Seventh Volume: Sky Crane Elder and Yu Yong
Shop No. 3 on the first floor of the Primal Chaos Hall.
"Oh!" The chubby old man Bu You stared wide-eyed as he examined the Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform forms stored in his Storage Bag. Among them, a huge, crimson corpse stood out the most. "Judging by its size and aura, this is Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform at the God Emperor Mid-Stage level."
Bu You looked at Luo Feng Emperor Qing in surprise.
In Rain Ripple City, being able to hunt a Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform at the God Emperor Mid-Stage is already proof of the team's strength.
"Hurry up and make an offer," Emperor Qing urged.
"I can offer up to 12.5 million Chaos Primal Chaos Crystal for this Flame Zheng corpse," Bu You said. "Including its 10 Merit Points, the total is 13.5 million Primal Chaos Crystal."
Luo Feng Emperor Qing exchanged a glance. This was already the highest bid. The other two companies that had just gone there, not counting their Merit Points, had only offered the highest bids of 12 million and 12.2 million respectively.
"This Flame Zheng corpse is yours," Emperor Qing said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Bu You laughed heartily. He was determined to obtain the complete corpse of the Flame Zheng. The core tendon of the Flame Zheng corpse had been acquired by his backing forces over a long period of time, and the other body materials could be used for refining weapons, making medicine, crafting puppets, and so on.
Don't underestimate these corpses of Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform beings at the God Emperor Mid-Stage. That's because these beings are at a lower level and can't fully utilize their advantages. As beings born to break free from their Cage, their corpses are still quite special and can play a greater role in the hands of Xing Zhe.
Even the last few scraps can be used as materials for Xing Zhe to study and comprehend their cultivation.
"All sold out."
Luo Feng and his group visited the three shops they were most familiar with on the first floor of the Primal Chaos Hall and sold everything that was suitable for sale.
"We sold one God Emperor Mid-Stage and seven God Emperor Early-Stage Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform that we hunted this time for a total of 19.5 million Primal Chaos Crystal." Luo Feng Emperor Qing also briefly divided the income.
The prize was split 30/70, with Emperor Qing taking 5.85 million Primal Chaos Crystal and Luo Feng taking the remaining 13.65 million Primal Chaos Crystal.
In order to purchase the array diagram treasure, Luo Feng borrowed 300,000 Primal Chaos Crystal from Emperor Qing, which he also returned.
"Don't rush when you deal with the spoils of war from killing Ku Mo," Emperor Qing said. "Take a good look around Rain Ripple City."
Luo Feng nodded.
Dealing with those spoils of war is rather troublesome.
If you're feeling lazy, you could sell them all at the Primal Chaos Hall! But that would give you a huge discount.
The complete corpses of Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform forms can be sold here. However, many scattered materials, and even a lot of prepared poisons, as well as some precious materials intended for poison making, still need to be sold to those who know their value.
"Let's take a few more days to process it." Luo Feng was in no hurry. Such a large amount of spoils of war should certainly be handled properly.
"You also need to be careful of Ku Mo's master, 'Yu Yong,' and the Strange Workshop!" Emperor Qing reminded him before leaving.
Luo Feng also went to deal with the spoils of war.
There are only three forces in Rain Ripple City that have been engaged in 'theft and robbery' for a long time: Insect Nest, Myriad Shadow Pavilion, and Strange Workshop!
It should be noted that there are 723 people in the entire city with the strength of God Emperor Late-Stage Enlightenment Seeker! The fact that these three families dared to plunder like this, without fear of offending their enemies, shows that they are all extremely confident.
"Deputy Master, 'Ku Mo' from the Black Light Team is dead." The four experts from that team returned to Rain Ripple City before Luo Feng and his group, and they naturally reported the news.
There are a total of eight deputy managers in the entire Strange Workshop! Each of them possesses the strength of God Emperor Late-Stage Enlightenment Seeker, and five of them serve as 'elders' of Rain Ripple City.
The eight deputy workshop masters are the actual managers of the Strange Workshop.
As for the workshop owner?
The sect leader is extremely powerful, approaching the level of the three palace masters! He usually doesn't show himself. His main focus... is on his avatar in the Dark Holy World. Maintaining the existence of the Strange Workshop is merely to reap sufficient benefits.
"Ku Mo is dead?" A handsome man dressed in a white robe sat there. His skin was naturally covered with a thin halo. If you looked closely, the halo was actually formed by thousands of protective layers.
The handsome man was none other than Sky Crane Elder, one of the deputy heads of the Strange Workshop.
"I only have twenty teams under my command. The Black Light Team suddenly lost a member, and it's quite troublesome to reassign members." Sky Crane Elder chuckled lightly, his fingers as white as jade, as he leisurely poured wine. "How did he die?"
"Vice Master, here is the detailed information." The Golden Armor Figure respectfully presented the information.
Sky Crane Elder swept his gaze across the area.
The entire process of the previous battle, as recorded in the intelligence, was fully revealed.
"Luo Feng?"
Sky Crane Elder whispered, "A Xing Zhe has only been in Rain Ripple City for seven hundred years, his Movement Method is quite interesting."
However, he didn't pay much attention to it.
He was also a powerful figure who came from the Source World. He served as an elder in Rain Ripple City and as the deputy head of the Strange Workshop, all for the sake of making some benefits along the way! His main focus was on the Dark Holy World.
As Enlightenment Seeker had long since reached the God Emperor Late-Stage, he had accumulated a wealth over many years. Even in Rain Ripple City, he possessed a complete and powerful set of secret treasures, so naturally he didn't take Luo Feng seriously.
"He killed my men, so he has to pay some compensation." Sky Crane Elder glanced at the Golden Armor Figure. "Go find Luo Feng and tell him... pay him fifty million Primal Chaos Crystal, and the matter will be dropped."
"If he is unwilling to hand it over, you don't need to say anything more, just come back," Sky Crane Elder instructed.
"Yes," the Golden Armor Figure replied respectfully and immediately departed.
Sky Crane Elder leisurely drank his wine, showing no signs of emotional fluctuation.
His subordinate died? He didn't care at all.
The clone that remained in Rain Ripple City had only one purpose: to accumulate resources.
"Rain Ripple City has been boring for too long." Sky Crane Elder revealed a smile. "Luo Feng? I'm really looking forward to you rejecting me; that would be quite interesting."
To reap long-term benefits in Rain Ripple City, besides having a reputation, you also need to have enough intimidation!
Deterrence is achieved through fighting!
"Hmph."
Sky Crane Elder's eyes were icy cold.
Compared to the cruelty of the Dark Holy World, life in the Nine Rivers Holy World was purely relaxing for Sky Crane Elder.
This is a cave abode in the very heart of Rain Ripple City. In terms of both safety and energy supply, it surpasses Emperor Qing's cave cave abode.
"Ku Mo is dead?"
Inside the cave abode, Yu Yong received the news and also received the entire battle report from his four companions.
Yu Yong was much taller and more imposing. He was not from the lineage of Enlightenment Seeker, but Xing Zhe the Primal Chaos Bloodline! In terms of strength, he had already nearly pushed the Primal Chaos Bloodline to the 'Half Primal Chaos level'.
But it still lacks something.
A true Half Primal Chaos level 'bloodline Xing Zhe's is only equivalent in status to God Emperor Late-Stage Enlightenment Seeker. With his current strength, Yu Yong might barely be able to pass the minimum threshold to go to the Dark Holy World. But he's unwilling to try.
Even if you go there, you'll only end up at the very bottom.
He preferred to continue accumulating experience in the Nine Rivers Holy World, at least to truly reach the Half Primal Chaos level.
"Ku Mo," Yu Yong sighed softly, "I've said it before, our lives have become much easier since we came to the Nine Rivers Holy World. There's no need to join that Strange Workshop."
Yu Yong and Ku Mo climbed their way up from the very bottom.
They had other companions along the way, but in the end, only the two of them made it to the Nine Rivers Holy World together.
For Xing Zhe in the Source World, the path of cultivation is much more difficult, and the difficulty of becoming a God Emperor is inconceivably high! However, the pressure they face in the Source World is not that great.
Yu Yong and Ku Mo possess various resources, making cultivation much easier for them. However, dangers abound, and death looms close time and time again, forcing them to cultivate.
If you are not strong, you will die.
"I have personally met Senior Jin. Senior Jin said that as long as we can break free from this Cage, he is willing to resurrect a large number of our deceased comrades." Yu Yong sighed. "For us, the most important thing is to break free from this Cage, not to fight to the death with other Xing Zhe."
Yu Yong understood his apprentice, Ku Mo, very well.
Ku Mo grew up amidst slaughter his entire life, and even after becoming a God Emperor, he still habitually followed this path. Because it was the fastest way to earn resources.
"Before, we were forced to kill because of the circumstances. But now that the Nine Rivers Holy World isn't forcing us, we can slow down." Yu Yong cherished these relatively peaceful days.
"Luo Feng?"
Looking at the entire process in the intelligence report, Yu Yong thought, "Perhaps, Luo Feng is Ku Mo's calamity."
He harbored no hostility towards Luo Feng.
They actively robbed and tried to kill their target! In the end, they met their demise. Who can they blame but themselves?
On his path of growth through slaughter, Yu Yong witnessed the deaths of too many companions, and he even prepared himself for death at any moment. In the end, he and Ku Mo were very fortunate, completely transcending their original world and arriving at the Nine Rivers Holy World.
Yu Yong was not at all surprised that Ku Mo died here.
Those who choose the path of 'plunder' must be prepared for the backlash.
"I will not avenge you," Yu Yong sighed softly. "I believe that you, Ku Mo, are also hoping for the same."
They understand each other so well.
Although they are master and disciple, they have grown up together over the long years and have long been companions in life and death.
"My path of cultivation has only one goal: to break free from the Cage!" Yu Yong's eyes were more determined than ever before. Only by breaking free from the Cage could he make up for so many regrets.
Luo Feng wandered through the shops in Rain Ripple City, seeking a suitable solution for dealing with his large amount of spoils. He didn't necessarily want to sell them at the 'highest price,' but he wanted to sell them at a price close to it.
It was already dark, and the wind was strong.
As soon as Luo Feng left a shop, he saw a Golden Armor Figure appear in front of him, his entire body covered in golden armor, looking at Luo Feng with a cold expression.
"Strange Workshop, Qiu Yi Ke." Luo Feng immediately recognized the other party. He had already purchased all the God Emperor information in the city. Although he hadn't bought the latest information yet, the God Emperor information had changed very little in a short period of time.
Qiu Yi Ke is a God Emperor Mid-Stage Enlightenment Seeker from the Strange Workshop.
"You came because of Ku Mo?" Luo Feng asked, looking at the other person.
"Luo Feng".
The Golden Armor Figure looked at Luo Feng and said, "Ku Mo was a subordinate of Sky Crane Elder, the Strange Workshop Vice-Master. You killed Ku Mo, and the deputy head is furious. However, considering that Ku Mo robbed you first, I will give you a chance to atone for your sins!"
"Give me a chance to atone for my sins?" Luo Feng looked at the other party.
"Compensate us with 50 million Primal Chaos Crystal, Strange Workshop will no longer pursue this matter," the Golden Armor Figure said.
"Fifty million Primal Chaos Crystal?"
Luo Feng laughed angrily, "Your Strange Workshop's team robbed and tried to kill me outside the city. I killed one of them in retaliation, and you still want me to atone for my sins and make compensation? Do you mean that I can only be slaughtered at will when faced with robbery and killing?"
"You can fight back, but you'll still have to pay compensation," the Golden Armor Figure said. "Within three days, fifty million Primal Chaos Crystal must be delivered to the Deputy Master. Of course, you can also choose not to pay. But the consequences will be something you don't want to see."
After saying that, the Golden Armor Figure turned and left.
"Don't wait three days."
Luo Feng said, "Go back and tell your deputy sect leader, 'Sky Crane Elder,' that he doesn't have a single Primal Chaos Crystal, let alone 50 million! Bring on whatever tricks he has up his sleeve!"
The Golden Armor Figure glanced at Luo Feng and grinned, "I admire you!"
After saying that, he flew away.
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Thank you to the two new alliance leaders, 'Mu Yi Bai Bu Bai' and 'Jingcai', for their generous donations! And thank you to the two veteran alliance leaders, Old K and Venerable Xu Xin, for their donations as well!