Chapter 23 - Sword Completion

Chapter 23 Sword Completion

In the secret room on the second floor of the basement, Chen Kemeng could not believe what she had just heard.

Within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, there was only one city with a Grade ‘A’ Adventurer team – the City of Thousand Stars.

The City of Thousand Stars!

It was a big city that had already had a population of tens of millions 200 years ago. As the mist appeared, the City of Thousand Stars was the first city to break the trade barrier between the major cities. At the same time, it was also the first city to have an Adventurers’ Association.

Currently, the dozen or so cities that the City of Light was familiar with, including the City of Light itself, had been imitating the City of Thousand Stars for hundreds of years.

In fact, more than one-third of the resources in the major cities were obtained from trading with the merchants of the City of Thousand Stars. Even the lifespan of the residents of the City of Thousand Stars was much longer than that of the residents of other cities, and they could generally reach 60 years old. Moreover, it seemed like the lifespan of the residents there had been increasing over the past 100 years.

In the eyes of the major cities, the City of Thousand Stars was the light of that caged world. It illuminated the surrounding major cities and gave them warmth and hope. It was the place of true hope in their hearts.

It was hard to imagine that residents of the City of Thousand Stars would seek refuge in other cities.

It had to be known that in the surrounding major cities, there were many people who wanted to live in the City of Thousand Stars. Every year, there were even many elites and executives of the City of Light who wanted to follow the merchant groups of the City of Thousand Stars. They wanted to live in the City of Thousand Stars, but they were all rejected by the merchant groups’ leaders.

The reason was very simple – they didn’t have the qualifications!

If a resident of the City of Thousand Stars were to live in another city, the people of the major cities would definitely think that that was a joke.

“Your guess is right.” Chen Yuren drank the black tea in his hand and could not help but feel a little emotional. “I was wondering why that lass from the Xia family had organized a team and insisted on heading to the City of Thousand Stars to fight for her life and death. Now, this Lu Jin has given me an answer.”

The Fantasy Light Group seemed to be at the peak of its power currently, and Xia Qingyao was in control of the entire group. She could finally display her prowess.

However, due to the long-term internal strife of the Fantasy Light Group, a large number of technicians had already gone to other groups, allowing the other groups to develop rapidly in the past few years. They had seized a lot of the Fantasy Light Group’s market share in technological products, especially the market for B-model simulation equipment.

Other groups in the City of Light had even snatched away the large clients of the Fantasy Light Group who were from other cities. That made the Fantasy Light Group, which had the advantage in simulation equipment, fall day by day. In less than half a year, they could lose the status of the three major groups in the City of Light and be replaced by other groups.

It was also because of that that Xia Qingyao decided to risk lives with an expedition to the City of Thousand Stars!

However, it wasn’t easy to survive in the City of Thousand Stars. There were countless large families and large groups there. Compared to the three major groups, there were even more powerful groups and families. Even if Xia Qingyao went to do business, it would be useless without connections.

However, if she had connections with someone from the City of Thousand Stars, that would be another matter.

“I was wondering why Xia Qingyao was so crazy. She actually dared to go to the City of Thousand Stars. It’s clearly a journey of more than 300 kilometers, and she had to pass through several high-level Regional Dungeons along the way. The memory fragments and equipment that she would have to consume would probably deplete all of the Fantasy Light Group’s accumulated resources. So that’s what happened.” Chen Kemeng suddenly understood.

The sacrifices that had to be made for the journey to the City of Thousand Stars was a huge burden to the three major groups of the City of Light, especially the loss of equipment.

However, with Lu Jin’s ability to turn ordinary monsters into Regional Bosses, the problem with the equipment would be solved.

After that was the issue of trading in the City of Thousand Stars.

Every year, there would be several waves of merchant groups coming to the City of Light from the City of Thousand Stars to purchase large amounts of salt. The City of Light was a salt-lake city, and the production of salt was astonishing. Therefore, salt was not worth much in the City of Light.

However, it was different in the City of Thousand Stars. There was no salt production area near the City of Thousand Stars, and yet salt was an essential condiment. Therefore, the price of salt in the City of Thousand Stars was generally very high. It was so high that the price was more than 20 times that of the City of Light. The profits from that could no longer be described as extreme. It was simply easier than robbing.

It was because of that that the major groups and families of the City of Light, and even the Adventurer teams, wanted to go to the City of Thousand Stars to do business.

The resources of the City of Thousand Stars could not be compared to that of the City of Light. The computer chip of the extra-cerebral inferential device was already a splendid thing that the City of Light could not imagine, let alone the most advanced simulation equipment. Yet, such computer chips were not very rare in the City of Thousand Stars. It was just very inconvenient to transport them. It required specialized transport vehicles, and the amount that could be transported at once was not much.

Therefore, the few merchant groups in the City of Thousand Stars generally did not sell the computer chips. They would only be willing to carry a small amount if their customer was willing to pay 10 times or more of the price.

If the Fantasy Light Group could acquire some of those computer chips, they would be able to manufacture their own extra-cerebral inferential devices, which would allow the AR system’s support abilities to rise to a level that ordinary people could not reach. The demand for that in the City of Light was not low.

In the entire City of Light, only the executives of the three major groups and the elites of the hunting teams were equipped with extra-cerebral inferential devices. If the Fantasy Light Group could produce a batch of extra-cerebral inferential devices, they would have a huge advantage whether it was for their own group or when they were doing business with other large groups and cities in the future.

“Dad, do you mean that we should work with Lu Jin as soon as possible?” Chen Kemeng asked.

Although they did not know why Lu Jin was so interested in the Sacred Grounds and was even willing to reveal the evolution method of monsters, if it was really as they had guessed, it would definitely be profitable to befriend Lu Jin, who had connections in the City of Thousand Stars.

“No! We’ll wait!” Chen Yuren shook his head and laughed lightly. “Firstly, we don’t know what kind of person Lu Jin has a connection with in the City of Thousand Stars. Secondly, the Sacred Grounds are the foundation of our Sun and Moon Group. This move might be a backup plan of the Xia family. In the case that they were unable to trade in the City of Thousand Stars, if they owned our Sacred Grounds, even if it’s only one-fifth, they can at least stabilize the current situation. So we’ll wait. However, that method for evolving monsters is also very useful to us. We still have to rein him in.”

“Rein him in?” Chen Kemeng suddenly thought of something. “Dad, do you want me to help him at the critical moment?”

“That’s right.” Chen Yuren nodded and said with relief, “For our Sun and Moon Group to be able to secure the position of one of the three major groups in the City of Light for 400 years, it’s all thanks to the word “stable”. If the families of the Fantasy Light Group knew about this, they would definitely take action at the Xia family’s engagement banquet. After all, the Xia family’s lass announced her marriage with the intention of seizing power!”

“Previously, because the Xia family had no one but Xia Qingyao, there were too many things to do and yet her trusted subordinates could not take over the core departments. However, if the Xia family’s son-in-law took over the core departments openly, those influential families would not dare to have any objections. After all, previously, they used the lack of a Xia family member as an excuse and did not simply allow outsiders to manage the core departments. Now that the Xia family has someone who even has a close relationship with the Xia lass, it’s impossible for them to be roped in for collaboration. Those influential families will definitely think of ways to target Lu Jin.”

“Those influential families are not easy to deal with. Even that Xia lass is having a headache over them, not to mention that Lu Jin. You can help him when he’s struggling. Naturally, he’ll be grateful and won’t look for other groups to collaborate with.”

“I understand, Dad.” Chen Kemeng could already imagine Lu Jin’s troubled look when he was dealing with those families. “I didn’t really want to attend Xia Qingyao’s engagement banquet at first, but now I have to prepare well.”

February 13th, 2455. In the morning, in Light Hotel:

As one of the three major groups in the City of Light, the Fantasy Light Group booked the entire Light Hotel for CEO Xia Qingyao’s engagement banquet and invited all the CEOs of the major groups and the leaders of the influential families to attend.

Although it was still early in the morning, the entrance of Light Hotel was already crowded. Those who were famous in the City of Light and had received invitations could not help but rush over early.

“I really didn’t expect that CEO Xia to marry a man. I wonder what that man looks like. Is he as tall as a gorilla?”

“Impossible! Do you know how scary that CEO Xia is? A gorilla can’t resist that kind of terror. I’m guessing it must be a middle-aged expert who’s as strong as a bear and has experienced countless hardships in the wild!”

…

Many of the descendants of the families who had come to the hall to wait quietly could not help but be curious about the kind of man that the figure who was like a goddess of war would find. All of them began to discuss quietly.

Meanwhile, in the presidential suite of Light Hotel, Lu Jin was standing quietly in the living room with the Sword of Lake Light in his hand. He was in his sports attire and his eyes were tightly shut. His body was drenched in sweat, but his breathing was getting slower and gentler. He felt inexplicably relaxed.

Just as Lu Jin felt that his entire body was calm, his eyes suddenly opened and the Sword of Lake Light in his hand swung out.

Sword Aurora!

Instantly, five sword lights fused into one, causing a ripping sound in the air. “I did it!”