Chapter 171 Borrowing the Small Universe

Xu Jingming was responsible for guarding the entire human territory. An Eternal realm high-dimensional being brazenly descended near the headquarters of the Yuanchu Research Institute. Naturally, Xu Jingming noticed it immediately.

"Void God Clan's Master Uke?" Xu Jingming frowned as he sat by the lake, painting. Another avatar took a step forward to meet Master Uke.

In this spacetime.

After Master Uke descended, he waited leisurely. In just a few breaths, he saw a black-robed youth approaching. The black robe resembled a blooming black lotus, making Master Uke instinctively wary.

"This human, Wu Ming, has grown to the Eternal realm in the blink of an eye, reaching my level." Master Uke thought to himself, "While Tu Tiemu, whom I used as an experiment back then, is still driven mad."

"Tu Tiemu still hasn't escaped the effects of the Heart Intent Samsara Realm; what a joke."

"In just ten thousand years, a low-dimensional life became a high-dimensional life—an Eternal realm! Tu Tiemu, how dare you use such a monster as an experimental subject?" Master Uke shook his head inwardly.

Tu Tiemu and the human Wu Ming differed greatly in resources and conditions.

Tu Tiemu had clear guidance from the *Void Abyss* inheritance, with resources supplied. Tu Tiemu even exchanged for a resource himself—the *Void Abyss Master's* true image—to pollute Xu Jingming.

In contrast, Xu Jingming had no inheritance and was merely subjected to high-dimensional pollution.

And the result?

Xu Jingming became an Eternal realm expert of the Heart Realm lineage! Tu Tiemu was still stuck in the low-dimensional life stage and was still mad.

"Master Uke." Xu Jingming's voice echoed.

Master Uke stopped overthinking and smiled at Xu Jingming. "Human Wu Ming, I have come on the orders of the Ancestral God to deliver great benefits to your human race! Your entire human race should be grateful to my Ancestral God."

"Deliver benefits?" Xu Jingming became more vigilant. As neighbors, the two races had been fighting for countless years! He knew the Void God Clan's nature very well.

"Didn't my Ancestral God sell you intelligence last time? Although the intelligence was a bit expensive, it did help your human race," Master Uke said with a smile.

"Yes, intelligence sold for a drop of Abyss Mother Blood," Xu Jingming couldn't help but say.

This was worse than robbery!

The human race's few high-dimensional beings had lived for so long but had never seen Abyss Mother Blood. However, when trading in high-dimensional space, they generally used "Abyss Mother Blood" and "Abyss True Blood" for pricing!

This was because Abyss True Blood and Abyss Mother Blood could be obtained through Abyss Sacrifices, which was a valuable resource that could be obtained in any territory, making it suitable as a pricing tool.

A drop of Abyss Mother Blood was worth a million drops of Abyss True Blood, and ordinary Abyss Sacrifices only yielded Abyss True Blood.

"But you have to admit that the intelligence was very important to your human race," Master Uke said with a smile. "This time, the Void God Clan is here to help you."

"Please speak," Xu Jingming said.

"My clan's Ancestral God spent a great price, asking a half-step Third Realm expert from a distant territory to help refine a small universe. This small universe is about 90% similar to our home universe."

Master Uke smiled. "In the past two thousand years, our Void God Clan used this small universe to migrate our race."

Xu Jingming listened. They kept mentioning the small universe. Could it be that…?

"This small universe is most suitable for migrating races," Master Uke said. "The Ancestral God considered that the human race and my Void God Clan are races from the same universe. This small universe is suitable for us and for you humans."

"The Ancestral God is benevolent and feels that he should help races from the same universe," Master Uke said with a smile. "The human race, the Ice Race, the Mist Race, and the Holy Ancient Race all have quite a bit of interaction with our Void God Clan."

Xu Jingming muttered inwardly, *Interaction? They're just being oppressed!*

"The Ancestral God is willing to help races from the same universe. He made a benevolent decision," Master Uke looked at Xu Jingming. "He's willing to lease the small universe to you for a hundred years."

At this moment, Xu Jingming couldn't help but feel excited, nervous, and wary.

"As an envoy, the first race I'm visiting is your human race," Master Uke said with a smile. "If your human race isn't willing to lease it, I can go to the next stop—the Ice Race."

"What's the price for the lease?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Not high, not high." Master Uke said, "The Ancestral God paid a high price to have a half-step Third Realm expert customize the small universe. The current lease price isn't high at all; it's the same as the previous intelligence—just one drop of Abyss Mother Blood!"

"A drop of Abyss Mother Blood?" Xu Jingming felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him. To put it another way, that was a million drops of Abyss True Blood!

He had once obtained a treasure from Sanan—one of the Three Thousand Holy Envoys—which contained two Eternal realm weapons. An ordinary Eternal realm weapon was worth about 10,000 drops of Abyss True Blood.

If they were to perform an Abyss Sacrifice on a newly born high-dimensional lifeform of the nascent realm, they would only obtain about 1,000 drops of Abyss True Blood. Thus, a drop of Abyss Mother Blood was equivalent to 100 Eternal realm weapons or the harvest from sacrificing 1,000 high-dimensional lifeforms of the nascent realm.

Even with the human race's accumulation over the years, it still felt like a great pressure.

"Don't think it's expensive," Master Uke said with a smile. "The Ancestral God is helping you."

"I'll discuss it with the Dean and the others," Xu Jingming said.

…

Myriad Star Island.

The Dean, the Tower Master, the Island Lord, Chihung, and Xu Jingming gathered. "Lease it!" the Dean gritted his teeth. "Although it's very expensive, it's the best way for the race to migrate on a large scale."

The last time, a piece of intelligence was sold for a drop of Abyss Mother Blood. Now, leasing a small universe also costs a drop of Abyss Mother Blood. Relatively speaking, Gumo has already been softhearted this time.

"Perhaps he feels that we can't afford the high price," the Eternal Tower Master said with a wry smile.

"The intelligence was harvested once, and now the leasing of the small universe is being harvested once. Most of our human race's accumulation over the years has been harvested," the Time-Space Island Lord shook his head.

Both Xu Jingming and Chihung listened to their conversation; they were very poor.

Xu Jingming had the Eight Direction Map, which was originally priceless, but its value was also too high.

It far exceeded the value of a drop of Abyss Mother Blood. If he provoked others, he was afraid that he would attract a group of half-step Third Realm experts to fight over it, bringing disaster to the human race. "I can gather treasures worth 600,000 drops of Abyss True Blood," the Dean said.

"I can only gather treasures worth 200,000 drops of Abyss True Blood," the Eternal Tower Master said.

"I'm about the same as the Dean," the Time-Space Island Lord frowned.

Xu Jingming opened his mouth. "I…"

"You don't have to use yours," the Dean said after some thought. Like the *Haha Sutra* inheritance origin, they were all the race's foundation and were not for sale. "In that case, we have five forbidden weapons. Now, two of them are useless. Jingming and the others aren't very interested in them either. We'll sell one forbidden weapon!"

"Mm." The Eternal Tower Master and the Time-Space Island Lord nodded. They also had some items that were not for sale and were the foundation of their cultivation, so they couldn't sell them.

Gathering together, it was still not enough for a drop of Abyss Mother Blood, so they could only take out the race's public forbidden weapons.

"Jingming, accompany me to Black Lotus Territory later," the Dean said.

"Alright," Xu Jingming nodded.

In just half an hour, the Dean and the other two had gathered the treasures.

A green stream of light flew out from the depths of Myriad Star Island and condensed into an avatar of Dean Luan.

"This transaction's treasures will be carried by Jingming. If you encounter danger, you will escape with the treasures," Dean Luan said. "This avatar of mine is only responsible for negotiating. After all, you don't have any experience dealing with Black Lotus Territory."

"Dean, don't worry. I will definitely protect the treasures," Xu Jingming nodded.

The human race was being fleeced again. They were trying to gather treasures again, and they even took out a forbidden weapon.

If they were forced further, they might have to take out treasures like the *Haha Sutra* inheritance, which would affect the race's foundation and future. The Tower Master, Island Lord, and Chihung watched them leave.

"Let's go," Xu Jingming said as he took the Dean and instantly entered the Heart Realm.

"This is the Heart Realm?" the Dean looked curiously at the endless, hazy Heart Realm.

Xu Jingming brought the Dean along, and with just one step, they crossed an immeasurably long distance and saw a huge black lotus flower in the distance.

"We're here?" Dean Luan looked at the huge black lotus flower and exclaimed, "As expected of the Heart Realm lineage, the method of long-range transmission is truly excellent. One step and we've reached Black Lotus Territory."

"It's said that this black lotus flower is a Third Realm weapon?" Xu Jingming looked at it from afar.

He only felt that this black lotus flower was much more mysterious than the Nine-Leaf Black Lotus Diagram in *Crimson Lotusfire*. "Gumo has two weapons that are the most famous: one is this black lotus, and the other is a mysterious starlight. The two are for offense and defense respectively," the Dean said. "It's said that Gumo went through a bloody battle in the Abyss to obtain this black lotus weapon."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

*Whoosh.*

The two quickly arrived near Black Lotus Territory.

"One of the lotus leaves in Black Lotus Territory is a trading center," the Dean said. "The four half-step Third Realm experts in this territory have built trading centers within their own sphere of influence."

"They can collect rent and taxes by building trading centers, though they don't dare to set the prices too high. However, their advantage is that they have a continuous source of income," the Dean explained.

The two landed on that lotus leaf.

This lotus leaf was no smaller than the human race's territory in the universe! High-dimensional lifeforms were scattered everywhere, and the buildings were strange and varied. Just a slight probe revealed that tens of thousands of high-dimensional lifeforms were gathered here.

"This place is known as 'Black Lotus Leaf,' and it's one of the four major trading spots in our territory," the Dean smiled. "Your *Heart Realm Three Lineage* inheritance and that Sinful World Flower were all bought here."

Xu Jingming nodded and looked around curiously.

Although there were tens of thousands of high-dimensional lifeforms here, there were only a few hundred at the Eternal realm! Therefore, after Xu Jingming and the Dean arrived, many nascent realm high-dimensional lifeforms showed a look of reverence.

It was too difficult for nascent realm high-dimensional lifeforms to survive in high-dimensional space.

"That most conspicuous building is built by Gumo. It's very safe to trade here. Gumo also lives inside that dazzling, starlight-filled building."

"Dean Luan, Vice Dean Wu Ming, please have a seat." In a hall, Venerable Jia Sui looked at Xu Jingming and the Dean with a smile.

"Uke has already informed me of your news. Your human race is willing to lease the small universe."

"That's right. We're leasing a small universe that is about 90% similar to our homeworld universe in terms of operational rules," the Dean said.

"Don't worry, we will eventually sign an Abyss Contract and will not deceive you," Venerable Jia Sui nodded. "Have you prepared the treasure worth a drop of Abyss Mother Blood?"

"Please appraise this forbidden weapon first. If the price is too low, we can also sell it to the other three trading centers," the Dean said as he extended his hand. A black sphere appeared in his palm.

Venerable Jia Sui's eyes lit up. "A forbidden weapon?"

At the same time, he remotely contacted the Ancestral God. "Ancestral God, what is the appraised price of this forbidden weapon brought by the human race?"

An invisible force spread throughout the entire Black Lotus Territory and also permeated the black sphere.

"Value it at 550,000 drops of Abyss True Blood," Gumo replied.

"Yes." Venerable Jia Sui understood. Things with extremely high values were personally appraised by Gumo.

Xu Jingming and the Dean accepted this appraisal. According to their prior preparations, they could sell it as long as it exceeded 500,000 drops of Abyss True Blood. They gathered other treasures to make up for the value of a million drops of Abyss True Blood.

"This is the small universe. You can observe and confirm it first." Venerable Jia Sui had a small universe floating in his palm.

The Dean reached out and took it, beginning to examine it. He nodded slightly and handed it to Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming took it and looked at it. After all, he could open up a universe within his body, so he had a certain understanding of the operational rules of the universe.

"The similarity is indeed extremely high. I can confirm that it's above 95%," Xu Jingming transmitted.

"The similarity is indeed about 97%," the Dean was also very satisfied.

"Since you agree, let's sign this lease contract with the Abyss as our witness." Venerable Jia Sui took out a contract.

The Dean looked at the contents and immediately applied his strength to the contract.

The contract between the two parties was established.

"Happy transaction," Venerable Jia Sui said with a smile. "Please remember that the lease period is a hundred years. You must return the small universe when the time is up."

"Don't worry." The Dean and Xu Jingming both got up and left.

Black Lotus Territory, the central area.

After Gumo appraised the forbidden weapon, he stopped paying attention to it. His gaze landed on the black-robed youth.

"You are the human, Wu Ming?" Gumo looked at him from afar. This was the first time he had closely observed Xu Jingming.

"What a half-step Third Realm expert can peek at in the future is very limited, with too much obscured by fog," Gumo thought. "I also don't know where your future will lead you. We will also be in different territories in the future, making it difficult to meet again. Let's just treat this as repairing the relationship between the Void God Clan and the human race."