Chapter 529

"In short, the teacher's requirements are extremely high, whether it's the choice of a research topic or breaking through a realm."

"The teacher is very rigorous in his own planning."

Wu Feng seemed to be recalling something: "You're lucky you didn't encounter the teacher a thousand years ago; back then, the teacher was very strict with all of us."

"At that time, your Huang Huang Shijie and I made a mistake in our research and misremembered the decimal point of a piece of data."

"As a result, the teacher sealed our inner worlds and punished us by having us copy the corrected full set of data one hundred million times."

"Do you know how many years that took your Huang Huang Shijie and me?"

"How many?" Zhao Xing asked.

"57 years, 6 months, 23 hours, 18 minutes, 37 seconds, and 44 milliseconds!" Wu Feng said, somewhat agitated.

"..."

"Not being able to use one's inner world and having one's power sealed—you saw that silver metal plate the teacher used just now; it consumes a lot of physical strength."

"I'm afraid I'll remember all the data from that research until the day I die."

"..."

Hearing Senior Brother Wu Feng speak of these past events.

Zhao Xing also suddenly revealed an expression of disbelief.

"But the teacher seems quite easygoing..."

"Easygoing?"

"Could someone easygoing be brothers with Master Xing Tong?"

"The teacher was definitely a ruthless person in the past!" Wu Feng touched his nose and said, "Let me tell you quietly, the teacher previously had a nickname called 'Ancient Yama'."

"Do you know why the teacher was sent by the Empire to the Origin Realm to be a guardian?"

"At the time, in order to conduct an experiment, the teacher captured all the life forms in an alien galaxy and 'accidentally' destroyed that entire galaxy using Seven-Colored Demon Luo."

"That place was originally about to be conquered by the Empire."

"Heh, this made the 'Linglin Army Lord' at the time—now King Linglin—angry to the point of death."

"In the end, it was only because Master Xing Tong secretly asked Venerable Xing Ye to put in a good word that the teacher was only punished by being sent to guard the Origin Realm."

Zhao Xing was shocked; such a thing actually happened?

Wu Feng sighed: "After returning to his hometown, the teacher's thinking changed a lot, and he became more restrained."

"He is only rigorous with himself now; he isn't that strict with his disciples anymore."

"So, you are also lucky."

"You didn't encounter the teacher from that time."

"Of course, the teacher is still very good to his disciples."

Wu Feng patted Zhao Xing's shoulder and said: "However, you will also be following the teacher to do research in the future; who knows, you might get to experience it."

Zhao Xing thought of his Senior Brother's ordeal and couldn't help but shiver.

"Senior Brother, let's head out first; why do I feel like it's strangely cold here?"

"..."

Teacher Guluohe went into seclusion to break through.

Zhao Xing's Bone Tree also entered the Legendary Grade.

"Master, Yuan's bone body contains the martial Dao will from before its death."

"I must transform Yuan's bone body; it must at least reach the Legendary Peak Grade to work."

The Bone Tree reported.

He was only at the early Legendary Stage right now.

"However, transforming other Legendary life forms below the peak is no problem."

"Hmm. Then let's not be in a hurry." Zhao Xing wasn't that anxious either.

The combat power of the troops themselves was not the main direction for improvement at the moment.

The main focus was to improve his comprehension of rules and his inner world.

Otherwise, if he encountered a powerful Lord, he might not necessarily win.

"Like a martial Dao Lord at the late Sunlight Grade such as Senior Brother Wu Feng, if he dives into the fifth layer of the void, I have no way to catch up."

"A powerful Sunlight Grade Lord could even leave me with no chance to deploy my troops."

Currently, Zhao Xing was still mainly studying the Void Profound Meaning and the Instant Primordial, with the focus on improving his inner world.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, two years went by.

On an uninhabited planet about 1 light-year away from Blue Star.

This was an industry under the Zhao Group.

"Swish~"

Zhao Xing's figure appeared inside the planet.

The space inside was completely distorted.

Countless spatial turbulences were evenly distributed around Zhao Xing.

It was as if he had put on a layer of 'spatial armor'.

Within ten thousand meters around him was a moat composed of spatial turbulence.

The violent spatial turbulence obediently circled around Zhao Xing.

"Congratulations, Master."

"The twelve Void Diagrams have been completely comprehended." Shi Xing congratulated him from the side.

Two years had passed, and Zhao Xing had finally learned the move 'Void Returning Flow'.

Now, the three moves of the first layer.

Void Walking, Void Protection, Void Returning Flow.

He had already completely mastered them.

The progress could be said to be very astonishing.

However, just at this moment.

"Beep beep—"

Inside the virtual world, Zero suddenly issued an urgent alert.

"Master, there is an urgent situation to report!"

"Hmm?" Zhao Xing immediately entered the virtual world and appeared in his private space.

"Zero, what happened?"

Zero's alarm levels were tiered; generally, small matters would absolutely not disturb Zhao Xing's cultivation.

But now, it was urgent intelligence!

"Master." Zero transformed into a graceful youth and appeared in the space, "It's the Zhao Group!"

"I have been self-learning and evolving within the virtual world."

"Today, my intelligent data processing library suddenly analyzed an abnormal piece of intelligence regarding the Zhao Group."

"Master, look." Zero waved his hand to pull out a light screen, and on the screen was a table: "This is the asset mergers of the Zhao Group since 28 years ago and the financial reports from each year that I have compiled."

"What's the problem?" Zhao Xing looked at the table suspiciously; the evaluations above were all in good condition.

"It looks fine; I hadn't discovered it before either."

"However." Zero zoomed in on the 'Debt Report' within it. "I just conducted a debt traceability tracking."

"I discovered that 40% of the Zhao Group's debt, which appears scattered on the surface, actually points to the same mysterious account!"

"What?" Zhao Xing's expression changed.

In the Empire, debt issues were a serious matter.

Because creditors had the qualification to demand that Lords who could not repay their debts go to the battlefield!

Therefore, from the source, the debt of large groups could not be concentrated in the hands of a single institution or person.

It had to be scattered among different people.

Otherwise, it would be very easy for the other party to use the debt to make an issue.

And 40% of the Zhao Group's debt was actually held by the same person?

"Someone is sparing no cost to secretly acquire our Zhao Group's debt, and in the last three years, it has been continuously increasing!"

"Master, this situation is extremely wrong!"