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.

Outside, the sky was already beginning to brighten.

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

"Moreover, the situation in the Stellar Transformation World is still unclear. The limited intelligence I have is that Qin De is still dutifully serving as Prince Zhen Dong and has not rebelled. Most importantly, there is not a shred of information about Qin Yu, the protagonist."

After greeting Uncle Chen,

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

Yanjing City.

An ancient super-sized city said to house several million people. Although it could not compare to the super-sized Base Cities of the Devouring Starry Sky World, it was still remarkable to establish such a massive city in a place equivalent to ancient times. After all, ancient productivity was quite low, even if this was an immortal martial arts world.

It was Cao Bing's first time seeing a city with such ancient charm.

For a while, he had a great deal of fun, completely immersing himself in the unfamiliar atmosphere.

"Old Wang, did you hear? The Third Prince of Prince Zhen Dong's mansion will hold his coming-of-age ceremony in two months. Yanjing City will probably be lively again then!" A laborer pushing a cart sat on 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 Prince can't cultivate. He's accomplished neither in letters nor martial arts." Another laborer walked over carrying a bowl of water and spoke in a low voice.

"I heard that too..."

"Go on, get out of here. 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, all of you. Be careful someone hears you!" As the laborers continued discussing it, a burly middle-aged man who looked like a foreman hurried over to stop them, his face full of apprehension.

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

"Qin Yu's coming-of-age ceremony is in two months!"

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

"By that timeline, Qin Yu's coming-of-age ceremony will be when he turns sixteen. Not long after it, he'll obtain the greatest treasure of his life: the Meteor Tears.

"Unfortunately, even if Lian Yan isn't at Cloud Mist Villa, there will still be Houtian Peak guards. With my 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 strength only at the Houtian Early Stage, I'd probably be beaten to death the moment I reached the gate. I should stick to the plan I made earlier and focus on developing my strength in the Devouring Starry Sky World.

"Over here, I'll mainly train my martial skills and strengthen my body, with cultivation advancement as a secondary goal. Once my strength in the Devouring Starry Sky World grows, even if I can't obtain something as extravagant as Dragon Blood, a portion of Jade Marrow could still push this body to at least the intermediate War General level. By then, I'll have enough strength to cultivate the Tongtian Diagram."

With that thought, Cao Bing became even more resolute in his earlier plan.

"Before that, though, I should make a quick profit as an interworld trader to fund my cultivation."

A smile appeared on Cao Bing's lips. After wandering around for so long, he had already learned some basic information about this world. With a few calculations using his mathematical knowledge, a money-making method naturally took shape in his mind.

Due to the Great Cataclysm, some formerly precious metals in the Devouring Starry Sky World had greatly depreciated. Gold, silver, jade products, diamonds, and the like were far less valuable than they had been in his previous life.

In comparison, they were worth more in the Stellar Transformation World. Weapons were actually even more valuable, but Cao Bing lacked the strength, and as an ordinary person, he could not obtain weapons used by Martial Artists.

In the Stellar Transformation World, however, because the world was so vast, many precious medicinal herbs were quite common. Cao Bing could buy them and take them back, selling some for money and using others to make potions that would aid his cultivation.

Baiji Hall.

It was currently a famous pharmacy in Yanjing City.

Nearly all the herbs Cao Bing needed could be found here.

To that end, Cao Bing specifically returned to the martial arts hall and withdrew nearly half the family savings from Uncle Chen. Only then did he satisfactorily purchase enough medicine at Baiji Hall.

"Twenty ginseng roots over a hundred years old, fifteen hundred-year-old fleeceflower roots, twelve lingzhi mushrooms over a hundred years old, along with various other herbs. Half can be sold for money, and the other half can be made into potions. That'll be enough to raise both of my bodies by another level."

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

He had learned nearly everything he needed to know, 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." After entering the house, Cao Bing put away the herbs he had bought and handed Uncle Chen a piece of meat weighing nearly ten jin.

"Young Hall Master, this is..." Uncle Chen took the meat, but sensed the faint energy contained within its flesh.

"Just some monster meat," Cao Bing said calmly.

"Understood, Young Hall Master. This old servant will get right to it." 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 the Devouring Starry Sky World. Otherwise, his strength would not have grown so quickly.

What Cao Bing had given Uncle Chen was merely H-grade monster meat. It was not very valuable, only monster livestock raised by the state. This ten-jin piece cost just a few hundred yuan.

Even if Cao Bing ate this kind of meat every day, one million yuan would be enough to feed him for years.

This body of Cao Bing's was not particularly strong. At present, the only method he could think of was food, medicine, and extreme training to improve his physical fitness. The monster meat from the Devouring Starry Sky World was highly nutritious.

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

He would still have to wait until his strength in the Devouring Starry Sky World increased enough to drive it forward.

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 to do that afternoon, Cao Bing immersed himself in training again. Whether it was saber techniques or physical conditioning, this body of his had far too many shortcomings.

Over the next month, Cao Bing devoted himself wholeheartedly to training. His Internal Force cultivation did not improve much, but his saber techniques, footwork, and fist techniques all improved considerably.

The speed at which his physical fitness increased, however, exceeded Cao Bing's expectations. In just one month, the power of his external martial arts punches had forcefully reached nearly three hundred kilograms.

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

It greatly surprised Cao Bing.

"Could it be the RR Virus?"

Cao Bing recalled how his body had inexplicably heated up some time ago.