Swallowing the Stars: Providing a Loan to Luo Feng Begins

Chapter 128 The Mountain Dweller: What level are Giant Axe and Yuan compared to me? (3.9k)

The Mysterious Realm of Yan.

After Emperor Yan led the entire Yan God Clan to break away from the human race, they have lived here ever since.
Today, deep within the Yan God Clan.

A huge wolf's head appeared in it.

"Tianlang, what business does your demon race have with me?" Emperor Yan's gaze was icy. He didn't think much of this Lord of Tianlang. If the other party hadn't come on behalf of the demon race, he wouldn't have been interested in talking to him at all.

Lord Sirius had long known of Emperor Yan's arrogance, so he didn't pay it any mind. Instead, he said, "In the outer battlefield, we are preparing to launch a new round of decisive battle."

"The Great Battle? Don't your four top clans only have one every 1000 epochs?" Emperor Yan was also quite curious.

A grand battle in the outer realms every 1000 epochs is a tradition of the four major races. Once the battle begins, soldiers from all over the world will be involved, including world lords, immortals, marquises, kings... and kings are invincible!
Unless you're a cosmic master.

There are all levels available.

Various races will send a large number of troops to invade, and even the cosmic-level beings, who are considered powerful in the universe, are just the lowest-ranking soldiers.

A fierce battle ensued.

The original intention was to allow some talented individuals who lacked the necessary skills and were stuck in a bottleneck to fight and seek a glimmer of hope for advancement.

Therefore, the natural frequency will not be too high.

The frequency of battles is already quite high at 1000 epochs, and the main battles fought as 'consumables' are only fought by World Lords. For World Lords, even if they don't die in battle after 1000 epochs, their lifespan will come to an end. It's better to have a final battle on the outer battlefield.

Seeking a glimmer of hope for promotion.

"So, your demon race has come to invite my Yan God race to join your demon race's side?" The Yan Emperor harbored deep resentment towards the human race.

Whenever such a decisive battle occurs.

He will be invited to join one of the other three factions.

As long as the negotiations go even slightly smoothly, he will send the soldiers of the Flame God Clan in, and they will only kill the Flame God Clan.

The Flame God Clan possesses 'special armor'.

Their combat capabilities are quite remarkable.

A ninth-level Realm Lord wearing 'armor' possesses the strength of a peak Military Lord!
The Immortal Military Lord, wearing the 'General's Armor,' possesses the strength of a peak Marquis!
The Immortal Marquis, upon donning the 'King's Armor, possesses the peak strength of a King!
The entire Yan Shen Clan's army is often able to wreak havoc on the battlefields beyond the realm. If the Yan Shen Clan were not targeting only the human race, the other three top races would also be in a very difficult situation.

"Yes, this time, because of the large-scale hunting by humans and the Hong Alliance, our three major races plan to form a joint army to fight against the human race on the outer battlefield. So this time, you are not only joining our demon race, but all three races." The voice of the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf came through the space of consciousness.

Emperor Yan smiled and said, "If I join one of the three major clans, I will also receive three portions of the agreed-upon reward!"

"Three portions?" The Lord of Sirius frowned.

This Yan Emperor is truly shameless!
Joining the three major camps and serving all three, the Yan God Clan couldn't possibly offer three times the troops, yet they demanded three times the compensation.

"Alright!" The Lord of Sirius thought for a moment and agreed.

The great battles that occur once every 1000 epochs are frequent enough that the reward is not particularly valuable. The Flame God Clan has those strange armors, which are equivalent to immortal 'realm lord armor soldiers', and they can all be used as consumables.

The Lord of Sirius has departed.

Emperor Yan stroked the 'Calamity Armor' on his body, muttering, "My future junior brother, please, please don't show up."

"This armor is difficult to activate, so let Senior Brother do it himself."

"Teacher Zuoshanke, you know my personality. You probably left the Calamity Armor with me so that my future junior brother could come and retrieve it himself, right? You want to use me as a test?"

"hehe."

"I will try my best to stop him."

"The Armor of Calamity is mine, and no one can take it away!"

After Luo Feng reached the level of a Universe Venerable at the Realm Lord level, Puti repeatedly warned Luo Feng never to break through to Immortality.

Before you break through, you must go somewhere with him.

Luo Feng brushed it off, saying that he had heard Chen Qi say that even the Star Tower, which was supposed to be recognized by the will of a Cosmic Venerable, was not necessarily safe, and it was also very painful; failure would mean death.

Therefore, they planned to wait until everything was more fully prepared.

Go again!

Year after year passed.

A decisive battle has erupted in the battlefields beyond our borders.

Most of the soldiers formed an army and fought fierce battles on various battlefields, causing the human forces to suffer repeated defeats.

The Yan God Clan, in particular, has a large number of soldiers wearing special armor.

Although the overall race is not strong, it has various armored soldiers, making it a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield outside the domain!

Chaos City.

Luo Feng had also heard about the news of the extraterritorial battlefield. Faced with this situation, he also wanted to help the human race, but his teacher, the Chaos City Lord, said that his own cultivation was more important.

He doesn't need to worry about these things.

Year after year.

And so it passed.

"Luo Feng, I've noticed that your cultivation hasn't been going smoothly these past few years!" Chen Qi said. A troubled mind affects cultivation efficiency. He noticed that Luo Feng hadn't been in a good mood lately after hearing the bad news about the extraterrestrial battlefield.

Luo Feng nodded and said:

"indeed."

"Perhaps it's because I feel I can't do anything to make the situation on the extraterritorial battlefield more favorable to the human race that I'm feeling somewhat unsettled."

"recent."

“Teacher Zhenyan has asked me to drink with him several times. I can feel that the deaths of my fellow disciples and nephews on the battlefield outside the region have made him very sad.”

"My third senior brother, the Bloodthirsty King, also came looking for me."

"He said that he now only has one immortal disciple left, and he has forbidden him from going to the battlefield."

“I also occasionally visit Master Chaos City. He is not optimistic about the situation in the outer battlefield. He has already decided to have the human race give up the outer battlefield, or to regain control of the situation and compromise with the other three major races.”

Actually, to be honest...

"The human race as a whole doesn't really care much about the battlefields outside the realms, since the highest level there is only a battle to be crowned as a king."

"It's still because my own state of mind isn't completely stable."

In the system space, Chen Qi began to speak:

"That's normal. Now you have a high status in the human race, your network is getting wider and wider, and your relatives and friends are all in the human race. Of course you want to see the human race as a whole get better and better."

"What's the use of a strong will if you're completely heartless?"

"or."

“We can borrow some treasures, such as armor similar to that of the Flame God Clan. If the human race were equipped with such treasures, the entire landscape of the extraterrestrial battlefield would change instantly. The only problem is that it would be difficult to explain to the human race where these treasures came from.”

“This is indeed a difficult point,” Luo Feng nodded.

He then said:

"I can't explain how I was able to create this special armor. I can't exactly say I can forge weapons, can I? That would be even more unbelievable. Or should I continue to say that I obtained it by chance on the battlefield outside the realm?"

"But since I haven't been to the outer battlefield for a long time, Master Chaos City will definitely be curious as to why I'm only bringing it out now."

“We can think about it, for example, how we will obtain the treasure. There’s no rush for the extraterritorial battlefield,” Chen Qi said.

For several days.

until
One morning, Babata suddenly said:

"Lord Chen Qi, Luo Feng, Puti has sent a letter asking if you are interested in meeting the creator of the magical secret technique you practice?"

"The creator of miraculous secret techniques?" Luo Feng was taken aback upon hearing this.

Does it refer to the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual?
Chen Qi, inside the system space, suddenly realized something.

He's a mountain dweller!

The mountain dwellers may already be itching to get going.

After all, Puti was merely a Universe Venerable in terms of his human identity, which held no appeal for Luo Feng.

Without him, Chen Qi would not have known about this element in the original plot.

If Puti were to give instructions alone, it's very likely that Luo Feng wouldn't take it seriously. What if Luo Feng doesn't go to the Star Tower to recognize his master for a long time, and doesn't take Puti, this so-called 'Cosmic Venerable,' seriously, and directly breaks through to immortality?
The Star Tower is very mysterious.

In the eyes of the Mountain-Sitting Guest, they were all powerful divine king weapons, though in reality they were even stronger, a fact the Mountain-Sitting Guest was unaware of.

therefore.

Whether or not the main star tower can be denied is an important part of the Sitting Mountain Guest's plan.

Seeing that there is finally a genius and hope in this primordial universe, the Mountain-Sitting Guest is definitely not going to stay on his mountain any longer!

"Luo Feng, it seems the Mountain Guest wants to see you. Do you remember when Puti came to see you before? He wanted you to go out with him, but you refused several times because you wanted the recognition process to be smoother." Chen Qi's voice echoed in Luo Feng's mind.

Luo Feng nodded.

He also understood that it must be that powerful being called the Mountain-Sitting Guest who was afraid that Puti was only showing up as a cosmic venerable one and wouldn't attract his attention.

So he decided to come in person.

"So, shall we go and meet him?" Luo Feng asked.

Chen Qi analyzed and thought:

"Ah."

"Let's go see him."

"Perfect timing. Weren't you worried about the extraterritorial battlefield?"

"The armor of the Yan God Clan originally belonged to you."

"It would be perfect to have the Mountain-Sitting Guest help you get it, and also have him provide some secret techniques so that humans can use the Tribulation Armor Body. Wouldn't that solve the problem on the outer battlefield?"

"To put it bluntly, Emperor Yan no longer looks down on the guests sitting on the mountain."

"The small conditions you proposed are not a big problem, and as long as they don't anger the Mountain-Sitting Guest, he will definitely be willing to help."

"Great idea!" Luo Feng agreed wholeheartedly.

then
Luo Feng contacted Puti and said he could meet the creator of the secret technique.

In the system space, Chen Qi thought of something:
"Luo Feng, let's discuss some plans first. The Mountain Guest is actually a God King, but due to the Supreme Rules, there are many things he can't say."

"You and I can definitely take advantage of this information gap."

"After all, normally you wouldn't know that he is the God King of Jin, right? Just treat him as the strongest person in the normal universe. He must value you highly now and want to take you as his disciple. He might even offer you better treatment."

"For example, you can't let him 'test' you everywhere anymore..."

"Of course, don't anger him. After all, he is a God-King. If you treat him as the strongest being in the normal universe, he will find it normal. It's normal that a genius from the primordial universe can't see his profoundness!"

"This won't annoy him."

Earth.

The Mountain Dweller and Puti disguised themselves as ordinary people on Earth.

"Teacher, didn't you say you didn't care much about the candidates and could wait until Luo Feng recognized the Star Tower as his master before truly showing up? Why do you suddenly want me to invite him to see you?" Puti asked curiously.

When Luo Feng fought the Illusionary Sea, Puti told the Mountain Guest about it.

The mountain dweller at the time was quite content, saying nonchalantly, "No rush. It's just the will of the Universe Venerable. There's only hope that it will recognize the Star Tower as its master."

"I don't need to be in such a hurry to see him."

But as the years went by, the teacher still ended up having to meet Luo Feng ahead of schedule.

"It's all because you have no status. You've invited him to the Star Tower to recognize him as your master so many times, but you can't even say it once."

The mountain dweller would never admit that he himself was somewhat flustered.

I'm afraid Luo Feng doesn't take Puti seriously at all.

So he used his status as the 'strongest being in the universe' in the original universe to intimidate Luo Feng and make him realize his power.

The difficulty of recognizing a master in the Star Tower is extremely high.

In his view, the Star Tower was even stronger than his Jinwang Palace. Even on the Origin Continent, it would be difficult to find a genius who could recognize the Star Tower as their master at such a low level.

That.
That's probably impossible.

The Star Tower is particularly unique. To this day, he still doesn't know what the flowing light that flew in was when it was being forged. Those geniuses from the Origin Continent, whose natural cultivation levels are already very high, probably have no hope at all.

Luo Feng, the Soul-Devouring Beast, returned to Earth via teleportation from the Divine Kingdom.

Beyond Earth.

In the vast starry sky.

"Senior, come out and meet me!" Luo Feng remembered the plan he had agreed on with Chen Qi: don't treat the Mountain Guest as a god-king, just treat him as the strongest being in the normal universe.

This makes sense; without Chen Qi, he wouldn't have known that the Mountain-Sitting Guest was the Divine King of Jin.

'Wow~'

The mountain dweller descended upon this starry sky.

He spoke frankly from the outset:
"Young friend, are you willing to undergo my life-or-death test? If you can pass, you may become my disciple. My name is Zuoshan Ke, the strongest being in the universe, above even the Lord of the Universe!"

Luo Feng reasoned logically: if the strongest being in the universe required him to undergo a life-or-death test before becoming his disciple, he certainly wouldn't agree given his current aptitude.

There's no need to take that risk.

So he said:

"I am very grateful to you for cultivating the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual that you created, but if becoming your disciple requires a life-or-death test, then I'm sorry."

"Furthermore, if I want guidance from the strongest in the universe, my clan's Giant Axe Founder is also an option, and my grandmaster 'Yuan' is even more powerful. Senior should also know that he once overpowered all the strongest in the universe!"

"Of course, this junior is very grateful to the senior for bestowing upon me the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual."

No offense intended.

"I just feel that if becoming an apprentice involves a life-or-death test, with my current abilities, the benefits and risks are not proportional!"

"I hope you'll forgive me."

The Mountain Guest was stunned. He could understand that Luo Feng didn't want to go through a life-or-death ordeal. Given Luo Feng's current aptitude, it was indeed impossible for him to risk death by becoming the disciple of the strongest person in the universe.

but.
He couldn't help but think to himself:

'To become my disciple, the mighty God King of Jin, requires only a life-or-death trial. How is the reward disproportionate to the effort?'

'And what level are the giant axe and the original? How can they be compared to him, the God-King of Jin?'

'I was actually looked down upon by a kid who knows nothing!'

(End of this chapter)