The Preciousness of Mu Ya Crystals

Qiulong Star's docking port was enormous, like a silver city, packed densely with countless spaceships of every size.

For a C-class spaceship like the Black Dragon Spaceship, the guidance signal led to the C-class area.

Ordinary Cosmic-Level warriors used ships of this grade. Only a very small number of peak Cosmic-Level warriors and Domain Lord-Level beings would purchase the more advanced D-class spaceships.

Buzz!

The anti-gravity system emitted a faint hum as the Black Dragon Spaceship slowly descended into its berth.

The hatch opened, and Shen Mu and Hong flew out side by side, with the two Quicksilver Guards following behind them.

At once, many gazes turned their way. Quite a few people recognized the origins of the Black Dragon Mountain Spaceship. It was a pure-metal C5-class spaceship, and in terms of value, it was even more expensive than a C9-class spaceship made of alloy.

Even a ninth-level Cosmic-Level warrior who could afford it would not choose such a spaceship with such poor value for money.

"One is a fourth-level Planet-Level, the other an eighth-level Planet-Level, yet they're riding in a spaceship worth as much as a C9-class vessel. I wonder which great family they're from."

"They look like a branch of the Ape-Human Race. Among the Empire's sixteen great families, two do come from Ape-Human Race branches, but one is the Ka Hunsi Clan and the other is the Ke Ya Clan. Neither fits."

Some people spoke with envy to their companions about the two young men riding a C-class spaceship.

Of course, they all communicated through voice transmission or within the virtual network. Not a single person openly discussed Shen Mu and Hong.

In the universe, accidentally offending a super powerhouse might earn nothing more than a laugh. But if one offended the spoiled young heirs of some great power, even a minor verbal dispute might make them bear a grudge, and the consequences would be impossible to predict.

At that moment, a woman in a gray uniform flew over. She was less than two meters tall and had long, crystalline, semi-transparent hair. She was a staff member of the docking port.

A standard smile appeared on the woman's lovely face as she gave Shen Mu and Hong a slight bow.

"Welcome to Qiulong Star, honored gentlemen. According to our assessment, your spaceship's docking fee is 600 Black Dragon Coins per year. Any period under a year will still be charged at 600 Black Dragon Coins. Here is your docking card."

As she spoke, the transparent-haired woman bowed and presented them with a silver semi-transparent card.

Hearing that, Shen Mu scratched his head awkwardly. "Brother Hong, do you have any small change on you?"

Hong gave a slight nod and expressionlessly tossed out a Qianwu Coin. "I only have Qianwu Coins. Keep the change."

"Thank you, sir!"

Under the woman's respectful gaze, Shen Mu and Hong soared into the air and headed straight for the nearest great city.

Qiulong Star's environment was vastly different from Earth's. Its gravity was roughly three times that of Earth, while its atmosphere resembled a gorgeous purple veil, within which faint multicolored glimmers could be seen.

At Shen Mu and Hong's flying speed, it was nearly an hour later when they reached Qiulong Star's core—Qiulong City.

"Come on. I'll take you to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's administrative building on Qiulong Star to register your citizenship first." Babata's voice rang out beside Shen Mu and Hong's ears.

Besides registering their citizenship, there was much else to prepare, such as registering for the Virtual Universe network.

Registering their citizenship and opening accounts on the Virtual Universe network went smoothly. They encountered none of those face-slapping, show-off scenes, and everything was completed in around two hours.

Inside a restaurant on Qiulong City's food street, Shen Mu and Hong booked a private room with excellent privacy.

"Babata, make sure there aren't any surveillance devices."

Shen Mu was still very cautious. Once the false personas he and Hong had created were exposed, this C5-class spaceship would become a sweet bun in everyone's eyes.

"Don't worry. I guarantee nothing can go wrong!" Babata proudly puffed out his chest.

After receiving Babata's affirmative reply, Shen Mu and Hong both relaxed at the same time. They no longer needed to maintain their personas.

Hong sighed softly. "The universe is even vaster than I imagined. Planet-Level warriors were already the strongest experts on Earth, yet in Qiulong City, almost everyone is Planet-Level."

"Indeed. When we passed the slave market just now, Brother Hong, did you notice the slave with the strongest aura?"

Hong's expression turned solemn as well. "A seventh-level Star-Level warrior was actually a slave. On Earth, a powerhouse of that strength would be someone capable of destroying the world at any moment."

Unlike Shen Mu, at this moment Hong truly felt the cruelty of the universe. At the same time, the pressure in his heart grew greater and greater.

Even clans with hundreds or thousands of Star-Level warriors and millions of Planet-Level clansmen could be reduced to slave races. It was simply too absurd.

Compared with those slave races, Earthlings were not just a little weaker.

"Hehe, you've realized your mistake now, haven't you? From here on, you need to cultivate even harder!"

"Of course, you don't need to worry too much. With my guidance, Shen Mu, you'll definitely become a Domain Lord-Level warrior, perhaps even a World Lord-Level one. Hong has a strong chance of reaching Domain Lord-Level as well."

Hong nodded slightly at that. "What should we do next? Go straight home, or keep looking around?"

"Of course we have to keep looking around. You still haven't bought all the resources needed for Planet-Level cultivation. Counting that Cosmic Crystal of yours, Hong, there's no need to worry about Planet-Level resources."

Before setting out into the universe, Babata had been fretting over their initial funds.

Fortunately, they had found over nine hundred Qianwu Coins. Later, Hong said that he still had a treasure, though he did not know what it was for or how much it was worth.

Only then did Hong learn that the miraculous crystal, roughly 0.02 cubic meters in size, was actually a Cosmic Crystal.

Generally speaking, one standard cubic meter of Cosmic Crystal could be divided into 1,000 Cosmic Coins. The exchange rate between Cosmic Coins and Qianwu Coins was a little over three thousand to one.

Thus, the Cosmic Crystal in Hong's possession was worth roughly 20 Cosmic Coins, equivalent to around 65,000 Qianwu Coins—enough to buy the resources needed for Planet-Level cultivation.

"Planet-Level resources... Mu Ya Crystals?" Hong looked at Babata. In his understanding, Mu Ya Crystals were the only cultivation resource for Planet-Level warriors.

"How could that be? What a waste! Mu Ya Crystals are treasures that contain life energy. A single one costs 1,000 Qianwu Coins."

"Planet-Level warriors only need Azure Wave Essence to cultivate. One gram costs just 9,000 Black Dragon Coins, and its effect is nearly comparable to a Mu Ya Crystal."

Mu Ya Crystals contained incomparably dense life energy. They were not resources used for cultivation, but after absorbing a large amount of life energy, a living being's evolution would naturally be accelerated. The effect was similar to absorbing resources such as Azure Wave Essence.

In the universe, treasures containing life force like Mu Ya Crystals were all extremely precious.

For example, a single Life Fruit could instantly restore all the injuries of a dying World Lord-Level expert. It was worth trillions of Cosmic Coins.

Mu Ya Crystals were far less effective than Life Fruits, but their effects were still astonishing.

If Shen Mu remembered correctly, in the original work, Luo Feng had used a Mu Ya Crystal to save a ninth-rank Star-Level slave who had suffered fatal injuries and was already on the verge of death.

Therefore, to a Star-Level powerhouse, one Mu Ya Crystal was equivalent to an extra life. Its value would not be less than one million Black Dragon Coins.

That was why Babata had cried out in wastefulness when he saw Earthlings using Mu Ya Crystals to spur the growth of first-rank Planet-Level martial artists.

His master, Huyan Bo, had already been extravagant enough by using Mu Ya Crystals to nurture Planet-Level disciples. Yet humanity was even more extravagant, using Mu Ya Crystals to create first-rank Planet-Level martial artists.

One had to know that even a first-rank Star-Level martial artist slave was worth only one million Black Dragon Coins—equivalent to just one Mu Ya Crystal.

The original work did not give a specific price for Mu Ya Crystals. The only indirect description was that Life Fruits were a hundred million times more precious than Mu Ya Crystals, while a Life Fruit was worth no less than 0.5 Chaos Units.

At the same time, Mu Ya Crystals could also allow ninth-rank Star-Level Ao Gu to rapidly recover from fatal injuries, so this author set their price at one million Black Dragon Coins. Brothers, just take it as a reference—don't fuss over it.