I Can Control Resources

Three thousand attribute materials, all piled together.

What kind of sight was it?

In an instant, almost everyone’s gaze was fixed on the display area, where red, green, blue, purple, gold, and silvery-white items lay...

All kinds of attribute materials.

Their light was dazzling, a riot of brilliant colors.

More importantly, everyone realized that the attribute materials before them were absolutely not the low-tier ones they had expected.

"Mid-tier?!"

"No, they’re high-tier!"

"And there are supreme-grade ones... they’re actually supreme-grade attribute materials!"

"My heavens, what am I seeing? That’s a Golden Lotus... a nine-leaf Golden Lotus, the most supreme-grade material for the gold attribute! And, there’s one, two, three... holy shit, a full nine of them!"

"The Sea God’s Prayer! That’s a Sea God’s Prayer, a supreme-grade Attribute Ore!"

"..."

In that moment, the entire exhibition hall erupted.

And right at that moment, a sound like a clap of thunder rang out.

It was a Thunder Grass, originally blue, which suddenly underwent a strange transformation. It changed directly from blue to purple, with arcs of purple electricity flowing across it.

"A Purple Thunder Flower!"

"A supreme-grade attribute material can actually evolve?!"

"..."

Everyone’s gaze was captivated by the blossoming Purple Thunder Flower.

In fact, Gao Neng was also a bit dumbfounded.

’I didn’t do anything to it, so how did this Thunder Grass just evolve? Could it be because there are so many supreme-grade materials around? Maybe they’re emitting some kind of evolutionary energy that just happened to trigger this one?’

The more he thought about it, the more sense it made.

Each of the three thousand attribute materials emits its own attribute energy. With so many piled together, the energy field here was long since different from anywhere else.

Realizing this, Gao Neng smiled and pointed a finger at the magnificent Purple Thunder Flower. "Everyone, you see, these are the attribute materials I want to contribute for everyone to use for Alchemy! The quantity is around three thousand. The lowest is high-tier, and there are about five hundred supreme-grade ones, which isn’t all that much."

An uproar swept through the exhibition hall again.

They really were all high-tier!

And the supreme-grade ones made up a sixth of the total!

This is insane!

It’s beyond belief!

THUD!

In the Celestial King Group’s section, after hearing Gao Neng’s words, the three directors who came with Fang Yuan found their legs giving out from under them, and all three of them fell to their knees.

"Three thousand high-tier attribute materials, he just brought them out, just like that?!" The three directors knew about Gao Neng’s plan, but they had never thought the price would be this high.

Three thousand of them!

High-tier ones!

And supreme-grade ones among them!

Their value was at least in the tens of trillions!

The three directors were on the verge of losing their minds.

Fang Yuan was also staring wide-eyed. He knew Gao Neng would give him a surprise, but he had never expected the surprise to be so staggering.

’Two hundred billion... could actually evolve into this many high-tier attribute materials?!’ Even Fang Yuan, a man who thought he’d seen everything, was badly shaken.

In the private box on the second floor.

Li Tiannan had long since jumped up from his chair. His face was flushed red, and he was pacing restlessly around the private box, completely unable to stop.

"Three thousand of them! That damn brat is amazing!" Li Tiannan kept cursing as he stared at the materials in the exhibition hall. "Ah, a Purple Sky Hundred Thunders Grass! I fucking want one too!"

"Elder Li, calm down, you have to stay calm..." Sword Elder, who could no longer just watch from the side, picked up his teacup with a trembling hand and took a sip.

"Did Gao Neng really evolve all of these in three days?!" Elder Qin wanted to be calm, but he just couldn’t.

It’s just too much!

Even though he was a titan of the Alchemy Realm.

Even though he was one of the Strongest.

Faced with so many supreme-grade attribute materials, even his heart was stirred.

If Li Tiannan, Sword Elder, and the others weren’t there, he might have just gone down and snatched them. After all, even the Strongest need attribute materials.

First, to stabilize their cultivation realms, and second, to seek even greater breakthroughs.

"No, I can’t let this damn brat be so wasteful! I have to go grab some... no... no, I’m not going to grab them, I just can’t let him take out three thousand at once. Five hundred at most... no, no, they’re all high-tier attribute materials! One hundred is enough!" The more Li Tiannan spoke, the more agitated he became, and by the end, he was already preparing to jump directly out of the private box.

"Elder Li, snap out of it! Everyone’s watching!" Seeing this, Sword Elder couldn’t sit still any longer and threw his arms around Li Tiannan to hold him back.

"..." The other Strongest around them all shook their heads.

’So embarrassing!’

’Even though we want to go snatch them too, at least we haven’t actually done it. Only Li Tiannan would think of robbing his own disciple.’

’Good thing we don’t have a disciple like that!’

’Otherwise...’

’We would’ve robbed him ages ago!’

...

The atmosphere in the exhibition hall had grown frenzied.

So many attribute materials could truly make people forget their status. A slight commotion was even beginning to stir in the hall.

At this moment, Wu Qingjing finally came to his senses.

In fact, when Gao Neng had put out the three thousand high-tier attribute materials, his mind had gone completely blank, filled with a loud ringing.

His mind raced. He recalled Gao Neng’s words at the tribunal, and then he remembered how Gao Neng had declared his intention to become the Speaker after that meeting.

He was so lost in thought that he’d become dazed.

If Yutian hadn’t walked over and clapped him firmly on the shoulder, he might not have snapped out of it even now.

"Quiet down!"

"Let’s have some order!"

"..."

Finally, as Yutian exerted his authority as the Underground City Governor, the exhibition hall gradually fell silent.

"Gao Neng, are you really willing to contribute all three thousand of these attribute materials?" a man from the great clans’ faction spoke up.

"Of course. For the benefit of the Alliance, for the future of humanity, I must do this!" Gao Neng nodded, his expression resolute.

"Then how do you want to distribute them?" someone from the sects’ faction asked.

"As everyone knows, this is an exchange conference," Gao Neng said with a smile.

"So, you want us to trade Pill Formulas for them?"

"Didn’t you say you wanted to learn Alchemy? We’re willing to teach you! Or, you can come to our clan to learn!"

"Yes, yes, we’re willing to teach too!"

"..."

Immediately, more people started speaking up.

"Thank you all for your kind offers. I am willing to learn from everyone, but I can only take one person as my master, right?" Gao Neng continued with a sincere expression.

"You can’t be suggesting that we compete, can you? And then the winner gets to be your master? Isn’t that going a little too far?" The people around were not stupid.

"Yeah, who picks a master like that!"

"Even with all these attribute materials, we refuse to participate in something like that!"

People quickly began to object.

After all, taking a master had always been a sacred matter, especially for the sects and great clans, who were unwilling to engage in such a competitive format.

"No, no, no. What I mean is, if you want to be my master, you at least need to surpass me in Alchemy, right?" Gao Neng waved his hand and continued.

"Surpass you? What do you mean?"

"It’s simple. We both refine the same type of pill. If your finished pill is of a higher quality than mine, then I lose!" Gao Neng explained.

"You want to compete with us in Alchemy?!" Finally, the Alchemists from the great clans and sects seemed to understand.

"That’s right!" Gao Neng nodded seriously.

The Alchemists from the great clans and sects were stunned for a moment, and then they all started to laugh.

"Hahaha, Gao Neng, aren’t you a bit too arrogant? In Alchemy, no one has ever surpassed the Alchemists of our sects and great clans. What’s difficult about defeating you? The problem isn’t one person defeating you. The problem is, after we all defeat you, who will you choose as your master?"

"Exactly! You’re just trying to use this as a chance to steal our techniques, aren’t you?"

"And you have the nerve to call it a competition to refine the same pill... Do you have that many Pill Formulas? Or do you expect us to show you the Pill Formulas first?"

"Gao Neng, you can’t treat everyone like a fool, can you?"

The Alchemists from the great clans and sects all laughed.

In fact, it wasn’t just them. Wu Qingjing, Yutian, and even Yi Qinglian looked at Gao Neng, their expressions filled with confusion and bewilderment.

’How is this different from what he said at the start?’

’Wasn’t this supposed to be an exchange conference for top-tier Alchemists?’

’How did it turn into everyone competing against Gao Neng in Alchemy?’

「In the private box.」

Li Tiannan and Sword Elder were also stunned for a moment.

"What the hell is that damn brat up to?"

"I don’t know. Wasn’t this what you two planned?" Sword Elder was also confused. He had never heard of Li Tiannan knowing any advanced Alchemy techniques.

’If Li Tiannan doesn’t know it, how could Gao Neng?’

"It seems your disciple is quite interested in Alchemy..." The corners of Elder Qin’s mouth lifted into a smile. Looking at Gao Neng, a glimmer of fondness appeared in his eyes.

"Elder Qin, if you dare try to snatch my disciple, I’ll fight you!"

"Isn’t the matter of master and disciple a voluntary one? He is willing to learn, and I am willing to teach. What’s wrong with that? Or are you saying you think there’s someone in the Alliance whose Alchemy is better than mine?" Elder Qin was completely unconcerned.

"But you can’t just... snatch him away!" Li Tiannan cursed, but he didn’t argue with Elder Qin any further. Because, no matter how unwilling he was to admit it, he knew that in the entire Alliance, Elder Qin was the foremost Alchemist of their time.

’For him to teach Gao Neng...’

’Even though I’m furious about it, if Gao Neng really wants to learn, how could I possibly stop him?’

"Heh heh, let’s just watch for now. No need to be so anxious," Elder Qin said with a smile, waving his hand. "I still need to observe the boy’s aptitude. If it’s too poor, I won’t necessarily teach him, you know."