"However, there are still some issues within your three departments," Ender said in a deep voice. "I hope you can clear out the departments under your management and deal with some serious lawbreakers. You can just give me a list when you're done."
Before coming to Ganwu Star, Ender had checked the data at the Virtual Universe Company's Universe Headquarters and knew that the previous three major leaders of the Ganwu Branch were seriously corrupt.
Compared to their predecessors, the current three major leaders were much less corrupt. He didn't have that much time to investigate each department, so letting Lord Chenyi and the other two handle it was a good choice.
Lord Chenyi and the other two heard this and replied in unison, "Your Highness, rest assured, we will thoroughly investigate the interior and will not disappoint Your Highness."
At this moment, the weight in their hearts lifted, and they were overjoyed, their faces breaking into even brighter smiles.
Just now, they had thought Ender was going to investigate the three departments, but they never expected him to delegate power to them, giving them the authority to clean up their respective departments and deal with those troublesome individuals who had connections.
Ender scanned the three of them and asked, "In ten years, I hope to see your list. Is that enough time?"
Lord Chenyi and the other two said in unison, "Your Highness, rest assured, we will surely deliver the list to you in ten years."
"Good, then I'll await your list in ten years." Ender nodded slightly, then stood up and said, "I still have matters to attend to, so I won't disturb you all here."
Seeing Ender turn to leave, Lord Chenyi quickly stood up and called out, "Your Highness, please wait."
"Lord Chenyi, is there something else?" Ender stopped and turned back to ask.
"Your Highness," Lord Chenyi said, "The three of us have jointly issued invitations, inviting many powerful individuals from the Ganwu Universe Country to a banquet to welcome Your Highness. May I ask if Your Highness has time to attend?"
"When is it?" Ender asked.
"Because we were unsure when Your Highness would arrive at Ganwu Star, we set the banquet for one month from now," Lord Xinli replied.
"Good." Ender nodded slightly and said, "I will arrange for someone to build a manor in the Virtual Universe to serve as the banquet venue."
"Hmm…" Lord Chenyi, Lord Miyun, and Lord Xinli exchanged glances upon hearing this, then Lord Miyun spoke, "Your Highness, this banquet will be held in reality, and the location has been set for Ganwu Star."
"Ganwu Star in reality?" Ender frowned slightly and said, "Can the location be changed to the Virtual Universe?"
His purpose for coming to Ganwu Star, besides visiting the Branch, was to meet World Master Molten Rock and invite him to be a teacher for his three elder brothers. After that, he would head to Laos World, so he hadn't considered staying long on Ganwu Star at all.
"Your Highness, according to the information my intelligence department has received, after receiving the joint invitation from the three of us, several Marquis-level Immortal and King-level Immortal from Universe Secret Realms and the Extraterritorial Battlefield are already rushing to Ganwu Star."
Lord Miyun hesitated, saying, "If we inform them now to change the banquet location to the Virtual Universe, I'm afraid it might…"
Ender listened and instantly understood. Those powerful individuals who had been adventuring in Universe Secret Realms and the Extraterritorial Battlefield had already rushed back. Notifying them now that the banquet location was changed to the Virtual Universe would be offending them.
For most powerful individuals, face is extremely important, and being played for a fool would certainly lead to them finding a way to get even.
They probably wouldn't openly express dissatisfaction with Ender, but they could certainly trip up the Royce Family in secret. After all, the powerful individuals invited were at least comparable to Marquis-level Immortal.
Currently, besides Ender, the strongest core members of the Royce Family were only Universe Level, and they couldn't handle so many powerful forces secretly tripping them up.
"Then let's still hold it on Ganwu Star," Ender said, then asked, "Have invitations been sent to King Sealing Mace?"
"It has been sent to King Sealing Mace, but we haven't received a reply yet," Lord Miyun replied.
"I will go and invite King Sealing Mace," Ender said. "As for the arrangements for this banquet…"
"Your Highness can leave it to us," Lord Xinli said confidently. "We will surely satisfy the guests."
"These three guys are really paying a high price to curry favor with me."
Hearing this, Ender looked at the three with some surprise. This welcoming banquet invited quite a few Marquis-level Immortal and King-level Immortal. To satisfy these powerful individuals, the cost would certainly be huge, at least hundreds of thousands of Mixed-yuan Units.
If the banquet were held in the Virtual Universe, the Mixed-yuan Units required would only be one percent, or even one-thousandth, of what's needed in reality.
"Then I'll trouble the three of you." Seeing them say this, Ender simply let them arrange the banquet, considering it a punishment for their presumptuousness.
After speaking, he took Mullie and left the conference room, leaving Lord Chenyi, Lord Miyun, and Lord Xinli to discuss inside.
...
After leaving the conference room, Ender had someone lead them to the resting room that had already been prepared.
On the way to the resting room, Mullie transmitted a question, "Your Highness, as the Supervisor Envoy of the Ganwu Branch, is it appropriate to just let Lord Chenyi and the others conduct self-inspections?"
"My main task now is to Cultivate, and I don't have that much time to thoroughly investigate the three departments."
Ender transmitted his reply, "Water that is too clear has no fish. the Virtual Universe Company controls the economic lifeline of the 1004 Universe Country. Corruption can never be completely eliminated. Although Lord Chenyi and the others are also corrupt, they are much better than their predecessors."
Mullie listened and understood that what his Your Highness said made sense. Among the five major human forces in the Universe, Huge Axe Dojo and Universe Mercenary Alliance focused on experts. Universe First Bank and Universe Star River Bank primarily handled banking storage and some investment businesses.
Only the Virtual Universe Company controlled the entire human economic lifeline. The economy of the 1004 Universe Country was completely controlled by the 1004 Branches of the Virtual Universe Company.
As the saying goes, water that is too clear has no fish. The vast Ganwu Branch of the Virtual Universe Company, which governs the Virtual Universe Company Branches in tens of thousands of Star Domains, has nearly 900 million core personnel, including nearly 300 Immortals. It's impossible to eradicate corruption among so many people.
Moreover, Mullie had served as the leader of the guard army for so many years, so he naturally knew how diligent Ender was in his Cultivation, with very little time for leisure and entertainment. He only relaxed a bit when he returned to his hometown.
"Compared to the Ganwu Branch's self-inspection, I'm more concerned about this welcoming banquet on Ganwu Star," Ender transmitted with a hint of worry.
"Your Highness means…" Mullie had a guess.
"Hmm." Ender replied, "A banquet held in reality will undoubtedly give opportunities to alien spies. We must do a good job of prevention."
"Since Your Highness knows, why still take the risk?" Mullie asked somewhat anxiously.
"Risk? How is that possible?" Ender said with a smile, transmitting, "I've already found a solution."
...
Virtual Universe, Ganwu Continent.
In a vast manor, there was a fragrant garden with birds chirping. In the center of the garden was a pavilion where Ender and King Sealing Mace sat opposite each other.
"King Sealing Mace," Ender asked with a smile, "You should have received the invitation for the welcoming banquet, right?"
"Yes, that's right," King Sealing Mace said. "Why?"
"I've come to invite King Sealing Mace to attend the banquet this time," Ender said.
"I accept." King Sealing Mace nodded slightly, then asked, "You didn't just come to invite me to the banquet, did you?"
"Besides inviting you to the banquet, I also want to ask King Sealing Mace for a favor," Ender said with a smile.
"What favor?" King Sealing Mace asked.
"This banquet will be held on Ganwu Star in reality. Besides the invited powerful individuals, they can also bring a few trusted confidants. I'm worried that some of them might have been Soul invaded and enslaved by aliens," Ender said. "So, I want to…"
...
After meeting King Sealing Mace, Ender then contacted World Master Molten Rock. After accepting his invitation, he arrived at his manor on the Ganwu Continent.
In a luxurious room within the manor, the two sat opposite each other across a table. On the table between them were a bottle of fine wine and two wine glasses.
The red-skinned World Master Molten Rock poured a glass of wine and placed it in front of Ender, saying, "The last time we met was at the end of the Pinnacle Genius Battle."
Ender said gratefully, "If it weren't for Your Majesty's help, I wouldn't have achieved what I have today."
He was very grateful to World Master Molten Rock. If it weren't for his foresight and his keeping the secret of his special body, he might not have reached such heights today.
"This is merely mutual achievement." World Master Molten Rock shook his head slightly and smiled, "If you hadn't achieved good results in the Pinnacle Genius Battle and entered the Virtual Universe Company's Core Region, I wouldn't have become a disciple of Lord of Ganwu."
Ender had checked the information before and learned that World Master Molten Rock had become a disciple of Lord of Ganwu, but he couldn't quite understand why he would interact with Lord of Ganwu, as their statuses were worlds apart.
"You don't have to call me Your Majesty; just call me Guret. Your status is much higher than mine now," World Master Molten Rock said with some emotion. "I imagine you're very curious as to why I had the Opportunity to become a disciple of my teacher."
Ender nodded slightly, "I am a bit curious."
"You should know that Marquis Rong Dian and I are sworn brothers," World Master Molten Rock said. "Back then, a group of sworn brothers and I ventured and adventured in the Universe, going through many hardships and dangers. Although we obtained a great Opportunity and a great Treasure Trove, only Marquis Rong Dian and I remained among the sworn brothers."
"After obtaining that great Opportunity and great Treasure Trove, Marquis Rong Dian and I stopped adventuring and instead offered an incredibly precious Treasure to Lord of Ganwu."
World Master Molten Rock said with a hint of melancholy, "By offering the Treasure, Marquis Rong Dian obtained a precious Secret Technique, which allowed him to successfully Breakthrough and become an Immortal. However, I was unable to Breakthrough due to the great Opportunity, even after comprehending the Fire Origin Law."
"Core bottleneck?" Hearing this, Ender couldn't help but say softly.
"Yes, core bottleneck!" World Master Molten Rock said in a deep voice, "You've also heard that I once directly defeated an Immortal. That's because my weapons and battle armor are all at the seventh-tier Marquis-level Immortal level, and the great Opportunity also made my basic strength comparable to ten ordinary World Master Level Pinnacles. That's how I could directly defeat the most ordinary Immortal."
"The Universe is fair. The great Opportunity gave me super strong combat power, but it also gave me a core bottleneck that is harder to Breakthrough to become Immortal."
"However, precisely because of that incredibly precious Treasure from the great Opportunity, my teacher gave me hope of Breakthrough to become Immortal."
"As long as I can complete one of the three trials, I can receive the corresponding reward." Speaking of this, World Master Molten Rock smiled, "I completed the second trial, cultivating a Genius who entered the Virtual Universe Company's Core Region, and that Genius is you."
"So that's how it is."
Ender suddenly understood. Now he knew why the Molten Rock Empire had a systematic Cultivation System. It turned out to be to complete the trial set by Lord of Ganwu.
"Although I became a disciple of my teacher, it will still take a long time to accumulate before I can Breakthrough to become Immortal," World Master Molten Rock sighed. "Comprehending the Fire Origin Law connected me to the Universe's Fire Origin Law, causing me to lose the World Master's super high Law affinity."
Ender nodded inwardly. Comprehending any lower Law would connect one to the Universe Origin Law, which is a necessary prerequisite for an Immortal to receive Divine Power infusion.
However, once connected to the Universe Origin, one would lose the super high Law affinity of the World Master period, becoming a single Law affinity. It would be very difficult to comprehend other Laws, which is why Undying Spiritual Gods' Law comprehension is slower than World Masters'.
Therefore, to become a Universe Venerable or even a Universe Master, one needs to lay a solid foundation at the World Master Level, raising Law comprehension to near Universe Venerable level, to have a higher probability of becoming a top expert.
World Master Molten Rock smiled, "Fortunately, I also comprehended the Earth Origin Law recently, which made my comprehension of Space Law easier. I can Breakthrough to become an Immortal in at most a million years."
'A million years, that's still too long.' Ender listened and thought to himself, 'World Master Molten Rock's talent in Space Origin Law must not be high, otherwise, with the comprehension of Fire Origin Law and Earth Origin Law, it shouldn't take a million years to break the core bottleneck.'
'But speaking of it, Luo Feng in the original work also took tens of thousands of years to break the core bottleneck, so it's understandable for World Master Molten Rock to take a million years.'
"Guret," Ender suddenly remembered that the other party said he had obtained an incredibly precious Treasure, which made him ask curiously, "What Treasure did you offer to Lord of Ganwu?"
"A very peculiar purple token. Even now, when I recall it, I can't discern the peculiarity of that token," World Master Molten Rock recalled for a moment and said, "I remember my teacher was very happy at the time, and seemed to mention something about a Beast God Token."
"Beast God Inheritance Token!" Ender was slightly startled in his heart.
The Beast God Inheritance Token is a Treasure comparable to an Arcana Treasure. Holding this Treasure allows one to receive the Beast God Inheritance corresponding to the token in the Ancestor God Sect, the Universe's largest force.
"Where did you get that token?" Ender asked curiously, pressing on.
"In a dangerous Universe Secret Realm called Bewitching Secret Realm, from the Treasure Trove of a fallen King-level Immortal," World Master Molten Rock said. "Oh, and there was also a huge monster statue in that Secret Realm. Hmm… that monster statue was very peculiar."
"Statue? It couldn't be a beast god statue, could it?" Ender secretly guessed, "Bewitching Secret Realm, I must go and see it if I have the Opportunity."
After making up his mind, Ender said, "Guret, I came to see you this time for…"