“Time is precious, so don’t waste it.”
The black-robed envoy immediately jumped down from the rooftop and landed on the ground below. The other 1,000 geniuses followed one after another, jumping down like a huge swarm of locusts and descending onto the wide street in front of the residence.
“Follow me. We’re going to the City Lord’s Mansion,” the black-robed envoy said. “That is where the City Lord resides, and it is also the core of the entire Chaos City.”
“The City Lord?”
Luo Feng was secretly shocked. As the only city in the Initial Universe, Chaos City had a history older than many universe nations in the Original Universe. The status of the City Lord of such an ancient city could be imagined. Anyone capable of holding the position of City Lord was probably no weaker than those universe nation leaders.
“Rumble rumble~~”
A huge one-horned beast over thirty metres tall, covered entirely in crimson scales, walked over from the distance ahead. The enormous beast occupied most of the street. Standing on its back was a man who looked like a young man with short purple hair. He wore dark-blue armour and dark-blue battle boots, carried a huge purple battle blade on his back, and was looking up at the sky.
The black-robed envoy respectfully saluted him, expressing his respect, while the 1,000 young people watched the giant beast leave.
“A tamed beast?”
“Can you bring a tamed beast into Chaos City?”
The group of young people could not help discussing this quietly. The black-robed envoy ahead smiled and said, “That person just now is a permanent Immortal resident of Chaos City. As a permanent resident, he is qualified to bring a tamed beast into Chaos City.”
“Permanent?”
“I heard that even Immortal experts have to pay an extremely, extremely high price for a cultivation slot here.”
The young people were shocked. Luo Feng could not help asking, “How is that possible?”
His own teacher was already considered a powerful figure among the Immortals in the universe, yet even he could not afford a cultivation slot in the Initial Universe. But that man who looked like a young man just now was actually a permanent resident?
“There is nothing impossible about it,” the black-robed envoy said with a smile. “As long as you have made a great contribution or possess extraordinary strength, and you receive the alliance’s recognition, you can become a permanent resident.”
Luo Feng’s heart stirred.
The alliance? Yes, Chaos City was jointly managed by the five major powers. The so-called alliance was probably the alliance of those five major powers.
“May I ask how one can become a permanent resident?” The Manka Star Prince Uka shouted from the crowd.
“The requirements are extremely demanding,” the black-robed envoy said with a smile. “When you become Immortal, you will know what those requirements are. There is no use asking about them now.”
The black-robed envoy led the bustling group of young people from various human races along the streets. It was indeed quite a sight.
However, Luo Feng noticed that the powerful beings meditating on the rooftops of the residences on both sides of the street only rarely opened their eyes to look at them. Most remained immersed in arduous cultivation and comprehension. Many people’s beards and hair had grown extremely long, as if they had not been trimmed for hundreds or thousands of years.
“The City Lord’s Mansion is ahead.”
The black-robed envoy pointed forward.
Luo Feng looked up.
It was a magnificent and imposing structure more than 300 metres tall. Even from a distance, one could clearly see the three most dazzling universal common language characters on the City Lord’s Mansion, ‘City Lord’s Mansion’.
When Luo Feng looked at those characters, he could not help becoming drawn into them. It was as if the characters themselves contained an independent space and an independent universe. His spirit seemed to be constantly drawn in and sucked into the cosmic space within those characters. Luo Feng was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head and did not dare look at them again.
“Everyone only needs to look at the three characters ‘City Lord’s Mansion’ once. Don’t keep looking at them,” the black-robed envoy said with a smile. “They can make your mind become dazed. Even Immortal beings generally wouldn’t dare stare at them continuously.”
“Oh?”
“They’re that miraculous?”
Many of the geniuses who had not paid attention to the three characters earlier curiously raised their heads to look. The moment they did, they all fell victim to the same effect.
“Haha…” Seeing this, the black-robed envoy could not help laughing loudly.
Normally, when receiving some super existences, he might have to be somewhat restrained. But receiving these little fellows was much more relaxed.
……
It looked close, but the journey was long.
Even though they walked fairly quickly, several minutes passed before they finally reached the entrance of the City Lord’s Mansion. At a glance, they could see black-robed envoys constantly entering and leaving the City Lord’s Mansion, while Immortal beings and World Lords could occasionally be seen going in and out as well.
“Chaos City is the only city in the Initial Universe,” the black-robed envoy said with a smile. “Chaos City has three treasures.”
Luo Feng’s eyes lit up, and he listened carefully.
“The first of these three treasures is something everyone already knows about. Naturally, it is the laws governing the operation of the universe that can be seen with the naked eye,” the black-robed envoy said with a smile. “As for the second treasure, it is inside the city, within the City Lord’s Mansion itself. The third treasure is outside Chaos City.”
“What exactly are these treasures?”
The group of young people could not help asking.
The black-robed envoy pointed around them. “The rooftops of the various cultivation residences around you have been inhabited by powerful beings throughout countless years. When cultivating, they would often have sudden flashes of inspiration and carve things directly into the ground before carefully comprehending and pondering them. When they gained something from their thoughts, they would also casually carve it down.”
Luo Feng secretly nodded. Indeed, comprehending the Origin Laws was somewhat like a flash of inspiration. When one suddenly grasped a vague insight, one would casually carve it down. Diagrams were more vivid than words.
It was like how some people might casually write a sentence on a piece of paper. Even years later, when they saw that sentence again, they could still recall what they had been thinking when they wrote it. But if the same sentence had been typed on a computer, after several years, it could sometimes be difficult to remember why they had written it in the first place.
A diagram personally carved by hand was an excellent medium for preserving comprehension.
“For countless years, Chaos City has developed this tradition,” the black-robed envoy sighed. “Because these were purely spontaneous records with no pattern, and many carvings only contain fragments, most of them are useful merely as references.”
“But!”
“Among the countless sudden insights recorded over the years, there are also some that possess extremely strong and systematic cultivation value,” the black-robed envoy said solemnly. “In Chaos City, there are the most precious 52 Chaos Tablets. Each Chaos Tablet records countless mysterious diagrams and so on. These 52 Chaos Tablets represent 52 great paths of cultivation, directly leading to the paths of the ultimate peak! If you completely comprehend one Chaos Tablet, you will directly become a true super existence in the universe. Even if you wanted to establish a universe nation, it would be incredibly easy.”
Luo Feng could not help holding his breath. Beside him, Wild Man Rong Jun, the Manka Star youth and the others…
More than 1,000 young men and women were all excited.
The 52 Chaos Tablets contained paths leading to the ultimate peak. If one completely comprehended a single tablet, one could establish a universe nation?
“These 52 Chaos Tablets are the second treasure of our Chaos City,” the black-robed envoy said with a smile. “As for the third treasure, it is outside Chaos City. There is a detailed description on the stone tablet at the city gate. You can go and look for yourselves.”
The group was filled with anticipation.
The first and second treasures were already of enormous benefit to everyone. The third treasure was probably no less extraordinary.
“The 52 Chaos Tablets,” the black-robed envoy said. “Every cultivator who enters the Initial Universe has one opportunity to comprehend a Chaos Tablet, and each person has seven days to comprehend it!”
“Seven days?”
The group stared wide-eyed.
Wasn’t that far too short?
“The Chaos Tablets are treasures of humanity. They convey the path towards the ultimate peak far more clearly than any secret technique. Seven days of comprehension is enough for you,” the black-robed envoy said before walking towards the main entrance of the City Lord’s Mansion. “Everyone, come inside. Prepare to choose a Chaos Tablet to observe.”
The City Lord’s Mansion occupied a vast area. Even the rooftop of an ordinary cultivation residence was nearly 100 metres long and wide, so the size of the City Lord’s Mansion could be imagined.
“Each person can only choose one Chaos Tablet to observe and comprehend.”
The black-robed envoy led Luo Feng and the others to the entrance of a dreamlike corridor.
Huge paintings hung on the walls on both sides of the corridor.
Luo Feng swept his gaze over them and immediately realised that there were a total of 52 paintings.
“Fifty-two copied paintings are hanging on the walls of the corridor. Each painting corresponds to one Chaos Tablet. First, observe these paintings. Although the paintings cannot transmit the aura contained within the Chaos Tablets, they can still allow you to vaguely sense a little of it. Observe all 52 paintings, then decide which Chaos Tablet you want to choose,” the black-robed envoy said.
The group of young people stared somewhat dumbfoundedly at the paintings hanging on both sides of the corridor.
So they were supposed to choose which Chaos Tablet to observe by looking at the paintings.
Each painting was a standard ten metres long and ten metres wide, with its name written beside it.
“You have half an hour,” the black-robed envoy said as he stood at the outermost part of the corridor.
Luo Feng and the others could only begin observing them.
Luo Feng casually chose one painting and began observing it.
The first painting depicted an ancient towering tree. Its leaves had already withered and turned yellow, and countless leaves were falling.
On this painting, the withered yellow leaves floating in mid-air numbered more than 10,000 according to Luo Feng’s consciousness calculation ability.
One withered yellow leaf after another fell from the tree.
Some leaves were still attached to the branches, while the ground was covered with fallen leaves.
As he watched, Luo Feng gradually felt that the withered yellow leaves falling through the air seemed like individual soldiers forming military formations. The incomparably complicated formations consisted of a hundred leaves forming a complex small formation. Adding just one more leaf, making 101 leaves, caused the formation to suddenly transform into something far more mysterious.
“One minute has passed!”
Babata’s voice woke Luo Feng in his mind. “Luo Feng, you only have half an hour to look at all the paintings. You cannot spend more than one minute on each painting.”
“Understood.”
Luo Feng immediately regained consciousness and glanced at the name of the painting.
《Mother Ancestor Chaos Tablet》.
This made Luo Feng frown slightly.
“Mother Ancestor? What does this have to do with Mother Ancestor Star?”
He did not dare think about it any further. After all, there were a full 52 paintings to observe, so Luo Feng immediately moved on to the other paintings. He had to find the Chaos Tablet that suited him best within the short half-hour. After all, the more suitable it was for him, the higher his cultivation efficiency would be.
As for the ‘Mother Ancestor Chaos Tablet’, Luo Feng already felt a headache just looking at it.
With 101 leaves, the formation could transform into a hundred times more variations than with 100 leaves.
As for tens of thousands of leaves, what level would the resulting evolution reach? It was impossible to imagine.
One painting after another, in complete silence.
The 1,000 geniuses were all like starving wolves, their eyes glowing as they stared at the paintings. Earlier, everyone had been dissatisfied about having to choose a Chaos Tablet by looking at paintings. But after observing them, they were all completely immersed in them. Fortunately, everyone had an intelligent optical computer to remind them. Otherwise, they might have spent the entire half-hour looking at a single painting.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng stared at a large painting in front of him.
The painting depicted a series of blade marks, with each blade mark giving off a completely different sensation. There were a total of 10,081 blade marks in the entire painting.
The corresponding Chaos Tablet was called the 《Heart Mark Chaos Tablet》.
“Good, half an hour is up. Tell me which Chaos Tablet you have chosen, and I will record it.”
The black-robed envoy shouted.