There were thirteen Force Weapons in total: one Tier 4 and twelve Tier 3.
The Tier 4 Force Weapon alone, the Cloud-Breaking Blade, had a market price as high as 93 billion Ganwu Coins.
A Universe Level 9 expert who had lived for tens of thousands of years would normally have a total fortune of only around 100 billion Ganwu Coins.
This single Cloud-Breaking Blade was worth the entire fortune of a Universe Level 9 expert.
"I really struck it rich in one go."
Chu Yuan grinned broadly.
Counting the other treasures, his fortune already surpassed that of everyone in the Leinuo Family.
Perhaps only Ancestor Leinuo, the Universe Level Giant Axe Warrior who had founded the family, was wealthier than Chu Yuan.
The Cloud-Breaking Blade was a Tier 4 Force Weapon, and Chu Yuan could not unleash its power at all. Selling it would draw too much attention, so he decided to keep it for now.
He took off his original battle armor and changed into the Tier 3 Origin Energy battle suit, the Dark Flame Armor.
The Dark Flame Armor was top-quality even among Tier 3 Origin Energy battle suits. In theory, it could withstand attacks from a Universe Level 9 expert.
However, Chu Yuan himself was too weak. Even if the Dark Flame Armor weakened most of an incoming attack, the remaining power could still shock him to death.
But with the Dark Flame Armor protecting him, no one at Star Level could kill him now.
"My ability to stay alive has improved tremendously."
Chu Yuan put away the remaining treasures, leaving out only the Domain Lord Level Bloodline Evolution Agent.
In terms of price, the Tier 4 Force Weapon, the Cloud-Breaking Blade, was more expensive than the Bloodline Evolution Agent.
But the Bloodline Evolution Agent was still what Chu Yuan valued most.
Once his bloodline evolved into a Domain Lord Level Bloodline, it meant that even without cultivating, even if he did nothing but eat and sleep every day, he could naturally grow into a Domain Lord Level expert.
This was a precious treasure that could only be traded within the Virtual Universe Company. Selling it outside was forbidden.
Anyone caught doing so would end up dead.
Chu Yuan looked at the corpse on the ground. "To get his hands on a Domain Lord Level Bloodline Evolution Agent, this man must have belonged to the Virtual Universe Company. At the very least, he was an elite genius among its external members."
"And someone like that actually died here without a sound."
Chu Yuan shook his head, feeling somewhat wistful for no particular reason.
The universe was boundless, with deadly dangers at every step.
Only by holding the universe in awe could one live a long life.
Chu Yuan silently warned himself not to let having a system go to his head, or he would not live long either.
"Let's head back."
After leading the others back to the Dragon Abyss spaceship, Chu Yuan ordered his eight bodyguards to stand guard and entered a room alone.
Without hesitation, he took out the Bloodline Evolution Agent, plunged the needle into his arm, and injected the multicolored liquid into his body.
Once the Bloodline Evolution Agent entered his body, it spread wildly like cancer cells.
Healthy cells were devoured, stimulating his body to divide and produce more new cells.
His genes evolved rapidly between destruction and rebirth, accompanied by incomparably intense pain.
"Motherfucker! Why does it hurt so much?!"
Chu Yuan rolled across the floor in agony, his body convulsing violently and twisting out of shape.
Although he had expected it, the agonizing pain still exceeded his imagination.
"Fuck!"
Chu Yuan's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging all over his body as he hammered the alloy wall with punch after punch.
Fortunately, the hull was made of C-Grade Alloy, or he would have punched through it long ago.
"Master, bear with it. It'll be over soon."
Feiluan spoke from beside him.
"How much longer?"
Chu Yuan growled through gritted teeth. His teeth had bitten through his lip and shattered as well, leaving his mouth full of blood.
"How long the Bloodline Evolution Agent takes to work varies from person to person. Around an hour."
Feiluan answered.
"How long have I lasted?"
"Less than three minutes."
"Motherfucker! How can three minutes take so long?!"
Chu Yuan no longer dared to look down on those limp guys who lasted three minutes. So three minutes could be such a long time.
"Ah! Oh! Urgh! Fuck!!!"
For the next hour, Chu Yuan's agonized screams continued without pause.
Outside, the eight bodyguards heard their master's agonized screams and exchanged looks, their heads full of question marks.
Meng Yi frowned. "What is Master doing? Why is he screaming so miserably?"
Meng Er shook his head. "No idea. There's a trace of painful pleasure mixed into the suffering, and a hint of exhilaration too. How strange."
Meng San folded his arms and curled his lip. "What's strange about it? Men have a few days like this every month. It's perfectly normal. This is Master's private happy time. We shouldn't disturb him."
Meng Si through Meng Ba nodded repeatedly, not understanding but finding it impressive.
At last, an hour passed.
Chu Yuan lay drained on the floor, utterly limp, unable to lift even a finger.
Yet he felt a comfort deep in his bones, the supreme pleasure brought by genetic evolution.
His entire being was completely different, inside and out-every hair, every drop of blood, even every cell.
"Master, now isn't the time to rest. Hurry and cultivate with a Wood Bud Crystal. Your cultivation efficiency is at its best right now."
Feiluan reminded him from beside him.
Chu Yuan forced himself into a cross-legged sitting position, took out a Wood Bud Crystal, and greedily absorbed its energy.
After his genetic evolution, the cells in Chu Yuan's body had returned to a state of hunger, like hungry ghosts starved for thousands upon thousands of years.
As vast amounts of energy containing life force flowed into his body, his cells absorbed it frantically.
The Wood Bud Crystal shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just two or three hours, he absorbed an entire crystal.
Chu Yuan took out a second Wood Bud Crystal and absorbed that completely as well.
Within his sea of consciousness, energy gathered, expanded, contracted, and collapsed. Finally, with a rumble, a second star was born.
Chu Yuan broke through again, becoming a Star Level Tier 2 warrior.
"A Domain Lord Level Bloodline really is extraordinary."
Chu Yuan felt the changes in his body. His efficiency at absorbing energy was now more than a thousand times greater than before.
Leaving the room and heading outside, Chu Yuan took out the C9-Class Spaceship.
The spaceship was dark red all over and three times larger than the Dragon Abyss. Its engines and components were intact, and it had enough energy.
"This must have been a backup spaceship."
Experts roaming the universe would generally keep several extra spaceships as long as they had the money.
Otherwise, if their spaceship was wrecked, they would be unable to leave even if they wanted to.
"I'll still call it the Dragon Abyss. I can't be bothered to change the name."
Chu Yuan put away the old spaceship and boarded the new one with his bodyguards. Feiluan immediately took control of its systems.
"Feiluan, set our destination to Qiu Long Star."
"Yes, Master. Qiu Long Star is 580,000 light-years from Three Suns Star."
Boom!
The dark red spaceship tore through the planet's hurricane winds, burst out of the atmosphere, and vanished with a whoosh.
In the Dark Universe, the New Longyuan accelerated faster and faster: 1.3 times light speed, 1.5 times light speed, 1.7 times light speed, before finally stabilizing at twice light speed.
"The New Longyuan really is fast. At this speed, reaching Qiu Long Star will only take eleven days."
Chu Yuan sat on the sofa with a wineglass in hand, in a very good mood.
"Master, are you planning to sell all the treasures?"
Floating in midair, Feiluan produced a cup of black liquid from somewhere and sipped it happily.
Of course, what she drank was a virtual beverage.
"That's right."
Chu Yuan nodded. "If treasures can't be turned into strength, they're meaningless."
"This time, I'm going to spend to my heart's content and go on a huge shopping spree."
Chu Yuan spread his arms to embrace the universe, brimming with heroic spirit.
Of course, he understood the principle of keeping one's wealth hidden. He would not sell the Tier 4 Force Weapon, the Cloud-Breaking Blade. He would only sell Tier 3 Force Weapons.
Then he would use the money from selling the equipment to buy more slaves and weapons.
Not only could they protect him better, but he could also have them obtain fortuitous opportunities for him.
There were far too many fortuitous opportunities in the universe. Running around alone, Chu Yuan would not obtain more than a few even if he ran himself to death. It was better to send slaves to get them while he simply waited at home.
The slaves were controlled by chips and would not dare betray him. Even if they encountered powerful enemies along the way, they would not divulge any secrets. It was absolutely foolproof.