Chapter 312: Rain-Mist City

Rain-Mist City.

A fine drizzle drifted down, shrouding the world. Luo Feng, alone, felt a sudden urge to move after a long period of stillness and left his cave dwelling.

"The more I understand, the more I realize how difficult it is to 'leap out of the cage'," Luo Feng thought. His goal now was not to pursue a breakthrough in the Dao of Life and Death, but to comprehend the mysteries of those Using Hunyuan bloodlines and how they were "naturally perfect and unified."

Once naturally perfect and unified, one could thoroughly break out of the cage and reach a new world.

"I have comprehended the 323 types of early-stage God Emperor Using Hunyuan bloodlines a full five times before temporarily setting them aside." Every new comprehension brought gains, but the further he went, the fewer the gains became.

Since Luo Feng began purchasing these Using Hunyuan bloodlines, he had accumulated about 1,500 epochs' worth.

Most of these 1,500 epochs had been spent comprehending the early-stage God Emperor Using Hunyuan bloodlines.

It was only recently that he began comprehending the mid-stage God Emperor bloodlines, and he had just reached the 34th type.

"Each mid-stage God Emperor Using Hunyuan bloodline brings me much greater gains. After comprehending thirty-four in a row, I even feel a stinging pain in my soul." For these 1,500 epochs, Luo Feng had been consuming various auxiliary treasures to cultivate, which also placed a heavy burden on his soul.

Only now had he begun to rest.

"I can feel it..."

"Each Using Hunyuan bloodline brings me a little closer to 'leaping out of the cage.' I must study these Using Hunyuan bloodlines thoroughly. There is no need to rush!"

Luo Feng cherished these resources greatly.

At this moment, Luo Feng had a feeling that as long as he spent some time and energy carefully sorting and integrating them, it wouldn't be long before his Dao of Life and Death reached the 'late-stage God Emperor' phase. However, Luo Feng was not in a hurry.

The deeper the accumulation, the more thorough the understanding of the 'Dao of Life and Death,' and the steadier the path he walked.

"No need to rush."

Once the Dao of Life and Death reached the late-stage God Emperor, it would be one level higher than the three Hall Masters. In the Dark Sacred World, he would also be an incredibly dazzling powerhouse.

Yet now, he was already within reach of this realm!

Luo Feng sometimes wondered if he was truly a supreme genius.

Other cultivators were trapped in certain bottlenecks, forever unable to break through.

He, step by step, naturally broke through to a higher level.

"Compared to other cultivators, perhaps I can point more directly to the essence of the Dao," Luo Feng thought. He could directly see and grasp the core essence of many paths, whereas other cultivators were all circling the periphery of the 'Great Dao.'

"I feel many cultivators are mediocre. Perhaps in the eyes of seniors like Yuan, someone like me is also considered mediocre," Luo Feng smiled.

The fine rain drifted.

It was rare for Luo Feng not to cultivate, and he had the leisure to appreciate this city.

"Hahaha, hahaha..." A sorrowful laugh came from afar.

Luo Feng turned his head to look.

Rain-Mist City covered a vast area. Beside a lake, an old man was drinking wine and laughing sorrowfully; Luo Feng could clearly perceive the sorrow within the laughter.

"A God King Ultimate Realm?" Luo Feng saw through the old man's strength at a glance, and immediately, he restrained his own aura, barely reaching the aura of the God Emperor stage.

Luo Feng walked over.

"Brother, why are you sad?" Luo Feng took out a pot of wine and threw it over.

The old man didn't mind, directly catching the wine and taking a sip. His eyes lit up, and he nodded: "Good wine! I was just feeling a bit stifled earlier; it's better now that I've laughed it out, hahaha..."

"Stifled?" Luo Feng looked at him.

"I, a God King Ultimate Realm, have been in this Rain-Mist City for so long, doing odd jobs, and still have to pay residence fees, cave dwelling rental fees, and so on. After spending hundreds of thousands of epochs, I finally had some savings," the old man said. "I wanted to buy some elixirs to help with a breakthrough. I bought the elixirs, but on the way back, I found the elixirs were gone."

"The elixirs were gone?" Luo Feng understood.

It was impossible for a God King Ultimate Realm to lose treasures they were carrying themselves. There was only one possibility—they were stolen.

When he first came to Rain-Mist City, he had also been a victim of theft.

"We God King Ultimate Realms are too weak; when we are stolen from, we don't even feel it," the old man sighed. "In the past, I didn't care when I was stolen from, but this time, it was the auxiliary elixirs I bought with savings I had painstakingly accumulated, and they were all gone in an instant."

"It's too hard, too hard."

"Earning some Using Hunyuan Crystals is too hard, life is too hard, cultivation is too hard." The old man's mood was complex.

But after taking two more sips of wine, the old man laughed again: "Although it's hard, at least there is still hope for cultivation in Rain-Mist City."

"Yes, at least there is hope." Luo Feng nodded. Didn't all the cultivators who came to Rain-Mist City do so to walk further on the path of cultivation?

"Thank you for the wine, brother." The old man left with a smile.

The days of cultivation must continue.

Luo Feng watched the other party: "This is the normal life of the lower strata in Rain-Mist City."

Di Fu and Di Ming were like this when they first arrived in Rain-Mist City; it was difficult even to find the most ordinary job!

Such lower-strata cultivators in Rain-Mist City accounted for the vast majority, numbering as many as hundreds of millions! These hundreds of millions of cultivators lacked the strength to hunt low-level Using Hunyuan lifeforms and tried to serve the strong just to earn a few resources. They were still stolen from and had to pay residence fees and cave dwelling rental fees.

"Hmm?" The old man had been gone for a moment when he suddenly paused, looking at the wine pot in his hand.

Inside the wine pot, there was an invisible force sealing it, hiding a piece of Using Hunyuan Crystal.

This piece of Using Hunyuan Crystal was worth ten thousand Using Hunyuan Crystals.

"Ten thousand Using Hunyuan Crystals?" The old man hurriedly turned around, but Luo Feng's tracks were already gone from the lakeside. He realized at this moment that the man from earlier was definitely not an ordinary existence.

"Thank you, senior." The old man felt silently grateful in his heart, not daring to make a big scene, and immediately headed quietly toward his cave dwelling. He didn't dare to carry so many Using Hunyuan Crystals on him.

Luo Feng walked through Rain-Mist City. Lower-strata cultivators could be seen everywhere in Rain-Mist City, and most of these cultivators did not have long-term, stable jobs.

Long-term, stable jobs were also a heavy burden for many factions. Even if they only gave 20 Using Hunyuan Crystals per epoch, what about ten thousand epochs? A million epochs? Over time, this cost would be terrifying.

Therefore, most factions had few members with long-term, stable jobs, and most were short-term workers. They recruited more when busy and didn't need to recruit when things were quiet.

"Even so, lower-strata cultivators are the most prone to being stolen from." On his way, Luo Feng had encountered several thieves. "Because they are poor, weak, and can't afford the secret treasure 'Illusionary Maze'."

"Whoosh."

A flying boat flew past from afar.

Luo Feng could sense there were five cultivators inside. Judging by their aura, they should all be at the 'early-stage God Emperor Dao-seeker' level! He guessed they had just returned from hunting.

"In Rain-Mist City, even if one escapes the lower strata and is a bit stronger, reaching the early-stage God Emperor Dao-seeker level... one usually still has to risk their life to hunt."

"Mid-stage God Emperor Dao-seekers are still mostly hunters. A minority can occupy important positions in large factions."

Luo Feng thought.

Like Di Qing, as a mid-stage God Emperor Dao-seeker, it was only because of his relationship with Luo Feng that he could get a good position at the Elixir Tower. Otherwise, with so many powerhouses in the city, why would Tower Master Changqing want him?

In the entire Rain-Mist City, there were not many who could be considered to be living comfortably. More than ninety-nine percent were having a very hard time.

"Even with such hardship, everyone still came."

"Just for the path of cultivation."

Luo Feng walked outside the 'Insect Nest' cave dwelling, one of the three major plundering factions.

Even from far away, he could still see that towering, massive spherical creature. The surface of the spherical creature still showed faces of madness, and there were many holes on its surface, with cultivators still entering and exiting.

"Insect Nest Master." Luo Feng watched calmly.

Although he was in no rush to break through to the late stage of the Dao of Life and Death.

But even if it was the mid-stage of the Dao of Life and Death, plus Life and Destruction both reaching the late-stage God Emperor, and with such long years of research into Using Hunyuan bloodlines, Luo Feng's accumulation was too deep, and he had comprehended many secret techniques.

Luo Feng didn't even pay much attention to the three Hall Masters, so naturally, he cared even less about an Insect Nest Master.

"The Infinite Using Hunyuan Space has a vast number of Origin Worlds and an even greater number of billions of worlds," Luo Feng thought. "Cultivators in different worlds are different. Even without an Insect Nest Master, Ghost Workshop Master, or Wan Ying Xiao Lou Master... there will still be many cultivators stealing and plundering."

For resources, they would stop at nothing.

In the thirty-five cities of the Nine Rivers Sacred World, every city was like this.

Even if Luo Feng became the City Lord and forcibly disbanded the three factions like the Insect Nest, the phenomena of theft and plundering would still be difficult to eradicate.

"Luo Feng came outside my cave dwelling and is staring at me?"

This massive Insect Nest was the physical body of the Insect Nest Master.

Luo Feng was just staring at the Insect Nest from outside the cave dwelling door, and the Insect Nest Master naturally sensed it.

"I haven't bought a suitable soul secret treasure yet," the Insect Nest Master thought. "I can only endure for now. Once the soul secret treasure is in hand, I will definitely make this Luo Feng know the price of provoking me!"

Suddenly, a soul transmission rang out inside the Insect Nest—

"Insect Nest Master, I am just watching your massive body from outside your cave dwelling; do you pretend not to see me?" Luo Feng's voice came through.

"Luo Feng—" The Insect Nest Master was shocked and angry, staring at Luo Feng, and also transmitted, "You have gone too far."

"When you went to the Elixir Tower, you attacked me directly. I came outside your Insect Nest cave dwelling and only said a few words, and I've gone too far?" Luo Feng transmitted with a smile.

The Insect Nest Master was silent.

"Your courage is much smaller than the rumors say." Seeing that the other party was silent and didn't even talk back, Luo Feng didn't say anything more and immediately turned and left.

The Insect Nest Master endured it.

"He dares to come and provoke me; I'm afraid he has something to rely on." The Insect Nest Master vaguely felt this; it was her intuition from living for long years.

While Luo Feng was strolling in Rain-Mist City.

Inside a very ordinary cave dwelling in the outer city area of Rain-Mist City.

Two weak cultivators met.

"Get ready, the King will enter Rain-Mist City in the near future," a thin cultivator transmitted.

"The King is finally coming?" Another elderly cultivator was excited. "I will mobilize my subordinates now and let everyone get ready."

"The matter of the King's arrival is only known to the leaders," the thin cultivator instructed. "Below the leaders... it must be kept secret!"

"Rest assured, my subordinates all think it's an ordinary infiltration and assassination; infiltrating Rain-Mist City to assassinate is also common in the past," the elderly cultivator responded. "The real plan is only known to me."

The thin cultivator nodded and transmitted: "Get ready, wait patiently! After the King enters Rain-Mist City, he can communicate with us leaders through our souls."

The elderly cultivator was quite expectant: "Waited too long; this time, tearing apart Rain-Mist City, with Rain-Mist City's hundreds of millions of cultivators, we will definitely have a good feast. Once we devour enough cultivators, we will have hope of regaining our freedom."

In the outside world, killing a cultivator was very difficult.

Breaking through Rain-Mist City, hundreds of millions of cultivators were all delicacies before them!

"Wait patiently, this day is coming soon," the thin cultivator smiled slightly.

(End of chapter)