As soon as he entered, Luo Fan saw someone sitting cross-legged at the center of the room.
The man wore an ancient suit of battle armor stained with blood. He had silver hair at his temples and a battle sword on his back.
The moment Luo Fan saw him, he felt as though his soul had frozen.
The next moment, the other man suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Luo Fan.
At this moment, even Luo Fan's soul was trembling.
It felt as if he had seen some terrifying ferocious beast, and his mind went completely blank.
He could not help wanting to kneel before the man.
However, Luo Fan quickly recovered.
In truth, it was mainly the reminder from his clone.
He hurriedly bowed respectfully.
"Greetings, Lord Master of the Ice Peak!"
The Master of the Ice Peak looked at Luo Fan with a hint of approval in his eyes.
"You are good."
The next moment, Luo Fan felt an invisible force lifting him up.
The Master of the Ice Peak looked at Luo Fan and spoke calmly.
"I want to take you as my disciple."
"However, there are conditions."
"If you pass the tenth level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge within a hundred years, I will take you as a registered disciple."
"If you pass the Domain Lord-level or World Master-level original Sky Mountain, I will take you as a personal disciple."
When Luo Fan heard this, excitement immediately appeared on his face.
If he could become the disciple of the Master of the Ice Peak, he would gain countless benefits!
Passing the tenth level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge within a hundred years was no problem for him at all.
Of course, it would be extremely difficult for someone else.
Even though a hundred years sounded long, Luo Fan was about to leave Chaos City next.
The efficiency of comprehending laws in Chaos City was ten times that of the original universe.
In other words, ten years of comprehension in Chaos City was equal to a hundred years outside.
The tenth level represented the threshold of the Immortal level.
Passing it meant one's law comprehension surpassed ordinary Immortal experts.
That difficulty was extremely high.
And this was a hundred years outside.
Those Domain Lords from the original Secret Realms had no idea how many years they spent going from the ninth to the tenth level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
Many only succeeded after breaking through to Domain Lord and earning three hundred years of residence in Chaos City.
However, Luo Fan remained confident.
He even felt he did not need the full hundred years.
"Yes!"
After hearing Luo Fan's response, the Master of the Ice Peak continued.
"During these hundred years, you may consult Xuan Ice at any time."
"Alright, you may go."
As soon as the words fell, the scene before Luo Fan flashed.
The next moment, he found himself outside the Ice Mountain Hall.
Beside him stood the Venerable Xuan Ice.
The Venerable Xuan Ice gave Luo Fan his virtual universe account and then said,
"If you have questions in the next hundred years, contact me anytime."
"I hope I will hear you call me Senior Brother one day."
"Alright, go find Kaitian."
After speaking, the Venerable Xuan Ice vanished again.
Seeing this, Luo Fan flew toward the residence of the Venerable Kaitian.
He also quietly created tasks in his mind.
[Task: Become the Master of the Ice Peak's registered disciple. Reward: Ice Crystal Spirit Fruit ×100, Life-Origin Spirit Fruit ×10]
[Task: Become the Master of the Ice Peak's personal disciple. Reward: Ice Peak Chaos Stele and Comprehension Chamber]
Hiss...
Seeing the reward, Luo Fan immediately became excited.
Becoming a registered disciple would give him one hundred Ice Crystal Spirit Fruits and ten Life-Origin Spirit Fruits!
One hundred Ice Crystal Spirit Fruits could increase the comprehension speed of his Space Worm clone in the water origin laws and space origin laws by ten times!
As for the ten Life-Origin Spirit Fruits, they could raise his true body's genetic level to one hundred times!
It was simply astonishing.
As for becoming a personal disciple, that was even more frightening.
He would directly obtain the Ice Peak Chaos Stele and the Comprehension Chamber.
This was not a copied diagram but a genuine Chaos Stele.
It even came with the Comprehension Chamber.
Luo Fan understood that when comprehending a Chaos Stele, not only was the stele's material important, but the surrounding environment was as well.
All of this together was comparable to a supreme treasure.
And not an ordinary supreme treasure.
Luo Fan secretly swore that he would become the Master of the Ice Peak's disciple as soon as possible.
However, Luo Fan also felt somewhat regretful at this moment.
When he entered the Ice Mountain Hall earlier, he had intended to create a task similar to a sign-in reward.
Unfortunately, it failed.
Thinking about it, it made sense. He also failed when entering the City Lord's Mansion previously.
...
Soon, Luo Fan arrived at the manor gate he had visited before.
With his memory, visiting once was enough to know the way.
When he reached the gate, the manor doors opened automatically.
Following the same route as before, Luo Fan entered the small world inside the villa.
Just as he entered the small world, he discovered someone standing before him.
It was his teacher, the King of the Tide Blade.
Before Luo Fan could speak, the King of the Tide Blade quickly asked,
"Well? My disciple?"
"Why did Lord Master of the Ice Peak summon you?"
When Luo Fan heard this, he recounted everything that had happened.
When the King of the Tide Blade heard that the Master of the Ice Peak wanted to take Luo Fan as a disciple, his face immediately showed excitement.
However, when he heard the conditions, his brows furrowed.
"Hiss—"
"These conditions…"
After pausing for a moment, he continued.
"The first condition isn't difficult for you."
"Which means that in a hundred years, you will most likely become the Master of the Ice Peak's registered disciple."
"But the second condition…"
"The original Sky Mountain…"
"My advice is that you attempt it at the Domain Lord level." (TL/N: MC real body is still at Universe level)
"Otherwise, if you wait until World Master level, the difficulty will be far too great."
The original Sky Mountain was created specifically for the core members of the Virtual Universe Company.
Normally, there were only three ways to become a member of the original Secret Realm.
The first was to obtain first place in the Universe Genius Battle or the Universe Strongest Battle, like Luo Fan.
The Strongest Battle was for those at the universe level.
This time, the spots for Luo Feng and Bolan in the Genius Battle were extra slots given by the Virtual Universe Company.
Under normal circumstances, only the first place in each Genius Battle and Strongest Battle could become members of the original Secret Realm.
The second method was the Qualification Battle.
The universe-level core members held a Qualification Battle every hundred years.
All the universe-level geniuses of the original Secret Realm would fight.
The top two would remain in the original Secret Realm.
The lower ranks would fight against the top members of the Primal Secret Realm.
The final victors would remain members of the original Secret Realm.
The same rule applied to the other Secret Realms.
The last method was to break through the Sky Mountain.
The Sky Mountains were divided into three:
Heaven and Earth Sky Mountain, Absolute Beginning Sky Mountain, and Primal Sky Mountain.
As long as one broke through the corresponding Sky Mountain, one would become a genius of that Secret Realm.
However, breaking through the Heaven and Earth and Absolute Beginning Sky Mountains was relatively easier.
The Primal Sky Mountain was nearly impossible to break through.
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