While talking, Shangguan Ce's face was gloomy. His voice was hoarse, too.
"The two principles were established by the Cultivators of the Heaven's Origin Sector after hundreds of years at the cost of countless blood.
"Hundreds of years ago, when human beings of the Heaven's Origin Sector began to explore the Occult Orbs on a large scale, the competition for secret treasures almost led to the collapse of the entire Federation.
"Even the rise and fall of the Red Dragon Army had a lot to do with the Occult Orbs.
"Therefore, we didn't tell everybody all the information about the Occult Orbs. Even many low-level Cultivators only know a little about them.
"Occult Orbs, secret treasures, secret arts … They can be catalysts that push a civilization forward, or they can be raging fires that destroy a civilization!"
Li Yao understood what Shangguan Ce was trying to say.
The legend of the "treasure" was the oldest legend in the human world, and it was also the legend that moved people the most.
However, every legend of a treasure was accompanied by a bloody storm and a life and death struggle.
Li Yao could imagine how the seniors of the Cultivators hundreds of years ago were entangled by their ambitions and greed after they entered the Occult Orbs and obtained the powerful secret treasures. Eventually, they were driven to slaughter and destruction.
It was probably the best choice for Occult Orbs Fellowship to control the dreadful monster.
Shangguan Ce heaved a sigh and continued.
"Because the Occult Orbs are so dreadful, Occult Orbs Fellowship strictly controls the Cultivators who enter them.
"It's not that Occult Orbs Fellowship doesn't want to open all the Occult Orbs to the public so that Cultivators and even ordinary people can enter them to excavate and inherit the secret treasures inside. It's because of two reasons.
"Firstly, it is very difficult to send someone to an Occult Orb.
"Occult Orbs are different from common world fragments. They often have super large barriers and blockades. Or they are very far away from the Tian Yuan Realm and are separated by the turbulence of spiritual energy.
"The cost of teleporting a Cultivator to an Occult Orb and back safely is astronomical.
"If the Occult Orb is the furthest away from us and has the strongest barriers, it will cost a lot of money to teleport someone to it. It will cost as much as the cost of building a crystal warship!
"Since the cost is so high, it's not hard to imagine that ordinary Cultivators cannot be teleported there casually."
Li Yao nodded his head.
It was easy to understand. It was like selecting astronauts to explore the depths of the universe. Since the cost was too high, of course, ordinary people couldn't be selected.
Shangguan Ce continued.
"Secondly, dangers lurk everywhere in the Occult Orbs. The death rate is extremely high. If an ordinary cultivator were to enter, only death awaits them! "
Li Yao asked curiously.
"Are there any dangers in the Occult Orbs?"
Shangguan Ce said,
"There are three kinds of dangers in the Occult Orbs.
"Firstly, many Occult Orbs are governed by different rules from those of the Tian Yuan Realm.
"Some of the Occult Orbs are under dozens of times the gravity. One moment, it was a frozen hell hundreds of degrees below zero, and the next, it was a giant furnace thousands of degrees below zero. Some Occult Orbs seemed to be quite ordinary, but mysterious swirls of soul power were hidden in them. Once one was sucked into them, the soul power of the Occult Orbs would be gone forever. It will cause people to be trapped in the most terrifying nightmare, never to be able to break free! "
"These are just differences in the laws of nature. There are ways to deal with them."
"However, as I said just now, many Occult Orbs are ancient battlefields where bloody battles have taken place for forty thousand years. Naturally, all kinds of magical equipment, rune arrays, and weapons are left in them. Besides, all of them are still in the active state. Even after tens of thousands of years, they may not lose their effect.
"If you enter the ancient battlefields recklessly, it is very likely that the ancient magical equipment will regard you as an enemy and annihilate you instantly!
"If it is a research center of ancient secret arts, a graveyard of ancient experts, or the last shelter of ancient forces, there will be a lot of barriers, traps, and traps everywhere.
"One moment of carelessness, and not only will their fleshly body be burnt into ashes, even their last bit of soul will be ripped apart, and they will be doomed for eternity!
"But the two are not the most terrible.
"The most terrible are the alien species who enter the Occult Orbs for the same purpose as us.
"Not to mention the demon race and the devil race, even if we run into Cultivators who are also human beings in the Occult Orbs, we may not let our guard down.
"Ravaged by dangerous environments and tempted by powerful secret treasures, even blood brothers can turn against each other. Cultivators from the outside world can be the most brutal enemies, too!"
Li Yao was shocked. He blurted out,
He blurted out, "There are alien species in the Occult Orbs?"
Shangguan Ce nodded his head.
"The so-called Occult Orbs are the legacies left by the major civilizations in the bloody wars of the past forty thousand years. Naturally, all the species are determined to get their hands on them.
"You must know that the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector are very close to each other in the four-dimensional universe. We are almost like a pair of 'twins' and a 'dual world system'. Besides, the level of our civilization is almost the same, too.
"Therefore, the Occult Orbs that can be explored by us can be detected by the Blood Demon Sector, too.
"Also, many Occult Orbs are battlefields left by the Demon Beast Empire after more than ten dynasties changed, or the graveyards of the experts of the demon race. Naturally, the Blood Demon Sector has a lot of secret arts to sense, discover, and reach the Occult Orbs.
"Therefore, it is perfectly normal to run into experts of the demon race in the Occult Orbs."
Li Yao was quite surprised.
"What if we run into experts of the demon race in the Occult Orbs?"
Shangguan Ce smiled.
"What's there to do? If we run into demons and devils, we can just kill them! This is also the biggest competition between us and the Blood Demon Sector. Whoever excavates more Occult Orbs and finds more secret treasures, secret arts, and Cultivation systems will evolve into a stronger civilization and win the war between the two Sectors!
"But it is a pity for the human beings in other Sectors.
"After hundreds of years of exploration, we've run into each other several times. But every time, we couldn't trust each other completely. Even though we were forced to cooperate in the beginning, we always turned against each other and attacked each other after the treasures were excavated. It was impossible for the civilizations of the two Sectors to truly cooperate with each other.
"It seems that not every civilization of human beings in every Sector considers the revival of humanity as their responsibility and the brilliance of the civilization of mankind as the human beings of the Heaven's Origin Sector do. They want to illuminate the sea of stars.
"Maybe, after thousands of years of fighting after the Armageddon Rebellion, human beings have evolved a completely different set of rules of survival."
Li Yao thought for a moment and asked,
"I have a prospective membership card of Occult Orbs Fellowship. Does it mean that I've entered the scope of investigation of Occult Orbs Fellowship, and that as long as I advance into the Building Foundation Stage, I will become a real member of Occult Orbs Fellowship and enter the Occult Orbs to excavate secret treasures and pass on secret arts? "
Shangguan Ce replied,
"Exactly."
"Sometimes, Occult Orbs Fellowship will invite Cultivators to enter the Occult Orbs because of the type of the Occult Orbs and the mission.
"Because the rules of the Occult Orbs are really weird. In some of the Occult Orbs, all the magical equipment is malfunctioning because of the barriers.
"In such cases, we will invite strong body practitioners to enter the Occult Orbs bare-handed.
"In some of the Occult Orbs, the barriers can only be cracked with music. In such cases, culture-type Cultivators are needed.
"However, such Cultivators can only enter certain Occult Orbs. For the sake of their safety, we don't recommend that they enter more Occult Orbs.
"Only after they pass the test of the Occult Orb Card. Only after they become an official member of Occult Orbs Fellowship will they be able to wander among the stars and explore the infinite mysteries of the Occult Orbs.
"By the way, the Occult Orb Card is also a secret treasure excavated from an Occult Orb. I believe you've already discovered its mysteries."
Li Yao's eyes were beaming with excitement. He clenched his fists and said,
"As long as I advance into the Building Foundation Stage, I will be able to crack the mysteries of the Occult Orb Card and enter Occult Orbs Fellowship?"
Shangguan Ce nodded.
"Deciphering the Occult Orb Card is just the beginning. Once you enter Occult Orbs, you will be able to explore and train in the low-level Occult Orbs. Your training speed will be more than ten times faster than in the outside world!
"But I have to remind you that even the low-level Occult Orbs are full of dangers. They haven't been fully explored yet. You may run into powerful demons or devils at any time.
"Therefore, it's up to you whether or not you want to enter Occult Orbs Fellowship."
Li Yao licked his lips. Flames that seemed to be real were spurting out of his eyes as he mumbled,
He mumbled, "Ancient battlefields, tombs, and research centers of the ancient experts? Of course, I'm going to take a look at such an interesting place! "
Shangguan Ce narrowed his eyes and smiled mysteriously.
"If you really think so, Mr. Li Yao, you can train yourself crazily in the coming year!
"Measured by the standards of the Tian Yuan Realm, you may be one of the best Cultivators of the younger generation.
"However, the real essence of the Tian Yuan Realm is not in the Tian Yuan Realm, but in the Occult Orbs!
"Countless Cultivation geniuses are sent to Occult Orbs Fellowship the moment they are born.
"Their parents are usually high-level Cultivators. They are born with extremely powerful bloodlines. Some of them even have special spiritual roots that are completely different from those of common Cultivators!
"Their aptitude is outstanding. They are also trained by all kinds of secret arts and treasures. Some of them are even teleported to some special Occult Orbs for training when they are only three to five years old, where they grow up in extremely harsh environments.
"Such people are the super elites that the Cultivators of the Heaven's Origin Sector raise for the exploration of Occult Orbs. They are known as' Children of Occult Orbs'!
"If you meet a Child of Occult Orbs one day, you may realize that the so-called 'rarely-seen existences' that you've faced before are nothing more than second-rate Cultivators."
His words triggered Li Yao's fighting will.
"Super elites, Children of Occult Orbs?
"His parents were both powerful Cultivators with extremely powerful bloodlines?"
"Trained by all kinds of secret arts and treasures since they were little and grew up in special Occult Orbs?
"Interesting. This is really interesting!"
Even though he was standing in front of a lieutenant general of the Union Army, Li Yao didn't try to suppress his aura at all.
Therefore, in Shangguan Ce's eyes, he seemed to see a ferocious vulture slowly emerging from Li Yao's shadow. It opened its dark gold wings, which were enshrouded in black mist, and soared into the sky in ear-splitting shrieks!
Shangguan Ce smiled.
He had met the Children of Occult Orbs a few times before.
Those geniuses had grown up in closed environments. They were arrogant and eccentric. They believed that they were the hope of the Tian Yuan Realm and despised the Cultivators of the outside world.
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