infodatos Chapter 320 The Mountain Dweller: Don't Smile at Me, I'm Afraid
Chapter 320 The Mountain Dweller: Don't Smile at Me, I'm Afraid
Chapter 320 The Mountain Dweller: Don't Smile at Me, I'm Afraid
Just as Luo Feng was selling Earth's reproductive rights with great success.
Chen Yuan, who was far away at the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, also returned from the treasure trove of his race, left the Initial Universe, and moved to the Qianbao River area of the Primal Secret Realm.
At the same time, he successfully moved his property in the virtual universe from Rain Mountain to the summit of Thunder Island, next to the mansions of the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Youhou.
It is worth mentioning that when Chen Yuan moved to Thunder Island, this matter was also noticed by the Venerables of the Virtual Universe Company. With their memory, the Venerables were certainly aware of Chen Yuan's previous identity.
While it's true that the other party is a direct disciple of Lord Youhou, they were previously only a Primordial Secret Realm Master. Now that they've left Rain Phase Mountain and moved to Thunder Island, it's clear they've broken through to the Immortal Realm.
Normally, given his strength, he should have moved to the foot of Thunder Island, but many Venerables discovered that Chen Yuan actually lived on the mountaintop!
Just like in the original story, after Luo Feng broke through to immortality, he moved to the mountainside area where the Universe Venerable resided, which caused resentment among many Venerables.
There was a lot of gossip going on behind their backs.
In the eyes of some, Chen Yuan's actions were even more excessive, after all, everyone knew that he was just a realm lord before.
A newly ascended immortal doesn't stay obediently at the foot of Thunder Island, but instead lives on the mountaintop. Doesn't that mean he's going to trample these cosmic venerables under his feet?
However, unlike the situation Luo Feng encountered in the original work, the discussion about Chen Yuan had just begun, and before the many cosmic venerables could express their dissatisfaction, an even more explosive piece of news came out.
Chen Yuan is not immortal, but a top-tier cosmic overlord, titled Primordial Venerable!
This news immediately caused a huge uproar among the upper echelons of the Virtual Universe Company. A mere kid who had only broken through to the Realm Lord level a few hundred years ago...
He actually bypassed two major thresholds and broke through to the level of a Universe Venerable?
The opponent was not even an ordinary Venerable, but a top-tier cosmic overlord comparable to the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master!
Countless cosmic venerables were stunned upon receiving this news and hurriedly searched for Chen Yuan's relevant information. In the strength column, it was clearly written that he was at the level of a top cosmic overlord.
Moreover, these people also discovered some of Chen Yuan's past achievements.
It was only then that they learned that the mysterious person who developed the King Armor and King Soul series of equipment was actually Chen Yuan. Moreover, in addition to these contributions, he was also the creator of the recently popular "Primordial Secret Record".
These two major contributions, coupled with Chen Yuan's obvious certification of being a top overlord in his information, finally convinced all the Venerables.
Although no one knows why Chen Yuan rose from a Realm Lord to a Universe Overlord in just a few hundred years, the universe is vast and full of wonders, and encountering all sorts of miraculous events is not unusual.
Rather than delving into the mysterious experiences of the other party, Chen Yuan's contributions are more worthy of discussion.
After all, whether it's a resounding victory on the battlefield outside the domain or the recent rise of the Cosmic Venerables due to the "Primordial Secret Records," the impact of either is more attractive than an experience.
Besides the discussions, many people chose to actively befriend Chen Yuan and try to build a good relationship with him. His residence on Thunder Island was visited by people every day.
Not only online, but people also frequently visit his offline residence. After all, the Qianbao River area can be considered the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, where many of the company's senior executives live. Not to mention the new continent that was opened up not far away, where many King-level experts and Universe Venerables cultivate the Primordial Secret Record.
Since the identity of the creator of "The Secret Record of the Primordial Beginning" was revealed, everyone who has achieved a breakthrough through this secret technique has chosen to come to Chen Yuan's residence to express their gratitude as soon as possible.
Of course, the nearly three hundred people who had broken through earlier also came to Chen Yuan's house to express their gratitude. Including those powerful individuals who wanted to make friends, Chen Yuan's mansion was bustling with visitors, both online and offline.
This situation lasted for several days, after which the number of visitors gradually decreased.
It was only then that Chen Yuan realized that he had actually befriended more than 70% of the Cosmic Venerables within the company in the past few days.
"They're so incredibly enthusiastic."
After seeing off the last guest of the day, Chen Yuan clicked his tongue in amazement: "Was I too high-profile? It's just a secret technique and a few pieces of equipment, yet so many people came to befriend me."
Suddenly, Chen Yuan sensed an aura approaching.
"Someone else is here."
He shook his head helplessly. After a few days, he had almost gotten used to it. At first, he wanted to refuse, but there were too many people coming to his door, and he couldn't possibly drive them all away.
Moreover, these venerable ones, whether expressing gratitude or making friends, were very tactful and did not linger. After becoming acquainted with each other, they left their gifts and took their leave decisively.
Yes, most people who came brought gifts, mostly strange and unusual items, not very valuable, generally only a few hundred million to a few billion mixed units, just simple greeting gifts.
As the saying goes, one cannot hit a smiling face, so Chen Yuan had no choice but to receive them one by one. After all, there were only so many senior executives in the company, and he would only be busy for a few days at most.
However, when Chen Yuan arrived at the door, he found that the person who came was not one of the company's senior executives, but Irene!
When she saw that her master had come out to greet her personally, Ireil was startled and quickly said, "Master, I'm back, you didn't need to come out to greet me personally, you scared me to death."
"It's Irene." Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "You're back? Have you finished dealing with things on Earth?"
"It's over. Luo Feng sold a total of 1087 slots this time, earning a total of 1087 billion Mixed Yuan Units."
Irene nodded. "However, he also shared some of this money with Hong and Thor. Including the expenses for cultivating Earth, Luo Feng himself received about 800 billion."
"Oh? It's not 300 billion after all." Chen Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Did Luo Feng pre-sell the remaining batches of spots?"
"My lord is wise." Irene nodded.
"This guy actually has a pretty good business sense." Chen Yuan smiled. "Come on, let's go inside. Tell me about what's been happening on Earth these past few days."
"Yes."
After the two entered the mansion, Irene explained to Chen Yuan the process of Luo Feng selling the right to reproduce on Earth.
Besides the booming sales in the following days, this naturally included the story of subduing the Demon Candle King.
"The Demon Candle King, that guy really is a persistent ghost." Chen Yuan couldn't help but shake his head, speechless. "Luo Feng has already become the disciple of the Chaos City Lord..."
He dares to target Earth? He's utterly brainless.
"By the way, how's that guy doing now?"
"I've knocked the Demon Candle King and his fellow disciples into a deep sleep and put them away," Irele said with a smile. "That guy dared to attack my master back then, so I taught him a lesson this time."
"Excellent, well done," Chen Yuan praised. "Has Venerable Fiery Venerable arrived?"
"They came, but I forced them to retreat."
Ireil chuckled and explained, "This old guy tried to kill the Demon Candle King and the others by self-destructing his divine power, but he failed and instead lost a lot of divine power."
"After taking a hit from my sword, more than 30% of his divine power was annihilated, leaving him with less than half his strength. He had no choice but to slink away."
"Impressive! I didn't expect you to be able to defeat Venerable Fiery." Chen Yuan gave a thumbs up, then asked in confusion, "But why did Venerable Fiery want to kill Demon Candle King? The cost of resurrection is much higher than the cost of restoring divine power, right?"
"He was probably afraid that if the Demon Candle King fell into the hands of his master, he would be imprisoned for life."
Ireil said, "I explained to him that my master wouldn't do that, but he wouldn't listen and insisted on taking the Candle King, so I had no choice but to fight back."
"Why would I imprison the Demon Candle King if I had nothing better to do?" Chen Yuan said with a strange expression. "You've already beaten him up like that, so naturally I can't be bothered to hold a grudge about what happened back then."
"By the way, you brought the Candle King back?"
"Yes." Irele nodded, waved her hand and threw out the dozen or so sleeping immortals, then explained, "These people are mainly after Earth, and the Demon Candle King is also planning to threaten Luo Feng through his family, so I took action."
"Understood, put it away." Chen Yuan glanced at the Demon Candle King, who looked like a dead dog, and then paid no more attention to him. "I'll tell Giant Axe later that the Demon Candle King and the others can be dealt with according to the law."
"Understood." Irene did as she was told and put the person away.
Chen Yuan was about to say something when he suddenly received a communication from the Lord of Darkness. With a thought, he entered the virtual universe and connected to the communication.
"Chen Yuan." In the scene, the Lord of Darkness said with a smile, "Did your subordinates beat up the Demon Candle King? The Void Gold Lord from the Giant Axe Arena just came over to ask me about it."
"Teacher, you've come at the right time. I just heard about this too." Chen Yuan smiled and told the other party the whole story, then said, "The whole story has been uploaded to the virtual universe system, and the evidence is conclusive."
"I am preparing to contact the founder of the Giant Axe and deal with the Demon Candle King and others according to the law."
"I see." The Lord of Darkness nodded. "Don't worry, the Lord of Void Gold isn't here to interrogate us. He has already received the evidence of his crimes uploaded from the virtual universe and hopes that we will extradite the Demon Candle King to the Giant Axe Arena for punishment."
"Don't worry, the Demon Candle King will definitely not escape imprisonment, and the Giant Axe Arena has also allowed us to send people to monitor the whole matter."
"Since you've spoken, teacher, I naturally have no problem with it." Chen Yuan smiled and said, "I can hand over the person. As for whether or not to supervise him, it doesn't matter. Anyway, this Demon Candle King has suffered enough."
"As long as he doesn't bother me again, I won't care about these small fry."
"Hmm." The Lord of Darkness nodded. "I'll arrange for someone to receive him later. I'll also send people to follow up on the whole process to ensure that the Candle King receives the punishment he deserves."
"Then we'll leave it to the teacher."
After ending the communication, Chen Yuan gave Irene some instructions and returned to the Shiyuan Palace.
"Finally finished."
Chen Yuan slowly exhaled, then opened the panel and glanced at the tasks in the corner.
[Simulation Task 1: Meditation Method, estimated end time: 298 days.]
[Simulation Mission 2: Shiyuan Hall, estimated end date: the 36th.]
[Simulation Mission 3: Azure Sky, estimated end date: the 33rd.]
Apart from the meditation technique, the other two simulated tasks were added temporarily over the past few days by him using his own authority and expending a certain amount of his own energy.
The reason only these two items were selected is that, based on the data collected by the system, only these two treasures can be optimized.
For items like the Domain, Origin, and Special types of Silver Sea Boots, the required materials may be sufficient, but the lack of relevant runes means that even if they are optimized, it will only be a waste of potential.
As for the "Heavenly Armor" and the soul treasure "Primordial Soul", they have the same problem: they have no shortage of materials and secret patterns, but they lack the power of the armor and the power of the original soul that Chen Yuan needs most.
"The techniques for the Armor and the Primal Soul can only be learned from Master Zuoshanke, so the Battle Suit and the Soul Treasure cannot be optimized for the time being."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "Hmm, there's no rush to refine the supreme treasure. I still haven't collected the materials for refining the treasure entrusted to me by the Giant Axe and the others, nor the materials I've collected from the clan's treasury, and even the various secret treasures sent by those cosmic venerables these past few days."
"Once I finish collecting this information, it should significantly improve my proficiency with the Primordial Eye."
The data collection he mentioned was not done by the system; in fact, the system had already completed the collection of these materials long ago.
After all, after he advanced to immortality, the system's computing power once again achieved a qualitative leap, greatly accelerating the speed of collecting these ninth and tenth-tier materials.
The data collection Chen Yuan mentioned was actually conducted using the Eye of Primordial Beginning to analyze the essence of these materials.
At the same time, this is also the way to cultivate the Primordial Eye—the more essences one observes, the higher one's proficiency in the secret technique.
Once the Eye of the Primordial is upgraded, his authority in the system will also be higher.
Therefore, Chen Yuan wouldn't waste these materials that were unknown to him; he would definitely focus on improving his proficiency with the Eye of Primordial Beginning first.
Then we started refining the treasure.
Furthermore, as he gains a deeper understanding of the nature of these materials, it will indirectly improve his skills in refining treasures, resulting in a higher success rate and more powerful treasures.
Let's start with the low-end.
With the opening of the Primordial Eye, Chen Yuan began to analyze the various materials on the ground.
At the same time, Chen Yuan himself, far away in the Star Tower, opened his eyes and smiled slightly at the Mountain Guest beside him: "Teacher."
"Don't smile at me, it scares me."
The mountain hermit said helplessly, "Disciple, what's wrong with you not concentrating on resisting the impact of your will?"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh.
He thought to himself, "This disciple of his is good, but his thinking is too unconventional. He had to make the Star Tower recognition ceremony, which was supposed to be a good one, full of twists and turns."
Now that he's finally focused on fighting the mental shock, he's been behaving himself for only a few days before he's up to his old tricks again!
Yes, the moment the mountain hermit saw Chen Yuan's smile, he knew that what his disciple was about to say was bound to be bad.
"What does the teacher take me for?" Chen Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw the teacher's expression.
"All I want right now is for you to complete the master recognition ceremony peacefully." The Mountain Hermit couldn't help but roll his eyes at his disciple, but still sighed, "Tell me, what's the matter this time?"
"Actually, it's not a big deal." Chen Yuan grinned. "I just find fighting the Star Tower too boring and want to do something else. For example, I want to learn the crafting techniques for the Calamity Armor and the Primal Soul from you, Master."
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