Peripheral Benefits, Open Class

Three days after making his decision.

The Ganwu Dojo sent Han Han an email regarding the terms of his arrangement.

First, he was classified as an elite student with authority equivalent to a Two-Leaf Ganwu Envoy, granting him access to the dojo treasury to purchase items, with a 90% discount on the first three Bloodline Evolution Agents.

Second, he could attend one public lecture by a Three-Leaf Ganwu Member every three years, with the ability to accumulate these opportunities.

Third, he was prohibited from joining any other factions besides the Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Coliseum, Universe Mercenary Alliance, Universe First Bank, and Universe Galaxy Bank; if he joined any of the aforementioned five, the first two benefits would be revoked.

Of course.

Becoming a universe mercenary did not count; this referred to joining the Universe Mercenary Alliance in its entirety.

The signature at the end of the email was blank; as long as Han Han left his spiritual imprint, it would signify his agreement to the regulations set by the Ganwu Dojo.

"Hum~"

As the two characters of Han Han's name, formed by spiritual force, were imprinted, his authority within the Ganwu Dojo was simultaneously upgraded.

A cursory glance revealed that the upgrade was far from minor.

Two-Leaf Ganwu Envoys were powerhouses among Domain Lords, and in terms of status, they were no worse than the average World Lord in the outside world; they held significant standing within the Ganwu Dojo.

With a thought, he navigated to the treasury interface.

Six main categories appeared: Secret Techniques, Weapons, Battle Suits, Spaceships, Special Treasures, and Materials.

"Ice Flower should belong to the Special Treasures category."

Han Han clicked to jump to the Special Treasures category, and immediately, information on a wide variety of treasures appeared.

He did not deliberately search for Ice Flower; although no problems had occurred in the simulation, this was reality, and Han Han felt it was better to be safe.

Fortunately, Ice Flower was a relatively high-end treasure, located near the top of the Special Treasures category.

Name: Ice Flower

Effect: Increases personal law affinity

Price: 32 Hunyuan Units

Purchase Authority: Immortal God, select Three-Leaf Ganwu Members

Stock: 0

Consumption Method: Melt with Origin Force and ingest. Those below Universe Rank require assistance from an Ice Heart Potion or high-end cold-resistance potions to aid absorption, or protection from a powerhouse.

The simulation had likely simplified things quite a bit, or perhaps his authority had been too low at the time; now that he checked for himself, he found the information much more detailed.

For instance, it wasn't strictly necessary to use an Ice Heart Potion; anything that allowed one to withstand the cold of the Ice Flower liquid would suffice, though the Ice Heart Potion was simply the easiest method.

Next, Han Han continued to browse for treasures.

Nutrient solutions, Bloodline Evolution Agents, and the like; afterward, he even checked the spaceship and materials categories.

"So expensive." Han Han felt deeply discouraged.

It wasn't his fault.

Two-Leaf Ganwu Envoys could purchase many good things, but correspondingly, Domain Lords themselves possessed significant wealth, and their savings were generally denominated in Cosmic Coins.

"I'll worry about it later."

In any case, the Ganwu Dojo couldn't possibly track exactly how much he had in savings; he would buy them once he had the money later.

For now, Han Han intended to look at the public lectures.

Three-Leaf Ganwu Members were generally World Lords, but World Lord was also the realm with the most severe disparity in strength.

To break through to World Lord, one only needed to comprehend a sliver of the laws and fuse one's Origin Force and spiritual power to realize World Force, which was enough to reach the peak of the ninth stage of the World Lord rank.

However, one could also be a World Lord by continuously comprehending laws, gaining recognition from origin laws, or even being just a sliver away from full comprehension and mastering parts of the profound mysteries of high-level laws.

If both were at the peak of the ninth stage of the World Lord rank, the latter could instantly kill the former.

"I can't choose someone too poor, but I shouldn't be overly ambitious either."

Han Han continued to filter through the list.

The Ganwu Universe Kingdom was too vast; even if the Three-Leaf Ganwu Members of the Ganwu Dojo were all among the stronger World Lords, there were nearly ten thousand of them, and at this moment, dozens were scheduled to give public lectures.

"I'll go with him."

The screen stopped on a green-scaled man.

His name was Ponu, a eighth-stage World Lord who had gained recognition from the Wood Origin Law.

Most importantly.

Ponu was lecturing on the Wood Domain this time, which would be of great help to his subsequent improvement of the Wood Domain; he was the most suitable among all the instructors.

"Beep!"

"Elite Student - Han Han, do you wish to sign up for the public lecture by Three-Leaf Ganwu Member - Ponu? If so, please pay 10,000 Cosmic Coins."

"Detected that you have one free public lecture every 3 years. Would you like to use this opportunity for the current course?" the intelligent system reminded Han Han.

"Use the opportunity," Han Han said.

"Registration successful." The intelligent system chimed again, "Please teleport to the Dojo E-18 area within one hour; failure to arrive on time will be considered a forfeiture of this course."

After setting the coordinates, Han Han teleported directly.

The E-18 area was a massive plaza with a slightly elevated platform in the center and 10,081 meditation cushions arranged around it for students to attend the lecture.

By the time Han Han arrived, over a hundred people were already there, and without exception, they were all Domain Lords.

"For Universe Rankers, how to comprehend a domain is the key; this course is indeed not suitable for them." Han Han walked to a cushion in the middle section and sat down.

Those Domain Lords did not seek to interact with him, and he did not initiate any conversation either.

"Huh?"

About 50 minutes later, a voice of confusion sounded in Han Han's ear, "I originally thought I was the only Star Ranker here, but I didn't expect there to be a Planetary Ranker."

Han Han opened his eyes to see a young man with the strength of a Star Rank level seven.

"My name is Nalan. How did you get in? Did you pay to buy a spot? That shouldn't be right either, as the minimum requirement is One-Leaf Ganwu Member clearance." Nalan did not mean any offense; it was clear he was purely curious.

"Because I am a genius from the outer perimeter of the Dojo," Han Han smiled.

"Oh?"

Nalan continued, "I remember now. I heard the instructors mention a genius who comprehended a domain while at the Planetary Rank, but unfortunately refused to join the core. It was... right! It's Han Han, is that you?"

Han Han nodded.

"It really is you."

Nalan immediately became interested and quickly walked over to sit on the cushion next to Han Han, "What were you thinking? To actually refuse such great benefits."

"But I have more freedom this way," Han Han smiled.

"That's true." Nalan seemed to recall something and said, "The instructors arrange life-and-death tempering sessions every so often, and some of them are even mandatory."

"However, the improvement between life and death is indeed the fastest. For example, I have a second-tier bloodline, and it has only been a little over four years from when I first comprehended my domain to reaching the eighth level."

Han Han: "? Is that even human language?"

"You..."

Nalan was just about to continue when a pressure suddenly spread from the far side of the plaza. All eyes in the area turned toward that direction simultaneously; it was World Lord Ponu who had arrived.

"What is your Virtual Universe ID? Let's chat after the public lecture ends," Nalan said, looking at Han Han.

Han Han was quite happy to do so.

To comprehend a domain to the eighth level in four years—this Nalan's talent was definitely extraordinary. Making friends with such a little genius was not a bad thing.

"Quiet!"

Ponu spoke, and with that single word, the entire plaza fell into absolute silence.

"In this public lecture, I will discuss how to further improve the Wood Domain, and even how to step across the threshold of the laws."

"Hum~" An invisible domain spread out.

Han Han could feel that this was just the most ordinary, newly comprehended Wood Domain, the most basic form; he himself currently belonged to this level.

"This is the most basic Wood Domain..."

Ponu began his lecture, and Han Han was fully focused, terrified of missing any key details.