Chapter 381: A Value-Added Gift for the Meeting

“I remember when the second brother and I obtained the inheritance and our strength rose to the standard you set, Dad, it was then that you gave each of us a virtual treasure for protection,” Nian Cangsheng said calmly. “Although the third brother isn’t strong enough, since Dad has taken the initiative to meet us, at least this gift should be a virtual treasure, right?”
“I’ve thought about this too. I can’t treat you three unfairly—both of you got virtual treasures as gifts, so he will naturally get one as well,” Bu Sou nodded. “But with his current strength, an offensive virtual treasure is beyond his control. As for defensive ones, they won’t help him improve at all. I gave you virtual treasures back then because your cultivation level was already sufficient to control them initially. That’s why I set requirements for your strength.”
“But our third brother is different. It’s because he met another condition that I stepped in personally. His bloodline has evolved to the Immortal level, but his cultivation is far from enough,” Bu Sou shook his head helplessly.
“Did the third brother’s bloodline evolve successfully?!” Nian Cangsheng was shocked. He never expected Ye Feng to evolve his Immortal bloodline to an Indestructible one at such a low cultivation level.
“He’s had some luck. You don’t need to envy him. Before you perished, you were already close to evolving. Go and meditate seriously when you return—maybe you’ll break through,” Bu Sou glared at Nian Cangsheng to stop further questioning.
“Mm, I know that. In fact, I already touched the boundary of bloodline evolution last time. If I hadn’t been impetuous, I wouldn’t have perished,” Nian Cangsheng nodded. “That period of seclusion was extremely boring. I tried to break through that boundary every day but to no avail. That’s why I stopped secluding and went out to relax—only to be tricked by someone… This time, if my bloodline doesn’t evolve, I’ll seclude myself completely!”
“That’s good to know!” Bu Sou nodded in satisfaction after hearing Nian Cangsheng’s words. “But stop interrupting me now. Help me think of something good to give our little third son.”
“Offensive or defensive ones definitely won’t work,” Nian Cangsheng continued. “How about Dad gives him a spatial virtual treasure, like a palace? That way, even if he perishes, he can revive there without being disturbed! Although his bloodline has evolved, revival still requires time.”

“Fine, Father will craft a peak-level temporal virtual treasure for you.” Immortal’s eyes lit up. “Kid, give me the palace in your arm. I’m too lazy to look for a vessel spirit—I’ll just raise the rank of your vessel spirit directly.”
“But my friends…” Ye Feng seemed hesitant.
“Don’t worry.” With just a wave of his hand, the Liuluan Palace in Ye Feng’s arm flew out on its own, and Pearl and the others were also expelled. They were frozen in place, unable to move.
“Are they okay?” Ye Feng asked worriedly.
“It’s just temporal freezing; there won’t be any side effects!” Nian Cangsheng beside him patted Ye Feng’s shoulder. “The fewer people who know about your identity, the better!”
“Mm!” Ye Feng turned his head only to find Immortal gone. “Where’s my godfather?”
“He went to his own universe to craft something for you. He should be back soon…” Nian Cangsheng seemed utterly unimpressed.
“How long will it take to craft this virtual treasure?” Ye Feng couldn’t help but ask curiously.
“Under normal circumstances, crafting an ordinary virtual treasure takes 100 million years, and completing it takes another 10 billion years.” The time Nian Cangsheng gave left Ye Feng speechless. “But since Father is extremely powerful, even crafting a peak-level virtual treasure won’t take that long.”
“Do we have to wait that long?” Ye Feng asked cautiously.
“Don’t worry. In Father’s universe, he can accelerate time infinitely. If quality isn’t a concern, he can get it back in less than three seconds. But for a peak-level virtual treasure, it might take a few minutes, because any faster and the quality can’t be guaranteed.” Nian Cangsheng couldn’t help but laugh. He thought his third brother really knew nothing—so silly in a cute way, thinking it would take hundreds of billions of years to get a gift.

He examined Ye Feng carefully. “The virtual treasures and pseudo-virtual treasures on you are beyond my detection with my current strength. However, that little plant in your sea of consciousness seems to be a mutated top-grade sacred-class plant. I’ve already thought of what I can give you—a pseudo-virtual treasure that can cultivate that plant. Since it’s just a pseudo-virtual treasure, it can only cultivate nine plants. But the extra seeds in my ring are only two. Both are fruit trees; one’s fruit can enhance true energy, while the other’s can enhance mental power. I’m lazy and don’t want to cultivate on my own, so I came up with these things. But you must not consume the fruits from these two trees until you reach the sacred class, or else you’ll die from internal explosion. Even the fruits in their juvenile stage cannot be eaten!”
“I understand. Thank you, big brother!” Ye Feng felt a hint of anticipation for this gift of a pseudo-virtual treasure.
“You already have an offensive-type plant. Your second brother probably has some defensive-type seeds. When you go back this time, I’ll ask him to send them to you. He’ll be overjoyed to learn he has a third brother. Since he’s actually older than me, he’s always insisted on being the leader, but our father ranks us by the order of obtaining our bloodline, which has frustrated him for a while.” Nian Cangsheng said this with a smug smile on his lips.
“You two are having such a great conversation!” A familiar voice rang out as an immortal figure gradually solidified, holding a purple bead between his index finger and thumb, fiddling with it.
“Dad, was it smooth? Why did it take so long?” Nian Cangsheng couldn’t help but ask.
“Hehe, I just used peak-grade materials, but I didn’t expect the spirit of the artifact to be so capable—it was even upgraded to the ultimate level. So I added a few more materials and simply refined it into an ultimate virtual treasure. During the refinement process, I added many more offensive and defensive arrays until it reached its maximum capacity!” The Immortal seemed very pleased.
“An ultimate virtual treasure!!!” Nian Cangsheng also couldn’t help but widen his eyes. “Dad, when I come out of my seclusion this time, you have to teach me how to refine ultimate virtual treasures! I’ll provide the materials myself!”
“Okay! But don’t mess it up, kid. You have to follow my methods!” The Immortal rolled his eyes. “Last time when I taught you to refine peak-grade virtual treasures, you wasted ten sets of materials just to succeed. If you follow my methods, it can be done in at most two attempts.”

“The other nine unsuccessful ones are still a bit better than top-tier virtual treasures, right? They can still be sold at a good price…” Nian Cangsheng said in a lowered voice with a smirk.

“If you spent the same effort on cultivation as you do on fiddling with these things, your father would be pleased.” Bu Sou smiled bitterly in resignation.

“There’s already one cultivation fanatic—Second Brother is enough! Although his talent isn’t as good as mine, with his perseverance, even if he can’t reach your level, he won’t be far behind. I’m just laid-back by nature; there’s nothing I can do about it!” Nian Cangsheng said with a laugh and a shake of his head, clearly taking it in stride.

“I hope at least one of you three can reach my level and bring me some pride!” Bu Sou’s eyes sparkled with expectation.

“Alright, here it is for you! This item has reached the level of a supreme virtual treasure. The marks you left before have been erased, but I added my own mark during refinement. Only those with a blood compatibility of over 90% with mine can use it. Moreover, if anyone attacks this virtual treasure, I’ll sense it. Once your strength meets the requirements to claim it, its spirit will come to you on its own.” Bu Sou had thought of everything thoroughly—this was the only way for Ye Feng to use this virtual treasure.

Ye Feng took the purple bead. It slowly rose from his palm, circled around him once, and then disappeared into his sea of consciousness.

Once inside Ye Feng’s sea of consciousness, the purple bead transformed into a purple palace. Its grandeur was no less impressive than when he first saw the Virtual Realm.

“Huh? Your special-type virtual treasure doesn’t show any signs of fear?” Bu Sou exclaimed in surprise. “Could it also be a supreme-level virtual treasure?”

A hint of confusion flashed in Bu Sou’s eyes as he fell silent, deep in thought.

“That’s really unfair! Back then, although I had many virtual treasures, I only had one supreme-level offensive virtual treasure. I even spent a lot of materials to have my father help refine it. And you already have two…” Nian Cangsheng couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Once I teach you how to refine them, you can have as many as you want—I won’t stop you.” A strange smile appeared on Bu Sou’s face.

“Refining is easy… the key is the materials…” Nian Cangsheng looked bitter, clearly knowing Bu Sou was saying this on purpose. “Dad, I gave you an idea—can I get my ring back? I still haven’t given my gift to Third Brother!”

Immortal disdainfully flung the previous ring aside and tossed out another one. “Apart from yours, I stripped that guy who designed you clean, and his teacher even compensated me with a few fine items. Out of respect for his teacher, I didn’t kill him; you deal with him yourself in the future. From that guy’s treasures, I had the second brother take a top-tier defensive virtual treasure—after all, you already have one in your ring. Take a look at the rest; give whatever you don’t need to the third brother. There are quite a few fake virtual treasures in there; the third brother doesn’t need them now, but he might in the future. That guy truly is an expert in crafting—there are many fine items.”

“The second brother really is something—how could he throw his own top-tier virtual armor in there too? At least he could have exchanged it for something else!” Nian Cangsheng pulled out a black armor set from the ring, looking utterly helpless.

“That’s just how the second brother is—he doesn’t like to owe anyone anything,” Immortal said, also a bit exasperated. “That kid also said he would work hard to cultivate and revive you, so he could repay you with the missing materials later.”

“That stubborn ox!” Nian Cangsheng couldn’t help but curse.