Top-Class Comprehension: Start with Basic Fist Techniques-Chapter 753 - 251: 10 Earth Saints, 3 Divinity Transformations! Lu Changsheng’s Taoist Body Shows Its Might, Kills with One Squeeze!
"In one month, the auction."
Lu Changsheng’s eyes showed a trace of contemplation.
He first made a trip to a place specializing in the sale and rental of cave mansions.
Using Spirit Stones, he purchased a cave mansion.
In Holy Star City, the average person lived in houses or estates.
But those with status and position lived in cave mansions.
To purchase a cave mansion, Spirit Stones were sufficient.
Soon, Lu Changsheng moved into his new cave mansion.
He sat cross-legged, meticulously reflecting on everything he had seen and heard today at the Secret Realm Tower.
"The Secret Realm Tower said that unclaimed secret realms are now hard to find, to the point that they need to be auctioned, forcing many people to bid against one another."
"This is merely the one-sided claim of the Secret Realm Tower, and it doesn’t align with what the Heavenly River Sacred Land’s founding patriarch once said. I’ll have to investigate further."
Lu Changsheng would not blindly trust the claims of the Secret Realm Tower.
Even though the Secret Realm Tower had a strong reputation.
Lu Changsheng left the cave mansion and discreetly gathered information around the city.
In truth, this wasn’t any kind of classified secret.
In the Holy Domain, many were aware of the secret realms.
As a result, Lu Changsheng managed to gather the information he sought clearly and comprehensively.
Secret realms, in fact, existed in large numbers.
It was once said by a great being that secret realms were as numerous as grains of sand along the Milky Way’s banks, uncountable in their vastness.
Even if only an insignificant fraction bordered or connected to the Immortal Martial Realm, that number was still considerable.
However, while the number of secret realms wasn’t small, the number of Earth Saints was far too great.
Year after year, day after day, the number of Earth Saints continued to grow. Naturally, competition among them intensified.
Thus, in recent years, the position coordinates of an unclaimed secret realm had indeed become extremely valuable.
It seemed as though the Secret Realm Tower had not been misleading Lu Changsheng on this matter.
To obtain an unclaimed secret realm, one would indeed need to attend an auction and compete with others for the bids.
With this realization, Lu Changsheng returned to his cave mansion once more.
"According to the Secret Realm Tower, the only way to bid for secret realm position coordinates is to use Divine Fragments or Martial Arts Fragments."
"As for Martial Arts Fragments, there’s no need to even consider those—I don’t have any. As for Divine Fragments, they can only be obtained mostly within the Divine Domain."
"Many Earth Saints or powerful forces cultivate one top-tier Human Saint after another for the sole purpose of entering the Divine Domain to seize Divine Fragments."
"In the Holy Domain, top-tier Human Saints are all but compelled to take a journey to the Divine Domain unless they have exceptionally powerful backgrounds."
Lu Changsheng’s heart tightened.
The Holy Domain was indeed the center of martial arts, its prosperity far surpassing that of the Holy Land.
But within the Holy Domain, Human Saints had been entirely reduced to tools.
At best, they were merely advanced tools.
Divine Fragments were an unshakable currency. To acquire more of them, countless factions treated Human Saints as tools to be cultivated and used.
Most of their endings were tragic.
On the contrary, in the Holy Land, Human Saints were held in high regard, and their fates were not as perilous as those of the Holy Domain’s Saints.
Some even captured Human Saints specifically to control them into venturing into the Divine Domain.
"I only possess a dozen or so Divine Fragments. Ordinarily, this would be sufficient; however, at the auction, if I want to secure an unclaimed secret realm, this number may not be enough..."
Lu Changsheng understood this well.
Once the position coordinates of a secret realm were put up in the auction, they would inevitably be sold for an astronomical price.
A dozen Divine Fragments would certainly fall short.
Yet the position coordinates of that unclaimed secret realm were something Lu Changsheng was determined to acquire!
"Divine Fragments..."
Lu Changsheng let out a long sigh.
Had he known this earlier, he would have remained longer in the Divine Domain to gather more Divine Fragments.
Of course, now this idea was nothing but wishful thinking.
He could no longer re-enter the Divine Domain.
The Divine Domain imposed a restriction barring anyone above the Human Saint realm from entering.
Now that Lu Changsheng was an Earth Saint, re-entering the Divine Domain had become impossible.
Perhaps those great beings had long been aware of the conflicts that might arise from the pursuit of Divine Fragments.
That was why the arrays within the Divine Domain had set cultivation-level limits.
In truth, this method ensured that the Divine Domain could sustainably produce gods and thereby continually provide Divine Fragments.
Otherwise, if Earth Saints or even Heaven Saints were to intervene, the Divine Domain would be shattered into fragments under their assault.
"If I fail to secure the secret realm’s position coordinates at the auction, then I’ll have no choice but to seize them..."
Lu Changsheng’s eyes glinted coldly.
He had risen from being a weak martial artist, step by step cultivating to his current state.
Naturally, he wasn’t someone bound by rigid principles.
An unclaimed secret realm was crucial for his cultivation.
He would stop at nothing to obtain its position coordinates!
Days passed one by one.
Lu Changsheng wandered idly through the streets of Holy Star City each day.
In reality, he was seeking ways to acquire more Divine Fragments.
Unfortunately, Divine Fragments were exceedingly rare, with the Divine Domain being almost the sole source.
Even if an innate god suddenly appeared in some place, those Earth Saint experts would have long since acted to destroy it first.
How could anything ever fall into Lu Changsheng’s hands?
Time flew by, and more than twenty days passed—it was now close to a full month.
The Secret Realm Tower’s auction was fast approaching.
"Hmm?"
"These past days, I’ve been strolling idly around the city."
"But there have been a few gazes, faint and intermittent, yet lingering. Though extremely well-concealed, over so many days, my senses have picked up on them. Has someone set their sights on me?"
"Could it be Marauders?"
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly.
His expression remained calm, but countless thoughts flickered through his mind.
Marauders!
This term referred to those who specialized in ambushing and killing martial artists or immortal cultivators to plunder their treasures. Such individuals were called Marauders.
Marauders didn’t discriminate against cultivation levels.
Even Earth Saints weren’t immune to being targeted by Marauders.
