Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 217 Guidance from Venerable Radiance
"Qingshan!"

Just as various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, Venerable Yaoguang continued, "You've already been very lucky to have obtained a treasure worth over two hundred treasure points in one go!"

"You're unlikely to encounter such good fortune again for a long time to come!"

"So you must remember this lesson, and next time you have such an opportunity, you must think it through more carefully!"

"Disciple understands!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, but then couldn't help but say, "Grandmaster, I have heard that after entering the realm of the Universe Venerable, everyone is required to contribute to the clan. If everyone trades in private, how can they contribute to the clan?"

"You little rascal, you know quite a lot!"

Venerable Yaoguang smiled and glanced at Lu Qingshan, inwardly expressing his approval.

Although Lu Qingshan's strength is not very strong at present, his willingness to consider contributing to the clan naturally shows that he is a grateful person.

However, he still needed to explain things clearly to Lu Qingshan to prevent Lu Qingshan from taking any detours in the future.

"After reaching the realm of Cosmic Venerables, everyone should indeed contribute to the race!"

Venerable Radiant nodded slightly, then continued, "However, besides contributing treasures to the clan's treasury, there are many other ways to contribute, such as guarding a region for the clan, serving as the head of certain departments, governing a cosmic kingdom, or cultivating geniuses for the clan, etc..."

"Furthermore, why do you think our human race is one of the top races? Isn't it because we have the Giant Axe Founder, the strongest being in the universe, standing at the very pinnacle of the universe?"

"Let me put it this way: the contribution that the Giant Axe Founder made to my human race alone exceeds the combined contributions of all the other powerful beings in my human race!"

"And the contributions of those universe lords to their race far exceed those of the universe venerables within the race!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but nod slightly.

He was aware of this matter. After all, in the original story, the founder of the Giant Axe fell and humanity faced an unprecedented crisis. At that time, the Lord of Chaos City once said that most of the treasures of the clan's peak domain level were contributed by the founder of the Giant Axe alone!

In the later part of the original work, Luo Feng single-handedly raised the value of the treasures in the human race's treasury to several levels, and even had many True God-level treasures (which are now known as the most powerful treasures in the universe)!
Therefore, the contribution of a super strong individual to their race is absolutely astonishing.

At this moment, Venerable Yaoguang quickly continued, "Moreover, for the strong, treasures are valued for their quality, not their quantity!"

"Some treasures of relatively low value may be able to circulate among the universe venerables within the clan."

"But those precious treasures are very difficult for even a Cosmic Venerable to obtain on their own, so they can only exchange them in the clan's treasury!"

"To exchange for these precious treasures, you must have enough contribution points! And it's difficult to accumulate enough contribution points by simply exchanging treasures with other Universe Venerables. After all, not every treasure you obtain will be needed by a Universe Venerable. So you'll still have to contribute the treasures to the clan's treasury!"

"Just like your grandmaster, I also accumulated a lot of treasures over the past period of time. However, in order to exchange for a high-grade treasure armor from the clan's treasury, I naturally had to contribute the treasures I had to the clan in order to obtain enough treasure points and precious treasure points to buy that high-grade treasure armor!"

"And those two treasures you were assigned this time, the top-tier treasure armor should be needed by a Universe Venerable, but as for the treasure weapon worth twelve treasure points, I guess nobody needs it!"

"After all, the cosmic venerables within the clan don't think much of you, and if you were to bestow such a title upon a disciple at the king level, it would be too precious, and probably not many people would be willing to part with it. So in the end, you can only contribute it to the clan's treasury!"

"So that's it!"

After listening to Venerable Yaoguang's words, Lu Qingshan finally gained some understanding of these matters.

If the treasury of the race is a large trading platform that encompasses everything, then each cosmic venerable is like a small vendor, with each person having extremely limited goods.

If they can find someone to buy their treasures, they can trade directly. But if they can't find anyone, they will need to rely on the power of a trading platform!

The clan's treasure vault also contains precious treasures that they need. If they want to buy them, they must have enough Treasure Points, or even Supreme Treasure Points!
Furthermore, since treasures obtained from the clan's treasury cannot be traded privately, the clan's higher-ups wouldn't care if powerful individuals secretly traded the treasures they obtained through their own efforts.

"correct!"

Venerable Yaoguang asked, "Qingshan, what are your plans next?"

"After all, with your current strength, it's no longer suitable for you to venture into that extraterrestrial battlefield. Otherwise, other factions would probably send invincible king-level experts to the extraterrestrial battlefield as well!"

"Even if they don't join forces against you, they will probably still hunt down the strong members of our human faction!"

“Disciple understands!” Lu Qingshan replied quickly.

Among the many powerful figures who ventured into the outer battlefields, the strongest were only at the level of the Monument King and the Fire Phoenix King. This could be considered an unspoken rule of the outer battlefields.

Under normal circumstances, even if some great treasures appear in the extraterritorial battlefield, it is rare for a powerful expert at the King-level to rush over.

Just like the scene in the original work where the star was born, no truly invincible king appeared.

However, the treasure that appeared this time was quite precious, being a top-tier treasure, which is why it attracted the attention of many invincible kings.

Since Lu Qingshan had not previously demonstrated the strength of an invincible king, no one would say anything about his adventures on the outer battlefield.

Now that his strength has been exposed, venturing into the outer battlefields would make him an easy target for the other three major opposing factions.

Even if those invincible kings from the opposing faction couldn't do anything to him, he could easily slaughter the other invincible kings from the human faction.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly replied, "This disciple plans to go to Chaos City to cultivate in seclusion for a period of time, striving to break through to the level of Universe Venerable as soon as possible!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's answer, Venerable Yaoguang nodded slightly.

"That's a good idea!"

Venerable Radiant Light said again, "You have gained a lot this time, there is absolutely no need for you to venture into those cosmic secret realms again!"

"After all, most of the secret realms in the universe contain unknown dangers. With your current strength, there is still a high chance that you will perish if you go there!"

"Although you have the ability to create clones, it would be a great loss for you if you lost the treasures you carry!"

"Disciple understands!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then continued, "Grandmaster, the top-tier treasure armor I was assigned this time is of spatial attribute, which does not match my attributes. Therefore, I would like to exchange it for a top-tier treasure armor of time attribute. Please help me, Grandmaster!"

"You want to change your armor?"

Venerable Yaoguang frowned slightly, then quickly said, "Qingshan, with such a great harvest this time, you could have spent these treasure points elsewhere!"

Upon hearing Venerable Yaoguang's words, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred.

You should know that Venerable Radiant Light has lived for countless years, so his advice is definitely more reliable than his own ideas.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly and respectfully said, "Please enlighten me, Grandmaster!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon seeing this, Venerable Yaoguang immediately smiled and said, "Even if you hadn't asked, I would still have reminded you!"

"Qingshan, you possess the ability to create clones. If you want to improve your strength, you will naturally be very different from other powerful individuals!"

"Other powerful individuals who want to improve their strength by relying on resources mostly replace their treasures with more precious ones, such as replacing their heavy armor with top-tier heavy armor, or their heavy weapons with top-tier heavy weapons!"

"But with your current strength, as long as you don't break through to the Cosmic Venerable realm, there isn't much difference between using a heavy treasure armor and a top-tier heavy treasure armor!"

"Since you possess the ability to create clones, the best way to increase your strength is still to improve the level of your own life genes!"

"Enhance one's own life gene level?" Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback. "That's right!"

Venerable Radiant Light continued with a smile, "Since you have an avatar, it's definitely the most worthwhile thing for you to improve your own life gene level!"

"If you purchase precious treasures, you will lose them if you perish! But if you choose to enhance your life gene level, even if you perish due to an accident, your life gene level will not decrease as long as you can create a clone again!"

"Like the Undying Venerable in the Giant Axe Arena, he has already paid an astonishing price to raise his own life gene level to eighty times that of ordinary life in the universe. Even if he uses ordinary treasures now, his strength is still very good among high-level universe venerables!"

"So even if his clone perishes, the loss to him won't be too great; he'll just need to spend some time regenerating the clone!"

"Of course, if you want to improve your own life gene level, the price you have to pay will definitely be greater than exchanging for a top-level treasure, but it's still worth it for you!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred.

The suggestion of Venerable Yaoguang is actually similar to his previous strategy of putting the spoils of war into his divine kingdom when he was at the Marquis level and was venturing into the outer battlefields.

He was able to avoid significant losses after being killed by those powerful alien races precisely because he stored many spoils of war in his divine kingdom.

Choosing to improve one's own genetic level is naturally based on the same principle.

only……

"Master!"

Lu Qingshan quickly asked, "The cost of upgrading one's life gene level should be relatively small, right? When I fused Blood Crystal and Beast God's Blood to upgrade my life gene level to ten times that of ordinary life in the universe, it only cost me a few hundred billion Chaos Units of wealth, which is far less than a First-Grade Treasure Point!"

"That's because you fused with Blood Crystal!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Venerable Yaoguang also exclaimed, "Blood Crystal is absolutely the most suitable treasure for us flesh and blood beings to enhance our life gene level!"

"The only things that can rival it are the blood crystals of other naturally born beast gods, such as the Light Crystal!"

"However, relying on Blood Crystals and the Blood of the Beast God to enhance one's life gene level places extremely high demands on oneself!"

"For the strong among our human race, there are three levels to fusing Blood Crystal and the Blood of the Beast God:"

The first method is to fuse three Blood Crystals or the Blood of the Beast God, which can double one's own life gene level.
The second method is to fuse ten Blood Crystals or the Blood of the Beast God, which can increase one's life gene level tenfold.
The third method involves fusing one hundred Blood Crystals or the blood of a Beast God, which can elevate one's life genetic level to the limit allowed by the laws of the universe—one hundred times greater!

"But ever since our human race killed the Beast God of Heavenly Gold and obtained the Blood Crystal, the number of strong individuals who can rely on the Blood Crystal and the blood of the Beast God to raise their life gene level to the limit of a hundredfold is extremely limited. They are even rarer than peerless geniuses like the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, who appear only once every tens of millions of epochs!"

"Because to improve one's own life gene level in this way, there are extremely high requirements for a certain aspect of the body of the person being fused with!"

"Don't be fooled by how easily you fused with the blood of the Beast God to upgrade your life gene level; that's because you had already fused with enough Blood Crystals beforehand!"

"Under normal circumstances, if one has never fused with Blood Crystal, it is impossible to fuse with the Blood of the Beast God;
If one can fuse with a Blood Crystal, one can use the blood of the Beast God to double one's life gene level.
If one can fuse three Blood Crystals, one can basically use the blood of the Beast God to raise one's own life gene level to ten times its original level.
"But among the powerful individuals in my human race who can elevate their life's genetic level to a hundredfold limit by fusing with the blood of the Beast God, as far as I know, at least thirteen Blood Crystals have been fused with!"

"As you probably know, fusing three Blood Crystals makes one a Blood Warrior, and fusing ten Blood Crystals makes one a Black Warrior!"

"For the super geniuses of my human race, fusing three Blood Crystals is not too rare; dozens of them appear in every era. But those who can fuse ten Blood Crystals to become Black Warriors are already legends among my human race, let alone fusing thirteen Blood Crystals!"

"The last powerful being in our human race who relied on the fusion of Blood Crystal and Beast God's blood to raise the level of life genes to the limit of a hundredfold was Venerable Xiu Ming more than a hundred billion epochs ago. Now, Venerable Xiu Ming is also one of the universe overlords of the universe's number one bank!"

"Aside from Blood Crystal and Beast God's Blood, other treasures that enhance the level of life genes are much more precious! Moreover, the higher the level of life genes, the more precious the treasures required!"

"You are still an immortal god, so the cost of upgrading your life gene level is slightly lower than that of a cosmic venerable!"

"Your current life gene level is ten times that of ordinary life in the universe. According to my estimate, if you spend over one hundred treasure points, you can raise your life gene level to about twenty times that of ordinary life in the universe!"

"Although this won't significantly improve your strength, it's still worthwhile since you have the ability to create clones!"

After hearing this, Lu Qingshan finally understood why most of the other powerful individuals would choose to exchange resources for treasures.

One hundred treasure points are enough for him to exchange for a top-tier treasure-level longsword, which would allow him to increase his strength five times or even ten times over.
However, if used to enhance one's own life gene level, it can only be increased to twice the original level!
With such a significant difference, those powerful individuals without clones would naturally be more willing to purchase precious treasures to enhance their strength.

"Qingshan, don't feel like you're losing out by doing this!"

Venerable Radiant Light continued, "Although the price to increase strength by raising the level of life genes is higher, it is still worthwhile for you who have the ability to create clones!"

"Once you fall a few more times, you'll understand the benefits!"

Hearing what Venerable Yaoguang said, Lu Qingshan was speechless.

What does it mean to understand after falling a few more times?

Couldn't he have avoided his fate?

However, even though he was so careful during his immortality stage, he still fell so many times!

Once they break through to become Universe Venerables, they will inevitably have to fight against those powerful alien races for precious treasures, and the number of times they perish may be even greater!

However, since he possesses the endless divine sea clones, he doesn't need to spend a long time restoring his own divine power!
Compared to those powerful beings whose clones are not very large, this is quite a rare advantage!
Therefore, it is indeed very suitable for him to spend more resources to improve his life gene level.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly asked, "Grandmaster, if I use all of my gains from this trip, how much can I raise my life gene level?"

"That's not necessary!"

Seeing that Lu Qingshan intended to improve his life gene level, Venerable Yaoguang quickly said, "If you want to increase your life gene level from ten times to twenty times, spending 100 Treasure Points should be enough!"

"To increase the level of life genes from twenty times to forty times, it would probably cost five or six hundred treasure points!"

"If it's the realm of a Universe Venerable, the resources required would probably be even greater! Even your grandmaster's current life gene level is only equivalent to eighty times that of an ordinary life form in the universe!"

"Among my human race, those who can raise their life gene level to twenty times are mostly high-level universe venerables. Even if you become a universe venerable in the future, it will be enough for you in the short term!"

"Disciple understands!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said, "It would be very difficult for me to purchase those precious treasures with my current level of authority, so I would appreciate it if you could help me buy them!"

"It's easy!"

Venerable Yaoguang quickly smiled and said, "After you return from the battlefield outside the domain, just send those two treasures you have to my residence on the company headquarters continent!"

"I will help you obtain the most suitable treasure for you to enhance your life gene level!"

"Thank you, Grandmaster!" Lu Qingshan quickly bowed and expressed his gratitude.

"All right!"

Venerable Radiant Light quickly waved his hand and said, "Go and attend to your own business now. Just remember to get your clone out of the extraterritorial battlefield as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Grandmaster!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded respectfully.

“Go!” said Venerable Radiant Light.

"Disciple retire!"

After saying this, Lu Qingshan quickly and respectfully withdrew from Venerable Yaoguang's residence.

(End of this chapter)