Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 365 The Mountain Dweller's Horror (4.1k)

"Luo Feng, congratulations."

Qin Ming smiled at Luo Feng and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Senior brother, you're too kind. If it weren't for your help in strengthening my will in the Netherworld, I would have surely perished during the Star Tower's recognition process."

Luo Feng sighed.

Over six hundred years of impact from the malevolent energy of the Netherworld, and with the continuous nourishment of soul treasures, the limits of his will were broken time and time again, eventually reaching the realm of a Cosmic Venerable.

Even so, he almost didn't make it through the process of being recognized as the master by the Star Tower.

Without Qin Ming's prior special training, given his invincible willpower at the King level, he would almost certainly have perished.

So, as soon as the Star Tower finished recognizing its master, he immediately contacted Qin Ming in the virtual universe.

"Haha, you're so lucky."

Qin Ming laughed loudly.

In the original timeline, when Luo Feng went to accept the Star Tower's recognition as his master, his will was already at the level of an invincible king. He reached his limit after undergoing the assessment for three or four thousand years.

As a chosen one, Luo Feng achieved a breakthrough and qualitative change through trials and tribulations.

Even so, the soul was completely on the verge of collapse for the last five hundred years, but it managed to hold on by sheer willpower.

Qin Ming has never liked luck.

Breakthrough during battle?
The risk is too great.

That's why he helped Luo Feng at the crucial moment to ensure that no problems would arise.

"luck?"

Luo Feng shook his head; this wasn't luck.

This was an absolutely crucial opportunity in his life, no less important than possessing the Golden Horned Beast and becoming an apprentice of the Lord of the Witches and the Lord of Darkness.

These crucial opportunities were all thanks to Qin Ming.

He didn't talk about these things, but he kept them in his heart.

Otherwise, why would he not hide the fact that he obtained such heaven-defying inheritances as the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" and the Star Tower?

"Senior brother, I have another matter to discuss with you. The Mountain Hermit wishes to see you!"

After chatting for a while, Luo Feng suddenly became serious.

"Does the hermit of the mountain want to see me?"

Qin Ming looked puzzled, but then he quickly realized something and suddenly understood.

I had no contact with the person sitting on the mountain.

The only place that could possibly be connected is the Beast God Realm.

In a deal with the Starry Sky Ancestor, the Chaos City Lord's senior uncle offered a top-tier palace treasure as payment for allowing him to cultivate alone in the Beast God Realm for 10 years.

With a time acceleration of 10081 times, a total of 10 epochs were achieved.

Although Qin Ming had already recorded the secret patterns represented by the 64 Beast God statues, the special artistic conception and charm of the Beast God statues were still very strong.

Just like observing the Chaos Stele, Qin Ming naturally wouldn't leave beforehand.

This likely conflicted with the plans of the mountain dweller.

During the chat, Luo Feng also mentioned that his next plan was to go to Ice Prison Star to obtain the third piece of the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," which he believed would not be difficult to obtain given his strength.

It is different from the original timeline.

Luo Feng already had a third avatar, the Nine Nether Sea. Although the time was too short and the Nine Nether Sea had not yet grown, it was still hundreds of millions of kilometers in diameter.

Through the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" and some flesh and blood essence obtained from Qin Ming, the gene multiplication factor of the Nine Nether Sea clone also reached several thousand times.

He possesses a talent for time and space, an exceptional understanding of the laws, boundless divine power, and meticulous guidance from the Lord of Qianwu and the Lord of Darkness.

Luo Feng's strength naturally far surpasses that of the original timeline.

The strongest life form on Ice Prison Star is only the King of Invincible.

After this trip, his Nine Nether Sea clone will also reach the perfect level, only lacking the breakthrough to immortality and then entering the Beast God Realm.

"Perhaps we can gain some benefits from the Mountain-Sitting Guest?"

A thought flashed through Qin Ming's mind.

Once you know what the other party wants to do, it's easy to figure out how to respond.

What is a "sitting mountain guest"?
God King of Weapon Forging!

Over the past two tens of millions of years, while studying and completing the "Secret Pattern Record," he has been verifying his ideas through a combination of theory and practice.

The most suitable method is, of course, weapon crafting.

To unleash the full power of the Myriad Souls Banner's individual branches, one also needs to gain some understanding of weapon crafting.

In the past, he could use the corpses of powerful beings as a branch pole, and he could also collect souls and flesh essence, but its range and power were not strong.

It just means it works!

For over two thousand years, while perfecting and supplementing the "Secret Pattern Record," he also learned from powerful figures skilled in weapon crafting, such as the Lord of Dragon Journey, the Lord of Peng Gong, and the Primordial Ancestor.

His own weapon crafting skills are also improving rapidly.

Occasionally, they can even forge treasures of the highest quality.

However, the crafting skills of the human race are generally mediocre. Even Long Xing and Peng Gong can only barely craft high-grade treasures.

Including the original ancestors!

Although the progenitor had created a treasure like the 'Universe in the Palm' to suppress the race.

However, this treasure is very special.

Based on his memory, Qin Ming knew that this treasure was a mechanical artifact consisting of a rockery, a lake, and a wooden house.

Although the treasure exudes the aura of a supreme treasure, this aura is quite ordinary, at the level of an ordinary supreme treasure or a high-grade supreme treasure.

Composed of 36200 components that form the initial laws governing the universe, within the area it can control, it can instantly unleash two top-tier sixth-order attacks simultaneously through the power of this palm-sized universe, with an influence range of up to 1 light-year.

It requires the combined efforts of the Chaos City Lord's main body and one of his avatars to provide enough divine power to activate it.

In Qin Ming's view, this treasure could unleash sixth-order power. Its true strength lay not in its crafting techniques, but in the Primordial Ancestor's understanding of the laws governing the universe; the crafting methods themselves were secondary.

It consists of 36200 parts, each made of the finest materials, yet the method of its construction is quite simple.

In short, this is a method that leverages the ancestor's extremely high understanding of the laws, using materials to forcefully break through!
This is how one can simultaneously unleash two sixth-tier attacks within the domain, as if two of the universe's strongest beings were attacking.

Even with the ability to refine supreme treasures alone, the Primordial Ancestor could only refine high-grade supreme treasures at most.

The original creator himself has also said this.

The materials used to craft this treasure, if in the hands of a truly top-tier weapon refiner, such as the Mountain Recluse himself, could probably have been used to forge several supreme treasures.

It has 36200 parts, but each one can reach the level of a supreme treasure.

This is actually a huge waste.

It was a last resort to protect our people.

Of course, given the trivial matter of the Beast God Realm, it's impossible to obtain the weapon-refining inheritance from the Mountain-Sitting Guest.

But what if it were just a matter of the guest sitting on the mountain saying something, allowing the master craftsman to offer guidance and exchange ideas?

He was the number one weapon refiner in the original universe, second only to the Mountain-Sitting Guest.

The God of Crafts is capable of crafting top-tier flying palace treasures.

The God of Craftsmanship Star itself was created by the God of Craftsmanship.

Because the Mountain-Sitting Guest had once given guidance to the God of Crafts, the God of Crafts held the Mountain-Sitting Guest in high esteem and treated him as a teacher.

The mountain dweller simply doesn't acknowledge it.

If the Mountain Guest speaks up, he might even have a chance to bring the God of Craftsmen into the Hong Alliance by taking advantage of the information asymmetry!

"Promise him that you will give him my virtual universe number. I will talk to him in the virtual universe first."

Qin Ming spoke.

His human form is in the Beast God Realm, and his Mountain Giant avatar is in the Giant Axe Microcosm, neither of them can easily go out.

Naturally, we meet in the virtual universe.

"Alright! Senior brother, be careful."

Luo Feng nodded.

He naturally distrusted those who sat on the mountain.

There's no comparison between him and Qin Ming at all.

Anyone who were suddenly given a top-tier inheritance and an extremely powerful treasure would feel uneasy! The Mountain Guest is known as the most mysterious and strongest lone traveler.

There must be an ulterior motive behind training him in this way.

Luo Feng was well aware of this, but given the benefits, he couldn't possibly refuse.

The entire human race does not possess a single supreme treasure!
It is still the most precious and powerful treasure among palace-type treasures.

"rest assured."

Qin Ming smiled slightly.

Others were unaware of the mountain dweller's purpose, but he knew.

It's nothing more than cultivating a powerful successor to avenge oneself; whatever benefits one can gain in the primordial universe, one can simply take them.

Revenge is something that happens after one enters the cycle of reincarnation and reaches the Origin Continent.

Ultimately, the mountain dweller was also a pitiful person.

His country was destroyed, and his wife, relatives, and friends were all killed by the enemy. He could only escape into the cosmic sea to fight for his life and try to get a chance for revenge.

……

Somewhere in the primordial universe.

"Virtual universe?"

The Mountain Guest nodded slightly; he was actually quite familiar with such secret techniques as the virtual universe.

Within the universe of his fallen true self, there exists an even higher-level 'armory world,' a virtual world that can be directly entered by one's true form.

In the primordial universe, many powerful beings from different races would secretly log into the virtual universe.

Through anonymous accounts, they could purchase supplies or transmit messages.

The ability to communicate across the entire primitive universe is something that countless races envy.

The mountain dweller naturally also had some.

brush!
The Mountain-Sitting Guest immediately sent a wisp of his consciousness into it and added Qin Ming's virtual account.

Then it quickly switched to a private space.

He didn't care that his conversation with Qin Ming was being monitored; letting Luo Feng enter the Beast God Realm sooner wouldn't be a loss for humanity.

"Lord of the Underworld?"

The mountain dweller looked at the white-clad, black-haired man in front of him who resembled Luo Feng.

This is Qin Ming, the human race's hailed strongest genius across countless eons!

Seeing Qin Ming, he felt a pang of sadness. As a reincarnated god-king, he could see through anyone in the original universe at a glance. Including the primordial ancestor.

Only Qin Ming!
He can't see things clearly!

And why did Qin Ming enter the Beast God Realm first at this exact moment?

What a coincidence.

"Guest sitting on the mountain, please have a seat."

Qin Ming smiled as he looked at the guest sitting on the mountain. A chair appeared in front of him, along with a large amount of fine wine and delicacies.

"Senior Sitting Mountain Guest, what brings you to me?"

Qin Ming pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth.

"Hehe, it's not a big deal."

The guest didn't stand on ceremony. He sat opposite Qin Ming, naturally raised his wine glass, and clinked glasses with Qin Ming like an old friend before speaking.

"You should also know that I took Luo Feng as my disciple. He follows the path of the Beast God, so I want to arrange for him to enter the Beast God Realm for some training."

"Since you're already in there, it's inconvenient for the Starry Sky Ancestor to put Luo Feng in as well."

"So that's all? That's simple. Just have the Star Ancestor release Luo Feng. Although Luo Feng is your disciple, he is also my junior brother."

Qin Ming smiled wryly, and then said.

"Senior Guest of the Mountain, could you do me a small favor?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"It's the guest sitting on the mountain," he said.

"I am also somewhat interested in weapon crafting, but unfortunately I can only barely craft ordinary treasures so far. I would like to ask Senior Sitting Mountain Guest to introduce me to the God of Craftsmen and give me some guidance."

Of course, if Senior Guest of the Mountain were willing to personally provide guidance, that would be even better.

Qin Ming raised his glass and smiled.

Refining weapons?

The master craftsman?

A sudden surge of turmoil erupted on the calm face of the mountain dweller.

How did he know he could refine weapons?
How did he know that he had instructed the master craftsman?
He had never told anyone about these things, nor had he ever shown his weapon-forging skills to anyone else.

The master who guided the craftsman was in the early stages of the primordial universe.

At that time, the Primordial Ancestors had not yet risen to power and had not yet unleashed the Virtual Universe, so it was impossible for outsiders to know about this matter.

How could Qin Ming know?
"You're also skilled in weapon crafting?"

The man sitting on the mountain was horrified, but remained calm on the surface.

"In just ten thousand years of cultivation, your understanding of the laws has become so astonishing. The Spirit Nourishing Potion, Dawn Potion, and War God Potion among the human race must also be your creation."

And the Soul Clan and the Soul Palace are also related to you.

He's even skilled in weapon crafting?
Among them are extraordinary talents!
"But how did you know that I have a good relationship with the God of Crafts and that I am also skilled in weapon crafting?"

His voice was calm, but his words were full of probing.

"Senior, you flatter me. My cultivation time is not just a few thousand years, but tens of millions of years."

This achievement is nothing special.

As for the news, it was learned unexpectedly.

The senior's weapon-forging skills were unmatched; even the God of Crafts, the number one weapon-forger in the primordial universe, respected him as his teacher, which is truly admirable.

A glint flashed in Qin Ming's eyes.

With his strength and alchemist skills, it wouldn't matter if the Soul Clan were exposed.

Who could guess his sources of information?
Forget about weapon crafting, I also know you're the God King of Jin!

It's just that these things are inconvenient to talk about, and it's not the right time yet.

Intelligence is often more important than strength, and can turn the tide at crucial moments.

In the future, he will have many more opportunities to interact with the people sitting on the mountain.

You can gradually extract more benefits from Zuoshanke.

"Found out of nowhere?"

The man sitting on the mountain remained noncommittal, but his wariness of Qin Ming grew even stronger.

How could it be surprising when only two people knew the information?

There's a big problem with Qin Ming!
"An introduction is no problem. You are skilled in weapon crafting and have the Mountain Giant clone. Even if you go to the God of Craftsmanship Star on your own, you will receive preferential treatment."

"It's the guest sitting on the mountain," he said.

The God of Crafts has good relations with several top-tier clans and is on good terms with universe lords skilled in weapon crafting, such as the Lord of Craftsmanship Peng and the Lord of Dragon Journey. Through their introductions, one can also learn weapon crafting.

"Then thank you very much, Senior Mountain Guest."

Qin Ming smiled.

Just as expected, this hermit wouldn't easily give him pointers.

"I usually stay in the Beihua Snowstorm Domain. If you are interested, you can come to the Cosmic Sea to discuss weapon refining methods with me."

Slightly hesitant, the mountain dweller still spoke up.

Within the primordial universe, he was closely watched by the will of the primordial universe, and if he was not careful, he would be warned or suppressed.

[Beihua Xuelan Domain] is his true residence.

He was also very curious about Qin Ming.

We need to find an opportunity to gather more information.

"Then I'll accept your offer without hesitation. I'll definitely pay you a visit once I enter the Cosmic Sea!"

(End of this chapter)