Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 298 Mechanical Treasure

At the very center of the endless mountain range stands a colossal peak, far more majestic than any of the surrounding mountains.

However, the upper half of this towering peak seemed to have been sliced ​​flat by a sword, and the entire 'mountain peak' completely disappeared, leaving a broad and magnificent platform at the top.

On the platform, rows of huge black stone pillars stand, each with a crystal sphere on it.

This is where the foundational legacy of the Mingxiao Army is stored.

Since the Mingxiao Army only had Qi Yuan as a new recruit recently, the place of inheritance was very quiet, with no other soldiers present.

There are hundreds of crystal spheres in the square.

Qi Yuan's divine power spread out, directly penetrating into each crystal sphere, and a large amount of information immediately surged in.

"Refining a supreme treasure?"

"Refining machinery?"

"Melee?"

"Illusion?"

"The art of alliance?"

"The secret technique of burning divine power?"

A flood of information kept coming in.

As Qi Yuan combed through the hair, he secretly admired it.

I initially thought the basic inheritance provided would be rather ordinary, but it turns out to be very practical.

Numerous combat techniques, combined secret arts, and secret arts of burning divine power can greatly enhance combat power. If they appeared in the cosmic sea, they would definitely be powerful inheritances that would make every major power fight over them!
According to Qi Yuan's assessment, these numerous basic inheritances are enough to rank among the top compared to the hundreds of millions of basic inheritances from the Ten Directions Sect that he had previously obtained.

However, to his regret, even members of the special legion faced limitations in learning these many traditions.

Many cultivation methods only lead to the breakthrough to True God, and then there's nothing more.

The Burning Divine Power Secret Technique only has one level, equivalent to the first volume of the Ten Directions Sect's "Burning Spirit" secret technique.

All subsequent inheritances, however, require military merits to obtain.

After all, some truly powerful traditions are not easily passed down, even in the world of ancient civilizations.

Qi Yuan's consciousness spread out, and he quickly memorized all the 'basic inheritance' information from the hundreds of crystal spheres.

"The world of Jin has very strict management of inheritance. If I directly use the secret technique of burning divine power, I will not be able to explain where I learned it. If the army finds out and investigates, I will be sentenced to death."

Qi Yuan thought to himself, "Now that I have received the basic inheritance of the Mingxiao Army, I can at least use special techniques such as the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique."

"Although I joined the army, my first military mission was a 'reincarnation-level' mission. However, while reincarnation-level missions are dangerous, they are also an opportunity—an opportunity to obtain a large number of true god-level biological samples and military merits."

"Before accepting the mission, I should go to the armory and exchange for one or two handy mechanical-style treasures!"

……

For the next hundred years, Qi Yuan stayed on his own mountain peak, cultivating in peace.

Once the control center of this mountain is recognized as its master, it can activate a protective array, so there is no need to worry about it being disturbed.

Time passes day by day.

The first batch of powerful beings from the Cosmic Sea who entered the Jin World began to perish.

In less than ten years, of the more than two hundred powerful individuals who entered in the first batch, less than one-tenth remained alive.

Even among the Hongmeng faction, only a handful of people, including Qi Yuan and Luo Feng, survived.

A hundred years passed quickly during the peaceful cultivation.

On this day, Qi Yuan temporarily interrupted his cultivation and flew towards the Mingxiao Army's camp.

One of the military depots in the Northern Army camp, which is also the same depot where Qi Yuan received the Mingxiao Armor.

"Kuru, we have about 200,000 military merits left. What should we exchange them for this time?"

"This is a once-in-a-hundred-million-epoch mission, Kuru, you should prioritize exchanging for survival items!"

Outside the main hall of the military depot, eight soldiers wearing the same 'Mingxiao Armor' as Qi Yuan were discussing the exchange.

The training missions in the Jin Dynasty's world army are divided into three difficulty levels: normal, disaster, and reincarnation.

The missions of special legions are many times more difficult than those of ordinary armies.

The danger level of a special legion's ordinary-level mission is comparable to that of a regular legion's reincarnation-level mission!
Even for these genius soldiers who joined the special legion, the mission was a disaster!
As for the most dangerous Reincarnation-level missions, they are the nightmare of all special legion soldiers!

Even for veterans who have been in the special legion for a long time, the chances of them surviving are less than 50%!
In a single mission, the mortality rate exceeded 50%, and these were the most elite members of the entire Northern Army. This demonstrates the brutality of these cyclical missions.

It is precisely because of such brutal competition and trials that the surviving Law Masters in the special legion are all incredibly powerful beings.

"This is a once-in-a-hundred-epoch mission. If we don't prepare properly, most of us will probably fail on this mission."

Among the soldiers, the one surrounded in the center was a strange beast soldier with four hooves, a dragon's head and a snake's tail, and its body covered with black scales. At this moment, its gaze was sweeping solemnly over the soldiers around it.

"We are among the strongest members of the Seventh Squad, and our fighting styles complement each other. If we prepare well, we have a very good chance of surviving this mission."

The dragon-headed beast soldier spoke up, "This time, apart from essential items such as armor, weapons, and treasures to restore divine power, everything else that can be discarded should be handed over in exchange for military merits. This should allow us to gather an extra batch of military merits. We can use these merits to exchange for a powerful mechanical treasure or other suitable life-saving items, which should greatly increase our chances of survival!"

"Kuru is right. If we die in this mission, all the treasures we have will be meaningless. We might as well exchange them for military merits and exchange them for more life-saving items."

"That's right, I have no objection either!"

"I agree too!"

The soldiers surrounding them all expressed their agreement.

“Alright, let’s go in then. We’ll take a look at the list together and then decide which treasures to exchange for!” said the beastman soldier named Kuru.

"it is good."

"walk into!"

Soldiers surrounded it as they walked directly toward the main hall of the military depot.

"Hey, look, isn't that the new recruit who joined us not long ago?"

Just then, a sharp-eyed soldier noticed a figure landing not far away. "Isn't that Meteor again? Isn't he a new recruit? He's here to exchange for treasures too?"

"After all, the Reincarnation-level mission is imminent. He probably wants to use his resources to exchange for some protective treasures. However, as a recruit who has never completed a mission, what valuable items could he possibly exchange for? It's destined to be futile!"

"Hmph, poor recruit, his first mission is a Reincarnation-level mission, what bad luck."

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with us. We're not like that stupid woman Fengyan, who would care about the lives of these new recruits!"

"Haha, that's right!"

"Come on, let's go in!"

"go!"

The eight soldiers then withdrew their gazes and strode directly into the main hall of the military supply depot ahead.

"Those guys, are they also from the Mingxiao Army?"

Qi Yuan, who had just arrived, glanced at the backs of the soldiers.

However, he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Armway depot!"

Qi Yuan looked up at the majestic ancient hall in front of him.

"According to the rules, you are eligible to exchange for treasures at the armory before accepting a mission and after completing one. However, once you accept a mission, you cannot enter until it is completed."

Qi Yuan muttered the military regulations to himself before stepping directly into the vast and majestic ancient hall.

Upon entering the palace gate.

Suddenly, time and space shifted, as if we had entered another world.

Before them lay a vast, boundless world, with many soldiers scattered about, each with a golden figure before them.

"This feeling is like being in a completely separate space and time."

Qi Yuan was slightly surprised, "It actually bears some resemblance to my True Void Realm."

Whoosh!
A golden figure materialized out of thin air and descended in front of him.

Qi Yuan looked closely at the golden figure in front of him, but he couldn't see the face at all, as the figure was completely shrouded in golden light.

“Mingxiao Army Sergeant, you have not accepted any missions yet. You can exchange for military equipment.”

The golden figure looked at Qi Yuan and said, "Given that your current military merit is zero, you can offer weapons, the corpse of a true god, and other treasures to the army to gain military merit. Military merit can be exchanged for weapons, machinery, inheritances, and all other treasures on the list."

As soon as the golden figure finished speaking, a huge light screen appeared in front of Qi Yuan, displaying a large number of detailed lists.

"I'd like to take a look at the list of mechanical treasures first."

Qi Yuan spoke up.

This was his first time entering the Jin world, and apart from some ordinary True God-level treasures, he did not bring any precious treasures such as the Mechanical Flow treasure 'Pantheon'.

Now he is facing an extremely difficult cycle-level mission test. In order to pass this trial smoothly and to have enough power to gain greater benefits, he naturally needs to arm himself well.

Mechanical treasures are naturally the easiest way to upgrade them!
"This is the list." The light screen in front of the golden figure suddenly changed.

The list on the screen was very sparse.

There were only a few dozen types, but all of them were 'True God-level Machines'. Obviously, higher-level mechanical treasures were not displayed, probably because Qi Yuan's strength was insufficient.

"86 kinds?" Qi Yuan looked at them carefully.

Because there are few types, each one on the light screen has an accompanying picture and a brief description.

"Black Cloud Wings!"

Qi Yuan's gaze quickly fell on one of the mechanical treasures.

Black Cloud Wing: True God-level machine (ordinary), requires 15 military merits to obtain (Mingxiao Army sergeants have this authority).

Advantages: Excellent at escaping, extremely strong defense, and adept at binding and trapping enemies.

Disadvantage: Weak offensive power.

"The original work seems to mention that the four major military camps of the Black Cloud Wing Jin world are parallel. It is estimated that apart from some special rare treasures, these similar standard treasures should all be common."

Qi Yuan continued watching.

At first glance—

10万军功、10万军功、12万军功、12万军功、13万军功.15万军功.30万军功.100万军功.300万军功.
The lowest required military merit for redemption in the entire list is at least 10 military merits, while the most expensive ones are worth millions of military merits!

"I just joined the army and haven't carried out a single mission yet, so I shouldn't stand out too much."

Qi Yuan pondered to himself, "I'll exchange for one or two decent items to make do for now, and deal with the rest after I get through this cycle-level mission."

His eyes scanned the list, and he quickly locked onto his target.

The first item is a dreamlike greatsword that is extremely thick and wide, yet has an extremely domineering and beautiful appearance.

Skybreaker Sword: True God-level Mechanism (Common), requires 16 military merits to acquire (Mingxiao Army soldiers have this authority).
Advantages: The core of the Divine Power Scripture 'Heaven-Breaking Sword' will be transformed to generate super strong attack power.

Disadvantage: Consumes extremely high amounts of divine power.

"What I need is something with extremely strong attack power, and my divine body is now 1 million kilometers high, which is more than enough to sustain the consumption. With this 'Heaven-Shattering Sword' in hand, I should be able to reach a terrifying level of attack power!"

Qi Yuan memorized the name of the Heaven-Breaking Sword, then looked at another treasure that caught his eye.

It was a treasure shaped like a crystal bead, with faint gold and silver light flowing and swirling on its surface.

Time-Space Bead: True God-level Mechanism (Common), requires 19 military merits to obtain (Soldiers of the Mingxiao Army have this authority).
Advantages: After being transformed by the core, the divine power can generate extremely strong spacetime binding power, which can be used to enhance domain-type treasures.

Disadvantage: Consumes extremely high amounts of divine power.

"A treasure that can control spacetime and enhance domain-type treasures—isn't this the complete version of the 'universe in the palm of my hand' created by the Primordial Ancestor? With this treasure, and combined with the supreme domain-type treasure, even a true god would be suppressed by my domain. In this way, even if I encounter an attack, I will not be afraid at all!"

Qi Yuan secretly made up his mind, then looked at the golden phantom—

"I want to contribute my treasure!"

(End of this chapter)