Chapter 291: Harvests of Long Years: Exchanging for Treasures

In truth, with the talent Lu Zixuan initially displayed, if she had not been born into the Lu family, at best she could only have broken into the top one hundred in the entire universe during the Peak Genius Battle and entered the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

But who could blame her for being the direct descendant of Wan Jie Zunzhe Lu Qingshan!

Lu Qingshan merely casually provided some resources, not even reaching one hundred billion Hunyuan units, yet that was already enough for Lu Zixuan to benefit from endlessly.

After all, even those super geniuses who had broken through the Primordial Secret Realm's Lord-level Tongtian Mountain could theoretically only obtain wealth of one hundred billion credits.

Of course, such geniuses would at least have a Universe Venerable, or even a Universe Master, take them as disciples, and they would also gain many benefits in other aspects.

Lu Qingshan had even exchanged a sleeping Universe-level Double-Headed Yaodiao from the Human Race's treasure vault when Lu Zixuan was still at the Universe level, then let Lu Zixuan seize the other's body.

Thus, Lu Zixuan similarly possessed the ability of a clone that made many Universe Venerables envious, and this was one of the reasons she could roam the Outer Battlefield for millions of years without harm.

Lu Qingshan had even bestowed upon Lu Zixuan several drops of Can Tian Zao Hua Dew; otherwise, her breaking through the fifteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge would already be very good.

Just as various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, Lu Hongwen on the side spoke again: "Father, Zixuan is currently waiting for your summons; do you think you should see her?"

"Hmm!"

Hearing Lu Hongwen's words, Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and said: "You let Zixuan come over!"

"Yes, Father!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan agree to summon Lu Zixuan, Lu Hongwen quickly nodded in agreement, then notified Lu Zixuan who had been waiting long ago.

Soon, a capable figure clad in green battle armor arrived in the great hall; it was Lu Zixuan, who had just broken through to the Decay Realm.

"Pay respects to the Ancestor, pay respects to the Great Elder!"

The moment Lu Zixuan appeared in the great hall, she immediately bowed respectfully to Lu Qingshan and Lu Hongwen.

"Hmm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then said with a smile: "Zixuan, you may rise first!"

"Yes, Ancestor!" Lu Zixuan respectfully replied, only then slowly rising.

"Zixuan, you breaking through the sixteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge shows your talent is still very good!" Lu Qingshan looked at Lu Zixuan and said with great certainty.

Hearing these words, Lu Zixuan quickly said gratefully again: "Actually, it is mainly because of the Ancestor's care for Zixuan that Zixuan could smoothly break through and become an Immortal Spirit!"

In truth, when she first began cultivating, Lu Zixuan really felt she was a super genius.

As for the family's assistance to her, it was merely icing on the cake.

But after truly joining the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company and witnessing countless brilliant super geniuses, she realized her own talent was truly insignificant.

In fact, if Lu Qingshan had not formulated some cultivation plans for her when she was at the Universe level, such as going to the Blood Luo Continent to fuse the Blood Luo Crystal, helping her seize the body of the Universe-level Double-Headed Yaodiao, and bestowing upon her Can Tian Zao Hua Dew, she could at most have remained in the Tai Chu Secret Realm.

Especially as time passed, and geniuses of the same era as Lu Zixuan fell one by one under various crises, and even among the most dazzling Lord-level geniuses of the Primordial Secret Realm, many fell on the Outer Battlefield, Lu Zixuan grew even more fortunate to have been born into such a vast family as the Lu family.

Without the family's help, even if she had some talent, it would be hard to say whether she could become an ordinary Immortal, let alone break through to High-Rank Marquis upon her current breakthrough, with combat power comparable to a Marquis Immortal.

"Hahaha!"

After hearing Lu Zixuan's grateful words, Lu Qingshan quickly said with a laugh: "I provided you with vast resources also because your own talent is relatively good!"

"Although you have now broken through to become an Immortal Spirit, there is still a very long road ahead for you in the future!"

"In my opinion, breaking through the seventeenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge should not be difficult for you, but whether you can break through the eighteenth layer depends on your own efforts!"

"Zixuan understands!" After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lu Zixuan quickly nodded respectfully and said.

"Zixuan, you walk the path of the Martial Artist!"

Lu Qingshan quickly instructed again: "I recall the inheritance of the Four Divine Generals will open in over one hundred thousand years; I will help you apply for a spot, and at that time you can go directly to accept the inheritance!"

"As for this period of time, you should first go and train with Huo Gesi for a while!"

"Yes, Ancestor!" Lu Zixuan quickly nodded and said.

Huo Gesi is the most capable disciple under the Ancestor Lu Qingshan; now, together with Great Elder Lu Hongwen, they respectively help the Ancestor Lu Qingshan handle internal affairs of the Virtual Universe Company and trivial matters within the family, so she is naturally not unfamiliar with him.

Even when she originally broke through to the Domain Master level and extended her power outward, it was Huo Gesi who arranged the guards for her.

"Very well, you all go down!" Lu Qingshan spoke again to give orders.

"Yes, Father (Ancestor)!" Lu Hongwen and Lu Zixuan respectfully replied in unison, then respectfully exited the great hall.

Watching the two figures disappear, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh: "I wonder when the family will produce a true Marquis Immortal?"

Like the current Lu Zixuan, under full-force explosion, her actual strength is already not inferior to some Low-Rank Marquis.

But the Marquis Immortal Lu Qingshan spoke of refers to a powerhouse who broke through the eighteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge relying solely on comprehension of the laws.

After all, there is still a clear difference between the eighteenth layer and the seventeenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge.

Just like Lu Qingshan's sixth disciple, Huo Gesi, who had broken through the seventeenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge with Lu Qingshan's help eight hundred million eras ago, yet has still not broken through the eighteenth layer of the Tongtian Bridge until now!

Of course, in the past eight hundred million eras, Lu Qingshan has also taken two direct disciples.

One is a super genius discovered by Lu Qingshan when he presided over the Peak Genius Battle; he broke through the sixth layer of the Tongtian Bridge the first time he left the Chaos City, and has now broken through the twentieth layer of the Tongtian Bridge;

The other is a super genius of the Heavenly Thunder lineage; at that time, Lu Qingshan was chatting with his teacher Lei Huanwang, happened to meet him, so he was recommended by his teacher Lei Huanwang to his school, and has now broken through the nineteenth layer of the Heavenly Thunder Tongtian Bridge!

In truth, the scale of the Lu family is already very large; within the Lord Yanfeng Universe Kingdom, it is considered the second largest family after the royal family.

But compared to the countless humans in the universe, the Lu family's population appears insignificant, so the probability of producing geniuses is relatively low.

Like Lu Zixuan, the most talented in the Lu family besides Lu Qingshan, without the family's help, she would at most be an ordinary genius of the Tai Chu Secret Realm.

Moreover, the path of the strong becomes increasingly difficult the higher one goes.

Just like the Human Race, although many Marquis Immortals appeared in the past eight hundred million eras, not a single new Universe Venerable has emerged.

That is to say, since Lu Qingshan, the Human Race has not produced a new Universe Venerable until now;

Instead, the Insect Race had an Immortal-level Insect Race Empress break through to the Universe Venerable level on the Outer Battlefield, the Meng Yao Zu had a Marquis Immortal break through to the Venerable Realm, and as for the Mechanical Race, a super genius even appeared, cultivating for over one hundred thousand years to become a Marquis Immortal, and breaking through to the Universe Venerable Realm in several hundred thousand years!

However, if calculated from the moment Elder Gan Wu just broke through, the Universe Venerables born in the Human Race during this period are still the most among the four peak races, and there are also the three Universe Hegemons: Tian Shi Princess, Jiu Feng Zunzhe, and the current Lu Qingshan.

Especially Tian Shi Princess, as a powerhouse who nurtured a special life clone with an extremely high life gene level, has even more opportunity to become a top-tier Universe Hegemon.

Slightly shaking his head to dispel the various thoughts in his mind, Lu Qingshan quickly considered his plans for the time being.

"According to what Master Bingfeng Zhi said, after I exchange for a suitable supreme treasure weapon, my strength should be enough to rival Universe Venerables like Xiluo Duo!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly recalled the wealth he currently possessed in the Human Race Treasury: 3 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points and 7,372 Precious Treasure Points!

Yes!

Compared to eighty million eras ago, Lu Qingshan's assets had indeed increased significantly.

Such astonishing gains were naturally the result of him frequently dispatching his main combat avatar to venture into various Cosmic Secret Realms over this past period.

Although he had once perished in the hands of that Green-Robed Venerable within the Zushen Sect's Secret Realm, losing hundreds of Precious Treasure Points, overall the gains still outweighed the losses.

Of course, this was also because Lu Qingshan had not brought the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor while venturing into the Cosmic Secret Realms.

Otherwise, if the Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor were lost, he would be left weeping in despair.

"Then let's go exchange for a suitable Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao longsword first!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "After all, with my current strength, continuing to use top-tier Precious Treasure weapons is indeed no longer appropriate!" "Moreover, ordinary Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao weapons usually cost only one or two Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points, which I can still afford!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan's true body, which was stationed at the Eleventh Outer Battlefield to guard the area, soon exchanged greetings with his senior brother Venerable Yao Guang and then set off for the Initial Universe.

Although he had now accepted the mission to guard the Outer Battlefield for the Race, it did not mean he needed to stay there constantly.

After all, matters requiring the intervention of Cosmic Venerables rarely arose on the Outer Battlefield, so leaving occasionally was permissible.

However, having said that!

For other Cosmic Venerables (such as Venerable Yao Guang, Venerable Liu Feng, and others who had cultivated for countless eras), the mission to guard the Outer Battlefield was quite good, but for Lu Qingshan, who had cultivated for a relatively short time and possessed avatars, it was rather useless.

Having guarded the Outer Battlefield for eighty million eras, he had only accumulated a reward of eight Precious Treasure Points.

This might have been considered decent for other Cosmic Venerables, but compared to Lu Qingshan, who had gained thousands of Precious Treasure Points by venturing into Cosmic Secret Realms with his avatars, it was nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

Through the fixed Divine Kingdom teleportation channel, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived at the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters, then immediately activated an inter-realm teleportation channel to head for the Virtual Universe.

"In the blink of an eye, more than eighty million eras have passed!"

Moments later, walking along the streets of Chaos City, Lu Qingshan looked at the geniuses and powerful figures cultivating on the terraces of the surrounding cultivation residences, and his heart was filled with endless sighs.

When he first came to Chaos City, his only plan was to fight a desperate battle before his lifespan limit arrived, to see if he could rely on comprehending the Chaos Stele to fully grasp the complete Lightning Origin Law and thus break through to become an Immortal.

Fortunately, he succeeded, and even thereby activated his Golden Finger, then cultivated all the way to his current realm by relying on that Golden Finger.

Over eighty million eras, he went from an ordinary Domain Lord to a Universal Hegemon.

Compared to Luo Feng in the original work, or even the absolute geniuses like the Lord of the Sky-Eroding Palace, this was relatively slow;

but aside from those monsters, Lu Qingshan's cultivation speed had now far surpassed that of most Cosmic Venerables who had cultivated for countless eras without any significant breakthroughs in strength.

Walking along the streets of Chaos City, Lu Qingshan soon arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

"Venerable!"

"Venerable Wan Jie!"

The guards at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, upon seeing Lu Qingshan, each displayed extreme respect.

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then quickly arrived at the door of a side hall nearby.

He had already submitted an application within the Virtual Universe, so as soon as he appeared before the side hall door, the great doors opened.

Boom-boom-boom!

Accompanied by a heavy rumbling sound, the bronze doors, over a hundred meters wide, slowly opened.

After Lu Qingshan stepped inside, the bronze doors closed once again.

Entering the side hall, Lu Qingshan casually placed some treasures he had previously collected onto the stone plate in front. After the Virtual Universe appraised them and he contributed these treasures to the Race, he once again gained sixteen Precious Treasure Points in wealth.

Lu Qingshan then opened the exchange form, and in the bottom right corner of the form, his current wealth was displayed...

Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points: 3;

Precious Treasure Points: 7,388.

Of course, Precious Treasure Points and Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points could be exchanged for each other.

Although the exchange rate between Precious Treasure Points and Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points in the Human Race Treasury was always fluctuating, there had been no change during this short period of eighty million eras; it remained one Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Point for 3,350 Precious Treasure Points.

Now, combining all the resources Lu Qingshan held, they actually exceeded five Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

"The resources I currently possess are still very sufficient!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "In that case, why not also upgrade the life gene level of my true body!"

It must be known that although the life gene level of Lu Qingshan's main combat avatar had been upgraded to fifty times that of ordinary life in the universe, his true body, because he had never ventured out since becoming a Cosmic Venerable, still had a life gene level of only ten times that of ordinary life in the universe (previously, during the Immortal stage, he had only upgraded the life gene level of his second avatar to twenty times that of ordinary life in the universe).

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly raised his head to look at the huge, hazy form floating in mid-air, then spoke: "Special Resources Category!"

Whoosh!

The form instantly changed, revealing numerous precious resources available for exchange.

Because he had previously experienced upgrading his life gene level, Lu Qingshan quickly selected the numerous precious materials needed to raise his true body's life gene level to fifty times that of ordinary life in the universe, costing a total of 1,760 Precious Treasure Points.

This was not because Lu Qingshan did not want to continue upgrading his life gene level, but rather that the cost-effectiveness of further upgrades was now far too low for him.

Even if he spent all the resources on his person, he could only barely raise the life gene level of a Divine Body to the hundredfold limit allowed by the universe's operating laws.

"I still need to exchange for a Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao weapon next, and I must also keep some resources in reserve!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "Therefore, I will wait until I have accumulated more wealth before exchanging for the resources to raise the life gene level to the hundredfold limit!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly began examining the Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao weapons listed in the exchange form.

In fact, for Lu Qingshan, he naturally wanted to exchange directly for a High-Grade Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao longsword, which would be sufficient for him to use before breaking through to Universe Master.

Unfortunately, in the Human Race Treasury, even the cheapest High-Grade Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao longsword required nine Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

Even though Lu Qingshan had accumulated wealth over eighty million eras, he was completely unable to afford it.

"Let's look at ordinary Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao longswords first!"

Lu Qingshan examined carefully, and his gaze quickly locked onto an ancient-looking purple-gold longsword.

Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword: Melee Attack Category Ordinary Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao, Lightning Attribute, requires 1.5 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points to exchange.

Among ordinary Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao longswords, there were only two with the Lightning Attribute; this Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword was the cheaper of the two, while the price of the other was as high as 3.6 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points.

Lu Qingshan could afford the other one, but since both longswords were of the Ordinary Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao tier and the difference in power was not significant, he naturally chose the cheaper one.

After Lu Qingshan opened the detailed information, a phantom image of an ancient long sword appeared in midair.

Around this ancient long sword, countless Lei Guang faintly circled.

At the same time...

"Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword is a pure offensive supreme treasure that can greatly amplify the user's attack power!"

A gentle voice sounded by Lu Qingshan's ear: "Because it is a thunder-attribute supreme treasure, only a strong one who has achieved Immortality through the Thunder Law can use it, but the power explosion will be weaker!"

"If one becomes a Zifeng Zunzhe by relying on the Time Origin Law, even if cultivating Light or Wind Origin Law, one can still use this supreme treasure, and the power unleashed will be even greater!"

"Other cultivators, Space Zunzhe, and so on are not suitable to use this Lei Yaozhen Killing Sword!"

"I'll take it!"

Having finished reading the introduction, Lu Qingshan nodded in satisfaction and then submitted the redemption application.

(End of this chapter)