Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

Virtual universe, Yan Yue Royal Mansion.

"Disciple greets Master." Lin Yuan bowed respectfully, then handed a bottle of wine to the woman before him: "This is a gift prepared by disciple, please accept it, Master."

This was an extremely beautiful woman. Her eyes and brows exuded a clear and heroic spirit, unlike the gentle and graceful nature of ordinary women. Instead, they were like a drawn blade, sharp and dazzling.

What's most eye-catching is the flame-shaped divine mark between her brows, as vibrant as cinnabar. Although it's an extremely intense design, it adds a touch of awe-inspiring divinity to her features.

Her eyes, when they sparkle, possess both the radiance of a young girl and an unyielding sharpness. A single glance from her is enough to make one afraid to look directly at her, feeling that she is breathtakingly beautiful and unparalleled.

"Qianfengzui, you've put your heart into this." King Yanyue took the bottle and casually placed it on the table. "Even in the virtual universe, this bottle of wine would cost over two hundred Chaos Units. It seems I've taken on a good disciple."

"I'm glad you like it, teacher." Lin Yuan chuckled. It was his first time visiting King Yan Yue, but he didn't know what the other party liked. After thinking it over, he brought a bottle of the wine that immortal gods often used for socializing.

To everyone's surprise, the other person suddenly changed the subject: "But don't buy these flashy but impractical things anymore!"

"If you have money, save it to buy treasures that can improve your strength. Even saving it to give your family's descendants a chance to comprehend a World Lord-level initial universe is better than wasting it here!"

Lin Yuan was stunned. Had he tried to flatter someone but ended up making a fool of himself?

King Yanyue said in a deep voice, "Since you have already become my disciple, I will teach you a principle."

"Teacher, please begin!"

"In the primordial universe, the most important thing is strength, so if you have resources, actively arm yourself and never waste them on fleeting pleasures."

She stared intently at Lin Yuan, her gaze piercing: "If your goal is to break through to immortality and then settle down, then even if you're my first disciple, I'll kick you out immediately, because I'm afraid of embarrassing myself later!"

"If you aspire to competence, start now by declining unnecessary banquet invitations and don't indulge in the false enjoyment of the virtual world. Don't become one of those banquet VIPs in the company!"

Lin Yuan remained silent. The term "banquet master" was truly insulting. He remembered that although he rarely attended banquets, Marquis Lingguang and Qige did hold banquets every few years. For immortal gods with endless lifespans, this was no different from holding banquets every day.

Perhaps mistaking his silence as a silent resistance, King Yanyue continued to persuade him: "Don't say I'm exaggerating. Although I haven't been cultivating for long, I've seen many things that the Venerables of the banquet regret for the rest of their lives."

"Some people, after breaking through to immortality, have been so engrossed in making friends that they have held too many banquets. When their own child needs a spot to comprehend the initial universe at the realm master level, they, who have worked for the virtual universe company for millions of years, cannot come up with 30,000 Chaos Yuan Units and have to borrow from acquaintances."

"That's considered good. The most tragic are those who only use a small portion of their income to improve themselves. Their attitude towards cultivation is always similar, but when crucial opportunities arise, they always fall behind because of insufficient strength. As a result, they fall behind step by step, and in their entire lives, they can only stay in the same place and watch others surpass them one by one..."

Lin Yuan's expression was strange. He felt as if he had heard both of the other person's stories before, and they seemed very familiar.

"Do you want to hear more? I have many more examples like this; I could talk about them for three days straight."

"No need, no need!" Lin Yuan quickly shook his head. The other party's smile was forced and insincere, clearly indicating that he didn't genuinely want to satisfy Lin Yuan's curiosity, but rather was looking for an excuse to punish him.

"Will you still buy alcohol recklessly in the future?" The other person smiled brightly, but there was a dangerous curve to their lips.

"No, no!"

"Would you like to go to banquets every day?"

"I don't go there much anyway, the teacher really wronged me." He seemed very angry, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"Alright, then I apologize to you." King Yanyue nodded in satisfaction: "To break through from a junior military lord to a marquis with an immortal body in just a million years, I believe that you have indeed devoted most of your energy to cultivation."

She clapped her hands and said, "Come with me."

As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately walked towards the quiet room in the mansion, and Lin Yuan hurriedly followed.

Soon, King Yanyue led Lin Yuan into a very simple quiet room. There was nothing inside except a seat, which showed that he had abandoned all extravagance and put practicality into his bones.

Bang!

With a wave of her hand, a silver metal box several meters tall slammed heavily onto the solid ground. She turned to Lin Yuan and said, "This is the complete set of Flame Moon Secret Techniques that I created. Because I have no experience teaching apprentices, the auxiliary and cultivation techniques are relatively crude. The core technique is the combat technique, Wildfire Hundred Slashes."

"You've just broken through to the Marquis level, and it's difficult for your understanding of the laws to improve further in a short time. Therefore, I want you to master the Wildfire Hundred Slashes as soon as possible, and then go to the outer battlefield to train for a period of time. In the ultimate battle, you need to create the most suitable combat secret technique for yourself. This is the path that everyone in our Yan Cang lineage must take!"

"You've just broken through to the Marquis level, and it's difficult for your understanding of the laws to improve further in a short time. Therefore, I want you to master the Wildfire Hundred Slashes as soon as possible, and then go to the outer battlefield to train for a period of time. In the ultimate battle, you need to create the most suitable combat secret technique for yourself. This is the path that everyone in our Yan Cang lineage must take!"

"Thank you, teacher!" Lin Yuan put away the metal box and then said with a smile, "It's quite a coincidence that the first combat technique I bought after breaking through to immortality was your Wildfire Hundred Slashes. I'm currently practicing the fourth form, Star River Severing, and I expect to master it in another one or two hundred years."

He wasn't lying. With over 90 billion chat group points as a base, even if it costs 3 million to unlock enlightenment now, it's not a big deal to unlock it once every ten years or so. Two hundred years would be enough for him to master the fourth form.

"Oh?" King Yanyue was taken aback.

She really didn't expect that she and Lin Yuan, her eldest disciple, had such a connection, but she couldn't be sure that he didn't buy her the item after he knew she was going to take him as a disciple, and was trying to curry favor with her in this way.

Thinking of this, Yan Yue Wang waved her hand, and the sales status of the several secret techniques she had put up immediately appeared on the virtual screen in mid-air.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan knew that the other party did not believe him. After all, the matter was too coincidental. The disciple he had taken in had admired him early on and had just learned his secret technique. Such a plot would be criticized as deliberately creating a relationship if it were in a TV series, and it would be too old-fashioned!

When it was confirmed that Lin Yuan had indeed bought the first three forms of the Wildfire Hundred Slashes more than a million years ago, and that he would buy the entire book more than 300,000 years later, the Flame Moon King's gaze towards him changed. He was surprised and even excited, making him seem like a young girl in the prime of her youth.

"Lin Yuan, you have a really good eye. I didn't expect that you could recognize the strongest combat technique so soon after breaking through to the Immortal Realm, and you even had the courage to acquire it. I congratulate you on saving yourself a lot of time."

The other person smiled broadly, and this time it was Lin Yuan's turn to be stunned. "No, you are the Flame Moon King! The person in the Flame Cang lineage who is closest to a Universe Venerable, and you're praising yourself like this? Are you that narcissistic?"

That's what he was thinking, but he wouldn't dare to complain, otherwise what if he was expelled from the sect as a traitor?

"Teacher's combat skills are truly superior; the Wildfire Hundred Slashes he created are incredibly powerful. You wouldn't believe how much it has helped me!"

"Really? Haha, it's nothing special."

Her bright and cheerful smile left Lin Yuan somewhat stunned. "I heard that you don't have a partner yet..."

"No, no, no, Lin Yuan, what are you thinking?!" He had even thought of what to name the baby in his mind, but it was only then that he realized what he had done and quickly patted his face to calm himself down.

"Alright!" King Yanyue waved his hand, and the Blazing Flame Spear appeared in his hand. "I will give you a complete demonstration of all the mysteries of the fourth to sixth forms of the Wildfire Hundred Slashes. It doesn't matter if you can't understand them. Just record it and watch it repeatedly when you get back."

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With the creator himself demonstrating it, and with the millions of years of cultivation and comprehension he had spent before, Lin Yuan quickly gained a much deeper understanding of the mysteries of the fourth move, Severing Star River. He estimated that he would be able to fully master it in about fifty years.

When he opened his eyes again, he found the Flame Moon King looking at him with a smile, his eyes filled with undisguised expectation.

"How is it?"

Lin Yuan bowed respectfully to her: "This disciple thanks you for your guidance, teacher. I will be able to fully master the fourth move in about a hundred years."

"Alright, then you should cultivate diligently. I hope that you will be able to break through to the King level soon, so that you can recruit more disciples to strengthen the Yan Cang lineage."

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Lin Yuan now truly understood why the other party had accepted him as a disciple; it turned out that the other party had been forced into this situation by their teacher and wanted to find a tool to help them.

He thought to himself, "I guess my experience of nurturing over a dozen World Lords in my family before my breakthrough is one of the main reasons she took a liking to me!"

Coming to his senses, Lin Yuan bowed again: "This disciple will work hard and will never let Master down!"

King Yanyue nodded: "Alright, I've told you everything I needed to. You can go about your business now. If you have any questions about cultivation in the future, come here to find me."

Before Lin Yuan could reply, she seemed to suddenly remember something: "Wait, I was originally thinking of giving you the Flaming Moon Secret Technique as a gift, but you've already bought the Wildfire Hundred Slashes from it, so the rest isn't quite presentable. Tell me what you're missing, and I'll make it up to you."

"Well... I've already acquired all the equipment that an immortal powerhouse needs over the years, so there's no need for you to spend any more money, teacher," Lin Yuan said hesitantly.

"Just accept it if the teacher gives it to you. How could such a small amount of money bankrupt me?" She was speechless. "What I hate most is your fussy, overly concerned manner."

"Alright, I won't let you choose anymore. To practice the Wildfire Hundred Slashes, you need a good spear. A spear made of only G-grade metal is too weak in the environment of the extraterrestrial battlefield. I'll give you another spear in a couple of days."

"Thank you, teacher!" Lin Yuan bowed respectfully. Since he was going to the battlefield outside the domain, no amount of weaponry would be enough, so he didn't refuse.

King Yanyue did not disappoint them. He walked directly to the Yanshen Clan members and said to the burly man at the front, "Yanlie, I heard you've acquired a fine spear. Do you dare come up and have a contest? If you win, I'll give you the Blazing Flame Spear; if you lose, you'll obediently hand it over!"

"Yan Yue, don't push your luck!" Before Yan Lie could speak, a red-haired woman behind him stepped forward impatiently: "Isn't it enough that you stole two treasures from Yan Yun and Yan Xing?"

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Yan Lie had been maintaining his aloof and expressionless demeanor, but those words immediately shattered his composure. He couldn't help but look at the red-haired woman and ask, "You think I'll lose before we've even fought?"

"Brother Yanlie, that's not what I meant. I just think Yanyue is too strong, and we don't need to engage in a battle we can't win..."

Yan Yue remained silent while she spoke; with such a shrewd troublemaker around, she didn't need to worry about anything else.

"That's enough!"

As expected, the red-haired woman's words were full of self-doubt, which even someone with a good temper couldn't tolerate, let alone Yan Lie, who was a member of the Yan God Clan known for his volatile temper.

He pointed at the Flame Moon King, who had somehow managed to hide behind the crowd and watch the show: "Just like you said, I lost, the gun is yours!"

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