## Chapter 254: Episode 6 – Universal Currency

“Even a secret treasure worth tens of thousands of reward points would be quite good,” Di Qing said with a smile. “By the way, are those few secret treasures left behind after Di Yuan’s death difficult to sell?”

“They are indeed difficult to sell. I managed to sell two out of the five with some effort.” Luo Feng waved his hand, and the remaining three secret treasures—a red cloak, combat boots, and gauntlets—appeared.

“You sold the two more valuable ones, leaving the three most ordinary,” Di Qing observed. “Three secret treasures suitable for the early stage of God-Emperors… how about this, my Yanfeng Ancient Nation will repurchase them. To make it a round number, one myriad of Primal Source Crystals.”

One Primal Source Crystal required one million merits to exchange at the two great Ancient Nations’ guest official exchange.

One myriad Primal Source Crystals meant a hundred billion merits!

This was a colossal amount of merits that ordinary God-King stage two cultivators could only look up to. Even Emperors and Monarchs would find it extremely difficult to amass such a vast fortune.

“Alright,” Luo Feng agreed with a smile.

*Whoosh.* Di Qing waved his hand, and a pile of glittering Primal Source Crystals hovered to one side.

Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. Each of these Primal Source Crystals was about the size of a fingertip, and each one was perfectly round. The aura they naturally emitted made Luo Feng feel an urge to absorb them.

“Primal Source Crystals are the universal currency outside the Origin World,” Di Qing explained. “They are refined from the essence of boundless Primal Source Power by Primal Source Lifeforms who have escaped the cage of the Origin World. Each one is made so small in order to be suitable for us to trade.”

Luo Feng waved his hand and collected the pile of Primal Source Crystals, but he kept three in his hand to examine carefully.

“Primal Source Crystals are beneficial to the cultivation of all lifeforms within the cage,” Di Qing said.

“Universal currency?” Luo Feng understood, carefully examining the three Primal Source Crystals in his palm.

“Absorbing them will aid your cultivation, but it must be done in moderation,” Di Qing cautioned. “For those at the early God-Emperor stage, do not absorb more than one hundred crystals per Epoch. If you absorb too many, the effects will diminish and eventually become completely ineffective.”

“Every cultivator has a different physical and spiritual strength, so the optimal amount will vary. You need to explore and discover what works best for you through cultivation.”

“In short, as soon as you feel the effect diminishing, you must immediately reduce the dosage,” Di Qing reminded. “As long as you maintain a low dosage, the effects of Primal Source Crystals will remain good, and you can use them until you escape the cage.”

Luo Feng praised, “Indeed, it’s miraculous.”

Primal Source Crystals could be used even by ordinary guest officials of the two great Ancient Nations! God-Emperors could also use them… they were indeed treasures with a wide range of adaptability.

“Brother Galaxy, if you complete the creation of your secret technique and are fully prepared, notify me at any time.” Di Qing handed a token to Luo Feng. “When the time comes, crush the token, and I will sense it immediately.”

The other Emperors of the Yanfeng Ancient Nation only had communication tokens to contact Di Qing, which he wouldn’t even look at while in seclusion.

But Di Qing would sense Luo Feng’s token immediately.

“Alright, when I am fully prepared to leave the Origin Continent, I will definitely notify Brother Di Qing,” Luo Feng readily agreed.

Di Qing nodded with a smile, and with a single stride, he departed.

…

Yanfeng Ancient Nation, Qingdu, Di Qing Palace.

Emperor Fu, Emperor Yan, Emperor Jiu Feng, Emperor Chu, and a total of eleven Emperors, either in their true forms or as incarnations, had gathered here.

“Di Qing fought with Galaxy Country Lord, and Galaxy Country Lord released a nine-story pagoda at the end, seemingly defeating Di Qing?” These Emperors were somewhat fearful. The Yanfeng Ancient Nation was supreme, and its greatest strength lay in the Yanfeng Ancestor and Di Qing.

With the power restrictions in the Origin Continent, the gap between Di Qing and the Yanfeng Ancestor wasn’t that great.

*Whoosh.* Di Qing appeared on the throne in the main hall.

“Di Qing.” The eleven Emperors all looked at Di Qing.

Di Qing looked at these clansmen and shook his head with a frown. “This Galaxy Country Lord is extremely strong! He even possesses an extremely powerful secret treasure. With that pagoda-like treasure, I cannot defeat him.”

The eleven Emperors were dumbfounded.

Even Di Qing couldn’t defeat him?

“With the Origin Continent’s power restrictions, even if the Ancestor takes action, he would need to rely on a powerful secret treasure to suppress that Galaxy Country Lord,” Di Qing shook his head. “And even then, he wouldn’t be able to harm him.”

“This Galaxy Country Lord has established his foundation!” Di Qing lightly shook his head and disappeared.

Only the eleven Emperors were left, looking at each other in dismay.

“The Ancestor taking action, even with the help of a secret treasure, can’t harm this Galaxy Country Lord?” Emperor Yan felt a chill.

Emperor Fu sighed and said, “We Emperors can’t do anything to the Thunder Ancestor or the Eastern Extremity Domain Ancestor. Now there’s just one more Galaxy Country Lord!”

“It seems we can only endure the grudge against Di Yuan,” Emperor Kong lamented from the side.

“Emperor Kong, gloat less,” Emperor Yan scolded from the side.

“I’m just speaking the truth. Do you dare to seek revenge?” Emperor Kong chuckled, taking a step and leaving.

“Gone, gone, another Ancestor-level existence,” Emperor Chu, Emperor Jiu Feng, and the others also left one by one.

Emperor Fu was quite troubled.

“This Galaxy Country Lord is so strong, possessing a secret treasure that can suppress Di Qing. Is he really Luo He?” Emperor Fu wasn’t so confident at this moment. “With his strength, would he even leave the Origin Continent with me?”

Companions were chosen by each other.

He chose the other party! But… the other party had to look up to Emperor Fu! If the difference in strength was too great, the Galaxy Country Lord probably wouldn’t bother with him.

“Cultivation, in the end, relies on oneself. One must be strong enough,” Emperor Fu thought to himself. “I need to find a way to reach the Ultimate Realm.”

His attainment in formations was clearly extremely profound, and he was only one layer of paper away from the Ultimate Realm, but he just couldn’t break through.

Emperor Fu was also very distressed.

…

“Di Qing finally took action to avenge Di Yuan!”

“The strength of Di Qing and the Galaxy Country Lord is terrifying.”

“Hmm?”

“Di Qing lost?”

“That nine-story pagoda defeated Di Qing?”

Those with some knowledge could see that Di Qing had been defeated in this exchange! This shocked them somewhat.

Because there was a consensus in the Origin Continent: without the two nations’ Ancestors taking action, Di Qing was invincible!

This time, the Galaxy Country Lord, wielding the nine-story pagoda, had suppressed Di Qing.

“Our Thunder Ancient Nation, besides the Ancestor, has no existence above the God-King. We must be even more careful in the future.” The Monarchs of the Thunder Ancient Nation were even more panicked than the Emperors of the Yanfeng Ancient Nation.

…

“Isn’t this the Star Tower I refined?” Seated Mountain Guest clearly saw the entire process of Di Qing and Luo Feng’s battle, and he also saw the appearance of the Star Tower at the end through the recorded images of the Thunder Merchant Association.

“The Star Tower, a God-King stage one secret treasure, can actually be used to defeat Di Qing?” Seated Mountain Guest was stunned.

“It seems that the golden light that merged into the Star Tower when I refined it was very special,” Seated Mountain Guest thought.

With his strength, he was extremely careful during the refinement process, and he didn’t dare to have even a slight error in the materials he used. But there was a golden light… that ignored the formations he had set up, ignored his domain, and directly merged into the Star Tower. Seated Mountain Guest had noticed something was wrong.

Back then, after the golden light merged into the refined Star Tower, the Star Tower quickly took shape, and from his perspective at the time, the Star Tower was indeed a God-King stage one secret treasure.

He couldn’t see the true face of the Star Tower at all.

The Star Tower’s recognition of a master was also much more difficult than Seated Mountain Guest had expected! Only Luo Feng, on the verge of life and death, had gained the Star Tower’s recognition.

“Good treasures also need suitable masters.”

“In Luo Feng’s hands, the Star Tower can truly display its power.” Seated Mountain Guest was quite moved. As the refiner, as a God-King stage one existence, he couldn’t even see the true mysteries of the Star Tower.

But Seated Mountain Guest only felt happy.

Happy for his disciple!

After avenging his blood feud, Seated Mountain Guest was incredibly at peace. The one he cared most about now was his disciple, Luo Feng. The more radiant his disciple became, the happier he naturally was.

“The little fellow who walked out of Earth has unknowingly stood at the pinnacle of the Origin Continent,” Seated Mountain Guest thought, smiling.

******

Hu Yang City, City Lord’s Mansion, inside a quiet chamber.

Luo Feng was in seclusion here, cultivating. The affairs of the Galaxy God Country were mainly handled by Molosa. Of course, in critical moments, he could arrive at the Galaxy God Country with a single thought.

“This exchange, Di Qing deliberately fulfilled me,” Luo Feng understood this point.

From beginning to end, Di Qing only used the ‘Three Thousand Kill Array’ and didn’t use any other powerful means, nor did he use any secret treasures! An existence above the God-King who had roamed outside the Origin World for countless years, had no life-saving methods? In his homeland, he didn’t have a single secret treasure?

If he had truly spared no cost, whether he could gain the upper hand was hard to say.

His secret treasures might have an advantage, but Di Qing’s realm was higher than his. Driving some God-Emperor late-stage or God-Emperor completion-level secret treasures might be able to match the Star Tower.

“Within the Origin Continent, with power restrictions, I, Di Qing, the two nations’ Ancestors… even if someone gains the upper hand, they can’t do anything to each other.”

“But outside the Origin Continent, the gap is much greater.”

Luo Feng was very clear that his so-called invincibility now was taking advantage of the Origin Continent’s Supreme Rule limiting power.

“Cultivate well, at least reach the Ultimate Realm.” Luo Feng flipped his hand, and a Primal Source Crystal appeared in his palm. This finger-sized, round, jade-like treasure, Luo Feng swallowed it in one gulp.

The Primal Source Crystal entered his body and began to be slowly absorbed.

“Hmm?”

Primal Source Crystals were the essence of refined Primal Source Power. As long as one hadn’t become a Primal Source Lifeform, they would normally be beneficial.

At this moment, Luo Feng’s body was being nourished, his soul was also being nourished, and the speed of his thinking had increased several times. He felt his comprehension was improving.

“It even has the effect of strengthening the body and empowering the soul,” Luo Feng marveled.

Primal Source Crystals were strengthening the body and soul at a very slow pace. In theory, with an unlimited number of Primal Source Crystals and unlimited time, one could strengthen their body and soul to an extremely terrifying level.

Unfortunately, the number of Primal Source Crystals that could be consumed in each Epoch was limited. Consuming too many would reduce or even nullify the effects.

“Generally, the stronger the life level, the weaker the nourishing effect of treasures. But Primal Source Crystals can continue to be useful,” Luo Feng closed his eyes and began to focus on comprehending the three types of Ultimate Realm-level Primal Source Bloodline creature materials he had obtained.

Time also flowed constantly in cultivation.

…

Since sparring with Di Qing, no one in the Origin Continent had dared to challenge the Galaxy God Country again.

Galaxy Country Lord had been placed alongside the two nations’ Ancestors, the Eastern Extremity Domain Ancestor, and Di Qing! Moreover, the Galaxy Country Lord was an enemy of evil, which also made the ancient existences of the entire Origin Continent not dare to act wantonly. At least, things like devouring billions of living beings had become extinct in the short term.

In the blink of an eye, more than three hundred Epochs had passed since the establishment of the Galaxy God Country.

On this day, an unremarkable event occurred—the Knife River Sect’s ‘Former Elder’ had broken through and become a God-King.