Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 71 The Treasure Pavilion's Big Business

Is Hokun Salo negotiating peace?

A decade or two ago, Lu Qingshan might have considered it.

Now he has broken through to the realm of world lord and has also gained a Ghost King clone.

If he then bestows the spaceships he has purchased upon others, he only needs to return one peak E-class spaceship, which can temporarily withstand the attack of the Immortal Army Lord, then Kunsala will pose little threat to him.

Lu Qingshan's movement technique, "Lightning Flash," has been cultivated to the third perfect level, consisting of 108 time illusions.

Kunsala, who has just broken through to immortality, is impossible to deal with in a short time. All he needs to do is enter the spaceship and he can leave without a care in the world.

This is only the real person.

The situation with the One-Horned Demon King is even simpler.

If the time acceleration technique were applied to himself, even Khun Sa Lo might not be able to catch up with him!

If the ultimate move of the Time Cycle is unleashed when pushed to the limit, Kunsala might not perish, but his divine body will certainly suffer severe damage.

Lu Qingshan plans to release the Ghost King's clone; now, the ones who should be worried are Kunsala and his Treasure Pavilion.

……

Time flies, another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

"Lei Ming, Paris, your plant life has been cultivated to the ninth level of the universe. Your master will give you another gift."

Lu Qingshan took out two space rings containing D-class mechanical race spaceships and handed them to them.

One of the two spaceships was purchased in a public area, and the other was a gift from his father-in-law before his departure.

With Lu Qingshan's current level of skill, a D-class spaceship is far from meeting his needs.

Fortunately, this first ship might have additional bonuses; the D-class Mech Race ship meets the conditions for being granted...

……

He sent the two disciples away.

Lu Qingshan then went to Lingyu's place.

"Lingyu, after you participate in the Genius Battle, you will definitely join the Virtual Universe Company. There's nothing I can do to help you, so consider this spaceship a gift from me. I hope it can help you in your future growth."

As he wasn't a direct disciple, his status was illegitimate, and aside from the unicorn horn, which was supposedly given to him, Lu Qingshan hadn't bestowed anything else upon Ling Yu—this was the first time...

"Teacher, this gift is so precious!"

Lingyu also has a spaceship, but it's only a D-class spaceship. She can tell that the spaceship Lu Qingshan gave her is at least an E-class spaceship.

"Consider it an investment from your teacher. Once you enter the core of the Virtual Universe Company, as long as you don't perish, you'll likely surpass your teacher. When you hold great power, you can repay your teacher."

Lu Qingshan didn't allow her to refuse any further. After handing her the ring containing the spaceship, he turned and left.

Back to the villa

Lu Qingshan checked his haul.

Two D-class mechanical race spaceships, with a 100-fold return, yielded two E6-class spaceships, which was slightly less than Lu Qingshan had expected.

However, even the E6 spaceship is something that few world lords can obtain. The standard model in the virtual universe is only E5 level, and the price is about 9 mixed units.

This E6-class spaceship is perfect for human beings to use... it suits their status without being ostentatious.

As for the other one...

Lu Qingshan's gaze lingered on the colossal, silver, pyramid-like structure within his own realm's master world.

The Mechanical Race's E-class spaceship is far more powerful than the E9-class spaceships produced by the Virtual Universe Company, and is a treasure that many Immortal Military Lords dream of.

Its value...

It is approximately 2000 mixed units.

This price might be a little less than a thousandfold return, but Lu Qingshan quickly noticed something different about this spaceship.

Inside the core control room of the spaceship, there is a special space that is 10 meters long, wide, and high. This space is made of F9-grade natural ore and can easily resist the material attacks of immortal powerhouses.

Even in the face of damage that the spaceship could not withstand, this space can effectively protect the control bay and the spaceship pilot, allowing them to escape at an accelerated pace...

The value of this space is probably much higher than that of the entire spaceship.

Lu Qingshan understood the system's operation. The peak of E-class was already the limit. Even the lowest F-class spaceship had tens or hundreds of thousands of Chaos Yuan, which was not within the scope of the return.

Besides, everything produced by the system is of high quality...

Those barely F-grade junk items are probably not presentable either. This makes much more sense.

"Nasus, can you pilot this E-class Mech spaceship?"

Lu Qingshan asked a question.

All other spaceships are equipped with intelligence, except for the mechanical race's spaceships, because the mechanical race themselves are intelligent life forms, and they can operate their spaceships more smoothly than any other intelligence.

“Yes, I can create a level-two AI to act as the spaceship's pilot,”

Nasus's image appeared on the screen of the Mech Race ship; he would soon be able to take control of this completely new ship.

"Disguise the ship's class and downgrade it to Class D."

Following Lu Qingshan's command.

The spaceship's appearance has changed significantly; it's much smaller now, and its metallic exterior has been camouflaged.

This is the advantage of the mechanical race's spaceship; it can be easily disguised. Even Lu Qingshan couldn't tell the difference between this spaceship and the D-class spaceship he had previously given to his disciples just by looking at it.

"Nasus, familiarize yourself with the ship's operation. It won't be long before your secondary clone leaves with the ship."

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Treasure Pavilion, Qianwu Continent.

Since taking the dragon blood bodhi seeds from the shop last time, Khunsarok has never come back again.

He continued to instruct his men to closely monitor Lu Qingshan's movements.

The top floor of the Treasure Pavilion.

The Demon Lord's eyes flashed with cold light: "That Lu Qingshan went out again yesterday, but returned in less than half an hour. That guy is like an eel, so slippery!"

He could understand Lu Qingshan being watched by an immortal god... If it were him, he would never leave the Qianwu Secret Realm either.

"It'll be soon, it'll be soon... I've sent people to investigate every star region of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. The next target for investigation is the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region. I refuse to believe that guy just appeared out of thin air!"

"Once we find his hometown and capture his relatives and children, we'll see if he dares to hide and refuse to meet anyone again."

"Master, there is an important transaction on the first floor that requires your personal confirmation."

The voice of the intelligent life form Sally interrupted his thoughts.

"A major transaction?"

The Demon Lord wore a joyful expression.

Transactions that generally require his confirmation involve at least five Mixed Yuan Units, and if he were to personally go downstairs to confirm them, the amount would likely be several times that.

Treasure Pavilion seems to be doing well lately, which is a good sign!
He arrived downstairs quickly.

"You're the one who wants to order Obsidian Mother, and you need a quantity of one hundred Chaos Units?"

Obsidian is an E9 grade natural ore, suitable for forging weapons, manufacturing spaceships, etc., and is considered a relatively common type of ore.

"That's right... Surely your Treasure Pavilion doesn't have any?"

The powerful realm lord opposite, whose body was covered by armor and only his eyes were visible, snorted coldly.

"Esteemed guest, while this obsidian is indeed precious, our Treasure Pavilion still has some in stock. However, it will take some time to transfer it to headquarters before we can trade with you..."

"how long will it takes?"

"The ore is in a very remote warehouse, and it will take about three months. However, the transportation costs are very high, so we need to confirm that you will definitely buy it."

"I'll give you a deposit. Is one Hunyuan enough?"

"Yes, one Chaos Origin is more than enough to cover our transportation costs!"

The Demon Lord smiled and ordered his men to bring out the finest wine.

As fellow realm lords, he didn't want to pry into the other's background. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they signed a contract... The armored realm lord paid a deposit of one Chaos Unit.

"Immediately notify the warehouse on Black Orchid Star to ship all the obsidian mother stones to headquarters."

The Lord of the Demon Realm issued the order.

This was a very big deal, and he dared not be negligent.

(End of this chapter)