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

Chapter 193 Instructions: Buy them all!
Anju Wang did not keep Lu Qingshan waiting for long. After receiving his email, he replied in just half a day, agreeing to be Lu Qingshan's mentor.

Guiding Lu Qingshan is very simple; it doesn't require King Anju to come to Wuchen Continent in person. It can be done in the virtual universe at Yuxiang Mountain.

The special status of Yuxiang Mountain is somewhat similar to that of the virtual universe's killing field. Here, one's strength is not restricted, and one can perfectly exert one's understanding of the laws in reality.

In other places, to prevent the strong from bullying the weak in the virtual universe, they are usually restricted to the apprentice level.

"Greetings, Lord Anju."

Lu Qingshan stepped out of the courtyard to personally greet them.

"Your Highness, there's no need for such formalities."

King Anju wore a white robe and had a kind smile on his face. He was twirling two Time Source Pearls in his right hand.

Lu Qingshan glanced at the Time Origin Pearl and smiled slightly. Just as he had guessed, this thing should belong to a set of treasures.

The fact that King Anju was able to give one of these items to me indicates that the treasure was either incomplete or had been given to someone else before and was no longer whole.

Otherwise, there would be no need to break up the entire set of treasures and give them away.

“King Anju, please come in… I have prepared some food and drinks, let’s drink and talk.”

"Great! It is a great pleasure in life to be able to drink and chat with His Highness Aoyama."

Prince Anju did not treat Lu Qingshan as a disciple at all, but rather as an old friend.

Entered the door.

Lu Qingshan took out a pile of exquisite food and laid it out on a large table, and also took out a bottle of blood-red wine.

The food was ordered by Lu Qingshan from Baiweiju. Baiweiju is very popular in Qianwu City in reality, and naturally it also has stores in the virtual universe...

Lu Qingshan also wanted to know what Lingxi had accomplished over the years.

As for the wine...

It was the Purple Fire Ape Wine that Lu Qingshan had always wanted to taste.

However, in the virtual universe, many benefits cannot be experienced; only the delicious taste remains, and the price is more than ten thousand times lower than in reality.

Even so, an ordinary immortal god would probably go bankrupt if he drank just one sip.

"It's actually Purple Fire Ape Wine, not bad, not bad... I've wanted to try this wine for a long time, but it's not cheap even in the virtual universe."

King Anju seemed quite interested in the wine, picked up his cup, poured himself a glass, and began to savor it.

“King Anju is joking. With your status and position, this is nothing in the virtual universe.”

Lu Qingshan poured himself a glass, took a sip, and found the taste to be exquisite, far surpassing any other wine he had ever tasted before.

“Your Highness Qingshan, I haven’t left Chaos City for countless eons. My meager fortune, aside from my own expenses, has been squandered by my disciples. Take that kid Jin Jian, for example… You’ve mentored him, so you must know that his custom-made golden sword cost tens of millions of Chaos Units…”

King Anju had an expression of enjoyment on his face, seemingly intoxicated by the fine wine.

Lu Qingshan had seen the golden sword more than once. He originally thought it was just an ordinary immortal divine weapon, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive... worth tens of millions of Hunyuan. It must not be made of metal, but rather a special natural material. Even a low-level one can still play its role.

Similar to the cosmic sea, such wondrous objects also exist in the primordial universe, but they are of a much lower level and are not rejected by the will of the primordial universe. Naturally, these objects, when crafted into weapons, are extremely expensive.

Lu Qingshan, the Ghost King's clone, had traveled for countless years and also inherited the memories of the one-horned powerhouse in Ling Yu's hand, so he naturally knew these things.

"King Anju, how do you like these dishes?"

Lu Qingshan pointed to the dishes on the table.

"It looks exquisite, and the taste..." King Anju took a small bite, his expression slightly surprised: "Not bad, not bad... It's rare to find such delicious food in the virtual universe."

"If Prince Anju likes it, this kind of food can be ordered for you every day."

Lu Qingshan said with a smile.

"Your Highness Qingshan is so hospitable, this old man will not refuse Your Highness's kindness."

King Anju nodded with a smile.

The two drank and chatted in perfect harmony until several hours later, when they had finished all the food on the table.

Prince Anju then spoke up, "Your Highness Qingshan, logically speaking, when comprehending the three branches of the superior laws, one would usually choose time stop and spatial teleportation. Why did Your Highness choose time acceleration?"

"It's nothing. When I was comprehending the Chaos Stele, I accidentally comprehended the concept of time acceleration. I felt that time acceleration seemed to suit me better, so I decided to comprehend this branch first."

Lu Qingshan said casually.

Upon hearing this, Prince Anju burst into laughter: "If Jin Jian said that, I wouldn't be surprised. Prince Qingshan, you... haha, interesting, interesting..."

"It's nothing, just stating the facts. I am indeed a bit faster than others in comprehending time acceleration, which is why I chose time acceleration. Whether it's strong or not is not important; what's important is that it suits me," Lu Qingshan said calmly.

Prince Anju nodded: "Your Highness Qingshan is right. What suits you best is the most important thing. But many people don't understand this. They blindly pursue strength, but they don't know that the one who survives to the end is the winner."

That makes sense.

Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement.

"Qingshan, we've eaten and drunk our fill, let's get down to business. Before I give you any guidance, I'd like to know how far you've come in understanding time acceleration."

King Anju stood up and said.

"Please look."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qingshan's position turned into a phantom, and his body's speed continued to increase rapidly as time accelerated.

The instantaneous speed has reached an extremely terrifying level.

"Impressive!" King Anju's expression changed.

"When Your Highness was conquering the 17th level of the Heavenly Bridge, your understanding of the acceleration of time was quite different from what it is now. In less than a hundred years, Your Highness has made such great progress. It seems that Your Highness was right, this acceleration of time is indeed more suitable for you."

"I am ashamed, and I humbly request Your Majesty's guidance..."

"These are minor matters. Your mastery of time speed is already quite impressive. However, time speed is only a small branch of time acceleration. Once you've mastered time acceleration, the power of using time speed is on a completely different level. You see..."

Anju Wang moved, and Lu Qingshan only saw a phantom. When he looked again, Anju Wang was still in front of him.

"Haha, I just passed by the door and saw a bright blue ice flower in full bloom, so I just picked a petal."

As he spoke, he opened his palm, and a petal slowly fell.

The petals of the ice blue flower were very light and fell very slowly; however, King Anju simply pointed a finger at them.

The petals seemed to increase in density a thousandfold, and fell straight to the ground in an instant!

Time accelerates...

This is the complete time acceleration, even more perfect and flawless than the one used by the Ghost King's clone using his innate secret technique.

If this were to happen during a battle, and the enemy were suddenly attacked like this...

"To take the rapid advancement of time, one must have a certain understanding of time acceleration. Not necessarily to master it, but at least to understand its principles and have a broad vision. If one only pursues speed without considering acceleration... that is like the blind men touching an elephant, knowing what but not why."

"I see……"

Lu Qingshan nodded, then gently lifted his finger.

The ice-blue petal that had just fallen to the ground flew up again, and Lu Qingshan smiled faintly: "Accelerate."

A fluctuation of the power of the laws of time emerged, and the ice blue flower swayed in the air for a moment before continuing to drift slowly down.

“King Anju, I understand the principle, but there are still some specific details I need to ask you about.”

"Qingshan, you're too kind. I will tell you everything I know!" King Anju looked at the slowly falling petals, his face expressionless, but his heart was filled with horror.

If he hadn't been seeing things, he clearly saw Lu Qingshan seemingly unleash the profound mystery of time acceleration, only his understanding of the laws was insufficient to prevent it from taking effect. In other words… Lu Qingshan's understanding of time acceleration was already quite deep… he only needed to master a few branches to likely succeed!
The subsequent instruction further confirmed King Anju's suspicions.

No matter the question, Lu Qingshan understood it immediately, as if he wasn't teaching but helping the other person review what they already knew.

If this is talent, then it's absolutely incredible!
Compared to him, his own disciple, Jin Jian, was practically a good-for-nothing.

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Qingshan handed the spatial ring filled with food to King Anju, which also contained two bottles of Purple Fire Ape Wine that he had specially purchased.

This thing can't be bought in reality, but in the virtual universe it's expensive, yet easy to purchase.

“King Anju, thank you for your guidance. I have learned a lot in these three months.”

Lu Qingshan bowed.

"It is my good fortune to be able to guide Prince Qingshan."

King Anju quickly helped Lu Qingshan up.

"I wonder if the Time Source Pearl of King Anju is still for sale?" Lu Qingshan asked with a smile.

King Anju chuckled: "Normally we don't sell them, but since Your Highness needs them, I certainly won't refuse. I'll give Your Highness a discount: ten million Hunyuan units per pill."

"I wonder how many King Anju has left?"

Lu Qingshan did not give a direct answer.

"Let me see... there are still 102 left. Does Your Highness Qingshan want them all? You must leave me one as a keepsake."

King Anju exclaimed in surprise.

"Haha, okay, I'll keep two for you. Sell the remaining 100 to me. I've already transferred the money to your account."

"Hehe, thank you, Your Highness Qingshan. I will have the company deliver the Time Source Pearl to you."

……

Lu Qingshan stood there, watching Anju Wang leave. He had gained a lot in the past three months. Anju Wang had not kept anything from him, and all the doubts he had accumulated when creating the secret technique had been resolved.

Lu Qingshan even suspected that Anju Wang's strength was not as great as he had shown, and that he might be hiding some of his true power. After all, Lu Qingshan had consulted Anju Wang about the issue of time freezing, and Anju Wang had answered it easily.

This is not surprising. King Anju has cultivated in Chaos City for hundreds of millions of years. He can't just keep living by accelerating time forever. He must have gained some understanding of the other major branches, and even comprehended quite a bit.

However, King Anju was very low-key and didn't reveal his true intentions. His response to Lu Qingshan's question about the issue not being time acceleration was an act of goodwill.

As for purchasing the Source Pearl, it was not that Lu Qingshan stole someone else's treasure.

At this point, the Source Pearl is indeed a special and wondrous object, but its effect on comprehending the laws of time above the level of immortality is negligible. For a king, it is utterly useless, merely an ornament.

In the past few months, Lu Qingshan learned that Anju Wang had sold several Time Source Pearls a long time ago, and they were sold as sets, which shows that... he was really short of money, and these things were not in high demand.

After all, a treasure that is only useful for those below the Immortal level to comprehend the laws of time is too expensive at 1000 million Chaos Units. Even those who have been granted the title of King Immortal are generally unwilling to buy such a precious treasure for their descendants.

Lu Qingshan bought almost all of the Time Source Pearls as a way of repaying a favor to King Anju, but he also had his own plans.

As a rare artifact that aids in cultivation, the Time Origin Pearl is not subject to many restrictions when bestowed upon disciples. If some second-rate geniuses are recruited in the future and the pearl is given to them... will it reappear as a Time Compass?
If the plan succeeds, even if Lu Qingshan cannot find a way to accelerate the charging of the Time Compass, he can quickly cultivate the Time Body to a high level.

With previous examples of Locke Divine Water and Xuanyu Glazed Fruit, Lu Qingshan still had some confidence.

The stars and rivers flow, and in the blink of an eye, another century has passed...

(End of this chapter)