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Chapter 435: Miracle City

The undead attribute was a rare attribute and cultivators with this attribute were rare on the continent. The peak scholars of this domain were very rare and the Lich could be considered a sage in terms of the undead attribute.

The current array was dug out of the ruins by the Lich and he had used a long time to study it before he finally learned to control it. It was because he had been too confident that the Lich left the altar to stop Chu Tian from destroying the towers. Who would have thought that he would outsmart himself and give control of the altar to Chu Tian.

Even if he combined with the Bone Dragon now, the Lich did not have any advantages.

The Lich knew that the altar controlled all the towers in the valley and now all the energy was in Chu Tian's hands. Chu Tian could be considered a bottomless existence with all of this power. The Lich Dragon could only hope that since Chu Tian had just gained control, he would not be able to properly control it. If the Lich Dragon could fight him back, there would still be a chance.

The Lich Dragon condensed a large amount of blue and green flames, which instantly turned into a terrifying wave of heat that flew at the altra. This altar was guarded by a large amount of death energy and even the Lich Dragon's strength could not break through.

Chu Tian controlled the array as he shouted, "Could it be you don't know how much energy this altar controls? You've already lost, just surrender!"

The Lich Dragon did not give up. It released a blue flame that was suddenly released from its skeleton, looking like a firework exploding. These dense amounts of blue tentacles of light fell onto the surrounding towers and directly connected these towers.

Chu Tian was a bit stunned.

This fellow did have some skills!

He would connect his own body to the towers, eliminating the control of the altar, allowing the Lich Dragon to directly absorb energy from the towers. After all, the towers were personally built by the Lich and he was very familiar with their composition.

In just a few short seconds.

The fire within the Lich became over ten times stronger and the blue flames surrounded his body like crystal, actually forming a solid cover around his body. It made this fierce looking Bone Dragon turn into a giant dragon that seemed to be carved out of crystal in a short amount of time.

Everyone's expressions changed.

The Lich Dragon could still do this?

Like this, Chu Tian might not be able to defeat the Lich Dragon even with control of the altar. The Lich Dragon could actually gather energy from that many towers, so it was hard to imagine how strong it was. Chu Tian himself was weak and he could not defeat the Lich Dragon.

"Roar!"

The flames around the Lich Dragon condensed and it changed into a dark blue colour before gradually turning into an ash grey colour. This was an unprecedented undead monster that had never appeared in history before. With a roar from the Lich Dragon, the skeletons trembled before falling down like harvested wheat. Their soul flames turned to powder as they were instantly killed by this aura.

But at this time.

The death energy gathered in the sky by the Lich over a long time suddenly gathered together bit by bit. Like a giant bolt of lightning, it fell down on the altar that Chu Tian was standing on.

The sky was falling!

The sky had collapsed!

This scene resembled a large hole in the sky as a large amount of grey and black energy wildly poured down. The destructive energy the Lich had prepared to attack Green City with was currently being called back in one breath. It completely enveloped the altar and turned into a vast mass of darkness.

"Quickly run!"

When people saw the black waves wildly pouring out, they all called out in surprise. They couldn't do anything right now and if they were enveloped in the sea of death, they would instantly turn into undead monsters, so everyone quickly escaped.

When they turned back.

The entire valley seemed to be filled with a black liquid and everything had already been flooded. No one knew just what was happening inside of there.

At this time, there was a wild roar that came from the sea and an undead dragon that seemed to be made of grey black crystal came out. It flapped its wings as it entered the sky and it was surrounded by the aura of countless ghosts. It opened its incomparably large mouth and gathered all the surrounding energy, instantly forming a large black ball of energy that was ten-thirteen meters wide.

The black energy ball was wildly inflating as countless bolts of lightning gathered around it.

This attack was not as strong as the one the Lich made with the towers before.

Clark's face sunk, "This monster's strength, even a Spirit Transformation Cultivator would find hard to deal with. I think the City Lord is in danger!"

Chu Tian had already released all the energy used to deal with Green City, so Green City was already safe, but with this terrifying undead dragon here, would Green City be truly safe? After the first few generations of gnomes, there hadn't been another Spirit Transformation Cultivator guardian, so they would suffer heavy losses if they had to fight one!

Now there was only Chu Tian who could deal with these undead monsters.

If Chu Tian was killed here, Green City would not be lucky enough to escape.

Clark and the other gnomes realized that they had to admit one fact. The human they always looked down on and who they weren't too willing to accept had actually become a key part of Green City's survival.

The Lich Dragon flapped its wings.

The black energy ball was released towards the center of the valley. Wherever it went, the space trembled and the sound shook the word, making it very shocking.

But when this attack hit its target.

A giant black sword soared into the sky and chopped the ball of energy in half. The vast sea of darkness quickly gathered in the center and finally formed an incomparably large figure. It looked like a ten eyed demon god that dominated the world, but nine eyes were closed and only an ash grey eye was open.

He was huge and had wings on his back. He disdained all living beings and holding his sword, he looked like a respected war god from hell.

"What is this?"

When the situation developed to this stage, everything had surpassed their imaginations.

The Lich Dragon could feel that this powerful demon god was actually formed by Chu Tian with the death energy from the array. As for how this was accomplished, the Lich Dragon did not know. Even with his two thousand years of wisdom, he had never heard of such a terrifyingly strong cultivation technique in this world.

Not to mention him.

Even the most intelligent people in the world would not know that this cultivation technique was called the «Demon God Nine Changes»!

The demon god let out a low roar of anger and slowly raised the giant sword. The remaining black energy around was all gathered around the sword like a giant dragon, finally soaring into the sky as flames.

Chu Tian could not maintain this form for long.

Therefore he had to concentrate everything into a final strike!

The Lich Dragon that seemed to be made of crystals was incite again and was surrounded by flames. It became twice as large, making it seem like a black phoenix that came from hell.

Both sides attacked at the same time.

The black phoenix directly charged out with its burning body.

The demon god's raised giant sword fell down on the black phoenix. A wave of energy was sent out that created a giant storm in the area of several miles around them.

"Die!"

The destructive might of the Demon God's Sword and the endless death energy, with the combination of the two, it instantly released an astonishing power. It entered through the black phoenix's head and when it reached its tail, the Demon God's Sword shattered as it reached its limit.

Chu Tian was slammed into the ground and his body was covered in wounds on the inside and the outside. His spirit and power were both heavily injured and he wouldn't be able to wake up without recovering for ten-fifteen days.

The Lich Dragon was cut in half and the final bit of energy dissipated. That dragon skeleton gathered together by the Necromancer Secret Technique was scattered and they fragmented into different places several miles away.

The death energy in the death valley had already completely disappeared.

Everything returned to normal after a while.

It's over? Everything was over?

This shocking battle made those that had witnessed it take a long time to recover. The little fox wildly swallowing the death energy in the valley was responsible for cleaning up. After around two hours, the Green City army caught up and were shocked to see the scene of the valley.

This was a large fight that had changed the landscape!

This kind of fight couldn't even be achieved by top level Spirit Transformation Cultivators!

Finally Chu Tian who couldn't move was dug out. Although the side effects were strong, Chu Tian's consciousness was still clear. He did not waste words and gave orders to Clark, "Immediately send people to seal this valley, do not let anyone enter."

Clark did not dare show any contempt to Chu Tian, "Understood, sir City Lord!"

Chu Tian had not been sent back to Green City for long before his heroics were known by all the people of Green City.

Chu Tian alone had saved the entirety of Green City, which created a large echo throughout Green City. This time there was no objections whatsoever.

The third day.

The Green Religion gnome elders gathered the entire city to make an announcement. From this day forth, the acting City Lord Chu Tian would officially become the only City Lord of Green City. The entirety of Green City had to obey Chu Tian's commands.

Chu Tian got his wish to sit on the City Lord Throne and his first matter was to change the name of the city!

Green City would welcome a completely new start.

This new start would begin from the changing of the name!

Chu Tian sent out a City Lord order. Green City would no longer be called Green City from this day forth, its new name would be Miracle City!

A city of miracles!

This was a city in the center of the Forest of Chaos, placed in a remarkable position. This city that had always been common would now be recorded in history from the moment of this new start.

Chapter 436: Transport Tower

There were too many messes in Miracle City.

Although the hidden internal problems had been solved for now, there were still very serious outer threats.

The famine caused by the Shamans had not been solved and the forest to the south polluted by the Undead Religion were not purified yet. Miracle City's environment was very special and it was currently weak, not having good relations with the large local tribes. Adding in the fact that the ruler's were changing, causing trouble for the entire city, as well as the lack of merchants moving through the city, it was a loss for Miracle Commerce overall.

Delores had been at Chu Tian's sickbed for an hour and she still didn't finish reporting.

"Enough, enough, stop!" Chu Tian sat up. Although he had recovered to normal after five-six days in bed, Chu Tian's body was still in a weak condition, "I'll have a helper clean up everything, you don't need to report this to me. Where's Clark? Quickly call him over!"

Delores was speechless.

How could a City Lord act like this?

Clark came to the City Lord Castle and immediately cupped his hand to speak to Chu Tian, "Reporting to the City Lord, as expected, we have found that the valley contains a deep underground space. There are various skeletons from the ancient times in that space and countless undead monsters wandering around, we still can't determine why there is such a strong death energy there. Because of how dangerous the environment is, the scouting team did not dare enter."

Chu Tian rubbed his chin and considered it.

He could think of one possibility, but he couldn't confirm it for now.

"Don't worry about it for now, I'll personally take a look when I have time."

Clark came over holding a black crystal, "We are cleaning up the remains of the Lich Dragon and we found this inside the skull of the Lich Dragon. It seems like…..the Lich's soul flame. Should we destroy this or not?"

In order to resist the sucking ability of the little fox, the Lich had sealed its soul flame. It was because of this that this soul flame was not destroyed in the end.

Chu Tian took the crystal in his hand, "The soul flame of a two thousand year old Lich, this is quite a valuable item. Destroying it would be too much of a pity, I'll keep it to see if there's a use later."

The soul flame was the heart and brain of an undead.

Most undead sealed their power in their soul flame and the memories and thoughts of an intelligent undead was also formed from this soul flame. Therefore to an undead, the soul flame was the most important part. They could give up any part of their body, but they couldn't miss a single part of their soul flame.

This Lich's soul flame must be damaged, so the Lich's consciousness must have disappeared. This soul flame was like a brain that had gone into a vegetative state. Although it had lost its ability for independent consciousness, Chu Tian believed that with the right stimulation, this soul flame could burn once again.

These things were not important.

Chu Tian asked the question he cared about the most, "The things I had you do, how is it going now?"

"Although the space attributed crystals are very rare, the gnomes have a few in storage. We have already finished the work according to the blueprints the City Lord has provided." Clark hesitantly asked, "The space materials are very rare and there aren't many places where it can be used, I don't know why the City Lord has used them to build that strange tower."

Space attributed materials did not have many uses.

Its main use was crafting Storage Items.

The research in the spatial domain of this era was too limited, but space attributed materials were still rare even if that was the case. Chu Tian gave Clark a set of blueprints three days ago and had Clark and the gnomes complete the thing on the blueprints. Using most of the space attributed materials in Green City's storage made the gnomes hearts ache.

"No need to rush." Chu Tian heard that it was constructed and his mood was very good, "Come, I'll take you all to have a look."

On a small hill at the center of Miracle City, there was a four meter tall pointy tower crafted. This pointy tower was beside a giant disk which had large amounts of space attributed crystals inlaid on it. Chu Tian looked it over carefully and finally determined that there were no mistakes at all, finally carefully taking out the Eye of the Star.

The Eye of the Star had been carefully chiseled and polished and now it was only two thirds of its original size.

When the Eye of the Star was placed in the center of the tower, it immediately connected the structure inside the tower. A kind of energy quickly ran through the tower and disk, instantly activating this strange thing. Starlight was released from the peak of the tower and a spatial energy wave quickly spread in all directions.

The gnomes were slightly stunned.

Spatial energy was one of the most mysterious and hard to control energy in this world, yet Chu Tian could control it in such a stable and orderly manner.

This should be fine now!

Chu Tian pulled out the communication device to contact Oldman Small Town. The people on that side should have waited for a long time, so Chu Tian did not waste words and directly said, "You can come over now."

Chu Tian turned off the communication device and turned to give a withdraw hand signal.

Everyone didn't know what Chu Tian was doing, but it shouldn't be something without any meaning. Clark and Delores saw Chu Tian place the Eye of the Star inside the tower and they remembered how important this Eye of the Star was to Chu Tian, so this meant the tower did not have a normal ability.

At this time.

An intense light came from the tower.

The space crystals all released energy.

Everyone felt a kind of energy fluctuation coming from the ground and it was actually slightly trembling. With a dazzling flash of light, there were large amounts of human figures that appeared on the disk beside the tower.

"Chu Tian!"

Before the light disappeared, Chu Tian heard a pleasantly surprised and excited voice. Then an incredibly delicate body threw itself into his embrace, giving him a large hug.

Who would it be if it wasn't Meng Yingying.

Chu Tian picked up Meng Yingying, "How about it, I didn't lie to you!"

"It really is wonderful!" Meng Yingying's face was slightly red, as she immediately escaped his embrace, "How did you do it? We were clearly in Oldman Small Town, but once we opened the scroll, we instantly appeared here!"

"This is the effect of the Transport Tower." Chu Tian proudly looked at his work and said, "Miracle City has the first Transport Tower on the continent. Even at the ends of the earth, no matter what corner of the world you're in, as long as you use the Space Transport Technique, you will instantly arrive in our Miracle City! The scrolls that I gave you through the Space Warehouse was actually made from fragments of the Eye of the Star and space crystal power. It has the transport coordinates of Miracle City written on it, so it could accomplish this collective transport!"

The ones transported this time was not just Meng Yingying.

Meng Qingwu, Nangong Yun, Chen Bingyu, Vivian, and most of the main Miracle Commerce members had all been sent over.

"Ha, ha, young miss, Vivian, Nangong, long time no see!" Chu Tian found several small things, "Yi, Lulu, you came too? That is great!"

The little Flower Fairy Lulu had led some sisters over.

They had looks of surprises on their faces at this moment.

Meng Qingwu, Nangong Yu, and Chen Bingyu, they still hadn't reacted yet. They never would have thought that they who had just been in Oldman Small Town would be sent to Miracle City in the blink of an eye. Weren't the two places separated by tens of thousands of miles? They had been sent over in the blink of an eye, this was like a miracle!

The one most shocked was Vivian.

Vivian had innate spatial energy and she could only teleport at most several hundred miles at once because the further the distance was, the harder it was to lock onto a space. She had never heard of anything in this world that could allow one to teleport over tens of thousands of miles at once.

"I know you have many questions right now, but now is not the time. Let me introduce you." Chu Tian turned around to the people frozen like logs and said, "This is the gnome Great Elder Clark and this is the Demonic God Religion's priest Delores. This is….."

Clark's face was filled with excitement, "A fortunate meeting, a fortunate meeting. This is?"

"This beautiful and wise looking human young miss is Miracle Commerce's vice chairman and Miracle City's vice City Lord." Chu Tian then pointed at the petite Vivian to the side and said, "This is elven race young miss has a deep background. She is the Eternal Forest's Elven King's daughter Vivian and also Miracle City's vice City Lord from now on.

Meng Qingwu and Vivian, they were the two vice City Lord from the Elven King's orders.

Clark did not know who Meng Qingwu was, but he had heard of Vivian before, this was the Elven King's most talented daughter. Back then, he felt it was very strange. Why did the Elven King not appoint his daughter as the City Lord and instead put a lowly, nameless human in such an important position.

Even if Vivian was not very strong now, wasn't she still many times stronger than the human? Not to mention that she was the Elven King's daughter. If Vivian was the City Lord, the other powers would really have to consider things before they moved against her, they would need to consider if they could withstand the Elven King's retaliation.

Of course.

Now Clark understood everything.

After experiencing all the things Chu Tian had done, the gnomes could see that this seemingly young man was actually an intelligent and powerful human who they didn't dare look down on anymore. They had a complete understanding and trust of the Elven King's judgement now.

"This place isn't convenient to speak, let's go to the City Lord's hall."

The two sides needed time to adjust with each other. Although Chu Tian already had his fame as the City Lord, the gnomes were still the main power of Miracle City. Chu Tian still needed the gnomes' resources and manpower for a long time, so there were things that need to be properly explained.

At the very least, Chu Tian need the gnomes to know just what Miracle Commerce did!

"Wa, boss, it can't be!" Nangong Yun rode on the griffin as she shouted, "Our city is just too big! I have never seen a city like this before, it can match several dozen of our Southern Summer Imperial City."

Meng Yingying was very shocked looking over Miracle City.

Although the air still had a faint undead aura to it, it did not hinder her appreciation of this beautiful city scenery. The surrounding mountains were a natural barrier and wall, and the inner space was spacious incomparably beautiful. There were grasslands, valleys, mountain ranges, and lakes, altogether it was a trove of treasures.

Too big!

Only the people were too lacking.

If it was just a group of scattered castles and settlements, everyone would think that this is a paradise surrounded by mountains. Who would have thought that there would be a city here?

Meng Qingwu was very excited. Miracle Commerce had developed for more than a year, this was their first time having an official domain!

Chapter 437: Large conscription

This was the first high level closed door meeting in the City Lord Castle, with the main parties being the high level members of Miracle Commerce and the high level members of Green City. Because of the change in management, the gnomes did not hold any important positions. From City Lord, to vice City Lord, to finances, to military, and etc., the high level positions were all receiving new blood.

This meeting was mainly managed by Meng Qingwu. This noble and beautiful human, in just a few hours, she was held in high esteems by each one of the gnomes.

Meng Qingwu's powerful intelligence gave her command over over twenty languages, talking to Clark and the other gnomes in the elven language. The talent Meng Qingwu had for language was clearly not something normal scholars had, which made the gnomes hold her in high esteems.

Of course.

This wasn't much.

Meng Qingwu's main point was introducing Miracle Commerce. Her thoughts were very clear, she even explained small things like canned food and electric lights carefully. Then she explained the Source Energy Batteries and Source Energy Weapons. But what would happen if she explained the Space Warehouse and transport technology, the sound and video transfer technology, and the currently being developed spiritual reality technology?

The gnomes were not as old fashioned as the elves, they had a strong sense to explore. They were a group of people that liked to study and most of the gnomes were scholars. Miracle Commerce's series of great and shocking inventions were all bombs that stunned the gnomes for a long time.

What was called research?

What was called an invention?

The laboratory the gnomes built underground was highly ranked in the forest, using several hundred years to develop it, but it couldn't even compare to the Yun Sect Chu Tian developed in 1% of the time. This kind of matter made the gnomes feel helpless, but it also filled them with incomparable excitement.

Although Miracle Commerce was not strong.

Miracle Commerce had an incredible potential.

This was a company filled with innovation. Just the Transport Tower and the Space Warehouse, just these two space attributed technology was enough to give Miracle City infinite possibilities.

The Forest of Chaos environment was very complicated, with all the cities being closed and having almost no contact with outside countries. It was because of this reason that although the Forest of Chaos was rich in resources, it was actually very impoverished.

If the Transport Tower and the Space Warehouse were made popular and people and resource could be sent around, wouldn't that make this much more convenient? This had a large prospect!

Not to mention the Source Energy Weapons technology.

This was enough to make up for the problem of not having enough strength.

"I plan on merging the Yun Sect and gnome research laboratories." Meng Qingwu said, "The gnomes and high level members of the Yun Sect will manage this together, what does the Great Elder think of this?"

The gnomes still had not recovered from their shock.

Clark quickly asked, "We can participate in researching and developing these new technologies?"

Meng Qingwu nodded with a faint smile, "The gnomes are famous scholars of the continent, to have you join our Yun Sect's large projects, I'm certain it will bring great benefits to our Yun Sect!"

"Good, good!"

"This is great!"

The gnomes excitedly agreed to this alliance without any scruples, this cooperation only had benefits to Miracle Commerce. Whether it was the peak research equipment of the Forest of Chaos or the talented researchers, as well as the resources from Green City, it was simply no different from a free white glove.

If the other influences accepted Green City, they still had to accept the consumption fees of the gnomes' research laboratory, but it was completely different for Miracle Commerce.

This was purely investing in themselves!

The tens of thousands of source stones each month counted for nothing!

Meng Qingwu never thought it would be this smooth, the gnomes did not even bring up any conditions with her. Perhaps this was the difference between races, if it was a human in front of her, they would ask for an outrageous price. As for how the research would be divided, the gnomes did not have any requirements at all, showing that they were too innocent.

There weren't many races as greedy as the humans on the continent, this was also why races like the gnomes did not like having contact with humans.

"Now the introductions have been made, I think everyone should have a basic understanding." Chu Tian who hadn't spoke since the beginning finally stood up and said, "We should discuss how to clean up the mess in front of us."

Miracle City were facing a few major problems.

First, there weren't enough people. Miracle City currently has less than a million people and most of them are the native gnomes. There are no merchants travelling here to do business and there aren't people unearthing the rich resources.

Second, their finances were tight. Before Chu Tian came to Miracle City, they already couldn't pay for everything. Now they had faced several large disasters and had many things to do, it was the time to spend money. The tens of thousands of source stones prepared by Miracle Commerce wasn't enough, they could only solve the problems for now, but there would be more problems in the future.

Third, they didn't have enough strength. Miracle City was just too weak. Just a few Shamans and a single Lich had almost eliminated a forest city, this would make anyone laugh themself to death if they heard it. It had to be known, those that could become a forest city were all large influences that could ignore the dark forest principle. Miracle City was too weak, they didn't even have a Spirit Transformation Cultivator guarding them.

Fourth, they had diplomatic problems. Miracle City had the Eternal Forest behind them, but everyone knew that the Eternal Forest was too tightly sealed, so hoping that the elves would send help was like wishing for a meat pie to fall from the sky. Although the Eternal Forest's name had some deterrence, it was still hard to stop the greed of the other powers. It was fine if it was a normal power, but they might lure in the real giants.

There were still many other small and large problems.

These were just the main problems they had to deal with.

Although he was sitting in the Green City City Lord throne, he could not relax, he had to urgently solve these problems. Now the main plan was to increase Miracle City's population and strength. They would take in the internal powers before heading outwards.

Miracle City still had the Shaman Religion and the Druid Religion.

Luz led the Shamans to join Miracle City and now they were like a grasshopper on a rope. As long as they had enough benefits, Chu Tian could use this power as he wished. The Druids were a bit more difficult, although the Druids were strong, they were stubborn and hard to tame, and they couldn't be summoned for most situations.

But the Druids had recognized Chu Tian's ability and Prophet Yoda admired Chu Tian. As long as there was an appropriate method of cooperating, they might be able to cooperate with them.

These two powers would certainly be digested, but that was far from enough.

Miracle Commerce needed to gather more population and elites from outside sources.

Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu's eyes both fell on the local tribes, the fox clan, the Minotaurs, and etc. These large tribes lived around Miracle City and they weren't weak, so these locals could influence the city.

In the war with the Lich this time.

The locals became much closer with Miracle City.

How long would this relation last? Last time the locals almost came together to attack the city, this matter could happen again!

The reason why many of these tribes like to live around Miracle City was not because it was convenient, but mainly because most of these tribes were robbers. There would be merchants coming from the city frequently, so these fat merchants were very attractive to them.

So even if the locals kept a good relationship with Miracle Commerce, it was hard for them to stop causing chaos, which was a hidden danger for Miracle Commerce.

Exterminate them?

This was not realistic and they couldn't all be killed.

Win them all over?

This was even more impossible. These fellows weren't high quality and if they all came into the city, it would be hard for Miracle Commerce to manage them. Not to mention that after they leave, more locals would come from another place and form more tribes.

What to do?

Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu carefully discussed this and finally though of a good method.

The next day.

A piece of news spread through the forest.

Miracle City was holding a large conscription!

The elites of the tribes could become soldiers of the city, receiving food and a rich treatment. The tribes would also receive food from Miracle City and according to the conscription ratio, families can also receive extra compensation form Miracle City.

This news caused a stir in the locals because with the mess caused by the Shamans, the famine had not been solved and food shortage was a large problem. Miracle City was providing food and drinks that far surpassed what the tribe could give, not to mention the soldiers had the chance to be promoted into official positions. It would bring honor and food to the tribe, as well as being able to gain permanent residences for their family in Miracle City.

This was a large matter!

Miracle City released another piece of news.

The first conscription had a quota of thirty thousand people!

They would serve for three-five years and if the warrior chose to retire, Miracle Commerce would not fetter their freedom!

Miracle Commerce sent advertisements to every tribe and used large amounts of speakers to broadcast their advertisement through the forest.

Do you want to create the future with Miracle Commerce?

Do you want to leave your boring lives?

Do you want to become outstanding?

Do you want to support your family?

Do you want to live better?

Come join Miracle City's large conscription. As long as you pass the series of tests to become a Miracle City soldier, Miracle City will not just feed and train you, there will also be a series of welfare measures that will allow you to live without worry!

This time the forest was filled with chaos.

Who wasn't looking for this kind of treatment?

Not to mention it was now a time of famine!

Even if they just cultivated for a few years, it was still fine. They needed pills and resources for their cultivation and it would be better than what their tribes could give them. Not to mention that Miracle City outlined a beautiful future, allowing them to become outstanding by being a soldier!

Suddenly.

The forest was filled with a tide of people trying to become soldiers.

Countless confident local warriors all picked up their weapons and set off. They were rushing to Miracle City like there was a fire on their butts, in order to show off their skills at the conscription.

Miracle Commerce was only recruiting thirty thousand people at first.

This recruitment would be held every year and maybe even more frequently. The conscription area would not be just limited to the area, they would go even further. The conscription would not only be limited to fighting, it would also include support staff, or people good at forging, gathering, and mining.

This not only guaranteed Miracle Commerce had enough people in the future.

It was also equal to creating tens of thousands of jobs, which could reach hundreds of thousands in the future.

This would largely increase the living standards of the local tribes and would also unify them, as well as increasing Miracle Commerce's population.

Naturally there was a clear shortcoming which was that it wasn't cheap to support this army.

Miracle Commerce did not just have to feed them, they also needed to give them cultivation resources. Even if a single elite soldier spent only a single low grade source stone each month, it would be thirty thousand low grade source stones each month for thirty thousand people.

This was already close to reaching the gnome research laboratory's consumption.

This kind of expense would be hard for most forest cities to bear and it was because of this that it was hard to find an army like this in the forest. The garrisons of various cities would come from the strength of their own tribe who lived their normal lives, but all their soldiers would come from their tribe when they were in danger.

Miracle City was the first city to industrialize, standardize, and professionalize military forces!

Chapter 438: Virtual arena

Miracle Commerce's conscription spread like a raging fire. Whether it was the Minotaurs, the Ogres, the gnomes, or the goblins, they all ran to Miracle City to show their skills. Who told Miracle Commerce to give such a rich treatment! It was only currently the registration period and there were thirty-forty thousand people that had already come. The official selection would begin in another three days, this place would be filled with people at that time.

Miracle Commerce was preparing the place beforehand.

Delores was both the City Lord's assistant and the chief financial officer. She already understood Miracle Commerce's finances and although Miracle Commerce was considered rich, with how much they were spending, there would be problems in just two months. Not only would Miracle Commerce suffer heavy losses, wouldn't the new City Lord's credibility fall as well?

How was this a conscription?

This was simply taking their lives!

Delores was anxiously looking for Chu Tian, but when she entered the City Lord's office, she did not find Chu Tian at all and only saw Meng Qingwu sitting there reading documents.

"You're looking for sir City Lord?" Meng Qingwu looked up at Delores, "Truly a coincidence, he just brought Yingying, Nangong, and Vivian to the construction site to prepare for the conscription. They won't be back for several days."

Delores had a depressed expression, "I'll go look for him."

"Don't be in a rush, sit down first for a cup of tea. It's no use looking for him, the things for the city have all been left to me to manage." Meng Qingwu revealed a faint smile. Meeting someone like Chu Tian who threw everything aside, she didn't know whether she should be happy or depressed, "I know what you are worried about, but relax, there won't be any problems."

How did Chu Tian hook this beautiful, silver haired young fox girl.

Meng Qingwu was a bit depressed when she saw Delores.

However, she was not as obvious with her emotions like Meng Yingying and Meng Qingwu was a very logical person, so she was still quite satisfied with Delores. She was at least more helpful than Nangong and Yingying. With this City Lord's assistant, Meng Qingwu's work would be much easier.

"You're new and you don't know much about us, so it's unavoidable that you're doubtful." She stood up to pour Delores a cup of tea, "I won't hide it from you, I was like this before, but you'll soon find that there is no need to be worried. The things that Miracle Commerce can do will far surpass your expectations. Chu Tian that fellow doesn't seem proper and many things he does seem careless, but he has his own discretion."

"Thank you." Delores revealed a smile on her charming face and she took the elven green tea, "I just feel like the conscription is not worth it, the price and benefits do not cancel out. This kind of high treatment will add a large burden and hidden danger to Miracle City."

"You're still underestimating Chu Tian."

Meng Qingwu revealed a smile that was like a spring breeze.

This beautiful human woman gave Delores the feeling of a calm sea without any wind or waves. Although the surface was calm, the water underneath was very deep.

She was very far from a rash person.

Her confidence and calm could affect the people around her.

"Would he only need an army? These tens of thousands of people are not just an army, they are also tens of thousands of labourers. You know about Miracle Commerce's abilities, with the Space Warehouse and the Transport Towers, we can easily establish a trade route with any city, kingdom, or clan. We can open up any kind of resources and we can trade with influences anywhere. Looking at it from a long term angle, what does recruiting these few soldiers count for?"

Delores was a bit stunned.

"Miracle Commerce are outsiders without a foundation and even if the gnomes are a reliable race, they are still not the same race. This means that we can't rule other cities in the same way. We have a weak foundation and do not have a clan, so we do not have the power to resist dangers and sudden changes, therefore it is necessary to develop an army. Whether it is in the long run or short term, it is a necessary step. To truly control Miracle City, we must have control over enough power, right?"

Delores felt like this did make sense, "Then in terms of finances….."

"I have something that I want to tell you. I know that Chu Tian has already made you the chief financial officer of the city, but I am prepared to create a company and you can be the manager of the company." Meng Qingwu seemed like she had already prepared what she was going to say, "I hope that the talented people of the fox clan can all join the company and form large amounts of caravans. Your fox clan are natural merchants, so I believe you'll be able to accomplish this."

Delores excitedly stood up.

This was a very good thing for the fox clan.

The fox clan people are naturally astute and had a keen sense for money and benefits. Miracle City could use these smart fox clan members to manage the outside caravans. It was like using good iron on a blade and the fox clan would gain many benefits from this.

"Alright!" Delores did not even think as she said, "I'll immediately do take care of it!"

"The signal of the Heaven's Net airship already covers over ten thousand miles, so I will give you your first task. You will promote the communication device, the broadcasting devices, and the theaters to the various cities and small towns. Not only does this have a high commercial value, it will help strengthen Miracle Commerce's influence, laying the foundations for our future battles."

These technologies had great values waiting to be excavated.

How could Delores not know this? Now that Miracle Commerce was being shifted to Miracle City, the Space Warehouse had already sent the communication and magnetic sound devices over. There were a large amount in Miracle City, reaching over hundreds of thousands, so first the caravans would place priority on selling them!

Did these things need to be sold?

Perhaps they would be completely taken once they were brought out!

The task of the fox clan was not to sell these things, but rather to increase their value. This was not just immediate value, but rather long term value. For example, the broadcast system, once this item was installed in the tribes, they would be able to listen to Miracle Commerce Broadcasting. Miracle Commerce could spread any kind of request and announcement through the forest very quickly!

Meng Qingwu said, "You don't need to worry too much, everything is under control. Miracle City is still very weak right now, but I believe that not far from now, Miracle City will be a rich, populated, and strong city."

Delores was also very confident about this.

The manager of the city was the director of a special company like Miracle Commerce!

...

After a few days, the preparations were complete and the large conscription began!

The large group of forest warriors arrived at the arena prepared to fight. The arena was a castle Miracle Commerce had refurbished and now was the place for the conscription trials.

Miracle Commerce's conscription had several requirements. The first requirement was very simple, it was just to have a strong enough power, choosing the best candidates to join the fight.

The warriors were filled with whispers.

It seems like this contest will have casualties. This arena was very small and with this many people participating, perhaps in half a day, the arena will be destroyed.

There was a large screen hanging from the arena.

A red haired girl appeared on the screen.

"Various forest warriors, thank you for supporting Miracle Commerce! Miracle Commerce's conscription contest will begin now. You are all luck, very, very lucky because you are the first people to try out the Virtual Arena!"

Virtual Arena!

What was this Virtual Arena?

The fire red haired girl explained, "This Virtual Arena is something we at Miracle Commerce made using spiritual techniques. It will allow everyone to enter a spiritual space to fight and not only can you use your full strength, the most valuable thing is that you can't be injured or die in the Virtual Arena. Each warrior can display all their skills without holding anything back!"

The forest warriors' expressions changed.

An arena made from a spiritual world?

People in this environment certainly would not be injured and would not bleed.

"Other than that, I'll give everyone a bit of information." Nangong Yun announced some exciting news, "Miracle Commerce plans to construct many Virtual Arenas in the Forest of Chaos and will hold fights with high monetary prizes in the future. I believe that the Virtual Arena will become one of Miracle City's and the entire Forest of Chaos' most loved form of entertainment. After the Spiritual Network is formed, people from all over the world can participate in Miracle Commerce's fighting events, providing millions of jobs. Everyone please look forward to it!"

Everyone was filled with excitement.

This was just too crazy!

There was no entertainment in this era, so if the Virtual Arena was promoted, with spectator seats built within, and image transferring mirrors on the outside, it would become a popular form of entertainment. In this world filled with martial arts, it had a very large market. Not only would it help cultivators of different realms practice, there was a large market for gambling and support staff.

"Can everyone please line up and listen to the directions of the staff."

The forest warriors excitedly entered the arena. The Virtual Arena was like a normal arena, being separated into several areas and with each area having a venue. The venues were surrounded by walls, but everyone found a problem.

There was a giant crystal in the center of the arena.

This crystal sending out spiritual energy was in the center and there was a giant array covering the area. In the corners of the walls, there were large energy columns and everyone could feel the energy fluctuations coming from them.

"Everyone please sit."

"The Virtual Arena is about to be opened!"

Everyone should relax and not resist, this is completely harmless."

Tens of thousands of people sat down and the energy columns began to glow, causing the entire source energy array to light up. Finally the giant spiritual attributed crystal in the center released spiritual energy in an instant, enveloping every person sitting in the array.

The forest warriors felt a bit absent minded.

When the forest warriors came back to their sense, they were very shocked to find that they were in a new place. The surrounding people were all brought along and sent to this place.

A broad arena appeared in front of them.

This area was more than ten times bigger than before and it was very magnificent. It really opened the eyes of these locally born bumpkins.

This is too incredible!

It was worth it coming to Miracle City this time!

Even if they can't join the army, it was worth it to see this scene!

Chapter 439: Trial Field

"Chu Tian, how about it." Meng Yingying was sitting in the arena's break room with a proud look on her beautiful face, "How is the Virtual Arena outside?"

This was the first Spiritual Domain made by Meng Yingying and the Flower Fairies.

They created a spiritual space without any harm, making people fall into an illusory world with the same abilities as the real world. Therefore if they fight in the Virtual Arena, it was impossible to cause any real injuries.

The most important thing was that Meng Yingying finished the broadcast system to the real world!

Because the Virtual Arena constructed the illusions from the source energy array and the crystal, the illusions were stored in many connections that could be broadcasted. If they placed a disc player or a normal image transferring mirror there, people in the real world could see the battles in the Virtual Arena.

When the Spiritual Network was complete in the future, people from all over could compete in the Virtual Arena.

This kind of battle would cause no harm and no grudges, and it wouldn't destroy the environment from the fights. People that practiced martial arts could observe battles between experts and normal people could also experience the fight of experts holding nothing back.

This will turn into a tidal wave people chase and there are many hidden business opportunities in this.

The Virtual Arena was sure to become popular, so even if they charged a small fee, it would still allow them to earn a large amount.

Nangong Yun was even more whimsical, she wanted to start gambling. She wanted to create a sporting event and turn the Virtual Arena into a culture. Nangong Yun was a person that loved fighting, so this kind of Virtual Arena to her was simply the best kind of recreation. She thought that whether it was to battle maniacs, gamblers, and normal people, the Virtual Arena was a huge market.

Meng Qingwu expressed support to her suggestions.

Chu Tian deliberately poured a bucket of cold water over her, "You're satisfied with just this? Let me tell you, I've found at least several dozen faults with your arena!"

"Impossible!" Meng Yingying's eyes became firm, but she was still a bit worried, "You….Tell me then!"

Chu Tian drank a mouthful of tea and said, "I've noted that the time in the Virtual Arena is half the normal time, so what we're seeing in the real world is not the real time broadcast. When the fight in the arena is over, we'll only have seen half of it! Isn't that right?"

"Dumb, dumb, dumb!" Meng Yingying thought that Chu Tian would bring up a real problem, but she never thought it would be this simple. She arrogantly said, "You should change your idiotic brain, this is called an entrepreneur's brain, don't you understand?"

Aiyo, this girl's actually daring to lecture me.

After not slapping her butt for so long, she's actually becoming more and more bold.

She could talk about other things, but she's not embarrassed to compare brains with Chu Tian?

Meng Yingying said, "The arena relies on tickets to make money, so if the real world saw a live broadcast, who would want to buy tickets to watch in the arena! Moreover the arena reduces time, so there can be more competitions held and this time saved is money! The Flower Fairies have studied with me and although the time in the spiritual world can be as much as one tenth of the real world, only people with strong spiritual energy can adapt. After countless experiments, we've discovered that normal people can withstand half the time, so to make it more accessible to everyone, we established the arena like this!"

"Boss, I have to say, why are you not progressive at all!" Nangong Yun also attacked Chu Tian, "Our Yingying has followed elder sister Qingwu for so long, she is beginning to think like a merchant."

Chu Tian never would have thought he the world's smartest person would actually be stunned into speechlessness by this dumb girl Yingying. This truly was a large stain on his life!

"Ke, ke, this is only a test for you, I just wanted to see if you've reached this conclusion by chance. Now it seems like you're still fine and the real thing I wanted to talke about wasn't this."

"Alright, alright, don't say anymore." Meng Yingying played a trick on Chu Tian with great difficulty, she did not want Chu Tian to take it back. She immediately said, "Miracle Commerce don't have enough people and we aren't earning money fast enough. Don't you think we should help elder sister? We should relieve a bit of her headache!"

"You actually are this thoughtful? Well what do you think we should do."

"We can do this..."

Meng Yingying whispered into Chu Tian's ear and Chu Tian nodded along to it, thinking that it was a bit interesting.

There were just too many people participating in Miracle City's conscription this time.

Because Miracle City was holding this conscription event, it was open to all the surrounding tribes.

The forest locals all came to watch, at the very least they were giving it a lot of attention, but most of them had run to Miracle City to join the fun. Because of the attention drawn from the conscription, Miracle Commerce's arena would become famous in the forest and this would be very effective to Miracle Commerce's population.

There were some local tribe's leaders and high level members that came to watch because some of their tribesmen came to join the army. During these past few days, they heard about how mysterious the Virtual Arena was, causing their minds to itch, wishing that they could give it a try.

But it was very regrettable.

The arena was not open to the public.

It was impossible for them to join the army, so they could only suppress their curiosity and obtain news on the arena every day. However, when they were feeling bored, Miracle Commerce sent out a piece of information.

After Miracle City created the arena.

Now they were opening a Trial Field!

The Trial Field was different from the arena. The Trial Field was separated into ten stages and each stage would have a difficult challenge. Miracle Commerce was providing prizes and it was said that if one could break through the fifth stage, they would be able to obtain a hundred low grade source stones. If anyone could break through the eighth stage, they would be able to receive one thousand low grade source stones. If anyone could break through the tenth stage, they would be able to receive ten thousand low grade source stones!

Beside the rich source stone prize, each stage would also have a random prize which was a state of the art Miracle Commerce product! This was a chance that couldn't be missed!

Of course the Trial Field was not free, each challenge requires one to pay a fee of two source stones.

Moreover the challenge for the Trial Field had a minimal strength requirement, which was a minimum of being in the True Spirit Realm. This was simply tailored for the experts of the forest!

Recently, these people have already been very curious about Miracle Commerce's arena, so now that there was a Trial Field, how could they miss it? It was just two source stones and even if these True Spirit Experts were poor, they still would not care about two trivial source stones.

When this news had just spread for several hours.

Seven-eight tribe chiefs led fifty-sixty experts to the Trial Field.

The Minotaur chief Arnold was among them and he anxiously shouted as soon as he arrive, "How do you play in the Trial Field? Quickly tell me, I want to gain the ten thousand source stones!"

"Ha, ha, Arnold, with your brain, you still want to take the ten thousand source stones?"

"Let me go instead!"

The advertisement Miracle Commerce sent out said that the Trial Field only had ten stages currently and the monsters and demon beasts that appeared were not strong. Even 1st True Spirit Layer people could pass through these stages, so how could these confident tribe chiefs not move out? The weakest among them was in the 3rd True Spirit Layer!

Ten stages passed meant ten thousand source stones.

This enticement was just too strong!

Arnold pulled out two source stones to give Meng Yingying and he let out a thick breath of air through his large nostrils. He looked at the other chiefs with an angry look, "Just wait, father will certainly succeed!"

When Arnold entered the Trial Field, an illusion immediately appeared in front of him.

This was a palace that wasn't too big. After around a few minutes, there was a sharp cry in his ears as a large group of ghosts appeared in the palace. These ghosts were not too strong, only being around the 6th-7th Awakened Soul Layer.

Arnold laughed when he saw this.

This kind of enemy wanted to go against father?

This was a bit too easy to earn money!

Arnold brandished his giant axe and energy condensed on the blade, instantly cutting the formless ghost apart. Then the second one, the third one, and the fourth one…..Although there were many ghosts, they were not strong and Arnold cleaned them up in around ten minutes.

When Arnold thought he easily passed the stage, he was shocked to find that the ghost he cut down had reformed and there wasn't a single one missing.

"What is this?"

Arnold's eyes opened wide and he could not understand what was happening, but the Minotaurs solved things with their muscles and not their brains. He wildly charged forward and swept through the ghosts again.

The countless pieces regrouped.

The ghosts were all reformed.

Damn, this was simply a dead end. How could he pass this stage?

Arnold killed the ghosts a third time and felt that most of his energy was drained, but what filled him with despair was the ghosts reforming once again. Arnold did not have the strength to kill them all again. When Arnold calmly thought about it, he finally realized the trick.

There was an array inside the statues of palace had an array and this power was restoring the ghosts. If Arnold thought to attack the statues from the beginning, he could destroy the ghosts with ease.

Damn!

How could I be that dumb!

This obvious fault wasn't found by me!

Arnold did not have any strength as countless ghosts charged out and instantly tore him to shreds, sending Arnold back to the Trial Field.

The other chiefs looked at each other in blank dismay, "He came out after only being inside for two minutes?"

"The Trial Field is different from the arena, the time inside the Trial Field is one twentieth the speed of the outside world. Chief Arnold has actually been inside for over forty minutes." Nangong Yun walked over with a smile, "However, chief Arnold, you actually didn't pass a single stage. You can only receive the consolation prize, five large cans of level two meat!"

After saying this.

A gnome lifted five cans of food that were delivered in front of him.

"Ha, ha, ha!"

"Arnold, you actually didn't even pass a single stage."

These people ridiculed him holding nothing back, causing Arnold's bull face to turn red. He angrily argued back, "Damn you, I was just careless, I'll go again!"

Arnold charged into the trial space again.

Arnold came out in less than thirty seconds.

Arnold's bull face twitched several times, "Damn, the statue cannot be destroyed blindly, they must have some rule and need to be destroyed in order. Again, again!"

This Minotaur chief was clearly very agitated from losing.

He entered the space again and again, spending at most two minutes each time before coming out. After going again and again, he had over ten tries and used over thirty low grade source stones.

"I've found the rule!" Arnold excitedly breathed out. Although he lost thirty source stones, spending his savings from the year, he did not feel any heartache. Rather he looked like he was filled with joy, "I've used all my source stones, lend some to me. I'll definitely be able to pass this stage this time!"

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun were taking money on the side.

The trial space was not as big as the arena, so only several people could challenge it at once, but time passed several times quicker in the trial space, so each time it only took a few minutes. These True Spirit Cultivators' minds were not weak, so they could play for several hours without tiring.

Meng Yingying secretly bumped her arm into Nangong Yun beside her, "How much money have we earned?"

"Shh, quieter!" Nangong Yun stealthily looked over at her, "Chief Arnold has spent thirty two stones, chief Andre has spent twenty eight stones, great warrior Luca has spent twenty four stones…..In total, there is over three hundred source stones!"

Meng Yingying almost broke out in laughter of joy.

This was just too easy to earn money!

Only half an hour had passed now and there were many people lined up outside, with more and more people coming. Meng Yingying found that there were even gnomes and Druids among them, it seem like these people were all curious about the challenge.

If this Trial Field was to operate for a day, just how much source stones would they earn!

These fools, they didn't use their minds it through. How could the trials Chu Tian created be easily broken? Moreover, that fellow Chu Tian was very sly. Everyone was just like Arnold, although they failed each time, they would find the path in the end, so they would keep trying.

Want to win ten thousand source stones? In your dreams!

Becoming like this at just the first stage, it wouldn't be strange if you even lost your underwear!

Chapter 440: The second stage

This virtual Trial Field was Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun's idea. They were inspired by the Central State's Trial Tower, but the difference with the Trial Tower was that although the Trial Tower was not too dangerous, there was still the chance of death and injury.

This was a hard to avoid matter because no matter how complete the preventative measure was, it was impossible to completely avoid being injured in a real fight.

Miracle City's virtual Trial Field was different, it was a pure spiritual world, so it was completely harmless. Not to mention the fact it was expensive to make, Miracle Commerce used a large amount of technology to create it, making it a challenging and fun stage clearing game, allowing the Trial Field to become the recreation of experts. This was where its charm existed.

The Trial Field was currently made like this and like the advertisement said, as long as the correct method was used, a 1st True Spirit Layer Cultivator could clear all the stages. The problem was, would the stages Chu Tian made be easy to pass?

There was a total of ten stages.

There were several dozen random scenarios in the first stage.

The challengers each day would trigger one of the stages. The one chief Arnold was in was the challenge he had the experience of failing several times in. The environment inside was different, if one challenged it the next day, it would change.

Arnold knew the rules of the game, so he was even more anxious to pass the first stage, therefore he borrowed several source stones from his clansmen to attempt the challenge several times. After failing it so many times, Arnold finally found the only correct method.

Arnold entered the Trial Field.

He used the experience from failing several times to correctly break the statues in the right order one by one before finally taking care of the large amount of ghosts.

This time didn't surpass his expectations.

The ghosts did not recover again.

The first stage had finally been completed.

"Success!"

"I succeeded!"

Arnold roared in wild joy as he looked at the gate of light that appeared in the large hall. He knew that this was the passage to the second stage.

Arnold calmed his mind before entering the second stage.

This was a strange environment, with the surroundings being completely empty, like it was a pure void. His feet were standing on a black mirror and although it reflected light, he could not see a single thing.

What kind of challenge would it be this time?

Arnold looked around in a puzzled manner. The mirror ground in front of him had white ripples appear, like a stone falling into water, immediately filling the ground with light waves that progressively moved out. Arnold did not know what was happening, but he smelled a different scent and instinctively moved back a bit.

From the center of the ripples, there was a black crystal sculpture that appeared. This sculpture first changed into liquid before condensing itself again. First the edges formed before it too a figure. When Arnold saw the appearance of the other side, he couldn't help being shocked.

This...

Isn't this himself?

This was a figure that looked exactly like Arnold.

But Arnold was very clear that this was definitely not a normal reflection because in the eyes of the other side, he could only see coldness. This was a calm expression that did not have any emotions.

Arnold instantly understood that the second stage was to defeat himself.

This was a bit interesting!

Arnold had fought with countless experts from the forest, but he had never fought himself before. He never thought that he would be able to experience fighting himself in a place like this. He released a vigorous energy with a low roar and instantly charged out with a shockwave.

The Minotaur's most common attack was their charge!

The Minotaurs relied on their powerful bodies and strong spirit energy to destroy the enemy's defenses. Although this straight charge was not a flashy attack, there was no doubt of its destructive might.

The mirror image seemed to expect this attack and immediately dodged the attack before sending Arnold flying with an axe glow attack.

Arnold was shocked to find a terrifying problem.

This mirror image was not just like him, it also understood him very deeply. Whether it was his strength, his cultivation technique, or his skills, both sides were exactly the same. However, even if they could understand each other, the mirror image was the opposite of Arnold. It could remain calm, so it could find Arnold's flaw and use the most effective attack.

Too powerful!

Arnold realized the profound meaning of this Trial Field.

The goal of the second stage was to defeat oneself in oneself's strongest state!

This meant that unless one could make a breakthrough in the fight, it would be impossible to win against oneself's strongest state. Only if one could break their limit would they be able to defeat the mirror image. This would stimulate one's limits and was a golden opportunity to learn of oneself!

Good!

Very good!

Arnold excitedly roared out as his fighting spirit burned stronger, "Father doesn't believe that I can't defeat myself."

Finally, Arnold and the mirror image had fought four-five times before the mirror image found a flaw. The large axe cut Arnold in half and made Arnold fail the second stage.

Arnold had no choice but to believe it.

That mirror image knew all of Arnold's weaknesses and it was very calm. When Arnold was unable to overcome these flaws, they became fatal.

No matter what.

Arnold had cleared one stage.

The other immediately asked Arnold about the second stage.

When they learned that the second stage was going against oneself, every person had a shocked expression on their face.

"Congratulations to chief Arnold." Meng Yingying was worried that no one being able to pass the stage would affect people's confidence. Now that chief Arnold has passed the stage, she could let out a soft sigh of relief, "You have passed the first stage and have a chance to draw for a prize. Please participate in this prize drawing!"

Nangong Yun brought over a large prize wheel.

The others came over to spectate out of curiosity.

Because they realized vaguely that although the Trial Field was interesting, it was much harder than they imagined. Would all the ten stages be as hard as this? Perhaps the ten thousand source stones would not be easy to obtain, but seeing the prize wheel, their minds were shaken again.

There were several sections of the prize wheel. There was a section for source stone prizes, ranging from ten to fifty to one hundred. There were also many other prizes, but naturally these prizes were mainly things the locals hadn't seen before.

Arnold instilled his spirit energy into the prize wheel.

The large wheel's pointer began to turn.

Arnold's large bull eyes were opened wide while he kept chanting, "One hundred source stones, one hundred source stones, one hundred source stones!" If he could obtain the hundred source stones, this challenge would not be a loss and he would even earn half of it as profit.

The locals of the Forest of Chaos, although they were very strong, because of their primitive cultures, they did not have a mature market. Therefore, the forest locals were very poor. Even in a small kingdom like the Southern Summer Kingdom, the three Great Clans could all take out a hundred source stones worth of gold coins without much effort. But for the tribes in the depth of the Forest of Chaos, even Arnold as the Minotaur chief only had several dozen source stones. His worth as the chief was only this much.

Therefore one hundred source stones was not considered a small amount for chief Arnold.

The indicator reached the one hundred source stones area and it looked like was about to stop, but it suddenly moved forward a bit and landed in the next section.

Everyone gave a sigh.

Arnold roared in rage.

"You have drawn one Miracle Commerce's Source Energy Cannon." Meng Yingying shouted in surprise, "I really have to congratulate chief Arnold!"

Arnold was a bit stunned, "Ha? Cannon? What cannon?"

Miracle Commerce all gave high level technology as prizes. The Source Energy Cannon had a terrifying might and if it was sold to a rich kingdom or empire, a single Source Energy Cannon could be sold for several dozen source stones.

Not to mention Miracle Commerce was limited by their materials and forging technology.

Now the Source Energy Cannon's production was not high and they have never sold this weapon before, so it was a very precious thing. This Source Energy Cannon in the Forest of Chaos would have its price increased by several times!

"Chief Arnold's luck really isn't bad!" Meng Yingying took this chance to introduce Miracle Commerce's weapon, "The Source Energy Cannon is a Source Energy Weapon invented by Miracle Commerce. It has a very large range and a strong might. A single shot would decimate a small mountain and even an Earth Spirit Cultivator would be blown apart by a shot!"

"It's really that powerful?"

"Of course, currently only we at Miracle Commerce have this Source Energy Weapon technology." Meng Yingying said to Arnold, "The Source Energy Cannon is an item not for sale right now. Chief Arnold can hold an auction for it, I'm sure many people would be interested in this weapon.

Nangong Yun had already lifted the Source Energy Cannon. This cannon was much more refined compared to before and it was a bit smaller, but its might was much stronger. Each person could feel the energy fluctuations coming from it and the incomparably complex source energy array made people dizzy from looking at it.

As for the ammo.

Of course it would be sold separately.

Miracle Commerce would also seize the opportunity to sell munition.

This trade of arms would be one of Miracle City's most important source of income!

"Good thing!"

"Arnold, I'll give fifty stones!"

"Sell to us, I'll give seventy stones!"

Arnold did not want to sell at first. He saw that this thing had a shocking might and if he had one in the Minotaur Valley, it would greatly strengthen Minotaur Valley's defensive abilities.

But the bids kept growing higher and higher.

Finally Arnold's heart was moved and he sold it to a merchant who joined in the fun for one hundred and twenty source stones. Arnold never would have thought that not only did he not suffer a loss, he would actually make such a gain and even double his source stones.

This was not just an issue of rewards, but also one of honour and face.

Arnold was the only challenger that had passed a stage.

"This Trial Field is too fun, interesting, interesting!" Arnold put away his source stones and said with a laugh, "But I'm tired from playing today. I'll come back again after I rest up!"

Because of the reduced time in the Trial Field, it was easy for the spiritual world to tire people out. Arnold had only played for an hour on the surface, but actually his mind had been fighting for over twenty hours now. The constant mental fatigue overlapped each other and even a Minotaur like Arnold would feel a bit tired.

Arnold had picked up a bargain.

The other people couldn't sit still any longer.

When they learned of the second stage, everyone's heart began to feel excited.

The Trial Field business was very good the entire time. After an entire day, more and more people lined up and the Trial Field was not idle for a single moment. Nangong Yun and Meng Yingying were quickly taking in money.

Chapter 441: Searching for star ore again

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun excitedly handled their spoils of victory to Chu Tian. There was a large bag of source stones and counting them over, there was a total of three thousand and five hundred low grade source stones.

There was such a large amount!

Although the conscription had drawn a lot of experts, to have this kind of yield surpassed Chu Tian's expectations.

Recently, Meng Qingwu had made a rough estimation of Miracle Commerce's property values. The entire fortune Miracle Commerce had converted into source stones would be around two hundred thousand low grade source stones. The current fluid assets Miracle Commerce had in their stores was only around thirty-forty thousand low grade source stones.

Miracle Commerce had only been founded for a year.

This was their entire profit!

Although Meng Qingwu and Chu Tian were a bit dissatisfied with this, this was not a small number for any power or family. Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu had started from scratch and they had started in a small kingdom, so being able to have this kind of results in just one year was already something they could be proud of.

But looking at it now, it was indeed a bit small.

Several people made a small Trial Field which actually made a tenth of Miracle Commerce's wealth in a single day. This just demonstrated the enormous business prospect of the spiritual technology, which was a good thing that could make money quickly.

Meng Yingying said in an emotional voice, "You wouldn't know if you were there, those locals are all crazy. They are so poor normally, but now it's like we're just picking up money. The people in line and the people not in line almost began fighting each other. I wonder, is that thing really that fun?"

"The Forest of Chaos is rich in resources, so the locals do not lack in cultivation resources. This environment is very closed and there aren't any outside products, so they don't have many places to spend money on. They don't attach a great importance to source stones like people on the outside." Chu Tian thought about it and said, "Of course, the main reason is because of this empty, boring life. This rare to obtain chance for entertainment had appeared, so although they know that it is very hard to obtain any benefits from the Trial Field, they still cannot resist the urge to try it."

"Who cares!" Nangong Yun excitedly said, "Other than the cost to run the spiritual space and the prizes we give, we can earn at least three thousand a day and thirty thousand in ten days! We'll first butcher up this group of people and talk after we solve Miracle City's financial problem!"

Chu Tian shook his head, "This Trial Space is too crude, I think it'll be boring after ten days and the income will fall. If we really want to butcher up these fellows, we need to make something that has better attraction!"

Meng Yingying asked, "What do you want to do?"

"It's very simple." Chu Tian laughed, "Let us make a larger, more fun, and more interesting Trial Field!"

In the next few days.

The popularity of the Trial Field did not decrease.

There were even some Shaman and Green Religion Priests that came to line up.

These people had discussed with each other and even came up with methods do defeat one's mirror image. However, the majority of the complaints was that the Trial Field was too small and they had to line up for so long without being able to play.

While people were struggling in the lines.

"Hey, don't you guys know? I obtained a new small piece of information!"

"The City Lord is bringing people to create a new Trial Field and the contents here will be shifted over. At that time, over a thousand people can go in at the same time!"

"Really?"

Arnold and the others revealed looks of joy. If there was a Trial Field that could hold a thousand people, would they need to line up here?

"I've also heard!"

"The new Trial Field will be different. Not only will there be solo challenges, there will also be new team challenges. We can go in with our clansmen and the prizes will be even better!"

Everyone trembled.

"What?"

"There was actually something like this!"

The solo challenges were already very interesting, could they also be starting new team challenges? Everyone began to discuss this matter. Like it was confirming everyone's guesses, there was a giant Miracle Commerce airship that flew overhead that day.

"Do you want to challenge a Hell Demon Dragon?"

"Do you want to challenge a Mountain Giant?"

"Miracle Commerce's Trial Field will allow you to challenge your dreams and allow you experience the thrill of life and death fights."

While the voice was coming from the speaker, the large screen was displaying various images. There was a volcano releasing lava and floating out of the giant lava lake was a giant figure which was a large dragon. Its body opened wide and flames came from it as it bathed in the death flames. There was an arrogant, angry roar that came from its mouth.

The image suddenly moved far back.

There were large amounts of strange demon beasts on the volcano like this was the territory of a demon.

At this time, a group of heroic warriors came from the sky. There were ogres, barbarians, and minotaurs, all of them were forest tribes and they were covered in light. They fell among the monsters and easily destroyed a large group of time, finally causing the demon dragon in the lake of lava to be surprised.

Hong!

The volcano erupted!

The demon dragon flew into the air!

The various warriors also lifted their weapons.

When the final decisive battle was about to occur, the entire picture stopped.

Everyone was stunned. This promotional video had stirred everyone's blood, which brave warrior didn't want to challenge a powerful being? Who didn't want to try a challenge that tested their limits?

Only one had only one life in this world, no one wanted to die doing something stupid. Moreover, even if one wanted to fight a dragon, the dragon might not even care about you.

These locals all let out excited roars.

They wished they could immediately enter the Trial Field!

They would give it a try no matter how much source stones it cost. How many opportunities like this would they get in their life? Not to mention that according to price the airship broadcast, it would only require five low grade source stones each time.

Everyone instantly went wild.

Five source stones to fight an evil dragon?

Was there anything more satisfying in this world!

Their only regret now was that the new Trial Field was not finished yet, so before the Trial Field was open, they could only kill time in the small Trial Field. Once this virtual spiritual technology was researched, it immediately obtained large success, or at least it obtained the favour of the forest warriors. Large amounts of source stones were destined to flow into their bags.

Chu Tian was planning to construct a Spiritual Library to attract the forest scholars. Time passed much slower in the spiritual space, so a month of studying in the Spiritual Library was equal to studying for a year in the real world. Not only would it make the gnome scholars crazy, it would make the forest scholars all rush to join them.

Miracle Commerce was destined to have more and more people!

This was the beginning, they would take first before giving. Miracle Commerce would gather more people first and after they matured, they would start developing. The spiritual technology will mature at that time and they could create a spiritual energy network. They could build a Spiritual Library, a Trial Field, and Virtual Arena in each city, connecting the entire Forest of Chaos. The spiritual technology in Miracle City would give people entertainment, allow them to live their lives, and learn many things!

"The new Trial Field will be finished in a few days." Chu Tian looked at the castle being rebuilt in front of him, "This place no longer needs our help, so we can handle other things now. Nangong, help me gather some experts, they need to at least be in the 3rd True Spirit Layer."

"Why do you need all those experts?"

"What are you asking for? Of course there is a use!"

"But boss, you've already said that they are experts, do you think they will come as you wish?"

"Idiot! Just tell them that the people who help the City Lord will be able to play ten times for free when the new Trial Space is open, don't you know that?"

Nangong Yun quickly went to gather people and in just a bit, she gathered thirty-forty forest experts. If these people weren't tribe chiefs, they were famous experts of the area. Normally they would be filled with arrogance, but they now came immediately with a call from Chu Tian.

"I want to ask everyone for help, I wonder….."

"The City Lord does not need to say anything." An orc jumped out, "The City Lord's matters are our matters!"

"That's right!"

"The City Lord has helped us this much, so what if we help the City Lord with a small matter?"

Chu Tian did not say anything else and looked for Clark's group of gnomes before setting out. He led these people to the elevator to the underground world. That's right, Chu Tian found all these experts for no other reason than to collect Eyes of the Star!

The Eye of the Star was the core of the Transport Towers.

The Eye of the Star fragments were the main materials for the Transport Scrolls.

The Eye of the Star could also help Chu Tian cultivate his Starlight Immortal Body!

Whether it was for developing the city or for increasing his own strength, Chu Tian needed to hunt the Star Elementals and obtain a large amount of Eyes of the Star. But the Star Elementals were too dangerous and after the lesson from last time, Chu Tian did not dare rush, using several days to prepare.

The Star Elementals were very strong, but they didn't have any intelligence.

No matter how strong these fellows were, they couldn't baffle Chu Tian.

Chu Tian made a talisman that guarded and weakened elemental senses. Each person had one and they could activate it when they needed it to disturb the Star Elemental senses. Other than that, Chu Tian had prepared bait for the Star Elementals and an array to inhibit star energy.

With these three forms of preparation.

As well as the several dozen recruited experts.

What would the Star Elementals count for?

After Chu Tian swept through the Star Elementals, not only would he collect many Eyes of the Star, he could also start mining the star ores. Having the meteor grass and the Starlight Stones, Chu Tian could train many strong warriors in the future!

Chapter 442: Hunting Star Elementals

Pa!

Chu Tian threw a small bottle into the center of the source energy array, immediately causing smoke to slowly float out. It wasn't concentrated and it didn't scatter, just floating in the air. At this time, the star elemental life forms wandering around were all attracted over.

The elemental walked into the source energy array to absorb the energy.

The entire source energy array suddenly opened and an energy field covered the Star Elementals, causing their formless bodies to tremble, like they had received a very intense disturbance. The air was filled with sparkling light as large amounts of elemental sealing runes formed. They were pulled in by the Star Elemental's bodies like magnets to iron sheets, falling all over the Star Elemental's body.

That pure energy bodies of the Star Elementals instantly began to come together as liquid as their strength was quickly sealed. It was like they were being frozen into jello and their flowing body became hard to move.

Although they didn't have any intelligence, their instincts told them it was bad.

The Star Elementals struggled to leave this place.

Chu Tian saw the opportunity was right and he immediately gave a hand signal, causing several dozen experts to attack. With strong explosion sounds, there were several large holes in the ground as the Star Elementals were taken care of. With their bodies being broken into pieces, it was like fireworks exploding, causing countless high purity Star Crystals to scatter and there was a glowing Eye of the Star among them.

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun began to collect the high purity Star Crystals, causing their storage sacks to fill up. They had defeated a total of twenty eight Star Elementals, allowing Chu Tian to collect twenty eight Eyes of the Star and countless high purity Star Crystals.

The process was even smoother than imagined as most of the Star Elementals here were killed by Chu Tian.

The biggest regret now was that there wasn't enough Star Elementals!

Each Eye of the Star was a precious thing, representing one Transport Tower and large amounts Transport Scrolls, but also representing Perfect Realm Starlight Immortal Bodies. Once these twenty eight piece were consumed, at most they could only make a few Transport Towers.

Of course.

Chu Tian should also be satisfied.

Eyes of the Star were level four materials.

This was not just a level four material, it was a very rare level four material. Being able to find this much in a hole in the ground was already bullshit luck.

"Now there is only one left." Chu Tian's fell onto the core region of the star ore mine, "Everyone put in a bit more effort, we can leave once we beat it."

This was the final and strongest Star Elemental.

Chu Tian did not alarm it, but the aura it released was enough to fill Chu Tian with dread. Therefore, when he was killing the other Star Elementals, Chu Tian avoided this area, temporarily not attracting its attention.

Chu Tian found appropriate places to place the array flags.

This was a source energy array for suppressing Star Elementals. Everyone recognized it strength and the array was the main reason they could kill the over twenty Star Elementals without any injuries. Once those dangerous Star Elementals entered the array, they would be suppressed, unable to fight back at all like fish on a cutting board.

Everyone spread out and activated the elemental life form camouflage talisman. Now it was already very hard for the Star Elemental to detect them.

"Everyone get ready!"

"Begin!"

Chu Tian threw a small bottle into the center of the array and the small bottle released smoke once again, which was detected by the sleeping Star Elemental. A strong energy came from the slits in the ground as large amounts of starlight began to gather together, quickly forming a several feet tall Star Elemental giant around an Eye of the Star Core.

This fellow was so big!

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun weren't strong enough, so they didn't participate in the battle and watched from afar. This Star Elemental was more than double the size of the previous ones and the energy and aura surrounding it was several times stronger than the ones from before.

This was simply the Star Elemental King!

The Star Elemental King was awakened and immediately moved towards the source energy array.

Although the Star Elemental King was very strong, this elemental life did not have any form of intelligence, it could only be attracted to things through instinct. It did not have any way of making a distinction of the obvious trap, as it moved towards the center of the source energy array without even thinking about it.

"Activate the array!"

Eight gnomes with deep cultivations heard Chu Tian's order and activated the array. The Star Elemental's body was covered with a strong energy field and it vibrated several times before countless runes were drawn to it like magnets, attaching themselves to the Star Elemental's body. It made it release a faint light in all directions as it became hard for it to move.

It was sealed.

Everyone had hunted over twenty Star Elementals, so they could tell that this giant Star Elemental had been sealed and it was the best chance to attack it!

Everyone didn't even think as they released their attacks.

At this time, the Star Elemental King sensed danger and released a wave from its body, which had a mixed of angry spiritual energy to it. The body that had solidified suddenly released an intense light and the runes sealing it were all destroyed.

Chu Tian's expression slightly changed, "Be careful!"

The Star Elemental King was stronger than he imagined and it was different from the other Star Elementals. This fellow already had a bit of a consciousness and although it didn't have any intelligence, it had a higher level of instinct activity than the other Star Elementals!

After the Star Elemental King released a bit of the seal and its sealed power was released again. Its body released explosive sounds and countless pieces of starlight, which covered its body as protection, forming a dense cover around it.

The forest experts slammed their attacks onto the protective cover.

In the end, the protective cover shattered. The countless points of starlight intertwined with each other and released a strong electromagnetic attack. The attackers were all sent flying back by this energy and they flew out like kites without strings for several dozen meters. Each one of them had suffered heavy injuries.

Such a strong fellow!

Chu Tian found the forest experts!

Several forest experts attacked together and there weren't many people in Miracle City could block that without any injuries. Not to mention that it had its strength sealed, but it had reflected all the attacks to injure its attackers.

The forest locals were shocked. Although they knew that Star Elementals were not weak, only now did they realize that the fellows they easily slaughtered was that strong. If Chu Tian had not restrained them, perhaps they would have been the ones killed.

The Star Elemental King sent everyone flying at the same time.

The runes sealing its power exploded one after the other.

Everyone could clearly feel that with each rune that disappeared, the Star Elemental King's power increased, as if it was releasing all its power. If all of its power was released, even if Chu Tian overwhelmed it with numbers, half of them would be injured. These forest locals hesitated as they didn't know if they should go all out. It wouldn't be worth it to do so for this kind of opponent!

"Don't feel panic!!"

Chu Tian shouted out as he activated several talismans in his hand.

These were specially prepared for special situations, mainly to strengthen the power of the seals. Several talismans were just activated as they poured their energy into the source energy array. There were beams of light that appeared on the edge of the source energy array that moved like silk threads towards the Star Elemental King in the center.

The sealing strength had doubled!

The Star Elemental King did not have the ability to fight back for now.

This suppression couldn't last long, it could last at most two-three seconds.

The star barrier the Star Elemental just released had not been broken and it was it could protect it from any damage before it recovered its strength. The might of its defense had been seen by everyone. Although several forest experts had attacked together, its defense had not weakened at all. It looked to be still very strong and it could not be easily broken.

Chu Tian activated his Starlight Immortal Body, he had no choice but to make a move at this time!

The Demon God's Sword Source Spirit was released.

Chu Tian connected with the Netherworld Weapon Spirit and flames covered his body. The sword art was released in full force and with a single step, eight clones appeared around him, all releasing sword glow onto the Star Elemental's protection.

There was a thundering explosion that was deafening!

There was no doubt Chu Tian was not stronger than the forest experts, but Chu Tian's Demon God's Sword Source Spirit had a powerful destructive attribute to it. The Netherworld Flame many times was the nemesis of defensive cultivation techniques, as the attack caused the Star Elemental King's defenses to shatter.

The rebound force was like waves hitting the mountain.

The flames around Chu Tian began to tremble and there were fissures that appeared on the starlight around him. He was thrown several meters away and slammed into the ground like a bomb, instantly forming a large hole.

"Good opportunity!"

The Demon God's Sword was close to a God Level Source Spirit and its destructive might destroyed the Star Elemental's protective energy, creating a chance for everyone else. Everyone launched their attack and the Starlight Elemental King finally shattered to pieces under this violent attack.

"Chu Tian, are you alright!"

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun supported Chu Tian up.

"I'm fine." Chu Tian waved his hand. Although his cultivation was not high, he had a high success with with his Starlight Immortal Body. This reflective power was not enough to cause any fatal injuries to him, "Collect the spoils of war!"

The Star Elemental King was really the strongest Star Elemental.

There was four-five times more high purity Star Crystals and the Eye of the Star was much larger than before, equal to the ones obtained from killing several of them.

"The region is secure because this has always been the territory of the aggressive Star Elementals, so the underground monsters never moved in. We can build a Devil's Maw sentry outpost and explore the rest of the underground world from here." Chu Tian said to Clark, "Other than that, the resources here are very important for Miracle City's future development, so you should quickly prepare defenses around here."

Chu Tian left after giving out duties.

Nangong Yun suddenly said, "There seems to be something else here."

After the Star Elemental King was destroyed, there were other things left beside the large amounts of Star Crystals and the Eye of the Star.

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