tkworld Chapter 141 Time Flies
Chapter 141 Time Flies
Chapter 141 Time Flies
In the void, Chen Yuan looked at Shi Lan: "Teacher, would you like to return to Ziyao Star together?"
"No need."
Shi Lan shook her head: "Staying on Ziyao Star won't help me much anymore. I'm currently training in a secret realm. Now that things are resolved, it's time to go back and continue my adventures."
"Then you must be careful, teacher." Chen Yuan nodded, then suddenly remembered something: "Oh, right, teacher, I've already sent that Soul Secret Technique through the virtual universe. Please check your inbox."
"I've received it."
Shi Lan smiled slightly: "I've already glanced through it once, and this secret technique is indeed powerful, which can make up for my weaknesses."
"Moreover, through today's battle with Lei Luo, I have complete confidence in my qualifications to be a core member."
"Then I wish you success in obtaining your core status, teacher," Chen Yuan sincerely congratulated. "Since you're not returning to Ziyao Star, I'll take my leave now."
"Go, and focus on your secluded cultivation." Shi Lan summoned his vehicle and instructed him before departing, "I look forward to your remarkable achievements in a few years."
After Teacher Shilan left, Chen Yuan returned to the Shiyuan Hall and gave Irene the order: "Return to Ziyao Star."
"receive!"
As Ireil finished speaking, the Shiyuan Palace suddenly accelerated and flew rapidly towards Ziyao Star.
Two days later, that familiar purple planet came into view again.
"Unbeknownst to me, I've been on Purple Star for two years now."
Standing in front of the familiar manor, Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel emotional.
He clearly remembered that he arrived here in June 2078, and now it is July 2080, exactly two years. "Three years later, it will be the assessment for the Qianwu branch."
Chen Yuan's gaze was profound. "Of course, the most crucial thing is the core team assessment five years from now."
During this time, he learned the detailed dates of the two assessments from Shi Lan. If converted to Earth calendar, the assessment date for the Qianwu branch is April 1, 2083, and the assessment date for the core layer is June 10, 2085. In other words, the assessment for the Qianwu branch will begin in three years, and the assessment for the core layer will begin in five years.
Entering the training room, Chen Yuan rearranged the nutrient capsule and couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that by the time the core level assessment begins, I can only reach around the eighth level of the Hengxing stage at most."
At Chen Yuan's current cultivation progress, it would take him two years to advance one level using an E-grade nutrient capsule.
In other words, it takes a full eight years to go from the sixth rank to the peak of the ninth rank.
This means that when he enters the core layer in the future, he may not have reached the peak of the star level, let alone broken through to the cosmic level.
However, the core level's cultivation of geniuses begins at the cosmic level.
This would force him to focus on improving his strength during his precious time in Chaos City, wasting a golden opportunity to comprehend the laws. At this moment, Ireil suddenly said, "Master, why don't you optimize the nutrient tank?"
Chen Yuan casually replied, "The E-grade nutrient capsule is for the use of the Realm Lord. It is a fifth-tier item in the system's rating system, which I cannot optimize. Furthermore, this nutrient capsule belongs to the company and will be returned later. I cannot modify it without authorization."
"Furthermore, simply optimizing the nutrient chamber isn't very useful; the key to improving strength lies in the nutrient solution —"
At this point, Chen Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks.
"Nutrient solution—Nutrient solution—" he muttered to himself, then suddenly slapped his forehead, exclaiming, "That's right! How come I didn't think of optimizing the nutrient solution!"
"Nutrient solution is a consumable. Even if it's optimized, I'll only use it myself, and the company won't notice."
"Ugh, I'm so stupid, really." The more Chen Yuan thought about it, the more likely this idea was to come true, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed: "Why didn't I think of this sooner!"
"Hehe, Master, it's not too late for you to optimize now." Ireil, now in her miniature form, sat on Chen Yuan's shoulder and comforted him, "Anyway, as long as you reach the peak of the Hengxing level before the core layer assessment ends, that's fine."
"You're right, there's still time."
Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, saying, "I'll give it a try—even if it's just doubling the effectiveness of the nutrient solution."
I can always achieve my goals before the deadline.
After saying that, he opened the nutrient tank and took out the special container for storing nutrient solution.
Upon opening the panel, Chen Yuan immediately ordered: "System, optimize the nutrient solution. Optimization direction: improve absorption efficiency and reduce side effects."
[Task established, optimization objective: nutrient solution, optimization direction: improve efficiency, reduce side effects.]
[Estimated kill points for this optimization: 150 million. Should we proceed with the optimization?]
"Only 150 million? In the system's eyes, these nutrient solutions are only third-tier items?" A smile involuntarily appeared on Chen Yuan's face, and he quickly said, "Confirm, begin optimization."
[Task created; optimization time: 7 days]
"Exactly seven days—" Chen Yuan nodded in satisfaction. "I should go and study the Purple Radiance Inscription now; the timing is perfect."
Since the timing was perfect, Chen Yuan didn't bother to spend extra kill points to shorten the time.
"Irene, you've been a huge help this time!"
"If you hadn't reminded me, I would never have thought that the nutrient solution could be optimized."
With a broad smile, Chen Yuan looked at the tiny Irene on his shoulder and couldn't help but touch the top of her head with his finger.
"It's good that I can help my master."
Irene squinted her eyes, enjoying her master's caresses.
Chen Yuan smiled, then left the manor and flew towards Ziyao Peak.
Seven days passed in a flash, and when Chen Yuan returned to the cultivation room, the nutrient solution had just been optimized.
[Nutritional Solution: Rated as a Tier 3 Excellent Grade, a high-quality resource for enhancing strength at the Eternal Star level. While improving absorption efficiency, it also significantly reduces side effects.]
Chen Yuan carefully read the introduction and found that the optimized nutrient solution not only had an absorption efficiency five times higher than before, but also had its usage interval halved.
This increase and decrease means that Chen Yuan's cultivation efficiency using nutrient solution will now be ten times that of before!
It would have taken eight years to reach the peak of the Eternal Star level, but now it only takes nine months.
"Not bad. Although it's still far less efficient than the terrifying efficiency of the core layer nutrient solution, it's more than enough for me."
Chen Yuan was very satisfied with this and couldn't wait to inject the new nutrient solution into the nutrient chamber before entering to begin his cultivation.
In the days that followed, Chen Yuan lived a peaceful and fulfilling life.
With the mastermind Lei Luo brought to justice, those who had been eyeing Chen Yuan's wealth all gave up their ambitions.
So after that, no one dared to mess with Chen Yuan anymore.
After Xia left, Chen Yuan did not engage in any social activities on Ziyao Star. Apart from occasionally going out to do a few missions, he seemed like a lonely ghost, trapped in a cycle of day after day.
However, he quite enjoyed this leisurely time for cultivation. After all, every bit of progress he made could be seen, so he didn't find cultivation boring at all; on the contrary, he became more and more energetic as he practiced.
Time passed slowly. Half a year after Chen Yuan returned to Ziyao Star, he received an email from Xia and learned of a major event.
The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom actually took Xia as his disciple!
This incident clearly caused a huge uproar within the Qianwu Universe. At the disciple-acceptance ceremony, countless people came from far and wide, eager to know what kind of genius could be accepted as a disciple by the Qianwu King.
However, Chen Yuan did not go to join in the fun. He simply sent a congratulatory email to the other party and then immersed himself in cultivation again.
Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Two and a half years had passed since Chen Yuan went into seclusion to cultivate, and there were less than three months left until the Qianwu branch's assessment, which was also the time to register.
In fact, there are certain requirements for signing up for the assessment, and the number of places is limited, so not everyone can participate.
Otherwise, if a single branch has tens of millions of elites, and all the star-domain-level branches sign up, the number of elites participating in the final assessment would exceed one hundred billion.
But for Chen Yuan, none of this was a problem. Sometimes, with the endorsement of the Realm Lord Lan, he didn't even need to participate in the qualifying rounds.
The number of recommended candidates from the branch was predetermined.
Moreover, given Chen Yuan's current strength, participating in this kind of assessment would be nothing short of bullying.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but open the panel and look at his current situation.