The City Lord's Summons

Inside Lu Yan'an's lair in Wuchen Spacetime.

A gray, sword-shaped spaceship, only a hundred meters long, was parked on the planetary land. Lu Yan'an led his guard captain, Hisoka Immortal, and his guards to personally greet it.

This was the official spaceship that came to verify and confirm Lu Yan'an's mission in the real world after he submitted his exclusive task.

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"Hello, Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an." Three men and women in black uniforms emerged from the hatch. The man in the lead said, "Please enter the spaceship. Your guards don't need to come in."

"Okay." Lu Yan'an nodded.

Upon entering the sword-shaped spaceship, we quickly arrived at a specialized testing cabin.

"After Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an enters the testing chamber, simply follow the intelligent prompts." These three men and women in black were incredibly humble and polite. While they were all World Lord in terms of strength, they weren't particularly talented in combat and were meant to handle various affairs. However, even in handling affairs, there were distinctions based on rank.

These three people were handling core matters, and they naturally knew how outrageous Lu Yan'an's talent and current status were! Therefore, their attitude towards Lu Yan'an was naturally very humble. As the saying goes, when you are in a high position, you will only see smiling faces. This rule still holds true even on the grand platform of the universe.

If they were dealing with ordinary geniuses, they would usually be businesslike and cold-faced, and would never show such humility.

"Okay." Lu Yan'an nodded and stepped into the testing chamber.

Inside the cabin.

An electronic voice announced, "Lu Yan'an, please place the required number of Xueluo Crystal on the table in front of you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan'an took out 100 Xueluo Crystal from his Space Ring and placed them on the alloy table in front of him. The Xueluo Crystal were not small in size, and the 100 of them quickly filled the small alloy table in front of him.

"First task: Obtain one hundred Xueluo Crystal. Completed. Reward: 10% mission completion." The electronic voice announced. "Now, Lu Yan'an, please reveal your Xueluo Secret Pattern. The computer will scan the Secret Pattern!"

Laugh!

He removed his white robe, revealing his bare chest and muscular physique. Then, he activated the Xueluo Power within his body, and countless blood-red Secret Pattern immediately appeared all over his body. At a glance, these Secret Pattern, though incredibly complex, appeared as a unified whole, and contained an incomparably mysterious power. This directly increased Lu Yan'an's compatibility with the major origins of the universe by 4 times, surpassing the 100-fold Gene Level that limits the universe!

Blue light swept across Lu Yan'an and the alloy table.

"Beep! There is a malfunction; the level of the Secret Pattern cannot be determined. We hereby request manual inspection for confirmation!"

"Huh?" Lu Yan'an was a little puzzled. What was going on? They still couldn't determine the state of the Xueluo Secret Pattern.

But something even more puzzling happened: the very next moment after the testing chamber announced the need for manual inspection, the electronic voice sounded again.

"Approved, confirmed!"

"Lu Yan'an, congratulations on completing the second and third tasks, becoming Black Warrior, and receiving a 70% task completion reward," the electronic voice said.

A smile immediately appeared on Lu Yan'an's face.

"Beep, an additional task has been detected for this exclusive special mission. Would you like to submit the mission completion token now?"

"Confirmed!" Lu Yan'an answered affirmatively, and then, following the same pattern, placed the Space Ring that he had left behind when he killed the Blood Venerable next to the pile of Xueluo Crystal!

The blue light swept across again.

After a long silence, the electronic voice sounded again, "Approval passed! Congratulations, Lu Yan'an! You have now completed all assigned and additional tasks, achieving a total completion rate of 200%, which translates to 20 million points. These points have been deposited into your Virtual Universe account. Please check your account!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a notification appeared on Lu Yan'an's wrist, indicating that 20 million points had been deposited into his account.

At that moment, a cold female voice suddenly rang out in the testing chamber.

"Hello Lu Yan'an, the message I am about to convey to you through the Virtual Universe Network System involves the confidential information of my Virtual Universe Company. Please do not disclose it."

Confidential? He was taken aback upon hearing this, but quickly realized that it must refer to the company's acquisition of Xueluo Crystal. In the original story, the higher-ups of the Virtual Universe Company had fleeced all those geniuses, offering 600 points per crystal—a price that would make even Huang Shiren (a notorious landlord in Chinese folklore) write a big thumbs up.

"Please speak!" Lu Yan'an remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was cursing!

"Hmm, since you were able to become Black Warrior and pay a hundred Xueluo Crystal, I reckon you should have quite a few Xueluo Crystal on you, right?" the cold woman's voice asked.

Without waiting for Lu Yan'an's reply, he continued, "Xueluo Crystal exist only in the Xueluo World. They are extremely mysterious and incredibly important crystals in our vast universe."

"Within our Human Race, Xueluo Crystal are designated as 'forbidden items.' 'Forbidden items' mean items that are absolutely prohibited from sale. If anyone is found selling them, Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Dojo, Universe Mercenary Alliance, Universe First Bank, and Universe Galaxy Bank will all take direct action to confiscate the Xueluo Crystal and severely punish offenders."

Hehe, isn't this just scaring those newbies? First, give them a slap, then buy up the Xueluo Crystal at a "high price" of 600 points. After this whole process, I guarantee that all the inexperienced newbies will bring out their Xueluo Crystal to trade.

"You acquired the Xueluo Crystal through legal and normal channels; the company will not steal it," the cold female voice said. "However, you absolutely cannot sell the Xueluo Crystal to anyone else; you can only use it yourself. If you want to give it away, please submit an application to the Virtual Universe Company first. Only after the application is approved can you give it away. Secondly, if you want to Xueluo Crystal, our Virtual Universe Company will be responsible for purchasing it, offering 600 points per Xueluo Crystal."

After speaking, the cold woman paused, then continued to ask, "Are you willing to sell the Xueluo Crystal?"

"Heh, only a fool would agree!" Lu Yan'an thought to himself. He knew that Xueluo Crystal weren't just for direct absorption; he could also extract a drop of Blood of the Beast God from 100 crystals! This Blood of the Beast God was something even Feng Wang and Immortal Venerable coveted. Offering 600 points per crystal? They were probably trying to rip him off!

"I don't have many Xueluo Crystal left, and I want to continue fusing them," Lu Yan'an said.

"Hmm." The cold voice didn't continue the conversation. "Let's leave it at that. Our conversation is now over. Today's discussion is confidential and must not be leaked."

"Yes." Lu Yan'an nodded.

Immediately, the electronic voice sounded from inside the testing chamber, "Lu Yan'an, the test is complete. You may leave." At the same time, the door opened automatically.

Lu Yan'an didn't say anything more and walked straight out of the testing chamber.

Time flies, and another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Deep within this Original Secret Realm, a vast river of stars flows mightily, its width spanning light-years and its length seemingly endless, as if leading to the very end of the starry sky.

In this river that vaguely resembles a lake, various strange objects float, each radiating a terrifying pressure.

At the same time, a series of sounds were emitted: "Clang!", "Winter!", "Whoosh!", "Sizzle!"...

In the center of this starry river lies a cluster of undulating palaces, surrounded and encircled by the starry river.

The riverbank marks the edge of the palace complex.

"Junior brother, this is a space-time controlled by our master, and this starry river is the Qianbao River, the supreme Supreme Treasure that our master wields throughout the universe. Its power is boundless and irresistible!"

The Venerable Gui Yi, dressed in a fiery red battle robe, pointed to the starry river beneath his feet and Lu Yan'an with a smile.

"Your master summoned you this time because your uncles have probably already discussed and made arrangements for your next phase. You should prepare yourself mentally in advance!"

"I understand!" Lu Yan'an smiled and nodded at Venerable Gui Yi.

"Speaking of which, today should be the first time you've seen this Clone of your master in reality, right?" Venerable Gui Yi said with a smile.

Lu Yan'an nodded upon hearing this. Although he had long heard of the City Lord of Chaos's name and had seen the City Lord of Chaos Lord's killing Clone in Chaos City, this was the first time he had seen the Main Combat Clone wielding the Qianbao River.

"This Clone of Master is completely different from the Clone in Chaos City. Be respectful when you see it!" Venerable Gui Yi reminded him.

Hearing his words, Lu Yan'an could only nod with a wry smile. Why did this Venerable Gui Yi always think I would offend the City Lord of Chaos? He could only respond with a wry smile!

However, even without being reminded, Lu Yan'an would not recklessly offend the City Lord of Chaos.

After all, this is a peak 5th-tier Universe Master, one of the two pillars of the Human Race!

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