Cosmic Trading System

As per usual, Lin Yun decided to test Cloud One's abilities.

"This time, we're going space," he said.

Because it was a newly purchased robot and to play it safe, Lin Yun had Star One accompany them on their journey.

Whoosh —

The next moment, the trio was no longer present within Qingyun Building.

Every teleportation session could span a million meters, and more than three hundred sessions could occur within a second. Lin Yun soon obtained Cloud One's teleportation data.
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By this calculation, Cloud One's teleportation speed was thirty times that of Star One.

Traveling over thirty thousand kilometers per second, the teleportation speed even exceeded the speed of light.

It was quite terrifying that in just over a second, they had teleported from Earth to the moon.

Shortly, the three arrived on a small asteroid measuring a few kilometers in diameter.

"Boom — "

Cloud One struck with a sword, cleaving the asteroid in two. Each half zoomed off in different directions.

"Boom — "

Cloud One teleported to one of the asteroid's halves and once again unleashed a surge of Domain Power. The next moment, the asteroid fragment exploded into powder.

"Such power, it's no wonder you could easily vanquish a level four technological civilization's battleship," Lin Yun said, drawing in a breath.

If they encountered another golden sphere like before, Cloud One might be able to immobilize it with just a single drape of Domain Power.

With this thought in mind, Lin Yun promptly commanded Star One to send the data of the previously encountered golden sphere to Cloud One.

"For such a golden celestial body, stabilizing it for the first time requires immense energy. But after two or three successful stabilizations, it would only require the energy equivalent of, say, forty to fifty thousand Spirit Crystals," commented Cloud One after receiving the data.

The stronger one's abilities, the easier and more efficient it was to perform the same task.

This was indeed the case.

When Star One did the job, it consumed over 1.2 million Spirit Crystal's worth of energy. However, Cloud One could do the same job for just forty to fifty thousand Spirit Crystals.

Star One expended approximately ten thousand Spirit Crystals worth of energy for half a minute of teleportation.

Cloud One did likewise but teleported much further than Star One.

So, if one has enough Spirit Crystals, it is better to buy a high-grade robot.

Given the low energy consumption of Cloud One and that they were already in space, Lin Yun decided to check on the progress of the twenty teams.

That was what he thought.

With that, Lin Yun started to have Cloud One teleport him and Star One to the nearest team.

In three days, the twenty teams hadn't gone far.

Within a minute, Lin Yun arrived at one team's location.

In these three days, that team had only gathered resources from thirteen celestial bodies.

The total value was about 970,000 Spirit Crystals.

Lin Yun gathered all the resources with a wave of his hand.

Because they had dispersed from this spot during their last adventure, the locations of the teams from other routes were nearby.

Seconds later, Lin Yun reached another team's location, and this time he obtained resources valued at over 1.2 million Spirit Crystals.

Then came the third team, the fourth team, the fifth team ...

Lin Yun had no doubt that his approach to gathering resources was correct as a massive amount of resources was being accumulated.

In the end, after checking on all of the twenty teams, Lin Yun obtained resources worth over 21 million Spirit Crystals in total.

He nearly recouped two-thirds of the original investment in Spirit Crystals.

"Since we're already here, let's check Venus. It's just over 30 million kilometers away," Lin Yun said, looking up at a bright star in the distance.

Given Cloud One's teleportation speed, it would only take around a hundred seconds.

Two minutes later, they arrived on Venus.

"It's so hot here…" Lin Yun commented, his face changing slightly.

Venus was much closer to the sun than Earth, making the temperature in this part of space noticeably higher. But the temperature on Venus was even higher, at around 500 degrees.

However, they were equipped with protective shields and had Star One and Cloud One, who was constantly releasing Domain Power, at their disposal so this temperature wasn't much of an issue for them.

"Begin the scan!"

Looking out at the seemingly boundless expanse that was Venus, Lin Yun released the Little Lion Detector upon waving his hand.

Venus had a diameter similar to that of Earth. However, possibly due to the temperature, 99.99% of Venus was land. It had only a miniscule amount of water.

With such a vast area, the volume of resources on Venus must be massive.

Soon, a plethora of data emerged.

"The resource concentration here is far less than that of similarly sized celestial bodies out there, let alone Earth…" Lin Yun quickly observed and frowned.

However, Lin Yun soon realized why. Since celestial bodies floating in space were subjected to the survival of the fittest, only the best remained intact. Venus, with its atmosphere, could absorb external materials at any time...

Over time, the quantity of resources within the same volume was much less than that in smaller celestial bodies, which was normal.

As for Earth, it was inhabited by many humans, and it emanated a great deal of spiritual energy. The substantial spiritual energy made it conducive to the production of various materials. Consequently, various resources were abundant, which was also normal.

"Start the collection!"

With a wave of his hand, Lin Yun released two pieces of equipment and began collecting resources.

No matter how much resources were present, he would not miss any opportunity since he was already here.

However, this planet was large in size in the solar system, and it wasn't far from Earth, so there was a possibility that it had invisible gravitational pull with Earth.

Following the method he used on the moon, Lin Yun didn't collect much from the planet's resources.

He only collected the rare resources within a depth of 50,000 meters.

Lin Yun decided thus.

One hour... Two hours...

Lin Yun didn't leave. Instead, he released the spaceship of the third level technological civilization. He, along with Cloud One and Star One, entered it. He began practicing martial arts techniques and comprehending the principles of martial arts.

"Now, I have many spirit crystals, and I've also reached a very fast speed in acquiring them. I can try learning some skills from Earth..."

As Lin Yun practiced martial arts techniques, he thought.

Three hours later, Lin Yun stopped and began to rest.

At the same time, he also moved to enact the idea he had thought of earlier. There were some skills that he had long wanted to learn quickly, but he had never had enough spirit crystals to waste.

"Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, let's start with painting..."

Lin Yun whispered to himself.

Music, chess, calligraphy, painting - these were the four famous skills of Huaxia on Earth, and he had long wanted to learn them.

Just like Tai Chi Fist, the skills of music, chess, calligraphy, painting on Earth were also divided into three levels: low-level, intermediate-level, and high-level.

The low-level belonged to the first-level skills, intermediate-level belonged to the second-level skills, and high-level belonged to the third-level skills. Each level was subdivided into beginner, minor mastery, grand mastery, and peak stages.

The price for quick learning was the same as for martial arts techniques of the same level.

"Boom——"

With the deduction of a hundred spirit crystals, a mass of massive information was inputted into the space of Lin Yun's brain, quickly merging with his memory.

"Is this the principle of painting?"

Lin Yun closed his eyes for five minutes. When he opened them, his eyes were very bright.

He didn't have a comprehensive understanding of painting on Earth before. Now, he had full knowledge of the basics of painting on Earth.

Even some professional painters who had been studying for several years might not have reached the level he had now.

This was the magic of the Cosmic Trading System.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Lin Yun looked at a table in front of him. The rice paper used for painting on Earth was already placed on it, along with several brushes and mixed paints...

Lin Yun picked up a paintbrush and started painting on the rice paper.

Lin Yun painted swiftly, his brush moving like a slithering snake. Quickly, a picture of the starry sky appeared on the paper, not very good, but not bad either. The content of the picture, especially the grandeur conveyed by the starry sky, was incomparable to other ordinary paintings.

"No, the quality of this painting isn't good enough..."

After finishing this painting, Lin Yun put down his brush and shook his head slightly.

The information about painting not only gave him the ability to paint but also enriched his knowledge, making him realize that his painting skills were far from being comparable to some famous paintings on Earth.

"Minor mastery level of painting..."

Lin Yun closed his eyes and began to learn more about painting once again.

"Boom——"

Once again, a wealth of information about painting flowed into his brain. His painting ability quickly improved.

After ten minutes, Lin Yun opened his eyes, picked up the brush beside him, and started painting the picture of the starry sky again.

Soon, another picture of the starry sky was finished, which was of much better quality than the last one.

"Boom——"

Lin Yun put down his brush, and while closing his eyes, he continued to improve his painting ability.

This time, he intended to elevate his painting ability to the grand mastery level.

He had already felt that the painting skills he had learned indeed benefited his martial arts training. There were areas he hadn't thought of before, but he had thought of now. Although it might not greatly improve his strength, it definitely made his strength much smoother and deepened the foundation of his martial arts.

Half an hour later, Lin Yun opened his eyes and started painting again.

It was still a picture of the starry sky.

This time, his painting tempo was slightly slower, but the quality had improved significantly.

"I'm worthy of being at the grand mastery level of painting..."

After putting down the brush, Lin Yun took a close look at it, exhaled slowly, and said in a low voice.

At this point, he was slightly satisfied with his current painting. His painting ability allowed him to judge that this painting had reached the level of some of the famous paintings on Earth. If sold at auction to someone knowledgeable about art, it could fetch at least several hundred thousand Huaxia Currency.

"The brush has spirit, I felt something like that just now, but I always feel I'm missing something. Could it be that I can paint spiritual paintings once I've elevated it to the peak of this level?"

Then, Lin Yun pondered.

"Boom——"

Thinking so, Lin Yun stopped hesitating. He closed his eyes and immediately started to quickly learn the peak knowledge of the first-level painting.

Massive information kept pouring into Lin Yun's brain. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he sensed a mysterious aura.

It was like when he quickly learned the advanced Tai Chi Fist to the peak level.