Swallowing the Stars: Providing a Loan to Luo Feng Begins

Chapter 51 Mining Thunderstone? That's too inefficient! (Read on demand)

Chen Qi was looking at it from within the system space.

"Second brother, third brother, so many cosmic crystals!"

Hong and Thor were frantically digging for cosmic crystals, as if they had obtained a great fortune. Only Luo Feng remained calm, when a leg hair fell from Manluo's body and landed in his hand.

That is:
A full 100 billion cosmic coins!
The cosmic crystals within this realm are so loosely distributed that even after digging for a long time, there aren't many... so Luo Feng didn't think much of them.

"So, what did Chen Qi ask me to do here this time?" Luo Feng was quite certain that Chen Qi hadn't sent him out for these cosmic crystals.

Chen Qi didn't stop them from mining the cosmic crystal; he wanted to confirm one thing.

If this can be accomplished, I will be able to collect all the treasures of the Thunder World!
He shouted out Babata first:
“Babata, use the detector to help me find a type of stone with weak energy, little value, but which is widely distributed in this realm within a realm.”

"What is that thing???" Babata was helping Luo Feng and the others dig for cosmic crystals and had no idea what Chen Qi's intention was.

Chen Qi then said:

"Just do it. Sometimes don't ask so many questions. You need to know that I'm doing this for your own good. If you know too much, you know what will happen."

"Yes, Lord Chen Qi! I won't ask anymore, and I don't want to know." Babata immediately became very obedient. Ever since Luo Feng's cultivation speed became faster and faster and his strength became stronger and stronger, Chen Qi's image in his mind had become more and more lofty and mysterious.

Chen Qi replied:

"Well, that's right."

Immediately, Chen Qi also began to ponder.

His plan was:

Loan 'Thunderstone'!
Thunderstones are important items for exchanging treasures. He had never seen what a Thunderstone looked like; he only knew the original plot, which only described it:
"Thunderstones are abundant in the Thunder World, but they have little intrinsic value..."

'Thunderstone' is merely the exchange currency devised by Kabu's intelligent life form, the white-bearded old man.

It has no intrinsic value.
That means that taking out a loan might not be a big deal at all.

Digging them up one by one, searching the entire Thunder World—how inefficient and troublesome would that be? This Thunder Stone is just special; it's not inherently precious.

It didn't take long.
Babata identified a target, an item that appeared to be 'Thunderstone'.

Chen Qi coordinated with Luo Feng again, and under Babata's guidance, a cloud vine went deep into the ground and dug out several items that looked like 'thunderstones'.

"Store!" Chen Qi stored the 'Thunderstone' into his system space, holding a few small stones in his hand, and then asked:

"System, help me check the price for loaning and copying this item, and draft an agreement..."

[The design is currently being searched based on loan requirements...]

【——Loan Agreement——】

[Loan Project: Crafting 'special stones' provided by clients.]

【…】

"It really is cheap!"

Chen Qi glanced at the price; his plan was perfectly feasible. The value of this special stone loan was extremely low.

To put it another way, in the original storyline, those who bought Thunderstone sold one Thunderstone for several hundred units of Cosmic Crystals.
You can get a loan through Chen Qi's system.

The value of one piece of cosmic crystal can be used to borrow hundreds of thousands of 'Thunderstones'!
"Now all we need to do is go to that castle and confirm whether Babata has found this item that looks like a 'Thunderstone' or not!" Chen Qi was very excited. The most troublesome task of collecting Thunderstones had become the simplest problem at this moment.

"Treasure, once we get the treasure, pay off the loan, and take off!"

Only after all loans are fully repaid and cleared to zero will the credit score increase, and Chen Qi can't wait to do so.

If his credit score increases four or five times this time, he can lend Luo Feng some powerful auxiliary cultivation manuals!
Luo Feng and his two companions followed the flow of people and eventually arrived at a plain.

On the vast plains, the star-level beings were divided into several factions, each representing a different organization and power.

The leaders of all major organizations received the message.

They had information about Luo Feng's physique and appearance, so the three of them quietly stayed to the side.
No force dares to provoke them.

Chen Qi looked outside from inside the system space, waiting for the castle to open so he could confirm whether the 'Thunderstone' he had just collected was real.

He silently watched the scene outside:

suddenly
Voices echoed through the sky: "...Greetings, Your Highness the Ninth Prince!"

The incredibly synchronized voices from within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's ranks resounded throughout the land, inevitably attracting the attention of many.

after that.

A figure flew out from the crowd, surveying all directions with an air of superiority, his voice ringing out:

"I declare."

"This treasure within a world belongs to me, 'Brolin,' and who dares to stand in my way?"

"die!"

"Tsk tsk, the prince of the tiny Black Dragon Mountain Empire, making such a grand show."

Chen Qi shook his head.

The strongest being in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire is the God Lord, a true immortal. However, the Black Dragon Mountain Emperor's status is not very high, and their emperors are frequently replaced.

Moreover, this 'Brolin' is merely a prince.

To put it bluntly, his own god probably doesn't even remember having a descendant named 'Brolin'.
Then came the familiar scene again.

Within the Hundred Tigers' camp, their leader was very dissatisfied with Brolin's attempt to monopolize the treasure and expressed a different opinion.

Then what.
There were no more objections.

The leader of Baihulou was shot in the head by 'Brolin' with a C2 laser gun and used as a tool to establish his authority.

Chen Qi was watching from within the system space.

Luo Feng doesn't need to be afraid of this prince now, but he didn't ask Luo Feng to do anything.

There's no need for it. There's no benefit to doing anything now, so what's the point of imitating this prince's high-profile behavior?

Just to show off?
Obtaining more treasures from within the realms is the key to success!
Brolin and his men began their attempt to open the castle.
However, it had no effect. Instead, the castle released a lot of lightning, and the 'Ninth Prince' even killed some of his own men, but he still failed to open the fortress.

until
Lightning completely enveloped the entire castle!
A loud 'click-click' sound rang out.

The door is open!
Instantly, tens of thousands of adventurers widened their eyes, but no one dared to rush in, partly because they were afraid of the dangers lurking in the fortress, and partly because Brolin's forces were besieging the castle.

Chen Qi watched from inside the system space, waiting for that freakish intelligent life form to appear.

"Hahaha!"

"You've finally arrived."

Amidst the adventurers' astonishment, the white-bearded intelligent life form left behind by the 'Lord of Kabu' appeared and revealed its purpose. Chen Qi found it boring; it was nothing more than boasting about the 68 types of treasures it possessed, totaling 312 items…

Then he said that as long as you have enough Thunderstones, you can come to him to exchange for treasures.

Chen Qi wasn't interested in any of that. He just wanted to know if what he had found was indeed Thunderstone. If it was, then he wouldn't need to mine for Thunderstone; he could just take out a loan.

The white-bearded old man finally got to the point. Detailed information about Thunderstone was displayed on the screen above, and then he loudly proclaimed:

"The Thunderstone you're wondering about now is this!"

Chen Qi, inside the system space, compared the item in his hand, which resembled a 'Thunderstone,' with it, and was overjoyed:
"Same as described."

"Looks like I can buy everything soon, then pay off the loan, and then take out another loan..."

After Thunder World ends, it's time for the Genius Battle.

Today is my mom's birthday, so I started writing a little late. The pace of writing the Thunder World storyline was also very slow at first, and I deleted more than 3,000 words. I'm so stressed, so the update is a little late.

Sorry!
This is a personal matter of mine. I'll add an extra chapter for all you creditors after the book is released. Please forgive me! I'm sleepy, going to bed now.
Finally, read on!
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Now that I'm awake, I'd like to add some further explanation:
I saw some readers saying that the content wasn't enough. Tonight I'll check the word count on the new book chart and see if I can add 2000 words to the update. It's really impossible to add too many words during the new book period.

Regarding the issues of book release and updates during the new book period, I have explained them in more detail in the pinned post in the book review section. Interested readers can take a look.

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(End of this chapter)