Chapter 144: Nine Star Heaven Locking formation

David casually swaggered his way out of the restaurant, holding the sweets in his hand.

"Why hasn't she returned?" David muttered. Of course, he was thinking about Riley White. Even after months, she still hadn't updated him about the information he demanded from her.

That woman was too playful to have kept him waiting for so long.

"I will have to teach her a lesson when she returns," David snickered. He also wanted to ask if she was interested in working as an adult star.

Although the revenue generated by selling coffee cups was tremendous, he still felt that just by relying on it alone, he couldn't reach the top. He still thought of other ways to rack in a ton of money.

While thinking, David took a bite out of an orange pastry made from exotic ingredients.

While enjoying the delicious pastry, he paid the bank the required amount, and a window displaying his stats appeared in front of him.

[Name: David Well-wisher] S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Lifespan: 24/500

Spiritual Space: 200 kilometers

Laws: Greater Law of Annihilation (0.0102%) Infant Form

Cultivation: Golden Core Realm Rank 3

Cultivation Technique: Purple Thunder, Ancient Dragospider Diagram

Crystallization of Life:

Bank of Eternal Origin (Grade: ???)

Domain of Zenith Sovereign (Grade: Heavenly Sovereign)

Master Sharpshooter (Grade: Unranked)

Demon of Fate (Grade: Sky King)

Blink (Grade: Earthly Emperor)

Golden Eyes (Grade: Uncommon)+

Remark: Congratulations on your successful breakthrough, but please don't forget about the bank.

Tsk, tsk!

Looking at his status report, David clicked his tongue in frustration. He was incredibly annoyed.

In all this time, his comprehension of the Greater Law of Annihilation had only increased by 0.002 percent.

And that too only because of the sudden return on investment that he had received.

He was still too far away from the Golden Core Realm Rank 4. But he had a general idea: as long as his comprehension of the Greater Law of Annihilation reached Embryo form, he would be ready for the Nascent Soul realm.

At Nascent Soul, a cultivator's fighting power underwent incredible change.

It was at this realm that they unlocked the miraculous Divine Force and Divine Domain, acquiring the ability to kill enemies from kilometers away.

Truly miraculous and beyond a mortal's comprehension!

Someone as powerful as David still couldn't fathom how all of these things worked, similar to how an ant could never fathom the vastness of the universe.

"I need to work on that too," David muttered as he glanced at the Crystallization of Life that he had extracted from Sophie.

"Demon of Fate."

Every time he tried to use it, the world around would be filled with countless multicolored strings, gently intersecting with each other.

David had no idea what these lines represented, and the bank also didn't give him a clear explanation.

However, David had been able to find some similarities with Golden Eyes.

The Demon of Fate was most likely an evolved version of the Crystallization of Life, like Golden Eyes.

While thinking, David was back inside the bank. David felt refreshed after a short trip outside.

Immediately, David's eyes landed on Lucas sitting on the floor like a statue.

David shook his head, not understanding how these people managed to do this.

In the next moment, he turned his head away and ignored him.

It was time to fortify his Spiritual Space; he didn't want the situation like last time to occur again, where he had to buy a pill.

Sitting on a nice-looking chair, David sent a strand of his consciousness towards the half-opened eyes on his palm.

Immediately, David's consciousness appeared inside the dark space. The space seemed even larger than ever before.

By a rough estimate, David felt that it stretched for at least a hundred kilometers.

Below his feet were mountains of spirit stones glowing lightly in the same space.

[Welcome, esteemed cultivator!]

Green Heaven Web politely greeted him. This time, its voice seemed to be slightly strange, as if it was trying to woo David.

"Hmm! It appears I am ranked high on the list," David said. That could explain Green Heaven Web's behavior.

His high ranking was to be expected. Even with a 200-hundred-kilometer-long spiritual space, if he couldn't make it to the top 10 or something, it would be strange.

Just like the Foundation Building Realm cultivators list, there was also a list that ranked all the Golden Core Realm cultivators present in the Green Heaven World.

However, David wasn't in the mood to check the list for now.

David ignored everything else and searched for the technique.

Immediately, the description of the technique that he was searching for appeared in front of him.

[Nine Star Heaven Locking Formation

Rating - 4.7

Price - 10 Million low-grade spirit stones

Sales - 100 million]

Without even blinking his eyes in contemplation, David purchased the technique. Ten million spirit stones were nothing for him now.

As soon as the transaction was completed, David felt the world around him fade, and he appeared on top of a mountain peak.

Immediately, David noticed he wasn't alone; there was someone else in front of him.

A huge, broad-shouldered figure, dressed in a long black robe, was floating silently in the distance.

His eyes seemed to contain the sun and the moon, making it difficult for ordinary people to make direct eye contact. Seeing his figure, one could clearly feel the man was someone who had witnessed the rise and fall of eras.

Before David could think about anything else, a commanding voice filled with incomparable majesty echoed on top of the mountain.

"Watch closely! I will demonstrate once."

Immediately, David understood this man was going to demonstrate how the technique works.

Suddenly, nine humongous stars appeared around the man and started to revolve around him like planets revolving around the sun.

The mountain top was lit up with bright light. David was forced to close his eyes as the light was too piercing.

It was as if the sun had descended on the earth, allowing the earth to witness its full glory.

Suddenly, David felt the light around him dimming.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the dark space inside the half-opened eyes.

"Heh!" David gawked in confusion, not understanding what had happened.

Were they expecting him to learn the technique this way? David felt the method was too crude and unreliable.

"Esteemed cultivator, you still have two uses left. You can try again."

Green Heaven Web seemed to have understood his thoughts and tried to cheer him up.

But after hearing Green Heaven Web's words, he was even more confused.

What did it mean, two chances left? He didn't remember renting the technique.

He had bought it.

[Esteemed cultivator...]

Green Heaven Web once again started to explain in a patient voice. Continue exploring at m|vl-em,py-r

"What greedy bastards!" David sighed and muttered. He could witness the technique only three times, or if he wanted to watch again, he would have to pay once more.

"Who needs demonstrations anyway!" David scoffed while rolling his eyes. It appeared he wasn't the only one chasing money.

However, he wasn't completely dissatisfied, as he still got the complete manual. If he had the ability, he could cultivate the technique on his own.

Once he went through his recent experience once again, his eyes flashed.

He had finally understood how this business model worked.

Cultivating such a grand technique without proper guidance was stupid and time-consuming.

Anyway! David shook his head and went through the technique's content.

"With Nine Suns, I protect the nine directions..."

David read the text out loud. The wording looked deliberate and vague, not completely conveying the creator's thoughts.

But at this time, David felt the tattoo on his neck quiver as if resonating with his words.

Immediately, a cool sensation flooded his mind, and the words which were previously incomprehensible became easy to understand.

In a matter of minutes, David had a basic understanding of the technique.

In reality, David released a breath of foul air and summoned his status report to look at the changes.

[Name: David Well-wisher]

Lifespan: 24/500

Spiritual Space: 200 kilometers

Laws: Greater Law of Annihilation (0.0102%) Infant Form

Cultivation: Golden Core Realm Rank 3

Cultivation Technique: Purple Thunder, Ancient Dragospider Diagram, Nine Star Heaven Locking Formation

Crystallization of Life:

Bank of Eternal Origin (Grade: ???)

Domain of Zenith Sovereign (Grade: Heavenly Sovereign)

Master Sharpshooter (Grade: Unranked)

Demon of Fate (Grade: Sky King)

Blink (Grade: Earthly Emperor)

Golden Eyes (Grade: Uncommon)+

Remark: Congratulations on your successful breakthrough, but please don't forget about the bank.]

Indeed, a new technique had appeared on his status report, making David incredibly excited. Although David had a rough understanding of it, he still couldn't begin cultivating as he needed to collect some materials first.

Suddenly, a window seemed to have blown open in the huge hall.

Sitting some distance away from David, Lucas finally opened his eyes after months.

Seeing David looking in his direction, Lucas got up from his sitting position and nodded.

David also smiled in acknowledgment and didn't say anything.

Time passed, and it was the morning of the next day.

David's bank had finally received its first customer after a long period of time.