RR

Stellar Transformation World

Cao Bing opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

Cao Bing's consciousness had spent an entire month in the Devouring Starry Sky World, while only a little over seven hours had passed in the Stellar Transformation World.

By then, the sky outside was already beginning to brighten.

"Although I've decided to prioritize improving the strength of my body in the Devouring Starry Sky World, I can't neglect the Stellar Transformation World either.

"Besides, the situation in the Stellar Transformation World is still unclear. The limited information I have is that Qin De is still dutifully serving as the Prince of Zhendong and has not rebelled. Most importantly, there is no information whatsoever about the protagonist, Qin Yu."

After greeting Uncle Chen,

Cao Bing took some silver and headed out onto the streets.

Yanjing City.

An ancient super-sized city said to house several million people. Though it could not compare to the super-sized base cities of the Devouring Starry Sky World, it was still quite remarkable for such an enormous city to have been built in a place equivalent to ancient times. After all, productivity in ancient times had been quite low, even in a xianxia world.

This was Cao Bing's first time seeing a city with such an ancient atmosphere.

For a while, he was thoroughly entertained, completely immersed in this unfamiliar ambiance.

"Old Wang, did you hear? The third young master of the Prince of Zhendong is holding his coming-of-age ceremony in two months. Yanjing City will probably be lively again then!" A laborer pushing a cart sat atop it to rest as he chatted with another laborer.

"Of course. That's a major event for the Zhendong Royal Mansion!" the other laborer said.

"But I heard that this third young master can't cultivate. He's neither accomplished in literature nor martial arts." Another laborer came over carrying a bowl of water and spoke quietly.

"I heard that too..."

"Scram, scram, scram. He's still a young prince. Even if he's good at neither literature nor martial arts, he's not someone people like us can compare to. Shut your mouths! Be careful someone hears you!" As the laborers continued their discussion, a burly middle-aged man who looked like a foreman hurried over and stopped them, his face full of apprehension.

At the foreman's words, the laborers quickly shut their mouths, their faces filled with lingering fear as they hurriedly pushed their carts away.

"Qin Yu's coming-of-age ceremony will be held in two months!"

After wandering around for half the day, this was probably the most valuable news Cao Bing had heard.

"By the timeline, Qin Yu's coming-of-age ceremony takes place when he turns sixteen. Not long after it, he obtains the greatest treasure of his life: the Meteor Tears.

"Unfortunately, even if that Lian Yan isn't at Cloud Mist Villa, there will still be Houtian Peak guards there. With my current abilities, I can't get in at all."

Thinking this, Cao Bing could only sigh.

"The Meteor Tears are destined to be beyond my reach. With my current Houtian Early Stage strength, I'd probably be beaten to death the moment I reached the gate. I should stick to the plan I made before and focus on developing my strength in the Devouring Starry Sky World.

"On this side, I'll focus on honing my martial skills and strengthening my body, with cultivation as a secondary priority. Once my strength in the Devouring Starry Sky World grows, even if I can't obtain a luxury item like Dragon Blood, a portion of Jade Marrow should be enough to push this body beyond intermediate War General level. By then, it will be enough for me to cultivate the Tongtian Diagram."

The more Cao Bing thought about it, the more determined he became to follow his original plan.

"Before that, though, I should first act as a trader between the two worlds and earn some money for cultivation."

A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Bing's mouth. After wandering around for so long, he had learned some basic information about this world. With a few calculations using his mathematical knowledge, a way to make money naturally formed in his mind.

Because of the Great Cataclysm, certain precious metals in the Devouring Starry Sky World had depreciated drastically. Things like gold, silver, jade products, and diamonds were far less valuable than they had been in his previous life.

Their value was comparatively higher in the Stellar Transformation World. Weapons were actually even more valuable, but Cao Bing lacked the strength to acquire weapons meant for Martial Artists as an ordinary person.

In the Stellar Transformation World, however, the sheer scale of the world meant that many precious herbs were quite common. Cao Bing could buy them and bring them back, selling part of them for money and turning the rest into medicinal solutions to aid his cultivation.

Baiji Hall.

A famous apothecary in Yanjing City.

Almost every herb Cao Bing currently needed could be found there.

To that end, Cao Bing had even made a special trip back to the martial arts school and asked Uncle Chen for nearly half of the family savings. Only then did he contentedly buy enough medicine from Baiji Hall.

"Twenty ginseng roots over a hundred years old, fifteen hundred-year-old fleeceflower roots, twelve lingzhi mushrooms over a hundred years old, plus various other herbs. Half can be sold for money, while the other half can be turned into medicinal solutions. That should be enough to raise both of my bodies by another level."

Looking at the huge pile of herbs he had bought in various bags and bundles, Cao Bing smiled as he set off for home.

He had already learned almost everything he needed to ask about, and his interest in Yanjing City had faded. There was no need to keep wandering around; it meant little.

"Uncle Chen, cook this piece of meat today." Once home, Cao Bing put away the herbs he had purchased and handed Uncle Chen a slab of meat weighing nearly ten jin.

"Young Master, this is..." Uncle Chen accepted the meat, but he could sense the faint energy contained within its flesh.

"Just a bit of monster meat," Cao Bing said calmly.

"Understood, Young Master. This old servant will get to it right away." With that, Uncle Chen did not delay and immediately went to prepare the monster meat.

Naturally, this was not monster meat from the Stellar Transformation World. Even in Yanjing City, monster meat was not so easy to buy. But Earth was different. On Earth, there was no shortage of monsters.

Cao Bing had eaten plenty of monster meat during his years in Devouring Starry Sky. Otherwise, his strength would not have grown so quickly.

The meat Cao Bing gave Uncle Chen was merely H-rank monster meat. It was not valuable, only monster meat from creatures raised by the state. This ten-jin piece cost just a few hundred yuan.

Cao Bing ate this kind of meat every day. One million yuan would be enough to feed him for several years.

This body of Cao Bing's was not very fast. At present, the only methods he could think of to improve its physical fitness were food, medicine, and extreme training. Monster meat from the Devouring Starry Sky World had extremely high nutritional value.

In Cao Bing's view, as long as he had enough meat, he could definitely build this body up to Houtian Peak. As for Xiantian, he held no hopes for it yet.

He would still have to wait until his strength in Devouring Starry Sky became higher and use it to drive further improvement.

At noon, Cao Bing enjoyed a hearty meal of meat. Uncle Chen's cooking was actually quite good, and Cao Bing ate until he was completely full.

With nothing else to do that afternoon, Cao Bing immersed himself in training again. Whether it was blade techniques or physical conditioning, this body of his had far too many shortcomings.

Over the following month, Cao Bing devoted himself entirely to training. He made little progress in internal energy cultivation, but his blade techniques, footwork, and fist techniques all improved considerably.

His physical fitness, on the other hand, grew at a rate that exceeded Cao Bing's expectations. In only one month, the power of his external martial arts fist had forcibly risen to nearly three hundred kilograms.

That was equivalent to an entry-level martial arts school student, or the Houtian Early Stage of external martial arts.

It greatly surprised Cao Bing.

"Could it be the RR Virus?"

Cao Bing recalled the inexplicable fever his body had experienced some time ago.