Worth It

The Divine Temple of the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Thirteen stood bowing below, recounting the details of Tang Ping's ascent of the tower with great enthusiasm, and at the end, he emphasized, "Venerable, with this lad's temperament, I think he has the potential to become a powerful immortal!"

"Oh? This has piqued my interest." The pale purple lightning hovering between Wind-Thunder Venerable's fingertips crackled softly. "Show me the video of that kid Tang Ping's tower-climbing adventure."

The Ganwu Kingdom Lord nearby, quickly stepped forward, his face beaming with just the right amount of enthusiasm. "Wind-Thunder, you're being too polite!"

With a flick of his wrist, a token inlaid with starlight flew towards Wind-Thunder Venerable. "I'm giving you the highest authority over the Ganwu Secret Realm directly. I owe you favors from all these years, and it's time to repay them. Take whatever you fancy, whether it's rare treasures or extraordinary people within the secret realm. Don't be shy."

Clearly, in his view, using a potentially talented Universe Level kid to repay the favor owed by Wind-Thunder Venerable was an incredibly profitable deal!

As for Thirteen's claim that "Tang Ping concealed his strength and even touched upon the superior Time Law," he simply took it as an exaggeration by his subordinate.

Absolutely not!

It should be noted that ever since the Chaos City Lord forbade him from leaving the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, his greatest hobby has been to travel incognito with his guards in secret realms. In recent years, the Ganwu Universe Kingdom has seen the lowest rate of harassment from Alien Race among Human Race Universe Country.

The Ganwu Secret Realm is his permanent residence; who would dare to cause trouble there?

Not to mention, in order to cultivate geniuses, he specially improved the reward mechanism of the secret realm. As long as Universe Level powerhouse comprehends any one of the higher-level Universe Origin Laws of spacetime, a reward of one billion Universe Coin can be deposited into his account within ten minutes.

One billion Universe Coin! Even an ordinary Universe Level being might not be able to accumulate that much even if they worked for thousands of years without eating or drinking. With such benefits, who would be foolish enough to hide their strength? They must have lost their mind.

Wind-Thunder Venerable accepted the token, tapped the air with his fingertip, and a semi-transparent control panel appeared.

She expertly swiped through the screen and quickly brought up the complete video of Tang Ping's ascent through the tower. As soon as the video started, her eyebrows twitched slightly.

In the video, when Tang Ping uses her escape technique, the arc of her toes touching the ground, the traces of her spiritual energy flowing, and even the habitual head tilt when dodging the trap arrows, are exactly the same as when she was young.

Moreover, their fighting styles are exactly the same: first, they use their movement to create distance, then they harass the opponent with small, fragmented attacks, and when the opponent shows an opening, they concentrate all their strength to deliver a fatal blow.

"Huh?" The Ganwu Kingdom Lord leaned closer, somewhat surprised. "Wind-Thunder, how come this kid's methods are exactly the same as yours?"

If you weren't standing here, I would have thought he was your personal disciple whom you had kept hidden for hundreds of years.

Even so, the king was now completely relieved.

Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die! Tang Ping only knows how to copy and imitate, without any of his own insights. At best, he will be a slightly more skilled thug, and will never become a true strongman.

Sending such a person to Wind-Thunder Venerable would be a perfect solution—it would please him without causing him any loss.

It's worth it!

Wind-Thunder Venerable, however, did not think that way. Instead, she watched with great interest. Having lived for nearly a billion epochs, this was the first time she had encountered someone whose fighting habits, secret techniques, and even personality were so similar to hers.

Imagine, in the distant future, having a disciple like this to ambush others, run away together, and steal things together—that would be so cool!

"That's enough of our reminiscing." Wind-Thunder Venerable turned off the video, leaving a faint purple afterimage of lightning in his wake. "I'm going to check out this kid."

Before he finished speaking, he had already disappeared from the Divine Temple.

The Ganwu Kingdom Lord breathed a long sigh of relief, as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He turned to look at Thirteen and said with satisfaction, "You did a good job this time. Reward me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Thirteen bowed respectfully.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Hehehehe

Twenty years later, a void Linghu Island.

The Wind-Thunder Venerable hid in the spatial crevice, watching the scene in the bamboo building below. His face, which had originally carried a hint of majesty, was now completely black with anger, and even the lightning at his fingertips was throbbing with rage.

Tang Ping! This kid she's been watching for twenty years has only done three things all these years: eat, drink, sleep, cultivate, and... hang out with two girls at the same time.

What left her speechless was that this kid had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve.

As a veteran Venerable has lived for nearly a billion epochs, what storms hasn't she weathered? Yet, this is the first time she's known that Superior Origin Law can be used in this way. Tang Ping actually came up with the idea of using the Time Law to slow down the moment and precisely control the rhythm of "returning a favor."

Every time he saw the three young people fighting in pairs inside the bamboo house, Wind-Thunder Venerable felt his heart tremble.

Over the past twenty years, she has not only "eavesdropped" on many things, but also constantly broadened her horizons.

It's one thing to use phrases like "pressing on step by step" and "verbal attacks," but he even uses elegant terms like "repaying kindness with kindness" in this kind of situation.

The most outrageous thing was that once when the two girls were arguing about a recipe, he casually blurted out "Kung Pao Chicken," talking about it in great detail, as if he was more serious about studying cooking than studying the rules of the game.

"This is too improper!" Wind-Thunder Venerable gritted his teeth inwardly, yet he couldn't help but continue observing.

It wasn't that I was curious about those private matters, but rather that there were just too many suspicious things about this kid.

First, this guy is ridiculously rich.

This seemingly insignificant Universe Level cultivator not only possesses a Peak World Lord Rank Divine Weapon that only peak Realm Lord level experts can afford, but also wears a fifth-tier defensive battle suit, and even his rare Plant Lifeform Cloud-Touching Vine, has reached the peak of the Domain Lord level.

It's worth noting that even some veteran realm lords might not be able to assemble such a complete set.

Secondly, and what intrigued her most, was that this kid had truly grasped the basics of the superior Time Law!

She witnessed it firsthand at the Spirit Liquid Pool, when, at a crucial moment in the battle, Tang Ping casually flicked his wrist, using the Time Law to speed up Luo Xiaoyu's movements several times over, and then used the Time Law to empower himself, slowing down time.

That technique was incredibly skillful; it definitely didn't look like someone who had just started.

Now that he's mastered the rules of the higher realms, why doesn't he challenge the tower and claim the rewards? Why is he hiding it? Shouldn't young people be full of vigor and ambition, wanting to have "I'm strong" etched on their foreheads?

Back when she first comprehended the Superior Origin Law, she directly cleaved a spatial rift several miles long outside Chaos City, just to let everyone know how powerful she was.

Heaven is number one, I'm number two!

Even if one were to become a disciple, one would still feel that the master was nothing special, having taken tens of millions of epochs to become the Universe Master!

"This kid definitely has a secret." Wind-Thunder Venerable's eyes gradually sharpened. "Could he be a spy sent by Alien Race?"