"You're not telling me this? It was all discussed by Elder Chen and the others."
"Our Newborn Alliance sounds nice, claiming to be working for the Born One, but the crucial point is that most decisions aren't made by the government; we're just tools..."
It's not hard to hear from Zhao Yilong's words that he harbors a lot of resentment and dissatisfaction with the authorities.
Lin Yi shook his head and didn't say much. As far as he knew, Zhao Yilong's current situation was indeed not good.
As one of the three chairmen, Zhao Yilong has a good reputation since Born One, but his strength is quite lacking.
As more and more Born One are entering the professional level, Zhao Yilong's skill level has stagnated, leading to increasing doubts about his abilities.
Although he has a lot of resources, improving Martial Artist level cannot be achieved simply by accumulating resources.
Even now, within the Black Card Alliance under his control, some Born One are already restless and want to challenge his position.
In summary, Zhao Yilong is in the same crisis as Niu Jianjun. As one of the first batch of professional-level strongmen, he has fallen behind Lin Yi and other outstanding talents, and is unable to keep up, which has caused him some anxiety.
After a brief chat, seeing Zhao Yilong wandering around aimlessly, Lin Yi lost patience and made an excuse to leave.
Zhao Yilong watched Lin Yi Yi's retreating figure and sighed inwardly, "You, Lin Yi, once placed an opportunity before me, but unfortunately, I failed to seize it..."
"Never mind, I heard Niu Jianjun has a batch of Martial Artist Pill that can enhance True Qi and aid in martial arts comprehension. I'll go ask about the price..."
Lin Yi stopped Meng Yilan.
"Dream Alliance, it's been a long time."
Meng Yilan stopped in her tracks.
"It's been a long time, Great Master Lin!"
Compared to the last time we met, Meng Yilan's complexion was much rosier, and her features had become much more refined.
Lin Yi was actually very curious about what kind of Strange Spirit Meng Yilan had contracted with. Compared to other Ghost Controller, Meng Yilan seemed to be getting better and better as time went by.
Unfortunately, Meng Yilan had only been in the Lin River for two days and, like Li Severe Calamity Li, had touched the Boundary Stone, so Lin Yi was unaware of Meng Yilan's data and ranking.
But every time Lin Yi gets close to Meng Yilan, he can feel the Strange Stone throbbing, and now there is even Startle Awakening warning sign.
This suggests that Meng Yilan's strength is probably not much weaker than his.
Given the current state of the Ghost Controller profession, if Meng Yilan didn't possess a special talent number, then this woman is truly terrifyingly strong.
Meng Yilan smiled and said, " Great Master Lin, is there something you need from me?"
"I'll pay the balance. You previously traded a Talent Stone with Chen Chu and gave it to me. I promised to ensure you wouldn't be corrupted by the Strange Spirit. This is a little trinket I forged for you. If you are affected by the contracted Strange Spirit, you can hold this."
Lin Yi took out a modified Origin Source Stone, which was filled with his spiritual Spiritual Power.
For Ghost Controller, his Spiritual Power is full of Purification Power, which can suppress most negative Strange Spirit.
Meng Yilan held the Spiritual Power Source Stone in her hand, feeling the fluctuations of Spiritual Power within Source Stone. Her beautiful eyes lit up, and she smiled, saying, "Thank you, Great Master Lin. I thought you had forgotten about this. This thing is very useful to me."
"Haha, I haven't forgotten. It's just that you were abroad with the Captain Niu the other day, so I wanted to give it to you, but I didn't have the chance."
Meng Yilan nodded, chatted with Lin Yi for a few more minutes, recounting some of her experiences abroad, and then slowly left under Chen Chu Chu's watchful gaze.
Watching the couple, who seemed so close, come and go, Lin Yi shook his head, muttered a sarcastic comment about their excessive displays of affection, and then left the venue.
The next day, Elder Chen, along with Lin Yi, Bai Xuan, Niu Jianjun, Meng Yilan, and others, gathered at the Boundary Stone Villa.
Elder Chen handed over the thirty-odd Source Stone that everyone had collected to Lin Yi.
Of these, more than twenty came from Bai Xuan's contribution, and five were from the official inventory.
When Meng Yilan learned that the Boundary Stone had a third function, she also contributed four Source Stone.
Niu Jianjun said enviously, "So many Source Stone should be enough!"
As a veteran Martial Artist Born One, he has never even obtained a single Source Stone.
Lin Yi shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. If it's not enough, I'll add some more. I feel that this Third Prism Heavenly Ladder Challenge is of great significance to us Born One."
As someone who owns an Abandoned Source Stone Mine, Lin Yi is quite wealthy and powerful at this moment.
Since his Talent Slot were full, Lin Yi began to accumulate Source Stone. In the past three days, Xian Wu'ai and Sha Ge dug out more than eighty Source Stone for him in the Monster.
Unfortunately, according to Xian Wu'ai's guess, the Source Stone in this mine are almost exhausted. Now, Tangshan Demon and Double-Toothed Rat need to dig more than ten times in the mine before they can find a single Source Stone Mine.
At the current rate, even if the mountain is hollowed out in three to five days, no Source Stone Mine will be found.
Lin Yi had no choice; Source Stone was extremely rare and precious, as evidenced by the fact that the official Source Stone was only five.
Lin Yi now plans to save every last bit of Originium he can. He's also planning to gather enough Source Stone to see if he can draw Red Talent!
"Gentlemen, I'm starting the activation!"
Standing in front of the Boundary Stone, Lin Yi turned around and came to the Third Prism.
He put the thirty-two Source Stone collected by the authorities into the Prism. Each time it absorbed an Source Stone, the Purple-Black Boundary Stone would hum and tremble slightly, emitting a black glow.
After all thirty-two Source Stone were deployed, the Third Prism of the Boundary Stone still did not activate.
Elder Chen couldn't help but ask, "How many more are we missing?"
Lin Yi frowned and estimated, "It seems we're still short half the quantity."
Niu Jianjun frowned as well. "Half! That means we need to gather another thirty-two, but where are we going to get so many Source Stone?"
Bai Xuan and Meng Yilan also showed solemn expressions.
They have already given away all the Source Stone they had, so it's probably unrealistic to expect to find more Source Stone in the short term.
But then Lin Yi spoke up, "No, I have it on me."
Lin Yi made a sweeping motion in the air, and thirty-two Source Stone fell from the Mirror Space.
Niu Jianjun's eyes widened in astonishment. "Brother Lin, you've been hiding your true abilities quite well..."
If he wasn't mistaken, there was a pile of glowing Source Stone inside Lin Yi Yi's Mirror Space.
Seeing everyone's gazes turn towards him, Lin Yi coughed and said, "Don't look at me like that. I bought these Source Stone on credit from Tianshui City. As you all know, I am the Vice City Lord and I still have some authority."
Everyone nodded, without any doubt. At this moment, Elder Chen spoke up, "Your contributions of Origin Source Stone will be recorded in the official account. Once the official has the resources, they will definitely compensate you as soon as possible."
Bai Xuan quickly replied with a grin, "I've remembered what Old Elder Chen said. You know, I'm so poor I'm almost starving."
Everyone glanced at him again, but no one responded.
On the other side, after Lin Yi successively integrated the remaining thirty-two Source Stone into the Boundary Stone, the Third Prism suddenly shone with a bright purple light, emitting a dazzling brilliance.
Niu Jianjun leaned over and asked, "Brother Lin, is this alright?"
"It's ready!"
Lin Yi nodded, but after receiving the message from the Boundary Stone, he raised an eyebrow and said, "However, to enter the Heavenly Ladder Trial, you will need an Source Stone as an energy activation ticket."
"Wow, that's expensive? What are the benefits of this Heavenly Ladder Trial?"
"Aside from the fact that there's no danger of death, I don't know anything else. Why don't you go in and try it out, Captain Niu?"
Lin Yi flipped his hand and took out a Source Stone, handing it to Niu Jianjun, indicating that he should go first.
"Alright, but this Source Stone..."
"Of course, consider it a loan from me."
Niu Jianjun remained silent, but thinking that he had recently earned quite a few Spiritual Object from Ji Fengyu and Zhao Yilong by using his disciple's pills, he didn't say anything.
Then, he took the Source Stone, and under Lin Yi Yiyao's control, he was instantly captured by the purple light of the Third Prism, and his figure disappeared from the spot.
Just as everyone was speculating what Niu Jianjun would encounter in the Heavenly Ladder Trial, a few seconds later, Niu Jianjun screamed and his figure fell out of the Third Prism.
"Holy crap..."
Niu Jianjun got up with a bruised and swollen face, his face covered in cuts and bruises, and he was limping.
The next moment, a list of information rankings also appeared on the Third Prism.
First place: Second level of the Heavenly Ladder, Niu Jianjun, not cleared!
Bai Xuan couldn't help but ask Yu, " Captain Niu, what happened to you? How come you came out so quickly?"
Niu Jianjun said irritably, "In a flash of light, I was teleported to a vast grassland that was all swamps. Then, three one-star rhinoceros-like Monster King attacked me one after another. There was nowhere to run. The injuries on my body were caused by those rhinoceroses."
How long were you inside?
"It took three or four minutes. The three-headed Monster King relentlessly attacked and chased me. I really couldn't hold on any longer."
Based on Niu Jianjun's description, everyone guessed that the Boundary Stone Heavenly Ladder Trial would teleport the Descendant to the corresponding Heavenly Ladder level based on their strength, and no matter how long they stayed inside, only a few seconds might have passed in the outside world.
As for passing the Trial at different levels, there may be unknown rewards.
Lin Yi wasn't in a hurry to go in, so he asked Yu, "Who wants to try next?"
A look of curiosity flashed across Bai Xuan: "I'll do it. I want to see what this Heavenly Ladder Trial is all about!"
Lin Yi took out a Source Stone and handed it to him. After taking it, Bai Xuan disappeared into the light emitted from the Third Prism, just like Niu Jianjun.
About three seconds later, Bai Xuan also staggered and rolled, as if he had been thrown out of the prism.
The ranking information on Prism has also been updated.
First place: Sixth floor of the Heavenly Ladder, Bai Xuan, not cleared!
Second place: Second level of the Heavenly Ladder, Niu Jianjun, failed to clear!
The sixth level of the Heavenly Ladder?
Everyone, including Old Elder Chen, showed surprise in their eyes.
This is much higher than the number of floors in Niu Jianjun.
Bai Xuan straightened his collar and coughed, "Don't look at me like that. I failed on the sixth floor too. But when I first entered, I was on the fourth floor. I made my way to the sixth floor. I guess that for professional-level Seven Stars, there are three floors for each star. The Boundary Stone will put the Descendant into the corresponding heavenly ladder floor based on their initial strength."
" Captain Niu is at the mid-level of One-star Warrior, so he's on the second level, while I've just entered the Deity Two-star, so I'm on the fourth level."
"Also, the Trial and venues for encountering monsters should be different for different professions. The monster I encountered was Strange Spirit, not the Monster that Captain Niu mentioned."
Bai Xuan smiled and said, "Finally, it's about passing the Trial and getting the reward. I broke through two levels and received two rewards."
"As for what it is, I can't tell you. All I can say is, the reward is incense!!"