Digging Graves for Two Hundred Years: Zhao Xing's First Pot of Gold
A golden full moon hung in the dim sky, below which were gaunt mountain peaks, like sharp thorns trying to pierce the heavens.
Cen Qionghua brandished her lightning bolt and struck a dragonfly. The dragonfly turned its head and dodged, disappearing into a nearby burrow.
"Hua Zi, are you even capable? How come you're struggling so much to chop down a dragonfly at the first level?" Le Yao said with a gentle smile, her words dripping with ruthless mockery.
"I was careless!" Cen Qionghua was furious and embarrassed. She went straight into the cave and managed to tie up the dragonfly with the ropes on her body.
From a distance, Zhao Xing looked at the Yin Star in the sky, constantly checking its location.
This is a piece of the Star Continent within the Yueluo Cemetery, numbered [Nanluo 2413].
Zhao Xing glanced at the task list in the [Star Mirror] and couldn't help but smile slightly.
[Coordinate Confirmation Task (Completed, this task can be accepted repeatedly)]
[You have corrected the coordinates of the original Nanluo 2413 Star Continent.]
[Reward: Origin Sea Coin. 5 Merit Points]
The built-in map function on the panel provides more accurate coordinates of the Star Continent, so Zhao Xing completed a small task immediately.
Of course, this Star Continent had been marked by powerful figures before, and this is just a correction; the amount of money involved isn't much.
But it's still pretty good to get 500,000 yuan for free as soon as you land.
"I can make a fortune just by using the map function to correct star map coordinates everywhere." Zhao Xing closed the panel.
The Yueluo Cemetery has a unique environment, with most areas Yin Star and few Sun Star.
Not long ago King Tianji went to great lengths to move the Sun Star over to illuminate the Star Continent, making it easier to explore.
"As a celestial-minded official in charge of agriculture, it's perfectly reasonable for me to correct the star charts," Zhao Xing said, flying with ease.
The benefits of cultivating both fundamental aspects become apparent in special circumstances.
Le Yao and Cen Qionghua couldn't reach twice the speed of light here, but Zhao Xing was unaffected.
Both Cen Qionghua and Le Yao cultivated the "Purple Yang" technique, but their original Dao bodies were suppressed here, resulting in slower speeds and reduced spell power.
"Hua Zi, Le Yao, how's the hunt going?" Zhao Xing asked.
"I killed the eight dragonflies, and the eastern area has been cleared," Le Yao said.
"Where's Hua Zi?" Zhao Xing asked.
"He's still killing." Le Yao looked at Zhao Xing. "Zhao Xing, you're really fast."
"I'm still no match for Brother Tian Qing." Zhao Xing looked at the Mech Martial Practitioner Tian Qing, who had finished clearing the west side earlier and was resting there to recover his spiritual energy.
"Brother Zhao, did killing this thing really work?" Le Yao asked. "Although it was at the Source Origin Realm, it didn't have any valuable materials on it."
Cen Qionghua also finished off a dragonfly and flew over. "A beast race of the first realm, yet its intelligence is extremely low. The only thing on its body that is on the purchase list is the poison sac on its tail, which is only 80,000 yuan each. Its life is really cheap."
In fact, the corpse of a monster from the first realm shouldn't be so cheap.
However, there are so many of them that they can be seen everywhere in the Yueluo Cemetery. Over the past seven thousand years, many cultivators have managed to drive its price down from millions to below 100,000.
The ancient kingdom collected too many corpses, and stopped collecting many parts, except for the venom sac in the tail, which was still worth some money.
Le Yao and Cen Qionghua didn't quite understand why Zhao Xing would be interested in such a small gain.
The dragonflies in the first realm are not difficult to kill, but the money is too little and it's a waste of time. Zhao Xing said, "Dragonflies are guardian beasts. Where there are dragonflies, there is a high probability that there is a tomb."
"When all the dragonflies in a place die, the tomb's Magic Array is activated."
Le Yao looked at Cen Qionghua with suspicion. "Is this true?"
"I don't know." Hua Zi was a little confused.
Le Yao then looked at Tian Qingzi, who also shook his head, meaning he didn't know.
"My teacher, Qing Yuzi, has some knowledge of ancient tombs and once mentioned dragonflies to me," Zhao Xing said. "Of course, I'm just giving it a try. These days, dragonflies are everywhere, so it might not be accurate."
Cen Qionghua and Le Yao didn't take it to heart. After all, Qing Yuzi was the Beloved Disciple of the Purple Moon Mansion Lord, so it was normal for him to know more.
"How large an area did we just clear?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Approximately 10.51 billion square kilometers," Tian Qingzi said at this moment. "There are no more dragonflies within this area."
Zhao Xing looked at Tian Qingzi: "Brother Yu, can you sense the fluctuations of the Magic Array?"
Tian Qingzi's real name is Yu Tianqing, and he is also a member of the royal family of the Pang Ze Dynasty.
"No." Tian Qingzi shook his head.
Tian Qingzi is Mech Martial Practitioner. He has a spell called "Knowing Realms," which is a passive effect that comes from mastering different professions' techniques.
Just as the Agricultural Official system requires mastering the Solar Terms Decree, it has a natural advantage in environmental control and Heavenly Timing.
If Tian Qingzi says no, then it's very likely that no one is here.
Zhao Xing pondered for a moment and said, "If we search carefully and still find nothing after a month, then we should try a different location."
Zhao Xing clearly remembered that there were 25 Source Origin Realm tombs on Nanluo 2413. There were only so many tombs on a small Star Continent, so the density was relatively low.
Before he came, he checked and found that 18 had been discovered in this area so far, and all of them were in the first realm, which means that there are still seven that have not been unearthed.
"Even if history deviates from the previous life, the number of tombs will not suddenly decrease; at most, their geographical locations may have changed," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
He planned to clear out the remaining tombs here to accumulate his first pot of gold.
"Let's go, let's get to work." Cen Qionghua said enthusiastically.
Everyone was still quite motivated when they first came down.
After a month of searching, no trace of a tomb was found in the area.
So the group of four changed locations and continued killing dragonflies. The area of Nanluo 2413 was very large, and Zhao Xing and the others killed dragonflies for a whole year without encountering any other people.
In the first year and five months, a team of twenty people came to Nanluo 2413.
However, it's quite common to make a little money by killing dragonflies, and after watching from afar for a few days, this group started searching on their own.
Three months later, the nameless squad flew away on its own.
Killing wasn't their goal; who knew if the poison sacs from this thing would still be worth money hundreds of years later? Seeing that there was no point in trying, they moved on to explore the next Star Continent.
Two years and six months later.
"Pfft~" Zhao Xing wielded the Thunder Law Sword, and a bolt of lightning, like a crescent moon in the sky, cleaved through his body, shattering it into hundreds of pieces.
"Collect!" A poison sac ten thousand meters tall flew up and was collected into the Cosmos Sack.
"This is the 108th venom sac. Even a small mosquito is still meat; there are over eight million venom sacs here," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "It just takes up too much space."
The Source Origin Space still cannot contain non-plant life forms (pure spiritual energy forms are not included).
His Cosmos Sack was also World Star Dao Soldiers, its space roughly equivalent to a small world.
However, these poison sacs are quite large, and even if they keep piling up, they won't amount to much money.
"After killing for so long, we should have found it. Could it be that Tian Qingzi's skills are lacking?"
Just as he began to doubt Tian Qingzi's skills Mechanism Master, suddenly—
"Hua Zi, Zhao Xing, come quick! Come quick! We've found something!"
This was Le Yao's voice, and she sounded somewhat excited.
"Whoosh"
Zhao Xing transformed into a beam of light, first grabbing Hua Zi from the east, then carrying him south.
"Boom!"
To the south, the earth began to split and shift, exposing the Earth Vein. The dark yellow Earth Vein, once exposed, rapidly expanded to form Dao Mountain.
The mountain peaks are curved and tilted, like human ribs, and they intersect to form an irregular, enormous underground Earth Palace.
The Yin Star in the sky shone with a faint light, and the mountains and Earth Vein on the earth were covered with a layer of black light, making them look somewhat sinister.
Within the cracks of those jagged Earth Vein, a black coffin was faintly visible.
When Zhao Xing came over, he first looked at the sky and then at the mountain range.
"The Jagged Earth Palace Tomb, the Yin-Origin Coffin, the dragonfly guarding the spirit, the Void Hidden Cave."
"This is a tomb in the second realm."
The Jagged Earth Palace Tomb, also known as the Dog Head Tomb, is named for its shape, which resembles the head of a vicious dog with bared teeth.
This Magic Array also utilizes the Earth Palace Art, integrating it with the Magic Array itself.
The tombs in the first realm of Yueluo Cemetery are usually simpler, without the "Void Hidden Cave" technique, and may not even Earth Vein to build the Earth Palace.
However, in the second realm, there will generally be the method of "Void Hidden Cave".
"Tombs are usually built by the individual, and even if someone is hired, they won't reveal everything, as this is the most discreet way. The Void Hidden Cave is a technique of the Void Realm." Zhao Xing smiled slightly, it seemed that the current situation was not much different from what he remembered.
The second phase of the tomb was unearthed at Nanluo 2413!
"After searching for two and a half years, you finally found a good one?" Cen Qionghua's eyes also lit up.
In his view, the burial goods from the second realm must be of high quality!
"Brother Yu," Zhao Xing said, looking at Tian Qingzi, "It's your turn to shine!"
The tomb was protected by Magic Array, and the mountain peaks formed by the Earth Vein were twisted like braids, with many secret patterns surging on them, clearly Magic Array.
Zhao Xing, Cen Qionghua, and Le Yao all bought "Realm-Breaking Mechanical Beast," but Zhao Xing didn't know if these tombs had self-destruct functions. Of course, Realm-Breaking Mechanical Beast were not as useful as Mechanism Master like Tian Qingzi, who had once been at the second realm.
Tian Qingzi took action; he began flying around the tomb.
In Nanluo 2413, Tian Qingzi is the only person besides Zhao Xing who can still maintain the speed of light.
At this moment, this enormous mountain tomb became a tomb of light, a visual impact created by Tian Qingzi as he circled around it.
Tian Qingzi flew for two and a half months, and Zhao Xing and his group remained on guard for two and a half months.
"Metaphor~"
Two and a half months later, Tian Qingzi stopped.
"It's broken."
He flew back and said just two words.
"Thank you for your hard work, Tian Qing." Le Yao was overjoyed because she could already see the coffin inside, surrounded by the Yin Star.
"Seeing a coffin brings wealth!" Zhao Xing smiled slightly and flew over.
Things went smoothly from there on.
Yu Tianqing was once at the second realm; the living are always better than the dead.
This Mech Martial Practitioner easily broke through the triple restrictions, allowing everyone to enter smoothly.
"Swish swish swish swish!"
The four of them first searched the area outside the coffin.
Sixteen tomb artifacts were quickly collected.
Upon closer inspection, they were all low- World Star Dao Soldiers, all in the shape of cold weapons such as swords, spears, and halberds.
"Why are they all low-grade? Is the second realm of the Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom so poor?" Cen Qionghua was somewhat disappointed.
Yueluo Cemetery is believed to be the burial ground of an ancient kingdom, and the second-realm burial objects here are just some low-grade Dao soldiers.
"What's the rush? The Lunar Yin Coffin hasn't been opened yet. The real treasures are inside," Le Yao said.
"That's true." Cen Qionghua became expectant again.
It was Tian Qingzi who made the move again.
The coffin and the lemon are separate items; the coffin contains the corpse, and the lemon is a large coffin that is placed inside the coffin.
"Splash!"
Upon opening it, a shower of starlight immediately filled the room.
Zhao Xing, who was protecting the three of them with the Jiefa Luo, was immediately delighted.
"Brother Zhao, what are you laughing at? What is this thing?" Cen Qionghua asked.
The stars twinkled, and upon closer inspection, something resembling copper coins floated beside the coffin.
"The Seven Stars Ancient Coin," Zhao Xing said. "They were used to be inlaid between the coffin and the lemon."
"You can think of it as the starry sky ceiling of the Lunar Yin Coffin."
"The ancients were quite romantic," Le Yao said with a smile.
Romance? Hua Zi doesn't care about that; he just wants to know how much each one costs.
"Stop flipping through the Star Mirror. The treasure list shows a buyback price of 50,000 to 200,000 per coin," Zhao Xing said. "The Seven Stars Ancient Coin are not just for decoration. They are sourced from the high-level Yin Star and can prolong the time it takes for a corpse to decompose."
"These are in pretty good condition. Let's take the middle ground and say 100,000 per piece."
"One hundred thousand per coin?" Cen Qionghua's eyes lit up immediately. "There are several thousand of them here!"
"Not only that," Zhao Xing laughed. "There's more after the coffin is opened. The scale of this second-realm tomb must have at least tens of thousands of Seven Stars Ancient Coin." "Hiss~ I'm rich! I'm rich!" Cen Qionghua rubbed her hands together.
Tian Qingzi was moved aside, and the coffin was opened again.
"Splash!"
As Zhao Xing had predicted, after opening the coffin, there was another pile of Seven Stars Ancient Coin, but they were in different conditions.
Some of them are different colors, and some are shaped like the Solar Yang and the moon.
"Take it!" As the captain, Zhao Xing was naturally the one responsible for keeping the treasure.
"Exactly 10,000," Zhao Xing counted.
"10,000?" Cen Qionghua was overjoyed.
"It seems the tomb owner had a bit of OCD," Zhao Xing guessed. Exactly ten thousand Seven Stars Ancient Coin, no more, no less.
"At 100,000 each, that's 1 billion here!" Cen Qionghua exclaimed.
"Is there anything else inside?" Le Yao asked Tian Qingzi.
"Yes." Tian Qingzi took out two items. "However, after the coffin was opened, only these two items were preserved intact."
"It looks like a weapon?" Le Yao looked over curiously. Tian Qingzi took out two crescent-shaped pieces of equipment with a handle and openwork patterns with secret runes.
"The Sun Golden Wheel and the Moon Golden Wheel," Zhao Xing said. "Mid-grade World Star Dao Soldiers; although they are two pieces, they are actually one."
"How much is it worth?" Cen Qionghua asked.
"Including research value, the two items are worth about 180 million," Zhao Xing said. "We acquired one set thirty-six years ago, with a reference price of 180 million."
100 million."
"Actually, you can't sell a mid- World Star Dao Soldiers for such a high price. It's mainly because it has research and collection value."
"So, the biggest gain was actually the Seven Stars Ancient Coin," Cen Qionghua said. "The people of the Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom really know how to give elaborate burials."
Wasn't it an extravagant burial? The burial goods exceeded one billion.
Cen Qionghua calculated her net worth based on the earning power of the second realm of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom. Even if someone worked hard all their life in the second realm, they could probably only save up a few billion.
If we take the situation of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom as an example, it would be more difficult for someone like Tian Qingzi, who comes from a great dynasty and is at the second level, to make money.
A serious injury, the cost of medical treatment and saving his life, was enough to bankrupt him.
However, this is burial with one's own wealth. Does that mean taking all one's assets with them and leaving nothing for one's descendants? So, having over a billion yuan is considered a lavish burial.
"Your statement isn't entirely accurate," Zhao Xing said. "The Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom is ancient, so naturally, things that come from there have some additional collectible value."
"Judging solely from the item itself, how could it be worth so much money?"
"The Seven Stars Ancient Coin might have been cheaper during the time of the Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom."
"We need to deal with these things as quickly as possible. The price of the Seven Stars Ancient Coin is also trending downwards. If a third or even a tenth set of the Sun-Moon Golden Wheel appears—the price will also drop."
"Of course, the owner of this tomb was indeed considered wealthy in the Second Realm."
"The Yueluo Cemetery was discovered more than 7,000 years ago. The average value of the burial objects produced in the second realm is only two or three hundred million. Those exceeding one billion are quite rare."
As the saying goes, people don't take all their wealth with them when they die. It's quite normal for a second-level tomb to yield several hundred million.
"Do you want this coffin?" Cen Qionghua asked.
"Yes," Zhao Xing said. "However, these kinds of coffins are quite common, and many have been dug up; they're not rare. In terms of intrinsic value, it's only worth about a million, which is the price of an ordinary World Star Dao Soldiers."
"So what?" Hua Zi hurriedly went up and packed the coffin up. "Zhao Xing, you're really rich and powerful."
Zhao Xing smiled slightly.
Now that he's come to Yueluo Cemetery, it'll be hard for him to be poor in the future!
"Let's go, let's leave this place and split the money."
Inside a cave in Nanluo 2413, the group of four was dividing up money.
"I estimate the total value of this batch of goods to be around 1.28 billion, not too far off. The price is based on the list of items collected by the Purple God Mansion."
"If it's sold to the official government of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, the total value will be reduced by 85%, but you'll get Merit Points."
Merit Points are related to exploration privileges and Nobility Title in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom.
The Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom has established twenty exploration bases, so of course they need to lower prices to make money and recoup their costs. The purchase price from those major powers will be higher, but they will receive fewer Merit Points.
How to weigh the options depends on whether the person who comes to take the risk wants money or power.
Of course, no matter what you choose, you have to pay taxes; there's no escaping it, and you can't avoid it.
"As agreed beforehand, I've identified the burial patterns on the Nanluo 2413 Star Continent. If it works, I can take 30% first," Zhao Xing said. "That's 384 million. The remaining 896 million will be divided according to our contributions."
Everyone agreed on this. There are three steps to opening a tomb: the first is finding a burial site.
Zhao Xing discovered this pattern, and it worked; it's normal to take 30% of the total price upfront.
The second stage is killing dragonflies. The third stage is opening the tomb.
"For killing the dragonfly, everyone contributed roughly the same amount. Half of the 8.96, which is 4.48, should be divided equally, so each person gets 1.12."
100 million."
"The remaining 448 million is included in the opening phase. Yu Tianqing contributed the most. He handled everything from breaking the formation to opening the coffin. He also broke through all the dangers and mechanisms involved. He gets 70% of the total, and the three of us each get 10%."
"After I finish speaking, who objects and who agrees?" Zhao Xing asked.
"I have no objection," Le Yao and Cen Qionghua said.
Yu Tianqing said, "Zhao Xing, I took too much. The process of opening the tomb was not dangerous for me."
"That's not how it's calculated," Zhao Xing said. "It's not dangerous for you; it's because you have the ability."
"If we go, we might encounter danger, or even cause the treasure to self-destruct."
"You deserve it."
"We rescued you before to save you, now we're cooperating on an expedition, it's two different things."
Tian Qingzi nodded and said nothing more. As someone who had once reached the second realm, he also acknowledged Zhao Xing's right to divide the spoils.
The final distribution results were as follows: Zhao Xing received 540.8 million yuan; Tian Qingzi received 425.6 million yuan; and Le Yao and Cen Qionghua each received 156.8 million yuan.
100 million.
Everyone was very satisfied. They had only been exploring for two and a half years when they made their first fortune, which was over 100 million. The key point was that there was no major danger during the process.
Under normal circumstances, it might take hundreds of years to find a single tomb in the first realm, let alone a tomb in the second realm.
How could we possibly have as much as they have?
"Brother Yu, since you don't have citizenship of the Ancient Kingdom, you can't get Merit Points. If you trust us, we'll sell yours. The three of us can find a way for you to set up an anonymous account, but you'll have to pay the transaction fees yourself. It'll probably only cost two or three million."
"Okay." Yu Tianqing nodded. The fact that members of the Purple God Mansion in the ancient country were willing to help find this connection was a great help.
"Now that you have money, this amount should barely be enough for you to recover to the strength of the second realm."
"We're teammates and friends. If you're capable and want to explore higher-level places, you don't have to stay in our team out of gratitude. If you want to leave, just let us know. We won't hinder our friends' progress."
This was something Zhao Xing, Le Yao, and Cen Qionghua had discussed long ago.
Yu Tianqing is a genius even in the second realm. If he has the money to recover, let him leave if he wants.
Binding people with vows of divine retribution and acts of kindness is not necessarily a good thing. Forcing them to stay might turn Good Karma into a bad one.
Therefore, Zhao Xing spoke very clearly, giving this future Lord of the Kingdom full choice.
"I've got it." Yu Tianqing glanced at Zhao Xing and nodded seriously.
"Haha, Brother Zhao, Brother Yu, don't be so serious," Cen Qionghua laughed. "We're making big money now, why are we talking about breaking up? Don't you think so, Le Yao?"
"Yes," Le Yao smiled and said, "Let's keep digging. Maybe we can find a second or even a third pot of gold here in Nanluo 2413."
The atmosphere immediately became lively again, and even the Yu Tianqing couldn't help but smile.
He had always experienced cruelty and scheming during his adventures in the universe, and it had been a long time since he had felt the warmth from his friends like this.
"Let's earn another billion, no, a hundred billion, and then we'll go back and upgrade our equipment!" Cen Qionghua said, waving her fist.
"Let's go, let's open the coffins and make a fortune! Let's keep killing dragonflies!" Le Yao's beautiful eyes flashed with a fierce light. "Kill every single dragonfly in Nanluo 2413! Turn it upside down!"
Le Yao and her three companions were excited, but the guardian beast was in big trouble.
Every day is spent either running for your life or on your way to run for your life.
Although they are not very intelligent, they can still communicate with each other.
Twenty-five years after arriving on the South Luo Star Continent, the entire Star Continent knew that four "racial enemies" had appeared on the continent.
They kill on sight and will not give up until they achieve their goal.
Even if their companions dug deep into the earth, they could not escape the calamity.
Among them, the woman wielding the Wo Kong and the man holding the Jiefa Luo fought the most fiercely.
Dragonflies have thick, coarse skin and are nourished by pure Yin energy. They are born and raised in nature and are adept at burrowing underground, making them difficult to target with other attacks.
However, Zhao Xing knew the Earthly Advantage Method. His self-created Origin Law, "Mystic Earth Divine Concealment," was a method of escape, and "Step Star" was also Origin Law in the Treasure Mountain Art, both of which had reached the Seventh Order level.
The escape technique is fast, so it's quick to find. The Step Star is Earth Splitting Art that can affect the Earth Vein, greatly reducing the dragonfly's escape speed.
It's definitely a nemesis.
Le Yao's sonic attack is extremely powerful. As long as Zhao Xing leads her to the location, the two of them can quickly kill one of them together.
"Where do you think you're going!" Le Yao flicked her Wo Kong, her jade-like fingers radiating a captivating light.
She seemed to be stirring the Earth Vein, and the surrounding Earth Vein began to pulsate in response.
The dragonfly, which was fleeing five hundred miles underground, was suddenly whipped, squeezed, and pierced by the Earth Vein —and let out a painful cry.
"Mingyi chased for two days, but then died tragically underground."
"Phew~ Finally killed it." Le Yao stayed in the underground cave, looking at the dragonfly.
"These guys have all gotten smarter; I can feel they've evolved quite a bit."
"When they first came, they were a bit silly and didn't run away much when they saw people. But now when they see us, they just keep trying to burrow underground."
Le Yao was furious.
Why won't they let people kill him?
"It's all a survival instinct forced out of us," Zhao Xing said with some emotion. "I feel that in a few decades, we will force this dragonfly race to develop intelligence."
As they progressed, Zhao Xing and his companions discovered that these beasts were becoming increasingly intelligent.
There's a saying that goes, "People are forced to do things," and that's exactly the case with Dragonfly now.
"Then we need to hurry up and hunt them down," Le Yao said worriedly. "If we can't kill them all, I won't be able to sleep when I get back. We haven't found a single tomb in years."
Zhao Xing:
"...
Killing doesn't actually take much time; the difficulty lies in the pursuit.
Mo Er feels the same way now.
He has now been in the Hutou Star Continent for twenty-six years.
We made grand promises back then, and we expect to hear good news within fifty years.
But even after halfway through the process, they still hadn't seen a single figure of Zhao Xing.
"What seems like a simple capture mission is actually not so simple," Mo Er sighed.
He is in the Third Realm, while his subordinates are all in the second realm. Capturing a first-realm enemy is a piece of cake once he finds him.
The problem is that we can't find anyone.
The Yueluo Cemetery is located in the Illusory God Star System Illusory God Star System, which is in the public star sea region.
If it's within the territory of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, finding someone is easy.
It's like going abroad now, exploring an unknown region of the universe.
Zhao Xing was cautious; he didn't buy any of those "networked" mechanical puppets to follow him, and he would discard one Star Mirror after another.
Unlike Purple Bone, who was a Mechanism Master himself and would have no chance of escape if he came out.
"Lord Mo Er, for now, we can only wait for Zhao Xing's team to return and complete the mission," the subordinate said helplessly. "His dynasty consists of only him and another Source Origin Realm, and they hardly ever contact each other."
Although Zhao Xing is a member of the Purple God Mansion, he is treated like an unregistered person, with no connections whatsoever, making it difficult for him to even try to take action against others.
"That's how it is with the ascended natives, they're such a nuisance." Mo Er frowned. "Keep monitoring them, don't let your guard down. He'll come back sooner or later to replenish his resources."
Typically, adventurers in the first realm need to return to the base to replenish their supplies after about a hundred years. The environment of Yueluo Cemetery lacks the Sun Star, and staying in the first realm for too long can easily cause problems.
Zhao Xing was the Agricultural Official, so he was considered to have a stronger capacity to bear the burden. Mo Er adjusted the time limit to two hundred years.
"He'll have to come back to replenish his resources in two hundred years at most," Mo Er scoffed. "By then, there will be plenty of ways to capture him."
"You all go and refine the new arrest plan."
"Yes." The subordinate from the second realm withdrew.
Mo Er then closed his eyes again and began to cultivate.
For someone in the Third Realm, two hundred years is nothing; it can pass by in a moment of meditation and cannot be called seclusion.
Nanluo 2413 Star Continent.
"It's open! It's open!" Le Yao and Cen Qionghua exclaimed excitedly as they looked at the tomb in front of them. "Brother Zhao, come and see! The Heavenly Deer Tomb has opened its doors!"
"Wow, another tomb from the second realm!"
"Money, come on!"
Cen Qionghua went to collect those Seven Stars Ancient Coin with great enthusiasm.
"Coming." Zhao Xing responded, slowly opening his eyes.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the four of them have been in South Luo Star Continent for 157 years.
Because killing dragonflies was time-consuming, Zhao Xing and his team gradually slowed down their tomb excavation efforts, finding a tomb on average every thirty years.
Sometimes, when it wasn't necessary to have so many people chasing after the dragonflies, Zhao Xing would stay on the South Luo Star Continent to cultivate.
"I am now in the middle stage of the first realm." Zhao Xing opened the panel.
[Purple Yin Second Layer: 78%]
[Second level of Purple Yang: 63%]
"Since only the Yin Star illuminates the South Luo Star Continent, the speed at which my original Dao Body advances to the second level of Purple Yang is already 15% slower than that of the second level of Purple Yin."
"This imbalance can't continue. After a while, Purple Yin will make no progress, which will also affect Purple Yang's progress," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "With this tomb opened, there will be only one left on South Luo Star Continent. I should go back to replenish my strength and convert my money into power."
Other aspects of cultivation.
[Second Layer of the Origin Sea World: 25%]
[Treasure Mountain Art Level 1: 99%]
[Extreme Land Level 1: 1%]
"Over a hundred years have passed, and the spiritual energy resources I carried with me have been almost exhausted. The Origin Sea World has been pushed to the second level by 25%, which can slightly accelerate the evolution of the Cloud-Soaring Vine."
"The Treasure Mountain Art has been pushed to its first limit. After breaking through, my legs will feel as heavy as a small Realm Star."
"The first level of the Extreme Land has finally reached 1%, it's truly heartwarming."
Zhao Xing's "Extreme Land" has reached 1% progress in the first layer, finally starting the stage of Gathering Spirit to Form Veins.
"After we finish, we'll go back, do some serious shopping, and take a break."
The spiritual energy index is relatively low in various parts of the Illusory God Star System. Zhao Xing's progress is entirely dependent on the spiritual energy resources he buys to maintain his cultivation.
After finishing the last car, he planned to go back and do some serious shopping. Even if not for himself, Brother Moyun needed to eat something.
"Metaphor~"
Zhao Xing transformed into a Golden Light and flew towards the burial site.
As time passed, the last tomb was opened in the 205th year after arriving on the South Luo Star Continent.
After Zhao Xing four-man team finished their work, they began their return journey.
The small Realm Boat carefully passed through the Starry Sky Formation of the Yueluo Cemetery, following the original void route.
The journey there took only three months, as the catapult from the Hutou Star Continent was naturally faster. However, the return journey took three years, all because the Starry Sky Formation blocked these gravediggers.
"After 208 years, we're finally back!" On the small Realm Boat, the four-person group looked at the Hutou Star Continent in the distance and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
"Although the gains are enormous, I'm almost going crazy." Cen Qionghua stood in front of the window with red eyes. "I haven't been in contact with the power of the Solar Yang for over two hundred years, and I feel like I'm going to Going Berserk."
"You're exaggerating again," Le Yao laughed. "If you could do it all over again, would you still be willing to go through this kind of torture?"
"Yes! I'd love to!" Cen Qionghua blurted out.
"Haha." Zhao Xing and Le Yao both laughed.
Compared to the rewards, what is this little bit of suffering?
Over two hundred years, they excavated seven tombs!
Five of them are tombs of the second realm, while only two are of the first realm.
Even so, the burial items of those two first-level beings were not meager.
After all, the fact that they were able to remain undetected for so many years proves that they used the same methods as those used in the Second Realm, so their burial goods must have been of high quality.
There were a total of seven tombs. The biggest find came from the first tomb, which contained 1.28 billion, while the smallest find was from the fifth tomb, which contained just over 200 million.
The remaining values fluctuate around 500 million.
Although Cen Qionghua and Le Yao received less than Zhao Xing and Tian Qingzi, their combined gains still exceeded 500 million!
After all, it wasn't just the tombs; there were also poison sacs, which accumulated to tens of millions over time.
Of course, the biggest beneficiary was Zhao Xing.
"My earnings are around 2 billion," Zhao Xing said happily. "This first pot of gold is quite substantial."
The main reason is that he would first take 30% of any tomb, and then divide the rest among himself, which made him the richest.
Of course, there is also a hidden benefit here, which is the excavation rules derived from the conditions on the Star Continent Nanluo 2413.
"Brother Zhao, does the rule you mentioned apply to other Star Continent?" Cen Qionghua asked.
"The dragonfly guarding the spirit? That applies to most first and second realm tombs, right?" Zhao Xing asked. "Of course, but it also requires a place with dragonflies."
"Wouldn't that mean we could keep making money forever?" Cen Qionghua's eyes lit up. There were plenty of those on some Star Continent.
"In many places, the guardian beasts are quite intelligent, even extremely intelligent tomb guardian puppets. Even if you know that, you still can't get past the hard strength barrier."
"But this one rule alone is enough for us to eat," Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"Hua Zi, don't you dare tell anyone," Le Yao warned. "This is how we make money."
"You still don't trust me? Do you want me to swear an oath of soul again?" Cen Qionghua said quickly.
"No need to exaggerate like that," Zhao Xing laughed. "This Yueluo Cemetery is big enough. Even if we break up in the future, you can still use this experience to improve your efficiency."
It's just a small profit, and he doesn't mind sharing it with his friends. Of course, the Fate Soul Oath can be broken with the Earth God Pill. Although one of these pills costs hundreds of millions, it's not impossible for Cen Qionghua and Le Yao Tian Qingzi to resist the temptation.
However, at the very beginning of the removal of the Earth God Pill, Zhao Xing will immediately know that the Fate Soul Oath has been shaken. He will definitely be able to sell this experience for money before others, leaving them with nothing.
If the three of them were to be foolish enough to tell others, it would all be for nothing. Zhao Xing could see through their true nature, so if he kept quiet, he could still make some money.
He believes that any normal person would know how to choose.
"Boom!" The small Realm Boat landed on the plaza of the Hutou Star Continent.
"We're here! We're here!" Cen Qionghua exhaled greedily several times after stepping off the Realm Boat. "It's so good! Finally, we can see the Sun Star. This abundant spiritual energy—it feels so good!"
The other three felt the same way, as if a weary traveler had found comfort by the fireplace in the house.
But right now, the most important thing is to take stock of our gains.
"Stop inhaling for now, go submit your mission and get the money!" Zhao Xing said with a smile. "After you split the money, rent a high-class spirit-gathering room, and inhale as much as you want!"
"Alright, alright, let's split the money!" Cen Qionghua grinned. "Let's go."
The four of them put the small Realm Boat into their Cosmos Sack and then headed straight for the twentieth Starry Sky Fortress.
They were greeted by the artifact spirit "Cang Yu". Cang Yu was created by the Dao Domain Realm Mechanism Master and has countless clones, capable of processing trillions of pieces of information at the same time.
It is precisely because all information on the Hutou Star Continent is handled by Cang Yu, without any lower-level departments or other artifact spirits, that this privacy can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.
"Qing Yu Squad, you're back quite late," Cang Yu said with a smile. "Those who need to cross the Starry Sky Formation are usually small Realm Boat, so they can't carry much supplies. Being able to stay outside for a hundred years is already quite tolerant. You guys actually went on a mission for 208 years. Judging from your expressions..."
So, you've made a profit this time?
"Cang Yu," Cang Yu Zhao Xing said with a smile, "We have indeed made some gains. Please arrange an inspection space at the Realm Star."
Ordinary spaces wouldn't be enough to hold their spoils from this trip; after all, the venom sacs alone took up a considerable amount of space. Over the past two hundred years, they had practically wiped out the dragonflies on Nanluo 2413.
"Oh? You need such a big place?" Cang Yu smiled slightly upon hearing this. "Alright, then please follow me."