Zhang Junbao didn't dwell on what he had forgotten; it was probably something unimportant.
He followed Mingyue to the thirty-third floor of the Golden Crow Hall, to the main hall where the Venerable Golden Crow resided. Ever since the great battle on Viska Star, Zhang Junbao had known that the Golden Crow Palace, which guarded the skies above Viska Star Viska Star overlooked the entire Golden Crow Hall, was actually a palace-like treasure of the Venerable Golden Crow. As for whether it was Heavy Treasure or Supreme Treasure, Zhang Junbao couldn't tell.
However, its level is definitely not low. The value of this Golden Crow Hall alone is enough to amaze countless Universe Venerable.
The two passed through layers of pavilions, each guarded by an Immortal Level expert. By this time, Zhang Junbao was able to distinguish the differences in the strength of the auras they emitted.
The first level is just ordinary Marquis-level Immortal, and above that, barely King Rank -King Level Immortal, and on the thirtieth level, besides the Venerable Golden Crow, there are two other King-level Immortal with extremely powerful auras, probably already at the Peak King Rank, in no way inferior to the aura of Luok Sita before his breakthrough.
"It seems that some Immortal are not in the Golden Crow Hall. They were still there when I came to the Golden Crow Hall last time. Could it be because of the changes on Viska Star?" Zhang Junbao's eyes were filled with doubt.
"Your Highness Zhang Junbao, you've noticed it too, haven't you? Some of the Immortal guarding the Golden Crow Hall have left," Mingyue said.
"The Immortal are guarding Viska Star. Could it be that they've gone to Viska Star to carry out a mission?" Zhang Junbao asked in surprise. Immortal Level are basically invincible on Viska Star. What kind of mission would require so many Immortal to carry out?
"Your Highness is being hunted down by the Universe Venerable born on Viska Star. They broke their agreement with the Virtual Universe Company, so the Venerable punished Viska Star, and the Immortal are the ones who carried out the punishment," Mingyue explained.
The Venerable Golden Crow led a group of Immortal Expert to Viska Star was no secret within the Golden Crow Hall, which is why Mingyue told Zhang Junbao about it. After all, he had been asleep for thirty years and was unaware of the changes that had taken place on Viska Star.
"What is the punishment?" Zhang Junbao asked.
" Viska Star once made an agreement with the Virtual Universe Company that if Universe Venerable is not born, any life form that crosses a million kilometers above Viska Star will be killed and offered a large amount of treasures to the Virtual Universe Company. In return, the Virtual Universe Company will protect Viska Star from invasion by other alien races."
However, the natives of Viska Star not only pursued Your Highness for over a million kilometers, but also forcibly broke through to become Universe Venerable, attempting to defy the Golden Crow Hall's suppression. This severely violated the agreement made with the Virtual Universe Company. Therefore, according to the punishment stipulated in the agreement, the Venerable demanded that Viska Star...
First, hand over 90% of your wealth!
Second, hand over the Ancestral God Inheritance Secret Technique!
Third, hand over ten million top-tier Universe Level geniuses!
Fourth, annihilate half the population of Viska Star, " Mingyue said.
"What!"
Zhang Junbao was shocked. Any one of these four punishments would be enough to bring an entire race to its doom.
By surrendering 90% of its wealth, Viska Star's resources will be reduced by 90% overnight, resulting in countless deaths. Lacking resources, the strong will prey on the weak, plunging the entire Viska Star into endless chaos.
The second condition, handing over the Ancestral God Inheritance Secret Technique, seems insignificant, since secret techniques can be copied. However, it's important to understand that this secret technique was deduced by the Ancestral God based on the characteristics of the Viska Star. If the secret technique is handed over, the Viska Star People will have no secrets left within the Virtual Universe Company.
After all, the Virtual Universe Company will definitely have its members thoroughly study the techniques they hand over, finding and exploiting their weaknesses. In other words, if the Viska Star were to fight against the people of the Virtual Universe Company in the future, it would be equivalent to fighting with a secret technique full of loopholes. The strong members of the Virtual Universe Company could launch targeted attacks and completely suppress the Viska Star People.
There are countless secret techniques in the universe, but no one would pass on the Inheritance Secret Technique their race to another person, as that would be handing over the very foundation of their race to someone else.
The third point, handing over ten million Universe Level geniuses, would sever the foundation of Viska Star, creating a vacuum of powerful Viska Star for thousands of epochs and directly cutting off the possibility of powerful individuals being born on Viska Star in the next thousands of epochs.
The final measure, wiping out half the population of Viska Star, plunged them into utter ruin. Without resources, without geniuses, without people, all that remained was a truly dying Viska Star.
Any one of these points is a declaration to everyone how dire the consequences of offending Virtual Universe Company can be.
Although Luok Sita wanted to kill Zhang Junbao, Zhang Junbao didn't actually hold a grudge against him. In particular, seeing Luok Sita's determination and courage to self-destruct in order to injure the enemy for the continuation of his race touched the depths of Zhang Junbao's heart.
They were both fighting for their race, but their positions were different. Zhang Junbao had no right to sympathize with him, nor would he.
This made Zhang Junbao wonder, if one day Earth faced the same fate, what would become of them?
To submit, or to resist?
"Your Highness?" Mingyue called out when she saw Zhang Junbao suddenly fall silent.
"Oh, it's nothing. I just woke up and was quite shocked to hear this news. Are those Immortal going to carry out these four punishments?" Zhang Junbao said.
"The Immortal went to seize the treasures of Viska Star, but now, due to the greatly increased danger level of Viska Star, it has been upgraded to Desperate Level secret realm."
" Desperate Level!"
"That's right. Viska Star was originally ranked as the most Dangerous Level secret realm, but because of this incident, it will be even more dangerous for the princes who go to Viska Star for training in the future. Those on Viska Star who are desperate are probably capable of anything."
Furthermore, Virtual Universe Company has now released the third mission for Viska Star: to kill 1,000 Viska Star People. Virtual Universe Company has also released a fourth requirement as a new training mission for all Your Highnesses.
"Kill the Viska Star People!"
Zhang Junbao remained silent for a while. If the original Viska Star, after billions of years of recuperation, was already a stable and functioning planet, then now, Viska Star could be said to be on the verge of doomsday.
The Viska Star was ravaged by the battle between two Universe Venerable, leaving its surface in ruins. Countless natural disasters frequently erupt, and the aftershocks of the battle have created many perilous situations on Viska Star Venerable by the Space Law.
What a tragedy it is when a people of an entire race are reduced to mere objects of training, subjected to wanton slaughter.
Coupled with the loss of vast resources and the deaths of countless people, it was a scene straight out of the apocalypse.
Seeing Zhang Junbao remain silent, Mingyue also stopped speaking. For the Virtual Universe Company, it was merely an upgrade of a secret realm, but for the Viska Star People, it was a true apocalypse. The chances of future cosmic geniuses who went to Viska Star for training returning alive would be extremely low.
The two passed through layers of grand halls and finally arrived at the thirty-third floor.
" Your Venerable, Zhang Junbao has awakened," Mingyue reported.
"Greetings, Venerable Golden Crow! I thank you for Venerable timely rescue, which allowed Zhang Junbao to escape alive. Zhang Junbao will repay you handsomely!" Zhang Junbao bowed slightly and expressed his gratitude respectfully.
Although he was knocked unconscious for a long time due to the impact of the battle between the two Venerable, Zhang Junbao still remembered that when he was almost killed, it was Venerable Golden Crow who saved him from Luok Sita in time.
He must remember this kindness; it was a life-saving grace.
"It's alright. You are a genius cultivated by my Virtual Universe Company, a disciple of the Chaos City Lord, and the junior brother of my friend, Venerable Guiyi. If something were to happen to you under my nose, not only would the Chaos City Lord not forgive me, but I would also have no face to show up in front of my two friends, Gui Yi and Iron Fire."
"It's a miracle you've been able to wake up!" Venerable Golden Crow said with a smile.
" Your Venerable is too kind. It is already Zhang Junbao's good fortune to receive Venerable timely rescue!"
"Preventing the birth of Universe Venerable on Viska Star was originally my duty. But I'm curious, what exactly did you do to provoke a Universe Venerable to hunt you down like a madman?" Venerable Golden Crow looked at Zhang Junbao with a half-smile.
"This..." Zhang Junbao gave an awkward smile.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that we accidentally uprooted the Ancient Soul Tree planted by the leader of the Ancestral God Religion and ate his Soul Origin Golden Fruit."
Zhang Junbao gave an innocent smile.
But Venerable Golden Crow was taken aback.
" The Soul Origin Golden Fruit? No wonder I noticed your soul aura was rapidly increasing and fluctuating so strongly. So that's it. Your luck is truly extraordinary!"
The Ancient Soul Tree nurtured the Soul Origin Golden Fruit, which requires five thousand epochs to mature. You just intercepted it like that; no wonder he's hunting you down."
"I also took advantage of the opportunity to raid the treasury of the Ancestral God Religion."
Zhang Junbao smiled awkwardly. He had to reveal something to dispel the Venerable Golden Crow's doubts; otherwise, a thorough investigation might uncover clues about the Exquisite Jade on his person.
Although everyone died at the Battle of Divine Bone Mountain, there may still be related records remaining within the Ancestral God Religion.
Venerable Golden Crow narrowed his eyes, seemingly trying to calm himself down. After a long while, he finally spoke, "All your gains on Viska Star belong to you. This is the rule of the Virtual Universe Company, so there's no need to worry."
It's just because of this incident that the level of the secret realm on Viska Star has been raised, and you've even attracted the pursuit of Universe Venerable.
However, you disrupted the plans of the Ancestral God Religion, which can be considered a contribution to the Virtual Universe Company.
"Therefore, Virtual Universe Company has decided to upgrade your mission level from Dangerous Level to Desperate Level. The points you earn upon completing the mission will also increase accordingly."
"Awaken the Wisdom Divine Talisman, 100,000 points; Obtain the Bi Xue Jade, 500,000 points. Which of these two tasks have you completed?"
The Viska Star is currently in complete chaos, so it's only natural that the points have increased.
"Awakening Wisdom Divine Talisman!"
Although the points for the Bi Xue Jade have increased to 500,000, Zhang Junbao doesn't want to hand them over. He used 100 million geniuses from Viska Star to refine the Exquisite Jade in the battle of Divine Bone Mountain, so it's unlikely that Bi Xue Jade will appear again in the future.
The amount of Bi Xue Jade on Viska Star will only decrease. Zhang Junbao knows that Bi Xue Jade is formed from the spinal cord of the Ancestral God, and its actual value is definitely more than 500,000 points. It may have even greater uses in the future.
There was another reason why he didn't hand over the Bi Xue Jade: there were very few ways to obtain the Bi Xue Jade on Viska Star, and yet it happened to appear in the Divine Bone Mountain Bi Xue Jade.
If he handed it over, wouldn't that be telling everyone that he was the biggest victor in the battle of Divine Bone Mountain? If the Golden Crow Hall investigated further, it might uncover the secret of the Exquisite Jade, so he chose to keep it a secret.
Moreover, he has already absconded with the entire treasure trove of the Ancestral God Religion. Although the value of the treasures has not yet been estimated, it is definitely worth billions of Hunyuan Unit.
Points within the Virtual Universe Company can be purchased. Zhang Junbao is now quite wealthy, and a mere 500,000 points are worth at most 1 million Hunyuan Unit, which isn't worth the risk.
"Is that so? It's a pity you only completed one. There won't be such a good opportunity again," said Venerable Golden Crow.
"If every mission involves being hunted down by Universe Venerable, that would be terrifying. Even for Desperate Level Mission, it shouldn't be this bad!"
"..."
"Even in Desperate Level Mission rarely involve Universe Venerable. It just so happens that you've become involved in the Ancestral God Religion incident. In the future, when carrying out missions, remember not to go too deep, or you may encounter another crisis," said Venerable Golden Crow.
" Junbao will remember this!"
Zhang Junbao nodded in agreement.
The mission is now considered complete. Originally, as Zhang Junbao was the Venerable Guiyi, Venerable Golden Crow should have given him some treasures as a token of appreciation.
The gift he had originally prepared was an extremely rare metal, the Blazing Sun Holy Spirit Metal, a rare metal possessing the attribute of the Time Law, worth nearly two million Hunyuan Unit. For an ordinary Universe Level genius, it would be an extremely precious gift.
But now, when Venerable Golden Crow thought of the empty treasure trove of the Ancestral God Religion, he suddenly became less willing to give it away.
The Venerable Golden Crow suddenly fell silent, and Zhang Junbao also hesitated to speak; the air suddenly became still.
Zhang Junbao was unaware of the Venerable Golden Crow's inner turmoil. After all, Venerable Guiyi and Iron Fire King had given gifts. If the Venerable Golden Crow had nothing when the three friends reunited in the future, he would probably be looked down upon by Iron Fire King.
"Sigh, why do I feel like I can't give a gift worth a million Hunyuan Unit? Is it something to do with me?"
" Zhang Junbao, you performed well in this mission. I have decided to bestow upon you a treasure. Take a look!" A piece of metal appeared in the Venerable Golden Crow's hand. The surface of the metal seemed to be burning with golden flames, and a soft light emanated from the metal, causing time around it to freeze slightly.
"This is... the Blazing Sun Holy Spirit Metal!"
"As expected of someone trained by the Iron Fire King, your discerning eye is quite good. Now, it's yours!" With a casual flick of his Venerable Golden Crow Blazing Sun Holy Spirit Metal appeared in Zhang Junbao's hand.
"This is an extremely rare time-attribute metal in the universe, and even if it exists, it is monopolized by Immortal and even Venerable!" Zhang Junbao was quite surprised when he saw the metal in his hand.
The value of the Blazing Sun Holy Spirit Metal is secondary; its main value lies in its extreme rarity. It can be used to forge time-based weapons and even as an auxiliary material for time-based Heavy Treasure.
"Many thanks to Venerable Golden Crow for the gift."
"Alright, this mission is over. You can go now!"
After saying this, Venerable Golden Crow disappeared from the spot.