King Tian Yu's Burning Desire to Advance
"King Tian Yu, the treasure you ordered has been delivered to the palace gates and you are required to come and collect it in person."
On the outer perimeter of the Demon Mountain, at the top floor of the palace guarding it, a white-robed protector spoke respectfully to the handsome King Tian Yu, who sat high on the throne.
"Understood, you may leave." King Tian Yu waved his hand casually and then rose from his throne.
Almost a month later, the treasure he had specially purchased finally arrived.
After learning that Li Jing had accepted the Demon Mountain Trial mission, he began preparations.
The grand welcoming ceremony that followed was only part of his preparations.
He knew that to win the favor of a genius like Li Jing, whom even his teacher, Venerable Zi Yu, had specifically reminded him to cultivate a good relationship with, was a difficult task.
That superficial effort alone won't work; there must be tangible benefits.
Coincidentally, one of the tasks in the Demon Mountain Trial is to collect Black Token. Once you collect 10,000 Black Token, you can exchange them for a reward here.
This is a good opportunity to send some nice gifts to Li Jing and strengthen our relationship.
Generally speaking, the treasures given by an ordinary Universe Level genius are not of very high value, ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of Hunyuan Unit.
But Li Jing was different; he went to great lengths, even selling some of his belongings to raise that much money.
"Hopefully it will work!" King Tian Yu quickly completed the signing for the goods and then thought to himself.
Speaking of which, he was a powerful figure who had been granted the Invincible King, and he also held the important position of guarding the Demon Mountain.
To set aside his pride as a powerful figure and fawn over Li Jing, a mere Universe Level nobody, is truly hard for outsiders to understand.
But the teacher must have his reasons for making this arrangement; perhaps today's effort will bring even greater rewards.
Even without any tangible reward, it would be excellent to forge a good relationship with Li Jing, who is destined to become a powerful figure in the future.
It's unclear whether Li Jing will stay in the Demon Mountain for three months or three years before coming out.
But it doesn't matter; it's all just a blink of an eye for him.
His casual seclusion for enlightenment takes thousands of times longer than this amount of time.
He had no doubt whatsoever that Li Jing could actually collect ten thousand tokens.
Besides, even if he couldn't collect them, he would just lose an excuse to give them away.
If I really wanted to give it to him, there are plenty of ways to do so; it just depends on whether Li Jing is willing to accept it.
"King Tian Yu, His Highness Li Jing has returned from Demon Mountain."
Just as King Tian Yu was carefully putting away the treasures he had purchased at great expense, he was startled when his subordinate came to report.
How long did Li Jing stay in the Demon Mountain?
A month at most, and they're out of the Demon Mountain already?
They didn't even complete the minimum three-month requirement for the mission?
What's going on?
King Tian Yu was filled with doubt, but his face remained expressionless.
Whether the mission is completed or not is not of much concern to him; all he needs to do is deliver the goods.
The rest is something that the people in charge of talent development within the Virtual Universe Company need to consider.
Suppressing his thoughts, King Tian Yu immediately stood up from his throne. "Quickly, take me there, and while you're at it, notify everyone to assemble at the palace gate to welcome His Highness Li Jing's return."
Led by King Tian Yu, a group of staff from the Virtual Universe Company guarding Demon Mountain greeted Li Jing's return at the palace gate.
However, those white-robed protectors and silver-robed deacons harbored some resentment in their hearts.
Prince Li Jing didn't even stay at Demon Mountain for three months, so his mission was definitely a failure.
It's astonishing that even King Tian Yu treated it with such seriousness.
Prince Li Jing's background is probably even more profound than they thought.
Sigh, having connections is great. Even if the mission is not completed and fails, not only is there no punishment, but the pomp and circumstance are not diminished at all.
"Your Highness Li Jing, please follow me to the top floor to rest for a while."
After the welcoming ceremony, King Tian Yu spoke to Li Jing with a hint of mystery.
Li Jing's mind stirred slightly as she recalled the hidden reward of collecting 10,000 Black Token in the Demon Mountain Trial mission.
However, he didn't collect that many of these.
That is, in the early stages of entering Demon Mountain, I was forced to eat some food by the hospitable natives of the Nine Star Sea.
I didn't deliberately collect any more, and I'm still short a thousand or two yuan.
He wanted to see what the King Tian Yu planned to do.
On the top floor of the palace, King Tian Yu gestured for Li Jing to sit down, then said, "Your Highness Li Jing, as you probably know, after collecting ten thousand Black Token in the Demon Mountain Trial, you will receive a special reward. I wonder how many Your Highness has collected?"
Li Jing waved his hand, and all the Black Token stored in the World Ring poured out at once, piling up into a small mountain on the palace floor.
However, the quantity was not ten thousand; in fact, there was a slight discrepancy.
King Tian Yu seemed oblivious, and quietly added some more.
He then pretended to count the tokens. "Your Highness Li Jing, there are exactly ten thousand Black Token, which meets the reward requirements. I have several rewards here; please choose one."
As he spoke, King Tian Yu waved his hand, and all sorts of treasures appeared before Li Jing.
After examining everything, Li Jing couldn't help but smile. This King Tian Yu was truly a remarkable person.
Four of the five treasures should be selectable by a normal Universe Level genius who collects 10,000 Black Token.
There's another item, which was probably prepared for him by the King Tian Yu, and its value is much higher than the other four items.
Even for a powerful figure like King Tian Yu, Invincible King, it would take some effort to bring it out.
The fact that it was deliberately placed together with the other four treasures was probably intentionally chosen for his own benefit.
King Tian Yu is such a smooth talker!
Since that's the case, he couldn't let people down, so he just accepted it; he couldn't very well turn down someone's kindness, could he?
To be honest, the things that King Tian Yu specially prepared for him will definitely come in handy later, saving him the trouble of buying them himself.
As Li Jing examined several treasures and prepared to make a choice, King Tian Yu remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was somewhat nervous.
The worst thing about giving gifts is when the recipient doesn't appreciate it at all, making it impossible to give a gift even if you want to.
He really didn't know whether Li Jing would choose the one he had specially prepared, as he had hoped.
Li Jing is indeed somewhat unconventional; he can even choose not to complete Desperate Level trial mission and simply quit.
He didn't dare to be so reckless back then.
Under the watchful gaze of the King Tian Yu, Li Jing finally chose that treasure, which relieved him.
Regardless, the gift was given, and it can be considered as establishing a good relationship with Li Jing.
After another conversation, King Tian Yu personally escorted Li Jing onto the spaceship, waved goodbye, and hurriedly sent an email to his teacher Venerable Zi Yu, explaining the situation, which earned him great praise from Venerable Zi Yu.
The last time he was praised like this was when his strength reached the level of Invincible King.
This further convinced him that everything he had done before was correct.
Meanwhile, Li Jing returned to his manor in the Primal Secret Region, preparing to break through to the Domain Lord Level.