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

Chapter 271 Black Metal Plate

With so many special life forms at the World Lord level, if we could capture one and give it to our disciple to possess, perhaps...

These naive young bandits were thinking of capturing Lu Qingshan and taking him back as their servants, but they never expected that Lu Qingshan's ideas were even more wicked than theirs.

Of course, Lu Qingshan was just thinking about it.

Putting aside the relationship with the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, the top cosmic overlord of the Kou tribe is no mere figurehead.

This Kou Kou has a gene level of a hundred times, which is quite good among special life forms. He is even rarer and more precious than the One-Horned Ghost King. If he could capture him and possess him, there would be no need for Lu Qingshan to make a move.

Those who held such thoughts have long since become frozen corpses within the 'Mountain of Ten Thousand Gods'.

The Kou tribe is incredibly united; if you capture even one of them, the two cosmic overlords will probably come to hunt you down personally!

“Look, Teacher Tarasha is here.”

"Teacher Tarasha has appeared; this human is doomed."

"I hope the teacher won't freeze him into an ice sculpture. That would be such a pity. I've never seen a living human before."

"Haven't we seen it now? Humans who dare to trespass into our Ice Prison Star should be prepared to die."

……

Amidst the chatter of a group of children, a woman dressed entirely in purple, with a voluptuous figure and hundreds of purple braids, appeared before them.

Her calm eyes seemed to be full of wisdom.

Teacher Tarasha.

He appears to be one of the top experts of the Kou tribe, at least an invincible king.

As soon as Tarasha appeared, she looked at Lu Qingshan and asked, "Human, you should know what the consequences will be if you go to our Ice Prison Star without permission. If you don't have a reasonable explanation, you will die a terrible death!"

As they spoke, a chilling aura emanated from him. Even though Lu Qingshan's soul was protected by a powerful treasure, he still felt a coldness.

This Purple Scourge's innate secret technique can freeze the soul; it is incredibly powerful and even more terrifying than a Soul Master.

Tarasha was surprised to see that the other party remained unfazed by her presence.

Then they heard the human say something.

"Friends of the Kou tribe, my teacher, the King of Qianwu Kingdom, is a close friend of the Venerable Qing Kou. I have come here on my teacher's orders to deliver a batch of supplies to the Venerable Qing Kou."

"Hmm, the leader's friend's disciple, here to pay respects to the leader?"

The chill on Tarasha's face dissipated slightly.

If an alien race were to invade their Ice Prison Star, they would certainly die. However, if it were a disciple of the leader's friend who came specifically to pay respects to the leader, then it would be a completely different story.

"Wait here, I will contact the leader!"

Tarasha glanced at Lu Qingshan and then contacted Venerable Qingdou Kou in the virtual universe.

The Kou tribe also has a virtual world, but it's just a local area network that only allows communication within the Ice Prison Star Belt, facilitating contact among thousands of Kou beings.

After all, creating a virtual world isn't difficult. Even the equipment obtained from the immortal gods and alien races that have invaded Ice Prison Star in recent years can easily be used to construct a virtual world.

Soon, Tarasha looked at Lu Qingshan again and said, "Friend, what is your name? Our leader already knows about this, but he is busy right now. Please wait for me on my Ice Prison Star for a while."

"Just call me Qingshan."

Lu Qingshan smiled.

"please."

"Thank you."

Lu Qingshan followed Tarasha to her larger version of the Ice Prison Star.

It would take Qingou Kou Zun Zhe a while to arrive, so Tarasha helped entertain Lu Qingshan, the guest.

Ice Prison Star is extremely cold, a world of ice everywhere. If an ordinary realm lord were to come here, he would be frozen into an ice sculpture without the enemy even having to lift a finger.

On this vast Ice Prison Star, there is only one expansive palace in the very center, where the pirates of Ice Prison Star live almost entirely.

Tarasha was a learned and top-tier expert of the Kou tribe, so the two Venerable Ones arranged for her to teach some Kou tribesmen at the Realm Lord level, hence the title "Teacher Tarasha".

On her Ice Prison Star, the most numerous and easiest to encounter are World Lord-level bandits.

The conversation between Lu Qingshan and Tarasha made the young people of the Kou tribe realize that the human in front of them was the disciple of their leader's friend. They were somewhat disappointed that they did not see their teacher Tarasha make a move.

Some young people from the Kou tribe surrounded Lu Qingshan, curiously looking him over.

It seems to be comparing the difference between living humans and ice sculptures.

"Is your name Aoyama?"

A beautiful, three-meter-tall girl from the Purple Robbers Clan followed behind Lu Qingshan, stepping in his footprints, her eyes filled with curiosity.

"Yes."

Lu Qingshan looked at her.

"My name is Ya Wu. May I touch your hand?"

Yawu's bright, watery eyes were filled with curiosity.

"Ya Wu, he is a guest. Don't be disrespectful to him," a young bandit from the Qingdou clan said somewhat displeasedly.

“Befa, don’t meddle in other people’s business. Qingshan didn’t refuse, so why are you nagging?”

Ya Wu glared fiercely at Qing Kou, clearly displeased.

Then, adopting the curious look of a child, he asked, "Humans, is that alright?"

"alright."

Lu Qingshan did not refuse and extended his hand, showing some curiosity about the bandits.

Zi Kouya immediately grabbed Lu Qingshan's hand excitedly.

"It's warm, the human's hands are warm."

She excitedly shared it with her companions.

The Kou are the embodiment of ice and snow, representing extreme cold, which is the opposite of the Crimson Flame Beast that Lu Qingshan had seen in the trial space. Ya Wu noticed that Lu Qingshan's hands were warm, unlike theirs, and that's when she exclaimed in surprise.

This made Qing Kou, who was standing to the side, green with envy. Ya Wu was the girl he was currently pursuing, Zi Kou. He never expected that he wouldn't even be holding hands with her yet, but instead, he was holding hands with a human.

The Kou cannot reproduce; they are all born naturally. In fact, there is no distinction between male and female; most special life forms are like this.

However, due to the difference in physical characteristics, Qingdou bandits usually pursue Zidou bandits as their partners. However, the number of Zidou bandits is too small, which leads to fierce competition, and many Qingdou bandits will fight each other because of this.

This girl named Ya Wu is considered to be exceptionally beautiful among the younger generation of the Zi Dou Kou.

"Human, I challenge you!"

Befa, who just said she would respect her guests, couldn't hold back anymore!
"Hey, Befa's jealous."

"Haha, Befa looks so cute when she's jealous."

"Befa, humans are our leader's guests, you must show them respect!"

A group of young bandits joked with him, and someone even repeated what Beifa had just said to him.

Yau glanced at the furious Befa and said with displeasure, "Befa, you're too rude. You'll have no friends if you keep this up."

“I don’t want humans as friends, I want to challenge them!” Befa continued.

"Befa, you guys go out and have some fun. Don't disturb the guests."

Tarasha turned her head and said seriously.

"is teacher."

The group left reluctantly, as Teacher Tarasha still held considerable authority in their hearts.

After all, teachers really will discipline those disobedient and troublesome scoundrels.

After the group of young bandits left, Tarasha said apologetically, "Qingshan, don't take it to heart."

"It's alright. Those young bandits are pure of heart, which is a rare quality."

Lu Qingshan didn't mind at all; on the contrary, he praised her.

“Qingshan, your magnanimity is truly admirable,” Tarasha continued. “The Venerable One will arrive in a while; let me show you around Ice Prison Star.”

"it is good."

There's not much to see on Ice Prison Star; it's an extremely cold world, completely covered in ice and snow.

The number of Kou tribesmen was too small to support the vast resources of the human race.

Lu Qingshan's visit to the Kou tribe's palace was like an emperor visiting a beggar's house—there was nothing new or interesting about it.

Tarasha seemed to realize this as well, so she brought Lu Qingshan to her Palace of All Things.

"Qingshan, this is the Hall of All Things. Inside are treasures I've collected. You can take a look. Apart from the Ice Prison Star Stone and the Ice Prison Dew, you can choose one or two other items to take with you..."

Tarasha opened a room in the palace.

It was filled with countless treasures.

Some were weapons, some were strange metals, and some were things commonly seen in the outside world.

Looking at these messy and obviously disorganized things, Lu Qingshan knew that they were probably obtained from the alien powerhouses who had previously broken into Ice Prison Star.

To the bandits, these things were useless; they could only serve as decorations and exhibits…

Of course, not everything is worthless.

Those Ice Prison Star Stones and Ice Prison Dew Wine are priceless treasures.

Lu Qingshan had seen the Ice Prison Star Stone once before at a high-level auction. It was only the size of a fingernail, but it was worth two trillion Chaos Units.

Even for a cosmic sovereign, it would be considered a valuable item.

However, these two items are very important to the Kou, and they will not give them away easily. Tarasha had previously reminded them that these two items were an exception.

Lu Qingshan wasn't interested in the Ice Prison Star Stone or the Ice Prison Dew, but he was very interested in another item.

His spiritual power swept across the entire Hall of All Things.

Then his gaze fell on a plain black metal plate. If his memory served him right, this should be the third metal plate that recorded the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual".

I never imagined that it would be placed here by the mountain dwellers.

Lu Qingshan hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't resist the temptation. He raised his hand and took the metal plate to examine it.

The metal plate itself is an extremely precious treasure, but outsiders simply cannot recognize its value.

If Lu Qingshan hadn't known beforehand, he would have just regarded it as an ordinary piece of special metal.

"This contains the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, but this thing... I have absolutely no way of detecting it..."

“This thing is mine…” Tarasha was about to explain when she exclaimed in surprise, “The leader has arrived.”

Lu Qingshan calmly put down the metal plate, as if he had only glanced at it out of curiosity.

The Venerable Qingou Kou arrived at the exact moment I picked up the black metal plate, which was clearly because he was genuinely worried that I would take it away.

After all, this was a task assigned by the Mountain-Sitting Guest, so the two Venerable Bandits dared not be careless.

If they really lost this item and couldn't deliver it to the designated person, they were worried that they would offend the powerful figure known as the Mountain Hermit.

"The Venerable Qingou Kou has arrived, so let's hurry and pay our respects."

Lu Qingshan did not choose any treasures. He got up and walked towards the door. Soon, he met the legendary Venerable Qingdou Kou in the palace hall of Tarasha.

"Junior Lu Qingshan greets Senior Qingou Kou."

Lu Qingshan bowed.

"So you are Lu Qingshan, the newly accepted disciple of Qianwu. Not bad, not bad..." Venerable Qingdou Kou glanced at Lu Qingshan with a slight smile on his face.

"Senior, my teacher asked me to entrust this world ring to you."

Lu Qingshan took out the World Ring and presented it to Venerable Qingou Kou.

Venerable Qingou Kou put away the ring and nodded, saying, "Brother Qianwu has indeed kept his promise. The resources inside are more than enough for our Kou tribe's little guys to use for hundreds of millions of years."

After saying that, he put away the ring and looked at Lu Qingshan, saying, "Lu Qingshan, this is our first meeting today, and I plan to give you a gift. Is there anything you need? Just tell me, even if it's Ice Prison Star Stones, I can give you some."

(End of this chapter)