"Xiaofeng, these are the factions that have visited our Heavenly Court recently. Quite a few secret realms have sent signals of goodwill."
At Heavenly Court headquarters, Chu Feng, who had returned with Lin Nuoyi, immediately went to see his parents. His mother, Wang Jing, pulled Lin Nuoyi aside to chat and ask her all sorts of questions, while Chu Zhiyuan briefed him on the affairs he had handled on Chu Feng's behalf recently.
"Mount Zhongnan, Great Snow Mountain, Mount Wangwu... We can make contact with these secret realms. As for the others, their intentions may not be good. For example, that overseas immortal island secret realm that calls itself orthodox—Peng Lai..."
Chu Feng sorted through the vast amount of information and identified the genuine signals of goodwill. After Yan Kuan's guidance, he understood that the major secret realms were an unavoidable factor if he wanted to unite all of Earth's forces. Some of the people in those secret realms were good, while others were bad. He had to sort out friend from foe and make plans accordingly.
Chu Zhiyuan patted Chu Feng's shoulder and said somewhat sternly, "Ahem... You brat can handle these mundane affairs yourself after a while. Right now, there's something more important. Tell me, when did things start between you and Nuoyi? Your mother and I are waiting to hold a grandchild..."
"Dad, well, Nuoyi and I did... back in university, but nothing's set in stone yet. Don't get ahead of yourselves."
Chu Feng felt a headache coming on under that interrogation. Chu Zhiyuan merely burst into laughter at his answer, then draped an arm around his son and took him to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
On the second day after Chu Feng's return to the Heavenly Court, emissaries from the Great Snow Mountain Secret