EFB Chapter 254 Hongmeng Invitation
Chapter 254 Hongmeng Invitation
Chapter 254 Hongmeng Invitation
Shortly after the two ended their communication.
Virtual universe, Thunder Island.
Lord Youhou rushed to the palace suspended at the highest point and immediately saw the figures of the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Chaos City. He quickly bowed and said, "Teacher, Senior Uncle."
"Lord You," the Lord of Darkness asked in confusion, "what happened that made you so anxious to find me and my senior brother?"
"That's a good thing."
Lord Youhou revealed a smile, "It's about Junior Brother Chen Yuan. Uncle Chaos should have seen that video too."
"It was something he did on the battlefield outside the realm, right? Killing a King-level being while he was a Realm Lord."
The Lord of Chaos City nodded. "However, just looking at the battle video, there are some things that don't make sense. He killed that King too quickly."
At this moment, the Lord of Darkness also finished watching Chen Yuan's battle video at an extremely fast speed. Hearing this, he nodded slightly: "Indeed, even if my disciple has a hundred times the genes, he is only a Realm Lord, which is hundreds of times worse than a High-Rank King."
"Lord You, you've come all this way to see my senior brother and me, so you must have figured out what happened, right?"
"Yes, teacher," Lord Youhou said respectfully, then explained in detail the situation of Chen Yuan's treasure and relayed Chen Yuan's promise to analyze the power of the weapons and armor within ten years.
After finishing speaking, he concluded, "Teacher, senior master, in my guess, the 'master of treasure refining' that junior brother encountered is most likely the Mountain Guest himself."
"After all, we have studied the secrets of the Flame God Clan's armor for countless eras without any progress. The clan even entrusted the 'God of Crafts' with assistance, but still failed."
"Moreover, based on my junior brother's description, it also fits the way this lone guest does things."
"Your guess makes sense." The Chaos City Lord nodded in agreement.
At this time, Earth's secrets had not yet been exposed, and the higher-ups of the human race were unaware of the relationship between Earthlings and the Mountain Dwellers.
However, there are only a handful of master craftsmen in the universe who can easily analyze techniques that even the God of Crafts is helpless against. Apart from the Mountain Guest himself, they really can't think of a second candidate.
"Let Chen Yuan try for now. It's only ten years; we can afford to wait."
The Lord of Darkness spoke, then looked at Youhou: "You said Chen Yuan is still on the outer battlefield? That's too dangerous. Why don't you send him back first?"
"I'm sorry, teacher, I've tried to persuade him, but my junior brother doesn't want to come back."
Lord Youhou shook his head slightly, paused for a moment, and continued, "However, with Junior Brother's strength, as long as his identity isn't exposed, he won't encounter any danger on the extraterritorial battlefield. Let him go."
"I have blocked my junior brother's access to information and forged a title of King for him."
Lord Youhou sent the disguised information to the two, then said, "However, my permissions are insufficient; the matter of blocking information will require the assistance of Master and Uncle Chaos."
"Qingxiao King?" The Lord of Darkness glanced at the biography of 'Qingxiao King' in the records, found no flaws, and nodded: "No problem, I will assist you in the joint blockade. What about you, Senior Brother?"
"Armor technology is a major event that can enhance the strength of a race, so of course I have no problem with it." The Chaos City Lord smiled slightly. "I'm even looking forward to your disciple being able to analyze even more advanced technologies in the future."
"If we can analyze the Royal Armor technology, our clan's strength will definitely increase significantly."
"Haha, I'm looking forward to it too." The Lord of Darkness laughed, a proud expression on his face, after all, that was his disciple!
"No, my apprentice has accomplished such a great feat, I have no desire to continue exploring."
The Lord of Darkness shook his head slightly. "I'll make preparations to return to the original universe."
"I remember you were in Liuchong Mountain, right? You said you discovered the ruins of an ancient civilization." The Chaos City Lord asked curiously, "You're back so soon?"
"It's just a ruin, and we've already explored most of it."
The Lord of Darkness shook his head. "I've acquired a bunch of ordinary treasures, but there is one that's rather interesting."
As he spoke, he projected this treasure, which was a long, dark object that, upon closer inspection, resembled a longsword.
"An unfinished treasure in its embryonic stage?"
The Lord of Chaos City glanced at it and shook his head: "What a pity, it's only a rough prototype, there aren't even any secret runes inside."
"Even so, this embryo is already at the level of a supreme treasure. If it were given to a master craftsman to reforge, it could at least be forged into a top-tier sword-type supreme treasure, and there's even a chance it could become a pinnacle supreme treasure!"
"Junior brother, who are you planning to ask to reforge this sword? The God of Crafts?"
"The Lord of Chaos asked curiously."
"That was indeed my initial plan," the Lord of Darkness chuckled. "However, since my disciple has a talent for crafting magical artifacts, I must give him a chance."
"Didn't Lord You say that he would reward my disciple with an ordinary treasure when he replicates the armor of the Yan God Clan?"
"That's perfect. I'll put this precious embryo into the clan's treasury and restrict it to my apprentice. Let's see if he has the luck."
"Chen Yuan? If he really is learning treasure-refining techniques from the Mountain-Sitting Guest, then he is indeed a promising talent." The Chaos City Lord nodded, having no objection.
"It's truly a blessing that our teacher has returned." Youhou laughed from the side. "My junior brother has broken through too quickly. In just a few hundred years, he has reached the peak of the King-Sealing Realm. Even my disciple Jiuzhen can't guide him anymore. Only Junior Sister Yinlan can still teach him."
"Once the teacher returns, I won't have to worry about my junior's education anymore."
"It's my fault for not discovering Chen Yuan's talent sooner." The Lord of Darkness shook his head. He initially thought it would take at least several thousand years for this little disciple to reach the King level, but he didn't expect him to be able to rival the peak of the King level so quickly.
As a result, Chen Yuan was "free-range" for hundreds of years, relying entirely on the guidance of his disciples, while he, as the teacher, did nothing.
He was in such a hurry to go back because he wanted to make up for the lost bond between the two of them as master and disciple.
Otherwise, if he really waits for thousands of years to return from his adventures in the cosmic sea, and then his little apprentice becomes a Venerable through self-study, wouldn't that make him seem like a dark and incompetent person?
"That's enough for now. My main body is already heading back."
The Lord of Darkness looked at the Lord of Chaos City: "Senior Brother, I'll leave the matter of my disciple's identity to you."
"Don't worry." The Chaos City Lord nodded. "I've already sent the forged information to the Hong Alliance, and they'll be sending out invitations soon."
"That's good." The Lord of Darkness glanced at his disciple and senior brother, and said, "See you later."
His figure then vanished, and the Lord of Youhou bowed slightly, saying, "Uncle-Master Chaos, I shall also take my leave."
"Hmm." The Lord of Chaos City nodded slightly, signaling the end of the meeting.
On the other side, Chen Yuan was unaware of the conversation between the high-ranking members of the virtual universe. After ending his call with Senior Brother Youhou, he quickly took advantage of the Shiyuan Palace to continue hunting down alien powerhouses.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed, and Chen Yuan had successively swept through 13 alien tribes, killing a total of 26 marquis-level alien tribesmen.
There are 87 military leaders.
Leaving aside the Wanqian King he killed on the first day, he amassed a total of 7.5 trillion military merits over the past ten days, plus spoils worth 3 million Hunyuan units.
Whether in terms of military merit or the value of spoils of war, Chen Yuan's gains were far less than on the first day. After all, he hadn't seen a single person who had been granted the title of King in the past few days, and he had only encountered six people who had reached the peak of the title of Marquis.
The military merits represented by being enfeoffed as a marquis and being enfeoffed as a king are worlds apart. Even the peak of being enfeoffed as a marquis is only worth 1 trillion military merits, but the most ordinary first-level king is worth 10 trillion military merits, while the high-level king directly reaches 100 trillion, a difference of a hundred times!
This is why the military merits Chen Yuan gained from hunting down hundreds of immortals were less than those from hunting down a mere low-ranking king.
But there's no way around it; it's just too difficult to find a King. There are only about a thousand Kings in the entire Yanji Continent combined, so finding one on this continent with a diameter of 1.8 light-years is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, neither military merit nor money was very important; Chen Yuan's main goal was to obtain the primordial energy.
The revenue from this area is quite substantial, exceeding 3 million in revenue, which is ten times that of the first day.
The main reason is that the acquisition of primordial energy is not that great. After all, whether it is a military lord, a marquis, or a king, they are all essentially immortal, and the difference in primordial energy is limited.
That's why Chen Yuan is so tirelessly hunting down alien races everywhere. Since they are all immortals, the more he kills, the faster he accumulates his primordial energy.
However, he had to slow down that day and did not continue to the next destination because Hongmeng had extended an invitation.
Of course, since Chen Yuan's true identity has been sealed by the three Chaos City Lords, the Hong Alliance did not invite Chen Yuan, the original master of the Virtual Universe Company, but the peak King-level expert, Qingxiao King!