Boshiu and Bai Yin exchanged glances.

“What’s wrong?” Luo Feng sensed that his three friends seemed troubled.

“Brother Luo Feng!” the red-robed youth said. “You sold an estimated 7.2 trillion Primordial Crystals this time, but you’ve only spent a small fraction on treasures. With over 7 trillion Primordial Crystals remaining, you must be planning to take them to the Grand Primordial Hall in Primordial City, right?”

Luo Feng nodded. “All the true treasures in the Dark Saint Realm are in the Grand Primordial Hall! That most ancient Primordial Hall has everything imaginable; its immense collection of treasures surpasses infinite space. You can exchange them for entire cities, or for various bloodlines, including secret treasures like the ‘Eye of Life and Death’ and even more valuable ones. You can even exchange them for living Primordial Prisoners. Of course, I plan to use these Primordial Crystals in the Primordial Hall!” Luo Feng said.

Boshiu gently shook his head.

“Do you truly believe you can reach Primordial City alive?”

God-Emperor Bai Yin, who was pouring wine for Luo Feng, said, “Brother Luo Feng, the Dark Saint Realm is named for its darkness. It’s chaotic here, didn’t you know?”

“I’ve heard,” Luo Feng nodded. God-Emperor Bai Yin continued, “Currently, the two strongest beings in the Dark Saint Realm, Dao Monarch Long Jiu and God-Emperor Ke, possess individual strengths comparable only to the combined power of the three of us! Therefore, in the Dark Saint Realm, unless one is an invincible entity, individual strength is far from sufficient.”

Luo Feng seemed deep in thought.

“In Chenfeng City, there are three major powers capable of purchasing your goods! These three forces are also the most influential in Chenfeng City,” God-Emperor Boshiu said.

“The first force is led by the City Lord, comprising twenty-nine peak-tier entities who are quite cohesive. The true leader of this force is Dao Monarch Long Jiu, but he resides long-term in the Grand Primordial Hall in Primordial City, so the City Lord is responsible for its command.”

“The second force is led by God-Emperor Sixu, consisting of fifteen peak-tier entities. God-Emperor Sixu’s mastery of formations ranks among the top three in the entire Dark Saint Realm, and the combined power of his formations and the fifteen peak-tier entities would be extremely terrifying!”

“The third force is the Eight Friends of Sirius, comprised of eight peak-tier entities. While they may seem the weakest, they were once followers of the invincible entity, Guest Sirius!”

“Guest Sirius was an invincible entity in the history of the Dark Saint Realm who rapidly rose to become an invincible entity in a short period. We haven’t met him, but we’ve heard much about him. It’s said that Guest Sirius has long since transcended the cage!”

Boshiu, Chi, and Bai Yin were all looking at Luo Feng.

They, too, harbored thoughts of following Luo Feng, believing he had the potential to become an invincible entity. Once truly invincible, a being is drawn away and no longer needs followers, which is why they had to identify such a person early and wholeheartedly commit to following them.

The Eight Friends of Sirius were an example of this: they followed Guest Sirius early on, and after he became invincible and transcended the cage, he bestowed some benefits upon them, making their status in the Dark Saint Realm extraordinary!

“Indeed, cultivators in the Dark Saint Realm who have connections with entities that have transcended the cage should fare better!”

Luo Feng realized this.

For instance, Elder Xing Yi, whom he knew from Yulan City, was a disciple of an invincible entity!

The Dark Saint Realm is, after all, the core of the surrounding world clusters. Throughout history, several invincible entities who transcended the cage naturally left many traces here, including disciples and friends.

“Over 7 trillion Primordial Crystals!” Boshiu whispered. “If you try to take them out of Chenfeng City like this, even if the three of us combine forces to help you, we won’t be able to protect them! The City Lord’s faction is relatively benevolent, so there’s only a 50% chance they would act, but the other two forces are almost certain to make a move.” The red-robed youth, Chi, added, “God-Emperor Sixu and his group desperately need all resources, so they will likely act! The Eight Friends of Sirius, on the other hand, don’t particularly lack resources, but after receiving a gift from Guest Sirius, they may have suffered some soul contamination, causing their temperaments to change drastically, making them extremely greedy and ferocious!”

“In the Dark Saint Realm, the greatest danger isn’t from individuals but from groups, as the differences between peak-tier entities are not significant.” Boshiu looked at Luo Feng. “Any one of these forces, if they unite, cannot be resisted without invincible strength.”

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

“So, I suggest you buy everything you can and have the sellers directly deliver the treasures to the Teleportation Sacred Mountain,” Boshiu said. “You can arrange for a clone to receive them there and then directly take them back to your Origin World!”

“Only relatively common treasures can be purchased with Primordial Crystals; all others require Merit Points! Once converted to Merit Points under your name, no one can take them away.” Boshiu laid out all his recommendations.

“We peak-tier entities generally accumulate only a few hundred billion Primordial Crystals over long periods, most of which are converted into Merit Points. Your current wealth, however, is equivalent to the accumulated wealth of dozens of peak-tier entities! And since it’s all in Primordial Crystals, directly available for seizure, how many wouldn’t be tempted?” Boshiu added.

The three of them were determined to follow Luo Feng, which allowed them to suppress their greed. Yet, how many resources could over 7 trillion Primordial Crystals be exchanged for?

“Many thanks, all three of you!” Luo Feng quickly expressed his gratitude.

Luo Feng thought for a moment and said, “I’ve heard that high-grade Primordial Bloodlines in the Grand Primordial Hall can be purchased with Primordial Crystals. I need to acquire high-grade Primordial Bloodlines primarily focused on the path of life and death!”

“Yes, you can ask the City Lord’s faction to purchase them on your behalf!” Boshiu nodded.

The prices set by Elder Yuan and others for proxy-purchasing high-grade Primordial Bloodlines are not expensive, generally not exceeding tens of billions of Primordial Crystals.

“I have collected information on all high-grade Primordial Bloodlines for sale in the Grand Primordial Hall!” God-Emperor Bai Yin said. “There should be 73 types primarily focused on life and death, requiring 533 billion Primordial Crystals to acquire.” “Let’s get these,” Luo Feng said. “Have the City Lord’s faction send all the bloodlines and auxiliary cultivation treasures I purchased to the Teleportation Sacred Mountain!”

At this moment, Luo Feng’s clone, far away in the Origin Continent, had already split off a sub-clone and begun teleporting to the Dark Saint Realm via the valley lake. “As for the remaining Primordial Crystals, please have the City Lord’s faction help me purchase 30 million Merit Points!” Luo Feng said.

“Do you need them urgently, or is there no rush?” Boshiu asked.

“What’s the difference?” Luo Feng asked.

“If you’re not in a hurry, the City Lord’s faction can slowly gather the Merit Points. It would likely take a billion epochs to accumulate 30 million Merit Points!” Boshiu said.

For many cultivators, a hundred million epochs is an acceptable wait as they slowly accumulate them. Each Merit Point costs 110,000 Primordial Crystals to acquire.

Luo Feng nodded.

In the cities of the Nine Rivers Saint Realm, the common acquisition price is 100,000 Primordial Crystals per Merit Point. However, considering the efforts of various factions, the price naturally increases slightly when they reach Luo Feng.

“It would take over a hundred million epochs?” Luo Feng asked. “What about an urgent purchase?”

“For an urgent purchase, 30 million Merit Points would still take tens of thousands of epochs! Each Merit Point would cost you 130,000 Primordial Crystals!” Boshiu said.

This was already a relatively low price after competition among various forces in the Dark Saint Realm. “That’s still too slow. Can it be faster?” Luo Feng said.

“If you offer a higher price,” Boshiu said, “many Merit Points from multiple worlds centered around the Dark Saint Realm would be prioritized for you!”

“I’ll offer 130,000 Primordial Crystals for each Merit Point. How long will it take to gather them?” Luo Feng asked.

“A profit margin of 30% is already very high,” Boshiu said. “I estimate it can be gathered within a thousand epochs! After all, you need too many Merit Points; gathering 10 million Merit Points in a short time indeed requires collecting from multiple worlds.”

Luo Feng nodded. “Deliver 10 million Merit Points at a time!”

Given his current strength, Luo Feng had no confidence in surviving an encirclement by a group of peak-tier entities once he left Chenfeng City, especially in the lawless environment of the Dark Saint Realm.

It was indeed better to convert as much as possible into Merit Points under his name.

“I also need some powerful secret treasures!” Luo Feng said. “Powerful secret treasures of the life and death category are all open for discussion!”

“Secret treasures of the life and death category are quite rare; I’m afraid there aren’t many in the entire Chenfeng City that sellers would be willing to part with!” Boshiu said.

“I am willing to buy at a high price!” Luo Feng said with a smile.

Secret treasures at the level of ‘Indestructible Heart’ and ‘World in Hand’ are even possessed by the ancestors of the two nations, and half-Primordial strong beings generally have a few of them.

For instance, Hall Master Weiyang’s clone in Yulan City had two such items. Peak-tier entities generally possess even more, potentially even obtaining several ‘Eye of Life and Death’ level secret treasures. However, such treasures cannot be sold or even taken out of the Origin World!

“If you’re willing to pay a high price, then it’s much easier to discuss!” Boshiu smiled. “These powerful secret treasures are still relatively common in the Dark Saint Realm, and strong beings from the Origin World generally have two or three of them in their possession!”

***

**Chenfeng City Lord’s Manor.**

City Lord Feng Qiao, tall and imposing like a rock giant, with a pair of golden eyes, scanned his surroundings. He was a peak-tier entity, the City Lord of Chenfeng City—one of the five cities in the Dark Saint Realm—and also Dao Monarch Long Jiu’s most trusted junior brother. He commanded another 28 peak-tier entities, forming a force so immense that it held immense prestige throughout the Dark Saint Realm!

“73 trillion Primordial Crystals—this God-Emperor Luo Feng is truly ruthless! Intelligence shows his strength is extreme, overpowering four ultra-limit entities by himself. Yet, he failed to defend the city, allowing four low-grade Primordial lifeform legions to invade. Then, very coincidentally, when these legions reached the core area, he successfully set up his formation!”

“Under the formation’s cover, these legions had penetrated too deeply, and as they tried to escape, he systematically defeated them formation by formation, ultimately slaughtering ninety percent of them!”

“In my opinion, this was all his conspiracy—deliberately allowing the city to fall and the enemies to penetrate deeply, then harvesting them. He reaped nearly half of the low-grade Primordial lifeform core crystals from the Nine Rivers Saint Realm, which is how he achieved such a massive gain!”

“What a brilliant scheme! He only arrived in Yulan City a little over two thousand epochs ago. I suspect the weak strength he displayed earlier was a disguise! He likely discovered the birth of an ultra-limit Mind-Bewitching Worm by chance, which is why he set up an ambush in the weakest Yulan City, quietly waiting for the low-grade Primordial lifeforms to arrive!”

The peak-tier entities sat scattered. They had only begun investigating Luo Feng’s intelligence because of this transaction.

This investigation left them astonished; they had reason to suspect that everything was a deliberate scheme by God-Emperor Luo Feng!

As for discovering that Luo Feng came from the Origin Continent, they hadn’t found that out in such a short time. Hall Master Yuanxiang was able to find out because he was the City Lord of Yulan City at the time, and he also knew the relationship between Luo Feng and Di Qing, as well as the relationship between Di Qing and Ancestor Yan Feng!

Only then was he able to follow the clues and uncover everything!

“He purchased some low-grade Primordial Bloodlines with a low association to life and death, including high-grade Primordial Bloodlines, and also some auxiliary cultivation rare treasures. Let’s total it at 688 billion Primordial Crystals,” City Lord Feng Qiao calmly instructed. “Have everything prepared and sent to the Teleportation Sacred Mountain, to be delivered to his clone!”

A transaction of over 600 billion Primordial Crystals for low-grade Primordial lifeform resources was hardly worth mentioning for the force he commanded.

“He also needs to purchase 30 million Merit Points and is willing to pay 130,000 Primordial Crystals per Merit Point!” City Lord Feng Qiao smiled slightly. “Mobilize all the low-grade Primordial lifeform corpses we can, and transfer them all to God-Emperor Luo Feng to finalize his Merit Points!”

“Our current stock, and what we can quickly mobilize from other forces, amounts to approximately 8 million Merit Points!” A black-robed elder beside him said.

“If we can earn a single point, we’ll earn it all!” City Lord Feng Qiao was very satisfied with this transaction.

The massive quantity of low-grade Primordial lifeform corpses, worth 73 trillion Primordial Crystals, after being processed, refined, and utilized in various ways, allowed even low-level members to earn some hard-earned fees, while their high-level members could make a profit of 200 billion Primordial Crystals. Crucially, although Luo Feng’s urgent purchase of Merit Points was time-sensitive, the transaction was massive, and the profit in Primordial Crystals still exceeded 500 billion. Without needing to fight or take risks, they acquired so many resources, so they were naturally satisfied!

“By the way, City Lord, are we really not making a move?” a seductive woman spoke up, her scaled tail gently swaying, indicating her excitement.

“If the battle of Yulan City was truly his meticulous planning, would such a cultivator give you any space or opportunity?”

City Lord Feng Qiao said, “If the Yulan City incident was not his scheme, and he genuinely possesses such terrifying talent, then he is even less suitable for plundering!”

City Lord Feng Qiao had high status and abundant resources; what he needed was to maintain his position, not take risks!

Several peak-tier entities present felt somewhat unwilling after hearing this, but City Lord Feng Qiao’s influence was so great that it would be difficult to push through anything he disagreed with!

***

**Chenfeng City, within a massive cave-dwelling.**

On the first floor of the spacious abode, a dark space twisted, and faintly, fifteen figures sat scattered in various places.

“Our offer of 7.22 trillion Primordial Crystals didn’t succeed. It seems the selling price is even higher!” a sharp voice rang out.

“If we have a chance to rob this God-Emperor Luo Feng, each of us could get hundreds of billions of Primordial Crystals—this is a huge deal!” A large black sphere emitted a voice.

Operating a force earns too slowly; this fortune is too immense!

These fifteen individuals have long been suppressed by the City Lord’s faction, and their resource acquisition is clearly far inferior!

“We can’t act within the city!” a thin, spectral man sat cross-legged there. His figure possessed a hint of the Origin World’s essence; simply by sitting there, he became a source of rules, influencing the operation of formations within this massive cave-dwelling!

“We must wait patiently for an opportunity to arise!”

“With so much wealth, he couldn’t possibly convert it all into Merit Points. Therefore, he must carry a large amount of Primordial Crystals, and he will certainly go to the Grand Primordial Hall.”

“So many Merit Points, so much wealth! To convert it into strength, he must go to the Grand Primordial Hall, and that will be our opportunity!”

They did not care about the danger.

In the entire Dark Saint Realm, the fifteen of them had never feared anyone when they combined forces!