Apprenticeship

The next day, Luo Zhiyuan learned in the Virtual Universe that the Luo Family had already returned to Earth, and the World Ring he had been waiting for for seven days had finally arrived.

A dark-gold, teardrop-shaped spaceship descended directly onto the roof of the Biyan Planet branch of the Universe First Bank. The branch manager had been waiting on the roof since early morning for the delivery personnel. Because this was a service for a five-star client, the manager had to personally escort the transport staff to the client's reception room before he could leave.

The spaceship's hatch opened, and three individuals wearing high-tier Force Battle Suits and looking cold and stern stepped out. As soon as these three stepped off the ship, they exuded an oppressive aura that seemed to subtly control the surrounding environment.

The manager's forehead broke out in a cold sweat involuntarily. Seeing the distinct law secret pattern imprints on the center of each of their foreheads, his legs began to go weak. He kept shouting in his heart: "My god, they are World Lords! And powerful World Lords recognized by the origin laws at that! Three of them came at once; this... this really shows how much they value this business!"

The three World Lord powerhouses responsible for the delivery saw the manager looking somewhat dazed and said with some displeasure: "Stop standing there like a fool. Take us to the esteemed client quickly. If the client becomes dissatisfied, annihilating this entire planet wouldn't be enough to appease them!"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, please follow me, my lords. The guest is just downstairs, we will be there soon." The manager wiped his cold sweat while leading the three World Lords away at a trot.

The manager did not think the World Lord-level powerhouses were joking, because the guest was a five-star client! One had to know that five-star accounts could only be held by extremely powerful Undying powerhouses at a minimum. Making such a powerhouse or their descendants dissatisfied was a consequence they could not bear.

Once the manager led the three World Lords to the door of Luo Zhiyuan's reception room and signaled that the guest was inside, he left the rooftop himself.

The three World Lords glanced at each other, wearing warm smiles on their faces, and then contacted the robot inside the reception room to notify the other party that the goods had arrived and to please receive them.

Luo Zhiyuan was currently in the Killing Space, continuing to delve into the combat secret techniques of the Lightning Shuttle. When the robot reminded him that the ring had arrived, Luo Zhiyuan stopped his practice and opened the door to the reception room.

The three World Lords outside entered the reception room with smiles on their faces. Seeing that the person receiving the goods was a little Planetary-level kid, they retracted all their pressure. No other expressions appeared on their faces, and they still said with a smile: "Greetings, esteemed guest. The item handover service you requested can now proceed. Please perform the verification once more; we can only hand over the items after the verification is correct."

Luo Zhiyuan, after all, had little experience and did not recognize that these were three World Lord powerhouses. As for Bulieni, he had seen too many powerhouses, and he wouldn't care about these three World Lord-level "little guys." To Bulieni, anyone below the Universe Venerable level could be called a little guy!

Therefore, Luo Zhiyuan verified the password quite naturally. Afterward, one of the three World Lords removed the special storage device from his wrist and handed it to Luo Zhiyuan with a smile: "Esteemed guest, the item you requested is inside this specially made storage equipment."

"This storage equipment has been monitored by the Virtual Universe system since it was taken out of the Ganwu Universe Kingdom branch. None of us have opened it. Please check the goods; if there are no issues, we will consider our delivery complete."

After Luo Zhiyuan took it, he checked it with his spiritual energy and found it was a very small storage space. Inside the space, there was only a lonely World Ring, and on that World Ring, there was a very familiar secret technique fluctuation.

Luo Zhiyuan immediately knew that it was the secret seal left by the Light Beast God; it should be correct.

Although Luo Zhiyuan did not know what was in the ring, this type of special secret seal had very distinct characteristics. To be safe, after asking Bulieni, Bulieni said: "That's right, it is this World Ring. Only that old charlatan could produce this secret technique fluctuation; no one else can fake it."

Luo Zhiyuan immediately used the same method he used last time to unseal the World Ring, and sure enough, he successfully bound this ring to himself very quickly.

Relieved, he took the ring and said very politely to the three World Lord powerhouses: "Alright, confirmed, I have received the items. Thank you all for your hard work."

The three World Lord powerhouses then smiled and said: "Very well, since the guest has confirmed everything is correct, we shall take our leave. Thank you for using our Universe First Bank. It was an honor to serve you. Goodbye." They turned and walked out of the reception room.

The three World Lords returned directly to the teardrop-shaped spaceship. Only after entering the ship did they all let out a sigh of relief, because it was only then that they received the notification that the mission was complete and the monitoring by the Virtual Universe system had been disconnected.

The three of them looked at each other and revealed a bitter smile. Being able to serve a five-star client was a highly sought-after task within their bank, as it was very likely to result in guidance from a powerful Undying powerhouse, which could increase their chances of reaching the Undying level.

The three of them had put in a lot of effort to secure this mission, but it turned out to be a Planetary-level kid. They could only blame their bad luck. Who knew how long it would be before they could secure another opportunity to serve a five-star client.

Since the ring had been retrieved, Luo Zhiyuan naturally wanted to know what treasures were inside and whether they could help him improve his strength quickly, so he asked Bulieni to take a look.

The result was that he was immediately brought into the World Ring by Bulieni. This ring was still the same size as the previous one, a world with a length, width, and height of 100 million kilometers.

However, even after coming in, Luo Zhiyuan didn't know what was here, so he asked in confusion: "Bulieni, why did you bring me in? I don't know what Senior Chenxi left behind, and I'm still just an ignorant Earth native."

Bulieni said somewhat urgently in Luo Zhiyuan's consciousness: "Luo kid, of course there's a reason for bringing you in. I discovered something the old charlatan left behind, but it also has his unique seal on it."

"Hurry up and unseal it to see; it might be some important treasure. Otherwise, he wouldn't have put a unique secret seal on it like that."

Luo Zhiyuan was a bit surprised. This ring had already been unsealed once; why was there something else that needed unsealing? He would know what was going on once he opened it.

It was a milky-white ball of light. Luo Zhiyuan quickly broke the seal, and then the ball of light suddenly expanded, turning into a figure nearly 100,000 kilometers tall—the figure of the Light Beast God!

Luo Zhiyuan stared dumbfounded at the huge figure, feeling that compared to the other party, he wasn't even an ant. This was likely the true size of the Light Beast God. Although this figure did not emit any pressure, the immense size naturally formed a huge psychological pressure on Luo Zhiyuan.

Fortunately, Luo Zhiyuan was currently in the second state of heart cultivation, where yin and yang were in harmony, so although the invisible pressure would make an ordinary person unable to stand, it was still acceptable for him.

At this moment, the Light Beast God looked down at Luo Zhiyuan, and a booming voice echoed within the ring space: "Little friend, mysterious unexpected guest, this is our first meeting. Of course, you should have already seen me once, but that was another one of my spiritual imprints. This spiritual imprint of mine is indeed meeting you for the first time."

Bulieni muttered to himself in Luo Zhiyuan's consciousness: "Old charlatan, it's been so many years, I didn't expect that when I saw you again, you would have already been dead for who knows how many eras. I wonder how many of our acquaintances from that era are still alive. You, on the other hand, died quite gracefully..."

Luo Zhiyuan listened to Bulieni's depressed muttering and didn't know how to comfort him.

The Light Beast God continued: "To be honest, I didn't expect to leave behind another spiritual imprint. However, within an era before my life was to end, I actually foresaw some scenes of you."

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be able to grow to that extent, and in your growth, I actually count as your introductory teacher."

"So I knew I needed to prepare some things for you; otherwise, with just the items I left behind last time, you might not be able to grow smoothly and quickly to that realm."

"I spent nearly an era preparing. I deposited some money in your human race's bank and prepared some necessary cultivation items for you, including Evolution Fluid to increase your body's energy and some special life forms to help you grow."

"In addition, this time I also made a deal with that old guy Zuoshanke, using a mysterious treasure I found in my early years, the 'Heaven Soul Crystal', to exchange."

"This 'Heaven Soul Crystal' is very magical; it can defy the operating rules of the Primal Universe once. As far as I know, there is only one such piece in the entire universe, and the reason for its formation and its origin were actually obscured by the universe's operating rules."

"So I had him forge a weapon suitable for you to use and owe a promise—if you have trouble you cannot solve, take that weapon he forged and find him. As long as it's not trouble like asking him to kill the strongest in the universe, he will help you solve it."

"As for that weapon suitable for you, you can try to bind it to yourself after you enter the World Lord level. It will be enough for you to use until the Universe Venerable level. For higher levels, you will have to rely on your own opportunities to strive for them."

Luo Zhiyuan was very surprised and moved when he heard this. He was surprised that the Heaven Soul Crystal used by Zuoshanke to create the Nine Calamity Manual was actually obtained from the Light Beast God. One had to know that this was likely the only Heaven Soul Crystal in this universe. And he was moved because of the Light Beast God's actions; for a little guy he had never met, he had done so much. This could not help but move him.

The Light Beast God continued: "Oh right, my old partner Bulieni, I know you can hear me now. I'm sorry I sealed you for so long. From now on, you don't have to worry about me sealing you up again."

"It's a pity that I won't be able to hear you speak later. In the future, you will take my place as this little friend's teacher. After all, you've been with me for so long, you have the knowledge."

"However, old partner Bulieni, you don't currently have the ability to be this little guy's introductory teacher. After all, your starting point is too high; you don't know how to teach him to break through from low levels to Undying."

"So I have also prepared a set of materials for you, stored in this auxiliary light brain. Once you absorb it, you can be a theoretically qualified teacher. This auxiliary light brain also contains an introduction to the items I prepared in this ring. You can coordinate with the things in the ring to formulate a teaching plan."

"Alright, I've nagged enough, it's time to go. This time, I'm really leaving for good. I'm going to keep an appointment that is destined to lead to my fall. I really didn't expect that so many old guys would be involved this time. I will give them a memory they will never forget, hahahaha!"

The Light Beast God's massive figure gradually dissipated amidst his bold laughter, and an auxiliary light brain appeared in its place.

Bulieni shouted very loudly in Luo Zhiyuan's consciousness: "Old charlatan, you're already dead and you're still arranging work for me, and you sealed me for so long, I hate you to death! If you want me not to hold a grudge against you, then you must deal with those guys fiercely! Don't let them have an easy time!"

Luo Zhiyuan could clearly hear the suppressed sorrow in Bulieni's emotions, but he had no appropriate words of comfort. He just solemnly performed the grand ceremony of kneeling and kowtowing three times to the auxiliary light brain, and then said solemnly: "Senior Chenxi, I, Luo Zhiyuan, will treat you as my teacher from now on. If one day my ability is sufficient, I will definitely find out the participants of that year and avenge you, Teacher!"

PS: I received the signing notification today, haha! So it took a while, and the time was delayed. My brothers, I'm sorry! Thank you all for your strong support! Today is a day worth remembering. Please join me in celebrating, thank you!