Chapter 9: Rating

“Shenjun,” the fat official introduced, “the residence we’ve prepared for the Eternal Shen in Huyang City is all along the ring zone near the Chaos Ruins, where the perception of Chaos Dao is clearest.”

Large cities attract Eternal Shens precisely because they house the Chaos Ruins—near them, the perception of Chaos Dao is most distinct! Eternal Shens naturally prefer to dwell here.

The Chaos Ruins also condense vast quantities of Chaos Crystals and Chaos Stones.

All Chaos Crystals and Chaos Stones on the Origin Continent originate from these Chaos Ruins.

“Shenjun, please look—the ring zone around the Chaos Ruins has over ten thousand cavern dwellings available for selection,” the fat official said, as a 3D model of Huyang City materialized inside the hall, marking dozens of cavern dwellings along the ring zone.

“If you find one too small, you can even buy several to form an ultra-large dwelling,” the fat official chuckled. “Many great clans in Huyang City have purchased dwellings here.”

“I’ll take this one,” Luo Feng selected a relatively small cavern dwelling, instantly seeing all its data.

The dwelling measured twenty thousand kilometers in length and width, containing a mountain twelve thousand eight hundred kilometers high, along with elegant lakes and rivers, over a thousand pavilions and halls, and beneath it lay an underground grand hall.

The underground grand hall spanned ten thousand kilometers in both length and width, layered with traps and encircled by multiple arrays—clearly meant for seclusion and cultivation.

“This dwelling is rather small,” the fat official warned. “When an Eternal Shen manifests their true form to cultivate secret techniques, they might find it cramped.”

“More than enough,” Luo Feng smiled.

Indeed, an Eternal Shen requires ample space to manifest their true form and cultivate secret techniques.

But his divine body could shrink or expand at will—smaller form brought no disadvantage. If he fully expanded? Even the largest dwelling would feel too small.

“The purchase price for this ‘Chaos Jia 913’ dwelling is five hundred Cosmic Sands,” said the thinner official beside him.

Luo Feng immediately waved his hand, and exactly five hundred Cosmic Sands floated into view. He chose the smaller dwelling because the Cosmic Sands left by Hei Duo Mo were scarce.

Too large a dwelling? He couldn’t afford it!

Besides, since his size was flexible and only he and Mo Luo Sa would reside here, there was no need for anything larger.

“Please, Shenjun, kindly reveal your honored name,” the thinner official continued.

“Luo He,” Luo Feng said, using a false name to prevent Zi Yue Shizu from leaking his true identity.

“All information has been recorded,” the thinner official handed Luo Feng a talisman. “From this moment, the ‘Chaos Jia 913’ dwelling belongs to you, Shenjun.”

“Good,” Luo Feng accepted the talisman with satisfaction and turned to leave with Mo Luo Sa and Mo Yu Hu.

The two officials respectfully saw the Eternal Shen to the hall’s entrance, watching as they flew away.

“Report to the Marquis’s mansion at once,” the fat official urged.

“Eternal Shens who openly purchase residences usually have no ill intent,” the thinner official said, while simultaneously submitting detailed reports.

…

After flying out of the Chaos Hall,

“Mo Yu Hu, you’ve worked hard guiding us these past days. If you ever run into trouble, send me a message,” Luo Feng smiled, imprinting a communication mark onto him.

Mo Yu Hu was both startled and delighted: “It is my honor to serve the Supreme One.” He recorded the communication mark and immediately sent a message to Luo Feng, thus establishing contact.

This type of ordinary communication talisman had limited range—slightly larger than Huyang City itself.

Luo Feng smiled faintly. Though Mo Yu Hu was merely a Void Shen, he had served him faithfully for days. Luo Feng never took advantage of others.

“Kid, we’ll meet again someday,” Mo Luo Sa chuckled, then departed with Luo Feng.

Mo Yu Hu watched the two figures fly away, silently marveling: “I, Mo Yu Hu, am truly fortunate—I’ve encountered such a benevolent Supreme One! He didn’t kill me, didn’t rob me. I merely guided him, and he still offered me a way to seek help. The difference between Eternal Shens is truly vast.”

Mo Yu Hu sighed, then mounted his flying vessel and headed home: “Let’s see if those three brats have caused trouble again.”

Thinking of his three children, Mo Yu Hu felt a warm glow.

With this treasure returned, their fates would change.

Having seen the massive Huyang City model during the purchase, Luo Feng and the others already knew the exact location of the dwelling and flew directly there.

“Master, you’re called Luo He—what should I call myself?” Mo Luo Sa sent a mental message.

“You’re Luo Sa,” Luo Feng replied mentally.

“Got it!” Mo Luo Sa nodded.

The Chaos Hall was not far from the Chaos Ruins. After a brief flight, Luo Feng and Mo Luo Sa arrived before the dwelling.

“Here we are,” Luo Feng gazed at the dwelling ahead, seeing the elegant mountain range over a hundred thousand kilometers tall, dotted with lakes and waterfalls. A dwelling twenty thousand kilometers wide was indeed small for an Eternal Shen.

Luo Feng held the talisman and easily assimilated it.

Hummm~~~

The secret runes carved into the underground grand hall glowed, and arrays surfaced one after another, shifting and merging, drawing in dense heavenly and earthly energy mist that veiled the entire dwelling in clouds.

“This array is quite potent—even an Eternal Shen forcing entry would need time to break through,” Luo Feng was quite satisfied.

“It cost five hundred Cosmic Sands—how could the arrays be weak?” Mo Luo Sa couldn’t help saying; his own pocket money was barely over a hundred Cosmic Sands.

“You’re paying for the location—proximity to the Chaos Ruins! The arrays are just a free bonus,” Luo Feng said after fully assimilating the dwelling’s arrays. He condensed his divine power into a talisman and handed it to Mo Luo Sa. “This one’s for you—use it to enter and leave freely.” Mo Luo Sa took it. “Let’s take a proper look at this dwelling.”

Whoosh!

Luo Feng and Mo Luo Sa entered through the main gate, strolling leisurely through the dwelling. With their flight speed, they traversed its entire length in an instant, finishing their tour quickly.

The master and servant reached the mountain peak and drank together in celebration.

“From now on, we’ll temporarily reside in Huyang City,” Luo Feng drank and smiled.

“Our first dwelling since arriving on the Origin Continent,” Mo Luo Sa also loved this dwelling.

Luo Feng glanced around and said, “Choose any one of the thousand-plus buildings as your residence—the main pavilion is mine.”

Mo Luo Sa drank happily—this was fine wine brought from the Original Universe, one sip less with every drop. He looked down and nodded: “I’ll take the secondary pavilion just beside the main one—I must protect my master.”

“Hahaha, relying on you for protection,” Luo Feng said, already sensing the Chaos Dao.

Boom boom boom~~~

Too close—the Chaos Dao manifested right next door, in the adjacent dwelling! He could even see with his naked eyes the solidified Chaos Dao emanating from the neighboring ‘Chaos Ruins.’

“When I first arrived on the Origin Continent, I already felt the Chaos Dao was clear,” Luo Feng thought. “Now, living right beside the Chaos Ruins—I’m watching the Dao manifest at point-blank range!”

!

This cultivation environment was infinitely better than the Original Universe.

Having grown accustomed to the Original Universe’s obscenely vague conditions, Luo Feng felt so moved he nearly wept.

“With this environment, I need no treasures—only time to contemplate. I will surely comprehend the Chaos Dao,” Luo Feng was confident.

Under such conditions, comprehending the Chaos Dao was far easier than sensing the Source of Dao in the Original Universe.

“Master… hmm?”

Mo Luo Sa had been drinking and chatting with Luo Feng when suddenly, Luo Feng sat still, entering cultivation.

“Already starting to cultivate?”

Mo Luo Sa blinked, glancing at the neighboring Chaos Ruins. “I don’t feel anything special about this so-called Chaos Ruins.”

He was born from the Path of Destruction—given enough time and energy, he could reach the peak simply by eating and drinking. He naturally couldn’t understand Luo Feng’s emotion.

“Master must cultivate hard—he must grow strong enough to protect me one day,” Mo Luo Sa thought. Recalling that among countless Jieshou born in the three thousand Original Universes, only Tianmu Nation’s had survived, he felt immense pressure.

…

At this moment, inside the ultra-large dwelling Chaos Jia 3, owned by the Mo Li family,

“Hmm?” The middle-aged man with four purple curved horns, Mo Li Meng, stared at a report floating before him. “An unknown Eternal Shen arrived in Huyang City and purchased ‘Chaos Jia 913’—his name is Luo He?”

“No other records exist about him,” Mo Li Meng speculated. “Is he a newly ascended Eternal Shen? Or an agent sent by an outside force?”

As a bustling border trade city, Huyang City was full of all kinds of beings. Mo Li Meng took every piece of Eternal Shen intelligence seriously.

“Father, Father!” A muscular armored woman strode in.

“Fei Yun,” Mo Li Meng smiled at his daughter. “Back from the hunt?”

Mo Li Fei Yun said, “The hunt was trivial. Father, on my way back to Huyang City, I spotted an unknown Eternal Shen not listed in your intelligence—black hair, and a pair of dark-golden pointed horns…”

“Is it him?” Mo Li Meng pulled up the earlier report.

Mo Li Fei Yun studied the report’s details and nodded. “Yes, it’s him. His name is Luo He? The Marquis’s office rated his strength as Ding-level? So low?”

The Marquis’s office closely monitored every Eternal Shen, gathering all available intelligence and assigning a strength rating: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding—from highest to lowest.

Such intelligence was immediately relayed to high-ranking core members.

As one of Huyang City’s top officials, Mo Li Meng held access to most of its secrets—though those hostile Eternal Shens deliberately hiding within were harder to uncover.

“Since there’s no prior record of him in official files, he’s temporarily rated Ding-level,” Mo Li Meng said.

“No record of him anywhere in the Yu Nation’s official archives?” Mo Li Fei Yun was astonished.

“None.”

Mo Li Meng said, “Since he openly purchased a dwelling, he likely has no hostile intent. Probably a newly ascended Eternal Shen. Such newcomers, lacking extensive trials, rarely possess great strength—perhaps only third or fourth level of Eternal Shen. A Ding rating is reasonable.”

“Still, even if he’s Ding-level, keep your distance,” Mo Li Meng warned his daughter.

“Understood,” Mo Li Fei Yun replied obediently.

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