Swallowing the Stars: Realm of Control

"How much?" Luo Feng asked.

"That depends on whether you're leasing or buying. If you're leasing..."

"lease."

"One hundred thousand Qi Sands a year, the palace has a calming effect, which can greatly improve the efficiency of cultivation. The key is that safety is guaranteed. As long as you enter it to cultivate, I guarantee that no one will dare to make a move. Even if the sect leaders of those sects in the southern wilderness want to hunt you down, you will be safe inside."

"In my Southern Cliff City, all killing is forbidden. Our city lord is a supreme expert with the power to see into the hidden realms; no one dares to disobey him!"

The man was boastful, but he had a keen eye. He immediately recognized that Luo Feng came from the remote southern borderlands and voiced a concern that most people probably shared.

"Are you bragging? If a powerful expert at the Hidden Realm wanted to kill you, even the City Lord of South Cliff wouldn't stand a chance, would he?" Luo Feng didn't believe it.

"Bragging?" The man got angry.

"I can understand that you are a newcomer and lack knowledge. You can learn about the situation in Nanya City first. Our city lord has been famous for hundreds of years and has been guarding the southern border. There are many strong people who have come from the southern border wilderness, including those in the Hidden Realm, but none of them dare to act recklessly."

"You should know that there are differences between those who peer into the shadows, right? Those newcomers, how many shadows have they peered into? They're nothing! They can't compare to our city lord at all."

"Leaving aside our city lord, our two deputy city lords of Nanya City are enough to intimidate these experts who have come from the wilds of the southern frontier!"

The man showered the city lord with praise, his admiration reaching its peak.

"100,000 a year is too expensive," Luo Feng shook his head.

"It's not expensive at all. This is the lowest price I've given you. If you were to go to those places in the city center, a room there would cost you a million a year. This 100,000 is nothing."

"This 100,000 is not only for renting the palace for cultivation, but also for protection money paid to Nanya City. As long as you are inside the palace, I guarantee no one will dare to touch you. But if you walk on this street, some enemies will dare to kill you. As long as you don't cause too much panic, you can kill them with one blow. The law enforcement team will turn a blind eye, and that will be really tough."

"To trespass into the palace is suicidal!"

"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to ask a few of my clients. They all came to me after researching the business. There's no one in the entire Nanya City they don't know."

"The key is..."

Luo Feng interrupted the man as he listened to his long, rambling speech, "I can buy it from you, but I have one condition: I need you to give me some basic information about Nanya City. It doesn't need to be too precise, but you need to tell me the overall situation of the strong individuals."

He believed in the security aspect; he could tell at a glance whether the kid was lying.

If it weren't for his sincerity, he wouldn't have bothered with him at all.

"Brother, you need some basic information? No problem, I can give it to you. But it won't be the detailed kind. You know, this kind of information is very valuable. Some things are hard to get. If this gets out, you'll be executed." The man lowered his voice.

"Don't worry." Luo Feng nodded in understanding.

"Brother, this lease of yours has to be for at least five years!" The man spread out five fingers.

"Can."

Soon, led by the man, Luo Feng found a place to settle down and cultivate, and rented it for five years.

Should we continue fleeing north?

It's actually meaningless. If someone from the Five Peaks Sect uses the Void Mirror to find him, he can still sense it and won't give up the chase. Luo Feng will only waste more of his cultivation time.

This South Cliff City is almost ready, mainly because it offers security.

Even if the guys from the Five Peaks Sect came out with the Void Mirror and found him, so what? They paid a heavy price. Given that they paid such a heavy price, they wouldn't be willing to directly reveal Luo Feng's identity. Besides, the city lord of Nanya City might not believe them either.

Anyone who isn't a fool would be reluctant to sell this kind of intelligence, because they wouldn't gain anything and would only suffer a loss.

Of course, if the Five Peaks Sect really pushes him too far, that's a different story. In that case, Luo Feng will have no choice but to accept it.

……

After entering the palace, the man named Li Yade mainly recounted information about Nanya City orally...

In Nanya City, the strongest person is the city lord, who has been in the Peeping Nether Realm for over four hundred years. His strength is unfathomable. According to the realm classification, he is likely already at the peak of the second realm among the nine Peeping Nether Realms. After that, further progress will be extremely difficult, and there is even a possibility that he will be permanently stuck in the Peeping Nether Realm.

The two deputy city lords below were also at the Insightful Realm, but they had only recently reached that level and could not compare to the city lords.

Apart from these three, there are no others left in the entire Nanya City who have reached the level of "peeping into the netherworld," which is why the City Lord's Mansion almost controls the entire Nanya City.

The other residents who came here were actually disciples of various sects in the Southern Frontier Wilderness. Some settled down here, while others established strongholds for their sects, using Nanya City as a starting point to connect with the Chiyuan Civilization. Here, they could purchase many treasures they had never seen before.

Treasures, spiritual fruits, and materials—this commercial district has everything, bringing together many treasures from the southern border region.

Besides these, there are many places in Nanya City where you can earn Qi Sand. One is a place similar to a "fighting arena" that every place has. Here, you can provide combat performances and provide emotional value to the spectators, and naturally you can earn Qi Sand.

Some people gamble against others, and if they win, they also earn Qi Sand.

The Nanya City commercial district is a concentrated area with diverse activities; you can do business there, or you can play gambling-like games.

Auctions and the like still happen here, following a similar business logic to the outside world.

Luo Feng wanted to learn some information about the Sequence. There were no Sequence users in the entire Nanya City, only some stories about them: the Sequence users had such super strong martial arts that even a small city like Nanya City couldn't stop them.

After seeing Li Yade off, Luo Feng returned to his own cultivation.

"We need to hurry."

When it comes to the cultivation and evolution of the primordial spirit, he can only rigidly apply the same logic as before... This kind of "secret pattern flow" won't pose too much of a problem for him.

...Inside the palace, the Qi energy was indeed abundant. To cultivate the Qi Manifestation Realm, he only needed Qi Sand of Grade 5 or above, which contained special life force.

"The Qi Sand resources are still a bit lacking," Luo Feng thought to himself.

Let's use up all the resources we have first.

He sat down cross-legged, and the entire hall was filled with the aroma of special incense. His mind was calm, and he quickly entered a state of cultivation. In his primordial spirit space, Luo Feng's consciousness condensed, and he directly used the 'Logic of World Evolution' to construct and strengthen his primordial spirit.