Chapter 375: Harvest and Cultivation, Du Yun

"Low-grade World Star Dao Soldiers, 345 items in total, recycling price 412 million."

"Mid-grade World Star Dao Soldiers, 5 matching sets, recycling price 655 million."

"High-grade World Star Dao Soldiers, two items, recycling price 423 million."

"Seven-Star Ancient Coins, Star, Moon, and Sun types, various currencies of the Moon Luo Ancient Kingdom, 38, 32 pieces in total, recycling price 3. 33 billion."

"There are even 3, 00 Viper Poison Sacs? No wonder it required a World Star-level acceptance space. However, its recycling price has dropped to only 50, 00 each now. Only money, no merit points, total price 160 million."

"These items total 4. 83 billion Yuan Sea Coins and 46, 30 contribution points."

The artifact spirit Cang Yu nodded slightly: "Your harvest is quite good."

A four-person team, all in the first realm of Origin, earning 4. billion in 208 years—it can be said the harvest was huge!

Even a ten-thousand-man army might not necessarily earn this much in over two hundred years.

"4. billion?" All four revealed smiles. In their initial estimates, they had only valued the total at around 4 billion.

But now it was 4. 83 billion, exceeding their expectations.

Clearly, within these two hundred years, some things had appreciated while others had depreciated.

Among them, the fastest to depreciate were the Viper poison sacs. This item had been slaughtered too much by cultivators, supply was too high, and the price dropped crazily. 208 years ago, they were 80, 00 each; now they had dropped to 50, 00, and there were no merit points anymore.

The ones that appreciated were the Seven-Star Ancient Coins and certain unique Dao Soldiers.

"The value of the items has been calculated," Cang Yu said. "How much of these items does each of you claim?"

"A reminder: he cannot obtain merit points."

Cang Yu pointed at Yu Tianqing.

Because Yu Tianqing belonged to the 'rogue cultivators' and did not have household registration in the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom, he only received money for any mission he did, with no merit points.

Unless Yu Tianqing was willing to serve for ten thousand years in one of the four foreign legions stipulated by the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom, he could not obtain the status of a citizen of the Ancient Kingdom.

Of course, for the second realm, it would be shorter, requiring only one thousand years.

If it were the third realm, then he could join directly without any requirements.

In the eyes of the Ancient Kingdom, they already had plenty of their own people in the first and second realms. For outsiders, only the third realm was worth absorbing; beyond that, they were all ants.

In the entire Great Zhou, with its hundreds of millions of people, only two had obtained the status of Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom citizens: Zhao Xing and Yun Tiandao.

As for Liu Tianning, Xia Jing, King Luohou, Long Xiao, and Ye Yukong, even if they joined the Purple God Prefecture or the Heavenly Star Martial Hall, their status remained very low; they only obtained 'temporary residence' qualifications and could not yet be considered a part of the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom.

Yu Tianqing did not speak; he had known this for a long time.

The Ancient Kingdom was high and unreachable, and its control over population was even stricter.

When he came to the Phantom God Star System to adventure, he had encountered many unfair treatments. Sometimes, when he, a second-realm cultivator, had a conflict with a first-realm cultivator of the Ancient Kingdom, he had to back down.

Because once the other party reported it to the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom's law enforcement team, the team would definitely favor their own nationals.

The best outcome for an outsider like him was a fine; if he had no money, he would have to go to jail.

Back then, the Heavenly Gate Army guard battalion had mistakenly saved him thinking he was a national. If they had known he was a non-national and had no money, it would have been absolutely impossible for them to save him.

Now, only Zhao Xing, Le Yao, and Cen Qionghua could receive merit points.

Compared to money, merit points were harder to obtain. During the process of doing missions, 500, 00 Yuan Sea Coins would match one merit point; sometimes certain missions only had money and no merit points.

Money and merit points could not be directly converted.

At the same time, bringing treasures from the non-Moon Luo Mausoleum could not be used to turn in missions for merit points.

Merit points involved titles, official positions, and permissions granted by the Yuan Sea Imperial Family.

If money and treasures from non-Moon Luo Mausoleums could be exchanged for merit points, the nature of it would change, turning into buying official positions with money.

Of course, there were still workarounds—some wealthy individuals from major powers who wanted the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom's official positions, titles, and regional permissions would pay a premium to acquire mission materials and treasures on the list from others.

Then they would go to the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom officials to turn them in. In this way, the price outside was higher than the official price here, but there would be no merit points.

Zhao Xing and the others now had a choice: whether the merit points should be claimed by one person or divided.

Regarding this, the four-person group had already discussed it.

"Lord Cang Yu, the mission materials and treasures that have merit points are all mine."

"Among them, 2. 03 billion is my spoils of war, while Le Yao and Cen Qionghua's accounts will each have 990 million in spoils."

Zhao Xing's answer was very official; saying it this way was mainly to reasonably avoid taxes.

The Ancient Kingdom's tax collection was tiered; 100 million, 1 billion, 10 billion, and 100 billion all had different tax brackets.

The exploration of the Phantom God Star System also adapted to a special tax law.

For commercial activities within the country, taxes on over 1 billion reached 30%, and over 10 billion reached 45%.

But exploration in the Phantom God Star System was a military activity, so the tax bracket was greatly reduced.

Among them, military positions in the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom were completely tax-free, because taxes collected were used for the military, and this also involved the calculation of merit points.

Zhao Xing and the others, as formal members of the Purple God Prefecture, were under yet another tax law.

In addition, there were some miscellaneous tax incentives, such as 'rare professions' having partial exemptions.

With such a split, Zhao Xing's 2. 03 billion required an 18. % tax, which was a deduction of about 508 million.

The 990 million under 1 billion was calculated at 15%, with each deducting 148. million.

Why not submit multiple times? That was calculated over a period of time; submitting multiple times was useless.

Why not use Yu Tianqing's account to share the tax burden?

Because he didn't have an account.

Even if he did, the tax bracket for an outsider like Yu Tianqing was constant; no matter how much he earned, even if it was ten cents, 45% would be taken away.

It sounded harsh, but the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom was already considered quite good.

Other ancient kingdoms either forbade foreigners from entering the Phantom God Star System or collected even more ruthlessly!

Some ancient kingdoms even directly sold tickets to enter the Phantom God Star System and designated exploration areas that were already devoid of resources, specifically to slaughter those large dynasties that wanted to come and profit.

Exploitation was everywhere; in Yu Tianqing's eyes, the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom was still considered to have a conscience.

"Good." Cang Yu nodded. A light flashed in his eyes, and this complex calculation and transaction were completed in an instant.

"Whoosh~" Cang Yu waved his hand, and all the materials disappeared.

The four, having received the money and merit points, thanked Cang Yu and returned to the place they rented on the twentieth star fortress.

"4. 83 billion, after deducting 805 million in taxes, the three of us now have 3. 78 billion in our accounts."

"According to the previous agreement, I should get 1. 39 billion, but since the merit points all went to me, I'll take 300 million less and divide it among you, so I get 1. 39 billion."

"Yu Tianqing gets 1. 695 billion, and Le Yao and Hua Zi each get 584. 5 million."

Confirming there were no problems, Le Yao spent three days pulling strings to get Yu Tianqing an Ancient Kingdom account guaranteed by the Purple God Prefecture.

Afterward, the four transferred money to each other and successfully completed the distribution.

The moment the money safely landed in their pockets, all four breathed a sigh of relief.

Having come all this way for over two hundred years without causing conflict or encountering danger, and each having earned a large sum of money—

—this was already quite rare.

After this wave of money distribution, everyone felt their bond had deepened a bit.

"Next, everyone rest and recuperate; eat what you want, spend what you want," Zhao Xing said with a smile. "I don't plan on going on missions recently, at least not until after 50 years; I'll notify you then."

"Only fifty years?" Cen Qionghua wailed: "I wanted to play for another hundred years!"

"If you want to play, go play yourself!" Le Yao pushed Hua Zi away. "I need to earn money; it's just as well you're gone, one less person to split the money."

"Hey, don't be like that, Fairy," Cen Qionghua said hurriedly. "I was just joking; everything follows Brother Zhao's arrangements!"

"Look at that attitude of yours!"

"Haha."

All three laughed, and even Yu Tianqing couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"Meeting adjourned!"

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, Le Yao and Cen Qionghua soon left.

Only Yu Tianqing stayed behind without moving, seemingly in a daze.

"Why aren't you leaving?" Zhao Xing asked with a smile. "The spirit-gathering array I have here is for one person; there's no room for you to stay."

"I..." Yu Tianqing opened his mouth.

"Do you feel it's a bit unreal?" Zhao Xing smiled.

Yu Tianqing nodded, his voice low:

"208 years ago, I was still rotting in a cell, life and death entirely up to fate, but now I have one billion Yuan Sea Coins..."

"Old brother, fate is just that wonderful. Maybe in the future, you can lead the Pang Ze Dynasty to become a hegemon in the Xuan Ling Star Domain."

"Me?" Yu Tianqing smiled.

Zhao Xing patted Yu Tianqing's metal shoulder, patted it twice, and felt the texture wasn't quite right: "Your shoulder is hard as a rock; the 'C-series of the Gold-Selling Battle Body' still doesn't suit you."

"If you don't know what to do, now that you have money, go change into a set of equipment first."

Yu Tianqing nodded and stood up.

"Remember, you can look first, don't rush to buy it yourself; find me, Le Yao, or Hua Zi to purchase it for you, you can save some money."

"Understood." Yu Tianqing walked to the door and stopped. "Thank you, Zhao Xing."

"You're welcome."

The first thing Zhao Xing did with money was to pay off his debts!

Naturally, there was also a branch of the 【Yuan Sea Hall】 on the Tiger Head Star Continent.

The day he received the money, he immediately went to the branch.

"The 100 million borrowed 210 years ago now requires 310 million to be repaid, including principal and interest."

"I said it before, money from this Ancient Kingdom is not easy to borrow."

If it weren't for the fact that he was about to go do something, basically no one would go to borrow money.

The timing of the Yuan Sea Hall's promotion was also very good, just as Zhao Xing reached the Origin Realm and was preparing to show his skills.

The Ancient Kingdom officials also had a type of loan called 'War Loans,' specifically targeting those large dynasties that were currently at war.

The interest was even more terrifying!

During a certain period of the Xia Dynasty, they were in the Yuan Cave Star System of the 【Fa Lan Dynasty】 and were wiped out by the 【Ya Te Dynasty】. That Ya Te Dynasty had borrowed a war loan from a certain ancient kingdom.

As a result, after painstakingly wiping out the 【Fa Lan Dynasty】, they discovered that 90% of the benefits had gone into the belly of the Ancient Kingdom.

There was no other way; after wiping them out, they could only hurriedly give up the pursuit and even issued lenient policies to recruit the citizens of the 【Fa Lan Dynasty】 back to farm together.

The Ancient Kingdom had done nothing, yet it had squeezed dry the family fortunes of two dynasties.

"They clearly could have robbed them, yet they still had to lend money to the large dynasties first. They claimed they were complying with the covenant of the 【Wild Domain Ancient Kingdom Alliance】 and had not taken action against the large dynasties." Looking at the 310 million reduction in his account, Zhao Xing complained in his heart.

"There's 1. 39 billion left." Zhao Xing looked at the account balance. "First, pay back some to the Great Zhou Treasury account."

Previously, he had withdrawn 50 million from the Great Zhou Treasury, and Zhao Xing had always remembered it.

The development of his hometown was still very important; not to mention huddling together for warmth, his relatives and friends also lived there.

"Let's see the situation first."

The Great Zhou Treasury account was also opened in Zhao Xing's name.

It was just that after he left, that account was handed over to Meng Kun to manage.

Zhao Xing looked at the expenditure and income situation of the treasury account and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Hmm? Great Zhou can already balance its budget?"

"Oh, it's Yun Tiandao and Liu Tianning who remitted money."

The Great Zhou Treasury balance was now back to over 200 million.

Among them, Yun Tiandao had remitted money four times in 269 years; the earliest sum was 200 years ago, which was sixty-nine years after Yun Tiandao went south out of 【Seven-Star Pass】 to accept a border defense mission.

"The first remittance was only 3 million, and the second reached 8 million."

"The third took a long time, but gave 30 million, and the fourth was a hundred years later, giving another 30 million."

"It seems Old Yun is doing quite well on the alien battlefield," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Old Yun had borrowed 30 million from him, and one of the remittances was noted as repayment to Zhao Xing.

After paying it back, he also gave Great Zhou 41 million.

Although he was not a part of Great Zhou, Old Yun had also contributed a share of strength to the dynasty of his hometown.

Liu Tianning's remittance frequency was as high as over six hundred times!

Because he left the earliest, Liu Tianning left in the first year of Shixin, and now it was already the 559th year of Shixin.

In the 559th year of 【Tianxing Trial】, Liu Tianning remitted money 556 times.

Except for the first three years when he didn't send money, he sent money back every year afterward.

"Old Liu." Zhao Xing couldn't help but feel moved.

Liu Tianning's remittance amount was not large; for the first five hundred times, they were basically small numbers, some even just a few thousand or tens of thousands.

It was only in the last few decades that Liu Tianning had increased it to several hundred thousand.

The money he remitted didn't even add up to a fraction of Yun Tiandao's, but looking at these numbers, Zhao Xing felt Old Liu's deep affection for his hometown.

"The treasury account also sent money to these two, but it was returned." Zhao Xing looked at the expenditure details.

"Ji Che even left me a message, asking if I was short of money in the Phantom God Star System; there were 207 messages in total, basically one per year."

Zhao Xing looked at these messages, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm.

"The first sum of money to transfer to Great Zhou, let's start with 150 million," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "As the Great Minister of Agriculture, I can't be worse than Yun Tiandao and Liu Tianning."

After transferring the money, Zhao Xing also opened a long-distance communication.

"Big Brother! Big Brother, how have you been lately?"

Ji Che's projection soon appeared in front of him, and he asked excitedly.

"Che, I'm doing okay," Zhao Xing smiled. "I've already earned my first pot of gold; take a look at the treasury account."

"150 million?" Ji Che was stunned for a moment. "Big Brother, how did you get so much money? Didn't you borrow money? How..."

Ji Che still wanted to help Zhao Xing pay back the money, but Zhao Xing had returned money instead.

"Didn't I say? My harvest was okay," Zhao Xing laughed. "You don't need to worry about me; I've paid off my debts, and now I have a huge surplus!"

"Hahaha, since that's the case, then I won't worry!" Ji Che laughed loudly. "I knew Big Brother could do it."

"How is Great Zhou living on the Green Lotus World Star? And Chen Shijie, Xia Jing, Long Xiao, Ji Si, and the others..."

"Great Zhou is currently..."

The two started chatting.

Zhao Xing spent a few days doing nothing but chatting with his relatives and friends back home.

After seven days, he began to restrain his emotions and started planning the remaining 1. billion in funds.

"Money left on one's person is a dead object; it must be turned into one's own strength as soon as possible."

"However, I now have nearly 50, 00 merit points; let's see what merit points are used for."

Zhao Xing stayed in a VIP lounge of the Yuan Sea Hall; this was the benefit of having increased merit points.

"With over 46, 00 merit points, I automatically obtained the status of 【First-Class Baron】 of the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom."

The Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom had distinctions of first, second, and third-class citizens, and above that, titles were bestowed: Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, Duke, and Prince.

According to the difficulty of acquisition, if one had no family background, a first-class citizen could only be easily obtained in the first realm.

Starting from Baron, the first realm had to work very hard, because titles could only be raised with merit points. Merit points basically required making contributions to the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom.

No matter how small a Baron was, it was still in the noble circle of the Ancient Kingdom! It was a threshold for status and rank.

If a Baron of the Ancient Kingdom went to a small dynasty like Great Zhou to do business, Ji Che would personally come out to entertain them.

"50, 00 merit points, that's a Viscount; this at least means owning multiple medium-sized World Stars and having a stable wealth territory! Liquid assets must be at least over 1 billion, and there must be a second-realm cultivator in the family; otherwise, it's a fallen noble who will be looked down upon."

"As for Earl and Marquis, those are the third realm, the distinction of large and small supernatural beings."

"Those in the Dao Domain Realm can basically get a Duke or Prince title in the Ancient Kingdom," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The role of the Dao Domain Realm in resisting Wild Domain-ization could not be replaced by machines! So they were already the high-level figures of the Ancient Kingdom.

If an unknown Dao Domain Realm cultivator was willing to join the Ancient Kingdom, the Kingdom Lord would welcome them with open arms; if they made even a little contribution, such as being willing to guard the Wild Domain, they would immediately be bestowed a Duke or Prince title.

"Merit points automatically made me a First-Class Baron; with another 3, 00 points, I'll be a Viscount."

"In terms of taxation, I will have 'title incentives' and can also participate in some high-profit industries, such as certain seed operation rights."

"Some seeds I can buy will no longer have their life structures locked; participating in such high-profit industries will not be attacked by other nobles."

The noble circle recognized each other; if a non-noble dared to engage in high-profit industries, that was seeking death and would be eaten until not even slag remained.

"Tax reduction is one benefit, and business qualifications are another."

"Military position options are also a benefit." Zhao Xing looked at the details sent by the artifact spirit Cang Yu. After he automatically became a First-Class Baron, he had these explanations.

"Before obtaining a title, if I go to the military, I can only follow orders; the first realm is the lowest-level soldier."

"With a title, I can get a job like a patrol captain and don't have to start from the bottom."

"If I don't want to engage in combat, I can also go into the industrial chain controlled by the Ancient Kingdom and be a mid-level manager, such as a manager of certain World Stars of the Imperial Family."

"Stable, easy, and the benefits are also quite good."

"The fourth benefit is permission."

"The explorable areas of the Moon Luo Mausoleum have been unsealed for me a lot." Zhao Xing opened the 【Star Mirror】. "Taking the South Luo area as an example, originally I was forbidden from entering star continents before South Luo No. 200, and the void routes leading to the first two hundred were not open to me."

"Now, however, it has been opened to the star continent area of South Luo No. 100-200."

"The fifth benefit is the purchase discount at the Yuan Sea Hall; for a First-Class Baron, the vast majority of items are at 9. % off."

Merit points were hard to obtain, but once obtained, there were many benefits.

So what role did the Purple God Prefecture play in this?

"Middleman," Zhao Xing evaluated it as such. "If the mission is submitted to the Purple God Prefecture, the materials are collected by the Purple God Prefecture, and they are also sold to the Yuan Sea Imperial Family, and of course, they might also trade with other major powers."

"There is also a promotion model within the Purple God Prefecture territory."

"Major powers have advantages over the Yuan Sea Imperial Family in some aspects, such as giving more money, or making it easier to become a manager."

Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix; where the mission is submitted depends on whether one wants to be a chicken head in the Purple God Prefecture or fight for a phoenix tail in the Yuan Sea Imperial Family.

"Neither is a good destination." Zhao Xing closed the merit point details and began planning the use of funds.

"First, advance the progress of the Origin Dao Body."

"This wave will at least push the Origin Dao Body to 90% of the second layer, which is the late stage of the first realm."

For a seventh-tier Origin-level spell, the matching Origin Dao Body progress should reach the late stage or perfection of the first realm.

In this way, the burden of casting spells on the Origin Dao Body will not be so great, and the Dao Field will be more stable.

Cultivating spells without cultivating the foundation will lead to nothing in old age. The foundation is the basis for casting spells.

"Cultivation techniques, cultivation techniques; the foundation comes first, the spell comes second. The Origin accumulation of the first realm can be accelerated with resources, just like accelerating the growth rate of plant life."

Relying on oneself to meditate and absorb spiritual energy is, of course, the slowest method.

"Yuan Forty-Six," Zhao Xing called out, and immediately a beauty walked in from outside.

After Zhao Xing paid off his debts and had a large amount of funds coming in, Yuan Forty-Six became his 'exclusive customer service.'

The artifact spirit interconnected through 【Boundless Transmission】, and Yuan Forty-Six also had a body here.

"Respected Baron, what are your orders?" Yuan Forty-Six squatted down and knelt halfway beside Zhao Xing.

She was dressed loosely, allowing Zhao Xing to see a patch of snow-white skin from her neckline.

In high-end places, exclusive mechanical puppets often provided special services, free of charge.

"Change into proper attire and sit opposite me to talk," Zhao Xing frowned; he didn't like this routine. "Lord Baron, this body of mine is brand new," Yuan Forty-Six explained.

"Do you want me to repeat it a second time?"

"As you wish." Yuan Forty-Six stood up, her attire changed in an instant, wrapped tightly, her expression sacred, like an ascetic goddess.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but be speechless; this was even more tempting.

What kind of old pervert was the mechanical master who built the Yuan Forty series!

"I called you here to recommend things, don't do other messy things," Zhao Xing said. "The same goes for the future."

"I understand." Yuan Forty-Six sat upright, her expression solemn.

"I want to advance the progress of my cultivation technique; does the Yuan Sea Hall have any good methods?" Zhao Xing asked.

"For the first realm of Origin, you can choose from three plans," Yuan Forty-Six said. "First is the high-level Origin Spirit-Gathering Array, which can increase the conversion speed of spiritual energy origin to the Dao Body."

"The price is relatively low, usually increasing cultivation speed by 10-20 times; the better the personal aptitude, the better the effect of using the high-level Origin Spirit-Gathering Array."

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"The price to rent this array is 1 million per year."

"Tell me the second one," Zhao Xing said; he wouldn't consider the low-end level.

He also felt that increasing cultivation speed by 20 times was slow.

"Dual-Star Origin," Yuan Forty-Six said. "All cultivation techniques in the Origin Realm are nothing more than the absorption of the two origin powers of Sun and Moon."

"The Yuan Sea Hall provides an exclusive cultivation space, inside which there are fragments of the Moon and Sun stars cut by Dao Domain Realm cultivators."

"It is gentle and controllable; cultivating at close range will not hurt the cultivator."

"It can increase cultivation speed by about 50-100 times."

"The price is 8 million per year."

Zhao Xing nodded: "What about the third one?"

Yuan Forty-Six said: "Hire a preaching scholar for direct empowerment."

"Preaching scholars are basically experts who possess great supernatural powers; their Dao and supernatural powers are all of the auxiliary type."

"This method takes the shortest time and guarantees the user will break through to the second realm."

"Currently on the Tiger Head Star Continent, there are sixteen preaching scholars, three of whom are free."

"Sixteen preaching scholars, the lowest price is at least 2 billion."

"Sixteen? That's quite a lot; they all ran here to earn money!" Zhao Xing smiled.

A preaching scholar is a type of auxiliary profession in the universe.

Their own combat power is not very high, but their auxiliary effect is very great; it is a very rare profession.

Similar rare professions include 【Starry Sky Historian】, which is also a niche among niche professions.

They also don't have much combat power, but they can backtrack corresponding information through excavated historical artifacts.

Starry Sky Historian and Starry Sky Fate Master—one looks at the future, one looks at the past; they are two different Daos and are also the advanced versions of Historian and Fate Official.

Niche professions either can't be mastered, but once supernatural powers are practiced, they are very popular.

"Forget the third one, I can't afford it."

"The first one is a waste of time; I'll choose the second one."

8 million a year! Zhao Xing's current money was enough to last for over a hundred and fifty years.

"I have a dual-origin Dao Body; using this might actually save some money," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

With the Origin Dao Body as the top priority, Zhao Xing first spent money to rent the 【Dual-Star Space】 for cultivation.

The second realm of Origin, the Void Realm, was a key node for him.

"Once I achieve the Void Realm, the supernatural powers I learn can be cast in non-stable voids."

"Whether it's the Three God Life Palace or the Purple Light Eight Epochs, both can greatly enhance my life-saving ability."

"After the Void Realm, I can walk in the void rivers without relying on a World Boat."

In the first realm, the Origin is newly born, and one dare not enter the void rivers, having to rely on a World Boat.

But the Void Realm can do it.

So the priority of the realm is greater than that of spells.

【You have successfully rented the Dual-Star Cultivation Space, deducting 7. 6 million Yuan Sea Coins.】

【Fees are calculated by the year; any period less than a year is charged as a full year. Please pay attention to the time.】

The account balance decreased by 7. 6 million, charged once a year.

The earlier the cultivation is achieved, the more money is saved.

"Yin-Yang Dual Stars."

Zhao Xing looked at the sun and moon in the sky.

The two stars were on the left and right, almost occupying the entire field of vision, their light shining distinctly in the field of vision.

The dual stars were so close, yet not dazzling.

The spiritual energy index also reached an astonishing 500!

The moment Zhao Xing entered, the acupoints in his body breathed autonomously, the cultivation technique operated automatically, and the progress increased by 0. % almost instantly.

"You get what you pay for!"

Zhao Xing didn't dare to waste time and quickly began to cultivate.

After the four-person group finished distributing the money, Zhao Xing began the cultivation of his technique.

Mo Er, a subordinate of Marquis He Yin who was also staying on the Tiger Head Star Continent, determined Zhao Xing's location one year after Zhao Xing returned.

"My lord, the target is living in Tiger Sun City on the twentieth star fortress."

"My lord, the target entered the Yuan Sea Hall a year ago and hasn't come out since."

"My lord, his merit points have been raised to First-Class Baron; no wonder it was so hard for us to investigate."

"My lord, he has two teammates, both from the Qing Yu World Star; one is named Cen Qionghua, and one is named Le Yao."

"That one named Cen Qionghua has been visiting brothels every day for a year."

"The one named Le Yao often visits prisons; it's really quite strange."

"What about the other person?" Mo Er frowned.

"That person is a rogue cultivator named something like Tianqingzi; he also entered the Yuan Sea Hall and hasn't come out."

"It looks like he had a harvest and is exchanging resources for cultivation?"

"First-Class Baron, how much money must he have earned? At least 2 billion! He earned so much in his first pot of gold?" Mo Er was a little surprised listening to the information collected by his subordinates.

Zhao Xing came to the Moon Luo Mausoleum to adventure for the first time and earned at least 2 billion; this really exceeded his expectations.

"Maybe he had some adventures and was lucky," the subordinate said.

"In the Moon Luo Mausoleum, there are many legends of getting rich overnight. I didn't expect to see one myself."

Mo Er shook his head.

Zhao Xing was lucky, so he considered himself unlucky.

Because he had so much money, Zhao Xing's cultivation time probably wouldn't be short.

Mo Er could only report to Marquis He Yin, striving to extend the time for the arrest.

"Keep a close watch." A horizontal line jumped on Mo Er's forehead. "When he comes out, report immediately."

"Yes."

【Purple Sun Second Layer: 95%】

【Purple Yin Second Layer: 95%】

Zhao Xing glanced at the panel and smiled slightly.

"Balance has been achieved; the drawbacks caused on South Luo 2413 have finally been completely eliminated."

It was now the thirtieth year since he entered the Dual-Star Space.

At 7. 6 million a year, he had already spent over 230 million.

But it was indeed useful.

"Sun and Moon imbalance is a significant drawback; in the first ten years of cultivation, my Moon Origin progress was always faster than the Sun Origin."

"This is not a good phenomenon; Yin-Yang imbalance will lead to the same risks as when breaking through the first realm, turning into pure Yin or pure Yang. Until this year, the progress finally unified."

"The last 5% of progress is also the hardest."

"However, my speed is still quite fast; dual-origin cultivation is now already in the late stage of the first realm," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Only spent over 200 million? Peanuts, continue!"

"It's worth spending all 1. billion to break through; if I only spend 800 million, that's a huge profit."

Zhao Xing closed his eyes and continued to cultivate.

Time passed, and soon Zhao Xing renewed the lease for another twenty years.

"Hmm? Hit a bottleneck."

Zhao Xing opened the panel to take a look.

【Purple Sun: 99%】

【Purple Yin: 99%】

"The last 1%, which is where the bottleneck lies." Zhao Xing looked at the account.

"Fifty years, and only spent 388 million," Zhao Xing said. "It's no problem to cultivate for another fifty years."

"However, I've encountered the same problem as when breaking through the first realm."

"Go out first."

When the fifty-year period expired, Zhao Xing left the cultivation space.

"Old problem, use the old method."

When breaking through the first realm, he used the Dao of the Self to reconcile and break through.

Now he had to turn back to improve the progress of the second layer of 【Yuan Sea World】.

Use the inner world of the Yuan Sea World—the Origin Space—as the point of Yin-Yang reconciliation.

"The Self-School is forever the god," Zhao Xing thought. After he left the cultivation space, he went to find Yuan Forty-Six.

"Lord Mo Er, he has appeared!"

"Oh? So fast?" Mo Er revealed a smile. "It seems natives are natives, still keeping the habits of their original world."

"Even if they get rich overnight, they still can't wash away the sense of rush on poor people."

If it were the original inhabitants of the universe, their concept of time would be relatively relaxed.

Knowing they can live for a long time, they wouldn't do anything in a rush.

People like Zhao Xing act as if everything is urgent; even if they break through to the Origin Realm and know their lifespan is longer, they still maintain their original habits for a period of time.

"My lord, he went back in." A second subordinate came to report.

"..."

Mo Er couldn't help but be speechless.

What exactly is Zhao Xing trying to do, going in and out like this?

Mo Er felt he had never been so obsessed with a person.

"Keep watching."

"The combination of cultivation resources for the Yuan Sea World includes..."

"Enough, just tell me how much money," Zhao Xing said. "I'm short on time."

"Original price 550 million, after discount it's 533. million." Yuan Forty-Six was also used to Zhao Xing's swift and decisive style.

"Buy!" Zhao Xing said only one word.

As a cultivation technique of the Self-School researched by the Imperial Family, the Yuan Sea World is two words: throw money.

Zhao Xing's previous progress had already improved a lot; now, to reach 100% on the second layer, it only needed over 500 million.

Three months later.

"Boom~"

The chaotic mist in the Origin Space dispersed over a large area.

The clear energy rose, turning into a bright sky.

The turbid energy descended, thickening the earth.

Five types of brilliance appeared in the sky.

The embryonic form of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao Origin had appeared!

"Just counting the Self-School, I am already in the Void Realm now," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"However, the Self-School doesn't have a great impact on the Dao Body; it specializes in the inner world, using the projection of the Origin Space to wrap the Dao Body for void crossing, which is essentially different from the Heavenly Timing Method and the Earthly Advantage Method."

The cultivation of the Self-School is relatively extreme; for the Heavenly Timing School Minister of Agriculture and the Earthly Advantage School Minister of Agriculture, the Void Realm of the Self-School is incomplete, because in the second realm, the Dao Body still hasn't changed much.

Like the first realm, their bodies are still very fragile, far from meeting the standards of the Heavenly Timing School and Earthly Advantage School for the Dao Body.

The Self-School has strong combat power, but in terms of 'legal principles,' it is strong, but it doesn't meet the great principles of cultivation!

Players of the Self-School usually smile contemptuously when they hear such words: Hehe, experts.

"The Yuan Sea World has now reached the third layer; throwing resources at it again will start at 10 billion," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "This cultivation technique of the Yuan Sea Imperial Family is good, but it's too expensive."

"Let the Yuan Sea World reconcile in the middle and break through the second layer of Purple Sun and Purple Yin."

Twenty years later, Zhao Xing finally walked out of the Yuan Sea Hall.

But half an hour before walking out of the Yuan Sea Hall.

Tiger Head Star Continent, Yellow Sand Mansion.

Yellow Sand Mansion is the mansion of Du Yun, the direct disciple of the Purple God Prefecture Master.

Du Yun is also the only man in the Purple God Prefecture who, while still in the Great Supernatural Realm, has opened a mansion alone, with a status equal to other prefecture masters.

About six thousand years ago, Du Yun was sent to the Tiger Head Star Continent as the boss of the Purple God Prefecture members here.

On this day, in Du Yun's Yellow Sand Mansion, a figure suddenly appeared; it was the artifact spirit Cang Yu of the twentieth star fortress of the Tiger Head Star Continent.

Du Yun, who was sitting cross-legged above a pool of blue spring water, wearing a white tight-fitting suit and having brown hair, opened his eyes.

"Envoy Cang Yu."

"Prefecture Master." The artifact spirit Cang Yu was very polite. "I have a matter that needs to be reported to you."

"Please speak." Du Yun nodded faintly.

"For the past seventy years, three members under your prefecture have been tailed by a certain force; the location is the twentieth star fortress under my jurisdiction," Cang Yu said.

"If it were a normal dispute, I wouldn't come to report to the Prefecture Master."

"However, the people tailing them are all in the second realm, and their methods and titles are very high," Cang Yu said. "The three people being tailed from your prefecture—Zhao Xing, Le Yao, and Cen Qionghua—are all only in the first realm and all come from the Qing Yu World Star."

"My master knows that your prefecture's Purple Moon Prefecture Master once announced the death of Qing Yuzi several hundred years ago and publicly regarded the East Yan Ancient Clan as a mortal enemy."

"Among the three formal members of the Purple God Prefecture, one is the legal successor of Qing Yuzi."

"So I specifically came to report this information to the Prefecture Master."

The artifact spirit Cang Yu processed hundreds of millions of pieces of information; with these data points listed together, it was easy to conclude that the matter was unusual.

Based on the principle of not sticking to the pot, Cang Yu specifically came to tell Du Yun.

Even if something really happened in the future, the Purple God Prefecture couldn't blame his master.

"Zhao Xing, Cen Qionghua, Le Yao..." Du Yun muttered, finding he had no impression of these three.

He did know Qing Yuzi, after all, he was the beloved disciple of the Purple Moon Prefecture Master.

With Du Yun's status, he could at most pay attention to the level of Qing Yuzi.

Purple Moon had another disciple named Zhaoyuanzi; he didn't even know him. When other prefecture masters took disciples, it was like distant relatives constantly having children.

Although everyone was in the same force, they were far apart, and the territory was vast. He would just send someone to send a gift; it was impossible for him to be there in person, and impossible to remember people.

As for those below Qing Yuzi, he paid even less attention.

However, now that Cang Yu said this, he checked it casually and discovered the matter of Qing Yuzi's successor, and also paid attention to Zhao Xing's background.

"An ascender who walked out of the Wild Domain, achieving dual-origin in over three hundred years; this is not bad," Du Yun looked at the internal data of the Purple God Prefecture and nodded slightly.

"Since it's not an ordinary dispute, then I should take care of this matter."

Exploring in the star system, having some conflicts is very normal; Du Yun wouldn't care about small things, but now it was different.

"Envoy Cang Yu, I wonder what the background of the people tailing my Purple God Prefecture members is?" Du Yun asked.

The East Yan Ancient Clan was not from the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom, and they didn't belong to any ancient kingdom.

Operating in major ancient kingdoms, they must have an overt identity.

"I'm sorry, Prefecture Master," Cang Yu bowed slightly. "I am not allowed to disclose the information of another permission holder; this requires the Purple God Prefecture to investigate itself."

Du Yun nodded; he knew this kind of information protection right was two-way, and the other party's status must also be high, so he didn't make things difficult for Envoy Cang Yu: "Thank you for informing me, Envoy; my Purple God Prefecture will handle it."

The artifact spirit Cang Yu cupped his hands and disappeared into the Yellow Sand Mansion.

"Zhao Xing..." Du Yun pondered, then shouted behind him: "Li."

"Prefecture Master." A third-realm cultivator immediately appeared in front of Du Yun.

"Li, you go to the 20th star fortress, and then..."

"Understood." Li nodded and immediately disappeared in the mansion.

Zhao Xing walked out of the Yuan Sea Hall with a normal expression; once out of the Yuan Sea Hall, he went straight to the void port.

He took out a World Boat and chose South Luo No. 185 for star fortress ejection.

This scene was soon grasped by Mo Er, who was tailing him.

"He went to South Luo No. 185 alone?"

"Yes, my lord."

"It seems the target's strength has improved, and he can act alone." Mo Er revealed a smile. "That's right, with billions thrown in, anyone would improve."

"The target is still at the perfection of the first realm," the subordinate reported another piece of information.

"It seems he's going to seek a breakthrough." Mo Er nodded and stood up. "Prepare the ship, go to South Luo No. 185! Capture the target!"

"Yes."