Chapter 260: Arriving in Droves

"Yes!"

The Iron Eagle Venerable nearby soon sighed, "I broke through to the Cosmic Venerable Realm hundreds of billions of eras ago, yet now, my entire fortune combined amounts to only a few hundred Treasure Points!"

"I understand!" Lu Qingshan nodded quickly and said.

In fact, previously, after Lu Qingshan had slain the Hundred Flowers King in the Outer Battlefield and seized the heavy treasure from the opponent's hand, Venerable Yao Guang had once warned him.

However, later, after receiving a large sum of resources from his master, Master Bingfeng Zhi, he had become somewhat indifferent again.

But now, after hearing the words of Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe and the Iron Eagle Venerable, he recalled once again how destitute ordinary Cosmic Venerables truly were.

Of course, even among Cosmic Venerables of the Human Race, there was a distinction between those with background and those without.

Just like Lu Qingshan's senior brothers and sisters, almost everyone had received gifts from Bing Feng Zhi Zhu, and when Bing Feng Zhi Zhu acted, it was at least a Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao!

There was also Shi Yue Zifeng Zunzhe, the person in charge of the Transportation Department back then; for every ten million eras he worked for the Virtual Universe Company, he could obtain one Treasure Point.

Such gains might seem insignificant, but accumulated over time, they could amass a great fortune.

If one worked for hundreds of billions of eras, one could easily obtain a fortune of several thousand Treasure Points, yet the Iron Eagle Venerable, having broken through to the Venerable Realm hundreds of billions of eras ago, had only accumulated a fortune of a few hundred Treasure Points.

It was just that the Transportation Department had encountered the incident involving the Hundred Flowers King back then, and Shi Yue Zifeng Zunzhe had consequently resigned.

And the fact that the three of them, Lu Qingshan and the others, could encounter this Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass this time was also a matter of very good luck.

After all, they had previously roamed the Qing Kong Secret Realm together for over a hundred thousand years, and their greatest gain was merely a mineral worth three Treasure Points.

All their gains combined amounted to less than ten Treasure Points.

"Actually, our gains are already considered quite astonishing!"

Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe nearby continued, "Especially since Wan Jie joined us!"

"Even without counting this Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass, we have gained eight or nine Treasure Points within these tens of thousands of years!"

"Before, the Iron Eagle and I roamed this Qing Kong Secret Realm for over ten million years, and we only gained treasures worth a little over twenty Treasure Points!"

"Perhaps it is because Wan Jie just broke through, and newcomers tend to have better luck!"

The Iron Eagle Venerable nearby soon said with a smile, "I remember when I first broke through to the Cosmic Venerable Realm and roamed the Cosmic Secret Realm with others, it was just like this!"

"Although my luck couldn't compare to our encounter with the Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass this time, I did encounter an Ice Soul Stone worth fifteen Treasure Points back then!"

"At that time, the three of us were roaming together, and each of us received five Treasure Points!"

"Hahaha!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile, "If I had not acted together with you two, Kuang Dao and Iron Eagle, how could I have come to this Qing Kong Secret Realm, and how could I have obtained this Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass?"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe and the Iron Eagle Venerable immediately laughed.

In fact, if Lu Qingshan had not joined, the two of them might not have come to Mountain Range No. 0745, and naturally, they would not have encountered this Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass.

"Hahaha!"

Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe said with an even broader smile, "Regardless, this Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass has finally fallen into our hands. Why not return to our Human Territory to celebrate?"

"Indeed!"

The Iron Eagle Venerable also said with a smile, "This gain is indeed substantial; we truly should return to celebrate!"

After hearing the words of Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe and the Iron Eagle Venerable, although Lu Qingshan found it hard to empathize with treating over ten Treasure Points as a great gain, he would not refuse to give the two of them face, so he quickly nodded and agreed to their idea.

Subsequently, Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe quickly left a divine power token for assisting life on the spot, then directly commanded the assisting life to activate the temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel.

Immediately after, the three of them, Lu Qingshan and the others, directly returned to the All-Universe Headquarters Continent of the Virtual Universe Company through the Divine Kingdom teleportation channel, and then held a celebration banquet at Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe's residence.

Of course, since this was mainly to celebrate the gains from the adventure, the three of them, Lu Qingshan and the others, did not invite anyone else, holding only a small-scale banquet.

This banquet of the three lasted only a short half-month, yet the expenses during that period reached as high as over ten billion Hunyuan Units.

However, for a Cosmic Venerable, obtaining ordinary wealth was still very simple; an expenditure of over ten billion Hunyuan Units was nothing to mention.

For a Cosmic Venerable, the most difficult thing was obtaining Treasure Points within the race, or even Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

Although exchanging Treasure Points for Hunyuan Units was easy, wanting to exchange Hunyuan Units for Treasure Points was far too difficult.

After the celebration, Lu Qingshan, Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe, and the Iron Eagle Venerable rested for another half-year before setting out again for the Qing Kong Secret Realm.

Qing Kong Secret Realm, within the 'Moonlight Star River,' one of the ten dangerous areas, in Mountain Range No. 0745!

A hazy Jin Guang suddenly lit up in the void, and then three figures walked out from within the hazy Jin Guang; they were Lu Qingshan and the others, having arrived via the assisting life's Divine Kingdom teleportation.

"The resources in Mountain Range No. 0745 are still very rich; it is amazing that the Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass could appear here!"

After the temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel dissipated, Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe quickly said, "In my opinion, let us continue to roam within Mountain Range No. 0745; perhaps we can make other gains!"

"I think the same!"

The Iron Eagle Venerable also said with a chuckle, "That Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass had grown for at least hundreds of millions of eras before we discovered it! The fact that it went undiscovered for such a long time proves that very few people have explored this Mountain Range No. 0745!"

"Moreover, we have not yet explored even one percent of this Mountain Range No. 0745; if we continue exploring, we will definitely make new gains!"

"I have no objection either!" Lu Qingshan said with a smile.

"However, we must also be a bit careful!"

Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe quickly warned, "The more likely a place is to produce precious treasures, the greater the danger it holds!"

"Rest assured!"

The Iron Eagle Venerable, standing beside Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe, quickly said, "With the strength of the three of us, even if we encounter a High Venerable, there is no need to worry too much!"

"Wealth is sought amidst danger! As long as there is a chance to obtain precious treasures, even taking a little risk is worth it!"

Thus, after preparing for a short while, Lu Qingshan once again transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the depths of the mountain range.

However, after discovering the Purple Ling Cloud Heart Grass, their speed became slower, and they even took turns releasing divine power to observe the surrounding environment, all to avoid missing any precious treasures that detectors could not probe.

Just as the three of them, Lu Qingshan and the others, were carefully probing within Mountain Range No. 0745.

In the core of the vast universe, within the Meng Yao Zu territory, on a planet of unparalleled prosperity.

Countless weak Meng Yao Zu lived on this planet, yet few knew that on this planet inhabited by many weak Meng Yao Zu, there also resided one of the Meng Yao Zu imperial families, a supreme expert of the Tianlang lineage, Qing Lang Zifeng Zunzhe.

At this moment, in a residence that ordinary Meng Yao Zu could not possibly detect, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe, standing over two meters tall with a coat of green fur, was conversing with two close friends.

"Hei Lang!"

A figure with a long tail behind him and two heads growing on his shoulders quickly spoke: "Did you summon me here this time to venture into the Qing Kong Secret Realm within the human race's territory?"

"Exactly!"

Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe nodded quickly and said: "Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe, the last time the two of us ventured into that Qing Kong Secret Realm, we gained a great deal. However, we later encountered a special life form with the power of a High Venerable, lost a vast amount of divine power, and were forced to return to our clan to recuperate!"

"Now that my strength has fully recovered, it is time to venture into that Qing Kong Secret Realm once more!"

"This time, I have also invited Hei Lang. The three of us acting together will surely be much easier than just the two of us!"

"This..."

After hearing Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe's words, Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe felt a certain hesitation in his heart.

It must be known that Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe had only just broken through to the Cosmic Venerable level tens of thousands of epochs ago; his strength merely barely allowed him to step into the Medium Venerable level, still maintaining a certain gap between him and Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe.

"Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe, rest assured!"

Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe seemed to see Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe's hesitation and quickly said: "Hei Lang's strength has improved significantly recently; acting together with us, he certainly will not drag us down!"

"Moreover, I told him that for the spoils of this action, he will only take two parts, while the remaining eight parts will be split equally between you and me, four parts each!"

"You and I have ventured through the universe together for so long; just do me this favor, how about it?"

"Very well!"

After hearing Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe's words, Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe finally nodded and said: "This time, let Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe join us!"

"Fortunately, the Qing Kong Secret Realm is not overly dangerous; with the strength of the three of us, ensuring our survival should not be a problem!"

"Thank you, Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe!" After hearing Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe's words, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe, standing nearby, quickly nodded and said.

In fact, Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe was a powerhouse of the Shuangshou Yaodiao lineage, which possessed the ability to create clones. Although he only possessed the strength of a Medium Cosmic Venerable, his status within the Meng Yao Zu was far superior to that of Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe and Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe.

Under normal circumstances, powerful figures like Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe often acted together with those High Cosmic Venerables.

However, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe and Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe shared an extremely close relationship; before Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe had broken through, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe had guided him and once helped Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe escape a fatal crisis.

Precisely because of this, after Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe's strength grew powerful, he frequently joined forces with Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe to venture through the universe.

And this time, it was also due to Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe's favor that he was able to join Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe and Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe.

"Mm!"

Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe nodded slightly, then looked at Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe and said: "Hei Lang, recently your Tianlang lineage has been very prominent within our Meng Yao Zu!"

"First, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe broke through tens of thousands of epochs ago, and Tianhua Zifeng Zunzhe broke through several thousand epochs ago! Recently, our Meng Yao Zu has produced these two Cosmic Venerables, and both belong to your Tianlang lineage!"

"Actually, our Tianlang lineage is just lucky!"

Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe quickly said: "Previously, the Shikong Yanshou lineage also produced a super genius named Spencer! If he had not been assassinated by that damned human race spy, he would likely have had the chance to break through to the Cosmic Venerable realm by now!"

"Spencer's talent was indeed formidable, but compared to Tianhua Zifeng Zunzhe, it is far inferior!"

Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe could not help but sigh: "Tianhua Zifeng Zunzhe actually usurped the body of a special life form with a life gene level two thousand times higher! To usurp a special life form of such a level and still break through the shackles to become Immortal, or even become a Cosmic Venerable, is truly admirable!"

"Tianhua Zifeng Zunzhe is indeed stunning!"

Hearing Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe's sigh, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe also felt a sense of pride in his heart, after all, Tianhua Zifeng Zunzhe belonged to the Tianlang lineage.

"By the way..."

Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe quickly spoke again: "I recall that not long ago, a young one from your Shuangshou Yaodiao lineage returned from hiding within the human race's territory? Moreover, he became a disciple under the Lord of Jin Zhi. It seems that young one was your disciple, too. I wonder how she has been recently?"

"Don't mention it!"

Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe could not help but sigh, then continued: "You have been in seclusion recently, so you might not be fully aware!"

"After that young one, Baihua, became a disciple under the Leader, the Leader immediately bestowed upon her several precious treasures; her wealth was even richer than mine! Unfortunately, she later encountered the Wanjie Wang of the human race on the Outer Battlefield and was ultimately killed by the Wanjie Wang in collaboration with others. Even the precious treasures on her body were all lost!"

"That is truly a pity!"

Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe could not help but sigh: "Fortunately, your Shuangshou Yaodiao lineage possesses the ability to create clones, so there is no need for the clan's high leadership to reverse time and resurrect her!"

"What is even more infuriating are those two human race scum who led the killing of Baihua!"

Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe could not help but curse: "Those damned scum, the Wanjie Wang and Sovereign Beihai, have now both broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm. It is truly infuriating. I wonder if it was due to the help of those precious treasures of Baihua!"

"Fortunately, after Baihua heard that Sovereign Beihai and the Wanjie Wang had successively broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm, she did not give up in despair. Instead, she felt shame and then courage, cultivating even harder. Perhaps in the future, she will also have the chance to step into the Cosmic Venerable realm!"

"Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe, there is no need to get angry over two human race scum!"

Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe quickly comforted him: "Wait until we have the chance to meet those two scum in the future; we can just find a way to teach them a lesson!"

Although Lu Qingshan and Sovereign Beihai had both immediately attained the strength of a Medium Cosmic Venerable after breaking through, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe did not pay too much attention to it.

First, at the Cosmic Venerable level, improving one's strength is extremely difficult;

Second, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe and Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe were already considered quite strong among Medium Cosmic Venerables. Furthermore, with their massive divine bodies, they would not fear even High Cosmic Venerables of the human race, let alone Cosmic Venerables like Lu Qingshan and Bi Hai Zifeng Zunzhe who had only just broken through not long ago.

"Mm!"

Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe nodded slightly, then continued: "Before I came this time, I had already prepared everything that needed to be prepared. If you have nothing else to attend to, let us depart now!"

"Good!"

Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe quickly nodded slightly, then transmitted a voice message to one of his disciples, who was also the master of this planet, informing him of his departure.

After all, since they were heading to the Qing Kong Secret Realm this time, unless something unusual occurred, they would not return to the clan for a short period.

After summoning his disciple and giving all instructions, Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe ordered the auxiliary life form to open a temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel, then rushed toward the Qing Kong Secret Realm within the human race's territory.

Qing Kong Secret Realm, Mountain Range No. 0745, one light-year away from Lu Qingshan and others who were currently exploring the Secret Realm.

Voom!

Suddenly, dazzling earth-yellow light appeared out of nowhere in the void.

Subsequently, a temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel appeared, and from it emerged three figures: Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe, Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe, and Hei Lang Zifeng Zunzhe, who had arrived from the Meng Yao Zu territory via the Divine Kingdom teleportation.

"Mountain Range No. K853!"

Looking at the massive mountain range ahead, Long Diao Zifeng Zunzhe quickly sighed: "Hei Lang, last time we obtained that 'Void Sand' in this very mountain range, right?"

"Indeed!"

The Green Wolf Venerable also could not help but sigh, "That 'Void Sand' can be counted as one of our greatest gains from roaming the universe for so many years, so this time I directly used the Divine Kingdom's teleportation to come here. Perhaps we will even encounter Void Sand!"

"Exactly!"

After hearing the Green Wolf Venerable's words, the Long Diao Venerable quickly nodded and said, "According to the information I previously checked, treasures like Void Sand are generally not born alone. Last time we only obtained one piece; this time, we might really encounter it!"

"Who would say otherwise?"

The Green Wolf Venerable also nodded with a smile, "One piece of Void Sand is worth dozens or even hundreds of ordinary heavy treasures. If we obtain another one or two, we will be rich!"

"By the way..."

Speaking of this, the Green Wolf Venerable quickly looked at the Hei Lang Venerable beside him and said, "Hei Lang, do not tell anyone else for now about the Void Sand that once appeared in Mountain Range No. K853!"

"I understand!" the Hei Lang Venerable hurriedly nodded and said.

He had worked so hard this time to get the opportunity to roam together with the Long Diao Venerable and the Green Wolf Venerable; naturally, he cherished it greatly. How could he possibly leak such exclusive news?

"That is good!"

The Green Wolf Venerable nodded slightly, then continued to warn, "Although the Qing Hu Secret Realm is not very dangerous to us, we must still be careful when roaming!"

"Especially you, Hei Lang, who are using a common heavy treasure armor. Although your Divine Body is quite large, you must still be extra cautious!"

"I understand!" the Hei Lang nodded again and said.

"Very well!"

The Long Diao Venerable beside him quickly pointed in one direction, then said directly, "I remember that the Void Sand last time flew from that direction. This time, let us explore in that direction!"

"Good!"

The Green Wolf Venerable nodded slightly, and then these three Meng Yao Zu experts quickly flew rapidly in one direction.

And the direction they advanced in was precisely the direction where Lu Qingshan, the Kuang Dao Zifeng Zifeng Zunzhe, and the Tie Ying Venerable were located!

(End of this chapter)