Landing on Lei Bao Star

In the Dark Universe, a silver-gray spaceship sped through space at faster-than-light speed.

What surprised Qi Yuan somewhat was that the owner of the spaceship who had bought their group of Lei Yuan Clan slaves had never summoned them.

But that was fine too. It gave him time to further familiarize himself with the system he had just acquired.

"The Disciple Return System can be triggered by imparting cultivation experience or gifting items."

"Item returns are easy enough to understand, but how do cultivation experience returns work? The cultivation experience I can teach my disciples is definitely something I've already mastered. Even if it gets returned tenfold or a hundredfold, what would be the point?"

"This return multiplier is quite impressive, though. On top of the base return multiplier, there's even a chance to trigger a critical reward of up to 100 times. If I could take in a genius disciple with a base return multiplier of 100 times, then trigger a Hundredfold Critical Strike, wouldn't that mean a ten-thousandfold return!"

That would be incredible!

If he could trigger a ten-thousandfold return every time, never mind realms or cultivation—he could just keep giving his disciples money and resources, and before long, he would become one of the richest people in the Original Universe!

By then, what heavenly treasures would he be unable to buy? Wouldn't his cultivation soar like a rocket?

Of course, that was nothing more than wishful thinking. There were still many restrictions when it came to actually putting it into practice.

First, the system's return function could only be triggered once a month, and the gifted item had to be something the disciple needed at their current realm. Otherwise, it would affect the return multiplier.

Second, critical rewards presumably would not be easy to trigger. The item had to greatly move the disciple.

In other words, the gift could not merely be expensive—it had to be suitable. It had to touch the disciple's heart.

Moreover, items returned by the system could not trigger another return if gifted again. He would have to keep changing up what he gave them.

The time and effort involved were easy to imagine.

Of course, beyond all that, the most pressing problem Qi Yuan faced was how to take in a genius disciple with a high multiplier.

He himself was only Planet Tier 2, born on a primitive planet, and now he had even become a slave controlled by a Biological Chip.

Unless they were brain-dead, no high-multiplier genius would be willing to become his disciple.

Wait, that wasn't quite right.

His gaze swept around him—

As a figure akin to the martial arts "patriarch" of the Lei Yuan Clan, if he opened his mouth, the Planet Tier clansmen around him probably would not refuse.

What was more, quite a few of them had originally come from his school.

"Let me see what the Lei Yuan Clan's aptitude is like."

With a thought, he used the system's function to rapidly inspect the Lei Yuan tribesmen around him.

Yet the more he inspected, the lower his spirits sank—

Target Long Shan. Base return multiplier: 4 times. Can be bound.

Target Shen Buhai. Base return multiplier: 3 times. Can be bound after becoming a disciple.

Target Tang Hong. Base return multiplier: 3 times. Can be bound after becoming a disciple.

Among the several hundred Planet Tier Lei Yuan tribesmen, the vast majority had base return multipliers of only three to five times.

The highest was barely eight times, not even reaching double digits.

"Not a single one exceeds ten times. The Lei Yuan Clan bloodline seems pretty mediocre."

Still, he had no better choice at the moment. He could only pick the tallest among the short.

"Since the system doesn't limit the number of people I can bind, I'll give it a try first!"

Qi Yuan's gaze moved through the crowd before quickly settling on a middle-aged Lei Yuan tribesman at the edge.

The man wore ragged cloth garments. He was thin and gaunt, with graying, disheveled hair, like a sorrowful old farmer who had toiled in the fields for most of his life.

He was the only one among the several hundred Lei Yuan tribesmen whose return multiplier had reached eight times.

To be honest, Qi Yuan had been somewhat surprised to learn that this man possessed the highest return multiplier among more than three hundred Lei Yuan tribesmen.

That was because, in the original owner's memories, this man's talent did not seem particularly outstanding among the Lei Yuan tribesmen.

As one of the original owner's earliest disciples, the cultivation arts and resources he had received were no worse than anyone else's, yet his progress had been painfully slow.

Until the extraterrestrial visitors arrived, he had only just broken through to Planet Tier 2. Not only had he ranked at the bottom among his peers, but many later rising talents had surpassed him as well.

The only thing worth praising was that his foundation was exceptionally "solid." Though he progressed slowly, he advanced steadily, one step at a time. His combat techniques and Movement Technique were unmatched among his talented fellow disciples.

"Could he be a Lei Yuan Star version of Clumsy Peak Great Emperor?"

"Whatever. There's no better option for now, so I'll keep you as a backup."

Having made up his mind, Qi Yuan swiftly sent a wisp of consciousness to the illusory panel within his Sea of Consciousness.

At once, the system's crisp prompt sounded in his mind.

Target Cang Fan. Base return multiplier: 8 times. Meets disciple requirements. Bind?

After Qi Yuan selected confirm, information about Cang Fan immediately appeared on the previously blank system panel:

Name: Cang Fan

Race: Lei Yuan Clan

Realm: Planet Tier 2

Attribute: Lightning

Cultivation Path: Martial Artist

Base Return Multiplier: 8 times

The information on the panel was exceedingly sparse and revealed nothing special. After glancing over it a few times, Qi Yuan exited it directly.

"Now that I have a disciple, should I test the system's return function?"

After thinking briefly, he temporarily dismissed the idea.

For one thing, he was currently dirt poor. Apart from imparting cultivation experience, he did not even have a "gift" to trigger a System Return.

For another, he had not forgotten his current identity.

As a slave controlled by a Biological Chip, every move he made was under his master's surveillance. If he rashly displayed behavior inconsistent with that of a slave, it would easily draw his master's attention.

Whether he was captured for research or directly executed, neither outcome was something he could bear.

"I'm too weak right now. I have to be careful, then even more careful. I absolutely can't let anyone know that I can break free from the Biological Chip's control!"

"Stay calm for now. I'll look for an opportunity after the spaceship lands."

Lei Bao Star was a rather famous resource planet in the Eternal Starfield.

Lei Bao Star was shrouded in thick thunderclouds all year round, and most of its surface lay within Lightning Storms as vast as oceans.

In such a harsh environment, even ordinary Planet Tier martial artists could not remain for long without supplies.

Yet it was precisely thanks to this environment that Lei Bao Star had produced an exceptionally precious special resource—Thunder Crystal Ore.

Thunder Crystal extracted from Thunder Crystal Ore could be used to forge Force Weapons or smelted with other metals into C-Grade Alloy. It was an extremely marketable metal ore throughout the universe.

With its abundant reserves of Thunder Crystal Ore, the value of a single Lei Bao Star was enough to rival more than a dozen Life Planets of the same scale.

It was an immense fortune that even Universe Level experts would covet!

However, although Lei Bao Star's Coordinates were no secret, not a single Universe Level expert dared to truly set their sights on it.

The reason was simple: behind the owner of this planet stood the powerful Ortega Family.

Inside the spaceship cabin holding the Lei Yuan Clan slaves.

Qi Yuan attempted to cultivate according to the method he had obtained from the original owner's memories.

Strands of cosmic energy continuously entered his body, then were further refined into pure Gene Primary Energy.

But in Qi Yuan's eyes, the refining speed was pitifully slow.

After completing another circulation cycle, he had no choice but to stop for the time being.

"The original owner's cultivation technique is far too low-grade. And without any cultivation resources to assist me, at this rate, breaking through to Star Traveller Tier 3 alone will probably take decades, if not a century."

There was no helping it. The original owner's Lei Yuan Star had never connected with cosmic civilization. His so-called cultivation methods had all been obtained from the wreckage of an extraterrestrial spaceship that had accidentally crashed onto Lei Yuan Star. The fact that he had managed to piece them together enough to support a breakthrough to Star Traveller was already quite good.

Without a more complete cultivation method, it was hard to say whether he could even reach the peak of Star Traveller before his lifespan ran out.

"I have to find a way to obtain a more complete cultivation method."

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