Rong Jun's Whereabouts! Rising Status in the Universe Country

Chen Yi and Luo Feng heard the Ganwu Country Lord's words.

Clearly, this long-established Universe Country Lord did not believe Chen Yi and Luo Feng could fight their way to first and second place in the Genius Battle.

After all...

They had been cultivating for too short a time.

"All right, Tong Man, you two, all of you may leave."

Although the Ganwu Country Lord was not usually too busy, he had said what needed to be said. He would not waste any more time chatting with two juniors.

So he dismissed them.

"Thank you for nurturing us, Country Lord." Although Chen Yi and Luo Feng did not yet know the details of their training plan, the Ganwu Country Lord was surely not going to be stingy.

They left the Virtual Universe.

The Ganwu Secret Realm.

Inside Tong Man's palace, the three of them returned fully to reality. A smile appeared on Tong Man's face. Chen Yi and Luo Feng had received special training this time.

He had also gained considerable benefits.

"Thanks to you two," he said.

"For some time to come, I, Tong Man, won't have to deal with the affairs of the Ganwu Secret Realm at all. I only need to focus on training you two, and the rewards I receive won't be any less."

"The other teachers will be green with envy when they find out."

"Hahaha!"

Tong Man threw back his furry face and laughed without restraint.

Next, Tong Man explained that the training plan could reimburse them for most of the resources they needed for cultivation. They could also select weapons and equipment, with the Ganwu Secret Realm footing the bill.

"There must be a budget limit, right? How much is it?" Chen Yi asked curiously.

Tong Man's face grew stern as he said seriously:

"According to the rules,

"I can't tell you that... but what I can tell you is that while you're at Star Level, it'll be very difficult to exceed the limit."

"Besides, the items you purchase will be reviewed to determine whether you need them for cultivation, and you can't resell them."

"Now you need to consider what weapons and equipment to buy."

"Weapons and equipment..." Chen Yi and Luo Feng began to think, then both looked at Tong Man.

Tong Man smiled and said directly, "My advice is for each of you to buy a Yan Shen Armament first. It's one of the Nine Divine Weapons of the Controller. By the time you no longer have any use for it, you'll be able to decide for yourselves what weapons to use."

Right!

The Yan Shen Armament.

Chen Yi's eyes lit up. The Yan Shen Armament was an excellent choice early on, and his talent for the Law of Metal was currently his strongest. Next, he would get Luo Feng a second Clone, then draw a talent for the Law of Space.

That would put them on the same path.

Only after he drew more law talents would he need to change weapons.

What delighted Chen Yi even more, however, was that the Ganwu Country Lord's generosity was indeed not to be underestimated. Reimbursement for the Yan Shen Armament... Tong Man's expression had not changed at all. Evidently, under the special training plan the Ganwu Country Lord had given Luo Feng and Chen Yi, the Yan Shen Armament counted as a relatively ordinary item.

But that did not mean the Yan Shen Armament's value could be underestimated.

In the original story, Luo Feng had spent more than 3.6 trillion Universe Coins to buy the Yan Shen Armament at an auction!

A World Lord's entire fortune amounted to only ten trillion Universe Coins. Even one of them could not casually afford a Yan Shen Armament.

"Weapons are only one aspect of your purchases."

"As for Law Comprehension, the Ganwu Secret Realm has special training grounds, and they're now open to both of you. So what remains are secret techniques, and whether you want to cultivate the Law of Space to increase your combat power..."

Tong Man explained everything bit by bit.

Before long, the total value of the items Chen Yi and Luo Feng planned to buy had climbed tremendously. Some were treasures that could not even be found at Ganwu auctions outside. Even World Lords who wanted to buy them had to wait...

But the two of them could place orders directly.

As for the Ganwu Secret Realm's "nutrition pool," that hardly needed mentioning. Chen Yi and Luo Feng had already obtained places to use it.

Besides...

Luo Feng also took the opportunity to buy some of the metal the Golden Horned Beast needed to Devour and improve itself, using the cultivation of a special secret technique as a pretext.

Chen Yi and Luo Feng also took the opportunity to have some of the costs of the alert devices guarding Earth covered through reimbursement.

Since none of these were particularly valuable, the Ganwu Secret Realm did not scrutinize them too closely.

Tong Man also said that only certain exceptionally valuable items were subject to review, to check whether the two of them were squandering resources.

After all, if the value was too low, it might not even cover the cost of the investigation.

Next,

All they had to do was wait for the items to arrive.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

The Ganwu Secret Realm.

Chen Yi and Luo Feng kept a relatively low profile. Although they did not need to hide the fact that they were receiving special training from the Ganwu Country Lord, there was no need to make a great show of it and throw their weight around as soon as they received it, either.

Only a few days had passed.

Even in the small circle of beastmen, only their first ape-man friend, Tong Sheng, knew that the two of them were receiving special training.

Today, Tong Sheng held a banquet.

He had broken through to Domain Lord and chosen to leave the Ganwu Secret Realm for the time being, taking an external posting to serve in an intermediate cosmic civilization country within the Ganwu Universe Country.

Tong Sheng had cultivated for a very long time.

Since he had been able to enter the Ganwu Secret Realm, he was naturally a genius as well.

He had originally been at the ninth stage of Universe Level and had cultivated for more than fourteen thousand years. His domain was at the ninth level, he had crossed the threshold of two lower laws, and his comprehension of the Law of Space was exceptionally high.

Tong Sheng had originally planned to hold back his cultivation and take part in the next Universe Powerhouse Battle alongside Luo Feng and Chen Yi.

But...

Tong Sheng now knew that Chen Yi and Luo Feng had received special training and would participate in the Star Level Genius Battle in a few years.

After learning how quickly the two of them were improving, he had also felt the gap between them.

Tong Sheng felt there was no need to wait any longer.

Perhaps his level of talent only placed him within the bounds of the Universe Country, and he could not reach the level of the geniuses among all Cosmic Humans.

Even if he waited patiently for the next Strongest Battle, he would be nothing more than a foil for those supreme geniuses.

So,

He chose to break through to Domain Lord.

At the banquet, Tong Sheng invited quite a few geniuses from the Ganwu Secret Realm, along with members of the secret realm who had powerful backgrounds.

The Ganwu Secret Realm did not require Domain Lords to accept external postings, but they could apply for them. Tong Sheng had already applied for an early posting. Since he was going to serve in another intermediate cosmic civilization country outside, he naturally wanted to build more connections.

At the banquet, Tong Sheng had reserved the best seats for Chen Yi, Luo Feng, and Hong. He knew very well that, among the friends he could make in his lifetime...

Chen Yi and Luo Feng were probably the most talented.

As long as those two did not die, neither of them would be inferior to his ancestor, Tong Man, in the future.

Besides, he could ask friends for help with small matters, but could he casually trouble his own ancestor? Friends and ancestors were different, after all.

"Tong Sheng's been talking to Chen Yi and Luo Feng for a long time!"

"And their seats don't match their status, either... why does Tong Sheng care so much about Chen Yi and Luo Feng?"

"No idea..."

"From what I've seen, Tong Sheng seems to have treated even Xu Ying, the disciple of Marquis Beiming, one of the Three Hundred Kings and Marquises, a little less favorably than Chen Yi and Luo Feng."

The other geniuses attending were all curious, especially some of the geniuses from the Ganwu Secret Realm who also had powerful backgrounds within the Ganwu Universe Country.

These scions of extraordinary superfamilies and well-informed geniuses all sensed that something was different. They felt that something must have happened with Chen Yi and Luo Feng.

Chen Yi and Luo Feng paid no attention to those gazes, instead chatting with Hong.

Tong Sheng had known them for almost a year and had introduced them to some circles within the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Luo Feng was also a little wistful. "Tong Sheng's taking an external posting. I heard he's going to serve in the Golden Sword Empire... once he goes, he'll be far away. It'll definitely be hard to see him in person."

"Mm..." Hong nodded.

Then he added:

"The Golden Sword Empire is also an intermediate cosmic civilization country."

"It's on the same level as the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. If I take an external posting later, I should also go to an intermediate cosmic civilization country."

"Come to think of it..."

"When the Black Dragon Mountain Empire was trying to curry favor with us, were they also afraid we'd choose to take a posting there?"

Chen Yi laughed at that. "Very likely."

At that moment, a woman holding a wineglass stood beside them and said, "Mr. Chen Yi, Mr. Luo Feng, do you have time for a few words with me?"

Chen Yi glanced at Xu Ying. Guessing what she wanted, he nodded and said:

"Have a seat."

The banquet continued.

Xu Ying had only learned from her teacher that morning that Chen Yi and Luo Feng were receiving special training.

It was no secret to begin with. Luo Feng and Chen Yi had both applied to use the Ganwu Secret Realm's nutrition pool and had purchased quite a few precious resources.

After a few days, anyone with particularly good sources of information would surely have learned something.

Seeing Xu Ying approach,

The other attendees became even more aware that something was different.

Gradually, the news spread.

"The Ganwu Country Lord ordered special training for the two of them?"

"To prepare them for the Genius Battle?"

The Ganwu Country Lord was the most powerful existence in the entire Universe Country.

His every move affected countless matters.

Now that he had sent such a signal, it naturally carried a certain significance.

Chen Yi and Luo Feng.

The others might have vastly underestimated their potential.

Quite a few well-informed people, upon learning the truth, immediately went to speak with Chen Yi and Luo Feng, hoping to make friends with them.

In the latter half of the banquet,

It seemed as though Chen Yi and Luo Feng had become its main characters...

Tong Sheng watched Chen Yi and Luo Feng without feeling that his guests had stolen the spotlight. Instead, he smiled. He could already imagine that his two friends' status within the Universe Country would climb to extraordinary heights.

Making those two friends in the Ganwu Secret Realm was also a stroke of good fortune for him.

A few days later,

Tong Sheng bade his friends farewell.

He officially departed to take up his post in the Golden Sword Empire, where he was responsible for supervising the empire's official affairs. He had been working there for half a month

When a powerhouse from a planet within the Golden Sword Empire reported a piece of news to his department: a genius had been discovered.

While still at Star Level, the genius was suspected of having already mastered several domain levels.

That was truly remarkable in an intermediate civilization country and was enough to make him a genius.

"What's his name?" Tong Sheng asked his subordinate.

His subordinate replied, "I think his name is Rong Jun, but he seems to dislike dealing with the Golden Sword Empire's officials. His movements are very mysterious."