In the early morning, after practicing the "Health Preservation Formula" for a while, the sky had already brightened. The fresh sunlight spilled in through the window, sweeping away all the gloom in the room.

  Inside the room, Chen Yue was packing his things. This trip to the Trial Ground would take a long time, a full year, and he couldn't come out during that period. Naturally, Chen Yue was extremely careful and sorted through all his things to make sure that he didn't miss any important items.

  Yesterday's harvest in the exchange space was huge. With the help of Meteorite Crystal, Chen Yue had a thorough understanding of the abilities and uses of various powerful props in the association. With this, he felt much more confident.

  It wasn't just about looking. Using the more than 2,000 points he had, Chen Yue exchanged for some highly practical props. These were all things he was going to take to the Trial Ground, and he couldn't leave them behind.

  The several light crystals and energy crystals obtained from the ruins couldn't be left here either and had to be carried with him.

  The crystal cores obtained from hunting countless magical beasts in the Ice Mountains could serve as currency at critical moments and also needed to be taken along.

  ...

  In addition to the clothes for changing and some miscellaneous items and so on, all these things took up half of the bed. Obviously, how to carry them became the biggest problem.

  Fortunately, he had already communicated with Meteorite Crystal about this problem yesterday.

  When he was in the exchange space, Chen Yue had already considered this problem. He originally wanted to exchange for a space ring. However, when he saw the space rings listed in the exchange system, Meteorite Crystal scoffed at them. According to her, these space rings were very cheap items with rough craftsmanship and were completely unrefined. In their era, even common people wouldn't wear such low-level space rings. She really didn't know where the Apostle Association had found them from.

  Of course, the above factors weren't decisive. The reason why Chen Yue finally chose to give up was that the spaces constructed by these space rings were not stable. There was a high probability that some items would be missed, or even the space would break.

  The solution was quite simple. Meteorite Crystal had a space ring, and it was a very high-level one.

  When he first met her in the ruins, Chen Yue had noticed that Meteorite Crystal had the ability to take out and put away items at any time. At that time, he didn't know about space rings. Now, thinking about it, it was clear. The Garnino civilization could even develop space teleportation devices, which proved that they had reached a certain level of understanding of space. It was only natural that they could develop space rings. In that period, everyone had spatial items.

  The space rings that Chen Yue saw in the Apostle Association were probably obtained by digging up a certain scrap yard of the Garnino civilization. In other words, they were all defective products.

  Of course, the one that Meteorite Crystal could wear was a miniature space ring tailor-made for her.

  "Ah~ Chen Yue, good morning." Shaking her little head, Meteorite Crystal flew over in a drowsy and charming manner, looking as if she hadn't had enough sleep.

  Yesterday's experience in the exchange space had consumed a lot of her energy, and she was a bit listless at the moment.

  Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Meteorite Crystal yawned widely and said lazily, "Are these all the things you're going to take?"

  After getting Chen Yue's affirmative reply, she flew to the pile of things. When she patted something with her small hand, that thing immediately disappeared and was put into her space ring by her.

  Waving her small hand unconsciously, Meteorite Crystal, who was eager to finish the task quickly and rush back to the subspace to lie on the soft fur of the Frozen Rabbit and have a good sleep, suddenly stopped. Her small hand stopped in mid-air, and her big eyes suddenly widened.

  "What's this?"

  "Hmm?" Chen Yue looked over in confusion and found that Meteorite Crystal was standing in front of the light brain, which was about the same size as her body, looking very interested.

  "It's called a light brain."

  Chen Yue replied casually and didn't pay much attention. Actually, several months ago, the abnormal state on the light brain had disappeared, and the access point had returned to normal. However, to Chen Yue's disappointment, he had never been able to log in to the light brain. It seemed that it had been damaged during the process of crossing over.

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  Reluctantly, Chen Yue gave up. He just regarded it as a souvenir to cherish his homesickness and kept it. Anyway, since it was placed in his home in the Apostle Association, it wouldn't be lost. Gradually, he had forgotten about it. He only found it in the corner when he was tidying up this time, but unexpectedly, it caught Meteorite Crystal's interest.

  "Oh, oh." Meteorite Crystal responded a few times and directly activated the True Vision Pupil to scan the light brain up and down.

  Once she looked at it, she was deeply attracted.

  After all, this was a product from another civilization, which was completely different from the products in this world. For Meteorite Crystal, it was naturally very attractive.

  After being urged by Chen Yue several times, the little guy reluctantly stopped.

  "Chen Yue, where did you get this light brain? It's amazing. I found that the principles and materials it uses are very different from ours. It can be said to be a product of another system entirely," hugging a corner of the light brain obsessively, Meteorite Crystal played tricks and said, "Take it with us, or I won't go either."

  "Alright." Chen Yue had to compromise. After warning her not to break the light brain, he let her put it away with a smile.

  ...

  The assembly point was at the Emerald Tower. Chen Yue first went to Vinia's room on the ninth floor and then went to the location of the teleportation device with Vinia.

  The Apostle Continent was vast and boundless. The nearest Trial Ground was hundreds of millions of miles away from the Tianye Empire. The teleportation devices of the local associations didn't have the ability to reach that far. To go to the Trial Ground, they first had to rush to the headquarters of the Apostle Association and then transfer to the destination through the super-large teleportation device there.

  The bet between Chen Yue and West was actually a disciple trial. The winner would be promoted to a disciple. However, if the winner wanted to enter the special area to obtain the Prime Liquid, he first had to register at the association headquarters to obtain the qualification for the trial. Only then would the winner be recognized and obtain the entry qualification. Private bets were not recognized.

  Therefore, several people had to go to the association headquarters first.

  The Emerald Tower was the center of the Apostle Association and had a special status. The main forces of the association were all here. The Emerald Tower had a total of fifty floors, most of which were open to the public and could be entered and exited freely. Only the top floor was a forbidden area.

  For most apostles, the top floor of the Emerald Tower was a mysterious place. It was heavily guarded, and ordinary apostles were not allowed to approach it at all. Only the three deacons had the right to bring people in.

  However, at this moment, Chen Yue was standing on the fiftieth floor. Different from what ordinary people imagined, in the large and heavily guarded room, there was not the slightest sense of mystery. Instead, it was extremely simple, with only a teleportation device occupying most of the space.

  This was a very special teleportation device.

  The apostle associations of various countries all had their own teleportation devices, but the distance they could teleport was limited to their own countries. It was impossible to teleport across countries. This made it inherently difficult for the apostle associations in different places to communicate. The only way was to first teleport to the headquarters through special teleportation devices and then selectively teleport to various branches.

  Chen Yue understood that this should be a means of control by the headquarters of the Apostle Association over the local branches. After all, the Apostle Continent was too large, and it was easy to form a situation where the local branches were too powerful to be controlled.

  ...

  On the fiftieth floor, Chen Yue and Vinia were the first to arrive.

  After waiting for a while, Kles Nor arrived with West.

  After saluting Kles Nor, Chen Yue silently stepped aside and didn't say anything. However, he hadn't stood there for long before he felt a hot gaze projected towards him.

  It was West.

  Glancing at him sideways and slightly colliding with his gaze, Chen Yue withdrew his eyes, feeling a faint sense of disdain in his heart.

  West's mental state looked good, and he seemed confident. However, Chen Yue still keenly detected a trace of bluffing taste.

  Perhaps Kles Nor had given him a lot of benefits, but it didn't matter. Chen Yue had never regarded him as a real opponent.

  "Alright, let's set off," Vinia said when she saw that everyone had arrived.

  "Wait."

  Kles Nor interrupted, "Before I came, Piaro told me to wait for him for a while."

  "The bet is between us. What does it have to do with him?" Vinia said doubtfully, "According to the agreement, if there's no winner between Chen Yue and West, Piaro will decide who will be the disciple. But that's something after the bet."

  Kles Nor shook his head. Obviously, he was also puzzled.

  Since Piaro was a deacon, the two of them didn't want to go against his wishes, so they patiently waited.

  This wait lasted for half a day. Just before the patience of several people was almost completely worn out, Piaro finally arrived late.

  "Haha, Vinia, Kles Nor, sorry to have kept you waiting."

  Piaro wasn't alone. There was also an apostle closely following behind him.

  As a deacon, Piaro naturally attracted all the attention as soon as he entered. However, after briefly looking at Piaro, Chen Yue shifted his gaze to the person behind him.

  Strangely, that person gave Chen Yue a familiar feeling.

  After walking forward a few steps, that person's face was exposed to everyone.

  The moment Chen Yue saw that person clearly, his pupils suddenly contracted.

  It was Kaxiu.