Age of Evolution#

Chapter 620: Chapter 622: Riding on the Roc

Opening the shopping mall of the Dimensional Universe, a dazzling array of mounts appeared.

This interface was similar to what Lin Zhen knew from Earth, when people who loved cars browsed through car interfaces.

All sorts of domesticated mounts with powerful leg strength caught people’s attention.

Lesser ones cost tens of thousands, and better ones cost millions or even billions.

Lin Zhen currently had 110 million in hand, and he didn’t want to buy a poor-quality mount; it must be practical.

“Demonic Wolf Mount, fast, can pull carts, can fight…”

“Profound Tortoise Mount, medium speed, can pull carts, can fight, strong defense….”

“Blue Bird Mount, can fly, fast, can’t carry vehicles.”

After looking for a while, Lin Zhen decided to use the filter.

Firstly, the speed must be fast; secondly, it should be able to fight. As for whether it can pull a cart, it didn’t matter. For now, Lin Zhen was the only one, and there was no use for a vehicle.

Setting the speed at sub-light speed and the type that could fight, he filtered it again.

This time, more than half were instantly eliminated, leaving only a few kinds of high-priced ones.

“Sighing Wind Beast, basic sub-light speed, selling price: 10 million!”

“Cloud Stepping Foal, basic sub-light speed, selling price: 8 million!”

“Fire Cloud Crane, medium sub-light speed, selling price: 30 million!”

“Large Peng Bird, upper sub-light speed, selling price: 100 million!”

“Flashing Light Beast, sub-light speed limit, selling price: 1 billion!”

Basic sub-light speed meant that the speed just reached sub-light speed, which was 3,400 kilometers per second. Medium sub-light speed was about 10,000 kilometers per second, and upper sub-light speed was 50,000 kilometers per second.

There was also the sub-light speed limit, with speeds above 100,000 kilometers per second.

As for the real speed of light, it was only 300,000 kilometers per second.

For Lin Zhen, the mounts with sub-light speed limits were too expensive, and he was not quite satisfied with the basic and medium speeds. After thinking for a while, he decided to buy a Large Peng Bird.

The customer service personnel were very polite. Lin Zhen’s one-time purchase exceeded 100 million, so they also gifted him a riding shield that could be placed on the mount’s back. Otherwise, at such high speeds, a person’s skin and flesh could be ripped apart by strong winds.

Lin Zhen had a spiritual barrier he could use, so there wasn’t any danger. However, there was no harm in not declining a free gift.

With 110 million spent, Lin Zhen only had 10 million left. He quietly decided to earn more money, as next time, he needed to buy cultivation techniques.

Twenty minutes later, a Large Peng Bird was delivered.

“Respected customer, our mounts can all have their genes injected to determine their owner. This Large Peng Bird has just reached adulthood, and its combat power is roughly equivalent to a Star System Ninth Level Peak with 100,000 Star Power. If you raise it well, it might even have the possibility of further evolution.”

Lin Zhen nodded, extracted his own blood gene, and injected it into the Large Peng Bird’s body with the help of the staff.

This fierce beast from the Original World was not a Galaxy Beast and could not transform into a human shape, but after injecting genes, it would definitely obey its master.

When standing upright, it was two meters tall, and its wingspan reached ten meters. Only such a sturdy bird could carry humans while flying.

After the gene injection, the Large Peng Bird acted like it saw its own family and stumbled towards Lin Zhen, rubbing its huge head against Lin Zhen’s face affectionately.

“Alright, with your black feathers, I’ll call you Black Cloud from now on.”

The Large Peng Bird ate meat, so Lin Zhen specifically bought some fresh meat to feed it at any time.

The Alchemist Guild was 300 million kilometers away from here. If Lin Zhen sailed there by himself, it would take a long time. However, in the eyes of this creature who moved at 50,000 kilometers per second, the distance wasn’t much—just a little over an hour.

Feeding it several mouthfuls of fresh meat and a lot of Void Mountain Spirit Spring, the Large Peng Bird’s spirit instantly soared a hundredfold.

“Let’s go, Black Cloud. We’re setting off!”

Connected by genes, the Large Peng Bird could sense Lin Zhen’s simple thoughts and immediately took off, flying straight to the Alchemist Guild with Lin Zhen!

He couldn’t see the scenery below clearly with his naked eyes, and he could only vaguely feel that he had passed over a continent and an ocean.

One hundred minutes later, the Large Peng Bird’s speed slowed down.

A solitary small town appeared before their eyes; it was the Alchemist Guild.

Having Black Cloud descend, Lin Zhen quickly arrived at the edge of the town.

Raising his hand, Black Cloud entered the Dark Star Space.

This fellow was obviously very delighted when he entered the Dark Star Space, and after a thousand years of evolution, there were already some small creatures inside, such as fish and shrimp.

Lin Zhen allowed it to play with all the things here except for the medicinal materials and Star Crystals on the Star Fruit Tree.

Not only fish and shrimp, but the Dark Star also housed many small animals like frogs. Although the Roc had a large appetite, it was the only predator on the entire planet, so it could still eat its fill with ease.

After killing around for a while, the Roc chose to perch on the Star Fruit Tree.

With the abundant amount of spiritual energy here, Lin Zhen thought it might even be possible to evolve the Roc again to achieve sub-light speed as a super leg power.

If compared to Earth, this small town was similar to the level of a county town. An alchemist association was stationed here, giving rise to related industries.

For example, drug stores and auction houses were everywhere.

Lin Zhen slowly entered the town, and it was easy to find the Alchemist Association as it was the tallest and largest building in the town.

There were many people on the streets, and most of them were either wealthy or powerful. Along the way, Lin Zhen had already seen three or four World Kings.

“As expected of the Original World, World King experts are everywhere, which is almost unimaginable in the New World.”

Lin Zhen arrived at the entrance of the Alchemist Association and tidied up his clothes since he was going to take an assessment and should be more formal.

However, someone suddenly approached him and said, “Buddy, do you want to obtain an Alchemist identity?”

Lin Zhen was stunned, “Isn’t the Alchemist identity something you have to pass an assessment for?”

“Well, it’s true, but do you think becoming an Alchemist is that easy? From the looks of your bone age, you are just over a thousand years old, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“Well, there you have it. Everyone who comes here wants to become an Alchemist, and you also know how respected alchemists are in the outside world. But with a thousand years of age… even if you started learning alchemy in your mother’s womb, you would only be a Second Grade Alchemist at this point.”

Lin Zhen chuckled, “I haven’t had that much time to learn.”

“Exactly, I’m just here to help ordinary people obtain the identity of an Alchemist. As long as you’re willing to pay, I can get you the identity of Alchemist from First to Third Grade.”

“Oh, how much money do I need to pay?”

“One million for First Grade, ten million for Second Grade, fifty million for Third Grade!”

“That expensive?”

“How could this be considered expensive? This doesn’t even consider the convenience of having this identity. Just by having the identity of a Third Grade Alchemist, you can sell a large number of low-level pills in the market, earning money effortlessly.”

Lin Zhen shook his head, “It would take too long for me to recoup the investment if I only reached the Third Grade. It would be more worthwhile if I could get Fourth or Fifth Grade.”

“You must be dreaming! Do you really think Fourth or Fifth Grade Alchemists are that easy to buy? At least not here. For a Fourth Grade Alchemist, you’ll need at least to go to Xianle County, and even there, it won’t be possible without ten billion. As for Fifth Grade, you can go to the capital city of Nan Liang Country and maybe with 100 billion, there’s a slight hope.”

The man then tried persuading Lin Zhen, “Even if you have a Fourth or Fifth Grade identity, if your pills don’t meet the quality standards and offend important people, your reputation will be destroyed quickly, and perhaps even face danger. Take my advice, Third Grade is more than enough for you to make a profit. I know the Fourth Grade Alchemist in charge of the assessment here, Meng Fei. There won’t be any problems… ”

Just as Lin Zhen was about to refuse, a voice came from behind him.

“Lin Zhen! I knew I didn’t misjudge you, you despicable person, actually wanting to buy an Alchemist identity!”

Lin Zhen turned around and saw Mu Huaiyu, not expecting him to be here as well.

Mu Huaiyu sneered when he saw Lin Zhen’s astonishment, “What a coincidence, I came here to take the assessment and had just gotten my Third Grade Alchemist identity when I encountered you. I knew you were up to no good, and I was right.”

Saying that, Mu Huaiyu analyzed everything on his own, “Let me guess, after winning all that money last time, you were anxious to spend it, weren’t you? You’re thinking about going to Xianle County to participate in special training and want to find a better tutor, right?”

“If you are a First Grade apprentice, then you can only be taught by a Third Grade Alchemist in the future. So, you had the idea to buy a Third Grade identity and then later receive guidance from a Fifth Grade Alchemist, am I correct?”

Lin Zhen remained silent. Mu Huaiyu’s speculation was quite imaginative, and it sounded reasonable.

Mu Huaiyu sneered at Lin Zhen, “I advise you to stop being delusional. When I get to Xianle County, I’ll be watching you. If you dare to go, I’ll expose you and make you lose face. If you try to deceive a noble alchemist, you could be executed. Hahaha!”

With that, Mu Huaiyu left arrogantly.

Lin Zhen watched Mu Huaiyu’s receding figure and turned to the scalper, “As you can see, with someone messing up like that, how can I buy an Alchemist identity? Even if I buy one, it would be courting humiliation. So, you’d better find someone else.”

The scalper thought the deal was almost done, but unexpectedly, Mu Huaiyu interfered, and the cooked duck flew away.

“Damn it! There are all kinds of bastards these days. This is clearly to sabotage me! Just wait and see, I’ll find someone to teach him a lesson!”

After cursing angrily, the scalper left. He really seemed to be going to find trouble with Mu Huaiyu.

Lin Zhen chuckled silently, thinking that Mu Huaiyu’s interference actually helped him avoid wasting time on the scalper. However, the scalper definitely couldn’t cause trouble for Mu Huaiyu, but Mu Huaiyu would definitely blame Lin Zhen, making the misunderstanding even harder to explain.

After adjusting his clothes again, Lin Zhen stepped into the Alchemist Association.