabling me to process more information."

The beautiful robot butler's facial expressions are more vivid, just like a real person, and her every move is smoother and more fluid than before.

"Help me gather more information about Shattered Star City," Xu Bai said casually.

"Please grant me internet access and a certain amount of spiritual energy so that I can better gather information online," the beautiful robot butler said.

"Authorize internet access," Xu Bai said, using his personal terminal to grant internet access to the beautiful robot butler.

He also opened a separate account and transferred 10 strands of spiritual energy into it.

After doing all this, Xu Bai checked the time. His parents were in the area where it was dinner time, so he immediately sent a video call to Xu Jun.

I thought I would see a family having dinner, but I only saw Xu Jun. The scene behind him in the video showed that he was in a cultivation room.

"You've been working hard enough, you've mastered several body-refining techniques," Xu Bai asked with a smile.

"I have already mastered the seventh form and am about to break through to the eighth form."

"Brother, just you wait. In six months at most, I'll surpass you."

Xu Jun was dressed in a well-fitting training uniform, with a sunny and handsome face and a confident smile.

"I'm waiting for you."

"By the way, I haven't asked you in the previous video, which listed major sect did you sign a training agreement with?" Xu Bai asked curiously.

"Yangding Sect, Wanxing Sect, and Baishou Sect—I don't know which of these three sects it is yet. I'll have to wait until I graduate from junior high school to find out." A hint of helplessness flashed across Xu Jun's face.

"What's going on?" Xu Bai was also a little confused.

"The company that signed the training contract with me is a special talent agency. They only have agreements with those major sects. After I graduate from junior high school, I will probably be sold to whichever sect offers the highest price."

"However, the intermediary also included a guarantee in the contract that it would definitely be one of these three sects."

"So it's still uncertain." Xu Jun shrugged.

Hearing the names of these three major sects that were on par with the Hundred Refinements Sect, Xu Bai frowned slightly, and memories of Zhou Hu involuntarily flashed through his mind again.

"That's alright. The relationships here are too complicated for us to understand."

"You should focus on your training. If you're short on resources and spiritual energy, send me a message. After you finish training, please give my regards to your parents."

After the video call ended, Xu Bai used his personal terminal to start looking up information about the three sects.

Looking at the promotional materials of these three sects and their exclusive cultivation techniques, Xu Bai fell into thought.

"Overthinking is useless; only by becoming stronger can you protect your family."

At night, Xu Bai was preparing to rest after washing up when the doorbell rang.

Through the video, Xu Baifa realized that it was his downstairs neighbor, Liu Ningsi.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, it's been a long time." Xu Bai greeted him with a smile as he opened the door, but made no move to invite him in for tea.

"Seeing that your house is lit up, I came here to pay you a visit."

At this moment, Liu Sining was wearing a light yellow gauze dress, which made her figure look extremely graceful.

"Fellow Daoist Liu has visited twice; there must be something on your mind. Why don't you speak up?" Xu Bai looked Liu Sining up and down.

"Please help me with my cultivation, fellow Daoist~" Liu Sining, with her beautiful and pure temperament, spoke softly.

"what?"