Virtual Universe Company, located halfway up Thunder Island, the home of the Human Universe Venerable.
Thunder Island is filled with countless palaces, inhabited by all the Immortal God of the Virtual Universe Company. The Immortal God live at the foot of the mountain, while the Universe Venerable resides on the mountainside of the Central Mountain Range of Thunder Island, and the Universe Master and some extremely powerful Universe Overlord live at the summit.
This negotiation with Earth can be described as a complete defeat. Not only was his own momentum suppressed by Zhang Junbao, but even his beloved son was punished by the Lord of Void Gold and Ninth Star Domain Prison for 1000 epochs.
"A thousand epochs! Cha Luo will surely not be able to bear such loneliness. I must find a way to give him some breathing room."
At the very least, he should be able to occasionally connect to the Virtual Universe Network.
"Master, His Highness Zhang Junbao, Primal Secret Region Member Realm, requests an audience." Shi Huo Venerable, who was worrying about his son's punishment, sat on his throne with a gloomy expression.
Suddenly, the servant's announcement interrupted Shi Huo Venerable's train of thought.
" Zhang Junbao came to see me? Did he come to gloat over Cha Luo's punishment?"
Cha Luo is the real name of the Yanzhu King.
Yan Zhu was merely his title of King Rank.
"Let's see what tricks this brat is up to!"
A moment later, Zhang Junbao entered the magnificent palace.
"Greetings, Shi Huo Venerable!"
This time, Zhang Junbao bowed respectfully. After all, the situation wasn't as tense as before, and he still had to give face to the Universe Venerable.
"What brings you here?" Shi Huo Venerable asked, his tone tinged with anger.
If it weren't for Zhang Junbao, the Yanzhu King wouldn't have been punished.
"I know, Shi Huo Venerable, you must be troubled by the Yanzhu King Yanzhu King. Your actual purpose in coming here is to help him."
"Help Yan Zhu? What exactly do you want?" Shi Huo Venerable couldn't figure out what Zhang Junbao was up to. Contrary to his expectations, Zhang Junbao's attitude was surprisingly good this time.
As the saying goes, one cannot hit a smiling face. With several Universe Venerable and the Universe Master backing Zhang Junbao, Shi Huo Venerable wouldn't treat him too badly, and asked in a slightly gentler tone.
"I already know that Yanzhu King has been intelligent since childhood."
There's a saying on Earth: "Like father, like son." With a super strong person like Shi Huo Venerable, Yanzhu King must also be an extraordinary genius.
This cosmic adventure just happened to pass by Earth. Luo Feng, young and impetuous, offended the Yanzhu King, causing the Yanzhu King to be punished. This was truly wrong, and I apologize to you on Luo Feng's behalf."
Zhang Junbao's praise of the Yanzhu King pleased Shi Huo Venerable greatly. Shi Huo Venerable was indeed a peerless genius. Before becoming Immortal, he was a peerless genius comparable to Kedi. At the Peak Realm Lord Level, he was able to kill Marquis Immortal. After breaking through to Immortal, he directly became King Level Immortal god. In the following few decades, he became Universe Venerable.
It should be noted that for Ordinary Immortal, even advancing to the Marquis is difficult within hundreds of thousands of years, while Shi Huo Venerable has already become Universe Venerable, possessing extremely powerful talent.
This information was obtained by Zhang Junbao through True Yan King and Hong's investigation. After learning about the experience of the Shi Huo Venerable, even Zhang Junbao secretly admired him.
However, Zhang Junbao disagreed with his way of raising his son.
Yanzhu King was the only son of Shi Huo Venerable. Endless resources were spent on him, and Yanzhu King was kept in the realm of World Lord for 9 million years, which can be said to have almost exhausted his lifespan as World Lord.
The lifespan limit of the World Lord is only 1000 epochs, or 10 million years.
Shi Huo Venerable even had Yanzhu King refine a Supreme Treasure. It was only through the accumulation of so many resources that he was able to possess the strength of King Level.
With so many resources, even if you piled them all on a single pig, it would be powerful enough to be King Rank.
Therefore, Shi Huo Venerable could not bear it even more when others looked down on his son.
Zhang Junbao's praise of the Yanzhu King struck a chord with Shi Huo Venerable.
"It's alright. Yanzhu King was indeed a bit impulsive. Since you apologized on behalf of Luo Feng, let's just let it go. It was just a misunderstanding anyway." Shi Huo Venerable looked at Zhang Junbao and found him increasingly pleasing to the eye.
If you can talk, then talk more.
"I believe it is a great pity for the Human Race that a genius like Yanzhu King is imprisoned in the Ninth Starfield. I intend to plead with the Lord of Void Gold to release Yanzhu King."
"You want to plead with your teacher?" The Lord of Void Gold is none other than the teacher of Shi Huo Venerable.
"That's right, Hong and I pleaded with the Lord of Void Gold. The Lord of Void Gold a man of great principle and will surely understand that this is just a misunderstanding and that Yanzhu King should not be wronged."
"If you are confident that you can truly save the Yanzhu King from punishment, I can give you a treasure as a token of my gratitude."
"No need for thanks, this was all a misunderstanding. Besides, I believe that the Yanzhu King is very suitable for Earth's secret methods of cultivating the mind. If Shi Huo Venerable thinks it's appropriate, the Yanzhu King can come to my Earth to cultivate his mind."
Zhang Junbao revealed his true purpose for coming here. Once the Yanzhu King arrives on Earth, what happens to him is entirely up to Zhang Junbao. Don't forget, the Demon Lord Luan Shen is still on Earth; a King-level Immortal can't cause any trouble.
"You want to teach the Yanzhu King how to improve his mental state?"
To be honest, Shi Huo Venerable was very tempted by Zhang Junbao's proposal.
The reason why Yanzhu King is like this is largely because he was spoiled by Shi Huo Venerable from childhood, resulting in an extremely poor state of mind, even worse than Ordinary Immortal or World Lord.
He was narrow-minded, extremely jealous, and incompetent yet fond of competing. If it weren't for others being wary of Shi Huo Venerable, he would have been beaten to death countless times over.
This is also why he was able to survive being beaten by True Yan King several times. True Yan King was Invincible King super strongman who was only one step away from becoming Universe Venerable, while Yanzhu King, even with the support of Supreme Treasure, was only a High King. In a real fight, True Yan King would crush him without any pressure.
Shi Huo Venerable also wanted to secure a spot in Earth's Heart Tempering in the Mortal World to send Yanzhu King there to improve his mental state. However, firstly, he was punished by the Lord of Void Gold and would soon be sent to the Ninth Starfield to serve his sentence. Secondly, he was worried that Zhang Junbao would hold a grudge and be unwilling to accept Yanzhu King.
That's why this idea was suppressed.
Shi Huo Venerable had not expected that Zhang Junbao would actually make this request on his own initiative.
"What exactly is your purpose?" Shi Huo Venerable Stare stared at Zhang Junbao, trying to discern some clues from him.
"I have no ill intentions. Yanzhu King is King-level Immortal, and it would be unwise for Earth to offend a King-level Immortal. Moreover, there is also Shi Huo Venerable."
"As the saying goes, it's better to resolve a feud than to let it fester. I've come here today to clear up this misunderstanding with Shi Huo Venerable." Zhang Junbao's tone was extremely sincere. With his mental cultivation, even Shi Huo Venerable might not be able to match him, so it was impossible for Shi Huo Venerable to see through his disguise.
"Could it be that the mindset of a soul modified from Earth is truly so terrifying? At such a young age, he is able to let go of hatred and see through everything. Such a magnanimous heart is rare even among the Universe Master!" Shi Huo Venerable sighed inwardly, finding Zhang Junbao's mindset terrifying.
"If I were to guide the Yanzhu King in cultivating his mental state, what conditions would be required?"
The cultivation slots that Zhang Junbao auctioned off were for cultivators at the highest World Lord Level, while Yanzhu King was at the King Level. The price would definitely be different if he wanted to guide him in cultivating his mental state, a fact that Shi Huo Venerable was well aware of.
His question about Zhang Junbao's conditions also had another layer of meaning: did Zhang Junbao possess any higher-level mental cultivation techniques that hadn't been revealed yet? If so, could he open them up specifically for the Yanzhu King?
Upon hearing Shi Huo Venerable's question, Zhang Junbao knew that the fish had taken the bait.
At this moment, Shi Huo Venerable's appearance was no different from that of parents on Earth looking for tutoring classes for their children. As long as the child could be taught well, the price was negotiable. Moreover, for a powerful being like Shi Huo Venerable, money was just a number to them; hundreds of millions of Hunyuan Unit, or even billions of Hunyuan Unit, were nothing more than trivial matters.
Either don't look for a partner, or find the best for your child. No matter how tough things get, you can't let your child suffer!
It was precisely this mindset of the Shi Huo Venerable that cultivated such an oddball as the Yanzhu King.
"As you know, Shi Huo Venerable, it's best to cultivate one's mental state from a young age for the best results. Now that Yanzhu King has already reached the King-level Immortal, his mental state is quite strong." Zhang Junbao's implication was that Yanzhu King had become Extreme Point arrogant, which could be considered another kind of understanding of the First Layer of mental cultivation.
If Luo Feng was Heart Like a Blade and cold-blooded, then the Yanzhu King was incredibly arrogant.
"Therefore, it will be quite difficult and costly to get the Yanzhu King to embark on the path of self-cultivation on Earth. However, with the Yanzhu King's talent, I believe he can definitely do it!"
Shi Huo Venerable remained silent for a while. He had been worrying himself sick over Yanzhu King, and now that he heard Zhang Junbao had a way to help him improve his mental state and make Yanzhu King more 'sensible', he was still very much looking forward to it.
"Can you really guarantee that Yanzhu King's mental state will improve? I demand that he at least possess the mental state of someone truly King-level Immortal."
"Rest assured, within a thousand epochs, the Yanzhu King will surely possess the mindset of a true King-level Immortal."
Zhang Junbao made that promise.
"I will request the Lord of Void Gold to order the Yanzhu King to cultivate his mental state on Earth for a thousand epochs and not leave. This would be a disguised punishment for the Yanzhu King and would prevent the Lord of Void Gold from breaking his promise."
"This will also help the Yanzhu King improve his mental state and enhance the strength of our Human Race. I believe the Lord of Void Gold will agree as well."
A thousand epochs later, by then, not to mention Zhang Junbao himself, even Luo Feng would probably have the strength of Universe Overlord, or even Universe Master. At that time, no matter what the Yanzhu King's state of mind was, they could easily crush him, and even the Shi Huo Venerable could be easily dealt with.
At that time, Shi Huo Venerable would never dare to make an enemy of them over such a trivial matter.
Moreover, a thousand epochs isn't enough time for them to brainwash the Yanzhu King? By then, the Yanzhu King might have become a loyal supporter of Earth, and there wouldn't be any conflict at all.
Punishing Yanzhu King by imprisoning him in the Ninth Starfield? That wouldn't be harsh enough for Zhang Junbao and the others. It would be better to let Yanzhu King be trained and disciplined under their noses. As long as he dares to resist, Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng can reprimand him as his teachers. If Yanzhu King doesn't want to stay in the Ninth Starfield, he'll have to obediently endure it.
"Tell me, what are the conditions?"
"All I need is one Advanced Heavy Treasure!" Zhang Junbao said with a smile.
Upon hearing this condition, even the wealthy and powerful Shi Huo Venerable couldn't help but gasp.
This is an outrageous demand.
"You're practically extorting me!" Shi Huo Venerable roared angrily.
This is Advanced Heavy Treasure, specifically a soul defense type, Heavy Treasure far more valuable than ordinary weapons. It's a treasure that can't be bought with ordinary money. This level of Heavy Treasure can only be obtained through Heavy Treasure exchanges or by purchasing it with Heavy Treasure Point within a clan.
" Your Venerable, please calm down. You should know that this is already more than worth it. As King-level Immortal, if the Yanzhu King could also raise his mental state to the King Level, his strength would definitely increase greatly."
"Besides, think about it: would you rather have a Yanzhu King has been imprisoned for a thousand epochs, comes out filled with resentment and has a terrible state of mind, or a Nightmare Yanzhu King who, after a thousand epochs, has a state of mind that matches his cultivation level, has greatly increased his strength, and is incredibly filial?"
"Filial piety?"
"That's natural. One of the secret methods for Heart Tempering in the Mortal World world is that filial piety is the most important of all virtues. If you can't even do basic filial piety, how can you talk about cultivating your mind?"
"There's a saying on Earth, 'The hearts of parents are full of love and worry for their children.' I know that Shi Huo Venerable must have been heartbroken for Yanzhu King. I can assure you that after completing his cultivation trials on Earth, Yanzhu King will become incredibly filial."
A scene flashed through the mind of Shi Huo Venerable: the Yanzhu King surrounding him, calling him "Father," and massaging his shoulders and back. How many years had it been since this scene had appeared?
"Alright, if it's truly as you say, capable of enabling the Yanzhu King to reach the true King Level mental state, then I'll give you a Advanced Heavy Treasure!"
Shi Huo Venerable readily agreed.
Zhang Junbao was also surprised. He had thought his exorbitant demands were impossible to fulfill and was waiting for Shi Huo Venerable to bargain. Unexpectedly, he agreed directly. Just how much Shi Huo Venerable Yanzhu King would make a change?
Perhaps the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Shi Huo Venerable poured countless resources into Yanzhu King, and seeing his son in this state in the end, he must have been heartbroken.
He was unwilling to give up any opportunity, no matter how small.
P. S.: Anyone want to crowdfund a beating up of the Yanzhu King? If there are enough donations, the next chapter will be a real angst.