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

Chapter 316 Conversation with the King of Qianwu Kingdom
Virtual Universe, Thunder Mountain.

Inside the manor of the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom.

"Qingshan, you've broken through to the Immortal God realm, but you haven't built your own manor yet, have you?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom wore a loose, bright red robe, and his figure appeared much rounder than before.

"Yes, Master. After this visit, I plan to build a manor at the foot of the mountain. I have already spoken with King Zhenyan and we will build it next to him. When you have time in the future, you are welcome to visit my home."

The servants at the Qianwu Kingdom's manor had already served fine wine and food. The wine was Purple Fire Ape Wine, and the food was clearly from Baiweilou. As a company that emerged from the Qianwu Secret Realm, Baiweilou had received some attention from the Qianwu Kingdom.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom dismissed the servants who came to serve him and said, "Qingshan, you already had strength comparable to an invincible king at the Realm Lord level. Now that you have broken through to the Immortal God level, can you tell your teacher just how strong you are?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom revealed a hint of anticipation.

He had already learned about Lu Qingshan's performance on Ice Prison Star. He was shocked that his disciple, at the Realm Lord level, could unite with others to kill the invincible demon wolf. Now that his disciple had broken through to the Immortal God level, he was very much looking forward to it.

Lu Qingshan smiled, poured a cup of fine wine for the Qianwu Kingdom Lord, and then said, "Teacher, my strength is certainly not as good as yours, but it should be about the same as that of an ordinary Universe Venerable."

In the mind of the Qianwu Kingdom Lord, a typical Cosmic Venerable is just someone with 10 times the genetic power, a god-like body, and a low amplitude... But even so, he is still a Cosmic Venerable, a top existence among the human race.

He was all smiles, overjoyed.

"Qingshan, you are the only disciple among all my disciples who possesses the combat power of a Universe Venerable. You are already so powerful now, and once you break through to the Universe Venerable realm, you will definitely surpass your master!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was very happy and excited.

He wasn't worried at all about whether his highly talented disciple could break through to the Universe Venerable realm.

Over the years, he had communicated with the Lord of Chaos City several times and knew how powerful his disciple was. Breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe might only be a slight possibility, but the probability of breaking through to the level of the Venerable of the Universe was extremely high.

His disciple's talent far surpassed that of Venerable Fiery Corruption. Venerable Fiery Corruption could break through to the Universe Venerable realm in hundreds of thousands of years; his disciple would only surpass him faster!
"It is still very difficult to surpass the teacher. The teacher's foundation is extremely high. If he were to be equipped with a few suitable treasures, he would probably not be afraid of ordinary universe overlords. I am still far behind the teacher."

Lu Qingshan said modestly.

He then revealed the purpose of his trip.

"Teacher, I have come to visit you today with a request."

"Qingshan, just tell me. As long as I can help, I will do my best to assist you."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom did not hesitate at all. Lu Qingshan was his only hope for the future. For the sake of this disciple, he would not care even if he died again.

“Teacher, it’s not that serious…” Lu Qingshan picked up the Purple Fire Ape Wine, took a sip, and said, “Teacher, I plan to ban the slave trade in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom and hope to get your assistance.”

"This is such a small matter..." The King of Qianwu thought that Lu Qingshan wanted him to do something difficult, but he didn't expect it to be such a small matter.

In the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, the slave trade has always been on the gray area, with taxes only being paid during transactions.

These taxes don't represent a large percentage!
The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom fell silent for a moment, thinking about his disciple's past experiences.

After accepting Lu Qingshan as his disciple, he naturally investigated Lu Qingshan's past experiences. He needed to at least see Lu Qingshan's character in order to determine whether he could be fully trained.

Although the relationship between disciples and teachers is close, not all disciples will respect or repay their teachers...

With the power of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler, Lu Qingshan's early experiences could not be kept secret from him.

Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "For a teacher, it's just a small matter, but for a disciple, it's a knot in his heart. I was born on Maple Leaf Star in my early years. I had both parents and a happy family. I was also quite talented and quickly broke through to the strongest level on the planet... and established the Maple Leaf Empire..."

Lu Qingshan recounted his early experiences in detail.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom did conduct an investigation, but his investigation was nowhere near as genuine as Lu Qingshan's personal account.

From establishing the Maple Leaf Empire, to being invaded by slave owners, to ten thousand years of slavery, and then to participating in the life-or-death battle with the Giant Axe...

"Thanks to my good wife, who melted my frozen heart with her ten thousand years of life. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't be where I am today."

"I am fortunate. My journey has been largely due to luck. But how many people are so lucky? Only one in ten thousand. That's why I once made a grand vow to ban all slave trade. Now that my abilities are only average, I will start with my teacher's Qianwu Universe Kingdom. In the future, when I become a great being of the human race, all slave trade will be banned."

"Perhaps the slave trade has some benefits for humanity, but I think everything has its pros and cons. We can't just do nothing. I can't put myself in other people's shoes and can only stand on my own ground. I don't want to consider right and wrong; I only ask to have a clear conscience!"

Listening to his disciple's story.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was deeply moved.

I thought my disciple had long forgotten this past event, but I didn't expect him to still remember it.

He hoped that this disciple wouldn't harbor any resentment because of this incident, he explained.

"I have some knowledge of the slave trade. In fact, it has nothing to do with the top echelons of the human race. At least in my knowledge, no cosmic lord supports this trade."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom said this to reassure his disciple and also because he was worried that his disciple might harbor resentment towards the human race's higher-ups.

"Although the slave trade is highly profitable, it is of no use to top-tier beings. For example, no matter how much slave trade I do, it will not bring me any treasure points or supreme treasure points. Those primordial units are already just a string of useless numbers!"

"However, although it cannot bring top-level benefits, the huge profits must be due to the involvement of some cosmic venerable families or their support behind the scenes. After all, not everyone has the tax revenue of a cosmic kingdom as a backing like me."

"With your strength, if you break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, it would be very simple for the human race to ban the slave trade. It would only be a matter of a word. In fact, if you show such an attitude, other high-ranking members of the human race will help you to accomplish it! Of course, this only applies to the slave trade below the Domain Lord level. Soul servants cannot be completely eliminated."

"Hehe." Lu Qingshan smiled faintly, "This disciple does not have such grand ambitions. It is enough to just stop the slave chip trade."

“That’s simple… However, after eliminating the problem, we still need some follow-up strategies to handle the aftermath, such as how to treat new native planets discovered in the future, how to resettle the original slaves… All these issues need to be considered. These are not difficult to handle. You can use the Qianwu Universe Kingdom as a testing ground for now. Only by discovering the problems can we solve them. If the experiment in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom is successful, it will be easy to extend it to the entire human race in the future.”

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom, as expected of the ruler of an ancient country, casually pointed out several key issues and offered some suggestions on how to solve them.

Lu Qingshan noted all of this down before saying, "Teacher, thank you for your support."

"We're family, so let's not speak like strangers. The Qianwu Universe Kingdom belongs to me, and it also belongs to you!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom patted Lu Qingshan on the shoulder.

After leaving the manor of the Qianwu Kingdom ruler, Lu Qingshan arrived at the foot of Thunder Mountain and built a manor similar to Qingshan Residence next to the Zhenyan King's mansion.

However, the manor is tens of thousands of times larger than Qingshanju, making it incredibly vast. In the virtual universe, construction is extremely simple; all you need to do is create a design, and everything can appear out of thin air.

The Green Mountain Residence on Thunder Mountain was quickly completed, and after some minor adjustments, Lu Qingshan left a wisp of his consciousness to reside there.

……

A few days later.

In the Purple Universe Kingdom, at the Virtual Universe Company branch, Blue, clad in silver armor, emerged from the passageway.
Looking at the Qianwu Universe Kingdom on the map, which wasn't far away.

He found it hard to believe.

"I never expected that the teacher would entrust me with such a difficult task!"

Thinking back to what his teacher had said to him privately a few days ago after their visit, he felt both nervous and excited.

The slave trade was prohibited.

For him, it was such a distant concept. Now, his strength was comparable to that of an immortal god, but he only dared to dream of buying back most of the descendants of slaves that Mulan Star had previously sold, and then managing Mulan Star well so that his people could live a good life.

"My teacher is a disciple of the great Qianwu Kingdom's ruler and a powerful Grandmaster. Since he said so, he must have already made preparations! After resolving the matter of the Fifth Family, I must complete my teacher's mission."

Blue knew why the teacher had assigned him this task.

Only those who have been slaves can truly understand the hardships and suffering of slaves. Others might even think that buying slaves is convenient, but their perspective is determined by their own interests, and there's no right or wrong in that!

"I can't let my teacher down!"

Bru's gaze was icy, and he made a silent vow in his heart.

A few months later.

A spaceship appeared in the sky above Mulan Star. Bru stowed the spaceship and quietly arrived on Mulan Star. The planet's defense system did not detect his arrival at all.

Mulan Star is a massive planet with a diameter of 10 kilometers. Among the many planets once owned by the Fifth Family, it ranks high... and the probability of it producing geniuses is not small.

Blue's spiritual power pervades the entire globe.

It was discovered that the changes on Mulan Star over these ten thousand years have been truly remarkable.

Statues of Turbo are everywhere on the planet, and people worship in front of them.

Even after ten thousand years, the people on Mulan Star still haven't forgotten that it was Bru who saved the planet.

On the streets, planetary-level martial artists are everywhere, and every city has a stellar-level martial artist in charge. The most powerful on the planet are all cosmic-level, and two of them are familiar faces to Blue.

"Mulan Star has developed quite well in recent years, so I'm relieved. It's time to go to the Fifth Family and demand an explanation!"

(End of this chapter)