The first shop Weilusi brought Lu Qingshan into was called the Treasure Pavilion. Located near the Golden Lion Empire's government offices, it occupied an enormous area, with its interior divided into various sections. Many rare and exotic treasures were on sale, each at an astonishing price.
In Purple Water City, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, opening a shop like this would have been utterly impossible without powerful backing.
"Brother Qingshan!"
As Weilusi led Lu Qingshan into the Treasure Pavilion, he introduced it. "They say this Treasure Pavilion was founded by a super family of the Golden Lion Empire. Its strength even surpasses the imperial family of our Purple River Empire, and the Treasure Pavilion has branches throughout over a hundred surrounding galaxies!"
"Although the treasures here are a little more expensive than those in other shops, their quality is absolutely guaranteed! If there are any treasures you need, you can certainly buy them here!"
"Thank you for the advice, Brother Weilusi!" Lu Qingshan promptly replied.
Just then, seeing the two enter the shop, a beautiful attendant at Planetary Level Nine hurried over. "Honored guests, how may I help you?"
"We'll just browse for now!" Weilusi promptly said.
"Of course!"
At Weilusi's words, the beautiful attendant responded sweetly, then quietly followed behind him and Lu Qingshan.
"Brother Qingshan, I think you need to buy a battle suit now!"
After they reached the battle suit section, Weilusi said, "Force Battle Suits can provide us with excellent defense. Experts generally buy battle suits to protect themselves. Wearing a Force Battle Suit underneath and an Alloy Battle Suit over it gives you a considerable advantage in battles against experts at the same level!"
"For example, I'm currently wearing a Tier 2 Force Battle Suit and a C2-grade Alloy Battle Suit!"
"Brother Qingshan, although you're still at the Planetary Level, you'll probably break through to the Star Level before long, so I suggest buying a Tier 2 Force Battle Suit outright, then pairing it with a C-Grade Alloy Battle Suit on the outside!"
"All right!"
After hearing Weilusi's advice, Lu Qingshan promptly turned to the beautiful attendant behind them. "Hello, please prepare a tier 2 Yellow Dragon Battle Suit and a set of C2-grade alloy battle armor for me!"
"Yes, sir!"
Hearing Lu Qingshan, a Planetary Level cultivator, purchase a tier 2 Force Battle Suit without even blinking, the beautiful attendant following them could not help freezing for a moment.
After all, Tier 2 Force Battle Suits were extremely precious. Even among Star Level experts, many could not afford one.
Beside him, Weilusi's smile broadened when he saw Lu Qingshan take his advice. He continued, "C-grade alloy battle armor is still fairly cheap, but a Tier 3 Force Battle Suit would be much more expensive. It even costs more than a high-grade tier 3 telekinetic weapon, with a price as high as a hundred and fifty billion Golden Lion Currency!"
"However, a Force Battle Suit's defensive capabilities are closely tied to its owner's Origin Force level. Even if a Star Level warrior wears a Tier 3 Force Battle Suit, its defense won't be much stronger than that of a Tier 2 Force Battle Suit!"
"What's truly precious are battle suits formed from auxiliary metal lifeforms or auxiliary plant lifeforms! They don't need their owners to supply Origin Force at all. They can provide powerful defense for their owners relying solely on themselves!"
"But these auxiliary lifeforms are not only expensive, they also require vast amounts of resources to nurture. For most people, their value for money falls far short of Force Battle Suits at the same level!"
"Only experts with astonishing wealth can afford to use battle suits formed from auxiliary metal lifeforms or auxiliary plant lifeforms!"
"For example, the ancestor has a battle suit formed from the Cloud-Touching Vine, a high-grade auxiliary plant lifeform. Back then, buying the Cloud-Touching Vine seedling alone cost over a hundred billion Golden Lion Currency. Later, the ancestor spent a great deal of the family's resources nurturing it. I heard it took over six thousand years of nurturing before that Cloud-Touching Vine broke through to the Universe Level!"
Hearing this, Lu Qingshan was filled with endless emotion.
This was the true universe!
The start Luo Feng had in the original story, and even those of Hong and Thunder God, could all be called incredibly easy.
For instance, just after Luo Feng became Hu Yanbo's disciple in the original story, he was bestowed a Cloud-Touching Vine. Babata even fed that Cloud-Touching Vine a strange fruit comparable in value to a Crimson Chaos Copper Mother Fragment.
Although Hong's fortunes were somewhat poorer, he had likewise obtained a Cloud-Touching Vine, a Space Ring with an enormous capacity, and many other treasures on Earth.
Compared with Luo Feng and his two sworn brothers, let alone the current Lu Qingshan, even all the wealth of his teacher Kanuo put together might not have been enough to buy the Space Ring in Hong's possession!
And what about Hong's Cloud-Touching Vine?
While still at the Star Level, it had begun consuming Lanke Fruit worth a hundred and eighty billion Universe Coins, a gift from Luo Feng. Even then, it still needed three years before it could break through to Universe Level Three or Four!
Although Kanuo could afford a Cloud-Touching Vine seedling, he had absolutely no means of buying Lanke Fruit. He could only use large quantities of low-grade resources and spend a great deal of time nurturing that Cloud-Touching Vine.
Even Kanuo faced such difficulty nurturing a Cloud-Touching Vine, let alone Lu Qingshan as he was now.
Thus, Lu Qingshan currently had no thoughts whatsoever of acquiring any so-called auxiliary lifeform. What he needed most now was to cultivate first and improve his strength as much as possible.
As long as he became powerful himself, nurturing an auxiliary lifeform later would be much easier.
His teacher Kanuo, for instance, must also have waited until he reached the Universe Level and possessed enough wealth before he began nurturing a Cloud-Touching Vine!
At this thought, Lu Qingshan promptly looked at the beautiful attendant behind him and asked, "Do you have any treasures here that can accelerate a Planetary Level expert's cultivation?"
"Yes!"
After hearing Lu Qingshan's question, the beautiful attendant promptly used the Auxiliary Optical Computer in her hand to display several dozen products for him.
These treasures varied in price, with the cheaper ones costing several hundred Golden Lion Currency and the more expensive ones reaching tens of thousands.
After browsing through these products, Lu Qingshan soon fixed his gaze on the Wood Bud Crystals, priced at a hundred thousand Golden Lion Currency apiece.
These Wood Bud Crystals contained powerful life energy, with an extremely potent evolutionary effect on both the soul and the physical body.
In the original story, Babata had even used Wood Bud Crystals to evolve a Beast Emperor in a short time.
And a human at Apprentice Level Nine could also break through to Planetary Level One after using a single Wood Bud Crystal.
Of course, no expert who knew how precious Wood Bud Crystals were would ever use them to help an Apprentice Level warrior break through.
After all, even a Planetary Level Nine spirit reader sold as a slave fetched only a hundred thousand Golden Lion Currency!