Bazel

Tao Xiang waved her hand generously. "No need to be polite. Remember, what I taught you is just the technique of exerting force. How well you can utilize Kong Shan depends on yourself. Everyone has a different understanding of Kong Shan, and the same combat skill can have different effects in different hands."

Lu Yin nodded in acknowledgment.

Tao Xiang licked her lips. "Well, I'm going to enjoy some ice dragon shrimp chips now. See you later." With that, her body vanished.

Lu Yin didn't even see how she left. This was Tao Xiang's Kong Shan. He wondered where she ranked among the Royal Court's Thirteen Teams.

After practicing Kong Shan twice, Lu Yin looked at Bai Xue. "How are things in the Sixth Team?"

Bai Xue replied, "Not bad. The captain treats me well."

"And the others?" Lu Yin asked.

Bai Xue thought for a moment. "Zhang Dingtian is struggling in the Fifth Team, climbing up from the bottom. Shi Wu Zhang stared at the Eleventh Team's captain for a few days without moving. I don't know about Xu San."

Lu Yin looked at Bai Xue's somewhat haggard face. "You have great talent. Try to choose combat skills that suit you."

Bai Xue nodded without saying anything more.

Adapting to a new environment takes time, even for Bai Xue. In Lu Yin's eyes, they were like gold buried in the ground, destined to shine one day. How bright they could become depended on themselves.

Not long after, Tao Xiang left with Bai Xue. Before leaving, Tao Xiang looked at Lu Yin with a face of enjoyment and expectation, the meaning clear.

Lu Yin pursed his lips. The probability of rolling a one on the dice was one-sixth, but the probability of stealing snacks with a one was infinitely small. It was too low for him to promise anything to Tao Xiang. Speaking of which, it was time to roll the dice.

He opened his palm and crushed a star energy crystal. The dice regained its faint starlight. Lu Yin took a deep breath. He always felt nervous when rolling the dice. The outcome of three points was unknown, and six points required a terrifying amount of star energy. The result he least wanted was six points, but it was also the one he most looked forward to.

Last time, it took dozens of cubic meters just to barely open a space crack. Now he had two hundred cubic meters, which should be enough, right?

Thinking this, Lu Yin pointed at the dice. The dice spun rapidly and finally stopped at one point.

With a snap, a black crystal card fell out.

Lu Yin was overjoyed. A crystal card, a combat skill? He quickly picked it up, but was disappointed to find it was a Mebius Bank crystal card.

Bank crystal cards generally had genetic authentication. Of course, there were some that didn't require authentication and could be used directly, but they were rare. This one was clearly authenticated, with two words engraved in the upper right corner—'Yao Gu'.

Yao Gu? A name or something else? Lu Yin was puzzled but didn't care much. A black crystal card from Mebius Bank was quite something. He had never heard of a black card from Mebius Bank; the highest should be gold.

Regardless of whether this card was genuine, it was useless to Lu Yin as he couldn't access it. He put it away and crushed another star energy crystal. Pointing at the dice again, he watched it spin and finally stop at four points. The next moment, Lu Yin entered the grey and white time-stasis space.

"Not bad. In that case, I'll practice Kong Shan," Lu Yin muttered to himself. He crouched down slowly, star energy surging in his calves. In the next moment, his body shot forward rapidly. He wanted to use Kong Shan to make up for his lack of speed.

Two days later, Lu Yin was panting, clutching his calf muscles. His current speed had already surpassed his previous movement technique, but he was still far behind Lulu. Training like this wasn't very effective. It would be great if he had a gravity space.

Lu Yin pondered. This space could extend time. Could it also create gravity? Thinking this, he took out a cubic meter of star energy crystal and crushed it, thinking about gravity. The next moment, the star energy disappeared, and his body felt heavier. This was one times gravity.

Lu Yin was excited. It worked! This space was virtual and could create anything as long as he provided star energy. This was great. One cubic meter of star energy crystal equated to one times gravity. Forty times gravity would require forty cubic meters of star energy crystals, which was a lot. If it weren't for extorting, he wouldn't know when he'd ever gather so many star energy crystals.

Gritting his teeth, Lu Yin crushed forty cubic meters of star energy crystals. Instantly, the heavy pressure descended. This was a forty times gravity space, a familiar feeling.

Since he had already created this space with forty cubic meters of star energy crystals, he couldn't just use it for one day. He crushed another ninety cubic meters of star energy crystals. Instantly, the time increased by five days, plus the one day he had left, making it six days. Six days to train Kong Shan. He wondered how far he could progress.

Who else could be so extravagant, spending over a hundred cubic meters of star energy crystals just to train a combat skill? Lu Yin felt a pang of heartache, but he didn't slow down. He ran in the forty times gravity space, recalling the White Night Clan's speed combat skills, trying to integrate the techniques.

With a thud, his body fell, his calves swollen. He was too impatient, trying to integrate other techniques before fully mastering Kong Shan. Fortunately, the injury wasn't serious.

He applied some ointment and soon started training again.

To others, only a second had passed, but to Lu Yin, he had been training non-stop for eight days, all in forty times gravity.

When he stepped out of the grey and white space, Lu Yin immediately fell asleep. He was exhausted.

Two days later, members of the Outer Universe Youth Council arrived. Many courtiers of the Great Yu Empire watched the silver spaceship descending from a distance, their gazes solemn.

The Outer Universe Youth Council was an organization under the Ten Decisions Council. If the Ten Decisions Council gathered the top young talents and strong individuals in the entire universe, then the Outer Universe Youth Council gathered the top young talents in the Outer Universe. Anyone who could join was either a prodigy or extremely powerful, undefeated among their peers.

Even Shu Zhi, the strongest of the younger generation in the Great Yu Empire, couldn't even qualify for the Outer Universe Youth Council. This showed the caliber of individuals in the council. Only someone as renowned as Wendy Yushan could join.

Countless people in the empire were curious about what kind of people came from the Outer Universe Youth Council.

Soon, the spaceship landed. Outside the space station, Crown Prince Doran Yushan had been waiting for a long time.

As a crown prince, personally coming to welcome them was already a great honor, showing how much the Great Yu Empire valued the Outer Universe Youth Council.

Dozens of people emerged from the spaceship, led by a three-meter-tall burly man who looked mature. This was Basel.

Basel was accompanied by a pale-faced man named Ghostfire and several extremely strong young individuals.

Doran Yushan's face was solemn as he watched Basel approach, feeling a sense of awe. Everyone who joined the Youth Council was a practitioner under forty years old. In the universe, the average human lifespan was one hundred and fifty years. Forty years was a dividing line. Those under forty could be considered the younger generation, while those over forty were not, with some exceptions for special races.

The man before him looked mature but was under forty, yet he already possessed the strength to traverse the stars. This was the Outer Universe Youth Council. These were the geniuses of the Outer Universe.

When he had reached the Explorer realm, he was already over forty.

"My name is Basel, a member of the Outer Universe Youth Council," the burly Basel said as he walked up to Doran Yushan.

Doran Yushan smiled. "Welcome to the Great Yu Empire, Councilor Basel. His Majesty is waiting for you in the court."

Basel nodded. "Please."

Doran Yushan made a gesture. "Please."

Soon, Basel and his entourage arrived at the court.

Today was a special day. All the courtiers were present. Even Lu Yin had been summoned, along with other members of the royal family. The Immortal Yushan highly valued the members of the Outer Universe Youth Council, though the captains of the Royal Court's Thirteen Teams were absent.

Basel entered the court with Ghostfire and two extremely strong young men, offering only a polite greeting to the Immortal Yushan, without bowing.

No one minded. After all, they were not from the Great Yu Empire, not even from the Canglan Region, and their status was high. Their politeness was due to Wendy Yushan's influence.

Basel had been ordered to oversee the Great Yu Empire's trials and training for the younger generation, naturally wanting to meet the empire's famous Yutang elites.

Soon, everyone moved to the training grounds, where hundreds of Yutang members had been waiting, with the five hall masters absent.

The Immortal Yushan looked tired and left Prince Doran Yushan to entertain Basel and his group while he went to rest.

Without the Immortal Yushan presiding, many people felt more relaxed.

"Your Highness, I have heard the legend of the Immortal Duo of the Canglan Region since I was young. It is said that His Majesty the Immortal Yushan once ranked

 in the top twenty of the Inner Universe Star Battle Rankings, which is admirable," Basel said.