"All right."
Chu Yuan nodded. "But besides the discount, throw in twenty Universe Level 1 slaves and twenty spirit readers, ten thousand Star Level 9 warriors and ten thousand spirit readers, and one million Planetary Level Nine warriors and one million spirit readers."
"Deal!"
The fat man agreed without a second thought.
Compared with an enormous order worth 140 billion Universe Coins, these extras were hardly worth mentioning.
"The handover location is Water Dragon Planet, Nine Spiral Galaxy, Purple Radiance Empire."
"Understood. I'll deliver the slaves to you as quickly as possible, sir."
The fat man nodded repeatedly. After bowing humbly, his body dissolved into motes of light and vanished.
A month later, on White Sand Planet.
Chu Yuan completed the transaction with the slave merchant, paying 140 billion Universe Coins and receiving more than two million slaves.
"Greetings, Master!"
Chu Yuan hovered high in the sky. Below him, an army of two million slaves knelt in midair in perfect unison.
At the very front were fifty Universe Level slaves: five Universe Level 8 Black Blade Race warriors, five Universe Level 8 Star Pupil Race spirit readers, and forty Universe Level 1 slaves of other races.
In the middle were two hundred thousand Star Level 9 warriors and spirit readers.
At the very back were two million Planetary Level Nine slaves.
The army of two million slaves hovered in the sky, packed densely together. The terrifying aura they gave off left every resident of White Sand Planet trembling in fear.
The Stellar Level Six Planet Lord was scared senseless by the terrifying sight.
"Good heavens, what royal family's prince has come here on vacation?"
"With so many Universe Level slaves as bodyguards, probably only a World Lord expert's direct descendants could have such a grand entourage, right?"
The Planet Lord did not dare approach to make his acquaintance, let alone flatter him or cling to his thigh.
He knew that before a figure of this stature, he did not even qualify to be a slave.
Any single Star Level 9 slave dispatched from that army of two million could sweep across all of White Sand Planet.
With his newly purchased army of two million slaves, Chu Yuan formed another two hundred interstellar fleets.
Four of the fleets were each led by a Universe Level 8 slave and tasked specifically with obtaining five-star opportunities with mortality rates below 30%.
Another twenty fleets had Universe Level 1 spirit readers as captains and Universe Level 1 warriors as vice-captains, and were responsible for obtaining five-star opportunities with mortality rates below 20%.
The remaining fleets consisted of Star Level 9 elites and were responsible for searching for four-star opportunities with mortality rates below 30%.
This gave Chu Yuan three hundred interstellar fleets obtaining opportunities for him simultaneously.
He would soon earn back the 140 billion Universe Coins spent on buying slaves.
After the fleets departed, six Universe Level 8 slaves remained at Chu Yuan's side, half warriors and half spirit readers.
With these six slaves protecting him personally, almost no one could kill him unless a Domain Lord expert made a move.
"Feiluan, list the six-star opportunities in the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield. Only include those with mortality rates below 15%."
"Yes, Master!"
Sitting on Chu Yuan's shoulder, Feiluan's eyes shone as she projected a three-dimensional virtual screen containing only two entries.
[Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, Nine Origins Empire, Hidden Light Planet, six-star opportunity, mortality rate 0.1%.] [Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, Red Flint Empire, Planet GR-2584, six-star opportunity, mortality rate %.]
"Why has the mortality rate for the six-star opportunity on Hidden Light Planet in the Nine Origins Empire become 0.1%?!"
Chu Yuan was somewhat surprised.
The six-star opportunity on Hidden Light Planet was the first opportunity Chu Yuan had checked. The last time he checked, its mortality rate had been as high as %.
Yet now it had plummeted straight to 0.1%. They were practically two extremes.
Last time, Chu Yuan had only had a few Star Level 9 slaves with him, and the mortality rate had been extremely high.
This time, with Universe Level slaves, the mortality rate had dropped at once, proving that Universe Level 8 slaves could obtain it easily.
"Feiluan, depart immediately. Head for Hidden Light Planet in the Radiance Empire."
Chu Yuan could not wait another moment and immediately gave the order.
"Yes, Master!"
The Dragon Abyss set off, its engines spewing flames as it entered the Dark Universe.
"Hidden Light Planet in the Radiance Empire is 2.39 million light-years from White Sand Planet. Arrival will take forty-three days."
He could obtain his first six-star opportunity in just forty-three days. Chu Yuan was so excited he could barely contain himself.
"It seems my mental state still isn't good enough. A single six-star opportunity has already left me unable to sit still."
Chu Yuan shook his head with a chuckle, then immediately sat cross-legged and calmed his mind.
He knew full well how important one's mental state was to cultivation. Its effects might not be apparent in the early stages, but the further one progressed, the more obvious its benefits to cultivation became.
Although the days spent traveling through the Dark Universe aboard the ship were monotonous, Chu Yuan immersed himself in cultivation every day, and time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, forty-three days had passed.
The Dragon Abyss returned to the Primal Universe, arriving in a deserted, deathly silent stretch of space.
"This stretch of space is so desolate."
Chu Yuan looked outside. According to the star chart, there was not a single life-bearing planet within this region's hundred-thousand-light-year diameter. It was an entirely uninhabited zone.
After they flew a little farther, an entirely brown planet appeared ahead.
"Master, we've arrived at Hidden Light Planet."
Feiluan alerted him.
"Scan the planet," Chu Yuan said.
"Yes."
Feiluan immediately scanned Hidden Light Planet and provided the information.
[Hidden Light Planet, diameter: kilometers, number of lifeforms: 1, a Star Level 9 plant lifeform, Star-Eating Grass.]
Chu Yuan's eyes widened, his face full of shock. "It's actually Star-Eating Grass!"
Among the many plant lifeforms sold by the Human Race, Star-Eating Grass was known as the toughest offensive plant lifeform.
It would generally be born on an ordinary mineral planet, growing by devouring all kinds of metals and rocks on that planet.
After devouring an entire mineral planet, Star-Eating Grass could evolve to Universe Level.
"I never expected this opportunity to be Star-Eating Grass."
Chu Yuan was greatly surprised. He had thought he might find a fallen Immortal this time.
But rather than feeling disappointed, he was wild with joy.
Star-Eating Grass was an extremely precious plant lifeform. A single seedling sold for as much as three hundred thousand Hunyuan Units.
This Star-Eating Grass had already evolved to Star Level 9, so its price would only be higher.
Many Immortal Army Lords had total fortunes of only ten thousand Hunyuan Units and could not afford Star-Eating Grass at all.
This Star-Eating Grass was undoubtedly Chu Yuan's greatest gain.
He happened to lack a plant lifeform, and Star-Eating Grass suited him very well.
"Good heavens, you've struck it rich, kid!"
Xiong Ba also began shouting beside him.
"Master cultivated a plant lifeform back then too, but it was a Shaluo Flower, far inferior to Star-Eating Grass."
"Master spent most of his fortune raising the Shaluo Flower to World Lord Level. Sadly, in that battle seven hundred million years ago, the Shaluo Flower fell alongside Master."
At the mention of his master, World Lord Huoyao, Xiong Ba's expression turned sorrowful again.
Unable to hide his excitement, Chu Yuan gave the order. "Black Blade One, go and bring the Star-Eating Grass back for me."
"Yes, Master!"
A Universe Level 8 Black Blade Race slave obeyed, leaving the spaceship and flying toward Hidden Light Planet.