I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

Logically speaking, Luo Yuan is not yet old enough to have graduated from high school. If he were to go back to school now, he would be in the stage of preparing for the college entrance examination. Moreover, these schools usually have facilities to help students improve their abilities.

Therefore, it will be easier for them to improve their strength. However, after Luo Yuan leaves school, he will need to spend time working to earn income, which will leave him even less time to cultivate. Under these circumstances, it will be much more difficult for him to break through to become a martial artist than before.

Even so, Luo Yuan's appearance in the martial arts assessment team was a complete surprise to the teacher.

Luo Yuan had already read the relevant memories of the original owner when he was preparing to replace him, so he quickly learned the identity of this teacher. This was a teacher who valued him highly during his high school years. Luo Yuan didn't quite remember the specific name, only that the surname was Wang.

Actually, after Luo Yuan left the school, although Teacher Wang felt a little sorry, he didn't pay special attention to him anymore. He felt that there was no need for someone who had given up the path of martial arts to waste his time memorizing. After all, no matter where you are, the relationship between people is very realistic. They are connected by interests. If there is no interest between the two, there will naturally be no contact.

However, Luo Yuan's presence here surprised and delighted Teacher Wang, because Luo Yuan's willingness to take the exam here meant that he had reached the third level of martial arts apprentice. Therefore, if Luo Yuan could truly pass the martial arts assessment, then Teacher Wang would also receive a nominal benefit, since Luo Yuan had once been his student.

Although Luo Yuan and this Teacher Wang had no connection and their relationship was very distant, for these university teachers, it was precisely through the mentor-student relationship they established with outstanding students that they could gain more benefits when they went on to work at more prestigious schools.

For example, more students will come to them for advice, thus gaining more resources. Luo Yuan's current demeanor is very different from his original one. After all, Luo Yuan is a super strong person whose strength is comparable to the creator god. Even though he is now sealed, the aura of a powerful person that his cultivation shows is much stronger than everyone else present. Even if Luo Yuan can hide this aura, his unique temperament is hard to change.

Luo Yuan wouldn't deliberately try to act like ordinary people, putting on a tense, excited, and fearful appearance just to adapt to the current environment, because he genuinely didn't have that mindset. For him, passing the so-called martial arts assessment was just a formality, so he didn't have the same feelings as ordinary people.

On the contrary, it was precisely Luo Yuan's very calm demeanor that made Teacher Wang feel that he had a very good chance of passing the martial arts assessment. In Luo Yuan's memory, Teacher Wang's realm was only at the ninth level of martial apprentice. However, although Luo Yuan was now at the same realm as him, he could completely crush him.

This is because Luo Yuan's combat experience and skills are many times stronger than those of ordinary martial artists. Luo Yuan has decided that after he passes the martial artist assessment and obtains the corresponding certification, he will go back to seclusion to improve to the planetary level, and then he can begin his journey as a martial artist in this world.

Luo Yuan could also re-experience the power of the universe's rules, especially since there was a unique power among these rules that could comprehensively enhance a person. This was something Luo Yuan valued highly, because he felt that such a special power could make the origin of the universe's rules seem very different. If he could one day completely repair it, it would bring him unexpected gains.

Luo Yuan didn't show much enthusiasm towards Teacher Wang. After a simple nod, they began the martial arts assessment, which consisted of three parts: strength, speed, and reaction speed. The assessment methods were not much different from those on Luo Yuan's original home planet, Earth.

Luo Yuan did not reveal his full strength, after all, he had only advanced to the ninth level of Martial Apprentice in less than a month. Logically speaking, it was impossible for him to have reached this level in such a short time given his current status.

To avoid attracting too much trouble, especially the attention of powerful forces, who might send people to investigate the secret behind Luo Yuan's increased strength, Luo Yuan directly displayed the level of a third-stage Martial Apprentice, which was naturally much stronger than that of an ordinary third-stage Martial Apprentice.

Only in this way can he demonstrate his outstanding talent, gain attention, and obtain better resources. Luo Yuan decided to reveal his cultivation level only after he had truly raised his strength to the most powerful stellar level on this planet. At that time, even if those forces knew his strength, they would have no means to threaten Luo Yuan.

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Chapter 817 Accumulation

The martial arts assessment process is relatively simple, relying entirely on individual strength to demonstrate one's level. Moreover, even among martial artists of the same level, the talents they display in various aspects are completely different. Luo Yuan quickly accepted the test, and his assessment results were among the best of all the participants.

Although Luo Yuan did not display his full strength, it was enough to attract the attention of the examiners present. In particular, Teacher Wang was very surprised by Luo Yuan's performance, because he had previously guessed that Luo Yuan had reached the level of a formal martial artist.

He just didn't expect Luo Yuan's performance to be so outstanding, even far exceeding his expectations. However, Luo Yuan's original talent was already very good. He had excellent grades in all aspects when he was in high school, but he chose to drop out of school because of his family's financial situation.

Therefore, even if Luo Yuan shows some talent now, it won't arouse too much suspicion. They will only think that Luo Yuan's talent and ability must be very outstanding, and it has not been fully displayed before. However, this can also make Luo Yuan pay attention to these people. They think that they can obtain corresponding benefits by strengthening their connection with Luo Yuan, which is equivalent to an early investment.

In fact, judging from Luo Yuan's usual behavior, it is clear that he does not like to have any contact with these people. Instead, he prefers to cultivate alone in a quiet place. Therefore, after he showed his outstanding talent, many forces came directly to try to recruit Luo Yuan.

There are many forces in this world, including martial arts schools, but there is no force that can reach the highest level in the world. This is because there is a lot of competition between these forces. If Luo Yuan chooses to join them, he will be subjected to various rules and regulations.

Although he could acquire some resources, it wouldn't be easy to improve his strength during that time. Luo Yuan himself didn't lack cultivation methods, so there was no need for him to waste time here. In the end, he rejected all the offers of his allies.

Luo Yuan only came to participate in the martial arts assessment to obtain a legitimate identity. He can obtain any resources he needs on his own. Moreover, the most powerful martial artists in the world are only at the star level. With Luo Yuan's talent, he can reach that level in a short time.

However, in order to build a stronger foundation, especially to continuously improve his control over the rules of this universe, and even have the opportunity to understand the specific structure of the original rules, he chose to continuously strengthen his foundation. But this does not mean that he is willing to be controlled by other forces.

Therefore, after Luo Yuan gained recognition as a martial artist, he left alone. The staff from different factions present found Luo Yuan's choice very incomprehensible, but they did not pay too much attention to him. This was because they trusted young people like Luo Yuan who showed outstanding talent.

Since Luo Yuan was unwilling to join them, there was no need for them to be too humble in their attempts to recruit him. In fact, many people thought that Luo Yuan was an arrogant young man who didn't understand the realities of the world. He was complacent because he thought he had some talent and could improve his strength and eventually become a super strongman without relying on the arrangements of other forces.

In this world, you have to pay a price to gain benefits. So, if you join a powerful force, you may be able to obtain treasures or even powerful secret techniques, but you must also bear corresponding responsibilities. For example, you must obey the arrangements of the various forces at any time and take risks to do many things.

If possible, no strong person would want to be constrained like this, but for those from ordinary backgrounds, it is extremely difficult for them to obtain such an opportunity. After all, to be noticed by those forces and to be cultivated, one must definitely reach the level of a genius. Cultivation requires the investment of resources, which can be seen as the initial cost of training, and it also involves taking some risks.

After Luo Yuan obtained the identity of a martial artist, he could now begin the plan he had conceived. The first thing he needed to do was to comprehend the rules of this universe as soon as possible, and to create various powerful secret techniques suitable for his own cultivation. He needed to create all kinds of methods to improve his strength and various attack abilities before he could continue to move forward.

If they are native strongmen living in this world, they still need to constantly acquire these precious cultivation methods in order to have the opportunity to improve their realm and strength. Otherwise, it is completely impossible to create them on their own. So, the cultivation methods alone have already blocked most geniuses from progressing.

Not to mention that in order to improve their strength, they also need corresponding resources to assist them. These are things that these geniuses rarely have access to in normal times. Basically, only those with average talent have to rely on themselves to obtain them if they are not recruited by other forces. However, the chance of success is very low, and they often perish in the process of adventure because they have to fight against monsters.

It is virtually impossible for someone to improve their strength and reach a very high level entirely on their own. No matter how outstanding their talent, they can only become an ordinary person in the end. However, Luo Yuan is different from these local geniuses.

Therefore, he certainly wouldn't follow the same path as these local geniuses. Moreover, Luo Yuan had already experienced such a path before, so there was no need for him to repeat it. Doing so wouldn't help his growth at all, especially after Luo Yuan had already decided what he wanted to do.

So what he needs to do next is to go to the wilderness area as soon as possible to hunt those monsters and obtain the corresponding materials. Then he can exchange them for the resources he needs, and then he can speed up the cultivation process and at least reach the planetary level in a short period of time.

Luo Yuan had previously improved and created a secret formula suitable for his own powerful cultivation, so he could absorb the energy of the universe to quickly raise his strength to the ninth level of Martial Apprentice. He originally thought he could advance directly to the Planetary level in one go, but he later realized that he was thinking too much, because to advance to a higher realm, one needs a corresponding supply of resources.

If he wanted to avoid relying on any external aids, especially his own strength, he would have to rely on his existing resources. However, this would violate the requirements of this assessment, and Luo Yuan was unwilling to lose this opportunity to participate in the genius test for such a purpose.

In this situation, in order to improve his illness and strength to the extreme, Luo Yuan could only try to acquire as many cultivation resources as possible in this world. Moreover, he decided to rely on himself to accomplish everything. Although choosing to join a certain force could provide some cultivation resources in the short term, he was unwilling to be bound by the troubles that might arise.

Therefore, after careful consideration from all aspects, he chose the most advantageous approach for himself. However, Luo Yuan currently has too few resources, so if he were to go to the wilderness to fight those powerful monsters based solely on his current situation, he would not have the corresponding advantages. His only advantage is that he has very rich combat experience, which makes him superior to most geniuses.

However, relying solely on experience without corresponding strength is insufficient to reach a higher level. If he were to encounter someone with a much higher cultivation level, Luo Yuan would face even greater dangers than he does now. In such a situation, Luo Yuan would need to acquire a large sum of money in a short period of time.

He then used this income to buy the most suitable equipment for himself and some usable outdoor supplies. However, the starting point of the identity Luo Yuan had now assumed was too low. Even if he took out all his savings, he could not afford any equipment.

Therefore, Luo Yuan was also very distressed. However, he felt that after experiencing so many things, it was not that difficult to solve such a problem. Since he could not use any of the power he originally possessed, he could only rely on himself to explore slowly. So Luo Yuan finally came up with a very good method, which was to use his spiritual power talent.

Although he believes that all his cultivation and strength are temporarily sealed and cannot be used due to the rules, his innate talents will not be affected. Therefore, he can first develop his mental power and, once he reaches the current level, go to places where items need to be obtained through personal observation to earn corresponding income.

There are treasures everywhere, because they don't show any difference on the outside. You can only obtain them by observing them yourself, buying them at a very low cost, and then finding out what's hidden inside. This way, you can make a lot of money with a small investment.

This way of earning income is no different from opening blind boxes, except that ordinary martial artists do not have this ability, and only those with spiritual power talent have this means. However, the problem is that those who participate in this method of obtaining input understand this principle, so martial artists with spiritual power talent are prohibited from participating when this method of obtaining input is held.

Of course, it's not that they're completely forbidden from participating, but their mental energy needs to be temporarily completely shielded, so there are very few opportunities to find something of value. Of course, there are some lucky ones who can find valuable treasures among the scrap metal where the actual situation is unclear, thus earning a huge income.

Luo Yuan had made up his mind about this, and the martial artist information he registered did not contain anything related to mental power talent. This was something he deliberately kept. Even if Luo Yuan's powerful mental power talent was temporarily sealed and he could not use it, he could still use some clever rules to train and achieve his goal.

This is because Luo Yuan developed some clever ways to utilize his spiritual power during his cultivation process, which allowed him to avoid any exploration methods and achieve the effect of moving at will. These abilities were only developed and used by Luo Yuan when he was developing and using various spiritual power secrets.

It's just some clever application methods he created. No one else knows about them, and Luo Yuan hasn't taught them to anyone, so his use of them now won't be noticed by anyone else.

Therefore, Luo Yuan immediately paid attention to information in this regard and soon obtained a very important piece of information: a very large-scale blind box opening event would be held in his city, and anyone could participate. Of course, for those who organized such an event...

Their ultimate goal is definitely to gain more benefits, so very few of those blind boxes will actually contain treasures. Most blind boxes will be empty. In this case, even if all the blind boxes are eventually opened, the merchants who organized them will not suffer any losses when considering the ratio of income to expenditure. On the contrary, they will gain a lot of income.

As for who ultimately obtained those treasures, not many people cared, because in their view, it was entirely a matter of personal luck. Although those merchants had long ago considered sending some of their own people to find those blind boxes so that they wouldn't have to pay any price.

However, doing this too often would lead to a significant decrease in their trust level, and eventually no one would believe them anymore. In that case, their blind box opening events would be pointless. Under these circumstances, the merchants eventually came up with the idea of ​​controlling the number of blind boxes as a way to save costs, ensuring that they would not suffer losses while still achieving the desired effect. That's why Luo Yuan chose to participate in such an event.

Soon the blind box opening event began. Upon arriving, Luo Yuan found a large crowd gathered, though most were ordinary people. While there were some martial artists present, they didn't seem to care much about the treasures.

Instead of wasting time here, it would be better to train in the wilderness and kill a monster. The resources obtained that way would be more worthwhile than spending time opening blind boxes here. Only those martial artists who are very strapped for cash would come here to try their luck. Even if they don't get anything in the end, they can still broaden their horizons.

Luo Yuan originally had no interest in such activities, but the identity he chose was too low-level, so he could only earn his first income through this method. He would then use this to continuously enhance his strength, and eventually he would no longer need to accept this method to earn income.

Luo Yuan believed that among those geniuses, there was definitely no one who had chosen such a status as himself. Therefore, his initial process of gaining strength today was very humble. However, as long as he gained some benefits, Luo Yuan's future share would definitely be the highest.

Because Luo Yuan always knew that the real purpose of holding this large-scale final assessment competition for geniuses was to observe the true talent and strength of these geniuses during their long growth process, especially their all-round abilities, including mental factors. Only in this way could they ultimately stand out.

As for how much strength they can improve in a short period of time, it is not very important to those super strong people, because there are many ways to achieve such a goal. However, if they cannot improve further and thus hit a bottleneck, then the growth ceiling of these geniuses is also very limited.

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Chapter 818 Revenue

Soon, the city's so-called blind box lottery event was about to begin. Luo Yuan noticed that there were a lot of people here, but most of them were ordinary people, with only a small number of martial artists. Of course, these martial artists were generally of low cultivation level. Many of them came here to try their luck, or because they were bored and wanted to kill some time.

Of course, since everyone has taken the time to come here, they must be hoping to win prizes. After all, if they can draw some blind boxes containing treasures, they can also gain some benefits. This idea is because for most people, it is not so easy to earn a lot of income in a short period of time.

However, this blind box event is completely different. Although the quantity is very small, if you are lucky enough to get one, the reward is still very considerable. For those powerful martial artists with high incomes, they may not care about it, but for ordinary people, it can indeed improve their lives.

Luo Yuan's arrival here was merely to help him get through the most difficult initial period. As long as he could earn a certain income here, he could purchase the resources and equipment he needed, and then Luo Yuan could go to the wilderness alone to hunt those monsters.

He believed that his income would continue to increase, which would make it much easier to improve his strength. In fact, Luo Yuan thought that if he could join a strong team, he would have a greater chance of hunting monsters in the wilderness.

However, he cannot reveal his true strength, as this would arouse suspicion from the other higher-ups. After all, his previous strength was not particularly great. Therefore, he needs to wait for a period of time to gradually reveal his strength, which will make it easier for him to integrate into this world.

Moreover, Luo Yuan had no prior contact with other martial artists, so powerful martial artist teams would not easily accept an outsider whose background they did not know. These martial artist teams were going to fight in dangerous wilderness areas, so they had to ensure a very high level of trust among team members.

Therefore, they can prioritize their own safety over that of their teammates in dangerous situations, so that they can cooperate perfectly in battle. As a result, they generally only accept materials that they are familiar with, and only after they can cooperate with each other and reach a certain level of tacit understanding can they truly accept them. This is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time.

Therefore, even if Luo Yuan truly demonstrates his strength, which is now comparable to that of a planetary-level martial artist, the team members will not easily allow him to join their team. This is because there are no rules to bind these martial artists in the dangerous wilderness. So, the most dangerous ones are often not the monsters, but rather these martial artists themselves.

Because these martial artists possess great strength and wisdom, any conflict between them would pose a greater threat to them. Therefore, to a certain extent, the strength gap between team members cannot be too large, as this ensures that their interests will not be affected.

If they were to encounter a very rare and precious monster, eliminating it would likely lead to a conflict over the redistribution of income. This could result in powerful warriors receiving a larger share, which would be unfair to the other members.

Moreover, powerful martial artists would not join weaker teams, as this would not only fail to benefit them but would also require them to spend time protecting the team members. Luo Yuan did not dwell on these matters too much.

Because of his personal strength, as long as he is careful when training in the wilderness, he will not be in any danger. So the most important thing next is to acquire some monsters so that he can have equipment to fight them. Once he goes to the wilderness, he will have to rely on himself. No matter how strong Luo Yuan is, he cannot fight monsters empty-handed.

Luo Yuan knew these things, which is why he was able to maintain a very calm mindset. As he observed this vast square, he simultaneously used his powerful methods to continuously unleash secret techniques related to mental power. Originally, there were many exquisitely crafted blind boxes placed here.

However, Luo Yuan knew that these were all just appearances, because the blind boxes that actually contained treasures were definitely very ordinary. Otherwise, if it were possible to tell from the beginning whether there were treasures or not, everyone would have already made a lot of money here. Why would they still be here searching everywhere? Luo Yuan also noticed that there were some very interesting runes on these blind boxes.

Luo Yuan could easily see that these things were specifically designed for martial artists with spiritual power. Although these martial artists were not allowed to use their spiritual power here, they were still required not to use it, but it was impossible for them to completely control all of these things.

After all, there are very few martial artists with spiritual power in this world. If such resources are available, they will often become the focus of cultivation by major forces. Therefore, outstanding martial artists with spiritual power will not come here to open blind boxes, because it is a waste of time and the returns are not high. However, the organizers still took corresponding measures.

This is because in the past, there have been martial artists with spiritual power who came to the blind box opening event and made a lot of money, causing considerable losses to the organizers. Of course, this situation is very rare, because the accident happened because some martial artists had been cultivating for a long time.

So coming out was just a gamble, a way to change their mood. They just didn't expect such a pleasant surprise. How could they have imagined that a martial artist with such strong mental power as Luo Yuan would come here specifically to open blind boxes for a large profit? Moreover, Luo Yuan's methods are far superior to those of most martial artists in this world.

Although Luo Yuan couldn't use the various abilities and methods he had previously mastered, he could still create corresponding detection methods by comprehending the rules of this world. This wasn't a difficult task for Luo Yuan. Of course, there was another important reason: Luo Yuan discovered that the methods used on these blind boxes to avoid detection by martial artists with spiritual power were simply too easy.

It might have some effect on the matter in this world, but it had no effect on Luo Yuan. Therefore, Luo Yuan could easily see what was inside these blind boxes. In order to make a lot of money here, Luo Yuan took all the income he had earned from his previous part-time jobs.

So he quickly found the blind boxes containing treasures hidden in the square and redeemed them all. Luo Yuan knew that doing so might attract some attention, but he didn't need to worry too much.

Because he has now learned an important thing through observation: the blind box event held in this square actually involves very little profit, and it is very likely just a means for the major powers in this world to balance the interests between ordinary people and martial artists.

After all, even if you gather all the treasures from all the blind boxes together, the final profit is actually not much. Of course, for ordinary people, it would be an unimaginable income, but it is very difficult for ordinary people to obtain the treasures.

The difficulty for martial artists to obtain the treasures is actually much lower than for ordinary people, especially for martial artists with spiritual power. If they demonstrate outstanding abilities here, they may even attract the attention of higher-ups in the forces behind them. Once Luo Yuan found all the blind boxes containing treasures in the square and took all the proceeds, his information was quickly discovered by the organizers.

This is because Luo Yuan was able to accurately find the box containing the treasure among so many blind boxes, which cannot be explained by luck alone. The most likely explanation is that Luo Yuan possesses a stronger mental power than ordinary martial artists, making him exceptionally outstanding even among mental power masters.

That's why Luo Yuan's information attracted the attention of those forces. However, because Luo Yuan was just a newcomer who had just become a martial artist, even though he had some talent, he was not immediately received by those higher-ups. Instead, he was included in the list of geniuses that they were focusing on.

Luo Yuan was very familiar with the considerations of these ordinary forces, because he had experienced many forces before, so he naturally knew what these people were thinking. To the higher-ups of these forces, he was just a new martial artist who had just shown outstanding talent. They would need to observe Luo Yuan's true strength and actual combat skills before deciding whether to recruit him.

Only geniuses who can grow into true geniuses are those who have never been to the wilderness and fought against monsters head-on. They possess some talent and potential, but it has not been truly developed. This is like some geniuses who, although they have excellent talent, are not truly developed.

However, if they show great fear when faced with actual combat, then even if these people are very talented, they are not worth cultivating. A powerful entity not only needs to be reflected in talent, but also needs to have the ability to adapt to any environment, and also needs to be able to remain calm in battle with those elements and constantly become stronger in order to meet the requirements of various forces.

Therefore, the higher-ups of these forces are clearly taking a wait-and-see approach, wanting to see how Luo Yuan performs in his first battle in the wilderness before deciding how to respond. Their choice is also very realistic; they believe this is the safest approach. If a powerful force suddenly comes looking for him and provides him with a lot of resources to train him, Luo Yuan would be suspicious of their motives.

Luo Yuan was very aware that the entire world, and even the universe, was being constantly probed by those super-powerful beings who controlled everyone's fate. Therefore, if they discovered any geniuses from the outside world during their investigation, they would definitely take action.

Whether the intention is to further investigate the background of these outsiders, or to lure them into a specific environment by providing them with resources, and then eliminate them in a concentrated manner, it is an extremely dangerous matter. Outsiders like Luo Yuan certainly need to be prepared to deal with them at any time, so any unusual situations should be viewed with suspicion.