Two Star-Level youths, four Constellation-Level bodyguards, two Flowing-Silver guards, and a young Dream-Beast maid servant.
This was Luo Feng’s team.
“Constellation-Level may be considered a powerful figure in some regions, but only Universe-Level can be called a true local tyrant—the true ruler of an entire star system!” Luo Feng mused as he walked. “Once my Golden-Horned Giant Beast reaches Universe-Level, I’ll finally have enough confidence! However, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast consumes metals, which requires a tremendous amount of money to purchase!”
“Money, money, money!”
“Perhaps I should sell the Arc-Blade Disc?” Luo Feng pondered.
He already had two items—the Runaway Shuttle and the Arc-Blade Disc. In battle, he only needed one psychic weapon. Moreover, he had an ultimate secret weapon—the fragment of Red Chaos Copper!
“Sell or not to sell the Arc-Blade Disc?” Luo Feng hesitated internally.
“Hey Luo Feng, ahead is a store called ‘Treasure Oddities.’ It sells all sorts of unique treasures—everything bizarre and strange. Their only commonality is that they’re all valuable treasures! Naturally, they’re all extremely expensive. Let’s take a look first; it’s not far from the slave market anyway,” Gao Sheng called out with a smile.
“Treasure Oddities?”
Curious, Luo Feng followed Gao Sheng into the store.
The store was massive, comparable to a large plaza on Earth. Inside, the items were divided into sections: combat suits, tamed beasts, psychic weapons, strange fruits, robots, and more. There were holographic projections of each item, all priced exorbitantly.
“This ‘Treasure Oddities’ may not be as comprehensive as specialized stores that exclusively sell psychic weapons or robots, but its strength lies in the diversity of its inventory,” Gao Sheng praised. “Brother, you go ahead and browse. I’ll take a look around too.”
Luo Feng scanned the holographic projections of the items and their prices…
Expensive!
Too expensive!
“Even seeds of the Moyun Vine are here? Purple Crystal Fruit too? That’s insane!” Luo Feng’s expression remained calm, but inside, his heart was churning.
Even if Earth were sold, they still couldn’t afford many of the items here.
“This is—”
Suddenly, Luo Feng noticed a small piece of metal that matched a crucial material he remembered from the first stage of the “Heaven and Earth of the Original Body” cultivation technique. “This is it!”
The first stage of “Heaven and Earth of the Original Body” required this metal the most!
“The price? Converted to Earth units, 200 Heilong Coins per gram?” Luo Feng’s eyes widened. “Sold by the gram?”
“The Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s body size consumes metals by the ton!” Luo Feng felt a sense of helplessness.
In the universe, this metal was sold by the gram!
Just like on Earth, where gold was sold by the gram. Imagine suddenly having a pet that eats tons of gold every day—even the richest man on Earth would go bankrupt.
Same logic.
“One gram is 200 Heilong Coins. One ton would be 200 million Heilong Coins!” Luo Feng blinked. “If the Golden-Horned Giant Beast consumes about a ton daily while cultivating ‘Heaven and Earth of the Original Body,’ then annually…”
Astronomical figures flooded Luo Feng’s mind. No wonder! No wonder generation after generation of Golden-Horned Giant Beasts only managed to complete the first stage of “Heaven and Earth of the Original Body.”
“Brother Luo Feng, what are you looking at?” Gao Sheng approached and saw. “Memory-type metal? This kind of metal is great—it can be added to weapons in small amounts, allowing them to automatically recover from damage!”
There were many types of memory metals.
All were measured in grams!
All extremely expensive!
“I’ll go outside for a breath of fresh air first.” Luo Feng felt increasingly frustrated and helpless the more he looked.
Across the vast universe, treasures are plentiful.
There are treasures to enhance strength, treasures to enhance the soul—everything exists!
The problem isn’t the lack of treasures, but the lack of money to buy them!
With enough wealth, buying a planet is easy, and commanding millions as slaves is simple!
“I’m not looking anymore either. No money to buy. Let’s go to the slave market,” Gao Sheng sighed helplessly.
…
The slave market covered an area over 300 kilometers in diameter. If placed on Earth, it would be an enormous city.
But on Qiulong Star, it was only a small part of Qiulong City.
The slave market was packed with people—it was the largest slave market among the surrounding hundreds of star systems.
“These Ironborn are all very strong. Though they don’t know cultivation and are a bit dull, each is comparable to a ninth-stage Novice Warrior! Each costs only 20 Heilong Coins, and bulk purchases even get discounts!” Outside the large slave shops, people were enthusiastically attracting customers.
Luo Feng was speechless.
Ninth-stage Novice? Isn’t that equivalent to a high-level War God on Earth?
20 Heilong Coins each?
Spending 100 million could buy 5 million high-level War Gods?
“Those below Star-Level cannot become citizens, so their prices are very low,” Gao Sheng explained as they walked. “Those below Star-Level, unless they are exceptionally beautiful women or have special traits, usually sell for around ten Heilong Coins. Look, over there—those are all beauties!”
In the distance, a group of incredibly beautiful women from various races stood. Some had fair skin, some had furry tails, some had cat ears, and some looked just like humans from Earth. Each one, if brought to Earth, would be a beauty capable of toppling a nation.
“Each one is 5000 Heilong Coins. Top-tier beauties. Buy in bulk and get discounts,” a beautiful girl called out sweetly beside them.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng noticed another plaza where a strong aura of power radiated. There, warriors and psychics at the sixth, seventh, even eighth and ninth stages of Star-Level stood. Only a few were at the third or fourth stages. Many of them radiated a presence no weaker than Hong or Thunder God.
“5,000? 8,000? That eighth-stage Star-Level is 20,000? The ninth-stage psychic is 100,000?” Luo Feng read the price tags.
100,000 Heilong Coins could buy a ninth-stage Star-Level psychic!
On Earth, that would be an almost invincible existence!
Beside Luo Feng, Gao Sheng shrugged indifferently. “Star-Level beings are only useful as enforcers or servants. Not much else. In the universe, Constellation-Level is the ideal level for bodyguards or servants. Those below Star-Level are around ten Heilong Coins, Star-Level is around ten thousand, and Constellation-Level is around one hundred million.”
Led by Gao Sheng, they soon reached an even larger plaza where stood a total of eighteen warriors and psychics.
Each one was at a different stage from first to ninth of Constellation-Level—one warrior and one psychic per stage! Each had a listed price.
Eighteen Constellation-Level slaves, each voluntarily radiating their auras to display their power! Especially those at the eighth and ninth stages—each was far stronger than the Golden-Horned Giant Beast Luo Feng once was. The combined aura of this group made Luo Feng involuntarily shiver.
“So strong!” Gao Sheng muttered beside him, his legs trembling slightly.
“Indeed.”
Luo Feng held his breath.
Crossing levels was a leap in life’s hierarchy! The higher the level, the more dramatic the leap! If a first-stage Star-Level warrior was several times stronger than a ninth-stage Novice, then a first-stage Constellation-Level warrior was over ten times stronger than a ninth-stage Star-Level. And a first-stage Universe-Level warrior was even stronger than a ninth-stage Constellation-Level.
The higher the level, the greater the gap between stages!
That was why Hong and Thunder God, already seventh and eighth-stage Star-Level warriors, domain experts who burned their souls, initially couldn’t even scratch the Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s scales. It was only after Hong unleashed his full power that he managed to break through. One reason was the Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s immense strength, but the other was the vast gap between Constellation-Level and Star-Level.
Each of these eighteen slaves had a far stronger aura than Luo Feng.
Even a seventh or eighth-stage Constellation-Level warrior could easily destroy Earth!
“First-stage Constellation-Level warriors are quite cheap, only one million. Fourth-stage warriors cost twenty million? Seventh-stage warriors are expensive, reaching five hundred million! Eighth-stage warriors cost two billion, and ninth-stage warriors cost five billion.” Luo Feng read the prices, noting that psychics were priced at three times the amount of warriors at the same level!
“The prices are actually reasonable,” Gao Sheng commented.
“Sir, are you interested in purchasing any Constellation-Level slaves?” A manager from the plaza hurried over, clearly recognizing Luo Feng and Gao Sheng’s entourage as potential high-end buyers.
“I already have Constellation-Level slaves,” Gao Sheng smiled at the manager. “I heard that last time on Qiulong Star, there was a Universe-Level slave for sale?”
Luo Feng was startled.
A Universe-Level slave?
A single Universe-Level warrior could dominate an entire star system. Universe-Level was the true local tyrant!
A Universe-Level slave?
However, Luo Feng had learned from Babata that the slaves’ minds were implanted with “biological chips” that fused with their brains. Once implanted, they couldn’t be removed and would make the slave completely loyal to their master. To destroy the chip, one had to destroy the brain. However, human souls reside in the Conscious Sea!
Thus, destroying the head meant certain death.
Unless… one became a Domain Lord!
Only Domain Lords could separate their souls from their heads, thus removing the chip from their brains.
Therefore…
Theoretically, the strongest slave under the “biological chip” was a ninth-stage Universe-Level warrior. Of course, if one used the Yintu Star’s secret technique “Soul Seal,” even Immortal warriors could be controlled! However, such a secret art was one of the most guarded top-tier techniques in the vast universe.
“A Universe-Level slave? Of course, sir! If you’re interested in buying one, our boss can arrange it,” the manager smiled.
“I was just asking. I can’t afford one,” Gao Sheng laughed.
“Universe-Level slaves are expensive! Naturally, capturing a Universe-Level warrior alive is difficult enough, and implanting the chip is even harder. A single Universe-Level warrior costs in the trillions of Heilong Coins—more expensive than an entire planet!” the manager shook his head. “In my opinion, with that kind of money, it’s better to buy ten or twenty ninth-stage Constellation-Level warriors. Maybe one of them will break through to Universe-Level. Then you can resell them and make a fortune!”
“You’re kidding me!” Gao Sheng glared. “A ninth-stage Constellation-Level breaking through to Universe-Level? One in ten thousand?”
“Just a thought,” the manager laughed.
Luo Feng, however, couldn’t help but envy those slaves.
Eighth and ninth-stage Constellation-Level warriors were thousands of times stronger than his Earth clone! Even the fourth-stage Golden-Horned Giant Beast at full strength might not be their match. Unless facing a Universe-Level opponent, these slaves as bodyguards would be unstoppable. And with chip control, they would obey without question.
Throughout history, there had never been a case of a slave betraying their master.
“Just too expensive!”
Luo Feng frowned. “The Golden-Horned Giant Beast needs money to grow stronger! ‘Heaven and Earth of the Original Body’ cultivation requires money! Becoming the ruler of Earth requires money! Getting powerful, obedient subordinates also requires money!”
“Damn it!”
Luo Feng clenched his teeth. “I don’t use the Arc-Blade Disc much anyway. My ultimate move relies on the Red Chaos Copper fragment. I might as well sell the Arc-Blade Disc! Then I’ll have enough money for cultivation and buying slaves!”
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