Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, more than a year had gone by.
Over that year, Bai Yue's strength had improved tremendously. His cultivation of various secret techniques had gone smoothly, and most of them had reached the introductory stage.
During the cultivation of these secret techniques, his comprehension of laws had also advanced greatly. The Space Law, his main focus, had reached the introductory stage, allowing him to create up to nine illusionary bodies.
After nurturing his Kinkaku Giant Beast clone, the Gold elemental Dao had overtaken the Earth Attribute Origin Law he had comprehended earlier. His progress was extremely gratifying.
This also allowed him to smoothly begin cultivating the special secret technique, Golden Light Realm. The entry requirements that others found so difficult were easily met thanks to his exceptional comprehension of laws.
Today was the day he and Luo Feng would set out to explore the universe.
Back when Luo Feng had still been receiving his inheritance, Bai Yue had gone to Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 12 and retrieved the Black Dragon Mountain spaceship within. The dangers inside no longer posed any challenge to Bai Yue. The only thing he needed to watch out for was the self-destruct program left behind by the ship's original owner.
Since his Intelligent Assistant, Long Kui, had been created by Babata only recently, she was infinitely close to becoming an Intelligent Life but might not necessarily be able to suppress the spaceship's intelligence. Thus, he could only ask Babata for help, and Luo Feng naturally learned about it as well.
Moreover, after retrieving it, they discovered that the spaceship had suffered some damage. The only one capable of repairing it was the Intelligent Life, Babata, so Luo Feng had to come along as well.
Furthermore, Bai Yue only had a superficial understanding of the universe. He truly could not compare to Babata, an old monster who had lived for tens of millions of years. Besides, he had no currency used in the universe, so he could only wait until Luo Feng nurtured his human clone before setting off.
While waiting for the spaceship to be repaired and for Luo Feng, he dealt with several scum on Earth. They were all trash who had cowered before the Kinkaku Giant Beast in the original story, then targeted the families of Luo Feng, Hong, and the others after they had fallen unconscious.
He did not hide his actions when he struck. Only Hong and Thunder God asked him a few questions about why he had acted, and he simply replied that those people were scum. Hong and Thunder God did not press further.
Some people with guilty consciences were intimidated, including Yan Hai. Their secret schemes came to an abrupt halt, and society became much more orderly for a time, earning the applause of many ordinary people.
Once Luo Feng arrived, the spaceship slowly rose and flew away from Earth. Looking at the azure planet, Bai Yue felt many emotions stir within him. Having lived two lives, he had finally grown strong enough to leave Earth.
This time, it was his original body that departed, still remaining at Star Level Nine. However, his Kinkaku Giant Beast clone had already broken through to Universe Level Nine, giving him another clone slot. He immediately nurtured another Earthling clone, whose appearance and build differed from his original body.
Unlike the Kinkaku Giant Beast, the clones he nurtured were not fixed. Although he had one slot each at Planet Level, Universe Level, and World Lord Level, he could use those slots to nurture clones of other species, provided he had completely analyzed that lifeform's genetic blueprint.
Inside his storage ring was an Earthling clone that had already reached Universe Level Nine. The reason he kept his original body at Star Level Nine was for the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle a few years later.
The spaceship slowly accelerated. More than ten seconds later, its speed broke through the speed of light. Suddenly, space rippled slightly, and the spaceship vanished from the original universe.
They had entered the Dark Universe. The Dark Universe was not dark; on the contrary, there were quite a few light spots. After entering the Dark Universe, the spaceship could continue accelerating beyond the speed of light.
This Black Dragon Mountain spaceship could reach fifteen times the speed of light. Combined with the ratio between the Dark Universe and the original universe, its travel speed was terrifying. It could reach places countless light-years away in a very short time.
Of course, this was not the fastest type of spaceship. As long as one had money, spaceships capable of exceeding fifty times the speed of light were still easy to buy.
Ten days later, guided by a traction signal, the spaceship slowly came to a stop at an immensely vast docking port. After paying the docking fee, the two headed straight for the administrative building of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire on Qiu Long Star.
With Flowing Silver Guards accompanying them, they paid the fees and joined the Black Dragon Mountain nationality under the guidance of the staff in less than half an hour.
Next, they needed to go to the Virtual Universe Company to open accounts. Only after opening accounts with the Virtual Universe Company could they use the Virtual Universe Network.
"Although the universe's high-level civilization nations are powerful, the truly powerful forces in the universe are these seemingly loose organizations!" Seeing Luo Feng's country-bumpkin expression, Babata proudly introduced them to the two.
"What forces are they?" Luo Feng asked curiously.
"The Virtual Universe Company, the Giant Axe Fighting Arena, Cosmic River Bank, First Bank of the Universe, and the Universe Mercenary Alliance—the five great powers!" Babata answered.
Led by Babata, they quickly finished registering accounts with the Virtual Universe Company and Cosmic River Bank. After adding each other's accounts, Bai Yue asked Babata for some Gan Wu Coins before parting ways with him.
After separating, he first found a nearby hotel and checked in. He released his Universe Level Nine Earthling clone and had him return to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's administrative building to join the Black Dragon Mountain nationality. He named him Ji Ning, then repeated the process of registering accounts for the Virtual Universe and Cosmic River Bank.
According to his plan, his original body had to remain at Star Level Nine in order to participate in the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle. Its strength was far too low, so it was better to have Ji Ning, his Universe Level Nine clone, handle matters that were inconvenient for him.
His original body remained on Qiu Long Star, focusing on cultivating secret techniques, training in the Slaughter Arena of the Virtual Universe, and improving his combat experience. Meanwhile, his Kinkaku Giant Beast clone cultivated secret techniques and comprehended laws on Earth.
On Qiu Long Star, even a Universe Level Nine expert was an absolute big shot. Before long, he sold several Tier 3 Weapons through some weapon shops. With his strength, this would not bring him any trouble.
After a round of transactions, Ji Ning's Cosmic River Bank account had gained a deposit of 78 billion Black Dragon Coins. Once the money arrived, he transferred 28 billion Black Dragon Coins to Bai Yue's account for his expenses in the Virtual Universe.
The Virtual Universe was a massive money sink. The annual fees were merely small change; the real expense came from places like the Slaughter Arena, where one could customize opponents according to their own needs, including the opponent's level, race, secret techniques cultivated, and more.
After resolving the money issue, Bai Yue settled down on Qiu Long Star and purchased an estate to make his daily life there more convenient.
For convenience and safety, he also purchased a batch of slaves to handle the estate's daily maintenance and patrols. They were all at Star Level; he could not afford Universe Level ones yet. In truth, Qiu Long Star was relatively safe.
After all, until the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle was over, he would spend most of his time on Earth and here. To avoid exposing Earth's location, he and Luo Feng would both try to reduce the number of times they returned to Earth.
After all these arrangements, the Black Dragon Coins Ji Ning had received from selling weapons last time were nearly depleted. With no other choice, he sold more weapons in several batches and obtained ample funds.
Of course, this was not without benefits. After several sales, coupled with his own Universe Level Nine strength, he had established connections with several of Qiu Long Star's larger weapon merchants. He now had relatively stable channels for selling weapons in the future.
Naturally, this was limited to Tier 3 Weapons. If they were of a higher grade, they would definitely attract the attention of many people.
He was still too weak for now, so it was best to keep a low profile whenever possible and quietly build up his strength for a while.
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