One day on the Origin Continent was equivalent to one year in the Primal Universe.
After leaving that wasteland, Lu Qingshan and Chi You continued their journey along the road leading to Lanhuang City.
"Master, there seems to be something good ahead."
Chi You spoke in a muffled voice.
Although they traveled in a flying palace, Chi You continuously released his consciousness to explore the surroundings.
Although this road is relatively safe, there is still a very small chance of encountering a powerful beast, so caution is advised.
The flying palace slowly came to a stop.
Lu Qingshan and Chi You emerged from the canyon and appeared above it.
On the cliff face of the canyon, there grows a small purple grass about nine feet tall. This grass has nine leaves, on which are densely covered with Starlight- like specks.
"This is the Star Samsara Grass ----"
By comparing the information about the Wu Kingdom's lineage, Lu Qingshan found the origin of this herb.
The Star Samsara Grass is helpful for the cultivation of Void True God. Although it's nothing to Lu Qingshan and Chi You, if the previous hunting teams had managed to collect it, they would probably have been extremely excited.
"This thing is useless to me, but I can keep it and exchange it for money. Or, if I have the chance to recruit a genius disciple, I can bestow it upon him and perhaps receive a return of a treasure at the Eternal True God Level."
He no longer needs the treasures of the Void True God.
However, Lu Qingshan also needs treasures at the Eternal True God Level. Although he is currently at the Eternal True God Level, he has only recently broken through, and his divine body has only just begun to grow.
Even the secret techniques at the Eternal True God Level have not created a second one.
Although he inherited part of the Wu Kingdom's treasures, he placed that portion with his Xue You Clone. When the Xue You Clone ventures into reincarnation, it will take the Universe Boat with it, making it much safer than his own.
Moreover, the storage space within the Universe Boat has a certain effect of concealing cause and effect. Unless necessary, Lu Qingshan would not take those treasures out casually, especially now that he is already on the Origin Continent.
Although Boat Spirit did not tell him who Wu Kingdom's enemy was, Lu Qingshan guessed that the enemy was more powerful than Jin Kingdom's, given that it could destroy such a powerful nation as Wu Kingdom.
After all, the core secret techniques of the Wu Kingdom are superior to those of the Jin Kingdom. Obviously, the strength of the Sitting Mountain Guest is likely inferior to that of the ruler of the Wu Kingdom.
Although he had already arrived on the Origin Continent, Lu Qingshan did not intend to investigate this information.
No one knows whether Wu Kingdom's enemies are keeping an eye on this. It would be bad if we went to investigate and walked right into their trap.
He only needs to wait for the right moment, and Boat Spirit will tell him everything in detail.
If he wants to know any other information, he can just ask the Sitting Mountain Guest.
The Wu Kingdom was Elder Gu than the Jin Kingdom.
As a former God King, Sitting Mountain Guest must have known some information about the Wu Kingdom back then.
"The resources of the Origin Continent are far richer than those of the Universe Ocean."
Lu Qingshan stored the Star Samsara Grass in his storage arm guard, then called Chi You and continued on their way.
Along the way, they discovered five similar treasures—of course, the value of the other treasures was lower than that of the Star Samsara Grass, but Lu Qingshan did not mind and stopped to collect them each time. Only one treasure looked like it would take a long time to mature, so Lu Qingshan did not wait and discarded it.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the Origin Continent is full of treasures.
It's mainly because of their strength.
Both he and Chi You were at the Eternal True God Level, and they charged ahead recklessly, having no need to avoid dangerous areas.
When they encountered the territory of those strange beasts, they simply passed directly over their heads, but none of the beasts took the initiative to attack them.
Others, such as the hunting teams of those tribes, need to be careful and avoid these dangerous areas and the lairs of powerful beasts, so it is naturally difficult for them to find these good things.
About half a month later, the outline of a city finally appeared before them.
" Lanhuang City!!"
From the memories of that tribal warrior, Lu Qingshan knew that this was the only city in the vicinity, Lanhuang City.
Tianmu Kingdom, Litian Chaos Prefecture, has three main cities and one hundred and eight ordinary cities.
Lanhuang City is just one of 108 ordinary cities.
Moreover, its location is remote, and compared to other ordinary cities, it is only of a very average level.
Such a place is extremely rare, even for Eternal True God, making it an ideal place for Lu Qingshan and Chi You to settle down.
" Chi You —there aren't many high-end combatants in this Lanhuang City. It would be too conspicuous for two Eternal True God to enter. Let's disguise ourselves as Void True God."
Lu Qingshan spoke.
"Yes, Master."
Chi You nodded, and then his aura changed, transforming from the Eternal True God Level to the level of a more powerful Void True God.
Lu Qingshan also concealed his strength. They both possessed Perfect Divine Body, making it very easy for them to disguise their strength. As long as they didn't actively expose themselves, it would be difficult for ordinary people to detect.
After disguising their strength, the two emerged from the flying palace and headed towards the city ahead.
The closer you get, the clearer the city's features become.
The city stood at the edge of the wilderness, enormous in size. From a distance, it resembled a colossal beast crouching on the ground. The city walls were incredibly tall, stretching as far as the eye could see. The walls were grayish-brown, likely made of some special metal.
On the metal surface, there are densely packed Law Secret Patterns. These runes are interconnected and occasionally emit a faint fluctuation, which is obviously due to some kind of formation.
Above the city wall, there were two enormous, whale-like creatures with silvery-white exteriors and massive bodies floating above the wall.
From the hunting captain's memories, Lu Qingshan knew that this was the Giant Whale Legion of Lanhuang City.
These enormous whales are all Mechanical Flow Secret Treasure of the group-based flow, requiring many True God and Void True God to control, and can unleash the destructive power of Eternal True God.
The Giant Whale Legion is the most powerful army in Lanhuang City. Once the Giant Whale Legion is mobilized, it is enough to sweep away countless tribes and beasts in the surrounding area.
The main gate of Lanhuang City was very wide, resembling the open mouth of a giant beast. People were queuing up outside the gate to enter. Their attire suggested they were warriors from nearby tribes.
The city is the largest trading point in the surrounding wilderness. Many tribes regularly send people here to trade and purchase the supplies their tribes need.
The aura of these people was exactly the same as that of the True God he had seen before. They were all True God of the Bloodline School, with weak foundations. They only had their current strength because they had activated their bloodline potential.
The True God of these Bloodline School are generally not very strong; it often takes many of them working together to deal with a single True God Level beast.
However, ordinary True God Level beasts are no match for True God of the Law Flow School or even the Divine Power Flow School.
In comparison, it becomes clear how significant the drawbacks of the Bloodline School are. Although the process is very simple—just activate your bloodline and you can become True God upon reaching adulthood—your strength is weak, and you have virtually no future.
Even the best of the Bloodline School are lucky to become Void True God; Eternal True God are miracles, and Chaos Great Sage are legends.
Of course, those Hunyuan Bloodline that cause mental instability are not included. The drawbacks of Hunyuan Bloodline are equally frightening, but their potential is also quite high. However, the threshold for cultivating Hunyuan Bloodline is also very high.
There was a queue to enter through the city gate.
Lu Qingshan and Chi You lined up behind the crowd. One by one, the tribal warriors in front of them entered, and soon it was their turn.
The soldier at the gate merely glanced at them and said, "The entrance fee is one Chaos Stone, and you are only allowed to stay here for one month."
What if it takes more than a month?
Chi You asked.
"If you stay for more than a month, you need to pay the next month's Chaos Stone in advance, otherwise you will face a fine. If you want to stay for a long time, you can go to the City Lord's Mansion after entering the city and pay half Chaos Crystal to stay for a cycle, and you will also receive a free cave dwelling."
Half a piece of Chaos Crystal can sustain a person for a full era, so it seems that the Chaos Crystal is quite valuable. Chi You only had a few pieces of Chaos Crystal Chaos Crystal, and he was able to determine their value at this moment.
Chi You didn't ask any further questions. He took out two Chaos Stone and intended to hand them to the gatekeeper.
However, at that moment, a soldier in Silver Battle Armor walked over, looked at Lu Qingshan and Chi You with a smile, and said, "Please come in, you two. There's no need to pay the entrance fee."
"Um?"
Lu Qingshan glanced at him.
The silver-armored warrior explained, "Our Lanhuang City holds great respect for the strong. Even Void True God are exempt from the city's entrance fee, and if they wish to stay in Lanhuang City for a long time, their residence fee will also be reduced. Generally Void True God will proactively reveal their aura when entering the city, but my subordinate lacks discernment, so please forgive him."
"I see."
Lu Qingshan glanced at the silver-armored soldier, nodded slightly, and then called Chi You to enter the city together.
They did not pay the entrance fee for the two Chaos Stone.
The tribal warriors who had been queuing with them earlier now kept their distance and dared not approach—clearly, they had not known that those standing in line beside them were actually two powerful Void True God.
After Lu Qingshan and Chi You entered Lanhuang City together.
The captain then looked away, turned to his soldier, and slapped him on the back of the head.
"Idiot, you have no sense at all."
"Captain, I was just collecting the city fees according to the rules. Those two didn't identify themselves, how would I know—"
The young soldier covered his head, looking aggrieved.
That's why I said you're stupid—
The captain snorted and transmitted his voice, "What are your eyes for? Are they just for popping bubbles? The aura emanating from that burly man is terrifying even to me. He's at least Void True God at the ninth level, yet he acts like someone else's servant. How can we afford to offend someone like that? Even if he kills us and they leave Lanhuang City, the City Lord's Mansion won't be able to track them down for us."
The young soldier's expression changed slightly, and he dared not say another word.
He actually sensed that these two might be Void True God, but since they hadn't revealed their identities, he naturally didn't say anything. After all, he would get a share of the entrance fee, and the more the better. Besides, ordinary Void True God weren't anything special; even their captain was Void True God.
But unexpectedly, these two were so powerful. The burly man was actually a being above the ninth level of the Void True God realm, and even their captain was so afraid of him.
"Fortunately, those two powerful figures had a decent attitude, so they probably won't pursue the matter—"
The soldier thought anxiously.
The interior of Lanhuang City appears to be much larger than the exterior, and the city is more prosperous than imagined.
The streets were very wide, lined with taverns and various shops on both sides. People were coming and going, mostly at the True God Level, with only the occasional Void True God appearing.
Clearly, even Void True God are relatively rare in Lanhuang City.
Even within a tribe, Void True God is usually a pillar of the tribe and rarely resides in a city.
Due to the pressure of the Time-Space of the Origin Continent, the divine bodies of True God are more condensed here. Generally, their divine bodies are quite small, usually around 100 meters tall, which is what is referred to as the height of a blade. Of course, there are a very few exceptionally talented True God whose bodies are larger. The bodies of mythical beasts are generally much larger than those of True God.
Both Lu Qingshan and Chi You possess Perfect Divine Body, capable of Size at Will. They can freely disguise the size of their divine bodies, which is also the reason why they can freely disguise their strength.
The divine body of an ordinary Eternal True God is much larger than that of Void True God, making it extremely difficult to completely disguise oneself as Void True God. Simply suppressing the divine body infinitely would easily reveal the problem, and those of the same level could easily detect it.
Chi You walked down the street and was attracted by a wine shop. He took out a few Chaos Stone and bought some fine wine.
These wines were meant for ordinary True God; they were not valuable and tasted only so-so. Since they didn't have much money, Chi You didn't dare to spend lavishly and was being very frugal.
"Master, where are we going now? Are we going to rent a cave dwelling?"
Living in Lanhuang City, a cave dwelling is definitely an essential part of the experience.
For every half a Chaos Crystal paid by Ji, they could obtain a cave dwelling. However, the free ones were bound to be very ordinary, and they naturally wouldn't be interested in those. They would need to rent a better cave dwelling instead.
After all, a good cave dwelling allows for more efficient cultivation, and also offers better security and privacy.
"Let's go to the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce first."
Lu Qingshan looked towards the tall building on the west side of the city.
In the Origin Continent, large cities usually have the Yanfeng Guild Hall and the Thunder Chamber of Commerce. The main cities of the Tianmu Kingdom also have them. However, in Lanhuang City, the largest merchant guild is the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce.
As its name suggests, this is a chamber of commerce with official backing from the Tianmu Kingdom, clearly incomparable to other smaller chambers of commerce.
When you arrive in a city, the most important thing is information and intelligence.
The Wu Kingdom's heritage obviously wouldn't record information about small places like Lanhuang City. Moreover, even if it did, countless centuries have passed, and the changes would have been drastic, making the information outdated.
As for that previous True God, he was too weak, and only knew some very superficial information, which was far from enough.
Before long, Lu Qingshan and Chi You arrived at the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce.
Stepping into the Chamber of Commerce.
Soon, an old man dressed in a purple robe walked over. This old man was also Void True God, but he seemed to have reached the Void True God Limit and was only a step away from becoming Eternal True God.
"What would you two like to buy?"
The old man asked.
Lu Qingshan raised his hand in a gesture of respect and said, "I am new to your esteemed land and wish to purchase some information about Lanhuang City."
"Information on Lanhuang City ----"
The old man nodded slightly.
He then said...
"Intelligence in Lanhuang City is divided into three levels: A, B, and C. Level A intelligence requires 20 Cosmic Sand to purchase, while Level B intelligence requires 20..."
"You can purchase it with a Chaos Crystal, while a Class C intelligence item requires 20 Chaos Stone. Which one would you like, sir?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan raised an eyebrow slightly.
A, B, and C.
Grade A is the most expensive, requiring 20 Cosmic Sand. This is the highest-level currency on the Origin Continent; one grain of Cosmic Sand can be exchanged for 10,000 Chaos Crystal.
Clearly, this top-tier intelligence must contain many secrets, such as information about the city lord's mansion, as well as detailed information about other Eternal True God.
But it's clear that Lu Qingshan can't afford it right now.
Let alone Grade A, he couldn't even afford Grade B.
The Chaos Crystal he currently possesses are just a few pieces he obtained from the hunting team previously.
As for Category C, with only 20 Chaos Stone, there obviously wouldn't be any important information. He might as well ask a few more True God.
"Grade B, I guess."
Lu Qingshan spoke.