Chapter 115: Harvest, Asking the Teacher for Advice

A black, saucer-shaped spaceship was slowly flying above the Yanji Continent.

Inside the spaceship's rest room, Lu Qingshan was holding a cup of fruit wine to celebrate for himself!

"Haha, a low-tier Immortal Marquis has just fallen at my hands!"

Lu Qingshan wore a smile on his face, then drained the fine wine in the cup in one gulp: "Even those peak Immortal Marquises would find it no easy task to kill a low-tier Immortal Marquis!"

After wandering the Yanji Continent with the Xuan Kong Squad for over a thousand years, Lu Qingshan had gained a great understanding of battles between Immortal Deities.

In battles between Immortal Deities, the outcome is generally influenced by many factors.

Some powerful Domain Lords are enough to match or even kill ordinary Immortal Army Lords; even the most heaven-defying Domain Lord geniuses of various races, when using all their means, are capable of slaying some weaker Immortal Marquises.

Of course, for these genius Domain Lords to achieve this, they need to rely on many precious external items.

Under normal circumstances, after Immortal Deities gain an indestructible body and enter the Immortal Marquis level, without burning Immortal Divine Power or using treasures and potions that cause huge damage to Immortal Divine Power, they generally need to be three levels higher than their opponent to have a chance of successfully annihilating them!

For instance, a low-tier Immortal King annihilating a low-tier Immortal Marquis, a high-tier Immortal King annihilating a high-tier Immortal Marquis...

Although a peak Immortal Marquis can also annihilate a low-tier Immortal Marquis, it requires paying a certain price, such as burning a bit of Immortal Divine Power, or using special weapons and potions that cause huge damage to Immortal Divine Power, and so on...

A high-tier Immortal Marquis, in a desperate struggle, also has a chance to annihilate a low-tier Immortal Marquis, but they themselves would similarly need to burn a large amount of Immortal Divine Power.

If the sizes of the divine bodies are nearly equal, for a high-tier Immortal Marquis to successfully annihilate a low-tier Immortal Marquis, they must at least lose five to ten percent of their divine power; for an Immortal Deity, this is already considered a huge price!

"Creating my own soul attack technique was indeed the right choice!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "Right now, relying solely on the soul attack technique recorded in my Teacher's 'Lei Huan Secret Method', I can already easily annihilate low-tier Immortal Marquises!"

"If I can create a top-tier soul attack technique most suitable for myself, I might even have a chance to annihilate high-tier Immortal Deity Marquises! More importantly, with soul attacks as my trump card, I won't need to worry too much when facing enemies with massive divine bodies in the future!"

Soul attacks are just this sharp; they ignore the divine body and strike the soul directly. Even the most massive divine body, if it cannot withstand an enemy's soul attack, will perish immediately, and there is even a possibility of being enslaved by the enemy's soul!

However, after the joy, Lu Qingshan quickly calmed down: "Although soul attacks suit me very well, I cannot relax on material attacks either!"

After all, in the vast universe, there are many lifeforms without souls, such as Luo Feng's Mo Sha Clan clone in the original work, and so on. These powerful beings without souls can completely ignore various soul attacks, illusion attacks, and so on!

Moreover, Lu Qingshan, who is familiar with the original work, knows very well that as strength increases, the threat posed by soul attacks and illusion attacks to powerful beings will become weaker and weaker.

Like the current Lu Qingshan, he can completely rely on powerful secret methods and willpower to kill Immortal Marquises of the same level;

whereas some powerful peak Immortal King Soul Masters find it quite difficult to kill powerful beings of the same peak Immortal King level;

by the time one reaches the Universe Venerable or even the Universe Master level, with heavy treasures of the soul category or even supreme treasures protecting the soul, experts specializing in soul attacks find it even harder to inflict fatal threats on experts of the same level, at most being able to play a certain auxiliary role!

"Forget it!"

Lu Qingshan shook his head, dispersing the various thoughts in his mind, then thought silently: "Right now, I have no need to think about things so far ahead; it is better to first create a soul attack technique suitable for myself, so that I will have some advantages when wandering the Outer Battlefield!"

"Of course, before that, I should first look at the spoils obtained from killing those two Ka Wu Clan Immortals this time!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and a space ring instantly appeared before him.

Although Lu Qingshan possessed many world rings with even larger spaces, when collecting spoils, he would still first store the spoils in a space ring, and then process them later.

After all, Lu Qingshan, who is familiar with the original work, knows very well that there are some very peculiar lifeforms in the vast universe, such as Luo Feng's Mo Sha Clan clone in the original work, and so on...

These peculiar lifeforms can either transform or disguise themselves, and one cannot tell from their appearance at all that they are living beings; but if they are stored inside a world ring, then one will be in trouble.

"Red Chaos Copper Mother? Guiyan Stone Mother?"

"Rock Divine Water?"

After examining all the spoils, Lu Qingshan quickly determined the value of these treasures through the auxiliary intelligence Deep Blue: "The combined value of these treasures must exceed four hundred thousand Hunyuan units!"

"It's a pity that when that Ka Wu Clan Immortal Marquis self-destructed, many treasures were damaged, and that high-tier Ka Wu Clan Immortal Marquis also took away some spoils before leaving; otherwise, my gains this time would have been even higher!"

In fact, among the Human Race, it is very normal for an ordinary low-tier Immortal Marquis Deity to possess assets worth millions or even tens of millions of Hunyuan units.

It's just that the Ka Wu Clan is merely an ordinary race, so the wealth they possess is naturally inferior to that of peak race experts of the same level; moreover, these Ka Wu Clan Immortals wandering the Outer Battlefield could not possibly bring their entire assets with them.

Adding the treasures lost in the opponent's self-destruction and the treasures taken away by the other Ka Wu Clan Immortal Marquis, Lu Qingshan obtaining over four hundred thousand Hunyuan units is already considered quite good.

"Although the gains are not particularly large, they are still quite good!"

Lu Qingshan put away the various spoils again, then thought silently: "It is indeed easier to obtain wealth by dealing with powerful beings; just the gains from this single battle have already caught up with all my gains over the past thousand years!"

"Of course..."

Lu Qingshan felt his divine body, which was now only 91% complete: "Being able to gain so much is entirely because I was willing to 'risk my life' to exchange for it!"

"Speaking of which, my behavior is undoubtedly somewhat wasteful, just like Luo Feng using the Femo Venom to kill a low-tier Immortal King in the original work!"

"If I didn't have the Endless Divine Sea Clone, my gains this time probably wouldn't even be enough to quickly restore my divine body!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but feel fortunate to possess the Endless Divine Sea Clone!

Although the diameter of the current Endless Divine Sea Clone is still very small, it is his greatest reliance for frequently burning Immortal Divine Power to fight!

"However..."

Lu Qingshan quickly thought: "To allow the Endless Divine Sea Clone to continue expanding, I cannot burn divine power too frequently; otherwise, the Endless Divine Sea Clone will be unable to continue expanding, and after my strength rises again and my divine body reorganizes, the volume of the Endless Divine Sea Clone will become even smaller!"

Next, Lu Qingshan, riding the spaceship, soon returned to his temporary residence located deep within the lake, then used the temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel to return to the Divine Kingdom and replenish his divine body to its complete state.

Of course, after returning to the Divine Kingdom, Lu Qingshan did not forget to leave all the spoils he had just obtained within the Divine Kingdom.

After all, this clone of his might encounter danger at any time on the Outer Battlefield; placing the spoils inside the Divine Kingdom can also prevent excessive losses if he is killed by other powerful beings.

After finishing all this, Lu Qingshan rested in his temporary residence for several months, carefully reflected on the shortcomings in the previous battle, and studied his self-created soul attack secret method; feeling he had gained some understanding, he set out again to find new opponents.

Just like that, time continued to pass, and soon several decades had gone by.

During these several decades, Lu Qingshan experienced dozens of battles, big and small; sometimes he would just fight the alien enemies and then retreat, while other times he would hone himself before burning Immortal Divine Power to kill the enemies.

This day, after using a soul attack to kill an Immortal Marquis from the Meng Yao Zu camp, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh: "Creating a soul attack technique suitable for myself is simply much harder than creating a material attack secret method!"

To know, after experiencing so many life-and-death battles, Lu Qingshan's self-created secret method 'Heavenly Thunder Break', which had already entered the top tier, and his movement technique had both improved slightly, but the self-created soul attack secret method 'Soul-Slaying Sword' could still only be considered a prototype; when he now performed soul attacks, he mostly still relied on the soul attack technique from Lei Huanwang's 'Lei Huan Secret Method'.

"Creating a soul attack secret method is truly too difficult; I wonder how Teacher Lei Huanwang and Senior Brother Ji Dianwang did it when they created their secret methods back then?"

A thought quickly flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind: "It is also time to go find my Teacher; perhaps Teacher might have some good methods!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly boarded a spaceship to return to his temporary residence, then, after leaving part of his consciousness to guard against enemy sneak attacks, quickly returned his main consciousness to his original body, which had just completed a mission within the Human Race territory.

To be honest, since Lu Qingshan broke through to become an Immortal Marquis, his work in the Transport Department has become much, much more leisurely than before.

After all, the resources and geniuses worthy of an Undying Marquis escort would certainly be few, and with figures like Dolores serving under Lu Qingshan, his work was naturally incredibly leisurely.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan's original body was resting at the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters. After his main consciousness returned, he quickly connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe and then rushed to his teacher Lei Huanwang's residence on Lei Ting Island.

Virtual Universe, Lei Ting Island.

Outside a luxurious residence near the central mountain range of Lei Ting Island, Lu Qingshan, carrying a bottle of fine wine, quickly approached from a distance.

Buzz!

Seeing Lu Qingshan appear at the residence gate, the door opened quickly, and Lei Huanwang's voice came from inside: "Come in!"

Lu Qingshan stepped into the residence and saw a burly man in a purple long robe sitting in the main seat of the living room, savoring fine wine!

"Teacher," Lu Qingshan respectfully greeted.

"Hmm!"

Lei Huanwang nodded slightly, then waved his hand to send a cup of fine wine before Lu Qingshan: "You were lucky this time. This is 'Zui Liuxia' sent by your thirteenth senior sister. In reality, it costs over a billion Hunyuan Units to buy a bottle. Although it is much cheaper in the Virtual Universe, the taste is exactly the same!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan took the wine cup and drank it in one gulp. The taste was indeed endless, making even his soul tremble.

Such a bottle of Zui Liuxia, even in the Virtual Universe, sells for over ten million Hunyuan Units, enough to rival the entire fortune of some Undying Marquises.

Compared to that, the fine wine Lu Qingshan spent thirty thousand points to buy this time was completely negligible!

However, the gift may be light but the sentiment is heavy, so Lu Qingshan spoke up: "Teacher, this disciple has also brought a bottle of fine wine for you this time. Although it is not as expensive as the Zui Liuxia your thirteenth senior sister sent, it is still worth your tasting!"

Saying this, Lu Qingshan quickly handed over the fine wine in his hand.

Seeing the fine wine in Lu Qingshan's hand, the smile on Lei Huanwang's face suddenly vanished.

"This is sheer nonsense!"

Lei Huanwang couldn't help but scold: "You are still young, and your strength is at a stage where it can be rapidly improved. How can you so casually waste points to buy fine wine?"

"Last time you had someone send wine to Chaos City, I wanted to speak to you, but considering your good intentions and the fact that the price of that bottle wasn't very high, I let it go! I didn't expect you to now be able to spend thirty thousand points on such a thing of pleasure; this is truly inappropriate!"

Afterwards, Lei Huanwang spoke with deep concern: "Disciple, do not think that because you passed the fifteenth layer of the Heavenly Bridge and the seventeenth layer of the Illusion Realm Sea, that Undying Gods earn points easily!"

"If I recall correctly, you are now working in the company's transport department, earning ten thousand points every hundred thousand years? A mere bottle of fine wine wastes three hundred thousand years of your time; do you not feel it is a pity?"

"Fine wine is merely a thing of pleasure for me during leisure time, but points are extremely precious to you. Take this bottle back and return it; you can give it to me later when your strength is even greater!"

Hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan's heart was also deeply moved.

But how could a gift already given be taken back? So he quickly said: "Teacher, this disciple already knows his mistake. However, please accept this wine. It is fine if I do not bring it next time!"

Seeing this, Lei Huanwang could not refuse Lu Qingshan's good intentions again and finally accepted the fine wine: "Then I will accept this wine this time. However, if I learn again that you waste points like this, you will be in trouble!"

"This disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

"Good!"

Lei Huanwang waved his hand, and the smile returned to his face: "Speak, what is the matter for coming to find me this time?"

"It is like this!"

Lu Qingshan quickly said: "This disciple recently intends to create a soul attack method, but I found that creating a soul attack method is much more difficult than creating ordinary secret techniques. Therefore, I have come specifically to ask the teacher for guidance, hoping the teacher can offer some advice!"

"Oh?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, the smile on Lei Huanwang's face grew even wider: "Disciple, you have finally thought of creating your own soul attack secret technique!"

"With your talent in willpower, not creating your own soul attack method is simply a huge waste!"

"However, you have been creating your 'Heavenly Thunder Break' all this time, and both its power and progress were quite good, so I did not speak to stop you. Fortunately, you now finally have such an idea!"

"Your willpower is extremely powerful. If you cast a soul attack method of the same level, it will surely be far stronger than your means of material attack!"

"Good, I will not say any more superfluous words. Just demonstrate the soul attack method you have created!"

Crash!

As soon as Lei Huanwang finished speaking, the original living room instantly turned into a vast starry sky.

"Just attack me directly!" Lei Huanwang looked at Lu Qingshan and said with a smile.

Hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan shifted his mind, and formless and intangible illusory divine power instantly spread out, then penetrated into Lei Huanwang's body, even directly transforming into a small illusory sword, attempting to slice apart Lei Huanwang's soul.

"Suppress!" Lei Huanwang shifted his mind, and the small illusory sword penetrating his body instantly vanished completely.

"Not bad!"

Lei Huanwang's eyes lit up. With his vision, he could naturally see the extraordinary aspects of Lu Qingshan's soul attack method: "Transforming a soul attack into a small sword to directly slice apart an enemy's soul is a very good idea. Your secret technique has great potential!"

Lu Qingshan listened silently.

Lei Huanwang continued: "As for you feeling that the progress of creating a soul attack method is inferior to ordinary secret techniques, this is also a fact! If it were not so, soul masters at the Undying God level would not be so rare!"

"The reason this situation occurs is entirely because soul attacks are too bizarre and dangerous. Unless encountering a powerful practitioner of the same illusionist lineage, it is difficult to achieve any tempering effect during combat!"

"As for your desire to accelerate the progress of creating a soul attack method, I have two ideas here!"

"First, you can cultivate here with me from now on. I will simulate suitable illusionist opponents for you in the Virtual Universe based on your progress and shortcomings in creating secret techniques. As long as you fight these opponents, you can naturally temper your soul attack method! I estimate that spending a few million years, your self-created soul method will have the opportunity to enter the top tier!"

"A few million years?" Lu Qingshan was somewhat dazed.

"What, do you think it is slow?"

Lei Huanwang said with a smile: "I know you spent a relatively short time raising your 'Heavenly Thunder Break' to the top tier before, but this is the special nature of soul attack secret techniques! When I created my secret technique back then, I had already passed the seventeenth layer of the Heavenly Bridge, yet it still took me hundreds of thousands of years to raise the first move to the top tier!"

"Of course, if you want to continue accelerating progress, there are other methods. That is my second idea for you—go to the Outer Battlefield to fight for life and death. Tempering in life and death can indeed speed up the progress of creating secret techniques, and even accelerate your understanding of the Time Origin Law. But similarly, the Outer Battlefield is also extremely dangerous!"

"Although you already possess an immortal body, if you go to the Outer Battlefield, you may still encounter fatal crises. Moreover, you are not yet an Undying Marquis. Once you perish, it is impossible for the clan's powerful ones to reverse time and resurrect you. Whether or not to go to the Outer Battlefield is something you must consider carefully yourself!"

"Thank you, Teacher, for your guidance!" Lu Qingshan quickly said respectfully.

(End of this chapter)