Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin

For over an epoch, Luo Feng focused on his cultivation after consuming the Primordial Crystal Spirit Fruit.

Now that the effects of the Spirit Fruit had worn off, Luo Feng became more leisurely, enjoying fine cuisine at Yu Jiufang's place and visiting the 'Shallow Whisper Pavilion' to listen to music and experience illusion techniques with the Seven Emotions of Heart Refining Method. The various powers in Chu Capital also noticed that Great Saint Luo He was venturing out more often.

One day, Luo Feng went alone to the Flame Wind Association's Dark Hall in Chu Capital.

"Great Saint Luo He," the master of the Flame Wind Association's Dark Hall greeted him personally. The master was an ordinary-looking woman clad in golden robes. She seemed inconspicuous with her aura concealed, but in reality, she was Marquis Xin Huo, a pinnacle existence of the Primal Chaos Realm.

It was exceedingly rare for a non-Imperial Clansman to be conferred the title of Marquis in the Flame Wind Ancient Country.

"It's Great Saint Luo He's first visit to our Flame Wind Pavilion since arriving in Chu Capital," the woman in golden robes said with a smile. "Please, take a seat."

The two sat opposite each other.

An attendant brought over some fine wine and fruit.

"Marquis Xin Huo," Luo Feng said, savoring the wine, "I'm here to sell some treasures this time."

"Oh?" Marquis Xin Huo smiled. "Given that Great Saint Luo He is a direct disciple of an Emperor, our Flame Wind Pavilion will certainly offer the highest purchase price."

For regular clients selling treasures, the Flame Wind Association's Dark Hall would also drive a hard bargain to ensure a high profit margin.

But behind the Flame Wind Pavilion were a group of Emperors and some Godly Kings from the Flame Wind Ancient Country. As a direct disciple of an Emperor, special treatment was naturally afforded.

"Take a look first," Luo Feng said, waving his hand, bringing out some of the spoils of war he had obtained from his last battle where he fought against five opponents.

Three scrolls emanating terrifying auras, some broken golden hoops, three black nails, and a long weapon staff. Luo Feng even brought out Marquis Liu Yin's blade and Great Saint Beiyu's double-edged axe.

"Hmm?" Marquis Xin Huo broke into a smile upon seeing the long weapon staff. She recognized it at a glance... it was the Godly King Weapon of Marquis Chu Yuan, and its value was much higher.

"This double-edged axe?" Marquis Xin Huo's expression changed slightly.

The death of Great Saint Beiyu remained a mystery to this day.

Now seeing the weapon of Great Saint Beiyu, Marquis Xin Huo understood, "It seems that Luo He was the one who killed Great Saint Beiyu."

Every transaction in the Flame Wind Association's Dark Hall was recorded and confidentiality for the client was mandatory. Even though Marquis Xin Huo was the master of the Chu Capital branch, if she leaked any information... the Dark Hall would impose severe punishments.

The Flame Wind Pavilion's widespread presence across much of the Land of Origin was due to its strict rules and regulations.

"Hum." An invisible glow enveloped the treasures in the Dark Hall of the Flame Wind Pavilion, naturally appraising them and providing a price.

"Great Saint Luo He is truly formidable," Marquis Xin Huo sighed. "Great Saint Beiyu was among the top combatants in the Primal Chaos Realm and, being proficient in the Great Dao of Life Origin, had an extremely strong ability to preserve his life. Yet he still fell at the hands of Luo He."

Luo Feng simply smiled, neither confirming nor denying.

"We will not leak any client's transaction information," Marquis Xin Huo assured as she looked at the items. "These three Formation Diagrams are quite valuable, and the Dark Hall of the Flame Wind Pavilion can purchase them for 260 billion Cosmic Sand."

The one who actually desired these three Formation Diagrams the most was their original owner, 'Saint Tianyu.' However, after that one battle, even Saint Tianyu had become very poor and simply couldn't afford them.

"These golden hoops are broken and need repair," said Marquis Xin Huo. "We can only pay 30% of the price, which comes to 90 billion Cosmic Sand."

Luo Feng muttered to himself silently.

He had held back somewhat at the time. If he had let loose, the hoops would have been completely shattered.

"These three black nails can also be counted as 90 billion Cosmic Sand."

"As for the blade and double-edged axe, together they can be counted as 90 billion Cosmic Sand."

"Added up, that comes to 530 billion Cosmic Sand," declared Marquis Xin Huo.

Luo Feng nodded as he listened. He had only brought out some of the important treasures; many smaller spoils of war were not presented as their combined value was limited.

"As for this most important Godly King Weapon," Marquis Xin Huo pointed at the long staff. "This is Marquis Chu Yuan's Godly King Weapon. It's a weapon of the First Realm of Godly King tier and is relatively simple to forge. According to the purchase price of the Dark Hall of the Flame Wind Pavilion, it's merely the lowest at 500 billion Cosmic Sand."

Luo Feng knew that even though they were both Godly King Tier Weapon Secret Treasures, armor and bladed weapons naturally varied in value.

Places like the Star Tower, that are akin to palaces, are even more valuable. In critical moments, one could hide inside such a 'palace-class Secret Treasure' to escape. Of course, Luo Feng's physical body was so strong that... no one had yet forced him to retreat into the Star Tower to escape with his life.

"Godly King Weapons could even attract Godly Kings as buyers," continued Marquis Xin Huo. "I suggest you put this long staff on 'consignment' through the Dark Hall of the Flame Wind Pavilion. With your status, Great Saint Luo He, our Dark Hall will only charge the minimum consignment fee of 5%. The starting bid for consignment will be 600 billion Cosmic Sand!

You'll definitely earn more than if the Dark Hall purchased it outright."

"Then let's consign it," said Luo Feng.

"The consignment period can be as short as one day or as long as an epoch," Marquis Xin Huo looked at Luo Feng. "How long would you like to set for your consignment, Great Saint Luo He?"

"Ten thousand days will suffice," responded Luo Feng.

An epoch in the Land of Origin was ten billion days, there was no need for such a lengthy consignment.

Marquis Xin Huo smiled, "Rest assured, we will inform all our important clients about this consignment. Those who can afford a Godly King Weapon in the Land of Origin are not too numerous."

...

The news of the consignment of the Godly King Weapon spread among numerous clients across the Land of Origin. Within Chu Capital, it stirred some waves as the various factions also knew that this was once Marquis Chu Yuan's weapon.

"My weapon is being consigned?" Marquis Chu Yuan clenched his wine glass until it crumbled into powder, his eyes flashing with thunder, "This Luo He!!!"

He was angry, but he had been utterly defeated in their last encounter.

Hum.

Marquis Chu Yuan immediately contacted his most trusted friend, 'Marquis Chu Ji'.

"Chu Yuan, are you looking for me because of your weapon?" Marquis Chu Ji was well aware of his brother's temperament.

"Big brother, that's my weapon. If he hadn't put it up for consignment, then fine, but now that he has openly consigned it... I must buy it back," Marquis Chu Yuan said through gritted teeth. "My weapon, ending up in the hands of other cultivators, would be a disgrace."

Marquis Chu Ji responded, "Alright, I'll help you."

"I can only muster five hundred billion Cosmic Sand on my end," said Marquis Chu Yuan. "When it comes to the bidding, I estimate I'll need to borrow some from you, big brother."

"Sure," Marquis Chu Ji replied.

Even as an imperial-level Marquis of the Imperial Clan, they had to consume vast resources for cultivation. For Marquis Chu Yuan, to muster five hundred billion Cosmic Sand was already a matter of exhausting all possibilities. To need more? They could only borrow!

Time passed, day by day.

Primal Chaos Crystals and Primal Chaos Stones could naturally form within the Primal Chaos Ruins.

But Cosmic Sand had to be condensed by Godly Kings through cultivation. Each grain of Cosmic Sand contains pure power, and within each grain lies the embryonic form of a universe. Even for Godly Kings, it requires careful cultivation to condense.

Cosmic Sand has many uses. It could be used to refine the bloodlines of eternal true gods, to set up formations, and to cultivate heaven and earth's rare treasures...

The most critical use is to shatter the Cosmic Sand to observe its most essential 'Great Dao's composition.' Each grain of Cosmic Sand must possess at least 'a complete branch of the Great Dao' to form.

Therefore, Cosmic Sand was quite valuable. Even Godly Kings, when cultivating some unfamiliar branch of the Great Dao, would purchase some Cosmic Sand.

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In the blink of an eye, the consignment period ended.

Luo Feng also arrived at the Flame Wind Association's Dark Hall, where Hall Master Xin Huo welcomed him warmly, "Great Saint Luo He, this consignment of the Godly King Weapon has reached the final price of 700 billion Cosmic Sand. After deducting the half-percent fee, that leaves 665 billion Cosmic Sand."

Luo Feng was quite satisfied. For such a precious weapon, consignment indeed was far more worthwhile.

"Do you want the actual Cosmic Sand, or shall we keep it deposited in our Flame Wind Association's Dark Hall for now?" Hall Master Xin Huo asked.

"Keep it deposited for now," Luo Feng responded. "By the way, I need to purchase perfect-tier materials from Primal Chaos Layer creatures, a quantity exceeding one in a millionth of the body will do. For each set of materials, I offer a price of 100 billion Cosmic Sand."

The materials from perfect-prime Primal Chaos Layer creatures were extremely hard to obtain!

Luo Feng chose the simplest method... exceedingly high bounty rewards!

A normal Godly King Weapon usually starts at 500 billion Cosmic Sand! His offer of 100 billion Cosmic Sand was just for a bit of Primal Chaos Layer creature material. Surely, it would tempt some.

"I have already obtained a set of materials from the 'Golden Feather God Bird,'" Luo Feng said. "I need only one set of materials from each kind of perfect-tier Primal Chaos Layer creature. This bounty is limited to ten kinds of perfect-tier Primal Chaos Layer creatures."

"Is there a time limit for this bounty?" Hall Master Xin Huo asked.

"None. The bounty ends once ten kinds of materials are collected," Luo Feng said.

Hall Master Xin Huo understood, "The bounty handling fee is half a percent of the cost."

"That's fine."

Luo Feng did not mind. In this era, his 'Life Spirituality Lineage' had reached the pinnacle of the Primal Chaos Realm, and both his 'Body of Life Lineage' and 'Origin of Life Lineage' had reached the top level of the Primal Chaos Realm. Even so, as Luo Feng pondered the feathers of the Golden Feather God Bird, he still had many doubts about 'Trinity' comprehension.

A creature like the Golden Feather God Bird, with ordinary wisdom, deploying only threshold moves of the Primal Chaos Realm, could still possess the strength of the pinnacle of the Primal Chaos Realm. It showed how terrifyingly powerful these perfect-tier Primal Chaos Layer creatures could become when cultivated to the limit.

If his 'Galaxy Transformation Method' could also reach the Unity Tier, to its perfect extremity, a single Galaxy Blade Light deploying a common move would have 'the strength of the pinnacle of the Primal Chaos Realm.'

Then what would happen if ten thousand Blade Lights surged overwhelmingly forward? What kind of power would that be? Even Transcendent beings of the Primal Chaos Realm or those who have just ascended to the Godly King Tier might simply be cleaved until their godly bodies dispersed.

"Elevating the Transformation Method to the level of perfect-tier Primal Chaos creatures is also a use of the Great Dao of Life Origin," Luo Feng saw the prospects of this path and naturally would continue down it.

...

"A hundred billion Cosmic Sand just for a set of perfect-tier Primal Chaos Layer creature materials?" When the Flame Wind Association's Dark Hall passed the message on to important clients, quite a few were tempted. Even for Transcendent beings of the Primal Chaos Realm, earning a hundred billion Cosmic Sand would take quite a bit of effort.

In Wanjie Kingdom at this moment.

Inside Wanjie Kingdom, there was a world that had been developed. Within it, were many special creatures kept: Godly King level Exotic Beasts and perfect-tier Primal Chaos Layer creatures, along with some specially cultivated terrifying beings.

"Our bodily materials are needed?" A towering rock creature and a silver hoofed Exotic Beast both looked at their keeper.

The keeper, a man in a yellow robe, said with a chuckle, "We only need portions of your body, exceeding one in a millionth of it. The material sold cannot be actively annihilated."

"It seems like he wants to study our bodily materials," the towering rock creature and the silver hoofed Exotic Beast both eyed their keeper. Having reached the perfect tier of the Primal Chaos Layer, their wisdom was quite high, and they were capable of deploying some Primal Chaos Realm threshold moves.

"As long as you both agree! For the future ten thousand eras, I will present each of you with a vessel of 'Blood Spirit Wine' every era," the keeper said. Matters like this had to be consented to actively by the perfect-tier Primal Chaos Layer creatures; otherwise, with just a thought, the materials would be annihilated.

"Two vessels of Blood Spirit Wine," the silver hoofed Exotic Beast raised two hoof tips.

"Three vessels!" the towering rock creature glanced at the silver hoofed Exotic Beast. They had been captured from the Primal Chaos Layer by Wanjie Kingdom's ruler long ago, and had been kept for a long time. Bodily materials? They did not care. What they wanted were pleasures like fine food and drink.

"One vessel of Blood Spirit Wine is already the best I can do," the keeper shook his head continuously.

After tough negotiations, the towering rock creature and the silver hoofed Exotic Beast sold some of their bodily materials for the price of 'one and a half vessels of Blood Spirit Wine' per era, with a provision of continuous supply for ten thousand eras.

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