Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 677 Xuan Tianzun's Curiosity

In fact, Chen Yuan was already confident that he could communicate with the Origin Space in the area on the edge of the city.

Firstly, it is quite energy-consuming to study the secret arts, so it is best to have a secluded space. Secondly, it would be too conspicuous for him to stand alone outside the city to perform the arts. If he were to attract the attention of the patrol and questioning, wouldn't that just cause trouble?

Therefore, Chen Yuan planned to first enter the city, rent a cultivation cave, and then communicate with the original space here.

Unlike Yanshan City when they first landed, Xuanhuang City has an extra step at its gates. Every cultivator who enters must pass through an array to record their personal information.

Chen Yuan wasn't surprised. In fact, such detection arrays existed in the twelve imperial capitals of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom. As the Daoist temple of Xuan Tianzun, the ruler of the Yuanhuang, it was normal for the checks to be more rigorous here.

Anyway, he had already registered his identity information on the Jade Plate. As long as he didn't cause trouble, he would be treated as a VIP no matter which city he went to.

As expected, as Chen Yuan successfully crossed the city gate, the formation did not show any abnormalities, but silently recorded his information, knowing that this God Emperor from the Dark World had entered Xuanhuang City.

"Let's go rent a cave dwelling next—"

Although they were in different worlds, Chen Yuan had a vague feeling that he had just entered the Origin Continent from the Cosmic Sea. At that time, he descended into the Void Tomb City with the identity of the Eternal True God, with the same intention as now.

Coincidentally, apart from the differences in customs and traditions, the management organizations for cave dwelling rentals in these two worlds are quite similar.

Chen Yuan immediately noticed the tallest building in the city, which was at least hundreds of billions of kilometers high, almost reaching the height of the city wall. The words "Xuanyu Tower" were written on its top floor.

This tall building seemed to possess some mysterious power. He had only just noticed it when a surge of information flooded into his mind, detailing the various functions of the Xuan Yu Building.

Similar to the Flame Wind Guild Hall on the Origin Continent, this is also the largest trading place in the entire Xuanhuang Domain. In addition, it also includes functions such as cave rental, resource exchange, and bounty missions.

However, in Chen Yuan's view, the Xuan Yu Lou was more like the Yin Qiong Mansion that he had seen in the Yin Qiong Star in the original universe in his early years than the Yan Feng Club.

"Wow, this is a novel way to beat the game."

Chen Yuan smiled, then flew straight towards the Xuan Yu Tower, quickly arriving at the 90th floor of the building.

The Xuanyu Tower has ninety-nine floors, each floor of which is like a vast world where billions of lives can live freely. The higher the floor of the tower, the stronger the guests it receives.

As a visitor from outside the realm, Chen Yuan naturally had the right to enter the 90th floor, which represented the service of the "Dao Lord level".

As soon as he stepped inside, a beautiful woman in palace attire greeted him with a smile, saying, "Greetings, Senior Daoist Master. My name is Shuying, and I am your hostess. May I ask what kind of service you require?"

"I need to rent a cave dwelling," Chen Yuan said gently. "The clearer the source fluctuations, the better."

The clearer the primordial fluctuations, the closer the cave dwelling is to the primordial space, making it easier for him to use the Dao-peeping Technique.

This was a perfectly normal request, and the woman in palace attire didn't think much of it, smiling as she replied, "Of course, no problem. May I ask if you have any requirements regarding the size of the cave dwelling, and also, how long do you plan to rent it?"

"I don't have any requirements regarding the size of the cave dwelling." Chen Yuan shook his head. "As for the rental period—I'll rent it short-term, for a full twelve years first."

He actually wanted to rent it for a few hundred days, but unfortunately, even short-term rentals of the cave dwellings here start at one cycle, not per day.

"No problem. How about this small cave dwelling numbered 5167? It only costs 100 Hunyuan Crystals per cycle, which is very cheap."

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The woman in palace attire clicked on an image and pointed to one of the spots, explaining it to the viewer.

Chen Yuan checked the parameters of the cave dwelling and felt there were no problems. Compared to other large cave dwellings that cost hundreds or thousands of Hunyuan Crystals, this small cave dwelling was indeed cheap.

Of course, cheap is relative. As a cave dwelling inside the source world, the price is comparable to that of a gathering place outside the cage of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. It can only be said that this Xuan Tianzun knows how to do business.

But he had no choice; in order to cultivate peacefully here, he had no other option.

"Okay, this one will do," Chen Yuan nodded.

The woman in palace attire smiled. Although she only received 100 Chaos Origin Crystals, she would still receive three Chaos Origin Crystals as a reward for being a receptionist. This was a small profit for an Ultimate Realm being.

So she smiled and said, "Okay, senior, here you go—ah!"

"What's wrong?" Chen Yuan asked, looking at the beautiful woman in palace attire who suddenly looked surprised.

The woman in palace attire snapped out of her daze, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "This—Senior, you don't need to pay rent anymore. I just received instructions that you can stay here as long as you want."

"Furthermore, I've been instructed to arrange the most luxurious cave dwelling for you."

"?" Chen Yuan looked puzzled. "Free? You offer free admission to all visitors from outside the region?"

—How is that possible?

The woman in palace attire didn't reply, but her expression clearly showed that it wasn't true at all.

In other words, it was his own special circumstances that made Chen Yuan fall into deep thought.

"Excuse me, please explain why," he said, shaking his head. Being alone in a foreign land, he was unwilling to accept this kind of inexplicable kindness.

"I don't know either." The woman in palace attire looked somewhat bewildered. She had just received the notification, but it didn't specify any details.

Chen Yuan frowned slightly: "You just mentioned arrangements from above. Who is your superior? Could you have him explain it to me?"

"I'm sorry, senior—" The woman in palace attire shook her head.

"Fine." Chen Yuan turned to leave. "Since that's the case, I'm afraid I can't accept it."

"Wait—" The woman in palace attire was about to say something when a voice suddenly came from above.

"Alright, Shuying, there's nothing more for you here." A handsome man in a black and red robe landed slowly, smiling slightly. "You may leave now."

"Uh, what's wrong—"

The woman in palace attire widened her eyes, but then suddenly realized what she was doing and respectfully replied, "Yes, sir."

The next second, her figure disappeared from this space.

Chen Yuan noticed that with the departure of the palace-dressed beauties, the once bustling 90th floor of Xuan Yu Tower was now completely empty, without a single person remaining.

Apart from the man in the black and red robe in front of him.

Chen Yuan's expression turned slightly solemn. He sensed a powerful aura emanating from the other party and couldn't help but ask, "Are you the owner of this Xuan Yu Tower?"

"It is I." The man nodded slightly and smiled. "And I am also the master of this Xuanhuang Domain."

Master of the Xuanhuang Domain!

Upon hearing this title, Chen Yuan was startled: "Are you Xuan Tianzun yourself?"

He never expected that he would encounter the legendary Xuan Tianzun so soon after entering Xuanhuang City.

"That's right." Xuan Tianzun smiled, then shook his head slightly: "Alas, I originally wanted to change my title to Xuanhuang Tianzun, but the other two guys were unwilling to change it as well. In order to fit in, I can only continue to use this title."

Chen Yuan naturally knew who the other two people were referring to. They must be two of the three great administrators of the Yuanhuang World, Yu Tianzun and Li Tianzun, who ruled the two continents in the southeast.

However, what intrigued him was why Xuan Tianzun had brought these things up with him; it seemed to be the first time he had met this manager.

"Judging from Your Excellency Xuantian's tone—do you know me?" Chen Yuan asked in confusion.

"certainly."

Xuan Tianzun smiled and said, "Just now, Senior Yuan personally came to the three of us and said that he has a junior who has come to the Yuanhuang Ancient Realm. He asked us to take good care of him and make sure you feel comfortable."

"What is Senior Yuan's status? The three of us are just ordinary high-level Hunyuan life forms. We naturally cannot neglect his orders. Therefore, after you registered your identity, we learned about your situation through the Jade Sign System."

"After learning that you had come to the Xuanhuang Domain, I instructed Shuying to have her find you a more comfortable cave dwelling."

As he spoke, he shook his head slightly: "Originally, I was not prepared to show myself, but I did not expect you to be so cautious. A dignified half-chaotic origin life form came in an avatar, yet you were scared away by a cave dwelling."

"If you really leave, I'll be in big trouble when Senior Yuan finds out about this, which is why I had no choice but to show myself."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan finally understood. So that's how it is!

He hadn't expected it to be Yuan's arrangement. This lord was really paying attention to him, even giving instructions on such a small matter.

Chen Yuan originally wanted to keep a low profile, but now that his identity has been exposed, he's going to lay it all out and stop pretending.

About the fact that my older brother is a Yuan Lord

"Alright." Chen Yuan shook his head slightly. "Since it's an order from Elder Yuan—Lord Yuan—I'm relieved."

"I would like to trouble you, Celestial Venerable, to prepare a cave dwelling for me. You can decide on the specifics."

"No problem." Xuan Tianzun grinned. "How about the No. 9 large cave? Even if it's not the closest to the Origin Space, it's at least in the top three."

"As for better cave dwellings, they are all occupied by guests now, and I can't accommodate everyone, so I'll have to trouble you to make do with this place for now."

"Don't mention it." Chen Yuan smiled. "I don't have high requirements for the environment. I just want to experience the unique Great Dao of the Primordial Desolate Ancient Realm."

"Understood!" Xuan Tianzun handed over a cave dwelling token: "This is the permanent residence token for Cave Dwelling Number Nine. You can stay as long as you want. If you have any other needs or want to contact me, just look for the receptionist from earlier."

"I have other matters to attend to in other worlds, so I won't stay any longer. Please make yourself at home, young friend."

Chen Yuan accepted the token and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Heavenly Venerable."

Xuan Tianzun smiled and nodded, his figure gradually disappearing.

Meanwhile, high above the endless heavens of the Primordial Wilderness Continent, there stands an incomparably magnificent palace.

Inside the palace, on a giant round table, the figure of Xuan Tianzun slowly appeared, nodding to the other two people at the table: "I'm back, let's continue the meeting."

"Have you met the person Senior Yuan personally instructed?" A woman in red robes smiled. "To be specifically mentioned by Senior Yuan, is there anything special about this person?"

"Nothing special," Xuan Tianzun shook his head. "Just an ordinary bloodline with a semi-primordial energy, nothing remarkable."

"Bloodline flows through half of the Chaotic Source?"

Another man in blue robes said calmly, "If that's all he's capable of, would he have warranted Senior Yuan's special instruction?"

"Could it really be as the senior said, that she is his junior?"

Upon hearing this, the other two couldn't help but shake their heads.

Juniors? They've lived this long and have never heard of Senior Yuan having any juniors.

"Never mind him for now, just treat him well as Senior Yuan requested." The woman in red robes said softly, "More importantly, how do we resolve the invasion of the Qingheyuan World by advanced Chaos Origin life forms?"

Upon hearing this, the man in blue didn't dwell on Chen Yuan's question any further and said, "I think we can send a small team of high-ranking Hunyuan slaves to go there—"

Listening to his two companions' discussion, Xuan Tianzun appeared serious, but in his heart he was thinking, "Nothing special? I really feel that this Chen Yuan is nothing special."

"But why did Senior Yuan speak in that tone when giving instructions? That's not how you treat a junior—"

He was very curious about this, otherwise he wouldn't have gone down to the mortal realm to meet the other party in person. It was simply because Yuan's instructions to them were so memorable.

Because Yuan's attitude when mentioning Chen Yuan was as if he were facing a peer!