Chapter 235: Favorable Treatment

Regarding the legendary Chaos God, perhaps ordinary void creatures are unaware, but the black-clad maiden, as the Void Sovereign, knows a little.

Among the divine offices of the Universe God series, as the most powerful divine office, the Chaos God is also almost the strongest Void-level divine office holder.

In the countless eons of this Void Sea, tens of thousands of Star Gods have been born, yet even if all of them were to perish, not a single Chaos God would emerge.

They are already the most excellent Star Gods among many divine office holders; if all are eliminated, still not a single Chaos God appears?

Thus, the difficulty of achieving the status of Chaos God is evident.

Therefore, Star Gods aspiring to become Chaos Gods are either blindly confident or possess truly terrifying talent.

If they were from ordinary civilizations, the black-clad maiden might think they were short-sighted, but a Star God from a prestigious Holy Land, she naturally would not consider them short-sighted.

"You are still at the Star level; your Divine Core should be single-colored, correct?" the black-clad maiden asked.

"Yes." Lin Qing nodded.

Star Gods are also called True Gods; their Divine Cores are already true Divine Cores.

However, he still possesses only the initial single-colored Divine Core; he must make other Star Gods surrender their Divine Cores and absorb them to allow the core to evolve toward seven colors or even the Chaos color.

Of course, during the evolution of the Divine Core, it must also integrate the mysteries of space.

Only when the seven primal aspects of the void merge into one does the Divine Core have a chance to evolve into a seven-colored core; only then, mastering the complete space laws, does the Divine Core have a chance to evolve into the final Chaos color.

"Single-colored Divine Artifacts are also precious."

The black-clad maiden nodded slightly. "The vast majority of void creatures who create their own divine techniques only create single-phase techniques; therefore, single-colored divine techniques are the most in demand on the market, always in short supply, and auction prices are often quite high."

"How much can a single-colored Divine Artifact sell for?" Lin Qing could not help but ask.

Not knowing is not knowing; he did not intend to conceal it. Were there not many geniuses unfamiliar with worldly affairs?

A civilization of level 2.9 breaking through spacetime, hailed as a Holy Land, has little interaction with the Void Sea; it is normal for a Holy Land genius to be unaware of market conditions below.

"The starting price is upwards of one hundred million Void Coins," the black-clad maiden said.

Lin Qing was somewhat puzzled: "One hundred million Void Coins? The heart-skin of the Abyss Demon Elephant, as the main material for a five-colored Divine Artifact, is only over ten million Void Coins; are single-colored Divine Artifacts so expensive?"

A single Void Ship, worth two or three million Void Coins, is already unaffordable for many void creatures.

A single single-colored Divine Artifact worth over one hundred million Void Coins?

"Material costs are nothing."

The black-clad maiden shook her head. "The key is that the success rate of forging Divine Artifacts is very low; unless one has a vast amount of precious materials and undergoes countless trials, even achieving a success rate of one or two in a thousand is considered very excellent."

"One or two in a thousand? Excellent?" Lin Qing was surprised.

"Moreover... Divine Artifacts are worth that price."

The black-clad maiden said, "The difference between having or not having a single-colored Divine Artifact is huge; an ordinary void creature with a newly created divine technique, as long as they wield a Divine Artifact, their strength can rival seasoned void creatures who have created three-phase techniques. Even powerful ones who created three or four-phase techniques can use them; the consumption of using a Divine Artifact is far smaller, and it can be cast remotely with just a single projection."

Lin Qing understood.

Indeed.

The consumption of casting divine techniques oneself is so great that even someone like him, who has merged the bloodline of the Void God Clan, cannot sustain it for long, let alone others.

"No wonder the Pillar Eternal Qiangzhe from the Tower Wheel Civilization also carried a five-colored Divine Artifact with him..."

Lin Qing now understood a little.

As a Void Sovereign, one can already create seven-phase divine techniques at will, yet still carry a domain-type five-colored Divine Artifact; the power of a five-colored Divine Artifact is at most on the same level as a seven-phase divine technique.

Now it seems the other party did this to reduce consumption.

A single five-colored Divine Artifact is enough to allow the other party to maintain the power of a seven-phase divine technique for a long time, and it is even a large-scale domain-type divine technique.

"Then what is the price of higher-level Divine Artifacts?" Lin Qing asked.

He wanted to understand the value of that five-colored Divine Artifact.

"For every level higher, the value of the Divine Artifact is at least nearly ten times more precious," the black-clad maiden said.

"Oh?" Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly.

Looking at it this way, isn't a five-colored Divine Artifact worth tens of trillions of Void Coins?

"A seven-colored Divine Artifact, isn't it worth millions of trillions of Void Coins?" Lin Qing asked.

"Not quite." The black-clad maiden smiled. "When the quantity of Void Coins reaches a certain point, they lose meaning; no one is willing to trade for a five-colored Divine Artifact with Void Coins; it is mostly barter, let alone a seven-colored Divine Artifact."

Lin Qing pondered.

It seems that five-colored Divine Artifact can be exchanged for a suitable treasure in the future when the opportunity arises.

But he cannot reveal it now.

He is currently disguised as a genius from the three Holy Lands; as a level 2.9 civilization that has broken through spacetime, the other party cannot investigate.

But this five-colored Divine Artifact belongs to the Pillar Eternal Qiangzhe of the Tower Wheel Civilization; such a powerful figure is certainly recorded in intelligence. If he dares to reveal this Divine Artifact, wouldn't that expose his identity?

"Possessing a treasure mountain but unable to sell it..." Lin Qing sighed inwardly, but he was not in a hurry.

Once his strength increases further, he can use this five-colored Divine Artifact to exchange for a treasure more suitable for him.

"Do not think too much; being able to forge single-colored Divine Artifacts already makes you very sought-after."

The black-clad maiden sized up Lin Qing, then asked, "However, do you have experience forging single-colored Divine Artifacts?"

"Yes." Lin Qing nodded.

Although he has not yet forged a Divine Artifact, he has already pre-emptively acquired the skills to forge various Divine Artifacts.

In terms of skill, he has already reached the theoretical peak achievable by him.

With peak forging skills, the success rate surely cannot be as low as one or two in a thousand, right?

"Oh?"

The black-clad maiden's eyes lit up; she could not help but ask, "What is the success rate?"

"It depends on the type of Divine Artifact." Lin Qing did not hide anything; he simply said, "Basically, they are all passable."

The black-clad maiden nodded and said, "The Ten Thousand Stars Group where I am employed has also hired eleven Star Gods; among them, five can forge single-colored Divine Artifacts, three can forge two-colored Divine Artifacts, two can forge three-colored Divine Artifacts, and one can forge four-colored Divine Artifacts."

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly.

He had discovered earlier while reviewing intelligence that the Myriad Stars Group was one of the five major powers of the Bai Ta civilization, backed by the Holy Lord lineage.

It seems now that the Myriad Stars Group is even more powerful than imagined.

Most Star Gods are concentrated in a 2.9-level civilization; as a 2.7-level civilization, the Bai Ta civilization has only a few dozen Star Gods, yet eleven of them are within the Myriad Stars Group?

"According to the rules, our Myriad Stars Group can provide funding for one thousand sets of materials free of charge."

The girl in black revealed a hint of a smile and said, "At the same time, this is also a bonus. Every time you are asked to forge a Divine Artifact, this funding for one thousand sets of materials belongs to you; in the end, you only need to produce the Divine Artifact."

She smiled and said, "That is to say, any funding remaining after you consume materials to forge the Divine Artifact belongs to you. The higher your success rate, the more you earn."

Lin Qing raised his eyebrows slightly.

One thousand sets of materials required to forge a Divine Artifact; this is a huge sum of funding.

For example, forging a Five-Color Divine Artifact, besides high-grade rarities like the Abyss Demon Elephant's heart skin as the main material, other main materials and auxiliary materials are needed; the cost for one set is at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of Void Coins.

One thousand sets would be tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of Void Coins.

If the success rate is slightly higher, say two in a thousand, meaning one success in five hundred attempts, then half of this sum could be earned.

"Collecting materials, auctions, and so on will all be handled by our Myriad Stars Group."

The girl in black said, "The money earned from the final auction of the Divine Artifact: the Divine Artifact tax is the lowest at 5%, our Myriad Stars Group takes 10%, and the remaining 85% belongs to you." Lin Qing nodded slightly.

This commission is quite reasonable.

The Myriad Stars Group not only helps with promotion and so on but also provides the Divine Artifact forging costs, which approach ten percent of a Divine Artifact's value; perhaps the Myriad Stars Group acquires materials at a lower price, but they mainly earn that price difference.

After all, Star Gods are so rare; if the Myriad Stars Group does not offer enough, such a precious talent would surely be snatched away.

This treatment is already very generous.

"Finally, this is the base salary for your employment by our Myriad Stars Group." The girl in black said, "Paid once every century; for forging a Single-Color Divine Artifact, the century salary is one million Void Coins."

"Agreed." Lin Qing nodded and said, "I'll sign."

"You trust me so much?" The girl in black laughed. "Won't you first inquire about the offers other powers have made to you?"

Lin Qing said calmly, "These are just some lowest-grade Single-Color Divine Artifacts; they are nothing special. As long as one has the ability, one can receive good treatment anywhere."

"Well said."

!

The girl in black exclaimed, "Cooperating with someone like you is just good."

She smiled and said, "Rest assured, I can guarantee that the treatment our Myriad Stars Group offers you will absolutely be the best."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, "Let's start early; I need money recently."

"Agreed, I will arrange it for you now." The girl in black said, "I will take you to the group headquarters now; after you demonstrate your forging skills slightly, as long as it is confirmed that you are qualified to forge Divine Artifacts, we can sign the contract on the spot."

"Then let's do it now." Lin Qing said.

……

The layout and structure of this Xianlian Shengxing City are somewhat similar to cities on Earth.

The closer to the city center, the closer to the source of the Secret Realm, making it easier to comprehend the Void; therefore, land prices and housing prices are even more astonishing.

And the headquarters of the Myriad Stars Group is located in the central circle of Xianlian Shengxing City.

Inside a vast hall with a palace-like retro style, the girl in black and Lin Qing appeared out of thin air.

"My Lord Chairman."

Dozens of figures appeared in the hall; judging by their ability to traverse the Void, they were clearly all at the Void Lifeform level, and certainly not ordinary Void Lifeforms.

In the words of this Chairman of the Myriad Stars Group, hiring a new Star God is a major event, so naturally, the high-ranking members of the Council must be present.

One by one, high-ranking figures of the Myriad Stars Group arrived; among them, there were two whom Lin Qing could not fathom at all, obviously figures at the Void Ruler level.

"Members of the Council."

The girl in black swept her gaze across them and smiled indifferently, "This is the Star God I just hired; in the future, he will cooperate with our Myriad Stars Group to forge Divine Artifacts."

The high-ranking members of the Myriad Stars Group Council immediately turned their attention to Lin Qing.

Although Lin Qing is merely a Star Lifeform and can obviously only forge Single-Color Divine Artifacts, they dared not look down on him in the slightest; after all, he is a Star God with astonishing potential, and moreover... a Star God personally hired and brought over by the Chairman is obviously not ordinary.

"You may call him Mirror Light." The girl in black said casually.

One by one, the high-ranking members of the Council actively greeted him, their attitude very polite and friendly.

In the Bai Ta civilization, the number of Void Rulers is significantly greater than that of Star Gods; combined with the special nature of Star Gods, the status of Star Gods is naturally higher than that of Void Rulers.

At this moment, two more figures appeared in the hall.

It was a tall woman with disheveled gray hair, her expression indifferent, like Bingshan; her aura was clearly that of a Void Ruler.

Behind her followed a white-haired youth, also a Void Lifeform.

"Ms. Caslock." The girl in black smiled and went to greet her. "I didn't expect you to come personally?"

Caslock?

Lin Qing's heart stirred.

Before coming, this Chairman had already introduced the various Star Gods of the Myriad Stars Group to him.

The strongest Star God among them was this gray-haired, tall woman, 'Caslock'; not only was she a Void Ruler, but her Divine Core had also evolved to Four Colors, and crucially, she could forge Four-Color Divine Artifacts.

It must be known that the difficulty of forging Divine Artifacts is extremely high.

This has nothing to do with cultivation realms.

Even a Void Ruler who has fully comprehended the spatial rules, even one with a Seven-Color Divine Core or even a Chaos-Color Divine Core, if their forging skill is not high enough, they will still fail wildly when forging a Single-Color Divine Artifact.

Being able to forge Four-Color Divine Artifacts is already quite good.

"However..."

Lin Qing felt somewhat puzzled in his heart: "A Star God at the Void Ruler level, yet her Divine Core is only Four Colors?"

With the strength of a Void Ruler, she has only caused her Divine Core to evolve to Four Colors?

Theoretically, a Void Ruler can cause their Divine Core to evolve to Chaos Color, as long as they absorb enough Divine Cores.

"So it seems..."

"The struggle between Star Gods is more difficult than I imagined?"

"Nothing much."

The tall gray-haired woman, 'Caslock', said indifferently, "I merely heard that a Star God of the Star Creature level could actually forge a Divine Artifact, so I came to take a look."

"Indeed quite rare; I am also surprised," the black-clad girl said with a smile.

After all, forging a single-color Divine Artifact requires not only a single-color Divine Core but also the comprehension of a Void True Form, so as to use the mysteries of space to pry open the power of space.

Lin Qing was only able to forge single-color Divine Artifacts because his Blood Cauldron King avatar had become a Void Creature.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, a Star God of the Star Creature level actually cannot forge Divine Artifacts.

But for a Star God, becoming a Void Creature is practically a foregone conclusion, and it won't take too long.

However, the skill of forging Divine Artifacts requires a vast amount of experience and experimentation, which also consumes a great deal of time.

Therefore, Star Gods who master the forging of Divine Artifacts before becoming Void Creatures are also quite rare.

"Really?"

The white-haired youth behind Caslock also couldn't help but glance at Lin Qing, asking somewhat bluntly, "How long have you been cultivating? You learned to forge Divine Artifacts before undergoing the Void transformation? Those with poor talent shouldn't be able to become Star Gods, right?"

Lin Qing looked at him and was just about to speak when he saw Caslock say calmly, "Savil, you spoke wrongly again. Slap your own mouth."

The white-haired youth was stunned. "I said something wrong again..."

He muttered, then began to swing his hand and furiously slap his own cheeks.

Lin Qing was stunned.

The gray-haired woman, Caslock, then looked at Lin Qing and said calmly, "Then let us begin."

(End of this chapter)