Swallowing the Stars: Starting from Late Bloomers

Chapter 057: The Value of Guidance and Gifts

Wells was, after all, a peak realm master who had been recognized by the fundamental law of earth, so explaining the earth domain to Lu Qingshan was naturally a very easy thing for him.

Under Wells's careful explanation, Lu Qingshan was completely immersed in it, and various insights kept emerging in his mind.

At the beginning, Wells explained some basics of the Earth Domain. Because Lu Qingshan had comprehended the third level of the Earth Domain, he was able to compare it with the explanations and then understand and master it.

But as Wells continued to explain, Lu Qingshan found it very difficult to understand.

Wells stopped after explaining the entire Earth Domain, but Lu Qingshan remained engrossed in it, with flashes of inspiration passing through his mind.

Having gained insights from comprehending the "Secret Text of Thick Earth" and having numerous experiences comprehending the realm of earth within Chongyue Peak...

Lu Qingshan overcame numerous doubts, and unknowingly, his understanding of the Earth Domain improved slightly.

A moment later, Lu Qingshan snapped out of his reverie.

At this moment, he naturally had many thoughts in his mind: "No wonder so many geniuses are willing to become disciples of a super strong expert. The difference between having a teacher and not having one on the path of cultivation is simply too great!"

"If I had had Professor Wells' guidance before, I probably would have been able to reach the third level of the Earth Realm even faster!"

That is to say, he has just entered the third level of the Earth Realm. Otherwise, after Wells' guidance, he might have been able to break through directly.

"My disciple!"

Just as various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, Wells' voice rang in his mind again.

Lu Qingshan quickly regained his senses and respectfully bowed to Wells, saying, "This disciple thanks Master for his guidance!"

"Um!"

Wells nodded slightly, then continued, "Did you gain anything from my explanation this time?"

"I have learned a great deal from your explanation of the Earth Domain, Master!"

Lu Qingshan quickly replied, "I believe that after some time, I will be able to enter the fourth level of the Earth Realm!"

"It's good that you've gained something!" Wells smiled and nodded, not at all surprised.

You should know that he had previously demonstrated his understanding of the Earth Domain to Lu Qingshan in its entirety, and at an extremely slow pace.

With Lu Qingshan's astonishing talent, it would be strange if he didn't gain anything at all.

Then, Wells spoke again, "My disciple, I have a few more things to tell you."

Upon hearing Wells's words, Lu Qingshan immediately replied respectfully, "Please give your instructions, teacher!"

"Our Tianzhu Mountain treats all elites equally in its training of Hengxing-level personnel. Even if I am your teacher, I cannot interfere!"

Wells quickly and solemnly stated, "Therefore, if you want to become a top-tier elite of Tianzhu Mountain in the future, you will still need to rely on your own efforts!"

"Disciple understands!" Lu Qingshan replied respectfully.

Actually, the rule of Tianzhu Mountain is quite good. If every genius with a background could use back channels, then the elite status of Tianzhu Mountain would not be so valuable!

"If you encounter any doubts during your cultivation in the future, you can come to me for help!"

Wells spoke again, adding, "If I'm not here, you can consult your senior brothers and sisters. Even the weakest among them has already reached the eighth level of the Earth Domain; they should have no problem guiding you!"

"As for that nutrient tank, you can't stay in it forever. It's best to soak in it for a while and then rest for a while! I estimate it will take about five years for you to evolve to the ninth level of the Constant Star!"

"Yes, teacher!" Lu Qingshan quickly and respectfully replied.

"alright!"

Wells spoke again, "Disciple, I have given you everything I needed to say. The path to becoming a powerful figure from now on requires more of your own diligent cultivation. Go and attend to your own affairs!"

"This disciple takes his leave!"

Lu Qingshan bowed respectfully and then slowly left Wells's residence.

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After leaving his teacher Wells's residence, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to his own residence and began to organize what he had gained from this apprenticeship.

At this apprenticeship banquet, he received more than a hundred spatial rings, almost all of which were gifts from domain lords and world lords.

You should know that these spatial rings alone are a considerable fortune.

After all, he had previously purchased a small-sized spatial ring, each ten meters in length, width, and height, which cost him 20 billion gold lion coins.

The larger the space inside the spatial ring, the higher its price.

Of course, for those domain lords or even world lords, the gifts inside the ring would definitely exceed the value of the ring itself, so Lu Qingshan would never do something like buying the box and returning the pearl.

"Let's take a look at the gifts given by those Realm Lord level experts!"

In the quiet room of the mansion, Lu Qingshan had a thought, and a ring that he had previously stored in his Force Armor appeared in his hand.

The spiritual imprints within the ring had all been retrieved, so after Lu Qingshan released a wisp of primal force to permeate it, the ring quickly completed its recognition as his own.

Inside this spatial ring, ten thousand cubic meters of cosmic crystals were neatly stacked.

"So many cosmic crystals?"

With a quick probe, Lu Qingshan detected the exact number of these cosmic crystals: ten thousand cubic meters.

According to the unified standard in the universe, one cosmic crystal will be broken down into one thousand cosmic coins.

One Universe Coin can now be exchanged for more than 3,000 Star Coins, and one Star Coin can be exchanged for 1,000 Gold Lion Coins according to the official exchange rate.

In other words, this world lord-level powerhouse directly gave him ten million universe coins, which is more than thirty trillion gold lion coins.

For a world lord-level powerhouse, ten million universe coins is naturally nothing.

But for a celestial-level martial artist like Lu Qingshan, ten million universe coins is an astonishing fortune.

It should be noted that in the original story, the only wealth left to his disciples at the Hengxing stage by the fallen Huyanbo was 10 billion Qianwu coins, roughly equivalent to more than 3 million cosmic coins.

The reason for not leaving more wealth to his disciples was that he was worried that too much wealth would put them in danger, and that they would be blinded by the vast amount of wealth.

It was only because Lu Qingshan became a disciple of a peak world lord like Wells that other powerful figures would have killed him and robbed him once they knew he possessed so much wealth!

And so, Lu Qingshan soon began to open the greeting gifts given to him by other Realm Lord-level powerhouses.

And the gifts these Realm Lord-level powerhouses gave each other were all cosmic crystals.

However, this is actually quite normal. After all, cosmic crystals are the hard currency of the universe, and these world lord-level powerhouses have attended other world lords' disciple-acceptance banquets before, so they already have enough experience.

Even the cosmic crystals sent by these realm lords are mostly standard 10,000 cubic meters!

At this disciple-acceptance banquet, a total of 51 World Lord-level powerhouses presented Lu Qingshan with a gift. Apart from a few World Lord-level powerhouses, the other 43 World Lords presented a standard gift of 10,000 cubic universe crystals.