Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 102 The Auction Revisited

Time is one of the most incredible forces in the world.

From the smallest things like the alternation of the sun and moon, to the changing of the seasons.

From the birth and death of stars to the changes in the universe.

The traces of time are everywhere, but to truly touch them is extremely difficult.

However, "The Array of Time" presents this elusive power in a concrete way and cleverly combines and utilizes it.

"The Array of Time" is somewhat similar in content to "Time and Space Notes" that Luo Feng once purchased in the original novel.

The entire "Array of Time" records a total of 10081 basic array formations.

Each formation is a unique presentation and application of the profound mysteries of the laws of time in this universe.

Comprehending these 10081 basic formations is also a way to delve into and understand the essential mysteries contained within the laws of time.

If one day Qi Yuan can master all 10081 basic formations contained in the "Time Array", it will mean that he has already comprehended the entire law of time!

According to the system's description of the "Array of Time," the entire "Array of Time" is divided into nine levels—

The first level, the introduction to the laws of time, allows one to comprehend the 36 most basic time formations.

Even a first-level Domain Lord can easily sweep away most enemies below the Realm Lord level as long as they can master these 36 basic formations and combine them into any advanced formation!

The second level involves a deeper understanding of the laws of time, mastery of the first 72 basic formations, and true invincibility below the realm lord level!
The third level involves mastering the first 108 basic formations. Once a Realm Lord has mastered and integrated them, they can sweep away most opponents of the same level.

The fourth level involves mastering the first 360 basic formations and forming the Zhou Tian Grand Formation, which is basically comparable to the most ordinary immortal!

The fifth level involves mastering the first 720 basic formations, making one's strength comparable to the most outstanding Immortal Military Lords!
The sixth level involves mastering the first 1080 basic formations, enabling one to fight against those at the peak of the Marquis level.

The seventh level, mastering the first 3600 basic formations, allows one to easily possess combat power above the peak of the King level.

The eighth level, having mastered the first 7200 basic formations, is invincible within the Immortal realm and can be compared to a typical Universe Venerable!
Ninth level —

This level represents a qualitative leap!
Reaching this level means that one has thoroughly understood the entire law of time and mastered all 10081 basic formations!

Once these are combined to form a complete 'Time Array', it can even eternally banish enemies to a certain 'Time Cycle'!
Unless a super being at the level of a universe master or above intervenes and forcibly intervenes by controlling a spacetime, even some universe overlords will find it difficult to break free from it by their own power!

Of course, these nine levels are only a rough division, and the strength can vary greatly between each level.

The 10081 basic time arrays contained in "The Array of Time" are like the most basic characters.

Once you master these basic characters, you can freely combine them to create countless more powerful formations (secret techniques)!
For example, even when using the same 36 basic formations, different combinations will result in different levels of power.

How to combine the same basic formations to unleash even greater power requires practitioners of the "Time Formation" to comprehend and master it on their own.
Inside the cultivation space of the Heavenly Craft Tower, Qi Yuan silently digested the information he had gleaned from the Crystal of Time, and an irrepressible joy began to spread across his face.

He had long been troubled by the lack of guidance in his spiritual practice.

Fortunately, he had the Return System, a cheat code-like cheat, and later he obtained a large number of "Eight Formations" manuals from the Heavenly Craft Tower. With the Thunder Manual among them as a reference, his cultivation progress did not fall too far behind.

However, his progress in cultivating the laws of time was inevitably somewhat slow.

Firstly, he lacked cultivation techniques related to the laws of time, and could only rely on his own silent exploration and comprehension.

Secondly, none of his disciples have yet grasped the basics of the laws of time. Even if Qi Yuan were to impart his knowledge of the laws of time, the feedback he would receive would be negligible.

Now, his troubles have been completely resolved!

The newly acquired "Time Array" is the best time-related secret technique.

This one secret technique alone is enough for him to study and research all the way to the level of a cosmic venerable!
"Powerful, powerful, powerful! With this 'Time Array,' my progress in cultivating the laws of time will be greatly accelerated!"

"especially"

Qi Yuan looked at the Chaos Chip, which had doubled in size, in his other hand, and his eyes shone with astonishing brilliance.

In his perception, after this change, although the "True Explanation of Array Dao" still bears the name of a "fragment", its magical auxiliary effect has more than doubled!
With the complete version of "The Array of Time" and the aid of the fragment of "The True Explanation of the Array Dao," which doubles the effect, his comprehension of the laws of time will likely soon experience a period of rapid advancement!
Now, for Qi Yuan, the troubles in the Eternal Starfield have been resolved, and all the procedures for joining the Blue Bay branch have been completed. He can now be said to be free of worries.

Now that he had finally obtained the long-awaited secret technique, he naturally devoted himself wholeheartedly to his cultivation.

In the stage of devouring the world and the primordial universe, the laws can be said to be the foundation of all cultivation.

Qi Yuan's focus this time was naturally on cultivating and comprehending the laws.

Regarding the Law of Thunder, there is the Secret Manual of Thunder as a research direction, and several disciples with the Thunder attribute can be used to impart and return cultivation experience. Regarding the Law of Time, there is now the "Array of Time" as a guide.

In addition, his previous experience of leaping through life levels and using the Chaos Crystal had increased the clarity of his perception of laws by more than ten times.

Furthermore, the incomplete "True Explanation of the Dao of Formations" scroll provides extremely powerful assistance, almost similar to the effects of the Chaos Stele!
With the help of various extraordinary encounters, Qi Yuan's progress in comprehending the laws has been soaring, progressing by leaps and bounds!
Time flows slowly by, and in the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

On this day, Qi Yuan, who was cultivating, separated a wisp of his consciousness and entered the virtual universe, quickly teleporting to a floating city above the Lanting Continent in the virtual universe—

A round trip to the Eternal Starfield takes nearly two years, and now a little over a year has passed, and it's time for the Lanting Auction to open again.

The treasures he bought at the last auction, such as the Origin Crystal, the Neem Fruit, the plant life forms, and the Lan Ke Fruit, either greatly aided his cultivation or created immense wealth for him.

With this grand event taking place again, he naturally wouldn't miss it!
It was still that magnificent auction hall, filled with huge seats.

After queuing up for a while, Qi Yuan finally found his seat.

Unlike last time when he was surrounded by strangers, this time Qi Yuan spotted a few familiar faces in the auction hall.

Patriarch Dillon of the Stuart family, the vigorous Snowstorm Ancestor, and several other 'fellow countrymen' from the Blue Bay Star Region whom they had met at the previous banquet were also present.

As the most prestigious event in the entire Lanting Universe Kingdom, the Lanting Auction House always features a large number of eye-catching rare treasures every time it opens.

Anyone who has the ability to participate will naturally not miss this grand event!

The moment Qi Yuan spotted those familiar faces, they also noticed his presence.

While waiting for the auction to begin, the group of fellow villagers chatted amongst themselves via telepathy.

"I heard that rare items like Origin Crystals appeared at the last auction. Alas, I was held up by unforeseen circumstances and couldn't attend. I truly regret it now."

"Hehe, Brother Dillon is really rich and generous. I did come to participate last time, but I couldn't bear to spend such a large sum of money to buy a rare thing that only works on little guys below the World Lord level."

"Alas, you all know the predicament of the Stuart family. I have no choice."

"Director Qi, has my son Chang Feng been behaving well with you lately? Oh? Not bad? Haha, that's good, that's good. Please take good care of him."

"Easy to say, easy to say"

Qi Yuan and several acquaintances chatted quietly via telepathy while waiting.

However, before the auction could even begin, the sharp-eyed Qi Yuan spotted a somewhat familiar figure entering the hall once again.

The figure was dressed in a beautiful white dress, with skin as white as snow. There were two delicate white jade dragon horns about an inch long on her forehead. As she walked, her small face, no bigger than a palm, was unconsciously tilted upwards, revealing an arrogant attitude of looking down on everything.

It was the same arrogant girl who sat next to Qi Yuan at the previous Lanting Auction, whose cultivation level was only at the Stellar level.

Qi Yuan looked in the direction the girl was heading, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The auction was about to begin, and apart from the empty seat next to him, everyone else in the vicinity was already seated.

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

However, things just happened to be so coincidental.
To Qi Yuan's slightly surprised gaze, the arrogant girl in the white dress actually sat down in the seat next to him, and just like last time, she sat to his right.

"Humph!"

When the girl in the white dress saw Qi Yuan, a barely perceptible hint of surprise flashed across her eyes, but she quickly snorted and sat down in her seat, no longer looking in their direction.

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Qi Yuan naturally didn't bother to provoke such arrogant rich kids, and simply sat quietly waiting for the auction to begin.

Time passes slowly.

About half an hour later, more than half of the seats in the auction hall were occupied, and no other guests were coming in at the entrance.

Welcome, old and new friends!

As a clear voice rang out above everyone's heads, a bewitching woman in a sexy red dress, with red hair and a beautiful, flame-like fox tail appeared on the high platform in the center of the auction hall.

"Welcome everyone to this year's Lanting Auction. Xue Shang will once again be hosting the auction. Now, let me introduce the 'appetizer' of this auction."

(End of this chapter)