"Treasures!"
Lu Li did not have the time or the mood to waste his time. He said coldly.
The old man immediately led him to the first corridor on the left. After walking a few hundred feet, they entered a fork in the road and finally entered a side hall.
Sitting in the side hall, Lu Li did not want to waste any more time. He cut to the chase, "I want a citizen. What is the price?"
"Citizen?"
The old man frowned. Lu Li just gave five hundred Divine Sources to the gatekeeper. How could such a rich man not be a citizen?
But the old man did not ask further questions. After a pause, he said, "If you want a citizen of the Vicissitude House, it will be cheaper. About one hundred thousand Divine Sources. The other prefectures will be more expensive."
"One hundred thousand?"
Lu Li curled his lips. He was being treated like a pig.
But he had to be humble when he was living under another's roof.
He nodded. "Okay, one hundred thousand it is. How long will it take?"
The old man said after a moment of hesitation, "Three days if you are slow. If you are in a hurry, you will need to add another twenty thousand Divine Sources. You can get it done in half a day."
"Sh * t!"
Lu Li was speechless. The Palace of Black Mountain was so evil. How could they extort him?
Lu Li made up his mind. "You are being too cruel.
One hundred thousand Divine Sources for a citizen is fine. Why do you have to delay the time? "
"Young Master, it's not that we are ruthless …" The old man explained patiently, "This thing needs to be done with all kinds of connections, and we also need to send experts to the nearby cities as fast as possible. We also need to pay our respects there, otherwise …"
"Okay, okay. One hundred and twenty thousand it is. Do it now!"
Lu Li was getting annoyed. His ring glowed as he took out a pile of Divine Sources, threw them on the ground and said, "Here are fifty thousand Divine Sources. Pay the rest when you are done."
"Okay, no problem!"
The old man collected all the Divine Sources. He took out a small bottle and handed it to Lu Li. "Young Master, please give me three drops of your blood. I will have someone take care of it. It will be done in half a day."
Lu Li gave it three drops of blood. Then, he walked out and said, "I have something to do. I will come back in half a day."
The elder saw Lu Li off with respect. After Lu Li walked out and made sure that he was not being followed, the Cloaking Armor appeared and he became invisible. Then he found a place outside the Black Mountain Cliff and sat down with his legs crossed.
He was worried about the people of Black Mountain Palace. What if they stole his divine origin and reported it to Blue Flame Manor?
At that time, he would be surrounded by a group of Official Army soldiers while he was sitting inside. He would not be able to escape.
Not long afterward, several people flew out from the Black Cliff. They took out a Beast of the Void and flew away. Lu Li waited patiently.
After half a day, those people came back and entered the cave.
Lu Li waited for a while. He sat outside for a while to make sure that there were no prefecture warriors or pursuing warriors nearby. Then, he revealed himself and went into the cave.
The elder took out a cyan jade talisman, handed it to Lu Li and said, "Young Master, this is your ID token. With this token, you are a citizen of the Vicissitude House."
Lu Li took over the jade talisman and sensed it. He could feel a spiritual connection with the jade talisman. On the jade talisman were two characters "Cang Yan" written in bold calligraphy. Lu Li had seen this jade talisman before. Many prefecture warriors had it.
"Yes, yes."
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Lu Li was relieved to be a citizen. At least, he could go in and out of cities at will and go to the Space-time Office.
He was not in a hurry to leave. He thought about it and asked, "Do you have Blood Crystals?"
Lu Li only had one piece of Blood Crystal left. His biggest weapon, the warlord skeleton, could only be used once.
Once he encountered powerful enemies and the last piece of Blood Crystal was used up, he would have to wait for death.
"Blood Crystal?"
The elder frowned. He took out a book.
He flipped through a few pages, pointed at a red crystal and asked Lu Li, "Is this it?"
Lu Li nodded. "Yes. What is the price?"
"We don't have it in stock right now. We have to get it from the headquarters. Even if we can get it from the headquarters, there won't be a lot. Blood Crystals are rare materials."
The elder continued, "The price is at least one hundred thousand Divine Sources for one piece. It will take at least half a year to get it from the headquarters.
Young Master, if you need it, you can pay a down payment so that I can contact the headquarters. "
"One hundred thousand Divine Sources?"
Lu Li blinked, speechless. One move from the warlord skeleton was equivalent to one hundred thousand Divine Sources. What about 100 moves in a row?
Wouldn't it cost him 10 million Divine Sources?
Of course, Lu Li knew that the Black Mountain Palace was an underground black market. Everything could be sold at dozens of times the market price.
"Not for now. I will come back if I need anything. Right … can you give me a detailed map of the nearby area?"
Lu Li stood up and was ready to leave. The elder handed over a hide scroll from his ring and said with a smile, "This is for free, Young Master. The Black Mountain Palace welcomes your visit anytime."
Lu Li handed over the rest of the Divine Sources and walked out. Soon, he went invisible and left the area.
He took a detour to make sure that the Black Mountain Palace did not send anyone to follow him.
Lu Li checked the map. The nearest city was hundreds of thousands of miles away. He dared not to linger any longer. He rushed over as fast as he could.
Lu Li arrived at the city after more than two hours.
He did not go in rashly. Instead, he walked around the city to make sure that everything was normal. Then, he revealed himself and swaggered into the city in a cyan robe.
There were guards at the city gate. If Lu Li had a token of citizenship, the guards would ignore him. If not, the guards would go and check.
Lu Li hung up the token of citizenship and walked into the city in a low profile. The prefecture warriors at the city gate gave him a few glances but did not give him much attention. Lu Li walked into the city.
"Okay!"
The moment he entered the city, Lu Li was relieved to see the tidy streets and manors.
He hurried to the north of the city. The Teleportation Formations were in the plaza at the north of the city. He had to go to a nearby city and then find the Space-time Office.
As a matter of fact, he could teleport to the Valley of Relics from other cities, but the distance was too far.
It would take him at least a year to reach the Valley of Relics.
The Valley of Relics was not in the Vicissitude House, but in the Southern Sun Prefecture, two prefectures away from the Vicissitude House.
At the plaza at the north, Lu Li handed over the Divine Sources and stepped into a Teleportation Formation. After a blur, he arrived at a huge city.
"Spacetime Palace!"
Lu Li walked out of the Teleportation Formation. Soon, he was attracted by a huge black castle on the left side of the plaza. There were three words carved on the castle, Space-time Office.
"Heavenly Fortune Pavilion, Hall of Life and Death, Craftsmen's Sect!"
Lu Li also saw three castles of similar height. The four supreme forces all had branches in major cities in the Divinity. It seemed that the rumors were true.
"Go!"
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