Initial Universe Comprehension Slot

Thunder Star, its most prosperous central district.

A beautiful, breathtakingly grand building stood here, surrounded by several kilometers of lawn. Such extravagance was rarely seen in this inch-of-land, inch-of-gold central area.

Yet as pedestrians passed by, no one found it inappropriate. Instead, their eyes were filled with envy.

Because this was Cosmic Star River Bank!

Whoosh!

The surrounding space trembled slightly, and then a figure appeared before the entrance to Cosmic Star River Bank. It was Lu Qingshan, who had rushed over from his secluded cultivation site.

The death of his seventh son, Lu Hongyuan, had indeed saddened Lu Qingshan greatly, but he quickly adjusted his state of mind.

For one thing, after so many long years, most of Lu Qingshan's relatives had already passed away. He had long since grown accustomed to it.

For another, according to Lu Qingshan's plans, as long as he successfully broke through to become an immortal, he would definitely cling to Luo Feng in the future. Once Luo Feng reached the pinnacle, he could ask him to resurrect those close to him!

Even if a Universe Master could not resurrect those who had died of old age, once Luo Feng became a Chaotic Source Lord, he would certainly be able to do so. It would merely require waiting a little longer!

"A four-star client?"

After Lu Qingshan stepped through the doors of Cosmic Star River Bank, the branch president stationed on Thunder Star immediately received a notification from the bank's system and hurried over to greet him at top speed.

After all, to become a four-star client, one needed deposits exceeding ten thousand mixed yuan units at Cosmic Star River Bank. There would not be more than ten clients of such standing in the entire Thunderlight Sea Starfield!

A moment later, in the top-floor hall of Cosmic Star River Bank.

"Lord Lu Qingshan!" The branch president respectfully bowed to Lu Qingshan.

Though he served under Cosmic Star River Bank, he still had to treat a distinguished four-star client with the utmost respect!

"I want to make a transfer," Lu Qingshan said calmly.

He had come to this Cosmic Star River Bank branch primarily to transfer the savings in his seventh son Lu Hongyuan's account into his own.

Although he did not know how much money was in Lu Hongyuan's account, even a dozen or so mixed yuan units would be worth more than a thousand years of the entire family's accumulated wealth.

"Lord Lu Qingshan, may I ask for the account number you wish to transfer from?" the branch president promptly asked respectfully.

"9655, 7342, 9573..." Lu Qingshan quickly recited the Cosmic Star River Bank account number left behind by his seventh son, Lu Hongyuan.

"Please wait a moment!"

After accurately entering the account number, the branch president continued, "Lord Lu Qingshan, since you are not the owner of this account, your bloodline must be verified before you can continue using it!"

As he spoke, the branch president quickly fetched a precision instrument capable of detecting bloodlines from one side of the hall.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan immediately understood that these were preparations his seventh son Lu Hongyuan had made beforehand.

Such situations were actually quite common in the universe. Just like Luo Feng in the original story, when he received the first inheritance left behind by his teacher Hu Yanbo, he needed the exclusive psychic power of the Meteor Ink Star lineage!

With a thought, Lu Qingshan quickly dripped a trace of blood into the precision instrument.

"Beep!"

"Data confirmed!"

Upon hearing the detector's prompt, the branch president again said respectfully to Lu Qingshan, "Lord Lu Qingshan, please enter the triple-layer four-dimensional band password. You may choose mental input, voice input, or manual input."

This triple-layer four-dimensional band password changed constantly. It had to be calculated from the original password, time, spatial coordinates, and other factors, making it incomparably complex.

Unless the account owner had personally explained it, it was impossible for anyone else to crack it!

With another thought, Lu Qingshan quickly entered the incredibly complex password through his mind.

"Check balance!" Once everything was in order, Lu Qingshan spoke again.

"Beep!"

As a notification sounded, a row of data quickly appeared on the virtual screen before Lu Qingshan.

"2321.47 mixed yuan units?"

Upon seeing the account balance, Lu Qingshan froze slightly.

This was not universe currency, nor was it the even cheaper Yanfeng currency. These were mixed yuan units!

In the universe, an ordinary life planet sold for only around one billion Yanfeng currency. One universe currency was equivalent to 3,300 Yanfeng currency, while one mixed yuan unit was equivalent to one trillion universe currency.

An ordinary Domain Lord-level expert could spend their entire million-year lifespan and still accumulate at most several hundred billion universe currency in wealth!

A World Master-level expert might possess somewhat greater wealth, but generally only around a dozen mixed yuan units.

Although Lu Hongyuan had gained the acknowledgment of the origin law of wind, he had cultivated for a relatively short time, so the wealth in his possession should naturally not have been excessive.

But now...

"I never expected Seventh's account to contain this much money!"

Lu Qingshan was slightly stunned, then thought to himself, It seems he must have encountered quite an opportunity on the extraterritorial battlefield. I wonder whether it had anything to do with his death?

Still, with my current strength, investigating the cause of Seventh's death would be too much of a stretch! Fortunately, with Seventh's two thousand-plus mixed yuan units, I've gathered enough wealth to purchase an Initial Universe comprehension slot!

Once I head to the Initial Universe in the future and successfully break through to become an immortal, I'll find a way to investigate the reason behind Seventh's death!

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan immediately looked at the branch president. "Transfer it! Transfer all the wealth in this account into the account bound to my spiritual imprint!"

After the transfer was completed, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his cultivation chamber and connected his consciousness to the virtual universe.

Crystal Ice Island, under Yanfeng Continent.

This was a beautiful island entirely constructed from transparent ice crystals. Countless sprawling palaces had been built upon it, and the majestic palace at the very center stood over ten thousand kilometers tall.

Crystal Ice Island was the office of the Virtual Universe Company's Yanfeng branch.

Because the Yanfeng Universe Country was simply too vast, the Yanfeng branch's offices were naturally located in the more convenient virtual universe.

Whoosh!

As space shifted, a figure clad in a standard black robe suddenly appeared before one of the majestic palaces on Crystal Ice Island. It was Lu Qingshan, whose consciousness had connected to the virtual universe.

As an external member of the Virtual Universe Company, Lu Qingshan naturally had the qualifications to appear here.

The person he had come to meet was his direct superior, the immortal god Malthus!

Now that Lu Qingshan wanted to apply for a World Master-level Initial Universe comprehension slot within the Virtual Universe Company, he naturally needed to submit his application to Malthus.

Fortunately, he had served under Malthus ever since he was still at the Domain Lord level. After several million years, he and Malthus had developed some rapport, so the latter certainly would not obstruct his application.

Lu Qingshan pushed open the door and soon entered the palace hall.

A burly man in white robes sat high in the hall. He was the immortal god Malthus, and behind him stood two young men wearing standard black robes.

On Crystal Ice Island, most people could only wear designated robes. Even immortals like Malthus were no exception.

Only the three ministers responsible for the entire Yanfeng branch were qualified to wear other styles of clothing.

However, those three ministers held extremely high status. Though Lu Qingshan had joined the Virtual Universe Company for several million years, he had only met them a few times!

"Lord Malthus!" After entering the hall, Lu Qingshan respectfully bowed to Malthus.

"Qingshan!"

Malthus, who had two silver scales on his head, smiled when he saw Lu Qingshan. "What brings you here? Has some problem arisen with the work in the Thunderlight Sea Starfield?"

There were not many immortal gods in the Yanfeng branch, only several hundred, while the Yanfeng Universe Country contained several thousand starfields.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, one immortal god had to oversee more than a dozen, or even several dozen, starfields.

The Thunderlight Sea Starfield was one of the starfields under Malthus's jurisdiction.

However, ever since Lu Qingshan had gained the acknowledgment of the origin law of lightning, Malthus had gradually handed the work of the Thunderlight Sea Starfield over to him. He rarely interfered now, and this work had allowed Lu Qingshan to accumulate considerable wealth.

"There is something rather important," Lu Qingshan said.

"Go ahead."

Malthus smiled. "Qingshan, just tell me directly if you need anything!"

"It's like this."

Lu Qingshan quickly said, "I heard that the company has some World Master-level slots for comprehending in the Initial Universe. I came to see you this time because I wanted to know whether I could apply for one!"

"Oh?"

Malthus was slightly startled, then asked in confusion, "A World Master-level Initial Universe comprehension slot requires three million contribution points to exchange for. Have you already saved enough contribution points, Qingshan?"

Malthus was not at all surprised that Lu Qingshan wanted to apply for an Initial Universe comprehension slot.

In fact, among the Virtual Universe Company's World Master-level members, no one did not wish to enter the Initial Universe for comprehension!

After all, World Master-level experts who had entered the Initial Universe for comprehension had a considerable chance of breaking through to become immortals. Even if they could not break through, their strength would still improve enormously.

But one needed sufficient contribution points to exchange for the chance to comprehend in the Initial Universe!

Three million contribution points were an astonishing sum even for an immortal god like him, who had worked within the Virtual Universe Company for hundreds of millions of years, let alone an ordinary World Master like Lu Qingshan.

"My contribution points are indeed not quite enough."

Lu Qingshan hurriedly said, "But I still have some universe currency on hand. I should be able to find someone to make up the necessary contribution points!"

"Oh?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Malthus was immediately somewhat surprised. "It seems your fortune is quite substantial, Qingshan! You've cultivated for only several million years, yet you've accumulated so much wealth. You've gathered it even faster than I did!"

"It is mainly the accumulation of my family over many long years."

Lu Qingshan quickly said, "To comprehend in the Initial Universe this time, I'm afraid I'll have to completely exhaust my family's accumulation from countless years!"

"So that's how it is." Malthus nodded slightly.

As the Virtual Universe Company's person in charge of the Thunderlight Sea Starfield, he had also heard of Lu Qingshan's family.

Back when he had first begun overseeing the Thunderlight Sea Starfield, Lu Qingshan's family had already been one of the top ten great families in the starfield, and every generation produced World Master-level experts.

With generations of accumulation, they truly could gather a considerable fortune.

Especially over the past several million years, Lu Qingshan had risen rapidly. Not only had he himself become a peak World Master acknowledged by an origin law, he had even nurtured many World Master-level children and disciples, making the entire family even more prosperous!

If not for this, Malthus would not have handed most of the Thunderlight Sea Starfield's work over to Lu Qingshan.

Thinking this, Malthus immediately said, "Qingshan, applying for an Initial Universe comprehension slot is fairly simple. I can submit the application for you right now!"

"But you should know that World Master-level Initial Universe comprehension slots within the company are generally much cheaper than their auction prices, so many World Master-level experts, and even immortal gods, will be watching them closely! If you want to obtain a slot smoothly, you'll still need to put some thought into it!"

"Thank you for the reminder, sir!" Lu Qingshan quickly said.

He had planned for several million years to apply for this slot, so he naturally understood these matters extremely well.

"How about this?"

Malthus continued, "I'll give you a virtual universe network number. He is one of the people from the Martial Department responsible for reviewing Initial Universe comprehension slots, and he is a friend of mine. When the time comes, simply say that I referred you to him! Since you know him, applying for a slot will be more convenient!"

As he spoke, Malthus even winked at Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan immediately understood.

Malthus was clearly hinting that bribing the person responsible for reviewing slots would make it easier to obtain a World Master-level Initial Universe comprehension slot.

However, since they were currently in the virtual universe network, this could absolutely not be said openly!

Of course, the hint was already obvious enough!

The Virtual Universe Company's higher-ups generally turned a blind eye to such matters anyway. As long as no company rules were openly violated, there would basically be no consequences.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded.

Although he had long since considered other methods, since Malthus had recommended a suitable person, there was no need for him to trouble his disciple again!

"Then I won't keep you any longer," Malthus said with a smile.

"I'll take my leave!" Lu Qingshan quickly said, then respectfully withdrew from the hall.