Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 225 The Second Supreme Treasure: The Palace

The Wonderful Pavilion, in that vast space.

The majestic mountain body of the Lord of Tongling lay sprawled on the ground, while the enormous pupil in the center of the mountain revealed a complex expression of incomparable grief and indignation, yet also fear.

He was a special life form conceived in the early days of the universe, and later broke through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe.

With his immense divine body and extraordinary treasures, he was considered extremely powerful among all the lords of the universe.

However, at this moment, he has become someone else's prisoner, enduring such humiliation. If he had even a single clone, he would absolutely rather abandon the massive divine body of his main war form and a large number of treasures, and would immediately choose to self-destruct.

However, he did not.
But this cycle of reincarnation is still incredibly long away from ending, and he is still hoping to seize the opportunity to become the strongest in the universe, so he is naturally unwilling to perish.

"That despicable Master of the Wonderful Encounters Pavilion, has he gone mad from cultivating? He captured me, and instead of letting me serve as a henchman for humans, he's forcing me to become his disciple. Are all human thoughts this strange?"

"Never mind, let's just pretend to comply with him for now. What's wrong with calling him 'teacher' a few times? Let's get through this first and see what tricks he's up to."

"Those demon race bastards, I fought for them, and now that I'm trapped in the hands of humans, they've simply abandoned me. They deserve to die!"

While the Lord of Tongling was secretly furious, Qi Yuan smiled faintly as he checked the attribute panel of the 'disciple' he had just taken in.

Name: Tongling

[Race: Tongling]

[Realm: Master of Laws]

[Attributes: Earth, Space, Time]

[Cultivation Style: Martial Artist]

[Base return rate: 78x]

"78 times. The Lord of Tongling's aptitude is not bad."

Qi Yuan secretly praised him, then turned to the Lord of Tongling and smiled faintly, saying, "Tongling."

"A serendipitous encounter. Old, um, teacher."

The Lord of Tongling responded somewhat awkwardly.

"Haha, good disciple."

Qi Yuan completely disregarded his feelings, instead laughing quite happily.

"Now that you've joined my sect, I'll naturally give you a small gift. Tell me, what treasures do you possess, and what are you still lacking?"

"A priceless treasure? What is this human up to?"

The Lord of Tongling was puzzled, but still spoke up.
"I possess a top-tier divine hammer, a top-tier armor, and a top-tier domain treasure called 'Floating Mountain and Sea.' Some of these were bestowed upon me by the Demon Alliance to win me over, while others were obtained through countless years of accumulated contributions."

"As for what's missing?"

The Lord of Tongling said directly, "A better palace treasure, a soul treasure. Although I am a special life form 'Tongling,' I still have a soul. Moreover, I lack a suitable shield, and preferably a heavy battle axe and a spear. My body is huge, and my four arms can wield different weapons to unleash my full combat power. These must all be at least at the level of top-tier treasures."

Are you making a wish to me?

Hearing the Lord of Tongling's string of words, Qi Yuan interrupted directly, "These treasures you want, how many universe lords in the entire primordial universe have such a configuration?"

"Hmph, human, you asked me what I lack. If you can't provide it, don't spout nonsense!" The Lord of Tongling snorted.

"What did you call me?"

Qi Yuan glanced at him.

"You, you're awful, teacher, teacher, is that enough?"

The Lord of Tongling roared, "Please, Master, bestow upon me more treasures, so that I may better serve you!"

"Haha, trying to provoke me?"

Qi Yuan chuckled inwardly.

I'm afraid you won't have any needs; the more needs you have, the more useful you will be to me!

"I don't have any suitable treasures for the other ones you requested at the moment, but I do have one treasure from this palace."

As he spoke, Qi Yuan simply raised his hand and flipped it over, and a small, ice-blue palace instantly appeared in his palm.

The moment the Lord of Tongling saw this small palace, his enormous eyes trembled slightly:

"The Ice Emperor's Palace?"

He instantly recognized that small palace as the 'Ice Emperor Palace' that the Zerg Lord of Forbidden Waves had always carried on his back.

This Ice Emperor Palace is a palace-type treasure of the highest level!
"What does this human mean?"

Just as the Lord of Tongling was slightly puzzled, he saw Qi Yuan casually toss the exquisite, dark blue palace, the 'Ice Emperor Palace,' which instantly transformed into a stream of light and flew down towards him.

Qi Yuan smiled and nodded at the Lord of Tongling: "I will find a way to solve the other treasures for you later. This Ice Emperor Palace has barely reached the level of a peak treasure, so I will give it to you as a gift for now."

"..." Seeing this extremely abnormal scene before him, the Lord of Tongling fell into a brief silence.

"What do you mean? I was just playing along with this human's act, and he actually took it seriously? He really considers me his disciple?"

"Even a true disciple wouldn't just give away a supreme treasure like a palace like that, right? Something's not right. This human must have some special purpose."

"Are they trying to make me show up with the Ice Emperor's Palace, inciting hatred from the Zerg and thus solidifying my stance on humanity? Or are they certain they won't let me out and are just toying with me? But there's really no point in doing that."

"Tongling disciple, why haven't you accepted it yet? Are you too overjoyed?"

Qi Yuan looked at the Lord of Tongling with a half-smile.

The leader of Tongling, who was being watched, quickly made a decision.

"Who cares? I'm already in his hands anyway, how much worse can my situation get? I might as well take advantage of this opportunity! If I ever get a chance to leave, with this supreme treasure palace in hand, I can venture into the depths of the three most dangerous places in the universe. If I get some special opportunities to improve myself, what will the struggle between the four major races have to do with me then!"

Thinking this, the Lord of Tongling extended a wisp of divine power, directly drawing the exquisite 'Ice Emperor Palace,' which was entirely ice-blue, into his own mountain body. At the same time, the life imprint was quickly imprinted to complete the recognition of the master.

After completing all this, he gave Qi Yuan a lukewarm hum and said, "Thank you for bestowing this treasure."

As he spoke, his huge single eye looked at Qi Yuan, wanting to see what other tricks he had up his sleeve.

“Tongling disciple, your heart is not sincere,” Qi Yuan stared at the master of Tongling and suddenly said in a low voice.

"What...does that mean?" The Lord of Tongling felt a jolt in his heart, wondering what this despicable human was up to now.

However, to his surprise, the human did not do anything special after saying that.

"My disciple Tongling, you should cultivate diligently in this Enlightenment Space. Your master will find a way to gather the remaining treasures for you. Oh, and from now on, you will begin to try cultivating the 'Way of Earth and Void Beast Gods.' I will send you a batch of cultivation manuals related to the Way of Beast Gods in a little while, which you can refer to and study."

After quickly giving instructions to the Lord of Tongling, Qi Yuan's figure disappeared from this space without any hesitation.

Long after his departure, the Lord of Tongling remained in a state of bewilderment, unsure how to express it.

"What on earth is this human doing? Calling me 'disciple' and 'master' all the time, and even giving me priceless treasures and ancient texts, is he really taking this role too seriously? Does he really think he's my teacher?"

"You want me to cultivate the path of the Beast Gods? Those eight Beast Gods are only at the level of Universe Lords. How can cultivating their path help me!"

"What is their purpose? What exactly is this human's purpose? These despicable humans, each one so cunning, they must have some ulterior motive. What is it?"

Qi Yuan's behavior, which defied all common sense, left the Lord of Tongling completely baffled.

At this moment, confusion, worry, entanglement, and restlessness were swirling in his mind, making it difficult for even the Lord of the Universe to calm down.

At the same moment, in another space within the Qiyuan Tower, Qi Yuan was examining a newly acquired item.

"It seems that forcing things doesn't work. This Tongling didn't even trigger a single critical hit reward. He's far inferior to the disciples I've personally trained!"

"Fortunately, at least they did contribute one of the most powerful treasures to me."

Qi Yuan's consciousness probed into the system space and instantly saw that incomparably majestic, exquisite blue palace covered with endless starlight.

[Heavenly Dou Palace: A supreme treasure palace of true god level, possessing extremely strong illusionary, sealing, and defensive powers.]

"Even the most ordinary supreme treasure palace would be sufficient in the primordial universe era, but such a true god-level supreme treasure palace would definitely suffice."

Qi Yuan briefly assessed the situation and then made arrangements.

"Let's give this supreme treasure to Shangqing's clone for now. With this powerful treasure palace, Shangqing's clone can venture more confidently into dangerous areas of the spaceship, and the probability of obtaining unexpected gains will greatly increase."

With a thought, the Heavenly Dou Palace, which had been residing in the system space, vanished instantly. When it reappeared, it was already in the hands of the Shangqing clone, far away in the cosmic sea.
For the next period of time, Qi Yuan seemed to have temporarily forgotten about the Lord of Tongling.

After all, although the Lord of Tongling outwardly submitted, he must have been wary of him. Giving too many gifts right away would be inefficient.

It would be better to leave him out for a while, then properly 'train' him so that he can become a better 'tool' and make a greater contribution to you.

Therefore, after sending some cultivation manuals to the Qiyuan Tower to assist in studying the Path of the Beast God, Qi Yuan's attention was temporarily diverted, and his main body once again went to the Primordial Star to explore.

He was extremely curious about the secrets hidden behind the Primal Star. His previous operation against him by the three major races had been interrupted, but now that everything had been dealt with, he naturally wanted to continue exploring the secrets of the Primal Star.

Since the last battle, his fame has spread throughout the entire primordial universe, and many forces have been collecting information about him extensively. Naturally, things like his appearance are no longer a secret.

Now that he has reappeared on the original planet, he has naturally attracted the attention of countless forces and powerful individuals.

Even with their attention, no powerful force or individual dared to provoke him again.

After all, this person is now a powerful figure on par with several of the top universe lords in the original universe, such as the Chaos City Lord of the Human Race and the Star River Lord of the Northern Frontier Alliance.

Even the three major races suffered great losses at his hands. The nine universe lords he sent were all wiped out in one battle by him, together with the Chaos City Lord and the Dragon Lord. With such ferocity, who would dare to provoke him?

Sometimes, when they unexpectedly encounter him while vying for certain treasures, most powerful individuals will voluntarily retreat, which is considered giving him ample face.

Therefore, Qi Yuan's time on the original planet was quite leisurely.

In these leisurely days, time slips away quietly.

On this day, however, a piece of news that greatly excited Qi Yuan arrived.

(End of this chapter)