Chapter 1329: Grand Acquisition

Dongbo Xueying and the others feasted until dawn the next day before concluding. Although Chi Mo and his companions were members of the first team responsible for rescuing “newcomers,” the Sacred World had only so many cultivators, and newcomers rarely arrived. Moreover, the entire city spanned over a hundred thousand miles, and they could quickly gather at the city walls from any location within it.

At Fu Yuan, Dongbo Xueying and his group rose, preparing to depart.

“Feixue, here’s the roasted meat you requested—three hundred cubes in total! That should last you three million years.” The old man Fu An handed a storage bracelet to Dongbo Xueying, filled with an enormous amount of roasted meat.

Dongbo Xueying inspected it briefly.

The quantity of roasted meat was nearly equivalent to more than half of the Shadow Reaper’s body. After all, bones, scales, and other parts couldn’t be turned into roasted meat, and Fu An also charged a small fee. This type of “roasted meat” was the easiest to prepare, though its flavor was still quite good.

“Thanks.” Dongbo Xueying accepted it with a smile.

“That’ll only last three million years. After that, you’ll have to go hunting again,” Chi Mo remarked. “Since it’s your first time, you’d better join a large hunting team—at least fifty cultivators.”

“Understood.” Dongbo Xueying nodded.

To join a hunting expedition, one simply needed to send a request via a communication treasure to the “Chiyun Hall.”

Chiyun Hall maintained a public list of applicants for hunting teams at all times. Hunting teams ranged from thirty to a hundred members. Once a team was formed, the applicants would be notified to act together.

These hunting teams typically operated near Chiyun City, facing relatively low danger—mostly just for “food.” However, even with minimal risk, large numbers of Hunyuan lifeforms would still ambush them, and casualties were inevitable.

“By the way, everyone,” Dongbo Xueying called out as Chi Mo and the others were about to leave. “I’d like to purchase body parts of Hunyuan lifeforms that contain insights into the laws of the Void. I’ll exchange them for double the volume of flesh. However, I only need one of each type. Also… I don’t need materials from Void-aligned Hunyuan lifeforms.”

“Body parts with Void insights, but not from Void-aligned Hunyuan lifeforms? That’s an odd request.”

“Alright, alright.”

“I actually have some stored.”

Chi Mo, Lei Xiao, Eagle-Snake Deity, and Fu An all looked pleased.

Fu An added eagerly, “I’ve slaughtered countless Hunyuan lifeforms. I have piles of scales, hides, and other scraps lying around.” As the most renowned chef in the city, his collection of scales, bones, and other materials was among the largest in Chiyun City.

“Let us trade with Brother Feixue first. You go last,” Chi Mo insisted.

“Yes, you go last.”

“If you trade first, what’s left for us?”

Eagle-Snake Deity and Lei Xiao chimed in.

Fu An chuckled but didn’t rush.

With a wave of their hands, Chi Mo and the other two summoned piles of scales, bones, horns, thick hides, and fur—all containing Void insights. A single innate Hunyuan lifeform’s body manifested various laws. Some parts reflected different rules, much like the “Thousand-Eyed Creature,” whose eyes contained illusions while other parts did not.

Similarly, a fire-aligned innate Hunyuan lifeform might have over ninety percent of its body embodying fire laws, but the remaining parts could reflect other laws.

Even non-Void-aligned Hunyuan lifeforms had small portions containing Void insights.

“No duplicates. Chi Mo, take back this scale.”

“Why should I? We all brought them out together!”

“You brought more than I did. Hey—this scale is from a Void Shadow Dragon! Brother Feixue said he doesn’t need Void-aligned materials!”

“Too many. I grabbed the wrong one.”

“On purpose, I bet.”

“I wouldn’t stoop to trickery for a bit of flesh. Brother Feixue, consider this fang a free gift.”

These once-dominant figures in their homeworlds now bickered over food. Scales, bones, and fur were usually worthless, but now they could be exchanged for double the volume of edible flesh—essentially free provisions.

Moreover, the Hunyuan lifeforms in the Sacred World existed in vast numbers within their respective species, making similar materials easy to find. Hence, Dongbo Xueying insisted on no duplicates—he sought these materials for cultivation, not redundancy.

“Come on, then.” Dongbo Xueying cheerfully traded, collecting vast amounts of Void-insight materials.

Between Chi Mo, Lei Xiao, and Eagle-Snake Deity, they exchanged for nearly ten cubes of roasted meat—enough to last each of them tens of thousands of years.

“My turn now?” Fu An grinned.

“Brother Fu An, go ahead.” Dongbo Xueying smiled.

“Double the flesh is quite generous. Some only offer a one-to-one exchange,” Fu An remarked. In the Sacred World, flesh was measured by volume due to the world’s suppression. Weaker beings were compressed to smaller sizes, and even if they enlarged in battle, their corpses reverted to their original forms upon death. Equal volumes of flesh contained equal energy.

With a wave of his hand, Fu An summoned an overwhelming pile of materials. Having observed the others’ offerings, he ensured no duplicates.

While the first three had exchanged for a combined ten cubes, Fu An alone traded for over a hundred and ninety cubes from Dongbo Xueying.

“Brother Feixue, double the flesh is too much.”

“Yeah, you’re making Fu An rich.”

Chi Mo and the others couldn’t help but protest.

“It’s fine.” Dongbo Xueying waved his hand again, summoning another Shadow Reaper corpse—he had brought two. “Brother Fu An, exchange this for more roasted meat.”

“Hahaha! You had another Shadow Reaper?” Fu An laughed heartily. Having just profited greatly, he declared magnanimously, “Fine, for this one, I won’t take any profit. Three hundred and twenty cubes of roasted meat.”

Another batch of roasted meat was exchanged.

Dongbo Xueying was delighted—these materials, embodying Hunyuan-level insights, were incredibly rare.

“No profit? Hmph! You’ve practically exhausted all tradable materials,” Chi Mo rumbled.

“Not just ‘practically’—completely!” Fu An gloated. “If I hadn’t let you three go first, you wouldn’t have gotten anything. Aside from prisoners, I’ve personally slaughtered every type of innate Hunyuan lifeform ever hunted here and collected their materials.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded.

*Everything?*

“Brother Feixue, why only these? Void-aligned Hunyuan lifeforms have over ninety percent of their bodies containing Void insights. Studying them would help you more,” Eagle-Snake Deity pointed out.

“No rush,” Dongbo Xueying replied. “I plan to announce a public trade.”

“Public trade? Do you have more Hunyuan corpses?” The four of them were stunned. A public trade would require an exorbitant price.

“Not many,” Dongbo Xueying shook his head.

“Then why announce it?”

“Exactly! Slaughtering a peak Divine Emperor-level Hunyuan lifeform is nearly impossible. Even here, with more experts and coordination, it’s still incredibly difficult. Their bodies are enormous—just the flesh could last nearly a hundred billion years! How could you afford it?”

“I have a Hunyuan lifeform from my homeworld—one that doesn’t exist in the Sacred World,” Dongbo Xueying revealed.

In truth, his storage treasure held two Hunyuan corpses from the Thunderbolt World—one from the Iron Dragon City Lord’s eldest son, the other from the Shadow Demon Sect Master.

“A Hunyuan lifeform not found here?” The four gasped.

That made it priceless.

For cultivators seeking enlightenment, a never-before-seen Hunyuan corpse was an irresistible treasure—especially for the strongest in Chiyun City.

As the four stared enviously, Dongbo Xueying sent a message through his communication treasure, broadcasting it to all cultivators in Chiyun City via Chiyun Hall.

The message was simple:

“I possess a complete fire-aligned Hunyuan lifeform corpse from another world—one never before seen in the Sacred World. I am willing to trade it for a complete Void-aligned Hunyuan corpse. The highest bidder within ten thousand years will obtain it. The starting price is three different peak Divine Emperor-level Void-aligned corpses.”

The announcement sent shockwaves through Chiyun City, especially among fire-aligned experts. If not for the city’s ironclad rule—no killing within its walls, punishable by collective execution—many would have resorted to murder and theft. Of course, Dongbo Xueying wouldn’t have announced it otherwise.

“What? A never-before-seen fire-aligned corpse?”

“The price is insane—three peak Divine Emperor-level corpses as a starting bid?”

“This newcomer is ruthless. Does he think peak-level corpses grow on trees?”

The city buzzed with whispers.

Dongbo Xueying set the starting bid at three peak-level corpses because slaying such beings was nearly impossible—even in the Sacred World, with its superior coordination. Their sheer size meant their flesh alone could sustain a cultivator for nearly a hundred billion years.

“Even with this outrageous price, the final bid might exceed it.”

“The top fire-aligned experts are filthy rich.”

Some deemed the demand excessive, yet others anticipated even higher offers.

Amid the uproar, in another residence within Chiyun City, another newcomer—Northriver Emperor—received the news.

“Trading for Void-aligned corpses? At such a price?” Northriver Emperor’s eye twitched with envy and frustration.

Unlike Dongbo Xueying, he had arrived in the Sacred World with no Hunyuan corpses. Struggling for food, he had already applied to join the latest hunting team. The provisions given to him by his rescuers would barely last ten thousand years.

“While I scrape by, he flaunts his wealth, making the city’s top fire-aligned experts drool.” Northriver Emperor sighed. Both had journeyed from the Broken Tooth Mountain Range to the Thunderbolt World and then here—yet their fates couldn’t be more different.