Cosmic Trading System

At this moment, the more Lin Yun encountered, the more he felt that the First Saint of the Immortal Origin Holy Land was unfathomably mysterious.

"No wonder he could open a grand lecture hall, inviting all the spirits of the universe to listen to his teachings. Only someone of his stature could pull off such a bold endeavor..." Lin Yun mused in the end.

Regrettably, that First Saint of the Immortal Origin Holy Land had already left this universe, and the other saints of the Immortal Origin Holy Land had also departed one after another.

It was only a matter of a few thousand years...

A few thousand years, which in the grand scope of the universe, was a truly insignificant span.

Yet, he had missed an era that was so magnificent and grandiose.

In this moment, Lin Yun couldn't help but feel a sense of "he was born before my time."

If possible, he truly wished to return to a few thousand years ago to see for himself what kind of person the First Saint was, and what sort of grace he possessed.

...

"Has someone breached the forty-ninth layer again?"

As Lin Yun broke into the fiftieth layer of space, atop the Heavenly Principle Tower, a rosy-cheeked little child who was curled up asleep on a majestic jade-carved chair suddenly opened his eyes, wiped off the drool from his lips from his nap, and asked curiously.

The chair was very large, and the child was very small, appearing to be about three or four years old, just like Earth's humans, exquisitely adorable. Curled up in the chair, the chair itself could serve as his bed.

"Hum!"

As he spoke, he waved his chubby little hand, and an image appeared before him. A young man was seen walking normally in the image, apparently unaware of the other's surveillance.

If Lin Yun were here, he would undoubtedly recognize that the young man in the image was himself, depicting the scene of him in the fiftieth layer of the Heavenly Principle Tower.

"Is this the human from the place where Little Ear was born? A human of the Immortal Origin Holy Land?" Upon seeing Lin Yun in the image, the child was taken aback and said.

The next moment, his eyes brightened, slightly excited, "According to Little Ear, if the master were to descend into this universe, it is very likely that he would belong to the same race as him... This person, could he possibly be the master?"

While speaking, he tumbled off the chair and began to look closely at the image in front of him.

"Damn it... I can't feel anything... The master reincarnated... the aura has completely changed... There is no way to confirm if this person is the master or not..." Soon, the child grimaced in frustration.

"I'll take a closer look!" The next moment, the child rallied his spirits and said.

Throughout the lengthy passage of time, there had been very few in this universe who could break through the forty-ninth layer of the Heavenly Principle Tower, and each one deserved his attention.

"Eh? This person is only around thirty years old? His strength... seems not weak. Even though every human of the Immortal Origin Holy Land, having been coached and reformed by Little Ear, possesses no small talent, it is still very rare for someone to reach this realm at this age..." The child soon exclaimed in surprise.

"Just like that Chu Lee who breached the forty-ninth layer last time, in terms of talent, he is far inferior to this one! Hmm, in terms of talent, this person resembles the master back then. At that time, the master's talent was this formidable!" The child nodded his head, his little face serious.

"I'll look at his earlier trials..." the child muttered.

While speaking, he waved his plump little hand, and a series of images once again appeared before him, rapidly playing in front of him.

"Hmm? This is similar to how the master dealt with such matters back then... This part is a bit different, but when the master encountered this situation, his strength was different. If the master had his strength back then, what would he do?"

Watching Lin Yun's progress through the trials, the child furrowed his little brow, deep in thought.

Many were unaware that this Heavenly Principle Tower, almost regarded as the universe's greatest treasure, had within it such an astute spirit. This spirit didn't grade a cultivator's progress based on the good or bad of their actions.

But rather... it evaluated based on the similarity of the cultivator's reactions to various situations compared to those of its former master.

The situations presented in the Heavenly Principle Tower were actually many of the experiences its master had gone through.

If the master handled a situation poorly back then, but you did it beautifully, chances are the score wouldn't be high...

No wonder so many were baffled by the standards the Heavenly Principle Tower used to judge a participant's performance.

If many people knew that this was how the Heavenly Principle Tower judged performance, they probably would feel so frustrated that they wanted to vomit blood.

"Not bad at all, his reaction here, it's almost exactly like the Master's when he encountered this situation... But here... It seems the Master wouldn't do this..." The little doll, perhaps lonely after so long, or perhaps truly longing to find its Master, was very interested in analyzing Lin Yun's progress through the challenges, sometimes excited, sometimes shaking its head.

However, by the time it finished analyzing all of Lin Yun's attempts at the challenges, it couldn't help but feel frustrated once again.

"Still can't determine if he is the Master or not, aaargh..." the little doll sounded somewhat frantic.

The Heavenly Principle Tower had been in this universe for hundreds of millions of years, and in that time, it had seen too many humans and even Star Beasts whose actions were similar to those of its Master, but each time, it ended up disappointed; none of them were its Master.

After such a long time, it was nearly in despair.

"Master, Master, where are you... Little Ear and I have been looking for you for so long, and now, Little Ear has also left this universe, why haven't you appeared yet... wuwuwu, Little Tower misses you so much..."

Soon, the little doll's eyes became moist, tears swirling in them as it choked up.

The little doll was the spirit of this Heavenly Principle Tower, and with but a thought, it could influence all the spaces within the Heavenly Principle Tower. As the little doll's sorrow grew, the entire space within the Heavenly Principle Tower subtly began to change.

"Boom— Boom Boom—"

In one of the spaces, a level twelve Peak Cultivator was struggling to kill the ferocious beast before him. He had joined the Heavenly Principle Tower later than others and was currently only on the seventh floor.

But this was already very challenging for him.

"Not good!"

There were too many vicious beasts. In a moment of carelessness, two powerful beasts flashed to his side, about to strike at his vitals, and he couldn't help exclaiming.

However, just then, these ferocious beasts suddenly began to change. Their aura grew weaker, and some even lifted their heads to look towards the sky, letting out faint cries of distress as if responding to the little doll, the spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower, their mightiest sovereign.

"What a chance!"

The level twelve Peak Cultivator's eyes lit up, his heart pounding with excitement.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

He exerted all his strength to activate the power within his body and finally, with only minor injuries, managed to successfully evade the encirclement of these vicious beasts.

"Ssst! Ssst! Ssst!"

At the same time, he launched a powerful attack, instantly cutting off the heads of three vicious beasts, causing three of them to fall.

With three fewer beasts, the pressure on him decreased significantly, and he quickly counterattacked against the other ferocious beasts.

Finally, after paying some price, he killed all the beasts and let out a long sigh of relief.

Only then did he have the leisure to think about the changes that had just occurred.

"What just happened? This space... seemed to suddenly become somewhat oppressive... Those beasts, and I myself were affected, and towards the end, those remaining beasts, after the moment of oppression, seemed to have a trend of increasing strength...

Fortunately, I seized the opportunity to kill many of them just now, otherwise, I would have been undoubtedly defeated in this battle..." he mused with confusion.

Meanwhile, similar incidents unfolded in many other parts of the Heavenly Principle Tower's space.

Not everyone seized the opportunity. The strength of those vicious beasts, puppets, various elementals, and elemental beasts was only weak at the beginning, but they soon became even stronger, and those arrays, initially weakened, quickly became even more unpredictable and mysterious.

Many challengers were consequently eliminated.

"Hm?"

In the fiftieth-floor space of the Heavenly Principle Tower, as Lin Yun walked forward, he suddenly sensed the change in the space as well and involuntarily lifted his head, looking towards a certain place, feeling a trace of doubt in his heart.