"Master!"
A moment later, the ship's AI, Morty, spoke in everyone's ears. "The data has been collected and organized!"
"Speak!"
Weilusi immediately ordered, "How strong is the strongest person on this planet?"
At Weilusi's question, the other adventurers aboard the ship all pricked up their ears.
If the adventurers on this inhabited planet were much stronger than them, the benefits they could obtain next would be greatly reduced.
"The natives living on this planet call it 'Xuanhuang Star'!"
The ship's AI, Morty, promptly continued, "The natives of Xuanhuang Star are primarily humans and demonic beasts. The humans occupy the habitable continents and have a total population of over five billion. Among them, there are approximately fifty million Apprentice Level warriors and over two thousand Planetary Level warriors. As for Star Level warriors, there isn't a single one!"
Excitement appeared on the faces of every member of the adventurer team.
"Hahaha, we've struck it rich this time!"
"Exactly! They don't even have a single Star Level warrior. This native planet has absolutely no ability to resist us!"
For a time, all the adventurers were tremendously excited.
Their team had been adventuring through the universe for over two thousand years. Although some had fallen to danger during that time, the survivors were undoubtedly the cream of the crop. Even the weakest had cultivated to Stellar Level Six.
An inhabited planet without a single Star Level warrior naturally had no ability to resist them.
"Boss!"
While everyone was raising their glasses in celebration, one member of the adventurer team turned to Weilusi and asked, "What do you plan to do with this inhabited planet next?"
"Of course we'll subjugate this inhabited planet and then report it to my family!"
Weilusi promptly continued, "The reward for reporting it to my family will be far greater than what we'd get for giving the information directly to the Golden Lion Empire or the Purple River Empire!"
The various civilizations across the universe offered many generous benefits to adventurers who discovered planets.
For instance, after discovering a planet, they could receive an enormous bounty even by simply reporting it directly to an empire.
A low-tier civilization like the Purple River Empire would directly award ten trillion Purple River Currency;
a mid-tier civilization like the Golden Lion Empire would directly award ten billion Golden Lion Currency.
Although ten billion Golden Lion Currency could only be exchanged for ten trillion Purple River Currency at the official exchange rate, ten trillion Purple River Currency could not be exchanged for Golden Lion Currency through official channels. That could only be done on the black market.
Thus, on the black market, ten billion Golden Lion Currency could definitely be exchanged for more Purple River Currency.
It was not that the Purple River Empire was unwilling to give adventurers greater rewards. Rather, as a vassal of the Golden Lion Empire, the Purple River Empire could never offer adventurers a higher bounty than the Golden Lion Empire did.
As such, after discovering a new inhabited planet, adventurers were generally more willing to report its information to the Golden Lion Empire.
Of course, this only applied to adventurer teams without backing or much wealth at their disposal.
Some astonishingly wealthy adventurer teams could purchase a newly discovered inhabited planet at an extremely low price and obtain the Golden Lion Empire's recognition.
For example, the discoverer of an inhabited planet worth one trillion Golden Lion Currency only needed to spend three hundred billion Golden Lion Currency to obtain the Golden Lion Empire's recognition and become the planet's lord.
If the discoverer was willing to cooperate with the Golden Lion Empire in administering the planet, an inhabited planet worth one trillion Golden Lion Currency would require a payment of only one hundred billion Golden Lion Currency to obtain the Golden Lion Empire's recognition and protection. Moreover, the Golden Lion Empire would not interfere in the planet's internal administration, only collecting tariffs on its imports and exports!
Even if the adventurers lacked sufficient wealth, they could give the information about the inhabited planet to other factions, receiving a reward far greater than ten billion Golden Lion Currency.
However, doing so also carried enormous risks. If the factions that received the information broke their word and refused to provide the reward, the adventurers would be left drawing water with a bamboo basket-all their efforts wasted. They might even encounter danger.
Of course, Weilusi and his companions had no need to worry about such a situation.
After all, Weilusi's family had a super powerhouse who had reached the Universe Level. As long as they reported this inhabited planet to the family backing Weilusi, they would certainly receive a reward far exceeding ten billion Golden Lion Currency.
"Boss, I actually have an idea!"
The adventurer team member who had just spoken promptly continued, "We could give the information about this inhabited planet to the White Dragon Society. They've always been willing to pay a high price for inhabited planets!"
"The White Dragon Society?" Weilusi was slightly taken aback.
The White Dragon Society was a slave organization spanning dozens of low-tier civilizations. Its leaders were several mighty Domain Lord Level powerhouses, and it even sold Universe Level slaves!
"That's right!"
That adventurer team member promptly continued, "I remember that the last time you reported a newly discovered inhabited planet to your family, boss, we only received a total bounty of thirty billion Golden Lion Currency. But that inhabited planet was worth a full one trillion five hundred billion Golden Lion Currency!"
"If we'd sold that inhabited planet to the White Dragon Society back then, they definitely would've offered the astronomical price of sixty billion Golden Lion Currency!"
"You need to stay alive to spend the money you earn!"
After hearing that adventurer team member's words, Enstan quickly spoke up from the side. "The White Dragon Society is too dangerous! If we trade with them, there's no guarantee of our safety!"
"Once we hand the planet over to them, they might go back on their word and send people to hunt us down!"
"They won't!"
That adventurer team member promptly spoke again. "I previously met one of the White Dragon Society's supervisors in our Purple River Empire on Imperial Capital Star. He told me that if we were willing to hand over the inhabited planets we discovered to the White Dragon Society, we would definitely receive an enormous reward!"
"Wouldn't handing this inhabited planet over to the White Dragon Society be too cruel to the humans living here?"
Mig quickly spoke up from the side. "The White Dragon Society has always treated the inhabitants of the planets under its control with extreme cruelty, all to cultivate more high-quality slaves!"
"Once we hand this inhabited planet over to the White Dragon Society, the natives here will never have a chance to turn their fortunes around!"
"What does that have to do with us?"
The adventurer team member who had proposed handing the inhabited planet over to the White Dragon Society spoke again. "What we need is wealth, anyway. If the White Dragon Society offers enough, why can't we hand this inhabited planet over to them?"
"Enough!"
As the adventurer team members voiced their opinions, their leader, Weilusi, interrupted them. "What we do with this inhabited planet will depend on the results of our investigation!"
"Yes, boss!"
The other members of the adventurer team all responded after hearing Weilusi's words.
Just then, however, the ship's AI, Morty, suddenly alerted him. "Captain, there's a combat recording you absolutely must watch!"
"Oh?"
Weilusi drained the fine wine in his glass, then asked casually, "What combat recording?"
"The strongest person on Xuanhuang Star is named 'Lu Qingshan'!"
The ship's AI, Morty, promptly displayed a video on the large screen at the front of the ship, then continued, "This is a recording of Lu Qingshan joining the other Planetary Level natives on Xuanhuang Star to surround and attack a demonic beast not long ago!"
At those words, Weilusi and the other adventurers immediately began watching the video.
Yet the instant they saw Demon God Meng Qi, they could not help freezing.
"This is..."
Beside him, Enstan could not help exclaiming in shock, "A single black eye, membranous fleshy wings-this is a Ziqian Myriad Snake!"
"Heavens!"
"It's actually a Ziqian Myriad Snake! That's a powerful bloodline of the demon race. How could one appear here?"
"Boss, we've really struck it rich this time!"
"Exactly! A living Ziqian Myriad Snake should be worth at least several hundred billion Golden Lion Currency!"
"With this Ziqian Myriad Snake, we could probably even buy this inhabited planet outright!"
After hearing Enstan's words, the other adventurers could not help crying out in astonishment.
With sufficient resources to nurture it, a Ziqian Myriad Snake was practically guaranteed to break through to the Universe Level!
Even a Cloud-Touching Vine seedling was worth over one hundred billion Golden Lion Currency, let alone a living Ziqian Myriad Snake!
Yet while the other members were focused on the Ziqian Myriad Snake, Weilusi had directed all his attention toward Lu Qingshan, who was fighting Demon God Meng Qi in the video!
"A domain? It's actually a domain?"
Seeing Lu Qingshan unleash a domain, Weilusi's face filled with disbelief. "A mere Planetary Level warrior, born on a native planet like this, at that-how could he possibly have entered the Domain Realm?"
As an important member of a family with a Universe Level powerhouse-having made a tremendous contribution to the family by discovering an inhabited planet-Weilusi could be said to have learned a great deal about the universe.
Even among Universe Level powerhouses, many had yet to enter the Domain Realm. The patriarch of Weilusi's family was one such example.
Universe Level powerhouses who possessed domains were almost all outstanding figures among those at their level.
As for Star Level warriors who possessed domains, they were absolutely super geniuses among Star Level warriors.
Yet now, he had discovered a super genius who had entered the Domain Realm at the Planetary Level, someone countless times more dazzling than those Star Level geniuses!
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