Chapter 57: Becoming a Disciple

In the Virtual Universe, on the Isle of Lei Guang Hai, inside the villa's parlor where Lu Qingshan resided.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan was instructing his third son, Lu Hongwen, on matters to note after entering the Initial Universe, when suddenly a voice echoed in his mind—the intelligent lifeform Shen Lan.

"Master, I've received an email—it was sent through the Virtual Universe Corporation's internal channel!"

"Oh?" Lu Qingshan's heart stirred, and he swiftly waved his hand to open the email before him.

Although Lu Hongwen stood right beside Lu Qingshan, due to permission settings in the Virtual Universe, he could see absolutely no information on the email.

Yet upon noticing Lu Qingshan's attention shift, Lu Hongwen understood his master had something to attend to, so he naturally remained silent and waited quietly; meanwhile, his physical body in the real world had already begun boarding a starship headed toward Tianlei Star.

Meanwhile, Lu Qingshan had quickly finished reading the email's contents…

"Lu Qingshan:

I watched your video of crossing the Illusion Realm. To clear the seventeenth island after mastering the comprehension of laws on the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge—your willpower is truly astonishing.

Such astonishing willpower makes the Illusionist path the absolute best choice for you!

I possess a secret technique perfectly suited to your cultivation; if you master it, you may even be able to soul-subjugate a High Military Lord!

If you wish to become my disciple, come to my estate and find me!

Illusion King!"

This appeared to be an ordinary disciple-recruitment email—but with the signature at the end, it was anything but ordinary!

Because the signature was Illusion King!

Recall that after joining the Virtual Universe Corporation, Lu Qingshan had researched many powerful figures within the corporation—and Illusion King was undoubtedly one of the most terrifying.

Though Illusion King had only cleared the nineteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, her soul attacks made even many Peak Sovereign-level experts deeply wary!

Among the many soul slaves Illusion King publicly displayed, one was even a Peak Sovereign-level alien expert who possessed teleportation ability!

"Illusion King wants to take me as her disciple?" Lu Qingshan's heart stirred slightly after reading the email.

Throughout his journey, he had once become a disciple of an ordinary Immortal Deity in Yanfeng Sacred Land—but his teacher had perished on the Outer Battlefield over four million years ago!

Though he now had confidence to continue advancing on the path of strength, if he could become a disciple of a Sovereign Immortal, it would greatly benefit him in both background and cultivation.

Yet just as Lu Qingshan was contemplating whether to accept Illusion King's offer, he received two more emails and a communication request.

The two emails were similar to Illusion King's—both offering to take him as a disciple due to his clearing the seventeenth island of the Illusion Realm; the communication request came from his disciple Huo Gesi.

"It seems the Illusion Realm's influence still pales next to the Tongtian Bridge dimension!"

Looking at the three emails, Lu Qingshan couldn't help sighing: "I cleared the seventeenth island of the Illusion Realm, and only three Sovereign Immortals want to take me as a disciple—all of them Illusionists! If I had cleared the seventeenth level of the Thunder Tongtian Bridge, I'd likely have had Cosmic Zifeng Zunzhe lining up to take me as a disciple!"

"Moreover, among these three Sovereign Immortals who sent me emails, the strongest is Illusion King—she has comprehended the Time Primordial Law, yet she is not of the Thunder lineage. Who should I choose as my master?"

In truth, if anyone else received Illusion King's email, they would have rushed to become her disciple long ago!

But Lu Qingshan is different!

With the Multiverse Chat Group, he is absolutely capable of advancing ever farther on the path of strength!

Though Illusion King is powerful, her cultivation path may not suit Lu Qingshan, so her guidance for him would inevitably be limited.

As for the soul techniques Illusion King prides herself on—being her own creation—even if Lu Qingshan fully mastered them, he could never replicate their true power.

Therefore, if he had other options, Lu Qingshan still hoped to become a disciple of a Peak Sovereign Immortal who had cleared the twentieth level of the Thunder Tongtian Bridge!

"Forget it, no need to think about this now—perhaps other Sovereign Immortals still want to take me as a disciple. I'll wait a little longer."

Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: "First, I'll meet Huo Gesi—what could he possibly want with me?"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan quickly gave Lu Hongwen two instructions, then with a thought, reappeared in his estate on Lei Ting Island.

Upon appearing in the estate, Lu Qingshan saw his sixth disciple, Huo Gesi, standing at the gate.

"Master!" Seeing Lu Qingshan appear, Huo Gesi immediately bowed respectfully.

"Come in, let's talk inside!"

Lu Qingshan quickly led Huo Gesi into the parlor, then noticed the fine wine in Huo Gesi's hand and asked curiously: "Huo Gesi, what is this…?"

"Master, I've come to celebrate your clearing of the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge!"

Huo Gesi hurriedly said: "You didn't hear? Your achievement—becoming an Immortal and clearing the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge within a million years—has spread through our small circle. Many believe you'll soon become a High Military Lord, and even becoming a Marquis Immortal is quite possible!"

"With your strength rising, I naturally share in your glory, so I specially brought a bottle of fine wine to celebrate!"

"This…"

Hearing Huo Gesi's words, Lu Qingshan was momentarily stunned.

He had assumed Huo Gesi had heard about the Illusion Realm, but it was only about his Tongtian Bridge achievement.

Yet upon reflection, this was perfectly normal.

After all, in the Immortal Deity circle he and Huo Gesi belonged to, most were merely Military Lord-level Immortals, with barely a handful reaching Low Marquis level—so his sudden clearing of the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge would naturally shock others.

Still, since Huo Gesi had come, Lu Qingshan would not refuse his disciple's heartfelt gesture.

Whoosh!

Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and instantly, an array of delicious fruits, vegetables, and delicacies appeared in the parlor: "This is but a minor matter, but since you've come, let us, master and disciple, enjoy a fine drink together!"

"Master, let me pour for you!" Huo Gesi stepped forward quickly to fill Lu Qingshan's cup.

"Seven-Colored Fruit Wine?"

Lu Qingshan gazed at the bottle in Huo Gesi's hand, glowing with seven-colored radiance, and smiled: "It seems my disciple has chosen well—this bottle must cost dozens of Hunyuan units!"

Hearing this, Huo Gesi laughed and replied: "As long as Master likes it!"

Though Huo Gesi possessed High Military Lord strength, he rarely drank such fine wine—this time, he bought it temporarily solely to celebrate his master's great advancement.

Fortunately, this was within the Virtual Universe, where alcohol was far cheaper than in reality.

"Come, drink!"

With cups filled, master and disciple drank and chatted together.

"Master!"

Huo Gesi drained his cup, then said: "Now that you've cleared the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge, you've gained some fame among the Military Lord-level Immortals of the Virtual Universe Corporation!"

"So I think you could try to take a Marquis-level Immortal as your master; that way, if you encounter confusion during cultivation, you will have someone to ask for advice! I have already gathered some information on Marquis-level Immortals of the Thunder Lineage for you; I hope it can be of help to you!"

After speaking, Huo Gesi transmitted the information he had previously queried to Lu Qingshan.

"Hahaha..."

Seeing his disciple thinking so much for him, Lu Qingshan could not help but smile happily: "Then rest assured, your master I..."

Lu Qingshan had not yet finished speaking when a bold voice sounded in his ear: "Is Lu Qingshan here?"

Hearing the voice, Lu Qingshan quickly shifted his gaze outside the mansion, seeing that the arrival was a highly renowned Marquis-level Immortal of the Virtual Universe Company lineage, Jing Lei Wang!

Immediately, Lu Qingshan quickly led Huo Gesi out of the mansion, then bowed slightly to greet him: "Greetings, Jing Lei Wang!"

"Could it be that Jing Lei Wang has come to take me as his disciple?" Lu Qingshan could not help but secretly guess in his heart.

"Lu Qingshan!"

Jing Lei Wang looked at Lu Qingshan and said with a smile: "Although you are somewhat lacking in the comprehension of laws, your will is quite good. I am a Marquis-level Immortal of the Thunder Lineage; I wonder if you are willing to take me as your master?"

Jing Lei Wang did not say much more; after all, the fact that he could personally come to see a small fellow like Lu Qingshan was already giving him a great deal of face!

Indeed, Lu Qingshan only thought for a moment before lowering his head to bow as a disciple.

Not to mention that Jing Lei Wang had already broken through the nineteenth layer of the Thunder Lineage's Sky-Connecting Bridge; just this intention of personally rushing over to take a disciple far exceeded the three Marquis-level Immortals who had merely sent him disciple-recruitment emails!

"Hahaha!"

But just as Lu Qingshan was preparing to lower his head to bow as a disciple, a gentle voice suddenly sounded: "Lei Kesi, with your meager strength, do not mislead the children!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan was slightly startled in his heart.

Lei Kesi was precisely Jing Lei Wang's true name; it was just that with the improvement of Jing Lei Wang's strength, very few people called him by it nowadays!

And just how terrifying was Jing Lei Wang's strength that someone would actually say his strength was misleading the children?

However, upon hearing these words, Jing Lei Wang felt no anger at all; instead, he turned his head to look at a handsome Fox-tribe man walking towards Lu Qingshan's mansion and respectfully greeted him: "Master, why have you also come?"

Lu Qingshan likewise looked at the arrival, seeing that he was over two meters tall, his whole body shrouded in a purple long robe covered in complex secret patterns; behind him, he carried a purple long sword. This was one of the Grand Masters of the Thunder Lineage who publicly taught classes within the Chaos City, Lei Huanwang!

"Lei Kesi!"

Lei Huanwang quickly walked up to Lu Qingshan and the others, then looked at Jing Lei Wang and said with a smile: "What, you can come, but your master cannot come?"

"Besides, if your master does not come, won't your little junior brother be lost?"

After saying this, Lei Huanwang quickly looked at Lu Qingshan: "Little fellow, when you were previously within the Chaos City, you also went to listen to my classes, didn't you? I remember that before you left the Chaos City, you even asked Dean to bring me a small gift; that counts as having a thoughtful heart. I wonder if you are willing to take me as your master?"

Hearing that Lei Huanwang intended to take him as a disciple, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred.

It must be known that when he was cultivating within the Chaos City back then, he would frequently go to the public classes of many Grand Masters of the Thunder Lineage to listen; Lei Huanwang was one of them.

However, his talent was limited; he was simply unable to take any Grand Master as his master. Even when leaving the Chaos City, he could only entrust disciples under these Grand Masters to deliver the gift.

But who would have thought that after only a million-plus years had passed, a supreme existence like Lei Huanwang, who was only one step away from the Venerable Realm, would want to take him as a disciple!

On the other side, seeing that his master Lei Huanwang had the idea of taking Lu Qingshan as a disciple, Jing Lei Wang naturally would not compete anymore.

Instead, seeing that Lu Qingshan had not immediately bowed as a disciple, he spoke directly from the side: "Lu Qingshan, Master is one of the Marquis-level Immortals in our Thunder Lineage closest to the Venerable Realm. With his guidance, your future desire to master the body of immortality and become a Marquis-level Immortal will surely be much simpler than cultivating slowly by yourself!"

Jing Lei Wang did not dare to say that Lu Qingshan could become a Marquis-level Immortal in the future; after all, among Lei Huanwang's many disciples, including himself, there were only three Marquis-level Immortals in total!

Hearing Jing Lei Wang's words, Lu Qingshan quickly came to his senses, then respectfully knelt before Lei Huanwang and said respectfully: "I earnestly request Master to take me as a disciple!"

"Good!"

Looking at Lu Qingshan kneeling on the ground, Lei Huanwang was also quite emotional in his heart.

In fact, even if Lu Qingshan's will could compare to a Marquis-level Immortal, it did not count for much to him; there was absolutely no need to personally rush over to take a disciple!

However, he had just happened to be within the Chaos City and had developed the thought of taking a disciple because of a Universe-level genius of the Thunder Lineage, but that genius ultimately chose to take a disciple under another Grand Master of the Thunder Lineage, Jing Lei Wang. It was at this time that he happened to receive an email sent to him by the Illusion Realm Sea Plane Administrator.

At first, Lei Huanwang had merely casually browsed Lu Qingshan's information, but after he discovered that Lu Qingshan had prepared a gift for him when leaving the Chaos City, only then did he develop the thought of taking Lu Qingshan as a disciple.

Although Lu Qingshan's will was indeed quite good, what he valued even more was Lu Qingshan's character of respecting teachers and valuing the Dao!

"Get up!" Lei Huanwang said with a smile.

Lu Qingshan quickly stood up.

"Since I began cultivating until now, I have taken a total of 42 disciples under my command; 11 of them have already perished! Among the remaining 31, there are 3 Marquis-level Immortals, 18 Marquis-level Immortals, and the rest are all High Army Masters!"

Lei Huanwang said seriously: "Lu Qingshan, from today on, you are my forty-third direct disciple. I hope that in the future you can walk further and further on the path of the strong!"

"This disciple will definitely strive!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

And at this time, Jing Lei Wang on the side also congratulated Lu Qingshan: "Little junior brother, congratulations on taking Master as your master!"

"This senior brother has nothing good to give you; just recently I created a secret technique that has quite high requirements for will. When you have free time, you might as well practice it!"

As soon as the words fell, Jing Lei Wang waved his hand, and a set of heavy secret manuals appeared before Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan glanced at the secret manuals, then turned his head to look at Lei Huanwang.

"Disciple, why are you looking at me?"

Lei Huanwang said with a smile: "Since this is a gift given to you by your ninth senior brother, you may accept it with peace of mind! However, your master must remind you that the combat secret technique most suitable for oneself is always the one created by oneself!"

"Your ninth senior brother's secret technique might be able to unleash extremely powerful might in his hands, but in your hands, it might be greatly discounted!"

"This disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said.

"Alright, I will not stay here much longer!"

Lei Huanwang waved his hand, then said: "After you have finished handling the matters in your hands, go directly to my mansion to find me!"

"Yes, Master!" Lu Qingshan quickly replied.

Hearing Lu Qingshan's reply, Lei Huanwang quickly turned and left.

Seeing Lei Huanwang leave, Jing Lei Wang also left after exchanging greetings with Lu Qingshan.

And at the entrance of Lu Qingshan's mansion, only Lu Qingshan, carrying a set of secret manuals, and Huo Gesi, with a face full of shock, remained.

After Lei Huanwang and the other two left, Huo Gesi, having come to his senses, still found it hard to believe everything he had just seen.

Oh my god!

Those were Jing Lei Wang and Lei Huanwang!

In the past, Huo Gesi could at most see such a supreme powerhouse only in public lectures or at grand banquets.

But now, such a powerhouse is actually vying to take his master, Lu Qingshan, as a disciple?

You must know that even his second master, whom he took after Lu Qingshan, was merely an Immortal at the peak of the Marquis-sealing realm!

"Master, what exactly is going on?" Huo Gesi could not help but ask.

"In fact, I was just about to tell you this matter..."

Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "Previously, I not only broke through the twelfth layer of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge to the Heavens, but also incidentally conquered the seventeenth island of the Illusion Realm Sea, which is why I was taken as a disciple by my master!"

"You actually conquered the seventeenth island of the Illusion Realm Sea?" After hearing Lu Qingshan's explanation, Huo Gesi was clearly even more shocked.

You must know that after breaking through to become an Immortal, whether it is comprehension of laws, willpower, secret arts, and so on, improving even a single step is an incredibly difficult matter; otherwise, he would not have been trapped at the fourteenth layer of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge to the Heavens and the Illusion Realm Sea all this time!

But now, Lu Qingshan has not only broken through the twelfth layer of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge to the Heavens, but has even conquered the seventeenth island of the Illusion Realm Sea; how could this not make him feel shocked?

"Enough!"

Lu Qingshan quickly said: "Huo Gesi, I must now go to my master Lei Huanwang; next time we have the chance, let us two master and disciple drink heartily together!"

"Master, your important matters come first!"

Huo Gesi hurriedly said: "This time you have been able to enter the tutelage of my lord Lei Huanwang; your future achievements will surely be immeasurable!"

"Then I shall take your auspicious words!" Lu Qingshan responded with a smile, and shortly thereafter hurried in the direction of Lei Huanwang's residence.

Seeing Lu Qingshan's figure depart into the distance, Huo Gesi also felt happy for Lu Qingshan in his heart.

"Master truly lives up to the title of Master! After lying dormant for nearly ten million years, the moment he reveals his sharp edge, it is so dazzling!"

After the joy, Huo Gesi also secretly made a resolve in his heart: "From now on, I must also cultivate even more diligently!"

Chapter Two will be a bit later.

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