Cosmic Trading System

"Two to three months..." Lin Yun muttered quietly.

The time frame wasn't too long or too short, much depended on the current location of Star Blue and how far it was from him. Discover exclusive tales on empire

"Send over your current location, and I'll check the distance," Lin Yun said next.

The cosmos was vast, and even with a Level 5 civilization spacecraft, it wasn't guaranteed to cover the distance in two to three months. Spacecraft deploying space jumps also had distance limitations.

If there were difficult sections to enact space jump along the way, it might take decades, centuries or even millennia to move from one place to another.

"I'm currently at..." Star Blue gave out coordinates.

He did not want to perish if he could help it. Hoping that his distance from Lin Yun was not too great.

Since he had been navigating with a Level 2 civilization spaceship, his current position was not far from the Galactic Civilization.

"Beep beep beep..."

After receiving the coordinates from Star Blue, Lin Yun let the Cosmic Trading System analyze the distance between them. The results came out quickly. His distance from Star Blue was over thirty-seven million light years.

"Phew..."

Lin Yun let out a sigh.

It was okay, not billions of light years. Although the distance seemed great, it wasn't so insurmountable for a Level 5 civilization spaceship.

A Level 5 civilization spaceship, depending on its rank, could perform a maximum jump of a hundred thousand to a million light years. Meaning, a high-quality spaceship could reach the destination after just dozens of space jumps.

However, finding suitable places for the spaceship to perform space jumps turned out to be the most time-consuming effort.

It was because many celestial bodies in the universe were constantly in motion, with countless small bodies appearing and disappearing unpredictably. Finding a place free from these bodies for jumping was difficult.

Therefore, there were also man-made space jump points in the universe. These were generally safe but usually came with a fee.

Previously, Lin Yun found out that there were none of these jump points in the Milky Way. He would need to both buy a spaceship that could perform space jumps, and special equipment to probe these points.

The issue of whether two to three months was sufficient was still up in the air.

"Star Blue, I'm not too far from you. Try to hold on as long as you can, and I'll try to get to you as soon as possible," Lin Yun, after some thought, said.

"Alright, Lin Yun, thank you." Star Blue sounded relieved.

...

After hanging up, Lin Yun began evaluating his current situation.

First off, he needed a Level 5 civilization spaceship.

Secondly, he required crew to pilot it.

A person with level 7 mental strength.

Or, ten people with level 6 mental strength.

Alternatively, a hundred people with level 5 mental strength.

Lin Yun, who had just broken through to the advanced Huajin stage, figured he'd need at least a month or two to advance to the Innate Realm.

Even if he managed to break into the Innate Realm, his mental strength could only be upgraded to level 6 at most, not level 7.

Which made it clear that he had to gather some people to travel to the Star Ocean.

Within the Qingyun Company, there were already several Level 4 cultivators and some martial artists in the Innate Realm. He could upgrade their mental strength to Level 6.

The moment he gathered ten of them, it would be sufficient.

"It's unworkable for Level 4 cultivators who train their mental strength. There are only five strong Innates who train in martial arts, still short of five..."

Shortly after determining the number of Innate martial artists in the Qingyun Company, Lin Yun shook his head.

It was unfortunate, the strongest amongst the Innates were only in the advanced stages. If not, he could consider using some Spirit Crystals to push someone into the Golden Core realm.

If that were possible, he could help to upgrade their mental strength to Level 7.

With the strongest martial artist at the advanced Innate stage now, he would need to spend considerable time and Spirit Crystals to get them to the Golden Core stage.

Advancing in Martial Arts Realm is quite difficult. Even though the Cosmic Trading System could accelerate the advancement of a martial artist, it was still time-consuming. He estimated that it would take at least a month.

That was too long.

Plus, he couldn't entrust the spaceship to a single person. If that person was not talented in controlling a spaceship, or if they encountered an issue, it could jeopardize the navigation of the spaceship.

It would be better to find five more Innate martial artists as well as several substitutes to deal with potential obstacles.

Lin Yun made that decision swiftly.

With this decision made, Lin Yun ordered Cloud One to accompany him into the starry sky.

He began to purchase a large amount of resource collecting equipment, then with the leadership of Cloud One, they journeyed to another location to scatter and gather resources.

It was uncertain when they would return from this trip.

They would need to consume a considerable amount of Spirit Crystals regardless of whether it was before or after leaving.

With that, the over two hundred million spirit crystals he had on the Cosmic Trading System may not be enough.

He must gather more resources quickly.

After dispatching forty teams again, Lin Yun began to head to those major planets.

First was Mars. After placing two resource gathering devices there, he left.

He then went onto Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto...

Anything larger, Lin Yun hurried to place resource gathering devices on.

Now was not the time to conserve.

He planned on leaving behind a considerable force before he left.

Otherwise, if any unknown civilization sent a fleet after he left, Earth wouldn't be able to resist, and all these resources would fall to them.

After Lin Yun completed these tasks, he returned to Earth, summoned the five Innate powerhouses, quickly inspected their loyalty, and then began to enhance their mental strength.

The stronger a person's power, the stronger their mental strength, and the harder they are to hypnotize.

Of these Innate powerhouses, only one was originally in the peak state of Huajin and was promoted to the Innate Realm after joining Qingyun Company. All the others were already in the Innate Realm before they joined.

These people had all been cultivating for many years and had experienced many things. Their characters and understanding were long set in stone.

In such a short time, it was very difficult to make them truly loyal to Qingyun Company and Lin Yun.

However, once they entered the sea of stars, Lin Yun would always be by their side. He didn't need them to be extremely loyal, as long as they could operate the spacecraft, it would suffice.

This journey through the stars was also a test of their mettle.

"What? You want to travel through the universe…"

Upon hearing Lin Yun's words, Lin Yuanshan, Zhang Haoran and the others were all shocked.

The universe, boundless in size, filled with countless civilizations and innumerable powerful beings. This decision was too startling.

"I have a friend who helped me a lot in the past, but now he has been captured by a cultivator from another civilization. I need to rescue him," Lin Yun nodded and said.

"Captured by another civilization's cultivator..."

Lin Yuanshan and Zhang Haoran felt a tightness in their chests.

Were they going to cross paths with an alien civilization?

That meant confronting an entire civilization, a civilization of cultivators at that, moreover, they had captured Lin Yun's friend. They must have formidable power. Would Lin Yun be in danger?

Recently, Lin Yun had occasionally shared some information about the universe with them, hence, they had some understanding of it.

"My friend is not a strong person and he was unprepared when he got captured. That cultivator shouldn't be too powerful. The main issue is how we're going to get there," Lin Yun nodded and said.

He now possessed a level eight robot. Even if he encountered a level eight cultivator, he was not without a fighting chance. The person who captured Star Blue was a level five cultivator at most. Even if their power was greater, with level six or seven cultivators amongst them, it was not an insurmountable feat for him.

Don't underestimate the difference between levels five, six, seven, and eight. Although the difference seems small, like only one or two levels, the gap is enormous, like the difference between Innate powerhouses and Golden Core powerhouses in the Martial Arts, or the difference between Golden Core powerhouses and a cultivators in the Dazzling Star Realm.

Right now, the civilization only demonstrated the strength of one at the "Golden Core" Realm. Hence, the probability of encountering a cultivator in the Stellar Nebula Realm, which was even stronger than the Dazzling Star Realm, was very slim.

"All right. We will try to break through to the Innate Realm as soon as possible..."

Lin Yuanshan and Zhang Haoran nodded.

Since Lin Yun had made his decision, there was not much left for them to hesitate about. The moment they decided to join Qingyun Company and take advantage of the various resources Lin Yun had given them, they had prepared for this. Apart from that, the idea of interacting with an alien civilization and traveling through the cosmic star river was also something they were curious to experience.

If they missed this chance, they would definitely regret it.

Yes, Lin Yun had informed them of this matter because he wanted them to come along.

Currently, both of them had reached the peak state of Huajin. They were only one step away from breaking through to the Innate Realm.

Once they broke through to the Innate realm, their mental strength could also be enhanced to level six.

"Hmm, I will do my best to help you build a more solid foundation…" Lin Yun nodded in agreement.

Both Lin Yuanshan and Zhang Haoran had learned Tai Chi Fist. This is a very important martial arts technique. Lin Yun subsequently enhanced their Tai Chi Fist level to the peak of level three.

After that, Lin Yun proceeded to enhance their other martial arts skills one by one.

"Brother, you guys are really going to travel through the universe, I want to go too, I want to go too..." Lin Duoer tugged at Lin Yun's sleeve excitedly.

"Big brother..." Xia Qingqing looked at Lin Yun with hopeful eyes.

"Boss..."

"Lin Yun..."

Zhao Gang and Lin Mengmeng, who were looking at Lin Yun, also expressed their eagerness. They wanted to go too.

"Are you all treating this trip as a pleasure trip?" he scoffed. "Honestly, long-distance space travel like this is also our first time, the chances of danger are not high, but the possibility of running into danger is not zero either. You'd better not go," Lin Yun glared at them and said.

The resources around Earth are abundant and he was in a rapid development period. Although he was eager to venture out and see the world, he truly didn't want to leave unless Star Blue was in trouble.

"All of you should focus on your cultivation for now. If you were stronger, I would take you with me this time. However, the gap in your strengths is too vast. Wait until the next time we travel through space. If you can reach the peak state of Huajin by then, I will bring you all along," Lin Yun paused for a moment and said.