Chapter 417: Good Friend — New Component — Disciple's Breakthrough

"Mm?"

Lu Qingshan's mind stirred, and he quickly took out a token from the world ring he carried on his person.

This token was a credential of the leader of a powerful race called the 'Haoshan Race,' 'Lord Haoshan,' who lived in a remote region of the primordial universe.

Throughout the long ages, Lu Qingshan's main combat true body had spent most of its time adventuring in the cosmic sea.

Yet among the human race and within the Hong Alliance, there were not that many Lords of the Universe whose strength was comparable to his, and some Lords of the Universe were also unwilling to venture into the cosmic sea.

Therefore, throughout the long ages past, whenever Lu Qingshan could not invite suitable companions within the Hong Alliance, and did not wish to venture through the cosmic sea alone, he would try to invite some Lords of the Universe from foreign races who had no obvious conflicts or feuds with the human race.

Moreover, over the past hundred billion eons, when Lu Qingshan was adventuring in the cosmic sea, he would sometimes encounter primordial universe powerhouses in danger; as long as these endangered powerhouses were not from races hostile to the human race, he would always lend a hand when he had the ability.

In due course, Lu Qingshan also befriended many good friends.

Among these good friends were foreign-race Lords of the Universe from within the Hong Alliance, Lords of the Universe from outside the Hong Alliance, and even several powerhouses from the first and second reincarnation eras…

Of course, while befriending many good friends, Lu Qingshan had also made quite a few enemies through his adventuring in the cosmic sea.

But this was really the most normal thing in the world!

If a powerhouse wishes to venture through the universe, how could he possibly avoid offending other powerhouses?

And this Lord Haoshan, who was now sending Lu Qingshan a message, was a rather powerful Lord of the Universe, and also a very influential Lord of the Universe within the primordial universe's mid-tier force, the 'Sanshan Alliance.'

Back in the day, when this Lord Haoshan was adventuring in the cosmic sea, he encountered a Lord of the Universe from the first reincarnation era; although that Lord of the Universe's strength was not that great, his fighting style happened to greatly counter Lord Haoshan.

And the battle between Lord Haoshan and that other party at the time happened to be noticed by Lu Qingshan, so Lu Qingshan casually lent Lord Haoshan a hand.

And after this incident, Lu Qingshan naturally formed a deep friendship with Lord Haoshan.

"A message from Lord Haoshan?"

Lu Qingshan's heart stirred, and a stream of information immediately surged into his mind: "Lord Haoshan is inviting me to meet?"

"Could it be that his divine body has fully recovered, and he wants to go adventuring in the cosmic sea with me?"

"That shouldn't be! The Primordial Star is about to open now; shouldn't Lord Haoshan first go adventuring on the Primordial Star for a while, and wait until the frequency of supreme treasures appearing drops before going to the cosmic sea?"

Of course, while these thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan also quickly sprang into action.

He first used his divine kingdom teleportation to rush to the territory of the Haoshan Race, and then immediately used instantaneous shift to rush to where Lord Haoshan was.

……

A remote region of the universe.

Here there was a super-continent with a diameter of several light-years, and hanging above the land was a pair of enormously oversized twin stars.

When the gentle light of the twin stars shone through the cloud layer above the continent onto the land, it dyed an entire region of the continent an orange-red color.

And on this continent lived many 'Haoshan Race members' with grey skin.

The Haoshan Race belonged to rock-type lifeforms; they came in various forms, but were naturally peace-loving and disliked fighting.

That was why their leader, Lord Haoshan, together with the 'Lord Yanya' of the Yanya Race and the 'Lord Qingsang' of the Qingsang Race, united with other peace-loving Lords of the Universe to establish the Sanshan Alliance.

All the forces within the Sanshan Alliance disliked fighting, so they rarely came into conflict with other forces, and even the territories they occupied were all remote regions of the universe.

Precisely because of this, very few forces in the primordial universe would actively provoke or offend them, and the connections of the powerhouses within the Sanshan Alliance were naturally also very strong.

In a towering divine temple at the core of this vast continent, a rock giant over eight thousand kilometers tall was seated cross-legged in the center of the great hall, leisurely sensing the surrounding Haoshan Race members — this was precisely the leader of the Haoshan Race, the renowned Lord Haoshan.

Just then…

Whoosh!

A streak of flowing light flashed in the sky, then descended to the front of the palace where Lord Haoshan was, and condensed into the figure of a middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man wore a silver-white battle armor, his features resolute — it was precisely Lu Qingshan, who had rushed over from the human race's territory.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan smiled as he looked at Lord Haoshan inside the divine temple, then opened his mouth and called out: "Lord Haoshan!"

"Lord of Wan Jie!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan appear, Lord Haoshan could not help but show a smile on his face, and immediately walked out of the divine temple to greet him.

After receiving Lu Qingshan into the divine temple and the two taking their seats as host and guest, Lord Haoshan quickly waved his hand and brought out many fine wines and delicacies.

"Lord of Wan Jie!"

Lord Haoshan pointed at the many fine wines and delicacies, then said with a smile: "Your human race are flesh-and-blood lifeforms, and the tastes differ from those of my Haoshan Race. These fine wines and delicacies were specially ordered by me to be exchanged from your human race and some flesh-and-blood lifeform races — they should suit your taste, I believe!"

"Haoshan!"

Lu Qingshan raised the wine cup before him to invite Lord Haoshan to drink together, then opened his mouth and said: "You invited me over this time — is there something you need?"

"That's right!"

Lord Haoshan set down the wine cup in his hand, then said with a smile: "Wanjie, the reason I invited you over this time is that I have some good news to tell you!"

"Good news?" Lu Qingshan's expression could not help but freeze slightly.

"That's right!"

Lord Haoshan nodded slightly, then with a wave of his hand, a golden streak of light immediately flew toward Lu Qingshan, and then hovered before Lu Qingshan.

It was a golden battle-halberd, and the pressure it emitted was not that intense — it looked to be only at the level of an ordinary supreme treasure.

But upon seeing this golden battle-halberd, a look of pleasant surprise suddenly appeared on Lu Qingshan's face: "A component of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram?"

One should know that Lu Qingshan had already obtained the main component of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram back when the Primordial Star opened last time.

And besides the main component, this top-tier domain-type supreme treasure, the God-Slaying Formation Diagram, also had twelve other components; only by gathering them all together could the God-Slaying Formation Diagram unleash its strongest power!

Throughout the long ages past, Lu Qingshan had been working hard to collect all the components of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram.

But after he had assembled nine major components of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram, bringing its power up to the level of a top-tier domain-type supreme treasure, it became very difficult to collect the final three components.

Later, after much planning, he obtained another major component from the hands of the Northern Border Alliance.

As for the final two major components, one was in the hands of Lord Tianlang of the Meng Yao Zu, and could not be exchanged for no matter what;

The other had no news at all — there was simply no trace of it to be found!

But now…

A component of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram that had vanished without a trace, with no news whatsoever, had simply appeared before him like this.

"That's right!"

Seeing the delight on Lu Qingshan's face, Lord Haoshan smiled and said: "Wanjie, the gift I prepared for you — not bad, is it!"

"It really is quite something!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand and stowed the golden battle-halberd before him, then looked toward Lord Haoshan and asked: "Haoshan, how did a component of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram end up in your hands?"

"It's quite a coincidence, actually!"

Lord Haoshan once again raised his wine cup to invite Lu Qingshan to drink together, then said with a smile: "This component of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram originally belonged to a high-tier Universal Zifeng Zunzhe of an ordinary race called the 'Duanbei Race' near the territory of my Haoshan Race!"

"That high-tier Universal Zifeng Zunzhe had no great insight, and his information was poor, so when the Primordial Star opened last time and he obtained this component of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram, he had always taken it for nothing more than an ordinary supreme treasure weapon!"

"And my Haoshan Race has always disliked strife, so in the eyes of the surrounding races we are quite fair-dealing! This time the Primordial Star opened again, and this Zifeng Zunzhe of the Duanbei Race wanted to trade for a precious supreme treasure to safeguard his life, so he brought out this component of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram for the exchange!"

"The one who traded the supreme treasure with this Zifeng Zunzhe was the 'Wufeng Zunzhe' of my Haoshan Race. After that little fellow Wufeng exchanged for this golden battle-halberd from the other party's hands, he immediately recognized it as one of the components of the God-Slaying Formation Diagram, and then handed it over to me for disposal!"

"As soon as I got this halberd, I contacted you, Wanjie, right away!"

"So that's how it was!"

After hearing Lord Haoshan's explanation, Lu Qingshan suddenly understood.