Being oppressed by those with power and influence in the Star Alliance was something that all low-leveled civilizations had to face. A majority of low-leveled civilizations chose to comply. Dignity would forever be placed at the back in the face of survival. This was the instinct of life, but Earthlings were very strange. They could endure a lot of hardships, but they only placed great importance on dignity … Those who had not experienced this might think that this was very normal, but if one understood the Star Alliance and experienced the oppression of the Star Alliance, one would understand that only high-leveled civilizations would care about dignity in the Star Alliance.
Frankly speaking, in this aspect, Earthlings were very similar to the Heavenly Shell race. Only this kind of race, which still maintained their dignity and ideals even though they were in an extremely inferior situation, could truly rise from the bottom, which was like a quagmire. Of course, having dignity and pride were necessary conditions to rise, but if one wanted to rise, these two things were not enough …
Time passed very quickly. Even though the two of them had tens of thousands of things to talk about, they could not continue chatting here.
Wang Zhong's idea was for Lan Daier to simply resign. Now, he and Lan Daier had definitely been targeted by Kakadinme, and it was not safe for them to continue to stay in the clubhouse. He would recommend Lan Daier to go to the Heavenly Treasures Street. Sister Ling was considered a gourmet, and Lan Daier would be able to find a very suitable position there. As for the contract with the Anoma Company, even if they breached the contract, the compensation would not be considered a sky-high price to the current Lao Wang. Furthermore, wasn't Celeste beside him?
"Actually, I feel that it's better for Lan Daier to stay here." Celeste smiled and said, "Staying here is actually the safest place. After all, this is the property of the Anoma Company and the Heavenly Shell race's property. I will also inform the manager here and the higher-ups of the company that Kakadinme will not be able to do anything. As for the Heavenly Treasures Street that you mentioned, there is no other protection there. If Kakadinme really wants to harm Lan Daier, it is truly unsafe outside."
"Wang Zhong, don't worry about me. It's good that you're here. Don't forget that I was once your teacher." Lan Daier smiled gently. She did not want to increase Wang Zhong's burden. Wang Zhong shouldered the future of the human race.
After bidding farewell to Lan Daier and leaving the clubhouse, Celeste finally had the chance to ask Wang Zhong about his future plans on the way back to the Heavenly Gates. This was also the main reason why she had asked Wang Zhong out today.
She could tell that Wang Zhong wanted to enter the Pill Refinery Hall. Furthermore, with his standard of refining the level-7 Glazed Crystal Life Extending Pill, Celeste felt that Wang Zhong had the qualifications to enter the Pill Refinery Hall. The key was how he could enter. She had the intention to help, not just to return a favor. After witnessing Wang Zhong's natural endowments in pill refinery, Celeste felt that if such a person continued to stay in the Combat Cultivation Hall, it would be a waste of this beautiful jade.
As one of the ruling classes in the Land, the Heavenly Shell race needed to recruit experts. Compared to the traditional tyrants, the Heavenly Shell race needed to accept new blood. Furthermore, there was no doubt that Celeste thought very highly of Wang Zhong.
Lao Wang did not hide his desire to enter the Pill Refinery Hall.
"As long as I hand in the level-7 pill this time, I can continue my lessons with Elder Yimo, right?" After all, Lao Wang still valued Elder Yimo's lessons more. As for whether he could immediately enter the Pill Refinery Hall, his subjective desire was not particularly strong.
"Although Elder Yimo's lessons are of the utmost importance, I feel that for you, entering the Pill Refinery Hall as soon as possible will be of greater help to you," Celeste said. Celeste said, "Superficial things like resources and alchemy conditions are only secondary. What's more important is …"
Celeste paused and cautiously said, "The top 10 pupils in the Pill Refinery Hall will have the opportunity to personally observe Elder Yimo refine pills once a month. I believe that you should know what this means."
Wang Zhong was an almighty Gold Core who was publicly acknowledged as a pill refinery great master in the divine territory. Any aspiring alchemist would definitely not be able to resist the temptation of having the opportunity to personally observe him refine pills. Just listening to Elder Yimo's Sanskrit voice was enough to greatly inspire one in pill refinery, let alone personally observing the entire pill refinery process.
Wang Zhong could not help but be moved. This was obviously a hidden benefit that belonged to the Pill Refinery Hall and was not made public.
"Isn't there a chance to enter the Pill Refinery Hall only after the Heavenly Gates rewards and punishment system has ended?"
This had been made public on the day of the welcoming ceremony.
He believed that at that time, the Pill Refinery Hall would definitely squeeze out a group of people, such as those who had not completed the task of refining the level-7 Glazed Crystal Life Extending Pill within the stipulated time limit. Then, he would choose from the Combat Cultivation Hall and the Equipment Refinery Hall to replenish his points. With his pill refinery standards and his points in the Combat Cultivation Hall, there would definitely not be a problem if he followed the normal process. This was also the reason why Lao Wang was not anxious.
"Rules are dead, but people are alive." Celeste smiled and said, "There are privileges everywhere, but the prerequisite is that you can attract the attention of those in power. In the future, when you go to the Pill Refinery Hall to listen to Elder Yimo's lessons, be more high-profile. If you have any chance to display yourself, don't miss it. With your abilities, as long as you can attract Elder Yimo's attention, I believe that you will have a chance … "
Just as Celeste was speaking, her expression suddenly changed. A wave of spiritual power suddenly exploded from her body. Not only her, but in less than a second, Wang Zhong also sensed a terrifying threat. A fatal injury suddenly appeared on the road without any warning!
The sunny weather just a second ago had turned extremely dark in an instant. There was no reason for the surroundings to be covered in darkness, and ghostly figures were everywhere. Closely after, the surrounding space suddenly shook. The ground within a 100-meter radius under his feet instantly turned bright red, and a massive pressure was generated. In the blink of an eye, countless densely packed lightning bolts appeared in the sky!
All of these changes happened too quickly. Regardless of whether it was the heavy gravity under his feet or the densely packed lightning bolts in the sky, their power far surpassed the limits that Wang Zhong could withstand. Just the gravity alone made it difficult for him to move his feet, let alone escape!
What the hell?!
He did not know if this was an array or someone's killing move, but just looking at this array, it was at least a Spiritual Energy Value of one million! When dealing with Wang Zhong, he would definitely be able to kill him instantly. At this moment, even if he had the ability, he did not have the time to accumulate power!
At that moment, a crystalline shell-shaped barrier appeared out of thin air and closed the moment the lightning bolts crashed down from the sky. Wang Zhong and Celeste disappeared at the same time.
— — Dimensional barrier!
This was the legendary shell true form of the Heavenly Shell race. Other than their exceptional natural endowments in pill refinery, the Heavenly Shell race was able to reach a level-8 civilization because of this dimensional barrier that had almost absolute defense. They were born with the spatial laws, and this was an extraordinary transformation in the evolution of the Heavenly Shell race. It was an ultimate life-saving technique!
Outside the dimensional barrier, the violent lightning continued to bombard them. If the two of them were still outside, they would have disappeared into thin air a long time ago. It was impossible to defend against such a sneak attack. Celeste might be able to resist it, but Wang Zhong would definitely die with his divine cells.
Furthermore, at that moment, the two of them were in an absolutely safe … yet jealous and ambiguous situation. Wang Zhong and Celeste were almost completely hugging each other. The so-called dimensional barrier was not something that could be cultivated. Instead, it was an innate ability of some top-notch members of the Heavenly Shell race and was related to the characteristics of their civilization. Thus, it could only accommodate one person, but now, there were two of them …
A second ago, the two of them were shocked by this sneak attack. The next second, even though there were thunderstorms roaring outside, the two of them, who were almost completely pressed against each other, sensed that something was wrong. The Heavenly Shell race was a civilization that was completely different from the Seductress race. As the daughter of the Heavenly Shell race, Celeste had to maintain a distance from the opposite sex. The aura of a mature man attacked Celeste, causing her body to feel weak.
With a beauty in his arms, some things could not be controlled. Wang Zhong could only try his best not to violate her. However, Wang Zhong's slight movement in this narrow space caused Celeste's face to turn even redder.
"You … don't move …" At that moment, the voice of the generous daughter of the Heavenly Shell race was as soft as a mosquito.
Lao Wang was also embarrassed … He was not a veteran, but in any case, he was a mature man. Thus, he could only shift his attention outside.
At that moment, he was prepared to pull Celeste into his fragment world, but he did not expect that Celeste would be faster than him. The lightning in the sky continued to rage. Even though they were separated by the dimensional barrier that the Heavenly Shell race had absolute defenses, Wang Zhong could sense how terrifying this attack was from the devastating sounds of thunder and the shaking of the barrier.
The sparkling and translucent shell barrier continued to flash. The terrifying attack from the other party did not seem to be able to shake this defense at all. It could only be said that it was powerful for a reason. Furthermore, the Heavenly Shell race did not have particularly strong combat power among the level-8 races.
The lightning disappeared, and the gravity disappeared. The sky was clear again. Celeste dispersed her true form, and her entire body felt slightly weak. If Wang Zhong had not supported her in time, she would have almost knelt on the ground. As for whether this was due to exhaustion or something else, no one knew.
While Wang Zhong supported Celeste, he was vigilant of his surroundings. There was no enemy aura around them. If they had attacked near the Heavenly Gates and failed in one attack, the other party would definitely not dare to stay for long.
Celeste panted heavily and looked around with lingering fear. This was near the Heavenly Gates' Child Mountain, and the surroundings were vast and empty. At that moment, the hard ground had been blasted full of holes by the lightning. At the same time, she had felt the terrifying gravity at the same time. A large part of the ground within a radius of a thousand meters had caved in. It looked like a large square pit.
"The Rakshasa Martial Ghost Thunder Killing Array, an assassination array from the underground world …" Other than heavy fatigue and weakness, there was even more anger on Celeste's face. "Is the Blood Demon race crazy?! They actually dared to attack near the Heavenly Gates! "
The assassination methods of the underground world were usually proficient in setting up. Since the array had already been set up, they did not care if there was anyone else around Wang Zhong. This was the most efficient and safest assassination method. It was not cheap, and with the intelligence network of the underground world, they would definitely not be wrong about their target.
Thus, there was no need to guess too much. First, it was Balor. Then, it was Kakadinme. In the Heavenly Gates, the race that had the most reason to want Wang Zhong dead was obviously the Blood Demon race. Celeste was just unlucky enough to be involved.
"I'm afraid that might not be the case." He could sense that the murderous aura around him had dissipated. Since this was an array, there was no follow-up killing move. Wang Zhong heaved a sigh of relief and responded to Celeste's guess.
"You don't think that it was the Blood Demon race?"
Wang Zhong shook his head. In reality, he could not say for sure. It was just an instinctive feeling. Who would immediately assassinate him when the entire world knew that there was a deep hatred between the Blood Demon race and the Blood Demon race? Unless the Blood Demon race were all idiots, they might as well be completely idiotic and brazenly send experts to intercept and kill him. That would have a much higher chance of success than this rigid killing array.
Just by looking at Wang Zhong's expression, Celeste knew what he was thinking. At that moment, her tone relaxed, and her emotions calmed down significantly. "There is this possibility, but there is also a possibility that it is reverse thinking … False and true. Unless there is concrete evidence, who can say for sure?"
She had just encountered a life-threatening murder. Even the daughter of the Heavenly Shell Crown Prince, who had seen countless scenes, could not help but be shocked and angry and lose her composure. However, Wang Zhong still looked as if nothing had happened and could calmly think of a more reasonable possibility. This kind of mentality was really …
He did not even need to inform the Heavenly Gates. He simply helped Celeste to the side and rested for less than two minutes. This massive commotion had attracted the attention of the Heavenly Gates' inspectors.
He had dared to set up a killing array in the Heavenly Gates to carry out an assassination. Furthermore, he had even attacked the daughter of Celeste … This had truly touched a sore spot. The law enforcement squad was immediately mobilized. The insect race's Brain Insects used their senses to trace the source of the attack, while the Machinery race used their special investigation abilities to sweep through all traces in the surroundings.
But frankly speaking, compared to any other case, anything related to the underground world was definitely not that easy to investigate.
The underground world was not a general term. Instead, it represented the most ancient and powerful dark power in the divine territory. Its mysteriousness had existed since the divine territory was created. Some people said that it was the remnants of the other level-9 civilizations that had been destroyed and disappeared because they had created the divine territory together. They had gathered together to overthrow the control that the four races in Heaven had over the divine territory. Some people also said that it was an organization from the dark world. There were various guesses, but no one had verified any of them. However, there was one point that the divine territory did not have any jurisdiction over the underground world.
The higher-ups were fully organized and believed that this was a product of the overall balance of the divine territory.
Similarly, the underground world was an old opponent of the Machinery race law enforcement squad. If the Machinery race law enforcement squad represented justice and law in the divine territory and the Land, then the underground world represented darkness and chaos. Everyone was well aware of what abilities they had. One enforced the law, while the other broke the law. One investigated, while the other escaped. They were like two opposing sides that had existed since the day the divine territory was established. They had continuously studied each other. It could be said that the various investigation methods of the Machinery race were mostly forced out by the various criminal methods of the underground world. However, after fighting for so many years, there had never been a true victor. Did they want to rely on this Rakshasa Martial Ghost Thunder Killing Array that had already disappeared to track down the mastermind?
Regardless of whether it was the Law Enforcement Association or the Heavenly Gates, they knew that this was almost impossible.
There was no doubt that the Blood Demon Race had obviously been listed as the number one suspect. Although they would not do anything to the Blood Demon Race without concrete evidence, it was very obvious that in the Heavenly Gates, all the races that were close to the Heavenly Shell Race, such as the Titans and the Natural Race, were rather disgusted when they saw members of the Blood Demon Race. It was as if they would immediately attack them if there was a disagreement. Furthermore, this was only among the pupils. Who knew what the situation was like among the higher-ups. At least for this period of time, the Blood Demon Race would definitely have a rather difficult time.
… …
In reality, Lao Wang still had doubts about this assassination. His train of thought was not as simple as that of the second-generation heirs. The method of the entire incident did not seem to be the work of the Blood Demon Race.
Even though Celeste had said that it was very likely that the Blood Demon Race had used reverse thinking to confuse their judgment and hide themselves, for some reason, Lao Wang had this intuition. Back then, he had not only offended the Blood Demon Race.
Of course, no matter who the true culprit was, at least to the Blood Demon Race, regardless of whether it was because of Balor or Kakadinme, as well as the various troubles that this assassination had caused to the Blood Demon Race, they would definitely place all the blame on Lao Wang. His relationship with the Blood Demon Race would definitely not end until one of them was dead.
With such a powerful enemy that had become their mortal enemy, there was not much difference whether there was one more or one less enemy. If he could resist the Blood Demon Race, he would definitely be able to resist the other enemies in the dark. However, if he could not resist, regardless of whether there were other enemies in the dark, there would only be death.
Thus, rather than being entangled with these trivial matters, he might as well focus on other things.
Strength and identity. These were the greatest guarantees for his safety. Just as Celeste had said, if he could join the Pill Refinery Hall, it would be a completely new leap in his identity and status. Naturally, there would be more guarantees for his safety.
The blazing light of the morning had yet to light up, and the sky was still misty. However, many people had gathered outside the Pill Refinery Hall. Not only were there pupils from the Pill Refinery Hall, but there were also pupils from the Equipment Refinery Hall and the Combat Cultivation Hall. Furthermore, they did not come in unison like usual. Almost all 1,500 pupils had arrived.
There was no other reason. Today was Elder Yimo's last public lesson.
According to the rules that the Pill Refinery Hall had announced, only those who had handed in the level-7 Glazed Crystal Life Extending Pill that they had refined before the end of the day had the right to follow Elder Yimo into the Pill Refinery Hall for more in-depth lessons. As for the others, the public lessons in the Pill Refinery Hall would not stop. However, a few supervisors from the Natural race would teach them instead. Compared to Elder Yimo's Sanskrit Voice, the lessons of the supervisors were obviously not attractive to the pupils from the Equipment Refinery Hall and the Combat Cultivation Hall. They would only teach some professional knowledge and did not have the inspiration that Elder Yimo had. When others listened to them, it was as if they were listening to a heavenly book. They would not be able to gain any inspiration by analogy.
"Those who have completed the task, line up here and start handing in the pills."
Elder Yimo had not arrived yet, but a supervisor from the Pill Refinery Hall had already set up a temporary table beside the stone furnace and started to collect the pills that had been handed in.
There was not a lot of people lining up in front of the table. There were a total of 100 pupils in the Pill Refinery Hall, but only 60 to 70 of them could complete the level-7 pill task within the stipulated time limit. Almost one-third of them had been eliminated. This group of people were the true elites of the Pill Refinery Hall.
At that moment, the other people who were watching the commotion also gathered around. There was a dense mass of people, and many of them were floating in the air. All of them wanted to see the work of the prodigies from the Pill Refinery Hall.
"A level-7 pill … Even in the strongest Pill Refinery Faction in the O 'Brien District, there are probably not many people who can refine it. However, this is only the requirement for the Pill Refinery Hall to maintain their ranking …"
"This is too abnormal. As expected of the elites among the elites in the Land."
"Sigh, there is no way to compare, regardless of whether it is their natural endowments or their conditions … Have you heard? This time, they are refining the level-7 Glazed Crystal Life Extending Pill. Just the cost of one batch of medicinal ingredients is more than 300,000. "
"300,000 … As expected, this is the privilege of high-leveled civilizations. If it was a level-4 civilization, it would be very difficult for them to waste one batch."
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