Inside an ordinary cave dwelling in the core area of the inner city of Yulan City.

A slightly overweight man with dark blue skin, soft antennae, and glasses smiled as he watched combat footage in an intelligence report.

“Tianhe, you actually lost to a new Elder,” the plump man said, smiling at Elder Tianhe, who was standing nearby.

“I lost fair and square!” Elder Tianhe said with a self-deprecating laugh, then looked at the plump man. “Lord Fang, are you interested in competing with him?”

The plump man chuckled.

He was the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang.

“There’s no need to compete. His realm foundation is still weak; he’s just relying on external objects,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang said, shaking his head. At least Luo Feng’s final claw strike, the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang was confident he could suppress.

The main reason Elder Tianhe was willing to join the Ghoulish Fang was the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang himself! The Lord of the Ghoulish Fang cultivated in two Daos, and he was trying to merge them into one.

“Even in the Dark Sacred Realm, there are quite a few who cultivate in two or three Daos. But those who can merge different ‘Daos’ into one are extremely rare.”

“Among the top twenty in Yulan City, the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang has the most potential.”

Elder Tianhe knew his potential was limited and had even been forced to choose the bloodline path. Naturally, he needed to latch onto a powerful figure, and he chose the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang.

“Tianhe.”

After reviewing all of Luo Feng’s detailed information, the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang smiled and said, “Prepare 100 million Chaos Origin Crystals and have your subordinates send them to Luo Feng as your apology to him.”

“Apology?” Elder Tianhe couldn’t help but say, “We’re both Elders; why should I apologize to him? Moreover, I only have a clone in Yulan City; why should I try to please him?”

Elders generally had cloning techniques and were naturally proud. Admitting defeat outside the East Gate was already embarrassing enough for Elder Tianhe. And now an apology?

“Just listen to me,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang instructed.

Since he was following him, he had to follow his rules.

If Elder Tianhe didn’t listen to him, the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang would only distance himself from Elder Tianhe.

Elder Tianhe hesitated but nodded. “Alright! I’ll arrange for the apology right away!”

“Lord Fang, I don’t understand why you’re being so polite to him,” Elder Tianhe said, looking at the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang.

“Look at the information; he’s only been in Yulan City for a little over a thousand eras,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang said, smiling and pointing to the detailed information floating in front of him. “At the beginning, he seemed to be at the early God Emperor stage, but in a little over a thousand eras, he can suppress you. What kind of cultivation speed is that?”

“Lord Fang! The information also says ‘suspected’ early God Emperor stage,” Elder Tianhe retorted. “When he first came to Yulan City, there was no accurate way to verify his strength. Members of the Zerg Hive tried to steal from him but failed, unable to figure out his true strength. Luo Feng later openly attacked, single-handedly killing our raiding team. At that point, it was certain that his strength was much stronger than that of an ordinary mid-stage God Emperor who comprehends the Dao.”

“In my opinion, when he first came to Yulan City, his true strength should have been at the mid-stage God Emperor who comprehends the Dao. After obtaining resources from Yulan City, he broke through the bottleneck and entered the late God Emperor stage.”

The Lord of the Ghoulish Fang shook his head gently. “I don’t care about speculation; I only look at the facts.”

“The fact is—this Luo Feng was renting with Diqing when he first came to Yulan City, and he was buying the cheapest materials in the city. He was clearly poor,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang said. “But in just over a thousand eras, he became a late-stage God Emperor who comprehends the Dao. Think about how long it took you and me, and how many hundreds of millions of Chaos Origin Crystals we spent, to become late-stage God Emperors who comprehend the Dao?”

Elder Tianhe sighed.

How much had he sacrificed to become a late-stage God Emperor?

“Even if we become half-Chaotic Source, so what?” Elder Tianhe said. “Our foundation is in the Dark Sacred Realm.”

“Don’t ask; you’ll understand in the future,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang said.

“Yes, then I’ll go arrange for the apology,” Elder Tianhe said, standing up.

The Lord of the Ghoulish Fang watched Tianhe leave.

Then, a “whoosh” sound occurred as an invisible wave appeared, and a phantom appeared in the space in front of him, a man exuding endless heat.

“Hall Master Weiyang,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang said.

Hall Master Weiyang’s face was like a sculpture, his eyes deep and expressionless. He was an extremely powerful and overbearing half-Chaotic Source Dao comprehending expert who had honed himself in the Dark Sacred Realm for many years before arranging for a clone to establish a foundation in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.

After arriving, he even overpowered the city’s founder, Hall Master Yuanxiang, becoming the most powerful Hall Master in Yulan City. The resources and benefits he obtained in Yulan City were also the most among the three Hall Masters.

“I heard that your Ghoulish Fang’s Elder Tianhe lost to someone named Luo Feng?” Hall Master Weiyang said, looking at the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang, a rare smile appearing on his face. He was so proud that there were very few in the city he valued, and the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang was clearly one of them.

“This Luo Feng has extraordinary potential. Even if he goes to the Dark Sacred Realm in the future, he might leave a clone in Yulan City,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang said. “The future of Yulan City might be up to him!”

“Oh?”

Hall Master Weiyang’s phantom laughed. “You think so highly of him?”

The Lord of the Ghoulish Fang didn’t say more.

“Yulan City is jointly controlled by the three of us Hall Masters. If he’s strong enough, at worst, we’ll go from three Hall Masters to four,” Hall Master Weiyang said with a smile. “But right now, he’s far from strong enough.”

“It seems the Hall Master has thought things through very clearly,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang nodded.

“Brother Yuan,” Hall Master Weiyang said. “With your talent, your strength should have caught up with mine long ago. Are the two Daos you’re cultivating still not breaking through? The next expedition is about to begin; are you still not participating?”

“I’m not participating,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang said with a faint smile.

Hall Master Weiyang nodded.

He and the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang were also friends in the Dark Sacred Realm.

Then, the transmission was cut off.

“Luo Feng?”

The Lord of the Ghoulish Fang mused.

He built the Ghoulish Fang, but he wasn’t a benevolent person at heart. His ‘Ghastly Realm Dao’ was filled with darkness and ferocity.

“He actually makes my ‘Ghastly Realm Heart’ feel fear?” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang muttered. When he was watching the battle footage, the ‘Ghastly Realm Heart’ that he had condensed was trembling, instinctively fearing this Luo Feng.

“In the Dark Sacred Realm, there are some cultivators who cultivate in two Daos and push both Daos to the half-Chaotic Source level,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang thought. “But they still can’t escape the cage.”

“There’s a legend in the Dark Sacred Realm that cultivating in two Daos isn’t enough; only by merging the two Daos into one can there be a qualitative change and a chance to escape the cage.”

“I’ve been cultivating until now, and I’ve only pushed the ‘Ghastly Realm Dao’ to the early God Emperor stage,” the Lord of the Ghoulish Fang shook his head lightly.

He cultivated both Daos to the late God Emperor stage before deciding to take the path of fusion. Fusion at this time was too difficult. After endless years, the fused ‘Ghastly Realm Dao’ had only reached the early God Emperor stage.

He even slowed down the other two paths, worried that the direction was wrong.

“The path of fusion has a broader future. Just the early God Emperor stage is comparable to the ordinary path of the late God Emperor stage. If the fusion path can reach the ‘half-Chaotic Source’ stage, I’m afraid there’s really hope to escape the cage.” The Lord of the Ghoulish Fang naturally had ambition and patience.

“As for this Luo Feng, I’ll take a closer look.” The Lord of the Ghoulish Fang didn’t want to be enemies, but he didn’t want to get too close either.

A cave dwelling in the core area of Yulan City, judging from its area, was only a few times larger than Diqing’s cave dwelling.

“This is my newly rented cave dwelling,” Luo Feng said, showing the new cave dwelling to Diqing, Di, and Difu.

“The energy supply here is too vast,” Diqing said, sensing the energy that had liquefied into mist in the air. “It should be enough for even a half-Chaotic Source cultivator to absorb at full power.”

Di and Difu were also a little excited.

“I never thought I could live in the core area of Yulan City,” Difu couldn’t help but exclaim. The rent for any cave dwelling in this core area was ridiculously high.

“How much is the rent here?” Di asked curiously.

“5,000 Chaos Origin Crystals per era,” Luo Feng said, feeling a bit of pain in his heart. There was no other way; the one he rented was already one of the smaller ones in the core area.

“5,000 Chaos Origin Crystals per era? In just 10,000 eras, it will cost 50 million Chaos Origin Crystals just to live here?” Di and Difu were a little taken aback. This housing expense was continuous, and without enough strength, they wouldn’t dare rent such an expensive place.

Luo Feng had no choice.

As his strength increased, his energy absorption speed increased, so he had to choose a good cave dwelling. This cave dwelling could at least ensure a sufficient energy supply even after the Dao of Life and Destruction reached the mid-stage God Emperor stage.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng suddenly sensed a knock on the door.

He had just moved in, and someone was already knocking?

“I’ll go see,” Difu said proactively, walking to the courtyard gate of the cave dwelling.

Difu opened the door and immediately saw an old man standing outside. The old man’s aura was restrained, but the faint aura he emitted made Difu a little frightened.

“Friend Difu?” The old man saw Difu and immediately recognized him, saying enthusiastically, “I am here on the orders of my Lord to deliver an invitation to God Emperor Luo Feng. My Lord will personally come to visit tomorrow.”

Difu immediately took the invitation, and the old man left with a smile.

“Invitation?” Difu quickly delivered the invitation to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng opened it and saw a few simple words on the invitation, mainly expressing the intention to hire Luo Feng as a guardian of the Cloud Pill Pavilion, and that the Lord of the Cloud Pill Pavilion would personally visit and discuss the details tomorrow.

“This is the third person today who wants to hire me,” Luo Feng said, smiling as he looked at the invitation.

“Brother Luo Feng’s strength is among the top of the Elders! The forces in Yulan City aren’t stupid. Some forces with weak foundations will probably want to hire Brother Luo Feng,” Diqing said with a smile. “Brother Luo Feng, you should compare several companies to see who gives the best conditions.”

Luo Feng nodded.

Yulan City seemed relatively safe, but in reality, there were still some dangers. For example, some low-level Chaos Source lifeforms that could sneak into Yulan City, and practitioners themselves would also resort to underhanded tactics.

Therefore, the larger the business, the more it needed enough martial force to guard it.

Even Yulan City itself needed enough martial force! Otherwise, even with the protection of the city, it might not be able to withstand the siege of low-level Chaos Source lifeform groups.

On the first day Luo Feng moved into his new cave dwelling, he received a full twelve invitations, some from well-known figures and some from lesser-known ones.

The most well-known was Hall Master Yuanxiang, one of the three Hall Masters and the founder of Yulan City. He sent his subordinates to deliver a post, inviting Luo Feng to his cave dwelling for a chat.

The weaker ones were just ordinary Elders, not as strong as Elder Tianhe! But these ordinary Elders,

were more willing to spend a great price to win over Luo Feng.

In addition to the twelve invitations, Luo Feng also received an apology from Elder Tianhe, a full 100 million Chaos Origin Crystals, which greatly surprised Luo Feng!

“This Elder Tianhe is a strong man from the Source World, and I can’t threaten him at all. He would actually send an apology?” Luo Feng looked at the bag in his hand, which contained 100 million Chaos Origin Crystals.