Chapter 58: Guidance, Planning, Current Status in the Group
After leaving his own mansion, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived outside Lei Huanwang’s residence on Thunder Island.
Since Lei Huanwang had already granted him the relevant permissions, he promptly stepped inside the mansion’s reception hall.
At that moment, Lei Huanwang was already waiting for him inside the hall.
“Disciple pays homage to Master!” Lu Qingshan hastily bowed respectfully.
“Hmm!” Lei Huanwang nodded slightly, then said to Lu Qingshan: “Qingshan, I watched your video of crossing the Illusion Sea! A junior military lord who cleared the seventeenth island—your will is truly astonishing!”
“But you must understand: powerful will alone cannot carry you far on the path of the strong—you must also strive to comprehend the fundamental laws!”
“Only by delving deeper into the Time Fundamental Law can you gain greater divine power and use it as a foundation to create stronger secret arts!”
“Disciple understands!” Lu Qingshan nodded quickly.
“Come with me!” No sooner had the words left his mouth than Lei Huanwang walked toward a nearby meditation chamber.
Seeing this, Lu Qingshan hurried after him.
Moments later, Lei Huanwang brought Lu Qingshan into a very ancient meditation chamber.
On the walls of this chamber were carved patterns corresponding exactly to those on the Thunder Chaos Stele!
“These are patterns I replicated from the eight images on the Thunder Chaos Stele!”
Lei Huanwang pointed to the patterns on the walls: “I have fully comprehended the first six images, so I replicated them more accurately; the seventh and eighth images are much blurrier.”
“You’ve already cleared the twelfth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge—surely you’ve fully comprehended the first four images? Now I’ll explain the fifth image to you…”
Before Lei Huanwang could finish, Lu Qingshan interrupted: “Master, I have not yet fully comprehended the fourth image!”
“How is that possible?”
Hearing this, Lei Huanwang couldn’t help exclaiming: “The fourth image of the Thunder Chaos Stele corresponds to levels ten through twelve of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge! If you haven’t comprehended the fourth image, how did you clear the twelfth level?”
“Did you choose a illusionist as your opponent and rely on your formidable will to push through?” Lei Huanwang quickly considered a possibility.
Given his disciple’s astonishing willpower, achieving this was entirely plausible!
“Master, I walk the path of analyzing the essence of the Time Fundamental Law!”
Lu Qingshan explained quickly: “Previously, I fully comprehended all 108 essences of the Time Fundamental Law—that’s how I cleared the twelfth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge!”
“Analyzing the essence of the Time Fundamental Law?” Lei Huanwang blinked in surprise.
He knew that gradually analyzing the essence of laws from the very beginning was an extremely difficult path.
Even when he himself first began cultivating, he had not chosen this arduous route.
Of course, as his strength grew, Lei Huanwang had long since comprehended all the essences of the Time Fundamental Law!
Yet now, the disciple he had taken on a whim was walking this very difficult path?
Thinking of this, Lei Huanwang waved his hand, and a video of Lu Qingshan’s battle clearing the twelfth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge appeared in midair.
“Excellent! Very excellent!”
After watching Lu Qingshan’s battle video, Lei Huanwang couldn’t help smiling: “It seems you’ve fully mastered all the essences of the Time Fundamental Law!”
"I originally thought you’d struggle to become a Marquis of Immortality—yet now it seems you might have a chance to become a King of Immortality! Hahaha…"
At this moment, Lei Huanwang was undoubtedly delighted.
When he first took Lu Qingshan as a disciple, it was mostly because of his astonishing will and deep respect for his master.
But now he suddenly realized that although Lu Qingshan was merely an ordinary junior military lord, he was undoubtedly a true raw gem!
Although the path of analyzing law essences is extremely difficult, once one achieves success on it, future cultivation becomes significantly easier.
Lu Qingshan has already mastered the 108 most basic essences of the Time Fundamental Law—on this foundation, his future comprehension of the Time Fundamental Law will certainly be far easier than others’!
Thinking of this, Lei Huanwang began to value his new disciple even more.
“Qingshan!” Lei Huanwang asked with a smile: “When you studied the Time Fundamental Law, which secret arts did you primarily refer to?”
Hearing Lei Huanwang’s words, Lu Qingshan knew his master intended to guide him, and quickly replied: “Master, I primarily studied ‘Time Initial Explanation,’ ‘Thunder Overview,’ and ‘Thunder Analysis.’”
“Hmph!”
After hearing Lu Qingshan’s answer, Lei Huanwang let out a cold snort, then continued: “‘Thunder Overview’ was created by the creator of the Thunder Chaos Stele, ‘Thunder Sovereign’—naturally, it is a secret art all Thunder Clan cultivators must study; ‘Time Initial Explanation’ encapsulates all 108 essences of the Time Fundamental Law within a series of sword techniques—it’s decent among basic secret arts; but how could ‘Thunder Analysis,’ created by that fool Jing Lei, compare to my ‘Lei Huan Secret Art’?”
Hearing Lei Huanwang’s words, Lu Qingshan couldn’t help finding them amusing.
In fact, when Lu Qingshan had chosen his secret arts earlier, he had seen ‘Lei Huan Secret Art’—its price was identical to that of the ‘Thunder Analysis’ he had purchased.
But since he hadn’t planned to pursue the illusionist path, he had ultimately chosen ‘Thunder Analysis.’
Moreover, Jing Lei, the creator of ‘Thunder Analysis,’ and his master Lei Huanwang both belonged to the Virtual Universe Corporation and had lived together in the Chaos City for countless ages—their bond was quite deep!
“Enough!”
Lei Huanwang waved his hand, and a silver metal chest, several meters tall, slammed heavily onto the floor before Lu Qingshan: “This is my complete set of ‘Lei Huan Secret Art,’ containing various auxiliary, research, and combat secret arts… use them as reference from now on!”
“Thank you, Master!” Lu Qingshan quickly retrieved the silver metal chest.
“Good!”
Lei Huanwang waved his hand, and the purple longsword behind his back flew into his grasp: “Now I will demonstrate to you fully all the mysteries contained in the fourth image of the Thunder Chaos Stele. Once you fully comprehend them, I will demonstrate the mysteries of the fifth image!”
No sooner had he spoken than Lei Huanwang began wielding his sword, fully invoking the fundamental laws of cosmic time.
Watching Lei Huanwang’s demonstration, Lu Qingshan became utterly absorbed, his mind constantly flashing with insights.
At first, Lei Huanwang demonstrated only basic mysteries, which Lu Qingshan easily understood and mastered by comparing them to his 108 known essences of the Time Fundamental Law.
But as Lei Huanwang continued demonstrating, Lu Qingshan found it increasingly difficult to follow.
When Lei Huanwang had finished demonstrating all the mysteries of the fourth image on the Thunder Chaos Stele, he stopped and returned the sword to his back.
Lu Qingshan, however, remained immersed, showing no sign of awakening.
In Lu Qingshan’s mind, flashes of insight kept appearing!
Insights from his study of the Celestial Creation Dew, from his comprehension of the Chaos Stele, even from his battles against the Heavenly Bridge guardians…
Through Lei Huanwang’s demonstration, these insights converged and mutually validated one another.
Countless doubts were gradually resolved; without realizing it, his comprehension of the Time Fundamental Law had increased slightly!
Moments later, Lu Qingshan awoke from his insight, silently marveling: “No wonder so many geniuses seek out supreme masters—there is a vast difference between having guidance and having none!”
“Qingshan!” Lei Huanwang’s voice echoed in Lu Qingshan’s mind.
Lu Qingshan quickly snapped back to awareness and bowed respectfully: “Disciple thanks Master for the guidance!”
“Any gains?” Lei Huanwang asked with a smile.
“Disciple gained greatly!” Lu Qingshan replied quickly: “I believe I will soon fully comprehend the fourth image of the Thunder Chaos Stele!”
“Hmm, not bad!” Lei Huanwang nodded with a smile.
He had deliberately slowed his demonstration—given Lu Qingshan’s solid foundation, not gaining anything would have been strange!
“Also…”
Lei Huanwang waved his hand, and dozens of secret art titles appeared in midair: “These are basic secret arts created by our Thunder Clan’s strong ones—they will aid your future cultivation!”
“And their prices are not high—you cleared the seventeenth island of the Illusion Sea, so your credits are more than enough to purchase them!”
“Thank you, Master, for your guidance!” Lu Qingshan said quickly.
“Enough. I’ve told you everything you need to know—go attend to your own affairs.”
Lei Huanwang nodded: "If you encounter doubts in your cultivation, come here directly. I hope in the near future I’ll have another disciple who becomes a King of Immortality!"
“Disciple takes leave.”
Lu Qingshan bowed respectfully, then slowly departed from Lei Huanwang’s mansion.
…
After leaving Lei Huanwang’s mansion, Lu Qingshan promptly replied politely via email to the several Kings of Immortality who had previously sent him messages seeking to take him as a disciple.
He then returned to his own mansion and began organizing the gains from his trials on the Heavenly Bridge, the Illusion Sea, and his initiation as a disciple.
“My Master’s ‘Lei Huan Secret Art’ costs 750,000 credits in the Virtual Universe Corporation’s treasury!”
Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: “And the soul-attack secret art ‘Soul Slaughter’ that Ninth Senior Brother gave me is worth 200,000 credits!”
He remembered that after working diligently for over a million years, he had only accumulated ten thousand credits.
Now, merely by taking a master, he had received gifts worth nearly a million credits!
“Of course, the greatest gain is the large number of credits I earned after clearing the Illusion Sea!”
Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: “I must buy the secret arts my Master recommended—they’ll cost…”
Lu Qingshan briefly searched the secret arts Lei Huanwang had recommended—and froze.
Each individual secret art’s price was indeed low—the highest was only 80,000 credits—but all dozens together totaled over three million credits!
“This is what my Master called ‘not expensive’?” Lu Qingshan thought, speechless.
If he hadn’t cleared the seventeenth island of the Illusion Sea, he’d have to sell everything just to buy a few secret arts!
Yet if he hadn’t cleared the seventeenth island, Lei Huanwang would never have taken him as a disciple!
“As for how to use the remaining credits, I must plan carefully.”
Lu Qingshan sat in his study, planning: “Should I cultivate Kash to the Immortal realm? Or buy suitable equipment?”
“No!”
Lu Qingshan suddenly remembered something more important: “Now that I have sufficient wealth, what I most need to do is fully restore my main body and avatar’s divine power, then split my divine body again to enter other worlds!”
“That way, I might gain new avatars!”
Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately ordered numerous items to restore his divine body from the Virtual Universe Corporation’s treasury.
…
Two months later, Thunder Star!
In the quiet cultivation chamber, Lu Qingshan swallowed a crimson, dragon-eye-sized spirit fruit, and its pure energy instantly transformed into his divine power.
Moments later…
Feeling his divine power now completely replenished, Lu Qingshan sighed with a pang of regret: “Spent 200,000 credits in one go—finally, my divine power is fully restored!”
"Now, it’s time to test what I’ve been thinking!"
Thinking this, Lu Qing’s consciousness swiftly connected into the Multiverse Chat Group.
Although over a million years had passed in Lu Qing’s world, less than a year had elapsed within the chat group.
During this time, Pang Bo, Yue Buqun, and others had continuously chatted to earn more points for activating the Enlightenment Boost function or to exchange treasures from Lu Qing.
Even Han Li, who originally disliked chatting, was no exception—he could exchange Heavenly Creation Dew from Lu Qing for cultivation resources, yet the Enlightenment Boost function had become utterly addictive for him!
Lu Qing rarely chatted himself, but as group owner, he received three times the base points of others, and with additional points from others exchanging resources from him, he had used the Enlightenment Boost function twice more—otherwise, even with the help of Heavenly Creation Dew, he could never have fully comprehended the essence of the Time Origin Law so quickly!
【Pang Bo: Old Yue, Meng De, after returning from my world, can you still not cultivate the cultivation methods from my world?】
【Yue Buqun: Brother Pang Bo, let’s change the topic—this one’s just too painful!】
【Cao Cao: Yes! I’m just waiting for new members to join the group, hoping to find a new cultivation system!】
Originally, after Yue Buqun and Cao Cao failed to cultivate the Qi Refining method from The Legend of the Condor Heroes, they had tried cultivating the Dao Jing from the World of Zhē Tiān—but still failed.
Even after visiting the World of Zhē Tiān at Pang Bo’s invitation, they remained unable to cultivate it upon returning.
Moreover, due to the chat group’s restrictions, no one could increase their strength after visiting other worlds, eliminating any possibility of cultivating elsewhere.
【Pang Bo: I think you shouldn’t be discouraged! @Cao Cao, haven’t you already started cultivating Old Yue’s Purple Cloud Divine Art? And your progress is decent!】
【Pang Bo: @Yue Buqun, and Old Yue, didn’t you say last time that after using the Enlightenment Boost function, you’d already deduced the next level of the Purple Cloud Divine Art? If you keep going, you might even create a complete cultivation system!】
【Yue Buqun: That would require a huge amount of points—I still need to exchange more cultivation resources from the group owner; the ones I got before are almost used up!】
【Pang Bo: Why did you insist on dragging your entire sect along? I say, just focus on your closest disciples!】
【System Notice: Pang Bo uploaded a designated red packet: Ten bottles of Hundred Herb Liquid!】
【Pang Bo: Forget it—seeing how hard Old Yue works running his sect alone, and since I haven’t used my free red packet this month, I’ll give you some resources!】
【Cao Cao: Brother Pang Bo, don’t play favorites—I’ve never treated you badly!】
【Pang Bo: I can’t do that, JPC! Meng De, it’s not that I won’t help you—Old Yue just wants to guide a few dozen people in his sect, but you want to build an entire army!】
【Pang Bo: Ye Zi and I have gotten some resources lately, but we’re barely enough for our own cultivation—we can’t help you!】
【Pang Bo: How about this—I’ll send you ten bottles of Hundred Herb Liquid with next month’s free red packet!】
【Xiao Yan: Brother Pang Bo, I want Hundred Herb Liquid too!】
【Han Li: +1!】
【Pang Bo: @Han Li, how dare you show your face? Last time you slipped away!】
【Xiao Yan: That’s right! Brother Han, you’re now the second richest person in the group after the group owner! You can exchange resources from the group owner with Heavenly Creation Dew and use points to activate the Enlightenment Boost function! Last time you posted that pill—it was great! Even the teacher praised your pill-making skill. Give us each a hundred or so!】
【Han Li: @Xiao Yan, how can you accuse me? You’re the richest in the group after the group owner! I’ve saved up points for ages and still couldn’t afford your Inferno Scripture—and you’ve got a teacher as strong as a Dou Sheng! The experts in your world haven’t even emerged yet—you can walk around like a king!】
【Xiao Yan: Brother Han, don’t frame me! The Inferno Scripture is expensive, but if no one buys it, I get zero point income! Here’s the deal—I haven’t used my free red packet this month. The Inferno Scripture costs 100,000 points in the store; if you transfer me 10,000 points, I’ll give it to you for free!】
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