Verification and Remediation (Part 2)

Six days later, Luo Zhiyuan arrived at the residence of Luo Feng and his two companions on Biyan Planet. During his transit through the dark universe, he had consumed another Azure Fruit, becoming a seventh-rank planetary-level spirit reader with a mental power amplitude of 30, while his physical body had also reached the fifth-rank planetary level.

After the group met, there was no small talk; they went straight to Luo Feng's training room. Luo Zhiyuan asked Bulieni to find the energy fruit for breaking through realms and take out the World Ring.

It was a purple fruit the size of a chicken egg. Bulieni told Luo Zhiyuan, "This fruit is called a Purple Star Fruit. According to that old charlatan, it tastes pretty good; he used to keep them as snacks back in the day."

"As for its effects, it's generally used to cultivate immortal-level plant life, but it can also be used by little guys below the world-lord level to break through realms. It's most helpful when breaking through to the domain-lord level."

"That old charlatan was a glutton back then. He collected all sorts of energy fruits, tasting every single one. He'd throw away the ones that tasted bad and keep the good ones, eventually stuffing them all into his bottomless pit of a stomach."

"Tell Luo Feng to just eat this Purple Star Fruit directly, then start cultivating immediately. He'll be able to break through to the star level within two days."

Luo Zhiyuan was speechless upon hearing this, only sighing that the Light Beast God's standards were truly extraordinary. A fruit whose primary function was cultivating immortal-level plant life and whose secondary effect was helping people break through realms was clearly a treasure that shouldn't be cheap, especially since it could assist a domain-lord in breaking through to the world-lord level.

Yet, the reason the Light Beast God had acquired it was simply because it tasted good. He had no other thoughts but to admire him, and he promptly relayed the instructions for consumption to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng held the Purple Star Fruit in his hands, cast an apologetic look at Luo Zhiyuan, then swallowed the fruit without hesitation and sat cross-legged to begin his cultivation.

After Luo Feng started, Bulieni began telling Luo Zhiyuan some anecdotes from the past—about the ridiculous things the Light Beast God had done just for a bite of food—while keeping an eye on Luo Feng's progress.

He just wanted to see the talent of Luo Zhiyuan's father, but after checking, he noticed something novel and said to Luo Zhiyuan, "Eh? Little Luo, do you know the state of your cheapskate father's body? It seems there's something wrong with it."

Luo Zhiyuan thought for a moment and decided there was no need to hide Luo Feng's situation from Bulieni. "Him? Two years ago, he possessed a Golden Horned Behemoth. This current body is just a clone gestated by the Golden Horned Behemoth. He hasn't told anyone about it yet; he's still keeping it from us."

Bulieni said with a sudden realization, "Oh, I see. I was wondering where you got those Golden Horned Behemoth scales. They were from the beast he possessed, right? But if he didn't tell you, how do you know? Is this another one of those things you just happen to know?"

"Uh... that's right. I basically know everything about my dad; he can't hide anything from me. But I've been keeping my own innate secret technique a secret from them. You're the only one who knows about that; you know more about my background than anyone else."

"By the way, don't tell him about my origins. You have to understand, I survived by occupying his child's body while I was still in my mother's womb, and I somehow ended up turning his twin sons into myself."

"The souls of those two little ones were also merged by me using the Soul Fusion technique while I was unconscious. If I told him that, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to handle it." Luo Zhiyuan explained briefly to Bulieni with a bitter face.

He had expected Bulieni to take it as a joke, but Bulieni asked with a rare, serious tone, "Occupying a body, possession? Never mind, we'll talk about that later; that's not important right now."

"What's important is, Little Luo, you know everything about Luo Feng? What realm will he reach in the future? Will he surpass the immortal level? Do you know what would have happened to his twin sons originally?"

Luo Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "I know. He won't just be an immortal-level powerhouse in the future, and his original twin sons would have also become powerhouses surpassing the immortal level!"

"Hiss~" Bulieni drew a sharp breath and said in surprise, "Luo Feng and his two sons all surpassed the immortal level? That's a huge problem!"

"Little Luo, the old charlatan must have told you that changing the historical trajectory of immortal-level beings creates negative chain reactions, right? You've just changed the historical trajectory of three people who were at least immortal-level; this is going to cause big trouble!"

"How much time has passed? We need to find a way to remedy this quickly. If too much time passes without a correction, you're going to be in big trouble!"

Luo Zhiyuan broke out in a cold sweat. He remembered the Light Beast God had indeed said something similar, but he had completely forgotten about his own birth. Fortunately, Bulieni had reminded him.

He hurriedly said, "It hasn't been long. It's been less than three years since I was born. It should be salvageable, right? But how do we fix it? Those twins are already gone!"

Bulieni breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good. Three years is enough time to fix it; it might be problematic if it were over a hundred years."

"Here's what we'll do: we need to have Luo Feng and his wife give birth to two more sons, and they must be twins. That's simple; the technology on this planet can handle the screening."

"Additionally, we need to repair this situation. We can't let Luo Feng deviate from his original path anymore. You have to make sure he does everything he was originally meant to do and try to restore his original historical trajectory."

Luo Zhiyuan agreed immediately, but then another thought occurred to him, and he asked, "Getting my dad to do what he was supposed to do is easy, but there's another problem. Bulieni, can an Eternal Body give birth to children? My mother has already reincarnated into an Eternal Body."

"That's not a problem. Just spend a bit more money on an Embryo Cultivation Technique. You can choose the number and gender of the children at will. I checked the Virtual Universe, and this planet can handle it. The surgery will cost about 20 billion Black Dragon Coins."

Luo Zhiyuan sucked in a breath through his teeth. That's damn expensive just to have a kid! Fortunately, Luo Feng would soon receive the first part of Hu Yanbo's inheritance, which would definitely be enough to cover the cost. But the problem now wasn't the money; it was how to trick Luo Feng and Xu Xin into having twins!

Luo Zhiyuan racked his brains and finally came up with a barely feasible plan. After conspiring with Bulieni, he waited for Luo Feng to finish his cultivation to put it into action.

Two days passed quickly. Luo Feng successfully broke through to a first-rank star-level spirit reader. In high spirits, he laughed for a long time, finally having shaken off the mountain that had been pressing down on him, allowing him to easily deal with the Nolan Mountain family's invasion.

Luo Feng first went to the Universe Galaxy Bank to collect the first part of the inheritance left by Hu Yanbo and discovered it was 10 billion Ganwu Coins. This was a massive fortune, as 1 Ganwu Coin could be exchanged for 1,000 Black Dragon Coins—and that was the official rate; on the black market, it could be exchanged for 1,500.

Luo Feng immediately went to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's imperial office to handle the purchase of Earth. Following Luo Zhiyuan's suggestion, he bribed the officials with an extra 500 million Black Dragon Coins, completing the paperwork that would have otherwise taken 30 days in just three and a half hours, officially putting Earth under his name.

After securing ownership of Earth, Luo Feng transferred 500 million Ganwu Coins each to Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Zhiyuan, then contacted a slave trader to purchase slaves.

After Luo Feng finalized the purchase of the slaves, Luo Zhiyuan pulled him aside, ready to start the plan to trick him into having more children.

Luo Zhiyuan looked reluctant and said to Luo Feng with deep emotion, "Dad, Bulieni is planning to take me into the universe to train. He says our Earthling bodies are too weak, and he needs to find a way to improve my constitution, which can only be done in the universe."

Luo Feng was stunned by this sudden news. He hadn't expected his son to leave his side when he was only three years old. Even though he looked like he was seven or eight, he knew his son was not even three!

Luo Zhiyuan saw Luo Feng open his mouth to speak, but didn't give him the chance, continuing, "But if I leave like this, I don't know how long it will be before I can return to Earth. I'm worried about leaving Mom all by herself."

"So, Dad, I have a request. Please have another child with Mom! I remember Mom saying that when she was first pregnant, it was twins. Have twins this time, so that in the future, they can keep you and Mom company in my stead."

"Dad, the time you spend cultivating will only get longer, and the time you spend with Mom will definitely decrease. If there's no one to keep her company, how sad will Mom be? Please? Promise me, Dad!"

Luo Feng's expression was grim. He knew Bulieni's approach was correct; the Earthling bloodline was too poor, and cultivating step-by-step took too much time and could be hindered by bottlenecks. He couldn't block his son's chance to become stronger. But how was he supposed to explain this to Xu Xin?

Luo Zhiyuan saw from Luo Feng's expression that he wouldn't object, but he was still hesitating about how to communicate it to Xu Xin. The first hurdle of the deception had been passed; now for the second step.

Luo Zhiyuan smiled and said to Luo Feng, "Dad, let's tell Mom about this together. You haven't been back to Earth in a long time, let's go back together."

Luo Feng nodded in agreement, then told Hong and Thunder God the news that Luo Zhiyuan was leaving. They hadn't expected Little Zhiyuan to leave so soon, but they both possessed a heart that pursued strength and were encouraging of Luo Zhiyuan having the opportunity to train better, so they all returned to Earth together.

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