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

Chapter 303 The Grandmaster of Green Mountain, Thousand Treasure River Realm

In a corner of the virtual universe, a bald man with pure white wings looked at his opponent, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

He was August, who had returned from the battlefield outside the region and had crossed the 16th and 17th floors of the Sky Bridge.

While on the battlefield outside the region, he obtained a special opportunity left behind by the indigenous people, which greatly improved his strength. Although he has not tried to cross the Tongtian Bridge in recent years, he has already gained some ability to cross the 18-level Tongtian Bridge.

Originally, I was hoping to make a name for myself in this qualifying battle and showcase my strength. Who would have thought that my first opponent would be the biggest mountain in everyone's eyes?

Lu Qingshan...

This being is someone who makes all the top geniuses of the Primal Secret Realm despair.

Although he was fairly confident in crossing the 18-story Sky Bridge, he knew he had no chance against this Master Qingshan.

Although the qualifying rounds for the Realm Masters consist of many matches, and basically everyone has to fight against everyone else, the result of one match does not affect the final outcome. However, being hit hard right from the start still dealt him a blow.

"However... the battle is about to begin, and it seems that Grandmaster Qingshan has not yet arrived?"

August looked around but did not find the figure in the blue robe.

On another virtual universe dimension near the final battle space.

Hundreds of powerful figures who had been granted the title of King gathered together.

Unlike other levels of qualifying tournaments, the World Lord level qualifying tournament is highly prestigious, and even these Grandmasters who have been crowned Kings attach great importance to it.

In the past, every qualifying tournament has attracted the attention of many grandmasters and even cosmic venerables.

Some outstanding geniuses will also receive more investment from the human race.

"Should we open a trading platform?"

King Anju, dressed in a white robe, sat among the crowd, still smiling.

"What kind of betting? Do you think this time is the same as the others? With Grandmaster Qingshan participating, is there any suspense in the result? If you're going to open a betting pool, you open one, and I'll bet on Grandmaster Qingshan's first place."

The Bloodthirsty King laughed heartily.

"Yes, King Anju, let's just let it go this time, there's no suspense."

King Rift spoke with a smile.

King Anju shook his head and said, "Since there's no suspense about first place, let's try a different game. For example, let's bet on second place and see who gets the most points this time, besides Master Qingshan."

"No problem, I bet on Modo. This guy was the absolute number one 100,000 years ago, and he looks even stronger now!"

“I think Starlight is pretty good too… I heard she obtained a good inheritance from the Dawn Clan.”

"August has also made considerable progress over the years, so he should have a chance too. Let's bet on these three."

The ratio was determined quickly.

Motorola has the best chance, 1:1.24
Starlight ranked second, 1:2.56
Auguste 3rd, 1:8.66
Several powerful figures who had reached the rank of King were placing bets, and everyone tacitly agreed not to suffer any serious losses; they were just playing around.

It's only a few million coins; losing it won't be a big deal.

The game was entering its final countdown.

Lu Qingshan had not yet appeared, and some powerful figures were starting to get restless.

"Is Grandmaster Qingshan not going to participate in this qualifying round?" Sword King asked in surprise.

"It's normal for him not to participate. With his ability, he would definitely be number one if he participated, so it shouldn't matter if he doesn't."

"You can't say that. Have you all forgotten that this is Grandmaster Qingshan's first time participating in the World Lord level qualifying competition? If he can win first place, he will receive a reward of 10 billion points... 10 billion points! I dare say that many of you here don't even have that many points!"

"It really is true! I almost forgot that this is Grandmaster Qingshan's first World Lord Qualification Tournament. Now that I think about it, Grandmaster Qingshan has only been cultivating in Chaos City for 20,000 years."

"Twenty thousand years ago, Master Qingshan only managed to pass 14 levels when he first tried to cross the Tongtian Bridge. Now he is on par with us. It's simply unbelievable."

Some of the grandmasters who had been granted the title of king were shocked.

Twenty thousand years—what a short time! Many of them spend more than twenty thousand years in seclusion to comprehend secret techniques.

It's unbelievable that Lu Qingshan fought his way from the 14th floor of the Sky Bridge to the 20th floor in 20,000 years.

Many people are looking forward to seeing what's below.

They all believed that Lu Qingshan would participate. After all, 10 billion points was a huge asset even for a King-level expert. Lu Qingshan was only a Realm Lord, so there was no need for him to waste such a large amount of resources.

However, until the competition began, hundreds of people entered their own battle spaces.

Lu Qingshan still did not appear.

It was only then that everyone realized that Lu Qingshan had not actually come to participate in the qualifying rounds.

In one of the final match spaces, August looked at the empty arena opposite him, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

After a while.

A notification sound from the virtual universe rang.

"Lu Qingshan, a genius from the Primordial Secret Realm at the Realm Lord level, was unable to participate in the competition. August is the winner of this match."

Hearing the notification tone, August touched his round head.

I was originally very worried about my opponent Lu Qingshan, but now that he's not participating in the qualifiers, why do I not feel so happy?

seem……

It's like the feeling of helplessness when something you value is completely ignored by the other person.

"Grandmaster Qingshan, you truly live up to your title of Grandmaster. You have the demeanor of a Grandmaster. I'm afraid you just don't want to show off among us geniuses."

August gave a wry smile and withdrew from the battle space.

At this moment, more and more people left.

A plane where grandmasters and kings gather.

"Master Qingshan did not participate in the qualifying rounds as expected. It seems we were all wrong."

"Yes, 10 billion points, just like that, they really have the guts to give it up."

"Grandmaster Qingshan gained 1000 billion points after conquering the Primal Tongtian Mountain, so he probably thinks 10 billion points is nothing to him." "Haha, that's true..."

"King Anju, you can adjust your betting odds. Let's bet on first place again."

"Let's bet on the number one spot besides Master Qingshan."

A group of Grandmasters chatted, and they had no objection to Lu Qingshan's decision not to participate in the qualifying rounds. On the contrary, they admired him greatly. Most of them would not have been able to resist the temptation of 10 billion points.

For them, 10 billion points is a huge number, more than they could accumulate over many years!

Most of their assets were converted into their own combat power, leaving virtually no points behind.

……

The original secret realm, Wuchen Continent.

"Time slowed down, and I finally got started on a small branch of the field."

Lu Qingshan opened his eyes and smiled slightly.

He has now completely mastered time acceleration and time stopping, and only time deceleration is missing... Once he fully comprehends time deceleration as well, combining the three will allow him to become the Time Master.

However, time acceleration and time stop seem to interfere with the understanding of time deceleration. Lu Qingshan couldn't even get started before, but now, in just ten years, he has already entered the 'miniature realm' of time deceleration.

The miniature field allows you to freely construct a time-miniature field with a diameter of 1000 meters, which can slow down weapons and enemies that enter it.

For example, by attaching a miniature field to oneself, enemy telekinetic weapons will slow down upon contact with the miniature field, allowing for easy evasion!
The field of miniaturization can handle a wide variety of scenarios and can be adjusted appropriately according to its own needs.

"Another rather overpowered ability, but unfortunately it's meaningless to me right now."

Lu Qingshan tested the miniature domain.

The laws of minor branches have limits; they can only be effective against those below the peak of the King-level realm.

For Lu Qingshan now, it's just a trinket.

Of course, if an immortal god who has comprehended the laws of time were to reach the Marquis level through this small branch, their strength would be quite heaven-defying. This is practically a life-saving trick, and when combined with a good movement technique, they would become extremely difficult to deal with.

"Having mastered this small branch, I can completely master it once I become proficient. Time has slowed down, and I've finally managed to pry open a corner of it." Lu Qingshan checked his email.

When I'm in seclusion, my email is always closed. Only when I open it will I start receiving emails.

“Lingyu sent three emails, one to Jinjian, one to Wuman… and ten to Virtual Universe Company…”

Lu Qingshan casually glanced at a few entries.

"So it's the Realm Lord Qualifying Tournament starting..." He didn't care. He hadn't originally intended to participate in the Realm Lord Qualifying Tournament. After all, all three of his disciples were participating in the competition, and it would seem a bit beneath him, as their teacher, to participate as well.

He was certainly aware of the initial reward of 10 billion points, but his perspective had long since surpassed that of those Grandmasters, and he no longer cared much about the 10 billion points.

"I won't participate, but I can still see how Lingyu and the others perform."

Just as Lu Qingshan was about to go and check on the qualifying rounds.

Outside the manor gate.

An immortal god clad in silver armor descended from the sky.

He did not conceal his presence, so Lu Qingshan could clearly sense his arrival.

Lu Qingshan teleported to the door.

"I have met Master Qingshan."

The guards in silver armor were very polite.

"I am a guard from the Thousand Treasures River Realm, a first-class guard of the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord has ordered that Grandmaster Qingshan be summoned to the City Lord's Mansion."

"Since it is the city lord's order, Qingshan will obey. Please lead the way."

"Master Qingshan, come with me!"

Lu Qingshan flew away from Wuchen Continent with Jia Yi. A moment later, they broke through a golden cloud and entered a colorful passage.

Here, without any manipulation, his speed has reached its limit.

The surrounding scenery flashed by.

Lu Qingshan seemed to see many treasures in this colorful starry river passage.

"Could this be the supreme treasure, the Thousand Treasures River?"

Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment.

Crossing the colorful starry river was only a moment, and Lu Qingshan arrived at a magnificent hall.

In the center of the hall.

A huge creature sat cross-legged in the center.

"Lu Qingshan, are you surprised to see me like this?"

A calm and gentle voice came from inside, and Lu Qingshan felt much calmer inside.

"Meet the City Lord."

Lu Qingshan was only slightly surprised, then bowed.

"It is said that the great Lord of Chaos City has three incarnations. This must be one of the Lord's incarnations."

"That's right, this is my special life clone, and also the one with the strongest overall abilities among all my clones. It controls the Thousand Treasures River... and guards the Primal Secret Realm..."

Its massive body slowly stood up.

Countless tentacles on its head swayed, and as it stood up, its tattered clothes made a jingling sound.

Those cloudy, calm eyes looked at Lu Qingshan.

"You're not surprised? You must have had similar experiences."

(End of this chapter)