Chapter 697

"Brother Xinyuan can actually obtain a Protector Order?"

"Could it be that in the eyes of the top brass of the Qing Tian Luo Universe Alliance, Brother Xinyuan's potential is comparable to Brother Zihuo?"

"Definitely!"

"God King Brother Zihuo is a member of the Qing Tian Luo Universe Alliance, and only then could he obtain a Protector Order at the God King realm. Brother Xinyuan is not a member of the Qing Tian Luo Universe Alliance."

"Having one more Protector Order is a great thing for my Chaos Mansion," the nearly 1,000 Quasi-Saints present were all incomparably shocked, and at the same time, those top-tier experts also began to have thoughts.

A Protector Order is not only beneficial to the holder, but can also benefit others.

"Quasi-Saint Brother Xinyuan, it was my rudeness, please forgive me," Quasi-Saint Nangu immediately bowed and saluted, her every smile and frown showing charm, and her attitude became completely different from just now.

"No matter," Li Yuan didn't care.

The other party's coldness just now was nothing more than thinking that he had snatched her Star Guard Order, and it was human nature to feel dissatisfied in her heart.

Time passed.

Under the introduction of God King Senior Senior Huanxin, Li Yuan got to know the more than 900 Quasi-Saints present one by one, and they all exchanged token numbers to facilitate contact.

At the welcome banquet that followed, the hundreds of Quasi-Saints present were even more enthusiastic.

Even King Winterglow was treated with courtesy because of this.

This also made King Winterglow quite happy. He had had true bodies venturing in the Chaos Mansion before, but when had he ever been so welcomed and valued?

Li Yuan could also be considered to have officially integrated into the Chaos Mansion.

After the banquet.

"Junior Brother, I already have a mansion in the city, so I'll return to my mansion first," King Winterglow said very tactfully: "After you determine your mansion and meet the Elder, you can send me a message."

Elder Huo Qu only said he wanted to see Li Yuan, he didn't say he wanted to see him.

"Okay," Li Yuan nodded.

God King Senior Senior Huanxin led Li Yuan, passing through mansion after mansion, flying toward the depths of the Divine Mansion. Occasionally, Eighth Rank practitioners wearing black robes would appear along the way.

There were all kinds of life forms.

These Eighth Rank practitioners bowed respectfully when they saw God King Senior Senior Huanxin and Li Yuan: "Greetings, Quasi-Saints."

"These Eighth Rank practitioners?" Li Yuan asked suspiciously.

"They are all Star Servants of my Chaos Mansion, responsible for some miscellaneous tasks in the Divine Mansion," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said: "The official members of the Divine Mansion are all Quasi-Saints, with nearly 3,000 of them, at least all possessing Dark Star Orders, and are considered residents of Qing Tian Luoxingcheng, entering and exiting the Star City without obstruction... But Eighth Rank practitioners who have not opened a path hold Star Servant Orders and are not allowed to leave the Divine Mansion without orders."

More than 10,000 Eighth Rank practitioners? Li Yuan was surprised in his heart.

"Where did these ordinary Eighth Rank practitioners come from?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

In the history of the Chaos Divine Court, the Eighth Rank practitioners born were all God Kings.

But these Star Servants had not opened a path.

"Most of them are Star Beast Emperors born in the Eighth Dark Domain. They just haven't opened a path. Over the long years, they were captured one after another by the three Mansion Masters. Their main bodies are imprisoned in the Mansion Master's Inner Universe space... their other true bodies come to the Eternal Ruins to become servants and contribute to the Divine Mansion," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said: "The number of Eighth Rank Star Beasts born in the Dark Domain is actually very large, far exceeding God Kings."

Li Yuan understood.

The Star God cultivation system is known as the strongest system in the universe, but it requires one to discern the space laws at the Heavenly God realm, which is indeed terrifyingly difficult. Once one reaches the Eighth Rank, one is destined to open a path and become a Quasi-Saint... Other cultivation systems don't have such high difficulty in reaching the Eighth Rank, but the probability of becoming a Quasi-Saint is very low.

It is very normal for God Emperors to capture some over the long years.

"These Star Beast Emperors also long for freedom one day," God King Senior Senior Huanxin sighed.

"Freedom?" Li Yuan thought thoughtfully.

"Star Beast Emperors have no lifespan shackles, but their main bodies are imprisoned in the Inner Universe space, which is equivalent to sleeping and waiting for death, while their other true bodies coming to the Eternal Ruins is equivalent to living all the time... Only with time is there hope of obtaining freedom," God King Senior Senior Huanxin sighed: "It's just that they haven't opened a path, so they can't obtain an Immortal Order and have lost the qualification to exchange for the most important treasures... And after the 10,000-year protection period in the Immortal Heaven and Earth, they have to consume one Immortal Merit every hundred years. To stay in Qing Tian Luoxingcheng for a long time, they must obtain a Star Servant Order, and then the Divine Mansion will pay the Immortal Merits for them."

"Obtaining a Star Servant Order is barely considered a member of the Star City, and then they can receive the protection of the Star City."

"Eighth Rank practitioners who have not opened a path, if they don't have any Star City protection, will be regarded as alien lifeforms after the 10,000-year protection period," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said solemnly.

Li Yuan instantly remembered the Eighth Rank practitioners he saw after first entering the Immortal Heaven and Earth... They didn't have the qualification to obtain an Immortal Order, so their first need was to join a Star City, right?

"These Star Beast Emperors are forced to come to the Immortal Heaven and Earth to work? Is the salary lifespan?" This thought instantly popped into Li Yuan's mind.

"In the Divine Mansion."

"These Star Servants need to refine pills and weapons according to orders. Like many low-tier God King weapons, pills, treasures, Heavenly Divine Artifacts, etc., in the Universe, they are all refined by them, otherwise where would we God Kings have so much time and energy?" God King Senior Senior Huanxin smiled: "Even when God Emperors refine some Emperor weapons, the gestation time in the middle can take hundreds of thousands or even a million years, all of which are done by large groups of Star Servants forming formations."

"In addition."

"Like the treasure land 'Flying Confusion Binghe' occupied by my Chaos Mansion, it produces a strange mineral 'Flying Confusion Divine Meteor', but it requires Star Servants to mine it and refine a small amount of essence," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said.

"Mining?" Li Yuan was stunned.

Dignified Star Beast Emperors are forced to come to the Immortal Heaven and Earth to mine?

"Feel strange? Haha, you will understand when you go to the Flying Confusion Binghe in the future. Many treasures require time to produce... but our time as official members is very precious," God King Senior Senior Huanxin shook his head: "These ordinary Eighth Rank practitioners are at the very bottom in the Immortal Heaven and Earth. The probability of them falling while venturing out to fight is extremely high, so they can only do these miscellaneous tasks."

Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

"If they don't give these Star Beast Emperors hope, I'm afraid they would all commit suicide," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said: "So, the three Mansion Masters also have orders that as long as they can open a path... they can become official members of the Divine Mansion."

"It's just a pity that the probability of Star Beast Emperors opening a path is too low."

"Among the nearly 3,000 official members of the Divine Mansion, only more than 200 are from Star Beast Emperors," God King Senior Senior Huanxin shook his head.

Li Yuan nodded. No wonder some of the Quasi-Saints he saw just now he hadn't heard of.

It turns out they were from Star Beast Emperors.

Star Beast Emperors are born as Eighth Rank... Because of their powerful bloodlines, they cannot reproduce and are products of the operation of heaven and earth, but they are also shackled in the dark.

If they can open a path, they can break free, otherwise they will be enslaved forever.

"There is another part of the Star Servants, which are native lifeforms of the Immortal Heaven and Earth. Some of these native lifeforms take the initiative to surrender, and some are purchased from the Star City," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said: "In the future, if you are willing, you can also spend some Eternal Crystals to purchase some Eighth Rank Star Servants to handle some miscellaneous tasks for you."

"Purchase?" Li Yuan thought in his heart.

"Yes."

"Do you still remember the vast continent below the Star City? Those cultivation geniuses among the native lifeforms, if they can reach the Eighth Rank and ascend, they will be directly captured and enslaved by the Star City at the 'Ascension Platform', and we Divine Mansion members can all go to purchase them." God King Senior Senior Huanxin said frankly.

Li Yuan was completely silent.

No wonder the Qing Tian Luo Overlord does not allow experts from all sides to disturb the native lifeforms on the continent... This continent, in a sense, is the Qing Tian Luo Overlord's 'vegetable garden'.

Generation after generation of native lifeforms are destined to be harvested.

"However, the Qing Tian Luo Universe Alliance also gave native lifeforms a chance... If they can open a path, or have been enslaved for 100 million years without falling, they can obtain freedom," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said.

Li Yuan sighed.

Open a path? According to what he knows, the difficulty for native lifeforms to open a path is a hundred or a thousand times higher than that of Star Beast Emperors... The cultivation environment of the Immortal Heaven and Earth is too special.

And enslaved for 100 million years?

If the heart and will have not transformed into an 'Eternal Heart', even if they are Eighth Rank practitioners, after 100 million years of time, their heart and will will collapse and die.

This so-called freedom is purely giving native lifeforms a little hope so they don't commit suicide in despair.

"Li Yuan, have you realized the cruelty of the Immortal Heaven and Earth?" Xiaomu's voice suddenly rang out.

"Yes," Li Yuan felt heavy in his heart.

He originally thought that the Eternal Ruins were a paradise for the long-lived... but now it seems that is not the case.

"The Immortal Divine Hall doesn't care about the native lifeforms born in the Immortal Heaven and Earth at all; they are completely cultivation resources sent to cosmic experts," Xiaomu said: "Native lifeforms, even if they reach the Emperor realm, don't have the qualification to obtain an Immortal Order... Their potential is too low."

"And for the cosmic experts from the outside."

"On one hand, they use massive amounts of treasures to lure them, and on the other hand, they use lifespan to pressure them," Xiaomu said: "If outside experts want to obtain treasures to become stronger? If they want to live forever in the Immortal Heaven and Earth? Then they must fight for Immortal Merits."

Li Yuan understood.

He increasingly realized what Xiaomu had said before. These Eternal Ruins are hiding forces, and their existence in the universe has special reasons.

Soon.

God King Senior Senior Huanxin led Li Yuan to the deeper part of the Divine Mansion, where there were many ownerless mansions, each occupying a quite vast area.

"Each Divine Mansion City has 10,000 mansions, so there are many vacant ones now..." God King Senior Senior Huanxin said: "Brother Xinyuan, you are a Protector, there are no restrictions, so feel free to choose one."

"I'll take this one," Li Yuan knew that the initial state of all mansions was the same, even for the three God Emperors, it was no exception.

"Take out your Protector Order, guide a trace of aura to the mansion, and imprint your life mark," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said.

Li Yuan took out the Protector Order as God King Senior Senior Huanxin pointed out.

"Protector Order." God King Senior Senior Huanxin flashed a trace of envy in his eyes, but he also knew that this Protector Order was bound to its owner and could not be forcibly seized.

Just a moment.

"Rumble~" The mansion Li Yuan chose immediately began to surge with aura. Waves of surging energy fell from the high sky. "The Star City's defensive formation? Have I officially become a member of the Chaos Mansion?" Li Yuan thought, and he had already received a lot of information.

It was all guidance from the Star City's origin.

As a holder of a Protector Order.

Li Yuan joining the Chaos Mansion gave the Chaos Mansion the authority for ten Star Guard Orders, 1,000 Dark Star Orders, and 10,000 Star Servant Orders.

"Ten Star Guard Orders?" Li Yuan's heart moved.

At the same time, Li Yuan's mansion could draw on a trace of the Star City's defensive formation power, which even God Emperor Chaos as the Mansion Master could not peek at, let alone break through his mansion instantly.

In addition, he could also draw on massive amounts of source power for his own cultivation... Most importantly, Li Yuan could also obtain a trace of 'Heaven and Earth Authority' bestowed by the entire Immortal Heaven and Earth through the Star City's origin.

"Heaven and Earth Authority?"

"So that's it!" Li Yuan had completely understood and finally knew how important the Protector Order was.

Li Yuan had basically confirmed.

For Qing Tian Luoxingcheng, the number of Elder Orders and Protector Orders has an upper limit... Being able to bestow one to him so early shows how much God Emperor Cloud Moon values him.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan stepped out into the mansion, and with a thought, the main hall, welcome hall, side hall, cultivation secret room, etc., were automatically formed.

"Heaven and Earth Authority!" Li Yuan stood in the center of the mansion.

In an instant!

The invisible shackles that had originally been added to his body and heart by the Immortal Heaven and Earth immediately dissipated quite a bit... The efficiency of Li Yuan's two true bodies in deducing the mysteries of the Path instantly improved by a large margin.

"Deduction efficiency should be about three times higher than before," Li Yuan judged vaguely.

Before, the efficiency of deducing the Eternal Path was one ten-thousandth of that in cosmic space-time.

Now, it should have reached three ten-thousandths.

"Can you feel it?" God King Senior Senior Huanxin stood beside the mansion, looking at Li Yuan from afar.

"Yes," Li Yuan nodded: "The efficiency of deducing the Eternal Path is much higher... Many confusions from before seem much clearer."

"You have been cultivating for a short time and are still young. Your main energy is still in cosmic space-time, so the Heaven and Earth Authority of the Protector Order and Star Guard Order doesn't have much effect on you," God King Senior Senior Huanxin sighed: "After all, one year of your cultivation and deduction in the universe is worth ten thousand years in the Immortal Heaven and Earth."

"But for us, it is very important," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said.

Li Yuan nodded lightly. For Quasi-Saints and God Emperors who can only stay in the Immortal Heaven and Earth... let alone a three-fold increase in deduction efficiency, even a 30% increase would be very hard to come by.

The more difficult it is, the more precious it appears.

"Therefore, Brother Xinyuan."

"You must carefully consider the ten Star Guard Order quotas in your hands."

"A Star Guard Order can also increase deduction and cultivation efficiency by about 50%," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said: "In my Chaos Mansion, there are 12 Tier-Six Quasi-Saints and nearly 100 Tier-Five Quasi-Saints, but there are only 30 Star Guard Orders, so most Tier-Five Quasi-Saints don't have Star Guard Orders."

"Now, with ten more quotas, I'm afraid there are not a few who want them," God King Senior Senior Huanxin said: "For us, a Star Guard Order is in a sense even more precious than an Emperor weapon."

Li Yuan suddenly realized.

He finally understood why many Tier-Five Quasi-Saints were hesitant to speak at the banquet. Now it seems they were all seeking Star Guard Orders.

"Things are rushed, I really haven't thought it through," Li Yuan shook his head: "Let's wait until I meet Elder Huo Qu."

More than 70 Tier-Five Quasi-Saints, who doesn't want one?

But in the end, there are only ten quotas.

"Brother Senior Senior Huanxin, let's go see Elder Huo Qu first," Li Yuan smiled, and with a thought, he closed the mansion that had just been formed.

Moving forward.

Not far from the mansion Li Yuan chose, there was a large mansion.

Outside the mansion, there were two Quasi-Saint puppets stationed there.

"Quasi-Saint Brother Xinyuan, Quasi-Saint Senior Senior Huanxin," the two black bear-like Quasi-Saint puppets bowed respectfully: "The Elder is already in the main hall, please follow me, Quasi-Saints."

Following the puppets' guidance.

The two came to the main hall in the center of the mansion, where a figure bathed in endless flames sat. He was incomparably towering, and his aura was even more vast. Sitting there, he was like a ball of endless scorching Eternal Flame.

"Fierce Fire Path?" Li Yuan felt a sense in his heart.

The expert in front of him should be an Emperor existence who has mastered the fourth step of the Fierce Fire Path... The Fierce Fire Path is just an ordinary Eternal Path.

Ordinary paths are extremely difficult to take the fourth step, so the number of such weak Emperors is extremely small.

But according to what Li Yuan knows, the 'Emperor puppets' of the Immortal Heaven and Earth seem to be an exception, and a large number of Emperor puppets who have mastered the fourth step of ordinary Eternal Paths can be exchanged from the Immortal Divine Hall.

Elder Huo Qu is an Emperor puppet.

Emperor puppets exchanged from the Immortal Divine Hall cannot leave the Immortal Heaven and Earth.

"Greetings, Elder Huo Qu," God King Senior Senior Huanxin bowed.

Li Yuan also bowed.

"Quasi-Saint Brother Xinyuan, I already know about your affairs. Welcome to the Chaos Mansion," Elder Huo Qu smiled: "This is the information that every Divine Mansion member can obtain. You should keep it."

"This information will be updated at any time. If you leave a transformation in the Divine Mansion, you can receive it at any time."

Elder Huo Qu waved his hand, and a stream of light flew out, sinking into Li Yuan's body.

Rapidly.

With Li Yuan's powerful soul consciousness, he had already accepted this information, which was very complex... Compared to the information given by God Emperor Master Juexing and Xiaomu, this information was much lower-end.

But it was also much more detailed.

It mainly contains information about Qing Tian Luoxingcheng and the experts of dozens of surrounding Star Cities. All those above Tier-Four Quasi-Saint are recorded.

There is also information about many shops in the Star City, which is convenient for Li Yuan to purchase and collect cultivation resources.

"Thank you, Elder," Li Yuan said gratefully.

"Small matter," Elder Huo Qu said: "In addition, when venturing outside in the future, if you encounter danger, you can send a message directly to me, and I will come to rescue you at the first opportunity. After all... the Mansion Masters' time is precious, and they may not be able to arrive quickly."

"Understood," Li Yuan nodded.

God King Senior Senior Huanxin on the side sighed inwardly... As a candidate Elder, he didn't even get a rescue promise from Elder Huo Qu.

For the Elders, if Quasi-Saints fall while venturing out? That is because their learning is not refined, and most will not pay attention.

But clearly, Li Yuan is not in this category.

"Brother Xinyuan, you obtained a Protector Order... Joining the Divine Mansion has greatly increased the foundation of the Divine Mansion," Elder Huo Qu said: "Regarding the candidates for the Dark Star Order and Star Servant Order, do you have any suggestions?"

"None, leave it to the Divine Mansion to handle," Li Yuan said.

The number of Dark Star Orders and Star Servant Orders attached to each Protector Order is too large, and the Chaos Mansion hadn't been full before, so it doesn't make much sense.

"What about the Star Guard Order?" Elder Huo Qu smiled: "In the Divine Mansion, more than 50 Tier-Five Quasi-Saints have applied to me for Star Guard Orders... Do you have any preferred candidates in your heart?"

God King Senior Senior Huanxin also couldn't help but look at Li Yuan.

"Not for the time being," Li Yuan shook his head: "However, Elder Huo Qu, I want to temporarily reserve five quotas to be allocated by myself, is that okay?"

Unlike the under-filled Dark Star Orders.

Star Guard Orders are limited in number, with many monks and little porridge... If they are all allocated now, it will be much more difficult to take them back in the future.

"Okay."

"Then let's temporarily allocate five quotas," Elder Huo Qu smiled: "I will report the personnel to the Mansion Masters after discussing with the other five Elders... However, according to convention, any Tier-Five Quasi-Saint qualified to obtain a Star Guard Order must first pay 3 million units of Eternal Crystals to the Divine Mansion."

The Quasi-Saints of the Chaos Mansion don't get Star Guard Orders for free either.

"Therefore."

"I will represent the Divine Mansion and give you 15 million units of Eternal Crystals at once, which is your 'allocation right' for transferring the five Star Guard Orders to the Divine Mansion," Elder Huo Qu waved his hand, and a storage treasure had already landed in front of Li Yuan.

"In the future."

"If you want to hand over the five quotas in your hands to the Divine Mansion, the price will be the same."

15 million units of Eternal Crystals? Li Yuan stared at the storage treasure in front of him, and with a thought, he could sense the Eternal Crystals stored inside, which were like a small mountain.

"God Emperor Cloud Moon, you really gave me a big gift," Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

(End of chapter)