Domain Master Ninth Stage!

The Luoke God Water needed a World Ring to be stored in, and the System had thoughtfully gifted one. The ring's interior was only about a kilometer across—as small as such a space could be, just a touch larger than Lu Qingshan's interspatial ring. But with the World Ring, the Luoke God Water could be perfectly hidden by its world power, with no fear of being discovered. That settled Lu Qingshan's one worry. After all, even Undying Deities coveted this stuff, and he was still nothing more than a Domain Master. After binding the World Ring to himself as its master, Lu Qingshan entered it and found a small pond set in the middle of a mountain hollow. Ten thousand cubic meters sounded vast, but it was really just a little cubic box with sides under 22 meters. From a distance, it was no more than a farmyard pond outside a village house. Beside Pan Xi's lake, the difference was heaven and earth. That lake of Luoke God Water belonging to Pan Xi was worth 6.3 billion Hunyuan units, on par with the entire fortune of an Undying King. His own share was merely the small change left over once you knocked the hundred-millions digit off that figure. "What a lucky fellow..." To amass such enormous resources before even reaching Planet level—if a guy like this Pan Xi were switched into some other novel, he could absolutely have played the destined protagonist. What a pity. The Primal Universe is vast and boundless. Seen through an infinitely magnified lens, his stroke of fortune was merely middling. Roughly on a par with Luo Feng seizing the Golden Horned Beast's body... Though he envied the lucky fellow Pan Xi, Lu Qingshan had no thought, for now, of plundering him. Pan Xi's trump cards were two World Master Ninth Stage plant lives, and he himself was a World Master. Even if his own body hadn't yet reached the World Master level, at the speed Luoke God Water cultivated plant lives, he might well have already raised World Master plant life. Going after him now would not only tip Pan Xi off—it might even cost Lu Qingshan his life. That would be a terrible bargain. A fellow with only a middling stroke of fortune like Pan Xi would, even fifty thousand years on, still be nothing but a small fry at World Master Third Stage. However strong he grew, he could never match an Undying Deity. Lu Qingshan's own fortune, meanwhile, was absolutely top-tier. He needed only to wait quietly for a time, until his strength could rival an Undying Deity's, and then go take Pan Xi down. With the enemy exposed and himself in the shadows, Pan Xi was simply a turtle in a jar. Why fight to the death when crushing him with sheer strength was the best way to settle the matter? The Luoke God Water was bone-chillingly cold. Even standing off to the side, Lu Qingshan could feel the chill washing toward him. Keep a few drops of this stuff at home, and you were guaranteed never to need air conditioning in summer for the rest of your life. More importantly, the Life Force it gave off could imperceptibly strengthen the bodies of those nearby. Pan Xi was precisely the talentless sort—even so, relying on the Luoke God Water he had managed to push himself into the World Master realm. That said everything. This Luoke God Water paired rather nicely with the Blood Dragon Fruit; it might lift his strength to Domain Master Ninth Stage. The Blood Dragon Fruits Lu Qingshan had bought would at most have raised him to Domain Master Eighth Stage within a year, but with this Luoke God Water on hand, he raised his target a notch. First break through to Domain Master Ninth Stage; once he had adapted to the full strength of his body, he would then seek the resources to break through to World Master. Lu Qingshan took out a wine flask, filled it with Luoke God Water, and tipped it down his throat in one gulp. In an instant, rich Life Force filled his entire body. Then he took out a Blood Dragon Fruit. Compared with the mild calm of the Luoke God Water, the Life Force the fruit contained was far more violent. With the two tempering each other, it was just right for breaking through a level. "Break." Nourished by the Life Force, the origin force in Lu Qingshan's body surged out without pause, and before long it smashed through the limit, raising his strength to Domain Master Eighth Stage... From this level, the World Master realm was no longer far off. Lu Qingshan digested the Life Force still left in his body and kept accumulating origin force... About three more months passed. When Lu Qingshan ate the last Blood Dragon Fruit, his strength had reached Domain Master Ninth Stage. The Blood Dragon Fruits were gone, but plenty of Luoke God Water remained. Breaking through had cost him roughly a hundred cubic meters of Luoke God Water; nine thousand nine hundred cubic meters were still left. "First I'll go to the Killing Field and get used to my strength, then figure out a way to earn some money!" The moment he entered the Virtual Universe, Lu Qingshan found several new emails in his inbox. One was flagged for special attention—an email from Jimmy, head of the Qianwu Dojo's Personnel Department. The message was simple: once his cultivation was finished, he was to stop by the Personnel Department. What exactly it concerned, the email did not say. But the wording was very courteous, full of polite words like "please" and respectful address, so it was probably nothing bad. Lu Qingshan looked over the other emails. One was from his butler, Luo Er, concerning Jimmy's visit while he had been in cultivation. Another was from his neighbor Chi Yan, a fire-element mentor, asking whether he needed Points—if so, Chi Yan still had some on hand... "What's this Chi Yan fellow so anxious to sell his Points for? Is he planning to run off?" Lu Qingshan did not reply right away, intending to visit Jimmy first. Jimmy was his superior, and Lu Qingshan had no wish to offend him. Before long, Lu Qingshan met Jimmy in his office on the third floor of the Administrative Building. "Lord Jimmy, my sincerest apologies. I've been in closed-door cultivation, breaking through a level, and had no idea you had come to visit." Lu Qingshan offered his apology first. "Have a seat, Mentor Lu." Jimmy's face was all smiles as he gestured to the chair opposite, his manner vastly warmer than before. "Mentor Lu truly is a cultivation genius. I never imagined you would reach Domain Master Ninth Stage in only a few short years." "You flatter me, Lord Jimmy. I merely bought a few natural treasures at the Treasure Pavilion. It used up every bit of what I'd saved over the years." Lu Qingshan said this modestly. "Oh." Jimmy had no thought of pressing further and came straight to the point. "Mentor Lu Qingshan, I came to see you this time because there is an important matter I must discuss with you." "Please speak, Lord Jimmy." Lu Qingshan's expression did not change. Jimmy's face was equally grave as he said, "I have received an order from the Silver Moon Marquis: you are to go to the Qianwu Secret Realm and instruct a Highness." "The Silver Moon Marquis!" Lu Qingshan had been at the Qianwu Dojo for several years now, and he naturally knew who stood in charge of it. The Qianwu Dojo Headquarters, and even the Qianwu Secret Realm, were governed by three Undying Deities—and this Silver Moon Marquis was one of them! He had never expected to come to the attention of a lord like this. Lu Qingshan felt a flicker of unease. Without enough strength to protect himself, he had no wish to come into direct contact with an Undying. And yet, Lu Qingshan was quite interested in that Highness in the Qianwu Secret Realm. Someone even Jimmy addressed as Highness had to be a peerless genius who had entered the origin laws. He only wondered—did serving as an instructor like this count as being a teacher? Would the System acknowledge it?