"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy fucking shit!!!"
Chu Yuan lost his composure too. He leaped into a small mountain of Universe Coins, grabbed a handful, and tossed them into the air.
These were Universe Coins, not Black Dragon Coins or Ganwu Coins.
One Universe Coin equaled 3,300 Ganwu Coins, or 3.3 million Black Dragon Coins.
Just two Universe Coins would be enough for Chu Yuan to spend three days in the Virtual Universe's Killing Field.
And here, Universe Coins were piled into mountains.
How much money was this?
And the coins were the least valuable things here. Those Origin Force weapons, Force Battle Suits, technological weapons, and materials were worth the most.
"These must have burst out of the World Lord's internal world."
Looking at the treasures scattered throughout the main control room, Chu Yuan instantly guessed the truth.
World Lords all had internal worlds, and they preferred keeping their treasures there rather than in storage rings.
As long as someone couldn't kill the World Lord, they couldn't take the treasures.
But by the same token, when a World Lord fell, his internal world would collapse, scattering the treasures hidden inside into the outside world.
Chu Yuan searched the surroundings and, sure enough, found a skeleton beneath a pile of Universe Coins.
The skeleton was over three meters tall, its bones black.
Unless they had reached Immortal, even a World Lord's body would still rot after death.
"What a shame. A World Lord of his generation died in a deserted corner like this."
Chu Yuan shook his head slightly, then said, "But don't worry. Since I'm accepting your inheritance, I'll bury you somewhere nice."
"Meng Yi, put the body away. Feiluan, collect the treasures."
"Yes, Master."
"Wait! You can't take them! These treasures were left by my master for his future disciple."
Just then, a large bear leaped out of the bracelet around the skeleton's wrist.
He glared furiously at Chu Yuan, his expression as vivid as a human's.
"An intelligent life, no less. It looks like you've been here a long time. What's your name?"
Feiluan jumped onto the large bear and tapped his head.
"My name is Xiong Ba!"
The large bear planted his hands on his hips and proudly introduced himself. "That's the name Master gave me."
From his appearance, he clearly liked the name very much.
"But Master is already dead. He's been dead for a full 700 million years."
Xiong Ba soon lowered his head again, looking sorrowful.
"Seven hundred million years?!!!"
Chu Yuan stared, dumbfounded, and all the other bodyguards were equally tongue-tied.
Seven hundred million years!
What did that mean?
Even a World Lord only had a lifespan of one thousand eras, or ten million years.
Yet this intelligence had waited here for 700 million years. No wonder he had evolved into an intelligent life.
In that much time, even monkeys had evolved into humans.
Xiong Ba looked at the skeleton on the floor, dejected. "Seven hundred million years ago, Master encountered powerful enemies and fell. The spaceship crashed here, and from that day on, I was trapped here too."
"Seven hundred million years. A full 700 million years!"
"I watched Master's body rot day by day until nothing remained but a skeleton, yet there was nothing I could do."
Tears streamed down Xiong Ba's face.
Intelligent life were incomparably loyal to their masters. No matter how many years their masters had been dead, they remained constant in their respect and longing for them.
"Did your master leave any last words?"
Chu Yuan questioned the large bear.
Xiong Ba nodded. "Master told me to find him an outstanding disciple to pass down his secret techniques, and to make sure to avenge him if the opportunity arose."
"All the treasures here were left by Master for his disciple."
"But I waited 700 million years without a single person coming. This place is simply too remote."
Xiong Ba's voice was full of resentment. "This planet is dangerous too. Every so often, there's a mass extinction. After an extinction, humans finally emerge again with great difficulty, but they haven't set foot on the path of cultivation at all, and they can't discover me either."
Chu Yuan smiled at that. "In that case, I'm the only person who can become your master's disciple."
Xiong Ba walked around Chu Yuan, looking him up and down, then shook his head. "You're only a Star Level Second Order warrior, and you don't look particularly bright."
With his hands clasped behind his back, his head tilted up and his chin raised, he said arrogantly, "Normally, trash like you wouldn't qualify to become my master's disciple. But there's no helping it. Who told me to be so unlucky as to get trapped in a forsaken place like this? I'll just have to reluctantly accept you."
Chu Yuan hurriedly declined. "No, no, no. Since you don't think much of me, don't force yourself. Keep waiting. You'll definitely find a genius who satisfies you."
"As for me, I don't need the secret techniques. I'll just take the treasures here."
"Feiluan, collect everything."
"Understood."
Feiluan chuckled and controlled a large storage ring, beginning to collect the scattered treasures.
"You... why aren't you following the script?"
Xiong Ba was dumbfounded. "Didn't I say I'd reluctantly accept you? My master was a Peak World Lord! His secret techniques are incredibly powerful. Don't you want them?"
"Besides, all these treasures were left by Master for his future disciple. What right do you have to take them without becoming his disciple?"
Chu Yuan chuckled, perfectly self-assured. "Because my storage space is big. Don't worry, it'll all fit."
Xiong Ba flew into a rage. "Don't worry, my ass! If you don't become his disciple, you can't take the treasures."
Chu Yuan said, "But I don't meet your master's requirements. It wouldn't be right to force you."
"You're not forcing me! Not at all!"
Xiong Ba put on a fawning smile and hurriedly said, "I was just joking earlier. I could tell at a glance that you're a peerless genius, one in ten thousand. You'll definitely be able to inherit my master's secret techniques."
Chu Yuan raised an eyebrow, his face teasing. "You're really not forcing yourself?"
Xiong Ba gritted his teeth. "I'm not. I'm doing this of my own free will."
Smiling on the surface, Xiong Ba was already cursing inwardly.
Of my own free will, my ass.
If he hadn't been trapped in this place where he hadn't seen a human in 700 million years, he would never have chosen this brat.
Keep waiting?
I've already waited 700 million years. How much longer do I have to wait?
In this godforsaken place, I might not see a second person even after another seven billion years.
And so, Chu Yuan took a skeleton as his master.
After the ceremony, Xiong Ba said solemnly, "All right. From now on, you are the sole personal disciple of my master, World Lord Huoyao."
"Don't worry. Although Master is dead, I, Xiong Ba, will be responsible for teaching you. I have all the secret techniques Master left behind, as well as videos of his cultivation back then."
Chu Yuan said, "All right, big bear. But can I ask how Teacher died? Who are his enemies?"
"Call me Xiong Ba!"
Xiong Ba suddenly glared, somewhat displeased, then snorted coldly. "Back then, Master only fell because five World Lords surrounded and attacked him. Master killed two of those five World Lords. If the other three aren't dead, they must be Immortals by now. If they failed to break through to Immortal, they must have died of old age."
"You're too weak right now. There's no point telling you. We'll discuss it when you're strong enough."
"Understood."
Chu Yuan nodded, then continued collecting the treasures.
Origin Force weapons, all kinds of weapons, materials, Universe Coins, Ganwu Coins, and many storage rings, all containing treasures. Inside one of those storage rings lay an E-Class Spaceship.