Floating City Blueprints

"Eternal Heart, Arcane Truth, Secret Rune?"

Chen Xu had never heard of these three mage civilizations. In the inherited knowledge of the Lord of the Undead, most information outside of the undead primarily recorded the six special worlds and worlds inhabited by Dao Lord powerhouses.

Others were perhaps judged to be of insufficient rank and were not included in the inherited knowledge.

"Brother Big Boss, which of these three civilizations do you recommend?"

"I would recommend Eternal Heart. The technology involved in a floating city is too high-end and is usually kept at the highest level of secrecy. However, the Eternal Heart civilization has recently fallen into a bitter struggle."

"In an invasion they launched against another world, that world happened to be marked as a target by Hell."

"Halfway through their conquest, they clashed with the armies of Hell. The war is currently at a stalemate, and they are in desperate need of a large amount of resources."

"I believe that if you wish to purchase floating city technology, Lord Chen Xu, you can take this opportunity to step in, though I cannot guarantee the transaction will definitely succeed."

"Then I will have to trouble you to help me establish a connection, Brother Big Boss."

"I will contact that councilor immediately. Not long ago, the Wanbao Pavilion sold him a batch of supplies and exchanged contact tokens."

Big Boss pulled a keychain from his robes, which was covered in numerous storage bracelets.

Big Boss held a bracelet up to his eyes, carefully reading the inscription on it. After searching for a moment, he finally took off the bracelet representing Eternal Heart.

Then, he pulled another keychain out of that bracelet, which was also covered in storage bracelets.

"Brother Big Boss, you certainly have quite a broad business reach."

Seeing this nested storage method that resembled a set of matryoshka dolls, Chen Xu could not help but laugh.

"Hahaha, please don't laugh at me. There are many worlds in the myriad worlds, but regionality is also strong. One must use different attitudes when facing people from different regions, so these contact tokens are stored according to their regions."

As he spoke, Big Boss took a token out of one of the bracelets; its style was similar to the one in Chen Xu's hand.

Holding the token, Big Boss performed a series of operations before looking back at Chen Xu.

"Lord Chen Xu, Councilor Gandalf of Eternal Heart has agreed to the trade."

"Gandalf? He wouldn't happen to be a melee mage with maxed-out strength, would he?"

"Melee mage? What kind of school is that? Councilor Gandalf is an Arcane Master proficient in runic secret arts."

In the face of Chen Xu's words, even though Big Boss prided himself on being well-traveled and knowledgeable, he showed a look of confusion.

Melee and mage—how could these two words be combined? It sounded as interesting as a minotaur assassin.

Faced with Big Boss's question, Chen Xu waved his hand, merely recalling a world-famous mage from his past life.

After putting away the token, Big Boss looked at Chen Xu again.

"Lord Chen Xu, may I set up a cross-realm teleportation array within your territory? I will teleport the construction crew from the Wanbao Pavilion over."

"Rest assured, I will hand over the control core of the teleportation array to you as well."

"It is fine, go ahead and build it, but it must follow my city planning."

Chen Xu pulled a city planning blueprint generated by Fuxi from his robes and handed it to Big Boss.

"With a blueprint, things will be much more convenient."

After taking the blueprint, Big Boss immediately began building the teleportation array at the planned location.

The merchant caravan of over a hundred people transformed into a construction crew in an instant. Before long, a simple cross-realm teleportation array was completed.

Then, a blinding light flared up, and a massive professional team arrived in the Land of the Undead through the teleportation array, joining the city construction.

Since Big Boss was willing to provide free labor, Chen Xu would not be polite. With the people from the Wanbao Pavilion joining in, the territory's construction would be much faster.

...

A professional team had no flaws other than being expensive.

Within just a few days of the Wanbao Pavilion construction crew's arrival, the city walls and grounds of the three cities were already finished.

At this time, information from Gandalf also arrived. Big Boss and Chen Xu took the teleportation array to leave the Land of the Undead and arrived at the City of Miracles.

As the light faded, the two of them appeared in Big Boss's office at the Wanbao Pavilion.

Big Boss walked to the side and rang a bell. A moment later, his butler led a mage up from the elevator.

This mage was different from all the mages Chen Xu had seen before; he looked extremely opulent.

He wore a voluminous purple-and-gold mage robe, which created a severe sense of contrast with the mage's thin physique.

However, this robe lacked a left sleeve, leaving the entire left arm completely exposed to the air. This revealed the dense collection of bracelets and bangles on that arm.

Chen Xu could be considered someone who had studied for a few days in Akhan and possessed an official graduation certificate.

Although Chen Xu did not know the specific functions of the jewelry on that hand, he could tell from the materials that they were all high-level magic-conducting materials, exuding an air of nobility.

Combined with that handsome and thin face, if one did not say he was a councilor of a powerful mage civilization, Chen Xu would definitely have thought he was some scion of a wealthy family.

"Councilor Gandalf, I have kept you waiting."

Big Boss took the initiative to go forward and greet him, while Chen Xu pulled out a chair for himself and sat down.

"Hello, Boss Big Boss."

Gandalf's voice was very raspy, which did not match his appearance.

"This is Lord Chen Xu, whom I mentioned previously. He is the one who wishes to purchase your civilization's floating city technology."

Following Big Boss's guidance, Gandalf looked at Chen Xu, carefully observing this person who appeared young and whose soul was equally young.

It was truly incredible. Gandalf had traversed the myriad worlds for many years, following the Eternal Heart civilization and fighting in countless worlds, making him a renowned figure in the myriad worlds.

Yet, it was the first time he had such a large emotional fluctuation. Was the person before him truly a human?

Gandalf used secret methods to probe Chen Xu's soul multiple times. After several confirmations, he obtained the same result: under fifty years old.

A mythic-tier under fifty years old, and he even possessed a godhead—he was a god.

What kind of power's successor was this? Even the natural Saint Sons of the Heaven divine system weren't this exaggerated.

Originally, Gandalf wanted to demand a steep price and sell the floating city technology for a high sum to alleviate his civilization's resource crisis, but now, he felt a bit lacking in confidence.

Thus, Gandalf took the initiative to step forward and extend a hand. "Hello, Lord Chen Xu. I am Gandalf, a councilor of Eternal Heart. It is an honor to meet you."

Chen Xu stood up and shook his hand. Then, the three of them sat down.

Chen Xu got straight to the point. "Lord Gandalf, I am very interested in your civilization's floating city technology and wish to purchase it. I wonder what the price would be."

Regarding Chen Xu's inquiry, Gandalf did not answer directly. Instead, he raised his right hand, and with magic power flowing through it, he constructed a phantom of a floating city out of thin air, which slowly rotated in the air.

"This is the floating city of Eternal Heart. Mysterious, powerful, and reliable. It is the cornerstone of Eternal Heart's conquest of the myriad worlds and the guarantee that a mage civilization will never decline."

"Whether or not one possesses a floating city is the fundamental standard for judging if a mage civilization is powerful."

Subsequently, Gandalf began a long-winded speech, but Chen Xu did not show any reaction. He just watched Gandalf quietly, silently drinking the tea in his hand.

After a long time, seeing that his words had not piqued Chen Xu's interest, Gandalf could only laugh awkwardly before saying.

"We require strategic resources equivalent to one million Divine Power Crystals."