The northern domain of the Luo Tian had five main planets and many subsidiary planets. There were many cultivation families on those planets. After taking the Huan family's Celestial Ascension Fruit, Wang Lin sat on the back of the Thunder Beast and flew toward the Qian family.
The Qian family's second step cultivators had been in closed door cultivation for a long time. Usually, everything was decided by Qian Kuizi. The moment Wang Lin entered planet Thousand Illusion, he had already noticed.
When he saw Wang Lin descend on the Thunder Beast like a bolt of thunder, he was even more convinced that what the Huan family's ancestor said was ridiculous. This person was without a doubt a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple.
Thinking about how this person battled the Huan family's ancestor more than 70 years ago, Qian Kuizi's heart couldn't help but tremble.
"The messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple that my Qian family relied on died thousands of years ago in the Thunder Celestial Realm. In the Luo Tian Star System, unless it's a cultivation family that has existed since ancient times, everyone needs to rely on a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple …" Qian Kuizi hesitated. The choice he had to make now would determine the future development of the Qian family.
"Unfortunately, all the second step cultivators in the family are in closed door cultivation and can't be disturbed. Otherwise, we could discuss it."
While Qian Kuizi was hesitating, Wang Lin arrived on the back of the Thunder Beast.
The Qian family's city was very big, several times bigger than the Huan family's city. After all, the Qian family was the number one family on planet Thousand Illusion.
Qian Kuizi and the Qian family's cultivators quickly came out to respectfully greet Wang Lin.
Although Qian Kuizi's cultivation level was higher than Wang Lin's, in the Luo Tian Star System, the messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple was an existence that couldn't be carelessly ignored.
On the back of the Thunder Beast, Wang Lin's gaze was calm as it swept past the Qian family's cultivators. Finally, his gaze fell on Qian Kuizi and he calmly said, "Senior Qian Kuizi, long time no see."
Qian Kuizi laughed, cupped his fists, and said, "I don't deserve to be called Senior. Lady Emissary's status is noble, and the Old Man's cultivation is only slightly higher than yours. Let's talk as equals."
As Qian Kuizi spoke, he was shocked in his heart. He could see with his naked eye that the person before him had gone from the peak of the early stage of Ascendant to the late stage of Ascendant in less than 100 years of time. Although he was only at the first step, this kind of speed was extremely shocking.
Only the various spells of the Thunder Celestial Temple could do this.
What shocked Qian Kuizi the most was the Lightning Beast he was sitting on. It was even more majestic than it had been in the past, and when the beast looked at him, Qian Kuizi felt like he was looking at a cultivator of the same generation.
Qian Kuizi thought to himself, "Back then, I guessed that this person had another identity in the Thunder Celestial Temple. Now it looks like I was 70% correct!"
Wang Lin faintly smiled and said, "That's fine. Fellow Cultivator Qian Kuizi, I came here to ask for some Celestial Ascension Fruits."
Qian Kuizi pondered a bit. The Celestial Ascension Fruits were very important for entering the Thunder Celestial Realm, but compared to that, it was even more important to rely on a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple.
The only thing he was hesitating about was the future development of the person before him. It has to be said that in the Luo Tian Star System, once a family relies on a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple, they can't rely on another messenger before that messenger dies.
"With the power of my Qian family, we can rely on messengers that have reached the second step. However, those messengers are all very arrogant, and to rely on them requires a lot of resources.
This person's cultivation level is not high enough, but his future development is limitless. Although it is a gamble to rely on him, if the gamble is correct … "Qian Kuizi began to hesitate.
In the Luo Tian Star System, if a cultivation family didn't rely on a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple, it was the same as losing the protection of the Thunder Celestial Temple. The consequences were extremely serious.
The Thunder Celestial Temple was like a behemoth that shrouded the entire Luo Tian Star System. The method it used to control the Luo Tian Star System was very primitive, completely different from the Alliance Star System.
In the Luo Tian Star System, the Thunder Celestial Temple had a small number of messengers. The number of messengers never changed, at 99.
Each of the 99 Thunder Celestial Temple messengers would have a large number of families rely on them to develop their own forces.
This was the unique way of doing things in the Luo Tian Star System.
Thunder Daoist's force was not in the northern Luo Tian Star System. If he hadn't been ordered to investigate, he wouldn't have come here. Also, he was very confident in himself, so he came alone and ended up defeated.
If Wang Lin and Thunder Daoist fought within his sphere of influence, then Wang Lin would definitely die!
Qian Kuizi took a long time to think, so Wang Lin didn't rush him but quietly waited. He didn't know that what Qian Kuizi was thinking had nothing to do with the Celestial Ascension Fruits.
Shortly after, Qian Kuizi let out a sigh. The words of the Huan family's ancestor still echoed in his ears. He hesitated for a bit before clasping his hands and saying, "Messenger, my Qian family still has a lot of Celestial Ascension Fruits. I can give half of them to you, but I have a request that I hope Messenger will agree to."
Wang Lin's eyes were calm. Without any change in expression, he slowly said, "Speak."
Qian Kuizi looked at Wang Lin and said, in a serious tone, "I want to see Lord Messenger's Thunder Celestial Token!"
His eyes narrowed. If this person couldn't take out the token, then it meant he was a fake. If he really took out the token … Qian Kuizi made a decision in his heart.
Wang Lin coldly looked at Qian Kuizi and didn't waste any more time talking nonsense with him. He slapped his bag of holding and Thunder Daoist's jade appeared in his hand. With a wave of his hand, bursts of thunder appeared and the might of thunder spread out.
Qian Kuizi had seen the token of a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple before. When he looked at it with rapt attention and felt the might of thunder, he revealed a look of respect and no longer had any doubt in his heart.
"Sir Envoy, my Qian Clan is willing to make an agreement with you. When your cultivation reaches the Yin Yang Illusory Realm, my Qian Clan will become your subordinate cultivation clan. Before that, my Qian Clan will do our best to satisfy all of your requests."
Although Qian Kuizi no longer had any doubt, the matter of being a subordinate was too big, so he chose to wait and see.
Wang Lin's expression was neutral, but his heart skipped a beat. This Thunder Celestial Temple was a bit strange to him.
"Become my subordinate family … Could it be that this messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple can develop his own power …" Wang Lin didn't ask but calmly said, "We'll talk about this later. First, hand over the Celestial Ascension Fruits."
Qian Kuizi let out a sigh in his heart. It was obvious that Wang Lin didn't care about what he said. Thinking about it, it was true. As long as they didn't hand over the family's bloodline inheritance, they wouldn't be considered a true subordinate family.
He didn't know if his hesitation had caused him to miss a great opportunity for the Qian family's future development, but right now he couldn't think too much about it. After hearing Wang Lin's words, Qian Kuizi nodded and ordered the cultivators behind him to make the arrangements.
Shortly after, a cultivator from the Qian family came out with a bag of holding and respectfully handed it to Qian Kuizi.
Qian Kuizi threw it out and clasped his hands. "Lord Messenger, this is half of my Qian family's Celestial Ascension Fruits."
Wang Lin scanned it with his divine sense and nodded. The amount of Celestial Ascension Fruits inside was about the same as the Huan family's, but for Wang Lin, it wasn't enough.
"Thank you!"
After clasping his hands at Qian Kuizi, Wang Lin patted the Thunder Beast's head. The Thunder Beast let out a roar before turning into a ray of lightning and disappearing.
Qian Kuizi looked at Wang Lin's disappearing ray of lightning and suddenly felt regret in his heart. If he had been more decisive and become a subordinate family … The amount of Celestial Ascension Fruits would only have been one-fifth of what Wang Lin wanted. It was still far from enough. In the past 100 years, the situation on planet Thousand Illusion had changed greatly. The Xu family had mysteriously moved away.
After leaving planet Thousand Illusion, Wang Lin used the name of a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple to sweep through the northern domain of the Luo Tian for the next few months. Whether it was a large or small cultivation planet, his figure could be seen.
In an instant, rumors began to spread that a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple was asking for Celestial Ascension Fruits. However, with Wang Lin using the name of a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple, the rumors eventually dissipated and only appeared among the various families.
There were many cultivation families that had never seen a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple in their entire lives, so their welcome for Wang Lin's arrival was very grand.
No matter what family it was, they were all shocked by the name of a messenger of the Thunder Celestial Temple. Like the Qian family, they all handed over a portion of their Celestial Ascension Fruits.
In the end, the moment Wang Lin arrived on a cultivation planet, cultivation families would respectfully hand over their Celestial Ascension Fruits. There were even some small cultivation families that begged him to become their subordinate family.
After Wang Lin considered this, he didn't accept it. The implications of this matter were too great, and these families had no feud with him. If they were to rely on him and his identity was exposed, these families would be implicated.
After going through all of this, Wang Lin gradually understood the use of the Celestial Ascension Fruits in the Thunder Celestial Realm and the reason why the messengers of the Thunder Celestial Temple were willing to rely on him.
The number of Celestial Ascension Fruits had far exceeded Wang Lin's requirements, but he still continued to collect them. After all, they were of great use to the Thunder Celestial Realm.
Half a year later, Wang Lin took the Thunder Beast and disappeared among the stars toward planet Yun Xia.
Nebulas filled the bright space. Wang Lin was on top of the Thunder Beast with thunder echoing in his ears. His speed had reached an extremely fast speed.
"If this trip is successful, then the heaven defying bead's metal attribute will be complete. At that time, it will recognize an owner. I just don't know if the heaven defying bead will have any spells once it is complete." Anticipation appeared in Wang Lin's heart as he flew toward planet Yun Xia.
Along the way, he took out the one-billion-soul soul flag and pulled out the soul fragment of the old man that was good at escaping from the Demon Spirit Land. He searched through the old man's escape spells and memorized them all.
The old man's spells left a deep impression on Wang Lin. If it wasn't for the fact that he was busy, he would have already calmed down to study them.
He gradually got closer and closer to planet Yun Xia. After more than half a month, the thick fog unique to planet Yun Xia appeared before Wang Lin's eyes.
The fog was even thicker than when he first came here.
Thunder roared, and before it even closed in, large amounts of thunder moved through the fog. Wang Lin's eyes narrowed. After taking a few glances, he charged toward the fog.
Bursts of strange roars came from the fog. When they entered Wang Lin's ears, his eyes lit up.