Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 216 The Cosmic Venerable's Financial Dilemma
The Azure Light Universe Kingdom is a rather dangerous secret realm within the universe.

At this moment, the Surge Venerable of the First Bank of the Universe was cautiously exploring this cosmic secret realm with two companions when they suddenly sensed a peculiar fluctuation.

"It's Venerable Radiance from the Virtual Universe Company!"

After a brief investigation, they quickly discovered that the peculiar fluctuation was emitted by Venerable Radiance, a member of the Virtual Universe Company.

Upon seeing Venerable Yaoguang, Venerable Yonglang and the other two were slightly taken aback.

It should be noted that although this cosmic secret realm is quite dangerous, even some top-tier experts are qualified to venture into it.

Those who venture into this place are generally only at the level of a mid-universe venerable.

The Radiant Venerable is a cosmic overlord who rarely ventures into such cosmic secret realms.

Of course, while various thoughts flashed through their minds, Venerable Yonglang and his two companions quickly arrived near Venerable Yaoguang.

"Venerable Yaoguang!" Venerable Yonglang and the other two quickly looked at Venerable Yaoguang and greeted him.

"Venerable Surging Waves..."

Venerable Radiant Light was quite surprised to see Venerable Surging Waves, but he still greeted him with a smile, "I didn't expect the three of you to be here too!"

"Radiant Venerable!"

Venerable Yonglang quickly smiled and asked, "Why did you suddenly come to venture into this secret realm? Is there some great secret here?"

"This……"

Venerable Yaoguang hesitated for a moment, then quickly said, "No, I was just feeling a bit bored, and then I heard that a new secret realm had appeared here, so I came to take a look!"

In fact, for Venerable Yaoguang, venturing into a cosmic secret realm of this level is indeed a waste of his talents.

There's no way!

He had previously owed the Fire God Venerable some treasure points in order to obtain a powerful armor for Lu Qingshan.

In order to pay off these valuable points as soon as possible, he naturally had to put in more effort.

So after hearing that a new cosmic secret realm had been discovered within the Qingguang Universe, he quickly rushed over to explore it.

Unfortunately, the level of this secret realm was still too low. He had been wandering here for millions of years and had only managed to obtain a treasure worth 2 treasure points.

Normally, this would be considered quite good for him.

The key point is that he had just experienced the opening of the primordial star, so naturally he looked down on such gains.

Moreover, this matter cannot be discussed with Venerable Yonglang and the other two, since being in debt is not something to be proud of for a cosmic overlord like him.

However, after seeing Venerable Yaoguang's hesitation, Venerable Yonglang and the other two had other thoughts in their minds.

After the two separated, Venerable Yonglang quickly said, "Venerable Yaoguang's performance just now suggests that there are some secrets in this secret realm that we are unaware of!"

"I think it's very possible!"

Another cosmic venerable said, "Otherwise, why would a cosmic overlord like Venerable Radiant Light venture into such a cosmic secret realm?"

"How about this!"

Venerable Yonglang quickly said, "We will inform Venerable Yushu of this news. Given Venerable Yushu's character, if he truly gains something here, he will certainly not treat us unfairly!"

"good idea!"

"Just do it!"

The other two cosmic venerables nodded in agreement.

Just like in the original story, when the Giant Axe Arena side learned of Earth's secrets and thought of taking it over for themselves, although the human race is relatively united, there is competition between various forces and even between each strong individual.

Meanwhile, the three Venerable Yonglang, having witnessed Venerable Yaoguang's appearance, had concluded that this cosmic secret realm contained some secrets unknown to them. Therefore, they decided to inform the cosmic overlord 'Venerable Yushu' of the First Bank of the Universe.

As for Venerable Yaoguang, he naturally had no idea what Venerable Yonglang and the other two were thinking.

He was just thinking about whether to explore another secret realm in the universe when he suddenly received an email from his friend, 'Venerable Cangsong'.

Venerable Cangsong is also a powerful cosmic venerable among the human race. Because he is very popular, he is extremely well-informed.

"Can Cangsong's email mean that another new cosmic secret realm has been discovered?"

After such a thought flashed through Venerable Yaoguang's mind, he quickly opened the email. It naturally contained a lot of information about Lu Qingshan's previous battle for treasures in the outer battlefield.

"Hahaha!"

After reading the contents of the email, Venerable Yaoguang couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect that traitor, King Baihua, would actually fall into Qingshan's hands!"

"We can talk to Shadow about this. Qingshan really helped their intelligence department get revenge this time, so we need to make him give us some reward!"

In fact, Venerable Yaoguang was quite familiar with Lu Qingshan's strength, so he was not too surprised that Lu Qingshan was able to kill Stone Armor King, Insect Queen 'Rainbow Rain' and others.

However, Lu Qingshan's collaboration with the King of the Monument and his allies to kill the King of a Hundred Flowers surprised him greatly.

"Having acquired five precious treasures at once, it seems that Qingshan's luck is much better than mine!"

Venerable Yaoguang thought to himself, "Even if we share the spoils with all the allies, Qingshan will probably still be able to reap quite a bit of benefits this time!"

"broken!"

After the initial excitement, a new thought quickly flashed through Venerable Yaoguang's mind: "I've never mentioned the matter of selling and buying treasures to Qingshan before. I hope he doesn't suffer a loss at the hands of that little guy, the Skeleton King!"

"Fortunately, the King of the Monument hasn't been cultivating for very long, so he probably doesn't understand these things very well!"

"No, I'd better go ask!"

Venerable Yaoguang thought to himself, "Now that he has made such a name for himself, my master should be willing to take him as a disciple!"

Upon realizing this, Venerable Yaoguang vanished from his spot.

……

On the other side, not long after Lu Qingshan finished distributing the spoils with the Monument King and others, he received many emails from powerful individuals.

Many powerful figures even went directly to his residence in Hongmeng City, or even on Thunder Island, to offer their congratulations.

As more and more people came to congratulate him, Lu Qingshan simply shut himself off from all visitors, and he only received emails without replying.

However, he cannot keep his doors closed to guests for some close friends and family, such as his senior sister, Tongye Wang, who has already been found at his residence in Chaos City.

Inside the Chaos City, in the living room of Lu Qingshan's residence.

At this moment, Queen Tongye had already opened the fine wine she had purchased when she broke through to become a King-level Immortal.

Although this bottle of fine wine, worth 30 million Hunyuan units, is not particularly precious to Lu Qingshan and Tongye Wang at present, it is quite rare because it has been treasured by Tongye Wang for countless years.

"Little junior brother!"

While raising her wine glass to invite Lu Qingshan to drink, Tongye Wang said gratefully, "Senior Sister, thank you so much for helping me get revenge this time!"

"If it weren't for your intervention, I'm afraid I would have had a very difficult time getting revenge on that Flying Gun King!"

In fact, if Lei Huanwang had not perished, he would have had a chance to kill Fei Qiangwang.

However, the strong train disciples in order to cultivate helpers and assistance for themselves.

If a disciple goes to his teacher for help every time he encounters trouble, even the best teacher-student relationship will eventually wear down.

Therefore, in Tongye Wang's heart, she never thought of asking her teacher Leihuan Wang to help her take revenge.

"Senior sister, you're too kind!"

Lu Qingshan also raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, then said with a smile, "Back when I was a student of yours, you took good care of me!"

"Can that be the same?"

Tongye Wang quickly replied, "Taking care of you back then was just what I, as your senior sister, should do!"

"And this time, you're helping your senior sister avenge me, but you're going to fight that Flying Gun King to the death!"

"It's almost the same!"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied with a smile, "Senior Sister, with my strength, killing that Flying Gun King is still a piece of cake!"

"That's true!"

King Tongye waved again to pour wine for Lu Qingshan, then chuckled and teased, "Now, countless powerful beings throughout our entire human race, and even among the billions of races in the vast universe, are spreading the fame of you, King of Myriad Realms!"

"Even your senior sister will probably benefit a lot from you in the future!"

"It would be wonderful if my senior sister could benefit from this!" Lu Qingshan also raised his cup to invite Tongye Wang to drink together. But just then, he suddenly received an email from his grandmaster, Venerable Yaoguang.

"Grandmaster's email?"

With a thought, a virtual screen appeared in front of Lu Qingshan.

Seeing this, Tongye Wang quickly asked, "Junior brother, is something the matter?"

"It's an email from our grandmaster!"

After reading the email, Lu Qingshan quickly said, "My master told me to go see him right now!"

"Why don't you go now?"

King Tongye quickly said, "Grandmaster summoned you here this time, surely because of your recent fame that has shaken billions of races across the universe. Don't keep him waiting!"

“I’m already on my way!” Lu Qingshan replied quickly.

At the same time, Lu Qingshan, whose consciousness was connected to the virtual universe, had already appeared outside the temple of Venerable Yaoguang halfway up Thunder Island.

"King of All Realms!"

At the palace gate, an immortal-level guard quickly and respectfully said upon seeing Lu Qingshan appear, "The Venerable One is waiting for you inside!"

"Hmm!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then stepped into the palace.

Upon entering the palace hall, Lu Qingshan soon saw Venerable Yaoguang sitting high on the throne.

"Grandmaster!" Lu Qingshan quickly greeted him respectfully.

"The King of All Realms, renowned throughout the universe and among countless races!"

Venerable Yaoguang looked at Lu Qingshan, then smiled and teased, "Congratulations on your fortune!"

"This disciple is just lucky!"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied, "If we hadn't joined forces with the King of the Monument this time, we probably wouldn't have even been able to kill the King of the Hundred Flowers! Even so, most of the spoils were taken by others, and I only managed to get two treasures, one of which was quite ordinary!"

"Two precious treasures and you're still not satisfied?"

Venerable Radiant said irritably, "Even when I was on the Primordial Star, it was very difficult to obtain two powerful treasures!"

"Tell me in detail how much profit you made this time, and how the spoils were distributed?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly recounted the events that had occurred on the extraterritorial battlefield to Venerable Yaoguang.

"That's it……"

Lu Qingshan replied earnestly, "The King of the Monument was quite good to me. I was originally supposed to be allocated 166 treasure points, but the King of the Monument gave me a top-tier treasure armor worth 160 treasure points, as well as that treasure worth 12 treasure points!"

"As for the treasure that King Fengying obtained, it should have been sold to the military system for 300 treasure points, but Venerable Bixin appeared and bought it for 310 treasure points, so I received 93 treasure points!"

"Qingshan, are you confused?!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's explanation, Venerable Yaoguang quickly sighed and said, "Why didn't you ask me when you were distributing the treasures?"

"This……"

After hearing what Venerable Yaoguang said, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Grandmaster, is there anything different about this?"

"Of course it's different!"

Venerable Yaoguang quickly said, "Do you think that Venerable Bixin spent 310 Treasure Points to buy that top-tier treasure spear for his own use? He did it entirely to make money!"

"Make money?" Lu Qingshan was even more puzzled after hearing Venerable Yaoguang's words.

"That's right!"

Venerable Yaoguang quickly explained, "Venerable Bixin uses a sword, and the longsword he wields should be even more valuable than the spear you obtained. How could he possibly buy it for his own use?"

"Your strength was relatively weak before, so you don't know!"

"When the strong members of our human race contribute treasures to the race, if other strong members want to exchange them for these treasures, there is usually a 10% price difference!"

"That means you can get 90 Treasure Points by contributing a Treasure Point to your clan, but others will have to spend 100 Treasure Points to exchange for the same treasure from the treasury!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly after hearing what Venerable Yaoguang said.

Having read the original novel, he naturally knew about this, since Luo Feng had mentioned it when he contributed the treasure.

This is how the strong members of a human group 'contribute' to the group.

The strong would contribute their treasures to their clans at a slightly lower price, and the clans would then offer them to other strong individuals at the normal price.

In this back and forth, the clan can naturally earn some resources, and then use these resources to cultivate the clan's geniuses!
At this moment, Venerable Yaoguang continued, "Like that precious spear you obtained, don't be fooled by the fact that Venerable Bixin spent 310 treasure points to buy it. He can turn around and sell it to other powerful individuals for 320 treasure points or even more!"

"The same goes for the King of Monuments. As for the Primordial Units distributed to our allies, they're even less valuable!"

"You must understand, within our human race, even for a powerful individual like myself, exchanging Treasure Points for Primal Units is easy, but exchanging Primal Units for Treasure Points is extremely difficult!"

"Fortunately, the King of the Monuments must have recognized your strength, which is why he allocated more to you. Otherwise, your gains this time would probably not have been as great as his!"

After saying this, Venerable Yaoguang felt quite helpless.

He has been wandering in the secret realms of the universe for millions of years in order to pay off the debt of more than ten treasure points owed to the Fire God Venerable.

But Lu Qingshan, despite encountering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, simply handed over a benefit worth twenty or thirty treasure points to someone else!
"This……"

After hearing what Venerable Yaoguang said, Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

In fact, he had long known the difference between contributing treasures to the clan and exchanging treasures from the clan's treasury. However, he did not expect that a cosmic overlord like Venerable Radiant Light would care about the price difference of more than ten treasure points.

Venerable Yaoguang had already cultivated for countless years, and after seeing Lu Qingshan's expression, he quickly guessed what he was thinking.

"Qingshan!"

Venerable Yaoguang quickly asked, "Do you think it's not worth it for a powerful figure like me to care about a difference of a dozen or so treasure points?"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.

"Ugh!"

Venerable Yaoguang shook his head slightly, then couldn't help but sigh, "Qingshan, your path of cultivation has been too smooth! So you have no idea how difficult it is to obtain cultivation resources!"

"Let me put it this way! My strength, as your grandmaster, already ranks among the top 100 in the entire human race!"

"Even for me, without the right opportunity, it would take a long time to accumulate enough resources to obtain 100 Treasure Points!"

"Only by encountering some advanced cosmic secret realms, or the opening of primordial stars, is there a chance to obtain a large amount of resources in a short period of time!"

"But high opportunities also mean high risks. If we perish in a dangerous secret realm or on a primordial planet, all the accumulation of the past long years will be wasted, and we will also incur a huge debt to our race due to reversing time and space to revive!"

"If I alone would feel this way, it goes without saying that those high-level, mid-level, or even low-level Cosmic Venerables among my human race would feel the same way!"

"You were extremely lucky to kill the Hundred Flower King this time! The resources you currently possess are already comparable to most of the initial-level universe venerables of our human race!"

"As one of the top races, the human race's cosmic lords are among the most wealthy and powerful at the same level!"

"If it were ordinary clans, like the Golden Horn Clan you visited before, the combined wealth of all their ordinary elders probably wouldn't exceed one hundred treasure points!"

"That top-tier treasure spear only appeared on the extraterrestrial battlefield. Due to the rules of our four peak races, no cosmic venerable dared to trespass!"

"If this were in a secret cosmic realm, it would be very common for several cosmic venerables to perish for it!"

After hearing what Venerable Yaoguang said, Lu Qingshan finally understood how financially strapped some of the weaker Universe Venerables were.

Although he was familiar with the original work, what he saw was only Luo Feng, who possessed several supreme treasures during his time as a World Lord, a top-tier cosmic overlord, and a cosmic overlord with various powerful abilities...

Even the unluckiest among them was the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, who died three times in a row and incurred huge debts.

But in fact, the fact that the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was able to owe so much money itself demonstrates his strength.

Even among the human race, many cosmic venerables are no match for the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom.

Even among the human race, those mid-level or even low-level universe venerables probably don't live as carefree a life as one might imagine, let alone the universe venerables of ordinary or even weaker races.

Thinking about all this, Lu Qingshan felt quite emotional.

After all, he didn't have the talent of Luo Feng in the original work. Even if he had the strength to be invincible as a king, after breaking through to the realm of the Universe Venerable, he would at most be a mid-level Universe Venerable.

At that time, I'm afraid I'll be just as strapped for cash as those ordinary Venerables in a short period of time!
　Seventeen thousand words, I racked my brains, and I almost died from exhaustion.
　　Please take a closer look, because each of these little stories is something I've been thinking about for a long time.

　　For example, the Golden Horn tribe spent over a thousand years building a sacred monument. How much is that sacred monument worth?
　　There's also the first king of the Golden Horn Clan, the Immortal, who is actually the guardian of the Holy Monument in the original work.

　　There's also the King of the Monuments. The Venerable Monuments also appeared in the original work. I wonder if anyone knows where he is.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)