With Blood Blade King overseeing the work, Qin Cang's residence in Chaos City was completely finished in less than a day. The Virtual Universe Company was simply incredibly efficient, and the quality was guaranteed, so there was no need to worry about shoddy workmanship.
Of course, the materials used for the residences of these King-level members were completely different from those used for the residences of the youngsters.
This was also to take the geniuses' cultivation into consideration. They couldn't very well build their residences out of piles of F-class or even G-Grade Metal. Otherwise, if one of those geniuses suddenly had an insight while cultivating in Chaos City and wanted to find somewhere to carve it down, they might nearly break their swords without managing to scratch even a single word into the wall. That would be quite a joke.
With Qin Cang's residence in Chaos City completed, he moved out of Blood Blade King's residence and into his own manor.
In the future, if any of Qin Cang's family members or younger clan members received the opportunity to come to Chaos City to cultivate, they could stay at his residence as well.
Of course, aside from Qin Cang's birth parents and Marquis Yanxing, he absolutely wouldn't let any other members of his family stay at his manor to cultivate if they came to Chaos City.
They could just go to the public areas like everyone else. Those were where they belonged. Besides, the walls and floors there might have insights carved into them by some genius during cultivation. If they came across one, they would have struck it rich.
The ninth floor of Qin Cang's manor was where he had prepared a long-term resting room for himself. If he had guests, he would receive them there as well.
Everything was arranged exactly the way he liked it.
"Senior Brother, I'll be leaving Chaos City soon." Qin Cang poured a cup of wine for himself and Blood Blade King.
"Haha, Junior Brother, that's a good thing. Every powerful warrior grows through countless battles. According to the rules of the Virtual Universe Company, every Core Secret Region World Lord has to choose between venturing into the Outer-Region Battlefield and exploring a Universe Secret Region.
"The resources the clan spends on these World Lords—especially the World Lords of the Primal Secret Region—are astronomical. Naturally, the clan can't let you consume all those resources without giving anything back.
"Even your senior brother here still enjoys the clan's benefits, but I'm already capable of doing quite a bit for the clan. Whether I want to go is another matter.
"But you World Lords don't have the right to refuse. Once you become a World Lord, the Virtual Universe has already assigned you the corresponding missions.
"Of course, you can choose not to do them. You can even choose to break through to become an undying. But those missions won't disappear. Once you become undying, you'll get new missions, and you'll even have to complete dozens of times as many missions as you left unfinished during your World Lord stage.
"As far as the clan is concerned, even a Universe Venerable has to follow its rules. I'll let you in on a secret: I know a few Venerables who, after falling and losing the money to repay their debts, were assigned by the clan to the most exhausting, thankless jobs so they could earn contribution points to pay them off." Blood Blade King laughed as he explained. One of those Venerables had once done him a great kindness, but there was nothing he could do. He could only watch helplessly as the other man accepted the clan's assignment and went to guard some godforsaken place.
Hearing Blood Blade King's words, Qin Cang understood that the clan couldn't keep giving without expecting anything in return. The resources wasted on each World Lord of the Primal Secret Region were so immense that, unless they became a King, the clan was effectively taking a loss. Even if they became a King, the clan would only make a tiny profit.
Qin Cang knew the original story, so he was familiar with most of the Human Race's leadership and their affairs. And through his own years of experience as a World Lord of the Primal Secret Region, he had gained a deeper understanding of the clan's arrangements.
Only when someone reached Peak King or higher did the clan's investment finally pay off. Becoming a Venerable meant the clan had made a huge profit.
In fact, most of the resources used by the clan's undyings and younger generations who hadn't yet become undying came from Kings and above—or, more accurately, mostly from Universe Venerables who found them in the various Universe Secret Regions. The clan then processed those resources and distributed them to the five major factions, where people below could purchase and use them. Finally, some of the resources flowed into the auctions held by the various Universe Countries, allowing those undyings who hadn't joined the five major factions to get a taste as well.
Of course, some resources were found by Universe Adventurers scattered throughout the cosmos. But after all sorts of dealings, the bulk still ended up in the pockets of the five major factions.
That was how things worked for those below Venerable. But how many Venerables could truly acquire their own Heavy Treasures and Supreme Treasures?
Most of them were obtained by Universe Masters in the Universe Ocean. There were only 10,081 Primitive Stars, and they opened only once after countless ages. The entire universe had to divide up their spoils, so how many Supreme Treasures could the Human Race's Venerables possibly get their hands on?
As for the Human Race's true treasures that safeguarded the clan, they owed a great deal to Giant Axe Founder's selflessness. Otherwise, how many Peak Supreme Treasures could those few Universe Masters have obtained, even Chaos City Lord?
All in all, below Peak King—or even below Venerable—the Human Race was still living off the clan's bounty. They hadn't truly taken on the burden of protecting the clan. Only from the Venerable level onward did they begin to contribute to the clan.
If measured in money, Giant Axe Founder alone had contributed seventy or even eighty percent of the Human Race's resources.
Thinking of this, Qin Cang couldn't help but complain about Original Ancestor. Why hadn't he left the Human Race a single supreme treasure? Even a Supreme Treasure Armor would have done.
Back then, Luo Feng had asked Chaos City Lord whether the Human Race had any supreme treasures, and Chaos City Lord had said that they once had.
Didn't that mean the Human Race's supreme treasure had been taken by Original Ancestor to gamble everything on possessing the Primal Universe?
The result was obvious: the supreme treasure and Original Ancestor had both been suppressed, never to see the light of day again.
Of course, Original Ancestor had still left something behind: the Mechanical Flow Supreme Treasure, the Universe in Palm. It could unleash two attacks at the sixth level. Of course, they were only sixth-level attacks. It was useful in the Primal Universe, but not so much outside it.
Even within the Primal Universe, it wasn't all that useful. After all, a Universe Supreme Being could unleash a sixth-level attack with a casual blow. If a fourth- or fifth-level Universe Master encountered one and was determined to flee, the Universe in Palm couldn't stop them.
Qin Cang shook his head, no longer dwelling on the absurd actions of those figures. For now, he was better off focusing on his own cultivation.
"Senior Brother, after I leave Chaos City, should I go to the Outer-Region Battlefield or a Universe Secret Region?" Qin Cang asked.
Battling countless powerful members of the Alien Race in the Outer-Region Battlefield was undoubtedly a good opportunity to improve one's combat skills, temper one's will, and create one's own techniques. Every powerful warrior's path to fame was paved with the corpses of countless others. Besides, the strongest warriors in the Outer-Region Battlefield were only at the Peak King limit, so the danger was manageable. As long as he wasn't subjected to Soul Enslavement, there wouldn't be a problem.
A Universe Secret Region, on the other hand, was where countless mysterious opportunities in the universe converged. Special Lifeforms, rare treasures, and even genuine Heavy Treasures or Supreme Treasures could be found there.
And endless opportunities meant that the danger inside a secret region far surpassed that of the Outer-Region Battlefield.
It was entirely possible to turn a corner while exploring a secret region and run into a Venerable from the Alien Race.
Of course, secret regions varied in strength. Qin Cang wanted to find materials for his second clone, and the secret regions that met his requirements were all renowned super secret regions in the universe, filled with danger at every turn. Even a Universe Master might appear there.
In fact, Kedi, Chaos City Lord's future youngest disciple, had fallen in a Universe Secret Region.
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