"White Phoenix?" The email was brief. Ye Muxuan stared at the signature at the end and furrowed his brow slightly. The information on the Jinghong Lineage's Grandmasters that the purple-robed envoy from Chaos City had brought earlier had mentioned no powerhouse named "White Phoenix," whether from the Virtual Universe Company or any of the other four major factions.
"Nine Phoenix, find out who this White Phoenix is," Ye Muxuan suddenly said.
"I can't find anything on White Phoenix. It says you don't have the clearance to make that query, Master. But I found a Secret Technique associated with White Phoenix: Three Thousand Phantom Bodies. It's listed in the treasury for eight billion points."
Ye Muxuan's fingers, resting on the table, stiffened slightly.
The Extreme Wind Secret Canon, which he had focused on cultivating before, had cost him five billion Military Merit on the Outer Battlefield—that was fifty thousand Hunyuan Units. In the treasury, it cost forty thousand points. It was a Marquis Level Secret Technique.
The Jinghong Lineage Grandmaster King Tianjing was an Invincible King Rank powerhouse who had created his own Secret Technique, the Autumn Killing Secret Canon, listed at nine hundred thousand points. Yet this White Phoenix had created a Secret Technique listed at eight billion.
For a moment, Ye Muxuan even wondered if this "White Phoenix" might be a Universe Lord.
But that didn't seem very likely!
Would a dignified Universe Lord really take an interest in a lowly World Lord like him? He certainly didn't think he was important enough for that. Still, White Phoenix had to be a Venerable at the very least, and might even be an Overlord.
"Nine Phoenix, search for Shadow Sweep and Floating Light!" Ye Muxuan said in a low voice.
"I found them. Shadow Sweep is listed at one thousand points, and Floating Light at eight hundred thousand." Nine Phoenix searched quickly, and a mass of information appeared on the screen before him.
Shadow Sweep, a basic auxiliary study Secret Technique for the Jinghong Chaos Stele, created by Vista, a Genius Battle participant from three million eras ago, after spending ten thousand years studying the first three diagrams of the Jinghong Chaos Stele. It required one thousand points to redeem, and you had a 10% discount.
Floating Light, a basic auxiliary study Secret Technique for the Jinghong Chaos Stele, created by King Qianmu. It required eight hundred thousand points to redeem, and you had a 10% discount.
Generally speaking, combat Secret Techniques were more expensive. Amplification techniques, such as Body Amplitude Secret Techniques and Soul Amplitude Secret Techniques, cost even more! Auxiliary study techniques were relatively cheaper. Even so, Floating Light was still listed at eight hundred thousand points in the Virtual Universe Company's internal treasury.
Even after he'd obtained the spoils from that Sky Wolf Race World Lord—worth nearly three million—eight hundred thousand points was still a vast fortune to Ye Muxuan. He could redeem them for eight hundred thousand Hunyuan Units, after all.
His fingertip tapped lightly on the table. At last, Ye Muxuan opened the listings for the two Secret Techniques and clicked redeem.
"Confirm redemption of the complete Floating Light, the complete Shadow Sweep, and the first six layers of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows?"
"Confirmed. Muxuan, you have a 10% discount. Deducting 720,000 points, 900 points, and 90 million points. It has been detected that Muxuan has a free redemption allowance of 100 million points. Remaining allowance: 9,279,100. Remaining points: 2,607,400."
When Ye Muxuan signed the agreement, he'd received a 100-million-point allowance for purchasing Secret Techniques. Redeeming the first six layers of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows used up the allowance; fortunately, he had a 10% discount, so even with Floating Light and Shadow Sweep added, the total came to less than 100 million. But he could forget about the seventh layer for now. It cost one billion points, or nine hundred million even with the discount. Even if he spent his entire fortune, he'd still fall far short—especially since his most valuable asset was actually the Locke Divine Water inside the Silver Tablet, which he needed to cultivate his Plant Lifeform!
Besides, the first six layers of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows were already enough for him to study, even enough to help him study the sixth diagram of the Jinghong Chaos Stele.
However, custom-made weapons wouldn't count toward this allowance, so he still needed to be cautious. Fortunately, he was still in Chaos City, so there was no rush. He could think about it again shortly before he left.
After selecting the Secret Techniques, Ye Muxuan checked when the next Jinghong Lineage Grandmaster would give a lecture in Chaos City. It was King Tianjing, the creator of the Autumn Killing Secret Canon and an Invincible King Rank powerhouse. The lecture would be in nine days.
He did want to take a master, but King Tianjing had entered the ranks of the Immortal through the Origin Law of Light. Given his status, he might not think much of someone like Ye Muxuan, who followed the Origin Law of Wind.
A King Tianjing, an Invincible King Rank being already comparable to a Universe Country Lord, would no longer take notice of ordinary so-called geniuses. Only geniuses with the potential to reach Marquis Rank or even King Rank might earn a second glance. Even ordinary Immortals weren't worth the effort it took to nurture them.
King Shaoling would be giving a lecture in three months. Ye Muxuan could give it a try then, since he'd reached Immortality through the Origin Law of Wind...
As he considered this, the butler at his villa sent him a message: some items had been delivered through the Virtual Universe Company's internal channels.
At the same time, a notification appeared on the Virtual Universe Company's internal network: his Floating Light, Shadow Sweep, and Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows had arrived.
Ye Muxuan stepped out of the villa and accepted two enormous alloy crates, each as large as a building, from Abick, the Heavenly Region butler, whose eyes widened in surprise. Then he flew back into the villa.
One of the enormous alloy crates contained two smaller alloy crates placed side by side, each marked with the words "Floating Light" or "Shadow Sweep." The other held stacks of huge metal books. On the cover of the topmost volume were the words "Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows" in the universal language of the universe!
Even in the Virtual Universe, Ye Muxuan could see traces of the Law of Time flowing through the words on the cover at a glance.
He ran his fingertips over the lettering on the book's surface, then picked up Shadow Sweep. The huge metal book was written in the universal language of the universe.
Shadow Sweep consisted of three volumes, corresponding to the first three diagrams of the Jinghong Chaos Stele. Ye Muxuan had already gained recognition from the Origin Law of Wind, and he was just half a step away from the Immortal level. His comprehension of the Time Origin Law was also extremely high, so the first three diagrams of the Chaos Stele resonated with him most strongly. He had already mastered them long ago.
In the little building, on the rooftop.
Ye Muxuan sat meditating, completely immersed in his own world. He stayed on the third floor of his villa in the Heavenly Region and didn't contact anyone at all!
Five months later.
Ye Muxuan opened his eyes as he sat meditating on the rooftop. He looked up at the faintly appearing Origin Law secret patterns in the sky, a flash of delight in his eyes.
Shadow Sweep truly lived up to its reputation as the auxiliary Secret Technique best suited for studying the first three diagrams of the Jinghong Chaos Stele. Though it was only a basic Secret Technique, it was worth every point—not just one thousand, but even ten thousand, or a hundred thousand!
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