Divine Pupil Venerable's Reward

He transferred all the Demon Race corpses into his Inner World, intending to refine them once the Golden Crow Physique had completed its advancement.

Then, Ze took out the World Ring that Divine Pupil Venerable had given him in the Space-time Fortress.

Sitting cross-legged in the Cultivation Room, he gently stroked the World Ring and quickly refined it.

His psychic power immediately entered the World Ring. The "world" inside was very small, only ten thousand kilometers in diameter. Two Silver White boxes lay within it.

One box was smaller, about one meter long, half a meter wide, and 0.4 meters high.

The other box was slightly larger, about two meters long, 1.3 meters wide, and 0.7 meters high.

With a thought, the smaller box appeared in Li Ze's hand.

Li Ze took a deep breath and opened the Silver White box.

"Click!" The box opened, revealing a pale-red blade of grass inside. It had been placed with great care. It was over fifty centimeters tall, pale red throughout, with liquid slowly flowing through its leaves.

"What kind of plant is this?" Confusion flashed through Li Ze's eyes.

Li Ze had never encountered this plant before, nor had it appeared in his inherited knowledge.

"Walli, search for information on this plant." Since he did not know, he had his Intelligent Optical Computer search for it.

"Understood, Master!"

A beam shot from the Intelligent Optical Computer onto the plant before him.

"Master, this plant is Blazing Grass. It is currently in its juvenile state!"

A moment later, Walli's voice sounded in his mind.

"Blazing Grass?"

"Yes, Master. I will now transmit the information on Blazing Grass to you."

"Blazing Grass: also known as Three Thousand Blazing Grass, it is a very peculiar Plant Life that grows in the universe. It is born in the cores of certain stars. As it grows, it automatically devours the flame energy within the star. As it devours flame energy, Blazing Grass gradually grows three thousand Vines. Generally, only after it has absorbed all the energy of a star can it become a complete form with three thousand Vines. This complete form can reach the Universe level, while the star it was born in will perish after all its energy has been absorbed. The Blazing Grass will then roam the universe in search of another star to take root in and devour."

There were many varieties of Plant Life.

There were types focused on defense, types focused on attack, types balancing attack and defense, and other types. Because there were so many kinds of Plant Life... their functions were countless as well. Some Plant Life could even give birth to living creatures, while others were like trees and had to be rooted in soil. Even transplantation had to be handled carefully; unlike the Moyun Vine and the like, they could not freely fly and run about.

In short, there were countless varieties and countless functions.

"This lifeform is extremely miraculous. After absorbing enough flame energy to advance to the World Lord ninth stage, 2,999 of its Vines will wither away, and all energy will concentrate in the remaining Vine as it transforms toward the Immortal stage."

"Because it is Plant Life, its body is massive, so its probability of transforming into an Immortal is extremely low, less than one in a million. Moreover, naturally grown Blazing Grass extinguishes star after star during its growth, so once discovered by other races in the universe, it will be eradicated. Thus, it is even more difficult for this Plant Life to produce an Immortal-level existence."

"But once Blazing Grass breaks through to the Immortal level, it undergoes a miraculous change. It will restore all three thousand Vines in a short period of time. With its enormous body, it possesses powerful offensive capabilities and can directly reach peak Marquis combat power."

"However, the main use of Immortal-level Blazing Grass is not combat. It is the favorite of artifact-refining masters. After breaking through to the Immortal level, it produces a material called 'Blazing Powder.' When added during artifact refinement, this material can not only raise the temperature of flames, but also make refining materials more suitable for inscribing Mystic Patterns."

"How many resources would it take to cultivate this Blazing Grass?" After reading the introduction, Li Ze asked directly.

"Blazing Grass does not have the graded cultivation methods used for other Plant Life, so the resources required for its cultivation are fixed. On the premise that it is not allowed to devour stellar energy, it requires vast amounts of Fire Attribute resources to absorb energy. Cultivating it to the Universe level requires 61 million Cosmic Coins, to the Domain Lord level requires 5.97 Hun Yuan units, to the World Lord level requires 11,900 Hun Yuan units, and breaking through to the Immortal level requires 17 million Hun Yuan units."

Seeing the wealth required to cultivate Blazing Grass, Li Ze felt helpless.

His entire fortune was currently only a little over 15,000 Hun Yuan units, enough at most to cultivate it to the World Lord level. But he still needed to purchase other cultivation resources. Raising it only to the Domain Lord level would be rather useless to him and would have little effect.

"Can this Plant Life remain in its juvenile state for a long time?"

"Yes. Placing some Cosmic Crystals around it every so often will sustain its juvenile state," Walli replied directly.

"Then I'll set it aside for now. I don't currently have the wealth to cultivate Plant Life!" Li Ze gave up directly, closed the box before him, and stored it in the World Ring.

With another thought, he moved out the slightly larger box.

"I hope the item in this box will be useful to me at my current stage!" Li Ze took a deep breath and opened the Silver White box.

"Click!" The box opened.

Sizzle!

The instant the box opened, a flame formed out of thin air above it.

The heat generated by the flame directly distorted the air above the box.

Below the flame, inside the box, floated a mass of liquid. The energy forming the flame came from that mass of liquid.

"Walli, can you find out what this liquid is?" Divine Pupil Venerable had given him two rewards, and Li Ze could not recognize either of them.

A beam shot from the Intelligent Optical Computer onto the liquid before him.

This time, Walli did not respond for a long while.

"Master, there is no information on this liquid in my current database. I have just connected to the Cosmic Army knowledge base. It will cost 600 Cosmic Coins to search for the information."

"Fine, search it directly!" Even Walli's stored data could not identify it, and Li Ze instantly became interested in the liquid before him.

"Master, I found it!" A moment later, Walli's voice rang out.

"What is before you is not 'liquid,' but a suit of armor!"

"What! Armor?" Li Ze was startled.

"Yes, armor! For the specific information, you only need to touch that mass of 'liquid' with Original Force and you will sense it!"

Hearing Walli's reply, Li Ze immediately reached toward the "liquid" in the box. A scorching sensation came from his fingertips, and Li Ze controlled his Original Force as he injected it.

Whoosh!

The instant Original Force entered the "liquid," the heat-emitting "liquid" flowed directly along the skin of Li Ze's fingers and entered his body.

Gradually, all the "liquid" entered Li Ze's body and rapidly flowed along his Original Force toward every part of his skin. The red liquid gradually fused with Li Ze's skin.

"Boom~~~"

After fusing with the skin across Li Ze's entire body, streams of energy formed directly outside his skin. The energy gradually deepened in color and solidified.

It formed a suit of armor that fit Li Ze's body perfectly. This layer of armor was almost without thickness, clinging to the surface of his skin.

Whoosh!

Li Ze moved rapidly through the Cultivation Room and found that this inner armor did not affect him at all.

"Master, this armor is called the Slo Armor. It was the masterpiece of a renowned armor-forging master named Slo from long ago!"

"The greatest feature of this armor is its powerful defense. A suit of armor of the grade you are wearing can minimize the damage even if you are suddenly attacked by a Sector Lord. Its defense is comparable to armor forged from F-grade Metal. At the same time, this Slo Armor does not prevent you from wearing other armor over it."

"Master Slo, who created this armor, died in an accident. No one among the many races of the universe has ever managed to create this kind of armor again, so its value is extremely high. The last time one appeared at an auction in the Shenting Universe Nation, its final price even reached 12,000 Hun Yuan units!"

Only after hearing Walli's explanation did Li Ze understand how precious this armor was. 12,000 Hun Yuan units was the entire fortune of some poorer Immortals.

"Not bad. Divine Pupil Venerable's rewards really are different!"

Although he knew that an existence at the Venerable level possessed immense wealth, and that these two rewards were probably no more significant to Divine Pupil Venerable than air.

Still, what suited him was best. Setting aside the juvenile Blazing Grass, the value of this single Slo Armor alone nearly matched his entire fortune.

In truth, Divine Pupil Venerable had put some thought into rewarding Li Ze this time. As a Venerable, he simply did not have anything suitable for use by a Universe-level cultivator. The lowest-grade items he possessed required an Immortal to use.

Giving wealth directly would have been too embarrassing for Divine Pupil Venerable, so after searching through his collection, he finally found these two items among Spoils of War from an Immortal he had killed previously but had not yet dealt with.

After storing the metal box on the ground into his Spatial Ring, Li Ze sat cross-legged on the ground and began familiarizing himself with his newly acquired armor.

And so, time gradually passed in cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed. What puzzled Li Ze was that King Yuchi, his Teacher, had said he would formulate a cultivation plan for him, yet had not contacted him at all since then.

Li Ze could not take the initiative to ask, so he continued comprehending the Origin Law over these three months.

During that time, Lairui'er had also gathered everyone to distribute the money from selling the Spoils of War. Li Ze gained another two hundred or so Hun Yuan units of wealth.

Additionally, it was worth mentioning that, aside from Li Ze, the other members of the Tongfeng Team had all entered the top thirty-one in the individual rankings because Li Ze had helped them farm points during the final stage of the Sacred Mountain Battle. Thus, each of them successfully became the disciple of a King-level Immortal.

This caused them all to immerse themselves in the cultivation guidance of their King-level Immortal Teachers during these three months.

"Ding!"

"Master, you have received an email from the Cosmic Army Command Center of the Fourth Outer Domain Battlefield!" Walli's voice rang out.

"Open the email!"

"Understood!"

Soldier Li Ze,

Congratulations on obtaining a Sacred Mountain Baptism Quota for Universe-level cultivators on Yulan Continent. The Sacred Mountain will soon open. Please depart in three days under the leadership of the Legion Commander of your legion.

Please be sure to arrive on time!

Cosmic Army Command Center of the Fourth Outer Domain Battlefield