Chapter 140: Refused

The moment the outer region of the Gate of Myriad Realms was lit–

Lin Yuan knew it.

"Can I carry out a traversal?"

Lin Yuan's mind descended deep into his mind, looking towards the towering and magnificent Gate of Myriad Realms.

"It's just that right now…"

Lin Yuan frowned slightly.

At this moment, he was at a critical period from the Fifth Order to the Sixth Order.

His Soul compatibility had already reached eighty-five percent, and it was very close to reaching Perfection.

The improvement of Soul compatibility required Lin Yuan to pour all his energy into comprehending the Dao and perfecting the Martial Dao Evolution Path.

If he carried out a traversal now and his consciousness descended upon another world, it would be equivalent to halting the process of Soul metamorphosis.

After the traversal ended, when Lin Yuan stepped into the Sixth Order in the different world and returned to the Main World,

he would still need to spend time and energy to complete the final segment of Soul compatibility.

What Lin Yuan was truly worried about was not the above points.

Instead, rashly halting the Soul metamorphosis would cause some bad results.

For example, would Soul compatibility regress instead of advancing? Or would the compatibility speed suddenly slow down, and so on?

In the long years of the Cosmic Human Civilization, there were some Fifth Order Evolvers whose compatibility between their Souls and their own evolution paths was interrupted due to various accidents.

When they finally restarted the metamorphosis and compatibility, they found that the speed and efficiency of Soul compatibility had both been affected to a certain extent.

"Forget it."

"Let's wait until I complete the Soul compatibility metamorphosis and step into the Sixth Order before carrying out a traversal."

A brief look of thought appeared on Lin Yuan's face, and finally, he made a decision in his heart.

Delaying the traversal was no loss to Lin Yuan; the Gate of Myriad Realms would still continue to accumulate energy.

For example, like a ten-liter water cup with water dripping into it every moment, when the water in the cup reached one liter, Lin Yuan could carry out a traversal.

The moment of traversal would consume this one liter of water.

However, if he did not choose to traverse, this one liter of water would not disappear; it would still be in the cup, not affecting the subsequent increase of water in the cup.

Theoretically speaking, Lin Yuan could wait for several years to carry out uninterrupted traversals.

Or try other functions of the Gate of Myriad Realms, such as what use there would be after lighting up the core region?

Outside Canglan Star.

A spaceship slowly stopped to undergo security inspection at the star platform.

"Boss, Canglan Star has arrived, we have reached our destination."

Inside the spaceship, a green-haired youth said excitedly: "This is my first time leaving my hometown planet. There should be many fun places on this Canglan Star."

"Fun?"

A green-haired middle-aged man opened his eyes and sighed.

"Once time goes on, you will know just how painful it is to be stationed on this kind of medium-level life planet for a long time."

The green-haired middle-aged man glanced at the green-haired youth.

"Ah? Painful?"

The green-haired youth was slightly stunned.

"Could it be a good thing?"

The green-haired middle-aged man sneered: "Can the various entertainment activities, welfare benefits, and supply of Universe energy on a medium-level life planet compare to a high-level life planet?"

"This time, if not for Young Miss giving the order to establish a trade stronghold on Canglan Star, I wouldn't have been willing to come over."

The green-haired middle-aged man sighed again.

"Right, it is said that an evolution Genius of this Canglan Star, Lin Yuan, rejected the recruitment of Hei Yu Ao, implicating the entire Canglan Star to be targeted and suppressed."

"Fortunately, another evolution Genius of Canglan Star, Fang Qing, joined the Chi Kun lineage. Fang Qing and Lin Yuan have a deep relationship, so for Lin Yuan's sake, Fang Qing begged Young Miss and other Experts of the Chi Kun lineage to rebuild the trade channels."

The green-haired youth had clearly inquired about a lot before coming.

Leaving his hometown planet for the first time, he naturally had to prepare a bit more thoroughly.

"Lord Fang Qing is too loyal."

The green-haired youth said with some envy.

Who wouldn't hope to have such a friend? To stand out when being suppressed and bullied.

"Indeed."

"Lord Fang Qing is loyal, but that Lin Yuan appears to not know what is good for him."

The green-haired middle-aged man shook his head and said: "What status does Young Master Hei Yu Ao have? He personally recruited him and treated him with courtesy, yet Lin Yuan dared to reject him, not hesitating to implicate the entire Canglan Star."

"This kind of person's personality belongs to extreme selfishness. If without Lord Fang Qing looking after him, his ending in the future will definitely be very miserable."

The green-haired middle-aged man slowly said.

His view was also the view of most people, especially those transferred to establish trade footholds; deep down, they all had some opinions about Lin Yuan.

"That is indeed a fact." The green-haired youth nodded slightly.

He had received Family education since childhood; at necessary moments, he had to give everything for the Family. If he stood in Lin Yuan's position, it would be impossible for him to make such a self-centered move.

"Actually, there's no need to wait for the future."

"Lord Fang Qing just entered the Chi Kun lineage, remembering his friendship with that Lin Yuan. But as time goes on, Lord Fang Qing will soar into the sky with the help of the Chi Kun lineage, stepping into the Fifth Order and the Sixth Order."

"But that Lin Yuan, even as an evolution Genius of Canglan Star not seen in hundreds of thousands of years, will pretty much stop at the Fifth Order."

"In the future, the gap in strength between the two will become larger and larger. How could their friendship possibly be maintained? How could a Dragon make friends with ants?"

The green-haired middle-aged man stated his view.

"After a hundred or a thousand years, Lord Fang Qing's friendship towards this Lin Yuan will naturally fade."

The green-haired middle-aged man said calmly.

"Indeed."

"Experts who are not on the same level cannot become friends." The green-haired youth nodded, expressing approval.

Central Continent manor, main building.

"It is still better to make the Soul metamorphosis compatibility reach Perfection as soon as possible."

Since the Gate of Myriad Realms could carry out a traversal at any time, Lin Yuan thought about increasing the speed of Soul compatibility.

"Perhaps I can fight with other powerful Evolvers?"

Lin Yuan's expression was thoughtful.

Sparring with Evolvers of different evolution paths had a significant improvement on Lin Yuan's Dao comprehension efficiency.

Especially in terms of Martial Dao Perfection, since Lin Yuan intended to no longer limit Martial Dao to Taiyin, but rather accommodate all Daos of the world,

then fighting with numerous Evolvers and comprehending their Dao and paths obviously had a certain promotional effect.

"Anyway, being idle is still being idle."

Lin Yuan's consciousness connected to the Virtual World, entering the arena area.

There were many regions in the Virtual World: the residential area, trading area, central square area, and arena area.

The arena area was specifically used for Evolvers to fight and spar with each other.

Every session of the Cosmic Human Alliance's arena tournament would be held in the arena area.

Of course, only Evolvers under a hundred years old could participate in the arena tournament.

As for those over a hundred years old, those truly powerful Experts, Fifth Order, Sixth Order? If they had the idea of fighting and sparring, they would all choose the arena area.

"Register."

"Strength: Fifth Order, twelfth stage, starting Soul compatibility metamorphosis."

"Identity: Hidden"

Lin Yuan entered the arena area, disguised as a wandering Evolver traveling the Universe, and began selecting opponents.

"Hmm, this person has been undergoing Soul compatibility metamorphosis for over two hundred years, and has almost completed ninety percent compatibility. Apply for a challenge."

"And this person, coming from the Wanyang lineage. He is a core Saint, and this is no worse than a Peak Lord of the Chi Kun lineage. Apply, apply."

"Special Physique, noble Bloodline. About to step into the Sixth Order? Hurry and apply for a challenge, otherwise once reaching the Sixth Order, you won't be able to apply."

Lin Yuan spent a little half a day selecting over a hundred opponents.

These hundred-plus opponents were carefully selected by Lin Yuan; even if their strength was inferior to his, the difference wasn't much.

They could completely put pressure on Lin Yuan.

And these people's evolution paths were also extremely rare and special, which had a good inspiration effect on Lin Yuan.

After finishing applying for challenges one by one,

Lin Yuan began to wait.

At this moment, the smart assistant's voice sounded: "Master, Governor Song Wuyang wants to see you."

Virtual World, personal space.

Lin Yuan's figure appeared.

Not long after,

Song Wuyang also appeared before him.

"This crisis has finally been safely weathered without a hitch."

A trace of relaxation appeared on Song Wuyang's face.

As the planet Governor, if Canglan Star experienced negative and adverse effects such as economic regression during his tenure,

It would also deal a catastrophic blow to his political achievements.

Fortunately, everything was over.

Under Fang Qing's lead, various forces began to resume trade with Canglan Star, and Canglan Star could even take advantage of this contact with these forces to usher in unexpected major development.

It could be described as turning a misfortune into a blessing.

"If not for Lord Fang Qing this time, it really would have been troublesome."

Governor Song Wuyang said.

"Indeed."

Lin Yuan nodded.

Actually, Lin Yuan didn't feel much; no matter how loud the curses outside were, he could ignore them all.

But his parents and younger sister inevitably had to endure some 'cyber violence', so Fang Qing being able to stand out,

even if it didn't bring substantive help to Lin Yuan, at least it eased the psychological pressure on his Family.

For this point, Lin Yuan was still quite grateful.

"Lord Fang Qing stepping out was entirely out of his friendship with you, Mr. Lin. In the future, I hope you two will communicate more."

Governor Song Wuyang said with implication.

The implication was that he hoped Lin Yuan would get closer to Fang Qing; otherwise, while Fang Qing was willing to step forward this time, next time might not be the case.

Lin Yuan's expression was calm.

He knew that what Song Wuyang said had no malice, and was completely considered from his own perspective.

Having managed to cling to a powerful thigh, naturally he had to hold on for dear life, especially someone like Fang Qing who was a member of the Chi Kun lineage; in the future, he might even become a big figure in the entire Star Domain.

Song Wuyang chatted with Lin Yuan for a few sentences, then stood up and bid farewell.

Now that Canglan Star's trade channels had just been rebuilt, there were too many things that required him, this Governor, to step forward.

Consciousness disconnected from the Virtual World.

Lin Yuan walked out of the main building and came to the outdoor meadow.

"Brother."

His younger sister Lin Yi stepped on a shield-shaped weapon, controlled by telekinesis, and flew over.

"That Hei Yu Ao is truly a petty villain. Because you, Brother, were unwilling to accept recruitment, he intentionally suppressed Canglan Star. How is it now, did he eat a loss?"

Lin Yi couldn't help complaining.

"Fortunately, Brother's friend is awesome. Many of my best friends are envying Brother for being able to make such a good friend."

Lin Yi continued recounting.

"Is that so?" Lin Yuan's expression was calm.

During this period, along with the calming of public opinion, Lin Yi had also vented a bit of bad breath.

Virtual World.

Fang Qing and Lin Yuan sat facing each other.

"There is pretty much nothing left to worry about."

"Hei Yu Ao has no movement currently, and probably doesn't dare to have any ideas."

Fang Qing said this, stared at Lin Yuan, and continued: "Brother Lin, are you interested in joining the Chi Kun lineage?"

"In a while, I will have an 'internal recommendation' quota, which can be given to you then."

The channels for joining the Chi Kun lineage were not limited to just the Seven Stars Cave test; on the surface, there were many ways to join.

'Internal recommendation' was the simplest one.

Official members of the Chi Kun lineage had an internal recommendation opportunity every hundred years.

That was to recommend other Evolvers to join the Chi Kun lineage.

Of course, Evolvers who joined the Chi Kun lineage through 'internal recommendation' were only the lowest-level outer members.

They needed to complete many trials to continue staying in the Chi Kun lineage.

Of course, even internal recommendation was something that could only be met by chance and not sought after for the vast majority of Evolvers.

That was the Chi Kun lineage, the supreme Dominator of the Chi Kun Star Region.

Even if they just stayed inside for a few years, that was still a qualification worth boasting about.

"Internal recommendation."

Lin Yuan fell into deep thought.

As the dignified Thirteenth Peak Lord of Chi Kun, would he even need internal recommendation?

"Brother Lin, what do you think?"

Although Fang Qing did not know what confidence Lin Yuan had to reject Hei Yu Ao's recruitment,

but relying on the relationship between the two, Fang Qing still wanted to pull Lin Yuan up.

"Brother Lin, rest assured—after joining the Chi Kun lineage, although you will only be an outer member, with me looking after you and with Brother Lin's talent, it won't be difficult to become an official member in the future."

Fang Qing considered things very comprehensively for Lin Yuan.

"We'll talk about it then."

Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"Alright."

Fang Qing nodded.

"Young Master."

"The two hundred and twenty-two Evolvers you wanted to recruit have all agreed and signed the contract."

The old man Bei Zhao, wearing a black formal suit, respectfully said to Hei Yu Ao sitting on the throne.

"Then according to the next step of the plan, conduct specialized training and cultivation for these two hundred and twenty-two Evolvers, and before the start of the next arena tournament, increase their strength by at least forty percent."

Hei Yu Ao said.

"Yes."

Bei Zhao responded, and immediately disappeared in place.

"Two hundred and twenty-two Evolvers."

Hei Yu Ao was silent; originally there should have been two hundred and twenty-three Evolvers.

It was just that Lin Yuan rejected the recruitment, and Hei Yu Ao originally intended to use cutting off trade to force the other party to bow their head.

Only for a Fang Qing to suddenly jump out in the middle.

"Just wait, as long as I can pass the Family trial, return to the Family, and sit on the position of Clan Chief, all of you will pay the price."

Hei Yu Ao muttered to himself.

Canglan Star Central Continent, manor.

Main building underground training ground.

Lin Yuan's consciousness connected to the Virtual World, entering the arena area.

"Let's see if anyone passed the application."

Several hours ago, Lin Yuan selected a large batch of Evolvers of the same level of strength, wanting to launch a challenge against them to accelerate the Soul compatibility transformation.

"Hmm?"

Opening the application list, Lin Yuan's brows suddenly furrowed.

Because he found that his applications had all been rejected.

Rejected.

Rejected.

Rejected.

Still rejected.

Out of more than a hundred applications, over seventy were rejected. The remaining thirty to forty, although not rejected, hadn't agreed either, which was little different from being rejected.

"They all rejected me?"

Lin Yuan blinked.

This was his first time applying for a challenge, and this was the result?