Inside a silver-white G-class shuttle, Country Lord Ghost and Caspian sat in the main cabin, chatting and drinking. Caspian, Ghost's most beloved junior disciple, knew Ghost didn't hide his predicament from him. Ghost sighed, "Still too greedy! If I hadn't been so greedy and risked it after falling once, but instead slowly accumulated strength to at least make up for the loss, I wouldn't have been in such a position. It wouldn't have been too late to take risks again."
Caspian nodded in agreement, but he also knew that luck played a big part in all this. It had been less than 100 epochs since the Primal Star opened, and Ghost had already died three times. In less than a million years, he had lost three lives. His luck was simply incredibly bad.
You should know that there were 10,081 Primal Stars, and each Primal Star had 10,081 channels that could be used to escape to other Primal Stars at any time. Caspian suspected that his teacher, Ghost, might have some special constitution that caused him to be so unlucky.
"Don't learn from me, prepare well, and then take risks when you're ready!" After sighing, Ghost looked at Caspian again and advised, "Your strength still has a lot of room for improvement. Becoming a King in the future won't be difficult, so take things slowly."
Caspian respectfully agreed, "I will follow your teachings, Master!"
Afterward, Caspian asked about the changes in the human race during the years that Ghost had fallen. At the same time, he tried to comfort Ghost, assuring him not to panic. After all, the Ghost Universe Country had an excellent location, and once City Lord Aladin rose, there would be no worries about food and clothing.
The master and disciple chatted idly while the shuttle flew rapidly through the dark universe. Their destination was the sacred place of the Ghost Universe Country, the 'Ghost Mystic Realm'!
The Ghost Mystic Realm had originally been a medium-sized universe mystic realm, but it was later transformed by the Ghost Universe Country into a place to cultivate geniuses. This mystic realm was also the most important place in the Ghost Universe Country! A large number of universe country troops and undying deities were stationed there. Before his fall, Ghost often sat in the mystic realm to prevent alien races from assassinating the Ghost Universe Country's geniuses!
Inside the Ghost Mystic Realm, above a suspended continent with a diameter of more than 1.5 light-years, the shuttle spaceship pierced through the dark universe and suddenly appeared in the air.
Whoosh!
Ghost waved his hand to put away the spaceship, then teleported directly with Caspian, and they appeared in the magnificent temple located at the center of the continent.
After his resurrection, Ghost quickly became busy. He now sat in the Ghost Universe Country on behalf of the race, and the race also awarded him corresponding contribution points, based on his work performance. For instance, in the entire universe, the Stellar-level Genius Battle held every five thousand years determined how many geniuses from the Ghost Universe Country were absorbed by the two major forces. It also determined how many troops the Ghost Universe Country could provide for the extraterritorial battlefield… These were all part of Ghost's responsibilities.
In the past, Ghost didn't care about these matters. But now that he had become the poorest, his work attitude had naturally become much more serious.
While Ghost was busy handling affairs, Caspian swaggered off to the treasure vault of the Ghost Universe Country, planning to freeload on spaceships, weapons, detectors, and other treasures.
Inside the Virtual Universe, a special place on the Ghost Continent, Caspian's figure quietly appeared. He looked at the five-story pagoda-shaped building before him, his eyes filled with anticipation. This pagoda-shaped structure was the Ghost Universe Country's treasure vault, the 'Aurora Tower'!
Caspian nodded slightly before walking directly into the Aurora Tower.
The Aurora Tower had five floors, each dedicated to treasures of increasing value and significance. The first floor contained Force weapons, psionic weapons, secret techniques, and natural treasures useful to Stellar-level cultivators. The second floor catered to Universe-level treasures, while the third floor was for Domain Lord-level treasures. The fourth floor focused on World Lord-level treasures, and the fifth floor held treasures for Undying-level beings. The treasures on each floor were hundreds or thousands of times more precious than those on the previous one.
The first three floors contained precious treasures that were hard to obtain in medium-sized universe countries. The treasures on the fourth floor were considered excellent even for the Undyings of the Ghost Universe Country. As for the top fifth floor, every treasure there could cause a group of Undying powerhouses to fight and compete if placed in the universe!
Naturally, with such a vast collection of treasures, it was incredibly difficult to get a chance to enter the Aurora Tower and select items. Moreover, the higher the floor, the more difficult it became to obtain the opportunity to select treasures.
For example, on the top fifth floor, unless an Undying under Ghost made great contributions, Ghost would only allow them to enter once to select a single treasure. On the other hand, the treasures on the first three floors were relatively easier to acquire.
At this moment, inside the Aurora Tower on the first floor, a group of Stellar-level geniuses was gleaming as they selected rewards.
"Wow! Fourth-level psionic weapon 'Sky Piercing Shuttle'!"
"D8-level spaceship!"
"Psionic amplification secret technique 'Absolute Domain'—if you cultivate it to the ninth level, your psionic amplification can reach 54!"
The geniuses were caught in a happy dilemma, pondering whether to choose a secret technique, a weapon, or another auxiliary treasure.
At the counter on the first floor, an old man with white hair and white eyebrows, dressed in a white robe, observed the geniuses with a smile in his eyes.
"These are the future of the Ghost Universe Country!" he mused.
Every five thousand years, the two major human forces held a universe genius battle to select the best talents from the entire human race. These geniuses were then taken into their respective secret realms for cultivation. Every organization worked on cultivating geniuses, and the Ghost Universe Country was no exception. After all, in the vast universe, a high-level universe country like the Ghost Universe Country was considered a solid force, second only to the five major forces in the human race.
Every thousand years, the high-ranking officials of the Ghost Universe Country held a genius selection competition to choose the most talented Stellar-level cultivators to enter the Ghost Mystic Realm for further training. Entering the Aurora Tower to select a Stellar-level treasure was a privilege granted to these young geniuses!
Some of the geniuses were still hesitating, while others had already selected their treasures, under the remote guidance of their family elders. Once they made their choices, they had to bring the treasures to the white-robed old man for registration.
If it was a secret technique, it would be delivered to them through the virtual universe. For weapons, auxiliary treasures, and other items, staff would send them in the real world.
End of Chapter 4