Fey Evolution Merchant

by welldarn

Posting this for my own convenience.

2. Chapter 2

Chapter 51: Duels When Climbing the Tower

The most popular place in the Star Web would always be the Star Tower. At the Star Tower's vicinity, one would be able to feel how prosperous the Star Web was as the Radiance Federation's second world.

After reaching the Star Tower's entrance, Lin Yuan was amazed by the things he saw and heard along the way. He saw all sorts of feys. They were all copied and uploaded data in the Star Web, but the high-grade feys retained their genuine prowess, giving off a pressure that blasted one right in the face.

In order to climb the Star Tower, one would need to register first. Of course, it wasn't necessary to register every time before climbing the tower. Everyone would only have to register their information for the first time they climbed the tower.

The most important objective for registering their information was to enter the spirit qi professionals' rank and the contracted feys' strength.

Subsequently, the information would produce the data, and when challenging the tower, the data would produce a virtual image.

In the real world, it was very difficult for spirit qi professionals to fight without any restraint. An all-out fight might result in one of the parties getting injured, or it might actually result in both parties being injured.

When high-ranked spirit qi professionals were fighting at their full strength, they might not be able to control the damage their feys caused and might even result in casualties.

The Star Web just so happened to compensate for this factor.

A fight in the Star Web was the same as recording all the spirit qi professionals' information and the feys. During combat, the sense of pain, touch, and everything else would be the same as in the real world.

Even if there were any casualties in the Star Web during combat, the spirit qi professionals and their feys in the real world wouldn't receive physical damage.

The significance of climbing the Star Tower brought glory to the people at the high rankings and enabled spirit qi professional and their feys to work on their teamwork. It also gave them the chance to try combat techniques.

For the first 100 floors of the Star Tower, challengers would be randomly picked on the same floor for combat. The winner would rise up by one floor, while the loser would drop down by one floor.

After reaching the 100th floor, one would need to go through the Celestial Stairway Tribulation, which was also known as the promotion duels.

During the promotion duel, three challengers that were participating in the promotion would be randomly picked to conduct three duels.

After two consecutive duels, the third duel could be skipped, and the challenger would promote to the Celestial Stairway.

If the challenger lost one duel, the promotion to the Celestial Stairway would fail. If the challenger lost two duels, the challenger wouldn't even be able to stay on the 100th floor and would drop down to the 99th floor.

If the challenger lost three duels, they would drop directly to the 98th floor and would need to climb back up to the 100th floor before being able to challenge for the promotion duels again.

The rules to climb the tower were very simple. However, when climbing the tower, it was possible to be paired up with an unlucky spirit qi professional who was actually very formidable but was stuck on the lower floors.

Such people were also known as the Star Tower's goalkeepers.

Everyone who climbed the Star Tower would be targeting the Celestial Stairway. Only people who were promoted to the Celestial Stairway were considered as the Star Tower's formidable individuals. Such people were known as the God Class.

As this was the first time Lin Yuan was climbing the Star Tower, he had no choice but to register himself obediently.

The identity information required to register for the Star Tower was different from others. The Star Web Card bound the Star Tower's identity information. It also meant that each Radiance Federation citizen would only be able to use their true identity to participate in the Star Tower's Star Tower.

The Radiance Federation had plenty of unions, and most of them had huge amounts of resources and high salaries to attract the spirit qi professionals. All of the unions would form teams to participate in some large-scale tournaments.

The higher-ranked duelists with potential would normally become recruitment targets for the unions.

When entering the Star Tower's newcomer registration room, Lin Yuan noticed that it was extremely quiet.

There was a young man flipping and browsing through a book that was related to feys. When he saw Lin Yuan entering, he immediately said, "New climber, hurry up and come over to fill up the form! After filling up the form, I will bring you inside to input the information."

The young man then swiftly placed the form on the table for Lin Yuan. He then looked at Genius and Chimey standing on Lin Yuan's shoulders and said with an intrigued tone, "Your two feys look rather good! I didn't think that there would be spirit beasts that I cannot recognize."

Lin Yuan let out a smile in response. Genius had evolved from a Hundred Questions Beast, while Chimey had evolved from a Sound Bird.

Genius was already a Bronze Thousand Questions Beast, while Chimey was a Bronze Streamcloud Azure Bird.

No one had ever evolved the Hundred Questions Beast and the Sound Bird to bronze-grade. Therefore, they were unique in this world, and it was natural that no one could recognize them.

Lin Yuan swiftly handed over the form with his personal information.

The young man received it and took a glance. Seeing that there was no problem, he stood up and walked in front of Lin Yuan. "Follow me then. It might be rather troublesome to input the information for the first time, but you will have proof of registration on the Star Web after the first input. The next time your occupation rank increases or you have new feys or newly evolved feys, you could enter the information by yourself in the Star Web system."

The young man informed Lin Yuan of the important matters. After completing his job role, he took out that same book he was reading earlier. He was carefully flipping through it while walking and seemed to be memorizing it.

Lin Yuan saw the name of the book, and it was one of the books that was related to the primary rank Fey Observer. He then asked, "By the looks of your book, are you going to participate in the primary rank Fey Observer's exam?"

The young man was surprised. He didn't expect the young Lin Yuan to actually be so clear about the examinable topics for primary rank Fey Observers.

He looked at Lin with surprise and said, "Yes, I am going to pass the exam for the primary rank Fey Observer and prepare for the Creation Master exam next month."

The young man had an extremely prideful expression, and his tone was filled with confidence and the desire to flaunt.

After the young man explained the necessary processes and completed Lin Yuan's registration, Lin Yuan left. To the young man, the thing he had to do right now was to memorize more knowledge on the Fey Observer occupation. Lin Yuan wasn't going to continue disrupting him.

For anyone with the talent to take on the Creation Master exam and pass it, it would be the same as leaping through the dragon gate. Even a Class 1 Creation Master was a person that would receive respect and admiration, no matter where they went.

Lin Yuan had already inputted the information for Morbius, Genius, and Chimey. As for Red Thorn, it was still a Normal fey and wasn't qualified to participate in the Star Tower's combat format. Thus, Lin Yuan didn't input Red Thorn's information.

After registering in the Star Tower's list, an identity card that contained information on Lin Yuan was produced.

Name: Lin Yuan

Gender: Male

Height: 178cm

Weight: 61kg UppTodat𝒆d fr𝒐m nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

Star Tower Floor: 0th Floor

Spirit Qi Occupation: Healing-Type Professional

Occupation Rank: D-Rank

Contracted fey:

Morbius (Elite 7/10, Epic)

Thousand Questions Beast (Bronze 1/10, Normal)

Streamcloud Azure Bird (Bronze 1/10, Normal)

Duel Record:

Duels: 0, Wins: 0, Losses: 0, Highest Floor: 0

After seeing the identity card, Lin Yuan immediately chose to conceal all the information apart from the duel record and spirit qi occupation.

The Star Web was the Radiance Federation's second world, and in terms of the assurance of privacy, it was even better than the real world.

Now that Lin Yuan had inputted all the information, he immediately chose to enter the Star Tower.

Lin Yuan had not participated in any duel in the Star Tower and was only a person among the innumerable bottom feeders. After choosing the option to match with an opponent, Lin Yuan was quickly matched with a duelist that was also on the Star Tower's bottom floor.

When Lin Yuan saw the opponent's information, he was rather shocked. The opponent had already participated in 471 duels and the highest floor recorded was the 3rd floor.

It meant that he had been pinned down in almost all of the 471 duels. Otherwise, he wouldn't still be at the Star Tower's bottom floor.

The duel record couldn't be hidden, and before the duel, both parties would be able to see each other's records.

The opponent was an old man that was roughly over 80 years of age and half his hair was already white. But after seeing Lin Yuan's duel record, he immediately laughed heartily. "An old man like me is actually able to encounter a newcomer! After I win this duel and climb to the 1st floor, I will not climb the tower anymore! This way, I will be able to stay on the 1st floor for one month, and I will be able to flaunt it to that Old Liu next door for one month."

The Star Tower was a testing ground where all spirit qi professionals in the Radiance Federation would participate. Certain rules and countermeasures were taken to prevent any spirit qi professionals from maintaining their floor record by not participating in any duels after climbing to a certain floor with luck.

Any duelist that was climbing the tower would need to participate in one duel per month. It was also because of this rule that uber lucky individuals were unable to maintain their incorrect standard.

Lin Yuan noticed that the old man on the other side had summoned a Normal Gray Beetle, which was charging at him. Lin Yuan didn't know what to do for a moment. He originally wanted to greet his opponent, but it seemed like there wasn't a need to greet, and the battle would end soon.

Lin Yuan didn't ask Chimey to activate its ability. Instead, he asked Genius to charge forward. With a swing of the three tails, the Gray Beetle was knocked over.

The old man evidently had only one contracted fey, so he immediately lost the duel.

After losing the duel, the old man looked at Lin Yuan and put on a show. He lay down on the ground and bawled, "Aiyo, my poor old waist. The youngsters nowadays are truly merciless!"

Lin Yuan looked at the dramatic old man and scratched the back of his head awkwardly. This old uncle should participate in the Birth of An Actor[1]**.

Sensing that the old man wasn't going to end his show anytime soon, Lin Yuan said, "Uncle, this is the Star Web. Even if you break your waist here, it will be fine."

The old man jumped up in response and rolled his eyes at Lin Yuan. "I shall give you the win today. Back then, I was an expert that was able to execute the Angry Crow Takes Flight and Tornado Desecrates Trailer Park[2]! Forget it, forget it! This old man is going home to eat my medicine!"

Lin Yuan's current Star Tower's record already displayed that he was on the 1st floor of the Star Tower.

Lin Yuan felt that the duel at the bottom floor was surprisingly easy, but the old man's performance was amusing too. Lin Yuan's momentum increased as he continued to participate in more duels and quickly reached the 9th floor.

Now that Lin Yuan reached the 9th floor, he finally and painstakingly encountered an opponent who used Elite feys.

As soon as the duel started, the two opposing Elite Yellow-Spotted Hound and the Tusked Digging Boar were defeated by Chimey's Sound Thrust.

Lin Yuan continued to climb the tower, and when he reached the 22nd floor, he met an opponent that actually used Bronze feys like him.

However, the opposition's Bronze feys seemed rather powerful.

[1] A variety show in China

[2] These are all moves by Hak-Foo from Jackie Chan Adventures

Chapter 52: Victory

Lin Yuan looked at his opponent and gasped a mouthful of cold air.

While looking at the opponent's information, Lin Yuan realized he was facing a 27-year-old power offense-type spirit qi professional. His name was Huang Chenglin.

His information card stated he had three Bronze feys—Poison Fire Python, River Water Python, and Acid Mist Python. They weren't concealed at all.

Although his honesty left Lin Yuan rather surprised, he didn't appreciate it. In a duel, not letting the opponent know of one's contracted feys was a trump card by itself.

To expose one's own feys without any concealment... Instead of saying that he was particularly confident, it was better to say that he was simple-minded.

Naturally, all feys had a bane that would counter them. When fighting against a fey that was your fey's weakness, it was rarely possible to turn the tables.

However, Huang Chenglin was on the 22nd floor and was already considered an expert. As such, he had the capital to throw in a little advantage for the opponent.

Huang Chenglin's highest floor record was 37th floor, which meant that Huang Chenglin had probably been unlucky and dropped to the 22nd floor. Even if he were to expose all of his feys' information and lost the advantage, it wasn't possible for him to drop to the 22nd floor.

While Lin Yuan was reading Huang Chenglin's information, the same was happening on the other side.

Before Lin Yuan could speak, the opponent spoke first.

"Hey! Looking at your duel record, you are still a newcomer. But why did you only climb the Star Tower when your feys are at bronze-grade? You wouldn't be somebody that is unlicensed, right?! Hiding all of your information like this. Since you are a healing-type professional, I will let you prepare first before receiving your death."

Huang Chenglin shrugged his shoulders in an extremely relaxed manner.

A contractor's mental state would affect the fey's mental state. Huang Chenglin was totally relaxed and nonchalant, so the three Bronze python-species feys didn't adopt an offensive posture like before. Instead, they revolved around Huang Chenglin and waited for his command.

Lin Yuan didn't respond. Among Huang Chenglin's three Bronze feys, Lin Yuan only knew a little about the Poison Fire Python. He didn't know anything about the River Water Python and the Acid Mist Python.

As such, Lin Yuan commanded Genius to execute Tool Transformation. Genius turned into a pair of glasses, and when Lin Yuan wore them on his nose bridge, he took another glance at the Poison Fire Python, Acid Mist Python, and the River Water Python. All of a sudden, he had a comprehensive understanding of three pythons.

It was different from how he understood knowledge that was provided by Morbius' True Data.

True Data provided knowledge on the fey's grade, quality, abilities, and exclusive skill. The knowledge provided by Genius allowed Lin Yuan to understand the movement and attack behavior of this species. Such knowledge required accumulation of experience.

At that moment, Lin Yuan suddenly realized that after he wore the glasses, it seemed like he could see the opponent feys' weak spots in their defenses.

These weak spots were blind spots that could be deduced by observing the opponent's movement. If Lin Yuan were to attack those spots, the opponent wouldn't be able to put up an effective defense.

It was the same as a person extending their hands to push forward and being unable to defend the attacks on their ribs.

This discovery made Lin Yuan rather excited.

When Huang Chenglin noticed that Lin Yuan had yet to reply to him and didn't move either, he said with a dissatisfied tone, "Hey! Unlicensed person! Stop with your pretense. Your cat that seemed to be the only one with attack power has actually turned into a pair of glasses with Tool Transformation. What use does your little bird have? Since you are a healing-type professional, your little bird wouldn't start producing bird's nests for others to eat and heal, right?"

Chimey might not be able to speak after evolving to bronze-grade, but it could still understand Huang Chenglin's words. It was so angry that it started to hop around Lin Yuan's shoulder. It was chirping loudly as though it was quarreling with Huang Chenglin.

Lin Yuan finally spoke. "I am ready, you may begin."

As soon as Lin Yuan spoke, he commanded Chimey to charge at the Poison Fire Python.

When the Poison Fire Python saw Chimey charging over, it immediately responded by spraying a lump of poisonous flames.

Lin Yuan immediately used Jasmine Lily's ability, Heal, and targeted it at Chimey.

Using the air current, Chimey dashed into the flames. The powerful flow of air helped Chimey to effectively resist the poison fire attack.

Before the flames could burn Chimey, it responded to Lin Yuan's command and released Turbulence.

Turbulence would first be formed around Chimey's body, and because Chimey was in the middle of the poison flames, it scattered the Poison Fire Python's flames toward all directions when it executed the Turbulence ability.

At that moment, the Acid Mist Python sprayed acid mist toward Chimey.

When the acid mist contacted the poison fire blown away by Turbulence, they immediately exploded.

The Poison Fire Python's poison fire wasn't considered powerful, but it was more than twice as powerful when blown by Turbulence. When the poison fire contacted the acid mist and exploded, the explosion extended and followed the acid mist. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

The blazing poison fire immediately surged into the mouth of the Acid Mist Python. It caused the Acid Mist Python to convulse on the ground immediately, rendering it unable to continue fighting.

When feys reached bronze-grade, apart from their strength, strategy was also required.

Huang Chenglin didn't expect to make such a huge mistake and actually allow his own fey to injure his own fey due to the chaotic battle.

Seeing the convulsing Acid Mist Python on the ground, Huang Chenglin yelled at the Poison Fire Python with a tinge of blame, "Poison Fire Python! Shot another Poison Fire at that silly bird!"

However, when Huang Chenglin gave the command, Chimey had already let out a loud chirp. Just as the Poison Fire Python opened its mouth to shoot Poison Fire, three invisible and formless Sound Thrusts pierced into the Poison Fire Python's mouth.

A single Sound Thrust might not be able to strip off the Poison Fire Python's combat capability and might only severely injure its mouth. However, when three consecutive Sound Thrust pierced into its mouth, they immediately penetrated the weak oral cavity and opened up a hole in the head.

An injury of this degree immediately sent the Poison Fire Python out of commission.

Chimey had already used up half of its spirit qi.

Lin Yuan quickly used the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's ability, Spirit Injection, on Chimey and helped it to recover a portion of the lost spirit qi. It was completed within the spark of flints.

Huang Chenglin suddenly noticed that among the three of his python species feys, only the River Water Python could continue fighting.

Originally, he thought that winning this duel was within his grasp, but he had immediately lost 2/3 of his major combat strength due to his incompetent commands.

Huang Chenglin ground his teeth and yelled at Lin Yuan, "If you are capable, fight me with power! Winning with schemes is the behavior of a coward!"

Lin Yuan looked at Huang Chenglin with a shocked expression and said, "Do you actually want a healing-type professional like me to compare attack power with a power offense-type professional like you? A duel is settled with victories and defeats. This isn't playing house and seeing who has greater strength."

When listening to Lin Yuan, Huang Chenglin suddenly let out a sly peal of laughter. "You have been duped!"

A water pillar suddenly burst out of the ground, targeting Chimey with rapid speed.

When Huang Chenglin was speaking earlier, he had already arranged for the River Water Python to launch a sneak attack on Chimey. Seeing that his sneak attack was a success, he yelled at Lin Yuan, "Of course this isn't playing house! You should understand that a duelist should not detest trickery—"

Before Huang Chenglin could finish his statement, Lin Yuan shouted, "Clear Sky!"

Chimey received Lin Yuan's command, and the cloud patterns on its azure blue feathers suddenly lit up. They emitted a gentle light. The radiance was very gentle, but it became scorching hot when making contact with the water pillar.

Clear Sky instantly evaporated the massive water pillar!

Instead of saying that that massive water pillar had evaporated, Lin Yuan felt that it instantly vanished into the air when the water pillar contacted the radiance.

Huang Chenglin was originally absorbed in frenzied laughter, but the sudden change caused his mouth to expand widely.

It felt as though he couldn't understand what had happened.

Just as Huang Chenglin was dazzled, Chimey released Turbulence to control the River Water Python. After another loud chirp, Sound Thrust pierced into the eyes of the River Water Python mercilessly.

As a result, Lin Yuan successfully secured this duel's victory.

Although Chimey was able to win, it was not because of its strength. The major factor that contributed to this duel was Lin Yuan using the glass-transformed Genius to help Chimey point out the three pythons' weak spots.

This duel allowed Lin Yuan to receive plenty of rewards. This was also the first time Lin Yuan had participated in a disadvantageous duel.

Lin Yuan ignored the defeated Huang Chenglin and logged out of the Star Web after rising up to the 23rd floor.

Lin Yuan noticed he was lacking in this duel, especially when it came to attacking methods.

If Lin Yuan was to encounter another opponent like Huang Chenglin and had no intel on the opponent's feys in advance, it would be hard for him to arrange a suitable strategy to win with Chimey alone.

After all, not every opponent would be as arrogant as Huang Chenglin and display all of their feys.

If Lin Yuan wanted to increase his attack methods, he would need to do his best to nurture Red Thorn.

It seems like it isn't enough to just feed Red Thorn with low-grade alien insect carcasses. I have to think of methods to find high-grade flesh to help Red Thorn evolve quickly.

For the next few days, Lin Yuan had spent 240 Radiance dollars in advance to purchase three drops of gold-grade dragon blood from Zhou Jiaxin. He was preparing to evolve his spirit-locked Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to bronze-grade.

This way, Morbius' grade would also advance to bronze-grade, and it would obtain a new exclusive skill.

Lin Yuan entered the Spirit Lock spatial zone and looked at the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in the spirit pool. It was growing bigger and more incredible-looking.

He then took out a small jar, scooped up half a jar of water from the spirit pool, and placed the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish inside the jar.

After enhancing the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to Elite X/Epic, just as it was about to reach the juncture of reaching bronze-grade, Lin Yuan immediately put in all three drops of dragon blood into the jar.

Chapter 53: Spirit-Gather Goldfish

The three drops of gold-grade dragon blood in Lin Yuan's hand felt as though they were flowing mercury. They didn't just have great density, but they also exuded a special luster that normal blood didn't possess.

Normal blood would stain the enclosed bottles' walls, but the gold-grade dragon blood didn't stain the walls at all.

When Lin Yuan was pouring them out, he could feel the dragon blood emitting pressure.

The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was already at the evolution threshold, and when Lin Yuan used the spirit qi to assist in breaking through that barrier, the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's body transformed drastically.

When the three drops of gold-grade dragon blood entered the water, they didn't fuse with the water immediately. Instead, they were absorbed by the evolving Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's traces of dragon beast bloodline.

While the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's body was constantly transforming, the three drops of dragon blood entered its body. The moment the dragon blood entered, the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish reacted even more drastically.

All of a sudden, the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish looked as though it went berserk and started to smash against the water jar's walls. With each smash, there would be plenty of fresh blood seeping out of its scales and fusing into the water.

Lin Yuan watched the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's berserk behavior and could sense the agonizing pain it was suffering right now.

After each smash, there would be some scales that would fall off of its body.

Lin Yuan might be concerned for the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, but he knew that it was in the process of awakening the dragon-species bloodline in its body. It was absolutely necessary.

The most precious part of a dragon-species fey was its blood. The concentration of the dragon-species blood would also determine the fey's value.

At that moment, the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was activating the traces of dragon bloodline in its body with the three drops of gold-grade dragon blood. It was going through a process to change its entire body's blood.

The Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish struggled in the water jar for three hours, and Lin Yuan watched intently for three hours too.

The Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's fish scales were already like dilapidated decorations that hung on the body. They were in such bad condition that it had no defensive capabilities at all.

The blood that flowed out of the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish didn't fuse with the water anymore and was creating a thin layer of protection on the wounds of the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish instead. Lin Yuan knew that the traces of dragon beast bloodline in the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish had been completely activated, and it had completed the blood-changing process.

The dragon-species bloodline in the Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish might be very thin, but it was still a dragon-species fey now.

Lin Yuan circulated the spiritual power in his body to gather the spirit qi in the air and channeled it into the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, which had awakened its bloodline.

The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's evolution speed was much faster than before, and its body was gradually growing with a layer of black scale armor. It was completely different from its previous fish scales. Gett your 𝒇avorite 𝒏ovels at no/v/e/lb𝒊

The ink-black scale armor had a very pearl-like luster. Each piece of scale armor was covering a faint dark gold substance. The damaged fishtail had instantly grown longer, and it only stopped after it was as long as the body.

The massive black tail was just like a layered skirt.

The Telescope eyes that the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish had previously had almost withdrawn completely after this evolution. However, the upper eye areas had bumps that weren't as obvious.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath. This Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish has finally been evolved into a Bronze dragon-species fey. Now that it evolved into a dragon-species fey, it means that the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's evolution path will reach a higher level. The higher level brings about endless possibilities.

When checking through True Data, the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish didn't have the same name. It was now called the Spirit-Gather Goldfish.

Siphoning spirit qi was just a minor advantage, and gathering spirit qi was considered a good fortune.

Lin Yuan could feel that the Spirit-Gather Goldfish was emitting concentrated spirit qi. After some calculations, the Bronze Spirit-Gather Goldfish would release spirit qi that was equivalent to the spirit qi contained in 1,000 catties of inferior energy ores.

Of course, the Spirit-Gather Goldfish was able to release so much spirit qi mainly because it had awakened the dragon-species bloodline's traces in its body. Otherwise, even if it evolved to bronze-grade, it wouldn't be able to emit so much spirit qi.

Since the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish reached bronze-grade with Epic quality, Lin Yuan could now pick its exclusive skill.

[Spirit Qi Flare]: Increase the release of spirit qi with extreme speed.

[Spirit Qi Absorption]: Increase the absorption speed of spirit qi and also have an increased speed when making progress in grade and quality.

[Spirit Qi Imprint]: The spirit qi that is constantly released to the environment will be stored within the Spirit Qi Imprint instead. It will be branded on the contractor's body, and the contractor can release the spirit qi contained within the Spirit Qi Imprint.

These three exclusive skills were all exceptional for the Spirit-Gather Goldfish.

Spirit Qi Flare would allow the Spirit-Gather Goldfish to have an additional motive force and become a spirit qi fountain.

Spirit Qi Absorption would allow the Spirit-Gather Goldfish to increase its evolution speed. It could actually negate the Spirit-Gather Goldfish's flaw—evolution difficulty.

If this Spirit-Gather Goldfish was in the outside world and had the Spirit Qi Absorption choice among the exclusive skills, eight out of ten individuals would probably pick Spirit Qi Absorption without hesitation.

However, this was for the others who had extreme difficulty in evolving the Spirit-Gather Goldfish. It wasn't much of a problem for Lin Yuan apart from spending more time and energy.

As such, Lin Yuan immediately chose the third exclusive skill, Spirit Qi Imprint. It was an exceptional exclusive skill, but for Lin Yuan, the biggest advantage was that it would be enhanced along with the Spirit-Gather Goldfish's grade.

The Spirit-Gather Goldfish's exclusive skill, Spirit Qi Imprint, and the Jasmine Lily's exclusive skill, Recovery Imprint, were both similar in tune. The Jasmine Lily's Recovery Imprint accumulated healing energy, while the Spirit-Gather Goldfish's Spirit Qi Imprint accumulated the spirit qi that would be released by the Spirit-Gather Goldfish.

If the Spirit Qi Imprint was used appropriately, it meant that Lin Yuan wouldn't need to worry about the volume of his spirit qi for a certain period of time and would be able to release the fey's abilities freely.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, it could actually be treated as a method to save his life.

Since the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish evolved to bronze-grade, Morbius also successfully evolved to bronze-grade.

When evolving to bronze-grade, Morbius had also awakened from its slumber. Morbius' bronze-grade exclusive skill, Pure Land of Bliss, also appeared.

[Pure Land of Bliss]: The Spirit Lock spatial zone will produce soil that is great for recovering near-death fey's injuries. The fey's recovery time will be determined by the grade of Morbius and the dying fey.

A clear and calm voice echoed in Lin Yuan's ears.

Chapter 54: Pure Land of Bliss

"Yuan, after this evolution, I will hibernate for a period of time to completely recover from the damage inflicted on my spiritual energy during the contract's formation."

Their spiritual energy would decide the number of contracted feys that a spirit qi professional could have. Each additional contracted fey would be the same as splitting out another portion of spiritual energy.

This was also why everyone had different numbers of contracted feys.

Lin Yuan had contracted Morbius at the age of eight when his spiritual energy was frail. In order to protect Lin Yuan, Morbius had forcefully suppressed its spiritual energy, causing damage to Morbius' source.

"How long would you need to recover? Do you need me to purchase some spiritual ingredients for recovery?" Lin Yuan asked in a calm and concerned tone. It felt as though they were old friends that knew each other for a long time, or like a partner or family.

"There isn't a need for spiritual ingredients. I don't know how long I will be hibernating for this time. Yuan, I didn't think that you would be able to evolve me to bronze-grade within such a short period. Come, before I hibernate. Let me bring you to see the transformations to the Spirit Lock spatial zone and also to explain about the Pure Land of Bliss."

When Lin Yuan entered the Spirit Lock spatial zone, he realized that it was twice as big as before. This spatial zone was about the size of his small store in the Star Web now.

The spirit pool size didn't just become twice as big, and even the concentration of spirit qi in the spatial zone also significantly increased—from five times to eight times.

However, all the inferior energy ores that were placed at the bottom of the Spirit Pool had all disintegrated. It seemed like eight times the spirit qi concentration wasn't the upper limit of this bronze-grade Spirit Lock spatial zone.

A clear voice echoed. "The spirit qi concentration's upper limit is ten times as much as the outside world."

Before this, Lin Yuan would need to figure out everything about the Spirit Lock spatial zone by himself. Now that Morbius' consciousness was sober, Lin Yuan simply needed to think, and Morbius would resolve his doubts.

The spirit qi concentration had increased from five times to ten times. It was the same as shortening the time by half when evolving Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to elite-grade. The increase in the size of the spirit pool would also allow more Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to be nurtured.

This would, in turn, allow Lin Yuan to earn Radiance dollars with increased speed. He would be able to produce one batch within three days.

Given the spirit pool's size, he would be able to nurture about 100 Spirit-Siphon Goldfish each time. He would at least be able to earn 800 Radiance dollars within three days after selling all the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. Lin Yuan had yet to include the money he could earn for selling Bronze Usneas.

Presently, earning Radiance dollars was already effortless for Lin Yuan. In fact, Lin Yuan didn't have to accept any more custom-ordered Elite feys after completing the transaction with Stream in the Cloud.

If the amount of time required to prepare custom Elite feys was used to produce Bronze Usneas, he would be able to earn much more Radiance dollars.

Lin Yuan might be earning more money now, but he was also spending much more. The more money he earned, the more he felt that he wasn't earning enough.

The evolution of feys was like a boat sailing against the flow of water and would need to overcome plenty of waves.

A single rare spiritual ingredient would already cost an unknown amount of money. Therefore, it was impossible to have enough Radiance dollars that would be enough for his expenditure.

In order to enhance the Jasmine Lily's quality to Legend at bronze-grade, two Mahogany Tree Cores were required, and they already caused Lin Yuan big headaches.

Lin Yuan had arranged a simple setup in the Spirit Lock spatial zone as he put in some simple furniture, like a massive workbench and a chair.

At that moment, the Bronze Jasmine Lily was placed on the workbench. After evolving to bronze-grade, the Jasmine Lily was significantly different in appearance. But as compared to the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, which had undergone a complete metamorphosis, it wasn't much.

The Bronze Jasmine Lily had turned from stalks into bunches. The half woody stems had also vanished. Layers and stacks of Jasmine Lily flowers were all gathered, and it looked just like jadeite. Just by looking at it, one would feel as though they were being healed.

"Yuan, look over there. That is the exclusive skill, Pure Land of Bliss."

Lin Yuan looked over and saw a new piece of land in the Spirit Lock spatial zone that was around 20 square meters.

Scarlet red fences encircled the space, and inside was sparkling jade-white soil.

Lin Yuan walked over and grabbed the soil. He couldn't feel any rough or craggy texture from the soil as it was extremely soft.

"The Pure Land of Bliss can heal Bronze feys rapidly and can gradually heal Silver feys. As for Gold feys that are in a dying state, placing them in the Pure Land of Bliss can maintain their dying state. As long as nutrients are constantly provided, they won't die."

Morbius introduced the ability of the exclusive skill, Pure Land of Bliss, to Lin Yuan. He didn't expect Morbius' exclusive skill to actually be so incredible.

Only Class 3 Creation Masters would have the confidence to make an attempt to save Gold feys in dying states.

In fact, it was possible that Class 3 Creation Masters wouldn't be able to save a dying Gold fey. There wasn't a need to talk about severely injured Gold feys, but dying and severely injured were two different things.

A dying fey would have already exhausted its source and vitality. They could only remain standing because of their powerful gold-grade physique. Such a kind of dying fey would be sold as fresh spiritual ingredients.

Before obtaining the Pure Land of Bliss, Lin Yuan only dared and hoped to pick up left out Silver feys. Now, with the Pure Land of Bliss, he could guarantee that the dying Gold fey wouldn't die.

Given the Spirit Lock spatial zone's spirit qi concentration, which was ten times more than the outside world, Lin Yuan could use his ability to gradually recover the dying Gold fey's injuries. Fôllôw 𝒏ew stories at n𝒐/v(e)

Every time a Gold fey appeared, it would be put up for auction in the Star Web's Rare Lifeform Pavilion. There weren't any stores in the Star Web that would directly sell Gold feys.

Lin Yuan had the capability to be involved with Gold feys right now.

"Morbius, this Pure Land of Bliss is truly practical."

After hearing Lin Yuan's amazed tone, Morbius chuckled and said, "It isn't the only function. You can use the spiritual power in your body to summon a piece of Pure Land of Bliss in the outside world and use it to heal feys that suffered damage to the source. The range of the Pure Land of Bliss will be directly related to the amount of spiritual power you use."

Lin Yuan's eyes widened after hearing the explanation. This Pure Land of Bliss can actually be used in the outside world as an ability?! This means that I won't need to expose my spirit-qi-channeling ability! I can just use the Pure Land of Bliss to heal the feys' damaged source.

Lin Yuan had the talent of a healing-type spirit qi professional, and he always had the objective of becoming one too.

Therefore, when nurturing the Jasmine Lily, Lin Yuan had never been complacent. In fact, he had also chosen the Jasmine Lily to be the first fey to be enhanced into a Fantasy Breed.

Lin Yuan suddenly felt that the Recovery Imprint, Spirit Qi Imprint, and the Pure Land of Bliss were forming a perfect combination.

After days and months of spirit qi accumulation in the Spirit Qi Imprint, will I be able to see a Pure Land of Bliss that reaches the horizon when I open up the Spirit Qi Imprint? After opening up the Recovery Imprint, will I be able to heal the entire battlefield during a dimensional rift invasion?

Of course, Lin Yuan knew that he was still very weak. If he wanted to become stronger, he would need to take one step and continue pressing forward.

Chapter 55: Five Fortune Ranchu

After exiting the Spirit Lock spatial zone, Morbius started hibernating and recovering its injured source.

At this moment, Morbius' attributes were displayed to Lin Yuan with True Data.

[Fey Name]: Morbius

[Fey Species]: ?

[Fey Grade]: Bronze (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Spatial/Mystery

[Fey Quality]: Normal

Abilities:

[True Data]: All complicated information that is invisible to the eye is turned into data. Information that is turned into data might contain truth that cannot be distinguished on the surface.

[Calm Mind]: Passive ability. Effects of Calm Mind can be improved according to the fey's grade. Calm Mind can stabilize the mind and has a certain probability of resisting negative conditions.

Exclusive Skill:

[Spirit Lock]: Morbius' spatial zone can be used to nurture feys. The initial grade of the fey that Morbius' spatial zone can nurture must not be higher than Morbius' grade. Morbius isn't able to increase its grade by itself, so its grade will be increased along with the fey's grade that it nurtures. At the same time, Morbius can obtain the initial ability of the fey that it nurtures. However, Morbius will not obtain abilities when its grade increases. Whenever Morbius increases a grade, it will be able to nurture one more fey. Morbius' method of growth will remain unchanged.

[Pure Land of Bliss]: The Spirit Lock spatial zone will produce soil that is great for recovering the injuries of near-death fey. The fey's recovery time will be determined by the grade of Morbius and the dying fey.

[Normal Spirit Lock]:

Jasmine Lily: Bronze (1/10), Normal

Ability – [Heal]: Rapidly recovers external injuries and gradually recovers vitality.

Exclusive Skill – [Recovery Imprint]: Accumulate the healing energy that is released by the Jasmine Lily during normal times. The contractor can activate the imprint to release the accumulated healing energy.

[Elite Spirit Lock]:

Spirit-Gather Goldfish: Bronze (1/10), Normal FOlloow 𝒏ewest stories at n𝒐(v)

Ability: [Spirit Injection]: Restore a certain amount of spiritual power at once and gradually restore the lost spiritual power.

Exclusive Skill – [Spirit Qi Imprint]: The spirit qi that is constantly released to the environment will be stored within the Spirit Qi Imprint instead. It will be branded on the contractor's body, and the contractor can release spirit qi contained within the Spirit Qi Imprint.

While looking at Morbius' attributes, Lin Yuan scratched his head. If I wish to evolve Morbius to silver-grade, I will need to spirit-lock a third fey.

After selling another batch of Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, Lin Yuan realized that Red Thorn had already progressed to Normal IX/Flawless as it had constantly been digesting alien insect carcasses.

The alien insect carcasses cost more than 100 Radiance dollars, but Red Thorn had yet to break through to elite-grade.

At that moment, Lin Yuan noticed that if he couldn't channel spirit qi to the fey, it would actually be that difficult to evolve them.

Red Thorn's evolution was Lin Yuan's number one priority now. The Source Seed would evolve according to Lin Yuan's will, and the evolution method he had chosen for Red Thorn was food consumption. Therefore, in order to receive any enhancement during evolution, it would need to come from the source of food.

The flesh of a high-grade fey or a high-grade dimensional lifeform would be especially beneficial for Red Thorn's evolution. However, be it high-grade fey or dimensional lifeform flesh, most of them were considered precious spiritual or food ingredients.

Lin Yuan's wish to purchase large quantities of high-grade fey flesh wasn't practical. But since it was the crucial juncture for Red Thorn's evolution, Lin Yuan couldn't afford to be stingy.

He logged into the Star Web and immediately contacted Zhou Jiaxin.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, I wish to order another batch of Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. This time, I want ten Telescope Spirit-Siphon Goldfish."

Lin Yuan was planning to nurture the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish and reserve ten of them. These ten would be seeded candidates that would be nurtured to bronze-grade before being sold.

Bronze Spirit-Siphon Goldfish would be able to enter the doors of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion. If Lin Yuan wished to purchase the Mahogany Tree Cores, he would need to rely on the Bronze Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

Of course, Lin Yuan wouldn't exchange such precious feys like Bronze Spirit-Siphon Goldfish for Radiance dollars. He would put them up in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion and trade them for Mahogany Tree Cores.

Trading for items might be primitive, but it was the most effective method to obtain spiritual ingredients and feys.

Zhou Jiaxin: "Alright, I will pick the best Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish for you. That's right, I have a female Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish that is already pregnant. I wonder if you are interested?"

Female Spirit-Siphon Goldfish weren't that rare, but it was extremely difficult for Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to get pregnant. The higher the rarity of a fey, the harder it was for it to reproduce.

It was a lock that was put down by nature, and humans couldn't unlock it.

When Lin Yuan read that Zhou Jiaxin had a pregnant Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, his eyes lit up. A female Spirit-Siphon Goldfish could give birth to around 1,000 Spirit-Siphon Goldfish each time.

A Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's eggs had a hard time surviving, and it was mainly because there wasn't enough spirit qi for the eggs to absorb. However, it would no longer be a problem in the Spirit Lock spatial zone's spirit pool.

The spirit pool might only be able to contain 100 Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish at once, but the eggs would need to be nurtured, and Lin Yuan could split them up into different tanks for breeding.

This way, he would be able to save a huge portion of money and would no longer need to purchase Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, I want the female Spirit-Siphon Goldfish! I wonder what is the price?"

Zhou Jiaxin: "The female Spirit-Siphon Goldfish might be a little expensive. It costs 80 Radiance dollars."

Lin Yuan frowned at the reply.

If this was the price, Lin Yuan would rather purchase Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish each time and nurture them.

A single Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish would only be 8 Radiance dollars, and it was due to the good species. An ordinary species would only be worth 5 Radiance dollars.

The Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was pregnant and could be sold for 80 Radiance dollars. The price was truly a little high.

Lin Yuan felt that 15 Radiance dollars should be the limit.

Zhou Jiaxin: "That's right, I forgot to mention that the pregnant female Spirit-Siphon Goldfish is a Five Fortune Ranchu. That's why it is expensive. The prices Big Sister Xin offers will never make you suffer losses."

Five Fortune Ranchu!? No wonder it's so expensive!

Even a century after the Spirit Qi Awakening, humans still had the instinctive preference for auspicious things. The Five Fortune Ranchu was a rare and auspicious species among the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

Its round body had five colors, which signified five fortunes. It might have the same function as a regular Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, but it cost ten times more than a regular one.

Elite Five Fortune Ranchus were basically not available in the market. One could only purchase one from Creation Masters that had nurtured it personally.

Lin Yuan had been purchasing spiritual ingredients from Zhou Jiaxin mainly because she was honest when doing business. Lin Yuan realized that he had underestimated Zhou Jiaxin's connections.

Chapter 56: Zhou Jiaxin's Thoughts

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Big Sister Xin, I shall purchase that female Five Fortune Ranchu. Does Big Sister Xin sell high-grade spirit beast flesh?"

After Lin Yuan's multiple Spirit-Siphon Goldfish purchases, Zhou Jiaxin had made a brief investigation on Lin Yuan. As a result, she had found out that Lin Yuan's account, Deep Mountain Elder Lin, was also an owner of a fey store.

Zhou Jiaxin had observed it for some time. After Lin Yuan's store obtained the Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, they would all become elite-grade in a short period of time.

These were Spirit-Siphon Goldfish!

Zhou Jiaxin made a bold guess and was quickly frightened by her own conjecture.

In order to evolve 100 Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish to elite-grade within three to five days, one must at least be a Class 3 Creation Master. Of course, Class 2 Creation Masters couldn't be excluded either.

However, if this was the work of a Class 2 Creation Master, to evolve Spirit-Siphon Goldfish at such a large scale, there must be at least 20 Class 2 Creation Masters.

Nonetheless, Zhou Jiaxin couldn't understand why a Creation Master would want to evolve Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. Wouldn't it be better to evolve a few Silver feys instead of spending so much effort to evolve Spirit-Siphon Goldfish?

It didn't matter what Zhou Jiaxin was guessing as she was certain about something. There must be a Creation Master backing Lin Yuan's store, and it was highly possible that it was a Class 3 Creation Master.

Class 3 Creation Masters were individuals that even Class 5 stores might not have, and they would most certainly be considered VIP guests.

Zhou Jiaxin had operated her store for many years, and she sold the best quality of spiritual ingredients every time. After so many years of hard work, she had finally reached the standard of a Class 3 Star Web store. This was mainly because she had been suppressing her prices and selling in huge quantities.

Zhou Jiaxin wasn't able to upgrade her store to Class 4 because she didn't have a Creation Master's backing.

Previously, Zhou Jiaxin was only thinking of developing Lin Yuan into her loyal customer, but now, she thought whether she could create a better relationship with Lin Yuan.

She could purchase rare items from Lin Yuan's store that wouldn't be available in the market at high prices. That way, she would be able to build the reputation of her store and upgrade it to Class 4. With a larger store space, she would be able to manage it even better.

To manage the Star Web store well had always been Zhou Jiaxin's persistence. However, she couldn't find any Creation Master as her backer, and it had been a difficult journey.

Zhou Jiaxin did think of recruiting a Creation Master, however, most of the ones she found were Class 1 ones. Even the conditions Class 1 Creation Masters set were already so high that Zhou Jiaxin couldn't afford them.

Most of the Creation Masters in Class 5 stores were young talents chosen by the store, and they used resources to nurture the Creation Masters.

Zhou Jiaxin had nurtured young and talented people too, and she wasn't stingy with the resources. However, they all ended up as failures. Evidently, it wasn't that easy to produce Creation Masters.

Zhou Jiaxin wanted to import some rare feys from Lin Yuan's store, but it wasn't that easy to open this kind of conversation topic.

Even if one wanted to become a bootlicker, they couldn't simply lick without any reason. It was important to use a method of licking that the boss could accept and to lick without leaving any traces.

After being the owner of a spiritual ingredient store for many years, even the most reserved person would be able to turn the method to recruit Creation Masters into an art.

However, the high-grade spirit beast flesh that Lin Yuan wanted was something that Zhou Jiaxin didn't have in her store right now. Zhou Jiaxin knew that if she said she didn't have any and if Lin Yuan required them, he would definitely find others for it.

Zhou Jiaxin didn't wish for the situation to turn like that. If Lin Yuan sought out other store owners and became their regular customer, wouldn't she suffer losses?

Therefore, Zhou Jiaxin made a decision and replied: "I do not have any high-grade spirit beast or dimensional lifeform's flesh. In order to sell high-grade dimensional lifeform's flesh, a special certificate is required. There are only a few stores that have the certificates. if you wish to buy them, I can recommend you to them."

Lin Yuan didn't expect Zhou Jiaxin to be willing to share her contacts with him. Contacts were the livelihood for spiritual ingredients and fey stores. Each store had its own unique contacts, and this was a capital that allowed them to continue surviving.

It didn't matter for what reason Zhou Jiaxin was willing to share her contacts, Lin Yuan was going to remember this favor.

After seeking for survival in the darkness for many years, Lin Yuan already knew how to be grateful.

Deep Mountain Elder Lin: "Then I shall thank Big Sister Xin. I am now really in urgent need of some high-grade spirit beast flesh or high-grade dimensional lifeform flesh.

Zhou Jiaxin was delighted to see Lin Yuan's response. She was afraid that Lin Yuan wouldn't appreciate her help at first. Now that Lin Yuan gave his thanks, it meant that he accepted her favor.

When the conversation was over, Lin Yuan followed Zhou Jiaxin's instructions and arrived at the recommended Star Web store that didn't have any banner.

Lin Yuan saw a tall and stalwart man, who was flipping through a book, seated there. He was constantly recording something in the book, as though he was tallying the inventory of the goods. Fôllôw 𝒏ew stories at n𝒐/v(e)

Sensing that someone was inside, the tall and stalwart man looked up and said, "This isn't a store, I don't attend to visitors!"

Lin Yuan quickly responded, "Zhou Jiaxin recommended me to purchase high-grade spirit beast and dimensional lifeform flesh here."

Upon hearing that it was Zhou Jiaxin's referral, the tall and stalwart man glanced at Lin Yuan. He contacted Zhou Jiaxin to verify Lin Yuan's identity before speaking. "Since Jiaxin recommended you, you can call me Big Brother Feng."

When Lin Yuan saw how cautious the tall and stalwart man was, he already speculated something. This store probably didn't have the special certificate and was probably an illegal store.

Although the Star Web was a place with great ability for checks and inspections, there were plenty of illegal stores in the Star Web. Each time a store was caught, there would be a corresponding punishment. It was natural for the tall and stalwart man to be sensitive and anxious.

"Big Brother Feng, do you sell high-grade spirit beast flesh here?"

The tall and stalwart man shook his head and said, "I am only able to obtain one batch of high-grade fey flesh every month. Furthermore, those scrap parts couldn't be treated as spiritual ingredients or used for delicacies. There isn't a choice of species. One catty of bronze-grade flesh would cost 20,000 Federation dollars, one catty of silver-grade flesh would cost 50,000 Federation dollars, and one catty of gold-grade flesh would cost 1 Radiance dollar. Presently, I have sold out all the goods, and half a year of goods have already been reserved."

Lin Yuan frowned at the response, but Big Brother Feng added, "It is hard to buy high-grade fey flesh everywhere. After all, high-ranked spirit qi professionals would use fey flesh to feed their carnivorous feys. But if you need dimensional lifeform's flesh, I have quite the stock, and I can sell them to you for a lower price."

Lin Yuan's frown had relaxed at this point.

Since he was feeding them to Red Thorn, either high-grade fey flesh or dimensional lifeform flesh would do. However, high-grade fey flesh would contain more spirit qi than dimensional lifeform flesh.

Chapter 57: Lord Ranger

Lin Yuan had already decided to purchase the flesh of high-grade dimensional lifeforms.

"Big Brother Feng, then I shall get some high-grade dimensional lifeform flesh. I wonder how much are you selling the dimensional lifeform flesh for?"

"To be honest with you, the high-grade dimensional lifeform flesh that I received isn't edible like the high-grade spirit beast flesh. I am unable to receive any edible high-grade dimensional lifeform flesh, either. Most of the dimensional lifeform flesh I received are from the Abyss Dimensional Rift and Insect World Dimensional Rift."

When Big Brother Feng explained, Lin Yuan could obviously feel the helplessness in the other party's eyes. Apparently, the sale of such dimensional lifeform flesh that caused harm to the human body wasn't doing well.

However, there wasn't a need to consider such things for Red Thorn. In fact, the kind of dimensional lifeform flesh other feys couldn't consume might actually be beneficial for Red Thorn's evolution.

"I wonder what is the price for the dimensional lifeform flesh?"

Big Brother Feng didn't think that Lin Yuan would express an intention to purchase and wash rather delighted.

"Class 1 dimensional lifeforms are equivalent to Bronze feys and cost 500 Federation dollars for each catty. Class 2 dimensional lifeforms are equivalent with Silver feys and cost 8,000 Federation dollars for each catty. Class 3 dimensional lifeforms are equivalent to Gold feys and cost 100,000 Federation dollars for each catty."

Lin Yuan was rather surprised and didn't think that dimensional lifeform flesh was actually so cheap. It was several times cheaper than fey flesh.

Gold dimensional lifeform flesh only cost 100,000 Federation dollars for each catty. It also meant that 100 Radiance dollars could purchase 1,000 catties.

Of course, Red Thorn was only at normal-grade now, and even if it could digest dimensional lifeform flesh, it would also need a gradual adaptation.

Previously, Lin Yuan had been feeding it with gradeless alien insect carcasses. The amount of energy contained within those carcasses might be comparable with Normal feys.

Therefore, Lin Yuan was planning to start feeding Red Thorn with bronze-grade fey flesh.

"Big Brother Feng, I will order 3,000 catties of Class 1 dimensional lifeform flesh this time. Let's provide our contact details. In the future, if I require more dimensional lifeform flesh, I will order directly from you."

Big Brother Feng immediately smiled when he heard that Lin Yuan was going to purchase dimensional lifeform flesh. He said, "Okay! I will give you a little more this time. A Class 1 alien insect is around 60 catties. I will give you 55 alien insects, and the surplus will be considered a gift."

Lin Yuan originally felt that high-grade dimensional lifeform flesh was cheap, but after using 1.5 Radiance dollars to purchase 3,000 catties only to receive 55 corpses, he felt that it wasn't that many.

He had already fed Red Thorn 1,000 alien insects. Of course, the energy from 1,000 gradeless alien insects might only be equivalent to three of these Class 1 alien insects.

After making the purchase, Lin Yuan was planning to enter seclusion.

Apart from some duels in the Star Tower or evolving the Bronze Usneas, the rest of the time would be spent on watching Red Thorn's evolution.

Once Red Thorn evolved to elite-grade, Lin Yuan could attempt to mix the fleshes of Class 1 and Class 2 dimensional lifeforms. He believed that Red Thorn would evolve to bronze-grade soon enough.

...

When Lin Yuan was feeding Red Thorn, he could feel that Red Thorn was in a pleasant mood.

As Red Thorn was rapidly consuming the Class 1 dimensional lifeform flesh, a problem occurred. A Class 1 alien insect's blood had a corrosiveness that could instantly turn a piece of wooden block into black charcoal.

The corrosiveness had a certain impact on the Normal Red Thorn at first. Even the Red Thorn's Mouth of Relinquish had withered and turned dark because of the Class 1 alien insect's blood.

Lin Yuan silently thought, Not good, it seems like I am too anxious.

Just as he was preparing to ask Red Thorn to spit out the Class 1 alien insect's flesh, Red Thorn's Mouth of Relinquish was already gradually recovering as it had absorbed the energy from its flesh.

During the process of recovery, the Mouth of Relinquish would be corroded again. It would still wither and turn dark, but it wouldn't be as severe as before.

Looking at the situation, Lin Yuan gave up on his plan to change Red Thorn's evolution through food consumption. After all, Red Thorn was obviously adapting to the Class 1 alien insect's corrosiveness and simultaneously was increasing its resistance toward corrosive blood.

This was the evolution direction that the Class 1 alien insect had directly influenced. It was an evolutionary trait that was introduced afterward. Even if the Red Thorn was a Source Seed, there were some characteristics that couldn't be produced just because the contractor wanted it.

Red Thorn had a harder time fully digesting the Class 1 alien insect. However, Lin Yuan could obviously feel that Red Thorn had a better resistance against the Class 1 alien insect's corrosive blood.

At that moment, Lin Yuan suddenly felt that Red Thorn was asking for Lin Yuan's intention.

Lin Yuan immediately said, "Enhance your attack power. Enhance the vines that grew out previously!"

Lin Yuan was most expectant of Red Thorn's attack power.

When Red Thorn evolved to normal-grade, it had already grown out some vines that were two meters in length, and there were over a dozen of them.

These vines allowed Red Thorn to have a certain level of combat capability. But in Lin Yuan's opinion, the vines were still rather weak.

The vines might have extremely sharp reversed spikes, but it was still very hard to defeat and kill defense-type feys with these reversed spikes.

After receiving Lin Yuan's command, Red Thorn fell into hibernation. Hibernation was an evolutionary process that was required for Red Thorn.

The other feys would evolve according to their genus and would have a specific direction of evolution. Even though exclusive skills would increase the variation of the fey, there was still a rough model.

Red Thorn didn't have such a model in its evolution, so it required instructions from Lin Yuan to grow, and the process required a long period of time.

After one day, Lin Yuan realized that Red Thorn was still not moving. However, he could feel Red Thorn's current state due to the contract, and it was in a great condition. Fôllôw 𝒏ew stories at n𝒐/v(e)

Genius jumped onto Lin Yuan's shoulder and said, "Yuan, I have already memorized everything in the books. I guarantee that I memorized all the details!"

After speaking, Genius used its little head to rub on Lin Yuan's cheek and enjoyed the intimate time with Lin Yuan.

During these two days, Chimey had been obsessed with live streaming and didn't really pester Lin Yuan. Whenever Chimey met something it couldn't resolve, it would call for Genius. Genius was just like Chimey's super room manager and would make sure everything was in order.

Chimey was only fooling around because it enjoyed singing and had started a live stream accidentally.

However, the name of Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess was abnormally prominent. Its reputation was already able to crush all the other singing hosts.

Of course, there was another reason why Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess was famous. It was due to the Radiance Hundred's Sequence #81, Lord Ranger.

Lord Ranger had made huge donations during Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess' live stream and immediately became a top contributing fan.

Each sequence member's words and actions in the Radiance Hundred would be closely followed by everyone else. The news that Lord Ranger had donated to Sparrow Voice Loli Goddess had immediately turned into the most hyped-up piece of news in the Star Web.

Chapter 58: Creation Master Association

This matter might have attracted the attention of the entire Star Web, but be it Chimey itself or Lin Yuan, none of them noticed it.

When Chimey was singing, it would still be looking at the messages and the praises that would constantly flow. It wouldn't bother about the other comments.

Lin Yuan had constantly been making himself stronger and didn't even know that Chimey had started live streaming on the Star Web.

Genius had completed its study on primary Scholar, Spiritual Ingredient Analyst, and Fey Observer occupations. Lin Yuan saw that there were still three days left before the appointment date with Zhou Jiaxin, so he decided to go for the Creation Master exam.

The Creation Master exam wasn't conducted on the Star Web. It was conducted in the city, and only the main cities would have Creation Master Associations.

The Creation Master Association for the Redbud City was established within the main city area.

Lin Yuan brought Genius along and rode on a Bronze Black-Winged Windfalcon toward Redbud City.

After taking a ride on a Platinum avian fey, Lin Yuan no longer had the same sensation he had when riding this Bronze avian fey for the first time in the past.

When he arrived at Redbud City, it was already afternoon. Lin Yuan suddenly thought to call Chu Ci out for lunch, but he immediately recalled he was here to participate in the Creation Master exam. He decided to participate in the Creation Master exam and share his success with Chu Ci later.

Lin Yuan wasn't worried there might be any hiccups during the Creation Master exam. In fact, he was even wondering if he could complete the Class 1 Creation Master exam within two hours and obtain the chance to be exempted from the promotion exams of three lifestyle-class spirit qi occupations. He would then be able to participate in the Class 2 Creation Master exam.

Lin Yuan immediately flagged for a car and headed to the Creation Master Association.

All sorts of facilities and infrastructures in Redbud City were superior to the Xia Region.

The Redbud City's streets were 30 meters in width, and even Platinum feys were able to traverse on the streets with ease. However, almost no one would summon their Platinum feys in the city area of Redbud City. Even the formidable spirit qi professionals would use transportation machines. It allowed Redbud City to have a peaceful and prosperous atmosphere.

At the Creation Master Association entrance, Lin Yuan looked at the large doors of the Creation Master Association and took another glance at the city lord residence that wasn't far away. Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

Lin Yuan felt that the Creation Master Association was probably even grander than the city lord residence.

One could easily see the amount of respect that the Creation Master Association had.

Lin Yuan didn't pick a time to participate in the Creation Master exam, and it was a pure coincidence.

However, there were plenty of apprehensive people at the Creation Master Association entrance as they headed inside. Most of the people were here to participate in the exam. Some of the people entered with apprehensive expressions, while others entered with a face filled with confidence. When these people exited, almost every one of them would be from the dejected batch.

On average, only one out of a hundred individuals would exit with extremely excited and delighted expressions. It showed how difficult the Creation Master exam was.

The majority of the people who participated in the Creation Master exam would be properly prepared. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to make another attempt within the year if they failed. Not many people would be willing to take one entire year as a bet if they didn't have any confidence.

Despite the fact that they were amply prepared, it was still very difficult to pass the exam.

Lin Yuan had already asked Genius to transform into the glasses with Tool Transformation. After wearing the glasses, Lin Yuan had an additional scholarly aura that made him a little more amiable.

When Lin Yuan entered the Creation Master Association, he was immediately stopped by the attendants inside.

Each attendant in the Creation Master Association would be attending to 30 individuals who were here to participate in the Creation Master exam.

Lin Yuan observed quietly and noticed there was only one individual in his group that was rather confident. The rest of the people were obviously very nervous. There was even a plump person whose legs would shiver when he walked.

When there were 30 individuals, the attendant said, "Later on, show me the proof that you have obtained the primary rank of three lifestyle-class occupations before you participate in the exam. When you exit, bring your scorecard to me, and you can leave with your proof."

The attendant was an extremely gentle elder sister, and her voice was so gentle that it felt as though water was dripping out.

After giving the instructions, she sat on the chair and gave a 'good luck' gesture to the people participating in the exam and said, "I wish that all of you can pass the exam and have a great future ahead."

The encouragement before the exam was truly invigorating. As an attendant in the Creation Master Association, she was a Creation Master herself. For a Creation Master to be working in the Creation Master Association meant that she was extremely talented.

For a person with such a transcending status, there wasn't a need to say anything. Since she was saying something, then it must be from the bottom of her heart.

At this moment, Lin Yuan scratched his head embarrassedly. When everyone else had headed for the exam, Lin Yuan stood still and said, "Erm, I heard that I could participate in three primary ranked lifestyle-class occupation exams in the Creation Master Association. Therefore, I didn't have any proof prepared in advance. I wish to take all the exams at the Creation Master Association."

Ning Xuejun was a person with a gentle and calm temperament and wouldn't be surprised by anything she encountered. However, she was flabbergasted by Lin Yuan's words and only replied after a long time, "You can indeed participate in primary rank lifestyle-class occupation exams in the Creation Master exam. However, the Creation Master Association only has the exams for the Scholar, Fey Observer, and Spiritual Ingredient Analyst occupations. If you wish to participate in other occupation exams, you need to participate in other associations."

Ning Xuejun shook her head helplessly when looking at Lin Yuan as she spoke. It had been many years since anyone had come to the Creation Master Association to participate in other occupation exams apart from the Creation Master exam. Which of the participants here weren't amply prepared beforehand?

This was Ning Xuejun's first time seeing such a sloppy person. However, Ning Xuejun was flabbergasted again after hearing the subsequent response.

"I wish to participate in those three occupation exams. It just so happens that the Creation Master Association is able to conduct all of them."

Ning Xuejun nearly burst out with vulgarities and felt that this youth in front of her must be some deity.

She had never heard of anyone using these three knowledge occupations as proof to participate in the Creation Master exam. In order to participate in those three lifestyle-class occupation exams, one would need to memorize over 300 books. It was already heavy enough to carry all of those books, but that didn't matter. All the contents inside those books had to be memorized in order to pass the exam.

How could a person be able to memorize all of those books at this young age?

Even if someone used these knowledge occupations as proof, they could only use one of them. Ning Xuejun had never seen anyone using two of those occupations as proof.

Most of the people that participated in the Creation Master exam would be spirit qi professionals. Who would be willing to spend so much time to learn such knowledge instead of increasing their strength?

Chapter 59: A Problem

Ning Xuejun still had an uncertain expression as she asked, "You are really not joking?"

Lin Yuan nodded seriously.

How can I be joking right now? Even if I wish to make a joke, I will also need the correct occasion, right?

After hearing Lin Yuan's confirmation again, Ning Xuejun looked at him with a rather complicated expression.

Ning Xuejun really wanted to ask if Lin Yuan was playing the fool.

The Creation Master Association's exams would normally have lenient entry requirements but difficult passing requirements. People who came for the exam didn't need a high standard, however, it was extremely difficult to pass the exam.

This was also how the Radiance Federation gave more attention to the occupation of Creation Master and didn't wish to lose out on any talented but unknown individuals.

In Ning Xuejun's opinion now, Lin Yuan was a troublemaker.

Normally, Ning Xuejun should be going through the protocol and bring Lin Yuan to go through the exams for the primary rank Scholar, Spiritual Ingredient Analyst, and Fey Observer occupations.

However, Ning Xuejun didn't follow the normal protocol. If she were to follow the protocol and conduct all three knowledge occupation exams alone, it would definitely attract the upper echelons' attention.

It was fine if Lin Yuan could pass all the exams, but if he couldn't, he would probably be considered as a troublemaker at the Creation Master Association. It was a small matter to create trouble at the Creation Master Association. It was highly possible that it might be recorded into Lin Yuan's resume as a Radiance Federation's citizen.

Therefore, Ning Xuejun tried to persuade again, "Looking at the information you filled in, your name is Lin Yuan, right? Lin Yuan, the questions that are given for these three lifestyle-class occupations are different when you attempt them at the respective associations than when attempted at the Creation Master Association. Since these three occupation exams are given to the Creation Master Association, the Creation Master Association would be in charge of the questions. Questions given by the Creation Master Association will be craftier and more difficult than other associations. So I advise that—"

Before Ning Xuejun could finish speaking, an aged voice echoed. "Lass, what is the reasoning for us to push participants to other associations when they are here at our Creation Master Association to attempt the knowledge occupation exam? And who said that the questions here are craftier? This old one has never tested anything outside of the exam's topics. All these questions are within the testable topics, and if the participant understands all the contents, they will naturally be able to answer them." Nnêw n0vel chapters are published on n0v/e/(lb)i(n.)co/m

The old man sounded very calm and was rather benevolent.

But when Ning Xuejun heard the old man's voice, she immediately turned around and said, "Vice President, aren't you nurturing Platinum Spiral-Toothed Sharks? Just let me handle these small matters."

The old man's face turned stern after hearing Ning Xuejun's words. "Just call me grandfather. There is nothing to hide in the association, I will not give you special attention either! This old one is tired, can't I come out to have a breather? Little Xuejun doesn't care about grandfather at all."

The old man might not have mentioned Lin Yuan in his reply, but his eyes were carefully sizing up Lin Yuan.

Ning Xuejun gestured with her hand and gave Lin Yuan an eye signal for him to leave quickly.

Her grandfather might look benevolent, but his face-changing speed wasn't inferior to those face-changing opera artists.

He had an eccentric temperament. If he encountered someone that he liked, he would do anything to protect that person. However, if he encountered someone he disliked, he wouldn't even think they were worth a single cent.

Her grandfather might have an eccentric temperament, but Ning Xuejun knew that he hated people who weren't serious toward knowledge.

Lin Yuan saw the eye signal from Ning Xuejun and responded with a smile of a passionate young man.

At that moment, the old man said to Lin Yuan, "Little kid, you are rather confident, huh? You didn't do any preparations in advance before participating in the Creation Master exam. The three knowledge occupation exam questions set by the Creation Master Association aren't as easy to answer."

While speaking, the old man's expression was rather calm, and it felt he was just nonchalantly having a casual chat.

Lin Yuan heard the old man's words and replied indifferently, "What the Vice President said is true. However, aren't all questions difficult if you don't know them, but once you know them, they aren't difficult?"

Lin Yuan's answer made the old man take another glance at Lin Yuan. "Aren't all questions difficult if you don't know them, but once you know them, they aren't difficult, huh? What a great way to say it. If you are truly capable, you will be considered a young elite. But if you aren't truly capable and are using these words to muddle this old one, I will be furious."

Upon hearing her grandfather's words, Ning Xuejun knew that he was being serious toward Lin Yuan. She looked at Lin Yuan with sympathy.

Ning Xuejun was truly helpless when it came to her grandfather's temper and eccentric temperament.

Lin Yuan was naturally filled with respect toward the Creation Master Association's Vice President. These people were the pioneers for the path of Creation Masters. Each evolution they contributed had produced plenty of high-ranked spirit qi professionals. The Radiance Federation's present great situation was definitely related to these pioneers.

"This junior naturally is speaking the truth and doesn't dare to be sloppy."

Lin Yuan's words were very ordinary, but now that he wanted to attempt all three knowledge occupation exams, it felt rather arrogant and conceited.

The old man didn't give any reaction but suddenly changed the topic.

"Since you are so confident, it must mean that you are rather well-learned. During the planet's prehistoric time, there were two lifeforms, the Megalodon and the Livyatan. These two species are considered the ocean's true dictator during the Tertiary period in history. They have been contesting each other for tens of millions of years and still couldn't settle an outcome of who was stronger. In your opinion, do you feel the Megalodon is stronger, or the Livyatan is stronger?"

The old man's indifferent question made Ning Xuejun's expression change as she felt that it wasn't good.

This question had been a constant debate even in the academic world, and there wasn't a definite answer. Both the species were top-class predators and dictated the ocean during the Tertiary period. They were ruler-class lifeforms and commanded the resources in the ocean during their time.

In terms of attack power, the two lifeforms were almost on par, so the stronger one would be dependent on the individual combat strength, ability to grasp opportunities, and combat experience.

It was a question that wouldn't be considered wrong no matter how Lin Yuan answered, however, Ning Xuejun's grandfather was a strong supporter of the Megalodon party. He was determined that the Megalodon was the ruler of the ocean during the Tertiary period.

It was fine if Lin Yuan said it was the Megalodon, but if he said it was the Livyatan, her grandfather might just flip out and turn hostile here.

As such, Ning Xuejun quickly said, "Grandfather, you have been debating on this topic with Grandfather Zheng. What else is there to ask? You feel that the Megalodon is the ruler, right?"

Ning Xuejun's statement was very subtle and ingenious as she was sending information to Lin Yuan. In Ning Xuejun's opinion, if Lin Yuan was smart enough, he would know how to answer this question.

The old man had also heard the intention within Ning Xuejun's words and felt that his question was no longer interesting.

Lin Yuan was proficient in ways of the world and naturally understood Ning Xuejun's intention. However, after showing respect to the old man and summarizing the knowledge in his mind, Lin Yuan considered for a moment and replied, "I feel that the answer for this question has already been decided long ago."

Chapter 60: An Answer

The old man didn't expect to be able to hear a new perspective from Lin Yuan. Therefore, he was interested and asked nicely, "Young kid, speak then! This old one loves to hear analysis and opinions. Speak boldly."

Ning Xuejun was jumping as she listened. Before her grandfather flipped out, it seemed like he would always say the same words.

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "This answer is actually derived because both the species had been eliminated during evolution, so they are both weak. Otherwise, we would still be able to see Megalodons and Livyatans in the ocean now. Even if the sharks in the ocean evolved back to the ancestry line and evolved more like the Megalodon, ultimately, they will never be Megalodons or Livyatans."

This perspective made the old man silent. All along, he would hear that either the Megalodon or the Livyatan was stronger or that both were equally great. Without any exceptions, people would be saying they were strong. This was actually the first time someone was saying they were weak.

However, the mention of weak was from the angle of natural selection, and it wasn't wrong. Perhaps Lin Yuan's perspective was too fresh and unique, so the old man didn't burst out immediately even though someone said that the Megalodon was weak. Instead, he asked, "Why so?"

"The Megalodon and the Livyatan had conquered the ocean of the Tertiary period for tens of millions of years. However, be it the Livyatans or the Megalodons, they were too high at the top of the food chain, and it caused the other Tertiary period ocean creatures to have a slower evolution speed. As such, 65 million years ago, nature decided to use a meteorite to stop the contest between the two species without any room for negotiation. The impact welcomed the Quaternary period and a new period for the ocean. At the same time, they wiped out the Megalodons and Livyatans. Therefore, from the Creation Master's point of view, in terms of survival and evolution, the Megalodons and Livyatans are considered weak."

Lin Yuan spoke of his opinion, and this wasn't just based on the knowledge he learned from Genius. It was also Lin Yuan's knowledge from his previous lifetime and the comprehension of the fey's evolution in this lifetime.

In the river of time, everything would turn into dust sooner or later.

A successful evolution wasn't to allow one to reach the pinnacle and look down on every other living thing. A truly successful evolution was to understand how to overcome each calamity and disaster in order to survive for tens of millions or hundreds of millions of years. By allowing the species to continue was the true path of survival in evolution to achieve eternal victory.

After hearing Lin Yuan's explanation, the old man stayed silent for a long time as though he was thinking through Lin Yuan's words.

Ning Xuejun was no longer looking at Lin Yuan as though she was looking at a troublemaker. These were words that wouldn't come out from the mouth of a person who didn't have knowledge.

Lin Yuan stood there quietly without showing any proud or impatient expression.

At that moment, the old man suddenly laughed heartily and clapped. "Great!"

The old man's voice was very loud and instantly attracted the attention of many. However, the old man didn't mind and said to Lin Yuan, "Young kid, your words are truly marvelous! However, why do you think the meteorite 65 million years ago would eliminate the Megalodons and Livyatans, but there are still shark and whale species existing today?"

When asking this question, the old man's eyes weren't contemplating anymore, and it was obvious that he knew the answer clearly. He was asking this question to test Lin Yuan. He wanted to see whether Lin Yuan's answer earlier came from his feelings, or it was a true understanding.

Lin Yuan didn't contemplate this time and immediately said, "Actually, the higher a lifeform reaches in the food chain, the weaker it is. 65 million years ago, when the meteorite landed, it first impacted the algae. The death of the algae quickly devastated the krills. The krills are the main source of food for baleen whales and large filter-feeding fish species. The baleen whales and the large filter-feeding fish species are the same food source for the Megalodon and Livyatan. Standing at the apex of the food pyramid, they were the weakest cycle among the lifeforms, and that is the reason they were wiped out."

When the old man heard how Lin Yuan clearly spoke of the answer in his heart, he looked at Lin Yuan and felt that he was very pleasant looking. A well-learned person would always cherish talented individuals, especially when the said individual was so young. It gave him a feeling of succession and made the old man very pleased.

The old man turned to look at Ning Xuejun at the side and said, "Lass, the people attempting the exam will be coming out soon. You will be busy, I shall bring this kid and conduct the three knowledge occupation exams and see the standard of young people nowadays."

Ning Xuejun placed the form that Lin Yuan filled up in her grandfather's hand and secretly gave Lin Yuan a thumbs up.

Lin Yuan responded politely by giving his thanks and entered a classroom together with the old man.

The old man turned to look at Lin Yuan. "I will be invigilating the exams later. In fact, it is very interesting to be an invigilator. A person's answers can determine three values."

The old man didn't care if Lin Yuan replied as he continued speaking. Perhaps, he was in a great mood, so he had been talking nonstop.

"A person's attitude when answering questions can show their mental state. The answers from a person's answer sheets can show their attitude toward knowledge. A person's procedure in answering questions can show their inner qualities. It has been ten years since this old one invigilated an exam!"

While speaking, the old man's eyes looked like he was reminiscing.

Lin Yuan listened quietly. Nnêw n0vel chapters are published on n0v/e/(lb)i(n.)co/m

He felt that the Vice President of the Redbud City's Creation Master Association was someone that even the City Lord would need to be respectful, but he was actually a stubborn old man at times when talking about something in regards to knowledge.

During the exam, the old man didn't hold back and handed all three exam papers to Lin Yuan at once.

Lin Yuan became highly concentrated during the exam, and it felt as though everything in the outside world was unrelated to him.

When Lin Yuan started answering the questions, the old man didn't feel anything, but after a short period of time, the old man actually had a delightful feeling as he watched Lin Yuan answering the questions.

The pen tip was rustling on the paper with a consistent frequency that was neither hurried nor slow—it was calm and collected.

As for Lin Yuan, he had an unchanged expression as he answered each question on the paper in sequence. This was a calm attitude that the old man admired. At the same time, he was suddenly looking forward to seeing Lin Yuan's answers.

When answering the questions, Lin Yuan understood why Ning Xuejun would say that the Creation Master Association's questions would be crafty.

% of the questions on the paper actually came from the remarks page of the books. There were even some questions that contained answers from the preface of the books.

These questions were simply trying to make things difficult for the participants. However, it was still the same for Lin Yuan—'Aren't all questions difficult if you don't know them, but once you know them, they aren't difficult?'

Thus, Lin Yuan answered smoothly without hesitation and used just two hours to complete the exam papers for all three exams.

Chapter 61: Guidance

As Lin Yuan was answering the questions, he didn't feel the flow of time. He successively answered from the first question to the last question, without any pause in between. Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)

In fact, when answering the questions, Lin Yuan was wearing the glasses that Genius had transformed into. At that moment, he was learning and sorting through the information.

The knowledge learned by Genius still belonged to Genius, and if Genius didn't use Tool Transformation and transformed into a pair of glasses, Lin Yuan's mind wouldn't have the knowledge that Genius possessed.

Lin Yuan knew that learning was an unending path. Lin Yuan was currently using some tricks to pass the exams on the lifestyle-class knowledge occupations. Naturally, this kind of knowledge was something that Lin Yuan had to learn slowly.

Take the exam questions on this paper, for example. During the process of answering, Lin Yuan would be able to have a rough memory, and the transferred knowledge would subtly turn into his own knowledge after he wrote what he learned once.

This was a gain. There were plenty of gains that were insignificant, but when all the small gains were accumulated, they would achieve a transformation.

Elder Ning had been watching as Lin Yuan answered the questions, and he hadn't realized how much time had passed either.

When he saw Lin Yuan standing up to hand over the exam papers, Elder Ning looked at the time and was shocked and couldn't understand what happened.

Elder Ning had been watching Lin Yuan answering the questions and could see that Lin Yuan had answered them calmly. However, the time taken to answer all those questions was just too fast! Back when he had drafted up the questions, he had put in plenty of time and effort in order to make the questions tricky.

Elder Ning couldn't believe that Lin Yuan had answered them so quickly, but he could also see that Lin Yuan's calm manner when answering the questions wasn't a pretense too.

Elder Ning simply took over Lin Yuan's exam papers and read them. Lin Yuan stood in place as his mind was blank when he was in a deep state of learning. He enjoyed the feeling when he was in control of knowledge.

Elder Ning read the papers, which had Lin Yuan's neat and pleasant handwriting. A good handwriting wasn't considered a big deal after the Spirit Qi Awakening, but it was able to give a good impression.

The more Elder Ning read, the more surprised he was. These questions were all answered with a standard answer.

First page, second page, third page...

From start to finish, Elder Ning couldn't find a single mistake. As such, Elder Ning started from the beginning and checked through again with detail and very seriously.

However, after checking again, the result was still the same—there wasn't a single mistake. In other words, full marks for all three lifestyle-class spirit qi occupations' primary exams. It was an unbelievable fact, but there was no way to dispute it.

Had it not been for the fact that Elder Ning had set the questions himself and was certain that they hadn't been leaked out, he would think that Lin Yuan was holding onto the answer sheet to answer the questions.

After staying silent for a long time, Elder Ning lifted his head and looked at Lin Yuan with grave eyes and admiration. His eyes were grave because this was simply too unbelievable. The admiration was because of Lin Yuan's results on the exams, and also how Lin Yuan had answered them with a calm attitude. It was also because of the level of detail in Lin Yuan's study that didn't allow Elder Ning to pick out any mistakes.

Lin Yuan looked at Elder Ning and asked, "Elder Ning, can I participate in the Creation Master exam now?"

Elder Ning shook his hand and said, "Great kid, heroes are truly born from the youth. You are truly capable. But you will not be able to take the Creation Master exam today. Leave your information here and just come over to participate in the Creation Master exam tomorrow."

Lin Yuan was rather confused. I have already finished the exams for the knowledge spirit qi occupations. Why can't I participate in the Creation Master exam immediately? If I participate in the exam tomorrow, and if I wish to rush straight to become a Class 2 Creation Master, I might miss out on the appointment time with Big Sister Xin. I will not be able to pick up on any hidden wares.

"Elder Ning, can't I take the exam today? I wish to try and see if I can complete the Class 1 Creation Master exam within two hours."

Elder Ning's mouth twitched as he looked at Lin Yuan with solemn eyes, and he nearly poured out praises from his mouth.

"Kid, you are rather ambitious to complete the Class 1 Creation Master exam within two hours. Could it be that you wish to rush straight for Class 2 Creation Master?"

Elder Ning might be speaking like this, but Lin Yuan's exam results made Elder Ning believe Lin Yuan a little. His intuition told him that Lin Yuan was really able to complete the Class 1 Creation Master exam within two hours.

"Even if that is the case, you still have to come again tomorrow. Who asked you to obtain such high marks in the exams and break the records for the Creation Master Association's knowledge spirit qi occupations' primary exams? Therefore, I need to report your results for the three exams to the lifestyle-class spirit qi occupations' associations. I have to go through the necessary process."

Lin Yuan nodded after hearing Elder Ning's reply.

Just as he was about to leave, Elder Ning called out to him. "Don't be in a hurry to leave. Follow me to the breeding room to see the Spiral-Toothed Sharks that I have nurtured. Take a look at this old man's research."

Lin Yuan had yet to pass the Creation Master exam, but it was obvious that Elder Ning had already treated Lin Yuan as a junior with great potential. Even his words had the implied meaning to offer guidance.

In fact, it was due to Elder Ning's admiration for Lin Yuan. Otherwise, even if Lin Yuan was a Class 3 Creation Master, Elder Ning couldn't be bothered either.

To become a Vice President in a city's Creation Master Association, one must definitely be a Class 4 Creation Master.

There was a tradition in the Creation Master Association. There were no presidents in all cities' Creation Master Associations, even in the Radiance Federation's royal capital's Creation Master Association. The person with the highest level of authority would be the Vice President.

Among the Creation Masters, there were three absolute experts, and they were the Class 5 Creation Masters at the pinnacle—Bamboo Monarch, Chef Supreme, and Moon Empress.

Bamboo Monarch and Chef Supreme were veteran Class 5 Creation Masters. They had been the earliest batch of Creation Masters since the Spirit Qi Awakening and stood at the peak of the Creation Masters.

The Moon Empress rose up afterward and used her talents to become a Class 5 Creation Master. She had then concealed herself, and no one else knew about her progress.

During the recent decade, the Moon Empress had been laying low. But since she had been given the title of empress, no one else had dared to proclaim themselves as empress.

The Bamboo Monarch, Chef Supreme, and Moon Empress didn't wish to take on the role of a President in the Creation Master Association, so they were given the title of Honorary Elders.

As such, to show respect to the Bamboo Monarch, Chef Supreme, and Moon Empress, the Creation Master Association didn't appoint any Presidents and only appointed Vice Presidents.

For Lin Yuan to be admired and acknowledged by Elder Ning, it would definitely cause countless Creation Masters to be envious if it was made known.

When an elder offered an invitation, Lin Yuan naturally didn't dare to refuse. In addition, he was very interested in Platinum feys. To be invited by Elder Ning to his breeding room to observe was truly a pleasant surprise for Lin Yuan.

The Creation Master's breeding room was considered a private territory, and it was rare for outsiders to be invited inside, especially to observe a Platinum fey that was being nurtured.

Lin Yuan followed Elder Ning into the latter's breeding room. As soon as Lin Yuan entered the room, he could smell a unique smell that could only be found from seawater. There was also a violent pressure that enveloped the room.

The scenery in the breeding room was truly a surprise for Lin Yuan. It was massive, and when Lin Yuan took a glance, he could see a huge pool that had a width of close to 1,000 meters. It was just like a small-scaled artificial sea.

The intimidating pressure from the sea felt as though it had mighty attack power.

At that moment, Lin Yuan felt Elder Ning circulating the spirit qi. Three Willpower Runes were emitted from the body and released powerful spiritual power waves.

The spiritual power had an aura that allowed Lin Yuan to know that Elder Ning was a Class 4 Creation Master and also a king-class expert.

Chapter 62: Spiral-Toothed Shark

A king-class expert's prowess was being completely displayed at this moment.

Lin Yuan felt that he was like a lonely boat in the middle of the ocean and might be engulfed by the waves at any moment. This was because Elder Ning had intentionally withdrawn his prowess from Lin Yuan. Otherwise, a king-class prowess would instantly pressure Lin Yuan to the ground.

As Elder Ning released his prowess, a massive shadow appeared in the small-scale manmade sea.

The bright silver dorsal fin had dark red patterns, and it looked just like a sharp sword that was splitting the surface of the sea.

A massive body that was ten meters in length leaped out of the sea surface before smashing back down again, causing a huge wave.

When the current rushed over, Lin Yuan immediately staggered and nearly fell.

Elder Ning then gestured to Lin Yuan and gave a simple introduction. "This is my newly nurtured Spiral-Toothed Shark."

The Spiral-Toothed Shark had already swum near their vicinity. The teeth of this giant shark were in the shape of a spiraled wheel. It wasn't only the case, as the upper jaw also had a vertical row of sharp teeth. When used together with the lower spiraled teeth, it would form scissors that could slice and cut.

This allowed the Spiral-Toothed Shark to turn into a killing machine in the sea, using its spiraled teeth and front teeth to sever and slice the lifeforms in front of it.

This Spiral-Toothed Shark didn't just have special traits of the prehistoric Megalodon, but it even had the complimenting traits of the Edestus. It was simply a fascinating breeding result toward the ancestry line.

Lin Yuan looked at the Spiral-Toothed Shark while leaning his ear toward Elder Ning. It was obvious that Elder Ning had other things to tell him other than showing him the Spiral-Toothed Shark.

"Kid, I have already nurtured this Spiral-Toothed Shark to Platinum X/Legend, but I didn't allow it to evolve to diamond-grade yet. It is because I want to guide its mutation toward the direction of Megalodon at the juncture of diamond-grade."

After speaking, Elder Ning brought over a platinum-grade fey storage box from the side and took out many glass test tubes. He then opened up the test tubes and started to pour the golden-red fluid into the Spiral-Toothed Shark's mouth.

Lin Yuan could recognize this golden-red fluid. Isn't this a Platinum dragon beast's blood?

According to Big Sister Xin's price quotation, Platinum dragon beast's blood cost 2,000 Radiance dollars per drop. Each of these test tubes had around 100 drops. Elder Ning had already poured in 10 test tubes, and they would cost at least 2,000,000 Radiance dollars. Lin Yuan had a new mindset of what was luxurious.

While Elder Ning was feeding the Spiral-Toothed Shark, he explained, "The Megalodon lived in the sea by hunting dragon beasts. Using dragon beast blood to feed the Spiral-Toothed Shark can guide it toward the mutation of the Megalodon. The word 'Creation' in Creation Master might mean that there is nothing we cannot do, but you need to remember that all lifeforms' evolutions have traces that have to be followed."

Lin Yuan was carefully pondering over Elder Ning's words while looking at the Spiral-Toothed Shark. He was thinking that if the Spiral-Toothed Shark evolved toward Megalodon's direction again, its size would surely burst exponentially. At the same time, it would grow a full mouth of giant teeth apart from the spiral teeth and vertical row of teeth.

This would allow the Spiral-Toothed Shark to slice and also rip. Lin Yuan didn't dare to imagine how much stronger the Spiral-Toothed Shark would be by then.

After feeding the Spiral-Toothed Shark, Elder Ning led Lin Yuan out of the breeding room while Lin Yuan repeatedly pondered the meaning in Elder Ning's words.

All of a sudden, Elder Ning spoke again. "A Creation Master's job isn't just to create and evolve life, it is also to save lives. You may leave now, come earlier tomorrow for the exam."

Lin Yuan nodded and bade farewell. When he exited the Creation Master Association, he realized that it was already rather dark.

Inside the Creation Master Association, Elder Ning was personally writing a letter and said to the assistant who was standing beside him, "Deliver this letter directly to the region lord residence and hand it over to the City Lordess Ling Xiao." Thê sourc𝗲 of this content n/o/v/(𝒆l)bi((n))

After the assistant left, Elder Ning lamented softly while filled with expectations. "Lin Yuan, there will be a chance for you to rise to the top tomorrow. It will be determined if you can pass the Class 2 Creation Master exam."

Lin Yuan didn't know the reason for the Creation Master Association's reformation, but as the Vice President of Redbud City's Creation Master Association, Elder Ning knew.

The Creation Master Association's reformation was due to the Moon Empress' plan on accepting her first apprentice.

It had been many years since the Creation Master Association in the Redbud City had produced a true talent. It was unknown if the Redbud City's Creation Master Association could produce a shining star for the Radiance Federation.

Lin Yuan immediately headed for the Redbud Intermediate Spirit Qi Academy. Lin Yuan called Chu Ci's phone number on the car, but he didn't expect someone to pick up the call after ringing for half a minute. It wasn't Chu Ci. It was another familiar voice, and it was none other than Teacher Bao.

"You are Chu Ci's elder brother, right? Chu Ci is injured and is currently going through treatment. If there isn't any urgent matter, I will ask Chu Ci to return your call after she receives treatment."

When Teacher Bao was speaking, Lin Yuan could still vaguely hear crashing and smashing sounds, as though there was a fight.

Lin Yuan asked with a worried tone, "Teacher, why is Chu Ci injured? I am arriving at the academy soon."

After hearing Lin Yuan's question, Teacher Bao answered calmly, "Chu Ci pulled the muscles on both her arms because she was blocking an attack. Our academy has been assigned with a Silver healing-type fey, and she will be treated quickly. As a senior in the family, you don't need to worry. It is inevitable to have injuries during live combat class. Almost every student would suffer some injuries during the live combat class. This is the only way to build their live combat skill."

Teacher Bao's statement made Lin Yuan relax. At the same time, Lin Yuan felt that Chu Ci was injured because the Sharp Iron Horn Bull wasn't a pure defense-type fey. If the Sharp Iron Horn Bull didn't have the exclusive skill Sacrifice, it would be the same as an offense-type fey.

If I prepared a traditional defense-type fey for Chu Ci, she might not have gotten injured.

Defense-type spirit qi professionals always had a title, and they were called the thickest armor and the best at enduring attacks.

Lin Yuan didn't wish to see Chu Ci getting injured, so he suddenly thought of an idea to forge Chu Ci into an iron bucket. That wasn't enough, though. She must not just be an iron bucket, but one that could prevent vibrations.

Lin Yuan would only be at ease when he forged Chu Ci into an iron bucket.

It just so happens that Chu Ci is able to contract her second fey. I shall just prepare Chu Ci's second fey before the holidays.

"Teacher Bao, I am at the academy's entrance. I wish to enter the infirmary to see Chu Ci."

"Wait at the entrance for a moment. Chu Ci needs just a few more minutes for a complete treatment. It just happens that it is dinner time too, so I will allow her to meet you at the academy entrance. You two can have dinner together."

After hanging up the call, Lin Yuan stood at the entrance and contemplated what defense-type fey he should prepare for Chu Ci.

The primary rank Fey Observer knowledge allowed Lin Yuan to quickly lock onto a few defense-type feys.

Chapter 63: As an Elder Brother

There were countless species of defense-type feys. If someone did a serious study, they would find at least one million species of defense-type feys. But when each species of fey evolved, it might learn similar abilities, or it might be completely different.

It was even rarer for exclusive skills to be the same, so one must be very cautious when choosing a fey. After all, the combination between feys was a spirit qi professional's true trump card and power.

While thinking like this, Lin Yuan had a headache. He felt that feys that were suitable for Chu Ci were all rare, and they required some direction nurturing.

Since Lin Yuan had a method to expedite the evolution of feys, he preferred to pick a Normal fey for Chu Ci. Feys that were nurtured from a young age and constantly evolved would have certain aspects that were stronger than same grade feys when at higher grades. It would also have a better mutual understanding with the spirit qi professional.

As such, there wasn't a reason why Lin Yuan shouldn't pick a low-grade fey and nurture it for Chu Ci.

Just as Lin Yuan was pondering, he suddenly felt a pat on his arm, followed by a pleasant voice. "Lin Yuan, why are you here to visit me?"

Since the previous time Chu Ci had parted with Lin Yuan, she had been under the impression that she would only be able to see Lin Yuan during the holidays. She didn't expect Lin Yuan to visit her again so soon.

Lin Yuan took a closer look at Chu Ci first and moved her arms around. When he realized that she was indeed fully healed, he relaxed and said, "I am here to participate in the Creation Master exam. It is also convenient for me to bring you out for a meal. Let's go. Didn't you say you wanted to eat barbequed meat the previous time? Let's find a barbeque shop."

After speaking, Lin Yuan pulled Chu Ci toward the streets and away from the Redbud Intermediate Spirit Qi Academy.

From time to time, female students would come over to flirt with Lin Yuan, making him rather exhausted after dealing with them.

Chu Ci let out a sweet smile and asked, "Then, can I order one plate of mutton?"

Lin Yuan used his hand to gently pat on Chu Ci's head and said, "Isn't fish your favorite? Why do you still want to eat mutton? Later, I will grill fish for you at the barbeque shop."

Chu Ci stuck out her tongue. She might know that her family was rather wealthy now, but she still wasn't used to it yet. After all their young years' suffering and hard times, the habits were already engraved in their bones.

Of course, it didn't mean that Chu Ci gave money huge importance. On the contrary, she hadn't held back on the spending of the 10,000 Federation dollars that Lin Yuan had transferred to her.

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Presently, nothing much was left from the 10,000 Federation dollars.

There was an old saying, "Children from poor families would be responsible household heads much earlier."

Chu Ci wasn't a household head, but she understood how the world worked. When looking up from the bottom, the eyes would be filled with reality's harshness. While living in this harsh reality, Chu Ci understood who she was going to rely on in this world. She, too, understood what she had to do in order to survive better in this world and make Lin Yuan happy.

It was to study well and increase her strength. If she could become a formidable individual, she would be able to help Lin Yuan, her elder brother.

Therefore, after parting with Lin Yuan previously, Chu Ci hadn't taken any side jobs to earn money. She had devoted all her efforts to her academics.

At that moment, Chu Ci had this indescribable ease and joy when she was looking at Lin Yuan. Chu Ci's ease didn't come from the change into a wealthier lifestyle—it was due to Lin Yuan's recovered body. Her joy came from the fact that she and Lin Yuan had persisted until now and never separated even in this harsh world.

Lin Yuan called for a car and asked after boarding the car, "Chu Ci, how do you feel when you are using the Sharp Iron Horn Bull? What direction do you wish to develop in regards to your next fey selection?"

Lin Yuan could just pick Chu Ci's second fey for her, but he still wanted to respect Chu Ci's opinion for the general direction.

After being asked by Lin Yuan, Chu Ci's face suddenly changed, and she waved her fist with a little anger. "The Sharp Iron Horn Bull is especially good, and I like it a lot. But a few of my classmates gave me a nickname... Great Iron Bull! They are really too much!"

Lin Yuan involuntarily slapped his forehead after hearing Chu Ci's response. When I was picking the fey previously, I only cared about the fey's strength and didn't consider the appearance.

Firstly, the conditions back were restricted. Secondly, the Sharp Iron Horn Bull's exclusive skill, Sacrifice, was truly a divine skill in Lin Yuan's opinion.

The Sacrifice skill was something that could be used by the fey from start to end. As the fey got stronger, the Sacrifice skill would only become better. If Lin Yuan hadn't picked the Sharp Iron Horn Bull back then, it would truly have been a waste.

In addition, after the Spirit Qi Awakening, strength was a person's roots. Everything else was just a useless display of beauty and couldn't even be considered help in time of need.

Given his previous life's memories, Lin Yuan's mental state was no longer like a hot-blooded youth's. As an elder brother, he should bring his younger sister along and take revenge by teaching a lesson to those people who had given her that nickname. However, Lin Yuan wouldn't do so.

Chu Ci was now an independent person, and in order to mix in into the society, everything that happened was something that she had to experience herself—only with experience would one grow.

Unless Chu Ci was in a true crisis, Lin Yuan would disregard everything and step in.

After Chu Ci finished her statement, she immediately followed up. "The Sharp Iron Horn Bull is incredible. Presently, even the seniors might not be able to defeat me."

When speaking of her own results, Chu Ci was delighted. She was a very humble and reserved person, but she was now speaking of her results in hopes of sharing the joy with Lin Yuan.

Seeing Chu Ci's confidence and how pleased she was to talk about her live combat lesson's experience, Lin Yuan could only feel contentment and happiness in his heart.

The truth had proven that his insistence on sending Chu Ci to the academy no matter the suffering was the right choice.

After the conversation, Lin Yuan and Chu Ci decided on the next defense-type fey that Chu Ci was going to form a contract with.

This time, Lin Yuan and Chu Ci's ideologies were rather matching. It was for Chu Ci to form a contract with a traditional and pure defense-type fey.

Furthermore, it wouldn't be like the Sharp Iron Horn Bull, an offense-type fey that was wearing a layer of defense-type skin and tricking others.

During this meal, Lin Yuan and Chu Ci had eaten three grilled fish.

After the Spirit Qi Awakening, the ocean was now even wider and deeper, making the level of danger immeasurable.

Although the Xia Region was beside a port, even with such a great location, fish prices were still astronomical compared to meat.

In the past, even when celebrating the new year, Lin Yuan would only go to the market to buy a normal-grade fish's head for Chu Ci and then make fish head stew. If they really wanted fish's flesh, Lin Yuan would probably have to starve and tighten his belt for one month after the new year celebration.

Chapter 64: Redbud City's Rare Lifeform Pavilion

Presently, with Lin Yuan's earning speed of Radiance dollars, eating a few fish was truly not a big deal.

After finishing the meal, Lin Yuan transferred 50 Radiance dollars to Chu Ci's Star Web account. This was the first time Chu Ci had seen so much money, but when she took a glance at Lin Yuan, she felt the warmth in her heart and felt at ease.

"Chu Ci, the Sharp Iron Horn Bull has to eat more now. Use various metals to enhance the defense of the Sharp Iron Horn Bull's skin and its horn's destructive power. After a period of time, I will mail you a pot of Silver Usnea. The Sharp Iron Horn Bull is a herbivorous fey, and apart from the metals that you feed it, complementing it with the Silver Usnea will make the Sharp Iron Horn Bull even stronger."

Chu Ci nodded.

No thanks were needed between siblings. If Chu Ci had to thank her elder brother, then she would have countless things to thank him for from the age of six.

Previously, Teacher Bao had asked Chu Ci to strive hard to obtain the academy's recommendation within the year and, before the end of the first year, to become a seeded participant of the Redbud Hundred.

Chu Ci constantly reminded herself of this in her heart.

After returning, Chu Ci was planning to apply for a solitary room in the academy. Lin Yuan had given her a shocking amount of resources, and it wasn't suitable for her to show it in a sharing room.

After successfully applying for a solitary room, Chu Ci would work extra hard and use all her efforts to strive and take the title of a seeded participant in the Redbud Hundred. After being selected to join the Redbud Hundred, she would then strive for the dream of all students in the Radiance Federation—the Hundred Sequence!

This was Chu Ci's ambition.

An insignificant person was like a firefly that would want itself to just be an instantaneous burst of light for a short span of February.

Chu Ci was very determined with her ambition, and it was also her objective. A small firefly was trying to become an undying radiance.

Lin Yuan didn't continue giving Chu Ci instructions as he was at ease and proud of his young sister.

Chu Ci and Lin Yuan had been shopping around and bought some delicious snacks and fruits. These were all specially picked by Lin Yuan, and he asked for Chu Ci to give them to Teacher Bao as a sign of gratitude.

While walking around, they just happened to enter the Redbud City's Rare Lifeform Pavilion.

The Rare Lifeform Pavilion had been around since the Spirit Qi Awakening, and it was the biggest and also the only auction organization on the Star Web. It was established by the Radiance Federation's officials.

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On normal days, if anyone wanted to sell off their items through the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's auction, they would need to pay a certain fee before putting them on sale in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion.

During a special period of time, the item would be bid by others. The Rare Lifeform Pavilion would only show the highest price at the moment, so if anyone else wanted to obtain the item, they would need to bid again.

Of course, they could also contact the seller and use a trading method to conduct a private transaction. If that was the case, the fee that was paid to put the item on the Rare Lifeform Pavilion wouldn't be refunded.

Most of the people didn't care about the fee. If anyone paid the fee to place their item on sale in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion and had a special intention, they would normally leave a note to conduct a special transaction.

The fees they paid were just to make use of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion as a platform to complete the transaction.

The Rare Lifeform Pavilion on the Star Web was different as the merchandise on the Star Web was all interconnected.

In the Radiance Federation's main cities, the items for sale on the Rare Lifeform Pavilion would have to be auctioned, and it was the same as on the Star Web. However, the feys listed in the main city's Rare Lifeform Pavilions weren't connected with other pavilions. Each local pavilion's items were all sold by the locals.

As compared to the Star Web, the standard and audit for actual shops would be much harsher. It was rather rare for general items to qualify for auction in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion.

Lin Yuan patted Chu Ci's shoulder and said, "Let's go inside and take a look."

As for most of the feys and spiritual ingredients in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion, Lin Yuan admitted that he wouldn't be able to afford them. However, there was a specified section in the actual shops that the Star Web didn't have.

The section would be selling rarely seen Normal and Elite feys. It was the section that Lin Yuan wanted to visit tonight.

Chu Ci looked rather reserved as she had never stepped into this place before.

"We are just taking a look. You might just find something suitable to be your second fey."

After entering the Rare Lifeform Pavilion, one would need to verify their identity with the Star Web Card.

After verifications, Lin Yuan and Chu Ci were now able to shop around the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's first floor without obstructions. In order to go to the second floor, one would need a certain rank in their spirit qi occupation.

For combat-class spirit qi professionals, they would need to be at least C-rank. For lifestyle-class spirit qi professionals, they would need to be at least Class 2.

If one was a Creation Master, even a Class 1 Creation Master would be free to enter the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's third floor.

Lin Yuan wasn't a Creation Master yet, and none of the conditions were enough for him to enter the second floor either.

It just so happened that the section Lin Yuan wanted to visit was on the first floor. Therefore, he led Chu Ci toward the special section.

The first floor of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion was very crowded. After all, there weren't any restrictions, and one could move around freely after scanning their Star Web Card. The first floor of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion gave Lin Yuan a feeling like he was shopping around in a temple fair.

Lin Yuan had a matured soul from another world, so he had quickly adapted to this world because he had a home, a young sister, and responsibilities in this world. Another important reason was due to the fact that this world wasn't dark.

Those at the bottom might have difficulties, and there were evil people, but this world wasn't cold and indifferent. Take the Rare Lifeform Pavilion, for example, they were a government transaction organization that had great standards, but they still opened up the first floor to all Radiance Federation citizens. Even if one wasn't a spirit qi professional, they would be able to enter after registration.

This was a kind of attitude.

"Lin Yuan, look at that little white fox! It has two tails and is so cute! But I have never seen this fey before in class."

Lin Yuan looked at the direction Chu Ci had pointed and recognized the fey. It wasn't a little fox, but a Two-Tailed Snow Ferret.

The Two-Tailed Snow Ferret looked cute as it was lazing in the fey storage box. However, it was an extremely rare offense- and ice-type fey. It would only occasionally appear in the forest of the extreme northern glacier regions.

If Lin Yuan wasn't wearing the glasses transformed from Genius and possessed the True Data ability, he wouldn't be able to recognize that this cute little critter was a Two-Tailed Snow Ferret.

The Two-Tailed Snow Ferret's Freeze ability was only found in a few Silver elemental-type feys, making it a pinnacle existence.

This little Two-Tailed Snow Ferret's price was already raised to a price of 1,100 Radiance dollars.

In terms of the price, the fey's grade would have a great impact, but it was in regards to feys that were frequently traded in the market.

As for the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's feys that people might not even see in their entire lifetime, the price and grade didn't have a huge relation.

After all, people who could afford such feys would naturally have the ability to search for Creation Masters to evolve the feys further.

For Silver feys like the Two-Tailed Snow Ferret, it wasn't within Lin Yuan's consideration.

At that moment, Lin Yuan noticed a person wearing a mask and squatting there.

Chapter 65: Butterfly Cocoons

The Rare Lifeform Pavilion's first floor was as lively as the temple fair that Lin Yuan would visit in his previous life. Most of the people walking around had happy faces.

As a matter of fact, most of the people shopping around the first floor were those that couldn't harness spirit qi. The spirit qi professionals were the minority here.

The Rare Lifeform Pavilions' first floors in the Radiance Federation's main cities would always be the place where ordinary people could get closest to spirit qi professionals.

Every display store would have a fey seller by the side.

The Two-Tailed Snow Ferret's seller was currently introducing the fey to a young loli and her mother.

One could see that the young loli was genuinely fond of this cute Two-Tailed Snow Ferret. However, it was evidently not suitable to be contracted as a first fey.

The spirit qi professionals' spiritual energy would constantly become stronger. Nonetheless, due to the first fey contract's limits, it could only be a Bronze fey.

If they wished to go further and contract a Silver fey, the contractor might not be able to take it and would receive a backlash from the fey.

Within the Radiance Federation, there were cases of high-grade feys being recklessly contracted, resulting in a backlash. It caused the spirit qi professionals' spiritual energy to collapse.

Once the spiritual energy collapsed, the person would become a vegetable. Even if one could find a high-ranked spirit qi professional to awaken those in a vegetative state, their spiritual spatial zone's damage could never be repaired.

It would cause a spirit qi professional to become an ordinary person who could only feel spirit qi but couldn't form a contract with a fey.

The masked man sitting on the ground gave Lin Yuan a feeling that he didn't really fit into the surrounding environment.

The surrounding environment was very relaxed and carefree. However, the masked man was sitting cross-legged. It might be hard to see his face clearly, but he was emitting a particularly gloomy aura.

The gloomy aura had a trace of emptiness and numbness.

This was a feeling that Lin Yuan was rather familiar with. It was the same when Lin Yuan had realized that he couldn't sense spirit qi. At the same time, his mental strength had been so weak to the point he was in despair.

However, their family had undergone a major change, and he had to bring Chu Ci around to seek survival. There wasn't a chance for Lin Yuan to immerse himself in his own world. As such, he had suppressed his despair into the bottom of his heart. That despair had finally been resolved only until recently when his body recovered.

Of course, Lin Yuan would look at the masked man directly due to the display shelf beside him. There were four cocoons wrapped in layers of silk.

Three of the four cocoons were about the size of a red date, while the other cocoon was around the size of half a fist. The white silk was weaved together neatly and with a certain pattern. The red-date-sized cocoons' silk was in different shades of white, while the fist-sized cocoon had a light green color.

These cocoons had caught Lin Yuan's attention because he had activated the True Data ability.

These four cocoons were all precious.

One of the red-date-sized white cocoons might look very ordinary, but according to True Data's information, it was nurturing a Blue Flash Butterfly.

It had to be known that the Blue Flash Butterfly wasn't well-known among the Radiance Federation citizens. It was a Normal fey, had a bright blue color, and its wings would flash with light when it flew. It was due to the blue scale powder on their wings. Therefore, instead of saying they were flying, it would be better to say they were flashing.

The Blue Flash Butterfly may not be commonly known, but its evolved form, the Blue Light Goddess Butterfly, was crowned as the sixth most beautiful fey among the top ten.

It was also the only insect-type fey among the top ten most beautiful feys.

In fact, there was always a dispute about the rank of the Blue Light Goddess Butterfly. During the rankings, the popularity of the Blue Light Goddess Butterfly had been among the top three.

However, the Blue Light Goddess Butterfly only possessed a basic ability that was strong, while its high-grade abilities were all rather useless. As such, it could only rank No.6 even though its popularity was among the top three.

This incident still created a lot of dissatisfaction among the voters.

Lin Yuan just so happened that he wanted the Blue Flash Butterfly's basic ability, Silence Scale Powder. When the Blue Flash Butterfly's scale powder was released, it had the Silence effect.

Silence was a very powerful control-type ability.

When feys evolved, there were only two different directions. One was toward the ancestry line, while the other was toward spiritual mutation.

Spiritual mutation feys were all treading on the path of magic attacks. Silence Scale Powder was a counter for spiritual mutation feys.

When enveloped by the Silence Scale Powder, feys wouldn't be able to release their abilities. However, the Silence Scale Powder was not invincible, as it couldn't counter exclusive skills.

In fact, if the opposing fey was able to disperse the Blue Flash Butterfly's Silence Scale Powder, the affected fey would be able to restore its abilities immediately.

Despite the case, the Silence Scale Powder was still among the strongest control abilities.

Lin Yuan had been deliberating over the next fey for Morbius to use its Spirit Lock. He had thought of many options, but he had never considered the Blue Flash Butterfly.

The reason was simple and straightforward—Lin Yuan didn't have the capability to obtain a Blue Flash Butterfly.

But now, the cocoons in the masked man's display shelf had given Lin Yuan the thought.

Butterfly-species feys were part of the Order Lepidoptera, which was one of the four major orders among the insect species. They were considered the true royalty among the insect-type feys.

After the Spirit Qi Awakening, the butterfly-species feys had evolved under the influence of spirit qi, allowing them to become bigger and more beautiful.

It also allowed the butterflies' natural enemies to capture them easily. Thus, 90% of the Order Lepidoptera feys had gone extinct during the Spirit Qi Awakening. The remaining 10% had also been gradually eliminated due to various reasons. It was also why butterfly-species feys rarely appeared and were very hard to find.

The beauty and rarity of the butterfly-species feys made their price high for a hollow reason.

Had it not been for only a few rare butterfly-species feys that were dominant and that most of them weren't adept in combat, the butterfly-species feys' prices would not have been this high.

As such, Lin Yuan hadn't dared to even consider the Blue Flash Butterfly's basic ability as a choice before this.

The butterfly-species feys had a special trait—it was impossible to determine the butterfly species when they were still in their cocoons. If some other method was used to check the butterfly species, it might just cause development problems to the butterfly-species fey.

This was also the reason why no butterfly-species feys still in their cocoons appeared in the market.

Coincidentally, among the four cocoons was an Earth Powder Butterfly, which was extremely suitable for Chu Ci. ViiSiit n𝒐velb𝒊/n.c/(𝒐)m for l𝒂test 𝒏𝒐vels

The Earth Powder Butterfly wasn't rare, but it had an extreme variation during its evolution path. Hence, when the Earth Powder Butterfly evolved, its evolution direction was truly varied.

One of the evolution directions was the one Lin Yuan planned for Chu Ci.

When the Earth Powder Butterfly evolved with pure spirit qi until bronze-grade, it would evolve into the Vajra Butterfly. Once it became a Vajra Butterfly and fed with special gemstones and spirit qi, it would evolve into the Jadeite Butterfly.

If the Jadeite Butterfly had the chance to reach the Fantasy Breed realm, it could even evolve into the legendary Tourmaline Emperor Butterfly.

Chapter 66: Mishaps

Lin Yuan pulled Chu Ci toward the masked man's counter.

Before encountering it, Lin Yuan hadn't even dared to choose the Blue Flash Butterfly. He hadn't put the Blue Flash Butterfly within his consideration during his contemplation because of the rarity. However, since he found one now, and it was a coincidental encounter, it was definitely a great opportunity.

Lin Yuan didn't have a reason not to grab this opportunity. Thus, he had already silently decided to obtain this Blue Flash Butterfly no matter what.

Chu Ci could see that Lin Yuan's expression had turned serious when he was walking toward the four cocoons. She simply followed Lin Yuan silently and carefully observed the four cocoons. She couldn't see anything abnormal with them, but she knew that the cocoons were extraordinary because Lin Yuan viewed them with such seriousness.

"Could I ask for the price of the four cocoons?" Lin Yuan asked.

When the voice reached the masked man's ears, he didn't stand up and just responded indifferently, "I will only accept if you take them all. You just have to pay me 120 Radiance dollars, and you can take them all."

Lin Yuan was astonished. Although 120 Radiance dollars wasn't a price that was enough to purchase a Blue Flash Butterfly, it was still too expensive for cocoons.

After all, it was impossible to check what the cocoons contained. Each cocoon was like a fortune bag as it was unknown what would fly out of the cocoon. As such, it was extremely rare for cocoons to be sold on the market.

Lin Yuan might want the Blue Flash Butterfly, but he wouldn't immediately decide to purchase these four cocoons.

Just as he was thinking of how to counteroffer, a middle-aged lady beside Lin Yuan suddenly said, "Young man, don't be cheated! This person has been here for several days. It is unknown what backhanded methods he has actually used to set up a stall with four butterfly cocoons! How can butterfly cocoons be qualified to be sold in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion!? The other stalls are only selling butterfly cocoons for 50,000 Federation dollars, but this person is selling one cocoon for 30 Radiance dollars. Will a Bronze fey fly out of it directly?"

The middle-aged lady was obviously afraid that Lin Yuan might be swindled and had spoken slightly louder. Numerous people in the vicinity started to look in their direction.

At that moment, Lin Yuan heard the masked man's exhausted and hoarse voice. "These four cocoons are all butterfly cocoons. They all came from the depths of the Endless Forest."

The masked man spoke indifferently and stopped talking afterward.

The middle-aged lady beside Lin Yuan was even angrier now as she said, "The shortest tree in the depths of the Endless Forest is already 30 meters in height. The cocoons are hidden under the leaves of those giant trees. How can you even find them?" 𝒩eew updates 𝒂t n𝒐vel/bi𝒏.com

When Lin Yuan heard the masked man's words, he felt an obstinate tone within those words stimulated his heart. The explanation might be obstinate and was weak in strength, but it was lonesome and abnormally determined.

Clamor echoed in the surroundings, constantly getting louder. This store was now the liveliest place on the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's first floor.

All things in this world couldn't escape a phenomenon like the eye of a hurricane. It was how everyone was gathered in the same direction. The store was now the eye of the hurricane, and it was constantly attracting everyone.

At that moment, a Rare Lifeform Pavilion's attendant wearing special clothing approached. When the attendant took a look at the situation, he immediately said to the middle-aged lady, who was chattering nonstop, "Auntie, I know you might be kindhearted, but the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's stores are all approved by the Rare Lifeform Pavilion."

When the middle-aged lady heard that, and mostly due to the Rare Lifeform Pavilion as a guarantee, she didn't speak in a tone as though she was speaking with a swidler. However, she still pointed at the four cocoons and asked, "Why are these four butterfly cocoons qualified to be in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion? Isn't it impossible to check the butterfly species while they are still metamorphosing within the cocoon?"

The middle-aged lady's words stumped the staff member as he didn't know what to say for a moment. I cannot possibly say that the management asked me to provide special treatment, right?

The staff member was also feeling doubtful as to why the management would provide such great treatment to a depressed masked man. They had even broken a common rule regarding the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's first floor by making an exception.

Could it be because of wealth and authority? But it's obviously impossible with the likes of this masked man. What else could it be? I really cannot think of a reason.

At that moment, the masked man's mobile phone rang. He picked up the call, and his body immediately tensed up.

Lin Yuan might not be able to see the masked man's face, but he knew that it was definitely not calm.

After the call, the masked man looked at Lin Yuan and said, "If you wish to buy them tomorrow, come at the same time in the evening. I can give you proof that I obtained these butterfly cocoons in the depths of the Endless Forest."

The masked man then left the Rare Lifeform Pavilion in a hurry.

Lin Yuan didn't expect that his slight hesitation had caused so many mishaps.

Now that the seller had left, it was obvious that the trade wasn't going to happen. Since the masked man had already said he would be there the next day, Lin Yuan decided to return tomorrow.

Lin Yuan didn't really have peace of mind since he hadn't completed the trade and obtained the Blue Flash Butterfly. At the same time, Lin Yuan had an idea. If he were to find another good fey, as long as he could afford it, he wouldn't hesitate. Otherwise, the opportunity might just slip away in an instant.

After experiencing this incident, Lin Yuan wasn't in the mood to continue shopping around the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's first floor.

If he could complete this trade tomorrow, one of these four butterfly cocoons would contain the Vajra Butterfly. Thus, Chu Ci would also obtain her second fey. Everything would be decided tomorrow night.

After sending Chu Ci back to the academy, Lin Yuan took a car and arrived at the Creation Master Association's vicinity. He then looked for a place to reside and prepared to participate in the Creation Master exam tomorrow morning.

...

In the city lord residence, which wasn't far from the Creation Master Association, was a woman seated on the city lord residence's lord seat. She was wearing alizarin, crimson clothes.

She spoke to three individuals who were standing before her.

"Add twice as many men at the dimensional rifts around Redbud City's vicinity. Reinforcements must be provided within two months. Put tomorrow's matters aside and prepare a proposal to discuss with me at night."

Two of the men acknowledged and withdrew from the place, while an old man continued to stand there. "Lordess Ling Xiao, may I know your opinion on the seeded participants from this batch's spirit qi students?" he asked.

Ling Xiao took out a massive silk book. It was filled with rows of personal information, but almost all of them had been crossed out.

The silk book had over 100 nominations of seeded participants, and there were only five that had been given a tick. There were also close to 30 that were given a question mark.

"I have already decided on 5 of the 20 Redbud Hundred's seeded participants. The remaining 34 will be kept for observation. Pay more attention to the student whose Elite fey has the Sacrifice ability. If the student has great potential, then add that student too."

Chapter 67: Class 1 Exam

The white-haired elder stood below and listened seriously to Ling Xiao's arrangements. However, he was obviously unclear with Ling Xiao's arrangement and asked, "Lordess Ling Xiao, according to the norm, the lower grade students are all put in reserve. Their potential would only be determined in the second year, according to their first year's performance. Why would you pay so much attention to a first-year student?"

The white-haired elder was the Redbud Advanced Spirit Qi Academy's dean. The Redbud Intermediate Spirit Qi Academy was considered Redbud Advanced Spirit Qi Academy's sub-academy.

Therefore, the elder had already vetted the name list before handing it over to Ling Xiao. The elder would provide ranking information every month.

The names on the ranking would constantly be changing, and they would be evaluated with their growth for each month.

Redbud City was a large-scale city in the Radiance Federation, and it was filled with resources. However, their nurturing toward the young generation wasn't as outstanding as Redbud City's economy. Redbud City was ranked top five among the 32 large-scale cities within the Radiance Federation in terms of economy.

Presently, Redbud City only had three members within the Radiance Hundred. One of them had even dropped out of the Radiance Hundred Sequence two years ago due to some reason. This was why Ling Xiao paid extra attention to the younger generation's nurturing and development. Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

Ling Xiao had given to the white-haired elder the heavy responsibility of collecting the information on every potential youth within Redbud City. Afterward, Ling Xiao would act as the filter to select 20 seeded participants for the Redbud Hundred. The remaining 80 members wouldn't be selected by Ling Xiao and would be decided through competition.

The white-haired elder didn't understand her reasoning because this first-year student had just participated in live combat class and could only determine the student's innate talent. It was impossible to see the potential, but Lordess Ling Xiao picked the student, nonetheless.

One's innate talent was natural, and it was indeed very important. However, the elder felt that the potential for hard work and diligence was also very important.

"Just do it according to my words." After speaking, Ling Xiao stopped talking and lowered her head. She was carefully looking at the name list in her hand and using a pen to write down the sequence for the students with question marks.

The white-haired elder asked to be dismissed. When he left, he couldn't help but lament. Lordess Ling Xiao's personality was really getting increasingly overbearing, but since it was a task appointed by her, the elder would naturally do his best to complete it.

The grand hall was in silence. Ling Xiao's alizarin, crimson clothes felt as though they dyed the grand hall with layers of bright colors.

After a long time, Ling Xiao stood up and used her hand to stroke the spiritual ingredient ornament.

"This year, the Redbud Hundred should have a higher chance of making it into the Radiance Hundred. The exclusive skill, Sacrifice, actually appeared again. However, all these things are considered trivial as compared to the event tomorrow. The young man who broke the record of getting full marks for the three knowledge spirit qi occupations, will he be able to pass and become a Class 2 Creation Master?

"The Moon Empress actually said to report to her if the young man is able to pass the Class 2 Creation Master exam on the first try. Even if that young man, Lin Yuan, is a heavenly prodigy, if he isn't able to make it directly to become a Class 2 Creation Master, he won't stand a chance.

"Had it not been for Redbud City's previous calamity, things wouldn't be so difficult like now.

"Everything will be up to tomorrow."

...

Lin Yuan woke up early the next day. He noticed that Genius was still sleeping soundly within his embrace. Lin Yuan then used his hand to gently stroke Genius' snow-white fur. It was soft to the touch, and he was reluctant to let go.

Genius used its small head to rub against Lin Yuan's hand and gave off a lazy feeling.

Lin Yuan smiled and scratched Genius' chin, which made Genius so comfortable that it started purring.

While looking at Genius, Lin Yuan involuntarily recalled Chimey and wondered what it had been doing in the small store for the past day or so.

Genius then let out a meow.

Lin Yuan was worried about Chimey, but Genius wasn't. It didn't even know what time Chimey had slept yesterday night. Well, it might have constantly been streaming on the Star Web.

When the sun was up in the sky, scattering warmth, the streets started to become busy.

Lin Yuan immediately headed toward the Creation Master Association. When he arrived at the Creation Master Association, he could see Elder Ning standing at the entrance from afar.

After taking a deep breath of the morning air, Elder Ning waved to Lin Yuan and said, "Come on then. Follow me to the Class 1 exam. This old man will personally preside over your Class 1 Creation Master exam."

Lin Yuan quickly bowed in response. "I shall trouble Elder Ning."

Elder Ning then patted on Lin Yuan's shoulder and said, "Let's go. I have prepared a solitary breeding room for you today. You will conduct the exam in the breeding room."

When a Creation Master was nurturing a fey, an extremely serene environment was required. Nurturing feys with the use of spiritual ingredients, was a very delicate job, and there must be no disturbance.

Lin Yuan followed behind Elder Ning.

The Class 1 Creation Master exam is very simple for me, but I have to carefully consider how to perform during the exam.

How exactly should I perform?

If I am able to complete the Class 1 Creation Master exam easily, will it really be beneficial to me?

The wind would definitely destroy an outstanding tree in the forest. This was a problem that Lin Yuan would always have to face.

In this world, Lin Yuan had to rely on himself for everything as he didn't have any foundation. Each of the steps he took would require careful consideration. If he took a wrong step, he wouldn't just be harming himself, but he would also implicate Chu Ci.

Just as Lin Yuan was contemplating, Elder Ning turned around and spoke after seeing Lin Yuan's expression. "There is no need to be nervous. Didn't you say that all questions are difficult if you don't know them, but once you know them, they aren't difficult? If you are really able to make it to Class 2 like what you said yesterday, even this old man will be envious of you."

After hearing Elder Ning's words, Lin Yuan ground his teeth. I will go all out!

Since I have already gotten full marks for the three knowledge spirit qi occupations' exams and broken the records, I shall also put in all my effort in the Creation Master exam and take this step forward. If Elder Ning is speaking like this, he surely wouldn't mean harm to me. I just don't know if it is worth it for Elder Ning to be envious of me.

"Why does Elder Ning say so?"

Elder Ning laughed heartily. "Kid, you are rather ambitious. If you wish to know of the benefit, you will need to ask after passing the Class 2 Creation Master exam."

Lin Yuan could see that Elder Ning was looking at him with eyes that were filled with expectations. Lin Yuan naturally wouldn't let Elder Ning down.

It seemed like passing the Class 2 Creation Master exam directly would really have a great benefit.

The Creation Master Association's reformation was naturally for a reason, and there was probably a very deep consideration for it.

Lin Yuan wasn't able to guess the details of the consideration, but he could guess that this reformation was to pick new Creation Masters that had potential.

After walking into the breeding room, Lin Yuan saw an Elite fey that was locked up on the table. It was an Elite IX/Flawless fey.

Lin Yuan then saw the exam topic on the table—he had to evolve this Elite IX/Flawless Ironhead Stoat to bronze-grade.

The Creation Master exam had a time restriction. If the participant couldn't evolve the Elite Ironhead Stoat to a Bronze one within eight hours, it would be considered a failure.

Chapter 68: Ling Xiao

If Lin Yuan wished to evolve this Ironhead Stoat, he would only require one hour to evolve it from the Elite IX/Flawless to bronze-grade. Even if he wanted to increase the quality to Epic before evolving to bronze-grade, he would only require around two hours.

Lin Yuan looked at the spiritual ingredients on the table. Among them, there was the Sharp Pine Needle and the Heavy Iron Ore. Both spiritual ingredients were rather expensive.

If these spiritual ingredients on the table were sold outside, they would at least be able to fetch 2 Radiance dollars.

This was just a Class 1 Creation Master exam, and it was already enough to see the resources and cost required for higher class Creation Master exams. This was also enough to see that the Radiance Federation was putting in plenty of effort and resources to nurture Creation Masters.

Once these resources were used up, they wouldn't be compensated. It was no wonder the Creation Master exams would only be conducted once a year.

Lin Yuan picked up the spiritual ingredients on the table. Unlike other Creation Masters, he didn't use his own method to make a concoction with the spiritual ingredients. Instead, Lin Yuan fed the spiritual ingredients to the Elite Ironhead Stoat directly and started to transfer spirit qi into its body.

Although feeding the spiritual ingredients to the Ironhead Stoat wouldn't cause it to evolve directly, it could help Lin Yuan to speed up the evolution process. It originally required one hour, but it was now shortened to 40 minutes.

The Ironhead Stoat started to evolve with an intense reaction. After the evolution, the Ironhead Stoat was now a Bronze fey.

As such, Lin Yuan had completed the Class 1 Creation Master exam and simply walked out of the breeding room. Since he had decided to showcase himself, he wasn't going to hold back. Only by exposing his talents would he be able to receive more attention.

After exiting the breeding room, Lin Yuan noticed that there was another lady in an alizarin, crimson dress by the entrance along with Elder Ning. This lady looked to be no more than 28 years old, however, her aura showcased that she was someone important. A regular 28-year-old lady wouldn't possess such an aura. She was probably a powerful person.

Elder Ning walked over and asked Lin Yuan with a frown, "Did the concoction of spiritual ingredients fail? Why did you exit the breeding room so quickly?"

Even if Lin Yuan had failed, Elder Ning wouldn't blame Lin Yuan. On the contrary, he would still admire Lin Yuan for his knowledge exams' results.

But now, Lin Yuan had already walked out of the breeding room after only 40 minutes, and in Elder Ning's opinion, Lin Yuan must have given up halfway through. Even if the spiritual ingredients' concoction had really failed, Lin Yuan should still have tried to see if the rest of the spiritual ingredients could produce an effect to help the fey complete its evolution.

This was a kind of attitude.

Ling Xiao looked at Lin Yuan and didn't say anything.

When Lin Yuan exited, he wanted to tell Elder Ning that he had already completed the exam, but he didn't expect Elder Ning to feel that he had already failed.

"Elder Ning, I have already succeeded. The concoction of the spiritual ingredients didn't fail. I have completed the exam."

Lin Yuan's words stunned Elder Ning. The latter immediately walked into the breeding room to check on Lin Yuan's result.

At that moment, Lin Yuan noticed the silent lady walk over, and she said, "Your participation in the three knowledge spirit qi occupations' exams yesterday was very exciting. Now it seems like your Creation Master's talent is also very promising."

The lady's method of speaking made Lin Yuan at a loss of how to reply for a moment. When this lady was speaking to him, Lin Yuan felt that she wasn't praising him, but she was standing from a certain angle to state the facts. The flow of conversation made Lin Yuan feel very strange. Her tone was filled with admiration but also felt very distant.

At that moment, Elder Ning walked out of the breeding room, and when he saw the lady conversing with Lin Yuan, he introduced them. "Lin Yuan, this is our Redbud City Lordess. Lordess Ling Xiao." Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

After introducing Ling Xiao, Elder Ning looked at Lin Yuan with a face that was overflowing with pleasant surprise and admiration.

"Kid Yuan, well done! You have completed the Class 1 Creation Master exam within 40 minutes."

Ling Xiao didn't reply to Elder Ning's words immediately and bowed to Ling Xiao solemnly. "Greetings to the City Lordess."

Lin Yuan finally understood why he would feel so strange when this lady was speaking to him. Redbud City was scorching and rainy, and it was always covered in dark clouds.

City Lordess Ling Xiao was famous for her Fantasy Breed fey, the High Firmament Flower. Every time a hurricane that could create a flood would arrive, the High Firmament Flower would smash the rain clouds.

It was also why Redbud City might be stuffy and humid, and there would be rain every few days, but there had never been a flood.

It wasn't only the case. A very long time ago, a super-scaled dimensional rift had appeared within Redbud City's region, and in order to protect Redbud City, City Lordess Ling Xiao had been severely injured.

She might have been healed in the end, but it affected her emotions, causing her to be in this state.

Lin Yuan lived in Redbud City and was protected by Ling Xiao, so Lin Yuan felt respect for Ling Xiao from the bottom of his heart. Had she not tried to protect Redbud City, a king-class expert like Ling Xiao wouldn't have been severely injured.

Ling Xiao shook her hand and patted on Lin Yuan's shoulder. She might not have any emotions when speaking, nor did she have any change in expressions, but Lin Yuan felt as though he could feel that sudden joy.

"Are you going to participate in the Class 2 Creation Master exam immediately?"

Lin Yuan nodded and heard Ling Xiao speaking again. "Why don't you go through the Class 2 Creation Master exam tomorrow? You have just completed the Class 1 Creation Master exam today and should rest for a day. You will then be able to participate in the Class 2 Creation Master exam tomorrow at your best state and produce a more stable performance."

Ling Xiao didn't know why, but he could feel that Ling Xiao viewed his Class 2 Creation Master exam with great importance. It was the same for Elder Ning too.

Lin Yuan replied, "It is fine for me to participate in the Class 2 Creation Master exam now. I didn't really use up much energy during the Class 1 Creation Master exam."

Ling Xiao looked toward Elder Ning and saw the latter nodding. Ling Xiao didn't say anything else.

"Great, kid. You can just go into the same breeding room and conduct the Class 2 Creation Master exam. The Class 2 Creation Master exam isn't as simple as the Class 1 Creation Master exam. You don't just have to upgrade an Elite/Normal fey to the Epic quality. You still have to heal a Bronze fey with damaged roots," Elder Ning said to Lin Yuan.

Elder Ning was obviously more worried about Lin Yuan's Class 2 Creation Master exam. Class 1 Creation Masters would normally need years of experience before they were qualified to participate in the Class 2 Creation Master exam. In addition, the passing rate was pitifully low.

The Class 1 Creation Master exam was just to evolve a fey to the next grade, but the Class 2 Creation Master exam involved the fey's quality and roots.

When one became a Class 2 Creation Master, they would be considered to have stepped into the true world of the Creation Masters.

Each Class 2 Creation Master was the Radiance Federation's important capital.

As for the current Lin Yuan, even if Elder Ning had great expectations, he still couldn't relax.

In fact, when the Moon Empress proposed for the reformation, Elder Ning felt that the Moon Empress' standard for accepting a disciple was too harsh.

Lin Yuan had already entered the breeding room and was preparing to go through the challenge for the Class 2 Creation Master exam.

Chapter 69: A Fey's Gratitude

The Class 1 Creation Master exam was just a doorstep. It was a filter to see if one had the qualifications to become a Creation Master, and it was considered the easiest exam. However, it was an exam that blocked out countless people.

The Class 2 exam was much harder because becoming a Class 2 Creation Master would mean that one was an all-round Creation Master.

It wasn't just to increase the fey's grade, but it was also to upgrade the quality of the fey and heal a severely injured fey's roots.

Therefore, this obstacle wouldn't be so easy for a regular Class 1 Creation Master to surpass. Moreover, Lin Yuan was still so young.

Ling Xiao still had that indifferent expression, but her hands were tightly clenched together.

Lin Yuan entered the breeding room and picked up the exam topic. It stated that Lin Yuan had to evolve a fey, and it was an Elite/Flawless Jasmine Lily.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but lament his fate with Jasmine Lilies. The other fey made Lin Yuan's brows knit together, as it was actually a cyan crab that was the size of a small round table.

The massive crab was lying there with its dying breath, and it felt as though it was experiencing extreme suffering. It was a Shear Pincers Crab.

It was a Bronze fey that could fight in water, and its massive pincers could produce a burst of strength that could snap steel reinforced bars.

Lin Yuan couldn't see the injuries just from the appearance of the Shear Pincers Crab, however, it was supposed to be a very lively fey. It was currently lying there at its dying breath, and its mouth was bubbling with foam every now and then.

Lin Yuan immediately understood that the Shear Pincers Crab's injuries were extremely severe. As soon as Lin Yuan touched the Shear Pincers Crab's shell, he knew what was wrong with it.

When Lin Yuan touched the Shear Pincers Crab's hard shell, it actually sank in a little when it was supposed to be hard like an armor. As soon as Lin Yuan pressed down, the Shear Pincers Crab would shiver with pain. Lin Yuan didn't dare to use any more strength as it was obvious that the Shear Pincers Crab's shell was completely shattered. But due to the membrane on the back, the shattered shells were still connected.

If the membrane wasn't around, the Shear Pincers Crab's shell would have already broken into pieces. If the outside shell was already in such a state, it was obvious that the Shear Pincers Crab's innards had suffered from the impact too.

If such injuries persisted, in just a short moment, the Shear Pincers Crab would perish.

Looking at the pained Shear Pincers Crab, Lin Yuan immediately reached out and touched the Shear Pincers Crab's body. This time, he didn't immediately channel spirit qi to help recover the Shear Pincers Crab's injuries. Instead, he used Morbius' exclusive skill, Pure Land of Bliss.

In an instant, a sandy shore appeared under the Shear Pincers Crab, and it was just enough to accommodate the Shear Pincers Crab. The lustrous and jade-like sand emitted energy to heal the Shear Pincers Crab's roots, allowing the Shear Pincers Crab's injuries to heal in a short moment.

The Shear Pincers Crab was trying to move its pincers with difficulty as though it was feeling its body recovering. FOlloow 𝒏ewest stories at n𝒐(v)

When Lin Yuan activated the Pure Land of Bliss, he had also reached out to press on the Shear Pincers Crab's body to channel spirit qi to heal its roots.

In around two hours, Lin Yuan gradually healed the Shear Pincers Crab with Pure Land of Bliss' activation. He didn't enter the Spirit Lock spatial zone to heal the Shear Pincers Crab. The Spirit Lock spatial zone was Lin Yuan's trump card, and he would never expose it.

This was Lin Yuan's first time using the Pure Land of Bliss. Previously, when Lin Yuan had healed a Bronze fey's roots, it had taken him four hours. With the help of Pure Land of Bliss, half the time was cut down.

This meant that the Pure Land of Bliss' healing power was similar to his channeling of spirit qi to heal the fey's roots.

Lin Yuan involuntarily lamented at the power of Pure Land of Bliss. The effects of Pure Land of Bliss was actually related to the spirit qi density in the surroundings. It also meant that if the fey was placed within the Spirit Lock spatial zone, the recovery time could be further shortened.

Once Lin Yuan finished healing the Bronze Shear Pincers Crab, he prepared to upgrade the Jasmine Lily's quality. He suddenly noticed the Shear Pincers Crab snipping on the protruding part above its shell.

It snipped off a huge protruding piece and handed it to Lin Yuan before blowing bubbles in a silly manner.

Lin Yuan had obtained a Creation Master's capability for some time now, but this scene still gave him a shock that he had never experienced before.

All living things had intelligence and knew how to be grateful.

According to the knowledge that Lin Yuan had learned from Genius, Shear Pincers Crabs cherished their Crab Stone on the top of their shell almost obsessively.

The Crab Stone was a kind of spiritual ingredient. It might not be expensive, but it was the most important possession to a fey like the Shear Pincers Crab. When harvesting the Crab Stone from the Shear Pincers Crab's shell, it would risk its life to protect it.

The Shear Pincers Crab knew that Lin Yuan had rescued it and had personally removed the Crab Stone as a gift for Lin Yuan. This was a form of gratitude that transcended species, and it gave Lin Yuan an indescribable feeling. It was a throbbing sensation.

The throbbing sensation contained an instinctive understanding toward all living things. Feys were just like humans and possessed feelings.

After Lin Yuan received the Crab Stone from the Shear Pincers Crab, the latter then started to roam around the breeding room in a silly manner. It had now restored its originally lively personality.

Lin Yuan stored the Crab Stone within the Spirit Lock spatial zone in a serious manner. He would keep this Crab Stone as a token of encouragement and responsibility as a Creation Master.

Lin Yuan was already proficient in upgrading an Elite fey's quality to Epic. Thus, Lin Yuan completed the Jasmine Lily's upgrade without any problems.

Now that Lin Yuan had already completed the Class 2 Creation Master exam, he looked at the spiritual ingredients that he had yet to use. He then took out a portion of the spiritual ingredients that he should use and stored them in the Spirit-Lock spatial zone.

After bidding goodbye to the Shear Pincers Crab, Lin Yuan exited the breeding room again.

Before Elder Ning could even ask, Ling Xiao asked as soon as she saw Lin Yuan exiting the room, "How is it?"

Lin Yuan revealed a sunshine boy's unique smile and said, "The Shear Pincers Crab is healed, and the Jasmine Lily's quality has become Epic."

After hearing Lin Yuan's response, Ling Xiao's clenched fists were finally relaxed before she said three consecutive 'great' while looking at Lin Yuan with admiration.

Elder Ning quickly entered the breeding room to check. After verifying that Lin Yuan had completed the exam, he laughed heartily and walked out.

"Heroes are really born from the young generations. You took just three and a half hours to complete the Class 2 Creation Master exam and even completed it with such outstanding results. You are the most talented Creation Master this old man has seen in so many years. Later on, this old man will personally register your proof as a Class 2 Creation Master and issue you with the crest of a Class 2 Creation Master, and also the special privileges that Creation Masters can enjoy."

Chapter 70: Class 2 Creation Master

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan's heart was finally at ease after he finished the Class 2 Creation Master exam. This was a plan that Lin Yuan had decided early on, and now that he had accomplished it, he was able to relax.

"After passing the Creation Master exam in Redbud City, the Creation Masters will obtain a merchant store. Later on, I will ask someone to send the merchant store's information to your Star Web account. It will be easier for you to make a choice on the Star Web store."

Ling Xiao left the Creation Master Association after informing Lin Yuan. Ling Xiao's footsteps were very light as she walked, and it was easy to see that she was delighted.

Previously, if Ling Xiao encountered a Class 2 Creation Master who had just completed the exam, she would definitely try to recruit and make the Class 2 Creation Master stay within Redbud City. A Class 2 Creation Master could greatly develop no matter which major city they chose. They could even have a good store in the royal capital.

All the major cities were also competing, be it the qualifications for the Radiance Hundred or the resources for the Creation Masters. These were all crucial factors to compete over.

As for Ling Xiao, she would definitely prepare a good store. However, Ling Xiao didn't feel the need to recruit Lin Yuan. After all, Lin Yuan had already fulfilled the Moon Empress' criterion, and she would report Lin Yuan's information to the Moon Empress.

The Moon Empress will make her arrangements and will also take care of Redbud City's matters. This will be enough.

Lin Yuan scratched his head. He already knew that the Creation Masters had great benefits, but he didn't think that the Redbud City would actually reward Class 2 Creation Masters with a store. The Redbud City was a major city in the Radiance Federation, and it wouldn't be exaggerating to say that every inch of land was considered gold.

Possessing a store in Redbud City was something that Lin Yuan would never dare to think about in the past. But now, even if Lin Yuan obtained a store in Redbud City, he wasn't going to leave the Xia Region. After all, establishing a store in Redbud City wasn't within Lin Yuan's current plan.

Lin Yuan's current plan was still to snowball and accumulate resources, as well as increase the grade of his feys and his spirit qi occupation rank. He wanted to reach the top 100 floors of the Star Tower and progress to the Celestial Stairway.

After Lin Yuan completed the registration with Elder Ning and obtained the Creation Master Association's authentication, he was now approved as a Class 2 Creation Master. In addition, it was bound to his Star Web account.

From now on, Lin Yuan would be an approved Class 2 Creation Master.

A pair of aged hands held onto a crest that was decorated with life symbols and two stars. The hands then solemnly pinned the crest on Lin Yuan's chest.

"Lin Yuan, from now on, you are a Class 2 Creation Master that is officially recognized by the Radiance Federation's Creation Master Association. Do your best on the path of a Creation Master."

Elder Ning's 'do your best' made a huge impact, and it felt as though they had a magical power that struck Lin Yuan's heart after passing through his ears. It felt like a kind of inheritance. It was a recognition and encouragement from a senior to a junior.

Lin Yuan nodded in a serious manner. "Elder Ning, I will continue to work hard and will not be complacent at all times."

In the beginning, becoming a Creation Master was Lin Yuan's method to continue surviving. However, the Creation Master occupation was now something that Lin Yuan enjoyed. Be it the ability to feel the transformation of life or the process of saving a life, they were all things that Lin Yuan felt proud of.

Elder Ning laughed heartily while his eyes were filled with benevolence. "You have also done something good today."

Lin Yuan couldn't really understand what Elder Ning meant. "What good?"

"Naturally, something good! This Bronze Shear Pincers Crab is a contracted fey with an owner. Since you healed this Shear Pincers Crab, you have also rescued the life of a spirit qi professional. Is this not considered a good thing?"

Lin Yuan didn't expect that the injured Shear Pincers Crab was actually a contracted fey with an owner.

Elder Ning explained, "When spirit qi professionals are training in the outside world if they encounter sudden danger, the fey might suffer injuries to their roots. Most of these spirit qi professionals don't have the capability to heal their feys' injured roots. During the Creation Master Association's Creation Master exams, these people are given a chance. If the Creation Master passes the exam, they will naturally save a person. If they don't pass, it will be a risk that the spirit qi professionals have to bear.

"This is a proposal that was agreed upon by the three top masters. After the three top masters made the exam topic, the Creation Master Association would spend huge resources every year to conduct the exam. However, this old man thinks that it is very worth it."

After listening to Elder Ning's explanation, Lin Yuan understood what was going on when Elder Ning said he had done something good. Today, he had passed the exam and also rescued a stranger, giving it twice the meaning.

The Creation Master Association's actions showed a warm side of this world. This warmth came from the Radiance Federation, and it was the place where Lin Yuan lived. The warmth was constantly strengthening Lin Yuan's sense of belonging.

Elder Ning helped Lin Yuan to carefully wear his Class 2 Creation Master crest and said, "You can just wear this Class 2 Creation Master crest during normal times. It can also be used as a decoration when entering the Star Web. Wearing this crest will bring you plenty of conveniences. Also, this is another Star Web Card. Take it."

This particular Star Web Card was something that Lin Yuan always wanted. When one's status reached a certain level in the Radiance Federation, they would be able to obtain a second Star Web Card.

The Radiance Federation approved this Star Web Card, and it was the same as giving a person two identities in the Star Web. Creation Masters could use this Star Web Card as their second identity, providing them a kind of protection.

Lin Yuan planned to split his identity as a Creation Master and his identity in the Star Tower. He was going to use his identity as a Creation Master to build the Star Web store, while his other identity would challenge the Star Tower.

Lin Yuan received the Star Web Card from Elder Ning, stored it, and was just about to bid farewell. However, Elder Ning stopped him.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Take this as well."

Elder Ning handed him a small box. When he opened the box, two crests that were engraved with two stars and a shield appeared.

"These are retainer crests for Class 2 Creation Masters. Class 2 Creation Masters are able to accept two spirit qi professionals as their retainers, and they serve as vassals. However, the Creation Master needs to help nurture the retainers' feys. These two crests represent that the Radiance Federation can recognize that you have two retainers. For retainers that violate the retainer responsibilities, you can propose for arbitration to the Radiance Federation. But when choosing a retainer, you must carefully inspect their character."ViiSiit n𝒐velb𝒊/n.c/(𝒐)m for l𝒂test 𝒏𝒐vels

Elder Ning gestured upon seeing Lin Yuan store the box. "Kid, you can go now. When you are free, come over to Redbud City to visit this old man. If there is anything else, Ling Xiao and I will contact you."

When Lin Yuan stepped out of the Creation Master Association's entrance, it was already dark. Different from when he arrived, he was now a genuine Class 2 Creation Master!

Chapter 71: Rare Lifeform Pavilion's Commotion

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

If there was a difference before and after becoming a Class 2 Creation Master, Lin Yuan felt that it was the peace of mind.

Lin Yuan had already made plenty of plans for himself, but he would need to obtain the qualifications of a Class 2 Creation Master first for these plans to work. He had already achieved the first step.

Having the confidence to obtain it was just an unrealistic rosy view before actually obtaining it.

Once the unrealistic goal turned into a reality that was pinned on his chest, it had indeed given Lin Yuan much more confidence. Being a Class 2 Creation Master was already enough for him to guarantee a safe life in this world. As for the benefit that Elder Ning and the City Lordess Ling Xiao mentioned, Lin Yuan didn't really put too much thought into it.

Presently, Lin Yuan had to go to the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's first floor and conduct the trade with the masked man he had encountered yesterday.

Lin Yuan might be a Class 2 Creation Master now, but if he lost the Blue Flash Butterfly trade, it would probably be impossible to find another one.

Beautiful and rare feys might not be used for forming contracts. Some of these beautiful feys were kept as pets and as decorations. Their unique beauty had given these feys a value that couldn't be measured with money.

No matter which world humans were in, and no matter how many billions of years they had been evolving, their desire for beautiful things had never changed.

Lin Yuan needed this Blue Flash Butterfly, not for its beauty, but for its basic ability. It was for him to increase his strength, and it had great compatibility with Morbius' Spirit Lock. Therefore, Lin Yuan had to obtain it.

While having such thoughts, Lin Yuan arrived at the Rare Lifeform Pavilion. As soon as Lin Yuan swiped his Star Web Card, an attendant immediately rushed to welcome him with a bow.

"Esteemed Class 2 Creation Master, welcome to the Rare Lifeform Pavilion. I wonder which floor are you going to visit? If you need any specific fey, you can go to the third floor's tea room to have a cup of spirit tea. Allow me to help you find the fey that you are interested in."

The appearance of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion staff member startled Lin Yuan. He was now a Class 2 Creation Master, and he wasn't just limited to the first floor of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion. He was able to roam throughout all four floors of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion without any obstruction.

"Thank you, but I don't need any help. I will just shop around casually on the first floor. Please continue with your own work." After replying, Lin Yuan smiled and nodded before heading into the Rare Lifeform Pavilion.

The attendant had been working for two years in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion, yet she was standing still with a stunned expression. Her young lady face was dyed with a rosy tint.

She didn't expect this handsome young man to be a Class 2 Creation Master, as well as so friendly when treating others. A person's status didn't matter. If they had the upbringing of being polite, it would always give others a good impression.

Once Lin Yuan entered the first floor of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion, he noticed that there were one or a few 'eyes of a hurricane'. The customers of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion were all subtly attracted toward a direction. It was either the appearance of some great fey or a commotion.

Lin Yuan wasn't really interested, but as he walked toward the direction of the masked man's counter, he noticed that the 'eye of the hurricane' was in the direction of that masked man's counter too.

Lin Yuan walked a little closer and noticed it was really as he expected. There were plenty of people gathered in front of the masked man's counter, more than yesterday night.

The masked man was standing there and had placed his hands on the counter without saying anything. At that moment, Lin Yuan heard a rather arrogant voice. "You said you are able to prove that you caught these four butterfly cocoons in the wild. Thus, I am willing to buy two to try my luck. Now that I am able to pay the price you offered, why do you still want to wait for the customer you met yesterday? Did you sign an agreement, or did you receive a deposit?"

The voice originated from a middle-aged man, who had black hair that was mixed with white strands. But it wasn't really accurate to judge that he was middle-aged just because of his hair color. One could maintain their hair color with good care treatments to slow down the white hair growth. The skin could also maintain its young luster through care treatments. However, the wrinkles and those age spots showed that this man was considered an old man who maintained his youth rather well.

The masked man looked at the time on his mobile phone and said, "It is 19:00 now. I have arranged the time to meet him at 20:00. If he doesn't arrive by 21:00, I will choose to sell these cocoons."

Before the arrogant middle-aged man spoke, a young man beside him spoke with dissatisfaction. "How can my lord wait two hours for you? You are selling goods, but you aren't accepting the deal when we are willing to pay. Aren't you looking down on my lord?!"

While speaking, the young man puffed up his chest and patted on the crest on his right chest.

Lin Yuan looked over and saw one star and a shield on the crest. It was the crest of a Class 1 Creation Master's retainer.

Class 1 Creation Masters could also have a retainer. Evidently, this young man was the middle-aged man's knight retainer, while that middle-aged man was a Class 1 Creation Master.

The young man was now rather anxious. His master was a gambler, and whenever his master saw a wild butterfly cocoon, he would have the urge to buy one. If his master was rejected, it would cause his master to be unhappy, and the young man would be the one to receive the blame.

Although a Creation Master's retainer might be able to receive help from the Creation Master, and the retainer crest allowed them to act with higher authority, the retainers were still vassals. Due to his master's status, there were things that his master couldn't say, so he had to stand at the front as a retainer.

The young man took a silent glance and received an eye signal from his master. The young man immediately stood up with a ramrod-straight back.

The surrounding people had placed their thoughts on this commotion and didn't observe carefully. As such, they didn't expect to see an esteemed Creation Master on the first floor.

Most of the people on the first floor of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion were ordinary people, and it was naturally very hard for them to make any contact with low-ranked spirit qi professionals, let alone Creation Masters.

Currently, most of the onlookers' eyes were filled with curiosity and reverence. However, they were plenty of people whose eyes contained dissatisfaction.

It was due to the retainer's words that were obviously trying to use his status to put on pressure. One might not be able to feel anything if such things didn't happen to them, but those with righteousness found it hard to enjoy.

The masked man walked to the corner and sat on the ground without saying anything else.

When the retainer saw that the masked man was unwilling to comply, he was about to reprimand him, but an indifferent voice echoed from behind. "Those who are out to make trades can choose to sell, but they can naturally choose not to sell too. Selling feys isn't like a regular trade of merchandise. There is a need to suit the intentions of both parties. Don't you understand such a simple reasoning?"

Lin Yuan saw that the retainer was going to continue making things difficult for the masked man, so he quickly commented.

Chapter 72: A Near-Death Source-Type Lifeform

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Lin Yuan wasn't really helping the masked man out of a difficult situation. The masked man was in this situation mainly because of their verbal appointment yesterday night.

When a gentleman gave his words, he must keep to it.

Lin Yuan didn't expect the masked man to keep to the deal after yesterday night's verbal appointment and rushed departure. It would be false if Lin Yuan said he wasn't moved. If this masked man didn't keep to his words and keep to his promise, Lin Yuan's Blue Flash Butterfly would have flown away.

The retainer could only speak in a harsh tone, as the Rare Lifeform Pavilion wasn't like the outside. The retainer understood that this place wasn't his master's store where his words held authority. Even when a C-rank spirit qi professional visited, they would need to be polite to him. If a B-rank spirit qi professional sought help from his master, they would also need to treat him with respect.

The Rare Lifeform Pavilion was a place where his words weren't useful at all. In fact, if he caused trouble in the Rare Lifeform Pavilion, he would need to bear responsibility for any losses. If the Rare Lifeform Pavilion came after him, even his master wouldn't bother about him. Even if his master wanted to help, what could his master do? It might not be useful.

The Rare Lifeform Pavilion wasn't backed by some private organization—the Radiance Federation supported it.

When the retainer heard that someone was trying to meddle in his business, his pent up anger finally found an exit. "What Tom, Dick, or Harry are you to meddle in my business—"

While speaking, the young retainer turned around, but before he could finish, his words were all stuffed back into his mouth.

As a person who was extremely mindful of his status as a Class 1 Creation Master's retainer, he always hoped that others could see the crest on his right chest. Therefore, he would also subconsciously notice others' right chest too.

If he didn't look, it wouldn't matter, but he got a shock once he saw it.

This 17- or 18-year-old youth actually wore a crest that was almost similar to his master's crest, but it didn't have one star. It had two stars.

He is actually a Class 2 Creation Master!

In the young retainer's memory, when he was following his master, he was fortunate enough to see a few Class 2 Creation Masters, but they were all old men. A young Creation Master like Lin Yuan, a Class 2 one at that, had immediately broken the young retainer's knowledge.

Upon recalling his master's respectful behavior toward those Class 2 Creation Masters and recalling how he said Lin Yuan was a Tom, Dick, or Harry, the young retainer was petrified. He felt his tongue turning numb, and he couldn't even utter half a word.

The young retainer's reaction was too dramatic. Previously, he had been behaving all high and mighty, but he suddenly turned timid and cowardly. This transformation immediately made everyone's attention shift to Lin Yuan.

Right now, Lin Yuan had turned into the eye of the hurricane for the first floor of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion.

When everyone focused their attention, they quickly noticed that Lin Yuan was wearing a Class 2 Creation Master's crest on his chest. They couldn't help but exclaim, "He is actually a Class 2 Creation Master!"FOlloow 𝒏ewest stories at n𝒐(v)

"This is my first time seeing a Class 2 Creation Master!"

"How can a Class 2 Creation Master be so young?!"

Most of the people here were ordinary people. They might know that Creation Masters had noble status, but a Creation Master's life was still too remote for them.

Therefore, Class 2 Creation Masters would only be a term of respect for ordinary people. But to a Class 1 Creation Master, they viewed Class 2 Creation Master with a different outlook.

Becoming a Class 2 Creation Master was what they aimed for, and it was also a huge mountain pressing down from above. When the middle-aged man saw that Lin Yuan was such a young Class 2 Creation Master, his previously prideful attitude had been withdrawn. His overbearing attitude was now cautious and humble.

He immediately smiled and said, "I didn't think I would be able to see the esteemed sir here! It is truly an honor!"

The Class 1 Creation Master didn't know Lin Yuan at all, but seeing how young Lin Yuan was, the middle-aged man looked at Lin Yuan with an additional layer of reverence.

Creation Masters could receive an inheritance, and a mentored Creation Master would advance at a much faster speed. At the same time, the Creation Master occupation was one that used up an extreme amount of resources. Each advancement would require a massive accumulation of spiritual ingredients.

Creation Masters relied on senses, and there was also a need to increase the technique. The price for Creation Masters to evolve a fey was so high because of the massive amount of resources required by the Creation Masters.

This was also why poor families couldn't produce nobles.

In the Class 1 Creation Master's opinion, Lin Yuan was a person with authority and wealth. His age and achievement stated everything. However, the Class 1 Creation Master didn't know that Lin Yuan was actually an anomaly. His Creation Master standard was entirely achieved by himself.

Lin Yuan wasn't interested in the Class 1 Creation Master's greetings at all. Therefore, he ignored the middle-aged man and walked straight for the masked man. "I am here to trade, and I thank you for keeping your promise."

The Class 1 Creation Master didn't mind Lin Yuan's indifference at all. Instead, he let out a relieved smile because Lin Yuan's indifference meant that Lin Yuan wouldn't pursue the matter.

He didn't expect that this masked man's promise was made with a Class 2 Creation Master. The Class 1 Creation Master looked at the masked man and felt his teeth getting achy.

Couldn't you just tell me that you made a promise with a Class 2 Creation Master!? The way you stayed silent and not saying anything is the same as you trying to frame me!

However, the Class 1 Creation Master didn't know that the masked man was looking at Lin Yuan's in a clueless manner, as the masked man didn't know that his promise was made toward a Class 2 Creation Master.

The masked man stood up and said, "I will provide you the proof that these four butterfly cocoons were found in the Endless Forest, and you will pay in full." The masked man's words didn't sound like a question and were more like a statement.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Okay!"

Lin Yuan was able to use his ability, True Data, to check on the butterfly-species fey inside the cocoon, so he didn't need proof from the masked man. However, he didn't stop the masked man.

The masked man had been treated as a swindler yesterday, and some people were specially here to watch the show. As such, when this masked man showed the proof, it would also prove to everyone else. The masked man activated his spiritual energy, but he took a very long time until his body was shivering, only to summon a purple insect cocoon.

The insect cocoon was huge, and it wasn't the same as the butterfly cocoons. It had a flesh-like cocoon wall and looked rather tough. It was just like a small heart that was breeding a life within.

At that moment, Lin Yuan used True Data to check on the insect cocoon. When he read the information of the insect cocoon, his pupils contracted. This insect cocoon wasn't a normal fey but actually a source-type lifeform. However, this source-type lifeform was in a near-death state!

Chapter 73: Insect Queen

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Source-type lifeforms could be said to the most amazing and rare things. Each of the source-type lifeforms had different unique traits.

Lin Yuan's Source Seed didn't require any spiritual energy and used fresh blood to form the contract. It could also evolve according to the contractor's will, and it was different from the other Source Seeds that were recorded.

Lin Yuan had allowed Genius to specifically learn information on Source Seeds.

Upon seeing how the masked man used his spiritual energy to summon the purple flesh cocoon, Lin Yuan had a subtle conjecture that this source-type lifeform was an Insect Queen.

An Insect Queen was like a breeding machine and could use the insects that she devoured in each grade to use as models. It could then produce and replicate insects of the same model and gene.

One could say that an Insect Queen was equivalent to an insect swarm. However, an Insect Queen required an insane amount of spiritual energy from the host. After forming a contract with an Insect Queen, the spirit qi professional wouldn't be able to form contracts with other feys.

This was the difference between the Source Seed, Red Thorn, and this source-type Insect Queen.

Presently, this Insect Queen was in a near-death state, and its roots must have received a severe injury. The Insect Queen didn't have a choice but to maintain its life through a cocoon form.

Source-type lifeforms always had a flaw, and after so many years, the Radiance Federation could still not resolve this problem. When source-type lifeforms were severely injured, they could be maintained by using large amounts of spiritual ingredients. However, once a source-type lifeform was in a near-death state, it couldn't recover like other feys by using spiritual ingredients.

The source-type lifeform was a lifeform that had a hard time getting injured. It also meant that the roots of the source-type lifeform were extremely hard to damage. Since the source-type lifeform was in a near-death state, it had regressed to its initial state. This was already the lowest form for the source-type lifeform to maintain its life.

At that moment, the source-type lifeform could only receive the purest spirit qi, and only a massive amount of pure spirit qi could allow it to recover. This was rather similar to the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish.

However, the spirit qi's purity required by the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish was far below the near-death source-type lifeform. Spirit qi with high purity could be extracted with the right concoction of spirit ingredients.

However, highly concentrated spirit qi that was extracted from spiritual ingredients had a certain level of medicinal effects. Even if the medicinal effects were mild, it was still fatal for a source-type Insect Queen in the near-death state.

Lin Yuan finally understood why this masked man would be in such a depressed state. Lin Yuan understood the depression and could actually feel it himself.

The depression originated from the injury of the Insect Queen. The requirement of spiritual energy from the Insect Queen didn't allow the masked man to form contracts with other feys. This was the same as severing the masked man's path as a spirit qi professional.

Everyone present, even the Class 1 Creation Master, didn't recognize what kind of fey the masked man's purple flesh cocoon was.

The world had massive amounts of information, and if Lin Yuan hadn't used True Data and hadn't allowed Genius to study information related to Source Seeds, Lin Yuan wouldn't have been able to recognize it.

The masked man looked at the purple flesh cocoon on his hand for a long time before saying to Lin Yuan, "Place your hand on the insect cocoon, and you will be able to see the scene of me finding the four butterfly cocoons in the depths of the Endless Forest."

If there were categories among the source-type lifeforms, the Insect Queen was considered a production-type and spiritual-type. The Insect Queen's spiritual-type trait was to allow for the viewing of memories.

The masked man didn't mind others' opinions, and it was fine as long as he could prove the origin of the four butterfly cocoons. As for the doubts of others, the masked man didn't care at all.

Lin Yuan took two steps forward and placed his hand on the purple flesh cocoon, and he could feel a mild warmth from the flesh cocoon. The lifeform within the flesh cocoon was already extremely frail and weak. It felt as though a small flame that could be extinguished from a breeze.

If this was a regular commotion, when the others saw this method of proof, they would think if this was actually a show. However, with Lin Yuan's status as a Class 2 Creation Master, no one had such thoughts.

Four butterfly cocoons for 120 Radiance dollars might be an astronomical price, but it was just a small matter to a Class 2 Creation Master. Therefore, it wasn't worth it for a Class 2 Creation Master to act such a show.

Seeing that there wasn't any more show to watch, the crowd scattered.

When the middle-aged Class 1 Creation Master saw that his young retainer was still in a state of shock, he was so enraged that he slapped at the neck of the young retainer, waking the retainer up immediately.

The young retainer shrunk his neck after seeing his master's enraged expression. He then followed the middle-aged Creation Master to exit the Rare Lifeform Pavilion in a dejected manner.

If it was any other time, the middle-aged Class 1 Creation Master would definitely stay behind to see if he could build a good relationship with Lin Yuan, a young Class 2 Creation Master. It would be the same as paving an additional path for himself.

But after recalling how his retainer had spoken out of his turn earlier, the Class 1 Creation Master was afraid that Lin Yuan might take revenge later on. Hence, he didn't dare to continue staying here and left this place of commotion.

The 'eye of the hurricane' had now calmed down, and the Rare Lifeform Pavilion was restored back to normal.

Lin Yuan placed his hand on the purple flesh cocoon and felt the spiritual waves from within the flesh cocoon. His mind formed with a scene of how the masked man collected the four butterfly cocoons.

The masked man had indeed found these four cocoons within the Endless Forest.

Just as Lin Yuan was sensing the scene within his mind, he felt the purple flesh cocoon emitting a painful struggle from within. Lin Yuan was able to sense the pain from the insect cocoon's spiritual world.

However, the struggle of pain was also pitifully weak. This intense spiritual wave felt like it was the final spurt of energy before nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

The masked man's expression suddenly became nervous. He could obviously feel the pain of this Insect Queen, and his palm was shaking.

Since Lin Yuan felt the Insect Queen's pain, he quickly circulated his spiritual power and poured in extremely pure spirit qi into the Insect Queen's body. If the Insect Queen's pain was like boiling water that was about to burst out from the edges, then Lin Yuan's spirit qi was like clean, warm water. When the clean, warm water was added to the boiling water, it might not be able to stop the boiling state immediately like cold water, but it used the most gentle method to restore peace for the Insect Queen.

As expected, when Lin Yuan's pure spirit qi entered the Insect Queen's body, it awakened the Insect Queen and its source-type recovery capability.

A few short minutes might not be able to heal the Insect Queen's injuries, but it was enough to bring the Insect Queen from the dying state back to the near-death state.

Lin Yuan withdrew his hand, and when he lifted his head, he saw the masked man looking at him with fixed eyes.

Different from before, the masked man's eyes weren't filled with depression. It looked like there was a rainbow that suddenly appeared within the darkness that lasted for several years. The light in the eyes was hope that broke out and also indescribably joy.

There was some hesitation, too, as he looked at Lin Yuan and wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

Chapter 74: Sequence #39

The masked man hesitated for a long time before his eyes gradually became determined. "That, I don't know if I can…"

The masked man spoke in a stuttering manner, but Lin Yuan could already guess what the masked man wanted to say.

Lin Yuan took the initiative and said, "Follow me to the tea room upstairs before we have a good talk."

The Rare Lifeform Pavilion's tea room on the third floor was actually a private room with a graceful and comfortable environment. It had been specially built with sound isolation, so the people inside wouldn't need to worry that others might overhear their discussion in the tea room or be disturbed.

The masked man quickly replied, "Okay!"

After speaking, he was preparing to follow Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan didn't expect this masked man, who was always calm and steady, to actually become flustered.

Lin Yuan pointed at the four butterfly cocoons on the counter and said, "Let us complete the trade for these four butterfly cocoons first."

When Lin Yuan was collecting the four butterfly cocoons, he looked at one of the white and ordinary cocoons with excited feelings. Lin Yuan placed the Blue Flash Butterfly's cocoon in a box by itself. The Vajra Butterfly that was reserved for Chu Ci had also been put aside specially. As for the two other cocoons, one was a Poison Powder Butterfly, while the larger white cocoon was a Hunter Butterfly.

The Vajra Butterfly was the fey with the most evolution variations among the butterfly feys. It might not be especially rare among the butterfly feys, but the price wasn't low either. An Elite Vajra Butterfly would cost around 40 Radiance dollars.

The Poison Powder Butterfly and the Hunter Butterfly were both less than 10 Radiance dollars.

Therefore, without the Blue Flash Butterfly, Lin Yuan's purchase of these four butterfly cocoons would be making a loss. However, since he obtained the Blue Flash Butterfly, it would be considered a pure gain.

After the trade, Lin Yuan was about to transfer the money to the masked man's Star Web account, but the masked man wouldn't accept it.

Lin Yuan patted on the masked man's shoulder and said, "This matter is this matter. Since I purchased your butterfly cocoons, I naturally have to pay you the Radiance dollars. If you have something to say, we can talk in the tea room."

After hearing Lin Yuan's statement, the masked man finally agreed.

Lin Yuan looked for the staff and proposed to use one of the tea rooms, so they were directly led to the third floor.

The tea room environment was truly great, and there were several pots of Silver flowers and plants that were blooming brightly, allowing the room to be filled with a graceful fragrance.

After sitting on the tea room sofa and sipping on the spirit tea made with feys, one would involuntarily feel that their fatigue was all washed clean by the tea fragrance.

Obviously, the masked man didn't have the thoughts to bother about the spirit tea that he would rarely see.

Lin Yuan opened his mouth and said, "What is on your mind? You can just tell me directly."

Lin Yuan didn't immediately expose the masked man's thoughts. These were things that Lin Yuan hoped for the masked man to speak personally, and it would serve as a method to overcome his past.

The masked man looked at Lin Yuan for a long time before he reached out and took off his mask. The face behind the mask wasn't as old as a middle-aged man that Lin Yuan imagined. The man looked to be around 25 or 26 years old, but his eyes had an aged feeling that didn't suit his face.

After taking off the mask, the man circulated his spiritual energy. A deep purple rune appeared and revolved around the man. The man then started to circulate his spiritual power too.

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Lin Yuan raised his brows and didn't expect this masked man to have a Willpower Rune. From the looks of it, his spirit qi rank was at the A-rank. If he progressed further and obtained a fantasy breed fey, he could be considered a king-class expert.

Given this man's age and talent, it was impossible for him to be ordinary. Such talent would be considered top-notch within the Radiance Federation, and not to mention he possessed a source-type lifeform, the Insect Queen.

If the Insect Queen wasn't severely injured and reached a near-death state, this man should be an expert among the young generation's top ranks.

Lin Yuan didn't ask, and it was the masked man who spoke first this time. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Liu Jie, 27 years old. Previously, I was a B-rank combat-class spirit qi professional. I possess the Insect Queen, a Platinum III/Epic lifeform."

Liu Jie introduced himself in a serious manner while Lin Yuan listened seriously too. After giving an introduction on his personal information, Liu Jie supplemented. "Two years ago, I was also part of the Radiance Hundred, Sequence #39, Heart of Insect Swarm."

After hearing this statement, Lin Yuan's eyes widened open, and his pupils contracted. Sequence #39, Heart of Insect Swarm?

Even though Lin Yuan wasn't really passionate about news, he had still heard of news on Sequence #39, the Heart of Insect Swarm.

During a Class 3 dimensional rift that had opened up in the nearby Cold Frost City, the dimensional rift had been connected to a Dark Subterranean World. The subterranean world's lifeforms were famous for being greedy and ruthless. They would hunt and kill all living lifeforms.

The Class 3 dimensional rift hadn't brought much damage to Cold Frost City because of Sequence #39, Heart of Insect Swarm, commanding the insect swarm. He alone had stalled the Class 3 dimensional rift's subterranean beasts for half an hour. It had been this half an hour that had prevented the Cold Frost City from turning into a purgatory.

However, Sequence #39, Heart of Insect Swarm, had vanished afterward, never to appear again.

Two years weren't enough to wipe out everything. However, as compared to the other Radiance Hundred, the Heart of Insect Swarm wasn't as famous as before.

One year ago, the Radiance Hundred had been sorting their Sequence again, and because the Heart of Insect Swarm hadn't appeared, he had been removed from the Radiance Hundred. It was truly a pity.

However, Lin Yuan didn't expect that a person who had become a Radiance Hundred and Sequence #39 would be wearing a mask and bringing his injured source-type lifeform around. He had actually been seeking survival by searching and selling butterfly cocoons on the Rare Lifeform Pavilion's first floor.

This made Lin Yuan feel an indescribable pressure.

Perhaps Liu Jie was able to see the change in Lin Yuan's expression, so he continued to explain, "After that battle, the Insect Queen and I weren't supposed to survive. It was the Bamboo Monarch who used three months to heal me. At the same time, he was able to maintain the Insect Queen at a barely near-death state. I am the one that chose my current lifestyle. I didn't wish to become someone useless who lived in my glorious past."

Lin Yuan could feel Liu Jie's pride in his words. Lin Yuan might not be able to understand Liu Jie fully, but he was still filled with admiration.

Perhaps, this was the life of contribution that was chosen by a heroic person.

At that moment, Liu Jie heard Liu Jie speaking again. "But today, you allowed me to see hope again. It is unknown why your spirit qi is able to recover my Insect Queen's injuries."

While speaking, Liu Jie knelt on one knee and made a retainer's posture swearing the oath.

Chapter 75: The First Retainer Knight

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A determined voice echoed. "I use the Willpower Rune as an oath to become Class 2 Creation Master Lin Yuan's retainer. I shall solemnly obey the responsibilities of a retainer, and if I violate the oath, I shall receive punishment from the willpower of the world."

Once Liu Jie's words turned silent, the purple Willpower Rune that was revolving around Liu Jie suddenly stopped. The rune appeared with a layer of mysterious chain, and it was locking up Liu Jie's Willpower Rune tightly on this end. On the other end of the chain was Lin Yuan's spiritual energy.

Liu Jie could feel himself and Liu Jie forming a superior and subordinate relationship.

This was a rune oath, and only people who comprehended Willpower Runes could take the oath. Violating it would cause the world's willpower to form a barrier, disallowing them to feel spirit qi again.

It could be said to be the oath that was most intolerant of violation after the Spirit Qi Awakening. Once the rune oath was violated, an expert who could comprehend the world's willpower and form the rune would become an ordinary person who couldn't even feel spirit qi. Such a punishment was even harder to accept for spirit qi professionals than to kill them.

Lin Yuan didn't expect Liu Jie to suddenly make the rune oath. Lin Yuan looked at Liu Jie and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After obtaining two retainer crests today, Lin Yuan did think about taking in two retainers. However, he didn't expect to encounter such a situation and accept a retainer who was once a member of the Radiance Hundred's top Sequence member.

Liu Jie might not be Sequence #39 of the Radiance Hundred anymore and had been neglected for two years, but if Liu Jie's Insect Queen fully recovered, it was possible for him to reach the same heights again.

The two neglected years weren't actually wasted either. He might not have any increase in strength over two years, but the growth in his mental state was something that Liu Jie would have never obtained in the past.

Liu Jie looked at Lin Yuan with an extremely calm expression and said, "With the oath taken, I am now your retainer or guardian knight. I wish to plead for you to help my Insect Queen recover. However, I have nothing on me as a repayment. I can only use myself. If you grant me a new life, I hand over the rest of my life to you."

After observing Liu Jie's calm expression for a long time, Lin Yuan asked in return, "Is it worth it to sacrifice the rest of your life?"

When Liu Jie heard Lin Yuan's question, he recalled how the Bamboo Monarch had said that the Insect Queen could only gradually recover with extremely pure spirit qi that didn't have any medicinal effects.

It was something that even the Bamboo Monarch couldn't achieve. If a Class 5 Creation Master couldn't do it, then it was the same as giving Liu Jie a death sentence.

During the past few years, Liu Jie had tried to look for other Creation Masters, but it was useless. As time elapsed, he no longer had any hopes. But it was unknown why this youth in front of him had spirit qi that could help his Insect Queen recover.

This was Liu Jie's only opportunity. Let alone saying if it was worth it, since the choosing of a spirit qi occupation, one would have to face various choices and decisions. Each choice would cause the individual to enter a completely different path.

Liu Jie had constantly been making choices, choosing the source-type lifeform, Insect Queen; choosing to strive and become Sequence member of the Radiance Hundred; choosing to protect the Cold Frost City; and choosing to become Lin Yuan's retainer knight now.

Liu Jie didn't dare to say that each of his choices was absolutely perfect or were definitely great choices, but Liu Jie would never regret his choices.

Liu Jie suddenly smiled, and that determined face revealed a little silly look. "Worth it."

The days that Liu Jie couldn't be a spirit qi professional made him feel as though he was a walking corpse. Right now, the hopeful light was so dazzling that Liu Jie couldn't turn his eyes away.

Lin Yuan reached out his hand solemnly and shook Liu Jie's hand.

The duo might not be using much strength, but their handshake was rather firm.

Lin Yuan pulled up Liu Jie and said, "Since you chose to become my retainer knight, then I shall also fulfill my responsibilities. In a few days, I will help you Insect Queen to conduct an initial treatment."

The rune oath had subtly bound Liu Jie and Lin Yuan together. Liu Jie made the oath while Lin Yuan bearer, the latter could be at ease and accept Liu Jie's loyalty. In fact, Lin Yuan didn't have to take responsibility, but Lin Yuan wasn't such a person.

After receiving Liu Jie's loyalty, Lin Yuan immediately felt a heavier responsibility on himself.

Liu Jie was an ex-member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence. If Lin Yuan said that such a person was his retainer, no one would believe him.

After hearing Lin Yuan's response, Liu Jie let out an even sillier smile as Liu Jie knew that he didn't swear his loyalty to the wrong person.

"Actually, even if you had asked me directly to heal your Insect Queen, I wouldn't have refused either."

Liu Jie had risked everything for the Cold Frost City—he had risked his glory and his dream just to offer protection. Such a person was someone that Lin Yuan would definitely respect and admire.

Therefore, since Lin Yuan found out about Liu Jie's identity, he already had the thought of helping Liu Jie to heal his Insect Queen. However, he didn't think that Liu Jie would be so straightforward and choose to become his retainer knight.

"Who wouldn't do everything to walk to the end of their lives? Previously, I couldn't see any hope, so I could only live my life in a muddle-headed manner. Now that hope appeared, how can I not work hard to grasp it? From today onwards, I shall be the young master's sword and shield."

When Liu Jie called Lin Yuan a young master, Lin Yuan immediately said, "Just call me Lin Yuan. Will you go to the Xia Region with me right now? My home isn't in Redbud City."Alll 𝒍𝒂test nov𝒆l𝒔 on novelb𝒊n/.c𝒐m

Liu Jie thought for a moment and said, "Lin Yuan, why don't I look for you in the Xia Region three days later? I have some things to settle for the next two days."

Liu Jie might be living a muddle-headed life with no hope, but he had earned quite a lot of money during the past two years.

Liu Jie had used the money to provide for over a dozen children and prepared an education fund for these children on the Star Web. The education fund included their school fees and also the expenditure required for choosing feys. Now that Liu Jie received another 120 Radiance dollars from Lin Yuan, it was enough for Liu Jie to save up the education fund's required money.

Lin Yuan didn't ask what Liu Jie had to settle. If Lin Yuan knew, he would only feel more admiration. However, Lin Yuan wouldn't do the same—this might be due to his world outlook, choices, and priority.

Lin Yuan opened up the box containing the two retainer crests.

Lin Yuan had just obtained this box a few hours ago. He would never have imagined he would be giving out one of the retainer crests in just a few hours.

Seeing the retainer crest handed over my Lin Yuan, Liu Jie grasped it in his hand and immediately wore it on his left chest.

Liu Jie was surprised to receive the retainer crest, but it was also within his expectation.

Liu Jie had conducted an oath towards Lin Yuan using his Willpower Rune, and the Radiance Federation didn't need any laws to ensure that Liu Jie would keep to the oath. But when Lin Yuan handed the retainer crest to Liu Jie, it was Lin Yuan's approval and validation toward Liu Jie.

Chapter 76: Evolved Red Thorn

Two years ago, let alone Class 2 Creation Masters, Liu Jie had encountered plenty of Class 3 Creation Masters. He had even met one of the three Class 5 Creation Masters—the Bamboo Monarch.

But now, when Liu Jie wore this Class 2 Creation Master's retainer crest on his left chest, he felt as though the crest was emitting heat and made his heart scalding hot.

Liu Jie looked at the small shield beside the two stars on the crest and knew of his responsibility for the rest of his life.

After parting with Liu Jie, Lin Yuan headed straight to the Xia Region. He wasn't really at ease with leaving Chimey at home alone. Even if Chimey was a Bronze fey, Lin Yuan was still afraid something might happen to it. Ever since Lin Yuan had brought Chimey back home, this was the first time he had been away from Chimey for such a long time.

After returning to the fey store, Lin Yuan opened the door, and Chimey immediately flew onto Lin Yuan's shoulder when it heard the sound. It then jumped onto Lin Yuan's ear and used its little head to rub on his hair to express its yearning feelings.

It had been a long time since Chimey had seen Lin Yuan, and it had truly missed him. In fact, Chimey hadn't even had the mood to stream its singing, causing a riot among Chimey's fans.

Chimey had plenty of fans now, and none of the current music streamers on the Star Web were able to compete with it.

Before Lin Yuan had the time to pacify Chimey, he suddenly saw the racks in the house that had all collapsed in a pathetic state. The wooden parts of the racks were all shattered, and the metallic parts had been distorted.

Previously, Red Thorn was only slightly over half a meter in height. After evolving to elite-grade, it had grown to over one and a half meters. In addition, this was only the height of the Mouth of Relinquish.

At that moment, the Mouth of Relinquish was like a wrinkled and thorny sphere. The thorns had several mouths, and they were all baring teeth on the outside.

The previous multi-flora flowers' corrosive cavities had already transformed after evolving to normal-grade. Presently, there were eight more flowers like the two multi-flora flowers. They formed a circle with ten flowers and surrounded the Mouth of Relinquish.

The multi-flora flowers were as big as a washbowl, and it was opened in an abnormal way.

Lin Yuan could feel the Source Seed's data changing.

If the ten flowers launched an attack, each of the flowers could spray out five liters of corrosive fluid within an instant. The intensity of the corrosive fluid was able to corrode sandstone and soil.

As for the thorny vines that Lin Yuan asked for Red Thorn to enhance, they were now filled with five-centimeter-long spikes. Each of the vines could reach up to four meters, and there were a total of sixteen of them.

If they started to thrash around, they would probably be able to rip and tear the enemy into pieces within an instant. Some vines were as long as six meters on the outer part, and these were newly grown vines. They didn't seem to be as lethal as the vines within the inner part. The jade-like vines were filled with three-centimeter-long reversed spikes. During combat, these vines were able to extend and retract.

Lin Yuan noticed Red Thorn's elite-grade ability, Armor Shatter Rip. He felt that Red Thorn had already evolved into a lifeform that had extremely aggressive attacks.

The Armor Shatter Rip was a great complement to both the outer vines, which had three-centimeter-long reversed spikes, or the inner vines, which had five-centimeter-long reversed spikes. When the vines were brandished, they had the Armor Shatter effect, and even a defense-type fey would have their flesh ripped open after a few lashes from the vines. In addition, the spikes were in a reversed hooked shape, so when the vines pulled, it would definitely rip off a piece of flesh.

After evolving to elite-grade, the Source Seed, Red Thorn had intelligence. The blood contract formed with Lin Yuan allowed Red Thorn to feel close blood ties with him.

Red Thorn then extended one of its inner vines. This vine was similar to the other inner vines, but it didn't have any spikes.

The vine coiled around Lin Yuan's wrist, and he was able to clearly sense the intimate emotional waves that were emitted from Red Thorn. It was like a coquettish wheedle.

Lin Yuan was able to vaguely feel Red Thorn's thoughts. It seemed like this vine was specially grown when Red Thorn evolved to elite-grade due to the intelligence, enabling Red Thorn to get closer with Lin Yuan.

When Red Thorn felt Lin Yuan by its side, it gave off a delightful emotion and quickly influenced Lin Yuan. While looking at Red Thorn, Genius, Chimey, and also Morbius on his wrist, Lin Yuan felt particularly fulfilled.

There was no longer any trace of fear for the unknown future. He was now looking forward to the future and wanted to move ahead at twice the speed.

After preparing the Bronze alien insect flesh for Red Thorn, Lin Yuan logged onto the Star Web.

He was rather apologetic for missing the appointment with Zhou Jiaxin. At the same time, he felt rather regretful that he couldn't pick out any rare and hidden goods.

Lin Yuan was now planning to purchase a massive number of inferior energy ores.

Firstly, after nurturing several Spirit-Siphon Goldfish batches, including those fish eggs produced by the Five Fortune Ranchu and the female Spirit-Siphon Goldfish, the inferior energy ores were running out.

Secondly, Lin Yuan required a huge amount of pure spirit qi to heal the Insect Queen. RE𝒂ad updated st𝒐ries at n/𝒐

In fact, Lin Yuan didn't feel that it was difficult to treat the Insect Queen's injuries. He just had to provide a large amount of pure spirit qi and keep up with the Insect Queen's consumption.

As a source-type lifeform, the Insect Queen had a certain recovery capability, and with enough spirit qi supplied, it would only need a very short time to recover.

Lin Yuan didn't send a message to Zhou Jiaxin this time and visited her store instead.

After arriving at Zhou Jiaxin's store, Lin Yuan quickly entered when he saw her standing inside.

"Big Sister Xin, I had been busy for the past two days, so I didn't make it for yesterday's appointment to pick those severely injured feys with damaged roots."

Zhou Jiaxin was looking through the store's accounts, and when she saw Lin Yuan, she immediately stood up.

Zhou Jiaxin had thought through many things when Lin Yuan missed yesterday's appointment. She had sent a message to Lin Yuan but hadn't received a reply. After making an estimation, she had made a harsh decision to sell off a portion of those severely injured feys that arrived yesterday, but she had left behind the best ones.

She had wanted to wait for Lin Yuan to visit and still have goods for him to choose.

Zhou Jiaxin was a person who had bold ideas and actions. Since she had already determined that Lin Yuan had the backing of a Creation Master, before Lin Yuan expressed an obvious attitude, she was going to do everything that was required of her.

When she was looking through the accounts, Zhou Jiaxin was rather distracted. Now that Lin Yuan visited the store, her heart was immediately at ease.

As she stood up, she saw that Lin Yuan was wearing a Class 2 Creation Master crest. Zhou Jiaxin knew plenty of things about Creation Masters. For Lin Yuan to become a Class 2 Creation Master at such a young age, it had already answered her questions. Lin Yuan must have a huge pool of resources behind him that she could never imagine.

Even if Lin Yuan didn't have any resources, Zhou Jiaxin felt that it was worth it for her to go all out to build a great relationship with Lin Yuan, who was such a young Class 2 Creation Master.

"Why are you so polite? Big Sister Xin specially reserved a few of the better feys for you to pick. If you don't fancy any of them, I will sell them later."

Chapter 77: Sword Horn Speed Antelope

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Zhou Jiaxin's reply astonished Lin Yuan a little. A severely injured fey with damaged roots was extremely hard to store. Once the fey perished, the price wouldn't just drop by 10%. On any other normal business day, Zhou Jiaxin definitely wouldn't do the same. Otherwise, she would surely be making a loss when selling injured feys like this.

Zhou Jiaxin's store shouldn't have any Creation Master, but even if there was a Creation Master, wasting a Creation Master's time to maintain a severely injured fey's life was a losing business already. It was obvious that Zhou Jiaxin was doing so for Lin Yuan.

No matter the reason, Lin Yuan was going to accept this favor.

"Then I shall thank Big Sister Xin for reserving those severely injured feys for me."

Lin Yuan's Spirit Lock spatial zone was already rather big after Morbius evolved to bronze-grade. By working in unison with Pure Land of Bliss and the highly concentrated spirit qi, it was extremely suitable to heal those feys with damaged roots.

The prices of feys with damaged roots were only slightly higher than the price of the feys when broken down into spiritual ingredients. It was unknown how much cheaper it was as compared to a healthy fey. If Lin Yuan were able to purchase such injured feys and heal them before reselling them again, he would be able to earn much more than what he was doing now.

Lin Yuan didn't just need a massive amount of dimensional lifeform flesh to nurture Red Thorn, but he also had to make preparations to upgrade the Jasmine Lily's quality to Legend.

Lin Yuan had already made an appointment with the violent-tempered woman for the Revival Soil, and he would be able to obtain it in a few more days. As for the two Mahogany Tree Cores and one liter of Grasswood Fountain Water, Lin Yuan had yet to find a solution.

The Grasswood Fountain Water might be available on the market, but one liter of Grasswood Fountain Water wasn't exactly cheap. Therefore, the accumulation of resources was Lin Yuan's first priority. While accumulating resources, Lin Yuan would also be subconsciously increasing his strength.

When Zhou Jiaxin heard Lin Yuan expressing his thanks, her smile was even brighter. She had taken such measures before to build a good customer relationship in the past, but before doing so, the customer must be willing to accept the favor first. Otherwise, even if she did more than expected, it would be useless if the customer wasn't grateful for it.

"Come, follow me to the warehouse where I reserved three of the severely injured and near-death feys. Those three feys are the best among this batch of delivery."

After speaking to Lin Yuan, Zhou Jiaxin informed the store staff, who was busy, and brought Lin Yuan toward the warehouse.

Zhou Jiaxin's store staff was a lively and slightly chubby young lady. When Lin Yuan visited previously, the young lady hadn't seen him. Thus, this time, she finally encountered him.

The young lady took a few glances at Lin Yuan. As a staff member of a fey and spiritual ingredient store, she noticed the Class 2 Creation Master crest on Lin Yuan's chest. Due to the instinctive reverence toward Creation Masters, even the lively young lady didn't dare to approach and greet Lin Yuan.

When Lin Yuan was following Zhou Jiaxin to the warehouse, he could feel that Zhou Jiaxin had something to ask but didn't know how to ask even though she was making constant conversation.

Lin Yuan didn't expose it. He had a mere customer relationship with Zhou Jiaxin. If Zhou Jiaxin required his help on business matters, Lin Yuan wouldn't mind helping. However, Zhou Jiaxin must be able to afford the price. If it was other matters that should be rejected, Lin Yuan wouldn't hesitate to refuse as he wasn't a person who tried to be on good terms with everyone.

After walking into the warehouse, Lin Yuan immediately saw a dying fey that was resting on the floor. It was an antelope.

"This is a Sword Horn Speed Antelope, a rather good Silver fey. This Sword Horn Speed Antelope's sword horn is in a good shape, and it is already at Silver X/Elite. It is just one step away from reaching gold-grade. Therefore, the flesh of this Sword Horn Speed Antelope is a good choice, be it to feed to a fey or for your own consumption." Zhou Jiaxin introduced the Sword Horn Speed Antelope.

Zhou Jiaxin had put in quite the effort for this Sword Horn Speed Antelope as she had fed plenty of Bronze Usneas to it. Otherwise, the Sword Horn Speed Antelope wouldn't have survived until now.

Lin Yuan walked over to look at the Sword Horn Speed Antelope and reached out his hand before placing it on the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's horn. The Sword Horn Speed Antelope struggled to lift its head and took a glance at Lin Yuan before its head sank back down again.

The Sword Horn Speed Antelope obviously knew about its body condition, and given the intelligence of a Silver fey, it already understood the fate awaiting it. The vitality that was slowly leaking made the Sword Horn Speed Antelope feel increasingly weaker.

Lin Yuan checked on the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's condition and stood back up. Lin Yuan didn't know the limits of his healing capability, so he was planning to use this Sword Horn Speed Antelope as an experiment. He wanted to see how much the Sword Horn Speed Antelope could recover if he used the Pure Land of Bliss within the Spirit Lock spatial zone and circulated his spirit qi at full force for one hour.

Zhou Jiaxin might already know that Lin Yuan was a Class 2 Creation Master, but as a habit, she still gave detailed information of the Sword Horn Speed Antelope to Lin Yuan. "The injuries of this Sword Horn Speed Antelope might not be visible on the surface, but the injuries are rather bad on the inside. This Sword Horn Speed Antelope received a strong smashing impact, causing its inside organs to displace, and some of the organs have even ruptured. When I was feeding it some Bronze Usneas, it helped the Sword Horn Speed Antelope recover some energy. But from the condition now, the Sword Horn Speed Antelope won't last for more than five hours."

Lin Yuan had already inspected the injuries of the Sword Horn Speed Antelope earlier. Still, after listening to Zhou Jiaxin's explanation, he couldn't help but lament Zhou Jiaxin's method of business.

For such severely injured feys, as long as it was still alive, the seller wouldn't take the initiative to explain about the injuries and predict the time of death. Just like the Sword Horn Speed Antelope, which didn't have any external injuries, other store owners would never specify that it would die within five hours. By doing so, it would cause the value of the fey to drop drastically.

Lin Yuan was truly filled with admiration toward Zhou Jiaxin's business method, which was nothing but sincerity.

"Big Sister Xin, what is the price of this Sword Horn Speed Antelope?"

The price of this dying Silver Sword Horn Speed Antelope wouldn't be very high. Even if the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's sword horn was in good condition, it wasn't considered some rare spiritual ingredient.

When using the antelope's horn as a spiritual ingredient, it would normally be ground into powder form, so there wasn't a requirement for it to look good.

The price of a Sword Horn Speed Antelope's sword horn was comparable with the flesh price of a Silver fey that was over 70 catties. Alll 𝒍𝒂test nov𝒆l𝒔 on novelb𝒊n/.c𝒐m

The Sword Horn Speed Antelope was an agile and nimble offense-type fey. It provided great damage and was easy to nurture. Thus, it was considered a rather popular fey.

"100 Radiance dollars will do." Zhou Jiaxin was very forthright.

Lin Yuan calculated the price. It was rather fitting for 100 Radiance dollars to purchase a dead Sword Horn Speed Antelope. For a Sword Horn Speed Antelope in this condition, the price should be around 150 Radiance dollars. It was evident that Zhou Jiaxin had lowered the price for him.

Chapter 78: Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Upon recalling how Zhou Jiaxin had been hesitant to say something, Lin Yuan understood. After this trade, Zhou Jiaxin wouldn't probably say what she wanted to say.

Lin Yuan looked at Zhou Jiaxin and realized that she was looking at him too. Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Alright."

When Zhou Jiaxin saw Lin Yuan's expression, she was delighted too. Her actions were already very obvious, and a clever person could vaguely guess the meaning within her words. Since Lin Yuan didn't refuse, it meant it was possible for her to make the conversation later.

After dealing with the Sword Horn Speed Antelope, Zhou Jiaxin pointed at a charred tree trunk at the side and said, "The next fey is this."

Lin Yuan could see that the pitch-black trunk was filled with scorched marks. Lin Yuan walked over and used his hand to touch on the scorched marks. He realized the spot he touched immediately withered upon contact. Lin Yuan was astonished.

This tree trunk should have been burned by the flames of a demon from the Abyss Dimensional Rift. The marks on the trunk and the withering effects were very similar to the abyss flames.

The trunk was bare, and there was nothing left. The roots under the trunk were only about half a meter long, and the rest were severed. There was also an opening on the tree trunk, and it was obvious that the tree core had been dug out. However, Lin Yuan could still feel faint traces of vitality within the tree.

Only a high-grade wood-type spirit plant would be able to grow a tree core. Spirit plants with tree cores were silver-grade at worst. In other words, the pitiful tree that had been burned by the abyss flames was at least a Silver fey.

Lin Yuan felt that if this tree could survive for so long and retain a trace of vitality after losing its core, it proved that this spirit plant wasn't normal. It might be a Gold spirit plant.

Lin Yuan used True Data to check on the tree, and he got a shock after seeing the information.

[Fey Name]: Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus

[Fey Species]: Osmanthus genus/Osmanthus Fragrans species

[Fey Grade]: Gold (4/10)

[Fey Type]: Wood

[Fey Quality]: Flawless

Abilities:

[Osmanthus Fragrance]: The osmanthus fragrance could lift the mind's attention and eliminate fatigue.

[Falling Flower]: Flowers bloom and wither to fall in four seasons. The fallen flowers can rapidly eliminate the poison within the target's body.

[Clarity Flower Bud]: The flower buds that didn't manage to bloom contain nectar that could recover spiritual injuries.

[Spirit of Osmanthus]: The osmanthus contains a fortuitous aura that could resist and eliminate damage from curses and also curse marks.

Exclusive Skill:

[Poison and Curse Removal]: Effectively remove all sorts of poisons that are hard to cure and break curse- and incantation-type spiritual poisons.

At that moment, Zhou Jiaxin's voice echoed again. "This fey went through an appraisal and is a Gold spirit plant. It should be an osmanthus species."

Zhou Jiaxin didn't know much about this spirit plant either. She had only been able to find out that it was gold-grade and of the osmanthus species when she imported it.

It had already been reduced to this state. If it weren't a Gold fey of the osmanthus species, Zhou Jiaxin wouldn't have kept it. Of course, even if this Gold osmanthus was in this state, if the core was still around, Zhou Jiaxin wouldn't have been able to afford it.

Since ancient times, the osmanthus was one of the ten famous flowers. After the Spirit Qi Awakening, all ten of the famous flowers remained at the top, and the osmanthus was a luxurious and fortuitous flower too. Therefore, the osmanthus' price had remained at the top among the plant-type feys. In addition, the petals of the osmanthus were high-grade spiritual ingredients and also food. It made the price of the osmanthus even more ridiculous.

Humans were always mindful of auspicious signs, and when it was combined with beauty, the price would definitely rise up many times more. As for existences that were auspicious, beautiful, and also had powerful effects, people would treat them as treasures. The osmanthus was such an existence.

However, Zhou Jiaxin had brought back an osmanthus that was almost like charcoal, and the only thing that was worth some value was the thin layer of wood that wrapped around the core. It could be used as spiritual ingredients for gold-grade plants. However, it was only an ordinary spiritual ingredient, as most of the effective parts on the osmanthus plant were on the flower and leaves and not on the tree trunk. Alll 𝒍𝒂test nov𝒆l𝒔 on novelb𝒊n/.c𝒐m

At that moment, Zhou Jiaxin didn't know that Lin Yuan was having completely different thoughts from her. This wasn't an ordinary osmanthus but a Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, and it was one with the best combination of abilities and exclusive skill. The exclusive skill was able to enhance all four of the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' abilities.

This Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was simply the nemesis of poison-type and curse-type feys. It wasn't just able to remove all sorts of poison. It could even cure and remove spiritual-type poisons. Even the curse-type poisons and curse marks that were hardest to remove could also be dealt with by this Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

It was truly a cardinal treasure and could be known as the classic and pure healing-type fey. Apart from its abilities and exclusive skill, the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was also a famed species among the osmanthus species. The flowers that bloomed would number in thousands as they hung on the branches and were even more radiant than the clouds during sunset.

It was such a fey with a great auspicious aura, but the current state was truly miserable. If this Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was placed in front of others, it might be useless and could only be used as a spiritual ingredient. However, when placed in front of Lin Yuan, if he planted it in the Pure Land of Bliss within the Spirit Lock spatial zone, the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus would certainly obtain new life in just a matter of time. It would bloom with numerous flowers that would cover the branches.

This Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was something that Lin Yuan must get. He might not be able to form a contract with the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, but if it was planted within the Spirit Lock spatial zone, Lin Yuan could use the flowers from the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus to remove poisons.

The Jasmine Lily might be able to heal injuries, but it couldn't remove poisons.

Lin Yuan might not be able to use the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' ability during combat, but he could make use of it daily when he was nurturing and healing feys.

If he missed out on this Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, he would need to spend a price that was hundreds or thousand times more to get another one.

Take the Gold dragon-species feys' blood, for example. One drop of their blood would cost 80 Radiance dollars, but the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' transaction price was even higher than Gold dragon-species feys.

"Big Sister Xin, how much are you selling this charred fey?"

When Lin Yuan was looking at the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, he was tempted to release his spiritual power toward it. He held back, nonetheless. It was impossible that no Creation Masters had seen this fey before him. For a Gold fey like the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, it was probable that Class 4 Creation Masters had also viewed it to see if it was worth healing. Presently, Lin Yuan was only a Class 2 Creation Master, and if he healed the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus here in front of Zhou Jiaxin, it wouldn't be a good thing for him.

"Lin Yuan, don't be in a hurry. Another fey was delivered together with the osmanthus. Take a look at this fey first, and we will calculate the price together. To be honest, I was only able to obtain this osmanthus fey by chance. Osmanthus feys might be precious, but its current state isn't really helping. Furthermore, the other fey is said to have grown on this osmanthus tree previously. When they were transported over, it was cut down and placed in this box."

Chapter 79: Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia

After speaking, Zhou Jiaxin approached the table by the side and searched through the brocade boxes. Most of the brocade boxes on this table were precious spiritual ingredients, and they were Zhou Jiaxin's treasured collection.

While searching through them, Zhou Jiaxin said, "The third fey might have been living together with the osmanthus fey, but it isn't that obvious anymore. It has already withered, and it might lose all its vitality in just a short period of time."

After searching for a long time, Zhou Jiaxin took out a brocade box and handed it over to Lin Yuan. She let out a bright smile and said, "I shall only charge your 300 Radiance dollars for the osmanthus fey earlier. Treat this brocade box as a gift from Big Sister Xin to you."

Zhou Jiaxin hadn't been able to identify what was inside this brocade box either. However, when she had been inspecting it, it gave off spirit waves that belonged to a Gold fey. Therefore, it should be something good. Nonetheless, even if it was something good, Zhou Jiaxin didn't know what it was used for.

When importing the feys, she had also obtained this brocade box as a gift for buying the osmanthus fey. Thus, she was just going to give it to Lin Yuan as a favor.

Lin Yuan had put all his thoughts on that Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus and didn't really bother about the fey that Zhou Jiaxin handed over. However, he was stunned when he took a glance. The Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was no longer able to grab Lin Yuan's attention.

True Data revealed that the shriveled and black thing was actually a treasure that could enhance spiritual energy.

[Fey Name]: Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia

[Fey Species]: Haworthia species/Asphodelaceae genus

[Fey Grade]: Gold (8/10)

[Fey Type]: Grass

[Fey Quality]: Flawless quality

The Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia was a kind of companion fey, and it would only grow on places that were filled with auspicious and pure energy.

Companion lifeforms were extremely rare, and even in the annual large-scale auction of the Rare Lifeform Pavilion, the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia could serve as the final auction item.

The Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia grew as the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' companion, hence its name. When the haworthia grew with other plants, its name would change according to the plant.

The Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia was part of the haworthia species and carried the traits. Instead of saying that the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia was a fey, it was more like a spiritual ingredient that could evolve. Alll 𝒍𝒂test nov𝒆l𝒔 on novelb𝒊n/.c𝒐m

The Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia didn't have any ability or exclusive skill, but it possessed lethal poison too. The Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia would only bear fruits once when reaching platinum-grade. It would bear three to five crystal-like fruits each time.

It was always said that a spirit qi professional's injured spiritual energy was extremely hard to heal. It wasn't impossible to heal because the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia's fruit could heal the spiritual energy to a certain degree. It was also one of the rare sacred lifeforms in the world that could heal injured spiritual energy.

Even if a person didn't suffer from any spiritual energy injury, eating the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia's fruit would have some effects. It would stimulate the brain and enhance spiritual energy.

The Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia was truly a great treasure for Lin Yuan. His spiritual energy had been pitifully weak ever since he had contracted Morbius. Lin Yuan had also contracted Genius and Chimey when they weren't even considered feys. Moreover, Lin Yuan had gone unconscious for several days afterward.

If Lin Yuan's spiritual energy could be enhanced, it would be considered a total transformation. Even if the increase in spiritual energy wasn't enough for Lin Yuan to contract more feys, it would still allow Lin Yuan to have a clearer mind. If the increase in spiritual energy was enough, it would be possible for Lin Yuan to contract new feys.

As compared to the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia was a greater surprise for Lin Yuan. However, in order for this Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia to grow, it had to grow on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

Currently, Lin Yuan wanted to purchase the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus and the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia as soon as possible so that he could plant them and heal them.

"Big Sister Xin, I shall take both the feys, including the Sword Horn Speed Antelope. I will transfer the money together."

Soon enough, Lin Yuan completed the transfer to Zhou Jiaxin.

Zhou Jiaxin then stored the three near-death feys into the Ostrich Logistics' fey storage box and immediately arranged for delivery in front of Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was truly grateful toward Zhou Jiaxin. She had reserved three feys for him, and it was the same as giving him a fated opportunity.

When Lin Yuan saw that Zhou Jiaxin wanted to say something but was observing his expression, he spoke first. "Big Sister Xin, since I am considered your regular customer, you can just speak."

Lin Yuan might have already guessed what Zhou Jiaxin wanted to say, but he couldn't be certain before she said it.

Zhou Jiaxin didn't expect Lin Yuan to take the initiative before she could speak, and she was certainly overjoyed. If Lin Yuan didn't wish to help, he wouldn't take the initiative to ask. Since he asked, there might be a chance.

Zhou Jiaxin had been in the trade for years, and when Lin Yuan said that he was a regular customer, Zhou Jiaxin heard it clearly. Lin Yuan clearly stated that he would be willing to help if it was in regards to her business. He was also stating that he might not help if it was something else. However, Zhou Jiaxin wasn't asking for Lin Yuan's help on other things as she just wanted to import goods from Lin Yuan's place.

"Lin Yuan, Big Sister Xin knows that you have a store too, and it is selling those rare feys. I wonder if Big Sister Xin can import goods from your store?"

Lin Yuan blinked his eyes. It seemed like he had guessed it correctly as it was about the importation of goods.

His store might be selling common feys that had evolved, like the Usnea that wasn't even at normal-grade, and the Normal Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. These feys might be very common on the market when they were at the low-grade, but the Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish and the Bronze Usneas were rarely circulated in the market.

Zhou Jiaxin had been operating her Star Web store for many years and had her own connections. It was possible for her to obtain one or two Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish and a pot or two of Bronze Usneas. However, it was impossible for her to import them in bulk.

Lin Yuan had been producing around 100 Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish every three days on average. After another period of time, he would release a batch of Five Fortune Ranchu.

Lin Yuan wanted to increase his spirit qi occupation rank and would need to evolve large numbers of Bronze Usneas. Therefore, selling some to Zhou Jiaxin didn't really matter.

Zhou Jiaxin saw the contemplative look on Lin Yuan's face, so she quickly said, "Lin Yuan, Big Sister Xin isn't trying to purchase them from you at a low price. Big Sister Xin can purchase the goods from you at your store's cost price, plus 3%. To be honest with you, this is already the limit of my Class 3 store as I don't have any Creation Master's support. Big Sister Xin wishes to import some rare goods from you and see if I can promote the store to a Class 4 one by the end of the year."

Zhou Jiaxin spoke in a very sincere tone, and by telling her difficulties to Lin Yuan, she put out her attitude for a collaboration.

Lin Yuan listened to Zhou Jiaxin's words and smiled before saying, "Then let's do it according to what Big Sister Xin said. Every month, I can provide a limit of 200 Elite Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. But the Bronze Usneas will be a little lesser. I can only provide 50 pots."

Chapter 80: First Portion of Resource

After listening to Lin Yuan's response, Zhou Jiaxin was pleasantly surprised.

Previously, Zhou Jiaxin felt that it would be good if she could import 20 Spirit-Siphon Goldfish and thought that she would only be able to import around 10 pots of Bronze Usneas a month. She never expected Lin Yuan's supply to be several times more than her imagination.

With these resources, her store would no longer be a store that could only attract customers with the quality of her spiritual ingredients. With these rare goods, she would just need to supply a limited quantity, and the store's reputation would quickly improve. She would then host some activities to thank the customers.

With such a trump, it was possible for her store to promote into a Class 4 one by the end of the year. It was a dream that she had for many years but didn't have any method to achieve.

A single statement from Lin Yuan gave her the opportunity to make her dream into reality. The calm and composed Zhou Jiaxin didn't know what to do for a moment.

Zhou Jiaxin was truly rejoicing from the decision that she made previously. If she hadn't shown any kindness to this young man previously, he wouldn't have reciprocated with so.

Given the goods that the young man possessed, other stores that wanted to promote their class grade would be snatching for the chance even if the cost was increased by 10%.

Zhou Jiaxin had already heard of the rumors on the feys that Lin Yuan sold. The quality was incredible, and the price affordable. Every time they appeared on the shelves, they would be wiped out in three minutes. It wasn't only the case, just the fact that Lin Yuan was a Class 2 Creation Master, it was already worth it for Zhou Jiaxin to build a good relationship.

However, Lin Yuan's forthright actions made Zhou Jiaxin feel that the two of them didn't just have a relationship of benefits, but they were more like friends.

"Lin Yuan, Big Sister Xin shall thank you first then. In the future, if you purchase spiritual ingredients from Big Sister Xin's store, I will sell them to you at cost price. Or if you need any spiritual ingredients that you cannot find, I can also help you to spread the news and find out."

Zhou Jiaxin had already opened up all her channels and connections to Lin Yuan. Actually, Zhou Jiaxin knew that her connections and channels were nothing for a Class 2 Creation Master. Well, it was more for those veteran Class 2 Creation Masters. For a new Class 2 Creation Master like Lin Yuan, who might still be respected because of his capability, but he wouldn't have sufficient connections, it was a boon.

From now on, Zhou Jiaxin would become Lin Yuan's first connection and channel.

"Big Sister Xin, if you wish to aim for the promotion for a Class 4 store, I can provide you with 20 Elite Five Fortune Ranchus next month and 20 pots of Silver Usneas."

As one of his connections and channels, if Zhou Jiaxin could promote her store to a Class 4 one, it would be beneficial for Lin Yuan. Therefore, Lin Yuan didn't mind to offer Zhou Jiaxin help at this crucial moment and allow her to promote further. As a result, Zhou Jiaxin would bring more help and advantage to him.

When Zhou Jiaxin heard Lin Yuan's proposal, she wasn't just delighted—she was shocked. She was now certain that a veteran Class 3 Creation Master was backing Lin Yuan. It might not be a Class 3 Creation Master—it could even be a Class 4 Creation Master!

In the Radiance Federation, if a Class 5 Creation Master didn't interfere, the Class 4 Creation Masters were already the limit at the ceiling. Class 4 Creation Masters were existences that Zhou Jiaxin would never be able to encounter even if she wished for it. She finally understood that she had underestimated the strength of Lin Yuan's background.

She was the one that had sold the Five Fortune Ranchu to Lin Yuan. In order to nurture the mother Five Fortune Ranchu's babies to elite-grade within a short one month, it was already more than what a regular Class 3 Creation Master could do. Moreover, there was the addition of those 20 pots of Usneas.

Usneas were plants that weren't at normal-grade at first. It was far harder to evolve it to silver-grade than any other feys. There wasn't a need for the 20 Five Fortune Ranchus; just the impact of the 20 pots of Silver Usneas was enough for her store to promote to Class 4.

Zhou Jiaxin's current priority was to prepare enough money to purchase those 20 Five Fortune Ranchus and 20 pots of Silver Usneas within this month. Normally, Zhou Jiaxin's money was mostly held up by the goods. For her to prepare so much money within a month was a challenge that was facing Zhou Jiaxin.

After completing the trade with Zhou Jiaxin, Lin Yuan ordered another 50,000 catties of inferior energy ores from Zhou Jiaxin. She sold them to Lin Yuan at her cost price, which allowed Lin Yuan to save nearly half the money. It was evident that selling spiritual ingredients was truly profitable.

After logging out of the Star Web, the Ostrich Logistics' courier arrived.

Lin Yuan poured all of the inferior energy ores into the spirit pool, and after it dissolved a portion of them, there was a thick stack still remaining at the bottom.

Immediately after, Lin Yuan brought the fey storage boxes that contained the Sword Horn Speed Antelope, Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia, and Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus to the Pure Land of Bliss within the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

He then opened up the box that contained the Sword Horn Speed Antelope first. The concentrated spirit qi entered the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's skin and nourished its body while also repairing the damaged organs within the Sword Horn Speed Antelope while it breathed.

Lin Yuan stroked the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's body gently and rapidly channeled spirit qi to help the Sword Horn Speed Antelope recover.

The Sword Horn Speed Antelope looked at Lin Yuan with gratitude and used its cheek to rub on Lin Yuan's hand. Subsequently, it laid down on the Pure Land of Bliss to rest under Lin Yuan's instruction.

The Sword Horn Speed Antelope was very small and took up a small place within the Pure Land of Bliss. It curled up its body and quickly fell asleep while spirit qi gradually entered its body, slowly healing its injuries.

Next up, Lin Yuan was going to be busy with a huge project.

He opened up the two gold-grade fey storage boxes. Lin Yuan put in a huge effort to plant the charred Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus at the Pure Land of Bliss' border. At the same time, he carefully placed the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia in the wrinkled part of the tree trunk. He believed the Cinnabar Osmanthus Haworthia would grow roots on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus soon enough.

Lin Yuan then circulated his spiritual power at full force to channel spirit qi into the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

After some hard work, even inside the Pure Land of Bliss, the effects weren't obvious. The Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was a Gold fey for a reason. With Lin Yuan's D-rank spirit qi professional's spiritual power, it was still rather difficult for him to heal a Gold fey.

Lin Yuan sensed the spirit qi capacity within his body. After many days of effort in evolving feys, Lin Yuan was already making progress from a D-rank spirit qi professional as his spirit qi capacity was only half of a C-rank spirit qi professional.

Lin Yuan immediately purchased a huge number of Usneas. For the next period of time, Lin Yuan was planning to break through and become a C-rank spirit qi professional first. As such, Lin Yuan reverted to the state where he forgot about sleep and food.

He was constantly evolving feys without rest.

Soon enough, three days passed, and Lin Yuan was just one step from becoming a C-rank spirit qi professional.

At that moment, a knocking sound came from the small store's door.

Chapter 81: A Reborn Liu Jie

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan looked at the time and didn't know that three days had already passed. After three full days of fey evolution, Lin Yuan could feel the significant increase in his spirit qi capacity.

After glancing at the Bronze Usneas that filled the house, he stood up and stretched his body before walking toward the entrance. He opened the door and saw Liu Jie standing there.

Liu Jie was already different from before as his entire aura had undergone an obvious change. His eyes were filled with vigor and vitality. A living person should have an objective, and even if there wasn't an objective, there should be a direction. The reborn Liu Jie now had an objective and also a direction.

"Come, enter the house. Have the last three days been smooth?"

Liu Jie nodded.

"I have already done everything I needed to do during the past three days. In the future, I will only be heeding instructions from the Young Master."

Lin Yuan didn't correct Liu Jie's way when addressing himself. After the Spirit Qi Awakening, retainers were considered a new kind of relationship between humans.

Liu Jie was only complying with the etiquette of being a retainer, so there wasn't a need for Lin Yuan to correct Liu Jie every time.

Lin Yuan then led Liu Jie into the house.

Chimey and Genius immediately ran up Lin Yuan's shoulder and looked at Liu Jie curiously. Red Thorn, which was still consuming food by the side, had also sensed a stranger entering. That spikeless vine was immediately placed on Lin Yuan. It felt just like an alarm, and once Lin Yuan gave the instructions, Red Thorn would immediately launch out its vines to envelop Liu Jie.

When Liu Jie saw Genius and Chimey on Lin Yuan, and also Red Thorn behind Lin Yuan, he lamented before being envious.

Genius was a small cat with two tails and tender, soft fur while having limbs of uneven length.

Chimey was only half a fist in size and was a small bird with azure blue feathers that had beautiful cloud patterns.

No matter who saw these two little fellows, they wouldn't be able to know that it was the Hundred Questions Beast, a domestic pet, and also the Songstress Bird that could only sing.

Red Thorn's sinister appearance was filled with murderous intent, and a single glance was enough for Liu Jiu to know that Red Thorn was a fey with extreme lethality.

Watching how intimate Lin Yuan was with his three feys, Liu Jie involuntarily recalled about his source-type lifeform, the Insect Queen.

Even though Liu Jie knew that Lin Yuan could heal his Insect Queen, before the Insect Queen completely recovered, Liu Jie would remember his Insect Queen, which had transformed into a cocoon due to its near-death state, causing throbbing pain in Liu Jie's heart.

Liu Jie poured a cup of water for Liu Jie while explaining to Genius, Chimey, and Red Thorn about Liu Jie's status. Red Thorn finally calmed down and continued to consume food and take in energy in order to evolve.

"What are you planning to do in the future? If I don't have any arrangements for you."

Lin Yuan put the teacup on the table beside Liu Jie before he sat on the chair and drank his own tea.

Lin Yuan's question made Liu Jie frown and contemplate.

A retainer's responsibility was to follow by the Creation Master's side since the retainer was the Creation Master's shield and also the sword. Most of the retainers would be acting according to the Creation Master's instruction.

After being asked by Lin Yuan about his future plans, Liu Jie truly didn't know what to answer because he was planning to listen to Lin Yuan's instructions and heed to Lin Yuan's plans.

Lin Yuan saw Liu Jie was contemplating, so he spoke, "You must be unwilling to accept the fact that your status as Sequence #39 was removed from the Radiance Hundred because of your injuries two years ago, right?!"

Lin Yuan's question immediately probed on the problem that Liu Jie had been avoiding all this time. Becoming a member of the Radiance Hundred was always the glory that Liu Jie sought for.

Liu Jie didn't regret protecting Cold Frost City, and if he was given a chance to choose again, he would still risk his life to do the same. However, Liu Jie would still be unwilling to accept the fact that he was removed from the Radiance Hundred.

Therefore, once Liu Jie had found that his Insect Queen couldn't recover, he never even participated in the Radiance Hundred's ranking matches. Given Liu Jie's contribution, if he went, he might even be able to retain his sequence ranking in the Radiance Hundred. At worst, Liu Jie would also be able to enter the Radiance Hundred's honorary hall.

However, due to his pride and the fact that he didn't wish to be pitied, Liu Jie gave up on the opportunity. He gave up on the Radiance Hundred by missing out on the ranking matches and used his own effort to strive to become a Sequence member again.

Am I willing to accept? Of course not!

Lin Yuan saw Liu Jie's expression and already knew of Liu Jie's thoughts. Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I know that you will be unwilling to accept. If so, why don't you stand back up again? Stand back up as a Sequence member of the Radiance Hundred?"

Liu Jie's words were like an explosion that blasted on Liu Jie's head. Liu Jie didn't dare to think like this. He had already used the Willpower Rune to swear an oath to be this young man's retainer. From that moment on, Liu Jie had already expelled thoughts for himself and considered everything from the angler of a retainer.

Lin Yuan's words gave Liu Jie an indescribable feeling.

Am I still able to do so?

Immediately after, Liu Jie's gratitude toward Lin Yuan was overflowing like the endless ocean.

Liu Jie, who had gritted his teeth and endured it after finding out that his Insect Queen couldn't recover, he who had tasted both the ruthlessness of this world now had red eyes. Hot tears rolled down and dripped into the cup, causing splashes and giving the cup of water a salty and bitter taste.

Lin Yuan looked at Liu Jie and immediately patted on Liu Jie's shoulder. "Summon your Insect Queen. I want to see how long it will require for your Insect Queen to recover. If it is fast enough, you might even make it for the Radiance Hundred's ranking match at the end of the year. If you go there, I am sure it will not be a problem for you to get the qualification to participate."

Liu Jie didn't wipe the hot tears that were rolling down. Instead, he lifted his head up and looked at Lin Yuan with a deep gaze, as though he was trying to remember the moment.

After a long period of time, Liu Jie revealed a rather silly smile. With his tears still around, this smile looked rather miserable.

However, Lin Yuan knew that Liu Jie's smile was the sign that the dark days were over, and Liu Jie had finally obtained a new life.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but recall Elder Ning's statement. "A Creation Master doesn't just save feys, but also humans." Finnd 𝒏ew chapters on n𝒐ve/lbi𝒏.com

Liu Jie summoned his Insect Queen and held it carefully in his hands.

Lin Yuan placed his palm on the Insect Queen's flesh cocoon, and he circulated his spiritual power to rapidly channel spirit qi into the flesh cocoon.

The dark purple flesh cocoon actually started thumping like a heart. With each thump, it would emit a mild and light purple radiance. At the same time, Lin Yuan could feel that the Insect Queen had completely absorbed all the spirit qi he channeled.

After absorbing the pure spirit qi for one hour, Lin Yuan could feel that the Insect Queen could constantly thump gently and wouldn't stop once he stopped channeling his spirit qi.

This meant that the Insect Queen's vitality and life functions had been reactivated. The Insect Queen might still be in a near-death state, but it wouldn't be in a state where it was in suspended animation.

Chapter 82: Plans for the Royal Capital

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan made calculations. He might not be able to make an accurate calculation of the Insect Queen's recovery time. Still, after a preliminary calculation, if the Insect Queen recovered in the Pure Land of Bliss inside the Spirit Lock spatial zone, it would take around two months to reach about 80% recovery.

As the Insect Queen's contractor, Liu Jie was naturally able to sense the Insect Queen's changes. When the Insect Queen was able to thump constantly, Liu Jie's heart had also started to thump suddenly.

Liu Jie was able to sense that his Insect Queen couldn't recover its spiritual consciousness yet, but its body was gradually recovering, and Liu Jie could feel it clearly.

During this one hour, Liu Jie had been carefully holding the cocoon and didn't dare to move an inch as he was afraid of disturbing Lin Yuan. When Lin Yuan shifted his hand away from the cocoon, Liu Jie asked carefully, "This... How is my Insect Queen's situation?"

For a person who had just been given hope, he wasn't able to receive another blow of disappointment.

Therefore, Lin Yuan immediately replied, "If you leave your Insect Queen with me, it will be healthy again in around two months. You will also be able to make it for this year's Radiance Hundred rankings match."

Liu Jie already knew that Lin Yuan could heal the Insect Queen, but he didn't expect Lin Yuan was actually able to heal it so quickly. It was truly a pleasant surprise. Alll 𝒍𝒂test nov𝒆l𝒔 on novelb𝒊n/.c𝒐m

Liu Jie then handed the constantly thumping Insect Queen to Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan held onto the Insect Queen and started to constantly channel pure spirit qi into it.

"Young Master, what instructions do you have for me during this period?"

While Lin Yuan helped him heal the Insect Queen, Liu Jie didn't want to idle around. He wanted to help out Lin Yuan as a retainer.

Lin Yuan did have something for Liu Jie to do. "Liu Jie, how much do you know about the Royal Capital?"

Liu Jie immediately replied after Lin Yuan asked the question, "I studied in the Royal Capital's university and lived there for around seven to eight years. I am rather familiar with the Royal Capital and can be considered a local tyrant. However, I haven't been to the Royal Capital for over two years, so I don't know how much it has changed by now."

Lin Yuan nodded and asked another question, "What do you feel if I am to open a store in the Royal Capital after this year?"

Lin Yuan had his own plans too. After Chu Ci finished studying at the Redbud Intermediate Spirit Qi Academy, she should study in the Royal Capital if she wanted to further her studies.

The Royal Capital was the Radiance Federation's central hub, and it took up the land space of up to four Redbud Cities. Lin Yuan might as well set up a store in the Royal Capital earlier and pave the path for Chu Ci.

Before the end of the year, Lin Yuan was going to strengthen himself several times and upgrade his spirit qi occupation to C-rank. At the same time, he wanted to evolve all his feys to silver-grade and above.

All those things weren't considered too difficult. The most difficult task was to upgrade the Bronze Jasmine Lily's quality to Legend quality and transform it into a Fantasy Breed.

The second Willpower Rune that Lin Yuan had comprehended from the massacre was very suitable for Red Thorn. Lin Yuan still had a method to upgrade the Elite Red Thorn's quality to Epic, but he didn't think he could upgrade the Bronze Red Thorn's quality to Legend. It was because Red Thorn couldn't absorb spirit qi and could only accumulate energy from flesh.

Lin Yuan wasn't a true Creation Master, after all. He could only use his unique method to evolve feys, upgrade their quality, and heal their roots.

Seeing how Lin Yuan could heal the Insect Queen, Liu Jie couldn't help but lament at Lin Yuan's Creation Master skill and potential. Now that Lin Yuan had the intention to develop in the Royal Capital, Liu Jie was definitely approving with both hands raised.

The Royal Capital was a place where only people with true capabilities were able to establish themselves and hold firm. The number of resources and opportunities there weren't something the Redbud City could compare with.

Given Lin Yuan's talent and capability, it would truly be a waste if he didn't develop in the Royal Capital.

"Young Master, I feel that if you wish to develop, it is best to head for the Royal Capital. Only after reaching the Royal Capital will you realize that the difference between a prosperous city and the Royal Capital isn't just 'slightly'."

Lin Yuan went into deep contemplation and felt that Liu Jie naturally wouldn't be wrong with his knowledge and experiences.

Since Lin Yuan already had the thoughts, he immediately made the decision. He was going to seal up this little store as it would be the warm home that belonged to himself and Chu Ci forever. It was also the place where he started off in the beginning.

Lin Yuan was a person that dared to act on his ideas. He immediately transferred 500 Radiance dollars to Liu Jie's account. Lin Yuan's current earning speed was far beyond what he could before. Thus, Lin Yuan wasn't as frugal as before when spending.

"Go to the Royal Capital and help me to scout out the situation. Find a suitable place for a store, and if a good store is being sold, contact me directly."

The prices of the stores in the Royal Capital were far higher than Redbud City's. In order to find a good spot in the Royal Capital to open a store, the prices would definitely be high.

Lin Yuan had the confidence to say such words due to the Five Fortune Ranchus that were about to hatch—they numbered around 1,000! Another reason was due to the piece of land in Redbud City that Ling Xiao had given him when he became a Class 2 Creation Master.

Instead of saying that that piece of land had a store, it was better to say that it was a manor that was more than 1,800 square meters. Lin Yuan had chosen the land, and the land deed had already been delivered by Ostrich Logistics to him two days ago.

Lin Yuan was free to do anything with that piece of land. If there was really a suitable store in the Royal Capital, Lin Yuan could just sell off the manor in Redbud City. This way, he would have the initial deposit required for the store in the Royal Capital.

His earning speed would be increased by several times after some time, especially when he progressed to a C-rank spirit qi professional. Lin Yuan spoke with more confidence due to all these conditions.

"Young Master, do you have any requests for the store?"

"Best if it has a large space. I don't have any other requests."

Lin Yuan believed that with his capability and batch production of rare feys, even if he was located in a secluded place in the Royal Capital, it wouldn't affect his development.

Liu Jie was originally prepared to note down Lin Yuan's request as this was the first mission Lin Yuan had given him, so he was particularly serious. However, Liu Jie didn't expect Lin Yuan to only have one request.

After acknowledging the instructions, Liu Jie headed for the Royal Capital. Lin Yuan placed the Insect Queen inside the Pure Land of Bliss and then added plenty of inferior energy ores into the spirit pool.

During the past few days, the consumption speed of inferior energy ores was very fast, so Lin Yuan had to purchase another large batch of inferior energy ores. They were all stocked up inside the Spirit Lock spatial zone and prepared to supply to the spirit pool.

However, after purchasing this batch of inferior energy ores, Lin Yuan already had plans to purchase low-grade energy ores. In terms of value, inferior energy ores were better for the spirit pool, but it took up time for Lin Yuan to add the energy ores into the spirit pool.

Presently, Lin Yuan was no longer as free as before. Different circumstances called for different solutions, and low-grade energy ores were indeed more suitable than inferior energy ores right now.

Lin Yuan then started to enhance feys for seven days without any care for fatigue or hunger. He felt that he was just one step away from becoming a C-rank spirit qi professional.

Just as he was planning to log into the Star Web and order another batch of goods, he noticed that he received information from the Redbud City Lordess, Ling Xiao.

Lin Yuan lifted his brows as he didn't know why Ling Xiao was looking for him.

Chapter 83: Wind Speed Rapid Antelope

As the City Lordess of Redbud City, it wasn't exaggerating to say that Ling Xiao had to make use of every minute of the day. All major and minor matters within Redbud City required her attention and decisions. L𝒂aTest nov𝒆ls on (n)𝒐velbi/𝒏.co𝒎

Previously, when Redbud City had issued the reward to him, Ling Xiao hadn't appeared personally. It was one of her subordinate officers instead. In Lin Yuan's opinion, it was already his great honor, nonetheless.

But now, the Redbud City Lordess, Ling Xiao, actually looked for him personally.

Ling Xiao: "Lin Yuan, I am Redbud City Lordess Ling Xiao. Two days later, someone will fetch you from the Xia Region. By then, someone will contact you directly. You might need to make preparations for a long-distance trip."

When Lin Yuan received Ling Xiao's message, he used his hands to rub his temples. The message came in a very sudden manner, and Lin Yuan didn't know the purpose of the trip. The message that Ling Xiao sent didn't contain any information either. When Ling Xiao sent this message, instead of saying it was an inquiry, it was more of a notification.

Lin Yuan recalled the benefits that Elder Ning had mentioned before. As of now, he had only obtained a piece of land with a store within Redbud City. However, the benefits that Elder Ning had mentioned definitely didn't refer to this store and land. In other words, this trip might be for a benefit that even Elder Ning would be envious of.

If it was a long-distance trip, Lin Yuan didn't have much he had to prepare for. If there was anything to prepare, it would be to accumulate more energy ores within the Spirit Lock spatial zone so as to have a constant supply.

Thus, Lin Yuan directly purchased another 10,000 catties of low-grade energy ores and 10,000 catties of mid-grade energy ores from Big Sister Xin.

Low-grade energy ores contained spirit qi that was five times as concentrated as inferior energy ores, while mid-grade energy ores contained spirit qi five times as concentrated as low-grade energy ores.

When purchasing this batch of low-grade and mid-grade energy ores, the price was indeed much higher than the inferior energy ores. However, when purchasing such fundamental resources, Lin Yuan didn't feel any constraint at all.

When transporting the 10,000 catties of low-grade and mid-grade energy ores into the Spirit Lock spatial zone, Lin Yuan noticed that the Sword Horn Speed Antelope was already standing up on the Pure Land of Bliss.

Lin Yuan approached to check and realized that the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's injuries had already recovered during this period of time. When the Sword Horn Speed Antelope saw Lin Yuan walking over, it immediately rushed over and stopped in front of Lin Yuan. It extended its tongue to lick at Lin Yuan's fingers. It was a sign of it thanking Lin Yuan for rescuing it from its severely injured state.

Lin Yuan then took some Bronze Usnea vines and fed them to the Sword Horn Speed Antelope. After recovering, the Sword Horn Speed Antelope ate the leaves on the Bronze Usnea vines. Its great appetite had finally been restored.

Lin Yuan watched the Sword Horn Speed Antelope eat. The Sword Horn Speed Antelope was already a Silver X/Elite fey when it was injured, and it was just one step away from reaching gold-grade.

In addition, Lin Yuan felt that his spirit qi concentration within his D-rank spirit qi professional's body had already reached the full capacity. The misty spirit qi within his body felt as though it could transform into liquid spirit qi at any moment.

Previously when Lin Yuan had been promoted into a D-rank spirit qi professional, the amount of misty spirit qi within his body had only one streak. Right now, his body was filled with spirit qi that had all converted into misty spirit qi.

When the misty spirit qi clashed and was about to condense into liquid form, it would scatter again. Lin Yuan knew that he required an opportunity. If he wanted to continue evolving Bronze Usneas to break through this barrier, it would be the same as dripping water to penetrate a stone. If he was able to evolve this Silver Sword Horn Speed Antelope to gold-grade, it would be the same as a concentrated torrent, allowing Lin Yuan to blast through this obstacle.

Lin Yuan placed his hand on the Sword Horn Speed Antelope, which had already eaten to its full, and he circulated his spiritual power at full force. He made use of the spirit qi within the Spirit Lock spatial zone, which was several times more concentrated than the outside world, to enhance the Sword Horn Speed Antelope.

Lin Yuan was uncertain how long it would take to evolve a Silver fey to gold-grade, but in order to not delay the appointment he had two days later with Ling Xiao, Lin Yuan set an alarm.

It was unknown how long passed as Lin Yuan converted and channeled spirit qi for thousands of times. Ultimately, it broke through the obstructive layer within the Sword Horn Speed Antelope with undying determination and spirit.

The moment when the obstruction was broken through, the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's body glowed with a resplendent golden luster. At that moment, the Sword Horn Speed Antelope was going through a life-changing metamorphosis. It was progressing from Silver X to Gold.

During the metamorphosis, the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's horns were the first to transform. The Sword Horn Speed Antelope's sword horns were straight like a sharp sword, but now, its straight horns didn't continue growing. Instead, they were actually shrinking and transforming into curved horns.

The Sword Horn Speed Antelope's body size shrunk in just a moment until it was just a third of the original size. Its coffee-colored fur was also constantly turning lighter and finally ending toward more of a khaki and milky color.

When the originally nimble Sword Horn Speed Antelope reached gold-grade, it underwent a thorough spiritual mutation. It was now a small cute lifeform.

After shrinking down, the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's legs became slender and longer. They were filled with power, and it gave the body a streamlined shape and more explosive power, allowing it to become even more nimble.

The Sword Horn Speed Antelope wasn't just able to use its basic ability to smash enemies with its sword horns, but it could even use the sword horns to slice at the air to form air blades that could attack enemies from a distance. With the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's nimble movements, it could easily take the role of a long-distance assassin.

Lin Yuan used True Data to check on the Gold Sword Horn Speed Antelope. This cute little antelope in front of him already had a different name after reaching gold-grade. It was no longer called the Sword Horn Speed Antelope.

[Fey Name]: Wind Speed Rapid Antelope

[Fey Species]: Artiodactyla genus/Antelope species

[Fey Grade]: Gold (1/10)

[Fey Type]: Wind

[Fey Quality]: Elite

Abilities:

[Horn Smash]: Using the horns on the head to smash the enemy.

[Horn Blade]: Using the sharp horns to slice the air and form air blades to attack and slash enemies from afar.

[Protection of Wind]: Wind energy floats around the body's surface, forming a layer of wind force shield.

[Sword Strike Storm]: Summons a storm that covers a massive area, conducting a large sweeping attack. The storm is filled with air swords that could slice metal plates.

Exclusive Skill:

[Agile Wind]: When controlling the wind, it could increase the flow of wind and increase the speed of wind-type abilities.

The Wind Speed Rapid Antelope was a rather uncommon evolution path for the Sword Horn Speed Antelope. It gave up on its close-combat capabilities and turned into a violent spellcaster.

It was rather obvious just by looking at the gold ability, Sword Strike Storm. The Wind Speed Rapid Antelope could circulate spiritual power to summon a storm that covered a massive area, conducting a sweeping attack. The storm even contained air swords that could cut metal plates.

It was considered an extremely violent multi-target ability. Apart from the Sword Horn Speed Antelope's basic ability, all the other abilities were a perfect combination for the Wind Speed Rapid Antelope.

Chapter 84: Surprisingly Important

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Other than this Wind Speed Rapid Antelope's cute appearance, its price could definitely grow by a few times.

Lin Yuan patted the evolved Wind Speed Rapid Antelope with satisfaction and thought to himself, This fellow has really done well and will fetch a good price.

The Wind Speed Rapid Antelope was looking at Lin Yuan with bright, sparkling eyes while using the soft fur and cute horns to rub at Lin Yuan's hand. It was thanking Lin Yuan for allowing its life to transform. Perhaps, not long after, Lin Yuan would sell off this Wind Speed Rapid Antelope and allow it to have its own spirit qi professional as a partner. It would also be benefiting the spirit qi professional. This was the best outcome for the Wind Speed Rapid Antelope.

At that moment, Lin Yuan felt the return of spirit qi from the Wind Speed Rapid Antelope, allowing him to immediately break through the barrier from a D-rank to a C-rank spirit qi professional.

Once the spirit qi entered his body, the misty spirit qi started to condense within his body. Finally, the misty spirit qi condensed a drop of glistening water droplet. Subsequently, more misty spirit qi gathered toward the water droplet and enlarged the water droplet's size.

At that moment, Lin Yuan knew that he had officially become a C-rank spirit qi professional.

The alarm that Lin Yuan had set previously had yet to ring, but his phone rang instead. When Lin Yuan picked up the phone, he saw an unfamiliar number. Lin Yuan's contact list had only a few phone numbers: Chu Ci's number and a few of the numbers he used for importing goods. The numbers included Yang Mingkai, Liu Jie, Ah Neng, and a few others.

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If his phone was ringing now, it was probably the person that Ling Xiao had sent.

After picking up the phone call, before Lin Yuan could speak, a rather respectful voice was transmitted. "Lord Lin Yuan, I am one of Lordess Ling Xiao's subordinate officers. My name is Ling Wu, and I am now at the Xia Region's governor residence waiting for your arrival."

Lin Yuan never expected for anyone to address him as a 'lord'. According to Lin Yuan's status as a Class 2 Creation Master, it was fine for him to be called a 'lord', but it depended on the other party.

If it was someone looking for Lin Yuan's help or some spirit qi professionals, addressing Lin Yuan as 'lord' was very normal. However, Ling Wu was the City Lordess Ling Xiao's subordinate officer, and for Ling Wu to address him as a 'lord', Lin Yuan was rather surprised.

Lin Yuan didn't have many things to pack along, and the Spirit Lock spatial zone already had sufficient stock of energy ores. The Blue Flash Butterfly's cocoon was also placed on a table within the Spirit Lock spatial zone, and Lin Yuan was just waiting for it to hatch. Lin Yuan reckoned that the hatching would take place in the next two days.

In fact, during the recent period of time, Lin Yuan never channeled any spirit qi into the butterfly cocoon to help with the Blue Flash Butterfly's hatching process. There was a reason—the Blue Flash Butterfly's hatching was nature's work. If Lin Yuan were to hasten this process, it would be as if he was trying to change nature's divine work to a certain degree.

The Blue Flash Butterfly might hatch earlier, but the vitality and evolution potential would suffer a huge decline as compared to natural hatching. Thus, even if Lin Yuan was in a hurry to make the Blue Flash Butterfly into Morbius' Bronze spirit-locked fey, Lin Yuan still waited patiently.

Creation Masters might be able to evolve feys and upgrade their quality, and in certain aspects, Creation Masters were just like omnipotent gods. However, when feys were transforming, if a Creation Master interfered, it would only harm the said living creature's evolution potential.

Since there was nothing to pack, Lin Yuan replied, "After receiving Lordess Ling Xiao's message, I have already finished packing. I will head over to the governor residence now."

After hanging up the phone call, Lin Yuan exited from the Spirit Lock spatial zone and circulated his spiritual energy to store Genius, Chimey, and Red Thorn into his Spirit Lock spatial zone.

In normal times, Lin Yuan wouldn't store Genius, Chimey, and Red Thorn into the Spirit Lock spatial zone, as he preferred to let them live in the outside world along with him. For this long-distance trip, even though Lin Yuan might have methods to bring Genius and Chimey along by his side, they didn't work for the massive Red Thorn. Hence, Lin Yuan decided to store them all within the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

Originally, Lin Yuan was planning to check his capabilities' changes after progressing into a C-rank spirit qi professional. He wanted to see how much faster he could evolve Usneas and whether his healing ability could affect the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus more. Unfortunately, he didn't have the time.

After donning a neat attire, Lin Yuan looked into a mirror at a radiant and handsome youth. He let out a smile, revealing his white teeth, before heading straight for the regional governor residence.

Even though Lin Yuan had been living in the Xia Region for many years, he was still very unfamiliar with the regional governor residence. Previously, Lin Yuan had always been living his life in a routine and had never stepped foot into the regional governor residence.

Lin Yuan felt as though he was living another life as he headed to the regional governor's residence.

After alighting the Thick-Hoofed Donkey Car in the regional governor residence's vicinity, Lin Yuan walked less than three minutes to reach his destination.

Numerous people were at the regional governor residence's entrance, and a rather tanned man was in the center, surrounded by the group. Lin Yuan actually recognized a few of the individuals within the group.

As a Xia Region citizen, Lin Yuan naturally knew how the Region Governor looked, and he was none other than the man standing beside the tanned man.

The other individuals standing beside the Region Governor were people that Lin Yuan had met before too. He had to talk with them before opening his little fey story. However, the conversation back then was one way. Lin Yuan knew them, but they wouldn't remember an insignificant person like the Lin Yuan from back then.

The tanned man had also seen Lin Yuan and quickly walked a few steps forward before he waved and said, "Lord Lin Yuan arrived really quickly. I just arrived here, and Lord Lin Yuan is already here."

The Region Governor only knew that Ling Wu was the subordinate officer under Lordess Ling Xiao. When Ling Wu had arrived here, he hadn't said anything apart from that he was waiting for someone.

Thus, they had spontaneously chosen to stand beside Ling Wu and wait. Little did they expect that the person Ling Wu was waiting for a youth. What was even more unbelievable was that Ling Wu addressed this youth as a 'lord'.

Nonetheless, when everyone saw the Class 2 Creation Master crest on Lin Yuan's chest, they immediately understood. To have become a Class 2 Creation Master at such a young age meant that the youth had an influential background.

After some conventional greetings, Ling Wu summoned his Platinum fey, the Scarlet Feather Fire Eagle. He then informed Lin Yuan to sit on the fey.

Lin Yuan had already sat on a Platinum fey previously, so he wasn't as excited and nervous as compared to his first time sitting on a Platinum fey.

This Scarlet Feather Fire Eagle was a formidable power offense-type fey, and its wings would flow with flames when it flapped the wings.

The Platinum fey brought Lin Yuan to Redbud City at a very fast pace.

While seated on the Scarlet Feather Fire Eagle's back, Ling Wu constantly conversed with Lin Yuan and appeared to be rather friendly.

Lin Yuan understood that when City Lordess Ling Xiao sent Ling Wu to fetch him, it was actually a display of her attitude. She could have asked for Lin Yuan to travel to the Redbud City by himself, but instead, she had asked for her subordinate to fetch him.

If one observed Ling Wu's reaction, they would notice he was rather respectful toward Lin Yuan. This had indirectly shown that Ling Xiao actually put a lot of importance on Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan couldn't understand what sort of benefit would allow a City Lordess like Ling Xiao to treat him with such importance.

Chapter 85: Who Can Compare to This Empress?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

At Radiance Federation, Royal Capital...

It was the most prosperous place in the entire Radiance Federation. When one took a glance over the city, everything looked so harmonious.

It was originally a great afternoon, but all of a sudden, the sky turned gloomy. Thick clouds that were dyed with ink had started to extend their sharp claws across the clear sky. It was just like an avaricious and ruthless demon that wanted to occupy the blue sky.

When the dark clouds covered the sky, it felt as though the sky had lowered significantly and gave off some pressure from above the Royal Capital.

Between darkness and light, a beautiful arc split the sky into two equal parts.

Everything happened within a burst of spark as the dark cloud exploded with bright electric arcs, and they looked just like slithering silver snakes. The dark marsh was actually tumbling and overflowing.

Gusts of wind blew across violently and caused ripples in the lake outside of the Royal Capital. The wind also blew across the trees, causing leaves to fall and produce a magnificent sight.

In the Royal Capital's Leaning Moon Mountain, inside the garden of the Radiant Moon Palace...

A lady in moon-colored long robes lifted her head to look at the sky, which portrayed gloominess and brightness, darkness and light, pressure and ease, heaviness and lightness, all of which complemented each other.

While looking at this wonderfully fused scene, she sighed and said, "Darkness clears up when encountering the morning sun, while the afternoon sun will turn dark when encountering the shades of rain."

A breeze gently blew across the lady's fringe, giving her additional gentle beauty.

The clash of extremities would always be nature's most charming display, and the charm could cause a shock that could cleanse the mental state. L𝒂aTest nov𝒆ls on (n)𝒐velbi/𝒏.co𝒎

The lady lowered her head and stirred up the water jar with a lotus flower within. The lotus flower felt as though it was spiritual and was emitting fragrance when the lady was fiddling with the water.

At that moment, an icy cold female voice echoed beside the lady. "Moon Empress, this Sunset Jade Leaf Lotus has been nurtured by you in this garden for slightly more than two years and has already evolved to diamond-grade."

The Moon Empress lowered her head, picked up an amber bottle, and sprayed the fluid within the Sunset Jade Leaf Lotus bottle. The Sunset Jade Leaf Lotus glowed with multi-colored sunset light as though it treasured the fragrant mist produced from the amber bottle.

"This Sunset Jade Leaf Lotus might have already reached diamond-grade, but the diamond-grade ability isn't a support-type ability. It is an offense-type ability," The Moon Empress' voice sounded a little regretful as she replied to the woman with the icy cold voice.

"Cold Moon1, bring this Sunset Jade Leaf Lotus and put it in the lotus pond behind the palace. It is a waste of the lotus fragrance and sunset colors if it is placed in this garden."

Cold Moon nodded, and a set of footsteps resounded. As the footsteps were getting closer, a gentle male voice echoed. "Moon Empress, the information I provided to you previously belongs to that young prodigy who immediately passed the Class 2 Creation Master exam at Ling Xiao's Redbud City. I have already confirmed that all his three lifestyle-class spirit qi occupation exams did obtain full marks. Elder Ning set the questions, and they were said to be much craftier than the lifestyle-class associations."

The man's voice made the Moon Empress raise her head while her eyes were filled with bright light.

"Completing the Class 2 Creation Master exam at the age of 18. Furthermore, he actually got full marks for all three lifestyle-class spirit qi occupation exams. He is truly worthy for his title as a 'Young Prodigy'!"

The man's gentle voice continued. "Moon Empress, I have already informed Ling Xiao to bring that young prodigy over."

"You have done well, Mystic Moon."

Once the Moon Empress finished her words, the noisy wind inside the garden suddenly stopped, and there was no more wind. It was unknown if it was a coincidental stop or whether the words stopped the wind.

Mystic Moon quickly bowed. "These are things that I ought to do. There is another thing, the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association heard that the Moon Empress has the intention to accept a disciple. They have chosen and sent the number one genius among the young Creation Masters, Creation Master Tribunal Sun."

Before the Moon Empress could speak, Cold Moon's cold voice echoed first. "Creation Master Tribunal Sun? A young Creation Master actually has a title? Could he be a Class 4 Creation Master at a young age?"

Mystic Moon looked at Cold Moon and laughed lightly before replying in a gentle tone, "No matter how much of a genius a person is, Class 4 Creation Masters aren't something that the youth generation could reach. This Tribunal Sun is only a Class 2 Creation Master, but I heard that he is already qualified to progress to Class 3. Tribunal Sun is a title that is given by the Creation Master Association's three Vice Presidents. He is now 24 years old."

Cold Moon's face didn't change, and her voice was still as cold. "Tribunal Sun? The heavens have offered a tribute of the light of the sun? This title is truly majestic. Is the Tribunal Sun going to govern the entire Radiance Federation?"

The Moon Empress chuckled and said, "Cold Moon, how can you bear to say such things? But from the looks of it, Creation Master Tribunal Sun must have been carefully nurtured by the Creation Master Association."

After hearing the Moon Empress' words, Cold Moon pursed her lips and said, "After learning that the Moon Empress wants to accept a disciple, the Creation Master Association has already sent over seven or eight individuals. If this Tribunal Sun is really exceptional, why didn't they send him earlier? He even has a title now? Who knows if this title is newly conferred?"

Mystic Moon nodded. "Cold Moon guessed correctly. This Tribunal Sun is called Cheng Rui, and he was the first person that the Creation Master Association sent. Back then, he was rejected because Moon Empress was busy. They gave him a title and sent him again. I wonder what the Moon Empress' opinions are?"

The Moon Empress shook her hand. "Forget it, since the Creation Master Association is sending him a second time, it wouldn't be nice for this Empress to reject again. When that young prodigy comes over, ask the Creation Master Association to send that self-titled Tribunal Sun to come along too."

Mystic Moon acknowledged. "Yes, Moon Empress. But at the same time, Dean Wang from the Creation Master Academy of the Royal Capital's Advanced Spirit Qi University has also recommended someone. This person isn't just a Creation Master. He is also Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred. His title is Overflowing Sea."

The Moon Empress replied, "Then send him over together. Let the young prodigy see the strength of those who stand at the apex of the young generation."

After hearing the Moon Empress' statement, Cold Moon's cold voice was suddenly filled with surprise. "For Moon Empress to consider so much for the young prodigy, is Moon Empress going to immediately accept him as your disciple? Does that mean that Mystic Moon and I will have a young lord?"

The Moon Empress smiled. "I will only know if I accept him after seeing him and personally testing him."

The Moon Empress might be saying this, but she recalled the information on Lin Yuan that Mystic Moon had sent over previously.

The lines of words stated that he was a youth that sought survival with his younger sister.

After his parents' honorable death, he had sent his younger sister to school with diligence and determination. He had done everything he could to prepare a fey for his younger sister.

He always stuck to his principle when doing business and was never proud or rash. These were all character qualities that the Moon Empress admired.

A person's character was actually more important than talent at times. However, she would still need to see Lin Yuan personally before it counted.

As one of the Moon Empress' two Moon Envoys, Mystic Moon was going to relay the Moon Empress' message to the Creation Master Association and the Royal Capital's Advanced Spirit Qi University. However, when he left, his heart already knew he had an additional young lord.

Otherwise, with the Moon Empress' temperament, she would not have divulged any biased feelings.

"Cold Moon, follow me to the breeding room. As a mentor, my welcome gift must be appropriate."

The Moon Empress was now thinking of how the Chef Supreme and Bamboo Monarch treated their disciples as treasures.

The Moon Empress felt that it was nothing.

Comparing who dotes on their disciple more? Who can compare to This Empress?

Chapter 86: Blue Jade Pegasus

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The Scarlet Feather Fire Eagle traveled at extreme speed and arrived at Redbud City swiftly.

Lin Yuan stood on the Scarlet Feather Fire Eagle's back, but he couldn't even see the entire view of Redbud City. It showed how massive Redbud City was.

The Scarlet Feather Fire Eagle didn't land at the area where Redbud City specifically reserved for flying feys to land. Instead, it flew straight toward the city lordess residence and landed at the limestone stairs outside.

"Lord Lin Yuan, please enter with me. Lordess Ling Xiao must have been waiting for some time."

This statement made Lin Yuan raise his brows. When Ling Wu had contacted Lin Yuan, he had already headed for the Xia Region's regional governor residence almost instantly without delay. Therefore, even if Ling Xiao had been waiting for some time, it wasn't because Lin Yuan was late. It was due to the fact that Ling Wu felt that Ling Xiao wanted to see Lin Yuan urgently.

Since Lin Yuan wasn't able to think of a reason, he simply put his thoughts aside first. After all, once he saw Ling Xiao, she would probably give him an answer.

After following Ling Wu into the city lordess residence's main hall, there was only Ling Xiao in there alone. Once Ling Wu informed Ling Xiao he had brought Lin Yuan here, he excused himself to deal with his other tasks.

When Ling Xiao was looking at Lin Yuan, her expressionless face might not show any trace of delight, but Lin Yuan could feel happy emotions from her actions.

"It must have been a tiring journey. Have a casual lunch with me, and I will bring you to the Royal Capital in the afternoon."

After hearing the two words, 'Royal Capital', Lin Yuan felt as though he cleared up his previous doubts.

It seems like the benefit that even Elder Ning felt envious of is in the Royal Capital.

Benefits that are connected to Creation Masters in the Royal Capital and even the Class 4 Creation Master, Elder Ning, is envious. Could it be related to the three esteemed ones that are above the clouds?

"City Lordess, this one isn't tired. May I know why we are going to the Royal Capital?"

Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment and said, "The Moon Empress wishes to see you."

There were no other words.

Originally, in case Lin Yuan didn't ask, Ling Xiao wasn't planning to say anything and would just bring Lin Yuan to the Moon Empress. As for the Moon Empress' plans to accept a disciple, Ling Xiao might know of it, but she wouldn't divulge it to Lin Yuan.

Ling Xiao truly hoped that the Moon Empress' disciple would originate from Redbud City, and the mentioning of it might give Lin Yuan some advance notice to perform well in advance. However, Ling Xiao understood that some things could be said while some others must not.

As for the Moon Empress' plans, Ling Xiao didn't dare to say too much. Staying silent was the best choice.

Lin Yuan couldn't believe that he had guessed correctly. It seemed like the great benefit that Elder Ning mentioned was related to the Moon Empress.

Ling Xiao sized up Lin Yuan and said, "After the meal, go for a shower and get a change of clothes. I will ask someone to prepare clothes for you. When meeting the Moon Empress, you must not be lacking in manners."

Lin Yuan suddenly felt that he was being despised. He looked at the jeans that had faded after all the washing and the short-sleeved shirt before looking at Ling Xiao's eyes again. Lin Yuan was certain now that he was being despised.

Ling Xiao immediately called for two individuals. They were the city lordess residence staff members, and she instructed them to bring Lin Yuan to shower and change his clothes.

After some dressing up, when Ling Xiao saw Lin Yuan again, her eyes lit up. She had picked spirit qi clothes that were definitely conforming to the norms of society.

The black spirit qi clothes had some dark patterns, with appropriate trims, and a matte texture. Some simple metallic decorations accompanied them. Seeing Lin Yuan in the extremely simple spirit qi clothes, even Ling Xiao involuntarily muttered, "A beauty in the high places is like a jade, while a handsome young man is unmatched."

This young man wasn't just a sunshine-boy, handsome and bright, but there was even a type of composure. This was a quality and aura that Lin Yuan had been wearing but in secret. When the hidden aura was released, it really added a manly feeling to Lin Yuan.

The lunch that Lin Yuan ate wasn't simple. It was a full table of eight courses, and they were only for himself and Ling Xiao. Among the dishes, most of them used ingredients from Gold feys. This meal allowed Lin Yuan to understand what it meant to be rich and imposing. This entire meal was the same as eating half a Gold fey, which cost close to 10,000 Radiance dollars.

However, after consuming these delicacies, Lin Yuan had a subtle feeling that his spirit qi was constantly increasing. The food cooked with Gold spiritual ingredients actually had the effects of gradually increasing one's cultivation.

Upon seeing the Lin Yuan was almost done, Ling Xiao said to the butler behind her, "Go and prepare a portion of Spirit Luster Rhino's milk and make it into a double skin milk dessert for Lin Yuan."

The Spirit Luster Rhino was a Platinum fey, and it was said that its milk had great effects on strengthening the bones. To think they would actually use it to make a double skin milk dessert...

After eating this meal, Lin Yuan understood that one's cultivation was really the same as rolling a snowball. It was very strenuous to roll a small snowball into a large snowball. If one used too much strength in the middle, the snowball would scatter. L𝒂aTest nov𝒆ls on (n)𝒐velbi/𝒏.co𝒎

However, when the small snowball became a large snowball, no matter how it was rolled on the ground, there wasn't a need to worry that it might scatter. But it would be hard to feel the size of the snowball getting bigger.

Hence, in order to make the snowball bigger, one must not even miss out on any snow and fuse them all into the snowball. This was why high-ranked spirit qi professionals would use food nutrition to support their cultivation.

Upon feeling the transformations to his spirit qi and bones, Lin Yuan couldn't help but think that he could still afford food made with Bronze spiritual ingredients. In fact, he could also afford the occasional meals that were made with Silver spiritual ingredients.

Should I give Chu Ci and myself some food that is made with these spiritual ingredients?

After the meal, Ling Xiao summoned her aerial fey.

Lin Yuan was looking at this spirit horse that was entirely white with a blue jade-like horn. It even had a pair of giant white wings that had spots of blue gemstones. It was suave and graceful.

When using True Data, Lin Yuan finally found out that this graceful horse was actually a Diamond Fantasy Breed, the Blue Jade Pegasus.

After riding onto the Blue Jade Pegasus' back along with Ling Xiao, Lin Yuan never expected there would be a day where he could actually ride on a Fantasy Breed.

The Blue Jade Pegasus flapped its wings and soared into the sky. The sharp horn on its head was emitting a fantasy- and jade-like blue luster. It felt like a blue field where the sun warmed the jade and produced magnificent colors.

The Blue Jade Pegasus was flying at an extreme speed, and when Lin Yuan looked down, he felt that the mountains were all fuzzy images that were just like illusions.

"It will take over one day to reach the Royal Capital from Redbud City when traveling on the Blue Jade Pegasus. During this period of time, you can rest up on the horse's back."

Lin Yuan had also nodded and agreed.

"City Lordess, if even the Blue Jade Pegasus will need over a day to reach the Royal Capital, then we must be very far away from Redbud City!"

Lin Yuan looked down at the illusory mountains and couldn't help clicking his tongue again.

Previously, he had been lamenting at the speed of the Blue Jade Pegasus, and right now, he was lamenting at the distance between Redbud City and the Royal Capital. Or it should be said that he was lamenting at the size of this world.

Chapter 87: Fantasy, Five Transformations

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ling Xiao looked at the mountains they were passing by like an illusion and the brilliance of lights when the Blue Jade Pegasus was flapping its wings.

"Redbud City isn't considered far from the Royal Capital. Among the 32 cities, Redbud City is situated on the central-southern side and is considered the 14th closest major city to the Royal Capital. Cold Frost City in the extreme north, Scorch Flames City in the extreme south, and Dwelling Pool City in the western Great Pool are cities that are considered far from the Royal Capital. With the Blue Jade Pegasus' speed, it will need around half a month to complete the journey."

Ling Xiao didn't talk much normally, but she was willing to give a thorough explanation to Lin Yuan.

After listening to Ling Xiao's explanation, he felt that all the books' knowledge was just numbers. Numbers weren't as shocking as when he was seated on a Fantasy Breed fey. He could feel the speed and use time to measure the Radiance Federation's vast land.

"If we traveled across water, wouldn't the time be shortened?" Gẹtt the l𝒂test 𝒏𝒐v𝒆ls at 𝒏.o/(v)/e/l/bi𝒏.co𝒎

Lin Yuan realized that Ling Xiao had been instructing the Blue Jade Pegasus to travel above land. Even if they went across water regions, it would be over rivers and lakes, but not the sea region.

Ling Xiao used her hand to stroke the Blue Jade Pegasus' neck and combed up its hair. However, her expression was much more serious.

"When you possess a fey that can fly across the horizon, the first lesson to learn is that you must not fly above the ocean."

After the Spirit Qi Awakening, the ocean that allowed humans to hunt freely was now the world's most treacherous place. No matter how spacious the land was, it occupied only less than 40% of this planet. The remaining 60% was made of the ocean.

The ocean was deep and immeasurable. Even in the coastal waters, there were chances of encountering wild Gold feys. A Gold fish-type fey could easily overturn a fishing boat in the sea.

Occasionally, Platinum feys would also visit the coastal waters, making it very dangerous even in the coastal waters.

If one was flying above the sea region and encountered a giant whale fey, they might be accidentally injured by the water pillars that the giant whale feys blasted out.

After hearing the serious tone in Ling Xiao's words, Lin Yuan immediately memorized Ling Xiao's statement.

He might have memorized the statement, but he still asked, "Not even a Diamond/Fantasy fey?"

Ling Xiao turned back to look at Lin Yuan with a face of approval. She didn't expect Lin Yuan to immediately recognize that this Blue Jade Pegasus was a Diamond/Fantasy fey.

It wasn't hard to see that the Blue Jade Pegasus was a Fantasy Breed, but in order to let Lin Yuan have a comfortable journey, Ling Xiao had already withdrawn the Blue Jade Pegasus' imposing aura.

Lin Yuan was still able to see that the Blue Jade Pegasus was a Fantasy Breed, nonetheless. This level of knowledge and experience wasn't something that a new Class 2 Creation Master would have.

Ling Xiao might have given her approval, but she still sounded particularly stern.

The stern words made Lin Yuan feel as though his hair was standing on end. "Because there is a possibility of Myth Breed feys appearing in the deep sea."

"Myth Breed?" Lin Yuan asked in return.

Myth Breed was something that Lin Yuan had never heard before. In fact, there wasn't any mention among the information on the Star Web.

It was unknown why the words 'Myth Breed' gave off a magically stunning sensation.

"Yes, Myth Breed! It is an existence that is beyond the Fantasy Breed. When a fey reaches the Legend quality and is fused with a Willpower Rune formed by the world's willpower, it will be known as a Fantasy Breed. Fantasy Breed feys are lifeforms that are already beyond the range of science. They are feys that only exist in fantasies.

"As for Myth Breed, it is to gradually transform fantasies into realistic myths. Whenever a Myth Breed fey appears, it is the same as a new myth being born. Each of them possesses the power to create a myth and legend."

When talking about the Myth Breed, Ling Xiao's eyes were filled with respect and also expectations.

This conversation had opened up a door to the new world for Lin Yuan. Previously, he always thought that Fantasy Breed was the peak.

Lin Yuan knew that Creation Masters could evolve feys limitlessly, but he didn't think that there was a Myth Breed above the Fantasy Breed.

Ling Xiao looked at Lin Yuan's shocked expression and thought silently. It isn't considered too early for me to say such things. If Lin Yuan became the Moon Empress' disciple, Lin Yuan would be able to make contact with a myth. Because the Moon Empress is a living myth.

"Lin Yuan, the Myth Breed is the Radiance Federation's secret that isn't circulated in the Star Web. Therefore, you must not divulge it. Apart from that, do you know the different grades of Fantasy Breeds?"

Ling Xiao's question was something that Lin Yuan didn't know either. However, these questions had already stimulated Lin Yuan's thirst for the unknown.

"This junior doesn't know. Will the City Lordess please enlighten me?"

Ling Xiao pointed at the Blue Jade Pegasus below and said, "This Blue Jade Pegasus is a Fantasy I fey. Fantasy Breed feys are graded by the Fantasy Five Transformations. Each transformation is taking one step closer to heaven. Five transformations will be equivalent to an ascension."

Lin Yuan had recorded the words, 'Fantasy Five Transformations' into his mind.

Ling Xiao looked at Lin Yuan and suddenly said, "If possible, as you progress as a Creation Master, your combat capability should not lag behind too."

With regards to Ling Xiao's words, Lin Yuan had deep sentiments. Creation Masters were just a great option to evolve feys. It was also considered a kind of strength, but there were times when a combat-class spirit qi professional's capability was a true lifesaver.

After reaching this subject, Ling Xiao and Lin Yuan didn't speak anymore.

The sun was setting in the west and night was descending. The thin air in the sky was filled with cold temperatures.

After October, it was already considered autumn.

The bright moon suspended in the horizon, and when Lin Yuan was looking at the moon, he felt as though he could touch it. However, when he reached out, the bright moon felt as though it was infinitely far away.

Lin Yuan was observing the night with the bright moon until daybreak when the sun and moon switched places.

During the switch, Lin Yuan had a sudden comprehension, and a Yin-Yang Willpower Rune appeared within his mental world.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes to feel the Willpower Rune that was derived from the switch between the sun and the moon.

Ling Xiao's eyes were wide open. Even if Ling Xiao had lost her emotions, she still wished she could yell out, What a goddamn prodigy!

While riding on my Blue Jade Pegasus, this kid was actually able to comprehend a Willpower Rune just by looking at the sunrise.

When had it been that easy to comprehend a Willpower Rune?

If Ling Xiao didn't possess any Willpower Rune and if Lin Yuan wasn't so close to her, Ling Xiao wouldn't have been able to sense the formation of Lin Yuan's Willpower Rune.

However, Ling Xiao didn't know that Lin Yuan didn't just have one Willpower Rune. He had a total of three Willpower Runes constantly revolving in his spiritual energy.

If Ling Xiao knew, she would have wanted to kick Lin Yuan off her Blue Jade Pegasus' back.

Chapter 88: Sequence #3, Overflowing Sea, Long Tao

Ling Xiao was amazed by Lin Yuan's talent as he was able to comprehend a Willpower Rune just by looking at the sunrise, and she even wanted to trample on Lin Yuan a little. However, she was circulating her spiritual power, using it to isolate the air currents in the sky.

It allowed Lin Yuan to be in the most suitable environment for him to comprehend, while Ling Xiao quietly protected Lin Yuan.

Ling Xiao only withdrew her spiritual power after Lin Yuan opened his eyes. She then said to Lin Yuan in a serious tone, "By comprehending a Willpower Rune, you have taken a step closer to obtaining a Fantasy Breed. But remember my words. If you wish to let your fey become a Fantasy III fey, you must not allow it to become a Fantasy Breed after evolving to the grade of Platinum."

After hearing Ling Xiao's statement, Lin Yuan subconsciously asked, "Then what about Fantasy V?"

"I am not exactly sure on how to achieve Fantasy V, but your fey should become a Fantasy Breed during the grade of Gold. Otherwise, unless there is a huge fated opportunity, the fey would only reach Fantasy III."

Lin Yuan memorized Ling Xiao's explanation. Such information was truly precious for a combat-class spirit qi professional who had just comprehended a Willpower Rune.

"Then what if a Bronze fey's Legend quality is upgraded to Fantasy. Would there be a chance to reach Fantasy V?"

Ling Xiao took a deep breath and fixed her eyes on Lin Yuan. "Do you think the difficulty in upgrading a Bronze fey into a Fantasy Breed is the same as to upgrade a Gold fey into a Fantasy Breed? To upgrade Bronze feys to the Legend quality is more than 100 times harder than to upgrade Gold feys to the Legend quality. Even if a Class 4 Creation Master did their best, they might not be able to achieve it. In addition, do you think Willpower Runes are that easy to comprehend?

"Even among the young generation's Radiance Hundred, not everyone possesses a Fantasy Breed. Most of their feys are either stuck at the Legend quality, or they do not have any Willpower Runes."

It was true. After becoming a Sequence member of the Radiance Hundred, one could enjoy the Radiance Federation's resources and also access to Creation Masters.

Even if a Gold fey's quality couldn't reach Legend, it shouldn't be a problem to reach the Legend quality at platinum-grade. L𝒂aTest nov𝒆ls on (n)𝒐velbi/𝒏.co𝒎

As for Willpower Runes, Lin Yuan didn't feel any difficulty at all. His three Willpower Runes had come smoothly and naturally without obstructions, just like how he drank water.

Ling Xiao's words also reminded Lin Yuan something. Subconsciously, Lin Yuan had thought that the difficulty in upgrading a fey to the Legend quality was the same from Bronze and above.

Be it Bronze, Silver, or Gold, as long as the spirit qi reached a certain point, all feys' quality could reach Legend with the correct combination of spiritual ingredients.

However, Lin Yuan realized he had thought it wrongly. Such situations were only suitable for him and not for other Creation Masters.

Lin Yuan didn't have to worry about feys not being able to reach the Legend quality, but he didn't have any idea on how to upgrade his source-type lifeform, Red Thorn. Red Thorn's progress was considered the greatest challenge that Lin Yuan faced so far. Even now, Lin Yuan still didn't have any solution.

After one entire day of flight, Lin Yuan was already able to see the Royal Capital's outline under the rising sun. The grand Royal Capital was truly spectacular, and it made Lin Yuan feel like he was on a heroic journey. Royal Capital, I, Lin Yuan, am here!

...

"Oh? Isn't this Lord Overflowing Sea, the Radiance Hundred's Sequence #3? The Radiance Hundred should currently be participating in the tribulation missions. Why is Lord Overflowing Sea here at the Leaning Moon Mountain?" The one speaking was a youth with thin lips.

The youth might have a genuine smile while speaking, and his actions were passionate too, but they were still unable to cover the feeling of pretense.

Cheng Rui looked at Long Tao, who stood beside him, with arrogance. He was Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred and also known as Overflowing Sea. It gave Cheng Rui a pressure that was several times heavier.

Long Tao might be Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred, a formidable combat-class spirit qi professional to boot, but he was also an extremely talented Creation Master.

Cheng Rui's combat capability wasn't comparable to Long Tao, but in terms of Creation Master talent, Cheng Rui was certain that he was better even though they had yet to compete.

After all, he was known as the best Creation Master among the young generation and already had the title of Tribunal Sun as a Class 2 Creation Master.

Long Tao didn't even look at Cheng Rui. Instead, he looked at the elder standing behind Cheng Rui as he said, "If you aren't genuinely calling me as Lord Overflowing Sea, then don't. I have never liked such pretentious behaviors. To have a title as a Class 2 Creation Master... Our ages are similar, but why didn't the Creation Master Association give me, Long Tao, a title too?"

Long Tao's words weren't just targeting Cheng Rui, but also the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association that backed Cheng Rui.

As for the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association's action, it didn't just dissatisfy Long Tao, but it had also dissatisfied the Creation Master Academy of the Royal Capital Advanced Spirit Qi University.

Even if one's potential was great, they would naturally receive a title with honor when the individual reached that status. But to receive a title at Class 2 and openly declare that Cheng Rui was the No.1 Creation Master among the young generation, it would certainly cause dissatisfaction among all the extremely talented youths.

Cheng Rui's face was turning white and green while the elder standing behind Cheng Rui quickly responded, "Little Long, you are being too much with your words. Cheng Rui is indeed capable enough to receive this title."

This elder behind Cheng Rui was the Vice President of the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association, and he was famed for a very long time.

Long Tao's words might be criticizing and overbearing, but with his status as Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred, the elder didn't dare to berate him. In addition, standing beside Long Tao was the Dean of the Creation Master Academy of the Royal Capital Advanced Spirit Qi University.

The Royal Capital Advanced Spirit Qi University's Creation Master Academy had always been competing with the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association. If the elder from the Creation Master Association were to say more, the old rival would have joined the battlefield.

Long Tao still had the same expression and didn't look at Cheng Rui. "A few days ago, I successfully passed the Class 3 Creation Master exam at the Creation Master Association in Ascending Dragon City. If Cheng Rui is capable enough for this title, I wonder if I can also receive my title from the Creation Master Association in advance? However, even if the Creation Master Association wishes to give me a title, I will not accept it. Once I become a Class 4 Creation Master, I will naturally seize the title that belongs to me."

Long Tao's words were like slaps after slaps. There was nothing wrong with his words, but they were slaps that ruthlessly smacked on Cheng Rui's face. His words had also caused the Vice President of the Creation Master Association to turn gloomy.

However, Long Tao's words weren't wrong at all.

Had it not been for the Moon Empress accepting a disciple, even if Cheng Rui was talented, he wouldn't have obtained a title as a Class 2 Creation Master. The conferring of a title was to elevate Cheng Rui's status as the No.1 Young Creation Master.

But now that Long Tao was already a Class 3 Creation Master, even if Cheng Rui also had a Class 3 Creation Master's potential, he still wasn't one yet.

As the Vice President of the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association, he no longer had as much confidence in Cheng Rui as before. However, he thought for a moment and felt that it should be the Moon Empress who would make the decision in the end. The Moon Empress would take just a split moment to make her choice, and it didn't mean that Cheng Rui didn't have a chance.

Chapter 89: An Important Person

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The dean of the Royal Capital Advanced Spirit Qi University's Creation Master Academy stood there while twirling two jade spheres in his hand. He looked at the Creation Master Association's Vice President and said, "Old thing, right now, even the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association is inferior to our academy when nurturing Creation Masters. Therefore, the No.1 young Creation Master of this generation isn't from your association. He is from our academy!"

After criticizing, the elder with the jade spheres laughed heartily. It was a burst of very forthright laughter, and it was genuinely from the bottom of his heart.

However, it was also this laughter and angered the Vice President of the Creation Master Association so much that his body was shaking gently. He was obviously quite enraged.

"You old thing, what is there worth being happy for?! In the end, Long Tao is registered as a Class 3 Creation Master under our Ascending Dragon City's Creation Master Association. He is still considered a member of our Creation Master Association."

The Dean from the Creation Master Academy had stopped twirling the jade spheres too and said in a flabbergasted tone, "You idiotic old man are too shameless! How can you even say something like that!? Shouldn't you ask if the Ascending Dragon City's Creation Master Association admits if they are on the same side with your Royal Capital's Creation Master Association? If you can say it like that, then I can also say that all the students in the federation are students from our academy!"

Creation Master Associations between cities had a competing relationship as they would strive for more resources for their city's Creation Masters. When a Creation Master participated in the city's Creation Master Association exam, they would be recorded as the city's Creation Master.

The Royal Capital's Creation Master Association might be in the Royal Capital and was just like a headquarters for all the Creation Master Associations, but the truth wasn't so. Instead of saying they were the headquarters, it was better to say that they were the top rival for each Creation Master Associations.

The two elders started a dispute as soon as they met under the Leaning Moon Mountain. It made Cheng Rui and Long Tao rather embarrassed.

Cheng Rui didn't dare to mention that he was the No.1 young Creation Master in front of Long Tao. In fact, he was no longer proud of his title like before and actually felt rather ashamed.

However, Long Tao was obviously not planning to let go of Cheng Rui. "I have watched your interview on the Star Web. You don't look the same as you do in real life as compared to the Star Web. On the Star Web, you look as though you are really the leader of the young generation!"

Long Tao might be speaking indifferently, but this statement was more like a heavy punch as compared to the slaps earlier. Cheng Rui was so agitated that his expression turned from green to red.

"Long Tao! You are too much! You are one year older than me. One year later, I will definitely become a Class 3 Creation Master too! Your Creation Master talent might not be better than mine! I am just one year younger, that's all."

Instead of looking at his weakness, he found an excuse. Just by this attitude, Long Tao felt that Cheng Rui was a weakling.

Long Tao believed that after he entered the Radiance Hundred Sequence, all of the competitors he faced were all senior to him. The eldest would be ten years older than him, as a Sequence member could remain in the Radiance Hundred for ten years.

Long Tao had been on a path of obstacles and used four years to reach his position as Sequence #3, while his Creation Master's progress didn't get delayed either. This was because Long Tao had never found an excuse for himself to fail. He confronted failure, analyzed failure, and treasured failure. He treasured failure because the number of failures was getting increasingly low and close to zero.

Cheng Rui's attitude was something that Long Tao despised.

"You are not thinking to say that the river that flows to the east for thirty years will flow to the west for the next thirty years, so I shouldn't bully you just because you are young, right?"

Cheng Rui did want to say these words, but they were exposed by Long Tao first. At that moment, Cheng Rui understood that he wasn't going to be a match for Long Tao in terms of words. The more he said would just be seeking more trouble for himself.

Cheng Rui had never met with Long Tao before this. In the matches, Long Tao always had the dominant and aggressive style, while his interviews were seldom as conversational. Cheng Rui didn't expect Long Tao to be such foul-mouthed, and his words to be truly infuriating.

There was a gentle and clear voice that echoed throughout Leaning Moon Mountain.

"I am here on the Moon Empress' orders to receive Elder Du and Elder Meng."

The gentle voice caused Long Tao to narrow his eyes. The voice felt as though it was right beside him, but there was no one to be found. After a period of time, Long Tao still couldn't find the source of the voice.

Elder Du, the Vice President of the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association, and Elder Meng, the Dean of the Royal Capital Advanced Spirit Qi University's Creation Master Academy, suddenly spoke loudly toward the air. "We have troubled Envoy Mystic Moon."

Once Elder Meng and Elder Du responded, a man with long silver robes suddenly appeared in the passageway leading to the Leaning Moon Mountain. The man was walking over unhurriedly, but in less than two steps with ease, he had traveled across dozens of meters and arrived in their vicinity.

"Elder Du and Elder Meng still look so brilliant. However, we cannot ascend the mountain yet as we still need to wait for an important person to arrive." Mystic Moon turned silent after speaking.

Elder Du and Elder Meng looked at each other and could see the astonishment in each other's eyes.

Mystic Moon was a king-class expert, and he was already at the pinnacle of king-class. His contracted feys were all mainly spiritual-type, and he might be a support-class spirit qi professional, but any of the same class experts would say that the most troublesome foe they faced were spirit qi professionals with spiritual-type feys.

Putting aside Mystic Moon's strength, just his status as one of the Moon Empress' two Moon Envoys, he represented the will of the Moon Empress wherever he went.

Mystic Moon might look gentle, but his way of doing things was abnormally tyrannical. He was just like a razor-sharp thread hidden in the snow—there was no shadow or form. But once someone made contact, they would be severed into pieces.

Mystic Moon might not be as emotionless as Cold Moon when dealing with matters, but he was abnormally arrogant.

We are supposed to wait for an important person here?

The words 'important person' stated that this person should be rather familiar with the Moon Empress and could already be considered one of her own. Otherwise, the words would be an important guest and not an important person.

For Mystic Moon to mention the word important, it was easy to imagine the status of that person.

Elder Du and Elder Meng pulled Cheng Rui and Long Tao to the side.

Even Long Tao, who was Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred, had also withdrawn his aura and was abnormally obedient.

At that moment, a snow-white figure with a blue jade horn flew over from far away. A pegasus with wings glistening with a blue jade-like texture was flying toward the Leaning Moon Mountain.

The gentle and expressionless Mystic Moon put on a smile.

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Ling Xiao led Lin Yuan and leaped off the pegasus.

Elder Du and Elder Meng took a glance at Ling Xiao and immediately averted their gaze before fixing their eyes on Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan's hair was rather messy due to the wind, but when he was standing under the sunlight, he gave off an indescribable aura that lit up the eyes of Elder Du and Elder Meng.

Chapter 90: Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia

Elder Meng and Elder Du definitely knew Ling Xiao. Even as the City Lordess of Redbud City, it still wasn't enough for Mystic Moon to use the word important. Therefore, the important person mentioned by Mystic Moon could only be this youth standing beside Ling Xiao.

Lin Yuan could obviously feel five pairs of eyes staring at him apart from Ling Xiao right now. While feeling the gazes, he didn't know any of these people. However, due to respect, he still nodded in response as a greeting.

Ling Xiao originally wanted to make an introduction, but Mystic Moon's gentle and clear voice echoed. "Everyone is here. Follow me to the Leaning Moon Mountain. Lin Yuan, come beside me. We shall walk together."

Lin Yuan had already noticed the silver-robed man that spoke. The silver-robed man's aura was like a torrential undercurrent underneath the deep sea with no signs of ripples on the surface.

Lin Yuan didn't expect this silver-robed man to actually know him. He looked toward Ling Xiao and saw her make a gulping motion but didn't say a word. She merely nodded to Lin Yuan.

As such, Lin Yuan walked beside Mystic Moon in a relaxed manner. Mystic Moon let out a bright smile and led Lin Yuan up the mountain.

Ling Xiao walked together with Elder Meng and Elder Du, while Long Tao and Cheng Rui walked by the side. The five of them followed behind Ling Xiao and Mystic Moon.

At that moment, Elder Du and Elder Meng looked at Ling Xiao. She gave Elder Du and Elder Meng an expressionless greeting while saying, "It is what Elder Du and Elder Meng are thinking."

Elder Meng and Elder Du looked at Lin Yuan with rather complicated eyes. They had a feeling that this youth that made their eyes light up was actually here to harvest the peach. Moreover, from Mystic Moon's actions, could this Lin Yuan be the person that the Moon Empress had already decided to accept?

Long Tao looked at Lin Yuan with probing eyes. Cheng Rui was looking at Lin Yuan with eyes of jealousy and complication.

After a few questions from Elder Du and Elder Meng, the rest of the people knew of Lin Yuan's identity. He was the one that had directly passed the Class 2 Creation Master exam in Redbud City.

The Creation Master Association's reformation started off with Redbud City and was now conducted over the Radiance Federation's 32 cities. What was the implication of the reformation? Elder Du and Elder Meng understood, but they never expected someone to actually meet such harsh requirements. In addition, this person arrived so quickly!

Long Tao was rather calm on appearance, but Cheng Rui's face was filled with obvious reluctance to accept this outcome. Cheng Rui gritted his teeth and thought, He is just a kid that passed the Class 2 Creation Master exam. What is so great about that? He might have been lucky at that time. I am already almost capable enough to take the Class 3 Creation Master exam. To crush this kid, wouldn't it be as easy as playing with toys?

Long Tao looked at Cheng Rui's expression and burst out with a laugh. "Why don't you compare yourself with him and see how much younger he is than you?"

Cheng Rui's expression was always rich, and especially after being criticized by Long Tao, he looked as though he had eaten 30 lemons followed by 30 bitter gourds.

One had to admit that the Leaning Moon Mountain was filled with beautiful sceneries. Lin Yuan activated True Data along the way, and apart from his conversation with Mystic Moon, he saw plenty of Gold feys and even some Platinum feys.

These feys were mostly plant-type ones, with the occasional butterflies, dragonflies, bees, and small avians. The rare feys that were hard to see in the outside world could be seen everywhere in the Leaning Moon Mountain.

At that moment, Mystic Moon said, "We will be reaching the Radiant Moon Palace in a few more steps."

Mystic Moon's words weren't just for Lin Yuan, but they were also for the people behind them.

After passing through a gallery of mountains, Lin Yuan saw a palace that looked as though it was constructed with fluorite. The palace's main body was white like white jade, but it was emitting sparkling light like the moon in the sky.

There were two straight trees in front of the palace that were close to ten meters in height. The trees were blooming with delicate flowers that were a fusion of gold and silver. The flowers were so dense that it made the branches hang downward.

These two trees were actually Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassias!

When looking at the True Data, Lin Yuan felt he was going to fall over. These two Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassias were actually Diamond X. Of course, that wasn't important. The crucial point was that their quality was Legend.

Such precious species were planted at the palace entrance without anyone contracting them, and they were only used as a part of the scenery. This was something that Lin Yuan couldn't imagine.

When Mystic Moon saw Lin Yuan look at the two Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassias, he took the initiative to introduce, "The two cassias are rather good-looking and have been planted here. The Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia is rather special, but it doesn't have any fragrance. However, the flowers can be used to make osmanthus honey. Cold Moon is great at making osmanthus honey. I will ask Cold Moon to prepare one bowl for you later."

Feys like the Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia were actually beyond Lin Yuan's knowledge. He could only know of its name through True Data. Lin Yuan might not be sure, but Ling Xiao, Elder Du, and Elder Meng knew what they were.

After hearing that Mystic Moon was going to casually give a bowl of osmanthus honey to Lin Yuan, even the three authority experts wanted to try and ask for a portion, even if it was just a few drops.

The Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia' nectar was great for eliminating impurities. Normally, others would dissolve one drop into a cup and dilute it several times for consumption.

If Lin Yuan were to drink an entire bowl of Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar, it was probable that all of his body's impurities would be cleansed.

The world only had two Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassias, and they were in the hands of the Moon Empress but were planted in front of the Radiant Moon Palace.

The Moon Empress might harvest ten drops of nectar for the Royal Capital Advanced Spirit Qi University and the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association, but even if they accumulated for a few dozen years, they still couldn't gather a bowl.

"Mystic Moon, the osmanthus honey is brewed by me, and you actually want to give it to others. Even if it is a gift, it should be from me."

The voice sounded limpid like the ice water in the icy pool.

Lin Yuan looked at the lady and noticed a blue-robed lady looking at him.

Mystic Moon let out a bright smile. "Alright, Cold Moon, bring them to see the Moon Empress. I still have other tasks given by the Moon Empress."

Cold Moon nodded and said to everyone, "Follow me into the Radiant Moon Palace."

After entering the Radiant Moon Palace, Lin Yuan felt that every spot in the palace was emitting grace. There was a platform with a table at the front and two boxes.

Cold Moon pulled Lin Yuan to her side and said to Elder Meng and Elder Du, "The Moon Empress has placed a treasure in each of the boxes. Both parties can allow your young talents to pick one of the boxes. The treasure within the box shall be considered a gift from the Moon Empress." Thê sourc𝗲 of this content n/o/v/(𝒆l)bi((n))

Cold Moon's words made Elder Du and Elder Meng's eyes light up. But at the same time, they didn't understand why there were only two brocade boxes while there were three young talents?

Lin Yuan stood beside Cold Moon and watched indifferently. He might not know what was happening, but he knew it wasn't simple.

Chapter 91: Apex Battle Between the Youth Generations

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After Long Tao and Cheng Rui received instructions from their elders, they stepped forward and walked toward the platform.

As soon as they stood on the platform, one of the four female attendants that stood in the four corners of the palace hall stepped forward as well. The attendant arrived on the platform with a flash.

The female attendant looked around 30 years old, but she gave off a tender and delicate feeling.

"I am one of the Radiant Moon Palace's tea attendants. My name is Cai Cha, and I am here to inform you that the treasure in the golden box is superior to the one in the gray box." After speaking, she bowed to Cold Moon. Once Cold Moon nodded, Cai Cha withdrew to the platform's side instead of the corner of the palace hall.

The platform had two boxes, one was gold, and the other was gray. Lin Yuan immediately saw Long Tao and Cheng Rui's hands reaching toward the gold box.

At that moment, Long Tao's spirit qi burst out and caused Cheng Rui to take a few steps back, allowing Long Tao to open the gold brocade box.

Once the gold box was opened, Lin Yuan could smell a refreshingly sweet smell. There was a light purple pearl within the box, and it was the size of a thumb.

It might be a light purple pearl, but it was emitting a mild purple light. The refreshingly sweet smell felt like it didn't come from the pearl itself but from the mild light.

Next to the light purple pearl was an exquisite wooden token, and apart from these two things, there was nothing else.

Cai Cha, who was standing at the side, said, "This treasure is a pearl produced by the Diamond Purple Coral Shellfish. It is greatly beneficial for water-type feys, and there is a chance to help a water-type fey evolve."

Cai Cha's words caused Long Tao's indifferent face to turn grave, and his breaths were heavier. His eyes were filled with extreme delight.

Lin Yuan looked at the light purple pearl, and involuntarily clicked his tongue. This wasn't just a Diamond spiritual ingredient, but it was also a Diamond spiritual ingredient from the deep sea. Shellfish feys had another name—deep-sea treasure. It was because shellfish feys could produce pearls and only formidable individuals were qualified to explore the deep sea.

Just because of the danger level, the pearl produced by the Purple Coral Shellfish was considered a priceless treasure, let alone the astonishing effects of the Purple Coral Shellfish's pearl.

Lin Yuan wasn't able to estimate the price of the Purple Coral Shellfish's pearl. However, just by looking at Ling Xiao's envious eyes, he knew that the Purple Coral Shellfish's pearl was very rare.

Long Tao held the Purple Coral Shellfish's pearl in his hand and picked up the wooden token beside the pearl. The wooden token was carved with a small sword.

Cai Cha continued talking. "The wooden token is carved with a small sword and is the Radiant Moon Palace's sword tablet. You can carry out a contest with those who possess a sword token. The sword token possessor would have strength that is equivalent to yours. If you win, you can use this sword token to exchange for another treasure. It is fine if you lose too as it is only a contest."

Long Tao turned around to look at Elder Meng and saw the latter nodding at him. Long Tao then asked Cai Cha, "I wonder if the contest is referring to a contest between combat-class spirit qi professionals or between Creation Masters?"

Cai Cha smiled and said, "Since it is a sword token, it is naturally a contest between combat-class spirit qi professionals. If the token is carved with a tool, then it is a contest between Creation Masters."

Long Tao gripped the token in his hand and said loudly, "I am willing to accept the contest."

Since Long Tao took the Purple Coral Shellfish's pearl, Cheng Rui was looking at Long Tao with such gloomy eyes that a tear might drip out. However, no one was paying any attention to Cheng Rui's expressions as all the attention was gathered on Long Tao, especially Lin Yuan, who didn't think that he would actually be able to see a match fought by Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred.

After watching this match, Lin Yuan would be able to understand the standard of combat strength for Sequence members at the top of the Radiance Hundred.

Lin Yuan had watched the match between the White Devil and the Unknown Flame. At the end of the battle, White Devil's Revival Swallowtail Butterfly had been released from the cage and transformed into a Disaster Swallowtail Butterfly. It had allowed the White Devil to end the battle with overwhelming dominance.

In addition, White Devil might be Sequence #18 of the Radiance Hundred, but she was a healing-type spirit qi professional, and she was more proficient in tactics rather than actual combat.

However, Long Tao was Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred and had the Overflowing Sea title. He was a true combat-class spirit qi professional.

Cai Cha waved the sword token in her hand, and all the female attendants with similar attire came out of the palace hall's corner and stood on the platform.

Lin Yuan looked over and noticed that all four female attendants actually looked exactly the same. The only difference would be the hair accessories on their heads.

Cold Moon looked at Lin Yuan's reaction and gave an explanation. "Cai Cha, Xi Cha, Peng Cha, and Yin Cha1 are the Radiant Moon Palace's tea attendants. They are quadruplets, and the Moon Empress found them when they were babies 30 years ago. They have been serving the Radiant Moon Palace ever since."

Lin Yuan nodded. However, he didn't understand why Cold Moon would give him such a detailed explanation of the Radiant Moon Palace's members, as though he would need to know them later on.

"All four of us share this sword token. I am the strongest among all of us, while the three of them have similar strength. You can choose any of us as your opponent," Cai Cha said to Long Tao.

Long Tao didn't have any trace of hesitation as he chose Cai Cha, who was speaking and also the strongest.

After seeing this scene, Lin Yuan felt that Cai Cha's thoughts weren't simple as her simple statement was actually an open conspiracy.

Cai Cha might have stated who was strong and weak, but in this situation and with Long Tao's temperament and pride, he would definitely pick the strongest among the four.

When Elder Meng saw that Long Tao and Cai Cha adopted their fighting postures, Elder Meng quickly asked Cold Moon, who was standing beside Lin Yuan, "Envoy Cold Moon, would a fight in the Radiant Moon Palace cause damage to the items here? What if Long Tao doesn't reserve himself and severely injures the tea attendant?"

This wasn't Elder Meng's first time at the Radiant Moon Palace, and he naturally knew about the four tea attendants. Every time he visited the Moon Empress, he would be able to drink the spirit tea brewed by the four tea attendants. However, Elder Meng had never heard that the four weak-looking tea attendants could actually fight.

Cold Moon responded with a cold voice, "The palace hall is constantly supported with the ability, Harden of a Fantasy V, Resolute Diamond Resplendent Tortoise. If a junior could easily destroy it, then the Radiant Moon Palace would have been destroyed a long time ago. As for the contest, it was specified by the Moon Empress."

After Cold Moon finished speaking, she circulated the spiritual power within her body and enveloped herself and Lin Yuan in a qi barrier.

Since Cold Moon had already said so, Elder Meng naturally didn't dare to go against the Moon Empress' intention.

Elder Du pulled Cheng Rui over and reserved the space for Long Tao and Cai Cha.

Lin Yuan heard Cold Moon's words clearly. She wasn't polite at all when speaking with Elder Meng. Since the Moon Empress had specified it, Elder Meng didn't even dare to make an additional statement.

Elder Meng was the Dean of the Creation Master Academy in the Royal Capital Advanced Spirit Qi University. But he didn't dare to showcase any of the authority he possessed in the Royal Capital.

After thanking Cold Moon for using her qi to protect him, Lin Yuan put all his attention into this apex battle between the youths.

Chapter 92: In the Name of Cretaceous

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Lin Yuan noticed that Cai Cha and Long Tao were both circulating their spirit qi.

Long Tao summoned a shark-like fey that was around two to three meters long but had dragon patterns on its body.

Using True Data, Lin Yuan recognized that this was a Platinum VI/Epic Reef Sturgeon.

As for Cai Cha, there was a tea tree that bloomed with white camellia.

Lin Yuan took a glance and noticed that both the feys were Platinum ones, but Cai Cha's fey was a Fantasy Breed. Furthermore, the tea tree was a Fantasy II.

Cai Cha commanded the tea tree, "Dark Dream Fragrant Tea, Tool Transformation!"

After receiving Cai Cha's command, Lin Yuan watched as the Platinum/Fantasy II tea tree turned into a five-string pipa and landed in Cai Cha's hands.

Cai Cha used her delicate hands to strum the strings. The large strings were clamoring, while the small strings were distinctive.

The sounds of the strings were like an army of thousands of troops and horses. They broke through the air and blasted at Long Tao.

Long Tao quickly jumped onto the Reef Sturgeon's back, but the sound of strings sliced it. Bone-deep wounds appeared on the Reef Sturgeon. The Reef Sturgeon was in so much pain that it let out a roar.

Long Tao's eyes immediately turned sharp and serious. By experiencing the burst of sound damage, Long Tao knew that this woman might look weak, but she was dangerous.

Cai Cha let out a gentle smile and continued to strum the pipa.

Long Tao quickly commanded the Reef Sturgeon to bring up a wave to block the string sounds' damage. At the same time, Long Tao circulated his spiritual power again, and two figures appeared. One was blue, and the other red, and they were half a meter in size.

The blue and red feys were actually two Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish.

The Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish might possess dragon-species bloodline, but they weren't considered dragon-species feys. These two Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish were actually two Deep Blue Jellyfish that were nurtured from young with dragon blood. When they turned into Fantasy Breed feys, they would undergo a transformation.

The two different-colored Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish were Platinum/Fantasy I. When Long Tao summoned the two Fantasy I feys, an immediate downpour of rain followed.

The rain formed lines, which were filled with the grim and murderous intent of the deep sea. The raindrops were sharp like needles and felt as though they could pierce through all life that they came in contact with.

When enveloped by the murderous intent, Lin Yuan only saw Cai Cha changing her stance. She raised the pipa over her shoulder and strummed it. The string sounds formed a barrier around Cai Cha, which bloomed with camellias. They rapidly restored the spirit qi within Cai Cha's body.

Cai Cha's eyes turned stern as she formed a claw and grabbed the strings before forcefully twirling them. The mild and reserved string sound was scattered out with a flick of her fingers.

The string sound carried an unstoppable force and broke through the boundary formed by the heavy rain. It then smashed into the two Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish and the Reef Sturgeon.

The two Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish and Reef Sturgeon had created a water boundary, but it was still smashed open by the unstoppable and murderous string sound. It caused minor injuries to the two Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish. The Reef Sturgeon also received severe injuries and lost its ability to fight.

Cai Cha turned the pipa around and sat on the back of it while she smiled and said, "Radiance Hundred Sequence #3. You might be known as the Overflowing Sea, but you are also known as the Son of Dragon. Your contracted feys are mostly dragon-species ones. But if you don't use your trump card in this battle, then you will never be able to obtain the sword token and redeem another treasure."

Long Tao's aura suddenly changed, and his violent spirit qi suddenly burst to the peak. Checkk new 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters at nov𝒆

A massive figure appeared behind Long Tao while he said, "If this is your only capability, then I shall be taking the sword token for sure. As Sequence #3, I naturally have the strength to protect my spot as Sequence #3!"

Once Long Tao finished talking, the massive figure behind him finally revealed its full appearance. It was a giant sea dragon that was close to 30 meters in length. It was the size of those prehistoric sea dinosaurs, and it was rather similar to a Tylosaurus.

When Lin Yuan was looking at this dragon-species fey, he felt his blood was boiling. This was the dragon-species fey that had allowed Long Tao to rise up to fame and also the reason for his title, Overflowing Sea.

Lin Yuan had read about the information on the Radiance Hundred on the Star Web previously, but now that he saw this massive fey's full appearance, he felt as though he was looking at a scene of the prehistoric times.

Lin Yuan used True Data to check on this sea dragon fey's name.

[Fey Name]: Sea King Cretaceous Dragon

[Fey Species]: Mosasaurus species/Emperor Dragon genus

[Spirit-Lifeform Grade]: Platinum (10/10)

[Fey Type]: Water

[Fey Quality]: Fantasy III

Abilities:

[Whirl Flow]: Stir up the water region and cause extreme suction flow in the water.

[Eight Dragon Shadows]: The dragon shadow moves and transforms into eight dragon shadows. Each dragon shadow possesses 60% of the original body's attributes.

[Sea Bite]: Control the flow of the sea to form a bite. The biting force is equivalent to the biting force of the original body.

[Sea Emperor's Dragon Breath]: Shoot out a destructive breath that belongs to the emperor dragons.

[Wrath of the Ocean]: Utilize all of the innate energy within the ocean to conduct a devastating tremor. The extreme tremor within the water has the power to destroy everything within the sea region.

Exclusive Skill:

[Water Overseer]: Delicate control when using the power of water and can control the flow of water.

[Extremity of Sea]: Gather water elements and form rivers. Allow the rivers to flow into the sea and control a portion of the sea region.

Sea King Cretaceous Dragon... What kind of name was this? Having the title of Sea King meant that it ruled during the Cretaceous period. It was indeed worthy of being the most respected Emperor Dragon genus among the dragon-species feys!

Cold Moon looked at Lin Yuan and nodded with satisfaction when she noticed that he was carefully observing the match.

Once the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon appeared, it let out a deafening roar. Water elements from the surrounding rapidly gathered and formed a massive sea region.

Cai Cha strummed the pipa swiftly and opened up a boundary within the sea region so as not to be engulfed by the seawater.

However, a whirlpool formed within the sea region. The originally unpredictable whirlpool was like a pair of devil's hands at the bottom of the sea—it pulled everything at the water's surface back into the bottom of the sea.

Lin Yuan's pupils contracted as the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon's attack was a flawless combination of the exclusive skills, Water Overseer, Extremity of Sea, and the ability, Whirl Flow.

It took just a split moment to control the state of battle. Cai Cha's forehead perspired a little as she was already exhausted from dealing with the suction flow. Cai Cha thought to herself, If this carries on, I will lose my ability to resist and will be engulfed by the seawater.

Cai Cha circulated her spirit qi, and a small black beast immediately appeared within her self-created boundary.

It was a small deer without horns and had big eyes. The moment it appeared, it spat out a bundle of white mist. When the white mist reached Cai Cha's fingertips, they fused into the pipa through her fingers.

Cai Cha then strummed the pipa thrice, sending out a pipa sound that felt like it could explode a silver bottle.

At this moment, Long Tao yelled out, "White, use Sea Bite!"

In an instant, the water around Cai Cha looked as though it turned into sharp fangs. With the biting force of the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon, which was at least 10,000 tons, it bit down at the boundary that Cai Cha created.

Chapter 93: The Result is Evident

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Water was always this world's softest thing, however, when the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon activated the Sea Bite ability, sharp fangs formed with seawater appeared outside of the boundary Cai Cha had created.

The sharp claw might be formless, but the stirred up water flow allowed for a rough view of the fangs' shape.

The size of the fangs was almost the same as the mouth of the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon. The intense pressure caused an ear-piercing boom as though metal plates were clashing.

At the crucial moment, Cai Cha quickly scattered the white mist produced by the small black deer that was fused into the pipa strings and fused it into the strings by the neck, causing it to suddenly tighten.

The devastating pressure from the sharp fangs nearly deformed Cai Cha's boundary.

Lin Yuan was obviously able to see seawater leaking into Cai Cha's boundary. There were clear bite marks on the boundary, and the seawater was seeping inside from the bitemarks.

However, as Cai Cha was using all her strength to strum, the boundary was able to withstand the pressure and rapidly mend the cracks.

Lin Yuan was astonished. The Sea Bite ability was truly a divine ability within the water region. If the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon wanted to rip its prey, it didn't even need to fight at close range. Any place in the water region with a flow of water could be turned into the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon's sharp fangs.

The Sea Bite ability could be executed formlessly, and the enemy could only endure the attack. In addition, the strength of the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon's bite didn't come from the pressure—it was the penetrative power of the sharp fangs. It was the sharp fangs that made an opening in Cai Cha's boundary.

Long Tao stood on the back of the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon and said to Cai Cha, "Shall we end it here? Your boundary is already broken, and I am not adept at controlling my power in combat."

Long Tao didn't try to cover the meaning in his words and immediately stated that he had already controlled his attack power earlier and didn't wish to injure Cai Cha.

Cai Cha's face turned grave in response, but she smiled and said, "It is rather boring to settle the match like this. You might not be adept at controlling your power, but I am."

After speaking, that small black deer lit up with a luster was like the dark night. It quickly swallowed all of the visible light in the sea region before letting out a clear cry. Thê sourc𝗲 of this content n/o/v/(𝒆l)bi((n))

All of the light gathered toward Cai Cha's fingers, and in a split moment, the water within the violent sea region was forcefully isolated by Cai Cha's pipa sound. Everywhere the pipa sound passed through, the water elements vanished.

"Rain Cutting Zither Sound."

The seemingly gentle and night mist-like pipa sound made Long Tao feel as though the surroundings were bizarre.

The two lightly injured Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish that were floating beside Long Tao and the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon had produced a water barrier. When the pipa sound smashed into the water barrier, the night mist scattered.

The pipa sound was like a light drizzle that entered through all gaps. The pipa sound fused into the water but was able to slice the water barrier.

Long Tao responded decisively and commanded the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon, "White, Eight Dragon Shadows!"

All of a sudden, the eight illusory dragon shadows appeared in front of the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon. Eight dragon shadows rushed at the pipa sound, and the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon executed the Sea Bite simultaneously.

The pipa sound still managed to shatter the eight dragon shadows. The residual force damaged the Deep Blue Dragon Jellyfish and left them in a severely injured state. Long Tao then withdrew them into his spiritual spatial zone.

Long Tao said in a cold tone, "Since there isn't a need to reserve anymore, then I shall not hold back anymore."

Three of his Long Tao's feys were severely injured, so he was truly enraged.

Elder Meng knew it wasn't good and circulated the spiritual power within his body. If Cai Cha wasn't able to resist the attack, he would immediately rescue her. Elder Meng knew clearly how powerful Long Tao's attack was. Even if he was to receive this attack, he wouldn't end up good.

The water elements gathered again, and the sea region instantly expanded by over two times.

The Sea King Cretaceous Dragon's exclusive skills, Water Overseer, and Extremity of Sea were now utilized fully. The sea was moving violently, and such violent movements weren't possible with just the use of Whirl Flow. When the sea moved violently, Cai Cha's boundary shrunk down until it was only one meter.

Cai Cha suddenly yelled, "Last move!"

In an instant, Cai Cha threw the pipa, which was transformed from Dark Dream Fragrant Tea using Tool Transformation, into the sky. The pipa reverted into the Dark Dream Fragrant Tea's original state.

The moment the Dark Dream Fragrant Tea appeared, its body lit up with green radiance. The boundary that was originally shrunk down to one meter was instantly expanded to ten meters. It was just like a clean land in the midst of the ocean.

As the seawater was shaking more intensively, the boundary that Dark Dream Fragrant Tea expanded was shrinking again.

Cai Cha circulated all the spirit qi in her body.

"Dark Dream Fragrant Tea, Dream Transformation."

"Dream Beast of Night, Dream Consume."

With a burst of spiritual power from Cai Cha's body, the Dark Dream Fragrant Tea's entire tree body suddenly shrunk down into the size of a tea leaf. The small black beast jumped up and consumed the tea leaf into its body. All of a sudden, an aura of nature descended and shrunk the sea region, emptying out a piece of land that contested with the sea region.

After the small black deer consumed the tea leaf, its hornless head suddenly grew out giant deer horns.

The deer horns were like branches that were blooming with white flowers. The black pelt of the deer turned white instantly, and its size increased by several times. It was now a white stag that was over four meters in height. Wherever the hoofs stepped on, green grass would grow.

The Dream Beast looked at Cai Cha, and the latter said gently, "Go on."

The Dream Beast's horn lit up with green radiance and great power as it smashed at the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon.

Long Tao didn't let the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon gather the surrounding water anymore and gave the command. "White, Wrath of the Ocean! Sea Emperor's Dragon Breath!"

At that moment, the sea finally stirred up. As compared to this moment, the sea was just playing around previously. The sea movements were so violent and loud that Lin Yuan could easily hear the sounds even when he was inside Cold Moon's spirit qi barrier.

Lin Yuan watched as the wrath of the ocean, along with the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon's white dragon breath, collided with the pure white stag.

Elder Meng, who had been standing by, suddenly rushed out, used his spirit qi to protect Cai Cha, and stood beside her.

When the stag smashed toward the seawater, the clash was even, but the white dragon breath shattered the deer horn and was rushing at Cai Cha.

The white dragon breath finally vanished after smashing into Elder Meng's protective barrier.

Elder Meng's face looked very unpleasant right now. Not because Long Tao's attack was powerful, but he was rather upset as to why this Long Tao didn't hold back at all.

This battle allowed Lin Yuan to finally know why the Radiance Hundred of the Radiance Federation was the federation's glory.

The prowess of Sequence #3, Overflowing Sea, allowed Lin Yuan to find out the standard of the young generation that stood at the apex.

Lin Yuan knew deeply that he was indeed still far inferior. However, he wasn't in a hurry to diminish his worth. After all, it had only been two months since he had changed from an ordinary person into a person who could sense spirit qi. The road ahead was still long, and no matter how high a mountain was, one would always start from the bottom.

Chapter 94: Cold Moon's Style of Protection

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Cai Cha withdrew the injured feys into her spiritual spatial zone before bowing to Elder Meng as thanks. She then said to Long Tao, "I lost. I am nearly ten years older than you, but I cannot even block your full-powered attack. No wonder you are Sequence #3."

Long Tao's attack nearly wiped out all of his spiritual power, and he wasn't able to stand for a moment. Long Tao put his hand on the Sea King Cretaceous Dragon to support himself while he panted loudly. He didn't even have the strength to speak. Long Tao's current state was the symptom of spirit qi exhaustion.

Upon seeing his state, Lin Yuan immediately used the Spirit-Gather Goldfish's ability, Spirit Injection, and released a portion of pure spirit qi toward Long Tao's body. It immediately helped Long Tao's exhausted spirit qi to recover a little. It might not be able to recover half the spirit qi, but it recovered enough for Long Tao to move normally.

Long Tao cupped his fist toward Lin Yuan as an expression of thanks. When Lin Yuan's eyes met with Long Tao's eyes, Lin Yuan realized that Long Tao was looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

Lin Yuan smiled and cupped his fist in return.

Long Tao then turned to look at Cai Cha again. "If I didn't use the last move, I would not be able to defeat you either."

Long Tao's statement might seem unreserved, but it was also his approval toward Cai Cha's strength.

Apart from this, Lin Yuan realized that Cold Moon, Elder Meng, Elder Du, and Ling Xiao's eyes were all fixed on him. Lin Yuan silently thought whether it was rude to replenish Long Tao's spiritual power when all these experts were around.

However, Lin Yuan didn't know that these people were actually surprised at Lin Yuan's ability to replenish spiritual power in an instant.

Lin Yuan hadn't summoned his fey when using the Spirit Injection ability, but instead, Lin Yuan just executed it casually.

When healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals were using healing-type and recovery-type abilities, they didn't have to summon feys and could use the abilities directly. But it would definitely cause the ability effect to receive a huge decline.

Despite that, it was still enough for Long Tao to recover from a spirit qi exhaustion state.

Before this, everyone only knew that Lin Yuan was a young prodigy that had directly passed the Class 2 Creation Master exam. They didn't expect that Lin Yuan would actually have such impressive support abilities.

There were only a few rare abilities that could directly increase spiritual power, and the most common fey with the ability would be the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. However, the Spirit-Siphon Goldfish's trait was a reason why basically no one would choose it as their contracted fey.

Therefore, when Lin Yuan revealed this ability, even these experts were rather surprised.

Cold Moon's normally icy cold face had a trace of joy as she said to Lin Yuan, "An ability to replenish spiritual power is able to significantly increase your capability to fight and survive in the wild. Very good."

After being praised by Cold Moon, Lin Yuan felt a little embarrassed.

Cheng Rui was now the one that had been neglected. Elder Du, who stood behind Cheng Rui, had much gloomier eyes when he looked at Long Tao and had this additional trace of fear.

If someone else possessed Long Tao's combat capabilities, Cheng Rui might not feel anything. Nevertheless, Long Tao's Creation Master capability was even better than Cheng Rui's right now. This made Cheng Rui know that he couldn't seek trouble with Long Tao.

However, when Cheng Rui looked at Lin Yuan, his eyes weren't just filled with jealousy. They were also filled with gloom, like when he looked at Long Tao.

Lin Yuan felt Cheng Rui's eyes. Given his two lives' experiences, Lin Yuan didn't have a youth's mentality anymore, and after encountering eyes like Cheng Rui's, he roughly understood that someone was jealous of him. Such eyes made Lin Yuan frown a little.

Cold Moon witnessed everything.

Originally, Cai Cha should hand over the sword token to Long Tao for him to exchange a treasure, but Cold Moon stepped up and said, "Originally, the treasure you can exchange with the sword token is some high-grade spiritual ingredient, and it is similarly precious to the pearl you've obtained previously. Since Cai Cha injured three of your feys, I shall change the reward to ten drops of Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia's nectar."

Cold Moon's words caused Long Tao's face to involuntarily light up with delight, and even Elder Meng's face was smiling with radiance.

When Lin Yuan saw this scene, he immediately understood how precious the Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia's nectar was. Lin Yuan still remembered that the silver-robed man had even said that he wanted to give Lin Yuan an entire bowl to drink. Back then, Lin Yuan didn't feel anything and thought it was only a part of the reception. But now, Lin Yuan knew that he couldn't accept such precious things so casually.

After speaking, Cold Moon changed the topic and looked at Cheng Rui. "There is only the gray box left. It is your turn to open the box."

Cheng Rui had a delighted expression as he quickly went up to open the box. After opening the box, he saw a bottle of blood that had a trace of purple and a token.

Just as Cheng Rui was preparing to pick up the bottle of blood, Cold Moon's words made him withdraw his hand. "The blood in the bottle belongs to a Diamond snake-species fey. But there is a rule to obtain this gray box. If you don't win the contest, you will not only be unable to obtain a new treasure, but you will also not be able to obtain the Diamond snake blood."

After speaking, Cold Moon gave an eye signal to one of the tea attendants, while the three others, including Cai Cha, returned to their corners.

When Cold Moon returned to Lin Yuan's side, the remaining tea attendant said, "I am Xi Cha. I will be the one to have a contest with you."

Cheng Rui had already picked up the token and saw an exquisite tool drawn on it. It meant that this was a contest between Creation Masters, which gave Cheng Rui a boost of confidence.

Despite that, Cheng Rui didn't understand why the gray box's treasure could only be obtained after he won the contest, while Long Tao didn't have to. He couldn't help but ask, "I wonder why my contest rule is different from the other box?"

Xi Cha was a person with a hot temperament, so when Cheng Rui asked like this, she immediately replied, "Because this is the Leaning Moon Mountain's Radiant Moon Palace."

Xi Cha's temperament was simply like a chili pepper, and her words were truly stinging.

Lin Yuan immediately saw Elder Du step forward and say to Xi Cha, "Cheng Rui doesn't know the rules. Will the tea attendant please forgive him!"

Cheng Rui was originally filled with confidence, but after hearing Xi Cha's response, his mental state became a little unstable.

Lin Yuan didn't understand what was happening either, but Cold Moon was looking at Cheng Rui with eyes of contempt.

Back when Cheng Rui looked at Lin Yuan with those jealous eyes, Cold Moon was already unhappy.

The Moon Empress might not have officially accepted Lin Yuan as a disciple, but Mystic Moon wasn't the only person who understood the Moon Empress. Cold Moon was the same too.

Lin Yuan becoming the Moon Empress' disciple was something that was already determined, so Cold Moon was a little protective.

Even if Cheng Rui was just a junior, Cold Moon didn't ignore him. Cold Moon had an icy cold demeanor, and she didn't have a protective personality. However, after following the Moon Empress for a long time, she was slightly affected by the Moon Empress' personality.

Therefore, her protective behavior might not be obvious, but she had already arranged all the difficulties for Cheng Rui.

It was also because of Cheng Rui that caused Cold Moon to look at Elder Du with unfriendly eyes. CH𝒆Ck for 𝒏ew st𝒐ries on no/v/el/bin.c0m

Lin Yuan, who was standing by the side, didn't know of Cold Moon's thoughts. Instead, he was looking at the contest that was considered an apex contest between the young Creation Masters.

Chapter 95: Source-Type Lifeform, Spine Gu

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Lin Yuan never knew what the standard of his Creation Master's capabilities was. After all, Lin Yuan had never made contact with any proper Creation Master before. Take Elder Ning, for example. Lin Yuan only knew that Elder Ning was a Class 4 Creation Master, but never saw him at work.

Lin Yuan knew that a regular Creation Master would be using the concoction of spiritual ingredients to enhance a fey and upgrade its quality. As for the proper method of concoction, it was something that Lin Yuan had never seen before. Even a Class 1 Creation Master's method was something that Lin Yuan had never witnessed before.

Since there was an opportunity now, Lin Yuan was watching in a particularly serious manner.

Cold Moon didn't have much reaction as she felt that it was rather boring, so she shifted most of her attention to Lin Yuan.

Cai Cha, who was standing at one of the four corners, was looking at Cheng Rui with rather interested eyes. I wonder what this Cheng Rui did to offend Cold Moon and caused her to choose Xi Cha to conduct the contest.

Among the four sisters, Xi Cha was the one with the best Creation Master talent. Even if she hadn't gone through any Creation Master exam, she was definitely at the standard of a Class 3 Creation Master. This contest should have a rather obvious result.

Xi Cha used her hand to knock on the platform and asked with a fiery tone, "For the Creation Master contest, do you want to evolve a fey, upgrade the fey's quality, or to heal a fey with damaged roots? You can choose the method of contest."

Cheng Rui's face was instantly overjoyed after hearing the question. His nervous and affected mental state was now finally reverted to normal. He quickly said, "Let's compete by healing a fey's damaged roots."

Cheng Rui's extremely fast response made Lin Yuan involuntarily raise his brows. It seems like this Cheng Rui is very adept at healing a fey's damaged roots. He actually believes that his chances of winning are higher. Otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a hurry to make a decision.

Xi Cha clapped thrice before she said indifferently, "As you wish."

Soon enough, two black hound-like feys were brought over. The two hound-like feys were both half a meter in size. They had pointed ears, but they had plenty of teeth that were jutting out, making them abnormally sharp.

Lin Yuan could recognize that these were Violent Blood Terror Wolf pups and were considered extremely rare feys.

The Violent Blood Terror Wolf was a mighty Platinum fey, and the pups that were produced were already Silver.

These two Violent Blood Terror Wolf pups were only born for a few months and already had damaged roots.

Upon noticing their dying state, Lin Yuan carefully observed the two Violent Blood Terror Wolf pups. He might be rather far away, but Lin Yuan could still see that the two Violent Blood Terror Wolf pups' eyes were already so swollen that they nearly couldn't open. Their sharp-pointed ears also had large amounts of black blood scabs.

All these symptoms clearly indicated that the two pups had suffered trauma, and the injury was in the head. Their brains might have been damaged even with their tough skulls' protection. The brain was where wisdom came from, and beast-type feys with damaged brains were extremely hard to heal.

Before becoming a C-rank spirit qi professional, if Lin Yuan used the Pure Land of Bliss within the Spirit Lock spatial zone, he would need to use several days in order to rescue these pups. To be reserved, he would need at least two full days.

After becoming a C-rank spirit qi professional, Lin Yuan still didn't know his capability to enhance feys yet. However, he could imagine that he would definitely spend less time than before.

At that moment, Lin Yuan saw that Cheng Rui and Xi Cha had started to move. Both of them used a specific proportion and made a concoction with the spiritual ingredients within the crystal tool.

Both of them had proficient skills, but there were subtle differences.

Lin Yuan could obviously feel that Xi Cha's spiritual ingredients preparation was faster than Cheng Rui's, but it wasn't significantly faster.

Different types of spiritual ingredients were steadily added to the crystal bottle. Every time a new spiritual ingredient was added inside, the medicinal fluid within the crystal bottle would undergo a different transformation.

As they concocted, Lin Yuan could see that although Cheng Rui and Xi Cha possessed the same spiritual ingredients, their recipes weren't really the same. One could see the difference just from the color and texture.

Xi Cha's concoction was a medicinal fluid that was amber in color and viscous like honey. Cheng Rui's concoction was dark green, and it was constantly bubbling with opaque spirit fluid.

The duo took a concoction time of around three to four hours.

As Lin Yuan watched carefully, he had a rough idea of how Creation Masters worked. As compared to the concoction of spiritual ingredients, his method was still more direct and simple. However, the efficiency of Lin Yuan's simple and direct method would depend on his spirit qi rank.

Therefore, Lin Yuan only required to increase his spirit qi professional rank to enhance his Creation Master's capability. For Lin Yuan to increase his spirit qi professional rank, he could only do so by evolving more feys. As a result, Lin Yuan's objectives to increase his spirit qi professional rank and Creation Master's capability would become the same matter.

Cheng Rui was steadily concocting the spiritual ingredients. During the concoction, Cheng Rui suddenly placed the crystal tool on the platform, and he let out a deep smile when he looked up to see Xi Cha still concocting the spiritual ingredients.

Lin Yuan could see the Cheng Rui was circulating the spiritual power within his body. When circulating the spiritual power, Cheng Rui's face appeared to be in pain as it nearly distorted.

After a moment, Cheng Rui's skin under his sleeve appeared with a rather big bump, and it was moving toward Cheng Rui's hukou acupoint1. At the hukou acupoint, the bump was getting increasingly bigger as though something was bursting out. Thê sourc𝗲 of this content n/o/v/(𝒆l)bi((n))

Cheng Rui let out a grunt, and a five- or six-centimeter figure emerged, and it was like a small spine. It was an insect with dozens of legs.

Cold Moon frowned and asked Elder Du in a cold voice, "This is the source-type lifeform, Spine Gu1?"

Elder Du nodded in response.

Lin Yuan never expected the thing that emerged from the flesh was actually Cheng Rui's contracted source-type lifeform.

This source-type lifeform lived in the contractor's body, and when called upon, it would bring extreme pain to the contractor. Even with such a source-type lifeform, Cheng Rui still chose to summon it during the contest. It meant that he was striving his best to win this contest.

But from the looks of things now, Xi Cha was only left with a few spiritual ingredients she had yet to use, meaning that Xi Cha's concocted spirit fluid was about to be completed.

On the contrary, Cheng Rui still had half the spiritual ingredients he had yet to use.

Elder Du didn't think that Cheng Rui would actually summon the source-type lifeform, Spine Gu. He sighed and said, "Cheng Rui's grandfather is Cheng Wu, and this Spine Gu is separated out from Master Cheng Wu's Gold Ring Spine Gu."

When mentioning Cheng Wu's name, Elder Du didn't look good. After hearing Elder Du's words, Lin Yuan might not know who Cheng Wu was, but Elder Du was a Class 4 Creation Master, and if he addressed Cheng Wu as a master, it meant that Cheng Wu was one of those pinnacle Class 4 Creation Masters just a step away from reaching the Class 5 Creation Master.

It seemed like Cheng Rui was a rather powerful third-generation descendant.

Chapter 96: Doesn't Dare to Be Presumptuous, but It Still Happened

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Cold Moon responded by looking at Elder Du with her deep eyes and said, "It seems like Cheng Wu has really taken up a role in your Royal Capital's Creation Master Association. It is such a huge matter, but why didn't you announce it?"

Elder Du quickly replied, "Elder Cheng has only arrived at the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association recently. For the recent period of time, he doesn't have any plans of becoming a Vice President. When Elder Cheng makes the decision, we will announce it."

Cold Moon was rather surprised that Cheng Wu, a pinnacle Class 4 Creation Master, would actually choose to take the role as a Vice President in the Royal Capital's Creation Master Association, instead of being an honorary elder. But after slight contemplation, Cold Moon understood.

"That is true. Since he already knows that he doesn't have a chance of becoming a Class 5 Creation Master, he should plan for the Cheng Family's younger generation. But if this Cheng Rui is really talented, why would Cheng Wu allow Cheng Rui to form a contract with the source-type lifeform, Spine Gu?"

Cold Moon's words were clear and cold, but when Elder Du heard them, he revealed an awkward expression and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Lin Yuan didn't really understand the conversation between Cold Moon and Elder Du, but he knew that it would be extremely inappropriate for him to suddenly seek clarification.

Who would have expected for Cold Moon to look at Lin Yuan and ask, "Lin Yuan, do you know what is the source-type lifeform, Spine Gu?"

Lin Yuan shook his head. Cold Moon could see the desire for an answer in Lin Yuan's eyes, so she explained, "The Spine Gu is a source-type lifeform, and after forming a contract with it, it won't be stored within the spiritual spatial zone like other feys. The Spine Gu will reside within the contractor's spinal column and empty out one of the spine segments as its nest. Those who form contracts with the Spine Gu will damage their innate vitality. Therefore, Creation Masters who form contracts with the Spine Gu will never reach Class 5."

Lin Yuan was flabbergasted and didn't know that the Spine Gu was such a source-type lifeform. But it was rather understandable too, as his Red Thorn was also very special. However, Red Thorn's special trait was its need for fresh blood when forming the contract, and that it didn't follow a specific model, requiring the contractor to specify the evolution.

Red Thorn's peculiarity allowed Lin Yuan to quickly accept the existence of a special source-type lifeform like the Spine Gu.

Seeing that Lin Yuan had already digested her information, Cold Moon continued talking, "The Spine Gu might damage the contractor's innate vitality to a certain extent, but to Creation Masters, they are supreme treasures. The Spine Gu can rapidly synthesize massive amounts of spiritual ingredients that the contractor consumes and form a concentrated spirit fluid within the body. When concocting spiritual ingredients, the Spine Gu can devour and catalyze all the spiritual ingredients accumulated in the body, allowing the effects of the spiritual ingredients to be pushed to the greatest extent.

"However, there is also a disadvantage... By fusing spiritual ingredients in this way, it will use up the Spine Gu's bodily fluids. After the concoction, the contractor will need to consume a great number of spiritual ingredients. Otherwise, the Spine Gu will not have sufficient spirit fluids and will consume the spinal cord within the spine."

Cold Moon got rid of her cold and indifferent personality as she explained all the information to Lin Yuan with details.

Finally, Lin Yuan learned what Spine Gu's use was. However, after knowing, Lin Yuan's impression of the Spine Gu became bad.

When contracting a fey, the fey should be a partner, unlike the Spine Gu, which would use the contractor's spine as a residence. Slicing off flesh to feed to the eagle might be good, but it was to slice the flesh of a lamb. If one was slicing their own flesh to feed the eagle, Lin Yuan felt it would be very foolish.

At that moment, Cheng Rui commanded the Spine Gu to rapidly devour the spiritual ingredients, and it suddenly increased the efficiency. In just a few short minutes, Cheng Rui was already catching up to Xi Cha's pace.

When Cheng Rui had summoned the Spine Gu earlier and grunted, Xi Cha had already been looking at Cheng Rui with dissatisfaction. It was a huge taboo to disturb a Creation Master when they concocted spiritual ingredients. When the contest had started, Cold Moon had already used her spiritual power to isolate the platform from the outside world as she had been afraid something or someone might affect the contest.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Rui had publicly affected his opponent during the spiritual ingredient concoction.

Just as Xi Cha was about to complain, she saw Cheng Rui summoning the Spine Gu. She then said helplessly, "I didn't actually plan to use a fey's support, but since you have done so, I shall do it too."

Xi Cha had also circulated her spiritual power and summoned a pitcher plant-like fey. Xi Cha then grabbed the concocted but not purified spirit fluid and poured it into the pitcher plant-like fey. She then constantly poured spiritual power into the fey.

After a sequence of actions, Cheng Rui and Xi Cha had finished the spirit fluid's concoction at almost the same timing. However, Cheng Rui's concocted spirit fluid was produced from the Spine Gu's abdomen, while Xi Cha's spirit fluid was produced from the pitcher plant's body.

The duo then fed their respective spirit fluids to the Violent Blood Terror Wolf pups that had severely injured heads.

In just a few short minutes, the two Violent Blood Terror Wolf pups were treated simultaneously. They immediately turned better and started to move. From time to time, they would be using their fangs to bite at the cage.

The Violent Blood Terror Wolves were extremely violent even as pups.

After the contest, it seemed like an evenly matched outcome, but Cheng Rui spoke first. "I won because my Violent Blood Terror Wolf upgraded from Silver III to Silver IV."

Cheng Rui then immediately reached out for the Diamond snake-species fey's purple-red blood. But before he could touch the bottle of snake blood, a mocking voice echoed. "Do you think you have won just because you upgraded the Violent Blood Terror Wolf from Silver III to Silver IV and also treated it? Why? Didn't you see that my Violent Blood Terror Wolf's quality has also been upgraded from Elite to Flawless?"

After speaking, Xi Cha bowed to Cold Moon before returning to her corner. Xi Cha's words had stunned Cheng Rui, whose face was as red as a pig's liver.

Elder Du wanted to go up and console Cheng Rui, but Long Tao unexpectedly gave a big applause and laughed heartily. "Truly exciting!"

Cheng Rui's eyes turned blood-red after getting agitated by the applause, and he glared at Long Tao. Long Tao didn't think anything of it and raised his leg to pat off the inexistent dust on his boots. It felt as though Long Tao had casually swept off Cheng Rui's glare.

"Long Tao, I swear that we will always be in hostile terms!"

Long Tao didn't even bother about the enraged Cheng Rui and ignored those harsh words.

As Cheng Rui flipped out, a bone-chilling pressure nearly froze Cheng Rui in place. It caused Cheng Rui to stagger, and he was about to kneel on the ground.

Elder Du quickly went forward to help Cheng Rui and said to Cold Moon, "Envoy Cold Moon, Cheng Rui isn't intentionally being presumptuous in the Radiant Moon Palace. This is Cheng Rui's first visit, and he doesn't know the rules. Will Envoy Cold Moon please forgive him?"

Cold Moon's aura instantly burst out as she said with a chilly voice, "He doesn't dare to be presumptuous, but it still happened. To speak of such threatening words in the Radiant Moon Palace, are you the one that asked him to do it? Or did you not teach him the rules of the Radiant Moon Palace before bringing him here?"

Cold sweat was dripping off Elder Du's head.

During this decade, the Moon Empress had been in seclusion, and the two Moon Envoys had been quietly cultivating in the Leaning Moon Mountain. Thus, they rarely ventured into the world.

How could Elder Du have forgotten about Envoy Cold Moon's temperament?

One of the aristocrats in the Royal Capital, Marquis Jing Shi, had been insufferably arrogant 15 years ago and had been disrespectful to Envoy Cold Moon. She had simply broken his legs, and he had been sitting in the wheelchair ever since. CH𝒆Ck for 𝒏ew st𝒐ries on no/v/el/bin.c0m

On that night, Marquis Jing Shi's residence had been completely frozen. The marquis residence hall had been cleaved into two, and no one knew what had happened.

Given Marquis Jing Shi's strength as a high-ranked king-class expert, his legs should have already recovered by now, but he didn't dare to stand back up from the wheelchair until now. He had been sitting in the wheelchair for 15 years, and there wasn't a need to explain why.

Chapter 97: Ironman Triathlon

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Marquis Jing Shi had been truly influential in the Royal Capital back then. Plenty of king-class experts had met with setbacks from Marquis Jing Shi. With a Diamond X/Fantasy III, Desert Mad Lion, along with the old marquis backing him up, few of the same age dared to confront him.

Nonetheless, when the intolerably arrogant Marquis Jing Shi had had a few drinks in a banquet and spoken disrespectfully to Envoy Cold Moon, he had even started to provoke her in public. The result was having both his legs frozen to the bones, nearly shattering. It was truly pitiful.

Elder Du quickly replied, "Envoy Cold Moon, how would I dare to not teach him the rules of the Radiant Moon Palace? It is Cheng Rui who is slow-witted and didn't learn them well. I will bring Cheng Rui back to give him a harsh lesson and teach him well on the rules of the Radiant Moon Palace." Findd new 𝒔tories on nov/e(l)

When Elder Du was speaking, his back was already drenched with cold sweat. As a Class 4 Creation Master, Elder Du believed that he was considered outstanding among the other Class 4 Creation Masters, however, he still had a very long way before he could reach the pinnacle of Class 4 Creation Master. As for Class 5 Creation Master, Elder Du didn't even dare to think about that level from a Class 4 Creation Master's perspective.

Even among king-class experts, his combat capability was far inferior to his own Creation Master capability. He was only barely a king-class expert, and his status was simply negligible in the Radiant Moon Palace. If he said something wrong, he might be crippled, and there was a chance that he might not even be thrown off the Leaning Moon Mountain.

Cold Moon seldom ventured out for the past dozen years, but her title as 'Ironman Triathlon' was still etched in many people's memories due to the Marquis Jing Shi's incident.

Ironman Triathlon didn't refer to Cold Moon's sports capability. It was her style of handling matters—iron wrist, iron fist, and an iron heart.

Cold Moon's bone-chilling aura didn't reduce, and all of a sudden, her eyes looked as though they appeared with a pair of whirling frost. Within a split moment, Elder Du felt as though he was being buried under a giant glacier. Elder Du was able to support Cheng Rui earlier, but now, even Elder Du was getting unsteady.

The blood color in Cheng Rui's eyes had already scattered, and after sensing Elder Du shivering, he suddenly felt that he was at his wits' end and lost all reliance. When Cheng Rui panicked, he yelled out with a sobbing tone, "My grandfather is Cheng Wu, a pinnacle Class 4 Creation Master!"

Cheng Rui yelled out very loudly as though he was trying to use his yells to give himself some courage.

When Cold Moon heard the statement, her emotionless face suddenly revealed a smile, and brilliance of frost immediately burst out.

As soon as Cheng Rui yelled out that his grandfather was Cheng Wu, Elder Du knew things weren't going to end well.

In the Radiant Moon Palace, let alone your grandfather is a pinnacle Class 4 Creation Master. Even if the Class 5 Creation Masters, Bamboo Monarch, and Chef Supreme were here, Cold Moon wouldn't let this matter rest so easily.

The Moon Empress had always been dominant, and the two Moon Envoys represented the Moon Empress' will. Pinnacle Class 4 Creation Masters were still Class 4 Creation Masters, after all. The gap between Class 4 and Class 5 Creation Masters was like a chasm between heaven and earth.

A Class 4 Creation Master's limit was to nurture a fey to Fantasy V, while Class 5 Creation Masters were qualified to ascend into myths.

Looking at the tense situation, Lin Yuan felt as though his heart was getting suspended too. Cold Moon's aura might not be targeted at him, but he could still feel a pressure within his soul. It was a pressure as though someone was looking down at you from the clouds. It was a feeling that couldn't be resisted.

Cheng Rui's Creation Master capabilities were considered exceptional, especially on his usage of the Spine Gu. He was basically at the standard of a Class 3 Creation Master. For the current Lin Yuan, Cheng Rui was considered a formidable foe. But after seeing Cheng Rui's earlier performance, Lin Yuan didn't treat Cheng Rui as a formidable foe anymore.

All of a sudden, Cold Moon turned to look at Lin Yuan and asked, "Tell me, how should rude individuals be punished?"

Lin Yuan looked at Elder Du, who was perspiring with cold sweat, first. It was unknown why Lin Yuan felt as though he could see Elder Ning's shadows behind Elder Du. They were all Creation Masters that were helping the Radiance Federation to enhance and rescue feys, to help spirit qi professionals with the breakthrough of their feys' limits.

From the looks of Cold Moon's expression, if Elder Du and Cheng Rui didn't pay a certain price, they wouldn't be able to leave unscathed.

When Lin Yuan looked at Cold Moon, he realized that Cold Moon was very seriously looking at him. As of now, Lin Yuan still didn't know what to say. However, he didn't wish for Elder Du to perish in this place just because of a few statements. Since Cold Moon asked him, Lin Yuan followed his heart and said, "A rude individual should naturally be punished, but there is a reason for the rude words. Elder Du did so to protect Cheng Rui, therefore, his intention is to protect the young generation."

Cold Moon's aura suddenly pressed harder, allowing Lin Yuan to feel the pressure that Elder Du and Cheng Rui were feeling earlier. Lin Yuan's forehead was already starting to sweat. However, due to his three Willpower Runes—they didn't just enhance his spiritual energy, but they also toughened Lin Yuan's spiritual defense to a certain extent—he didn't look miserable.

When Cold Moon saw it, she was rather surprised.

Cold Moon spoke. "Do you mean that all of this is Cheng Rui's fault and punishing him alone is enough?"

Since Lin Yuan had already spoken, he shook his head in response to Cold Moon's question. "When judging a person, I will never see how high their capability can bring them. Instead, I will see how low their mistakes can drop them. Cheng Rui's words have implicated the person beside him and the elders in his family. After returning, he will have plenty of punishments waiting for him. As such, why don't you allow Elder Du to bring Cheng Rui back for some teachings and also to tell Cheng Rui's elders about his wrongdoings today?"

Lin Yuan remained silent for three seconds before speaking again. "Creation Masters are precious resources in the Radiance Federation. Even if they should be punished, they should be punished by asking them to heal more feys."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he felt Cold Moon's aura suddenly being withdrawn. When he looked at Cold Moon again, he noticed that Cold Moon's eyes had already changed. She was now looking at him with approval and compassion.

Cold Moon looked at Lin Yuan. I didn't expect this young prodigy to actually be rather kind. He is finding all sorts of reasons and hoping that I will not be too harsh. In the end, Lin Yuan's reasons are all in consideration of the Radiance Federation.

From Lin Yuan's information, Cold Moon felt that Lin Yuan should be a young man who had basically received zero benefits from the Radiance Federation. His ability to look for the light even when he was in desperate straits was truly a quality that was very rare and precious.

When Cold Moon asked Lin Yuan the question, she wanted to test him and see what Lin Yuan answered. This question didn't have a model answer. Nonetheless, Lin Yuan's answer gave Cold Moon a pleasant surprise.

When Cold Moon withdrew her aura, Elder Du pulled Cheng Rui and thanked Lin Yuan. But when Cheng Rui bowed to give his thanks, the fear in his eyes had already scattered, and they were now even redder than before. His eyes concealed a bitter tinge of resentment that was slowly accumulating.

Chapter 98: The Perturbed Moon Empress

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Cold Moon didn't bother about Elder Du, who bowed to thank Lin Yuan, and immediately walked to the platform. She then said to Elder Meng, who was watching the show, "You may return after receiving the gift from the Moon Empress. Three days later, I will deliver another 20 drops of Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar to Elder Meng. After all, Elder Meng has been forced to watch a charade at the Radiant Moon Palace."

Elder Meng quickly bowed to Cold Moon. The earlier situation with Elder Du had really shocked Elder Meng, and if he were to speak out of turn, he might suffer the same fate. However, the additional 20 drops of Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar made Elder Meng so overjoyed that he couldn't cover his mouth.

"Envoy Cold Moon, then I shall bring Long Tao back." Elder Meng could see what was happening.

Just by looking at Cold Moon's attitude toward Lin Yuan, he already knew that Long Tao and Cheng Rui were just here to put on a show. However, this trip's gifts were already enough to compensate for Elder Meng's disappointment.

As Elder Meng was preparing to lead Long Tao back, he turned to see Long Tao standing with Lin Yuan.

"Thank you for helping me to recover my spiritual power. Otherwise, I would have made a joke of myself."

Lin Yuan laughed heartily and said, "It is just a small matter."

After hearing and seeing Lin Yuan's smile, Long Tao didn't know why he started laughing too. "If Brother Yuan is going to have a meal in the Royal Capital, remember to look for me for a drink."

Elder Meng then departed with Long Tao from the Leaning Moon Mountain.

Elder Du quickly apologized to Cold Moon again before he dragged Cheng Rui away from the Leaning Moon Mountain in an unpleasant mood.

When going down the mountain, Elder Du especially stopped midway the mountain before he continued on his way down again. Elder Du didn't have the face to meet with Elder Meng, who had received great rewards, right now.

Apart from Cold Moon and Lin Yuan in the Radiant Moon Palace, only the four tea attendants that were looking at Lin Yuan curiously and Ling Xiao were left.

Ling Xiao might be standing there and looking at Lin Yuan with calm eyes, but her heart was filled with joy. She could naturally see how Cold Moon and Mystic Moon treated Lin Yuan. She could also see how protective Cold Moon was toward Lin Yuan. Therefore, the chance of Lin Yuan getting picked as the Moon Empress' disciple was already 70%.

Cold Moon walked toward Lin Yuan and said, "The two contests today were arranged by the Moon Empress. She wanted you to witness the Radiance Generation's young generation's pinnacle standard, be it in Creation Master capability or spirit qi professional capability. Walk toward the inner palace yourself. After walking through the hallway, you will reach the inner palace. The Moon Empress is waiting for you there."

Lin Yuan never expected that these two exciting contests had actually been prepared for him. At first, Lin Yuan had been wondering why he hadn't needed to go through any contest. But after watching the two contests and understanding their standards, Lin Yuan knew that his strength was still not competent enough.

While walking in the hallway, Lin Yuan was feeling apprehensive. He was about to meet one of the three Class 5 Creation Masters of the Radiance Federation, the Moon Empress. In the past, Lin Yuan would have never imagined that he could make such close contact with a pinnacle expert of this era.

Lin Yuan was very smart. When he had been ascending the Leaning Moon Mountain with Mystic Moon, he had been paying attention to the conversation between Elder Meng. Elder Du, and Ling Xiao. He had found out that the purpose of coming to this place might be to become the Moon Empress' disciple, and it was the great benefit that Elder Ning had been envious of.

At that thought, Lin Yuan became even more nervous. Unbeknownst to Lin Yuan, another person was more perturbed than him.

In the inner palace was a lady that was arranging brocade boxes on a rack by the side of the lotus lake while muttering something, "...96, 97, 98, 99, 100. 100 gifts should be enough! I don't know how to be a Master either. Will it be too stingy to only give 100 gifts to a precious disciple on the first meeting?"

The lady in the moon robes was holding her chin and looking at the brocade boxes on the rack. She was uncertain whether she should bring out more precious treasures.

If someone else was watching from the side, even Cold Moon and Mystic Moon would be shocked. Was this the Moon Empress who was always calm like the lonely moon? 100 boxes of treasures were enough to shock the entire Radiance Federation, so who would actually feel it was stingy?

The Moon Empress looked at the brocade boxes and couldn't help but recall the scene when she was young and with her master. While reminiscing, the Moon Empress was so angry that the roots of her teeth started to ache.

Apart from teaching me knowledge on the Creation Master profession, that old bastard would bring me to all sorts of treacherous places and was always so fierce. But when I became a Class 3 Creation Master, that old bastard actually passed away.

It was a painful memory that was etched in the Moon Empress' heart. After so many years, she had removed the pain, and it had now turned into yearning.

The Moon Empress never had any disciple, so now that she was going to accept one, she was a little out of place. However, after recalling her late master's way of teaching, she decided that she would pamper her disciple.

Since the moment the Moon Empress had decided to accept a disciple, she had already been prepared to give herself another status as a master. Therefore, when Lin Yuan had appeared, and she found out about Lin Yuan's history, she might not have mentioned it, but she had already had plans in her heart. Findd new 𝒔tories on nov/e(l)

With this thought, and since Lin Yuan had arrived at the Leaning Moon Mountain, the Moon Empress used her spiritual energy to sense everything Lin Yuan said and did. She had been very satisfied until the moment Cold Moon tested Lin Yuan. When Lin Yuan spoke in defense of Elder Du and Cheng Rui, the Moon Empress had a deeper impression of Lin Yuan. It allowed the Moon Empress to have a more solid impression of Lin Yuan.

Originally, the Moon Empress had been planning to test Lin Yuan, but she was now busy considering how to pamper her disciple.

When Lin Yuan's footsteps got nearer, the Moon Empress could already hear them clearly. She took a deep breath and reverted to her regular attitude.

When Lin Yuan arrived at the inner palace, he was shocked by the scenery. It couldn't be just described as luxurious, as it wasn't due to the precious decorations. It was the number of powerful and rare feys within this place.

The inner palace was just like an immortal realm. The massive lotus lake had dozens of species of lotus flowers that he didn't know the names of. But after using True Data to check, none of the lotus feys were lower than diamond-grade.

However, before Lin Yuan could notice the information, he was attracted by a figure in a moon-colored robe. Lin Yuan didn't know how he should address her, but the Moon Empress walked forward and asked, "Do you have any request to become my disciple?"

The Moon Empress was thinking of how to be more amiable on her approach, but she immediately asked for any request when she spoke.

After speaking, the Moon Empress was rather regretful. Does it seem too obvious that I want to accept him as a disciple?

Lin Yuan didn't think that the Moon Empress, a Class 5 Creation Master, would actually ask such a question for her first statement. However, while Lin Yuan had been on his way there, he had already thought about it. Even if he were to become the Moon Empress' disciple, he had to tread on the path of becoming an expert on his own and with determination.

"Moon Empress, I don't have any request to become your disciple. However, I wish that I can rely on my own diligence to walk on my own path."

These words instantly threw off the Moon Empress.

If that's the case, didn't I prepare these 100 precious treasures for nothing? Why is my disciple so considerate!?

Chapter 99: Master and Disciple

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Yuan sat on the chair, feeling rather dizzy. However, he quickly sorted out the thoughts in his mind. ViiSiit n𝒐velb𝒊/n.c/(𝒐)m for l𝒂test 𝒏𝒐vels

When speaking with the Moon Empress, Lin Yuan was originally very nervous, but he had a subtle feeling that she was even more nervous than him. After some idle conversation, the Moon Empress didn't mention the matter of accepting a disciple.

It was already rather late, so the Moon Empress arranged for Lin Yuan to stay in the pavilion inside of the Radiant Moon Palace's inner palace.

When Lin Yuan was looking at this room's furnishing, an orchid started emitting a faint fragrance. The orchid's leaves were lush green, and the stalk was straight. Within the lush leaves was a spotlessly white flower that bloomed. Just by watching, it would invigorate a person.

If the Moon Empress said that she wanted to take Lin Yuan as a disciple, he felt that it was rather sudden, and he wasn't mentally prepared at all. If the Moon Empress was really accepting a disciple, no one would refuse. But Lin Yuan was different.

Since young, Lin Yuan had a pitiful number of constraints. As of now, apart from Chu Ci, Lin Yuan's only constraint was Liu Jie, who he had recently accepted as a retainer.

Since ancient times, once a Master, always a father. The term 'Master' carried a deep constraint. It was a relationship that could be considered as close as kinship.

The affection between Master and disciple was very important, but now, Lin Yuan didn't have much affection toward the Moon Empress. At best, it would be respect. Therefore, if Lin Yuan had to call the Moon Empress his Master, he really didn't know how to deal with it.

While Lin Yuan was in contemplation, the Moon Empress was gently swirling the water within the lotus lake.

At that moment, large fish that were half a meter in length emerged from underneath the lotus leaf. They looked like peonies that were blooming in the water. Their tails were like dresses that were layered and filled with grace and grandeur.

If Lin Yuan saw these fish, he would certainly be astonished as they were all Spirit-Siphon Goldfish. These Spirit-Siphon Goldfish in the lotus lake had already evolved to platinum-grade.

The Moon Empress was currently using her fingers to swirl in the water and causing ripples. The Spirit-Siphon Goldfish had all come closer to the Moon Empress. When she was swirling the water, she was thinking about her first meeting with Lin Yuan.

The Moon Empress was very satisfied with Lin Yuan and admired him. After knowing about Lin Yuan's experiences when growing up, she was actually filled with tender affection toward him. However, she too knew that she had treated the acceptance of a disciple too simply.

The Moon Empress was always dominant and dealt with matters with extreme simplicity, but after today's conversation, she suddenly realized that the acceptance of a disciple wasn't as easy as how a Creation Master evolved a fey.

The Moon Empress recalled her casual question to Lin Yuan. "What is most important between a Master and disciple?"

"Affection is the most important between a Master and disciple."

Lin Yuan's answer caused the Moon Empress to ponder carefully.

Originally, the Moon Empress had been planning to accept Lin Yuan as a disciple today, but now, she didn't think it was that urgent anymore. Since the most important thing between a Master and disciple was affection, it was something that had to be accumulated through time and slowly formed.

At that moment, the Moon Empress heard footsteps.

Cold Moon walked into the inner palace and saw the Moon Empress, who was swirling the lotus lake's water and seemed to be considering something. At the same time, she didn't see Lin Yuan.

Cold Moon silently thought, Is the Moon Empress not satisfied with Lin Yuan?

Just as Cold Moon was trying to guess the Moon Empress' thoughts, she heard the Moon Empress asking softly, "Cold Moon, do you think that after standing in a high place for a long time, we should learn to consider problems from the angle of an ordinary person?"

Surprise replaced Cold Moon's regularly cold expression due to the Moon Empress' question. Cold Moon thought deeply and replied, "I feel that after a person becomes formidable, they should consider problems from the angle of an expert."

Cold Moon's answer was what the Moon Empress was thinking.

For a person to become an expert, they had to go through hardships and overcome obstacles, as well as toil for long hours and experience difficulties, along with outstanding talent.

In this world, experts represented special rights. Why would they lower their statuses to consider matters as an ordinary person? Wasn't it better to consider matters in a simpler and more direct manner as an expert?

The Moon Empress stood up, and all the water from the lotus lake slid off her white jade hands before returning back to the lake.

Cold Moon saw the Moon Empress shaking her head and smiling. "Your ideals are right and also wrong. Cold Moon, bring a spiritual ingredient recipe book for me. Since affection is needed to accept a disciple, then I shall start with the simplest action!"

Cold Moon's mouth opened so wide that she could actually swallow an egg. What? Did I hear wrongly!? The Moon Empress is actually going to cook a meal, and it is to nurture the affection of the master-disciple relationship between her and Lin Yuan!? When has the Moon Empress made a meal before? This is simply too surreal!

It was impossible that the Moon Empress was unsatisfied with Lin Yuan—she was simply too satisfied with Lin Yuan. However, Cold Moon didn't understand why it was so complicated to accept a disciple. Wasn't just a single statement from the Moon Empress enough?

When Lin Yuan was getting extremely bored by being so reserved in the room, he heard two clear and distinct voices from outside his pavilion. "Lord Lin Yuan, we are here on the Moon Empress' orders to deliver a change of clothes for you and also to prepare the hot water in the pavilion's bath."

After hearing the voices outside the door, Lin Yuan allowed the duo to enter. It was two young girls, who were of similar age to him, with bright eyes and white teeth. They were both wearing light yellow robes.

However, it was obvious that one of them had exquisite makeup while the other didn't have much makeup. The pavilion's bath was connected to an underground hot spring. During normal times, the spring's mouth would be sealed up. When it was time to use it, the spring's mouth would be opened up, and spring water of a perfect 40°C would flow out.

After the preparations, the young girl with the exquisite makeup looked at Lin Yuan with glittering eyes and handed him the spirit qi clothes. "Lord Lin Yuan, do you need me to help you bathe and change your clothes?" she asked softly.

Lin Yuan quickly shook his head and said, "I can do it myself."

The young girl with the exquisite makeup looked rather disappointed. "Then we shall dismiss ourselves for now, Lord Lin Yuan."

The two young girls headed to the pavilion and did some simple cleanup.

Lin Yuan observed and noticed that the young girl with the exquisite makeup had been standing beside him and trying to open up a conversation topic. On the other hand, the young girl without much makeup was doing all the work, and she was obviously exhausted after unsealing the restriction on the spring's mouth.

These two young girls were wearing robes that were light yellow in color. Earlier on, the Moon Empress had given Lin Yuan a simple introduction to the Leaning Moon Mountain departments.

These young girls with light yellow robes should be part of the Radiant Moon Palace's spirit attendants. These spirit attendants were all rather talented individuals among the young generation of Creation Masters, and they were all young females.

These spirit attendants should have equivalent status, but it was obvious that one was bullying the other. Even if this was the cause, Lin Yuan couldn't interfere. After all, any place with humans would be a harsh world.

Chapter 100: Cleansing All the Impurities and Transforming

When in the harsh world, it was hard to say that one didn't have any choice, but being able to excel would be dependent on one's own capability. It was naturally easy to do well if one was capable, but if one wasn't capable, it was natural to do badly.

However, those that could be chosen as spirit attendants were definitely people with great talents. Nonetheless, this situation was truly something that Lin Yuan didn't expect.

Lin Yuan didn't wish to bathe in the hot spring yet, so he stood by the window at the pavilion. The pavilion window was opened, and the sky was already turning dark as a new moon was gradually rising up.

Lin Yuan never expected to actually see such a scene by the window. The two spirit attendants that were helping to tidy up the pavilion were standing near the pavilion and talking about something.

They were rather far, and Lin Yuan couldn't really see their expressions clearly, however, the wind blowing in the pavilion carried their conversation into Lin Yuan's ears.

"Wen Yu, if you spread the things that I said to Lord Lin Yuan today, I shall let you pay the price if I get punished!" The young girl was speaking with a threatening voice, and it was unlike the pleasant voice within the pavilion earlier.

"Jin Qi, the words you said earlier clearly aren't part of the Moon Empress' intentions. When has the Moon Empress asked you to help with the bathing and changing of clothes? What are you planning with such intentions!"

Lin Yuan could vaguely see Jin Qi pushing Wen Yu. "You don't have to bother about what plans I have. If I can get myself involved with the lord in this pavilion, my status will be better than a spirit attendant. If you don't wish to progress, it is your problem!" Yôur favorite 𝒏ovels at n/𝒐(v)

"I do wish to progress, but I know what I can do and what I cannot do!"

After hearing the statement, an angered voice echoed. "You know what you can do and what you cannot do? Then why did your fey's roots get injured when you were rescuing others? You spent half a year just to recover, and during this half a year, we are all becoming Class 2 Creation Masters. You are just an intermediate Class 1 Creation Master and far behind us. Half a year later, it will be the spirit attendant test, and you shall be eliminated. You will not even fit to stay on the Leaning Moon Mountain."

The voice was dying down, but the wind carried all the words into Lin Yuan's ears. After hearing the voice, Lin Yuan had a subtle feeling that there was an unknown personality hidden in darkness.

If the personality was hidden in the heart, how could anyone open up the heart to see if the person was kind- or evil-hearted?

Lin Yuan closed the window and turned to walk toward the hot spring.

The hot spring washed off all the dirt and fatigue, but it couldn't cleanse off the impurities that filled the body.

At that moment, Lin Yuan saw Cold Moon walking inside and holding a massive green jade bowl. "This is the Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar prepared by the Moon Empress. This huge bowl contains the quantity of two portions. You just have to finish half of it. Drinking more would just be a waste."

After speaking, Cold Moon left. Until now, Cold Moon was still in a rather shocked state as she couldn't understand why the Moon Empress treated Lin Yuan so well.

It was extremely common to give precious treasures. Cold Moon wouldn't have such a feeling even if the Moon Empress gave the most precious treasure. But the Moon Empress was spending time and effort to make a meal for Lin Yuan. What did such an action prove? It was already evident.

It proved that the Moon Empress was really treating Lin Yuan as a big deal and was already treating him as her disciple.

When this huge bowl of amber-colored Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar was placed in front of Lin Yuan, it didn't have any smell. The more precious an item was, it would always be more reserved. The Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar might not have any smell, but it was because all the essence was locked within the nectar.

After seeing this huge bowl of nectar meant for two portions, Lin Yuan's heart felt a sudden warmth. He felt as though he could feel the Moon Empress' intention. Since only one portion of the nectar was going to be useful, then the other portion could be saved up to help a person that was closest to Lin Yuan. That person was none other than Chu Ci.

For such a precious treasure that could eliminate the body's impurities and enhance a person's foundation, Lin Yuan would probably reserve half the bowl for Chu Ci, even if it was a small bowl. It was obvious that the Moon Empress had actually thought of this possibility.

All of a sudden, Lin Yuan's mind popped out with a saying, "Love me, love my dog."

However, Lin Yuan quickly shook his head. The Moon Empress doesn't know Chu Ci, so it isn't suitable for the saying of 'Love me, love my dog.' As such, the Moon Empress is just being considerate to me.

Lin Yuan discerned the feeling of being cared for by a senior, and it was a little bittersweet as Lin Yuan recalled about his parents, Auntie Zhang, and Uncle Li. These people had always helped Lin Yuan without asking for anything in return, and they were genuinely helping out. It was similar for the Moon Empress.

Lin Yuan believed that he didn't have anything he could use to repay the Moon Empress. The Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar was a precious treasure, and the reactions from Elder Du and Elder Meng were enough to know of its value. Such a big bowl of Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar would definitely be worth 500 drops.

Lin Yuan could work hard for several years and still wouldn't be able to afford this bowl of Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar. In addition, there were only two Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassias in the world, and they were exclusive to the Moon Empress.

It meant that the Moon Empress was doing all these as a Master. Although she might not have officially accepted Lin Yuan as a disciple, she was already doing what a Master should do.

As such, an indescribable feeling bloomed in Lin Yuan. Was it warmth or being touched? Or was it something else?

In any case, in Lin Yuan's opinion, the Moon Empress wasn't just a Class 5 Creation Master who stood at the top. She was a senior that gave a trace of warmth.

The Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar could cleanse the body's impurities and raise the body's constitution. Thus, Lin Yuan simply drank down half the bowl of nectar.

When the Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar entered the throat, it had a concentrated sweetness that was refreshing, and it also contained the fragrance from an osmanthus. When the nectar that wasn't very viscous entered the belly, the base of the tongue produced this unique bitterness from herbs.

When the bitterness faded, an immediate sweet aftertaste replaced it. It allowed his mouth to relive the refreshing sweetness of the Silver Stamen Gold Luster Cassia nectar.

Soon enough, Lin Yuan felt his body getting hot.

His skin started to secrete massive amounts of oil. The oil wasn't the color of the regular yellow oil, but it was dark red with spots of black. Once these oils emerged, Lin Yuan could smell an unbearable stench.

Lin Yuan immediately entered the hot spring again to rub and wash off the impurities.

It was fortunate that the mouth of the spring was unsealed, and the water was constantly flowing. Otherwise, the massive amount of impurities would have turned the spring water into foul-smelling water.

After washing for more than two hours, Lin Yuan finally realized that his body had stopped secreting the nauseating impurities.

These impurities were in the body from the moment a person was born. When a person ate more grains, the impurities would accumulate. For ordinary people, having too many impurities would cause incurable diseases. For spirit qi professionals, these impurities would affect their foundation and their cultivation speed.

Lin Yuan circulated his spiritual power and realized that his spiritual power circulation was faster by 30%. This was truly a pleasant surprise for Lin Yuan.

Immediately after, Lin Yuan suddenly noticed his hand, and he got an instant shock.