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Chapter 276 Suppressing the Hunyuan Life

As soon as Shen Mu finished speaking, the Demon Master laughed heartily.

"Brother Origin, you've come at just the right time. Our Divine Mechanism Tavern will be holding a grand auction in three years."

"At that time, the Infinite Dao God Emperor who has pledged allegiance to the Wushi Ancient Clan will be present in person, and this God Emperor will also bring out a unique skill he created himself, called the Infinite Chaos Secret Manual."

The Demon Lord paused slightly, a thoughtful look in his eyes, before continuing, "Although this is a divine emperor's ultimate technique, there are indeed not many people who cultivate it, so its value is relatively low. With Brother Origin's abilities, I think you should have a chance to afford it."

"But usually, those who want to participate in this grand auction are all God Emperors, and occasionally, even some King-level peak experts with extremely high net worth will be invited."

"I see."

Shen Mu slowly stood up, cupped his hands to the Demon Master, and said, "Thank you for informing me of this information, Demon Master. I will take my leave now."

The Demon Mansion Master returned the greeting with a cupped hand, saying, "Brother Origin, please take care."

After returning to the Si Xuan Clan, Shen Mu left behind a clone of himself in his residence, which had been trained to become a real clone.

As for the real person, he went to the Great Wilderness to hunt wild beasts and accumulate wealth.

……

Deep in the Great Wilderness, within a vast and boundless mountain range, a giant fire ape, its body as large as a small mountain, is engulfed in raging flames. Every time it swings its fist, it causes a slight tremor in space and time.

"A late-stage King-level wild beast... its value is really not high enough."

Shen Mu spoke softly, his voice exceptionally clear in the quiet space.

Infinite Qi instantly condensed, transforming into a sharp spear beam that shot into the body of the Flame Giant Ape like lightning.

That inexhaustible power wreaked havoc within the Flame Giant Ape's body, and no matter how hard the Flame Giant Ape resisted, it could not annihilate this powerful, infinite energy.

"Aww!"

With a painful wail, the bloodline and divine heart of the Flame Giant Ape were completely annihilated by Shen Mu.

"Slightly stronger than the little black dragon, but not enough for an ordinary ultimate realm cultivator."

With a wave of his hand, Shen Mu's Void Ring on his fingertip shimmered with a mysterious light, taking in the corpse of the Flame Giant Ape. Then, his figure vanished from the spot as if he had never been there.

For the next year and more, Shen Mu hunted throughout the Great Wilderness.

Shen Mu disdained most of the wild beasts; his targets were at least late-stage King-level beings, which were also at the Ultimate Realm.

Occasionally, one or two peak-level king-level ferocious beasts would appear in his field of vision. These invincible beasts were extremely difficult to hunt, and generally only beings at the God Emperor level could do so.

Shen Mu could easily defeat most of the peak-level king-class ferocious beasts, but to kill one, he would have to use the Qi Yuan Technique.

Time flies by, and more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Deep in the wilderness, the little black dragon soared freely in mid-air, unabashedly radiating the aura of its dragon bloodline.

In the Great Wilderness, the bloodline of dragon beasts represents both power and "appetizingness." In particular, the little black dragon, who is only at the mid-stage of the King level, once its aura is detected, any wild beast at the late-stage of the King level would want to take a bite.

That's right, Shen Mu was indeed using entrapment tactics, and the results were remarkable, with daily gains.

If it were just a mid-stage King-level wild beast, Shen Mu would have directly revealed his aura to scare it away.

However, if it is a late-stage King-level wild beast, then there is no need to be polite.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a majestic mountain peak beneath Shen Mu exploded, sending billions of rocks and soil flying, revealing a brand-new, glass-like mountain body.

"A peak King-level cultivator without any fluctuations of the Primordial Bloodline... so he's an Ascended One!"

A piercing sound emanated from the crystal-clear mountain, and the vast and boundless bloodline fluctuations spread out like a tide, causing space and time within tens of thousands of miles to freeze.

This is a being with Emperor-level combat power, or more accurately... a being born with Hunyuan origin!

"Let me taste you!!"

A sound that seemed to shake time and space spread out, and a huge human face appeared on the mountain, its gaze fixed on Shen Mu.

Hundreds of millions of extremely hidden threads pierced through the void without spreading out in the slightest, instantly covering the area around Shen Mu for thousands of miles, and then suddenly stabbed towards Shen Mu.

"Master!" The little black dragon exclaimed in alarm, its voice filled with panic.

Shen Mu appeared remarkably calm around the little black dragon. He chuckled and lightly tapped his finger in mid-air.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, space and time around Shen Mu solidified, transforming into an indestructible, invisible barrier!

"Ding, ding, ding..."

Countless threads were blocked by this invisible barrier, without even shaking the spacetime barrier in the slightest.

"Suppress!" Shen Mu shouted softly.

Shen Mu pushed the Qi Yuan Technique to its limit, and his will at the semi-primordial level suddenly erupted, instantly suppressing the thoughts of this innate primordial being.

The will to live of this mountain is even weaker than that of the Nine-Layered Bell, which is still slowly digesting within the Ten Absolute Exquisite Pagoda.

Shen Mu suppressed its thoughts with almost no resistance.

This is a low-level Chaos Origin life form, possessing only realm and power but unable to utilize them effectively. Compared to ascendants of the same realm, they are no match, though difficult to kill.

"After fishing for over a year, I finally caught a big fish!"

Shen Mu's will perception range is already quite large, but the number of Hunyuan life forms in the Great Wilderness is still too small. This mountain life form is the first of its kind.

"The little black dragon has descended; I will now annihilate this inherently evil primordial life."

"Yes, Master!"

……

More than half a year later, in the desolate ancient city.

The desolate ancient city is the true core of nearly ten thousand surrounding cities, and it is a place where emperor-level experts often exchange ideas.

This grand auction at the Divine Machine Tavern was organized entirely by the branch of the Divine Machine Tavern in the Ancient Wilderness City.

At this moment, outside the desolate ancient city, Shen Mu's figure quietly appeared.

"We've finally arrived."

Shen Mu let out a long breath, and the little black dragon obediently lowered its towering body behind him.

From afar, the ancient city resembles a majestic mountain standing on the earth, its walls soaring into the clouds, exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

The city wall was built of an unknown black boulder, covered with mysterious runes, sealing off a space and time within this realm.

"We're about to enter the city. You should go inside the Ten Absolute Exquisite Pagoda first." Shen Mu glanced at the little black dragon.

"Yes, Master!"

Shen Mu slowly walked into the city. The streets were so wide that dozens of huge war chariots could pass side by side.

The streets were lined with tall and magnificent buildings, and the city was bustling with people, almost all of whom were king-level experts.

Occasionally, you can even see two ultimate realm experts mixed in with the crowd.

It should be noted that within the territory of Zhiyang City, the total number of late-stage King-level experts does not even exceed a thousand, let alone be seen everywhere on the streets.

"This ancient city is indeed extraordinary; it truly deserves to be called a top-tier city."

After entering the desolate ancient city, Shen Mu went straight to the Divine Machine Tavern.

The Divine Mechanism Tavern, as the largest information trading place in the Great Thousand World, is also a platform for buying and selling. A moment later, Shen Mu arrived outside the Divine Mechanism Tavern.

Two tall guards stood at the entrance of the tavern. They were dressed in black armor, had sharp eyes, and exuded the aura of mid-stage King level.

Shen Mu stepped forward and said, "I have some items to sell. Please inform them."

One of the guards looked Shen Mu up and down, then said, "Please wait a moment."

After saying this, he turned and went into the tavern. A short while later, a waiter came out, smiling respectfully, and said, "Sir, please come in."

Shen Mu followed the waiter into the tavern and into a hall.

The hall was lavishly decorated and filled with various precious treasures. An old man sat at a table, dressed in a long robe, with deep eyes; he was a master of the ultimate realm.

"Sir, I heard you have something to sell?" the old man asked Shen Mu with a smile.

Shen Mu nodded and said, "That's right, I have some wild beast carcasses."

"The remains of a wild beast?" The old man was slightly taken aback, then asked, "What level of wild beast is it?"

"The weakest is at the late stage of King level, and there are many at the peak of King level," Shen Mu said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the old man's expression changed, and he immediately stood up, bowing respectfully to Shen Mu: "Sir, please follow me."

The old man led Shen Mu to a larger hall, which was spacious and had various tools for appraising treasures placed around it.

The old man bowed slightly to Shen Mu and said, "My lord, please remove the remains of the wild beast."

With a wave of his hand, Shen Mu conjured up the corpses of several wild beasts in the hall. These corpses varied in shape, some as large as small mountains, others as small as insects. They emanated powerful energy, proving that even in their fallen state, they were not to be underestimated.

"This..." The old man and the appraisers beside him were all shocked. Such a large-scale hunt of peak king-level wild beasts, could this person really be an emperor-level expert?

Shen Mu snorted coldly, and the others instantly snapped back to their senses.

"Please, gentlemen, help me with the appraisal," Shen Mu said.

"Yes, sir!" The elder in the lead and several appraisers carefully examined each of the wild beast carcasses.

After a while, the old man said, "This wild beast's corpse is the 'Flame Giant Ape.' The corpse is intact, and our Divine Machine Tavern can offer it for one thousand divine crystals."

As he spoke, he looked at Shen Mu, observing Shen Mu's reaction.

Shen Mu did not speak, but nodded slightly, signaling the old man to continue.

The old man continued, "This wild beast carcass is the 'Swiftwind Cheetah,' a peak King-level beast, and is very valuable. Our Divine Mechanism Tavern can offer three thousand divine crystals..."

The old man and the appraisers beside him were all veterans who specialized in appraisal at the Divine Machine Tavern and had seen all kinds of treasures.

Even so, they dared not be the slightest bit negligent towards Shen Mu, who had produced so many king-level peak wild beast corpses at once.

It should be noted that even if a peak-level king-class wild beast can be defeated, it is generally very difficult to kill it.

At least for ordinary peak-level kings, it is almost impossible to kill a wild beast of the same realm; killing and defeating are two different things.

Therefore, they couldn't help but speculate that this Lord Silver Sand might be an Emperor-level expert who was hiding his aura.

"Good, there's one last corpse. You can assess it."

As he spoke, a stream of light appeared on Shen Mu's right hand, revealing a void ring. Inside the void ring was the colossal glazed mountain—the primordial life form that Shen Mu had directly annihilated with his Qi Yuan Technique!

The old man took the ring without understanding why, but when a wisp of his soul seeped into it to sense it, his expression changed drastically!

"Hun, the primordial life form!?"

That pure primordial bloodline fluctuation far surpasses the level of the peak of the King level, and is even purer than that of a God Emperor. It must be a primordial life form!

Ordinary Chaos Origin Lifeforms are roughly at the early stage of God King level, but in battles between beings of the same realm, there is almost no possibility of them being killed.

The old man looked at Shen Mu with trembling eyes. No matter how he sensed it, the aura emanating from this man was only at the peak of the King level.

"Sir, how should I address you?"

"Silver Sand." This time, Shen Mu announced his first title.

"Lord Yinsha... The value of the corpse of the Hunyuan life form cannot be accurately estimated, but if you wish, we can include it in the auction items of the Emperor-level Grand Auction in a month."

"I believe that among the Emperor-level experts who have come to this auction, there must be some who are interested in the remains of the Chaos Origin Lifeform."

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu nodded slightly: "In that case, let's handle it this way."

"Yes, sir!" The old man quickly bowed and then said cautiously, "Apart from the corpse of that Chaos Origin life form, our Divine Mechanism Tavern is willing to offer 150 spirit jades plus 5,000 divine crystals for the other wild beast corpses. What do you think..."

In this realm, a single divine crystal represents the entire bloodline power of an early-stage king-level wild beast.

As for spirit jade, it is a special treasure naturally formed in this world, capable of nourishing the bloodline of emperor-level powerhouses. Even for a god emperor, it is considered a treasure with extremely high value.

Ten thousand divine crystals can be exchanged for one spirit jade. The wealth of an ordinary god emperor is only a few hundred spirit jades.

"Okay, this price is fine," Shen Mu nodded and said.

"Please wait a moment, sir." As the old man spoke, he quickly sent a message to the inside of the Divine Machine Tavern.

Before long, a beautiful waitress came in carrying a golden platter.

On the golden plate, pieces of crystal-clear spiritual jade floated in the air, surrounded by numerous dazzling divine crystals, radiating strong energy fluctuations.

Shen Mu's current net worth is actually no less than that of a true Emperor-level powerhouse.

After all, his Ten Absolute Exquisite Pagoda was a near-primordial divine weapon of extremely high quality.

Even a typical early-stage Emperor-level expert might not be able to afford a divine weapon of this caliber.

However, for a long time, Shen Mu would need the Ten Absolute Exquisite Pagoda to protect himself, so it was impossible for him to actually sell it.

Shen Mu waved his hand, putting the spirit jade and divine crystal into his pocket, and then said, "Prepare a quiet room. I need to go into seclusion. Let me know when the auction starts."

The old man quickly replied, "Yes, sir!"

The waitress beside him bowed slightly and said, "Please follow me, sir."

Before long, following the female attendant, Shen Mu arrived at a special cave dwelling.

"My lord, this is the token of the cave. It can open the formation of this cave. Without your token, no one below the level of an Emperor can enter."

(End of this chapter)