Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent

Chapter 153: The Most Ordinary Treasure Land

Ancient Flame Kingdom, outside Chu Capital.

A woman in luxurious robes suddenly appeared out of thin air. She looked towards the direction of Chu Capital and said, “The City Lord of Arid Wind is imprisoned here.” She could use the power of causality to locate the City Lord of Arid Wind.

“What a magnificent Chu Capital, truly worthy of being a powerful secret treasure refined by the Flame Wind Ancestor.” She gazed at the city in front of her, sensing the endless power it held. Here, Emperor Chu was invincible.

Whoosh.

She took a step and arrived at the city gate, entering openly. After another step, she stood outside Luo Feng’s residence, gently knocking on the door.

“Hmm?”

As she knocked, Luo Feng inside the residence immediately became aware of her presence. At that moment, the gatekeeper had already opened the door.

“Divine King Jiayin.” Luo Feng immediately saw through the many buildings and recognized the figure at the gate, identifying her instantly.

“Great Sage Luo He.” Divine King Jiayin also looked at Luo Feng, smiling and nodding.

Divine King Jiayin was very famous across the entire Origin Continent. She was invincible in the first stage of the Divine King realm, a rarity on the continent. There were even fewer of such ancient beings than those in the second stage of the Divine King realm.

According to the information from his master, Emperor Chu, there were fewer than twenty invincible Divine Kings at the first stage of the realm across the entire Origin Continent.

Most of these invincible Divine Kings cultivated the Primordial Bloodline!

Among them, those who didn’t rely on the Primordial Bloodline to reach invincibility in the first stage of the Divine King realm numbered around five. Divine King Jiayin was one of them, showing her uniqueness. Even the monarchs of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom held her in high regard.

No matter which monarch ruled, they would always invite her to assist them.

“I’ve heard that this Divine King Jiayin reached the pinnacle of the first stage of the Divine King realm by cultivating the Origin Path of Infinity. Later, she also mastered the Origin Path of Causality. The combination of the two allowed her to become invincible in the first stage.”

“The combination of Infinity and Causality allows Divine King Jiayin to foresee any danger in advance.”

Luo Feng knew well that in terms of avoiding danger and preserving her life, Divine King Jiayin surpassed both him and the Snow Realm Ancestor.

This was the true overlord of the Origin Continent!

…

In the guest pavilion of his residence, Luo Feng personally entertained Divine King Jiayin.

“Why would Divine King Jiayin come to find me, someone merely in the Chaos Realm?” Luo Feng poured wine for her.

“Recently, along the border between the two ancient kingdoms, fifteen consecutive rare treasures have appeared, all of which were snatched up by Great Sage Luo He.” Divine King Jiayin smiled at Luo Feng. “You haven’t missed a single one. I wanted to ask if you intend to monopolize all the rare treasures along the border?”

For those mines that produced continuously, some resources could be extracted and sent back.

But the rare treasures that matured periodically were all monopolized by Luo Feng at the precise times they appeared.

“Is that not allowed?” Luo Feng looked at her. “The border skirmishes between the two kingdoms have been going on for countless ages.”

“Of course, it’s allowed.” Divine King Jiayin nodded. “The battles at the border always have winners and losers. Now that your strength far surpasses that of other Chaos Realm transcendents, naturally, you have the qualifications to monopolize them. My Ancient Thunder Kingdom can afford to lose.”

Luo Feng listened.

“But you also know that many of our Divine Kings in the Ancient Thunder Kingdom have bad tempers,” Divine King Jiayin said, looking at Luo Feng. “Some of them are even half-out-of-control monarch-level beings.”

“If you continue to monopolize all the rare treasures at the border, causing one of these half-out-of-control monarchs to erupt in rage,” Divine King Jiayin continued, “even though you’re in Chu Capital, a half-out-of-control monarch could still annihilate all your incarnations in the Origin Continent. You’d be lucky if you had time to reincarnate.”

Luo Feng said, “Divine King Jiayin, I have one incarnation residing in Emperor Chu’s Palace.”

Emperor Chu had arranged for Luo Feng to do this, having made preparations in advance.

“Emperor Chu’s Palace?” Divine King Jiayin frowned slightly.

Chu Capital, as a bustling city, had no restrictions on entry or exit. Countless citizens lived and thrived there. Entering Chu Capital instantly was not limited, and a monarch could easily destroy Luo Feng’s incarnation in an instant.

However, Emperor Chu’s Palace was forbidden to enter without permission. If they couldn’t enter, they couldn’t touch Luo Feng.

“Emperor Chu really values you, letting you live in his palace.” Divine King Jiayin realized the threat was ineffective, so she said, “My Ancient Thunder Kingdom hopes you will forever give up the competition for the rare treasures along the border. Great Sage Luo He, name your terms.”

Luo Feng smiled at her and said, “I want to enter one of the treasure lands left by Yuan.”

Divine King Jiayin’s expression changed slightly. “A treasure land left by Yuan?”

“Yes, any one of them will do. I’m not picky,” Luo Feng said.

Divine King Jiayin looked at Luo Feng. “Change your condition. The resources left by Yuan will not be released by the royal family of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom.”

“That’s my only condition,” Luo Feng said. “If you don’t agree, then so be it. I’ll continue to fight for the rare treasures at the border. A hundred eras, a thousand eras, we’ll take our time.”

Divine King Jiayin gently shook her head. “Very well. I’ll go back and ask the monarchs. This is not a decision I can make.”

Even for the two ancient kingdoms, the resources left by Yuan were the most core assets. Only after that came the resources brought back by the ancestors.

Even foreign races that crossed the distant Primordial Space to the Origin Continent came for the resources left by Yuan.

Divine King Jiayin left after saying this, vanishing without a trace.

“According to Master, the chances of success should be high.” Luo Feng patiently waited. As a non-royal powerhouse, he sought entry into one of Yuan’s treasure lands. According to his master’s wisdom, this was the only way.

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Thunder Mountain.

“What?” Monarch Lei Xiao, who was bathing in thunder, was also surprised. “He wants to enter a treasure land left by Yuan?”

“Yes, that’s his only condition. Any one treasure land will do,” Divine King Jiayin said. “If we don’t agree, he will continue to fight for the rare treasures at the border.”

Monarch Lei Xiao pondered.

The quota for entering a treasure land was precious, but it was ultimately valuable.

The individual rare treasures born at the border were indeed ordinary. But when accumulated over time, the value was enormous.

“In a thousand eras, the rare treasures he would snatch would be worth at least five billion merits. If he remains in the Chaos Realm for several thousand eras, our losses will be tremendous,” Divine King Jiayin said. “Moreover, such a large quantity being monopolized will cause a shortage of many mid- to low-end resources.”

Monarch Lei Xiao understood his subordinate’s meaning.

“Fine, agree to his terms. Give him the quota for the lowest-value treasure land,” Monarch Lei Xiao said.

“The treasure land called ‘Infinite Space’ has a quota. The exchange cost for a guest Divine King is fifty million merits. It’s the lowest in value,” Divine King Jiayin said.

The two ancient kingdoms would occasionally release some peripheral resources left by Yuan to guest Divine Kings. But the exchange price was still extremely high.

“Give him that quota,” Monarch Lei Xiao commanded.

With a single thought, he retrieved a silver token from the royal treasury. The silver token floated in front of Divine King Jiayin.

Divine King Jiayin accepted the token immediately.

…

Chu Capital, Luo Feng’s residence.

“The monarch agreed.” Divine King Jiayin looked at Luo Feng. “In exchange for one quota to enter a treasure land left by Yuan, you must forever give up competing for the rare treasures at the border.”

“Once you make this promise, given the value of this transaction, it will be a great causality.” Divine King Jiayin looked at Luo Feng. “If you break your promise, even if you become invincible in the first stage of the Divine King realm, the backlash from the causality could instantly destroy all your incarnations.”

“I understand,” Luo Feng nodded.

Under normal circumstances, an invincible Divine King in the first stage had strong survival abilities. Not even emperors or monarchs would dare to claim they could instantly wipe out all of their incarnations.

But if Luo Feng courted death by making this major causality and then deliberately breaking it, a monarch could use the backlash from the causality to obliterate all his incarnations with a single strike.

Since he made the promise, Luo Feng naturally wouldn’t fight for the rare treasures. If he needed some rare treasures from the border, he would rather pay to buy them.

“This is the entrance token to the treasure land ‘Infinite Space’ left by Yuan.” Divine King Jiayin placed a silver token on the table.

Luo Feng looked at the silver token, filled with anticipation.

This was the core opportunity of the Origin Continent! Besides the Lieu Yuan Technique, he had gained yet another opportunity today.

“Buzz.” As soon as Luo Feng touched the silver token, a vast amount of information@@novelbin@@

flooded into his memory.

“So that’s how it is?”

Luo Feng now had some basic understanding of this opportunity.

“The transaction is complete.”

Divine King Jiayin smiled and said, “Great Sage Luo He, I heard the true form of the City Lord of Arid Wind is imprisoned by you?”

“Yes.” Luo Feng nodded.

The ransom price was merely three hundred billion Cosmos Sand, worth a hundred thousand merits. The City Lord of Arid Wind had yet to gather the sum.

“Could you release him?” Divine King Jiayin asked.

“He still owes me twenty-two hundred billion Cosmos Sand,” Luo Feng said.

“I’ll pay it,” Divine King Jiayin replied.

“Then of course.” Luo Feng smiled.

Soon, the City Lord of Arid Wind was released.

“Divine King Jiayin.” The City Lord of Arid Wind, seeing Divine King Jiayin, was extremely respectful and grateful. “Thank you, Divine King Jiayin, for saving me.”

“I paid twenty-two hundred billion Cosmos Sand to save you. From now on, you will serve me. When you repay the debt, you will regain your freedom. How about it?” Divine King Jiayin looked at the City Lord of Arid Wind.

“Yes,” the City Lord of Arid Wind agreed without hesitation.

During this time, he had been trying to gather the ransom. The Divine Kings of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom had been ruthlessly squeezing him, but he hadn’t agreed. At last, Divine King Jiayin was willing to help him.

“Let’s go.” Divine King Jiayin took the City Lord of Arid Wind with her as they left. The City Lord of Arid Wind couldn’t help but glance back at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng smiled faintly.

Even the domineering City Lord of Arid Wind trembled inwardly, only wanting to stay far away from Luo He.

…

After obtaining the silver token to the treasure land “Infinite Space” left by Yuan, Luo Feng didn’t rush to enter. Instead, he went to ask his master.

“Master, the Ancient Thunder Kingdom agreed and gave me the token for the treasure land ‘Infinite Space’,” Luo Feng said, showing the token.

“Infinite Space?”

Emperor Chu looked at the silver token and nodded lightly. “I guessed as much. The Ancient Thunder Kingdom would definitely give you a lower-value quota, but this is a bit too low.”

“Very low in value?” Luo Feng asked.

“The treasure lands left by Yuan—some of them can drive even Divine Kings to madness. This one is rather ordinary,” Emperor Chu said. “I’ll send you all the information the Ancient Flame Kingdom has on this treasure land.”

Luo Feng quickly received the complete intelligence on the treasure land, far more detailed than the information provided by the token.

“I think it’s quite good.” After reviewing the information, Luo Feng felt that “Infinite Space” was already impressive. Of course, he hadn’t seen other treasure lands yet.

“Regardless, explore it carefully,” Emperor Chu said. “This treasure land may still hold some undiscovered secrets. Any treasure land left by Yuan should not be underestimated.”

“Yes, Master.” Luo Feng agreed immediately.

That night.

In the quiet room of his residence, within the Star Tower, Luo Feng held the silver token.

“According to the information, I should use my mind to follow the guidance of the silver token to enter the treasure land, Infinite Space?” This incarnation of Luo Feng sat cross-legged and immediately activated the silver token in his hand.

Buzz.

Immediately, a strand of consciousness was led by the token, sent toward the treasure land “Infinite Space.”

At the same time, the silver token disappeared without a trace! Each token could only be used once, and after use, it would vanish, later reappearing randomly somewhere on the Origin Continent.