Investment in the Desolate Star Domain
"I have never seen anyone as learned as you, sir."
Ye Kunlun remarked with emotion.
Even after he began to come into contact with the Galactic Human Empire and met those great figures who traversed the starry sky, he still felt that he was no match for Su Yuan.
Ye Kunlun's impression of Su Yuan was that he was absolutely meticulous in his calculations.
Problems that one might consider difficult or even impossible to solve are no problem at all for Su Yuan.
"Is your sect in the <Infinite Bloodline> world planning to launch a trial mission recently?" Su Yuan asked, looking at Ye Kunlun.
"Right."
Ye Kunlun nodded immediately.
The sect he belonged to was called "Green Phoenix Sect," and its leader was a late-stage Starry Sky Lifeform Lifeblood cultivator.
Compared to the <Shattering the Void> world, which was only released a few years ago, the <Infinite Bloodline> world has existed for a much longer time, spanning hundreds of thousands of years, attracting a large number of powerful individuals to settle in.
Furthermore, bloodline cultivators and evolvers find early-stage cultivation relatively easy, while late-stage Starry Sky Lifeform, and even Stellar Lifeform, are not uncommon in the world of <Infinite Bloodline>.
When do you plan to start the trial mission?
Su Yuan asked.
The trial missions are the assessments for outer disciples of the "Green Phoenix Sect" to be promoted to inner disciples. Often, several outer disciples work together to complete the missions.
"In the next few days."
Ye Kunlun replied.
Which day?
Su Yuan pressed for more details.
Which day?
Ye Kunlun pondered for a moment. He wasn't actually sure which day it would be, but since Su Yuan Ye Kunlun asked, he replied, "The day after tomorrow."
"Um."
Su Yuan nodded slightly.
In fact, if Su Yuan hadn't asked that question, Ye Kunlun would have started his trial mission five days later.
After all, for outer disciples, the "trial mission" to advance to inner disciples can be initiated at any time. Without Su Yuan's questioning, Ye Kunlun would not have made a decision so quickly.
The trial mission starting in five days? That was not the outcome Su Yuan wanted to see.
Su Yuan wants Ye Kunlun to undergo a "trial mission" the day after tomorrow.
Because of the "trial mission" the day after tomorrow, Ye Kunlun will meet Feng Lingzhu, the little princess of the Heavenly Phoenix clan.
This is a true Pure-Blooded Heavenly Phoenix. It entered the <Infinite Bloodline> world out of curiosity, and apart from Su Yuan, no other powerful figure knows its identity in the <Infinite Bloodline> world.
They don't even understand the Virtual Network World itself.
The key to Su Yuan's scheme against Ye Kunlun lies in the little princess of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, Feng Lingzhu.
The two will develop feelings for each other during this encounter, and Ye Kunlun will eventually join the Heavenly Phoenix Clan through the Feng Lingzhu.
Based on the many answers given by the Grey Mirror, Ye Kunlun's personality would be favored by Feng Lingzhu.
Of course, there is a premise here: that Ye Kunlun did not deliberately approach the Feng Lingzhu.
The Heavenly Phoenix Clan possesses extremely keen senses; they can immediately detect whether someone is deliberately approaching them.
This is also why Su Yuan didn't have Ye Kunlun start the "trial mission" the day after tomorrow, but instead took the initiative to ask him to reveal the start time himself.
Su Yuan gave a specific time to start the "trial mission," and even if Ye Kunlun was stupid, he would realize that Su Yuan wanted him to do something.
This affected her subsequent contact with the Feng Lingzhu.
Only after Su Yuan pressed him for details and Ye Kunlun took the initiative to confirm the start time of the "trial mission" would he have no doubts.
Only in this way can the situation Su Yuan desires be achieved in the subsequent contact with the Feng Lingzhu.
"This trial mission is crucial to your advancement to the inner sect. Go and prepare."
Su Yuan looked at Ye Kunlun and spoke.
His words reinforced Ye Kunlun's impression of the "trial mission".
"Good."
Ye Kunlun nodded.
At this moment, he also felt that the most urgent task was the trial mission.
After all, the trial mission was starting the day after tomorrow, leaving him with little time to prepare.
During the conversation, Ye Kunlun himself did not realize that the trial mission, which originally had no set date, had been scheduled for the day after tomorrow under Su Yuan's influence.
Throughout the entire process, Ye Kunlun never noticed anything unusual, simply assuming it was Su Yuan's concern for him.
Wow!
Ye Kunlun bowed respectfully to Su Yuan and then left his personal space.
Su Yuan remained calm.
Deep within his consciousness, however, he kept questioning the Grey Mirror.
To determine whether the future Ye Kunlun experiences is what he wants.
"All done."
A smile appeared on Su Yuan's face.
Su Yuan's acquaintance with Feng Lingzhu, the young princess of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, was the result of his interference.
The original Ye Kunlun would not have turned out this way in the future.
The future fate of that Feng Lingzhu was also altered through Su Yuan's intervention.
"The so-called strategist's methods are about utilizing everything at your disposal, including emotions."
Su Yuan thought to himself.
At this moment, his arrangement to bring Ye Kunlun and Feng Lingzhu together is reminiscent of the methods of a top strategist.
Like a gentle spring breeze and nourishing rain, it nourishes all things silently.
No one suspected anything from beginning to end. Even Ye Kunlun, one of the participants in the scheme, was unaware that he had been influenced by Su Yuan and had become a pawn in the plot against the Heavenly Phoenix Clan.
Of course, with the Grey Mirror providing the answer to absolute success, Su Yuan's methods are far more terrifying than those of Top Strategist.
"This Ye Kunlun is incredibly lucky."
After a moment of contemplation, Su Yuan sighed again.
Although Ye Kunlun played a role similar to a pawn in the entire scheme, Su Yuan was the ultimate winner who reaped the greatest benefits.
However, Ye Kunlun, as Su Yuan's pawn and a key contingency plan infiltrating the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, ultimately reaped many benefits.
Personal space.
Su Yuan leaned back in his chair, confirming that Ye Kunlun's future was exactly what he wanted.
Suddenly, the voice of the Artificial Intelligence, Xiao Lan, rang out.
"Master, the Eternal Darkness Crystal you listed for sale on the Canglan Universe Human Capital Trading Network has been sold for 520 million Canglan Coin."
"520 million Canglan Coin."
Su Yuan glanced at the Canglan Coin that had been deposited into his account and nodded slightly.
The Eternal Darkness Crystal was a spoil of war obtained by Su Yuan when he raided the treasury of the Truth Society.
It is also the most valuable single treasure on Blue Star. It is a fragment of the armor worn by one of the terrifying life forms during a battle between two terrifying life forms long ago, which exploded in self-destruction.
These fragments alone are worth hundreds of millions of Canglan Coin.
One can only imagine how incredibly expensive that terrifying life form's complete armor must have been.
Even so, this terrifying life form was ultimately forced to self-destruct.
"520 million Canglan Coin was the highest price that could be sold a hundred years ago," Su Yuan thought to himself.
Before selling the Eternal Darkness Crystal, he had already learned the best time and the highest price to sell it through the Grey Mirror.
520 million Canglan Coin is the highest price that could be sold in the last hundred years.
One hundred and thirty-six years later, it could be sold for 630 million Canglan Coin, but that's too long a time.
Given Su Yuan's growth rate, in 136 years, he won't even care about 10 billion Canglan Coin.
"520 million Canglan Coin —that's my initial capital for entering the universe."
Su Yuan thought to himself silently.
As for the wealth earned in the Shattering the Void World, most of it was used for personal cultivation.
Many cultivation resources, such as top-notch martial arts manuals, all require money to acquire.
Of course, Su Yuan's cultivation plan was devised by the Grey Mirror, and it was the most suitable and cost-effective cultivation plan for Su Yuan himself.
Other cultivators and evolvers would need to expend hundreds or thousands of times more resources than Su Yuan to maintain the same cultivation speed.
"With this sum of Canglan Coin, it's time to officially begin planning."
A smile appeared on Su Yuan's face.
520 million Canglan Coin is an absolute fortune for Starry Sky Lifeform Initial Realm cultivator.
Even for someone at the intermediate stage of Starry Sky Lifeform, it would take a very long time to earn that much. It's highly unlikely that someone at the intermediate stage of Starry Sky Lifeform would have 520 million Canglan Coin.
After all, for a mid-level Starry Sky Lifeform expert, most of their money is needed to purchase weapons, secret techniques, and so on; their actual liquid assets are not much.
In the Shattering the Void World, a superior martial arts manual is worth 100 million Canglan Coin, entirely because superior martial arts manuals can significantly advance the initial stage of Starry Sky Lifeform and enhance one's understanding of a certain cosmic power.
Simply put, superior martial arts manuals can greatly accelerate the time it takes for Starry Sky Lifeform form to advance from the initial stage to the intermediate stage. Many Starry Sky Lifeform forms are stuck at the bottleneck for tens of thousands of years and cannot break through.
But if one were to comprehend a superior martial arts manual, perhaps one could break through to a higher level? That's why superior martial arts manuals are so valuable.
Moreover, superior martial arts manuals are not only useful for those at the initial stage of Starry Sky Lifeform, but also for those at the intermediate stage.
To advance from the initial stage of Starry Sky Lifeform to the intermediate stage, one must comprehend a certain cosmic power.
To advance from the intermediate stage to the advanced stage of Starry Sky Lifeform, one must comprehend multiple cosmic powers, and these multiple cosmic powers must be able to form a perfect cycle.
For example, the five elements represented by metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the four symbols represented by Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water, are all cosmic forces that can form a perfect cycle.
The reason why the strength of the late-stage Starry Sky Lifeform Realm far surpasses that of the mid-stage, and can easily destroy a life-bearing planet, is because they have mastered various cosmic forces that can stably form cycles.
"Desolate Star Domain."
Su Yuan's thoughts raced.
The Desolate Star Domain is Su Yuan's next key focus.
The so-called Desolate Star Domain is an unknown star field that has not yet been explored by the Galactic Human Empire.
These star systems are beyond the reach of even virtual networks.
What is yet to be explored and unknown represents both danger and immense profit.
For this reason, every year a large number of citizens of the Galactic Human Empire form exploration teams to explore unknown Desolate Star Domain.
The Galactic Human Empire also strongly supports this exploration and is willing to pay high prices for the expedition team's gains in unknown Desolate Star Domain.
Over the long course of history, there have been many instances where an exploration team discovered a resource-rich planet, sold the valuable resources they had acquired, and became rich overnight.
Of course, many more exploration teams never returned. But since they wanted to get rich quick, they naturally had to pay a price, and every exploration team was well aware of that.
Su Yuan's plan for the Desolate Star Domain was not meant to be explored by himself.
That would be too dangerous. Ordinary Empire Citizen only know that it is dangerous to explore unknown, Desolate Star Domain.
However, they didn't have much of a concept of how dangerous it was, or what kind of dangers they might encounter.
Just Su Yuan?
Through the Grey Mirror, Su Yuan learned too much about the horrors of the Desolate Star Domain.
Perhaps an ordinary planet is connected to a hellish Secret Realm World, and once you get close, you will be sucked in.
Perhaps the starry sky ahead is the mouth of a Saint- level Starry Sky Behemoth, and the exploration team has voluntarily delivered themselves into that Starry Sky Behemoth's mouth.
Or perhaps you'll encounter an unknown spacetime storm and be completely trapped inside.
In short, the desolate, unknown star field contained far too many dangers, so many that Su Yuan's scalp tingled.
Ignorance breeds fearlessness.
The more Su Yuan knew, the more wary he became of him.
Su Yuan's plan to establish a presence in the Desolate Star Domain is through "investment."
Every moment, countless Empire Citizen of the Galactic Human Empire seek to form exploration teams to explore the Desolate Star Domain.
However, forming an exploration team requires money.
Purchasing high-tech weapons requires money, purchasing exploration ships for exploration teams also requires money, and deploying advanced detection equipment also requires money.
It's still a lot of money.
Where did this money come from?
Pay for it yourself?
If I had that much money, why would I bother exploring unknown star systems and risking my life?
Under these circumstances, the group of "investors" came into being.
This means that investors pay money to fund an exploration team.
The exploration team will share a portion of the spoils from its subsequent exploration of the star system with the "investors."
Investors bear the risk, and if the exploration team makes a profit while exploring unknown star regions, they can naturally make a fortune.
If there are no results, or if they perish while exploring unknown star regions, then the money invested will be wasted.
During the exploration of unknown star regions, any gains will be substantial, ensuring that investors and the exploration team reap huge profits.
"The universe is vast and boundless, containing infinite dangers, but also many opportunities."
Su Yuan thought to himself, "These opportunities are mainly concentrated in unexplored, unknown star regions."
As for the star regions that have already been explored? They've been checked countless times, and there's very little chance left that hasn't been discovered.
"Exploration Team"
Su Yuan stroked his chin. The biggest risk of investing in an exploration team is that it might encounter an irresistible disaster and die in an unknown star field.
Thus, all the investment went down the drain, with no chance of even recouping the costs by selling the other party's exploration ships and weapons.
But Su Yuan is different. With the Grey Mirror, he can know the future exploration progress of each exploration team. He only needs to invest in the exploration teams that can return safely and have made great gains.
The unknown, Desolate Star Domain was beyond the reach of even the Empire's virtual network. Su Yuan couldn't interfere with the exploration team's direction, and providing them with an exploration "guide" in advance could easily leave hidden dangers.
Therefore, Su Yuan only needs to identify the exploration teams that are likely to be successful in the future and then invest in them in advance.
For other investors, investing in an exploration team involves a great deal of risk; success brings huge profits, while failure inevitably leads to devastating losses.
But with Su Yuan, investing in an exploration team carries absolutely no risk; it's a guaranteed money-making venture.