Chapter 147: Master and Disciple, The Shadow Monarch's Attention

While countless powerful beings outside were surprised and shocked that Lu Qingshan had broken through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Thunder Bridge, Lu Qingshan had already followed his master, Lei Huanwang, to the latter's residence.

At this moment, many powerful beings had already gathered outside Lu Qingshan's residence on Lei Ting Island, and some had even come to wait around Lei Huanwang's residence. Upon seeing the master and disciple pair of Lu Qingshan and Lei Huanwang appear, they immediately rushed forward to greet the two.

Seeing this scene, Lu Qingshan quickly stepped forward and entered Lei Huanwang's residence.

Seeing this, Lei Huanwang also smiled and walked into the residence, then waved his hand, causing a sign saying "Closed to Guests" to appear before the residence gate.

"This is too crazy!"

Walking into Lei Huanwang's residence, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh, "Even when Tian Shi Zunzhe previously broke through to become a Hei Fengwang Immortal, he didn't have this many people coming to his door!"

Think about it, how little time had passed since he broke through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge?

Yet over a hundred people had already gathered at the entrance of his residence on Lei Ting Island!

If he hadn't entered Lei Huanwang's residence so quickly just now, he might have been stopped by others again!

"Disciple, you are different from Tian Shi Zunzhe!"

Following Lu Qingshan into the residence, Lei Huanwang smiled after hearing Lu Qingshan's sigh and said, "How stunning was Tian Shi Zunzhe back then? The moment he broke through, he possessed the invincible strength of a Hei Fengwang! Although such talent was indeed far more stunning than yours, it also made people feel awe and fear!"

"For instance, the banquet held by Tian Shi Zunzhe immediately after his breakthrough back then mostly invited the outstanding figures among the Hei Fengwang Immortals, and among them were many Universe Zifeng Zunzhe; besides them, there were only those with close relationships!"

"But you are different! You have already lived on this Lei Ting Island for over two million years and have some acquaintance with many Immortal Gods. Now that you have broken through to become a Hei Fengwang Immortal, they naturally want to find ways to build some rapport with you! There are also some Hei Fengwang Immortals who want to establish good relations with you so they can interact more in the future!"

"As a result, although the powerful beings celebrating for you are far inferior in strength to those who celebrated for Tian Shi Zunzhe back then, their numbers will certainly be much greater!"

"So that's how it is!" Lu Qingshan suddenly understood.

It turned out that his popularity wasn't because his strength was great, but rather because his strength was neither too strong nor too weak!

If his strength were too strong, creating a shocking gap that people could feel, naturally fewer people would dare to disturb him; and if his strength were too weak, it would be impossible for anyone to pay attention to him!

Instead, right now, his strength wasn't absurdly high, and within the Human Race, it was already not considered weak, so it naturally attracted the attention of many powerful beings.

"Alright!"

Lei Huanwang waved his hand, then led Lu Qingshan to a quiet room: "Disciple, you have just finished breaking through the Heaven-Piercing Bridge, so first organize here the insights you gained while breaking through the Heaven-Piercing Bridge! No one will disturb you here; just focus on comprehending with peace of mind!"

"Thank you, Master!"

After hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan quickly sat cross-legged in the quiet room, then quietly began to organize the many insights he had gained while breaking through the Heaven-Piercing Bridge.

However, since his breakthrough of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge was quite easy, these insights were not too numerous, so he only secluded himself for a little over an hour before returning to the living room of Lei Huanwang's residence.

At this time, besides Lei Huanwang, the living room also contained Lu Qingshan's ninth senior brother, Ji Dianwang, his thirteenth senior sister, Tongyewang, and his eighteenth senior brother, Qinglinwang.

Among Lu Qingshan's senior brothers and sisters, the ninth senior brother, Ji Dianwang, possessed the strongest strength, having already broken through the nineteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge, while Tongyewang and Qinglinwang, just like the current Lu Qingshan, had only broken through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge.

Thus, the four disciples of Lei Huanwang who had crossed into the Hei Fengwang level gathered together.

"Oh?"

Seeing Lu Qingshan arrive in the living room, Lei Huanwang, who was chatting with his disciples, smiled and asked, "Disciple Qingshan, have you finished comprehending? Come, sit down first!"

"Yes! It was mainly thanks to your reminder, Master!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and responded respectfully, then, while walking toward the empty seats around, looked at Ji Dianwang and the other two, greeting them: "Ninth Senior Brother, Thirteenth Senior Sister, Eighteenth Senior Brother!"

"Little Junior Brother!"

Tongyewang smiled and said, "Master told us long ago that you had the opportunity to become a Hei Fengwang Immortal, but I truly didn't expect you to break through so quickly!"

"Yes, Little Junior Brother!"

Qinglinwang, a Dragon Race powerhouse whose face was covered in green dragon scales, also smiled and said, "Right now, within our entire Virtual Universe Company, and even among the Hei Fengwang Immortals of the other major powers, many people are discussing you!"

"Back then, when Master praised your high talent, I was a bit unconvinced, but now it seems Little Junior Brother is indeed very formidable!"

"Little Junior Brother!"

Ji Dianwang, standing nearby, also chuckled and said, "You breaking through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge so quickly really surprised me greatly, Senior Brother. If I had known this, I wouldn't have let you go to Master when accepting disciples back then!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but smile.

Back then, after he broke through the seventeenth island of the Illusion Realm Sea, Ji Dianwang was indeed the first to arrive and wanted to take him as a disciple, but later Lei Huanwang also arrived, so naturally he had to become a disciple under Lei Huanwang.

"Lei Sike, are you planning to rebel against your master?"

After Lu Qingshan sat down properly, Lei Huanwang waved his hand, and immediately various fine wines and delicacies appeared beside Lu Qingshan and the others, while the table beside Ji Dianwang remained completely empty.

"Since that's the case, then you should leave first!"

Lei Huanwang pretended to be angry and said, "There is no wine for you here from your master!"

"Master, I was just making a joke!"

Ji Dianwang chuckled, stood up, and walked to Lei Huanwang's side; at the same time, a bottle of fine wine appeared in his hand. While pouring wine for Lei Huanwang, he said, "Besides, I brought wine this time too; Master, please drink this one from me!"

"Di Liu Jiang?"

Lei Huanwang glanced at the fine wine in Ji Dianwang's hand, then while taking out various dishes and placing them on the table beside Ji Dianwang, he joked with a smile, "Lei Sike, why have you become so generous this time? Even if this bottle of wine were placed in the Virtual Universe, it would be worth twenty million Hunyuan Units, right?"

"I just wanted to show filial piety to you, Master!"

Ji Dianwang placed the wine bottle beside Lei Huanwang, then smiled and said, "Of course, this is also an opportunity to celebrate Little Junior Brother's breakthrough to become a Hei Fengwang Immortal!"

"Master, Ninth Senior Brother is too dishonest!"

Tongyewang, standing nearby, looked at Ji Dianwang with a smile and said, "Ninth Senior Brother, I heard that you and several Hei Fengwang Immortals formed a team to explore a Secret Realm, and the harvest was quite abundant!"

"Sister Tongye, I didn't expect your news to be so timely!"

Ji Dianwang chuckled and said, "My adventure in the Secret Realm this time did indeed yield some small gains!"

"Alright!"

Lei Huanwang waved his hand to fill the Di Liu Jiang for his disciples, then raised his cup and said, "Qingshan successfully broke through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge this time; let us master and disciples celebrate for him together first!"

Hearing this, Ji Dianwang and the others immediately stood up, raised their cups, and congratulated: "Congratulations to Junior Brother on breaking through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge!"

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan immediately stood up, raised his cup, and said, "Thank you, Master; thank you, Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters!"

Just like that, after a round of celebration, Lei Huanwang looked at Lu Qingshan again: "Qingshan!"

"Master!" Lu Qingshan responded respectfully.

Lei Huanwang looked at Lu Qingshan, this youngest disciple who had only recently become his, and even his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

For a teacher, receiving a good disciple is naturally a very joyful matter.

"Lu Qingshan, your strength was relatively weak before, so Master did not tell you too much about many things!"

Lei Huanwang smiled and introduced, "This time you broke through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge. Next, your status within the company and even throughout the entire human race will see a huge increase. Besides being able to join the Hong Alliance, you can also obtain qualifications for permanent settlement in the Primordial Universe, along with many other benefits. I wonder what your plans are for the future?"

"Junior brother, why don't you go with me to the Outer Domain Battlefield to make a name for yourself?"

As soon as Lei Huanwang finished speaking, Tongye Wang on the side immediately said, "After you broke through to Immortal, you have been staying in the Transportation Department and haven't been to the Outer Domain Battlefield, yet your cultivation speed has been so fast. If you go to the Outer Domain Battlefield to temper yourself for a while, perhaps in the future you will be able to break through the nineteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge just like Ninth Senior Brother! Moreover, in the Outer Domain Battlefield, you can also accumulate wealth much faster, which is far better than staying in the Transportation Department!"

"Going to the Outer Domain Battlefield to temper oneself indeed helps with the improvement of strength!"

Lei Huanwang looked at Lu Qingshan and introduced, "However, the Outer Domain Battlefield is extremely dangerous. Even with Master's strength, it is possible to encounter fatal crises! Even if you become a King-level Immortal and can be resurrected by reversing time and space, once you fall and are resurrected by the high-levels of our human race, you will owe a huge debt to the race! Whether to go or not, you should consider it carefully yourself!"

"Disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan immediately nodded and said.

His second clone is currently making a name for himself in the Outer Domain Battlefield, so there is no need for his original body to go again.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly spoke, "Teacher, Senior Sister, after I broke through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge this time, I am already qualified to settle in Hun Dun City. So next, I plan to go to Hun Dun City first to cultivate for a while and continue to comprehend the laws!"

"Junior brother, you are going to Hun Dun City?" Tongye Wang was slightly stunned, finding it hard to believe Lu Qingshan's choice.

In the Primordial Universe, there are cosmic laws that are constantly manifesting externally, and there are fifty Chaos Steles containing the Great Dao, which are indeed suitable for laying a foundation for some geniuses with lower realms.

But at the King level, one can no longer make continuous progress merely through secluded cultivation!

The place most suitable for King-level Immortals is undoubtedly the Outer Domain Battlefield, which is full of dangers; countless super-existences at the Universe Venerable realm have already been born there!

Just like Dream Moon Venerable hundreds of thousands of years ago, who broke through to the Universe Venerable realm in the Outer Domain Battlefield!

Of course, although the Outer Domain Battlefield offers some help for the breakthroughs of the strong, the danger is also very great. Even a King-level limit expert is possible to encounter fatal danger!

"Mm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded, then said, "This time I broke through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge and also obtained several opportunities to comprehend the Chaos Steles. Going to Hun Dun City to cultivate for a while is just right to use up these opportunities!"

"Actually, this plan is quite good!"

Lei Huanwang nodded and said, "It is also good for you, Lu Qingshan, to go into seclusion in Hun Dun City for a while. After all, you have just broken through, and your strength in various aspects needs some time to improve, especially in the aspect of creating your own secret techniques!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred, and he immediately asked directly, "Teacher, you previously said that if the disciple could break through to the King level, you would take the disciple to meet Grandmaster..."

"Hahaha!"

Lei Huanwang smiled and said, "I knew you couldn't wait! But do not rush on this matter yet. I must first greet my teacher before I can take you there!"

"Disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan nodded and said.

"Rest assured, Little Junior Brother!"

Jidian Wang on the side quickly spoke, "We several are currently cultivating under the guidance of Grandmaster. Grandmaster is very kind and very attentive when guiding us. You will know once you meet him!"

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in gratitude, and at the same time, he felt some expectation for his grandmaster, Venerable Yao Guang.

Just as Lu Qingshan and his master and disciples were chatting, a blurry figure suddenly appeared in a temple on the mid-slope of Lei Ting Island.

The mid-slope of Lei Ting Island is where Universe Venerables of the Cosmic Universe Company lineage gather, and this figure is a Universe Hegemon with immense fame in the human race, Yin Ying Junzhu!

The reason why Yin Ying Junzhu has immense fame in the universe is not only because of his powerful strength, but more so because he is the overall head of the Hong Alliance's intelligence department.

For endless ages, countless numbers of the Meng Yao Zu, Insect Race, Mechanical Race, and even other races in the universe have fallen under Yin Ying Junzhu's orders.

Precisely because of this, countless alien experts in the universe wish nothing more than to see Yin Ying Junzhu completely disintegrate into ash.

But unfortunately, with the powerful backing of the human race, no one can possibly do anything to Yin Ying Junzhu!

And the reason Yin Ying Junzhu could become the overall head of the Hong Alliance's intelligence department is mainly because he belongs to the Virtual Universe Company lineage!

The Virtual Universe controlled by the Virtual Universe Company possesses an incomparably terrifying advantage in information dissemination. Even other peak races in the universe spare no cost to insert numerous spies within the human race, or enslave experts of the human race, or bribe and win them over, thereby constructing confidential communication channels within the Virtual Universe!

Even though these channels are frequently cracked by the human race, causing heavy losses to those aliens, they will still continue to do so!

Therefore, in terms of intelligence, the Hong Alliance intelligence department, led by the human race, is absolutely supreme in the universe. As the overall head of such a terrifying department, Yin Ying Junzhu's power is naturally incomparably shocking, even not inferior to some Hall Masters within the Hong Alliance!

At this moment, after Yin Ying Junzhu returned to the temple, he quickly began to handle some emails in his hand.

"It has been so long, and you still haven't found information on that peerless genius of the Insect Race?" Looking at an email in his hand, a trace of unwillingness appeared on Yin Ying Junzhu's face.

Over a hundred thousand years ago, the Insect Race produced a peerless genius. It is said that even at the Domain Master level, he possessed law comprehension comparable to a Marquis-level Immortal!

If this were in the human race, he would already have had the chance to break through the Domain Master-level Primordial Heaven-Piercing Mountain!

Precisely because of this, Yin Ying Junzhu has recently been sending people to gather information about that Insect Race genius, wanting to eliminate him as soon as possible, but until now, there has been no news!

"The Meng Yao Zu Tianlang lineage's peerless genius, Tianhua Wang, successfully escaped the pursuit of the Mechanical Race camp's Haoyue Venerable and successfully broke through to the Universe Venerable realm?"

After seeing this news, Yin Ying Junzhu couldn't help but frown: "I didn't expect that in the end, this Tianhua Venerable successfully broke through to the Universe Venerable realm!"

It is worth noting that over a million years ago, Yin Ying Junzhu received an order from 'Founder Giant Axe' to gather information on a peerless genius of the Meng Yao Zu Tianlang lineage and eliminate him in advance!

Unfortunately, the spies he had previously hidden within the Meng Yao Zu territory suffered heavy losses when assassinating the Meng Yao Zu peerless genius, and ultimately failed to detect news of that Tianhua Venerable in time. By the time he discovered it, the other party had already broken through to become an Immortal Spirit!

Whoosh!

Yin Ying Junzhu quickly opened the third email!

"Our human race's Marquis-level Immortal 'Marquis Lu Qingshan' broke through the eighteenth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Bridge of Thunder?"

A smile finally appeared on Yin Ying Junzhu's face: "Finally, a piece of good news! But before that, we must still confirm that this Marquis Lu Qingshan has no problems!"

It is worth noting that King-level Immortals are already considered a backbone force in the human race, and they usually have the opportunity to learn many confidential messages within the human race.

Especially the King-level Immortals in the core layer of the five major powers can even control many rights.

Therefore, every King-level Immortal must be carefully audited by the intelligence department after breaking through!

Thinking of this, Yin Ying Junzhu waved his hand and quickly brought up a lot of information regarding Lu Qingshan.

"At the World Master level, he entered the Primordial Universe to comprehend, and immediately broke through to become an Immortal Spirit after leaving the Primordial Universe?"

Yin Qingshan nodded slightly: "With the Chaos City Lord stationed in the Primordial Universe, the fact that this Lu Qingshan could enter at the World Master level and break through immediately after coming out completely rules out the possibility of being possessed by an alien!"

"Broke through the seventeenth island of the Illusion Realm Sea with the realm of an ordinary Army Master? And has been working in the Transportation Department all along?"

"It seems this little fellow's will is also very good. The possibility of being soul-enslaved can be largely ruled out!"

But just at this moment...

"Burning Spirit Marquis?"

The Shadow Monarch, seeing the message below, couldn't help but stiffen slightly.

(End of chapter)