Swallowed Star: Drawing Talents

Hongmeng City, Outer City.

Pushing open the door and stepping out, Yang Wu arrived in a quiet and vast residential area.

The residential styles throughout the complex varied, but all were two stories high and of considerable size, with each residence, including the open space, covering 3,200 square meters.

Hongmeng City's outer city has over 3 million residents, distributed in various residential areas, each with a fixed maximum of ten thousand residents.

Therefore, the outer city is the most bustling and lively part of Hongmeng City, while the universe overlords residing in the inner city appear deserted due to their small numbers walking on the community road.

Yang Wu looked at the uniquely styled residences beside him, and at some strangely-shaped, even rock-life and energy-life, powerhouses in the distance.

These people are all kings who have been crowned as immortals. In addition to the 100,000 human kings, there are more than 3 million kings from various races gathered here.

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Divided into one-star to three-star based on strength, all reside in the outer city of Hongmeng City, while four-star to six-star reside in the inner city. The inner city is almost entirely populated by universe overlords.

The core of the entire Hongmeng City is a dazzling and mysterious palace, millions of kilometers high, resembling a giant sword piercing the stars—

Hongmeng Palace!

Hongmeng Palace is inhabited by seven-star existences, who are basically top universe hegemons, and the various palace masters of Hongmeng Palace are all universe masters who have transcended seven stars.

Walking out of the residential area.

Yang Wu stood at a crossroads at the end of a street in the outer city, surrounded by various alien races or humans passing by.

In a clearing ahead, there were many chairs and tables, with groups of two or three powerhouses from various races, holding drinks and chatting and laughing.

At a glance, there were hundreds of people, with only about five humans, and the rest were alien races.

Yang Wu's arrival eventually attracted some attention.

"Who is that?"

"A bit unfamiliar, must be new."

"Doesn't look like he's from the human race; that body looks more like a puppet!"

Some sharp-eyed alien kings recognized the difference in Yang Wu's body at a glance.

After all, most of the puppets in the human race are sold to these alien races.

"Huh, he's actually a three-star powerhouse!"

"When did he arrive? How come there's no information about him?"

Some immortal kings noticed the star mark on Yang Wu's arm guard and were surprised, pulling their companions and whispering to each other.

In Hongmeng City, everyone has the same physical qualities; this is a setting to prevent fights and killings. You can't judge a person's strength just by looking at their appearance.

Even if a universe overlord stands in front of you, as long as they restrain their consciousness pressure, you won't be able to recognize them, because their bodies and original force intensity are the same.

The only difference is consciousness.

However, as long as the consciousness restrains its pressure, it's impossible to judge its strength from the surface.

However, in addition to consciousness pressure, members of Hongmeng can completely judge strength from the star mark on their arm guards to avoid inadvertently provoking powerful enemies.

One star, a powerhouse who has just entered the king level or just joined Hongmeng,

Two stars, a powerhouse among kings, a small number of high-level or peak kings.

Three stars, the limit of kings.

However, even at the limit of kings, after seeing that Yang Wu was not human, no one paid attention to him anymore.

Humans are the rulers of Hongmeng!

Therefore, humans have a very high status in Hongmeng City. Few alien races dare to directly offend humans here, even if it's just a beginner king. The alien races will treat them warmly.

But alien races are different.

The limit of kings? Among the three million immortal kings in Hongmeng City, there are many at the limit of kings. Basically, there are seven or eight in each residential area.

Yang Wu didn't stay too long.

It's best not to be disturbed; after all, he's here to work, not to hang out.

According to the strategy map he had searched, Yang Wu walked through street after street and finally arrived at his destination today.

Special Items Appraisal Pavilion!

The location of the Appraisal Pavilion is very remote, and its traffic is extremely sparse. After all, appraisal is really not a popular industry in the original universe.

Except for those particularly strange treasures with peculiar and difficult-to-identify abilities that require powerhouses in this industry to appraise,

Other strange items can be identified roughly with a probe of divine power, and with the huge bug of the virtual universe, the appraisal industry has been hit hard.

"Welcome, guest!"

Sitting on the high platform was an alien king napping. On his crystal-like head, six eyes were embedded vertically.

Yixing Clan!

This is one of the many affiliated clans under the human race. The Yixing Clan is not good at fighting, and their talent gives them expertise in detecting and creating treasures.

In the virtual universe company's forging department, there are many Yixing Clan powerhouses stationed. Yang Wu's heavy treasure armor, the Azure Snail Armor, had the participation of the Yixing Clan.

"Guest, please sit here!"

The Yixing Clan shopkeeper quickly stood up and led Yang Wu to a table and chairs, excitedly pouring him a glass of wine.

Due to the influence of the human race, although alien races make up the majority of Hongmeng City, their living habits are not much different from those of the human race.

"Guest, what treasure do you need appraised?"

After drinking a glass of wine, the Yixing Clan shopkeeper went straight to the topic.

"It!"

"I need you to appraise it for me. If possible, find me a buyer. Fees are not a problem at all."

The appraisal industry has been able to exist for so many years, so naturally it has its own survival rules.

Some special treasures

may not be very useful to individuals, but they have the effect of laying the foundation and enhancing the heritage for the entire race.

And Hongmeng City Appraisal Pavilion does this business, providing buyer services to owners while appraising treasures.

Either individuals or races.

The appearance model and internal structure of the sacrificial tower were simulated by Yang Wu using the virtual universe system, and slowly rotated and suspended in front of the two.

"This is..."

"Sacrificial Tower!!!"

"The inheritance sacrificial tower of the Yan sacrificial clan in the outer battlefield, and it's still an intact sacrificial tower!"

Seeing the virtual image simulated by Yang Wu, the Yixing Clan shopkeeper leaned forward sharply, and six vertical eyes flashed with bursts of light.

For a clan that focuses on appraisal and forging, the unique secret纹 weapons of the Yan sacrificial clan are extremely attractive to them.

In the end.

This inheritance sacrificial tower, which had just been obtained not long ago, was sold by Yang Wu in this Hongmeng City for a price of 1 trillion mixed yuan units.

And the buyer...

was the Yixing Clan!

Perhaps, for individuals at the king level or even universe overlords, 1 trillion is already a huge fortune, but for an entire race—

especially for a clan like the Yixing Clan, which is almost entirely composed of casting masters, such a fortune is completely insignificant.

"I should take a good stroll!"

Walking out of the Appraisal Pavilion, Yang Wu stretched out his hands and stretched his waist. Since he came to Hongmeng City, he naturally had to take a good stroll.

Hongmeng City, Poya Palace.

This huge palace, which covers several kilometers in length and width, is very lively at this time.

"Open!"

"Open!"

"Open!"

A group of crowned king powerhouses from various races were excitedly staring at the front, and Yang Wu, mixed in the crowd, was also staring intently.

Eating, drinking, and gambling!

In this regard, Yang Hui was his enlightenment mentor. Back in Hongning Base City on Earth, he often took him out to have fun.

Cultivation is always boring.

Occasionally finding some fun to relax and ease up is also good. He hasn't felt this kind of passion for a long time.

"Number 4399."

As the waiter shouted the number loudly.

"Hey!"

"Almost, I'm number 4400."

Many powerhouses in the hall cursed casually as if venting, but some powerhouses shouted, "Number 4399 is Youhe King. Youhe King has made a big profit this time."

"Youhe King, you bought a treasure worth 100 million mixed yuan units for 10,000 mixed yuan units. You've made a killing this time.

You have to treat us all well."

"Don't be stingy."

"How could Youhe King be such a stingy human?"

There was a lot of noise, and then a tall human with curly hair shouted, "Let's go, everyone with tickets, please go to the Jiu Xiang Palace next door."

"Generous."

"Generous enough."

There was a burst of cheers.

This kind of gambling game is very simple. The casino takes out a treasure worth 100 million mixed yuan units and then starts selling 10,000 tickets, each ticket worth 10,000 mixed yuan units.

When all 10,000 tickets are sold out, a unique ticket number will be selected at a specific time. The person who owns this ticket number will get the treasure worth 100 million mixed yuan units.

And this is equivalent to ten thousand powerhouses pooling money to buy a treasure, and then one lucky person among these ten thousand powerhouses gets the treasure alone.

Gambling is much the same. It's very similar to some popular gambling methods on Earth, and some are quite unique.

The gambling amount is small, a few hundred mixed yuan units, and high, in units of hundreds of millions. Most people can accept the former, and occasionally they can play a game or two.

And the latter, gambling games in units of hundreds of millions, only crowned kings who are invincible or overlords can afford to gamble.

After losing a few games in a row, Yang Wu withdrew from participation.

Small gambling is fun, big gambling hurts the body.

Although he has a huge amount of wealth, his money doesn't come from the wind.

"Hu."

Walking out of Poya Palace, Yang Wu looked back at Poya Palace behind him. This palace covers several kilometers in length and width, and there are three characters engraved in the universal language of the universe directly above the palace—

Poya Palace!

This is the only casino in the entire Hongmeng City. Although it also has to pay taxes to Hongmeng, its own income is also terrifying. It's purely a no-cost business. The powerhouses of various races in Hongmeng City all have extremely long lives.

In this long life, in addition to cosmic adventures, they occasionally come to Poya Palace to find fun.

Therefore, the profits obtained by Poya Palace are difficult to estimate.

It is said that the backer of this Poya Palace is a certain palace master in Hongmeng Palace, and some even say that it was jointly created by several palace masters.

Yang Wu was walking on the street.

In this city where countless powerhouses gather, scenes that are usually rare are everywhere here.

Large spaceship transactions.

Plant life, metal life transactions.

Strongman employment business.

Special item monitoring business.

Large auction house.

New type of gambling business.

After a while, Yang Wu came to a goods store called Yubao Hall, which is the best and largest of the many goods stores in Hongmeng City.

If the owner behind Poya Palace is difficult for Yang Wu to guess, then he knows the owner behind this Yubao Hall very well.

Dragon Travel Master.

A very early veteran of the virtual universe company, who stepped into the master of the universe early, and is also the only master of the universe in the virtual universe company who is not from the original ancestor, Yubao Hall is divided into two floors, each floor covering an area similar to Poya Palace, a store several kilometers long and wide, I don’t know how many goods are placed.

"Tsk."

Yang Wu entered Yubao Hall, looking at the dense and countless treasures all the way to the end of the field of vision, and each treasure is accompanied by a drawing.

The drawings have videos, pictures, and written materials, explaining in detail the origins, special features, and selling prices of these treasures.

The number of treasures on the first floor of this Yubao Hall alone is in the hundreds of millions, and the prices range from hundreds of mixed yuan units to thousands of millions of mixed yuan units. As Yang Wu walked, he browsed. As expected of a gathering place for powerhouses from all races in the universe, the treasures in Hongmeng City are so precious and rare that some are not even present in the virtual universe company's treasure house. Of course, the reverse is also true. Some precious treasures in the virtual universe company's treasure house have not appeared in Hongmeng City here.

After Yang Wu casually looked around, he went straight to the stairs to the second floor.

There are countless treasures on the first floor of Yubao Hall, but most of them are useless to Yang Wu, and there are no treasures that can improve his strength.

There are countless precious treasures on the second floor, some of which can be purchased with mixed yuan units, and some of which are prohibited from being purchased with money and must be exchanged for other treasures.

In the original universe, some special treasures are extremely rare, and some are even unique, making it difficult to give an accurate price.

A unique treasure may be useless to some powerhouses, but it is priceless to some powerhouses, and its value cannot be clearly determined.

Bartering has become the mainstream.

"Welcome!"

Nine beauties from various races standing at the entrance of the 100-meter-wide staircase opened their mouths in unison to welcome them.

To go to the second floor of Yubao Pavilion, you must be a four-star or higher existence, or have deposits in the Cosmic First Bank and Cosmic Xinghe Bank exceeding 100 billion mixed yuan units.

Yang Wu's bank deposits in his identity as Qingli King have long exceeded trillions of mixed yuan units, fully meeting the conditions for ascending to the second floor of Yubao Pavilion.

"Stop, this is not a place you can come to!"

Suddenly, a harsh voice came from behind, quickly pulling back Yang Wu's thoughts. He turned around and looked down at the first floor.

"Huh!"

Yang Wu let out a soft sound, looking at the familiar scene below, and after a moment, his expression couldn't help but become strange.

"Urban pretending to slap face plot?"

He didn't expect that even after mixing into the universe, this kind of urban pretending to slap face plot would still happen.

Of course...

the protagonist is not him!