The merchants in Rain Ripple City are mainly located in the inner city. After leaving his cave, Luo Feng quickly arrived at a nearby business establishment.

The interior of the establishment was very spacious, with individual spaces where the remains of low-level Chaotic Source lifeforms were displayed.

“Welcome, esteemed guest,” a waiter greeted him.

“I’ll take a look first,” Luo Feng said, not rushing to buy. He planned to explore the entire city before making a purchase.

The waiter smiled. “Esteemed guest, our establishment specializes in the remains of low-level Chaotic Source lifeforms. These remains can be used for cultivation and enlightenment. Some of the larger remains can be used for crafting weapons, refining medicine, forging bodies, or even extracting complete Chaotic Source bloodlines.”

“You have quite a few remains,” Luo Feng observed, looking at the densely packed individual spaces with over a dozen waiters stationed throughout, and formations in operation.

“We have a total of 11,341 types of remains, all from low-level Chaotic Source lifeforms,” another waiter added. “Our establishment has collected at least 70% of the low-level Chaotic Source races from the Nine Rivers Holy Realm.”

Luo Feng’s ‘Bionic Eye of Destruction’ on his forehead opened, carefully examining each remain. Cultivators in Rain Ripple City had various methods of observation, and as long as they didn’t break into the ‘individual spaces’ to grab the remains, the waiters didn’t mind how they observed. “A natural Chaotic Source lifeform, a ‘Black Cloud Sky Devouring Beast’, its strength in the early God Emperor stage is relatively weak,” Luo Feng noted.

Here, 12 parts of the Black Cloud Sky Devouring Beast were on display for sale. Pieces like a scale, a bone, or a vial of blood were suitable for cultivation and enlightenment, each priced between 100 and 500 Chaotic Source crystals. More significant materials, like an enormous complete claw or an entire whale, along with a refined complete bloodline, were all priced at 20,000 Chaotic Source crystals.

The most valuable item was its complete life core, priced at 100,000 Chaotic Source crystals.

“The life core of this natural Chaotic Source lifeform is intact,” Luo Feng said, surprised. Natural Chaotic Source lifeforms had life cores, similar to how source worlds had a place of origin. This life core was like the ‘natural source lifeform’s’ core. Once destroyed, they would die. This was the most common way to kill them. It was rare to kill them while preserving the life core.

“This natural Chaotic Source lifeform was dismantled and sold,” Luo Feng mused. “Extracted for bloodlines, refined for medicine, forged for weapons… used in various ways. But it’s normal; cultivators explore in the darkness, seeking to break free from the cage. The best way is to study those natural Chaotic Source lifeforms that have already escaped the cage.”

Luo Feng casually strolled through the establishments. Wherever he went, because of his early God Emperor level life force, the waiters were very enthusiastic.

“Weapons and secret treasures…” Luo Feng also saw the prices of various secret treasures. Secret treasures for the ‘early God Emperor’ stage were generally used by God King Ultimate Realm cultivators. Luo Feng’s casual attacks were already more powerful than those secret treasures. The secret treasures usually started at 2,000 Chaotic Source crystals.

God Emperor mid-stage, God Emperor late-stage, God Emperor complete-stage, the prices of different level weapons and secret treasures naturally skyrocketed. Natural secret treasures were even more expensive.

“So I’m quite wealthy,” Luo Feng thought, surprised by the prices of natural secret treasures, realizing how expensive his portable realm secret treasure was. Of course, that secret treasure was used to protect the Blade River Sect, and his strength was still too weak to bring it in.

“In the Nine Rivers Holy Realm, in any city, there’s killing, plundering, and stealing…”

A waiter said, “This space-type secret treasure, ‘Illusory Realm Maze’, can be integrated into the body, hiding treasures inside. Few in the Nine Rivers Holy Realm can steal it. Powerful God Emperors almost all have one.”

“‘Illusory Realm Maze.'”

Luo Feng looked at the secret treasure. “What’s the price?”

“Not expensive, 100,000 Chaotic Source crystals. The price is uniform throughout the Nine Rivers Holy Realm,” the waiter smiled.

Luo Feng turned to leave. God Emperors with slightly deeper pockets could afford it, but Luo Feng had just arrived in the Nine Rivers Holy Realm. The 100,000 Chaotic Source crystals he had were borrowed from Emperor Qing. Why would he use them to buy a space storage item just to prevent theft?

“So many treasures to aid cultivation,” Luo Feng remarked, looking at the various rare items. The rare treasures of the Nine Rivers Holy Realm were all essences extracted from the bodies of Chaotic Source lifeforms, which helped cultivation after consumption. The effects were far better than Chaotic Source crystals, but the better the treasures, the higher the price.

“This secret treasure is called ‘Formless Divine Weapon’. It can inscribe any kind of secret inscription. As long as the inscription is precise, it can immediately imitate any secret treasure. With it, you can try to inscribe various secret treasures, which can be changed at any time,” a waiter enthusiastically explained. “It’s suitable for combat, and it’s also suitable for verifying cultivation insights.”

Luo Feng was tempted. He could try to inscribe his insights into the Star Tower, the Eye of Destruction, and the deeper secret patterns.

“What’s the price?” Luo Feng asked.

“50 million Chaotic Source crystals,” the waiter smiled, revealing a number that made Luo Feng’s heart tremble.

“It’s more expensive than many natural secret treasures,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but say. “Many God Emperor complete-stage secret treasures cost only a few million. With this price, you could buy a whole set of God Emperor complete-stage secret treasures.”

The waiter smiled. “Many powerful God Emperors have ‘world-level Chaotic Source lifeform remains’, comprehending the mysteries of the remains and imprinting them into the Formless Divine Weapon. They can verify their own insights. A set of God Emperor complete-stage secret treasures can’t compare.”

Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

There were too many temptations.

There were many suitable auxiliary treasures, remains of Chaotic Source lifeforms suitable for life, destruction, and even the combination of life, as well as some suitable secret treasures. Luo Feng saw many.

But he was too poor. “Not in a hurry. The first day is just to explore Rain Ripple City. I’ll make a move tomorrow.” Luo Feng was patient; he didn’t lack this one day.

He discovered that secret treasures with great reputations, like the Formless Divine Weapon and the Illusory Realm Maze, had uniform prices in many establishments. But the prices of some remains varied from establishment to establishment. Some were willing to sell at a lower price.

Luo Feng had to consider how to buy enough cultivation items suitable for himself at a lower price. “Poor… too poor. Don’t even mention 100,000 Chaotic Source crystals; even 100 million Chaotic Source crystals wouldn’t be enough.”

Luo Feng flew within Rain Ripple City. Looking around, there were many cultivators around.

Luo Feng didn’t notice a small figure in the distance. The small figure saw Luo Feng and chuckled.

“Luo Feng? A newly arrived early God Emperor?” With a thought, the small figure acted.

Luo Feng flew in the inner city’s sky. The inner city area was full of hidden experts. There were hundreds of elders, and they maintained Rain Ripple City’s defense system, whose operation exerted pressure on Luo Feng. *Buzz*

It felt as if a breeze had blown past Luo Feng.

“What’s going on?” Luo Feng was stunned.

It seemed to be a breeze, but Luo Feng faintly felt something was wrong. “It felt like someone attacked me, but also like they didn’t.”

Luo Feng wasn’t sure himself, frowned slightly, looked around, and became more vigilant.

The small figure in the distance was quite surprised: “This newcomer doesn’t seem like a traditional enlightenment seeker; he has some of the feeling of a low-level Chaotic Source lifeform. He’s trained his body into a world body, and there’s a world hidden within his body. The treasures are hidden in that world?” Chaotic Source bloodline cultivators might have stronger combat power and a strong body, but their control over themselves wasn’t so perfect.

The feeling this body gave him was like a complete and vast world. While maintaining concealment, his secret technique had swept across Luo Feng’s body, but he couldn’t forcibly penetrate a world.

“You think I can’t do anything because you’re hiding in the world?” The small figure sneered, opened his mouth, and a blood-colored worm flew out. “Good treasure, go to his world and take all the treasures.” With a thought, the small figure controlled the blood-colored worm, which acted again.

“The stealthy theft failed.”

“Then, a forceful theft!” *Whoosh*, the blood-colored worm instantly hid and disappeared, ignoring the obstruction of Luo Feng’s flesh and drilling into Luo Feng’s inner world.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng, who was being vigilant in the air in the distance, immediately noticed.

In his home origin continent, he had refined nine Chaotic Source bloodline lifeform forms, selecting five of them as clones to deal with various dangerous situations in the Nine Rivers Holy Realm. The form he showed externally in normal times was the ‘world clone’ among the five clones.

This clone was thick-skinned, powerful, and had a tenacious life force, capable of dealing with many harsh situations.

This clone had an inner world and was most similar to the original world lifeform, with its power increasing with more energy. Thus, the world clone had a hundred times the perfect body’s energy reserves. The other four clones didn’t have very high energy reserves.

*Chi* An invisible wave instantly drilled into the inner world, which naturally noticed it.

The stronger the world clone, the more stable the inner world. “It’s quite stable, but unfortunately, my treasure is best at gnawing space.” The blood-colored worm instantly erupted, and a wave swept across the entire inner world to take all the treasures within the inner world.

Within the inner world, the other four clones were sitting cross-legged. Each of these four clones looked like Luo Feng, but their robes were different colors.

“Hmph,” the Heavenly Emperor clone snorted and instantly scattered completely, merging with the entire inner world.

Merging with heaven and earth!

The world membrane was like the Heavenly Emperor clone’s flesh, and the Heavenly Emperor clone’s mysteries perfectly merged with the Heavenly Emperor world, and its power surged rapidly. “This…” The blood-colored worm felt that the originally terrifying inner world had become ten times stronger in pressure and restraint.

To him, it was like being able to easily traverse in water before, but now it was like being stuck in glue, completely stuck.

“There are no treasures in his inner world?” The blood-colored worm cast a secret technique to sweep across the entire inner world, but found it was still empty. “You want to steal.” The remaining three great clones within the inner world looked at him.

Those 5,000 Chaotic Source crystals were carried by the time clone! The time clone existed simultaneously in the past, present, and future. The 5,000 Chaotic Source crystals were stored on the time clone’s future self. “My 5,000 Chaotic Source crystals are hidden in the inner world and guarded by the time clone, and it’s hidden on the time clone’s future self. If it’s stolen like this, I’ll have nothing to say and will just take it as tuition.”

Luo Feng had been warned and was naturally very careful and vigilant. “Who said he was a traditional seeker of enlightenment?” Seeing that the situation was bad, the blood-colored worm instantly hid and disappeared.

*Bang*. It crashed into the membrane wall of the inner world but couldn’t rush out.

After the inner world merged with the Heavenly Emperor clone, the solidity of the world membrane was ten times stronger. “Not good, I can get in, but I can’t get out!” The blood-colored worm immediately realized that something was wrong.

(End of chapter)