NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4 Theft and Counter-Theft
The merchants of Yulan City mainly operate in the Inner City. Shortly after Luo Feng left his Cave Mansion, he arrived at a nearby merchant's.
The interior space of the merchant's was very spacious, with independent spaces, each displaying Low Level Primordial Life Remains for exhibition.
"This esteemed guest."
An attendant proactively approached.
"I'll take a look first." Luo Feng wasn't in a hurry to buy; he planned to tour the entire city before making a purchase.
The attendant smiled and said: "Esteemed guest, our business specializes in 'Low Level Primordial Life Remains.' These remains can be used for Cultivation insights. Some large remains can be used for Artifact Refining, Alchemy, Body Refinement, and even for extracting complete Primordial Bloodlines."
"There are quite a number of remains." Luo Feng observed the densely arranged independent spaces with more than ten attendants waiting in various places, with Formations also in operation.
"We have a total of 11,341 types of remains here, all Low Level Primordial Life," the attendant by his side continued, "Our business has collected at least seventy percent of the Low Level Primordial Species from the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm."
Luo Feng's 'Biomimetic Eye of Destruction' was already open, carefully observing each piece of remains.
The Cultivators of Yulan City employed various methods of observation. As long as they didn't break into the 'independent spaces' to grab the remains, the attendants wouldn't mind any manner of observation.
"Innate Primordial Life 'Black Cloud Devouring Space Beast,' at the strength level of the early stages of Divine Emperor, is considered rather weak," Luo Feng observed.
Here, there were twelve parts of the Black Cloud Devouring Space Beast for sale.
Some parts, like a scale, a bone, or a vial of blood, suitable for Cultivation insights, were priced at only 100 to 500 Primordial Crystals each.
However, for items like a large intact claw, the major tendon that ran through the entire body, or a refined complete bloodline, these three materials were all priced at 20,000 Primordial Crystals.
The most valuable was a complete Life Core, which required 100,000 Primordial Crystals.
"This Innate Primordial Life has a Life Core that's actually intact?" Luo Feng was somewhat surprised.
Innate Primordial Lives have Life Cores. Just as the Source World has the Source Ground, this Life Core is like the source core of 'Innate Source Life.' Once destroyed, they would perish, which was the most common method of slaying them.
It was quite rare to slay one while preserving the Life Core.
"To think that an Innate Primordial Life would be disassembled and sold like this." Luo Feng secretly sighed, with bloodlines being extracted, used for Alchemy, Artifact Refining... used in various ways.
But this was also quite normal. Cultivators groped their way in the Dark, wanting to escape the confines of the Braided Cage. The best way was to study these 'Innate Primordial Lives' that had already escaped the confines.
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Luo Feng strolled from one shop to another. No matter where he went, with his life aura reaching that of an early-stage Divine Emperor, the attendants of these merchants were very enthusiastic.
"Weapon Secret Treasures." Luo Feng also saw the prices of various Secret Treasures.
For those 'early stage Divine Emperor' Secret Treasures, they were generally used by those at the Ultimate Realm of Godly King! A casual strike from Luo Feng was much more powerful than those Secret Treasures. Prices for Secret Treasures generally started from 2,000 Primordial Crystals.
Middle stage Divine Emperor, late stage Divine Emperor, Perfect stage Divine Emperor. The prices of Weapon Secret Treasures naturally skyrocketed at different levels.
For Innate Secret Treasures, the prices were even higher.
"It turns out I'm quite rich." Luo Feng was secretly shocked when he saw the prices of Innate Secret Treasures, realizing the expensiveness of the Innate Secret Treasure 'Palm World.' Of course, this treasure was partly used to protect the Blade River Sect, and on the other hand, he was still too weak to bring it with him.
"In any city of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, there are those who kill, plunder, and steal," an attendant said, "This space-related Secret Treasure 'Illusion Realm Maze' can be integrated into the body. Treasures hidden inside, hardly anyone in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm can steal. Many powerful Divine Emperors almost all have one."
"Illusion Realm Maze?" Luo Feng looked at this Secret Treasure, "What's the price?"
"Not expensive, 100,000 Primordial Crystals each, and this is the unified price throughout the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm," the attendant said with a smile.
Luo Feng turned and left.
Those Divine Emperors with a bit more accumulation could afford it, but Luo Feng had just arrived in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, and the 100,000 Primordial Crystals he had were lent to him by Emperor Qing. Why would he use them to buy a space storage item, just to prevent theft?
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"There are also many treasures that assist in Cultivation."
Luo Feng looked at one after another rare treasure.
The treasures of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm were all extracted from the essences of various Innate Primordial Life creatures; consuming them would aid in Cultivation. Their effects were far superior to Primordial Crystals! But the better the treasure, the higher the price.
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"This Secret Treasure is called 'Wuxiang God Weapon,' it can imprint any Secret Pattern; as long as you imprint precisely, it can immediately mimic any kind of Secret Treasure. With it, you can try to imprint one after another different Secret Treasures, able to change at will." The attendant explained eagerly, "It is suitable for battle on one hand, and on the other hand, it verifies Cultivation insights."
Luo Feng's interest was piqued.
His own insights into the deep patterns of the Star Tower and the Eye of Life and Death could all be tried for imprinting.
"What's the price?" Luo Feng asked.
"50 million Primordial Crystals each," the attendant grinned, giving a number that made Luo Feng's heart tremble.
"More expensive than many Innate Secret Treasures." Luo Feng couldn't help saying, "Many Perfect Divine Emperor level Secret Treasures are only several million Primordial Crystals. This price could buy an entire set of Perfect Divine Emperor level Secret Treasures."
The attendant smiled and said: "Those powerful Divine Emperors, many possess 'World Level Primordial Life Remains.' To grasp the mysteries of the remains and imprint them on the Wuxiang God Weapon. To verify their own enlightenment. This is not something a set of Perfect Divine Emperor level Secret Treasures can compare to."
Luo Feng sighed inwardly.
Too many temptations.
Treasures to assist Cultivation, some suitable remains of Innate Primordial Life related to Life, Destruction, and even Integration of Life and Death, as well as some suitable Secret Treasures- Luo Feng had seen a lot! But he was too poor.
"No hurry, the first day is purely for strolling around Yulan City, I'll make my move on the second day." Luo Feng had strategic patience, and one day's wait didn't matter.
He discovered that some famous Secret Treasures like "Wuxiang Godly Weapons" and "Illusion Realm Maze" had uniform prices across many merchants. However, for remnants, prices varied between shops; some were willing to sell at a lower price.
Luo Feng had to consider how to get the right cultivation materials for himself at a lower price.
"Poor, too poor."
"Don't even talk about 100,000 Yuan of Primordial Crystals. Give me a billion Yuan of Primordial Crystals, it still wouldn't be enough." Luo Feng was flying within Yulan City, and at a glance, there were many cultivators around him, but Luo Feng didn't notice a small figure in the distance.
The small figure in the distance, upon seeing Luo Feng, couldn't help but chuckle.
"Luo Feng? A newcomer at the Early Stage of Divine Emperor?" The small figure had an idea and immediately made a move.
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Luo Feng was flying above the Inner City, an area with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, with hundreds of Elders maintaining the defensive systems of Yulan City, and various defense systems in operation, which also put pressure on Luo Feng.
"Buzz." It was as if a breeze brushed past Luo Feng.
"What's going on?" Luo Feng was startled.
It seemed like a breeze.
But something felt off to Luo Feng.
"It's as if someone made a move against me, and yet not." Luo Feng himself was uncertain as he slightly furrowed his brows and looked around, becoming more vigilant and on guard.
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The small figure in the distance was quite surprised: "This new guy, how is he not quite like the traditional Enlightened? He has a bit of the feeling of a Low Level Primordial Life, having cultivated his body into a World body, with a world hidden inside, treasures all kept within that world?"
Although Primordial Bloodline Cultivators might explode with stronger combat power and have formidable physical bodies, their control over themselves is not that perfect.
Luo Feng's body gave the impression of an entire complete and vast world; while maintaining stealth, his Secret Technique swept across Luo Feng's entire body but was unable to forcefully penetrate a whole world.
"Thinking that by hiding in a world, I won't be able to do anything?" The small figure let out a cold laugh, opened its mouth, and a blood-colored bug flew out.
"Good treasure, go into his world and take all the treasures." The small figure controlled the blood-colored bug with a thought, and struck again.
Quietly stealing had failed.
Then, it would forcibly steal!
"Whoosh."
The blood-colored bug instantly disappeared from sight, ignoring Luo Feng's Physical Body and burrowed into his Inner World.
"Hm?"
In the distant sky, Luo Feng, who was on high alert, immediately sensed it.
Back in the Land of Origin, he had cultivated nine forms of Primordial Bloodline Creatures and had chosen five of them! They were also his five Avatars for facing various dangers in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
What he usually manifested outside was one of the five avatars: the "World Avatar."
This Avatar was thick-skinned and fleshed, immensely strong, with tenacious Life Force, capable of handling many harsh situations. This Avatar had an Inner World! It was the closest to the "World Life Form" lineage, the more Energy it possessed, the greater its power.
Therefore, the World Avatar has a hundred times the Energy Reserve of the Perfect Divine Body, while the Energy Reserves of the other four Avatars weren't so high.
"Shh!" An invisible fluctuation instantly burrowed into the Inner World, and the Inner World naturally sensed it.
The stronger the World Avatar, the more stable the Inner World.
"It's quite stable, but too bad, my treasure excels at devouring space." The blood-colored bug instantly unleashed a wave of Energy, sweeping across the entirety of the Inner World, trying to take away all the treasures within.
Inside the Inner World, at this moment, the other four Avatars sat cross-legged, each of them bearing Luo Feng's likeness, just with different colors of robes.
"Hmph." The Heaven and Earth Avatar snorted coldly, instantly dissolving and merging with the entire Inner World.
Merge with Heaven and Earth!
The World Membrane was as if it was the flesh of the Heaven and Earth Avatar, their mysteries perfectly integrated with the world, and their might surged dramatically.
"This..." The blood-colored bug felt the already terrifying Inner World suddenly increase its pressure and binding force by more than ten times. To it, it was as if it had been in water before, easily moving through it. But now, it was as if it was trapped in glue, completely stuck.
"His Inner World has no treasures?" The blood-colored bug used its Secret Technique to sweep the entire Inner World, but found that it had come up empty.
"Trying to steal?" The remaining three Avatars inside the Inner World all looked at it.
The five thousand Yuan of Primordial Crystals were carried by the Time Avatar! The Time Avatar existed simultaneously in the past, present, and future! The five thousand Yuan of Primordial Crystals were currently on the Future Body of the Time Avatar.
"The five thousand Yuan of Primordial Crystals I have are hidden in the Inner World and protected by the Time Avatar. And they are hidden with the 'Future Body' of the Time Avatar. The Inner World is also guarded by the 'Heaven and Earth Avatar.' If they are still stolen under these circumstances, I have nothing to say, and I'll just consider it paying tuition." Luo Feng had been warned early on and was naturally very careful and vigilant.
"Who said he is a traditional Enlightened?" Seeing that things were looking bad, the blood-colored bug immediately concealed itself and disappeared.
Boom!
It slammed into the Membrane of the Inner World, but was unable to break out.
After the Inner World and the Heaven and Earth Avatar merged, the sturdiness of the World Membrane increased more than tenfold.
"Not good, I can get in, but can't get out!" The blood-colored bug immediately realized that it was in trouble!
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