Chapter 13: Settling Down and Secret Arts

"Master!"

After Warren led everyone away, Huo Gesi looked at Lu Qingshan and said respectfully, "Disciple's current strength is insufficient, so I can only find a way to arrange for you, Master, to join the company's transport department! As for those missions within Chaos City, Disciple simply has no way to handle them!"

"I understand!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slowly, then said, "Huo Gesi, you have done very well; this job suits me quite well!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Huo Gesi felt a wave of relief in his heart.

If it had not been for Master Lu Qingshan's guidance and help back then, he would never have risen from an ordinary life planet to eventually join the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company and become an Immortal Deity.

And since arranging this job was the first time Master Lu Qingshan had asked him for help, he naturally wanted to make his master satisfied.

However, although he was already a High Military Lord, he was still just a small figure within the Virtual Universe Company, truly unable to arrange the most suitable mission for Lu Qingshan.

Even this transport department mission was only secured because, after learning that Lord Heifeng was presiding over this mission distribution, he sent a gift to Lord Heifeng through Warren, successfully arranging for Lu Qingshan to be assigned to the transport department.

"Master, please rest assured!"

Huo Gesi immediately said, "Our transport department's benefits and treatment are quite good; the only downside is that most working hours require traveling through the universe aboard a starship. Of course, we can also enter seclusion and cultivate while aboard the starship; the auxiliary intelligence can control the vessel!"

"According to company rules, Master, you are currently a Low Military Lord, so for every one hundred thousand years you work for the company, you may rest for one thousand years! During the rest period, Master, you may also use the Class F starships issued by the company, but you cannot modify the vessel, and the company will not reimburse energy consumed during non-working periods!"

Hearing Huo Gesi's introduction, Lu Qingshan could not help but find it amusing in his heart.

He thought that those genius figures, after becoming Immortals, would slaughter their way everywhere and roam the Outer Realm battlefields, but when it came to him, he was riding a starship as a courier and driver, with even his holidays strictly defined.

However, Lu Qingshan had already worked in the Yanfeng Branch for many years before, so he was very familiar with these internal procedures of the Virtual Universe Company and was not too surprised.

At this moment, Huo Gesi continued introducing, "Master, although the holidays in my transport department are relatively short, the rewards are extremely generous! According to company regulations, a Low Military Lord can earn at least three thousand points for every one hundred thousand years of work. If one has established merit during work, such as repelling ambushes by alien race experts, one can even obtain shocking rewards!"

"And points can be exchanged for various precious Lei Ting and universe treasures; within our Virtual Universe Company, they are extremely precious! Under normal circumstances, within the company, one Hunyuan unit can be exchanged for only one point!"

"At least three thousand points for every one hundred thousand years?" Lu Qingshan was slightly stunned.

It was not because the reward was too small, but because it was too high!

For Immortal Deities with eternal lifespans, time has almost lost its meaning!

The entire fortune of an ordinary Immortal in the universe is estimated to be only tens of thousands of Hunyuan units.

Yet within the transport department of this Virtual Universe Company, one could accumulate such shocking wealth by working for merely over a million years!

What if one worked for ten million years, or hundreds of millions of years?

"Master!"

Just as Lu Qingshan was thinking, Huo Gesi looked around and continued introducing to Lu Qingshan, "This Lei Ting Island is the gathering place for the experts within our Virtual Universe Company!"

"So many palaces!"

Lu Qingshan glanced over; nearby, dense palaces were everywhere, and in the center stood a massive mountain range.

"On that massive mountain range in the central area of Lei Ting Island live the supreme experts of our Virtual Universe Company lineage!"

Huo Gesi looked at that giant mountain range, "Among them, the Zifeng Zunzhe reside halfway up the mountain, the summit is inhabited by the supreme experts of our Virtual Universe Company lineage, and those living at the foot of the mountain are all Immortal Deities!"

"For us Immortal Deities, our status and permissions within the company also have obvious differences; the closer the residence is to that mountain range, the more powerful its owner is!"

"Under normal circumstances, a Hei Fengwang Immortal can build a residence spanning ten kilometers around the foot of that mountain range, a Marquis Immortal can build a five-kilometer residence in the middle area, and for us Immortal Military Lords, we can only build a one-kilometer residence far away from that mountain range!"

According to Huo Gesi's introduction, Lu Qingshan quickly discovered the distribution pattern of residences on Lei Ting Island.

He saw that the residences of the Immortal Deities on Lei Ting Island spread out in circles around that central mountain range; the inner residences occupied large spaces but were few in number, while the outer residences were the most numerous but much smaller in area.

While introducing the situation of Lei Ting Island, Huo Gesi quickly brought Lu Qingshan to a hillside next to a river, then pointed to a building nearby and said, "Master, that is my residence on Lei Ting Island, and there are many Immortal Deities from our transport department building residences nearby as well. You should build a residence nearby too; in the future, we master and disciple can look out for each other!"

"Good!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then quickly selected an empty plot of land and began designing his residence according to his own preferences.

Whoosh!

A huge, square courtyard suddenly appeared before Lu Qingshan and the other; inside, there were paths paved with pebbles, surrounded by various flowers, and in the center of the flower area lay a pool of water.

The architectural style of this courtyard was similar to the Jiang Nan gardens Lu Qingshan had seen in his previous life, and among them, the pool of water was the most essential part.

Above this pool of water, there were stone bridges, pavilions and water terraces, and artificial hills...

In Jiang Nan gardens, the pool of water is the essence.

This garden, spanning only one kilometer in circumference, encompassed all the essences of the Jiang Nan gardens Lu Qingshan had ever seen.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look!" Lu Qingshan said with a smile, then led Huo Gesi inside.

After briefly browsing the scenery within the manor, Lu Qingshan and his disciple sat again in the manor's living room.

"Master!" Huo Gesi quickly asked, "Previously, while cultivating in Chaos City and successfully breaking through the tenth layer of the Sky-Connecting Bridge, you should have obtained over one hundred thousand points, correct?"

"Yes!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, "However, previously, to fully comprehend the complete Lei Ting origin laws, I spent some points to purchase certain Lei Ting inheritances within the Virtual Universe Company!"

Although in the original work, figures like Luo Feng obtained tenfold point rewards while breaking through the Sky-Connecting Bridge during their cultivation in Chaos City, that applied only to young geniuses of the human race.

When Lu Qingshan and the others entered Chaos City, they were already at the peak of the Domain Lord realm, so they definitely could not enjoy the tenfold point reward benefits!

Yet even so, they had made a huge profit!

After all, entering Chaos City cost them only over thirty thousand Hunyuan units, but as long as they could break through the ninth layer of the Sky-Connecting Bridge, they could obtain around fifty thousand points; this was simply a huge profit.

And this was precisely why joining the core layers of the five major powers previously required strict assessments.

"Master, within the company, points are extremely important!"

Huo Gesi continued to remind, "Now that you have just broken through, you certainly need to prepare new weapons and equipment, as well as various cultivation Lei Ting; these things all require spending large amounts of points. Later, you can browse the company treasury yourself!"

"Also, since you have just broken through to become an Immortal, you are entitled to a one-thousand-year holiday by regulation; during this time, you may return to your hometown to properly arrange family matters!"

"After returning to your hometown this time, you had best leave behind several of your divine power tokens; this way, if any emergency arises in the future, you can use the divine kingdom teleportation to arrive directly! I am currently completing a transport mission within the company, so I cannot accompany you back to your hometown!"

"I understand!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.

Thus, Lu Qingshan and his disciple chatted idly for a while longer; Huo Gesi introduced several of his friends from the transport department to Lu Qingshan, then took his leave.

After Huo Gesi left, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to the cultivation room within his residence.

He was about to spend points to purchase some treasures when he suddenly received a new message.

"Lu Qingshan:"

Congratulations on becoming an official member of the Transportation Department of my Virtual Universe Company. Official members of our Transportation Department are entitled to numerous company benefits, including but not limited to the right to use Class-F starships, a one-thousand-year vacation, and so on...

The starship registered under your name within the company is the 'Blood Red No. 3'. Here, we must remind you: without receiving a company mission, you absolutely cannot depart from our Human Clan's territory aboard the Blood Red No. 3, or you will be deemed a traitor to the clan!

The next one thousand years are your vacation time. After one thousand years, you must arrive on time at the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters to await orders!

Virtual Universe Company, Transportation Department.

After browsing the email, Lu Qingshan gained a better understanding of his upcoming work. Subsequently, he quickly opened the Treasury within the Virtual Universe Company.

Beep!

The Treasury opened, and immediately upon Lu Qingshan's virtual screen before his eyes appeared the eight major categories: 'Secret Arts', 'Weapons', 'Materials', 'Tools', 'Living Beings', 'Technological Weapons', 'Rare Treasures', and 'Other Special Categories', among others.

Beneath each major category lay many sub-categories; for instance, under Living Beings existed categories such as 'Plant Life', 'Metal Life', and so on.

This Treasury was truly all-encompassing, containing everything.

While browsing the numerous pieces of information within the Treasury, Lu Qingshan had the auxiliary intelligence Hearing Shenlan continuously memorizing them.

After all, his permissions within the Virtual Universe had been very low previously, so the data stored in Hearing Shenlan's memory was still very scarce. Now that he had the opportunity, of course, he intended to understand everything fully.

While having Hearing Shenlan memorize various treasure information, Lu Qingshan was also thinking silently.

"In my original plan, once I became Immortal, I could lie flat completely. Naturally, these points should be exchanged for more Lu Zhiwu to ensure survival!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "But now I have joined the Myriad Heavens Chat Group, and Han Li, who wields the Heaven-Grasping Vase, is within it. I might as well try to continue comprehending the Time Origin Law!"

"Although comprehending Origin Laws at the Immortal stage is slower than at the Compared to the Boundary stage, with the assistance of the mysterious green liquid within the Heaven-Grasping Vase, plus the vast expanse of time, I still have a certain chance to master the complete Time Origin Law!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan immediately opened the Cultivation Secret Arts within the 'Secret Arts' category.

Secret Arts are divided into many types: there are auxiliary secret arts, combat secret arts, and cultivation secret arts, and so on...

What Lu Qingshan now wished to purchase was naturally an auxiliary secret art for cultivating the Time Origin Law.

Just as Lu Qingshan initiated the search, a massive number of secret art introductions appeared on the screen—

'Chaos Principles', price 100 billion points...

'Chronicles of Space-Time', price 100 billion points...

'Star-Refining Fire', price 1 billion points...

At a glance, various cultivation secret arts were too numerous to count. The highest-grade secret arts were uniformly priced at 100 billion points, while the lowest-priced ones were merely a few hundred points.

Finally, after a round of selection, Lu Qingshan quickly chose three secret arts.

He spent 10,000 points to purchase the first two volumes of 'Thunder Overview'. This 'Thunder Overview' is a secret art created by the creator of the Thunder Chaos Stele, offering immense help in comprehending the Thunder Chaos Stele;

He spent 30,000 points to purchase the first three volumes of 'Thunder Analysis'. This 'Thunder Analysis' is a precious secret art created by Jing Lei Wang, the grandmaster of the Thunder Lineage, offering immense help to cultivators of the Thunder Lineage in comprehending the Time Origin Law;

He spent 800 points to purchase the complete set of cultivation secret arts 'Time Preliminary Analysis'. This 'Time Preliminary Analysis' is a foundational secret art created by an unparalleled genius in human history while comprehending the essence of the Time Origin Law, which perfectly analyzes the 108 essences of the Time Origin Law through 108 sword techniques.

"Now that I have broken through and become Immortal, it is time to return to my hometown for a visit!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan immediately returned his consciousness to reality. Then, after submitting an application, he quickly departed the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters aboard the 'Blood Red No. 3'.

Correction to the Chat Group permissions above: Lu Qingshan is the Group Owner, and the other four are Administrators.

The outline previously did not include the golden finger being loaded into the protagonist's mind for eight million years, so I forgot this matter...

I am quite busy today, and this chapter is nearly 4000 characters. The next chapter will be a bit later.

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