Chapter 237

Lu Qingshan only felt the space-time shift, and then he himself appeared outside the Ice Mountain Hall.

"I never expected Master to directly grant me Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "This is quite suitable for me; whatever treasure I need, I can simply exchange it in the Clan's Treasure Vault!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly boarded a starship to depart, while his true body in Chaos City set off for the City Lord's Mansion.

Although Lei Huanwang and Tongye Wang had been at his residence earlier, they had already left during his journey to Master Bingfeng Zhi.

After leaving the residence, Lu Qingshan soon arrived before the City Lord's Mansion.

"Zifeng Zunzhe!"

"Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

Although the guards outside the City Lord's Mansion possessed ordinary strength, as guards of the mansion, their information network was very sharp, so naturally they knew of Lu Qingshan's breakthrough; at this moment, each and every one was extremely respectful.

"Hmm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then stepped forward into the City Lord's Mansion.

His purpose for coming to the City Lord's Mansion this time was naturally to go to the Human Clan's Treasure Vault to exchange treasures suitable for himself.

For powerful figures of the Human Clan, whether contributing treasures to the clan or exchanging treasures from the clan's vault, it must be done within an ancient side hall inside the Initial Universe City Lord's Mansion.

This ancient side hall has always been closed; to enter, one must submit an application in the Virtual Universe beforehand.

Only after the application is approved will the side hall's main gate open upon arrival.

Although Lu Qingshan had previously accumulated some Heavy Treasure Points, with his authority at that time, he was fundamentally unqualified to submit an application in the Virtual Universe, so to exchange treasures he could only ask Venerable Yao Guang for help.

But now that he has broken through to become a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, he already possesses the relevant authority.

After Lu Qingshan walked up to the side hall...

Boom!

The ancient hall door, having detected Lu Qingshan's information, quickly opened.

Moments later, a bronze gate fully a hundred meters wide had completely opened.

After Lu Qingshan stepped inside, the hall door quickly closed again.

"Is this the place within the clan for exchanging precious treasures?"

Lu Qingshan looked around; he saw that the space inside this side hall was extremely vast, but no items were placed there; only in the very center stood a massive stone disc with a diameter exceeding one hundred meters.

According to the information Lu Qingshan had learned, if contributing treasures, one only needs to place the treasure on the stone disc ahead, and the Virtual Universe system can conduct a comprehensive scan of the treasure through the disc.

However, Lu Qingshan currently had no treasures needing contribution, so he simply reached out and lightly tapped the massive stone disc ahead.

Quickly...

"This is the detailed form for exchanging precious treasures of the Human Clan!" A gentle, heart-soothing voice sounded within the side hall.

At the same time, a hazy, massive gray form instantly appeared in the half-air of the entire side hall; the form displayed four very obvious major categories...

Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Category, Heavy Treasure Category, Material Category, Special Resource Category!

And in the bottom right corner, it displayed Lu Qingshan's current wealth...

Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points: 4;

Heavy Treasure Points: 169.

Those 4 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points were naturally just granted by Bing Feng Zhi Zhu, while the Heavy Treasure Points were the spoils from the battle in the Outer Battlefield back then, plus the remainder after Venerable Yao Guang exchanged the treasure that elevated the life gene level using the 'Sunset Red Cloud Armor' from Flower King.

Besides these Heavy Treasure Points, Lu Qingshan currently held the Heavy Treasure sword 'Purple Lei Tianyi Sword', the Heavy Treasure armor 'Thunder Dragon Shaking Heaven Armor', the Heavy Treasure boots 'Purple Thunder Treading Heaven Boots', the soul-type Heavy Treasure 'Meteor Tears', and that Heavy Treasure obtained back then on the Outer Battlefield from that unlucky 'Erlai Wang'.

As for the one hundred Heavy Treasure Points that the Human Clan grants after a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe breaks through, those had not yet arrived.

With such vast assets, even without counting the Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points granted by Bing Feng Zhi Zhu, it was enough to rival an ordinary High-Level Universe Zifeng Zunzhe.

If adding the Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points granted by Bing Feng Zhi Zhu, it could even make his net worth comparable to an ordinary Universe Hegemon.

And within the Human Clan's Treasure Vault, the exchange rates for Heavy Treasure Points and Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points have always been fluctuating.

Under normal circumstances, one Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Point could exchange for three thousand to four thousand Heavy Treasure Points, while the current situation is that one Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Point can exchange for 3350 Heavy Treasure Points.

"The resources I possess are still very sufficient!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "In that case, I should first carefully examine what treasures are in the vault, and then think about what I need to exchange."

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly raised his head to look at the massive hazy form in the half-air, then spoke: "Special Resource Category!"

Whoosh!

The form instantly changed, displaying a vast quantity of precious resources available for exchange.

Next, Lu Qingshan began to carefully observe the numerous resources within the Human Clan's Treasure Vault.

Although these resources were mainly divided into four major categories, in reality they listed the entire Human Clan's most core precious wealth, truly encompassing everything.

Especially within the Special Resource Category, there was even a sleeping 'Immortal-level Insect Race Empress', along with numerous World Master-level special lives available for soul possession (special lives all possess eternal lifespans, even World Masters).

Of course, these special resources differ in price according to their rarity and importance.

Indeed, some extremely precious materials and treasures, even with Lu Qingshan's current authority, he was unqualified to view.

For instance, the Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao category was divided into five types: Ordinary Supreme Treasures, High-Level Supreme Treasures, Top-Level Supreme Treasures, Peak Supreme Treasures, and Supreme Strongest Supreme Treasures.

And with Lu Qingshan's current authority, he could only view Ordinary Supreme Treasures and High-Level Supreme Treasures; as for the higher-level Top-Level Supreme Treasures, Peak Supreme Treasures, and Supreme Strongest Supreme Treasures, he had absolutely no viewing authority.

Of course, Lu Qingshan, being familiar with the original work, knew very clearly that the current Human Clan had absolutely no Supreme Strongest Supreme Treasures available for exchange.

In the original work, the Human Clan truly having Supreme Strongest Supreme Treasures available for exchange should have been after the appearance of the Jin World.

Just like that, Lu Qingshan watched for several full hours before he gained a general understanding of these precious treasures within the Human Clan.

Among the numerous Supreme Treasures, what Lu Qingshan viewed first was naturally the High-Level Supreme Treasures.

Unfortunately, within the High-Level Supreme Treasures, even the cheapest High-Level Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao sword required 9 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points, which was far beyond what the current Lu Qingshan could exchange.

As for High-Level Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao armor, the cheapest required 12 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

As for Domain-type, Soul-type, and Palace-type High-Level Supreme Treasures, they were generally above 160 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

In short, among Supreme Treasures of the same tier, melee weapons were the cheapest, followed by armor being slightly more expensive, then mental-force weapons, and finally auxiliary-type Supreme Treasures such as boots and wings;

As for domain-type, soul-type, palace-type, and Origin-type supreme treasures, they are the most expensive among them.

After viewing the precious high-grade supreme treasures, Lu Qingshan quickly opened the ordinary supreme treasures.

It must be said that the prices of ordinary supreme treasures are far lower than those of high-grade supreme treasures; for instance, an ordinary supreme treasure longsword sells for only 1–1.5 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points, and some cheap supreme treasure armors cost around 2 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

Of course, soul-type, domain-type, and palace-type treasures are much more expensive; even the cheapest one costs 16 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points, which is pricier than a high-grade supreme treasure weapon.

"With the Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points bestowed by my teacher, I can actually exchange for a supreme treasure longsword and a piece of supreme treasure battle armor!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "If I have a supreme treasure longsword and supreme treasure armor to protect me, after I create the fourth technique at the peak level of sword arts, my strength should be able to barely cross into the high-grade Venerable Realm!"

"However, what Master Bing Feng Zhi Zhu said is also correct; my current strength is still relatively weak. Even if I rely on supreme treasures to barely cross into the high-grade Venerable Realm, it still counts for nothing!"

"If I am killed by a powerful expert at that time, all these treasures will be lost!"

It must be known that when Lu Qingshan was wandering in the Foreign Battlefield back then, he had perished several times in succession.

Although he has now smoothly crossed into the Universe Venerable Realm, he still cannot guarantee that he will not die even once while wandering the universe next.

"In that case, it is better not to exchange for supreme treasures for now!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "I will first spend a small portion of my wealth to exchange for some heavy treasures suitable for my current use; this way, even if I perish unexpectedly, I will not feel too heartbroken!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly began selecting various treasures and resources suitable for himself.

First, he directly spent 1,680 Heavy Treasure Points to exchange for some precious resources, which could raise his own life gene level to fifty times that of ordinary life in the universe;

Then he spent 90 Heavy Treasure Points to exchange for a top-grade heavy treasure longsword named 'Purple Lightning Qing Shuang Sword', spent 120 Heavy Treasure Points to exchange for a top-grade heavy treasure armor named 'Nine Heavens Dragon Scale Armor', spent 150 Heavy Treasure Points to exchange for a domain-type ordinary heavy treasure named 'Imitation Lei Guang Hai', and spent 160 Heavy Treasure Points to exchange for a flying palace-type ordinary heavy treasure named 'Flash Lightning Void Ship'!

Whoosh!

After Lu Qingshan finished selecting the treasures, the massive stone disk in front quickly produced the supplies he needed.

"With the help of these treasures, even when facing high-grade Universe Venerables who possess no domain-type heavy treasures, I should be able to gain some advantage!"

Looking at the various treasures ahead, Lu Qingshan could not help but think silently in his heart.

Regarding attack, using only top-grade heavy treasure weapons, he naturally cannot compare to high-grade Universe Venerables.

However, in battles at the Universe Venerable level, it is not only about offensive power.

Given the solidity of flying palace-type heavy treasures, even relatively weak Universe Dominators would probably be unable to break through them, which naturally can greatly increase his survival capability.

Lu Qingshan had previously considered using most of his resources to exchange for a top-grade palace-type heavy treasure, just like the Silver Qiu Phantom Ship that Luo Feng obtained within the Zushen Sect in the original story.

In that case, even if he encountered some relatively powerful Universe Dominators, he would still be able to save his life.

However, although top-grade palace-type heavy treasures are very good at saving one's life, their help in fighting for treasures is very small.

Furthermore, after hiding inside a palace-type heavy treasure, one is easily suppressed and sealed, so Lu Qingshan simply gave up on this option.

As for domain-type heavy treasures, they can restrict an enemy's movement ability; if it is a matter of fighting for treasures, they can absolutely allow him to gain an advantage among experts of the same level.

In addition to this, there is the soul-type heavy treasure 'Meteor Tear' to guard the soul; even if he truly encounters experts capable of shattering palace-type heavy treasures, he can still calmly self-destruct.

Moreover, the value of these heavy treasures is not too precious; altogether they amount to less than one thousand Heavy Treasure Points. Even if Lu Qingshan perishes unexpectedly and the treasures are lost, he will not feel too heartbroken.

"I will first use these treasures to wander around for a while!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "If it is difficult to encounter danger, or after my strength improves in the future, I will go exchange for even more awe-inspiring supreme treasures!"

After exchanging for the treasures, Lu Qingshan quickly left the clan's treasure vault.

After familiarizing himself with the various newly exchanged treasures in the mansion within Chaos City, Lu Qingshan soon connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe again and arrived at the mid-slope of Lei Ting Island.

Now that he has broken through to the Universe Venerable Realm, he naturally can build a residence here on the mid-slope of Lei Ting Island.

Moreover, every Universe Venerable in the Human Clan possesses an independent plane space as their territory within the Virtual Universe.

Previously, when he took Master Bing Feng Zhi Zhu as his teacher, Master Bing Feng Zhi Zhu had already arranged a plane space for him.

As for what shape the plane space and residence should take, it requires him, the master, to plan it personally.

Lei Ting Island, Central Mountain Range, mid-slope.

This is an incredibly towering and vast mountain range; the residences built here by Universe Venerables are actually clusters of palaces, covering an area of hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of kilometers, inside which numerous disciples, servants, and others can reside.

Whoosh!

Lu Qingshan was flying on this mid-slope, intending to find a suitable residence.

But just at this moment...

"Wan Jie Zunzhe!" A voice suddenly rang out.

"Hmm?"

Lu Qingshan turned his head to look; soon, a figure wearing a purple-gold long robe flew over from a distance. It was none other than Wu Fang Zunzhe, who was also comprehending the Tianlei Chaos Stele.

Nowadays, the Universe Venerables of the Tianlei lineage, including Tianlei Zunzhe who created the Tianlei Chaos Stele and Lu Qingshan, number only eight in total; Wu Fang Zunzhe is one of them, possessing the strength of a mid-grade Universe Venerable.

When Lu Qingshan previously gathered with many senior brothers and sisters, he had also seen Wu Fang Zunzhe several times.

Moreover, both of them cultivate the Tianlei lineage; although this is not very important at the Universe Venerable level, they are still relatively close.

"Wu Fang Zunzhe." Lu Qingshan quickly greeted him warmly.

"Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

Wu Fang Zunzhe soon landed before Lu Qingshan, then smiled and said, "Are you planning to build a mansion on this mid-slope?"

"That is correct!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.

"There is actually a good place near my residence!"

Wu Fang Zunzhe quickly said with a smile, "Moreover, that place is very close to Venerable Yao Guang's residence; shall we go take a look together?"

"Then I thank you, Wu Fang Zunzhe!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and expressed his gratitude.

Afterwards, Lu Qingshan quickly followed Wu Fang Zunzhe to an open area with a relatively high environment nearby.

Wu Fang Zunzhe soon pointed to a spot not far away and introduced, "Wan Jie Zunzhe, Venerable Yao Guang's mansion is over there not far away, and my mansion is right there!"

"You might as well build your mansion here; we can also exchange ideas frequently in the future!"

"This location is indeed excellent!"

Lu Qingshan nodded quickly and said, "Then I shall build my mansion here!"

After selecting the location, Lu Qingshan quickly confirmed the architectural style, then submitted an application to the Virtual Universe.

Moments after Lu Qingshan submitted the application, the Virtual Universe automatically generated vast groups of palaces for him.

Once the mansion was built, Lu Qingshan naturally invited the Five Directions Venerables to take their seats inside.

Inside the living room of the newly built mansion.

"Wan Jie, I didn't expect you to break through to the Venerable Realm of the Universe so quickly!"

The Five Directions Venerable raised his wine glass and signaled, "Moreover, you already possessed the strength of an Invincible King. Now that you have broken through, your power is likely even greater than mine!"

"Five Directions, you are too modest!"

Lu Qingshan also raised his wine glass and drained it in one gulp, then said with a smile, "I previously heard Senior Brother Yao Guang mention that you recently made the Meng Yao Zu's 'Earth Rat Venerable' suffer a great defeat in the 'Wu Hua Secret Realm'! If someone hadn't rescued him back then, that Earth Rat Venerable would likely have perished at your hands!"

"Hahaha!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan mention his proud achievement, the Five Directions Venerable quickly showed a smile on his face: "Actually, I didn't intend to fight the Earth Rat Venerable to the death at that time, but he kept pestering me, wanting to snatch a heavy treasure I had just obtained!"

"I had no choice but to fight him! Although I finally drove him away, my Divine Body still lost seven percent!"

"That is already very good!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile, "If I had encountered that Earth Rat Venerable, I could not have suppressed, let alone heavily injured, the opponent like you, Five Directions!"

Thus, Lu Qingshan and the Five Directions Venerable began to chat idly.

But just at this moment...

"Venerable Wan Jie!"

Another figure wearing a fiery red long robe arrived outside Lu Qingshan's mansion.

"It is the Guiyi Venerable!"

Upon seeing the visitor, Lu Qingshan and the Five Directions Venerable rose together to go out and welcome him.

The Guiyi Venerable is the second disciple of the Hun Dun Chengzhu; he has always followed the Hun Dun Chengzhu, and often acts on the Hun Dun Chengzhu's orders.

"Wan Jie, I didn't expect you to build your mansion so quickly!"

The Guiyi Venerable looked at Lu Qingshan and the other and asked, "Did I disturb your conversation?"

"No!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile, "Five Directions Venerable and I were just chatting casually. Guiyi Venerable, is there something you need from me?"

"Indeed, there are matters I wish to inform Venerable Wan Jie of!"

The Guiyi Venerable looked at Lu Qingshan and then said solemnly, "Venerable Wan Jie, I have been ordered by my teacher to personally deliver this message to you!"

"The proposal regarding your joining the Supreme Council of our Human Race has been approved by the highest levels of the race. From today on, you are qualified to attend the Supreme Council of our Human Race!"

"In addition, the rewards bestowed by the race upon every newly broken-through Universe Venerable have already been issued to you. You may go to the Race Treasury at any time to exchange for the treasures you need!"

"Supreme Council?" A hint of joy quickly appeared on Lu Qingshan's face.

In the original work, Luo Feng was only able to join this Supreme Council after killing the Wei Jing Wang and demonstrating sufficient strength.

Of course, at that time Luo Feng was only at the Decay Realm, whereas now Lu Qingshan has already broken through to the Venerable Realm; joining this Supreme Council will naturally not be as troublesome for him as it was for the other party!

"Wan Jie, congratulations to you!"

"Wan Jie, congratulations!"

The Guiyi Venerable and the Five Directions Venerable nearby quickly spoke to offer their congratulations.

As Universe Venerables of the Human Race, they had experienced this matter themselves, so they understood Lu Qingshan's excitement at this moment.

Lu Qingshan also quickly invited the Guiyi Venerable into the mansion to drink heartily, and the Guiyi Venerable naturally accepted with pleasure.

(End of this chapter)