Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 562 The Emperor's Warning

When Chen Yuan successfully broke through the "Trinity" form.

Originating on the mainland, tens of millions of kilometers outside the capital.

"—It's been dozens of days, and the target still hasn't left the cave."

A deep voice rang out: "Could it be that our guess was wrong, and that the Primordial God-King is unrelated to this incident?"

No, I think quite the opposite.

Another voice emerged, "Materials worth billions have been completely annihilated. Even a Chaos Great Sage would not be able to remain indifferent to such a loss, yet this Primordial God Lord was able to suppress the urge to confront the Flame Wind Guild."

"Who would believe he has nothing to hide?"

"That makes sense." The deep voice continued, "He doesn't even care about losing billions of cosmic sands. I'm starting to believe that this Primordial God-King is connected to that 'mysterious trader.'"

The so-called mysterious trader is because recently, all the major Yanfeng branch halls have reported that their cosmic sand reserves are exhausted and need to be replenished.

This matter attracted the attention of the higher-ups at Yanfeng Guild. After extensive investigation, it was discovered that the problem stemmed from these branch guilds acquiring a large quantity of valuable materials at inflated prices.

Although the guild has always purchased various precious materials at a premium, this mysterious trader has sold far too much. In fact, the more rare and precious the item, the more he has sold.

It's as if this mysterious person possesses a method for cultivating treasures, or perhaps it's some kind of treasure that can produce all sorts of precious resources without limit!

Although most of the materials traded by the other party are of the Chaos level, their value is still considerable. The transaction amount alone, as tallied by the branch halls in various regions, has exceeded one trillion cosmic sands.

As for the methods or treasures that could potentially generate "creation" resources, they naturally attracted the attention of Yanfeng's higher-ups and even alarmed the God-King level beings.

One of the organizers of the Yanfeng Guild Hall, Yanqiong God King of the Di Yan lineage, personally ordered a thorough investigation into the matter. Later, it even attracted the participation of God Kings from the Di Wu and Di Xi lineages.

The various branch associations naturally had to obey the orders conveyed by several high-ranking officials.

Unfortunately, this mysterious trader seems to have mastered some kind of teleportation technique and does not stay in one place. With so many branch offices in various places, it is difficult to set up an ambush in advance, which has resulted in the capture plan never succeeding.

Later, perhaps someone leaked the news, alerting the mysterious trader, so this person appeared less and less frequently, until eventually he never appeared again.

This move, however, further confirmed the suspicions of the club's higher-ups; after all, why would they need to hide if there were no secrets behind it?

Under orders from many high-ranking officials, Yanfeng Guild began to investigate the identity of this mysterious trader.

They retrieved the acquisition information from various branch halls and compiled a list of suspects. Chen Yuan was also included in the list because he had sold a batch of "Nine-Bend Huajing" when he first arrived on the Origin Continent.

What followed was a series of tests, and Chen Yuan's extravagant spending due to his cultivation further fueled suspicion against him.

His posting of a 10 billion bounty attracted the attention of several god-kings.

However, since Chen Yuan usually kept to himself and was the personal disciple of the ruling emperor, Yan Qiong God King and others did not dare to act rashly, so they had to set up a trap for him.

The "Tide Flow God King" of the Di tide lineage stepped forward and took a feather from the "Silent Time Divine Bird," a chaotic creature she raised, and offered it as a reward.

Then, upon noticing the feathers being decomposed, the Silence Divine Bird's true form directly annihilated it, thus judging Chen Yuan's reaction.

Clearly, Chen Yuan's decision not to go to the Yanfeng Guild Hall to inquire or to complain to his master Difu, but instead to stay in his cave as usual, directly increased suspicion.

"I don't think this Primordial God Lord will leave the cave. Should we continue to wait, or go back and report to the God King?"

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"Report it to them. After all, the other party is the Emperor's personal disciple. The two of us can't afford to offend that lord."

"Okay, let's go."

Soon, the two disappeared into the mountains and forests.

Soon after, in a vast world filled with various formations, Difu was trying to comprehend the operation of the formations.

"Emperor Husband!"

A domineering voice came from the cause and effect.

"It's Brother Di Yan," the Emperor's husband asked. "What is it?"

"About your newly accepted disciple."

Emperor Yan himself was still very far away, and only his voice came through the causal transmission: "Yan Qiong just reported that your disciple may be the mysterious trader from the Yanfeng Guild Halls in various places."

"Oh?" Emperor Difu's expression showed slight surprise. Clearly, as the ruling emperor, he had also heard about the deeds of this mysterious trader.

"What evidence do you have? My disciple has been staying in the cave the whole time and hasn't come out."

"Stop pretending," Di Yan said calmly. "I just investigated, and what's left in the cave is just a clone of your disciple."

"His true identity is most likely this mysterious trader. Otherwise, how could a mere Eternal God spend tens of billions at the Flamewind Club? Where did he get so much cosmic sand? It couldn't have been from you, could it?"

"As the current ruler, you should not be able to go against the rules set by the founding father."

"It wasn't me," Tiff said calmly. "But it's not surprising. My disciple inherited the mantle of a God-King, so a few hundred billion cosmic sands are nothing to him."

"Oh? You mean he had already worshipped other god-kings before becoming your disciple?"

Di Yan's surprised voice rang out, "You don't mind?"

"It's just worshipping a dead man, what do I have to complain about?" Difu said indifferently. "He inherited the foundation of the Wu Kingdom's Sacred Weapon Sect. It's normal for him to come up with hundreds of billions, let alone tens of billions."

"Alright, I've already explained the doubts about my disciple. If there's nothing else, please don't disturb me as I continue my cultivation."

Di Yan remained silent for a moment, then said, "Very well, let his true form come to see me. After I have investigated him in person, if there is no suspicion, I will release him back—"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a shout: "Di Yan!"

"That's my apprentice. I advise you not to push your luck!"

Di Yan never expected that Di Fu would care so much about a disciple, not even giving him face.

After a moment of silence, Di Yan's cold voice rang out: "Emperor, I'd like to give you face, but you should know that this mysterious trader is involved in a great secret!"

"I suspect this person is closely related to the thieves who have been stealing treasures from various precious places recently. They are also concealed from the truth, and they have a very similar teleportation technique."

"Your disciple's secrets were also concealed, and I suspect that all three identities are actually those of your disciple."

"So what?" Difu scoffed. "That's just sophistry! There are plenty of ways to conceal the secrets of heaven. As for teleportation techniques, causal teleportation and dimensional teleportation are both possible."

"My disciple's main cultivation is the Great Dao of Life and Matter, which has nothing to do with these methods! As for the karma on his body, I deliberately concealed it to prevent the secret from being leaked."

"Without my permission, none of you are taking him away!"

"Emperor!" Emperor Yan couldn't help but interrupt, "Don't you understand? All signs indicate that that mysterious person most likely possesses some kind of method to cultivate treasures. He went to various treasure lands to steal resources precisely to nurture them to maturity!"

"Do you know what kind of benefits lie behind this? Once we obtain this treasure, we can generate a continuous stream of various resources!"

"Di Yan! So many years have passed, how come you haven't improved at all!" Di Fu suddenly scolded, "Haven't you learned enough lessons from Li He and Zong Fu?"

"You!" Di Yan's voice faltered, clearly stung by Di Fu's words.

Lihe God King and Zongfu God King were both subjects of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom. Lihe God King was a disciple of Emperor Xuan, while Zongfu God King was Emperor Yan's right-hand man!

However, because these two god-kings obtained powerful treasures, they attracted the covetous eyes of Emperor Yan, who gathered Emperor Wu and Emperor tide to seize them.

In the end, the entire clan of the God King Lihe was wiped out, and he himself was successfully reincarnated as the Emperor of Guixu. He assassinated members of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom all the way, and several God Kings have fallen at his hands so far, which can be described as a heavy loss.

As for the God King Zongfu—his strength was even greater, comparable to that of an Emperor at the second level of the God King realm, thus allowing him to escape successfully.

After that, he officially became an enemy of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, and even formed the "Mother River of Life" force, causing serious damage to the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, with an impact far exceeding that of the Guixu Emperor who fought alone.

The two major enemies of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom were both caused by Di Yan's greed, which is what angered Di Fu the most.

"Two lessons have caused the ancient kingdom heavy losses, yet you still show no remorse."

Di Fu's voice already carried a hint of anger: "You don't care about Di Xuan, Di Chu is your sworn enemy, and now you're even provoking me—"

"Di Yan, do you think you're invincible just because Di Wu and Di tide are protecting you?"

"I'm warning you, I don't care about the trouble you caused in the past, but I advise you not to mess with me, otherwise—I believe that Di Xuan and Di Chu will not refuse to join forces with me."

"Emperor, you!"

Di Yan was somewhat exasperated, but Di Fu's warning also made him feel uneasy.

The reason he was able to become the largest branch of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom was entirely due to the support of Emperors Di Wu and Di tide.

In terms of one-on-one combat, his strength is not as good as Di Fu's, and he is even about the same as Di Chu and Di Xuan.

Once Dief joins forces with those two enemies—his future days are likely to be very difficult.