Devour: Emperor Yan

"So now it's mainly a competition between the two holy lands and the three organizations, these five factions," Hong said.

He didn't mention the sixteen major families.

Because these so-called sixteen major families are also subordinate to the two holy lands and the four major organizations.

Although they usually have a certain degree of autonomy, they still have to obey the orders of the two holy lands and four major organizations at critical moments.

"The fact that they're so eager to recruit us free adventurers means they've already found the location of the treasure."

Lin Kun said, "It's just that the five parties are mutually restraining each other, resulting in a stalemate, and none of them can gain an absolute advantage, so they are all desperately trying to win over free adventurers."

Luo Feng and the others all nodded.

This analysis should be largely accurate.

"Then what about us?" Luo Feng asked.

"You definitely have to join one of the five factions. Otherwise, anyone who stays outside of these five factions will not have a good ending," Lin Kun said.

"That's right," Thor and Hong agreed.

If they don't temporarily join a faction now, they might not have the chance to join again when the army arrives in a few days.

The next question is which faction to join.

"Whatever, all five factions are pretty much the same. After all, we're only joining them temporarily, so there's no need to be picky. Any of them will do," Luo Feng said.

"Then let's go with Beilong City," Lin Kun decided.

"North Dragon City..." Luo Feng and the other two fell silent.

Because this faction was the same one that Brem and He Ruo, their friends from the killing field, belonged to.

The two came to Thunder World for their apprentice mercenary assessment, but we haven't been able to contact them for so long. I suspect they're probably in grave danger.

The slight melancholy that arose quickly dissipated, for they had witnessed far too much death during this period.

In places like the Realm Within a Realm, a ninth-level Star-rank cultivator is sometimes no different from roadside weeds.

"Let's go."

......

The core plains, late at night.

Lin Kun and his six companions went to make contact and temporarily joined the North Dragon City camp.

As they had anticipated, the core area of ​​the entire plain was divided into five major factions.

Within the North Dragon City camp.

The addition of Lin Kun's team did not cause any ripples.

After all, their team only had six people, and only three of them were at the ninth level of the Eternal Star level, while the other three were only at the first or second level of the Eternal Star level.

Such superficial strength is not worth any attention at all.

Lin Kun and his group couldn't even meet the key leaders of the North Dragon City camp; they were simply assigned to an outer formation and then left to their own devices.

Lin Kun and his companions didn't care about this at all; on the contrary, they were quite happy about it.

After successfully joining Beilong City, they began to secretly gather information.

The North Dragon City faction currently has approximately 2100 members, divided into square formations of 100 for easier management.

More importantly, it's to prevent chaos.

These people are all free adventurers who temporarily joined this group.

By grouping 100 people together, even if a disturbance occurs in one formation, it will not affect the people in the other formations.

These formations were arranged around the camp, surrounding the formation of the North Dragon City organization at the very center.

Lin Kun and his group joined the 10th formation, which had only recently been formed.

......

After roughly figuring out the situation...

Lin Kun and his group found a spot at the edge of the formation, took out a large tent, and set it up as a resting place.

Inside the tent.

The tent doesn't look very big from the outside, but the interior space is quite spacious, over ten meters high and over thirty meters long and wide. It's big enough for six people to squeeze in.

At this moment, the four Lin brothers sat around a table, eating and sorting out their harvest.

Ao Gu and Tie Nanhe stood guard outside the tent.

"This spatial ring is filled with cosmic crystals. It seems to be a special storage facility for cosmic crystals by a certain team. Hmm... there are about 9700 cubic meters of cosmic crystals in total." Hong said with a smile after examining a spatial ring.

"There's nothing valuable in this storage bracelet of mine, just some odds and ends," Thor said, putting down a dark bronze bracelet and pursing his lips.

At this moment, there was a large pile of storage devices on the table, including spatial rings, spatial bracelets, necklaces, and so on, all kinds of them.

Lin Kun and his three companions were sorting and organizing the various items in the storage containers.

These are all spoils of war, the spoils they gained today.

Today marks the seventh day since they set off from the outer areas to reach the core region, and it's also their most frantic day.

Because it's close to the core plains, the number of adventurer teams lying in ambush here is the largest.

In just one day, Lin Kun and his team suffered a total of sixteen brutal attacks!

These groups of robbers varied in size, ranging from a dozen or twenty people to over a hundred.

Most of them were free adventurers who had temporarily banded together, specifically targeting the outskirts of this core plain, hoping to make a fortune through plunder.

After all, once you enter the core plains and join one of the five major factions, you can no longer act so casually.

Because if things go wrong, it could turn into a diplomatic conflict between the five major blocs, or even trigger a major war.

How can this be allowed?

......

In the end, all those who tried to rob Lin Kun's team died, killed by Lin Kun's blade.

Everything they owned naturally became spoils of war for Lin Kun and his team.

There was so much stuff: some of it belonged to the free adventurers themselves, some they plundered, and some of it was cosmic crystals they excavated.

A whole bunch of all sorts of supplies.

"The returns on this kind of double-crossing are still higher!" Hong exclaimed.

Those who entered the innermost realm earliest, those who survived to this day, those who survived all kinds of battles, who among them doesn't have some wealth?

Having hundreds or thousands of cubic meters of cosmic crystals is quite common.

If you put it out there, a few hundred cubic meters of cosmic crystals could buy a spaceship, enough to buy a ninth-tier slave of the Eternal Star level!

It can be said that as long as these adventurers take this gamble and manage to leave the Realm Within a Realm, the Thunder World, and return to Canglan Star alive, they will all become galaxy-level millionaires.

"Having too many spoils is a hassle. Just counting and sorting them out is exhausting," Thor said in a mocking tone, feigning annoyance.

"Third brother, you're acting innocent after getting a good deal," Hong laughed. "You've even found trouble in counting money?"

"It's quite tiring, but it's a tiring yet enjoyable experience," Luo Feng grinned, in a cheerful mood.

Although Lin Kun did the hard work, the three brothers would each receive a 10% share of the spoils.

Taking stock of the spoils like this means billions of Qianwu coins are constantly flowing into the account every minute.

"Yes, that's great!" Thor nodded repeatedly. "Following Big Brother means there's plenty to eat; counting the spoils like this is incredibly satisfying!"

"To think that an Earth is worth 21 billion Qianwu coins, and yet we're making money off an Earth every minute..."

"That's an interesting analogy," Luo Feng laughed.

They had already told Lin Kun the name of their home planet, Earth.

There's nothing to hide about this, since the Nolan Mountain family already knows. Earth is officially registered with the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, including the method of traveling to Earth through the small wormhole.

This is also a necessary procedure for applying to become a Lord of Earth, requiring the submission of a great deal of detailed data and information.

They just didn't reveal the real, fastest way to get to Earth.

Even if we know where Earth is, as long as there's no way to travel through the dark universe, we can only slowly fly through that small wormhole in a spaceship, which would take at least three years to reach Earth.

This gives the Earth a buffer period to react.

Luo Feng and the other two told Lin Kun something similar, saying it was in the Milky Way, near the planet Bailan.

It wasn't that Luo Feng and the other two didn't trust Lin Kun, but Earth was a matter of great importance and held many secrets.

There's no need to use this to test human nature.

After all, even among close relatives like husbands and wives, fathers and sons, there are still things they keep to themselves.

So-called loyalty is merely a matter of not having enough incentive to betray someone.

Earth, as a native planet that has only recently come into contact with the universe, is far too fragile. Even a slightly larger storm could cause it to capsize.

This left Luo Feng and his two companions with no choice but to treat the situation with utmost care and caution.

Lin Kun didn't care about this and understood it.

He wouldn't ask about anything unless Luo Feng and the others brought it up themselves.

Maintaining an appropriate distance makes everyone feel comfortable and at ease when interacting, which is also good for everyone.