"Please speak," President Liao said, his face turning serious, though his heart felt relieved.
For him, having a request from Lin Yuan was better than Lin Yuan having no desires at all.
"I want a virtual world pod," Lin Yuan stated.
A virtual world pod can scan the entire body and simulate it perfectly, allowing synchronization with one's physical self within the virtual world.
Since returning from his recent traversal, Lin Yuan had made significant progress in his skills, but his virtual world body still reflected his pre-traversal state.
For most evolvers, the need for such pods isn't pressing, as their abilities take time to grow.
However, Lin Yuan possessed heaven-defying comprehension, constantly enhancing his strength.
Each traversal returned with a qualitative leap, making the virtual world pod necessary to update his virtual world prowess continuously.
"A virtual world pod... No problem," President Liao agreed without hesitation.
"I'll have someone deliver it to your residence in the Water Moon District."
Virtual world pods weren't restricted items; any evolver could apply for one from the association.
Sending one to Lin Yuan was nothing out of the ordinary.
With his goal achieved, Lin Yuan casually chatted with President Liao before returning to the Water Moon District.
That very afternoon, Lin Yuan received the virtual world pod.
Following the instructions, he scanned his entire body, achieving a perfect replica, and immediately connected his consciousness to the virtual world.
In his personal space, Lin Yuan delivered a full-force strike, the terrifying power piercing through a distant mountain.
"Now this feels good," Lin Yuan smiled.
On the Canglan Star, he couldn't afford to unleash his power freely.
A casual strike could mean the death of countless citizens due to his immense strength.
But in the virtual world, these limitations could be disregarded.
With his current citizen rank, his personal space spanned ten thousand square kilometers, capable of simulating any environment, giving him plenty of room to experiment.
"Let's see how many people are currently practicing the Martial Evolution Path," Lin Yuan opened his personal interface, looking at more details under the Martial Evolution Path section.
[Evolution Path: Martial]
[Number Practicing the Innate Chapter: Two thousand five hundred ninety-eight]
[Number Practicing the Grandmaster Chapter: Zero]
"Hmm, that's an increase of over a thousand," Lin Yuan noted with surprise.
A few days ago, the number practicing the Innate Chapter was only slightly over twelve hundred.
He speculated it might be due to Canglan Evolution Ranking's promotion impact.
Now, the martial evolution path had climbed to the top eight in the evolution ranking, significantly increasing its exposure.
"Let's check my inbox. If the price for guidance is reasonable, I might accept some requests," Lin Yuan continued browsing through his messages.
Many were interested in the Martial Evolution Path, willing to pay substantial amounts for pointers from its founder, Lin Yuan.
Such guidance could help them understand the path’s characteristics better and determine if it suited them.
"Oh dear, how many bodies have I tried already? Which evolution path suits me anyway?" In a spacious hall, Loulan He complained, climbing out of a nourishment pod.
Standing about 1.5 meters tall, mysterious runes covered his forehead.
"Young master Loulan, among the many evolution paths in human civilization, none are smooth sailing," said an elderly man in a black robe respectfully.
"I know, I know," Loulan He replied helplessly.
Glancing at his 'brand new' body, he smirked and said, "Time to start over again."
Several years ago, Loulan He took a liking to the "Alien Blood" evolution path, purchasing large amounts of precious starry sky beast blood for cultivation.
The "Alien Blood" path allows one to incorporate various beast bloodlines, eventually being able to transform into any starry sky beast they have come into contact with when perfected.
This path is exceedingly powerful, especially in the early stages.
However, it’s also risky.
The incompatible beast bloods could explode the body if handled carelessly.
Loulan He had died this way.
Luckily, he always kept his consciousness backed up on the cloud and had a replica of his pre-cultivation body on hand.
After the explosion-induced death, his consciousness transferred into this body, perfectly avoiding true death.
Despite surviving, he paid a huge price—primarily, the resources invested into the "Alien Blood" path went to waste.
However, Loulan He didn’t care much about this.
His father held a high position and had money to spare.
Time was the main loss.
"Xiao He, this time eliminate any evolution paths relying heavily on external aids," his mother's gentle voice reminded him.
"Alright," Loulan He sighed.
He wasn't suited for his parents' evolution paths, so he had to find another suitable one.
Yet, after over ten attempts, he always died halfway into cultivation.
"I'll just pick one this time," Loulan He resignedly said, following his mother's instructions and skipping the paths heavily reliant on external elements.
He began browsing casually.
"Eh? This evolution path has potential up to the sixth level?" Loulan He paused, eyeing a path called 'Martial'.
"Only the first-level and second-level chapters are public, yet even so, its theoretical potential reaches the sixth level?" Loulan He was intrigued.
It wasn't unheard of for a five-level path to have a potential of six levels, as the difference wasn’t vast.
But for a four-level path to have a potential of six levels was quite unusual.
The 'Martial' path had only released first and second-level chapters, yet its potential reached six levels, astonishing Loulan He even more.
"Father said the Goddess of Wisdom doesn't lie," he thought.
"Let’s check out this evolution path."
He bought both the first and second-level chapters of the Martial path, diving into the details.
"Hmm…" Loulan He found himself at a loss.
He couldn't understand it.
"I’ll ask the creator of this evolution path for some guidance," Loulan He's thoughts lingered.
He believed the Martial Evolution Path could suit him somewhat and decided to compensate the founder for their insights.
"Let it be a billion," Loulan He decided.
The fee couldn't be low for advising him, Loulan He.
A billion should suffice.
"The founder's name is 'Yuan'?" Loulan He immediately sent his request and offer through a message.
Back at the Water Moon District, Lin Yuan was scrolling through his private messages when a new one popped up.
"I’m Loulan He, hoping to gain guidance on the Martial Evolution Path. I’m willing to pay a billion civilization coins for this."
"How much?" Lin Yuan blinked and reviewed the message.
A billion civilization coins?
He knew he could gather a billion civilization coins too.
For other evolvers, it might require scraping together every resource they had to amass that sum.
However, using a billion coins simply to pay for an hour’s guidance seemed excessive.
"Accept," Lin Yuan decided immediately.
Why turn down free money?
Once Lin Yuan accepted, the virtual world sent another request.
[Loulan He invites you to his personal space.
Do you accept?]
"Accept," Lin Yuan consented, but prudently adjusted his appearance before heading over.
In an instant, the surroundings shifted.
Lin Yuan stood within a vast golden hall.
On the throne at the center sat a figure dressed in purple robes, about 1.5 meters tall, with a forehead adorned with mysterious runes.
Upon Lin Yuan's appearance, Loulan He promptly descended the throne and slightly bowed, "Greetings, Teacher 'Yuan'."
Following his parents' teachings, Loulan He treated any originator of an evolution path with great respect.
End of Chapter