radicalducati Chapter 169, The Teacher
Chapter 169, The Teacher
"Besides Longyu, which other kings do you plan to choose as your subordinates?" Palace Master Baifeng asked Ye Muxuan from beside the railing.
"Does the teacher have any recommendations?" Although he had met many Kings, they were mostly at the peak or limit of the King level. These types were all looking for an opportunity to advance to the Venerable level and would not easily join the ranks of a Venerable. Some invincible Kings would not submit to Venerables either. They themselves possessed strength comparable to ordinary Universe Venerables, and advancing to the Venerable level would mean starting as a mid-level Venerable, so they would not rely on a Venerable.
"Generally speaking, Venerable Ones have two sources of subordinates. One is people like Long Yu who come to you on their own initiative, or you can try to win them over. However, you need to be careful about their character and personality. Don't let them use your power to do things that damage your reputation, and then you'll have to deal with it yourself." Palace Master Bai Feng looked at Ye Muxuan. Little Nineteen is currently weak and vulnerable, which is exactly the time when many Marquises and Kings want to join her. She also needs some of her experience. "The second source is the people who preside over the Genius Battle and the Strongest Battle. Generally speaking, in a Genius Battle and the Strongest Battle, several Immortals will emerge in the end. If you're lucky, one of them will become a King. As you accumulate more, there will be quite a few. These Immortals will eventually belong to the Venerable One who presides over them."
A teacher imparts knowledge, instructs in skills, and resolves doubts. This is not only about cultivation, but also about handling trivial matters in life. These are all experiences. Ye Muxuan nodded slowly and carefully remembered them.
"I now have more than fifty kings under me, and even more marquises. I usually just leave some things to them and don't need to get involved myself," said Palace Master Bai Feng. After she achieved the power of a universe venerable for countless epochs and reached the strength of a hegemon, she attracted many kings to come and join her. Even many kings from alien races in the Hong Alliance came to join her. No one was qualified unless they were marquises.
"The host for the next Strongest Tournament has been decided: Wu Tang. He also wants to try his luck and see if he can find one or two promising young talents. If you want to host one, you can wait until the Genius Tournament five thousand years from now."
Currently, there are only ten years until the Genius Battle hosted by the Giant Axe Arena. Preparations for that event have already begun. A hundred years from now, the Strongest Battle will be hosted by the Virtual Universe Company, and the host has already been confirmed. The next Genius Battle hosted by the Virtual Universe Company will also be five thousand years from now.
As newly promoted Venerables, both Wu Tang and Ye Muxuan have priority if they want to host a Genius Battle or a Strongman Battle—although none of the Venerables actually like this position.
Because the input and output of hosting such events are disproportionate, in the last tens of millions of years, excluding the exception of Ye Muxuan, the Virtual Universe Company has held so many Genius Battles and Strongest Battles, and so far only four people have been crowned King. In the last million years, only two people from the Virtual Universe Company have successfully become Kings: You Yu, titled Youlong King, and Yun Ming, titled Nine Swords King. The rest are at most Marquises, and many haven't even reached the Marquis level!
Of these four who have been granted the title of King, only the Nine Swords King, who has the best talent, seems to have a slight chance of becoming a Venerable. The other three will most likely remain at the King level unless they encounter any great opportunities in the future.
"Not yet. After I become a Venerable, I still need to hone my skills and create secret techniques. Let's consider these things after things stabilize." Those Venerable rulers have many princes under their command to compete for resources and vie for influence within the five major powers. However, in terms of resources, Ye Muxuan alone is enough. What resource is more important than precious treasures? If he needs something, he can simply exchange it for precious treasures; there are plenty of Venerable rulers who will find it for him.
If one day Ye Muxuan were to lack something, and the reward were to be a great treasure or even a supreme treasure, the ruler of the nation searching for that item would be able to turn the universe upside down.
Palace Master Bai Feng looked at Ye Muxuan and nodded. She guessed that her disciple was somewhat similar to the Undying Venerable of the Giant Axe Arena, too lazy to participate in forming cliques and focusing on improving his own strength.
Actually, this is fine too.
"I once said that whichever of you little ones becomes a Venerable, I will give them a supreme treasure as a congratulatory gift." Palace Master Bai Feng looked at Ye Muxuan and said, "Although you have the ability to obtain supreme treasures with the help of the Jadeite clone, and you are not lacking in a supreme treasure now, it is a gift from your teacher, so you don't need to refuse it."
The banquet was held in a virtual universe, so it was impossible to give any physical gifts. She only mentioned it briefly, but Ye Muxuan refused at the time.
He didn't lack a supreme treasure, and since Palace Master Bai Feng acquired the high-grade palace treasure, the Silver Star Palace, her goal was to acquire a soul treasure—which was her current weakness. However, Ye Muxuan later "lent" her an ordinary soul treasure, so her goal was to acquire a high-grade soul treasure.
However, even the cheapest high-grade soul treasure requires 375 treasure points, which is much more expensive than the Silver Star Palace in her possession. Therefore, she has not yet collected enough treasure points in the past 300,000 years.
"Okay, then I'll accept it." Ye Muxuan nodded.
The Palace Mistress of Baifeng Palace smiled.
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After becoming a Venerable, Ye Muxuan possessed the strength of a hegemon and was recognized as a top-tier universe overlord. Therefore, many people who had been granted titles of nobility or kingship secretly expressed their desire to follow Venerable Shadow Blade through his only subordinate, King Longyu.
It's not just the human race that's being granted titles of nobility and kingship; even some alien races within the Hong Alliance who are being granted titles of kingship have this kind of ambition.
Longyu King dared not make such a decision on her own; Zhenyan King and Tongnan King had also instructed her to report these matters to Ye Muxuan. If the latter wished, she could compile a list of information for observation.
However, Ye Muxuan only allowed her to continue comprehending the laws in Chaos City, showing no intention of further developing her own power.
After explaining these matters, Qing Yuzhu's clone and Li Yan's clone continued to the Primordial Star. With the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord, they would not only search for great treasures but also participate in the competition for ordinary and even high-level treasures, while also keeping an eye on the opening of the top-tier domain-type treasure, the Star Realm.
Now that his identity has been revealed, the actions of the Zhunqi clone on the original star will be scrutinized under a magnifying glass by a group of powerful individuals, so he will no longer search for those treasures. It's understandable if he occasionally gets lucky and finds a treasure, but it's hard to say if he keeps finding them, so this matter will be left to the new Jiuyou clone.
The Nine Nether Ocean continued to expand within the divine kingdom, coalescing into a new avatar equipped with the supreme and high-level treasures left behind, possessing the strength of a cosmic overlord. It was sufficient for searching for valuable treasures on primordial stars and occasionally vying for supreme treasures, but completing the search of these three thousand primordial stars would take a very long time.
Ye Muxuan watched as the Nine Netherworld clone, possessing a high-grade supreme treasure armor, an ordinary palace supreme treasure, an ordinary soul supreme treasure, an ordinary domain supreme treasure, and the supreme treasure battle blade given to him by the Chaos City Lord, left the Divine Kingdom and headed straight for the Primordial Star, while his main body returned to Chaos City.
Next, he will keep an eye on the developments in the Starry Realm while creating his own secret techniques to become a cosmic overlord.