Cosmic Trading System

"Just what do you want from us? You telling us one thing and then another, we don't know who to listen to. Also, how can you guarantee our safety after we hand over those technological items?"

Xia Qingqing's words echoed across to the powers in the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm.

"Er..."

Many of the strong ones in the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm were slightly taken aback, not expecting the people of Qingyun Company to be so compliant in agreeing to negotiate.

"This one speaks the truth, let's draft an agreement," someone suggested.

"Draft an agreement? The power of the heavens was conferred on us and for thousands of years, all worldly powers were subject to the rule of the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm. They belong to us and should give us what we ask for. What is there to negotiate?" some newcomers disagreed.

These newcomers wielded great power themselves and had cultivated for a long time, many having moved from the secular world to the Immortal World or Heavenly Realm hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

Even those who hadn't originated from the secular world knew of the relationship between these realms.

How ridiculous it was for the esteemed figures of the Immortal and Heavenly realms to negotiate with people from the secular world.
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Hearing these words, some frowned.

This attitude was obviously unsuitable for dealing with the people of Qingyun Company.

Therefore, conflict arose among them before the negotiation with Qingyun Company even commenced.

...

Seeing the self-induced conflict among the powers of the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm, the people of Qingyun Company heaved a sigh of relief.

"This is the best possible outcome..." some of them muttered under their breaths.

The black battleship in space, carrying Lin Yun and his team, was flying towards Earth at full speed. Receiving this news, he too breathed a sigh of relief.

However, his brows soon furrowed.

A late-stage level eight power...

And more than thirty others of similar status, whose abilities were likely also formidable.

This information weighed heavily on his mood.

"How can there be such powerful beings on Earth? Someone at the peak of level eight, it's a highest-level power found only in level five cultivator civilizations! Even for advanced technological civilizations, such powerhouses are rare..." Lin Yun found it hard to believe.

Truth be told, even though he's always viewed the so-called Immortal World as a crisis, he never considered them overly powerful.

In his opinion, the Earth's cultivators were relatively weak; martial artists were considered divine as soon as they reached the Innate stage. The Golden Core was just a legend. The Immortal World was populated by Earthlings, so no matter how strong it was, just how powerful could it be?

Previously, he had been cautious.

But after purchasing Cloud One, his caution abated.

Cloud One possessed the strength of a level eight martial artist. In his view, it was already powerful enough to sweep away slightly weaker cultivator civilizations.

No matter how strong that so-called Immortal World was, it should have been manageable.

However, the moment the beings from the Immortal World and Heavenly Realm emerged, Lin Yun sensed something was wrong.

There were several level seven cultivators...

The power of the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm was somewhat beyond his expectations.

So, it would seem that the strength of the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm was not just beyond his expectations - it was far beyond his estimates.

A peak-level eight powerhouse...

More than thirty individuals of similar stature!

How could he know if there weren't any level nine cultivators in their number?

If there were, even with Moon One by his side, he feared they would no match for them!

"It really is a grave crisis..." Lin Yun sighed softly.

Currently, there were only about two billion Spirit Crystals left in his Cosmic Trading System.

If he were to purchase a robot with the capabilities of a mid-Bright Moon Realm martial artist - even after some hard bargaining with the shopkeeper, he could afford just one. But would that be enough to combat these people?

Who could assure him that there were no stronger beings amongst the Immortal World and Heavenly Realm?

"Regardless, we must get to Earth as soon as possible," Lin Yun muttered to himself, shaking his head.

Earth's strongest powers were only early-stage-eight martial artists at best, Cloud Three, Four, and Five. This level of power was too weak, nowhere near able to hold a candle to their adversaries.

The defense capacity of Qingyun Company was also limited.

Once those people made a move, it would be like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.

Right now, these people had not acted, merely wanting to peacefully gain possession of the technological items.

However, he refused to place his hopes on that scenario.

"Moon One, you said you could teleport in the accelerated space layer, right? If you take us with you, how long will it take to reach Earth?" Lin Yun turned to Moon One, asking.

"The accelerated space layer is no ordinary space, teleporting in this dimension would consume a significant amount of energy..." Moon One hesitated.

"Energy consumption is not an issue." Lin Yun waved his hand dismissively.

"It would take approximately fifty minutes..." Moon One nodded.

In a full-speed teleport, she would travel at a speed three times the speed of light. If she was teleporting in the accelerated space layer, even if the rate of teleportation fell, she would still attain over two hundred times the speed of light compared to ordinary space. This was twenty times the maximum speed of their battleship.

"Alright, let's teleport back!" said Lin Yun.

Soon after, Lin Yun gathered the others and explained the situation.

A minute later, a black battleship disappeared from the accelerated space layer. Over a dozen people appeared in the middle of space and vanished in the next second, having been teleported away by Moon One.

At this moment, their distance from Earth was significantly reduced; there was no need to use hyperspace jumps with the battleship anymore.

Moon One led them all to teleport at full speed.

"Indeed, this type of teleportation consumes a lot of energy..." In just a moment within the field created by Moon One, Lin Yun let out a soft gasp.

Just a minute of teleporting consumed the energy of more than two million Spirit Crystals. No wonder Moon One tried to dissuade him after learning about their situation.

If they were to teleport back to Earth like this the whole way, they would consume over a hundred million Spirit Crystals' worth of energy.

What a terrifying figure that was!

"The accelerated space layer..." Lin Yun shook his head.

Not only was the speed of flying accelerated in it, but the rate of energy consumption during teleportation was also exponentially greater.

Originally, he had thought about purchasing a robot with the strength of a mid-Bright Moon Realm martial artist to go ahead if Moon One's teleportation took too long. But now he felt relieved he didn't make that purchase.

If he had just squeezed out all his money to buy it, it would likely have left them without enough energy to teleport in the accelerated space layer.

By then he would have had to either sell the battleship or the robots like Cloud One or Cloud Two.

Second-hand items sell at a discount. Add in the time spent negotiating with shop owners when buying and selling, and they might not save much time or energy at all.

"Once we get back, we first need to find those resource gathering troops..."

Lin Yun looked in a certain direction, murmuring.

The enemy's strength turned out to be unexpectedly strong. He had to rely on the resources the gathering troops had collected over this time.

Luckily, while the beings from the Immortal World and Heavenly Realm had encountered some of the resource gathering troops during these days and gained a lot of resources, they had not encountered majority of the troops and their resources.

Now, those troops were in hiding in the star domain around Earth, waiting for his return to collect them.

Whoosh — Whoosh — Whoosh —

In the accelerated space layer, Lin Yun and his team's teleportation sped them up like super meteors, quickly closing the distance with Earth.