453: Chapter 453 "Devouring Stars", Rejection

While the main body and his wives were getting heated in the hot spring,

the Diyang Giant Beast Clone was not idle either.

For an entire day,

Lin Yun studied the Secret Realm inside and out.

In the end, he came to a conclusion.

Relying solely on his innate Devouring Talent, he could not swallow the entire Secret Realm.

At this moment, it was coiled in the center of this eight-hundred-kilometer Universe Secret Realm.

Its pair of vertical pupils were closed, and its mind sank deep into its Internal World and the depths of its Legacy memories.

It was researching.

Researching how to eat this Secret Realm entirely.

The Diyang Giant Beast's Internal World was one thousand kilometers in size, a circle larger than this eight-hundred-kilometer Secret Realm.

In terms of spatial capacity, it could completely fit it.

The problem lay in "devouring" itself.

The innate secret technique "Devour" was used to swallow stars, swallow energy, and swallow matter.

It could swallow a massive target in one gulp and then send it into the Internal World to slowly refine it.

However, those targets were usually physical stars or chunks of matter, with clear structures and boundaries.

A Universe Secret Realm was different.

It was not solid; it was an independent space.

It was also a space that was constantly growing.

If he did not swallow it entirely into the Internal World,

but instead nibbled at it bit by bit,

he probably wouldn't even finish a tenth of it before the entire Secret Realm collapsed due to structural imbalance.

Once the eight-hundred-kilometer Secret Realm space collapsed, nothing would be left.

By that time, there wouldn't even be a place to cry.

Lin Yun was very clear about this.

This time, he had struck monumental luck

to stumble upon such a Universe Secret Realm that had just been gestating for a short while,

and whose overall size was even smaller than his own Internal World.

Such an opportunity, once missed, would be gone forever.

In the long Bloodline Legacy memories of the Diyang Giant Beast, the Seniors who had devoured a newly gestated Universe Secret Realm could be counted on one hand.

Because such a Secret Realm was simply too rare.

Universe Secret Realms were already scarce to begin with.

Qilin Kingdom only had one because of good luck.

Many small countries didn't even have a single Universe Secret Realm.

Let alone a Secret Realm like this that was still in its Early Stage and had been born for less than a thousand years.

Most Universe Secret Realms only showed spatial rifts connecting to the Original Universe after their gestation was complete.

By that time, the interior of the Secret Realm had already stabilized and formed, making it useless to eat.

At most, it was just a bunch of energy-rich rocks and low-grade spiritual items.

It was not as cost-effective as directly swallowing a star.

Only a Secret Realm like this, which was still in its Early Stage and filled entirely with pure energy inside, would be a great tonic when eaten.

Eight hundred kilometers of pure energy!

The vertical pupils of the Diyang Giant Beast slowly opened, and a golden-red light surged in the depths of its pupils.

It began to rummage through its Legacy memories.

In the Bloodline Legacy of the Diyang Giant Beast, there were 36 Origin Secret Techniques and 5,120 Ordinary Secret Methods.

An Origin Secret Technique could only be chosen once in a lifetime.

He had already chosen Law of Heaven and Earth.

Ordinary Secret Methods had no restrictions.

He had previously learned three doors: Wings of Eternity, Star-Crushing Grip, and 《Helium Flash》.

Now, he needed a fourth one.

Lin Yun searched through them, pieces of secret technique information flowing through his consciousness.

Most of them were combat or support-type secret techniques, which had nothing to do with devouring.

He skipped those and specifically searched for entries related to devouring.

Soon, Lin Yun found it.

Swallowing Stars.

The Legacy memories recorded:

This was a secret technique created by a certain Diyang Giant Beast Senior on the basis of the innate secret technique "Devour",

spending a long span of years.

The moment "Devour" was activated,

it could use a special spatial force to wrap, compress, and lock the target as a whole.

Then it would be sent into the Internal World as a whole.

The spatial structure of the target itself would not collapse,

because that enveloping force would continuously maintain the target's integrity before sending it into the Internal World.

secret techniques that could be added to the Bloodline Legacy memories, even if they were just Ordinary Secret Methods, were far more powerful than human Heaven-grade Peak Cultivation Techniques.

Lin Yun did not hesitate.

The Diyang Giant Beast Clone closed its eyes, sank its mind into the cultivation pathways of Swallowing Stars, and began to Cultivate.

...

Meanwhile,

at Lin Family Manor,

after indulging themselves for a full six days,

Su Yingxue finally dragged herself and the sisters up from the warm atmosphere.

Putting on their clothes again, they packed up the swimsuits and bath towels scattered all over the floor.

She stood in the courtyard, stretching lazily against the morning light.

Then she turned her head to look at the sisters behind her.

"We can't keep indulging like this."

Her tone was serious, and her gaze was firm.

"It's time to get down to business."

Qiao Feifei yawned nearby, still feeling a bit floaty and groggy.

She was still in a daze: "Business? What business?"

"The grand plan of conquest." Su Yingxue said with full vigor, "We said we need to seize the time!"

"But yesterday you even said 'how can conquest be as important as kissing, hugging, and lifting up high with Husband'..."

"Yesterday was yesterday! Today is today!"

Su Yingxue waved in the direction of Lin Yun:

"Husband! Accompany us to Feiyun Princes Mansion!"

Lin Yun had just finished taking a bath, his hair still carrying moisture:

"Go to Feiyun Princes Mansion?"

"Right! Under the guise of 'thanking Your Highness King Feiyun for taking such good care of the Lin family', we'll send a thank-you gift!"

Su Yingxue walked up to him and smilingly hooked her arm through his.

"By the way, we'll sound her out to see if we can invite her out for tea."

Looking at her enthusiastic appearance, Lin Yun gently flicked her little nose.

"Your execution skills truly live up to your words."

"That's only natural."

Su Yingxue raised her chin with a smug look on her face.

The group tidied themselves up, brought the prepared thank-you gifts, and set out in a grand procession.

Feiyun Princes Mansion covered an extremely vast area, with deep and serene courtyards.

Lin Yun led his wives.

They landed from afar and proceeded on foot.

Arriving before the main gate of Feiyun Princes Mansion,

Lin Yun stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker.

The door opened quickly.

A female housekeeper dressed in a deep cyan long dress stood inside the door.

She looked to be around fifty or sixty years old.

Her facial features were upright and proper, carrying the steady demeanor typical of a housekeeper from a prominent aristocratic family.

When she saw Lin Yun, her gaze paused slightly.

"Young Master Lin, Madam Su, Mesdames."

Su Yingxue stepped forward with a gentle smile:

"Sister Housekeeper, we are here today to visit Your Highness King Feiyun."

"Your Highness has taken care of our Lin family all along, so we have prepared some meager gifts to thank Your Highness in person."

The female housekeeper swept her gaze across everyone's faces, then slightly bowed, her tone appropriate and polite:

"What a coincidence, Your Highness is in secluded cultivation and is inconvenient to receive guests."

"I will convey everyone's kind intentions to Your Highness."

Lin Yun stepped forward:

"Since Your Highness is in secluded cultivation, it is naturally inconvenient for us to disturb."

"I just wonder when Your Highness will emerge from seclusion? I want to thank Your Highness in person for the grace of promotion."

"This..."

The female housekeeper's tone carried a hint of difficulty.

"Your Highness is busy with official duties and only had time to go into secluded cultivation after finally finishing the once-in-a-century Friendship Tournament."

"The time for coming out of seclusion is hard to say."

"It could be a few days, or it could be a few years."

Lin Yun fell silent for a moment and nodded:

"Then it really is inconvenient to disturb."

He paused for a moment and added:

"Please trouble Sister Housekeeper to convey to Your Highness that if Your Highness emerges from seclusion, please inform this Junior at the very first moment."

"This Junior wishes to thank Your Highness in person for the care all along the way."

As he spoke, he casually took out a palm-sized jade box from his Space Ring and handed it to the female housekeeper.

"Just a small token of appreciation, please accept it, Sister Housekeeper."

The female housekeeper instinctively wanted to decline and refuse:

"Young Master Lin is too polite, this..."

Lin Yun didn't say much more, simply gently cracking open a seam of the jade box.

Lying inside the box was a translucent white Medicinal Pill, its surface shimmering with a faint pink luster, and a serene fragrance wafted out from the gap.

A Beauty Pill.

Its grade was exceptionally high, the kind that was hard to buy for a thousand gold on the market.

The female housekeeper's words stuck in her throat.