I Can Gain One Skill Point Per Second

Chapter 829: Material Locator

Desire Realm Celestial Human Dao Plane.On the outer orbit of an artificial, pitch-black planet completely outside the control of All Celestial Divine Beings, a streak of purple light was rapidly approaching.

Tens of millions of honeycomb-shaped cross-sections flickered in and out above the planet, constantly shifting in form.

That was a unique sight created by the rampaging proton storms.

The purple figure flashed quickly, perfectly dodging those spatial cuts, then steadily landed in front of a hexagonal mirrored, monument-like building.

All kinds of airships whooshed past her ears, raising wave after wave of violent wind.

Ziyue, in her slender high heels, was completely unaffected, walking steadily to stand before a figure in a black robe.

"Back this fast, huh? Not bad. Looks like you’ve already got that kid under control."

"So, what about the next phase of the plan—can we start?"

The black-robed man spoke in a calm tone.

The proton storms that occasionally streaked across the sky could illuminate the entire structure, yet still failed to reveal the black-robed man’s face.

"Mm, there shouldn’t be any problem. For now, I’ve been acting sincere enough. That kid shouldn’t notice anything off."

Ziyue gave her report.

"Then arrange for two people to take him to have a taste of some benefits. That kid must be starving for power right now. Set up a grand feast for him—no, set up several, let him really feel our Dark Rising’s strength."

"As long as we can control the Great Saint and control Wo Zhiqi, all our plans can be pushed forward by at least ten thousand years. Go!"

Craving power, huh?

Lin Yi had never once let go of his desire for power from beginning to end.

It was just that at this moment, what he was thinking about wasn’t massive absorption of Source Power.

Using Source Power for Alchemy was not a simple matter.

The order established by All Celestial Divine Beings was indeed a form of exploitation of the lower planes.

It was very much like treating the countless beings of the lower planes as livestock for breeding.

What couldn’t be denied was that this approach of All Celestial Divine Beings was far better than that of the Dark Rising Organization.

To put it nicely, a stable and continuous development strategy, compared to Dark Rising’s sneaky planet-annihilation methods, was infinitely more "gentle."

The relationship between All Celestial Divine Beings and Dark Rising was similar to that between Luojia of Bisite Star and Yan Qiushui.

The side moving in the light more or less sensed the existence of the side hidden in the dark. They must have noticed the subtle acts of order disruption by that side as well, just that they weren’t entirely clear on the strength and size of the forces in the dark.

Even if one had enough strength to plunder resources, if their movements were too big, they would inevitably attract the attention of All Celestial Divine Beings.

Right now, all he had was Divine Power, and the Power of the Primordial, without borrowing the will of a planet, had only reached the Harmonization Layer. Showing off at that level—how was that any different from suicide?

Besides, Lin Yi actually had something to do at the moment.

Obtaining Star Core Fragments wasn’t too difficult a task.

Before he stripped Xiang Wuxing clean, Lin Yi specifically went to take Xiang Wuxing’s Star Core.

As for the two items, Hero’s Fate and Head of the Traitor, there was a reason Lin Yi hadn’t taken them at the first opportunity.

Luo Zhen was the boss of the Dark Rising Association.

He was a traitor of Aiven Star. By all rights, killing him should have yielded the Head of the Traitor, yet that material never dropped in the end.

But when Lin Yi touched Yan Qiushui’s corpse and used the Touch of Reincarnation to obtain her memories, he instead triggered a hidden quest and obtained a Head of the Traitor.

According to Lin Yi’s speculation, the reason killing Yan Qiushui yielded the Head of the Traitor was that she had openly turned against Bisite Star and against Luojia, the strongest there, and had clearly taken actions betraying the planet.

Thus, only after killing her could that item be obtained.

As for why nothing dropped from Luo Zhen, it was most likely because, up to that point, Luo Zhen hadn’t performed any obvious act of betraying his planet. He hadn’t flipped the table as directly as Yan Qiushui, nor harmed ordinary martial artists.

The material [Fate of the King] had also successfully dropped in that battle.

Likewise, Lin Yi hadn’t picked up that item immediately.

This wasn’t hard to understand.

When Luojia was killed, the one who made the move was Wo Zhiqi, who was temporarily residing in Lin Yi’s body; that was why the material Fate of the King didn’t drop immediately upon Luojia’s death.

Later, when Lin Yi used the Touch of Reincarnation to obtain Luojia’s memories, the material [Fate of the King] dropped at the same time.

Now this was good—the trail had finally appeared.

Ziyue wasn’t a good person; Lin Yi was well aware of that.

To be precise, the entire Dark Rising was bad news; dealing with them wouldn’t lead to anything good.

Lin Yi wasn’t an idiot. He wasn’t the type to "know there are tigers in the mountain and still head straight in" for no reason.

If he really did it, then he definitely had his own plans.

Successfully obtaining Dark Rising’s ring meant he’d become a genuine Dark Rising member, not just one of the exploited.

The Dark Rising Organization was spread throughout All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.

However, there was a rule within the Dark Rising Organization.

If you wanted to enjoy the benefits brought by Dark Rising, there was a prerequisite—become a god!

In other words, you had to possess Divine Power.

Whether it was Yan Qiushui or Luo Zhen, they were merely tools for Dark Rising Organization to harvest Source Power.

Without mastering Divine Power, they didn’t even qualify to be taken seriously by Dark Rising.

Lin Yi, who had obtained the organization’s ring, was the complete opposite.

For planets in the lower planes, Lin Yi was equivalent to a Divine Envoy.

He could also, like Ziyue, secretly push forward Dark Rising’s planet-annihilation plans.

The ring given by the Dark Rising Organization not only proved Lin Yi’s identity, but also allowed him to use it for plane-jumping, check which planets had Dark Rising presence, and even detect information on Dark Rising members when dealing with Dark Star members.

For other Dark Star members, this ring’s role was simply to make mission progress easier and identify teammates.

For Lin Yi, it was different—wasn’t this a perfect quest-material locator?

Aiven Planet not dropping any items besides Star Core Fragments wasn’t strange.

The main reason was that the strongest figure of Aiven Planet wasn’t on the surface.

But such planets were the minority after all.

After injecting his Source Power into it, the ring from Dark Rising projected a holographic screen.

[Welcome to Dark Rising. You are the 6273rd Dark Rising member to successfully obtain the ring. Congratulations, Lin Yi]

[From this moment, Lord Lin Yi, I am yours and yours alone. Only you have the right to use me. You may also treat me as a Storage Ring, a communications tool to contact other members, a plane-jump tool, and so on]

A string of text popped up on the screen.

So his initial Source Power injection was just to let the ring recognize its owner, huh.

And to be fair, this thing was pretty damn good.

However, Lin Yi was also very clear.

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and no such thing as pies falling from the sky.

As the user, Lin Yi was definitely not the highest authority holder over the Dark Rising ring.

Aside from communication and plane-jumping, this thing definitely had a tracking function.

With this in hand, he probably couldn’t escape Dark Rising’s surveillance.