Chapter 2767: Challenging the Starlord

Chapter 2767: Chapter 2767: Challenging the Starlord

The Long brothers couldn’t be happier, feeling they had struck gold.

In the Divine Realm, alchemists or artifact refiners are already rare, and those strong enough to excel in both fields are exceptional among them.

If they follow Fang Bai closely in the future, serving him diligently, they wouldn’t need to risk their lives searching for Divine Crystals in crystal zones.

"So... can we head to the Cultivation Resource Exchange Market now and start refining elixirs and artifacts for the Divine Realm experts?"

Fang Bai asked, looking at the jubilant Long brothers with a smile.

"Of course!"

The Long brothers nodded vigorously.

Fang Bai asked again, "So... can you stay and help me?"

The Long brothers had been waiting for this, and they exclaimed excitedly, "Of course we can!"

Fang Bai said, "How many Divine Crystals can I earn for refining a Divine Elixir or a Divine Artifact for the other Divine Realm experts?"

Long Fei replied, "On our Water Element Star, white Divine Crystals are the most used. So, if you refine a Divine Elixir or a Divine Artifact for other experts, you can earn a hundred thousand white Divine Crystals."

Fang Bai calculated silently and asked again, "Then, how many Divine Crystals have you two earned annually before?"

The Long brothers exchanged a glance, and Long Xing said, "Sometimes more, sometimes less. At most around five hundred thousand, and at least around three hundred thousand, all white Divine Crystals."

Fang Bai said, "Alright, if you’re willing to stay, I’ll give you one million white Divine Crystals every year. Moreover, if you need Divine Elixirs or Divine Artifacts, I can prioritize refining them for you!"

The conditions Fang Bai offered exceeded the Long brothers’ expectations, so they readily agreed.

Thus, in this city on Water Element Star, a Divine Realm expert who was both an alchemist and an artifact refiner suddenly appeared.

When this seemingly overly young alchemist and artifact refiner crafted a Void God Realm Divine Elixir and a Void God Realm Divine Artifact for a Divine Realm expert, his reputation instantly boomed.

As a result, Fang Bai was so busy over the following month that he barely had time for cultivation, refining elixirs and artifacts for the various Divine Realm experts day and night.

Given Fang Bai’s speed, he could make five Divine Elixirs or five Divine Artifacts each day.

So, every day, he could gain five hundred thousand white Divine Crystals.

After a month, this number was terrifying.

Sometimes, Fang Bai would sit quietly and calculate his earnings, even he was amazed.

Eventually, Fang Bai realized this couldn’t continue, so he announced that he would only craft one Divine Elixir and one Divine Artifact each day, with a base price of one million white Divine Crystals, prioritizing those who bid higher.

Although the quantity of Divine Elixirs and Artifacts he crafted diminished, his income didn’t decrease much. Instead, as his success rate improved, his fame grew, and more Divine Realm experts sought him for alchemy and artifact refining.

Some wealthy Divine Realm experts even spent tens of millions of Divine Crystals to obtain the needed Divine Elixir or Artifact sooner.

Thus, the Divine Crystals inside Fang Bai’s Five Elements Space Ring increased at an observable rate.

And the Emperor’s Palace Immortals training within it were stunned by the daily surge of Divine Crystals, conjecturing Fang Bai might have acquired some unique opportunity.

Having amassed so many Divine Crystals, the Emperor’s Palace Immortals no longer scrimped on cultivation; each became more diligent, aiming to enter the Void God Realm and reunite with Fang Bai in the Divine Realm sooner.

The dozens of Emperor’s Palace Immortals who followed Fang Bai were either Emperor Realm experts or nearing it.

After this period of cultivation, the weakest among them had advanced to the Emperor Realm, and those who were Immortal Emperors had advanced to the Great Emperor Realm, only a step away from the Void God Realm.

Another month passed, and Fang Bai had accumulated enough Divine Crystals to leave some for the Long brothers and then enter secluded cultivation.

After this seclusion, although Fang Bai failed to advance, he solidified his realm and significantly enhanced his combat strength.

"Have you heard? Alchemist Fang is going to challenge Starlord Yang of our Water Element Star!"

"Really? As far as I know, Alchemist Fang’s cultivation level is only mid-level Void God Realm!"

"I find it strange too... Could Alchemist Fang challenge beyond his level?"

"I don’t think Alchemist Fang is arrogant; if he lacks the skill, he wouldn’t rashly challenge Starlord Yang."

"Starlord Yang is an old Void God high-rank expert who has held the Starlord position for over thirty thousand years. Beating him won’t be easy!"

"Let’s wait and see! Starlord Yang’s old, lacks ambition, and cannot bring us more benefits. I hope Alchemist Fang wins!"

"That’s true! Alchemist Fang’s young and promising. If he becomes Starlord, perhaps us Realm Lords and Domain Lords would gain more benefits!"

...

Nobody knew who leaked the news, stirring the experts across Water Element Star, focusing countless eyes on the Starlord Hall.

"Fang Bai hasn’t come out to deny it, so it doesn’t seem to be an unfounded rumor!"

Within Water Element Star’s Starlord Hall, Starlord Yang said to several high-rank Void God Realm experts seated on his left and right.

He spoke with a contemptuous smirk, as if Fang Bai didn’t even register in his eyes.

Those high-rank Void God Realm experts were his recruited followers, helping him manage Water Element Star.

However, by regulation, if Fang Bai challenged him, other Divine Realm experts couldn’t interfere.

This means Fang Bai’s challenge to Starlord Yang was a fair one-on-one duel.

And the news of Fang Bai challenging Starlord Yang was indeed released outside through the Long brothers as per Fang Bai’s instructions.

Fang Bai knew that once he succeeded in challenging Starlord Yang, he would become the new Starlord of Water Element Star, possessing the power to allocate the star’s cultivation resources.

This was far easier than refining elixirs and artifacts for other Divine Realm experts.

Initially, Fang Bai refined elixirs and artifacts to amass a large number of cultivation resources for himself.

Now that his strength has improved, and he’s confident of defeating Water Element Star’s Starlord Yang, why should he waste more time and effort on refining elixirs and artifacts for others?

Unless someday he lacks cultivation resources again, Divine Elixirs and Artifacts would only be refined for himself and the Emperor’s Palace powerhouses.

Despite their insufficient confidence when the Long brothers announced Fang Bai’s challenge to Starlord Yang, they did so out of respect for Fang Bai’s will.

They had tried persuading Fang Bai to wait until his cultivation level reached high-rank Void God Realm, but Fang Bai wasn’t willing to wait another day.

Then, at the agreed time, accompanied by the Long brothers, Fang Bai arrived at the square in front of the Water Element Star’s Starlord Hall, explicitly challenging Starlord Yang to a duel.

As a Starlord, Starlord Yang naturally wouldn’t back down, leading his followers out of the Starlord Hall to confront Fang Bai.