Chapter 156: New Equipment, A Great Leap in Strength

Shi Fengwang was a Sealing King Undying under the Giant Axe Arena, and when Lu Qingshan held the Sealing King banquet, he had also sent him an invitation.

Although Shi Fengwang did not personally attend the banquet at the time, he did send a subordinate to deliver a congratulatory gift to Lu Qingshan.

Precisely because of this, Shi Fengwang naturally also learned the news that Lu Qingshan had received gifts from several Universe Zifeng Zunzhe at the banquet, and his attitude toward Lu Qingshan was naturally far more enthusiastic than before.

Upon learning that Lu Qingshan planned to have a good look around the Hong Alliance City, Shi Fengwang said with great confidence: "Wanjie Wang, I am extremely familiar with every place in this Hong Alliance City! It just so happens that I have nothing to do right now, so I can accompany you Wanjie Wang on a proper tour and introduce things to you!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Shi Fengwang!" Lu Qingshan quickly said his thanks.

"No trouble at all, no trouble at all!"

Shi Fengwang immediately said with a smile: "All of us Undying Spirits possess eternal life, so naturally we cannot cultivate all the time. As for adventures and battles, we only participate occasionally under normal circumstances! Although our human race does produce a Sealing King Undying who can join the Hong Alliance from time to time, it doesn't necessarily mean one will appear in our district!"

"Before you Wanjie Wang joined our district, it had already been over a hundred million years since a Sealing King powerhouse from our human race had joined!"

"From now on, I'm afraid we'll all be staying in the same district for endless years. We are all Sealing King Undying of the human race, so naturally we must help one another!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan sighed with considerable feeling in his heart.

Although every era of the human race could produce several Sealing King Undying, the Hong Alliance had several hundred districts. If distributed normally, a single district would indeed need a very long time before another Sealing King Undying of the human race could join.

However, regarding Shi Fengwang's words about staying in the same district for endless years, Lu Qingshan did not pay them too much heed in his heart.

Among the many rules of the Hong Alliance, as long as one possessed the strength of an Invincible Sealing King, one was qualified to move into the inner city to reside.

Although Lu Qingshan did not know how long it would take him to break through and become a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, merely reaching the Invincible Sealing King level should not take him too long!

And so, under Shi Fengwang's lead, Lu Qingshan soon began to stroll around Hong Alliance City.

It had to be said that Hong Alliance City could truly be said to gather countless powerhouses from the various great races. Sealing King Undying, normally rare to encounter, were simply everywhere here.

Lu Qingshan even ran into an alien-race Sealing King Undying he had once seen on the extraterritorial battlefield, but since his current identity was his true body's, he naturally would not rashly go up and greet him.

Within Hong Alliance City there were many trading venues, such as large spaceship trading; plant life, metal life trading...

Powerhouse employment services; special item appraisal services...

Large auction houses; new types of gambling services...

Countless various services and activities — truly everything one could want.

At this moment, powerhouses of the various races stood together in groups of three or five, chatting. Although many of them came from different races, the overall atmosphere was extremely peaceful.

Wherever Lu Qingshan and Shi Fengwang passed, powerhouses would occasionally come up to greet them — among them powerhouses of the human race, as well as many alien-race powerhouses.

"Puyia Palace?"

Lu Qingshan soon followed Shi Fengwang and arrived before a seven-story palace with a peculiar style.

This palace covered an area several kilometers in length and width, and inside it was incomparably bustling.

Right above the palace, three large characters were carved in the common script of the human race: 'Puyia Palace'.

One must understand that the outer-city region of Hong Alliance City gathered nearly three million Sealing King Undying, and even the residence of an Extreme Sealing King powerhouse was only 3,200 square meters.

To open a shop in this outer-city region, even an ordinary Universe Zifeng Zunzhe would not qualify. Probably only those powerhouses among Universe Zifeng Zunzhe would have the qualification to open shops in this outer-city region.

Moreover, any shop, once opened, needed to continuously pay various taxes and fees to the Hong Alliance.

Of course, these shops being able to open within the Hong Alliance meant their clients almost all possessed enormous wealth, so naturally they could obtain considerable profits.

"Wanjie Wang!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan stop before Puyia Palace, Shi Fengwang beside him quickly introduced: "This Puyia Palace mainly runs gambling business, and it is also the only gambling house in the entire Hong Alliance City."

"And every powerhouse who can join the Hong Alliance has an extremely long life, so besides adventuring, they will occasionally come to this Puyia Palace to find some fun! And precisely because of this, even the daily profits Puyia Palace earns are an astonishing figure!"

After introducing this information, Shi Fengwang asked with a smile: "Wanjie Wang, shall we go in and play a couple of rounds?"

"Better not!" Lu Qingshan quickly shook his head and said.

For Lu Qingshan, what he was most concerned about was information regarding 'resource' trading.

After all, when he had been adventuring on the extraterritorial battlefield, he had obtained a large amount of resources. Although he had previously sold a portion to the resource acquisition department of the Virtual Universe Company when purchasing the Beast God Blood and the quota for the Lingfeng Divine General inheritance, he had still deliberately held back a portion of resources that were relatively precious to alien-race powerhouses.

Although with Lu Qingshan's current status, the resource acquisition department of the Virtual Universe Company would not suppress the price too much, if he sold them within Hong Alliance City, he would undoubtedly be able to obtain even greater gains.

After all, the largest numbers within the Hong Alliance were still Sealing King Undying from various ordinary races and weak races.

Like the Lord Jinjiao race Lu Qingshan had visited before, these ordinary races and weak races normally had no way at all to obtain large quantities of precious resources. Besides ordering from the human race, they would also often purchase within Hong Alliance City.

If they encountered a treasure they urgently needed, they would certainly be even more willing to spend money.

Even some particularly special and rare treasures would drive countless alien-race powerhouses into a frenzy.

For example, the Blood Luo Crystal and Beast God Blood that Lu Qingshan had previously fused — powerhouses of the human race, once they possessed sufficient authority, could obtain free quotas, and also had a certain purchase quota.

But for those alien-race powerhouses in the Hong Alliance, under normal circumstances it was simply impossible for them to ever see such treasures.

Therefore, once Blood Luo Crystals and Beast God Blood appeared within the Hong Alliance, it would naturally drive countless powerhouses into a frenzy.

Of course, when Lu Qingshan had previously applied for the Beast God Blood, he also received an email from the race. The content of the email stated that the Beast God Blood could only be used by himself, that reselling was strictly forbidden, and that once discovered, there would be absolutely no leniency.

But this was also very normal!

After all, when Lu Qingshan had previously purchased Beast God Blood from the race, one drop was only ten billion Hunyuan units, but if placed in Hong Alliance City, it could be auctioned off for a high price of at least fifteen billion Hunyuan units.

If reselling were allowed, I'm afraid many powerhouses of the human race would be unable to resist the temptation of this astonishing price difference.

After Lu Qingshan told Shi Fengwang about his needs in this area, Shi Fengwang quickly led Lu Qingshan into another shop called Yubao Hall beside Puyia Palace.

"Wanjie Wang!"

Shi Fengwang continued with a smile: "This Yubao Hall is said to be opened by a Hall Master of our human race. If you have some precious resources, you can completely entrust them to him for consignment sale!"

"Moreover, this Yubao Hall contains countless treasures — it can be called the shop with the most complete variety of treasures in the outer layer of Hong Alliance City!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then quickly followed Shi Fengwang into Yubao Hall.

Inside Yubao Hall, treasures were densely packed on the shelves, stretching all the way to the limits of one's vision.

Although it was within the Virtual Universe, this Yubao Hall had perfectly simulated every single treasure, and beside each treasure there was an attached blueprint. On the blueprint were video, text, and illustration introductions, explaining in detail the origin, special characteristics, and selling price of each treasure.

Lu Qingshan walked along, browsing as he went.

Within this Yubao Hall, the treasures on just the first floor alone numbered in the hundreds of millions.

As for the prices, they ranged from one million to one hundred billion Hunyuan units.

"Master!"

The voice of the intelligent life form Hearing Shenlan quickly rang out in Lu Qingshan's mind: "The treasures inside here are all quite precious, and there are even some treasures that I have never seen even in the Virtual Universe Company's vault!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan's heart was actually rather calm.

After all, the Hong Alliance City was a gathering place for the universe's various races' powerhouses, and the treasures here came from many races of the universe, so it was actually quite normal for some treasures not found in the Virtual Universe Company's vault to appear.

Of course, the Virtual Universe Company's vault also had some special treasures that would not be displayed here.

Looking at the dazzling array of treasures before him, Lu Qingshan increasingly felt that he was currently a pauper.

Apart from some special treasures on his body, the total wealth he now had on him was estimated to be only a little over ten billion Hunyuan units, barely comparable to some poorer peak Hei Fengwang immortals.

"These treasures…"

The more Lu Qingshan looked, the more his eyes grew greedy; gazing at the countless rare treasures before him, he could not help wanting to buy them.

But he also knew very clearly in his heart that he was still a pauper right now.

Those treasures that could make his heart stir, he simply had no ability to purchase at present.

After a moment, Lu Qingshan followed Shi Fengwang to the staircase leading to the second floor of the Universe Treasure Hall.

"Wanjie Wang!"

Shi Fengwang looked toward the staircase not far away, then smiled and introduced: "The Universe Treasure Hall is the best shop within the Hong Alliance; the first floor has countless treasures, and the second floor has even more rare and exotic treasures!"

"Some of those rare and exotic treasures can be purchased with Hunyuan units, but some are prohibited from being bought with money and must be exchanged for with other treasures…"

"As you must know, some special treasures in the universe are extremely scarce, and some are even one-of-a-kind, so it is very difficult to define their price with Hunyuan units, so at this time bartering has become the mainstream!"

"I understand!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.

However, to go up to the second floor, one must possess at least a hundred billion Hunyuan units in wealth, and Lu Qingshan naturally did not qualify at present.

"This time, having broken through to become a Hei Fengwang immortal and with my life gene level elevated, it's also time to update my equipment!"

Lu Qingshan planned silently in his heart: "With my current strength, even without having accepted the Divine General inheritance, I should be able to match some of the weaker peak Hei Fengwang powerhouses!"

"Although this level of strength still has a great gap from roaming the extraterritorial battlefield, I am no longer the Hou Fengwang immortal who could only self-destruct when chased by peak Hei Fengwang powerhouses!"

One must know that Lu Qingshan had now elevated his life gene level to ten times that of ordinary universe life, and combined with his having cleared the eighteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge, his base strength alone had reached a hundred thousand times the World Lord force.

Once he executed the body-amplification secret art "Lei Ting Phantom Body," he could even erupt with eight hundred thousand times the World Lord force; moreover, he had also created top-tier movement and sword arts, so even though his comprehension of laws was somewhat weaker than that of a peak Hei Fengwang, the two offset each other, and he was now sufficient to match the weaker peak Hei Fengwang powerhouses.

However, most peak Hei Fengwang powerhouses had already grasped special abilities such as teleportation and time-stop, so Lu Qingshan naturally found it very difficult to pose a threat to them!

"As long as I update my equipment, in the future when roaming the extraterritorial battlefield, the likelihood of encountering a fatal threat will be very small!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly began selling off the remaining resources in his possession with Shi Fengwang's help.

When he had previously had the Virtual Universe Company's resource acquisition department appraise these resources, they could only be sold for 13.7 billion Hunyuan units, but with Shi Fengwang's help, Lu Qingshan sold this batch of resources for a high price of 15.9 billion Hunyuan units.

And this also caused Shi Fengwang to regard him in an even higher light in his heart.

After all, Shi Fengwang had originally assumed that since Lu Qingshan had just broken through, he surely did not have many resources on hand, and might even be inferior to a peak Hou Fengwang powerhouse.

But now Lu Qingshan had suddenly produced resources worth over ten billion Hunyuan units; although Shi Fengwang did not know where these resources had come from, he regarded him with greater importance in his heart.

After all, a fortune of over ten billion Hunyuan units was already sufficient to match a poorer peak Hei Fengwang powerhouse.

After selling off the many treasures, Lu Qingshan invited Shi Fengwang and several other Hei Fengwang immortals he was relatively familiar with to enjoy a meal at the Nine Fragrance Hall in Hong Alliance City, and only then did the crowd disperse.

And after Lu Qingshan returned to his residence, he quickly instructed the intelligent life form Hearing Shenlan: "Hearing Shenlan, search for all kinds of equipment suitable for my current use!"

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

"Master!"

After a moment, the intelligent life form Hearing Shenlan quickly answered: "According to your requirements, what I recommend for you is this set of 'Purple Exquisite Armor' sold in the Universe Treasure Hall for ten billion Hunyuan units; the 'Lei Shen Battle Garment' sold in the Virtual Universe Company's vault for five billion points; the Thunder Sound Void-Breaking Sword sold in the Hong Alliance's Many Treasures Hall for one billion Hunyuan units; and the Nine Skies Cloud-Treading Boots sold for two billion Hunyuan units!"

Hearing these words, the detailed information on the several pieces of equipment Hearing Shenlan had introduced quickly appeared before Lu Qingshan's eyes.

Purple Exquisite Armor: Armor favored by many Hei Fengwang powerhouses who comprehend the origin laws of lightning and time; it can completely nullify all physical attacks below the elementary Hei Fengwang level, reduce attacks at the advanced Hei Fengwang level to one-tenth of their original power, reduce attacks at the peak Hei Fengwang level to one-fifth of their original power, reduce attacks exceeding the peak Hei Fengwang level to one-half of their original power, and in extreme conditions can reduce half the self-destruct might of a peak Hei Fengwang powerhouse!

Lei Shen Battle Garment: Also a battle garment favored by many Hei Fengwang powerhouses who comprehend the origin laws of lightning and time (equivalent to a battle garment formed by an auxiliary life, and can be used simultaneously with battle armor); it can completely nullify all physical attacks below the Hei Fengwang level, reduce attacks at the elementary Hei Fengwang level to one-tenth of their original power, reduce attacks at the advanced Hei Fengwang level to one-fifth of their original power, and reduce attacks exceeding the advanced Hei Fengwang level but not exceeding the limit Hei Fengwang level to one-half of their original power!

Thunder Sound Void-Breaking Sword: A standard weapon for Hei Fengwang-level immortals, sufficient for limit Hei Fengwang powerhouses to use in prolonged combat without any damage!

Nine Skies Cloud-Treading Boots: One of the auxiliary combat treasures, quite compatible with the top-tier movement art Lu Qingshan had self-created, capable of enhancing the might of the movement art he executed by fifty percent!

After reading the introductions of the four pieces of equipment before him, Lu Qingshan quickly instructed: "Hearing Shenlan, place the order for me!"

Although these pieces of equipment were all very expensive, adding up to the astronomical price of eighteen billion Hunyuan units, Lu Qingshan did not hesitate in the slightest.

As the saying goes, "A workman who wishes to do his work well must first sharpen his tools"!

These pieces of equipment were already the standard configuration for most peak Hei Fengwang powerhouses; with his current strength, combined with these pieces of equipment, even if he encountered a limit Hei Fengwang powerhouse burning immortal divine power, he would have a certain chance of saving his life!

And with these pieces of equipment, apart from being unable to execute special abilities such as teleportation and time-stop, his combat power was already able to match most peak Hei Fengwang powerhouses.

When the time came on the extraterritorial battlefield, he could completely deal with those elementary Hei Fengwang, or even advanced Hei Fengwang, alien-race powerhouses by burning his immortal divine power, and the speed at which he accumulated wealth would naturally be extremely terrifying.

"With my current strength, dealing with elementary Hei Fengwang powerhouses might not even require burning my immortal divine power!" Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart.

One must know that even without burning his immortal divine power, when he erupted with full force, he was still able to erupt with eight hundred thousand times the World Lord force!

A typical elementary Hei Fengwang immortal, if they did not use weapons to execute secret arts to block and relied solely on their divine body to take the hit head-on, would certainly lose some essence of their divine power.

And Lu Qingshan happened to also be skilled in soul attacks; now that his life gene level and law comprehension had risen, even without burning his immortal divine power, he was at least able to pose a great threat to the divine spirits of elementary Hei Fengwang immortals.

Even if he could not completely slay the opponent, it was still sufficient to affect the opponent's normal actions!

And in this way, his physical attacks would be sufficient to damage the opponent's essence of divine power, thereby completely slaying the opponent.

(End of this chapter)