374: Ah Huang

Long Yuan stared at the busy Young Attendants of Xuanji Tower. His thoughts raced, and suddenly his eyes lit up. Seeing the Aptitude-testing Spirit Stones the Young Attendants were preparing, a smile couldn't help but spread across his face...

According to ancient texts, this type of Spirit Stone was actually a companion stone to the spirit cores of high-level Spiritual Veins. Their yield was low, making them quite precious. Moreover, every time one was used to test a person, it consumed a certain amount of energy. Although the consumption was minimal, if too many people were tested, the energy would be exhausted, leaving behind nothing but a pile of stone powder and waste.

Long Yuan had previously seen that Sabado possessed a small trapezoidal Spirit Stone of his own. Now, the Young Attendants of Xuanji Tower had prepared two more, making a total of three. If Sabado thought he could test the Aptitude of all the people of Daming with just these three, he was being too naive. According to Heavenly Eye's calculations, each Spirit Stone could test at most ten million people. Three stones meant thirty million people, which was a mere drop in the bucket for all of Daming! It probably wouldn't even be enough to finish testing the Yingtian Prefecture area!

"If I were to sneakily... oh no, just remotely drain a portion of the Spirit Stones' energy, I could drastically reduce their testing capacity. This would definitely be a huge blow to Sabado!" Long Yuan chuckled inwardly. He already had the ability to remotely drain the Spirit Stones' energy. Since Heavenly Eye had long covered the Yingtian Prefecture area, and Nanyue City, where he was located, was not far from Yingtian Prefecture, his own range of Soul Power could fully cover Xuanji Tower. Driven by his Soul Power, draining the energy of the Spirit Stones would be a matter of an instant!

This move could be considered a finishing blow, but it required some patience to execute without leaving a trace. Long Yuan was in no rush to act; he wanted to do much more. For example, he could use Heavenly Eye to block Xuanji Tower's external communications, intercepting the messages Sabado sent to Tianji Pavilion. If he found information beneficial to Blue Star, he could let it through; if it was unfavorable, he could make it disappear forever. He could also mine information from within Xuanji Tower to complete his own database, or even make Xuanji Tower serve him in disguise, such as searching for spiritual items and Cultivation Opportunities on Blue Star...

"Xuanji Tower can only blame its own bad luck for catching my eye! Besides, I need to take action on my side as soon as possible. How can I discover those young Cultivation Geniuses as early as possible?" Long Yuan pondered to himself.

Suddenly, he slapped his forehead. He had been looking right under his own nose; Heavenly Eye possessed exactly this ability!

Under the scrutiny of Heavenly Eye, nothing could hide. Detecting a person's Cultivation Aptitude was even easier. It could be said that wherever Heavenly Eye's power reached, anyone with Cultivation Aptitude could be discovered, and among them, those with Genius Aptitude could naturally be prioritized for selection.

Another problem was, how to take them away after discovering these Geniuses? He couldn't just resort to kidnapping, could he?

But this problem didn't stump Long Yuan. He quickly thought of using the reputation of Prince Fu's Mansion, or even the name of the Daming government, to recruit them. He just needed to hand the list to Zhu Nan and the others to handle!

"Since that's the case, let's implement it immediately. Let's snatch a wave first!" Long Yuan immediately had Heavenly Eye start searching for Cultivation Geniuses within the Yingtian Prefecture and Nanyue Base areas...

Searching for Geniuses in the Yingtian Prefecture area was, of course, to intercept Xuanji Tower. Because when Xuanji Tower launched its testing service, the first batch of people to rush for testing would inevitably be the residents of Yingtian Prefecture, who had the advantage of proximity. Long Yuan intended to take the local Cultivation Geniuses away a step ahead!

As Heavenly Eye was activated, it didn't take long for people to enter the list it generated. The list data was extremely detailed, including names, locations, ages, occupations, Aptitude, etc...

The standard for a Genius set by Long Yuan was a Dual Spiritual Root or higher. If someone had a special Physique, the criteria could be relaxed, but this required Heavenly Eye to identify it. Additionally, there was a point easily overlooked: people with strong Soul Power and extremely high Comprehension Ability. Such people might be screened out due to poor Spiritual Root Aptitude. However, for a Cultivator, Comprehension Ability was also an indispensable Aptitude. Long Yuan valued this highly, so he added it to the criteria...

"Very good, let's see how many Geniuses we can recruit... After these people arrive, I have to arrange a place for them to Cultivate... Let's have them Cultivate with the Soul Warriors first!" Long Yuan did not think these Cultivation Geniuses could be stronger than the Soul Warriors he had personally modified. In fact, the two followed different Daos—namely, Soul Cultivator and Spell Cultivator. The current Soul Warriors were all Geniuses in their own right, and their role would be demonstrated in the future, especially in operating super weapons.

Long Yuan, while monitoring the information flow from Heavenly Eye, sent a message to Zhu Huan about preparing a camp for the newcomers...

Suddenly, a different kind of information caught Long Yuan's attention: "The Qilin Egg has hatched!!!"

"What?! That Qilin Egg actually hatched?!" Long Yuan was greatly shocked.

When he obtained the Qilin Egg about three months ago, he estimated that it might take a long time to hatch. After all, the energy he could provide was limited, and satisfying its incubation needs might take a long time. He didn't expect it to hatch so quickly!

With a thought, he entered the Heavenly Dao Space.

As the master of the space, his Divine Thought could instantly reach any place within it, so he quickly found his target. "You've got to be kidding me? Is it this Little Yellow Dog?!"

Long Yuan was stunned. The dignified Qilin Divine Beast cub was actually this kind of Little Yellow Dog, looking no different from a common Chinese rural dog on Earth!

He searched again and finally confirmed that this Little Yellow Dog was indeed the newly hatched Qilin cub. With a thought, he teleported to the side of the Little Yellow Dog!

The Little Yellow Dog's eyes didn't seem to be fully open yet, but that didn't stop it from running around everywhere. Seeing it crashing around in the space, it clearly didn't consider itself a guest at all...

"Ah Huang, don't run around, be careful not to fall into a ditch!" Long Yuan said loudly.

Seeing Long Yuan, the Little Yellow Dog was so scared that its fur stood on end, and its eyes widened. After realizing it was Long Yuan, it let out a few dissatisfied low growls and actually pestered Long Yuan, barking "Woof woof"!

"This... could it be hungry?" Long Yuan paused, trying to throw a few fruits to it. It swallowed them immediately and then looked at him longingly...

"It's so small, I can't even see its teeth; it probably can't eat bones..." Long Yuan took out some of his stored food and spread it over several square meters of ground...

"Woof woof woof..." The Little Yellow Dog barked excitedly, rushed over, and gobbled it all up. Soon, the food covering several square meters was all in its stomach!

"What?!!!" Long Yuan was dumbfounded. This Little Yellow Dog was simply a glutton. Moreover, after eating so much, its belly didn't seem to grow any larger; it seemed like the food it had just eaten hadn't even filled a corner of its stomach.