Chapter 1521 - 390: Overreaching, Where Are the Kinsfolk From the Homeland?

Chapter 1521: Chapter 390: Overreaching, Where Are the Kinsfolk From the Homeland?

The most crucial point is that the Ascension Clan itself does not possess traditional reproductive capabilities.

Their reproduction process is more like a life advancement model based on rules.

The weak body is completely discarded under this model.

Ascension Clan members cannot nurture life; they can only nurture the consciousness of offspring.

These consciousnesses are sent into Rule Spirit Roots, where under the wrapping of Rule-derived Energy, they transform into Spirit Root Seeds and are then sent to the Cultivation World.

This process is called: Sowing.

These Spirit Root Seeds seek living beings in Small Worlds, parasitize within them, and grant the beings of the Small World immense growth potential.

During their growth, the hosts’ minds are influenced by the Spirit Root Seeds, developing an intense desire for the eternal path of cultivation.

During the host’s cultivation process, they essentially keep nourishing the "Spirit Root Seed" within themselves, allowing it to grow stronger.

And the Spirit Root Seed also bestows immense Strength to the host.

Thus, under the setting of the Ascension Clan, the entire Cultivation World naturally falls into an environment of extreme competition, where the weak are preyed upon by the strong.

Cultivators fight, scheme, and kill each other for resources, opportunities, and the elusive chance at eternal ascension... To the Ascension Clan, all this conflict and death is a necessary process to select the strongest "offspring".

Only those who can survive countless battles and break through the world’s limits, finally reaching the moment of "ascension," with their immense cultivation base and resilient soul, are sufficient to be the most abundant nourishment, triggering the Spirit Root Seed’s final stage within.

This allows it to devour the host, transform and emerge as a member of the Ascension Clan’s new bloodline, guided back to rejoin them.

Those hosts who fail in the conflicts or die prematurely.

They are gradually absorbed by the Small World, becoming part of the world’s Strength, not dissipating.

Including the Spirit Root Seed within the host, which will be eliminated and extinguished due to the host’s failure.

The offspring nurtured by the Ascension Clan using this system are the finest Spirit Root Seeds of their era.

The formal members of the Ascension Clan only need to sow the Spirit Root Seeds, setting cruel world rules.

They can then wait for the fiercest and strongest "offspring" to emerge from the brutal competition and become one of them.

The racial talent of the Ascension Clan is also very unique.

Their bodies are not purely flesh and blood but are composed of Rule-derived Energy.

This makes them innately have an almost perfect affinity and control over all kinds of Elemental Energy between heaven and earth.

With a mere thought, they can conjure monstrous flames, summon wild lightning from the nine days, ride fierce winds, and condense profound ice... They are natural elemental masters.

The Elemental Power they wield can be directly amplified by their core "Spirit Root Rules".

The Elemental Magic they wield becomes exponentially more powerful, with astonishing destructive power.

However, the consumption in each war is also extremely terrifying.

Currently, the Ascension Clan’s greatest shortage is the items needed to quickly replenish Energy consumption and cast stronger Magic.

To this, Ah Lan immediately expressed that the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce is fully capable of solving this problem.

The so-called replenishment needs of the Ascension Clan do not require sourcing from other channels; the Player Mall has all kinds of Spiritual Recovery Potions.

Drinking them quickly replenishes, and such resources are easy to handle.

As for the sale price, it will be sold at a high price to the Ascension Clan, just like Healing Potions.

He is doing a monopoly business.

Clients with needs can only obtain them from him, so naturally, he has to charge exorbitantly.

Secondly, the Ascension Clan also needs a batch of defense-type Equipment.

In the war with the Mingwu, strong offense is the biggest advantage of the Ascension Clan, while weak defense is their biggest shortcoming.

They urgently need to change this situation.

To this, Ah Lan also promptly agreed.

The Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce has recently stocked a batch of Equipment produced by the Adventurer World, including many defense-type items and Equipment, which can be sold to the Ascension Clan.

However, when Chi Yan expressed the desire to purchase information on the Mingwu Clan’s war deployment, Ah Lan decisively refused.

When establishing the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, he set the rule of remaining neutral.

Neutral means treating all clients equally.

If two clients have a conflict or even a war, the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce will not favor either side.

As long as money is provided, everything is for sale.

How much Combat Power both sides can obtain from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce depends on their respective wealth.

But selling intelligence information about one side to the other will never happen.

The Mingwu Clan and the Ascension Clan are now both clients of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, so he will not sell information related to the Mingwu Clan to the Ascension Clan.

Similarly, he will not disclose any information related to the Ascension Clan to the Mingwu Clan...

During the conversation and exchange, Ah Lan noted down all of Chi Yan’s articulated needs.

Thinking about how the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce could maximize its profits through this cooperation.

In this, what he is most concerned about is the resources of the nearby sea areas controlled by the Ascension Clan and the current status of their resource reserves.

How much resources the client still has is related to how much profit the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce can make from them.

Half a day later.

Ah Lan returned to Dream Island via Soul Return to Emperor Zhao.

Originally planning to visit the Shuyan Domain again to discuss cooperation with Shuyan.

But contacting Shuyan is much harder than dealing with Chi Yan.

The reason can be traced back to the "wild expansion" period of the Player Faction in Monster World.

At that time, many players regarded Shuyan Warriors as the strongest control Pets.

To successfully capture Shuyan Warriors, these players set ambushes in and out of the Shuyan Domain.

On one of the most dangerous occasions, the main character of an entire storyline, after being severely wounded and on the brink of death, was almost captured by the players.

This led to intense hostility and vigilance from Shuyan towards the players.

To counter this, Shuyan designed a specific storyline to deal with player invasions.

This story was once analyzed on forums by Research Party players.

The story’s background setting is a civilization suffering unbearable harassment by frequent "Outer Heaven Demon" invasions.

To counter the elusive Outer Heaven Demons, the civilization’s wise Sages came together to form a special organization: the Watchers.

The defensive system derived from the materialization of this story is specifically created to counter the harassment of players.

The patrols and Perceptions of the Guardians are all set to deal with the players.

Currently, establishing contact with Shuyan is somewhat difficult.

But being able to open up the market with the Ascension Clan at present is already a significant breakthrough.

Having too much on one’s plate is unwise, so Ah Lan decides to stabilize the connection with the Ascension Clan first before considering cooperation with Shuyan.

The next task is the procurement of resources needed by the Ascension Clan.

As Ah Lan called up the group chat interface, ready to contact the chamber of commerce’s logistics department to purchase resources required by the Ascension Clan and arrange for their distribution.

A gold-colored bullet screen representing special attention popped up in the livestream he had opened:

"Ah Lan, investigate the directions of the other three branch lines that fled the Hometown World in the past and confirm whether any Branch Clan People have descended into Monster World."