Chapter 441

Chapter 441: Not Too Bad

As soon as Yi Chen’s image disappeared from view, all the high-ranking leaders of the Federal Parliament and the Military in the conference room secretly sighed in relief.

Their biggest worry was that after going to great lengths to help Yi Chen gather the required materials, they would receive no benefits in return from him.

However, it was clear from Yi Chen’s attitude that there was not a total lack of room for negotiation.

"Regardless of whether Yi Chen’s attitude is just an act, or if he truly doesn’t mind fulfilling some of our conditions," Lu Qingxian, Parliament Chairman, stated seriously, "we currently have no choice but to spare no efforts to gather the materials Yi Chen needs and do our best to satisfy him."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

They all understood that only by showing enough attitude and sincerity would they earn the right to propose conditions to Yi Chen.

The entire high-ranking leadership of the human federation began to take action in secrecy.

High-level officials from different departments frequently visited the homes of the top wealthy individuals.

A vast amount of resources flowed from the galaxy to various star systems.

In turn, various star systems continually sent different materials needed by Yi Chen back to the galaxy.

Many traders from various tribes received commissions from humanity to secretly acquire related materials on the market.

In just over ten days, they exceeded their collection goals for the first and second categories.

However, trying to gather more proved difficult due to their limited capabilities.

They needed more time to act as intermediaries through tribal traders to slowly acquire or learn about other relevant materials.

Because once news leaked, it would be easy for the various tribes to discover that the human federation was frantically gathering resources.

In that case, these materials would become even harder to obtain, as the tribes would tighten their grip on them.

Even the three allies of the human federation could not be allowed to leak any information.

If these allies discovered that the human federation required such large quantities of materials, they would also keep it tightly under wraps.

In fact, the high-ranking leaders of the Federal Parliament and the Military already suspected that the strong members of the Angel Alliance had collaborated to assassinate Yi Chen on the exile planet, with support likely coming from their three allies.

Otherwise, based on their research, the various races of the Angel Alliance would be unable to produce flying treasures that could evade scanner detection and traverse the cosmic storm zone.

One day ahead of schedule, Lu Qingxian, Parliament Chairman, personally led a fleet of large transport ships to secretly visit the Deserted Star, home to the Revival Army’s headquarters.

To show sincerity, this time, Lu Qingxian came in person.

Previously, he would not have had the courage to do this.

But given that Yi Chen needed something from the human federation, there was no issue this time.

The Federal Parliament and the Military were now almost certain that, despite his hatred and desire for revenge against the human federation, Yi Chen had no intention of slaughtering them.

At this stage, he only wanted to use the human federation as a resource warehouse to enhance his own power and that of the Great Flame Empire.

Once the strength of the Great Flame Empire surpassed that of the human federation and the human federation had been drained of its resources, that would be the real time for Yi Chen to take revenge.

None of these giants from the Parliament and the Military would escape unscathed.

However, that was a matter for the future.

They understood Yi Chen’s thoughts and were not foolish enough to leisurely wait for that day to come. It was a matter of whose methods were stronger.

In fact, even if they ultimately couldn’t control Yi Chen, they already had a backup plan in mind.

The high-ranking leaders of the Federal Parliament and the Military concluded through the impurities in the communication stones that Yi Chen was still in the galaxy.

Yi Chen had not come as planned to personally collect the second payment of interest.

Instead, he had the Shadow Captain of the Intelligence Organization deliver the Map of Mountains and Rivers to the Revival Army, letting Bai Zhenshan handle everything.

Carefree Bai Zhenshan, feeling too lazy to act formally, meticulously counted and tallied all the materials and the number of young children with his soldiers.

Of course, their thoroughness was actually for Lu Qingxian’s benefit.

The real responsibility for inspecting everything fell to the Shadow Clan’s intelligence personnel assigned by the Great Flame Empire’s Intelligence Organization.

This included the only Shadow King of the Intelligence Organization.

They utilized their Perception Ability to carefully examine all materials and young children, even checking the insides of the materials and the bodies of the children to ensure no tracking devices were installed.

Once confirmed, they communicated back to Bai Zhenshan.

Bai Zhenshan then led his soldiers to conduct a mock inspection before finally taking out the Map of Mountains and Rivers, placing all the materials and young children inside.

Inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers, over twenty million trained members of the Shadow Clan stood ready to take care of fifty million young children.

“Deputy Commander Bai, regarding the Emperor…”

As all the materials and young children were handed over, Lu Qingxian, who had been following Bai Zhenshan like a shadow, hesitated to speak.

Bai Zhenshan pulled out another storage ring from his own storage ring and tossed it to Lu Qingxian, saying, “This is a gift from the Emperor!”

“Thank you!”

Lu Qingxian beamed with joy as his divine consciousness quickly entered the storage ring to check.

Inside were several books.

“What are these books?”

Lu Qingxian’s eyes sparkled with uncontrollable joy.

“These books were recorded by the top geniuses as per the Emperor’s instructions. They contain various skills, energy circulation pathways, and relevant annotations and insights for the Spirit Law stage, along with some spirit pill recipes.”

Bai Zhenshan casually explained.

Lu Qingxian was ecstatic.

Although it was not Yi Chen personally teaching, the effectiveness would surely be lower, and the top geniuses of the federation would face some difficulty learning.

But it was only a matter of difficulty.

Given the top geniuses’ comprehension, along with the detailed introductions, they would surely be able to learn it with some extra time.

More importantly, the presence of spirit pill recipes meant that these skills must include potion-making techniques.

The human federation could finally produce Boundary-Breaking Pills, Enhancement Pills, and other spirit pills.

The only regret was that this was done secretly without informing Morris.

Otherwise, if they had asked Morris to help evaluate, once the top geniuses learned it, they could have him study it using his Perception Ability. With Morris’s strength realm, he could quickly determine whether these skills had any modifications, making it possible to promote and announce them in no time.

For now, they could only find a group of top geniuses to learn it first and then observe and study whether any issues existed within.

It would take a long time to confirm whether any problems lay within those skills.

Bai Zhenshan spoke up, “The Emperor wants you to collect the materials he needs as soon as possible.”

“Understood!”

Lu Qingxian nodded eagerly.

“You can leave now!”

Bai Zhenshan waved his hand.

“Um… could you tell me what other skills the Emperor has created and what the current average cultivation level of the Great Flame Empire is?”

Lu Qingxian forced a smile.

“The Emperor has created many new skills, and the Great Flame Empire’s average cultivation level has also reached a very high standard.”

Bai Zhenshan looked at Lu Qingxian with a hint of a smile.

Lu Qingxian chuckled awkwardly.

This answer was almost the same as no answer at all.

But he had only asked casually.

It would be best to receive an answer to know what powerful new skills Yi Chen had created, as the average cultivation level of the Great Flame Empire could help infer Yi Chen’s current strength realm and overall strategic direction.

Not getting an answer was expected.

Receiving various Spirit Law stage skills, and even potion-making techniques and spirit pill recipes, had already exceeded their expectations and made them very satisfied.