Chapter 123

"Zhao Xiong."

Zhao Li stood in front of the ancient castle welcoming him, and Chen Qing stood beside him.

"Welcome, Big Zhao Xiong." Chen Qing also greeted him. "Big Zhao Xiong is very punctual."

"Zhao Li, Qingqing, you two said last time you would hold a gathering, so I naturally couldn't not give you face," Zhao Xing smiled.

Zhao Li and Chen Qing were both from Daxia Academy.

Coming from large families, these people often held regular gatherings to expand their circle of friends.

Now with the Primordial Realm assessment, they couldn't meet in reality, so people in the Virtual World were more complete.

At this time, inside the ancient castle, there were over a hundred peers.

There were Primary Lords, Intermediate Lords, and a few Advanced Lords.

It could be seen that Zhao Li's popularity was quite good.

The geniuses of this batch from Daxia Prefecture, not to say all were invited.

At least half had come.

"Thank you, brother, for giving face." Zhao Li laughed, "Come, let me introduce you."

Zhao Li led him in and began introducing his friends to Zhao Xing.

"This one is the number one genius of our Daxia Academy, Mo Luo."

The first person Zhao Li introduced was one of the three Advanced Lords, Mo Luo.

"Zhao Xing, hello." Mo Luo smiled and reached out his hand. "Last time I held a gathering, I heard Xiao Li mention your feat. Impressive."

"Brother Mo, you flatter me." Zhao Xing also reached out politely to shake hands and get to know him. "The number one genius of Daxia Prefecture can be called the number one genius of Blue Star."

"Haha, Zhao Xiong, let's add each other as friends. We can have a small gathering next time," Mo Luo laughed.

His father was one of the planet's administrators; with a good family background and good talent, he was naturally the focus.

Mo Luo being so polite to a newcomer immediately attracted the attention of the other geniuses.

"Who is that person? Mo Luo, why is he so polite to him?"

"Don't know, very unfamiliar face. He should be Ah Li's friend."

"Never heard of him."

Geniuses in groups of three or five were communicating with each other.

Blue Star was ultimately too big, and the base distribution of the Primordial Realm was in the thousands.

After all, with 1 billion students, it was possible for someone to be quite famous in one base for a long time.

But in another place? They would be completely unfamiliar.

"This one is Ling Chen, also an Advanced Lord of Daxia Academy. Like Mo Luo, Ling Chen has already broken into the top 10,000." Zhao Li introduced another black-haired, crew-cut youth.

"Zhao Xing." Ling Chen smiled, "When you have time, come to Daxia Prefecture; I'll be the host."

"I have specifically raised many alien beasts with delicious meat; you will definitely like them."

Raising troops specifically to eat?

Zhao Xing actually laughed this time: "Thank you, Brother Ling, I definitely will if I have the chance."

Then he turned to another person, the last Advanced Lord.

"This one is called Zhang Heng." Zhao Li introduced, "Speaking of which, Zhang Heng and you are fellow townsmen, both from the Jiangnan District."

"Zhao Xing." Zhang Heng just nodded indifferently, greeting him symbolically.

"Brother Zhang Heng." Zhao Xing didn't mind; after all, not all geniuses had the same temperament—some were humorous and witty, others were silent and reserved.

Besides Mo Luo, Ling Chen, and Zhang Heng, Zhao Li introduced a few other important figures.

Then they chatted among themselves; it was impossible to introduce all hundred-plus guests.

In short, a guest list was sent out in advance, with simple introductions of their levels and personal information.

If anyone was interested, they would naturally come over to befriend them.

Halfway through the gathering, Zhao Xing added a dozen geniuses he could chat with.

At the same time, he asked Zhao Li and Chen Qing about elite groups in the Intermediate Zone.

Expressing his desire to find a suitable elite group.

"No problem." Zhao Li nodded immediately; he was worried Zhao Xing didn't have any needs.

Now that he had a need, he naturally agreed.

"There are some geniuses in the Intermediate Zone who didn't come because they couldn't get away from grouping up on the battlefield."

"When they come out, I'll help you contact them."

"Thank you." Zhao Xing nodded; he agreed to attend the gathering precisely for this purpose.

"Small matter."

After the gathering ended, Zhao Xing exchanged points for treasures to prepare for rushing points.

Now, his available points exceeded 1 billion.

Being wealthy, his vision was naturally different.

"1 billion points, if I buy King-tier mature bodies, I could exchange for 10 King-tier troops."

"With my current spiritual power and inner world, can I subdue an adult King-tier?" Zhao Xing pondered.

"Forget it, don't take risks. I'm going to rush points in a few days."

Shaking his head, Zhao Xing canceled this idea.

Learning in the Virtual World, Lord Laian had mentioned it.

Subduing King-tier lifeforms requires Extraordinary lords to invest more than half of their spiritual power, taking anywhere from a few months to several years to fully subdue.

Although Zhao Xing was confident, he didn't dare to gamble.

"Anyway, the points won't run away. When I'm about to graduate, I'll exchange for mature King-tier ones."

Zhao Xing looked at the seedlings of Emperor-tier troops again.

1 billion points could be exchanged for one Emperor-tier troop seedling or seed.

However, due to life-level suppression, Emperor-tier lifeforms are incredibly domineering.

Relying solely on one B-grade territory energy tower, it was completely unable to supply the growth of Emperor-tier seedlings.

The consequence of this is that Emperor-tier lifeforms will plunder the vitality of other low-tier lifeforms.

Squeezing their living space and absorbing more nutrients.

The growth of King-tier lifeforms will stagnate.

Extraordinary-tier ones would likely wither and die.

Beside a towering ancient tree, there is never another towering ancient tree.

"Exchanging for an A-grade territory energy tower is the most cost-effective."

Finally, Zhao Xing spent his points and chose it.

Last time, upgrading to a B-grade territory energy tower cost 100 million points.

An A-grade one required 1 billion points.

As for S-grade?

It wasn't in the treasury either.

First, even if it were brought out, according to its value, students simply couldn't save enough points to exchange for it.

Second, S-grade territory energy towers belong to core technology!

The Empire wouldn't simply hand it over to a group of little guys.

Above S-grade is a qualitative change!

Possessing it allows for the cultivation of Emperor-tier, or even legendary-tier troops.

If it were leaked to aliens, it would undoubtedly be creating opponents for oneself.

Therefore, the A-grade territory energy tower was the limit for lords to exchange.

1 billion points were deducted, and Zhao Xing exchanged for an A-grade territory energy tower exclusive to Plant-lineage lords.

"*Hum—*"

The tower body revealed incredibly profound patterns, flowing like fluorescent light.

Zhao Xing observed this A-grade territory energy tower with his mind. ===== CHAPTER 125 =====

Zhao Xing observed the A-grade territory energy tower with his spiritual sense.