A Stone Slab of Extraordinary Significance

"Look at the Mountain Cave—hurry, look at the Mountain Cave where Yi Chen once created the Chaos Art."

After failing to find any loopholes, viewers in the Live Stream Room noticed something else.

Everyone immediately pulled up the map and located the Mountain Cave where Yi Chen had created the Chaos Art.

To their fury, they discovered—

Inside the Mountain Cave, a smooth crack, as even as if cut by machinery, had appeared around the cultivation formula Yi Chen had originally carved into the wall with stone.

Before long, the entire section bearing the Chaos Art formula was cut away in one piece.

It became a rock slab three meters long, two meters wide, and around five centimeters thick.

In the blink of an eye—

The entire rock slab vanished. ✳

It looked utterly bizarre.

"Dammit, someone is stealing the Chaos Art Yi Chen created back then."

The viewers in the Live Stream Room immediately guessed the reason and began cursing.

"This is proof that the Federal Parliament violated Federation law. The Scanners on Large Warships use NB Ray imaging."

"Only black holes and certain special alloy metals and materials can block NB Ray penetration and imaging."

"Otherwise, they would have to infiltrate the AI Brain of a Space Warship and alter the visual data."

"Only those two scenarios could result in this situation, where no one can be seen, and even the stolen Chaos Art cannot be seen."

"The Federal Parliament must give us an explanation. No matter which scenario it is, it proves that this transport of Serious Criminals to the Exile Planet was infiltrated by a large number of people and items with sinister intentions."

"What good would that do? We expected this long ago. The Federal Parliament only needs to issue an apology notice and shove the blame onto those Interstellar Bandits."

"As long as the Federal Parliament refuses to admit it manipulated the deployment of Serious Criminals from behind the scenes, nobody can do anything about it."

"Dammit! If I vote for any of those Council members in the next election, then I'm not human!"

The public was burning with fury, yet had nowhere to vent it.

Because unless the Federal Parliament was stupid, it would push this matter onto the Interstellar Bandits or some other force.

It would only admit to lax oversight that allowed members of other forces to infiltrate the Serious Criminals, then dismiss one person in charge of this deployment.

Admitting that the Council had violated Federation law and manipulated this from behind the scenes was impossible.

"I remember that the Chaos Art formula in the Mountain Cave was carved there by Yi Chen with stone only because he needed to revise it while first creating the Chaos Art, right?"

"Strictly speaking, it wasn't even the complete first version of the Chaos Art formula. What was the point of an Interstellar Bandit going to such great lengths to steal it?"

"Its significance is extraordinary! This is Yi Chen's most original version of the Chaos Art, and he personally carved it himself. It can be called the sole surviving witness to this cultivation method."

"If this cultivation method Yi Chen created can continue into the future and change the direction of development for all humanity, this stone slab will possess historical significance that no other object can replace."

"Forget an entire stone slab—even a single character on it would be worth a fortune."

"Not to mention, if the Exile Planet ever opens to the public, this Mountain Cave alone could become one of the most famous tourist attractions in the entire Milky Way."

"I wonder which speaker sent someone to do this. Stealing the stone slab is a heinous crime, utterly unforgivable."

"Or perhaps some top collector bribed the relevant personnel and had someone infiltrate the Serious Criminals to do it."

"Likewise, perhaps the Interstellar Bandits really did do it."

"Actually, catching the thief would be simple. They only need to activate the Anti-Intrusion System now, or restart the AI Brain."

"Even if the other party carried materials that blocked Scanners, they could still investigate the current locations of every serious criminal and find some clues."

"But the Federal Government would never do that, because they must have sent quite a few people to infiltrate the Serious Criminals. Once they activate the Anti-Intrusion System or restart the AI Brain, all of them would be exposed at once."

"Forget it! Stop thinking about these infuriating matters. Judging by the time, Yi Chen's New Cultivation Method should be finished by now."

"Over the past few days, all our attention has been on the deployment of the new batch of Serious Criminals. I wonder how far along his New Cultivation Method is."

The more the Live Stream Room viewers talked, the more depressed they became.

Their attention gradually shifted back to Yi Chen.

Flame Mountain.

Inside the small Wooden House.

Other than occasionally helping the Four Routes Army deal with Ferocious Beasts they could not handle, Yi Chen spent nearly all his time researching the Meridian Cultivation Chart for swordsmanship.

His days were dull and flavorless, yet happy.

Shutting himself inside every day, he had to concentrate at every moment and observe the changes that occurred after Spiritual Power entered the acupoints.

Naturally, that was a tedium ordinary people could hardly endure.

But whenever he opened the Strongest Talent System and saw his territory expanding each day and his talent bonuses increasing day by day—

All his irritation vanished like smoke in the wind, leaving him brimming with motivation.

Finally, ten days after the Exile Planet gained over twenty-six thousand uninvited guests—

After spending around two and a half months, Yi Chen finally successfully comprehended Sword Intent and integrated it into a newly developed Meridian Cultivation Chart.

The former relied on external force to enhance swordsmanship.

The latter relied on the changes produced as Spiritual Power passed through the acupoints to enhance swordsmanship.

The two complemented each other.

He sprang up from the wooden bed.

Taking his Iron Sword, he opened the door.

Squeak, squeak...

Little Golden Ball, which was pushing a Spirit Stone around like a ball nearby—

Hurriedly hugged the Spirit Stone, bounded after Yi Chen in several leaps, and climbed onto his shoulder.

Its speed and jumping ability had improved markedly.

That was entirely because Little Golden Ball's strength was still rising at an extremely rapid rate.

By now, it had reached the level of a Level 8 Ferocious Beast.

The Spirit Stone, once the size of an adult's fist, had now been sucked down to the size of a billiard ball.

"Huh? Did Yi Chen successfully create a New Cultivation Method?"

"He should have already created it."

"Unfortunately, he's bound to be disappointed. The New Cultivation Method may be stronger than the Flying Knife Art, but it definitely won't be much stronger."

"Those in the game are blind while onlookers see clearly. I hope Yi Chen won't waste too much time on this fork in the road."

"He probably won't waste too much time, because he'll soon realize that the New Cultivation Method's practical combat value is far inferior to the Flying Knife Art."

"At that point, he'll definitely turn back and focus on improving the Flying Knife Art again."

"I actually hope Yi Chen keeps wasting another month or two."

"Because with the Spirit Stones accelerating cultivation, the Flame Mountain Tribe's average realm has now risen to the Qi Condensation Realm Eighth Level."

"In another month or two, their average realm will break through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level."

"At that time, Yi Chen can teach them the complete Cloud Stepping Art and the improved Flying Knife Art together."

"If that really happens, it'll be perfect!"

The viewers in the Live Stream Room could not help but begin to dream.

That would mean they could all learn the New Cultivation Method Yi Chen had created.

They would no longer have to suffer every day, their hearts itching unbearably because they could not learn the cultivation methods.