Chapter 305: The Clan and the Disciples

It had been a long time since Lu Qingshan had met his teacher Lei Huanwang in the real world, so he naturally wanted to share a hearty drink with his teacher.

Lei Huanwang even summoned Tongye Wang, who had a good relationship with Lu Qingshan and was also cultivating in secret within the Chaos City, to keep them company.

Tongye Wang was Lu Qingshan's thirteenth senior sister; when Lu Qingshan was still a Marquis-level Immortal, she had taken great care of him, so over the long years past, Lu Qingshan naturally had to look after her in return.

Now, Tongye Wang had broken through the nineteenth layer of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge to the Heavens, and with Lu Qingshan's help, she had accepted a Divine General inheritance suitable for herself and also raised her life gene level somewhat.

As a result, the various methods Tongye Wang mastered, when combined, were already enough to rival some of the weaker Limit-level Marquis experts.

As for Third Senior Brother Jidian Wang, he had by now broken through the twentieth layer of the Bridge to the Heavens, and after raising his life gene level and accepting a Divine General inheritance with Lu Qingshan's help, his strength was estimated to be comparable to Lei Huanwang's former self.

Lu Qingshan had originally wanted to gift Jidian Wang two ordinary heavy treasures, one for offense and one for defense; after all, for him this meant nothing, yet it could grant Jidian Wang invincible Marquis combat power, but Jidian Wang had sternly refused.

Although ordinary heavy treasures meant nothing to Lu Qingshan at this time, Jidian Wang was merely his senior brother, and the relationship between them could not be as intimate as the master-disciple bond between him and Lei Huanwang, so Jidian Wang certainly would not be willing to accept Lu Qingshan's kindness!

Just as Lu Qingshan, Lei Huanwang, and Tongye Wang were enjoying food and chatting idly in the manor's living hall, he suddenly received a message.

Seeing it was a message from the clan's high command, Lu Qingshan immediately opened the message.

After finishing reading the message content, a smile inevitably appeared on Lu Qingshan's face.

"Qingshan!"

Noticing the change in Lu Qingshan's expression, Lei Huanwang quickly asked, "Did something good happen?"

Tongye Wang on the side also listened attentively.

To be honest, ever since this junior brother of hers, Lu Qingshan, broke through to the Cosmic Venerable realm, even she, as his senior sister, had gained many benefits.

Besides being able to use some opportunities and treasures that were previously hard to obtain (such as Divine General inheritances, Beast God's Blood, and so on), she could also learn some hidden information from Lu Qingshan that was previously difficult to know.

"This disciple has indeed received news of a good thing!"

Lu Qingshan quickly looked at Lei Huanwang and said, "But Teacher, please do not get too excited when you hear it!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang's interest only grew stronger; he immediately asked, "Qingshan, what exactly is so mysterious about this matter?"

"Actually, it is not considered a big matter!"

Lu Qingshan quickly said, "It is that Qingping Wang, under the Shadow Lord of the intelligence department, has just broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang on the side was involuntarily slightly stunned.

Seeing the change in Lei Huanwang's expression, Lu Qingshan felt quite helpless in his heart.

After all, with Lu Qingshan's diligent help, Lei Huanwang had still not broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm until now, whereas Qingping Wang had broken through relying on her own efforts; the feeling in between was naturally very helpless.

However, even if Lu Qingshan did not say it, Lei Huanwang would soon be able to learn about it through other channels.

"I did not expect Qingping Wang to have broken through to the Cosmic Venerable realm!"

After a moment of silence, Lei Huanwang quickly said, "Qingping Wang breaking through to the Cosmic Venerable realm is indeed a good thing for our Human Clan!"

"Qingshan, you need not worry; I am not as narrow-minded as you imagine! Moreover, Qingping Wang's breakthrough is also a good thing for me; after all, Qingping Wang has cultivated for a longer time than I have. If she can break through, then naturally I will have a chance to break through next!"

"That's right!"

After hearing Lei Huanwang's words, Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "Teacher, you will definitely be able to break through to the Cosmic Venerable realm!"

"By the way!"

Lei Huanwang quickly spoke again, "Qingshan, I remember you have a good relationship with Venerable Qingping; will you attend her Venerable Banquet next?"

"Of course I will go!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and agreed, "When this disciple was still a Marquis-level Immortal, Qingping Wang lent this disciple a huge sum of wealth to auction treasures!"

"Now that she has broken through, this disciple naturally must go to join the festivities!"

"Then we can go together shortly!"

Lei Huanwang quickly said with a smile, "At that time, the two of us, teacher and disciple, will travel together, so that I, this teacher, can also bask in your glory!"

"No problem!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "I will send a message to Qingping Wang right now to ask when she plans to hold her Venerable Banquet!"

Half a year later, an ancient, purple-gold ship suddenly flew out of the passage between the Initial Universe and the Primitive Universe, arriving above the continent of the Virtual Universe Company's universal headquarters.

And this ancient ship was precisely the top-tier heavy treasure of the flying palace type, 'Purple-Gold Eight-Treasure Ship', which Lu Qingshan had exchanged for 1.5 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points from the Human Clan's treasury over the past ten billion eras!

In fact, this Purple-Gold Eight-Treasure Ship had no effect on improving Lu Qingshan's strength; when Lu Qingshan originally exchanged it from the Human Clan's treasury, what he valued was the Purple-Gold Eight-Treasure Ship's ability to travel in the Dark Universe.

It must be known that over the long years past, Lu Qingshan had frequently ventured into the Various Secret Realms of the universe.

And these Cosmic Secret Realms were scattered across different territories of the Primitive Universe, with considerable distances between them, so when traveling, one naturally had to fly through the Dark Universe.

And the maximum speed of human clan starships in the Dark Universe, even those fused with Limit-level peak auxiliary metal lifeforms, could only reach one hundred and fifty times the speed of light at most.

One hundred and fifty times the speed of light was naturally very fast for Marquis-level Immortals, but it was not enough for Lu Qingshan.

To travel faster, Lu Qingshan thus spent 1.5 Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao Points to exchange for this Purple-Gold Eight-Treasure Ship from the Human Clan.

With Lu Qingshan's current strength, under full activation, he could naturally reach the speed limit of this Purple-Gold Eight-Treasure Ship, which was one thousand five hundred times the speed of light!

Such an astonishing speed indeed allowed Lu Qingshan to save a great deal of time over the endless years past.

When the Purple-Gold Eight-Treasure Ship stopped above a luxurious manor, three figures immediately flew out from it; they were Lu Qingshan, Lei Huanwang, and Tongye Wang.

Lu Qingshan and Lei Huanwang had naturally received Venerable Qingping's invitation; although Tongye Wang had not received an invitation, going along with Lu Qingshan and Lei Huanwang, the teacher and disciple pair, to broaden her horizons was naturally no problem.

"Teacher!"

After casually storing away the Purple-Gold Eight-Treasure Ship, Lu Qingshan turned his head to look at Lei Huanwang beside him and said, "Venerable Qingping's manor is nearby; let us first go to meet your few grand-disciples!"

"Very well!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang quickly nodded and said, "Speaking of which, your skill in teaching disciples is far superior to mine; the disciples under your command are each more formidable than the last!"

"What are you saying, Teacher?"

Lu Qingshan quickly joked with a smile, "The disciples you taught are far stronger than the disciples I taught!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lei Huanwang quickly said with a smile, "You rascal, you are truly not humble at all!"

"Master, what Junior Brother Qingshan says is also the truth!" Tongye Wang, standing nearby, immediately spoke up: "Even if Junior Brother Qingshan is exceptionally skilled at teaching disciples, he is still your disciple!"

"Sister, your words are correct!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in agreement.

Thus, the three of Lu Qingshan soon arrived at Lu Qingshan's residence.

And in the living room of Lu Qingshan's residence, ten figures were already waiting.

These ten figures were...

Lu Hongwen: The eldest elder of the family where Lu Qingshan resides, and also Lu Qingshan's most capable assistant in managing the family; however, his current comprehension of the laws is only equivalent to the fourteenth level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge;

Huo Gesi: Lu Qingshan's sixth disciple, who broke through to Immortality even earlier than Lu Qingshan; his current comprehension of the laws has smoothly entered the early stage of King Sealing, and he is also Lu Qingshan's most capable assistant when handling trivial company matters;

Stretch: A super genius who became a Black Warrior through his own abilities, and with the help of the Human Race, eventually raised his life gene level to the hundred-fold limit; his comprehension of the laws has reached the peak of the King Sealing level, and he is also one of the currently strongest invincible King Sealers of the Human Race;

Lu Zixuan: The first King Sealer Immortal in the Lu family besides Lu Qingshan; she has now passed the nineteenth level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge and is currently the strongest person in the Lu family besides Lu Qingshan;

Lu Ping'an and Lu Yuhua: Two super geniuses born in the Lu family over the past hundred billion eras; both have now passed the eighteenth level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge, and with the resources provided by Lu Qingshan, their strength is sufficient to rival ordinary peak King Sealing experts;

Scripps and Komdim: Two direct disciples Lu Qingshan took in over the past hundred billion eras; both have now passed the twentieth level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge, and with the heavy treasures provided by Lu Qingshan, they have reached the strength originally possessed by Sovereign Beihai, or in other words, the strength when the Seven Sword Kings appeared in the original story;

Lu Mingrui: The peerless genius with the greatest talent in Lu family history, and also the strongest genius of the Human Race in this era; he has passed the nineteenth level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge after cultivating for less than one hundred thousand years, and in the future he will definitely have the opportunity to pass the World Master-level Primordial Heaven-Connecting Mountain;

Lawrence: The most talented and also the strongest disciple under Lu Qingshan; he has now entered the Cosmic Venerable level.

Lawrence was born more than thirty billion eras ago; he cultivated for less than thirty years and won first place in that era's peak genius battle with an overwhelming advantage;

At that time, many Cosmic Venerables appeared to take him as a disciple, but Lawrence was from the Yanfeng Universe Kingdom; moreover, by chance, he had received some favors from Lu Hongwen, and Lu Qingshan's strength was among the very top among the many Cosmic Venerables who sought to take him as a disciple, so Lawrence thus bowed and became a disciple under Lu Qingshan.

In the subsequent years of cultivation, Lawrence cultivated for only eighty thousand years to pass the twentieth level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge, and with Lu Qingshan's help, he also seized the soul of a special World Master-level life form exchanged by Lu Qingshan from the Human Race's treasure vault.

Actually, at that time Lu Qingshan gave Lawrence two choices: one was to seize the soul of a special life form in the Human Race's treasure vault whose life gene level reached two thousand times that of ordinary life in the universe; this would allow him to possess terrifying strength purely through his powerful life gene level, but he would be unable to create a clone;

The other was to seize the soul of an ordinary life form capable of creating clones, similar to the Twin-Headed Demon Stoat;

But ultimately, Lawrence still chose to seize the soul of the special life form clone with a life gene level as high as two thousand times, so that he could possess even greater strength in the future.

After seizing the soul of the special life form clone with a two-thousand-fold life gene level, Lawrence spent nearly one million more years before successfully breaking through the shackles and becoming an Immortal Deity.

Later, more than twenty billion eras passed, and only then did Lawrence fully comprehend the complete Time Origin Law and break through to the Cosmic Venerable realm.

Although Lawrence has made no breakthrough in his comprehension of the laws currently, relying on his two-thousand-fold life gene level, plus some treasures bestowed by the race and Lu Qingshan (top-tier heavy treasure armor level), he already possesses the strength of a High Cosmic Venerable!

"Father (Master, Ancestor), Grandmaster!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan and Lei Huanwang and others appear, Lu Hongwen and others immediately respectfully bowed and said.

"Mm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then directly looked at Lu Mingrui, who had already been taken as his disciple, and asked: "Mingrui, how has your cultivation been recently?"

"Replying to Master!"

Lu Mingrui quickly answered respectfully: "Disciple has been tempering himself on the Outer Battlefield recently and has already gained some fame; not long ago, relying on the heavy treasure bestowed by Ancestor You, I killed a High Marquis-level Immortal Deity!"

"Not bad!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said: "However, the Outer Battlefield is fraught with dangers, and since you are the strongest genius of our Human Race in this era, you will definitely be targeted by those alien spies and experts!"

"So when you venture into that Cosmic Secret Realm, you must be extremely careful, especially not to let anyone enslave your soul, otherwise everything will be ruined!"

"Disciple understands!" Lu Mingrui quickly nodded and said.

"Mm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then continued: "This master looks forward to the day you pass the World Master-level Primordial Heaven-Connecting Mountain!"

"Disciple will surely strive!"

Lu Mingrui hurriedly promised: "I will absolutely not disappoint you, Master!"

"Mm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at Lawrence nearby and asked: "Lawrence, you previously told this master that you intended to venture into that Ancient Mystery Secret Realm with Yanfeng Kingdom Lord and the others; how have your gains been over these years?"

"Disciple's gains this time are quite good!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lawrence quickly answered respectfully: "Disciple and Yanfeng Kingdom Lord and the others ventured into that Ancient Mystery Secret Realm for over ten million years, and the gains were indeed abundant; just for myself, I received wealth worth sixty heavy treasure points!"

"However, later we encountered Jin Wu Venerable and others from the Mechanical Race; after a fierce battle, although no one perished, both sides consumed a considerable amount of divine power, so Disciple and Yanfeng Kingdom Lord and the others all returned to our Human Race's territory to recuperate!"

"Jin Wu Venerable, an acquaintance again!" After hearing Lawrence's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh.

Jin Wu Venerable of the Mechanical Race; back when Lu Qingshan was still a Marquis-level Immortal, he had already heard of the other party.

At that time, when Lu Qingshan was venturing on the Outer Battlefield, he had once been killed by Golden Ming King of the Mechanical Race, and at that time, Jin Wu King, who was still a King Sealer Immortal, was Golden Ming King's master.

Later, in that battle where Lu Qingshan joined forces with Sovereign Beihai to kill Hundred Flowers King, he also encountered that Jin Wu King, but did not engage in combat with the other party.

Even before leaving the Outer Battlefield, Lu Qingshan specifically went over to kill that Golden Ming King once more.

Later, after Lu Qingshan and Sovereign Beihai both entered the Cosmic Venerable realm, naturally they would no longer pay attention to that Jin Wu King.

Who would have thought that in the past hundred billion eras, that Jin Wu King had also smoothly broken through to the Cosmic Venerable level, and even after breaking through to the Cosmic Venerable realm, his strength continued to increase, and now he already possesses the strength of a High Cosmic Venerable.

Such strength naturally means nothing compared to Lu Qingshan at this moment, but for Beihai Venerable, who is currently a Mid Cosmic Venerable, it counts as surpassing the later to catch up.

However, such things are quite normal in the universe, so Lu Qingshan did not pay too much attention; he was just sighing upon hearing Lawrence mention the other party.

"That Jin Wu Venerable indeed remembers you, Master!"

Lawrence nearby quickly added: "At that time, he even wanted Disciple to tell you that if there is an opportunity in the future, he will definitely fight you!"

"Disciple saw his arrogance, so I took action to teach that Jin Wu Venerable a lesson for you, Master!"

"It's fine!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand casually and said: "He is merely a petty clown; if we meet again in the future, just crush him on the spot!"

Regarding Lawrence's claim of having taught that Jin Wu Venerable a lesson, Lu Qingshan was not at all surprised.

Although they are both at the High Cosmic Venerable realm, Lawrence's special life divine body is fully over one hundred thousand kilometers in size, which is already considered extremely massive in the universe.

And that Jin Wu Venerable is quite ordinary among the Mechanical Race's Cosmic Venerables; his divine body is only over ten meters, so how could he possibly fight Lawrence under equal strength conditions?

Next, Lu Qingshan casually asked about the situations of Lu Hongwen and others, then continued speaking: "Since everyone has arrived, let us set off!"

These people were waiting here, naturally to go with Lu Qingshan to attend Venerable Qingping's Venerable Banquet.

Among them, the strength of the four—Lawrence, Strachey, Scripps, and Komdi Ma—was sufficient to receive an invitation directly from Zifeng Zunzhe Qingping; as for Lu Hongwen and the others, they would naturally accompany Lu Qingshan.

After all, Lu Hongwen and the others were either disciples he favored or outstanding scions of the family; whenever the opportunity arose, Lu Qingshan naturally wished to take them to witness such a grand banquet, thereby broadening their horizons.

(End of this chapter)