Chapter 220: Venerable Yao Guang's Guidance

"Lu Qingshan!"

Just as various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, Venerable Yao Guang continued, "The fact that you managed to acquire treasures worth over two hundred Heavy Treasure Points in one go is already a stroke of great luck!"

"For a very long time to come, you will likely find it hard to encounter such good fortune again!"

"So remember this lesson; whenever such an opportunity arises in the future, you must consider things more thoroughly!"

"This disciple understands!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, but could not help adding, "Ancestral Grandfather, this disciple once heard that after stepping into the Cosmic Venerable Realm, everyone must contribute to the clan. If everyone trades privately, how can they contribute to the clan?"

"You little one knows quite a lot!"

Venerable Yao Guang smiled and glanced at Lu Qingshan, feeling quite approving in his heart.

Although Lu Qingshan's current strength is not yet very great, the fact that he considers contributing to the clan naturally shows that Lu Qingshan is a person who knows gratitude and repays kindness.

However, he still needed to explain the matter clearly to Lu Qingshan to prevent Lu Qingshan from taking many detours in the future.

"After stepping into the Cosmic Venerable Realm, everyone indeed must contribute to the clan!"

Venerable Yao Guang nodded slightly, then continued, "However, besides contributing treasures to the clan treasury, there are many other ways to contribute, such as guarding a region for the clan, serving as a head of certain departments, garrisoning a cosmic nation, cultivating geniuses for the clan, and so on..."

"Moreover, do you think why our Human Clan is one of the peak clans? Is it not because the clan has the Great Axe Founder, who stands at the very peak of the universe as the strongest being in the universe?"

"Let me put it this way: the contribution made by the Great Axe Founder alone to our Human Clan exceeds the combined contributions made by all other strong ones in our Human Clan to the clan!"

"And the contributions of those Universe Masters to the clan also far exceed those of the Cosmic Venerables within the clan!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan could not help but nod slightly.

He was already aware of this matter; after all, in the original work, when the Great Axe Founder fell and the Humans faced an unprecedented crisis, Hun Dun Chengzhu had once said that most of the clan's foundation at the level of supreme treasures in the peak realms were contributed by the Great Axe Founder alone!

And in the later stages of the original work, Luo Feng, relying solely on his own power, raised the value of treasures in the Human Clan treasury by several levels, with many True God-level treasures (what is now called the Strongest Supreme Treasures in the universe) included!

Therefore, the contribution of a super strong one to the clan is absolutely astonishing.

At this moment, Venerable Yao Guang quickly continued, "Moreover, for strong ones, treasures are valued for quality, not quantity!"

"Some treasures of relatively low value might still circulate among the Cosmic Venerables within the clan."

"But as for those precious Supreme Treasures, Cosmic Venerables find it very difficult to obtain them on their own, so they can only exchange for them in the clan treasury!"

"To exchange for these precious treasures, one must have enough Contribution Points! And to gather enough Contribution Points, relying solely on exchanging treasures with other Cosmic Venerables is very difficult, after all, not every treasure you obtain will happen to be needed by a Cosmic Venerable, so in the end, you still have to contribute the treasures to the clan treasury!"

"Just like your Ancestral Grandfather me; in the past, I also accumulated many treasures, but to exchange for a High-Grade Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Armor from the clan treasury, I naturally had to choose to contribute the treasures in my hand to the clan, and only then could I obtain enough Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points and Heavy Treasure Points to purchase that High-Grade Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Armor!"

"As for the two Heavy Treasures allocated to you this time, that Top-Grade Heavy Treasure Armor should be needed by some Cosmic Venerable, but as for that Heavy Treasure Weapon worth twelve Heavy Treasure Points, I estimate no one will need it!"

"After all, the Cosmic Venerables within the clan look down on it; if it were bestowed upon disciples at the Hei Fengwang level, it would be too precious, and I estimate few would be willing to part with it, so in the end, you can only contribute it to the clan treasury!"

"So that is how it is!"

After hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan finally gained a certain understanding of these matters.

If the clan treasury is a large trading platform encompassing everything, then each Cosmic Venerable is equivalent to a small vendor, with extremely limited goods in each of their hands.

If they can find someone to buy their treasures, they can naturally trade directly; but if they cannot find anyone, they naturally need to rely on the power of the trading platform!

And the clan treasury also holds precious treasures they need; to purchase them, they must possess enough Heavy Treasure Points, or even Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points!

Furthermore, since treasures exchanged from the clan treasury cannot be traded privately, the clan high-ups do not care about strong ones trading secretly after obtaining treasures on their own.

"By the way!"

Venerable Yao Guang said, "Lu Qingshan, what are your plans next?"

"After all, with your current strength, it is no longer suitable for you to venture into the Foreign Battlefield again; otherwise, other camps will likely send Hei Fengwang-level invincible strong ones to the Foreign Battlefield!"

"By then, even if they do not join forces against you, they will probably slaughter the strong ones of our Human Camp in large numbers!"

"This disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan replied quickly.

Among the many strong ones venturing in the Foreign Battlefield, the strongest are only at the level of Sovereign Beihai and Huo Huangwang; this is also an unwritten rule of the Foreign Battlefield.

Under normal circumstances, even if scenes of Heavy Treasures emerging appear in the Foreign Battlefield, strong ones at the Hei Fengwang invincible level rarely rush over.

Just like the scene of the Sealing Star emerging that appeared in the original work, not a single true Hei Fengwang invincible strong one showed up.

However, the Heavy Treasure emerging this time was quite precious, being a Top-Grade Heavy Treasure, which attracted the attention of many Hei Fengwang invincible strong ones.

Since Lu Qingshan did not display Hei Fengwang invincible-level strength before, no one would say anything while he ventured in the Foreign Battlefield.

But now that his strength has been exposed, venturing in the Foreign Battlefield again would make him very easy to target by the other three hostile camps.

Even if the Hei Fengwang invincibles of those hostile camps cannot deal with him, they can easily slaughter other Hei Fengwang Immortals of the Human Camp.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly replied, "This disciple plans to cultivate secretly within Hun Dun Cheng for a period of time, striving to break through to the Cosmic Venerable level as soon as possible!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's reply, Venerable Yao Guang could not help but nod slightly.

"That is indeed a good idea!"

Venerable Yao Guang said again, "You gained a lot this time; there is absolutely no need to venture into those Cosmic Secret Realms anymore!"

"After all, most Cosmic Secret Realms contain unknown dangers; going there with your current strength still carries a high probability of falling!"

"Although you possess the ability of a clone, losing the treasures on your person would still be a great loss to you!"

"This disciple understands!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then continued, "Ancestral Grandfather, the Top-Grade Heavy Treasure Armor allocated to me this time is of the Space attribute, which does not match my attribute, so this disciple wishes to exchange it for a Top-Grade Heavy Treasure Armor of the Time attribute; please Ancestral Grandfather help!"

"You want to exchange the armor?"

Venerable Yao Guang frowned slightly, then quickly said, "Lu Qingshan, actually, with such a huge gain this time, you can absolutely spend these Heavy Treasure Points on other things!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred.

It must be known that Venerable Yao Guang has already lived for endless ages; the other party's advice is certainly far more reliable than his own thoughts.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly said respectfully, "Please Ancestral Grandfather guide me!"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing this, Venerable Yao Guang immediately said with a laugh, "Actually, even if you did not ask, I was going to remind you!"

"Lu Qingshan, since you possess the ability of a clone, if you wish to improve your own strength, you naturally differ greatly from other strong ones!"

"Other powerful beings who wish to enhance their strength through resources mostly swap out their treasures for more precious ones, such as exchanging a heavy treasure armor for a top-tier heavy treasure armor, or a heavy treasure weapon for a top-tier heavy treasure weapon!"

"But with your current strength, as long as you do not break through to the Venerable Realm, there is little difference between using a heavy treasure armor and a top-tier heavy treasure armor!"

"And since you possess the ability to create a clone, the best way to enhance your strength is to elevate the level of your own life genes!"

"Elevate the level of my own life genes?" Lu Qingshan was slightly stunned.

"That is correct!"

Venerable Yao Guang continued to smile and said, "Since you possess a clone, elevating the level of your own life genes is undoubtedly the most cost-effective choice for you!"

"If you purchase precious treasures, once you perish, the treasures on your body will be lost! But if you choose to elevate the level of your own life genes, even if you perish due to an accident, as long as you nurture the clone again, the level of your life genes will not drop!"

"Just like the Undying Venerable of the Giant Axe Arena, he has already paid an incredibly staggering price to elevate the level of his own life genes to eighty times that of ordinary life in the universe; even though he now uses ordinary heavy treasures, his strength is still very impressive among high-level Venerables of the universe!"

"Therefore, if his clone perishes, the loss to him is not too great; it merely requires some time to nurture the clone again!"

"Of course, if you wish to elevate the level of your own life genes, the price paid will certainly be higher than exchanging for top-tier heavy treasures, but it is still very worthwhile for you!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan's heart also stirred.

Venerable Yao Guang's suggestion was actually similar to his own practice when he was at the Marquis level, roaming the foreign battlefield and storing his spoils of war within his Divine Kingdom.

It was precisely because he knew how to store numerous spoils of war within his Divine Kingdom that he suffered no significant loss after being killed by those alien powerful beings.

And choosing to elevate the level of one's own life genes naturally follows the same principle.

However...

"Grandmaster!"

Lu Qingshan quickly asked, "The price required to elevate the level of life genes should be relatively lower, right! When I fused the Blood Luo Crystal and the Beast God's Blood back then to elevate the level of my own life genes to ten times that of ordinary life in the universe, I spent a total of only tens of billions of Hunyuan units of wealth, which was far less than even one Heavy Treasure Point!"

"That is because you fused the Blood Luo Crystal!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Yao Guang also sighed, "The Blood Luo Crystal is absolutely the treasure most suitable for us flesh-and-blood life forms to elevate the level of life genes!"

"The only things that can compare to it are the crystallized blood of other innate Beast Gods, such as the Light Luo Crystal!"

"However, to rely on the Blood Luo Crystal and the Beast God's Blood to elevate the level of one's own life genes, there are extremely high requirements for oneself!"

"For powerful beings of our human race, fusing the Blood Luo Crystal and the Beast God's Blood has three levels:"

"The first is fusing three Blood Luo Crystals or the Beast God's Blood, which can elevate the level of one's own life genes to twice the original;"

"The second is fusing ten Blood Luo Crystals or the Beast God's Blood, which can elevate the level of one's own life genes to ten times the original;"

"The third is fusing one hundred Blood Luo Crystals or the Beast God's Blood, which can elevate the level of one's own life genes to the hundred-fold limit allowed by the laws of the universe's operation!"

"But since our human race killed the innate Jin Zhi Beast God and obtained the Blood Luo Crystal, powerful beings who can rely on the Blood Luo Crystal and the Beast God's Blood to elevate the level of life genes to the hundred-fold limit are few and far between, even rarer than absolute geniuses like the Master of the Sky Eater Palace who appear once every tens of millions of eras!"

"Because to elevate the level of one's own life genes through this method, there are extremely high requirements for a certain aspect of the body of the one who fuses them!"

"Do not think that it was easy for you to elevate the level of your life genes by fusing the Beast God's Blood; that is only because you had already fused enough Blood Luo Crystals in advance!"

"Under normal circumstances, if one has not fused any Blood Luo Crystals, one cannot fuse the Beast God's Blood at all;"

"If one can fuse one Blood Luo Crystal, then one can use the Beast God's Blood to elevate the level of one's own life genes to twice the original;"

"If one can fuse three Blood Luo Crystals, one can basically use the Beast God's Blood to elevate the level of one's own life genes to ten times the original;"

"But among those powerful beings in our human race who can elevate the level of their own life genes to the hundred-fold limit by fusing the Beast God's Blood, to the best of my knowledge, the least have fused thirteen Blood Luo Crystals!"

"You should know that fusing three Blood Luo Crystals makes one a Blood Warrior, and fusing ten Blood Luo Crystals makes one a Black Warrior!"

"For the superiors of our human race, fusing three Blood Luo Crystals is not too rare; dozens can appear in every era; but those who can fuse ten Blood Luo Crystals to become Black Warriors are already a legend in our human race, let alone those who fuse thirteen Blood Luo Crystals!"

"The last powerful being in our human race who relied on fusing the Blood Luo Crystal and the Beast God's Blood to elevate the level of life genes to the hundred-fold limit was Venerable Xiuming, over one hundred billion eras ago; now, Venerable Xiuming is also one of the universe's hegemonies on the side of the Universe First Bank!"

"And apart from the Blood Luo Crystal and the Beast God's Blood, other treasures that elevate the level of life genes are far more precious! Moreover, the higher the level of life genes, the more precious the required treasures become!"

"You are currently an Immortal Spirit, so the price paid to elevate the level of life genes is slightly lower than for a Venerable of the universe!"

"Currently, your level of life genes is ten times that of ordinary life in the universe; according to my estimation, if you spend one hundred Heavy Treasure Points, you can almost elevate the level of your own life genes to twenty times that of ordinary life in the universe!"

"Although this does not greatly increase your strength, since you possess the ability to create a clone, it is still very cost-effective!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan finally understood why other powerful beings, after acquiring resources, mostly chose to exchange for treasures.

One hundred Heavy Treasure Points are enough for him to exchange for a top-tier heavy treasure level longsword; at that time, he could completely elevate his strength to five times, or even ten times, its current level;"

"But if used to elevate the level of one's own life genes, it can only elevate it to twice the original!"

With such an obvious gap, those powerful beings without clones naturally prefer to purchase precious heavy treasures to enhance their own strength."

"Qingshan, do not feel that doing this is a loss!"

Venerable Yao Guang continued, "Although the price paid to enhance strength by elevating the level of life genes is higher, for you who possess the ability to create a clone, it is still very worthwhile!"

"Wait until you perish a few more times in the future, and you will understand the benefits of this!"

Hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Lu Qingshan felt somewhat speechless in his heart.

What does it mean that I will understand after perishing a few more times?"

"Can I not just avoid perishing?"

"But then again, even when I was so careful during the Immortal stage, I perished so many times!"

"After breaking through to become a Venerable of the universe, I will inevitably have to fight and kill those alien powerful beings for precious treasures; at that time, the number of times I perish may be even greater!"

"However, since I possess the Endless Divine Sea clone, I do not need to spend a long time restoring my divine power!"

"Compared to those powerful beings whose clones are not large in volume, this is also a rather rare advantage!"

"In this way, spending a bit more resources to elevate the level of one's own life genes is indeed very suitable for him."

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly said, "Grandmaster, if I put all of this harvest forward, to what level can I elevate the level of life genes?"

"That is not necessary!"

Seeing that Lu Qingshan intended to elevate the level of his life genes, Venerable Yao Guang quickly said, "To elevate your level of life genes from ten times to twenty times, spending 100 Heavy Treasure Points should be enough!"

"But to elevate the level of life genes from twenty times to forty times, it is estimated that five or six hundred Heavy Treasure Points will be needed!"

"If one is at the Venerable Realm, the resources required are estimated to be even higher! Even your grandmaster me, my current level of life genes is only equivalent to eighty times that of ordinary life in the universe!"

"In our human race, those who can elevate the level of life genes to twenty times are mostly high-level Venerables of the universe; even if you become a Venerable of the universe in the future, it will be more than enough for you in the short term!"

"Disciple understands!"

Lu Qingshan nodded quickly and said, "But with the disciple's current permissions, purchasing those precious treasures will be difficult, so I beg Grand-Grandmaster to purchase them for the disciple!"

"This matter is simple!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly said with a smile, "After you return from the Outer Realm Battlefield, simply deliver the two treasures in your hand to my residence on the Continent of the Company Headquarters!"

"At that time, I will naturally help you exchange for the treasures most suitable for elevating your life gene level!"

"Thank you, Grand-Grandmaster!" Lu Qingshan quickly bowed and expressed gratitude.

"Very well!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly waved his hand and said, "Go attend to your own affairs now; remember to have your clone leave the Outer Realm Battlefield as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Grand-Grandmaster!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded respectfully and said.

"Go!" Venerable Yao Guang said.

"Disciple takes his leave!"

After saying this, Lu Qingshan quickly and respectfully exited Venerable Yao Guang's residence.

(End of this chapter)