"It's normal to have secrets," Ice Summit Master said indifferently. "Besides, his Legacy comes from an Ancient Civilization and is restricted by Original Universe rules, so it cannot be shared."
Hearing this, Primal Chaos City Lord nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, who doesn't have a few small secrets?"
Hiding some secrets is common in the Universe. Generally speaking, as long as it doesn't touch the bottom line of the race, hiding secrets and having a bad Heart are acceptable.
Furthermore, that fiery red Legacy crystal was very mysterious. He had studied it for a long time, but the results never changed.
The result was that the irregular fiery red crystal was just an ordinary Soul-type Arcana Treasure, with nothing special about it except its sturdy material.
If he hadn't believed that his Junior Brother, Ice Summit Master, wouldn't deceive him, he wouldn't have raised its exchange price, waiting until now for Ender to resonate and obtain the Legacy.
Ice Summit Master said, "That little fellow's growth experience has made him a bit cautious."
"The subsequent Heart assessment still needs to be conducted," Primal Chaos City Lord said.
Ice Summit Master nodded slightly, "Of course."
The Heart assessment is a necessary process after Virtual Universe Company's systematic cultivation of Genius. This determines the Virtual Universe Company's subsequent cultivation, and he doesn't want to break this rule.
"Heart is very important," Primal Chaos City Lord said with some emotion. "Recently, Flame Emperor had a conflict with a Universe Master in the Hong Alliance."
"Flame Emperor is one of the highest-ranking members of Huge Axe Dojo," Ice Summit Master frowned slightly. "This matter should first be handled internally by Huge Axe Dojo, and then mediated by the Hong Alliance."
Ice Summit Master looked down on Flame Emperor and even the Flame God Race. Although their race was quite strong, their Heart was too poor!
Especially Flame Emperor, as a high-ranking member of the Human Race, his personality was tyrannical and arrogant. After becoming a Universe Master, he provoked many Universe Masters from other races. Now that he has a conflict with an ally, it's possible he will create conflicts with the race in the future!
Primal Chaos City Lord said, " Flame Emperor's personality has always been a problem. After becoming a Universe Master, he aggressively acquired resources for the Flame God Race, which has already caused dissatisfaction within Huge Axe Dojo."
Ice Summit Master was a bit surprised, "Even Huge Axe Dojo's internal members feel this way?"
The extent to which Flame Emperor was unpopular surprised even him. How long had he been a Universe Master?
Less than a million epochs!
"Yes," Primal Chaos City Lord nodded slightly. "Fortunately, our Virtual Universe Company doesn't have such a person."
Ice Summit Master also nodded in agreement.
...
While the two Universe Masters of Virtual Universe Company were conversing, Ender had already left the City Lord's Mansion and returned to his residence near the City Lord's Mansion.
At this moment, a piece of news spread among the young people of this Pinnacle Genius Battle.
That is, after Kedi, Ender was also invited by Virtual Universe Company to enter the City Lord's Mansion and was accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable.
"What! Ender was accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable?"
"He didn't display any Space Law talent at all. How could he be accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable?"
"This must be fake news!"
Most of the Genius who received the news didn't believe it, suspecting it was false.
They believed that a peerless Genius like Kedi, who had astonishing insights into the 'Time' and 'Space' Laws, would be accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable.
But Ender only showed extremely high talent in comprehending lower Laws, and his talent in higher Laws had not yet been displayed, so they naturally doubted it.
...
Primal Chaos City, Nuno's residence.
Bang!
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Nuno, who was sitting cross-legged, had just received the news. He slammed his fist on the ground, roaring softly, "He only has a deep comprehension of Wood Law. How could he be accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable?!"
Ever since he fell into the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm during the Pinnacle Genius Battle, he had been diligently Cultivating, all to reclaim what he had lost!
Kedi was too strong, with astonishing insights into the two higher Laws of 'Time' and 'Space'. He admitted that he wasn't his opponent in the short term and would need a long time to catch up in the future.
In Nuno's opinion, Ender had only defeated him on the Pinnacle Genius Battle arena by taking an unconventional path, focusing on comprehending the Wood Origin Law.
Now, with the systematic training from Virtual Universe Company, one of the Human Race's five Leviathans of Humanity, and being accepted as a Disciple by a Marquis-level Immortal from his clan, his future achievements would surely surpass Ender's.
But now!
Someone told him that Ender, whom he had always wanted to surpass, was accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable. How could he accept this?!
Universe Venerable!
That was a lofty existence. Even in their powerful Flame God Race, there were only a handful of them. Yet such an existence actually accepted Ender as a Disciple. Even if it was just an Official Disciple, it was something he couldn't surpass!
...
In another residence in Primal Chaos City.
Kedi, who had also visited the City Lord's Mansion inner residence today, was slightly stunned after receiving the news that Ender had been accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable.
"As expected..." he murmured to himself, "The one who can be my opponent in this Pinnacle Genius Battle is him."
"It's just, why would he be accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable?"
Kedi recalled Ender's performance in the Pinnacle Genius Battle and found it a bit hard to understand why he would be valued by a Universe Venerable.
"Never mind," he shook his head slightly, thinking, "Even if he has a Universe Venerable as a teacher, he won't be able to catch up to me!"
"After all, the one who accepted me as a Disciple is the great Primal Chaos City Lord!"
...
Virtual Universe, Thunder Island Central Mountains.
In a palace on the mountainside, a huge light screen was playing footage of Ender challenging the Tongtian Bridge.
"Nothing special..."
Venerable Gu Lun carefully watched the light screen, not missing any details, but he still couldn't find Ender's shining point.
"Very ordinary!" He was a bit confused. "His comprehension is clearly a very low-level Law, and he uses the common Green Vine Pillar. Why would he be accepted as a Disciple by another Venerable?"
"Could it be that this little fellow has some special qualities that I haven't discovered?" Venerable Gu Lun fell into self-doubt.
As a newly Breakthrough Universe Venerable, Venerable Gu Lun was very humble, believing that learning from the experience of his Senior was not shameful.
Especially after learning that a Universe Venerable had accepted Ender as a Disciple, he diligently studied the footage of Ender challenging the Tongtian Bridge, intending to discover his special qualities from it, but he gained nothing.
"Those who can become Universe Venerables are indeed not simple!" Venerable Gu Lun sighed, "I still have many things to learn."
...
Primal Chaos City, outside the city.
Whoosh!
An E-grade spaceship flew rapidly in the air. Behind and below the spaceship, there were quite a number of Primal Chaos Beasts of various forms chasing it.
Inside the spaceship's lounge, Manle looked at the holographic projections around him and laughed loudly, "Haha! You think you can catch my spaceship? Don't be ridiculous!"
After laughing, he recalled that there seemed to be an email notification earlier.
A light screen appeared, and he opened his inbox, finding that most of these emails were from his companions in this Pinnacle Genius Battle.
He casually opened an email, and after reading it, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Ender was really accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable!"
"He wasn't even confident when he went before, but it turned out the same as Kedi." Manle was a bit envious. "Sigh, if only I could also be accepted as a Disciple by such an existence."
Then, he opened a few more emails and said helplessly after reading them, "These guys are too concerned about Ender. They're afraid he might actually be accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable, so they're all asking me to verify it because I have a good relationship with him."
"Anyway, I'm going to contact Ender, so I'll ask him then. If he minds, I can keep it a secret."
...
Ender's residence.
"Seventh Senior Brother recommended Marquis Bone Forging Beikuku as an Immortal mentor to me. Marquis Bone Forging must have something extraordinary about him."
Ender mumbled to himself, sending an application to Virtual Universe Company, requesting Marquis Bone Forging to be his Immortal mentor for his Primal Secret Realm estate.
After applying, he was about to go to the rooftop to observe the Beginning Universe's externalized Laws when he received a video call request from Manle.
"What does Manle want with me?" Ender accepted the video call with a question.
The light screen popped up.
Ender saw the background of Manle in the light screen, which had the unique scenery outside Primal Chaos City, and asked, "Are you still outside the city?"
"Yes, I'm outside the city." Manle laughed, "And I just hunted a Primal Chaos Beasts, and now I'm forced to escape into the spaceship by a group of Primal Chaos Beasts."
Ender asked, "Since you're hunting Primal Chaos Beasts outside the city, why are you looking for me?"
"Hey!" Manle said helplessly, "It's those guys from our same batch of Genius. They sent me emails saying that you were accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable, and they all want me to verify it with you."
"I bet they don't believe this is true." Speaking of this, he chuckled, "Is it convenient for you to reveal a little? I really want to know too."
"Hmm." Hearing this, Ender nodded and said vaguely, "In the future, a Universe Venerable will guide my Cultivation, but such an existence's time is very precious, so the time I can receive guidance won't be long, and the intervals won't be short either."
He couldn't possibly reveal that he was accepted as a Disciple by Ice Summit Master. If that news spread, other races would definitely increase the pressure on him, and he would be under immense stress then.
Unlike becoming a Disciple of a Universe Master, becoming a Disciple of a Universe Venerable would also attract attention, but definitely not to the same extent as the former.
Moreover, he hadn't shown astonishing talent in Primal Chaos City yet, so while there might be a chance he'd be on the other races' kill list, his ranking definitely wouldn't be high.
According to his estimation, Kedi's performance in the Pinnacle Genius Battle alone was enough to rank among the top three on the other races' kill list.
"It really is..." Seeing Ender nod in admission, Manle said with some envy, "You and Kedi, our batch has two people accepted as Disciples by a Universe Venerable, and it happened on the same day."
"Just this alone makes our batch surpass countless others."
Hearing this, Ender smiled without speaking. If he were to say that he was accepted as an Official Disciple by a Universe Master, and Kedi was suspected of being accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Master, Manle's jaw would probably drop!
"By the way, can I reveal that you were accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable?" Manle asked.
"Yes," Ender nodded.
"Haha..." Manle laughed, "I'll reply to them now. I bet this will make some guys frustrated for a long time."
After speaking, he hung up the video call, and the light screen closed up and disappeared.
"Manle really helped me out," Ender muttered. "With his help in confirming it, I can Cultivate quietly for a while before I display astonishing Law comprehension talent."
"Next, I'll wait for the Gu Yu Ancient Tree Clone resources to arrive and digest and understand the doubts answered by Seventh Senior Brother Venerable Lingtu."
Thinking of this, he "swished" up the stairs and quickly darted to the rooftop.
He planned to comprehend while digesting and understanding the answered doubts, and perhaps he would gain some insight from it.
Arriving at the rooftop, Ender sat cross-legged, looking up at the sky, comprehending the Beginning Universe's externalized Laws, just like everyone else on the surrounding rooftops.
...
After receiving Ender's affirmative reply, Manle, who had hung up the video call, began to mass-email and reply to the Genius of the same batch who had inquired him.
"What! Ender was really accepted as a Disciple by a Universe Venerable."
"To be regularly guided by a Universe Venerable, this proves the rumor is true!"
"It's hard to understand. He only recently comprehended Space Law, yet he can actually become a Disciple of such an existence."
After receiving Manle's email, the Genius were inevitably shocked. The previous rumor was actually true!
...
About one or two hours after the confirmed news spread, the Fox Clan Illusionist 'Fei' finally received the news.
Fei bit her red lips, feeling quite unwilling. "It was only one place difference, yet the gap is so huge!"
Before participating in the Pinnacle Genius Battle, she had intended to contend for first place, but now she not only fell to third place but also had a very large gap with the top two!
First place, Kedi!
Second place, Ender!
Both of them were accepted as Disciples by a Universe Venerable, while she, ranked third, didn't even have a King-level Immortal willing to accept her as a Disciple.
...
One day later.
The doubts answered by Seventh Senior Brother Venerable Lingtu had been fully digested and understood, and Ender's comprehension of the Wood Origin Law and Space Law had deepened.
"I applied to Virtual Universe Company earlier, requesting Marquis Bone Forging to be my estate's Immortal teacher. I wonder if there's any result now."
Thinking of this, he opened his mailbox and saw an email from Virtual Universe Company.
"Respected Primal Secret Realm member, Ender Royce.
Marquis Bone Forging—Beikuku has accepted your invitation and has officially taken up residence in your No. 115 estate in the Primal Secret Realm, serving as a guiding teacher. You may consult him at any time."
"It's done! Marquis Bone Forging accepted my invitation." Seeing this, Ender couldn't help but feel joy. "To be recommended by Seventh Senior Brother Venerable Lingtu, he must be extraordinary!"
"Let's go take a look at the estate!"
Ender mumbled to himself and entered the Virtual Universe.
...
Virtual Universe, Yu Xiang Mountain Primal Secret Realm.
Whoosh!
With a flash of white light, Ender returned to the bedroom of his bound No. 115 estate.
"Your Highness!"
Pushing open the bedroom door, he hadn't walked far when he saw an servant.
"Do you know where the Immortal teacher residing in the estate is?" Ender asked.
"Replying to Your Highness," the servant respectfully bowed and said, "Marquis Bone Forging is currently sparring with Lord Mullie in the training ground."
"Hmm, thank you." Ender nodded lightly, then headed towards the training ground.
The servant looked at Ender's back with surprise, sighing in his heart, "Your Highness thanked me..."
Arriving at the training ground, Ender heard "clang, clang, clang" sounds, as two figures, one gray and one white, engaged in close combat in the training ground...