I have an all-knowing mirror

Chapter 126 Investment in the Barren Starfield
"I have never seen anyone as learned as you, sir."

Ye Kunlun remarked with emotion.

Even after he began to come into contact with the human empires of the universe and met those great figures who traversed the starry sky, he still felt that he was no match for Su Yuan.

Ye Kunlun's impression of Su Yuan was that he was absolutely meticulous and had no oversights.

Problems that one might consider difficult or even impossible to solve are no problem at all for Su Yuan.

"Is your sect in the world of 'Infinite Bloodline' about to launch a trial mission?" Su Yuan asked Ye Kunlun.

"Correct."

Ye Kunlun nodded immediately.

The sect he belonged to was called the 'Azure Phoenix Sect', and its leader was a late-stage Starry Sky Lifeblood cultivator.

Compared to the world of "Shattered Void," which was only released a few years ago, the world of "Infinite Bloodline" has existed for a much longer time, spanning hundreds of thousands of years, attracting a large number of powerful individuals to settle in.

In addition, bloodline cultivators and evolvers find it easy to cultivate in the early stages, while star life forms and even stellar life forms are not uncommon in the world of "Infinite Bloodline".

When do you plan to start the trial mission?

Su Yuan asked.

The trial mission is an assessment for outer disciples of the 'Azure Phoenix Sect' to be promoted to inner disciples. It is often a task that several outer disciples work together to complete.

"In the next few days."

Ye Kunlun replied.

"When?"

Su Yuan pressed for an answer.

"When?"

Ye Kunlun pondered for a moment. Actually, he wasn't sure which day it would be, but since Su Yuan had asked, Ye Kunlun thought for a while and gave his answer: "The day after tomorrow."

"Ah."

Su Yuan nodded slightly.

In fact, if Su Yuan hadn't asked that question, Ye Kunlun would have started his trial mission five days later.

After all, outer disciples can start a 'trial mission' to advance to inner disciples at any time. Without Su Yuan's questioning, Ye Kunlun would not have made a decision so quickly.

The trial mission starting in five days? That's not the outcome Su Yuan wanted to see.

Su Yuan wants Ye Kunlun to undergo a 'trial mission' the day after tomorrow.

Because of the 'trial mission' the day after tomorrow, Ye Kunlun will meet Feng Lingzhu, the little princess of the Tianfeng clan.

This is a true pure-blooded Heavenly Phoenix. It entered the world of "Infinite Bloodline" out of curiosity. Apart from Su Yuan, no other powerful figure knows its identity in the world of "Infinite Bloodline".

They don't even understand the virtual world itself.

The key to Su Yuan's scheme against Ye Kunlun lies in the little princess of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, Feng Lingzhu.

The two will develop feelings for each other during this encounter, and Ye Kunlun will eventually join the Heavenly Phoenix Clan through the Phoenix Spirit Pearl.

Based on the many answers given by the gray mirror, Ye Kunlun's personality would be liked by Feng Lingzhu.

Of course, there is a premise here: that Ye Kunlun did not deliberately approach the Phoenix Spirit Pearl.

The Celestial Phoenix Clan possesses extremely keen senses; they can immediately detect whether someone is deliberately approaching them.

This is why Su Yuan didn't have Ye Kunlun start the 'trial mission' the day after tomorrow, but instead took the initiative to ask him to tell her when to start the 'trial mission'.

Su Yuan gave a specific time to start the 'trial mission', and even if Ye Kunlun was stupid, he would realize that Su Yuan wanted him to do something.

This affected her subsequent contact with the Phoenix Spirit Pearl.

Only after Su Yuan pressed him for details and Ye Kunlun took the initiative to confirm the start time of the 'trial mission' would he have no doubts.

Only in this way can the situation that Su Yuan wants be achieved in the subsequent contact with the Phoenix Spirit Pearl.

"This trial mission is crucial to your advancement to the inner sect. Go and prepare."

Su Yuan looked at Ye Kunlun and spoke.

His words reinforced Ye Kunlun's impression of the 'trial mission'.

"it is good."

Ye Kunlun nodded.

At this moment, he also felt that the most urgent task was the trial mission.

After all, the trial mission was starting the day after tomorrow, and he didn't have much time to prepare.

During the conversation, Ye Kunlun didn't even realize that the trial mission, which originally had no set date, had been scheduled for the day after tomorrow under Su Yuan's influence.

Throughout the entire process, Ye Kunlun never noticed anything unusual, simply assuming it was Su Yuan's concern for him.

Wow!
Ye Kunlun bowed respectfully to Su Yuan and then left his personal space.

Su Yuan remained calm.

Deep within his consciousness, however, he kept questioning the gray mirror.

To determine whether the future Ye Kunlun will experience is what he wants.

"That's it."

A smile appeared on Su Yuan's face.

Su Yuan's acquaintance with Feng Lingzhu, the little princess of the Tianfeng clan, was the result of his interference.

The original Ye Kunlun was not like this in the future.

The future fate of that Phoenix Spirit Pearl was also changed through Su Yuan's intervention.

"The so-called strategist's methods are to make use of everything that can be used, and emotions are also involved."

Su Yuan thought to himself.

At this moment, his efforts to bring Ye Kunlun and Feng Lingzhu together are reminiscent of the methods of a top strategist.

Like a gentle spring breeze and nourishing rain, it nourishes all things silently.

No one suspected anything from beginning to end. Even Ye Kunlun, one of the participants in the scheme, was unaware that he had been influenced by Su Yuan and had become a pawn in the plot against the Tianfeng Clan.

Of course, with the Gray Mirror providing the answer to absolute success, Su Yuan's methods are far more terrifying than those of top strategists.

"This Ye Kunlun is incredibly lucky."

After a moment of contemplation, Su Yuan sighed again.

Although Ye Kunlun played a role similar to a pawn in the whole scheme, Su Yuan was the ultimate winner who gained the most benefits.

But Ye Kunlun? As Su Yuan's pawn, a key contingency plan infiltrating the Tianfeng Clan, he ultimately gained many benefits.

Personal space.

Su Yuan leaned back in his chair, confirming that Ye Kunlun's future was exactly what he wanted.

Suddenly, the voice of the AI, Xiao Lan, rang out.

"Master, the Eternal Dark Crystal that you listed for sale on the Canglan Universe Human Trading Network has been sold for 5.2 million Canglan coins."

"5.2 million Canglan coins".

Su Yuan glanced at the Canglan coins that had been deposited into his account and nodded slightly.

The Crystal of Eternal Darkness was a spoil of war obtained by Su Yuan when he raided the treasury of the Truth Society.

It is also the most valuable single treasure on Earth, a fragment of the armor worn by one of the terrifying life forms during a battle long ago, which exploded in self-destruction. This fragment alone is worth hundreds of millions of Canglan coins.

One can only imagine how incredibly expensive that terrifying life form's complete armor must have been.

Even so, this terrifying life form was ultimately forced to self-destruct.

"5.2 million Canglan coins was the highest price that could be sold a hundred years ago," Su Yuan thought to himself.

Before selling the Crystal of Eternal Darkness, he had already learned the best time and the highest price to sell it through the gray mirror.

5.2 million Canglan coins is the highest price that could be sold in the last hundred years.

One hundred and thirty-six years later, it could be sold for 6.3 million Canglan coins, but that's too long a time.

Given Su Yuan's growth rate, in 136 years? He wouldn't even care about 10 billion Canglan coins.

"5.2 million Canglan coins, this is my initial capital for entering the universe."

Su Yuan thought to himself silently.

As for the wealth earned in the shattered void world, most of it was used for personal cultivation.

Many cultivation resources, such as top-notch martial arts manuals, all require money to acquire.

Of course, Su Yuan's cultivation plan was devised by the Gray Mirror, and it was the most suitable and cost-effective cultivation plan for Su Yuan himself.

Other cultivators and evolvers would need to expend hundreds or thousands of times more resources than Su Yuan to maintain the same cultivation speed.

"With this sum of Canglan coins, it's time to officially start planning."

A smile appeared on Su Yuan's face.

5.2 million Canglan coins is an absolute fortune for someone at the initial stage of Starry Sky Life.

Even for someone at the Intermediate Star Realm, it would take a very long time to earn that much. A normal Intermediate Star Realm cultivator would most likely not have 5.2 million Canglan coins.

After all, for a mid-level Star Realm expert, most of their money is needed to purchase weapons, secret techniques, and so on. Their actual liquid assets? Not much.

In the shattered void world, a superior martial arts manual is worth 100 million Canglan coins, entirely because superior martial arts manuals can significantly advance the initial stage of life in the starry sky and enhance one's understanding of a certain cosmic power.

Simply put, superior martial arts manuals can greatly accelerate the time it takes for a star-level life form to advance from the initial stage to the intermediate stage. Many star-level life forms are stuck at the bottleneck for tens of thousands of years and cannot break through.

But if you were to comprehend a superior martial arts manual, you might just break through to a higher level? That's why superior martial arts manuals are so valuable.

Moreover, superior martial arts manuals are not only useful for those at the initial stage of Starry Sky Life, but also for those at the intermediate stage.

To advance from the initial stage of a cosmic life form to the intermediate stage, one must comprehend a certain cosmic power.

To advance from the intermediate stage to the advanced stage of Starry Sky Life, one must comprehend multiple cosmic powers, and these multiple cosmic powers must be able to form a perfect cycle.

For example, the five elements represented by metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the four symbols represented by earth, fire, wind, and water, are all cosmic forces that can form a perfect cycle.

The reason why the strength of the late-stage Star Life Realm far surpasses that of the mid-stage, and can easily destroy a life-bearing planet, is because it has mastered a variety of cosmic forces that can stably form cycles.

"Desolate Starfield."

Su Yuan's thoughts raced.

The desolate star field is Su Yuan's next key focus.

The so-called desolate star field is an unknown star field that has not yet been explored by the human empire in the universe.

These star systems are beyond the reach of even virtual networks.

What remains unexplored and unknown represents both danger and immense profit.

For this reason, every year a large number of citizens of the Cosmic Human Empire form exploration teams to explore unknown and desolate star systems.

The Cosmic Human Empire also strongly supports this exploration and is willing to pay high prices for the expedition team's gains in unknown and desolate star regions.

Over the long course of history, there have been many instances where an exploration team discovered a resource-rich planet, sold the valuable resources they had acquired, and became rich overnight.

Of course, many more exploration teams never returned. But since they wanted to get rich quick, they naturally had to pay a price, and every exploration team was well aware of that.

Su Yuan's plan for the desolate star field was not meant to be explored by himself.

That would be too dangerous. Ordinary citizens of the Empire only know that it is dangerous to explore unknown, desolate star systems.

However, they didn't have much of a concept of how dangerous it was or what kind of dangers they might encounter.

Is it just Su Yuan?

Through the gray mirror, Su Yuan learned too much about the horrors of the desolate star field.

Perhaps an ordinary planet is connected to a hellish secret realm, and once you get close, you will be sucked in.

Perhaps the starry sky ahead is the mouth of a Saint-level cosmic behemoth, and the exploration team has voluntarily delivered themselves into that behemoth's mouth.

Or you might encounter an unknown spacetime storm and be completely trapped inside.

In short, the desolate, unknown star field contained far too many dangers, so many that Su Yuan's scalp tingled.

The ignorant are fearless.

The more Su Yuan knew, the more wary he became.

Su Yuan's plan to establish a presence in the desolate star field is through 'investment'.

Every moment, countless citizens of the Cosmic Human Empire seek to form exploration teams to explore the desolate star systems.

However, forming an exploration team requires money.

Purchasing high-tech weapons requires money, purchasing exploration ships for exploration teams also requires money, and deploying advanced detection equipment also requires money.

It's still a lot of money.

Where did this money come from?

Pay for it yourself?
If I had that much money, why would I need to come here to explore unknown star systems? Why risk my life?
Under these circumstances, the group of 'investors' came into being.

This means that investors pay money to fund an exploration team.

The exploration team will share a portion of the gains from its subsequent exploration of the star system with the 'investors'.

Investors bear the risk, and if the exploration team makes a profit while exploring unknown star regions, they can naturally make a fortune.

If there are no results, or if they perish while exploring unknown star regions, then the money invested will be wasted.

During the exploration of unknown star regions, any gains will be substantial, ensuring that investors and the exploration team reap huge profits.

"The universe is vast and boundless, containing infinite dangers, but also many opportunities."

Su Yuan thought to himself, "These opportunities are mainly concentrated in unexplored star regions."

As for the star regions that have already been explored? They have been checked countless times, and there are very few opportunities left that have not been discovered.

"Exploration Team"

Su Yuan stroked his chin. The biggest risk of investing in an exploration team is that it might encounter an irresistible disaster and die in an unknown star field.

Thus, all the investments were wasted, and there was no chance to even recoup some of the costs by selling off the other party's exploration ships and weapons.

But Su Yuan is different. With the gray mirror, he can know the future exploration progress of each exploration team. He only needs to invest in the exploration teams that can return safely and have made great gains.

The unknown, desolate star field was beyond the reach of even the Empire's virtual network. Su Yuan could not interfere with the exploration team's direction, and providing them with an exploration 'guide' in advance could easily leave hidden dangers.

Therefore, Su Yuan only needs to identify exploration teams that are likely to yield results in the future and then invest in them in advance.

For other investors, investing in an exploration team involves a great deal of risk; success would bring huge profits, while failure would inevitably result in heavy losses.

But with Su Yuan, investing in an exploration team carries absolutely no risk; it's a guaranteed money-making venture.

(End of this chapter)