Joining the Beihua Branch

The second option is to enter the Virtual Universe Company internally, though one's freedom becomes restricted and mandatory missions must be undertaken.

Fortunately, the timeline is quite generous: a secret realm mission every thirty years and a mercenary mission every ten years.

He himself needs to venture out for experience, and he was just worrying about where to go for training.

As for the headquarters offering more resources than the branch, at the end of the day, the goal of becoming stronger in both places is to secure one of the 100 challenge spots for the "Doomsday Secret Realm."

He isn't worried about this; the Doomsday Secret Realm is not the Primal Secret Realm, and the universe-level geniuses there are not that heaven-defying.

Moreover, comparing it to the generation of Luo Feng from the original work, the quality of past generations is actually quite average.

Normally, the top few of Luo Feng's generation would be championship material in any other year.

While Qi Tian wouldn't dare claim he could achieve a great result immediately, he can steadily aim for a hundred years; if the first grand competition doesn't work out, there is always the next, and he will eventually obtain a spot for the Doomsday Secret Realm.

Tegages watched Qi Tian still deep in thought, assuming he was struggling with the choice between the headquarters and the branch.

For the sake of his own performance metrics and to be transferred back to headquarters sooner, he decided to sweeten the deal for the two of them.

"If you choose the second option and join my Beihua Empire branch, I personally promise a reward of 1 trillion universe coins for each of you."

"If you enter the top 10 within the branch, I will reward you with another 10 trillion universe coins."

"If you enter the Doomsday Secret Realm during the centennial ranking competition—note, I mean entering the Doomsday Secret Realm, not just obtaining a challenge spot."

"As long as you enter the Doomsday Secret Realm, I will ultimately reward you with 100 trillion universe coins."

Hearing Tegages resort to a monetary offensive to get them to join the Beihua branch, Qi Tian and Chi Xin were momentarily overwhelmed with joy by the figures measured in trillions.

I was already planning to join the branch, just playing hard to get; you doing this is really... too great.

Qi Tian thought this to himself while keeping a calm expression, whereas Chi Xin, having a powerful teacher, didn't feel much about this amount of money.

Meanwhile, Weitz, standing to the side, felt his heart churning with shock.

I never expected Lord Tegages to offer 1 Hunyuan Unit just to recruit these two, and even 100 Hunyuan if they enter the Doomsday Secret Realm.

One must know that he, a Domain Lord 9th-stage powerhouse serving as an external deacon for the Virtual Universe Company, only has a net worth of a few hundred billion universe coins, which is less than 0.5 Hunyuan.

After Tegages unleashed his monetary offensive, Qi Tian agreed on the spot to the proposal of joining the Beihua branch.

Chi Xin thought for a moment and also chose the second option, joining the Beihua branch.

Qi Tian was his first friend, and with both of them entering the Virtual Universe Company together, they could look out for each other during secret realm training or mercenary missions.

Seeing that both had agreed, Tegages felt a weight lift from his heart, and a smile appeared on his face.

I have seen their strength with my own eyes; they will definitely enter the Doomsday Secret Realm. As long as they secure a spot and my teacher pulls a few strings, I will be able to return to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters soon.

Seeing the smile on Tegages's face after recruiting the two, Weitz knew that the man must think very highly of Qi Tian and Chi Xin, so he spoke to them.

"Congratulations to you both on joining the Virtual Universe Company. If you have any problems here in the Beihua Empire in the future, feel free to contact me at any time."

Tegages nodded as well, adding, "Although I am the person in charge of the Beihua Island Slaughter Arena, I am based at the Noah Universe Kingdom branch. For trivial matters in the Beihua Empire, you can just look for Weitz."

Qi Tian and Chi Xin immediately thanked Weitz, knowing that the other party was trying to build a rapport with them; having this local snake looking out for them would make things much more convenient.

A few minutes later, Qi Tian and Chi Xin signed the agreement to join the Beihua branch of the Virtual Universe Company, officially becoming internal members.

Tegages's smile did not fade as he watched them finish signing.

Although it looked a bit creepy to Qi Tian, like the child from Ju Yuan, the thought of the "tyrant" throwing money at him made the man seem amiable and kind again.

"Qi Tian, I see you are using the 3rd-stage mind-power weapon 'Hundred Flowers Bloom.' Do you know who created this weapon?"

Seeing Tegages bring up the mind-power weapon, Qi Tian replied immediately, "Reporting to you, my Lord, the weapon manual states it was created by the Immortal powerhouse of the Noah Universe Kingdom, Lady Qishala, during her World Lord period."

Tegages nodded upon hearing this and continued with a smile, "As it happens, this Qishala is my senior sister. I can take the liberty of asking her to provide you with guidance three times within the next ten years."

Qi Tian hadn't expected to encounter such good fortune; to have an Immortal guide him was incredible, so he immediately stood up and bowed to thank Tegages.

"One more reminder: that weapon of yours is only an early product of my senior sister. She has already created 4th and 5th-stage versions of the same lotus-style mind-power weapon."

"Since we have this affinity, I will gift you a 5th-stage 'Hundred Flowers Bloom.' While it may not be as perfect as a God-Deriving Weapon, it should be suitable for you."

"Thank you, Lord Tegages."

Qi Tian thanked Tegages once more, thinking to himself that he had truly met a benefactor.

Afterward, Tegages gave them a brief introduction to the Virtual Universe Company branch and their reporting time before letting them leave.

Once Qi Tian and Chi Xin had departed, Weitz also bowed to Tegages and withdrew.

After seeing Qi Tian's signature, he noticed the character "Qi" and suddenly remembered a report list submitted by his subordinates in his office that contained the same character.

He hadn't had time to review it earlier due to Qi Tian's affairs, but now he realized he needed to check it immediately.

After everyone had left, Tegages activated his communication system and dialed a video call to someone in his contact list named "Qishala."

"Hehe... Senior Sister, no... Sister, how have you been lately?"

"Shut up. Spit it out if you have something to say; I'm still on the outer-territory battlefield."

After leaving the meditation room, Qi Tian and Chi Xin did not linger in the Slaughter Arena.

According to the introductory briefing from the Beihua branch of the Virtual Universe Company, they were required to travel to the capital planet of the Beihua Empire within one year.

Once they gathered and reported there, the branch would arrange for a spacecraft to transport them to the training grounds of the Noah Universe Kingdom branch.

While they were said to be joining the Beihua branch, the actual branch encompassed all the intermediate nations within the entire Noah Universe Kingdom.

In reality, the two of them were considered elite representatives of the Beihua branch.

The Virtual Universe Company established a person-in-charge in every intermediate universe kingdom to recruit geniuses into the organization.

If the geniuses under their name achieved excellent results within the branch, the person-in-charge would earn points, which could be exchanged for various treasures within the Virtual Universe Company.

If they could cultivate enough true geniuses who surpassed the headquarters' standards, they would have the opportunity to be promoted or even secure a position at the headquarters.