Chapter 183: Great Increase in Wealth

After the Flash Void King departed, Lu Qingshan quickly retrieved an oval-shaped E-class universe spaceship and immediately boarded it to continue wandering through the Tiansha Sea region.

Inside the spaceship's control room.

After the spaceship accelerated to sub-light speed, Lu Qingshan first instructed the auxiliary intelligence Hearing Shenlan to continue monitoring the surroundings via the large detector, and only then began analyzing the gains and losses from his recent battle with the Mechanical Faction's Shattered Heart Wang Yi.

"After this battle, I have gained a certain understanding of my own strength!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "Compared to the experts who created peak secret arts, my combat techniques are certainly slightly inferior now!"

"However, my foundation is very strong. Not to mention the endless power of my soul amplitude reaching eighty-eight times, even with just an eight-fold body amplitude combined with a ten-fold life gene level, the power can be said to be overwhelming!"

"Once I complete the inheritance of the Four Divine Generals, the power I can unleash will be even more terrifying!"

"Beyond that, with my current strength, I should be able to use soul attacks to kill some peak Feng Wang experts with relatively weak soul defenses!"

In fact, after Lu Qingshan raised his law comprehension to the nineteenth layer of the Bridge to Heaven, although he killed more than ten Feng Wang Immortals, they were all either low-level Feng Wang or high-level Feng Wang.

The reasons he did not choose to fight peak Feng Wang experts were: first, they were rarely encountered; second, killing peak Feng Wang experts attracted more attention; and third, peak Feng Wang experts mostly possessed powerful life-saving abilities, making them quite difficult to kill.

However, after the battle with Shattered Heart Wang Yi just now, Lu Qingshan discovered that his soul attacks could now pose a significant threat to peak Feng Wang experts.

Although his law comprehension had not yet reached the twentieth layer of the Bridge to Heaven, and although he had not yet created a peak-level soul attack method, his foundation was simply too strong.

A typical high-level Feng Wang soul master had a base power of only thirty thousand times, but what about Lu Qingshan?

His life gene level was ten times that of ordinary life in the universe, and his soul reached eighty-eight times; thus, the base power of his soul attack was equivalent to over eight hundred times that of an ordinary high-level Feng Wang soul master, and also over two hundred times that of an ordinary peak Feng Wang soul master!

With such strength, even if his law comprehension was somewhat lacking and even if his soul attack secret art was somewhat inferior, it was still quite possible to kill an ordinary peak Feng Wang expert!

Just as Lu Qingshan was pondering these matters, the voice of the auxiliary intelligence Hearing Shenlan suddenly rang in his mind.

"Master, a message has been received; it is from your friend, Qingping Wang!"

"Oh? A message from Qingping Wang?" Lu Qingshan's mind stirred, and he quickly opened the newly received message.

Qingping Wang cultivated the space origin law, had long since passed the twentieth layer of the Bridge to Heaven, and was the first Feng Wang Immortal under Yin Ying Junzhu, the head of the Virtual Universe Company's intelligence department.

Moreover, Qingping Wang was extremely skilled in soul attacks and was said to possess a heavy treasure specializing in soul attacks, so his strength was even slightly greater than that of Lu Qingshan's teacher, Lei Huanwang.

However, Qingping Wang was not very skilled in material attacks and lacked heavy treasure armor for protection, so it was difficult for him to preserve his life against a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe; naturally, he could not yet be considered an invincible Feng Wang expert.

Back when Lu Qingshan had inflicted severe injuries causing several Immortal Army Masters and Feng Hou Immortals to fall into deep sleep on the Outer Battlefield, Yin Ying Junzhu had dispatched Qingping Wang to represent the intelligence department to purchase them from him.

Now that Lu Qingshan's strength had become even more terrifying, and since he frequently secretly hunted Feng Hou Immortals on the Outer Battlefield, although most were eliminated via soul attacks, sometimes they were also driven into severe injury and deep sleep through material attacks, as doing so yielded greater rewards.

The reason Qingping Wang came to find Lu Qingshan this time was because Lu Qingshan had previously sent him a message offering to sell such severely injured, sleeping Immortal Spirits.

Half a day later...

On the main continent of the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, in the living room of Lu Qingshan's residence.

Lu Qingshan was leisurely sipping fruit wine when a stunning woman wearing an exquisite green long robe, with a graceful figure, short blue hair, and eyes that faintly glowed with blue light, quickly entered; she was none other than Qingping Wang, a supreme expert of the intelligence department.

Lu Qingshan's second clone was still cultivating within the Chaos City, so the one appearing in the residence was naturally his original body.

However, this was hardly the first time Qingping Wang had traded with him; moreover, as the first Feng Wang Immortal within the intelligence department and a trusted aide of Yin Ying Junzhu, Lu Qingshan did not hide the fact that he possessed a clone from her.

After all, his second clone had been in secluded cultivation within the Chaos City, yet managed to produce numerous sleeping Immortal Spirits at regular intervals; as an expert of the intelligence department, Qingping Wang could have guessed he possessed a clone even without being told.

It was better to simply tell her directly, which would also make her take him more seriously.

Precisely for this reason, Qingping Wang was one of the few experts in the vast universe who knew he possessed a clone!

"Master Wanjie Wang, is the message you sent me earlier true?"

Qingping Wang and Lu Qingshan had known each other for over ten million years, so they were naturally quite familiar.

Thus, as soon as she entered the living room, she sat directly in the seat beside Lu Qingshan and said with a smile, "Do not make me come all this way for nothing, or I will lower the price!"

"That certainly will not happen!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and a divine body over ten meters tall, radiating endless pressure, appeared in the living room.

Although this divine body radiated terrifying pressure, it was actually already in a state of deep sleep.

"From the Meng Yao Zu faction, the 'Leng Yue Wang' of the Qiu Shi tribe!"

Upon seeing the sleeping alien expert before her, Qingping Wang even stood up in surprise: "I had long heard that Leng Yue Wang perished on the Outer Battlefield; I never expected he would fall into your hands, Master Wanjie Wang!"

"Once this Leng Yue Wang is enslaved by experts of our human race, he will no longer even qualify for resurrection via time reversal!"

Qingping Wang's beautiful eyes constantly scanned between Lu Qingshan and the nearby Leng Yue Wang before she could not help but exclaim in amazement: "To have driven Leng Yue Wang into severe injury and deep sleep, it seems Master Wanjie Wang's strength is growing ever stronger!"

One must know that Leng Yue Wang was a fairly famous high-level Feng Wang soul master; even most peak Feng Wang experts would find it difficult to kill him, let alone drive him into severe injury and deep sleep.

After all, soul masters are extremely proficient in willpower; even if their divine bodies are severely damaged, they can still maintain a sliver of consciousness to self-destruct their divine bodies.

"Hahaha!"

Lu Qingshan immediately said with a laugh: "Actually, I was just quite lucky this time!"

"At that time, Leng Yue Wang was furiously fighting with Hei Fengwang of the Mechanical Faction over some treasures; both sides had burned their Immortal Divine Power. Eventually, Hei Fengwang was forced to self-destruct his divine body, and Leng Yue Wang happened to be at the center of the explosion, so he was severely injured by Hei Fengwang's self-destruction!"

"I happened to be nearby at the time, so I quickly rushed over to snatch a bargain!"

"Actually, I originally intended to directly annihilate Leng Yue Wang with a soul attack, but his soul defense was indeed quite strong, so I resorted to material attacks; unexpectedly, he fell into deep sleep before he could even self-destruct!"

In fact, the reason Hei Fengwang fought desperately with Leng Yue Wang at that time was for a universe treasure worth over eighty billion Hunyuan units.

A universe treasure worth over eighty billion would make even a limit Feng Wang expert very tempted, let alone Feng Wang high-level Immortal Spirits like Hei Fengwang and Leng Yue Wang.

Now that Hei Fengwang had perished and Leng Yue Wang was in deep sleep, that universe treasure naturally fell into Lu Qingshan's hands.

However, such a universe treasure was no longer considered particularly precious to Lu Qingshan, who had already roamed the Outer Battlefield for over ten million years.

"So that is how it is!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Qingping Wang beside him could not help but sigh: "Master Wanjie Wang, your luck is truly astonishing; hearing your story, I even feel like going to the Outer Battlefield to try my hand!"

"Hahaha!"

Lu Qingshan immediately said with a laugh: "Qingping Wang, with your strength, if you went to the Outer Battlefield, your harvest would probably be far greater than mine!"

One must know that Qingping Wang's soul attacks were even superior to those of Lu Qingshan's teacher, Lei Huanwang; even without burning Immortal Divine Power, he would likely be sufficient to annihilate an ordinary limit Feng Wang expert.

"Let's forget it!"

Qingping Wang immediately said with a laugh: "I am not like you, Master Wanjie Wang, who possesses a clone; if I were to perish, I would likely owe my race a massive debt!"

In fact, for Hearing Qingping Wang, working in the intelligence department was far superior to going to the Outer Domain Battlefield.

Do not look at Lu Qingshan killing endlessly on the Outer Domain Battlefield; the threat posed by the Insect Race, the Meng Yao Zu, and the Mechanical Race is far inferior to hers.

As one of the Shadow Lord's most capable assistants in the intelligence department, over endless ages, countless geniuses have already fallen under her schemes!

Moreover, Hearing Qingping Wang also enjoys the work in the intelligence department; watching one after another of the alien geniuses who have the potential to become a King, or even a Zifeng Zunzhe, fall under her meticulous schemes, she undoubtedly feels a great sense of accomplishment in her heart!

"Enough!"

After sighing, Hearing Qingping Wang quickly continued: "Master Wanjie Wang, let us discuss the price of this Cold Moon King!"

"Hearing Qingping Wang, you decide!"

Lu Qingshan immediately said with a smile: "I believe you will definitely give me a satisfactory price!"

"Very well!"

Hearing Qingping Wang nodded slightly, then continued: "I remember that over ten billion years ago, a sleeping Hei Fengwang high-level expert named 'Cui Wei Wang' appeared at an auction inside the Hong Meng City!"

"The divine body of that Cui Wei Wang was slightly larger than this Cold Moon King, but he followed the martial artist path; his strength was quite ordinary among Hei Fengwang high-level experts, and at that time, he was auctioned off for a high price of over one hundred and ten billion Hunyuan units!"

"Our intelligence department's purchase price for these sleeping Immortal Spirits is definitely slightly higher; furthermore, since this Cold Moon King is a illusionist specializing in soul attacks, the price is generally three times that of ordinary Immortals of the same level, so I can offer Master Wanjie Wang a quote of three hundred and sixty billion Hunyuan units!"

"Three hundred and sixty billion Hunyuan units?"

After hearing Hearing Qingping Wang's quote, even though Lu Qingshan had prepared himself in his heart, he could not help but be slightly stunned.

Among the many sleeping Immortal Spirits he had previously killed, the strongest was merely a Feng Hou peak Immortal Spirit; at that time, the quote Hearing Qingping Wang gave him was only one billion Hunyuan units!

But now, a Hei Fengwang high-level soul master who has fallen into sleep is actually worth three hundred and sixty billion Hunyuan units?

You must know, the entire assets of a Feng Hou peak soul master are only about several billion Hunyuan units!

"Actually, this price is quite reasonable!"

Seeing the confusion on Lu Qingshan's face, Hearing Qingping Wang could not help but explain: "First, after our intelligence department purchases these sleeping Immortal Spirits, we generally do not spend resources to have them recover directly, but let them recover on their own through long ages, which reduces resource consumption;

Second, a soul slave will submit from the bottom of their heart to their master, completely obeying their master's orders; such a soul slave, simply by working in other departments for long ages, can create endless wealth, let alone in our intelligence department!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan quickly thought of a problem he had previously overlooked—

The passage of time!

Although the entire assets of many Feng Hou peak experts are only a few billion Hunyuan units, this refers only to experts with relatively short cultivation times, such as those of only a few hundred million years.

A Feng Hou Immortal, as long as they can survive for long enough ages, even if they go to craft space rings, can accumulate vast wealth!

But just like most Feng Hou Immortals of the Human Race fall, most experts find it difficult to engage in a boring job for a long time.

They want to accumulate large amounts of wealth in a short time, they want to temper themselves, they want to obtain opportunities, they want to break through to a higher realm, and so on...

For this, they are even willing to risk falling to venture into dangerous places, to struggle and fight!

But a soul slave who completely obeys their master's orders will not have such thoughts; they will engage in those boring, or even dangerous, jobs entirely according to their master's orders!

Just like in the Virtual Universe Company's transportation department, a Feng Hou low-level Immortal Spirit, even without participating in specific work, can earn ten thousand points every hundred thousand years.

That only requires thirty-six billion years of time to accumulate three hundred and sixty billion points!

And thirty-six billion years of time, compared to the long history of the Human Race, is completely insignificant!

"It is a pity that it is too difficult to kill enemies into severe injury and sleep!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan could not help but sigh: "Otherwise, if one only needed to kill a dozen Feng Hou peak Immortals into severe injury and sleep, it would probably be enough to exchange for a common heavy treasure!"

After sighing, Lu Qingshan quickly took out more than thirty heavily injured and sleeping alien Immortal Spirits; however, most of them were Feng Hou low-level and Feng Hou high-level, with only three being Feng Hou peak.

After Hearing Qingping Wang checked the information on these alien Immortals, she quickly gave Lu Qingshan a very reasonable price: "These Feng Hou Immortals plus the Cold Moon King together total three hundred and sixty-five billion Hunyuan units; what does Master Wanjie Wang think?"

"Agreed!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

The more than thirty sleeping Feng Hou Immortals he brought out later, according to his previous selling prices, were actually only worth over four billion Hunyuan units, so Hearing Qingping Wang's price for him was quite considerate!

"Congratulations, Master Wanjie Wang!"

After transferring over three hundred billion Hunyuan units into Lu Qingshan's account, Hearing Qingping Wang quickly waved her hand to put the sleeping Cold Moon King and others into her portable world ring, then looked at Lu Qingshan and said with a smile: "You have only cultivated for such a short time, yet in one go you have accumulated wealth that even many Feng Hou limit experts might not be able to accumulate!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan felt somewhat emotional in his heart.

Although three hundred and sixty billion Hunyuan units counts as a very considerable wealth, compared to his gains over the past several million years, it is actually inferior!

You must know, before Lu Qingshan's law comprehension reached the nineteenth layer of the Sky-Connecting Bridge, he had already accumulated over six hundred billion Hunyuan units of wealth due to secretly killing many Feng Hou Immortals on the Outer Domain Battlefield;

And now, several million years have passed since he comprehended 'Time Instantaneous Pause', and his actions on the Outer Domain Battlefield during this time never held back; furthermore, he also cooperated with Flash Space King to save some Feng Hou Immortals, gaining considerable wealth as well.

Adding all these gains together, the wealth on Lu Qingshan's person has already exceeded sixteen hundred billion Hunyuan units.

Adding the wealth gained from this sale of the Cold Moon King and others, the wealth Lu Qingshan holds has even broken through the barrier of two trillion Hunyuan units!

Such an astonishing amount of wealth is unimaginable for most Feng Hou Immortals!

The reason Lu Qingshan was able to accumulate such astonishing wealth is actually mainly because he possesses a clone, which allows him to roam and fight on the Outer Domain Battlefield without any fear, even burning Immortal Divine Power to fight.

Of course, there is also the issue of the passage of time.

It has already been over ten million years since Lu Qingshan first went to the Outer Domain Battlefield after breaking through to become an Immortal.

If calculated on average, every ten thousand years, Lu Qingshan only accumulated over one billion Hunyuan units of wealth.

This wealth accumulation speed is equivalent to some relatively strong Feng Hou limit experts, such as Shi Jia Wang, Sui Xin Wang, and others!

However, although Shi Jia Wang and others can gain so much wealth over ten million years, they cannot accumulate it all, after all, they sometimes also have to burn Immortal Divine Power to fight for their lives.

Once burning Immortal Divine Power to fight for their lives, they either have to spend vast resources to recover, or they need long ages to recover.

But Lu Qingshan, because he possesses the Endless Divine Sea Clone, does not need to worry about the loss of divine power after burning Immortal Divine Power to fight.

(End of this chapter)