Chapter 121: New Equipment, Special Mission

Human territory, Yanfeng Universe Nation, within Lu Qingshan's divine kingdom.

Just as Feng Yanwang was still spending much thought on the war trophies that might be left behind after Lu Qingshan's fall, Lu Qingshan's Endless Divine Sea avatar once again nurtured out his second avatar.

"This time I really took a loss!"

In the divine palace above the divine kingdom, Lu Qingshan was reflecting on the previous battle: "The new detector I bought this time was only used for a dozen or so years—I hadn't even warmed it up yet—and it was taken away by that Feng Yanwang!"

"Damned Feng Yanwang, just wait. Once my strength grows, I will definitely come looking for you!"

At this moment, Lu Qingshan had already secretly resolved in his heart that once his strength was sufficient in the future, he would definitely go find the other party to take revenge!

"But then again…"

Lu Qingshan secretly thought: "The fact that Feng Yanwang could appear so quickly and then come looking for me on his own initiative is most likely because the high-level members of the Meng Yao Zu faction on the extraterritorial battlefield have already noticed me!"

According to the information Lu Qingshan had previously gathered, Feng Yanwang, when previously on the Yan Ji continent, mostly struck at peak-level Hei Fengwang powerhouses, and there was always a period of time between each strike.

Otherwise, with Feng Yanwang's teleportation ability, whenever any Meng Yao Zu faction team on the Yan Ji continent called for help, she could immediately teleport there and wantonly slaughter the foreign-race powerhouses.

But such behavior would undoubtedly incur the wrath of the super-powerhouses of the other factions!

Therefore, under normal circumstances, a peak-level Hei Fengwang powerhouse like Feng Yanwang, when making a move, would generally target peak-level Tie Xue Hou immortals. This both ensured that she wouldn't slaughter the weak too much and incur universal wrath, and also guaranteed herself relatively considerable gains!

"It seems the Yan Ji continent is off-limits for the short term!"

Lu Qingshan continued to think: "The next time I go to the extraterritorial battlefield, I should at least switch to a place a bit farther from the Yan Ji continent, to avoid being recognized by the powerhouses of the Meng Yao Zu faction!"

"Moreover, my strength has now improved significantly, so I should upgrade my equipment as well!"

"At the very least, I should buy a battle suit with decent effects, so that when I encounter peak-level Tie Xue Hou immortals burning their divine power in the future, I can hold out a bit longer!"

One must know that the Cocoon Shell Armor Lu Qingshan had previously purchased was basically only useful against high-level army commanders. If used against early-stage Tie Xue Hou, once the opponent burned their immortal divine power and fought desperately, it could be directly broken through!

And when Lu Qingshan fought on the extraterritorial battlefield before, he would often encounter high-level Tie Xue Hou, or even peak-level Tie Xue Hou. Even if the opponent didn't burn their immortal divine power, the Cocoon Shell Armor was utterly useless!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly connected his consciousness to the virtual universe, then returned to the living room of his residence on Lei Ting Island.

"This time I spent over two thousand years on the extraterritorial battlefield. Although the gains were relatively small at the beginning when I acted together with the Marquis Xuan Kong squad, when I later acted alone, I actually obtained quite a few war trophies!"

Lu Qingshan secretly thought: "Adding the points I had left over before, even after spending ten million points on the detector, I still have 75.4657 million points! As for the military merit in the army system, there's no rush to exchange it!"

Over seventy million points—even among the human race, it could rival the entire fortune of an ordinary peak-level Tie Xue Hou immortal deity.

If Lu Qingshan's true body wanted to accumulate such wealth, he would probably need to work in the transportation department for sixty to seventy thousand eons!

Yet he had only spent a little over a thousand years adventuring on the extraterritorial battlefield, and had already accumulated such astonishing wealth.

Of course, this speed of wealth accumulation did not apply to ordinary Tie Xue Hou immortals!

Even Tie Xue Hou immortals skilled in soul attacks like Lu Qingshan—such as the Ling Guang Hou that Tie Xue Hou had mentioned before—could not possibly achieve it.

After all, he didn't have avatars that could replenish divine power, or even fear death. Even if he went to the extraterritorial battlefield, reaching one percent of Lu Qingshan's speed of accumulating wealth would already be quite impressive!

Just like the Baofeng Hou Lu Xiusi who had already fallen on the extraterritorial battlefield—back then, after adventuring on the extraterritorial battlefield for a hundred thousand years, he could only accumulate a few million Primordial units.

"I definitely need to buy a new set of detectors. I'll just buy the same set I bought before!"

Lu Qingshan secretly thought: "This time, if I hadn't run into Feng Yanwang, whose strength and wealth far exceeded mine, and it had instead been an ordinary early-stage Hei Fengwang immortal deity, they might not have been able to detect my coordinates!"

"Of course, if it's a Hei Fengwang immortal who can't teleport, once I detect them, there's no way they can catch up to me, who has already reached sub-light speed!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly spent another ten million points to purchase the two detectors—one large and one small—that he had bought before.

"And new armor…"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately instructed: "Hearing Shenlan, search for battle armor suitable for peak-level Tie Xue Hou immortals!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's instruction, the intelligent life-form Hearing Shenlan quickly sprang into action.

A moment later…

"Master, according to your requirements, I recommend you purchase this set called 'Shen Xiao Lei Jia,' valued at forty million points!"

The intelligent life-form Hearing Shenlan quickly introduced: "This set of Shen Xiao Lei Jia is the armor favored by many peak-level Tie Xue Hou immortals who broke through via the lightning origin law. It can completely block all physical attacks below the Tie Xue Hou tier, reduce early-stage Tie Xue Hou attacks to one-tenth of their original power, reduce high-stage Tie Xue Hou attacks to two-tenths of their original power, reduce peak-stage Tie Xue Hou attacks to half of their original power, and for attacks of even higher tiers, it can only reduce them to eight-tenths of their original power—and it cannot exceed the peak-stage Hei Fengwang tier!"

After hearing Hearing Shenlan's introduction, Lu Qingshan finally gained a certain understanding of this Shen Xiao Lei Jia.

Of course, the attack tiers Hearing Shenlan described were entirely under the condition of not burning divine power.

In other words, if Lu Qingshan wore this Shen Xiao Lei Jia to fight a peak-stage Tie Xue Hou powerhouse, the attacks he received would only be half of the original. Even if the opponent burned their immortal divine power, or even self-detonated, this Shen Xiao Lei Jia could still reduce the might by two-tenths. For a Tie Xue Hou immortal, this was actually already quite good!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly instructed: "Hearing Shenlan, place the order for me!"

"As for the remaining points…"

Various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, and he quickly came up with a plan: "In the past, whenever I encountered high-stage Tie Xue Hou and peak-stage Tie Xue Hou burning their divine power, I always had to run away—simply because I had no means to deal with them!"

"Although my strength is still relatively weak right now, I can still use some external items to pose a threat to them!"

Immediately, Lu Qingshan instructed again: "Hearing Shenlan, search for special potions that can inflict effective damage on peak-level Tie Xue Hou immortals!"

"Yes, Master!" the intelligent life-form Hearing Shenlan quickly replied.

Soon, Hearing Shenlan found several types of potions relatively suitable for Lu Qingshan's current stage of use, and Lu Qingshan selected the one with the best cost-performance ratio among them.

Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water: one gram is worth a hundred thousand Primordial units. It is a precious potion refined by a Hei Fengwang-tier potion master of the human race, and it has an astonishing erosion effect on the immortal body of the Tie Xue Hou tier.

Under normal circumstances, ten grams of Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water is enough to completely annihilate a high-stage Tie Xue Hou immortal deity with a divine body no larger than ten meters; fifty grams of Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water is enough to completely annihilate a peak-stage Hei Fengwang powerhouse with a divine body no larger than ten meters.

Of course, like most potions that erode the divine body, this Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water must come into contact with the immortal divine body to take effect, so when using it, one must first tear apart the enemy's battle armor before it can effectively erode the opponent's divine body.

Looking at the detailed introduction of the Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water, Lu Qingshan finally understood why this kind of potion had not become widespread in battles among immortal deities.

A potion worth a million Primordial units is enough to annihilate a high-stage Tie Xue Hou immortal deity—on the surface, it really doesn't seem like a loss, there's even a profit to be made!

But during the use of these potions, there is also a great deal of wastage. For example, weapon collisions, friction between the weapon and the opponent's armor, all generate massive wastage of the potion;

Of course, the most important point is still that just because you use the potion doesn't mean the opponent will definitely be killed by you!

In most cases, once the enemy sees you using such a precious potion in battle, they will immediately flee. When that happens, the potion you've consumed is a complete and utter loss.

Losing tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of Primordial units in a single battle is something even an ordinary Hei Fengwang immortal cannot bear!

Of course, if your strength far exceeds the opponent's and you can easily shatter their divine body before using these special potions, that's also fine—but if you can already easily shatter their divine body, then burning just a bit of divine power is enough to kill them, so why bother using such a precious potion?

Precisely because of this, for most powerhouses, these precious potions can only be considered a trump card, not to be used lightly!

"But I should be quite suited to using this kind of potion!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "With my strength, I'll first use soul attacks to affect the opponent's movements, then use top-tier swordsmanship and movement techniques to quickly close in and break through their defense, then use potions to corrode their divine body. At the very least, high-tier Marquis-class aliens pose no threat to me anymore. As for peak Marquis-class, I'll have to see how it goes!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan quickly ordered the intelligent life Hearing Shenlan to purchase one hundred grams of Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water, then spent another ten million points to buy two weapons named 'Thunder Shock Void-Splitting Sword'.

"This really is 'earn on the battlefield, spend on the battlefield, don't think of taking a single point home!'"

Looking at the points that had dwindled to just over five million, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh: "I hope after buying this equipment I don't end up at a loss, otherwise next time I won't even be able to afford equipment!"

Next, Lu Qingshan had originally planned to wait until the ordered equipment arrived before continuing to send his second avatar to the extraterritorial battlefield to adventure.

But just then, he suddenly received a message from Lord Heifeng, his superior in the transportation department and his true body's superior.

……

A moment later, having received Lord Heifeng's message, Lu Qingshan hurried to Lord Heifeng's mansion on Lei Ting Island.

"Greetings, Lord Heifeng!" Lu Qingshan quickly bowed slightly in salute.

However, to his surprise, besides Lord Heifeng, there were two other Marquis-class Immortals under Lord Heifeng's command in the parlor.

One of them was his former superior 'Marquis Qingcang', and the other 'Marquis Xianyue' wasn't particularly close to him, but they had shared a drink together once.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan, Lord Heifeng laughed heartily: "The three of you are finally all here, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Lord Heifeng!"

Lu Qingshan and the other two bowed slightly in thanks, then each took seats on the chairs on either side of the parlor.

"Qingshan, Qingcang, Xianyue!"

Lord Heifeng looked at the three of them, then said with a smile: "The three of you are my most capable assistants. This time I called you here mainly because I have a special mission to entrust to you!"

"Please give your orders, my lord!"

Lu Qingshan and the other two quickly rose and answered.

"Hahaha! It's actually nothing major!"

Lord Heifeng waved his hand to signal the three to sit, then continued explaining: "It's like this! Some time ago, the Lord Jinjiao race within the Hong Alliance Alliance placed an order with our human race for a batch of precious resources, and this mission was assigned to our Virtual Universe Company!"

"The resources are now fully prepared, so our transportation department needs to send people to deliver the resources to the Lord Jinjiao race's domain! After we discussed it, we decided to have Jin Ge Wang lead ten Marquis-class Immortals to handle this matter. I happen to have three slots, so I plan to send the three of you on a trip to the Lord Jinjiao race!"

"Lord Jinjiao race? Their domain?"

After hearing Lord Heifeng's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

One must know that in the original work, the Lord Jinjiao race was one of the vassal races of the human race, and had always lived in a Cosmic Secret Realm within the Elder Gan Wu Universe Nation.

That's right!

The Elder Gan Wu Universe Nation doesn't even exist in human territory yet, so it's possible that the leader of the Lord Jinjiao race, the Universe Overlord Xiluo Duo, hasn't even fallen yet.

With Xiluo Duo's strength, it would be quite possible for him to lead the Lord Jinjiao race to occupy a domain in some remote region of this vast universe!

And just as Lu Qingshan was pondering these matters, Marquis Qingcang beside him revealed a hint of joy on his face, then quickly rose and thanked: "Your subordinate thanks Lord Heifeng for your trust. This trip to the Lord Jinjiao race, I will certainly do my best to complete my mission!"

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan and Marquis Xianyue, though they didn't know why Marquis Qingcang would show such joy, also rose and thanked: "Your subordinate thanks Lord Heifeng for your trust. This trip to the Lord Jinjiao race, I will certainly do my best to complete my mission!"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the joy on Marquis Qingcang's face, Lord Heifeng laughed and said: "It seems you know quite a bit about this mission, Marquis Qingcang!"

Hearing this, Marquis Qingcang quickly said: "Reporting to my lord, my senior martial brother went to the Lord Jinjiao race once more than two million years ago. After he returned, he told me about some of his experiences there, so I am also fairly familiar with the Lord Jinjiao race!"

"So that's how it is!"

Lord Heifeng nodded slightly, then said with a smile: "In that case, it saves me from having to continue introducing the situation of the Lord Jinjiao race to you! Qingcang, later please brief Qingshan and Xianyue on the situation!"

"Yes!" Marquis Qingcang quickly nodded and said.

"Alright, the three of you may leave now!"

Lord Heifeng waved his hand and said: "Just remember to head to the company's universe-wide headquarters continent in one month to rendezvous with Jin Ge Wang!"

Hearing this, the three of them quickly bowed respectfully: "Your subordinate takes his leave!"

After leaving Lord Heifeng's mansion, Marquis Xianyue beside him could no longer hold back: "Qingcang, spill it quickly, what's so special about that Lord Jinjiao race that made you so happy just hearing the news?"

"Xianyue, don't rush!"

Marquis Qingcang said with a smile: "In any case, this is a great thing. The two of you should come with me to my mansion, and we'll chat over drinks!"

After receiving Marquis Qingcang's invitation, Lu Qingshan and Marquis Xianyue quickly followed Marquis Qingcang to his mansion.

"Qingcang, did you pick up points off the street?"

Seeing that the fine wine and delicacies Marquis Qingcang had produced exceeded five hundred points, Marquis Xianyue beside him couldn't help but exclaim: "Such luxury for a small gathering, you wouldn't be needing something from Marquis Qingshan and me, would you?"

"Of course not!"

Marquis Qingcang quickly shook his head: "I'm purely happy, so I wanted to treat you both to a drink!"

Once the wine feast was set and the three had taken their seats, Marquis Xianyue asked again: "Qingcang, what exactly is making you so happy? Could it be about going to the Lord Jinjiao race?"

"Exactly!"

Marquis Qingcang raised his cup in invitation, then said with a smile: "Lord Heifeng entrusting this mission to the three of us this time truly shows how much he values us!"

"You should all still remember that our transportation department gives extra allowances when we take on missions that require leaving human territory, right?"

"You wouldn't be happy just because of that, would you?"

Marquis Xianyue couldn't help but purse his lips: "How much is that allowance? At most it's just a few dozen or a hundred points per mission!"

"But the Lord Jinjiao race is different!"

Marquis Qingcang explained with a smile: "I've heard from my teacher that there are several powerful races near the Lord Jinjiao race's domain. Back then, if they hadn't joined the Hong Alliance Alliance and gained our human race's protection, they would probably have long since vanished from this vast universe!"

"Precisely because of this, the Lord Jinjiao race greatly respects the strong of our human race. Any strong human who has the chance to visit the Lord Jinjiao race's domain will receive warm hospitality, and may even receive precious gifts from the Lord Jinjiao race!"

"More than two million years ago, when my senior martial brother went to the Lord Jinjiao race, he was gifted three extremely precious secret techniques by them!"

"According to my senior martial brother, any one of those three precious secret techniques would sell for no less than two hundred thousand points in our Virtual Universe Company's treasury!"

After hearing Marquis Qingcang's words, Marquis Xianyue's eyes couldn't help but light up, while Lu Qingshan felt rather speechless inside.

He had originally thought Marquis Qingcang was so happy because of some special matter, but he hadn't expected it was simply because a trip to the Lord Jinjiao race could earn precious gifts from them.

Isn't this exactly what Luo Feng experienced in the original work?

But then again, if Lu Qingshan were now just an ordinary Marquis-rank Undying in the Transport Department, suddenly getting such a good assignment would indeed be worth being happy about.

After all, working in the Transport Department for a hundred thousand years only earns a little over ten thousand merit points, yet just one trip to the Lord Jinjiao clan can yield secret techniques worth several hundred thousand merit points — equivalent to several million years of work!

Of course, for the Lord Jinjiao clan, gifting secret techniques to the human race costs them nothing at all; on the contrary, it brings them closer to the human race, so it's naturally well worth it!

(End of chapter)