Chapter 148: Becoming a Disciple of Chaos City Leader

"Stop standing there blankly. Follow me, and I will take you to meet our teacher," said Sovereign Guiyi.

"Yes, Sovereign," Luo Yuan replied respectfully.

"Ah, still calling me Sovereign? You are about to become the personal disciple of our teacher. I am the teacher's second disciple, so you can just call me Second Senior Brother," Sovereign Guiyi said with a smile. "Your other senior brothers and sisters are all adventuring in various secret realms. I am deeply favored by our teacher, which is why I am able to stay by his side constantly and handle whatever lies within my power."

Hearing this, Luo Yuan quickly shouted, "Greetings, Second Senior Brother."

"Mm," Sovereign Guiyi nodded with a smile. "Come, let's talk as we walk. Our teacher has three avatars. The one currently governing Chaos City is one of them, primarily in charge of slaughter. You must be extremely respectful and take care not to anger the teacher."

"Yes," Luo Yuan hastily acknowledged.

Luo Yuan followed Sovereign Guiyi into a secluded courtyard. Standing outside the courtyard was a large stone monument bearing three carved characters: "Chaos Ruins."

"The teacher is inside. Let's go in," Sovereign Guiyi said, taking the lead and stepping through.

Luo Yuan hurriedly followed, crossing through a layer of chaotic light curtain.

"Boom~"

With a distortion of space and time, just a moment ago he was in the City Lord's Mansion, but the next instant he entered a vast and boundless world. It was a marvelous shift of stars and a profound transformation of scenery.

This was a ruined battlefield. The boundless earth was littered with the corpses of various alien races. Some were as colossal as stars, while others were merely the size of small dogs. These corpses emanated terrifying might and baleful aura, clearly belonging to immensely powerful beings during their lifetimes. Luo Yuan couldn't help wondering how the Chaos City Lord's avatar could stand looking at this pile of corpses every day without feeling uncomfortable.

Luo Yuan and Sovereign Guiyi walked across this ruined earth, stretching endlessly beyond the limit of sight.

"Teacher," Sovereign Guiyi suddenly called out.

"Huh?" Luo Yuan was stunned. Only then did he discover with shock that not far away stood a sturdy, towering man about three meters tall. He wore an intricately complex and archaic dark red battle armor, stepped in battle boots, and a scaly tail extended from his battle skirt.

When Luo Yuan's gaze fell upon this person, he felt as though he were looking at the entire heaven and earth. It was as if this person did not exist at all. When his spiritual force swept over, he saw endless cosmic law runes within his consciousness, grand and magnificent. This man seemed to be the embodiment of laws, radiating a terrifying murderous aura that made Luo Yuan's soul tremble. Indeed, the Chaos City Lord was unimaginably powerful.

"Luo Yuan!" A voice like clashing gold and jade rang in Luo Yuan's ears. Luo Yuan snapped out of his trance and looked at the Chaos City Lord before him, who now appeared just like an ordinary person, without emitting a shred of pressure.

The Chaos City Lord turned around to look at Luo Yuan. On his forehead grew two fiery red horns, and his face was marked with strange secret patterns, making him look rather fierce. However, his eyes were as calm as a vast ocean, containing endless starry skies that could instantly quiet a person's heart.

"Luo Yuan pays his respects to Lord City Lord," Luo Yuan said, quickly bowing deeply.

"Your performance was excellent, far exceeding my expectations," the Chaos City Lord looked at Luo Yuan and smiled.

Luo Yuan remained silent and merely smiled back.

"Starting today, you are my 32nd personal disciple," the Chaos City Lord stated solemnly.

"Disciple pays respects to Master," Luo Yuan hurriedly dropped to his knees and kowtowed.

The Chaos City Lord looked down at the kneeling Luo Yuan with a profound and distant gaze. He recalled the scene of his youngest disciple, "Kodi," becoming his disciple long, long ago. A flash of sorrow and anger crossed the depths of his eyes, and his gaze towards Luo Yuan became even gentler.

"Get up," the Chaos City Lord sighed softly.

Luo Yuan obediently stood up.

"Including you, I have 32 disciples under my command, 5 of whom have already fallen," the Chaos City Lord said. "Among your 26 surviving senior brothers and sisters, 25 are Universe Sovereigns. Only one remains an undying god at the peak of封王 (Title King) level. With your innate talent, I believe reaching the peak of Title King will be very easy."

"From now on, whenever you have any matters, you can directly travel via teleportation to my palace on Thunder Island," the Chaos City Lord said.

"Yes, Master," Luo Yuan replied respectfully.

"You may withdraw for now," the Chaos City Lord said with a faint smile. "Right, I have upgraded your clearance authority. In the future, many things will be much more convenient for you."

"Um, well..." Luo Yuan stood in place, hesitating.

"Do you have other matters?" the Chaos City Lord asked with a puzzled look.

"Well, Master, could you allow me to comprehend the other 51 Chaos Tablets? I cultivate the Ten Basic Laws, and these Chaos Tablets would be of immense benefit to me!"

"Ha, you certainly are greedy. I heard from Guiyi that you want to master the ultimate law of the universe—the Chaos Law. This is something even I dare not dream of. Aren't you afraid of falling short at the last hurdle and wasting vast amounts of time?" the Chaos City Lord asked.

"Well, Disciple has thought about it. But Disciple has decided that if I am to do something, I will do it to the absolute best of my ability, and if I am to learn laws, I will learn the strongest one! Even if I fail, I shall have no regrets!" Luo Yuan said firmly.

"Sigh, very well. These Chaos Tablets do not belong to me alone; I need to discuss this with the other creators before giving you an answer. You may return for now," the Chaos City Lord said.

"Yes, Disciple obeys!" Luo Yuan's face revealed joy as he replied respectfully.

The Chaos City Lord waved his hand.

Swish!

Luo Yuan was directly teleported out of the Chaos Ruins.

The space and time before his eyes shifted, and in an instant, Luo Yuan was standing once again at the entrance of the Chaos Ruins courtyard, as if everything that had just happened was merely a dream.

Luo Yuan returned to his cultivation residence and directly entered the virtual universe. Sure enough, he discovered that his clearance authority had been elevated, and he could browse through a much greater variety of information. He happily began looking through it, especially the gossip and interesting anecdotes about various powerful beings in the universe.

"So the World Lord-level 'Primal Tongtian Bridge' requires the capability of roughly the 20th floor of the Tongtian Bridge, which is the strength of a peak Title King. Once my realm and strength improve, I can clear it to obtain permanent residency in Chaos City, and then settle down here. That would provide an exceptional sense of security," Luo Yuan thought to himself while browsing the data.

What Luo Yuan did not know was that while he was reading the data, the news of him being taken in as a personal disciple by the Chaos City Lord had already spread to the hands of all the top powers. The higher-ups of the 1008 human universe kingdoms were completely in an uproar—especially the two dozen veteran sovereigns who had previously sent recruitment calls to Luo Yuan. Each and every one of them harbored deep resentment toward the Ganwu Universe Country Lord, secretly cursing him for being despicable.

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In the middle of a brilliant river of stars, the Ganwu Universe Country Lord did not feel particularly surprised after learning that Luo Yuan had been accepted as a personal disciple by the Chaos City Lord. As an ancient sovereign, although his strength had almost plateaued at the peak sovereign level, his eye for talent was still very sharp. However, up until now, he had not provided Luo Yuan with any actual help, and he felt somewhat ashamed.

"Forget it, I'll go borrow some more money to buy this kid some good things. Anyway, since I'm already in so much debt, a little more won't make a difference. Besides, the ones who fear my death the most right now are those creditors; truly, the more you borrow, the harder it is to die. But who else can lend me some money?" The Ganwu Universe Country Lord split off a thread of his consciousness in the virtual universe to flip through his ledger and list of creditors.

Meanwhile, all of the Ganwu Universe Country Lord's creditors felt a deep sense of malice, their thoughts blocked and blocked with frustration, prompting them to go vent their anger on alien invaders instead.

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