“The highest-ranking leader is attending the launch of the New Era experimental ship from the Bohai Bay Shipbuilding Base. Tens of thousands of naval warriors have lined up and saluted, announcing that the space plan has officially entered the next stage.”

“The Jiangnan biological research institute has released an announcement that the miracle blood will be released to the public without restrictions. The era of martial arts practitioners is expected to arrive early. Those who want to buy it, please pay attention to the local government’s announcement.”

“Jiangnan base city is holding a ceremony. Nine troops of 10,000 warriors and a troop of 1,000 elite warriors carrying extraordinary weapons have sworn to protect the human territory in the otherworld.”

After the behemoths that had attacked the human stronghold were completely wiped out, news that shocked the entire blue planet was quickly announced one after another.

Of course, due to the obstacle of the wilderness, as long as there were no reports or only selected reports, most of the citizens only had some impression of the situation overseas.

With this, the rumors about the destruction of the world were immediately suppressed. The people’s hearts were greatly appeased.

Chen Yiming pressed the button on the remote control, and the scene on the television screen flashed past. He turned around and saw Feng Wuji who had come to visit.

His spiritual power was abnormally active. The crystal shadow even automatically projected a corner of it in the real world. However, it was still a little short of qualitative change. It had accumulated enough power, but there was not enough pressure.

Chen Yiming asked, “Is the cleanup of the mutant creatures in the southwest provinces over?”

Feng Wuji walked over and sat down. He nodded and said, “It’s over. It’s a pity that I didn’t encounter any mutant beasts that were on par with my level. The crystal shadow talent has yet to undergo its transformation.”

Towards the end, his face clearly revealed his frustration, disappointment, anxiety, and so on.

After all, he had thought that he could use this opportunity to break through the bottleneck in his cultivation and become the fourth martial master in the Daxia Kingdom to help shoulder the heavy responsibility at the critical moment when the black tide descended.

However, things did not go as expected.

Chen Yiming retracted his gaze.

He recalled that Chen Yingying had also been in a similar cultivation situation at that time. After her rapid improvement, she was suddenly stuck. At that time, she could not accept the difference in reality and her expectations.

“Go to the otherworld!”

“Ah!”

“That’s right. Go to the otherworld and fight the behemoths.”

“But…”

Chen Yiming raised his hand to interrupt Feng Wuji. He knew what he was trying to say.

The crystal shadow was the blueprint for the crystal meditation technique. It no longer involved just Feng Wuji, but was an important part of the plan to make all the citizens into martial arts practitioners.

Therefore, Chen Yiming wasn’t the only one who was secretly helping him. The higher-ups were also secretly cooperating with him and giving him all their support, hoping for a good outcome.

In the Daxia Kingdom, with his strength at the half-step master realm, his personal safety was under control to a certain extent.

Feng Wuji was not afraid of death if he went to the otherworld to fight the behemoths. Instead, he knew that he carried the hopes of countless people. If he died in a corner for no good reason…

Chen Yiming coughed and said, “If the crystal shadow talent undergoes a qualitative transformation, it’s indeed possible to obtain an advanced version of the crystal meditation technique, but there’s a high chance that it would no longer be applicable to the masses.”

After all, Feng Wuji had yet to truly break through to the master realm. His understanding of the power of nature could not be obtained by just using words.

The purification power at the level of the power of nature was no longer suitable for most martial artists to break through to the master realm by following the same path. Most people would not have a high enough affinity with the corresponding power of nature.

At the master realm, Feng Wuji would mainly be an existence that could restrain the mutant creatures and suppress the chaos caused by them.

As for the plan to make all the citizens into martial artists, Chen Yiming had never thought of relying on this to withstand the black tide.

If everyone had the extraordinary power of internal force, this would only increase the chances of them surviving till they could go to a new planet when the technology for the spacecraft was fully developed.

They could only rely on Chen Yiming and the figure in his mind to stall for time against the black tide.

When Feng Wuji heard this, he was stunned for a moment before he said, “I overestimated myself.”

Chen Yiming didn’t say anything else. There were only three people in the Daxia Kingdom who had a true understanding of the power of nature. It was normal for the higher-ups’ expectations to be wrong.

Not long after, Feng Wuji bade him farewell.

When he left, he had a determined expression on his face, as if he had abandoned the heavy shackles that bound him. He was determined to either succeed or die trying.

After the door closed, Chen Yingying ran out of the room and asked curiously, “Brother, did I hear you suggest that he go to the otherworld?”

Chen Yiming looked up and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Chen Yingying hurriedly continued, “I heard that all the behemoths are dozens of meters long, and their numbers are comparable to a beast tide. Isn’t he just courting death by going there?”

Chen Yiming thought to himself, “As expected, only someone who has never experienced a life-and-death battle would ask such a stupid question.

If we only deal with some weak mutant beasts in the Daxia Kingdom, Feng Wuji can’t increase his talent. How can it be so easy to forcefully transform his talent?”

Seeing Chen Yiming’s disdainful expression, Chen Yingying hesitated for a moment before asking weakly, “Am I wrong? Isn’t there a rumor that he’s the fourth martial master in the Daxia Kingdom?”

“What does a kid know? It’s a waste of time to care about this. Have you made any progress in your cultivation recently?”

“Uh… no.”

In the end, Chen Yiming simply brushed it off.

For those who did not have much talent, such as Chen Yingying, it was not a good thing to know too much. They would easily lose confidence.

…

Time passed day by day.

In the otherworld, the spiritual figure continuously attacked. To a certain extent, it was leading the native creatures of the otherworld to resist the behemoths that were spreading chaos without restraint.

Chen Yiming was trying this method out to see if it could increase the difficulty of the enemy harvesting the negative emotions and delay the arrival of the black tide.

Soon, it was time for the first auction of the miracle blood.

Because the quantity had yet to reach the amount for commercial sales, the first few batches were temporarily sold at auctions, and the first auction was held in East Lake City.

After all, it was something that would make people jealous. It was better to avoid any accidents as much as possible. Furthermore, the popularity of the first auction had already been expected. It would definitely make the news at the national level.

…

At the East Lake Hotel, the street at the entrance and the surrounding two streets were guarded by soldiers, blocking out the lively crowd.

However, even so, the people who had obtained the right to participate in the auction still filled the area surrounding the East Lake Hotel. These were not ordinary people, but martial artists.

There were people from East Lake City, other cities in Jiangnan province, and even people from other provinces. At this moment, they were queuing up to enter the venue like ordinary people.

Because there were too many people for the venue to accommodate at once, the organizers of the auction had no choice but to split the auction into three sessions in the morning and afternoon.

Furthermore, each martial arts faction could only participate in one session. They could not rely on multiple people to obtain the right to participate in different sessions of the auction. Although independent martial artists did not have this restriction, their financial resources were limited. In reality, most of them were just participating.

In a small private room in the hotel auction area, a young man stood up and looked around. He sat back down and muttered, “What should we do? There are so many people. Are our preparations really enough?”

The young woman at the side widened her eyes and said, “Eldest Senior Brother, Master has prepared a check for 100 tons of mutant beast meat. It shouldn’t be impossible to obtain at least one portion, right?”

The one portion here did not refer to one tube. Instead, it referred to 100 tubes, which would be stored in a special box.

The check for the mutant beast meat was signed by the government. It was the currency for transactions between martial artists. The other supplies related to the supernatural realm were converted according to a certain ratio to ensure that a huge amount of money could flow freely in the market.

“Under normal circumstances, it should be enough, but I’m afraid that other martial arts factions will deliberately raise the price to create a fierce competition!” The young man clenched his fists so tightly that his joints cracked.

“Didn’t the Jiangnan Biological Research Institute say in their article that the miracle blood would be available in the market in the future?” The young woman looked confused.

No matter how high the value of anything was, if it would be available in the market and one still wanted to raise the price to buy it at a much higher price than usual, they would undoubtedly have lost their mind.

“I’m just afraid that those large martial arts factions will work together to monopolize the early batches of miracle blood and use this opportunity to poach the geniuses from the small and medium-sized martial arts factions.”

The young man was sharp and immediately thought of the crux of the issue.

A large part of the difference between martial arts factions was their attractiveness to geniuses with potential. Therefore, in this era of rapid change, it was undoubtedly most important to seize the moment.

Those with talent would have a bright future. The additional price they had to pay in the short term would most likely be earned back in the future. They would be able to rely on their greater financial ability to bully the small and medium-sized martial arts factions.

“Would the organizers not do anything about it? Are they just going to let those guys monopolize it?” The young woman’s face turned pale as she spoke.

The young man pondered for a moment and revealed the hard-to-swallow truth. “What’s the big deal about raising the price? After all, this is the first batch of miracle blood. You have to know that among the martial arts factions, there are many who have actively participated in the development of the otherworld.”

“Then what should we do, Eldest Senior Brother?”

The young woman thought about it and realized that it was true.

This logic was very simple. If the martial arts factions were always rich, how could the government still command them? They would definitely agree on the surface but go against the rules in reality.

“You stay here and bid normally. I’ll go out for a while and see if I can contact Master,” the young man instructed. Then, he quickly opened the door and left.

At this moment, a similar situation was happening in the other private rooms.

Many people from the large martial arts factions cursed under their breath. They had also sensed that they would have to make other plans.

Was the space plan going crazy because of the lack of money? They had specially set up a miracle blood auction in East Lake City.

The people who had come to participate, especially those who were developing rapidly, did they dare to not cooperate openly? Did they want to die?

The space-travel passage in the base city, the trial grounds, and the miracle blood were all things that the martial arts factions could not avoid. After being slashed ruthlessly, they still had to clap and laugh along.

Thinking of this, they could only hope that they did not have to fork out too much.