Volume Seven: Choice (End of Volume)

Since Sky Crane Elder gave it to me, I naturally accepted it.

"These twelve invitations." Luo Feng sat in the courtyard, looking at the night view of Rain Ripple City, and frowned slightly. "The other eleven invitations can be put aside. The most important one is... the invitation from the Hall Master Yuan Xiang."

" Of the Three Hall Masters, only Hall Master Yuan Xiang invited me?"

Luo Feng was slightly puzzled.

This doesn't match the information I have!

The Three Hall Masters, Hall Master Gai Tao, need no introduction. He focuses on weapon crafting, and the elders around him are all interested in weapon crafting. Naturally, they wouldn't take the initiative to invite Luo Feng.

But it's not right that Hall Master Wei Yang didn't come to invite me.

"Hall Master Wei Yang loves to win over the elders! Although he joined Rain Ripple City later, he has won over the largest number of elders in the entire Rain Ripple City! He usually invites Newly Advanced Elder," Luo Feng thought, "But he didn't invite me!"

Of the more than 700 people in the city with the strength of elders, 327 underwent the elder test and obtained elder status.

The Hall Master Wei Yang actively courted many elders, which is why he possessed the strongest influence in the entire city.

"I also dislike the actions of Hall Master Wei Yang," Luo Feng thought.

The thieving and plundering forces are all under the command of Hall Master Wei Yang.

"I'll go see Hall Master Yuan Xiang tomorrow!" Luo Feng was quite curious about Hall Master Yuan Xiang, as he was the City Builder of Rain Ripple City!

As the builder of Rain Ripple City, the cave abode of the Hall Master Yuan Xiang was originally the largest cave abode in the entire city. Later, the Hall Master Wei Yang occupied several cave abode dwellings and merged them into one, making it much larger than the cave abode of the Hall Master Yuan Xiang.

Luo Feng arrived at the main entrance of the cave abode.

"God Emperor Luo Feng?" The main gate was wide open, and a thin man stood there, smiling as he looked at Luo Feng. "The Palace Master has been waiting for you, God Emperor Luo Feng. God Emperor, please follow me."

The thin man wore loose robes, but his body hair was quite thick.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, General 'Earth Three'," Luo Feng said politely.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang commands three puppets, each possessing strength comparable to Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform the God Emperor Completion-Level. In other words, these three puppets... if ranked among the God Emperors of Rain Ripple City, would all be within the top fifty.

"As expected of the creator of Rain Ripple City, their foundation is profound, and even their servants are so powerful." Luo Feng thought to himself, "This is far more powerful than the foundation of the two ancestors of the Origin Continent."

As they walked through the cave abode, after a short while, in a garden, Luo Feng saw a figure sitting on the ground, smiling as he looked over, "Luo Feng, come, sit down."

Although Luo Feng had received intelligence about the other party beforehand, this was the first time he had seen the true appearance of the Hall Master Yuan Xiang.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang wasn't particularly handsome, but he possessed an undeniable charm that made Luo Feng feel an irresistible attraction upon seeing him.

"Your Highness, I take my leave," General Earth Three said respectfully.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang smiled and nodded.

Luo Feng then walked over and sat down opposite the Hall Master Yuan Xiang.

"This Hall Master Yuan Xiang has a very weak aura." Luo Feng could sense this even up close; the Hall Master Yuan Xiang, even sitting on the ground, exuded a faint sense of fatigue.

Having reached this level of spiritual cultivation, how can one still feel fatigued? That's incredible.

Even Luo Feng could sense that the other party's life force was struggling to stay afloat.

"It's an old problem." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang personally poured wine for Luo Feng and said with a smile, "Back then, I went hunting with some friends to hunt Overlimit-Level Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform of the Transcendent Level. We were used to hunting them, but who would have thought that one of the Overlimit-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform would break through and become High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform!"

"After coming into close contact with a High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform form, I ended up like this," sighed the Hall Master Yuan Xiang.

"Is there no way to solve the pollution?" Luo Feng asked.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang smiled at Luo Feng, "According to the experience recorded in the Dark Holy World, only by breaking free from the Cage of one's own Mind Will and will can one get rid of this pollution. This is the only way to get rid of the pollution."

Faced with High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform, they died on the spot.

As a powerful being from the Source World, his shared memories with his avatar in his home Source World were also corrupted. Clearly, that High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform harbored intense killing intent and desired to completely annihilate these Xing Zhe.

Fortunately, the Hall Master Yuan Xiang was protected by the Source World and had Secret Method to safeguard his Mind Will, which allowed him to barely survive.

"From now on, I can only focus on cultivating my Mind Will." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang laughed. "Besides, I was too bored, so I exchanged my merits and applied for the construction of a city in the Nine Rivers Holy World, which is this Rain Ripple City."

Luo Feng listened.

The construction of the city required extremely high Merit Points, and the Hall Master Yuan Xiang was clearly originally very strong, having accumulated a great deal of Merit Points. After being corrupted, the strength he displayed during the city's construction was even greater than that of the Hall Master Wei Yang.

He ranked second in the city because maintaining his sanity under such pollution was already difficult. Naturally, he wouldn't take action unless absolutely necessary. He also had no interest in vying for power or profit.

On one side is the Hall Master Yuan Xiang, who doesn't vie for power and rarely takes action.

On one side is Hall Master Wei Yang, who frequently intervenes and wins over powerful figures from all sides. Hall Master Wei Yang's influence is naturally greater.

"I've heard that Hall Master Yuan Xiang rarely invites God Emperors," Luo Feng said. "Did the Palace Master invite me this time?"

"You are different."

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang looked at Luo Feng, "After you defeated Sky Crane Elder yesterday, I questioned the two God Emperors of your Origin Continent in the Dark Holy World."

Luo Feng was startled.

Did you ask the two God Emperors of the Origin Continent in the Dark Holy World? The progenitors of the two nations?

"Although I am weaker now, I still have face," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang said with a smile. "I found the two of them, and they briefly told me about you."

"Over a thousand epochs, from the Eternal True God to the God Emperor Early-Stage."

"More than a thousand years later, from the God Emperor Early-Stage to the God Emperor Late-Stage! You even overpowered Sky Crane Elder." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang looked at Luo Feng, "You are much stronger than I was when I was young."

Luo Feng was secretly alarmed.

The other side knows all of my information.

"I have no hostility whatsoever," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang said with a smile. "Right now, I'm just barely surviving. Breaking through the Cage of my Mind Will is too difficult. I don't even know if I have any hope in this life."

"But I built Rain Ripple City myself, and I can feel that the Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform forms are infiltrating Rain Ripple City more and more strongly." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang looked at Luo Feng. "I am worried that one day Rain Ripple City will be breached, and at that time, hundreds of millions of Xing Zhe in the city will face a terrible calamity."

Luo Feng nodded.

Cities are built, and naturally, they are also destroyed.

"I know Wei Yang's personality; he's extremely selfish," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang shook his head. "He came to Rain Ripple City to acquire resources. If things go wrong, he'll only run for his own life."

"I built this city, and the hundreds of millions of Xing Zhe came here are also partly due to my karma," said the Hall Master Yuan Xiang. "I don't want to see hundreds of millions of Xing Zhe die tragically in the catastrophe!"

"That's why I invited you here."

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang looked at Luo Feng and said, "Your talent is far beyond what Wei Yang and the others can match! Once you grow stronger, your individual strength will be far greater than all the elders combined!"

"As long as you are strong enough, I can transfer the maximum authority of the 'City Builder' to you." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang looked at Luo Feng.

"The authority of the City Builder?" Luo Feng asked in surprise.

"Yes, I set the rules within the city." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang looked at Luo Feng. "I am now willing to offer Hall Master Wei Yang more benefits in order to bind him. I can also choose to reduce his benefits."

"Of course, your strength must surpass that of Wei Yang and Gai Tao," said the Hall Master Yuan Xiang.

"What level of strength would be considered surpassing the two of them?" Luo Feng asked.

"They are both Half Primal Chaos level Enlightenment Seeker, and they have accumulated quite a bit of knowledge and possess many treasures." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang laughed. "If you want to completely surpass them, you must at least cultivate two paths and reach the half-primordial level in both. In that case... I can hand over the authority of the City Builder to you."

Mastering two and Half Primal Chaos level?

Currently, his life and destruction are at the God Emperor Mid-Stage, while his Life-Death Path is at the God Emperor Early-Stage.

"I'm still quite far from it," Luo Feng said.

"With your talent, it won't be long," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang laughed. "I've seen people with such extraordinary talent in the Dark Holy World. I believe you'll reach that level within ten thousand epochs."

When the Hall Master Yuan Xiang was at full strength, he was already a peerless powerhouse who commanded respect in the Dark Holy World.

If the ancestors of both countries are considered to be at the bottom of the Dark Holy World.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang is already considered to be at a high level!

"The Palace Master really trusts me," Luo Feng said.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang flipped his hand and handed Luo Feng a spatial bracelet, smiling as he said, "It's our first meeting, so I'm giving you a small gift."

This spatial bracelet is unclaimed, and Luo Feng can sense it with a single thought.

This feeling...

Luo Feng was somewhat bewildered.

The space bracelet contained mountains of Primal Chaos Crystal, not individual crystals, but rather Primal Chaos Crystal cut into large pieces. A single large piece of Primal Chaos Crystal like this was worth ten thousand Primal Chaos Crystal.

"Fifty billion Primal Chaos Crystal?" Luo Feng was somewhat bewildered.

"It's just a small gift," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang said with a smile. "It's nothing to mention."

Luo Feng thought for a moment, then reached out and took it.

This gift is very important.

Now I owe him a huge favor! But for me right now, these 5 billion Primal Chaos Crystal are extremely important.

Seeing Luo Feng accept the gift, the Hall Master Yuan Xiang smiled and nodded, "Now, you only need to focus on your cultivation. You don't need to meddle in other matters within the city."

Luo Feng nodded. "Thank you, Hall Master."

After watching Luo Feng leave.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang had mixed feelings.

"The pollution keeps seeping in and tormenting me, affecting me more and more deeply. I don't know when I will completely collapse and my consciousness will be extinguished." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang said helplessly, "Before I die, let me do something for hundreds of millions of Xing Zhe."

Having lived in Rain Ripple City for so long, I've inevitably developed feelings for it.

He knew that a city could hardly exist forever. But he hoped that Rain Ripple City would last as long as possible.

He saw hope in Luo Feng.

"Palace Master, the Xing Zhe 'God Emperor Qu Feng' in cave abode 331297 of the Cloud Nine District of the Outer City is suspected of being controlled by Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform." A voice rang in the ears of the Hall Master Yuan Xiang Abyss Elephant.

"Monitor all the movements of this 'God Emperor Qu Feng' within the city, and who he associates with," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang instructed. "Try to find as many spies as possible."

"Yes," the voice replied respectfully.

The Hall Master Yuan Xiang was quite weary.

The Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform have different talents, and even though the Hall Master Yuan Xiang tried every means, he could not stop some of them from sneaking in.

Hall Master Yuan Xiang didn't care about those who had infiltrated to kill! What worried him were those who had been lying in wait without taking action. Once these infiltrators broke out, it would be a huge problem.

Luo Feng was also returning to his cave abode at this moment.

"Having accepted this gift, I've essentially chosen a side among the three Palace Masters of Rain Ripple City." Luo Feng looked at the spatial bracelet on his wrist and smiled. Based on the information he had, he was already more inclined towards Hall Master Yuan Xiang.

"To reach that level within ten thousand epochs? The Palace Master thinks so highly of me?"

Luo Feng smiled and flew into his own cave abode.

(End of this episode)

I'll take a break tomorrow, and start a new episode the day after tomorrow.