The Mentor Stays On

After discussing it, they agreed that Wang Yu did not actually need to break through to the Domain Lord Level before receiving the territory of ten thousand life planets.

It would be transferred into his name in advance. The income from those planets would count as the Blue Silver Empire's support for Wang Yu to quickly complete his energy accumulation.

After all, Ivan also intended to set off within a thousand years. The sooner Wang Yu broke through, the better. This could also be considered giving him a little extra favor.

Once everything had been settled, both men were quite satisfied, and Emperor Ivan promptly departed.

"You really do enjoy managing territories. You rejected a one-time payment of one billion Universe Coins and insisted on exchanging it for planetary territory!" Mentor Yoda said irritably.

"That is a steady stream of income. Even with ten thousand life planets, earning one billion Universe Coins would take at least ten thousand years!"

"I know, but I believe that if they are properly managed and developed, the actual returns will be far greater than that!" Wang Yu said with a smile.

The returns truly were worth far more than one billion, though that was because the system had given them to him.

"Fine. You have your own ideas, so I won't say more." Mentor Yoda was unconcerned.

"Come to think of it, it is about time for me to leave as well."

"Hm? Didn't you say you would stay here and watch over things for ten years, Mentor?"

"Ten years was because we did not know when Blood Fang would come. But now that they have come and their people have been killed, what would I stay here for?" Mentor Yoda shook his head slightly.

"Star bandits only seek money. They specifically pick on the weak. Since you have stepped across the Law Threshold of the Origin Laws and possess such strength, Blood Fang naturally will not target you again."

"Forget killing one vice commander. Even if you killed his own brother, he would not seek revenge against you."

"That may be true, but..." Wang Yu considered for a moment before saying,

"Mentor, I have a suggestion. Would you consider moving your entire clan to my War God Star?"

"What? Moving my entire clan?" Mentor Yoda was stunned.

"You said before that what concerned you most now was the continuation of your family." Wang Yu's expression turned serious.

"As with what happened just now, I will gradually receive all kinds of benefits. As long as I have enough wealth, I will soon complete my energy accumulation and break through to the Domain Lord Level."

"If your family moves here, you will naturally all be under my protection. There will absolutely be no problem with your stable development in the future!"

"What do you think of this proposal, Mentor?"

"Of course I would love nothing more!" Mentor Yoda broke into a smile.

"I did not misjudge you. I helped you this time, and the repayment came so quickly—you are directly promising to protect my family!"

"You readily promised to act for me, Mentor. Naturally, I should readily promise to protect your family. That is only right." Wang Yu smiled.

"Good! Good! Good!" Yoda felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

He had lived for nearly a hundred thousand years and had seen too much of human warmth and coldness, too much of the harshness of the world.

It was common for many powerful people, after becoming successful, to turn their backs on the benefactors who had once helped them.

Thus, although he had spent recent years making connections everywhere and extending favors to others, he understood in his heart that after he died, it was hard to say how many of those people would truly honor their debts.

Fortunately, Wang Yu readily acknowledged this favor and even promised repayment.

A promise of protection from a Domain Lord Level powerhouse was not so easily obtained!

Mentor Yoda was deeply moved. He readily agreed and immediately went to arrange his family's relocation.

This naturally was no small matter. They would have to relinquish quite a few interests they had occupied, but obtaining the protection of a Domain Lord powerhouse made the move absolutely worthwhile.

Wang Yu was also very satisfied with this.

Promising protection was not merely repayment. It was also highly beneficial to himself.

A powerful Universe-level expert like Mentor Yoda, after managing his family for so many years, would naturally have an excellent bloodline. At the very least, it could be considered a sixth-grade bloodline.

Slaves with such bloodlines were very difficult to purchase. Usually, only when a Universe-level expert committed a crime or offended some great figure, causing his entire family to be captured, would they become slaves. Even then, they were highly sought after, as many people were willing to buy slaves with high-grade bloodlines for cultivation.

It was not only his family. Mentor Yoda himself was naturally even more valuable.

Now that Wang Yu had status and position, and with his mentor stationed beside him, ordinary scoundrels would absolutely not dare target him. He could spend roughly a century steadily advancing to the Universe-level 9th Order, avoiding the risk of exposing his astonishing wealth.

Moreover, guidance from a renowned teacher was extremely important for cultivating powerhouses. The difference in efficiency could be more than tenfold!

For example, under normal circumstances, a galaxy could only produce one Universe-level expert during a given era.

Yet that Nuolan Shan of later generations had strength comparable to Mentor Yoda's. Both were veteran Universe-level 9th Order experts with the title of Giant Axe Warrior, yet he had been able to teach several Universe-level disciples.

However, there were too few powerhouses skilled at teaching. Even if Wang Yu paid extra to recruit some Star-level experts now, those said to be skilled instructors would only be slightly better than ordinary standards.

Considering future development, Mentor Yoda could serve as the chief instructor, teaching and cultivating those Star-level instructors as well as the more talented outstanding citizens.

As the lord of a territory, he could not possibly handle every matter personally. That would be far too undignified.

He still needed to recruit capable people and have them work for him.

A hidden base of the Blood Fang Star Bandits.

Upon receiving news that Harold had died at the hands of Yoda and Wang Yu, leader Quinn and vice commander Hawthorne were both utterly shocked!

"Old Harold is dead? That little lord not only had Yoda secretly guarding him, but he himself has... stepped across the Origin Laws Threshold?"

"Boss, Yoda alone is difficult enough to deal with, and now there is that lord as well..."

"Since he has stepped across the Law Threshold, he will soon receive all sorts of benefits and quickly complete his energy accumulation. As long as he possesses the strength of a Universe-level 4th Order or 5th Order expert, he can use secret techniques containing the mysteries of the laws to defeat me with ease..."

"Hmph!" Quinn glared at Hawthorne, though he understood that while the man had used himself as an example, what he truly meant was that Quinn himself was also in danger.

Once one stepped across the Origin Laws Threshold, one's realm far surpassed the Domain!

Quinn felt envious. Though he was not a Giant Axe Warrior, he had once served in the Universe Army and fought on the Extraterritorial Battlefield. In terms of combat power, he was not inferior to any Giant Axe Warrior, yet he too had been stuck at the Universe-level 9th Order for many years.

If he too possessed the realm of having stepped across the Origin Laws Threshold, he would absolutely be able to break through the barrier and become a Domain Lord powerhouse in one stroke!

"Forget it. We have kicked an iron plate this time. Old Harold was simply unlucky to die, but we cannot continue entangling ourselves with this matter." Quinn said gravely.

"That little lord may hire powerhouses to wipe us out completely. Go arrange the relocation. We can no longer operate in this area!"

"Yes! I will handle it immediately!" Hawthorne answered respectfully, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

The boss looked fierce, but he was shrewd beneath that rough exterior and was not foolish. The moment he judged the situation unfavorable, even if there was only a slight possibility that a powerhouse might intervene, he immediately decided to relocate their base.

Only by following a boss like this could one live a long time.

After that battle, Wang Yu's reputation instantly spread throughout several nearby elementary nations.

Not only in the elementary nations—even within the White Dragon Sea Empire, the intermediate nation ruled by their overlord, Wang Yu gained some fame within a small circle.

Since the establishment of the Ganwu Universe Country, after a hundred Genius Battles, the White Dragon Sea Empire had produced only a few top geniuses who had stepped across the Origin Laws Threshold at the Star-level.

For geniuses of this caliber, each Genius Battle generally had only four or five hundred across an entire universe country. It was extremely difficult for an ordinary intermediate subordinate nation to produce even one.

Stepping across the Law Threshold at the Universe-level carried slightly less weight, but Wang Yu had only recently broken through to the Universe-level before stepping across the Law Threshold. His potential was still limitless, and he naturally deserved attention.

In the past, he had merely been regarded as having the potential to become a Domain Lord. Now, however, he was certain to become a Domain Lord, and his potential evaluation had risen to that of a World Lord.

Originally, Wang Yu had not received much attention. The Universe-level figures of the Blue Silver Empire who interacted with him had merely been fairly warm, making contact for the sake of acquaintance. Nearly everyone else who approached him came from companies or merchant circles and only sought him out for business.

But now, in just a few short days, many Universe-level figures from elementary nations and the White Dragon Sea Empire took the initiative to contact Wang Yu. They proposed various forms of cooperation and sought to befriend him. Many of them even represented Domain Lord Level powerhouses behind them.

However, Wang Yu merely dealt with them casually and did not take these people too seriously.

As long as one possessed sufficient strength, there would be no shortage of people seeking to flatter and curry favor with the strong. That was only natural.

Besides, with the system, he and his citizens would only grow stronger in the future. More and more people would seek to ingratiate themselves with him. If he responded to every one of them, there would be no end to it, so casually dealing with them was enough.