Chapter 219: The Financial Strain of Universe Venerables

Qing Guang Universe Country, inside a quite dangerous cosmic secret realm.

At this moment, Venerable Yong Lang of the First Bank of the Universe was carefully exploring this cosmic secret realm with two companions, but suddenly they detected a special fluctuation.

"It's Venerable Yao Guang of the Virtual Universe Company!"

After a slight investigation, they quickly discovered that the special fluctuation was emitted by Venerable Yao Guang of the Virtual Universe Company lineage.

Seeing Venerable Yao Guang, Venerable Yong Lang and the three were all slightly stunned.

One must know, although this cosmic secret realm was quite dangerous, even some King Sealed Limit powerhouses were qualified to come and adventure.

Those adventuring inside were generally at the middle-tier Universe Venerable level at strongest.

And Venerable Yao Guang was a Universe Overlord; usually, he rarely came to adventure in this kind of cosmic secret realm.

Of course, while various thoughts flashed through their minds, Venerable Yong Lang and the three also quickly rushed to the vicinity of Venerable Yao Guang.

"Venerable Yao Guang!" Venerable Yong Lang and the three quickly greeted Venerable Yao Guang.

"Venerable Yong Lang..."

Venerable Yao Guang was also quite surprised to see Venerable Yong Lang, but still greeted them with a smile: "I didn't expect the three of you to be here too!"

"Venerable Yao Guang!"

Venerable Yong Lang quickly asked with a smile: "Why did you suddenly come to adventure in this secret realm? Could it be that there is some big secret here?"

"This..."

Venerable Yao Guang hesitated slightly, then quickly said: "That's not it. I just felt a bit bored, and heard that a new secret realm appeared here, so I came to take a look!"

Actually, for Venerable Yao Guang, coming to adventure in this level of cosmic secret realm was indeed a bit of a waste of talent.

But there was no other way!

He had previously owed Venerable Huo Shen some heavy treasure points in order to get a heavy treasure armor for Lu Qingshan.

In order to pay off these heavy treasure points as soon as possible, he naturally had to put in more effort.

So after hearing that a new cosmic secret realm had been discovered in the Qing Guang Universe Country, he quickly rushed over to adventure.

It was just a pity that the level of this secret realm was still too low. He had been adventuring here for over 1 million years, and only obtained treasures worth 2 heavy treasure points.

If this were placed in normal times, it could be considered quite good for him.

But the key was that he had just experienced the opening of the Primordial Stars, so he naturally looked down on such a harvest.

And this matter couldn't be told to Venerable Yong Lang and the three. After all, owing a debt for a Universe Overlord like him was not a glorious thing.

And Venerable Yong Lang and the three, upon seeing Venerable Yao Guang's hesitation, had other thoughts inside.

After the two sides separated, Venerable Yong Lang quickly said: "Venerable Yao Guang's performance just now, I'm afraid there is some secret in this secret realm that we don't know about!"

"I think it's very likely!"

Another Universe Venerable also said: "Otherwise, how could Venerable Yao Guang, a Universe Overlord, come to adventure in this kind of cosmic secret realm?"

"In that case!"

Venerable Yong Lang quickly said: "We will notify 'Venerable Yu Shu'. With Venerable Yu Shu's character, if he can really have a big harvest here, he definitely won't treat us unfairly!"

"Good idea!"

"Let's do it this way!"

The other two Universe Venerables also nodded in agreement.

Just like the Giant Axe Dojo side wanting to occupy Earth for themselves after learning the secret of Earth in the original work, although the human race was relatively united, there was a competitive relationship between various factions, and even between every powerhouse.

And at this moment, Venerable Yong Lang and the three, because of the appearance of Venerable Yao Guang, had already determined that there were some secrets in this cosmic secret realm that they didn't know about.

As for Venerable Yao Guang, he naturally didn't know the thoughts of Venerable Yong Lang and the three.

He was currently thinking about whether to change to another cosmic secret realm to adventure, but suddenly received an email from his good friend 'Venerable Cang Song'.

Venerable Cang Song was also a quite powerful Universe Venerable in the human race, and because he was very popular, his news was extremely well-informed.

"Cang Song's email, could it be that another new cosmic secret realm has been discovered?"

After this thought flashed through Venerable Yao Guang's mind, he quickly clicked on the email. What was written on it was naturally the many messages about Lu Qingshan fighting for the heavy treasure on the Outer Region battlefield before.

"Hahaha!"

After reading the content on the email, a smile couldn't help but appear on Venerable Yao Guang's face: "I didn't expect that traitor Bai Hua Wang would actually fall into Qing Shan's hands!"

"This matter can actually be told to Yin Ying. This time Qing Shan can be considered to have wiped away the shame for their intelligence department, so I must make him take out some rewards!"

Actually, Venerable Yao Guang was quite aware of Lu Qingshan's strength, so he didn't feel too surprised that Lu Qingshan could kill Shi Jia Wang, the Zerg Race Mother Emperor 'Hong Yu', and others.

It was just that Lu Qingshan had actually teamed up with Bei Hai Wang to lead allies to kill that Bai Hua Wang, which made him feel quite surprised.

"Obtained five heavy treasures all at once, it seems Qing Shan's luck is much better than mine!"

Venerable Yao Guang secretly thought: "Even after distributing with that group of allies, Qing Shan should have gained quite a few benefits this time!"

"Oh no!"

After being happy, a new thought quickly flashed through Venerable Yao Guang's mind: "I have never mentioned to Qing Shan about the difference between selling heavy treasures and buying heavy treasures! Don't let him suffer a loss in the hands of that little fellow Bei Hai Wang!"

"Fortunately, that Bei Hai Wang hasn't cultivated for long either, so he probably doesn't know much about these things!"

"No, I'd better go and ask!"

Venerable Yao Guang secretly thought: "It just so happens that he has made such a big name for himself this time, teacher should be willing to accept him as a disciple!"

With this thought, Venerable Yao Guang's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

On the other side, Lu Qingshan had just finished distributing the spoils of war with Bei Hai Wang and the others, and received many emails from many powerhouses.

There were even many powerhouses who ran directly to his mansion in Hong Alliance City, and even on Thunder Island, to congratulate him.

As more and more people came to congratulate him, Lu Qingshan simply closed his doors to guests, and as for the emails, he only received them without replying.

However, for some people with close relationships, he couldn't close his doors to guests, such as his senior sister Tong Ye Wang, who had already found his mansion in Chaos City.

Inside Chaos City, in the living room of Lu Qingshan's mansion.

At this moment, Tong Ye Wang had already opened the fine wine she had purchased when she broke through to become a King Sealed Immortal.

Although this bottle of fine wine worth 30 million Hunyuan units was not very precious to the current Lu Qingshan and Tong Ye Wang, because it had been treasured by Tong Ye Wang for endless years, it appeared quite rare.

"Junior brother!"

Tong Ye Wang invited Lu Qingshan to drink together while holding a wine cup, and said very gratefully: "This time, senior sister must thank you for helping me avenge my grudge!"

"If it weren't for you taking action, I'm afraid it would have been very difficult for me to avenge my grudge against that Fei Qiang Wang!"

Actually, if Lei Huan Wang hadn't fallen, there would have been a chance to kill that Fei Qiang Wang.

But then again, powerhouses cultivating disciples was to cultivate helpers and assistants for themselves.

If a disciple went to find the teacher to solve the problem as soon as they encountered trouble, then no matter how good the master-disciple relationship was, it would eventually be worn away.

So in Tong Ye Wang's heart, she had never thought of asking teacher Lei Huan Wang to help her avenge her grudge.

"Senior sister, you are too polite!"

Lu Qingshan also raised his cup and drank it in one gulp, then said with a smile: "When I was accepted as a disciple by teacher back then, you took care of me a lot!"

"Can that be the same?"

Tong Ye Wang quickly replied: "When I took care of you back then, that was what senior sister should have done!"

"And you helping senior sister avenge my grudge this time was going to risk your life with that Fei Qiang Wang!"

"It's about the same!"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied with a smile: "Senior sister, with my strength, killing that Fei Qiang Wang was still very easy!"

"That's true!"

Tong Ye Wang waved her hand again to pour wine for Lu Qingshan, then teased with a smile: "Now our entire human race, and even the billions of races in the vast universe, don't know how many powerhouses are spreading your prestige as Wan Jie Wang!"

"Even your senior sister, me, will probably be able to ride on your coattails quite a bit in the future!"

"Being able to let senior sister benefit from my reputation, that is naturally the best!" Lu Qingshan also raised his cup to invite Tong Ye Wang to drink together.

But just at this moment, he suddenly received an email sent by his grand-teacher Venerable Yao Guang.

"Grand-teacher's email?"

Lu Qingshan's mind stirred, and a phantom screen instantly appeared in front of him.

Tong Ye Wang to the side saw this and quickly asked: "Junior brother, is something the matter?"

"It's an email sent by grand-teacher!"

Lu Qingshan, after reading the content of the email, quickly said: "Grand-teacher wants me to go and see him now!"

"Then why don't you go quickly?"

Tong Ye Wang quickly said: "Grand-teacher calling you over this time must also be for the matter of you becoming famous among the billions of races in the universe this time. Don't let him wait for too long!"

"I am already on my way!" Lu Qingshan quickly responded.

At the same time, Lu Qingshan, whose consciousness was connected to the virtual universe, had already appeared outside the temple of Venerable Yao Guang on the mountainside of Thunder Island.

"Wan Jie Wang!"

At the entrance of the palace, an Immortal-level guard quickly said respectfully after seeing Lu Qingshan appear: "The Venerable is waiting for you inside!"

"Hmm!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, and then walked into the palace.

After walking into the palace hall, Lu Qingshan quickly saw Venerable Yao Guang sitting high on the throne in the hall.

"Grand-teacher!" Lu Qingshan quickly asked respectfully.

"Wan Jie Wang, who is famous among the billions of races in the universe!"

Venerable Yao Guang looked at Lu Qingshan, then teased with a smile: "I congratulate you on getting rich!"

"Disciple just had relatively good luck!"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied: "This time, if it weren't for teaming up with Bei Hai Wang, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to kill that Bai Hua Wang! Even so, the final spoils of war were divided by others for the most part, and I only got two heavy treasures in the end, one of which was very ordinary!"

"You little fellow, you are still not satisfied with two heavy treasures?"

Venerable Yao Guang said angrily: "Even for me, when the Primordial Stars opened, it was not easy to get two heavy treasures!"

"Tell me carefully, how many benefits did you get this time, and how were the spoils of war distributed?"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly told Venerable Yao Guang about the many things that happened on the Outer Region battlefield before.

"It's like this..."

Lu Qingshan replied seriously: "That Bei Hai Wang treated me quite well. Originally, what I should have been distributed was 166 heavy treasure points, but Bei Hai Wang took the initiative to give me a top-tier heavy treasure armor worth 160 heavy treasure points, and that heavy treasure worth 12 heavy treasure points!"

"As for the heavy treasure obtained by Feng Ying Wang, it should have been 300 heavy treasure points if sold to the military system, but Venerable Bi Xin appeared and spent 310 heavy treasure points to take it away, so I was distributed another 93 heavy treasure points!"

"Qing Shan, you are confused!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's introduction, Venerable Yao Guang quickly sighed: "When you were distributing treasures, why didn't you ask me?"

"This..."

After hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but be a little confused: "Grand-teacher, is there any difference?"

"Of course there is a difference!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly said: "You think that Venerable Bi Xin spent 310 heavy treasure points to buy that top-tier heavy treasure long spear for his own use? He did that entirely to make money!"

"Make money?" Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan was even more confused inside.

"That's right!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly explained: "That Venerable Bi Xin uses a sword, and the long sword in his hand should be even more precious than the long spear you obtained. How could he buy it for his own use?"

"Your strength was relatively weak before, so you don't understand!"

"When powerhouses of our human race contribute treasures to the race, if other powerhouses want to exchange for these treasures, there is generally a 10% price difference!"

"This means that if you contribute a heavy treasure to the race, you can get 90 heavy treasure points, but if others want to exchange for this treasure from the treasury, they have to spend 100 heavy treasure points!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.

Being familiar with the original work, he naturally knew about this matter. After all, the original work once mentioned this matter when Luo Feng contributed treasures.

This was the way for powerhouses of the human race to make 'contributions' to the race.

Powerhouses contribute treasures to the race at a slightly cheaper price, and the race provides them to other powerhouses at a normal price.

Between this coming and going, the race can naturally earn some resources, and then use these resources to cultivate those geniuses of the race!

And at this moment, Venerable Yao Guang continued to say: "Like the heavy treasure long spear you obtained, don't look at Venerable Bi Xin spending 310 heavy treasure points to buy it; he can turn around and sell it to other powerhouses for 320 heavy treasure points, or even a higher price!"

"And that Bei Hai Wang is the same. As for the Hunyuan units distributed to those allies, they are even less valuable!"

"You must know, in my human race, even for a powerhouse like me, it is easy to exchange heavy treasure points for Hunyuan units, but it is very difficult to exchange Hunyuan units for heavy treasure points!"

"Fortunately, that Bei Hai Wang should also be optimistic about your strength, so he distributed more to you, otherwise your harvest this time would probably not be as good as his!"

After saying this, Venerable Yao Guang also felt quite helpless inside.

He had been adventuring in cosmic secret realms for over 1 million years just to pay off the debt of over a dozen heavy treasure points to Venerable Huo Shen.

But Lu Qingshan was good; clearly encountering a good opportunity that was rare in endless years, he directly gave away benefits worth 20 or 30 heavy treasure points to others!

"This..."

After hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Actually, he had long known the gap between contributing treasures to the race and exchanging treasures from the race treasury, but he didn't expect that a Universe Overlord like Venerable Yao Guang would still care about the price difference of over a dozen heavy treasure points.

And Venerable Yao Guang had already cultivated for endless years. After seeing Lu Qingshan's expression, he quickly guessed the thoughts in his heart.

"Qing Shan!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly asked: "Do you think that for a powerhouse like me, caring about the price difference of over a dozen heavy treasure points is not worth it?"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.

"Sigh!"

Venerable Yao Guang shook his head slightly, then couldn't help but sigh: "Qing Shan, your cultivation path has been too smooth all the way! So you don't understand at all how difficult it is to obtain cultivation resources!"

"Let me put it this way! Your grand-teacher's strength can already be ranked in the top 100 in our entire human race!"

"But even for me, if I don't encounter a suitable opportunity, it takes a long time to accumulate resources to obtain 100 heavy treasure points!"

"Only by encountering some relatively high-level cosmic secret realms, or the opening of Primordial Stars, etc., can one have the opportunity to obtain a large amount of resources in a short time!"

"But high opportunity also represents high risk. If you fall in a dangerous secret realm or on a Primordial Star, then the accumulation of endless years will all go down the drain, and you will also owe the race a huge debt for reversing time and resurrecting you!"

"Even I would be like this, let alone those high-tier, middle-tier, and even low-tier Universe Venerables in my human race!"

"You being able to kill that Bai Hua Wang this time is already extremely lucky! Just the resources you hold in your hands now are already comparable to most low-tier Universe Venerables of my human race!"

"And as one of the pinnacle races, the net worth of Universe Venerables in my human race can be ranked in the upper echelon among powerhouses of the same level!"

"If it were those ordinary races, like the Golden Horn Race you visited before, the total net worth of all their ordinary elders probably wouldn't exceed 100 heavy treasure points!"

"That top-tier heavy treasure long spear just happened to appear on the Outer Region battlefield, and with the rules of our four pinnacle races, no Universe Venerable dared to break in without authorization!"

"If it were in a cosmic secret realm, it would be very common for several Universe Venerables to fall for this!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan finally understood how financially strained some weaker Universe Venerables were.

Although he was familiar with the original work, what he saw was Luo Feng, who possessed several True Treasures while still at the Domain Lord stage, was a top-tier Universe Overlord, and various powerful Universe Overlords...

Even the unluckiest one among them, the one who fell three times in a row and owed a huge debt, the Gan Wu Country Lord.

But in fact, the Gan Wu Country Lord being able to owe so much money itself explained his strength.

And even in the human race, the strength of many Universe Venerables was not as good as the Gan Wu Country Lord.

Those middle-tier Universe Venerables, and even low-tier Universe Venerables, even in the human race, their lives were probably not as carefree as imagined, let alone those ordinary races, and even Universe Venerables of weak races.

Thinking of these, Lu Qingshan also felt quite emotional inside.

After all, he didn't have the talent of Luo Feng in the original work. Even if he had the strength of a King Sealed Invincible, after breaking through to the Universe Venerable realm, he would at most be a middle-tier Universe Venerable.

By then, he would probably be just as financially strained as those ordinary Venerables in the short term!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 220 =====