Chapter 122: Golden Horn Clan

A remote corner of the universe, far from human territory.

In the vast starry sky lies a colossal landmass ten billion kilometers in diameter; this is the sacred land of the Golden Horn Clan, a common race occupying over two thousand star domains.

Compared to the human race's thousand universe nations, each possessing vast territories spanning thousands of star domains, the Golden Horn Clan's territory is naturally very small.

Yet in reality, among the countless common races in the vast universe, the territory occupied by the Golden Horn Clan ranks in the upper-middle tier.

After all, the Golden Horn Clan's leader, 'Xiluo Duo', is a powerful universe overlord, well-known throughout the vast universe.

Indeed, tens of millions of eras ago, the 'Yi Lie Lie Shen Bing' forged by the Golden Horn Clan's leader Xiluo Duo replaced the original 'Golden Lie Lie Shen Bing', one of the Nine Divine Weapons of the Rulers, becoming one of the Nine Divine Weapons of the Rulers widely circulated throughout the vast universe.

Of course, most powerful beings wielding the Yi Lie Lie Shen Bing would never know Xiluo Duo's name!

After all, the Nine Divine Weapons of the Rulers were mostly created for use by powerful beings below the Immortal God realm, so it is naturally difficult for them to truly comprehend a level like Xiluo Duo.

Unfortunately, the Golden Horn Clan's luck was not good; over thirty million eras ago, a Universe Venerable from another common race neighboring the Golden Horn Clan, whose strength was originally far inferior to Xiluo Duo's, successfully comprehended the two supreme source laws of Time and Space, becoming a Universe Master, sitting high above all!

Know that adding up the endless territories of the vast universe, the number of Universe Masters is merely a few hundred!

Any single Universe Master counts as a top-tier powerhouse in the universe!

After cultivating in seclusion for a period, that newly born Universe Master led his race in expansion, not only annihilating several weak neighboring races but even seizing parts of the territory of several common races.

Fortunately, the Golden Horn Clan's leader Xiluo Duo had long led his race to join the Hong Alliance, one of the eight peak powers of the vast universe, and Xiluo Duo's own strength was also quite astonishing, so the opponent dared not press the Golden Horn Clan too hard.

Just as Lu Qingshan was assigned the mission to go to the Golden Horn Clan by Lord Heifeng, inside a magnificent temple in the coremost region of the Golden Horn Clan's sacred land, nineteen figures were currently seated around a long table in conversation!

All nineteen figures were elders sitting high above within the Golden Horn Clan, each one a pillar of the entire race.

Among these nineteen elders, the leader possessed eyes that seemed capable of encompassing the universe; he was the universe overlord 'Xiluo Duo', famous among billions of races across the universe!

"Elders!"

Xiluo Duo smiled, looking at the eighteen figures around him, then spoke: "This time, after the Primordial Star opened, I was fortunate enough to obtain several precious top-tier heavy treasures; the harvest was quite abundant. Therefore, I intend to forge a Sacred Stele for our race next!"

Speaking thus, Xiluo Duo felt somewhat helpless in his heart.

In fact, with his strength at the universe overlord level, if he had dared to fight desperately on the Primordial Star, not to mention top-tier heavy treasures, even supreme treasures would have had a chance to be obtained!

But he is a pillar of the Golden Horn Clan; if he were to perish, the Golden Horn Clan's status in the universe would surely drop significantly; it is even quite possible they would be completely annihilated in this vast universe.

Therefore, when wandering the Primordial Star, he was always extremely cautious; encountering universe overlords of the same level, he mostly chose to retreat, and even encountering some high-level Venerables with backgrounds, he would choose to compromise!

He is a member of the Hong Alliance; although there is a chance to be resurrected by reversing time and space after death, he is after all not a powerhouse of the human race itself.

For universe overlords of the human race itself, even without contribution points, they would be resurrected by reversing time and space after death; at most, they would owe the race some contributions and repay them slowly after resurrection.

But for an ally like him to be resurrected by reversing time and space, he must pay enough contribution points to request the Great Axe Founder to act!

And given the Golden Horn Clan's current situation, if he were to perish, even with the entire race's strength, it would be impossible to gather enough contribution points to request the Great Axe Founder to resurrect him!

Precisely because of this, he was so cautious when wandering outside.

"Sacred Stele?"

"Leader, what is this Sacred Stele you speak of?"

While various thoughts flashed through Xiluo Duo's mind, the other elders around him also spoke up.

"The Sacred Stele I speak of is similar to the Chaos Stele of the human race!"

Seeing this, Xiluo Duo quickly explained: "Years ago, invited by a friend, I went to the human race's Initial Universe and was fortunate enough to see a Chaos Stele of the human race! From that moment on, I had the intention of leaving a Sacred Stele for my Golden Horn Clan!"

"However, to forge a Sacred Stele, besides needing various precious resources, the creator must possess extremely high comprehension of laws; even among universe overlords, not everyone can create a Sacred Stele!"

"The human race currently has fourteen Universe Masters, and over five hundred universe overlords, yet the Chaos Steles in that Initial Universe number only fifty or so!"

After hearing Xiluo Duo's words, the other elders around him all became excited.

They were all members of the Hong Alliance, naturally having heard of the human race's Chaos Steles; those were created by the human race after spending countless efforts to cultivate the race's talented juniors!

Over endless ages, countless human geniuses have comprehended those Chaos Steles and become super-powerhouses famous throughout the universe!

If the Golden Horn Clan could truly forge a Sacred Stele comparable to the human race's Chaos Stele, the geniuses of the Golden Horn Clan in the future would surely receive better cultivation!

Thinking thus, the many Golden Horn elders around him spoke up one after another.

"I agree!"

"I also agree!"

"Leader, not long ago I obtained a quite precious top-tier heavy treasure weapon in a Secret Realm; count me in for the resources needed to forge this Sacred Stele!"

"And me! Although I have few treasures on my person, I have accumulated some contribution points within the Hong Alliance, which can be exchanged for a sum of resources!"

"I am the same!"

Watching the elders around him enthusiastically support him, Xiluo Duo felt deeply moved in his heart!

This is the Golden Horn Clan, his home, his root!

With all these elders united as one, they can surely lead the entire Golden Horn Clan to survive better and better in this vast universe!

A moment later...

Xiluo Duo waved his hand to signal everyone to be silent, then continued: "This time, besides forging the Sacred Stele, I also spent some contribution points to order a batch of resources from the human race, supplied for members at the Domain Lord, Domain Master, Universe Level, Star Level, and Planet Level tiers. Although these resources are cheap, the quantity is large; they should be sufficient to sustain the entire race's consumption for over ten thousand eras!"

"I have just received a message from the human race's Virtual Universe Company stating the resources are ready; they will arrive within the clan in about one month. Krimans, I leave the handover of the resources to you!"

"Yes, Leader!" A Golden Horn elder appearing as a youth nodded and responded hurriedly.

"Besides handing over the resources, you must also ensure the reception of those escorting the resources is done well!"

Xiluo Duo continued to instruct: "This time, eleven human Immortals are escorting the resources; the leader among them is Jin Ge Wang, and the other ten are Marquis-level Immortals."

"I have queried the detailed information on these people through Hong Alliance friends. Do not look down on their relatively weak strength; within the human race, they all have considerable backgrounds. As long as we treat them well, our Golden Horn Clan will have more friends within the human race in the future!"

Hearing this, the elders around him all laughed.

Know that at the very beginning, the staff sent by the human race to the Golden Horn Clan were very ordinary workers.

But after the Golden Horn Clan's sage 'Baren' proposed warmly welcoming these human race powerful beings, as time passed, the human powerful beings coming to the Golden Horn Clan became increasingly numerous.

To date, due to the Golden Horn Clan's warm reception, dozens of human race Universe Venerables have formed good friendships with the Golden Horn Clan, over a thousand Marquis-level Immortals, and the number of Marquis-level Immortals is countless.

These relationships may seem insignificant in ordinary times, but at critical moments, they can greatly help the Golden Horn Clan.

And what the Jin Jiao race paid was nothing more than some secret arts that hardly cost anything at all!

"This is the information on the eleven immortals of the human race!"

Herodotus waved his hand and sent a stream of light in front of Kelemans, then continued: "Besides that Jin Ge Wang, there are two more people in here who need extra attention!"

"One is the peak Marquis 'Chi Huo Hou'. He has only cultivated for just over twenty million years, and in the future he absolutely has the potential to become a King-tier immortal and join the Hong Alliance. Moreover, Chi Huo Hou's grandmaster is Guiyi Zifeng Zunzhe, a disciple of Hun Dun Chengzhu. As long as he can step into the King-tier level, he will definitely be given important positions within the Virtual Universe Company faction;

The other is the early-stage Marquis 'Marquis Meixin'. His situation is similar to that Chi Huo Hou—his grandmaster is Venerable Yao Guang, a disciple of Lord Bingfeng. It's just that this person's talent is even a notch stronger than that Chi Huo Hou. According to the data, he has long since fully comprehended the essence of the Time Origin Law. A genius like this, as long as he doesn't fall in the future, will definitely be able to become a King-tier immortal and join the Hong Alliance!"

"I understand!" Kelemans said quickly.

……

Time kept flowing by, and in the blink of an eye a whole month had passed.

That day, Lu Qingshan, who had already been waiting on the Virtual Universe Company's universe-wide headquarters continent, suddenly heard the voice of the intelligent life Deep Blue in his mind.

"Master, it's time for you to go and rendezvous with Jin Ge Wang!"

"Finally heading to the Jin Jiao race?"

Lu Qingshan, who had been cultivating, slowly opened his eyes.

Previously, whether through Hou Erren's introduction or by querying the Virtual Universe, he had indeed learned some information about the Jin Jiao race, so he was now genuinely quite curious about the Jin Jiao race of the time when Herodotus had not yet fallen.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly rose, then hurried to the rendezvous point for this mission.

After Lu Qingshan walked into the rendezvous hall, he discovered several figures already inside—Hou Erren and Xianyue Hou were also among them.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan quickly walked over toward Hou Erren.

In a short while, the ten Marquis-tier immortals who had accepted the mission to the Jin Jiao race had all appeared in this hall, and then a middle-aged man wearing a dark-gold, archaic suit of armor arrived before Lu Qingshan and the others.

He had two purple scales on his face, a vertical eye at his brow, and stood four meters tall—he was precisely a King-tier immortal of the transportation department, Jin Ge Wang!

"Greetings, Jin Ge Wang!"

Lu Qingshan and the others bowed slightly and saluted.

"Mm!"

Jin Ge Wang nodded slightly, then said solemnly: "This time, you will be going to the Jin Jiao race with me. I know each of you has a background, and you have all looked into this mission. But before heading to the Jin Jiao race, I still need to remind you of a few things!"

"This trip to the Jin Jiao race, our most important mission is still to deliver the supplies smoothly. Beyond that, you must not lose face for our human race during your interactions with the Jin Jiao people. Do you all understand?"

"We understand!" Lu Qingshan and the others quickly nodded in response.

"Of course…"

Jin Ge Wang continued: "As long as this trip completes the mission successfully, if the Jin Jiao race is willing to give you some gifts afterward, you may accept them without worry!"

"Alright, everything that needed to be said has been said. Now it's time to depart!"

After saying this, Jin Ge Wang led everyone to another location to collect the many supplies that needed escorting, and then they quickly boarded a cosmic spaceship.

"A cosmic spaceship?"

After boarding the ship, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but transmit his voice to Hou Erren: "Qingcang, didn't you say we have fixed teleportation channels when heading to those alien territories?"

"That's right!"

Hou Erren transmitted with a smile: "But this fixed teleportation channel is a bit special—you'll understand in a moment!"

After hearing Hou Erren's words, although Lu Qingshan was somewhat curious, he could only continue waiting inside the ship.

And so, after leaving the Virtual Universe Company headquarters continent, the cosmic spaceship quickly shuttled into the Dark Universe, and after flying through the Dark Universe for over an hour, it shuttled back into the Original Universe.

At this moment, a rather desolate life planet quickly appeared before Lu Qingshan and the others.

Most regions of this life planet had no life on them; only in one area was a luxurious golden palace built—it was precisely a station of the Virtual Universe Company.

When Lu Qingshan and the others arrived at this station following Jin Ge Wang, they soon saw over a dozen rock-type aliens with cyan skin and a vertical golden mark at their brows—precisely the Jin Jiao people.

Moreover, all of these Jin Jiao people emanated immortal auras, clearly all immortal deities, and the aura of the leader among them was in no way inferior to Jin Ge Wang's.

"Jin Ge Wang!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan and the others, the leading Jin Jiao person quickly greeted them warmly.

"Mengdu Wang!"

Jin Ge Wang responded with a smile as well, then continued: "I presume you've already received the news—have your people open the Divine Kingdom teleportation channel!"

"Won't you rest here for a while?"

Mengdu Wang said with a smile: "I've already ordered my subordinates to prepare a banquet for you!"

"Let's talk about that after the mission is done!"

Jin Ge Wang said with a smile: "We'll be passing back through here anyway when we return!"

"Alright then!"

Mengdu Wang nodded slightly, then said: "This time I also have three clansmen returning with you—they came here previously on similar business!"

"No problem!"

Jin Ge Wang nodded and said: "I've already received the message from the company—just have them follow behind us!"

Afterward, Mengdu Wang of the Jin Jiao race quickly ordered an immortal-tier Jin Jiao clansman to open a temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel, and Jin Ge Wang quickly led Lu Qingshan and the others to step inside.

"This…"

Lu Qingshan stepped into the teleportation channel following Jin Ge Wang while continuing to transmit to Hou Erren: "Qingcang, this is the rather special fixed teleportation channel you mentioned!"

"Are you surprised?"

Hou Erren transmitted with a smile to explain: "Qingshan, the Jin Jiao race's territory is extremely far from our human race, and the Jin Jiao race is just an ordinary race. With their strength, even if they mobilized the entire race, they might not be able to build many fixed Divine Kingdom teleportation channels spanning endless distances to reach our human race!

"So they can only send immortal-tier clansmen to stay long-term near our human race's important locations. When needed, they can come here and have them open a temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel. This way, they can travel quickly between the two territories while saving resources—naturally the best choice!"

"As far as I know, the Jin Jiao race only has two such stations within our human race's territory—one near our Virtual Universe Company and one near the Giant Axe Fighting Arena headquarters!"

After hearing Hou Erren's explanation, Lu Qingshan immediately understood everything.

In the end, it all came down to resources!

The reason the human race built so many fixed Divine Kingdom teleportation channels is that human powerhouses frequently need to travel between various regions. Although building a fixed teleportation channel costs a huge amount of resources at first, as time goes on, the resources saved become more and more.

Strong cultivators who could travel back and forth between the Lord Jinjiao clan's territory and the human territory were never that many to begin with, so there wasn't much point in building a fixed teleportation passage.

As for the three members of the Lord Jinjiao clan who had been following them, most likely it was because they were unwilling to waste resources opening a separate Divine Kingdom teleportation passage, which was why they had stayed at that outpost for an extra stretch of time!

After all, for undying gods, the one thing they were least short of in ordinary days was time!

(End of this chapter)