Star Liquid

Chen Lie directly chose the Blue Star Zone in the Canglan Star Domain East.

Immediately afterwards, the scene before Chen Lie's eyes changed, and Personal AI rang in his ears.

"Successfully landed in the Canglan Star Domain East - Blue Star Zone."

When Chen Lie opened his eyes again, he found himself in a vast, white space.

The Sumeru Illusion Realm, within the Blue Star Zone.

Ruan Liusu arrived at the Blue Star Zone early and began to wait.

Beside her, her friend Zhao Ziyan said, "Liusu, if you want to find a teammate, our Genius Class has many Genius Group members from the Organ Refining Stage in Nanjiang Province for you to choose from. Why do you insist on finding that person you're supposed to marry?"

Ruan Liusu glanced at Zhao Ziyan with her pretty eyes and said, "What do you know?"

"Hehe, I understand even if you don't say it. This beast-hunting Illusion Beast the Organ Refining Stage participants is a contest where 57 Organ Refining Stage participants are randomly selected from the Blue Star Genius Class by Blue Star University. As long as you participate in this competition, even if you rank last, the consolation prize is very generous, probably around 500 Star-Origin Galactic Coins? According to the competition rules, each participant can find someone to assist in hunting the Illusion Beast, since hunting Illusion Beast is not a one-person job. Because you were randomly selected to participate in the Organ Refining Stage competition, many members of our Genius Group from Sunan Province are eagerly watching you, hoping you will choose them as your assistants."

They didn't even glance at these fellow villagers when they couldn't find you, and instead, against all odds, chose your family to introduce you to this potential matchmaker. They truly kept the good stuff within the family.

Wow, you're something else! It's not even a hint of a relationship yet, and you're already thinking about your other half. If the boys in your class knew, they'd be green with envy.

"Go away, don't talk nonsense. I'm telling you, when Chen Lie arrives, don't bring up anything about blind dates or anything like that." "What, you don't want to expose your relationship to others? But the rumors about you have already spread throughout our Sunan Province Genius Group. The only ones who don't know are your classmates from other provinces."

"Just listen to me, why are you making so many questions?" Ruan Liusu said.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Seeing this, Zhao Ziyan could only nod.

Ruan Liusu sighed inwardly. Now that she understood the whole story, she knew that her relationship with Chen Lie was not what Zhao Ziyan and the others thought at all. If it weren't for Chen Lie's damned cousin impersonating her, she certainly wouldn't be in such an awkward situation now.

At first, she didn't even take the marriage proposal her grandfather made seriously. Only after her family members took turns urging her did she agree to go to Yunchuan Province to see the so-called marriage prospect.

Unexpectedly Chen Lie was exactly her type, the kind of person who caught her eye. He had also shone brightly at the Three-Provinces Martial Tournament, and his martial arts talent was one in a million, no less than her own. Only then did she take the marriage arranged by her grandfather seriously.

In her view, she and Chen Lie were a perfect match in martial arts. Although Chen Lie was the number one in the Three Provinces of Chuanzhong, she was also the youngest person in the history of the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm in Sunan Province.

It's just that he's a bit too young, and that's where his age disadvantages him. Otherwise, he could definitely compete for the Martial Leader in the Sunan Province, or even the top spot in the Suwu Region.

This embarrassing situation infuriated her; she was furious with the imposter thief. Giving him a mere beating was far too lenient. She received a video from her cousin showing Chen Ye with broken arms and legs. While she felt a little better at the time, she later realized that for martial artists, once their Blood Qi Value exceeded three digits, their physical functions would be greatly enhanced. So, broken arms and legs couldn't simply be severed; only the bones were broken. He would recover in a month or two at most, which was still far too lenient.

Just then, Chen Lie arrived at the Second Campus of the Blue Star Zone Hall, the place he had arranged to meet Ruan Liusu.

As soon as Chen Lie appeared, Chen Lie Ruan Liusu saw him.

A sweet smile bloomed on her face as she waved her little hand at Chen Lie and said, "Chen Lie, you're here?"

Chen Lie approached Ruan Liusu and nodded. "What exactly was the competition you mentioned on Green Bubble yesterday, the one where you hunted Illusion Beast?"

Ruan Liusu explained, "That's right, Blue Star University randomly selected 57 students from among the Genius Class's Organ Refining Stage students to participate in this Illusion Beast -hunting competition."

The competition is about how many Crystal Core you can obtain by hunting Illusion Beast.

Because hunting Illusion Beast is not something ordinary people can do, it is stipulated that each participant can choose an off-site assistant. That's roughly how the competition works.

"Oh, I see." Chen Lie nodded.

Zhao Ziyan, who was standing next to him, suddenly said, "Hey, you there, being able to participate in this special competition held by Blue Star University is a great thing. The 57 Organ Refining Stage selected by Blue Star University are the most promising Organ Refining Stage from each province. This competition is essentially a benefit that Blue Star University provides to Organ Refining Stage students. As long as you participate in the competition, even if you come in last place, you will still receive a reward of 500 Star-Origin Galactic Coins."

If you can get into the top three, the reward will be truly enviable.

In our class, which of our fellow townsmen, all members of the Sunan Province Genius Group, wasn't eagerly hoping that Liusu would choose them as her assistants? But when Liusu encountered this good opportunity, the first person she thought of was you.

"If you meet a girl like Liusu, you should secretly be happy."

Upon hearing these words, Chen Lie looked at Ruan Liusu in surprise.

He had assumed Ruan Liusu had come to him because she needed his help, but it turned out to be a good thing?

But what did Zhao Ziyan mean by her last sentence?

Ruan Liusu coughed twice and said, "Don't listen to her. A few hundred Galactic Coin should be nothing to you."

She knew that Chen Lie had won the Northwest General Star during Chen Lie training, and the personal reward for the Northwest General Star title was 100,000 Star-Origin Galactic Coins, so a mere few hundred Star-Origin Galactic Coins would definitely not be of any interest to Chen Lie.

The reason she sought out Chen Lie this time was largely because she hadn't had much contact with Chen Lie since the Northwest Military Training. The two had been practicing their own martial arts and hadn't had a chance to meet. Today was a good opportunity to see each other, even though it was in the Sumeru Illusion Realm, it was no different from the real world.

"Since you came in last place, you'll only get a few hundred Star-Origin Galactic Coins. If you can get into the top three, you'll get a bottle of Star Liquid."

What is Star Liquid? You should have seen it in the Book of Rare Treasures, right?

Ruan Liusu simply shook her head and said, "I heard that this competition includes members of the Genius Group from the top three provinces of Blue Star, as well as Martial Leader from the top twenty provinces."

"These people are all at the Organ Refining Stage Completion, and they're practically on their way to the Blood Refining Stage. Forget about the top three, they wouldn't even make it into the top ten." Upon hearing the mention of "Star Liquid," Chen Lie's heart skipped a beat. He asked, "What did you say? The top three in this competition are rewarded with Star Liquid?" Zhao Ziyan nodded, "Yes, a bottle of Star Liquid is incredibly precious, even Outer Stars. It's said to be hundreds of times more effective than Star Dollar Liquid. Drinking a bottle can increase a person's Strength Value by more than 0.2 times in a short period."

I just don't know if it really works.

"If it really is Star Liquid, then it naturally has this effect."

In his previous life in the Central Galactic Empire, Chen Lie had also heard of the miraculous effects of Star Liquid. The environment in which Star Liquid is born is extremely harsh. It needs to be born on a Fixed Star with a lifespan of more than ten million years. The Fixed Star's Fixed Star source absorbs the power of the vast star source and transforms it. Depending on the strength of the Fixed Star source, it can take several years or even decades to produce a single drop of Star Liquid.

Even in the Central Galactic Empire, this item would be considered extremely precious, something that ordinary people of lower and middle classes could not afford.

Logically speaking, such a thing shouldn't exist on Blue Star. How could they possibly offer a treasure of this caliber as a reward?

"Star Liquid must be extremely precious, right? How come it's stored on Blue Star?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Lie asked.

Ruan Liusu replied, "Originally, there wasn't one. It's said that our Blue Star organizes an interstellar exploration every three years. Five years ago, during one of these explorations, a pool of Star Liquid was discovered on an Ancient Stars in the Canglan Star Domain East."

Because the interstellar exploration was jointly initiated by the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, the pool of Star Liquid was not reported to the Canglan Star Domain, but was directly divided equally among the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, including Blue Star.

We, Blue Star, were allocated 24 cubic meters of Star Liquid, which we kept as a strategic reserve. Over the past few years, we don't know if Blue Star still has 20 cubic meters of Star Liquid left in its reserves."

"24 cubic meters? Is that in cubic meters?"

"Of course, what else could it be but cubic meters?"

24 cubic meters—that's an incredible fortune! Even in the Central Galactic Empire, Star Liquid is measured in milliliters.

Chen Lie was initially worried that due to his limited resources, he would not be able to reach 15 times the Strength Value in the Blood-Qi Like Slurry Realm.

After all, the geniuses of the Central Galactic Empire only achieved this level of blood purity by continuously consuming Star Liquid or other Star Liquid with similar effects. Now that he heard that there was actually Star Liquid on Blue Star, Chen Lie was instantly relieved.

"If we get a bottle of Star Liquid for being in the top three in this competition, what about the first place?" Chen Lie asked again.

"For first place, it seems there are two bottles of Star Liquid, right? I don't think it's very likely that the two of us will win first place, so I didn't look at the reward in detail."

"My cousin told me that a few years ago, the Blue Star government was somewhat extravagant with Star Liquid. Anyone who joined the Genius Class would receive a Star Liquid. Later, I heard that Star Liquid was incredibly precious at Starry Sky University, measured in milliliters, which is why they tightened control over Star Liquid Star Liquid wouldn't have been difficult at all," Ruan Liusu said. "Oh, so the first place winner gets two bottles of Star Liquid, one for each person."

If there was only one bottle of Star Liquid, Chen Lie would really feel embarrassed to keep it all to himself in the face of Ruan Liusu's kind invitation. But since the first place winner can get two bottles of Star Liquid, that makes things much easier.

Zhao Ziyan, standing beside her, said, "No, you really expect to win first place? Several members of the Genius Group from the top three provinces of Blue Star and the Martial Leader from the top twenty provinces of Blue Star have already stepped into the Blood Refining Stage. Can you compare to them?"

Whether we can win or not, we'll know after the competition.

Although Ruan Liusu felt that her and Chen Lie's chances of even making it into the top ten were very slim, she was not discouraged and simply said, "Then we'll give it our all later."

The competition venue is in the Comprehensive Zone of Five Stars of the Eastern Region. It starts at 8:30. Shall we head over now?

As Ruan Liusu spoke, she added Chen Lie Chen Lie a friend in the Sumeru Illusion Realm and sent him the coordinates of the Eastern Region Five-Star Comprehensive Zone, so that they could cross regions together.

In an instant, Chen Lie arrived in the Canglan Star Domain East.

When Chen Lie opened his eyes again, he saw an endless Wasteland in front of him.

At this moment, Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan also arrived beside Chen Lie.

"We'll be hunting Illusion Beast here in a little while. Because the density of Illusion Beast in the Blue Star Zone is very low, the instructors who are hosting the competition have set the competition venue in the Comprehensive Zone."

"Be careful when hunting Illusion Beast. If you are attacked by Illusion Beast and die in the Sumeru Illusion Realm, you will be disqualified from the competition. With our strength at the Organ Refining Stage, we must not attack Illusion Beast Illusion Beast that are not Illusion Beast or longer than twenty meters. Fortunately, phantom beasts will not attack us unless Illusion Beast in most cases," Ruan Liusu said.

"I understand!" Chen Lie nodded.

Behind the Wasteland, there was a field that resembled a military camp, where many people were gathered at a distance.

Ruan Liusu pointed ahead with her small hand to Chen Lie Chen Lie, and then walked forward with him.

Zhao Ziyan followed behind, looking at Ruan Liusu ahead, and shook her head slightly.

Before Ruan Liusu could even enter the crowd, a provocative voice rang out.

"Ruan Liusu, the competition is about to start, haven't you chosen who to partner with yet?"

At that moment, a girl dressed in a pure white martial arts uniform stepped out from the crowd.

Ruan Liusu glanced at the girl and said expressionlessly, "What business is it of yours how I choose my accessories?"

Even if it's none of my business, what's wrong with me asking? Are you feeling guilty?

Ruan Liusu chuckled and said, "Bai Xianxian, you're really stubborn. Have you forgotten the lesson you learned half a month ago?"

I'm warning you, if it weren't for my advisor's intervention, I wouldn't have let you off so easily.

It seems you still haven't learned your lesson; you're just making trouble for yourself again.

The girl named Bai Xianxian snorted coldly and said, "Ruan Liusu, I admit that your martial arts strength is slightly stronger than mine now, but I am not as weak as you think."

"I'm questioning you because you don't know the reason?"

"I don't care what your reasons are, but if you continue to cause trouble in front of me, don't blame me for being impolite," Ruan Liusu warned coldly. "Playing dumb, huh?"

Bai Xianxian glanced meaningfully at Chen Lie next to Ruan Liusu and said, "I'm asking you, did you choose your lover from another province as your partner in this competition?"

Ruan Liusu frowned slightly and said, "Watch your mouth. Who I choose to be my assistant is none of your business."