Chapter 295: Encounter

While Bai Hua Zunzhe and Long Diao Zunzhe were exploring the Purple Snow Secret Realm, Lu Qingshan was also traveling to the Purple Snow Secret Realm aboard a cosmic spaceship.

After all, Lu Qingshan had never been to the Purple Snow Secret Realm before, and since he intended to explore it alone this time, he naturally could not have other powerful beings use the Divine Kingdom Conveyor to transport him there quickly.

Fortunately, Lu Qingshan had previously explored other Cosmic Secret Realms within the Insect Race's territory, so he was able to use the Divine Kingdom Conveyor to quickly reach the cosmic star space within the Insect Race's territory relatively close to the Purple Snow Secret Realm, and then travel through the Dark Universe to arrive at the Purple Snow Secret Realm.

During the journey through the Dark Universe aboard the spaceship, Lu Qingshan did not idle; instead, he was diligently familiarizing himself with the several precious treasures in his hand.

The Nine Dragons Conquer Heaven Armor had already been activated to its highest third form, so there was no need to elaborate further.

As for the Lei Ting Killing Sword, it was originally a supreme treasure weapon that Lu Qingshan had specifically exchanged as the most suitable for himself, so familiarizing himself with it was relatively simple.

Regarding the domain-type supreme treasure 'Purple Thunder Domain', although it was more precious than the Lei Ting Killing Sword, it was in fact merely a supreme treasure; even Immortal Deities could activate it, let alone the current Lu Qingshan.

Besides familiarizing himself with the several treasures in his hand, whenever Lu Qingshan had free time, he would also communicate with numerous Cosmic Venerables of the Human Race within the Virtual Universe.

Thus, time continued to pass.

In the blink of an eye, more than a year had passed, and Lu Qingshan was about to arrive at the Dark Universe coordinates corresponding to the Purple Snow Secret Realm.

Within the Dark Universe.

A cosmic spaceship, entirely purple-gold in color, was advancing at one hundred and twenty times the speed of light.

"The universe is truly too vast!"

In the spaceship's control room, Lu Qingshan, sitting on a sofa and savoring fine wine, could not help but sigh: "Just the territories occupied by the four peak races are already incomprehensibly vast, let alone the even vaster cosmic territories occupied by the billions of races in the universe!"

"I fear that even if a Universe Master exhausted an entire Cycle Era, they might not be able to browse all the territories of the Primordial Universe!"

After sighing, Lu Qingshan quickly connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe and headed to a gathering location halfway up the mountain on Lei Ting Island.

Not long ago, Venerable Huoshen had invited numerous Cosmic Venerables for a small gathering; since Lu Qingshan had not yet arrived at the Purple Snow Secret Realm, he naturally had to go and join the fun.

Halfway up the mountain on Lei Ting Island, a waterfall roared down like a river, crashing directly into the vast lake below.

In the center of this vast lake stood a small island with a diameter of only a few kilometers; currently, dozens of figures were conversing on the island.

Just then, a figure clad in purple-gold battle armor suddenly appeared on this small island.

"Wan Jie!"

"Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

Upon seeing this figure, the other Cosmic Venerables nearby quickly greeted him warmly.

Most of these Cosmic Venerables were Mid-tier Venerables and High-tier Venerables; their strength was already considered very good among the numerous Cosmic Venerables of the Human Race.

After all, even if all the Universe Dominators of the entire Human Race were added together, there would not be more than three hundred!

Although Lu Qingshan's current strength had not yet been revealed, these Cosmic Venerables were aware of the news that he had previously fully comprehended the fifth layer of the Beast God Dao.

Furthermore, since Lu Qingshan possessed the ability to create clones, these Cosmic Venerables were extremely enthusiastic toward him.

"Everyone!"

Once most of the guests had arrived, Venerable Huoshen, who had invited everyone here, immediately raised his cup and said: "I have recently forged several supreme treasures; please take a look to see if any are what you need. The prices I offer are guaranteed to be cheaper than exchanging them at the Race Treasury!"

After saying this, Venerable Huoshen waved his hand, and a virtual screen instantly appeared in mid-air, displaying detailed information on numerous treasures.

Lu Qingshan glanced over it roughly and found that Venerable Huoshen's ability to forge treasures was very comprehensive.

These treasures included armor, battle boots for auxiliary flight, wings, weapons of various forms, and even a soul-type supreme treasure!

"A soul-type supreme treasure?"

A Cosmic Venerable who had finished browsing the treasure information could not help but exclaim: "Huoshen, I didn't expect you to be able to forge treasures of such a level now; it seems it won't be long before you can forge a supreme treasure!"

"Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!"

After hearing this Cosmic Venerable's words, Venerable Huoshen could not help but say: "Forging a supreme treasure is not that easy!"

"Within our entire Human Race, only Long Xing Zhi Zhu and Cang Lian Zunzhe are able to forge supreme treasures! Over the long ages, I have already opened the furnace to forge supreme treasures twelve times, but unfortunately, not a single one was successful!"

"That is already very impressive!"

Another Cosmic Venerable quickly spoke up: "Huoshen, the time we both broke through to the Venerable Realm was about the same, but your current assets combined are estimated to be dozens of times mine!"

"Actually, I am just able to settle my heart and forge treasures!"

Venerable Huoshen quickly said with a smile: "If I went exploring in Cosmic Secret Realms like you, I would definitely not be able to compare with you!"

"Let's not talk about that for now; does anyone have their eye on any treasures? If so, you can go directly to Chaos City to exchange them with me!"

"No problem!"

"Rest assured, Huoshen!"

One by one, the surrounding Cosmic Venerables quickly nodded and agreed.

After Venerable Huoshen finished displaying the numerous treasures he had forged, everyone began to enjoy food and chat idly.

"Does everyone remember the Mechanical Race's 'Tian Zang Zunzhe'?"

"Of course we remember! That Tian Zang Zunzhe broke through to the Venerable Realm in less than a million years of cultivation; his talent was indeed extremely astonishing!"

"I encountered him not long ago in the Ku Ling Secret Realm; this person already possesses the strength of a High-tier Cosmic Venerable, especially in defense! At that time, I unleashed the strongest peak technique I created, yet he easily withstood it!"

"Is Tian Zang Zunzhe's strength that strong now? It seems the Mechanical Race will have a new Universe Dominator appearing soon!"

"That is a Universe Dominator! I wonder when I will be able to possess such strength!"

While everyone was exchanging words, a streak of light from afar flew toward the direction where the group was gathered!

"Beihai Zunzhe?"

"It is actually Beihai Zunzhe!"

Dozens of Cosmic Venerables looked up and quickly recognized the identity of the newcomer.

"Everyone, I hope I haven't arrived too late!"

Beihai Zunzhe quickly landed before the group and then asked with a smile.

"A little late, but it doesn't matter!" Venerable Huoshen quickly said with a smile.

Although Beihai Zunzhe had only broken through not long ago, as a disciple of You Hou Zhi Zhu, his assets were still quite substantial.

So Venerable Huoshen quickly waved his hand, causing the previous illusory screen to appear, and then began introducing the precious treasures he had just refined to Sovereign Beihai.

Just as Sovereign Beihai was browsing the many treasures, a Cosmic Zifeng Zunzhe clad in green battle armor quickly spoke up: "Beihai, weren't you and Jin Dao exploring the Purple Snow Secret Realm recently? How do you have time to come here?"

"Don't mention it!"

Sovereign Beihai quickly said: "I was originally exploring that Purple Snow Secret Realm with Jin Dao, but not long ago, I happened to encounter Long Diao Zunzhe and Bai Hua Zunzhe of the Meng Yao Zu!"

"Judging solely by strength, Bai Hua Zunzhe and Long Diao Zunzhe are only on par with Jin Dao and me, but the divine bodies of the Shuangshou Yaodiao lineage are far more massive than those of us normal humans; fighting them, we are bound to suffer losses!"

"Moreover, at that time, Jin Dao and I were farther from the treasure that had just emerged than Long Diao Zunzhe and Bai Hua Zunzhe were, so after they snatched the treasure, Jin Dao and I decided to retreat!"

"But I didn't expect Bai Hua Zunzhe to be relentless, insisting on fighting us! Although Jin Dao and I managed to retreat smoothly in the end, my divine body suffered a six percent loss, so I could only return to the territory of our human race to cultivate in seclusion for a while!"

After hearing Sovereign Beihai's words, the other Cosmic Zifeng Zunzhe around immediately began cursing.

"Those scum of the Meng Yao Zu truly deserve to die!"

"Exactly! Especially the royal family members with relatively massive divine bodies, who often rely on the advantage of their huge divine bodies to provoke the strong of our human race!"

"Damn scum of the Meng Yao Zu!"

"Bai Hua Zunzhe?"

Just then, Venerable Huoshen suddenly said: "I recall this person was discovered only after hiding within our Virtual Universe Company for a very long time; after returning to the territory of the Meng Yao Zu, he was taken as a disciple by King Jin Zhi?"

"That's right!" Sovereign Beihai quickly said: "Back when Wan Jie Zunzhe and I were still Hei Fengwang, we once joined forces to kill Bai Hua Zunzhe, who was also a Hei Fengwang, on the battlefield beyond the domain, so that is why Bai Hua Zunzhe has been relentlessly pursuing me ever since encountering me!"

Meanwhile, Lu Qingshan, listening to the words of Sovereign Beihai and the other Cosmic Zifeng Zunzhe, felt a slight stir in his heart.

"Bai Hua Zunzhe is a direct disciple of King Jin Zhi!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "Given King Jin Zhi's strength, he must have bestowed a treasure upon Bai Hua Zunzhe after he broke through to become a Zifeng Zunzhe!"

"My purpose in exploring the universe this time was originally to kill one or two alien Cosmic Zifeng Zunzhe while my strength had not yet been exposed!"

"Bai Hua Zunzhe likely possesses precious treasures, and moreover holds a grudge against me; isn't he the best target?"

Afterwards, everyone chatted idly there for half a day, and only then did the banquet disperse.

And after the banquet ended, Lu Qingshan quickly sought out Sovereign Beihai.

"Beihai!"

Lu Qingshan asked directly: "I wonder in which area of the Purple Snow Secret Realm you encountered Bai Hua Zunzhe?"

"It was in the 'Yi Gao Gorge'!"

Sovereign Beihai said puzzledly: "Wan Jie, why do you ask this?"

"Actually, it's nothing major!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "I am planning to explore the Purple Snow Secret Realm; since both you and I hold a grudge against Bai Hua Zunzhe, if we happen to encounter him, perhaps we can teach him a lesson!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Sovereign Beihai said directly: "Wan Jie, the strength of Bai Hua Zunzhe and Long Diao Zunzhe is still quite good; even most High Zifeng Zunzhe probably cannot deal with them!"

"Bai Hua Zunzhe's techniques are very powerful; his attack power is even slightly stronger than Long Diao Zunzhe's, and since he is a direct disciple of King Jin Zhi, he must have precious treasures protecting him; you must not act rashly!"

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

Hearing this response from Lu Qingshan, Sovereign Beihai said no more.

Because he knew clearly in his heart that Lu Qingshan's strength and connections were somewhat superior to his own; if they really encountered Bai Hua Zunzhe, even if they could not teach him a lesson, Lu Qingshan would certainly be able to withdraw unharmed.

In the Dark Universe, inside the control room of a spaceship entirely purple and gold.

"Yi Gao Gorge?"

With his consciousness returning to reality, Lu Qingshan felt a stir in his heart and quickly instructed the intelligent lifeform Hearing Shenlan to change the spaceship's direction of travel.

Originally, Lu Qingshan's target was another dangerous area within the Purple Snow Secret Realm, but now it had become Yi Gao Gorge!

Three months and more later, accompanied by spatial turbulence, a spaceship quickly shuttled back into the Primordial Universe, its location being the Yi Gao Gorge area within the Purple Snow Secret Realm.

And inside the spaceship's control room sat a figure clad in purple and gold battle armor in a cross-legged position; this was Lu Qingshan, who had traveled all the way here aboard the spaceship.

Splash!

The spaceship's hatch opened instantly, and then Lu Qingshan, fully armed, flew out from inside.

"Finally arrived at this Purple Snow Secret Realm!"

After waving his hand to store the spaceship away, Lu Qingshan thought silently to himself: "For the next while, I will explore Yi Gao Gorge thoroughly!"

Although Lu Qingshan had come to Yi Gao Gorge because of Bai Hua Zunzhe, he had not thought of going directly to search for Bai Hua Zunzhe.

After all, the Yi Gao Gorge area was truly too vast; without accurate positional coordinates, it is generally very difficult to find a single person.

Moreover, Bai Hua Zunzhe's location was constantly changing, so encountering him could only rely on luck, or on a message sent to him by a strong one of the human race or another strong one of the Hong Alliance after they encountered him.

However, for the current Lu Qingshan, the main purpose was still to explore the Cosmic Secret Realm; as for Bai Hua Zunzhe, encountering him would naturally be a good thing, but even if he did not encounter him, it was no big deal.

So for the next while, Lu Qingshan began exploring within the Yi Gao Gorge area.

Just like that, time continued to pass, and in the blink of an eye, more than a million years had gone by.

During these more than a million years, Lu Qingshan had been exploring within the Yi Gao Gorge area of the Purple Snow Secret Realm.

But whether it was because his strength had increased or not, his luck had actually worsened significantly.

After more than a million years, he had only encountered one treasure that could be exchanged for precious treasure points, and its value was relatively low; the exchange price in the human race's treasure vault was only 1.8 precious treasure points.

But just as he was sighing in his heart about his relatively poor luck, the voice of the intelligent lifeform Hearing Shenlan suddenly rang out in his mind: "Master, there is a situation!"

After hearing Hearing Shenlan's reminder, Lu Qingshan quickly looked at the situation displayed on the large detector he carried with him.

On that illusory screen, more than 200 million kilometers to Lu Qingshan's right front, a strange crystal emitting seven-colored light was slowly emerging.

"It is Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal!"

After observing that strange crystal clearly through the large detector, Lu Qingshan's face could not help but show a smile: "After exploring here for over a million years, finally a good harvest has appeared!"

Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal: A rather precious material for forging artifacts; its selling price in the human race's treasure vault is as high as eighty precious treasure points, enough to rival a top-tier precious treasure.

Do not look at Lu Qingshan's current substantial wealth; the bulk of it came from the treasures obtained from the Zushen Sect's treasure vault, and the second part was the four supreme treasure points bestowed upon him by Lord Bingfeng back then.

Lu Qingshan's true reliance on wealth accumulated by his own efforts was not much, and it had been gathered only through long years.

Now, having roamed the Yi Gao Gorge for over a million years, encountering a Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal was indeed a very lucky thing.

Thinking thus, Lu Qingshan immediately teleported toward the area where the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal was located.

While Lu Qingshan teleported toward the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal, Long Diao Zunzhe and Bai Hua Zunzhe, roaming in another direction, likewise detected the trace of the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal through a large-scale detector.

"It is a Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal!" Long Diao Zunzhe's face was filled with excitement.

"Teacher!"

Bai Hua Zunzhe, standing nearby, smiled and said, "It seems there are indeed many treasures within the Yi Gao Gorge; we just discovered a small patch of Star Marrow not long ago, and now we have found this Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal!"

"Who would say otherwise!"

Long Diao Zunzhe quickly smiled and said, "I did not expect that our first joint expedition into the Secret Realm as teacher and disciple would yield such great gains; it seems your luck, Bai Hua, is indeed very good!"

"Teacher, let us first go and take that Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal!"

Bai Hua Zunzhe smiled slightly and said, "It would not be good if other powerful ones seized it first!"

"That is natural!"

As soon as Long Diao Zunzhe finished speaking, he and Bai Hua Zunzhe immediately teleported together, rushing swiftly toward the direction of the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal.

On the other side, Lu Qingshan's use of teleportation via a treasure was naturally inferior to that of a Universe Venerable who had mastered the complete spatial origin laws, but since he was very close to the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal, he only needed to perform teleportation once to appear before it.

Whoosh!

Lu Qingshan directly emanated a wisp of divine power and drew the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal into his hand.

But just as Lu Qingshan intended to examine the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal closely, he suddenly sensed a faint, almost imperceptible spatial fluctuation appearing behind him.

"Teleportation?"

As the saying goes, 'Great skill breeds boldness!'

At this moment, Lu Qingshan already possessed the ability to preserve his life even against top-tier Universe Hegemons, so after sensing the spatial fluctuation, his face showed no panic whatsoever; instead, he turned his head directly to look.

Behind him were precisely Meng Yao Zu's Long Diao Zunzhe and Bai Hua Zunzhe, who had likewise arrived via teleportation.

Seeing the Seven-Colored Glazed Crystal fall into Lu Qingshan's hands, a trace of regret instantly appeared on Long Diao Zunzhe's face.

He had witnessed Lu Qingshan's strength before; with his own strength and that of Bai Hua Zunzhe, they were utterly unable to kill Lu Qingshan before other powerful ones of the Human Clan arrived.

But just as Long Diao Zunzhe intended to call on Bai Hua Zunzhe to leave together, Bai Hua Zunzhe was already completely enraged.

(End of this chapter)