Hong: I Have a System, So How Can I Be Losing to Chen Yi?
Hong was already dumbstruck.
He had always been good at cultivating his mind, spending decades on it, but... now he had seen that the Planetary Sixth Rank he had reached only after decades of cultivating his mind and training arduously...
Had been surpassed by a junior in just over half a year.
This...
How could he possibly keep his state of mind calm?!
"Planetary Seventh Rank? What are you talking about?" Thunder God asked Hong.
Jia Yi looked at Hong as well.
Chen Yi walked over and said with a smile, "Hall Master Hong was talking about me. I'm at the Planetary Seventh Rank now."
"Planetary Seventh Rank?" Thunder God froze. He was one stage above Hong, at the Planetary Seventh Rank himself, but like Hong, he had come all the way from the Great Nirvana Period to reach this level...
How could he believe that Chen Yi had caught up to him?
So he looked at Hong again, but Hong's expression made it clear that Chen Yi was telling the truth... Chen Yi really had reached the Planetary Seventh Rank!
"You must be wondering how I reached the Planetary Seventh Rank so quickly." Chen Yi smiled and led the way toward his home.
As he walked, he said:
"The item I want to trade with you this time is the reason I was able to improve so quickly."
"I have a treasure called the 'Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts.'"
With enough strength, Chen Yi was now confident that he had no need to fear Earth's other powerhouses. He explained the effects of the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts, leaving Hong, Thunder God, and Jia Yi filled with anticipation...
One milliliter of Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts.
Applied to the body, it could help a High-level War God break through to the Planetary Level?!!
Jia Yi wondered how many more Councilor Level powerhouses Huaxia could gain with some Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts. Wouldn't defending the various Base Cities become much easier, too?
They arrived at the Chen family home.
Chen Yi's parents were both away on military duty, and only his older brother Chen Yuan was home on leave. Chen Yi knocked, and Chen Yuan came to answer the door.
The moment he opened it...
Chen Yuan saw his younger brother talking with Senior Jia Yi of the Military... and immediately panicked.
The group sat down in the living room, ready to discuss the trade.
Chen Yi saw that his older brother was nervous. His brother had never been all that mature, so naturally he couldn't compare to his younger brother, who had lived two lives and possessed ample strength and confidence.
So Chen Yi said:
"Brother."
"Sorry to trouble you, but could you get us some water? Senior Jia Yi, the two hall masters, and I have some things to discuss."
"Sure, sure." Chen Yuan immediately left.
Over the past half year or so, Chen Yuan had kept hearing good news about his younger brother: he had awakened as a Spirit Reader, entered the Elite Training Camp, caught Hall Master Hong's attention, and become a Wargod.
Especially that time half a year ago...
He had been utterly stunned when he heard that his younger brother had reached the Councilor Level... It had made him fully believe one thing: even between brothers, there could be a huge gap in cultivation talent!
"When will I awaken a Spirit Reader Talent too? I'm so jealous of Chen Yi." Chen Yuan was quite fond of his younger brother. Ever since his brother's rapid rise, he had benefited a great deal as well.
He had only been an Advanced Warrior before.
Now, thanks to having such a good younger brother, he had even gotten to use the legendary "Dragon Blood" and was close to becoming a Wargod.
In the living room.
Chen Yi had Hong and Jia Yi each dip a finger into the "Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts" and use a tiny amount, less than 0.1 milliliters apiece.
After using it, the two confirmed its effects.
Unable to conceal his excitement, Jia Yi asked, "Chen Yi, how do you intend to sell this 'Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts'?"
"I want to exchange it for some spaceship wreckage. I mentioned it when I contacted you and Hall Master Hong before. You both brought lists of what you have, right?" Chen Yi looked at Hong and Jia Yi.
Thunder God spoke up. "Chen Yi, I have some spaceship wreckage too..."
"I'll trade with Senior Jia Yi and Hong first. If that isn't enough, I'll trade with you, Thunder God," Chen Yi replied frankly.
As for Thunder God, Chen Yi indeed hadn't invited him.
Repairing the Black Dragon Mountain Spaceship wouldn't take much wreckage. What Hong and Huaxia had in stock would surely be enough.
Trading with Hong was simply a matter of passing something from his left hand to his right. He was already one of Chen Yi's Yun-raising targets, and an increase in his strength would benefit Chen Yi himself.
Besides...
He hadn't given Hong priority in supplying the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts and let him reach the Star Level first.
That was also because Chen Yi felt it would be somewhat unreasonable. A normal warrior who came across an opportunity would surely prioritize improving himself, only helping a few friends once he had improved enough.
The "Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts" was useful to him too.
If he gave large amounts of it to Hong, disregarding his own improvement to bring Hong to the Star Level first, Hong would surely find it strange unless he was a fool.
As for Luo Feng, they were both nominally successors of Meteorite Ink Star and had shared its Inheritance Secret Technique with each other... so improving together wouldn't seem strange.
Besides, Hong was only at the Planetary Sixth Rank.
The further one progressed, the harder it became to accumulate Genetic Origin Energy, and the more Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts one needed. The difference between going from the Planetary Level First Stage to the Star Level and going from the Planetary Sixth Rank to the Star Level actually wasn't all that great.
And trading with Jia Yi was a way to help his motherland.
To give Huaxia a few more Planetary Level powerhouses.
That would make it easier for the various military districts to guard against sea beasts and monsters. Although he was strong as an individual now, unless he could slaughter every last monster, he didn't have time to stand guard at the various military districts and Base Cities...
"Chen Yi, this is the list of materials I brought. I had to prepare it in a hurry, so some items don't have photos or video records." Jia Yi made a few movements and transferred the information to Chen Yi's computer.
Hong also raised a hand, and his Auxiliary Optical Computer projected a virtual screen for Chen Yi to browse the materials and resources he possessed.
Chen Yi asked Hong to transfer the information to the computer as well.
Then, through the communication channel in his mind, he said to Babata, "Babata, help me organize the task list and put together the materials needed to repair the spaceship."
"Wait a moment." Babata sent a message back through the communication channel. "Luo Feng and I are at Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 12. We haven't taken complete control of this place yet, and we still don't know how badly the spaceship is damaged."
"Okay."
Chen Yi directed his consciousness into the Cloud Raising Mirror and watched what was happening at Ruins No. 12. Babata and Luo Feng were moving quickly.
They had already completely destroyed the Black Dragon Mountain Spaceship's control and transmission systems and begun compiling the materials needed to repair it... After checking them one by one, Babata quickly put together a list.
"Jia Yi, Hong, these are the materials I need." Chen Yi took the data file Babata had compiled.
Jia Yi and Hong looked over the information and both felt that he was asking for too little in the trade.
They said in unison:
"Chen Yi, don't you want anything else?"
"Hmm... Oh, right. Hall Master Hong, is that 'ancient civilization gravity training room' of yours for sale?" Chen Yi remembered that it was a good item too, and the materials used to build it were extremely valuable.
"It is! I'll sell it to you for five milliliters of Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts!" Hong didn't hesitate.
Beside them, Thunder God was already eyeing it with envy. He had seen Hong and Jia Yi confirm the effects of the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts with his own eyes, and couldn't help asking, "Chen Yi, could you sell me a little?"
"Let's talk about it later." Chen Yi didn't have much Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts on hand right now. The Myriad Beasts Blood Refining Pool processed it at a fixed rate, and he needed to get himself and Luo Feng to the Star Level first. Then he could give Hong more and bring him to the Star Level as well, increasing the speed at which he earned points.
As for Thunder God...
He really couldn't help Thunder God much in the short term. Unless he gained another Yun-raising slot, in which case binding and cultivating Thunder God would be a good choice too.
In terms of true potential, Thunder God should be even higher than Bolan.
Seeing that Chen Yi had little desire to trade further, Jia Yi proposed taking his leave without asking for more. He also understood very well that Chen Yi had called him here to trade purely because he wanted to help Huaxia.
Otherwise, as for spaceship wreckage...
Every country on Earth had it, and so did the Thunder Dojo. Yet Chen Yi had chosen to trade with Hong and Huaxia first, which said enough.
Hong had obtained some Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts in the trade and intended to return and use it immediately, so he said to Thunder God, "Second Brother, let's go."
"You go back first. I want to spar with Chen Yi... Big Brother, you have a domain, so I can't beat you. If I spar with Chen Yi, I might gain something." Thunder God waved a hand. In the past, Hong had been the only person on Earth he could spar and train with.
But Hong had mastered a domain, and he was no match for him at all. Now that he had heard Chen Yi had reached the Planetary Seventh Rank, the same level as him, he was naturally interested.
When Chen Yi heard that Thunder God wanted to spar, he smiled inwardly too.
The reason was simple.
Among Hong's important objectives was a four-star task objective, "Cultivate a top powerhouse on Earth." Completing a four-star objective would earn him 5,000 universal points!
Even after Hong learned through the smart Optical Computer that he was at the Planetary Seventh Rank, the objective still hadn't been completed.
Perhaps that was because, in Hong's mind, a top powerhouse on Earth had to be at his and Thunder God's level. For now, Hong only knew that Chen Yi was at the Planetary Seventh Rank, which showed he had that potential, not that he had already become a top powerhouse on Earth.
But as long as Chen Yi showed Hong that he had a domain, the objective would surely be easy to complete.
Chen Yi immediately circulated the Star Torch Body-Burning Record and unleashed his Wood Domain.
The entire living room was covered in green.
"Thunder God, there's no need to spar. I've mastered a domain, and you're no match for me."
"A domain?!"
Hong's pupils contracted. He began thinking about the system again. The system had told him that Chen Yi and Luo Feng were both super geniuses.
He was willing to accept that those two improved at a tremendous rate.
But...
Wasn't this a little too fast?
Wasn't he, Hong, the one who had obtained a system? He had only just received a few vials of Divine Light Liquid from the system and improved his talent for the Law of Light a little, seeking a chance to break through to the Domain Second Layer.
How...
How was Chen Yi improving even faster than him without a system?!
At that moment, the Cloud Raising Mirror sent a message into Chen Yi's mind:
[Your Yun-raising target "Hong" has completed the milestone objective "Cultivate a top powerhouse on Earth." You may now draw an item!]