### Chapter 140: Clones

The Lord of Desolate Wind City watched the distant figures, patiently waiting.

“A Blood Spirit Gold Pearl for ten billion units of cosmic sand? No one will agree to that,” said Lord Yuan Xiu with a smile.

“Ten billion units of cosmic sand per pearl, and I would buy a few,” a voice echoed, belonging to a peak-stage Chaos Realm cultivator.

Seeing this, the Lord of Desolate Wind City was quite disappointed.

Couldn’t he sell them at this price?

Luo Feng, observing the scene, was speechless.

The ‘Blood Spirit Gold Pearl Mission’ was a contest amongst the seven first-rank marquises of the Emperor Chu lineage. The first-rank marquises were used to spending lavishly, and being able to produce hundreds of billions of units of cosmic sand was already quite impressive.

To spend all their wealth, and only be able to buy three to five pearls? The Great Sage Azure Cloud obtained a full twenty-five pearls in the first wave of competition.

Even buying three to five pearls would have too little impact.

“The Transcendents of the Chaos Realm are all invited by the first-rank marquises,” Luo Feng mused. “In the end, it’s still the first-rank marquises who will bid; they can’t afford it.”

In terms of accumulated treasures, the Transcendents of the Chaos Realm naturally far surpassed the first-rank marquises.

But this was ultimately a mission for the first-rank marquises, and the Transcendents of the Chaos Realm wouldn’t spend their own wealth. People like Luo Feng, Great Sage Azure Cloud, and Lord Yuan Xiu were helping due to friendship! They hadn’t asked for any benefits for this mission.

“Then I’ll lower the price a bit, eighty billion units of cosmic sand per pearl,” the Lord of Desolate Wind City finally reduced the price, seeing that he couldn’t sell them.

But no one present was willing to bid.

It was still too high.

“Sixty billion units of cosmic sand per pearl, the lowest price,” the Lord of Desolate Wind City’s voice was much lower. After waiting for a long time, he finally revealed a smile. “Looks like there are still those who know the value of the goods. All the Blood Spirit Gold Pearls have been traded this time. Want to buy? Wait for the next competition!”

Having said that, the Lord of Desolate Wind City transformed into a desolate wind, disappearing into the heavens and earth.

This scene left Luo Feng, Lord Yuan Xiu, and others astonished.

“Sold? Sold to which first-rank marquis?”

“Could it be a feigned sale?”

“Blood Spirit Gold Pearls must be delivered to Chu Capital within ten days to complete the mission. If it exceeds ten days, they will turn into Blood Spirit Poison Pearls. He has no use in keeping them; there’s no need to pretend to sell them.”

The Transcendents of the Chaos Realm and the peak-stage Chaos Realm cultivators present all had various guesses, and soon everyone began to leave.

As Luo Feng left, he glanced at the Great Sage Yan Su in the distance.

“Hmph,” the Great Sage Yan Su looked at Luo Feng with a mocking smile.

So what if he was targeting you?

On the Origin Continent, most ancient powerhouses acted according to the rules. They wouldn’t easily make enemies; after all, they had many concerns. Only when it involved opportunities related to the Great Dao would they go crazy and spare no cost.

But there were also a few powerhouses without clans, few disciples, and subordinates, who acted unscrupulously.

The Great Sage Yan Su was one who acted unscrupulously. Of course, in terms of sin, there were many on the Origin Continent with deeper sins than him! The Great Sage Yan Su was simply more wanton and more sinister, but he didn’t engage in large-scale slaughter himself.

In terms of infamy, he was far inferior to the Ancestor of the Snow Realm, and even further inferior to the Lord of the Devouring Kingdom, who had destroyed multiple divine kingdoms.

…

Luo Feng returned to Chu Capital as quickly as possible. After the eruption of the Blood Spirit Star, a long time was needed before it would enter the next wave of eruption. In one cycle, there would only be two or three waves of eruption.

“Whew.” Luo Feng arrived at Marquis Chu Yu’s estate.

“Brother Luo He,” Marquis Chu Yu’s divine power avatar greeted Luo Feng. “My true body is currently carrying out a mission.”

“This time, the Heavenly mission has three sub-missions. The Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission is only one of them. Your own mission…is of greater importance,” Luo Feng said, and with a flip of his hand, he took out the nine Blood Spirit Gold Pearls. “The Blood Spirit Star just had its first wave of eruption, and I obtained nine of the Blood Spirit Gold Pearls.”

“I heard that Lord Yuan Xiu only obtained three,” Marquis Chu Yu received detailed information at the first instance.

After all, several Transcendents of the Chaos Realm had clashed, and some peak-stage Chaos Realm cultivators had watched the battle. Information was transmitted to the Flame Wind Pavilion the fastest.

“That Great Sage Yan Su is a bit strange,” Luo Feng said. “I don’t know him, but this time…he went all out to target only me. Brother Chu Yu, do you have any grudges with him?”

“No.”

Marquis Chu Yu shook his head. “I am only a newly promoted first-rank marquis. Before this, I was just an Eternal True God. How could I have grudges with a Transcendent of the Chaos Realm, ‘Great Sage Yan Su’?”

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

“It’s good that you don’t have any grudges with him. It seems like it’s because of me,” Luo Feng said.

“Brother Luo He, do your best in the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl competition. Don’t force it,” Marquis Chu Yu said with a smile. “After all, I am the youngest of the seven first-rank marquises, and newly promoted. It doesn’t matter if my ranking is lower.”

Luo Feng glanced at him. “No matter what, you must do your best in your own two sub-missions.”

“Of course,” Marquis Chu Yu nodded.

“I’m leaving,” Luo Feng turned around and left.

Since he had accepted the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission, he would naturally put his heart into it.

Whew.

Marquis Chu Yu watched Luo Feng leave.

“Brother Luo He’s temperament…” Marquis Chu Yu understood Luo Feng’s temperament when he was in Hu Yang City. He greatly valued friendship.

“My first guest elder spot was offered to Brother Luo He. It was my luckiest choice,” Marquis Chu Yu felt quite fortunate at this moment.

…

After Luo Feng left Marquis Chu Yu’s estate, he also purchased a detailed report on the ‘Great Sage Yan Su’ from the Dark Palace of the Flame Wind Pavilion.

Whew.

While on his way back, Luo Feng also studied the Great Sage Yan Su’s report. “We don’t know each other, yet he’s targeting me so much.” Luo Feng looked at the report, studying it carefully.

He didn’t believe in unprovoked animosity. At the level of Transcendents of the Chaos Realm, they wouldn’t easily make enemies.

“The Great Sage Yan Su’s clone technique…”

Luo Feng looked at the record in the report, feeling a headache.

The clone technique cultivated by the Great Sage Yan Su allowed him to have two complete clones and seven weaker clones! A complete clone, including the divine body and soul, could maintain its peak state in all aspects.

“His clone technique is more advantageous than my clone technique in the *Eight Tribulation Lifeform*,” Luo Feng mused.

Although they were both called clone techniques, the difference was huge.

In the *Eight Tribulation Lifeform*, the ‘Lineage of Life Spirituality’, if one cultivated the clone technique, one’s own power would possess sufficient life spirituality to exist independently. By separating a portion of one’s divine power, one could form a clone.

Creating hundreds or thousands of clones was easy.

But the power of all the clones combined was the complete whole!

Each clone created would weaken oneself.

“The clone technique of the Lineage of Life Spirituality means that all power is still one whole. There won’t be an increase in power,” Luo Feng thought. “But the Great Sage Yan Su’s clone technique, on top of the original true body, creates a complete clone. It’s equal to doubling the entire divine power! And cultivating another soul! Besides the complete clones, there are also seven weaker clones.”

!

Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

Of course, he was also content because most of the nine original Great Daos under the control of the Supreme Rules couldn’t cultivate clone techniques.

In terms of clone techniques that could surpass the ‘Life Original Great Dao’, according to what Luo Feng knew, only the ‘Time Original Great Dao’ and the ‘Space Original Great Dao’ could.

The Time Original Great Dao, it was said that clones cultivated from it could exist in the past, present, and future. It was naturally mysterious and extremely powerful.

The Space Original Great Dao could break through certain restrictions of the cage and possess multiple complete clones. The fact that the Great Sage Yan Su possessed two complete clones could only be considered entry-level.

“Yan Su is currently guarding the border city ‘Appearance Boundary City’ under orders. He must have one complete clone in the Appearance Boundary City,” Luo Feng thought. “The one who participated in the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl competition should be another complete clone and a few weaker clones.”

The more Luo Feng understood Yan Su, the more he found that he couldn’t do anything to him.

Yan Su had some servants and two disciples. He didn’t care about the lives of his disciples. His disciples had died more than once.

For Yan Su, only cultivation was the most important thing. Everything else didn’t matter.

…

The Lord of Desolate Wind City came alone to a gloomy forest.

“I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t be able to sell even one Blood Spirit Gold Pearl,” the Lord of Desolate Wind City sighed.

“I told you, I’m willing to buy them all for thirty billion units of cosmic sand per pearl. It’s already a high price,” a figure formed from invisible power of the heavens and earth looked at the Lord of Desolate Wind City with a smile.

The Lord of Desolate Wind City nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he took out the twelve Blood Spirit Gold Pearls he had obtained this time.

“Here,” the Lord of Desolate Wind City handed them all over.

“Same as the old rules. Within the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission deadline, I’ll buy as many Blood Spirit Gold Pearls as you have for thirty billion units of cosmic sand per pearl,” the illusory figure smiled.

He had asked the Lord of Desolate Wind City to participate in the competition in the first place.

He agreed to the Lord of Desolate Wind City selling Blood Spirit Gold Pearls to outsiders sporadically, but it had to be sold at double the price! Therefore, the Lord of Desolate Wind City had to sell them for at least sixty billion units of cosmic sand per pearl…

As this ancient existence had expected, he couldn’t sell them at all.

“The first-rank marquises of the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom’s imperial family are too stingy,” the Lord of Desolate Wind City was quite unwilling. He had publicly bid, but couldn’t sell even one.

“I’m already very generous,” the illusory figure said with a smile, and then disappeared silently.

The Lord of Desolate Wind City watched this scene.

“Who knows who this old fellow is,” the Lord of Desolate Wind City mused, and then left through the void.

******

Luo Feng returned to his cave dwelling not far from Blood Spirit Star. His divine power avatar was still cultivating quietly in the pavilion, sensing the movements of Blood Spirit Star at any time, while Luo Feng’s true body was cultivating in the Star Tower space.

“The Three-in-One form, with my realm, it’s indeed difficult to comprehend.”

Luo Feng watched the laws manifested when the particles of the Three-in-One form and the Ten Directions World form collapsed, feeling that there were still many confusions.

In terms of accumulation, the Lineage of Life Spirituality and the Lineage of Life Body were both peak-stage Chaos Realm! Wanting to reach a higher level? That would require becoming a God King. He also had Golden Scale Beetle materials and various perfect Chaotic Layer biological materials as references.

He had deep accumulations in all aspects, but he still had confusions.

“This time’s competition for Blood Spirit Gold Pearls also shows many of my weaknesses,” Luo Feng admitted this.

In terms of strength, the Lord of Desolate Wind City was about equal to him.

In terms of various techniques, the Great Sage Azure Cloud clearly surpassed him! He couldn’t even determine the true body of the Great Sage Azure Cloud, but the Great Sage Azure Cloud could easily make a move.

“With this kind of strength, I still won’t be able to obtain too many in the second wave of Blood Spirit Gold Pearl competition.”

Luo Feng smiled slightly and took out a stone box.

Opening the stone box, there were still nine light red fruits inside.

“At the Chaos Realm level, I had planned to consume five Primal Origin Crystal Spirit Fruits. Now is the critical time,” Luo Feng immediately took out a Primal Origin Crystal Spirit Fruit and closed the stone box.

Cultivation had reached a bottleneck, and his friend’s mission was also at a critical time. Good steel had to be used on the edge of the blade.

Luo Feng felt that now was the time!

Luo Feng immediately began to eat this fruit.

The fruit was tough. Luo Feng chewed it piece by piece and swallowed it. He felt the fruit flesh decompose in his abdomen, and even more energy began to spread, affecting his soul. His soul became ethereal, and his thinking speed also soared rapidly.