Chapter 386: Becoming a Disciple

Zuo Hongyue, the seventeenth Imperial Prince of the Frozen Empire and a nominal disciple of the Light King.

Not long after Lin Qing became a direct disciple of the Light King, this junior brother Zuo also presented a grand gift; among all the nominal disciples, his offering was extremely precious.

Moreover, since they were both from the Frozen Empire, Lin Qing felt quite favorable toward him.

"Junior brother Zuo seems to have known the result beforehand?" Lin Qing could not help but ask.

"That is not quite so," the Seventeenth Imperial Prince smiled. "I merely felt that since Senior brother Lin Qing was exempted from the trial by the Master and directly accepted as a direct disciple, he must be extraordinary, and this crisis should not have been able to harm Senior brother Lin Qing. However... I did not expect Senior brother Lin Qing to so easily annihilate the Changyuan Imperial Legion, Marquis Yantian, and even Marquis Cangye."

He sincerely praised: "I heard that Senior brother reached this stage after cultivating for only a few million years; truly admirable, worthy of the Master's discernment."

Lin Qing smiled and said, "Pity that the powerful ones sent by the Wanhai Camp and the Yuanchu Camp were not numerous enough."

"It was already at the limit," the Seventeenth Imperial Prince sighed. "Now that the Divine Kingdom War is about to erupt, all sides need to allocate combat power as effectively as possible; especially powerful ones at the level of Marquis Yantian cannot be deployed arbitrarily."

He looked at Lin Qing. "Senior brother was able to destroy the main combat avatars of Marquis Yantian and Marquis Cangye and annihilate the Changyuan Imperial Legion; this is already a great merit. I imagine the Master will bestow a reward."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and said, "It was merely the main combat avatar; it counts for little. At most, it only reduced the strength of those two a bit."

"Even a reduction is enough."

The Seventeenth Imperial Prince laughed. "Moreover, even for a Duke-level powerhouse, unless one is proficient in cause-and-effect killing or soul techniques, it is very difficult to completely annihilate powerful ones like Marquis Yantian. For instance, Senior brother Qi Xuan Gong is famous for frontal combat, but he is not skilled in cause-and-effect or soul techniques."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

Qi Xuan Gong was also one of the Light King's nominal disciples; he was the only Duke-level powerhouse among the nominal disciples and one of the seven Duke-level powerhouses in the entire Seven Kings Realm.

The Tianguang Divine Kingdom had only two Duke-level powerhouses, and the other was the eldest senior brother's first disciple, 'Yuan Gong'.

"Since Senior brother has revealed his strength, there is no need to conceal it any longer."

The Seventeenth Imperial Prince said, "Does Senior brother intend to go to the Tianguang Divine Kingdom to hold the ceremony and formally become a disciple?"

"That is indeed my plan," Lin Qing nodded and said, "However, there are still some matters to handle."

"I wonder if junior brother can be of help?" the Seventeenth Imperial Prince asked eagerly.

Lin Qing thought for a moment and said, "Junior brother knows the Seven Kings Realm better than I; if you are willing to help, that would be even better."

"Being able to help Senior brother is my honor," the Seventeenth Imperial Prince immediately said. "Senior brother might as well speak and let me hear; as long as junior brother can help, junior brother will certainly do his utmost."

"I simply wish to ask junior brother to help find someone," Lin Qing said. "About one hundred billion years ago, before the Seven Kings Realm was opened, a daughter of a Transcendent from my homeland, the Void Sea, was taken away by a certain powerhouse of the Seven Kings Realm. Her name is 'Tian Jue Xi'. Please help junior brother investigate her whereabouts."

"Before the Seven Kings Realm was opened?" the Seventeenth Imperial Prince said. "Only Eternal Existences could travel to other Void Seas during that period. One hundred billion years ago, and within our Seven Kings Realm, that should be very easy to investigate."

"And another matter... trouble junior brother to look after a few people," Lin Qing said.

"Senior brother, please speak," the Seventeenth Imperial Prince said, eager for this terrifyingly talented senior brother to ask for his help more often; at least he could still help now.

"One is Marquis Xinglian," Lin Qing said. "Another is a Chaos God named Jing, who was summoned from the Main Universe to the Frozen Empire a million years ago; he should not yet have reached High-Level Chaos God. The third is Xu Qingzhi of the Xu family; she is a nominal disciple of Emperor Jue Xian."

The Seventeenth Imperial Prince nodded slightly and said, "Since Senior brother mentioned it, I will do my best to look after these people. I still hold some power and status within the Empire."

Lin Qing immediately said, "Then I trouble junior brother."

"It is a trivial matter."

The Seventeenth Imperial Prince smiled. "Senior brother may leave with peace of mind; with me stationed here, this Space-Time Fortress is already very safe."

Within the illusory and ethereal dream.

"How could this happen?"

Yu Gong frowned, looking down at Marquis Cangye, and said in a deep voice, "A mere youngster who became a High-Level Chaos Being only a million years ago suddenly grew so strong that he could instantly annihilate you?"

Marquis Cangye took a deep breath and said, "His inherent strength was not much greater than mine, but he also had a Mind Walker avatar amplifying his will. Under the suppression of the Great Annihilation in the Illusory World, I was left with only two or three tenths of my strength. Furthermore, he possessed a Moment True God avatar. After he activated Absolute Space-Time, I, who am not skilled in defense, could not instantly break free from the imprisonment; indeed, I could not withstand his strike."

The Divine Kingdom Lord Secret Technique he cultivated was inherently suited for stealth and assassination, while defense was its weakness.

For instance, Marquis Yantian cultivated a Divine Kingdom Lord Secret Technique that strengthened the flesh; even with Lin Qing's utmost effort, it took more than ten palm strikes to annihilate him.

"Mind Walker... Moment True God..."

Yu Gong raised an eyebrow slightly and said mockingly, "Perhaps he will also attempt to walk the path of Dual Space-Time Rules?"

The path of Dual Space-Time Rules is also the path toward becoming a Duke.

Normally, almost everyone who cultivates two Space-Time Rules cultivates 'Present' and 'Past'.

Not 'Present' and 'Future', nor 'Past' and 'Future'.

There is no way; mastering even one Space-Time Rule is already infinitely difficult, requiring the most supreme kind of Space-Time talent, but the vast majority of people possess only one Space-Time talent, such as Past, such as Present, such as Future.

Those who can master two Space-Time Rules all possess two talents.

But cultivators of the Future Rule are truly too few; the Eternal Existences in the entire Seven Kings Realm who cultivate the Future Rule are merely those few. How could a terrifying talent for cultivating a second Space-Time Rule emerge from among them?

Let alone the Seven Kings Realm; even looking across all the Duke-level powerhouses of the entire Human Race, there is not a single one who currently masters the Future Rule!

There were some in history, but they perished along with their civilization.

"The path of Dual Space-Time Rules, how could it be so easy to walk?"

Yu Gong sneered. "Moreover, his talent in the Future Rule is already incomprehensible. The more specialized the genius, the worse his talent in other aspects; just like the Light King, who cultivated for countless years and still..."

For geniuses, talent is often concentrated on a single point.

The more monstrous the genius, the more so.

The probability of producing an 'all-rounder' is even smaller, approaching zero.

"Regardless, I am no longer his match," Marquis Cangye said coldly. "This time, to help Yu Gong you deal with that Lin Qing, I suffered extremely heavy losses. Please do not forget your promise, Yu Gong."

Yu Gong frowned slightly and said, "Rest assured; the compensation owed to you will not be lacking in the slightest."

Marquis Cangye said no more and turned to leave this dream.

The breathtakingly beautiful woman with wings on her back could not help but say, "Yu Gong, that Lin Qing has already attained Eternity; I am afraid it is no longer possible to cripple him..."

Eternal Divine Blood is only effective against those below Eternity.

If Lin Qing had not yet broken through, even with his Chaos Being avatars, as long as any single avatar had not yet broken through, it could be transformed into an Eternal Envoy God!

But having already mastered the Space-Time Rules, achieving Eternity is as easy as turning over one's hand; naturally, there is no opportunity.