Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 193 Disciples

The universe is evolving, and the initial universe was a small universe in the early stages of evolution. Spatial cracks can be seen everywhere in the sky, and crystalline threads flow through the crack openings, trying to repair them.

Repaired again and again, cracked again and again, endlessly...

Chaos City is the only ancient city in the entire initial universe.

"Boom~~~"

A disc-shaped spaceship hovered above Chaos City. The hatch opened, and a large number of figures from various races flew out quickly.

swoosh~
A beam of black light suddenly flew from the Chaos City below, revealing a black-robed man with blue patterns on his face.

"Everyone, I am the reception envoy of Chaos City."

The man in black robes grinned at the large group of people who had just arrived.
"Most of you have been to Chaos City before. If you are familiar with the rules of Chaos City and have been here before, please feel free to do as you please. I believe you know what to do. If this is your first time in Chaos City, please follow me."

As his words fell—

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Dozens of figures flew toward the man in black robes and followed behind him.

These dozens of people obtained their spots through auctions or other means, and this was their first time entering the venue.

Meanwhile, a large number of other figures swooped down towards the ancient city below and quickly dispersed.

call!
A black-haired youth wearing cyan battle armor and with two crystalline dragon horns on his head gently landed on the wide street.

The young man looked around and saw that on the rooftops of the cultivation residences in the distance, there were ascetics sitting cross-legged in meditation, as well as world lords and immortal gods. The aura of these world lords and immortals who had the opportunity to enter Chaos City for cultivation was much stronger than that of the other experts of the same level he had seen outside!

"Chaos City, the holy land of human cultivation, has returned!"

The black-haired youth with dragon horns sighed softly, "The qualifying battle for this year is about to begin, but the chances of entering the Primordial Secret Realm this time are slim. I'll break through to the Realm Lord level after the qualifying battle. With the cultivation speed of the Realm Lord level, plus the cultivation conditions in Chaos City, my strength should be able to advance at a rapid pace."

"The teacher is right. Only by constantly competing with stronger opponents can we improve faster. Staying at the Domain Lord level for just a few points is really meaningless."

"Let's go and pay our respects to our teacher first."

The black-haired youth with dragon horns gradually broadened his gaze, quickly moving past the surrounding buildings to the central area of ​​Chaos City, where a cluster of buildings was clearly taller than the surrounding structures.

"The Teacher's New Residence"

With each step, he moved forward quickly.

The grand main gate of the mansion was wide open.

The surrounding buildings and cultivators passing by the mansion often cast their most attentive glances at it.

Not long ago, a momentous event occurred in Chaos City that nearly detonated the entire ancient city—

In Chaos City, the grandmaster of the Universe Chaos Stele lineage, the invincible super powerhouse 'King of Destiny', finally broke through the bottleneck and reached the Universe Venerable realm more than three thousand years after he settled in Chaos City, and was honored as 'Master of Destiny'!
The Supreme Being of the Universe, what an incredibly high position he holds!

Every cosmic venerable is the core of the human race, a group of people who stand at the very top of the power of the entire human race!

How many Cosmic Venerables are there in the entire human race?

Especially for newly promoted Cosmic Venerables, there might not be one in tens of millions of epochs.

And now, right beside me, a new cosmic sage has been born!

This naturally gave all the cultivators in Chaos City a sense of pride, and they all paid close attention to it!
What surprised everyone even more was that, judging from the location and scale of the newly completed 'Qiyuan Mansion', the status of this 'Qiyuan Mansion Master' after the breakthrough was even slightly higher than that of the group of Universe Venerables and Universe Kings who were cultivating in seclusion in Chaos City!

What an astonishing signal this is!
In the eyes of many realm lords and immortal-level cultivators, the ruler of the universe is someone they look up to with utmost reverence, the highest level of existence they can come into contact with!

Now, this newly emerged 'Master of the Wonderful Pavilion' is even surpassing the status of many cosmic kings, which is bound to shock and attract attention!
However, after this 'Master of the Wonderful Affinity Pavilion' broke through, he no longer opened his residence to teach as before. This meant that many cultivators who admired and were curious about him had no chance to come into contact with this newly promoted super strongman.

The young man with dragon horns and black hair walked along the wide road and soon arrived at the gate of an incomparably magnificent mansion.

drop.

The hidden detection signal at the main gate of the mansion swept over him, confirming that he had the right to enter, and did not stop him in the slightest.

The black-haired youth with dragon horns stepped inside, his figure quickly disappearing into the magnificent interior.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of many people around.

"Huh? Who's that? Why can he enter the Wonderful Mansion directly?"

"Still a domain lord. By the way, I heard that Master Qiyuan took in two disciples in the last Genius Battle. Could this be one of them?"

"It's possible that the disciples that Master Qiyuan took in before were really lucky. It's so difficult to become a disciple of a Universe Venerable. Even we might not have the chance. But Master Qiyuan took them in when he was still an Immortal, and now their status has risen accordingly!"

"This is fate!"

"I wonder if the Master of Qiyuan Pavilion will still be accepting disciples."

"Forget about it. You didn't have a chance before, and now that Master Qiyuan has broken through, his requirements for accepting disciples will only be higher!"

"Sigh, I'm so envious."

Regardless of how the outside world views it.

The black-haired youth with dragon horns moved quickly along the passageway inside the mansion and soon arrived at a quiet courtyard deep within the mansion.

Although it is called a courtyard, its interior is actually tens of kilometers wide! The courtyard even has low hills, streams, and cold pools. Golden lotuses bloom in the cold pools, winding paths surround the pools, corridors turn and twists, pavilions rise and fall, and countless exotic flowers and trees compete for beauty, creating an incomparably natural and elegant scene.

The moment the black-haired youth with dragon horns entered the courtyard, countless gazes immediately fell upon him from the pavilion in the center of the quiet, cold pool.

"Junior brother."

"Junior brother is here."

"I haven't seen my junior brother for several years."

The weathered old man, the purple-haired girl, the blond-haired youth with a single horn, and the dwarf strongman all greeted the black-haired youth with dragon horns.

Surrounded by the four people, a pair of incredibly gentle yet penetrating gazes also fell upon him.

The young man with dragon horns and black hair quickly flew down to the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

"Disciple pays homage to teacher."

The black-haired youth with dragon horns first bowed respectfully to Qi Yuan, who was sitting at the stone table in the pavilion. After Qi Yuan nodded with a faint smile, he bowed to the weathered old man, the purple-haired girl, the blond youth with a single horn, and the dwarf strong man, saying, "Greetings, senior brothers and sisters."

The black-haired youth with dragon horns was none other than 'Lu Ming', one of the two disciples Qi Yuan had taken in from the previous Genius Battle participants.

Before leaving Chaos City, Lu Ming had already passed the fifth level of the Bridge to Heaven, becoming the undisputed number one among the members of the same generation of geniuses.

After leaving Chaos City, Lu Ming began to follow the training plan of the Virtual Universe Company, cultivating while taking on various training missions to hone his skills. During this time, Qi Yuan often guided him in the Virtual Universe, occasionally giving him secret techniques and resources, so his improvement was extremely rapid.

In his first cosmic-level qualifying battle after joining Virtual Universe Corporation, he effortlessly defeated all competitors and entered the 'Primordial Realm' with an overwhelming advantage.

Soon after, under Qi Yuan's guidance, he directly chose to break through to the Domain Lord level and was sent to his hometown, the Universe Kingdom, to serve as a regional governor.

Now, nearly a thousand years later, after experiencing numerous missions from virtual universe companies and other hidden crises, Lu Ming has become increasingly mature.

Moreover, he made rapid progress in his cultivation, catching up with those "old-timers" from the Primordial Secret Realm who had been with the Virtual Universe Company for a long time.

Qi Yuan looked at the disciples standing respectfully before him and felt quite satisfied.

Lu Ming is, among all my disciples now, the one who is most focused on cultivation, besides Liao Li, and his talent is also quite extraordinary.

Just like in the original novel, Luo Feng's teacher, Zhenyan Wang, would pay special attention to Luo Feng and a few other exceptionally outstanding disciples.

Qi Yuan also has a few disciples he particularly favors.

For example, in terms of closeness, Cang Fan, the eldest disciple who was of the same clan and had gone through hardships with him, and Liao Li, the second disciple who had followed him the longest, were naturally closer.

As for expectations for their future, there are more for Ryuji, who possessed the 'Time-Scratching Insect', and Luming, who formally accepted disciples through the Genius Battle.

Secondly, there is Liao Li, whose will to fight is extremely firm and whose aptitude has been greatly improved through the 'Blood Soul Ritual', and the dwarf disciple Florides, who has remarkable talent in the 'Treasure Refining Stream'.

These disciples were the ones he paid the most attention to among all his disciples.

Qi Yuan plans to use the return system to quickly obtain some precious resources that can help him improve his life gene level. The people he plans to give gifts to are these few people.

After all, this whole process was a great opportunity for the disciples, so Qi Yuan naturally prioritized choosing those he trusted and had higher expectations for.

"There are less than ten years until the Domain Lord-level qualification battle. Are you confident in breaking into the Primal Secret Realm?" Qi Yuan asked Lu Ming with a smile.

"This disciple will do his utmost to strive for it!"

Upon hearing this, the black-haired youth with dragon horns, Lu Ming, immediately responded respectfully.

However, a wry smile appeared on his face: "But compared to those elders who have cultivated for tens of thousands of years, my strength is indeed somewhat lacking. I'm afraid the chances of entering the Primordial Secret Realm in this generation are slim."

Each of the elders at the Domain Lord level in the Primordial Secret Realm has cultivated for at least several thousand to nearly ten thousand years.

The best among them have cultivated for tens of thousands of years.

Compared to them, Lu Ming's training time was still too short.

Even with Qi Yuan's guidance and resource support, it will still take some time to truly catch up with or even surpass these elderly people.

After all, those who can enter the Primordial Secret Realm are all extraordinary.

Putting aside everything else, among the geniuses in the previous Genius Battle held by the Virtual Universe Company, there are several formidable individuals who are now staying in the Primordial Secret Realm!

"It's alright. No matter what the outcome is this time, once the qualification battle is over, you should prepare to break through to the Realm Lord realm. The Realm Lord stage is the period of truly rapid growth! As for the Primal Secret Realm, you can always just conquer the Primal Heavenly Mountain later!"

Qi Yuan smiled and encouraged him.

"Original Tongtian Mountain!"

Lu Ming secretly clicked his tongue in amazement, thinking to himself that his teacher really thought highly of him.

However, under Qi Yuan's gaze, he still replied with a wry smile:

"Yes, teacher, I will certainly do my best!"

"Haha, no need for that expression!"

Qi Yuan smiled faintly, "This time, you few should cultivate well in Chaos City for a while. I will also help you lay a solid foundation. It is said that the Primordial Heavenly Mountain is the benchmark for the peerless geniuses of the human race. Don't you few have any ideas about it?"

(End of this chapter)