Chapter 802: Chapter 360: Great Beings Within the Time River
"Thank you for your help, Marquis."
Lin Qing immediately said sincerely, "These hundred thousand years of time have indeed been extremely helpful to me."
"Haha, it’s a small matter." Marquis Star Refining laughed.
What he wanted was Lin Qing’s gratitude. Naturally, from the beginning, he had thought of a way that would help Lin Qing the most, yet it wasn’t just a free gift of benefits.
He understood in his heart that these peerless geniuses were all very proud, and might not accept benefits given for free.
"By the way, there’s another matter I’d like to trouble Jia Lin with."
Marquis Star Refining said, "In my Star Refining State, there are two important places. Both need to guard against expeditionary armies sent by other states, especially to guard against Jue Yuan State. One is this Star Refining Holy Star, and the other is the Transfer Star of my Star Refining State."
"Transfer Star?" Lin Qing nodded slightly.
The star domain of a state is so vast that even with eternal existence, traveling across a state’s starry sky would take a significant amount of time.
And during wartime, wars can break out at any time everywhere.
To quickly support various places, it is necessary to use the Transfer Star, which serves as the administrative center. Each state has such a Transfer Star, connecting all the first-class stars. As long as the army is stationed there, it can provide support at any time.
"With the strength of Jia Lin, I’m afraid it won’t be long before you’re stronger than the peak of many chaotic creatures."
Marquis Star Refining said, "If the position of Commander of the Garrison Army at the Transfer Star is handed over to you, I can truly be at ease. How do you feel about it?"
"Commander?" Lin Qing was a bit surprised.
Although he didn’t quite understand the rank of this position, at a glance he could see the importance of the Commander position.
That Transfer Star relates to the entire state’s war situation. As the Commander of the Garrison Army, the power must be significant, and the position cannot be low.
"Please rest assured, my friend."
Marquis Star Refining immediately said, "This Commander position does bear a lot of responsibilities, but with your strength, I believe you can handle it. This Marquis is willing to advance you ten billion military merits, how about it?"
"Ten billion military merits?" Lin Qing also wasn’t quite sure what number these ten billion military merits represented.
Marquis Star Refining said, "In the military merit system set by this Marquis, a drop of Star Spirit Stone Marrow is ten billion military merits, while a second-generation bloodline of a chaotic creature is more than five billion military merits."
Lin Qing seemed to understand, roughly realizing the value of these ten billion military merits.
In the Chaos Trading House, the cheapest second-generation bloodline of a chaotic creature is valued at five million points, corresponding to the five billion military merits set by Marquis Star Refining.
In this way, the Star Spirit Stone Marrow is indeed more valuable than the second-generation bloodline of chaotic creatures.
"Can it be exchanged now?" Lin Qing asked.
"Of course." Marquis Star Refining nodded, "The stronger your strength, the better you can guard the Transfer Star."
Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Then I’ll think about it. Anyway, the war won’t start for another one hundred million years. It’s not too late to decide later."
Marquis Star Refining slightly nodded and said, "Feel free to find me anytime, my friend."
Then, he stopped saying more: "I won’t disturb your closed-door cultivation anymore."
"Thank you, Marquis." Lin Qing said.
Marquis Star Refining smiled and immediately disappeared into this enclosed space-time.
Immediately after, he appeared above Heavenly Star Island.
"Kid, you’re quite generous."
A red snake, as thick as a thumb, emerged from Marquis Star Refining’s sleeve, speaking human words: "With your strength, helping him maintain a thousand times time acceleration for a hundred years is no easy task."
"No problem, with the constant energy gathered from Heavenly Star Island, I won’t be too tired. Maintaining it for a hundred years is nothing." Marquis Star Refining said calmly.
He had mastered the complete Now Rule.
He could accelerate, decelerate, stop, or even reverse time.
But...
Changing the flow of time has a significant impact on space-time. The stronger the life forms in this space-time, the more difficult it is to change the flow of time.
If applied to a vacuum area or some weak life forms for time acceleration, he could achieve the cosmic limit of 3.8 million times the time flow rate.
But if there are void stage life forms in this space-time, then accelerating to such speeds is impossible.
As for high-level chaos creatures?
Maintaining 3,800 times is the limit!
For such a powerful life form at the eternal level like himself, he can sustain a maximum of 380 times time acceleration.
Additionally, the consumption is massive, so he can only maintain it briefly.
If maintaining 3,800 times time acceleration for Lin Qing, he could only sustain it for a moment at most.
Lowering it to a thousand times time flow, combined with the special environment of Heavenly Star Island, he could barely manage, but the mental exhaustion is still significant.
Maintaining it for a hundred years is reaching his limit.
"A hundred thousand years, allowing him to protect himself in front of Marquis Xiong Ying, it’s worth my efforts." Marquis Star Refining said softly.
"But..."
The red snake said, "Giving him such a lucrative position as the Commander of the Garrison Army at the Transfer Star, Qian Yue might have objections. After all, she’s also the direct disciple of Emperor Jue Xian, replacing her like this might not be good?"
"I’m also that girl’s mentor. In Star Refining State, on my territory, do I need her consent to decide the appointment of a Commander?" Marquis Star Refining said indifferently.
"After she became a disciple of Emperor Jue Xian, she wasn’t that respectful to you." The red snake chuckled, "Once she achieves eternity, she might even directly address you as Marquis Star Refining."
"Let her be." Marquis Star Refining stated calmly, "There are many such people in the Human Clan. At least Qian Yue is not the ungrateful type."
"But she has forgotten her roots." The red snake teased, "You wasted so many treasures cultivating her. Now that she’s become an emperor’s direct disciple, she can’t be bothered to visit you. Kid, do you regret it?"