Chapter 268: Distributing the Spoils: Lu Qingshan's Advantage

On the mid-slope of Lei Ting Island, a waterfall surged down like a great river, crashing directly into the vast lake below.

In the central area of this lake stood a small island several kilometers in diameter, where over a dozen figures were currently conversing.

"Xuan Yue, I heard you recently obtained a Molten Fire Gold Crystal in the Zixue Secret Realm?" asked a powerful Winged Human clad in dark golden battle armor, tall and burly, with a smile.

"I was just lucky this time!"

After hearing the Winged Human's words, another stunning woman draped in purple gauze, Zifeng Zunzhe Xuan Yue, quickly said softly, "This time, I owe it all to the top-tier heavy treasure armor I exchanged not long ago from Venerable Huoshen!"

"Without the help of this top-tier heavy treasure armor, it would have been very difficult for me to withstand the siege by those two Universe Zifeng Zunzhe of the Mechanical Race! Even so, I lost more than twenty percent of my divine body this time!"

"That's still very good!"

A powerful Ape Human nearby said with great envy, "A single Molten Fire Gold Crystal, even if contributed to the clan treasury, is worth 45 heavy treasure points!"

"As for the divine power you lost, Xuan Yue, as long as you haven't perished, it won't take long to recover! If you feel it's too slow, you can also rent a Primordial-class supreme treasure!"

Primordial-class treasures do not have heavy treasure tiers; that is to say, any Primordial-class treasure has at least crossed into the supreme treasure tier, and is even more precious than domain-class, palace-class, or soul-class supreme treasures of the same tier, naturally beyond what people like them could possess.

Yet, as powerful beings of the Human Race, they were qualified to rent Primordial-class treasures, provided they did not take such treasures away from the clan's core sacred grounds.

"That won't do!"

Zifeng Zunzhe Xuan Yue quickly said, "Even renting the most ordinary Primordial-class supreme treasure that can increase divine power absorption speed by a thousand times costs one heavy treasure point per thousand epochs!"

"I lost more than twenty percent of my divine power this time; even recovering slowly on my own would probably take hundreds of thousands of epochs. If I were to rent a Primordial-class supreme treasure, wouldn't that be wasting resources for nothing?"

"The cost of renting Primordial-class supreme treasures from the clan treasury is indeed very high!"

A burly giant surrounded by numerous black flames quickly said, "However, if Xuan Yue, you rent a Primordial-class supreme treasure from me, I can give you a twenty percent discount!"

After hearing the burly giant's words, everyone around him was slightly stunned.

It wasn't because of the twenty percent discount, but because a Primordial-class supreme treasure was simply too precious.

"Huoshen!"

The Ape Human nearby looked at the burly giant in disbelief: "Did you actually acquire a Primordial-class supreme treasure?"

"Hahaha!"

Venerable Huoshen immediately said with a laugh, "Actually, I spent vast ages accumulating wealth before I could successfully obtain a Primordial-class supreme treasure capable of increasing divine power absorption speed by a thousand times!"

"In the future, if any of you suffer damage to your divine power, you can come directly to me to rent a Primordial-class supreme treasure; at that time, all your rental fees will receive a twenty percent discount!"

After hearing Venerable Huoshen's affirmative reply, everyone around him showed deep envy on their faces.

Most in this small circle were Mid-tier Universe Zifeng Zunzhe and High-tier Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, and most had little background (having not taken a Universe Master as their master).

Therefore, the wealthiest among them could at most, through accumulation over endless ages, barely afford one ordinary supreme treasure weapon!

Yet a Primordial-class supreme treasure, even the most ordinary one among them, required over twenty supreme treasure points to exchange in the clan treasury; even among the many Universe Dominators of the Human Race, few possessed such wealth.

And Venerable Huoshen was merely a High-tier Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, yet he could own a Primordial-class supreme treasure; how incredible was that?

"I always knew artifact masters were wealthy, but I never expected them to be wealthy to this extent!"

A lean man with three eyes quickly looked at Venerable Huoshen and said, "Huoshen, why don't you take me as your disciple? I'll follow you to learn artifact crafting!"

"You don't have the talent for that!"

Venerable Huoshen quickly said, "Moreover, artifact crafting requires patience; you certainly won't manage it!"

"You can't just see me making money and forget how long it took me to reach this point!"

"I began learning artifact crafting as soon as I became Immortal, but for hundreds of millions of epochs after becoming a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, I was constantly losing money, even incurring a huge debt because of it!"

"Only later, when my artifact crafting skills improved greatly, did I begin to make profits; then I accumulated wealth for over two hundred billion more epochs, which is how I have this wealth today!"

Venerable Huoshen did not mind his wealth being known to everyone; after all, he never left the Human Race's core grounds to take risks. Could anyone possibly rob him, an artifact master of the Human Race, within the Human Race's core sacred grounds?

Just as everyone sighed at Venerable Huoshen's words, a streak of light suddenly flew in from the distance.

"Yao Guang Zunzhe!"

"It's Yao Guang Zunzhe!"

Over a dozen Universe Zifeng Zunzhe looked up, instantly recognizing the newcomer's identity, and then rose one after another to warmly welcome him.

"Hahaha!"

Venerable Yao Guang greeted everyone present with a smile, then turned his gaze to the burly Venerable Huoshen: "Huoshen, I came this time specifically to find you!"

"Find me?"

The burly giant Venerable Huoshen's heart stirred, as if realizing something; he then quickly nodded to those around him and said, "Everyone, I'll be back shortly!"

Having said this, Venerable Huoshen left together with Venerable Yao Guang.

Moments later, in the temple on the mid-slope of Lei Ting Island, the figures of Venerable Yao Guang and Venerable Huoshen suddenly appeared.

"Yao Guang, you came to find me this time to..." Venerable Huoshen quickly asked.

"Hahaha!"

Venerable Yao Guang moved his mind, and soon transferred the fourteen heavy treasure points he had just received to Venerable Huoshen: "Of course, to repay you for the heavy treasure points!"

"So that's it!"

Venerable Huoshen, having received the transfer from Venerable Yao Guang, quickly said, "Actually, I wasn't particularly in a hurry; Yao Guang, if you need to use them, you can repay me a bit later!"

"No problem!"

Venerable Yao Guang waved his hand and said, "These dozen or so heavy treasure points are of no use to me anyway!"

"Actually, I previously used all my resources to exchange for a High-tier supreme treasure armor; otherwise, I wouldn't have been so tight on funds!"

"So that's it!"

After hearing Venerable Yao Guang's words, Venerable Huoshen nodded slightly, then said with a smile, "Yao Guang, with a High-tier supreme treasure armor protecting you, your ability to preserve your life will increase greatly!"

"It's just average!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly said, "Our Human Race's powerful beings generally have small divine bodies, which puts us at a disadvantage in battle!"

"Now that I have a High-tier supreme treasure armor protecting me, when I fight opponents of the same tier in the future, I can barely gain some advantage!"

And just at this moment, the two of them both received a message from Venerable Cangsong.

Venerable Cangsong was a powerful Universal Venerable from the Universal Mercenary Alliance faction; because he was extremely well-liked among the human race, his information was very timely.

"Cangsong's message, could there be something important again?"

After a thought flashed through their minds, Venerable Yao Guang and Venerable Huoshen quickly opened the received message; what was written on it was naturally the news that Lu Qingshan had just killed Hei Lang Zunzhe of the Meng Yao Zu's Lord Tianlang faction in the Qing Kong Secret Realm.

"This..."

After reading the content of the message, a look of surprise quickly flashed across Venerable Yao Guang's face: "Only this much time has passed? I didn't expect Lu Qingshan to already be able to achieve such a level!"

And the expression of Venerable Huoshen beside him was even more surprised.

"Having just broken through not long ago, he was able to kill Hei Lang Zunzhe of the Meng Yao Zu; this Wan Jie Zunzhe is truly formidable!"

After a thought flashed through his mind, Venerable Huoshen quickly said: "Yao Guang, when you asked me to purchase a heavy treasure armor back then, it was for this Wan Jie Zunzhe, right? I didn't expect that such a short time has passed, and he already possesses such astonishing strength!"

"Yes!"

Venerable Yao Guang quickly said: "I also didn't expect junior brother Lu Qingshan's strength to improve so rapidly!"

"Huoshen, I am going to junior brother Lu Qingshan's place next; do you want to come along to join the fun?"

"Of course I am willing!"

After hearing Venerable Yao Guang's invitation, Venerable Huoshen hurriedly said: "Let's go together, let's go together!"

On the other side, after Lu Qingshan and the others held a small banquet at Kuang Dao Zun Zhe's residence, the three of the Universal Mercenary Alliance faction, including Xin Feng Zunzhe, took their leave.

And after the three of Xin Feng Zunzhe left, only Lu Qingshan, Kuang Dao Zun Zhe, and Tie Ying Zunzhe remained in the residence's living room.

"Wan Jie!"

Kuang Dao Zun Zhe looked at Lu Qingshan, raised his cup, and invited him: "I didn't expect your strength to be so great, even able to easily kill that Hei Lang Zunzhe!"

"Yes!"

Tie Ying Zunzhe beside him also raised his cup and said: "I originally thought Wan Jie's strength was slightly weaker than mine and Kuang Dao's, but I didn't expect..."

"Hahaha! If it weren't for you, Wan Jie, this time, even if we had been able to hold out until Xin Feng Zunzhe and the others arrived, we would still have suffered massive losses of divine power!"

"Actually, my ability to kill that Hei Lang Zunzhe this time was mainly due to the cooperation of you two, Kuang Dao and Tie Ying!"

Lu Qingshan also raised his cup, drank it all in one go, and then said with a smile: "If you two hadn't helped block that Qing Lang Zunzhe and Long Diao Zunzhe, I definitely would not have been able to kill that Hei Lang Zunzhe!"

What Lu Qingshan said was completely the truth.

Not to mention that Qing Lang Zunzhe possessed the top-tier heavy treasure flying palace known as the 'Yan Chihuo Tower'; even without the Yan Chihuo Tower, once Qing Lang Zunzhe and Long Diao Zunzhe had their hands free, they could have easily stopped him.

"Hahaha, that was all something we should do!" Kuang Dao Zun Zhe quickly said with a laugh.

"Alright!"

After drinking heartily once more, Tie Ying Zunzhe quickly said: "Kuang Dao, our gains this time are quite astonishing; let's distribute the spoils of war first!"

"That works too!"

After hearing Tie Ying Zunzhe's words, Kuang Dao Zun Zhe quickly took out all the spoils of war the three of them had obtained in the Qing Kong Secret Realm earlier.

The time they spent exploring in the Qing Kong Secret Realm this time was not long, only over one hundred thousand years, so besides the Ziling Yunxin Grass and three Void Sands, all the other spoils of war combined amounted to only seven Heavy Treasure Points.

Of course, just that single stalk of Ziling Yunxin Grass was already a rich harvest for them; let alone the three Void Sands obtained subsequently, which were even more precious in value.

Since the distribution ratio of the spoils of war had been decided from the beginning, Lu Qingshan and the other two quickly distributed these spoils of war.

Among them, the three Void Sands were naturally the easiest to distribute; one for each person was sufficient.

Later, whether they kept them for their own future use or directly contributed them to the race's high command was up to them.

As for the distribution of the Ziling Yunxin Grass and other spoils of war, it was also quite simple.

Under Kuang Dao Zun Zhe's proposal, all these spoils of war were distributed to him, and he then transferred eighteen Heavy Treasure Points each to Lu Qingshan and Tie Ying Zunzhe.

In this way, if he directly contributed the Ziling Yunxin Grass and other spoils of war to the race's treasure vault, he would definitely lose a little;

but as long as he could find a powerful one who needed the Ziling Yunxin Grass, he could make a little profit at that time.

After these spoils of war were distributed, Lu Qingshan also quickly waved his hand and took out the spoils of war he had obtained after killing that Hei Lang Zunzhe.

It must be said that Hei Lang Zunzhe's status in the Meng Yao Zu was indeed not very good; his assets were far less than those of the Hundred Flowers King back then.

Among the treasures on his person, only two were worth noticing: one top-tier heavy treasure weapon and one ordinary heavy treasure armor; besides that, there were some scattered treasures, which altogether were worth one or two Heavy Treasure Points.

"Kuang Dao, Tie Ying!"

Having taken out these spoils of war, Lu Qingshan quickly looked at Kuang Dao Zun Zhe and Tie Ying Zunzhe and said: "This time, if you two hadn't helped, I would have had no way to kill that Hei Lang Zunzhe; let's divide these spoils of war too!"

"Wan Jie, what are you doing?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Kuang Dao Zun Zhe quickly said: "That Hei Lang Zunzhe was completely slain by you alone; what do these spoils of war have to do with us two?"

"Yes!"

Tie Ying Zunzhe beside him quickly said: "Wan Jie, if you hadn't quickly killed that Hei Lang Zunzhe this time, that Qing Lang Zunzhe and Long Diao Zunzhe would not have retreated so easily!"

"At that time, we would not only have suffered massive losses of divine power, but after Xin Feng Zunzhe and the others arrived, we would also owe them a favor!"

"Now you still want to distribute the spoils of war left after Hei Lang Zunzhe's demise to us; isn't this slapping the faces of me and Kuang Dao?"

"This..."

After hearing the words of Kuang Dao Zun Zhe and Tie Ying Zunzhe, Lu Qingshan could only put away the many spoils of war left after Hei Lang Zunzhe's demise.

After distributing the spoils of war again, Lu Qingshan and the other two quickly began drinking heartily once more.

"This time, exploring in that Qing Kong Secret Realm, we can be said to have made a rich harvest!" Tie Ying Zunzhe quickly raised his cup again to celebrate.

"Who would say otherwise!"

Kuang Dao Zun Zhe beside him also raised his cup and said: "The harvest from over one hundred thousand years in that Qing Kong Secret Realm this time is almost comparable to my harvests from several billion eras in the past!"

"If we can maintain such good luck in the future, I'm afraid it won't be long before we can exchange for a supreme treasure from the race's treasure vault!"

"Kuang Dao, you fellow shouldn't have such beautiful dreams!"

After hearing Kuang Dao Zun Zhe's words, Tie Ying Zunzhe beside him quickly said: "Not to mention whether we will have the luck we had this time in the Qing Kong Secret Realm in the future; even if we really do, it will surely be accompanied by many dangers!"

"Just like this time, if not for the Myriad Worlds and Venerable Zifeng and the others, even if the two of us could guard the treasure, we would surely have suffered heavy losses!"

"Moreover, although the two of us did not fight for long this time, we still lost some divine power. Next, we will definitely need to rest for a while, waiting until our divine power is replenished to a perfect state before continuing to venture forth!"

Hearing Venerable Tieying's words, Lu Qingshan felt even more fortunate to possess an Endless Divine Sea clone.

To be honest, compared to the vast Sea of Nine Nether belonging to the Lord of Nine Nether, his Endless Divine Sea clone was a joke.

It possessed no innate secret techniques, its life gene level was extremely ordinary, and its size was very small.

Yet in reality, just such an Endless Divine Sea clone was enough to make countless powerful beings envious beyond measure.

Back when he was at the Immortal Spirit realm, the function of the Endless Divine Sea clone was not particularly conspicuous; after all, there were many treasures that allowed an Immortal Spirit to restore divine power. Even without the Endless Divine Sea clone, by consuming more resources, he could quickly nurture a fallen clone.

But upon reaching the Cosmic Venerable realm, the function of the Endless Divine Sea clone had to increase greatly.

Just like Venerable Kuang Dao and Venerable Tieying, the two could naturally venture into the Cosmic Secret Realm in ordinary times, but once they burned divine power to fight, they would need a vast amount of time to replenish their divine power.

And for them, it was not even the case that every battle fought by burning divine power yielded gains; there was even the possibility of perishing because of it.

Just like Venerable Long Diao, Venerable Qing Lang, and Venerable Hei Lang, the three who fought them previously, they not only gained nothing, but even lost a vast amount of divine power (perished)!"

Venturing into the Cosmic Secret Realm, encountering danger and burning divine power to fight, returning to the clan's territory to replenish divine power, and once the divine power was perfect, continuing to venture into the Cosmic Secret Realm, to adventure, and so on...

Thus cycling endlessly, and this was precisely the ordinary experience of most Cosmic Venerables in the universe.

Indeed, among this, the time required to replenish divine power was far greater than the time spent venturing into the Cosmic Secret Realm.

Precisely because of this, Cosmic Venerables like Venerable Kuang Dao and Venerable Tieying, even though they had cultivated for hundreds of billions of eras, still had not accumulated too much wealth.

But Lu Qingshan, who possessed the Endless Divine Sea clone, was different!

The existence of the Endless Divine Sea clone allowed him to venture into the Cosmic Secret Realm without any restraint, to burn divine power to fight without any restraint, and to not spend vast amounts of time replenishing divine power...

(End of this chapter)