My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

Chapter 251: Qi Yuan’s Plan

At the flying boat dock in Qing Hong City.

For the first time, the Four Emperors of the Divine Flower were formally gathering.

The Great Sun Flame Emperor stood in a golden robe, exuding a refined and distinguished aura. He looked at Qi Yuan with a smile in his eyes.

"The Origin Heavenly Emperor is indeed as handsome and extraordinary as the legends say."

"Rogue Immortal looks a bit shabby, but there's plenty of room for improvement," said the Ice Mountain Queen, standing beside him.

She was a tall woman with delicate features, but her gaze conveyed a sense of ruggedness.

"The Four Emperors of the Divine Flower have finally gathered here. Today is a day worth commemorating, an important day for the Canglan Realm!" Qi Yuan couldn't help but say.

"Origin Heavenly Emperor, do you have some kind of plan?" Rogue Immortal, standing nearby, couldn't help but ask excitedly when he heard Qi Yuan's words.

He thought Qi Yuan might have some idea, like establishing some sort of force. If that were the case, Rogue Immortal hoped to follow along and possibly make a big profit.

"…No," Qi Yuan thought for a moment and shook his head. "I just felt that this scene was appropriate for such words."

As for the content of his words and their meaning, did it really matter?

Just like in the Mortal Heart Realm, every time before a feast, Qi Yuan would give a lengthy speech.

The Great Sun Flame Emperor wasn't surprised by this at all.

The Ice Mountain Queen spoke up, "If there's business to be done, I can invest three million spirit stones.

Heh, these spirit stones were all earned from the Bright Palace."

Back then, Qi Yuan had devised a plan to destroy the Bright Palace within a hundred days.

He had informed the Four Emperors of the Divine Flower, inviting them to take out high-interest loans from the Bright Palace.

In the end, the Bright Palace was destroyed.

Naturally, those loans didn't need to be repaid.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan was full of envy. "Jealousy, envy, and hatred! Unfortunately, those Bright Palace white moons were…too fragile. My Stellar Golden Core turned them all to dust, leaving me with no spirit stones, no techniques."

Upon hearing Qi Yuan's words, the other three members of the Four Emperors of the Divine Flower fell silent for a moment.

They couldn't help but look up at the sky.

There, they saw two dazzling suns surrounding the central sun, all shining brightly.

Even from an unknown distance, one could still feel the terrifying power of those suns.

Such a terrifying celestial body…seemed to be Qi Yuan's Golden Core.

To be honest, when they first had this suspicion, they were shocked and found it unbelievable.

After all, who in the world could condense the sun into a Golden Core?

"Origin Heavenly Emperor, there's a new sun in the sky recently. Is that also your Golden Core?" the Ice Mountain Queen asked.

"Yes, my third Golden Core is also being condensed. It shouldn't be long before it's complete," Qi Yuan replied, his voice full of confidence. "Just give me time, and the entire sky above, with all its stars, will be my Golden Cores, illuminating the four directions!"

Qi Yuan was telling the truth.

Given enough time, his Stellar Golden Core would devour more stars and other celestial bodies.

The heavens would be filled with endless projections of his Golden Cores.

Who knows, he might even end up devouring black holes and other celestial bodies.

That would certainly be interesting.

"I don't need a sun; if I had a star of my own, that would be enough," Rogue Immortal couldn't help but sigh.

The Ice Mountain Queen laughed, "That's simple. Just cling tightly to the Origin Heavenly Emperor's leg, and one day, when you reach the Seventh Step of the Heavenly Path, the Origin Heavenly Emperor might reward you with a star, illuminating the heavens."

The Great Sun Flame Emperor also chuckled, his expression intriguing.

Because what the Ice Mountain Queen said was true.

With the Origin Heavenly Emperor's terrifying talent, it was only a matter of time before he became the legendary Yang God.

As long as the Origin Heavenly Emperor could resolve the great calamity, then…anything was possible.

All they had to do was cling tightly to Qi Yuan's leg, and they might really have a chance to illuminate the heavens.

Was it shameful to cling to someone’s leg?
Not at all.

The Origin Heavenly Emperor had said many times in their group chat that he always wanted to cling to a wealthy woman’s leg.

"If that's the case, we wouldn't just be the Four Emperors of the Divine Flower; we'd be…the Four Emperors of the Canglan Realm!" Rogue Immortal said excitedly.

The Great Sun Flame Emperor nodded.

Some cultivators passing by seemed to overhear their conversation and looked at them with bewildered expressions.

"These four look good, but they're acting so crazy."

"They even dare to dream of illuminating the heavens?"

Qi Yuan and the others paid no attention to these people's reactions.

The Great Sun Flame Emperor glanced at them indifferently.

In the past, if he had heard such talk, he might have thought the same way as those people—completely disbelieving and even secretly mocking them.

But times had changed.

He remembered when he first saw Qi Yuan's post, was amazed, and invited him to join their group chat to talk and joke together.

Little did he know that something so ordinary would turn out to be the greatest opportunity of his life.

"I've reserved a private room at the top of the Wangxian Tower to welcome you three. Let's eat and chat," the Great Sun Flame Emperor suggested.

"Good idea."

The group boarded a cloud rabbit carriage and slowly made their way to Wangxian Tower.

Wangxian Tower was the most famous restaurant in Qing Hong City.

It was known for its various spiritual delicacies and immortal brews.

Dining at Wangxian Tower would cost at least a thousand spirit stones.

Many second-generation cultivators chose Wangxian Tower as a place to host guests and hold gatherings.

The tower had nine floors, symbolizing the Nine Heavens.
As the Great Sun Flame Emperor and the others stepped down from the cloud rabbit carriage, a plain-looking but smiling waiter approached them.

"Esteemed guests, please follow me."

Following the waiter, the four of them entered the first floor of Wangxian Tower.

Immediately, the scene before them changed dramatically, with glazed tiles and fine silk drapery everywhere, and the air filled with a pleasant fragrance.

"Sigh, the wealth gap in the Canglan Realm is too great. We don't have anything like Wangxian Tower in the Great Shang Kingdom," Qi Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

Big places truly were different.

The Ice Mountain Queen laughed, "How about I invest some money to build a Wangxian Tower in the Great Shang Kingdom and give it to you?"

The waiter in front heard this and couldn't help but scoff inwardly, though he didn't show it. He continued to greet them with a smile.

"No, building a Wangxian Tower is too boring. Why not build a Seeking Dao Palace instead?" Qi Yuan said seriously.

He was eager to get his hands on the cultivation techniques from the Seeking Dao Palace.

The waiter couldn't help but laugh. "Esteemed guests…you really do say the most interesting things."

The Seeking Dao Palace was known far and wide.

It could be said that the reason Qing Hong City was so prosperous was largely due to the presence of the Seeking Dao Palace, which served the three regions.

Building a Seeking Dao Palace? That was a bold thought.

The Ice Mountain Queen frowned, seriously considering it. "Building a Seeking Dao Palace would be feasible, but I probably don't have enough spirit stones."

Even if the Origin Heavenly Emperor's words sounded like nonsense, to the Four Emperors of the Divine Flower, they carried deep meaning.

After all, would such a great figure say something meaningless?

The waiter fell silent, unable to keep up with the thought processes of these four people.

Qi Yuan and the others entered a private room.

Qi Yuan stretched lazily. "How much do you think the Seeking Dao Palace is worth? How about I buy it?"

The Seeking Dao Palace was home to nearly all the peak Purple Mansion cultivators from the three regions, with many other Purple Mansion cultivators joining as ordinary members.

These Purple Mansion cultivators gathered there to break through to the Yin God stage.

Naturally, the Seeking Dao Palace had many cultivation techniques.

"That…would be an astronomical figure," Rogue Immortal said, swallowing nervously.

Following a great figure was certainly different—he casually talked about building a Wangxian Tower and buying the Seeking Dao Palace.

Rogue Immortal felt like a complete novice, unable to participate in such high-level discussions.

"We can't afford it," the Ice Mountain Queen said. "Even if we had enough spirit stones, they wouldn't sell it."

An organization like that would never sell itself to anyone.

The Great Sun Flame Emperor thought for a moment and then said, "The Heavenly Emperor is in great need of cultivation techniques. The Seeking Dao Palace is a good place to get them, but there's another path you could consider."

"Oh? What path?" Qi Yuan asked.

"You should know that the Seeking Dao Palace here is controlled by the Grand Sovereign Wu Jun.

However, before this, the palace was overseen by a mythical figure.

That mythical figure…fell during the great calamity."

At the mention of the great calamity, a flash of pain crossed the Great Sun Flame Emperor's eyes.

The Ice Mountain Queen narrowed her eyes, clearly dreading the great calamity.

After all, a mythical figure had fallen in that calamity.

"Before that mythical figure fell, they left behind many secret treasures. Nearly half of the resources and techniques of the Seeking Dao Palace are stored in those secret treasures.

Even Grand Sovereign Wu Jun doesn't have control over them; they are all in the hands of that mythical figure's daughter, Grand Sovereign Jasmine."

At this point, the Great Sun Flame Emperor gave Qi Yuan a pointed look.

"Recently, Grand Sovereign Wu Jun proposed to Grand Sovereign Jasmine, asking her to be his Dao companion, but she refused, saying that her heart already belonged to the Blood-Robed Sword God."

The Blood-Robed Sword God was one of Qi Yuan's aliases.

The Great Sun Flame Emperor wasn't sure if Grand Sovereign Jasmine was familiar with Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan stroked his chin and murmured, "Am I really that attractive? Could Grand Sovereign Jasmine be one of my die-hard fans?"

According to the Great Sun Flame Emperor, this Grand Sovereign Jasmine was undoubtedly a wealthy woman.

She controlled half of the resources of the Seeking Dao Palace and many cultivation techniques.

"I have a plan. I'd like you all to give me your thoughts," Qi Yuan said to the three.

They were all intrigued.

Qi Yuan's plans were always particularly interesting.

"Please go ahead, Heavenly Emperor."

Qi Yuan looked at the three of them and said seriously, "What do you think about a marriage scam?
I pretend to marry Grand Sovereign Jasmine, have her give me the mythical secret treasures as a dowry, and then immediately divorce her.

According to the law, if we divorce quickly, the dowry isn't refundable, and I can even take half of her assets.

Wouldn't that be an easy way to get my hands on the mythical secret treasures?"

Qi Yuan thought this plan was flawless.

And the law was on his side.

Even though it was the law of his home planet, who said it couldn't be used in the cultivation world?
"Uh…this…" Rogue Immortal was speechless. "You can make money that way?"

"Origin Heavenly Emperor, if you do this, you'll completely offend Grand Sovereign Jasmine," the Great Sun Flame Emperor said sternly, worried that Qi Yuan might actually go through with it.

"You're a real talent!" the Ice Mountain Queen laughed, covering her mouth.

Qi Yuan thought for a moment and then shook his head. "Never mind, let's scrap that plan. I don't want to be labeled as a divorced man at such a young age and be ridiculed."

More importantly, he was already cultivating immortality, so marrying for profit—what kind of cultivation would that be?

That would be too pointless.