124: The fire poker is actually a Great Sage-level magic weapon! [Thanks to 'Diao Da Xin Xi' for the gift]
Inside Myriad Beast City.
Su Jue was acting like a curious child, looking here and there.
The architectural styles here were simply bizarre.
There were Elven treehouses reaching a thousand meters high, Dwarven iron fortresses buried deep underground, and Mage Towers made of pure energy floating in mid-air.
The streets were bustling with people from all sorts of races brushing shoulders with one another.
A five-meter-tall Minotaur was arguing until he was red in the face with a Gnome who was only a meter tall over the price of a product.
A seductive Succubus blew kisses at a handsome swordsman passing by.
A mysterious figure shrouded in black robes, revealing only a pair of crimson eyes, was conducting a shady deal with someone in a dark corner.
The place was full of chaos, vitality, and endless possibilities.
“Boss, should we find a place to stay first?”
Capybara suggested.
“Mhm.”
Su Jue nodded.
They soon found an inn that looked reasonably clean.
The innkeeper was a Dwarf with a beer belly.
When he saw Su Jue’s group, he only gave them a glance before tossing over four keys.
“Ten thousand a day. Pay for a month upfront.”
Niu Tuo resigned himself to digging out the source crystals Su Jue had just given him.
However, Su Jue waved his hand.
He looked at the Dwarf owner and asked in a childish voice, “Boss, let me ask you something.”
“Speak,” the Dwarf owner replied without looking up as he wiped a glass.
“How can I meet the Myriad Beast King?”
Hearing this, the Dwarf owner’s hand stopped mid-wipe.
He looked up and stared at Su Jue as if he were an idiot.
“Huh? Meet the Myriad Beast King? Kid, are you even awake?”
He sneered, “Is the Myriad Beast King someone you can just see whenever you want? The line of people wanting to see him every day stretches from the south of the city to the north! Who do you think you are?”
“I’ll point you in the right direction, though.”
The Dwarf owner held up three thick fingers.
“Three ways.”
“First, offer a treasure that would even tempt the Myriad Beast King. For example, a Saint King Level cultivation technique or a legendary Immortal Divine Medicine.”
Su Jue curled his lips; this was an immediate pass.
Why should he give his treasures to someone else?
“Second, become the richest person in Myriad Beast City. When your wealth can affect the operations of the entire city, the Myriad Beast King will naturally come to see you.”
Money again?
Su Jue thought about his empty-handed state and passed on that too.
“What about the third?”
“The third...”
The Dwarf owner grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.
“Go to the [Ten Thousand Beast Arena]!”
“Beat everyone there to the ground! Become the champion! When you stand at the highest point of the arena, bathed in the cheers of the entire city, the Myriad Beast King will appear before you and crown you personally!”
“This is the fastest and most direct way!”
The Dwarf owner's tone was full of temptation.
“How about it, kid? Do you have the guts to try?”
After hearing this, Su Jue’s eyes lit up.
Fighting?
He was good at that!
“Good, it's settled!”
He clapped his hands and made his decision.
“Let’s go, to the arena!”
He turned to leave but was grabbed by Capybara.
“Boss, Boss, don’t be in such a hurry!”
Capybara was sweating profusely. “That Ten Thousand Beast Arena is no joke! The guys in there are all cold-blooded lunatics! Divine Ability Realm experts are everywhere, and the King Realm isn't unheard of!”
“Moreover, once you enter the arena, life and death are irrelevant! Countless people die in there every year!”
“Oh?”
Instead of being afraid, Su Jue became even more excited.
“Doesn't that make it even more fun?”
Capybara: “...”
His boss’s brain worked completely differently from normal people.
Just then.
A small golden head popped out from Su Jue’s hat again.
Ling yawned, her eyes sleepy.
“Fighting?”
She seemed to have heard the conversation just now.
Then, she fumbled around in the pockets of her worn-out white dress.
First, she pulled out a stone emitting a seven-colored halo. She took one look at it and threw it on the ground in disgust.
“Trash.”
Next, she pulled out a fruit surrounded by chaotic energy. She sniffed it and threw it away too.
“Sour.”
Finally, she pulled out a plain-looking, pitch-black iron rod.
The iron rod was about a meter long, as thick as an arm, with golden hoops at both ends, and the body was covered in mysterious, illegible patterns.
It looked like a... fire poker?
The Dwarf owner rubbed his eyes, a bit dazed.
What was wrong with this little girl? Carrying so much trash on her?
Wait! That didn't look like trash!
That seven-colored stone—he seemed to have seen it in some ancient text. What was it called... the Seven-Apertures Exquisite Heart? It was supposedly the dream treasure for those in the King Realm trying to break through to the Saint Realm.
And that fruit looked familiar... but before he could figure it out...
In Su Jue’s mind, the system started screaming again!
【Warning! Warning! Over-spec weapon detected!!!】
【Name: Ruyi Jingu Bang (Imitation · Damaged)】
【Rank: 12th Rank (Great Sage Level)!!!】
【Material: Chaotic Divine Iron, Taiyi Golden Essence...】
【Effect 1: Size at Will. Can grow or shrink according to the user's mind.】
【Effect 2: Immense Weight. Its own weight is enough to crush a neutron star.】
【Effect 3: Law Immunity. Ignores the vast majority of law-based attacks.】
【Warning! This item possesses sentience and is currently in a dormant state!】
【Devour Suggestion: ...】
The system glitched.
After a full three seconds, it managed to squeeze out a sentence.
【Devour Suggestion: Host, you really shouldn't eat this thing!】
Su Jue: “...”
12th Rank!
A Great Sage Level magic treasure!
The strongest weapons in the Lanxia Universe Federation were only Saint King Level National Artifacts!
This little girl was actually carrying a Great Sage Level magic treasure around like a fire poker?
And this was freaking labeled as an 'imitation' and 'damaged'?!?
How terrifying would the authentic one be?
Su Jue felt his worldview being pinned to the ground and ruthlessly trampled once again.
He stared fixedly at the 'fire poker' in Ling’s hand, his throat involuntarily twitching.
He wanted it.
He really wanted it!
If he got his hands on this, forget the Myriad Beast King, he’d dare to charge back to Blue Star right now and rip Lei Xiaotian’s head off to use as a soccer ball!
“Ling, what... is this?” Su Jue forced a kind smile and asked in a childish voice.
“Mmm... a fire poker.” Ling raised the iron rod in her hand, looking as if it were the most natural thing in the world. “When I used to sleep, the cave was cold, so I used it to poke the fire. It works really well.”
Using a Great Sage Level magic treasure... to poke a fire?
Pfft!
The Dwarf owner nearby immediately spat out the mouthful of ale he had just taken.
His eyes widened as he stared at the iron rod, his body beginning to tremble uncontrollably.
Madmen!
This whole family was full of damn madmen!