Su Yuan never expected that his Seven Stars Market would become a place for fencing stolen goods!
Originally, when his Mind Echo projection returned, it could carry the spoils of war along with it.
But Su Yuan worried that his actions might attract unnecessary trouble, so he had never touched the belongings of the fallen cultivators.
Unexpectedly, those items still ended up in the Seven Stars Market in the end.
Su Yuan used his projection to receive Chang Lin.
“The batch of items you sent is indeed substantial—three billion cultivator corpses, tens of billions of immortal weapons of various grades, and countless other materials. The total price is 280 six-star coins!”
Chang Lin raised an eyebrow. Such a large quantity was only worth the equivalent of a single lowest-grade postnatal spiritual treasure.
However, Chang Lin understood well that accumulating such an amount was already very impressive.
“Can I use these star coins to exchange for Golden Immortal artifacts?” Chang Lin inquired.
“Yes, anything below Taiyi Golden Immortal rank can be directly settled with star coins!” Su Yuan nodded.Chang Lin immediately brightened and asked, “Can you show me the remaining Golden Immortal artifact catalog here?”
Su Yuan smiled, “Of course, no problem.”
With a wave of his hand, a list of thousands of Golden Immortal artifacts appeared in midair.
Among them, dozens were already reserved.
Chang Lin looked at the prices: common artifacts ranged from one hundred to five hundred five-star coins, while lower-grade postnatal spiritual treasures ranged from one thousand to ten thousand five-star coins.
Two hundred eighty six-star coins equated to 2.8 million five-star coins, enough to redeem a vast number of Golden Immortal treasures.
Chang Lin tapped rapidly and immediately purchased two thousand Golden Immortal treasures, two hundred lower-grade postnatal spiritual treasures, then bought over ten thousand supreme-grade immortal weapons, along with numerous pills.
Su Yuan instructed Song Cai to record Chang Lin’s purchase order, then told Chang Lin, “You can coordinate with Song Cai; he will prepare all the treasures for you!”
Chang Lin nodded and quietly transmitted, “Master Seven Stars, I currently have some Taiyi Golden Immortal materials and star coins on hand. Could I trouble you to forge a mid-grade postnatal spiritual treasure for me?”
Su Yuan raised an eyebrow, “Of course, how many rule seals do you want? Thirteen seals cost 100 six-star coins to forge; twenty-four seals depend on the difficulty but cost at least 1000 six-star coins.”
Chang Lin was a bit embarrassed, “The treasures I have now total about 1000 six-star coins in value. How many seals do you think can be forged?”
“Hmm, about fifteen seals! Custom prices are a bit higher.” Su Yuan said.
Chang Lin nodded, “Alright, I entrust it to you!”
Su Yuan said, “This order will take twenty thousand years to forge. Can you wait that long?”
“I can!” Chang Lin nodded firmly.
“Good, then hand me the materials and star coins. Also, provide me with a magic crystal from your Yuan Assembly, as well as your cultivation technique inheritance, Dao fruit details, and so forth.” Su Yuan said calmly.
“No problem!” Chang Lin replied.
Su Yuan laughed inwardly. So easily, he got a free copy of Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation technique inheritance, rule imprints, and a massive amount of magic power!
Moreover, it was willingly offered by another. With this information in hand, he could easily dominate in battle. If Chang Lin ever opposed him in the future, he would pay the price of having his weaknesses easily exploited. Also, he would definitely keep some tricks regarding the postnatal spiritual treasures sold, though he hoped they would never be used against him.
Soon, Chang Lin left fully loaded.
Two months later.
Su Yuan suddenly noticed that the system entry for [Respond to Danger] abruptly lit up.
He immediately snapped awake.
He activated [Mind Echo].
In an instant, his consciousness stretched far away. He saw a massive warship sailing toward Su Yuan’s direction!
The familiar "Demon Legion 618" insignia on the great ship stunned Su Yuan.
He never imagined the Demon Legion 618 would set their sights on him!
Obviously, after their setback, the 618 Legion investigated the 789 Demon Realm Legion’s situation and discovered the Seven Stars Market and Su Yuan’s existence.
Charging forward with such ferocity, even triggering the system entry, clearly they came with ill intent!
Su Yuan cursed, “I’m just a merchant, and they’re targeting me? How shameless!”
He grumbled angrily.
He glanced at two figures sitting beside him; both bore Su Yuan’s appearance but emitted completely opposite auras.
One surged with demon energy.
The other was full of spiritual energy.
These were Su Yuan’s two projections: the Second Nascent Soul and the Third Nascent Soul.
The Third Nascent Soul had overtaken the Second, having reached Taiyi Golden Immortal magic power ahead of it!
After tens of billions of demon cultivators fell, Su Yuan absorbed all their cultivation, refining it to reach Taiyi Golden Immortal level.
“The Star Laws are just a bit short of breaking through!”
Su Yuan pondered briefly. “Using the rule insights from these billions of immortal realm cultivators as kindling, I refuse to believe I can’t comprehend the final Star Law origin!”
He resolutely activated his innate divine ability [Work-Rest Balance]!
The rest energy accumulated in his body began to ignite!
In a flash, his comprehension skyrocketed a thousandfold!
Within his sea of consciousness floated billions of rule insights, collected by Mind Echo after retrieving the remnants of those fallen immortal realm cultivators.
At the center of his consciousness hung a near-perfect diagram composed of 118 kinds of rule origins; only one remained illusory.
In the next moment, countless rule insights began to burn, transforming into brilliant inspiration sparks, rushing toward the illusory rule origin.
Billions of inspiration sparks formed a shining inspiration sun, bursting into the last rule origin.
In an instant, countless barriers easily shattered; obstacles blocking the final rule origin rapidly cleared.
At a certain moment, the inspiration sun gradually dimmed, replaced by a dazzling Star Law origin radiating bright starlight!
The 118 Star Law origins merged into an almost flawless perfect state.
A realization surged in his heart: he had comprehended all the Star Law origins.
In a flash, part of his consciousness was drawn again into the Origin Place of the Great Dao.
The origin place of the Starry Dao Road.
On a continuously ascending path.
Su Yuan’s consciousness descended upon his projection.
Upon arrival, he felt an extremely intimate sensation from the Starry Dao Road’s origin; instinctively, he knew that crossing a certain boundary here would allow him to draw Star Law origin power from this place to nourish himself.
But before he could explore this feeling, a voice interrupted his thoughts.
“996, I’ve caught up with your progress! Hahaha!”
Su Yuan turned and saw [One Line Sky] not far behind, laughing proudly.
Su Yuan suddenly realized, “So it’s you! I didn’t expect you’ve already comprehended eleven rule origins!”
“How about it? I’m strong, right!” [One Line Sky] laughed heartily.
Su Yuan nodded, “Your comprehension is impressive, truly beyond my expectations.”
[One Line Sky] waved his hand, “No big deal, no big deal. But you should work harder. Soon I’ll be on par with you. When I surpass you, don’t be too angry!”
“Hahaha, fool, you think 996 is weak? He just doesn’t plan to advance for now! If you want to surpass him, wait another thousand Yuan Assemblies!”
Nearby, [Tiandu] snorted coldly.
Su Yuan glanced unexpectedly at [Tiandu].
[One Line Sky] didn’t care at all, “Friend, I heard you were defeated by 996. Have you developed some internal demons? That’s not good.”
[Tiandu] sneered, “Just watch. He suddenly appeared this time and will definitely rise rapidly!”
[One Line Sky] looked at Su Yuan with curiosity, “Friend, are you advancing now?”
Su Yuan nodded, “Sorry, I have to go first. See you again if fate allows!”
“No need, I can see the position of the fifteenth rule origin. You can’t possibly comprehend four rule origins at once, right?” [One Line Sky] smiled.
Su Yuan shook his head and stepped forward.
Under the gazes of [One Line Sky], [Tiandu], and others, Su Yuan’s steps were fast and steady.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of steps passed, and Su Yuan gradually disappeared from their sight.
[One Line Sky] stared blankly at the scene.
[Tiandu] turned to the surrounding cultivators and said, “See, when 996 defeated me, it wasn’t because I was weak but because 996 was too strong. He hid his rule insights and easily defeated me, not because I was lousy. Do you believe me now?”
It seemed [Tiandu] had been mocked many times by peers over the years; now, he finally had Su Yuan’s “confirmation” to prove his words true.
Hearing this, the crowd had no choice but to believe [Tiandu], while [One Line Sky] was plunged into existential doubt.
Su Yuan walked forward swiftly, encountering many cultivators along the way. They were astonished by his rapid pace.
Before they could ask the newcomer’s name, Su Yuan had already vanished from their view.
In the Origin Place of the Great Dao, cultivator projection avatars can only see scenes within a thousand steps.
A gap of a thousand steps corresponds roughly to three to four rule origins.
A four-rule origin gap among Golden Immortals is an enormous difference!
They could only express astonishment, curious about which hidden expert had suddenly entered the origin place.
Su Yuan passed the mountain foot path and arrived at the junction between the foot and mid-mountain. He saw many cultivators stuck at this step, and the area was even livelier than before.
This was the threshold between Golden Immortal and Taiyi Golden Immortal, blocking countless Golden Immortals.
Su Yuan arrived quietly and, amid puzzled gazes, easily passed through the checkpoint and stepped into the mid-mountain area.