chsdbacks Chapter 179 The Beginning of the Battle of Geniuses
Chapter 179 The Beginning of the Battle of Geniuses
Chapter 179 The Beginning of the Battle of Geniuses
However, for the powerful beings of the primordial universe, while teleportation to the divine kingdom is convenient, the price is outrageously expensive.
A single round trip would consume nearly ten Chaos Units.
Even those who have reached the rank of Immortal King with billions of Mixed Yuan Units in their wealth would rather choose the leisurely journey by spaceship.
After all, for immortals who have near-eternal lifespans, time is of little value: a moment of meditation and tens of thousands of years have passed in the blink of an eye.
A few years or decades is not even a blink of an eye.
Time is easy to endure, but money is hard to earn.
The warriors of the primordial universe were so "contradictory".
To save a tiny bit of money, one is willing to spend any amount of time traveling; but for a cup of wine that suits one's taste, one would be willing to spend all one's savings.
There are many such people.
Xu Qing couldn't help but sigh as he thought about this:
"Wow, comparing this to how Devouring Martial Artists spend their money, it seems the liquor market really has a lot of potential!"
Upon entering the primeval realm and gazing upon the vast cosmic sky, the Qianwu Kingdom ruler led Xu Qing to transfer to a spaceship, abandoning the use of teleportation.
"Young Xu, the Primordial Secret Realm is a core and important place for the human race. It not only connects to the initial universe, but also has dozens or even hundreds of universe lords from other races stationed there, in addition to the human race's universe lords."
The ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom leaned back in his chair on the spaceship, his tone becoming more serious: "Therefore, I can't teleport here at will. It will take at least a few months to fly to the core of the secret realm."
"But you can take advantage of these few months to think about the beverage business."
Despite the months of travel, Xu Qing remained completely unfazed.
He has always detested meaningless waste of time, but he is quite open-minded about killing time.
Let alone a few months, even hundreds of millions of years, are nothing more than the time it takes for him to take a nap or have a dream, passing in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, he didn't need to put too much effort into the matter of alcohol; the core issue was simply "using elixirs to make drinks."
He had already drawn on the methods of the Yellow Springs Sect when he was refining pills, and he also incorporated the characteristics of Blood Pills and Dharma Saint Relics.
Pills like the Azure Sky Pill and the Blood Pill, which are refined with the blood and spirit of martial artists, will bring a slight dizziness after consumption. This is both comfortable and can greatly soothe the mind. Cultivating in this state will make one's progress even faster.
However, although cultivators in the world of immortality eat elixirs as food, it is ultimately for the purpose of cultivation.
However, these powerful beings in the primordial universe truly regarded taking these pills as a form of enjoyment.
"What a bunch of idle bastards who've lived too long—" Xu Qing thought to himself.
However, since he had made up his mind not to participate in the Genius Battle, there was no need for him to suppress his ninth-level Hengxing realm any longer.
Xu Qing casually took out a ninth-order cosmic pill and swallowed it. After a short while, he experienced the slight sensation that the Qianwu Kingdom Lord had mentioned before, like "drinking wheat juice."
As time went by, Xu Qing's vitality rapidly increased right under the nose of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler.
Seeing Xu Qing's qi and blood visibly increase almost with each breath, the Qianwu Kingdom Lord couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"This kid's pills are more effective than I expected—"
In just a few days, when Xu Qing's aura had completely stabilized, his realm had firmly reached the peak of the ninth level of the universe level.
After seeing that he had completed his ascension, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom couldn't help but laugh and said, "Young Xu, I think you really sold these pills for a bargain."
"Even the nutrient solution exclusively supplied to the core members of the Virtual Universe Company would take three months to advance from the first level of the Universe level to the ninth level. Your pill, although it's because your foundation is far superior to others of the same level, judging from the feedback of those who have taken it, it can at least advance within a month. But the price is the same as ordinary nutrient solution outside. It's too much of a loss."
He paused, then added, "Besides, whether it's the nutrient solution for core members or the regular version from outside, it all needs to be used in a nutrient capsule."
"Those nutrient capsules cost at least in units of Hunyuan. Your pills can be taken orally directly, making them far more cost-effective."
Upon hearing this, Xu Qing simply smiled faintly: "I've just started selling these pills and I don't have much of a reputation yet. Setting the price low is simply to try and capture the market. It's okay to earn less."
Loss? How could that be? He couldn't possibly say that the cost of his pills was only 3 to 10 billion universe coins, and that he made a hundred or even several hundred times the profit once he sold them, could he?
As for the Qianwu Kingdom Lord's claim that his ascension speed was fast—Xu Qing thought to himself: If he really wanted to, he could ascend to the peak of the Realm Lord in a single day, and then break through to Immortality without any problem.
After all, he had grasped all the laws that needed to be understood; all that remained was the accumulation of energy.
If you find a world lord-level alien beast to devour, everything will fall into place naturally. At that time, the primordial laws will descend, the ocean of laws will overflow, and endless divine power will pour into your body, instantly making you an immortal god and granting you an almost eternal lifespan.
But for a creature accustomed to the agonizing grind of time, this was utterly astonishing.
Moreover, becoming immortal so easily wouldn't have brought him much improvement, so Xu Qing naturally had no need to do it.
A month later, the preliminary rounds of the Genius Battle began as scheduled.
Xu Qing and the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom watched this grand gathering of human geniuses, which takes place once every five thousand years, in the virtual universe.
The talent selection competition is divided into two major stages.
In the first phase, the top 1000 experts will be selected from various cosmic nations.
In the second stage, the top 1000 experts from each universe nation gather, bringing together all the geniuses from various universe nations for the final showdown. This will determine the top 1000 in the overall universe ranking.
The first phase was the largest in scale.
The Qianwu Universe Kingdom has over 8225 billion participants, divided into "preliminary elimination" and "final battle".
Through preliminary elimination, out of more than 8225 billion participants, only 100,010 will remain.
The preliminary elimination process for the Qianwu Universe Kingdom will first divide the 'virtual universe' into 100 worlds, with each world receiving more than 82 billion participants.
More than 82 billion people are fighting each other in the same world, killing others to earn points. The more you kill, the more points you get! Each person only has one life, and death ends it.
The deadline has arrived.
The final rankings are based on points. Those ranked in the top 1001 within their respective worlds pass the preliminary elimination rounds. Each world selects 1001 individuals.
One hundred worlds would be enough to select one hundred thousand one hundred people.
At the same time, the player ranked first in each world will directly win one of the 100 spots in the top 1000 without having to fight in the arena.
The remaining 900 spots will be contested by the 100,000 participants in a ring battle.
Watching nearly a trillion geniuses fight tooth and nail on this field, all for a spot in the official competition, the Qianwu Kingdom Lord smiled and turned to Xu Qing, saying, "Xu boy, you've been in the Primal Secret Realm for over a month now, and these geniuses are still fighting tooth and nail for a spot in the official competition."
"This qualifying tournament will last for a full three years."
By the time they make it to the official competition, you'll probably have been living in the primeval wilderness for several years, and have already established your liquor business.