In the cultivation holy land of the human race in the universe, Chaos City, inside the lounge of an inconspicuous cultivation residence.
Luo Feng sat on a chair, lowering his head as he read the book that the black-robed envoy had given him earlier. There was a passage in the book that read:
“Those who can break through the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge are all true elites of our human race, Grandmaster-level existences among the Immortals. They can directly obtain permanent residency in Chaos City, and can establish sects in Chaos City, recruit disciples, give lectures and teach others. They are highly respected!”
“As for cultivators who come to Chaos City, anyone who passes the third level of the Heavenly Bridge can go and attend lectures.”
“You can attend the lectures of any Grandmaster.”
“However, if you wish to become the disciple of a particular Grandmaster, then the first lecture you attend must be held under that Grandmaster, as a sign of respect, and you must then request to become their disciple! If that Grandmaster agrees, then you will have successfully become their disciple.”
“Remember this!”
“Unless you have no intention of becoming a disciple, if you wish to become the disciple of someone, your first lecture must be under that person. This is a form of respect.”
……
After reading this passage, Luo Feng finally understood why the black-robed envoy had said that the first lecture was so important.
“Become a disciple?” Luo Feng frowned slightly.
“Becoming a disciple is a good thing, Luo Feng. Anyone who can give lectures in Chaos City is a Grandmaster among the Immortals, and all of them are at the level of Kings,” Babata exclaimed excitedly. “When you’re still weak, having a super powerhouse teach you is incredibly important. For example… if King Zhen Yan hadn’t reminded you to study ‘Floating Blood’, you probably would have taken the same detours as ordinary cultivators.”
“I already have a teacher.” Luo Feng felt somewhat conflicted.
“No problem!”
Babata did not care. “The powerful beings of the universe have extremely long lifespans. Perhaps you’ll have one teacher when you’re at the Planetary level, another when you’re at the Universe level, and yet another when you become a World Lord. Different levels of strength give you different perspectives, and you need different teachers at different stages. It’s perfectly normal for a powerful being to have dozens of teachers.”
“Oh?” Luo Feng nodded gently.
……
This was how things worked in the universe. Among those who could rank within the top 1,000 in the Universe Peak Genius Battle, how many did not have teachers? Yet if these geniuses learned that a Universe Country Lord wanted to accept them as disciples, they would certainly be thrilled. Back then, when Rong Jun became a disciple of the Yuancheng Universe Country Lord, many people were envious.
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“Who should I choose?” Luo Feng looked at the information on the eighteen Grandmasters of the Nine Universe lineage in the book.
All of them were Grandmasters, Grandmasters among the Immortals!
They were far stronger than his previous teacher, the Master of the Yun Mo Planet. The Master of the Yun Mo Planet could barely reach the level of an Immortal Marquis, while these Grandmasters were all extremely powerful even among Immortal Kings. Many of their disciples were Immortal existences!
“Who should I choose?”
“Who should I choose?”
Luo Feng muttered to himself. He quickly finished reading the information on all eighteen Grandmasters.
“Mm, there are eighteen Grandmasters in the Nine Universe lineage in Chaos City. Among these eighteen Grandmasters, four belong to the Virtual Universe Company. They are Flame Dragon King, King Zhen Yan, Thousand Illusions King, and Sword Emperor King. Every one of them sounds terrifying.”
“Flame Dragon King? I’ve seen him fight!” Babata shouted excitedly. “Back then, your teacher and I entered a universe secret realm. After going through countless dangers, we broke into a planet enveloped by an icy current. I personally witnessed Flame Dragon King directly transform into a star within that icy current, enveloping dozens of Immortals and burning them to ashes. They died beyond any doubt!”
“Transform into a star?” Luo Feng was startled.
“It was even more terrifying than a real star! For an Immortal existence, destroying a star is incredibly easy, but the star that Flame Dragon King transformed into… was far hotter than a real star. With a single move, he killed dozens of Immortals. Two of them were Immortals of the human race, while the others were Immortals from the Machine Race and other races. Flame Dragon King… is an incredibly, incredibly terrifying figure.”
“Oh?” Luo Feng held his breath.
“Even that bastard who killed your teacher back then would not have been able to withstand a single move from him. I never expected him to be giving lectures in Chaos City now.” Babata sighed emotionally.
“Flame Dragon, Thousand Illusions, Sword Emperor, Zhen Yan.” Luo Feng looked at the information on the four of them, a trace of yearning in his eyes.
Most of the cultivators in Chaos City were divided into five major factions, the Virtual Universe Company, the Giant Axe Battle Arena, the First Universal Bank, the Universe Galaxy Bank, and the Universe Mercenary Alliance. Only a very small number of cultivators were unaffiliated and had no factional background.
Inside a residence.
“Haha, Sword Emperor, don’t be too confident.” The ape-man burly man, King Zhen Yan, laughed heartily.
“Just look at yourselves.” A man dressed in purple battle armour, with a golden battle sword constantly strapped to his back, laughed loudly. “The three of you, one is an ape-man, one is a dragon-man, and one is gloomy-looking all day long… But me, me, Sword Emperor, look the most similar to a human from Earth. If he doesn’t choose me, who else will he choose?”
“Sword Emperor, accepting a disciple has nothing to do with appearance!” Flame Dragon had two dragon horns, his face covered in crimson dragon scales, while his eyes made people feel as though they were two miniature stars.
“Sword Emperor, in terms of strength, I’m not inferior to you either, am I?” King Sword Emperor laughed heartily.
“Sword Emperor is getting too pleased with himself. I think he’s going to miscalculate this time.” A black-robed man whose appearance seemed ethereal and dreamlike sat there, his features impossible to make out clearly. “But this Luo Feng really is a rare genius of our Nine Universe lineage, one hardly seen in hundreds of millions of years. He actually comprehended the first sword technique of ‘Floating Blood’ in just ten years. His talent is truly impressive, truly impressive.”
“So he should become my disciple. I use a sword, after all.” King Sword Emperor laughed.
The four of them.
They were all members of the Nine Universe lineage, all members of the Virtual Universe Company, all Grandmaster-level figures among the Immortals, and all gave lectures in Chaos City. Naturally, they had a very good relationship.
Every so often, the four of them would gather together to discuss the Dao, and they would even spar and compete with each other.
As for Luo Feng…
He was an unexpected surprise for the Nine Universe lineage.
Every batch of geniuses had one who shone the brightest. In this batch, it was Bolan, who could be called the most outstanding genius in tens of millions of years! At first, Luo Feng had not attracted much attention from these four, but Luo Feng had suddenly broken through the second and third levels one after another. This clearly meant that he had comprehended the first sword technique of ‘Floating Blood’ in just ten years.
The four of them, who had studied the ‘Nine Universe Chaos Monument’, understood just how terrifying this talent was!
Terrifying!
Extremely terrifying!
To follow in the footsteps of Lian Luo and study the essence of universal space, one needed extraordinary talent, mentality, and comprehension! If one could not comprehend the first sword technique within twenty years, it meant there was no hope. Yet Luo Feng had comprehended it in just ten years.
“Bolan mainly had too great a lead at the beginning. If we don’t count the initial advantage and only look at the speed of improvement, this Luo Feng is in no way inferior to Bolan!” The black-robed man’s deep voice rang out, praising him. “Perhaps there are several people in hundreds of millions of years who can rival Luo Feng, but they may not necessarily choose our Nine Universe lineage.”
“A super genius rarely seen in hundreds of millions of years in our Nine Universe lineage.” Flame Dragon King also sighed.
“How can we not nurture such a genius?”
All four of them greatly admired Luo Feng. It was only natural that such a rare elite disciple would appeal to them, because a genius of such extraordinary talent… if he did not fall, he had a very high chance of eventually becoming an Immortal Marquis or even an Immortal King. If they could cultivate an Immortal King disciple, their own status would also become extremely high.
The relationship between teacher and disciple was an extremely solid one.
“Sword Emperor, there’s no use being pleased with yourself now. Just wait and see who he chooses as his teacher.” King Zhen Yan stroked the golden fur on his chin and chuckled.
“Then we’ll wait and see!” King Sword Emperor said confidently.
Flame Dragon King and Thousand Illusions King beside them both watched with smiles.
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Several days later, Virtual Universe, a special plane.
A tall and imposing divine hall floated among the clouds. King Zhen Yan appeared directly in the square in front of the divine hall. Quite a few guards stood in the square. Every guard was of varying height, but they all had one thing in common, they were all ape-men!
Some were black-haired ape-men, some were golden-haired ape-men, and some were long-armed ape-men. Their fur colour, height, and body shape might differ, but they were all ape-men.
“Hmph.”
King Zhen Yan’s expression was gloomy as he strode towards the entrance of the divine hall.
“Hall Master.”
“Hall Master.”
The guards respectfully saluted.
King Zhen Yan charged straight into the divine hall. On the throne inside the hall, sixteen ape-men were already seated. When these sixteen ape-men saw King Zhen Yan storm in, their expressions changed slightly.
“What is going on?” King Zhen Yan charged into the divine hall. His golden eyes swept over the other sixteen people as he growled, “How is it that my Ka Muns Tribe only has one spot on the list for entering the Hong Alliance this time?”
“Zhen Yan, you don’t manage affairs in Chaos City. This was a decision reached after the other Hall Masters discussed it together.” One of them was a black-haired ape-man standing a full twelve metres tall. His booming voice reverberated throughout the enormous divine hall.
“Nonsense!”
King Zhen Yan pointed at the giant ape-man before him and shouted, “Our Ape-Man Race Sacred Hall has eighteen Hall Masters. Now that the Holy Lord is no longer managing affairs, matters are decided by the eighteen of us Hall Masters. I’m also one of the Hall Masters. Normally, I’m too lazy to bother with these things, but no matter what, don’t go too far. Your Vajra Tribe gets four spots, while my Ka Muns Tribe gets only one?”
“Zhen Yan…” The black-haired ape-man growled.
“Shut up!” King Zhen Yan’s gaze swept across everyone around him. “I normally can’t be bothered to concern myself with these matters, but don’t take me for a fool. If you’re really dissatisfied, I don’t mind fighting you in reality and sealing you directly!”
The other fifteen Hall Masters were speechless, yet none dared to say a word.
King Zhen Yan was indeed the second most powerful super existence in the Ape-Man Race after the Holy Lord. He was the super existence closest to the level of a Venerable. He rarely interfered in the affairs of the Ape-Man Race.
“Let me make one thing clear. I don’t want to bully anyone, but don’t take me for a fool either.” King Zhen Yan swept his gaze across the group. “If this happens again, I won’t just argue with you in the Virtual Universe. I’ll go directly to your residences. Hmph!”
With that, King Zhen Yan turned around and left.
Ape-men accounted for a very large proportion of the human race in the universe and could be seen everywhere.
The Ape-Man Race was itself divided into more than ten thousand races.
This ‘Ape-Man Race Sacred Hall’ was the highest-level organisation of all the ape-man races.
“King Zhen Yan actually interfered in this matter. Isn’t he in Chaos City, wholeheartedly cultivating in an attempt to become a Venerable?” A short, thin ape-man Hall Master with fiery red pupils said in a low voice.
“Looks like Zhen Yan has always been keeping an eye on his Ka Muns Tribe.”
The Hall Masters were all helpless.