Chapter 134 Yuhuo City

"Yuhuo City?" Xu Jingming's heart stirred upon hearing the name.

The diminutive alien continued, "Yuhuo City was established by a great Third Realm existence, 'Lord Yuhuo.' Lord Yuhuo, out of compassion for our difficult evolution, established this city for us weaker beings."

Xu Jingming understood. It truly was Lord Yuhuo!

He and Lord Yuhuo were indeed quite fated. Back when he was still a Cosmic Legend, the ruins he discovered contained the Gu Jin Stone, who had been an unacknowledged disciple of Lord Yuhuo. Moreover, the original *Bafang Tu* (Eight Direction Chart) that he had obtained from the high-dimensional lifeform child, Liu Yu Feng, was also created by Lord Yuhuo.

"Lord Yuhuo has released many inheritances within the city for us to learn," the diminutive alien said. "The news spread like wildfire! Countless high-dimensional lifeforms from surrounding territories are rushing towards Yuhuo City. Like me, I once brought over a hundred friends with me to Yuhuo City."

Xu Jingming nodded. He even had the urge to bring Director Zhou and the others to Yuhuo City.

"There are Third Realm inheritances in Yuhuo City?" Xu Jingming inquired.

"Haha..."

The diminutive alien laughed. "The resources within Yuhuo City far exceed your imagination. Lord Yuhuo has released 3,128 kinds of inheritances, including 128 Third Realm inheritances and 3,000 basic inheritances. Don't underestimate these basic inheritances... each basic inheritance helps us as much as a Third Realm inheritance."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Of course he knew. He possessed one of the 3,000 basic inheritances, the *Bafang Tu*.

"Any high-dimensional lifeform can learn these 3,128 inheritances, but they need to pay a fee. Learning the first one costs only one drop of Abyss Motherblood, the second costs two drops, the third costs four drops, and then eight drops, sixteen drops, thirty-two drops..." the diminutive alien said with a smile. "So, even the wealthiest high-dimensional lifeforms can only learn a few inheritances."

Xu Jingming clicked his tongue. With such exponential increases, even Abyss Lords would find it difficult to learn more than ten.

"Over long years, it has been proven that Senior Lord Yuhuo is well-intentioned," the diminutive alien explained. "Because any inheritance he imparts requires countless time and effort to master. Focusing on two or three inheritances is sufficient. Learning too many is detrimental."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"I heard that in the early days, Lord Yuhuo even taught publicly and accepted many disciples. Later, Lord Yuhuo gave up and released the inheritances, allowing high-dimensional lifeforms to learn as they pleased," the diminutive alien said.

"Lord Yuhuo doesn't accept disciples anymore?" Xu Jingming asked.

"No longer," the diminutive alien said. "I've lived in Yuhuo City for three Abyss Epochs, and I've never seen Lord Yuhuo appear."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The thoughts of Third Realm existences could change.

Once teaching publicly and accepting countless disciples,

Now completely giving up.

"Yuhuo City attracts high-dimensional lifeforms from surrounding vast territories," the diminutive alien praised. "There are as many as tens of billions of high-dimensional lifeforms living there, and hundreds of thousands at the half-step Third Realm level."

"Hundreds of thousands of half-step Third Realm existences?" Xu Jingming's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Hahaha..."

The diminutive alien laughed, looking at Xu Jingming. "Do you find it exaggerated? It's not exaggerated at all! The influence of Yuhuo City, through the propagation of the Heart Realm lineage of high-dimensional lifeforms, affects nearly a million surrounding territories. Isn't it normal to have hundreds of thousands of half-step Third Realm beings residing there?"

"There are thousands of invincible existences and Abyss Lords among the half-step Third Realm beings," the diminutive alien said. "Every Abyss Lord can control a complete layer of Abyss space, and hundreds of Abyss Lords reside in Yuhuo City."

"In Yuhuo City, you can see high-dimensional lifeforms of all schools! Countless high-dimensional lifeforms gather, and a large number of resources are exchanged," the diminutive alien praised. "That is the most prosperous trade city."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Thousands of Abyss Lord-level powerhouses, hundreds of thousands of half-step Third Realm existences, tens of billions of high-dimensional lifeforms... and of course, a Third Realm existence, Lord Yuhuo, sitting in charge, had created such a prosperous trading place.

"In Yuhuo City, there are countless resources and countless treasures," the diminutive alien sighed. "The only problem is that I'm too poor to afford them."

Xu Jingming also laughed and said, "Hearing so much from Brother Yun Fansheng has truly opened my eyes. It's the first time I've discovered that there can be so many half-step Third Realm beings."

"In endless territories, the accumulated number of half-step Third Realm beings is naturally high," the diminutive alien said.

"Lord Yuhuo has been nurturing weak high-dimensional lifeforms for countless years. Has anyone been able to reach the Third Realm?" Xu Jingming asked.

The diminutive alien paused, shaking his head slightly. "No."

"At least, according to publicly available information, none of Lord Yuhuo's direct disciples, nominal disciples, unacknowledged disciples, or the countless high-dimensional lifeforms who have lived in Yuhuo City for a long time... I haven't heard of anyone reaching the Third Realm," the diminutive alien said with a sigh. "Reaching the Third Realm is really too difficult."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Over such a large area and for such a long time, Lord Yuhuo hadn't nurtured a single Third Realm existence?

The step from half-step Third Realm to Third Realm was just too difficult.

"So, as long as you continue traveling, you'll soon get news of Yuhuo City. After all, its existence affects too many surrounding territories," the diminutive alien said, flipping his hand to produce a scroll. "This is a territory map for traveling to Yuhuo City. If you follow the territory map all the way, you should arrive in about a hundred years."

"Brother Yun Fansheng, thank you," Xu Jingming said gratefully.

"It's just a bit of information that's not worth much," the diminutive alien said with a smile. He wasn't polite to everyone. Through the collision of their formless auras, he knew that the other party was a Heart Realm lineage Eternal Realm apex existence, not inferior to himself.

He was naturally willing to form a good relationship with this level of powerhouse.

If it were a weaker being, he wouldn't personally appear to receive them. Arranging for an employee in the shop to receive them would be enough.

Whoosh.

Half an hour later, Xu Jingming left and embarked on his journey again, this time heading straight for Yuhuo City according to the territory map.

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Nan Ting 3609 Territory. Xu Jingming and Director Zhou and the others were still searching for mineral deposits in the Yuan Gold Mountains.

"Yuhuo City?"

Director Zhou, Tower Master, and Island Lord were all stunned. Xu Jingming, who was standing aside, was still recounting the information about Yuhuo City. "I also happened to get the news from a Heart Realm powerhouse. I estimate it will take a hundred years to reach there."

"Tens of billions of high-dimensional lifeforms gathering? Hundreds of thousands of half-step Third Realm beings? Thousands of Abyss Lord-level existences? And a Third Realm existence, Lord Yuhuo?" At this moment, Director Zhou and the others felt their own insignificance.

"That is the real land of prosperity," Tower Master said. "Compared to that, our Nan Ting 3609 Territory is just a small place."

"Our place is indeed a small place," Xu Jingming nodded. "A backwater!"

"Thanks to Jingming, otherwise, at our speed of traversing territories, we probably wouldn't know about the information of Yuhuo City in our entire lives," Director Zhou said. He and Tower Master couldn't cross territories on their own! Island Lord Shi Kong traveled through the Primordial Mother River, but it was far inferior to Heart Realm teleportation.

Xu Jingming had traveled for more than 1,500 years, and was already very, very far away from Nan Ting 3609 Territory before he found out about Yuhuo City.

"With so many Abyss Lords gathered, the rare and exotic treasures in the Abyss are probably very, very numerous in Yuhuo City," Tower Master said with envy.

"3,128 kinds of inheritances, available for learning, only requiring payment of a fee," Director Zhou also sighed. "It is truly a holy land that we desire."

"Learning the first inheritance requires one drop of Abyss Motherblood. We can't afford it at all right now," Island Lord Shi Kong said. Each person needed one drop of Abyss Motherblood, and for four people to each learn one, they would need four drops of Abyss Motherblood.

This was just for learning the first inheritance. If they learned the second one, they would need eight drops of Abyss Motherblood.

"The price set by Senior Lord Yuhuo is only something that half-step Third Realm beings can easily learn a few inheritances," Director Zhou shook his head. "It's already difficult for us to learn one inheritance."

"Let's accumulate slowly," Tower Master and Island Lord didn't dare to hope for too much.

They would be very satisfied if they could learn one.

Xu Jingming also felt that he was quite poor. The original gold beads he had obtained, plus the spoils of war from killing Nato, added up to less than two drops of Abyss Motherblood.

"Continue searching for mineral deposits." Having learned of the news of Yuhuo City and feeling even poorer, the four human high-dimensional lifeforms continued to patiently search for mineral deposits.

...

The deepest part of the Yuan Gold Mountains.

A high-dimensional lifeform with cyan scales plucked a scale and casually threw it away. The scale naturally condensed into an avatar as it floated down. The avatar immediately rushed ahead and continued to scout for danger.

"Searching for thousands of years on the periphery of the Yuan Gold Mountains, I've only found eleven Yuan Gold Beads in total, and I might still encounter danger. It's better to take risks in the depths," the cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform's eyes burned with passion. "I've only been in the depths for ten years, and I've already earned over a hundred Yuan Gold Beads."

As an ambitious nascent-realm high-dimensional lifeform, he longed to become an Eternal Realm existence.

But the proportion of nascent-realm beings who reached the Eternal Realm was too low! It was because it was too difficult for them to obtain resources. They would be killed by other Eternal Realm beings if they were not careful, or by the treacherous environment.

"Take a gamble, either die or make a fortune," the cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform continued to advance, with his avatar scouting the way ahead.

"Mm?" The cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform paused slightly, revealing a look of surprise. "The avatar has discovered a Yuan Gold deposit?"

Whoosh!

He immediately rushed over quickly.

He soon arrived at a dark and deep cave. The cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform observed the thick mountain wall in front of him.

"I can sense that there is Yuan Gold aura inside, and the aura is quite strong," the cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform's pupils constricted. "Once the aura of the deposit leaks, it's likely to attract Eternal Realm beings to come. So I'll break open the deposit, dig a little, and leave immediately. I can't delay."

The cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform carefully looked around again, selecting a spot. "It's here, the aura is strongest here! There should be the most Yuan Gold Beads."

With his low strength, it was difficult for him to determine the detailed situation of the deposit. He could only vaguely distinguish the strength of the aura.

"Boom."

The cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform held a short cone in his hand and slammed it fiercely against the mountain wall, breaking through a layer of rock.

The moment it broke through,

The aura of the deposit, which had been sealed for endless years, naturally leaked out.

"Rumble~~~" The leaked Yuan Gold aura was vast and mighty, like a tidal wave, causing the spacetime to tremble. The violent tremors caused spacetime to distort, and the cyan-scaled high-dimensional lifeform, holding the short cone, was instantly moved away by the chaotic spacetime in shock.

"What?"

The Yuan Gold aura that erupted in an instant, as well as the violently distorted spacetime, almost affected a third of the Yuan Gold Mountains.

The high-dimensional lifeforms in this area clearly sensed it.

"What?" Xu Jingming, Director Zhou, Tower Master, and Island Lord Shi Kong simultaneously looked in one direction. In their perception, the Yuan Gold aura that erupted was like a lighthouse in the dark night, dazzlingly bright.

The many high-dimensional lifeforms in the Yuan Gold Mountains all looked remotely at the location of the deposit. They were all excited. Without a doubt, this was a large deposit!