Lu Yuehan's Candor, Obtaining the Giant Yang Straw Man Art, Eighteen Kingdoms Gather! (End of This Arc)

"Completely disappeared."

A month later, the palpitations finally disappeared completely.

But Zhao Xing couldn't relax at all.

If the spying stops, it means the next step is action.

"It's only been a little over two hundred years since the last operation, so this haste is illogical."

He Yin Marquis was at the Dao Domain Realm; two hundred years was practically the time it takes for him to take a nap.

What does this mean? It's like in the mortal realm, someone wants to hunt you down the moment they open their eyes.

If Zhao Xing knew that the He Yin Marquis had paid such a high price, he probably would have wanted to hand over the goods for money.

The premise is that you know what it is and the other party won't kill you to silence you.

The problem is that he doesn't know what he took, and the other party is unlikely to conduct the transaction amicably.

If that stuff could be sold openly and honestly, Qing Yuzi wouldn't have died.

"These days are really tough," Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother, life isn't easy these days." Jing Yan held a seductive songstress in his arms, who was feeding him wine while her arms were around his neck. "I think it's not that life is hard, it's that you're using Ascetic Practice to restrain yourself."

Zhao Xing looked at Jing Yan lying in the arms of a beauty, said nothing, and just drank his wine in silence.

"You've been looking so worried these past few days, you can tell you have something on your mind." Jing Yan raised a glass from afar. "If you don't tell me..."

I didn't want to ask. Since you came to me for a drink, it means you don't have any better ideas right now and just want to cheer me up.

Zhao Xing nodded. He was also feeling annoyed, so he came to Jing Yan's place for a couple of drinks.

"Haha." Seeing this, Jing Yan clapped his hands and stopped the dancing songstresses, all of whom were at the first level.

Then Jing Yan took out a handful of ancient coins from his Cosmos Sack: "Stop jumping, everyone. Who can make my brother happy?"

This bag of money is hers.

The songstresses' eyes lit up immediately—it was a bag of Seven Stars Ancient Coin!

"Brother Jing, you—" Zhao Xing was somewhat stunned.

Jing Yan stood up with the two beauties in his arms and said with a smile, "Don't always be so tense. We're out there taking risks, and we might lose our lives any day now. You need to learn to relax and let loose, and enjoy life while you can."

"The singing girls in the Lu Residence are all skilled at serving people and can satisfy all your needs."

"I won't say more; I'll leave that to you."

Jing Yan gave Zhao Xing a knowing look, then carried the two beauties to the wilderness.

Seeing the ardent gazes of the courtesans, Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Then come and play with me."

A few days later, Jing Yan returned to the palace and saw a group of songstresses walking out with blank stares, numb expressions, and pain.

When he saw Jing Yan, he even forgot to greet him.

Jing Yan couldn't help but wonder, "Is my brother really that powerful? He's managed to get over a hundred people like this—is he some kind of freak?"

Upon entering the palace, Jing Yan saw Zhao Xing putting away a stack of cards, with many colorful embroidered bags hanging from his waist, and another pile on the table.

"What are you doing?" Jing Yan was stunned.

"Want to play a few rounds of Qing Yu Card?" Zhao Xing asked. "If you don't know how, I'll teach you."

"I left you a group of songstresses, and you're going to have them play cards?" Jing Yan recalled the looks in the songstresses' eyes earlier, then looked at the spoils in front of Zhao Xing. "Damn, brother, you're hopeless."

Zhao Xing calmly put away his cards. "Releasing desires doesn't necessarily require alcohol and women. For me, winning is enough to vent."

"A competitive spirit, huh?" Jing Yan looked at Zhao Xing with interest. "So, did you enjoy it?"

"Obviously not." Zhao Xing shook his head. "They're too weak; they can't outsmart me."

"I'll try." Jing Yan sat down, eager to try. "Qing Yu Card? I've never played them before."

"Give it a try, let's relax and have a couple of rounds."

For a whole month, Zhao Xing stayed in Jing Yan's palace playing cards.

At first, it was just him and Jing Yan playing together, but later Jing Yan felt that it was no fun with just the two of them - he couldn't always be the one losing money!

So Jing Yan summoned the Fate Master Wang Yun as well.

Now that Jing Yan is considered a guest of the Marquis's mansion, Wang Yun is naturally willing to cultivate a good relationship with him, so he quickly joined in.

"Brother Wang, let's make this clear first, you're not allowed to Fate Master's magic to calculate the cards." Jing Yan skillfully shuffled the cards. "It won't be fun if you use magic to calculate the cards."

"Of course, it's rare for someone to invite me to play—what does this card mean?"

Wang Yun discovered that these cards were made in a very unique way, and each card seemed to have different variations.

"Let Zhao Xing say it; he invented it." Jing Yan nodded. The game was very complicated, and after a month he was still a beginner. He didn't know how Zhao Xing came up with it.

"It wasn't me who invented it, it was my teacher Qing Yuzi," Zhao Xing corrected.

"The Ace Qing Yuzi is a single card in a deck, but it comes in two versions, Yin and Yang. Three decks are needed for three players. It's the strongest card in the game," Zhao Xing explained.

"These cards were created using a miniature spell matrix. If someone cheats and tries to detect the Magic Array within the card, it will emit a warning red light."

"The Yang Token represents the living Qing Yuzi, whose combat power is at the Reincarnation Realm."

"The 'dark' card represents a card that is in the Reincarnation, and its combat power is unknown. It will change depending on the auxiliary cards you have and the cards in the environment."

"Oh?" Wang Yun became interested, because he had never played this kind of card game before. "Tell me more about it."

"The environment cards are relatively simple. There are only stability cards and change cards," Zhao Xing said with a smile. "The numbers on the stability cards and the unstable cards represent the spiritual energy index and the chaos index, respectively."

Wang Yun nodded; this was easy to understand.

"Stable cards don't have hidden variations, but the chaos index in variant cards can have a tangible impact, affecting stable cards."

Zhao Xing casually drew a shuffled, stable card. The card's surface shimmered and emitted a faint gray aura.

"This is the Desolate Territory Token."

After saying that, Zhao Xing threw it into a pile of stable cards with a spiritual energy index of 500-100.

"Metaphor"

The numbers on the card suddenly changed; the largest 500 became 5, and the smallest 100 became 1.

"Interesting." Wang Yun quickly understood. He picked up a card with "Pu Ta" written on it and threw it in.

Then, Pu Ta, whose combat power was 100,000, was reduced to less than 1,000.

Zhao Xing's deck doesn't divide the Source Origin Realm into three levels, but with a combat power of 100,000, he should be considered Minor Divine Ability being in the Third Realm.

Now that it's decreased by 100 times, it's probably only at the peak of the first realm in terms of combat power.

Along with it, some of the supernatural powers were also sealed, leaving only some Origin Law that could be used, and even the Void Law became much dimmer.

"Brother Wang is truly talented; he grasps things so quickly," Jing Yan praised.

Wang Yun said thoughtfully, "Then there must be some Dead Domain Tokens among them?"

"Not bad." Zhao Xing nodded and drew a pure black card. "There's only one Dead Domain card."

Zhao Xing threw the Dead Domain card into the deck.

"Metaphor~"

A black light swept across all the cards, covering the numbers and character cards (general cards) with a layer of black.

"The game ends when the Dead Domain card is played," Zhao Xing said. "The Dead Domain card doesn't appear in every hand; the probability is random and relatively small."

"If someone feels they are about to lose, and happens to find a Dead Domain card that they can play, then the game is a draw, and there is no winner."

Wang Yun waved Qing Yuzi's trump card. "The trump card is Reincarnation Realm, and it even says that Qing Yuzi has heaven-reaching and earth-shattering abilities, and can Reincarnation. Even so, it can't fight against the Dead Domain Card?"

In reality, the Dead Domain, like the Extreme Star and the Extreme Land, only exists in legends and has never been seen.

Wang Yun believed that if the Dao Domain Realm could contend with the Desolate Territory, then the Reincarnation Realm should be able to contend with the legendary Dead Domain.

"It's just a game of cards, Brother Wang, don't apply realistic logic to it," Jing Yan laughed. "There's still a chance to meet again in the Reincarnation Realm."

Who has ever seen the Dead Domain?

Wang Yun bowed and apologized, saying, "Brother Zhao, please continue."

Zhao Xing waved his hand and shuffled the cards. "Let's get straight to the point, we can introduce the game as we go."

A large pile of cards was divided into nine stacks and thrown together.

Each person drew ten cards first.

"Do you have any luck cards?" Zhao Xing asked after drawing his.

"Yes." Wang Yun nodded.

Zhao Xing pointed to the area where the auxiliary cards were placed. "Consuming one Luck card allows you to draw three cards from the auxiliary cards first."

Alternatively, you can draw a card from the trump suit, or choose not to play it and wait until the hand becomes clearer before playing it. This can help reduce the probability of drawing a useless card.

"I'll use it." Wang Yun threw out a card from his hand, which read "Lucky Star Shining Brightly," allowing him to draw three auxiliary cards or one main card.

With Wang Yun playing his lucky card, the game officially began.

The exquisitely crafted card box emitted rays of light, and the surrounding sky darkened, making the three of them appear as if they were sitting amidst the stars.

Before him was a map of the starry sea, from which Wang Yun could see the shadows of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom's territory and the Xuanling Star Domain, but not entirely.

It's more like a historical map of the Xuanling Star Domain, because there are no ancient kingdoms here now, meaning there's no detailed division of power; only some small powers are clearly visible.

As the game progressed, Wang Yun became even more convinced that the cards contained information from multiple historical periods within the Profound Spirit territory.

They, on the other hand, had to choose a native region to establish themselves in the dark universe, a choice only small dynasties could make.

Zhao Xing chose a Realm Star dynasty called "Great Zhou," Jing Yan chose a small demon kingdom.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Yun chose the Origin Sea Dynasty, which he was more familiar with.

At the beginning, everyone's territory is relatively small, the spiritual energy index is unstable, and there is very little place to stand. You must make arrangements and develop according to the cards you have.

The ultimate goal is to dominate the universe formed by the card box.

The unpredictable nature of the environment cards adds a great deal of fun to this game.

Even with the magic of Fate Master, it would be impossible to predict such a large number of Wang Yun's Third Realm, as if he possessed a chaotic model with infinite possibilities.

"What an ingenious game!" Wang Yun exclaimed several times halfway through the game. "Zhao Xing, did your teacher invent this?"

"Mm." Zhao Xing nodded.

"Why are planets disappearing from my territory?" Wang Yun suddenly realized that planets were constantly disappearing in the territory he occupied, and the spiritual energy index was also dropping rapidly.

Zhao Xing glanced at Wang Yun and said, "Jing Yan used a Desolate Territory Card on you."

"Why are you hitting me now? You and I are far apart." Wang Yun asked Jing Yan curiously, thinking there was some other explanation here.

"For no reason, just to have some fun." Jing Yan grinned and said, "Let's have some fun while Brother Wang isn't familiar with it yet."

Wang Yun chuckled to himself.

Because he was unfamiliar with the rules, Wang Yun was quickly eliminated from the game on his first try.

The card box emitted a light, and a line of text formed in front of him:

[Your Origin Sea Dynasty was destroyed by a second-realm expert from the ' Pu Ye Demon Kingdom,' leaving fewer than ten million survivors. This number is below the minimum standard required to maintain a kingdom's power, making it impossible for it to survive in the vast universe. You have been eliminated.]

Below is a line of settlement instructions:

[Your power will not last more than 100,000 years; you've lost 100 times your base bet.]

Since this round wasn't for real money, Wang Yun didn't know exactly how much he lost, but he knew he was eliminated very early.

It seems they lost the maximum multiplier.

The territory formed by the card box possesses Invisibility Time Acceleration. Wang Yun quickly saw Zhao Xing and Jing Yan grow from a small force into a regional overlord, each possessing tens of thousands of Yin-Yang basic star systems.

The two players drew and played cards at an increasingly faster pace.

The nebula vortex in the star field began to spin violently.

Zhao Xing and Jing Yan's forces engaged in a major battle.

"Boom!"

Starlight bursts forth in vibrant colors.

At a certain moment, the light emanating from the card box froze, and no more cards were played from the box.

Before Wang Yun could figure out what was going on, he heard Jing Yan say angrily:

"Damn, this doesn't make sense!"

"How come you can always raise several Dao Domain Realm cultivators in the Third Era? It's too unbelievable."

Wang Yun looked at the settlement screen.

Emperor Che of the Great Zhou Dynasty, having reached the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm, used the Source Origin Divine Weapon, the Thousand Stars Sword, to destroy 80% of the population of the Pu Ye Demon Kingdom.

[The rulers and ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, after six centuries of development and expansion, became a dominant force in the Xuanling Star Domain, establishing an ancient kingdom. Game over.]

No Reincarnation or Dead Domain cards appeared this round.

Buzz~

The light from the card box faded, and the cards in the air fell to the ground. Jing Yan watched the cards rain down and began to tidy them up, cursing under his breath.

"It's over?" Wang Yun asked.

"Yes, it's over." Zhao Xing nodded.

"Why don't I see the Reincarnation Token?" Wang Yun asked.

"The Reincarnation Card isn't guaranteed to appear," Jing Yan said. "Brother Zhao and I have been playing for a month, and we've only seen the Reincarnation Card once. This game, created by my teacher, gets more fun the more people there are," Zhao Xing explained.

"The more environment cards there are, the higher the overall spiritual energy index of the territory will be, and only then will the Reincarnation card appear. Usually, with eighteen people playing, the Reincarnation card will appear in every game."

"I see." Wang Yun couldn't help but feel admiration. "The card game created by your master is in perfect harmony with the ultimate principles of Heaven."

Truly extraordinary.

The Qing Yu Card quickly spread throughout the Marquis's residence.

For the entire year, Zhao Xing was playing the Qing Yu Card with the powerful figures under Lu Yuehan's demonic influence.

Since there are no tasks at the moment, the guest retainers are all quite idle.

More and more people joined in, and it became very fun to play; even Lu Yuehan got involved.

At first, Zhao Xing always emerged as the winner, but as more and more strong individuals joined the fray, his winning rate gradually decreased.

Ultimately, even Hong Qi, a preacher and scholar, was attracted to it.

"Excuse me, Zhao Xing, the resurrection ceremony is complete."

Hong Qi smiled slightly and flicked his finger.

A support card flew out from his galaxy, depicting an altar.

Zhao Xing, who was deploying his troops, suddenly narrowed his eyes.

Hong Qi then drew a card from a stack of talismans and threw it into the altar.

The previously unknown Third Realm General Token suddenly transformed into the appearance of Qing Yuzi.

"All other forms of phenomena are but ants; only I alone reign supreme, dominating heaven and earth!"

Qing Yuzi stepped on Auspicious Cloud, his body flashing with Purple Light, and his domineering figure appeared before everyone's eyes.

With a flick of his sleeve, he annihilated the entire Great Zhou army that was besieging many star systems of Hong Qi.

"Yay!"

Lu Yuehan was as excited as a child.

They had been repeatedly humiliated by Zhao Xing these past few days, but now finally one of them could defeat Zhao Xing.

"Mr. Hong Gao Ming."

Zhao Xing was completely convinced.

He also had a hidden trump card, but he couldn't meet the game's resurrection conditions in a short time. Unexpectedly, Hong Qi actually managed to do it.

"I also had some luck in this round," Hong Qi smiled. "You used all your spirit cards to develop top-tier generals. If you had a little more time, you would have conquered the capital, destroyed my dynasty, and then the game would have ended."

"Your ability to hide the altar tablet from me is also a skill," Zhao Xing said. "Otherwise, I would have attacked relentlessly at any cost."

Hong Qi's arrival replaced Zhao Xing as the ever-victorious general.

The more others played the game, the more they realized how brilliant the game's creator was.

Even Hong Qi praised him, saying that if Qing Yuzi were still alive, he would definitely consider him a close friend.

Lu Yuehan, on the other hand, evoked a different feeling.

Because she heard Jing Yan say that Zhao Xing initially played this card game with him to relax.

"He calls this relaxation?" Lu Yuehan was speechless.

The Qing Yu Card with multiple players is too complicated. With each additional person, there are many more variables. Lu Yuehan always felt like her head was about to explode from thinking, but she could only manage to stay at a mid-level.

She simply couldn't understand how anyone could feel relaxed playing such an exhausting game.

"As expected, the people of the True Self Faction all have some problems with their brains," the Mechanism Master Zeng Zhuo thought to himself after hearing this.

"What am I still arguing about?"

The excavation and renovation of the Star Wheel Maze took about ten years.

After a year of recuperation, three years of playing cards, and three years of daily life, Zhao Xing and Jing Yan had become quite familiar with Lu Yuehan and the others.

Developing feelings in less than ten years is still considered short.

However, Lu Yuehan did not intend to let Jing Yan and Zhao Xing continue to be idle, since they were not within the territory of the ancient kingdom.

South Luo Number 88 is, after all, a cemetery. In such a place, you can relax and unwind without spending too much time.

Zhao Xing did not do nothing productive during these ten years.

First, there was the Qing Yu Card. Besides fostering relationships, he also wanted to use it to let the people of the Lu Residence understand him from Qing Yu Card.

Hong Qi said that Qing Yuzi was learned and talented, and if he were still alive, he would definitely consider him a close friend. Although he didn't know how much truth there was in his words, at least that's what the person said.

According to this logic, it wouldn't seem out of place to know more.

After ten years of preparation, he was about to give Lu Yuehan and the others a little archaeological shock as a guest of the Lu Residence.

It is best to obtain the complete stage of the Giant Yang Straw Man Art as soon as possible.

The second important matter is the Origin Law stage of the Giant Yang Straw Man Art, which he has completely mastered.

He began to comprehend the stage of the Void Law.

However, things slowed down here, firstly because the difficulty increased dramatically, and secondly because of a lack of materials.

The materials for this method all come from the Xu Zu Star System. The nine Xu Zu Star System are the treasure troves of the Human Race. Three of them are in the Reincarnation Temple, three are in the Origin Heavenly Palace, and three are in the Ancient Hill of Antiquity.

Even Origin Sea Hall couldn't buy all of them, so I had to find cheaper alternatives.

Fortunately, Lu Yuehan had already sent people to look for them; she wasn't just saying it for show.

"My teacher once said that wherever the Sun Star Yin Star shines, its location can be determined."

"He was also quite knowledgeable about feng shui and tombs, and once served as the Mausoleum Household Shennong."

"The teacher left behind a copy of the ' Qing Yu Burial Scripture '."

It is said, "Where the mountain stops, the qi gathers; where the qi gathers, a cave is formed; where the cave is warm, all things are born."

"When internal energy arises, external energy takes shape; when internal and external energy interact, feng shui is naturally formed."

"The internal energy arises, which means that the warmth of the cave gives birth to all things; the external energy takes shape, which means that mountains and rivers merge and form images. The vital energy arises internally, and the images are formed externally; they are actually multiplied."

The exploration warship flies over the mountains aboard the South Luo Number 88. On board are Zeng Zhuo, Wang Yun, Gao You, Hong Qi, Jing Yan, and Lu Yuehan.

They all listened as Zhao Xing spoke eloquently.

After ten years of dating, Lu Yuehan couldn't resist exploring the tomb herself. Zhao Xing, of course, wouldn't let such an opportunity pass by, and took the opportunity to start exposing Qing Yuzi's tiger skin, paving the way for the discovery of the tomb.

"Observe the situation, discern the traces, distinguish the shape, and observe the color."

"The momentum is the momentum of the Great Dao, the traces are the traces of the Five Elements, the form is the Earth Vein, and the color is the Six Qi."

"Burial sites are usually located in places surrounded by water and mountains, because the purpose of the site is to contain the life force, so that the body's essence after death can dissipate more slowly, or even not at all."

The reactions of those present varied. Wang Yun nodded repeatedly in agreement when he heard Zhao Xing speak.

Because Fate Master inherently possess knowledge of feng shui, and the concepts of wind, water, and mountains are interconnected with the magic of the Agricultural Official, the two professions also share common ground in this regard. For example, the "Mausoleum Household Shennong" and "Tianling Agricultural Official" within the Agricultural Official both performed some of the duties of Fate Master.

He understands it, and he's an expert at it—something even Hong Qi can't match.

Hong Qi was indeed a preacher and scholar, but he didn't try to understand everything. He could understand what was said, but he couldn't distinguish between truth and falsehood.

However, seeing Wang Yun's reaction, he knew that Zhao Xing was not making things up; he really had something to say.

Oh, I'm wrong. It's that Qing Yuzi really has something.

However, some people were not happy to listen to Zhao Xing bragging all the time.

"Zhao Xing, your master is learned, and you must have inherited his skills. We've been flying for quite some time now, have you noticed anything? If you only talk the talk but don't walk the walk, it's not a real skill." The speaker was a Third Realm Agricultural Official named Tan Mu.

As the saying goes, rivals are enemies. Zhao Xing, the second-level Agricultural Official, made him feel that his position was somewhat insecure.

Now that I see Zhao Xing constantly showing off, I can't help but feel a little annoyed.

"We can give it a try." Zhao Xing stood in front of a Heaven and Earth Mirror, a kind of mechanical detector that could perfectly preserve the surrounding terrain as the spaceship passed.

After searching for seven days, Zhao Xing pointed to a mountain range and said, "Please go and take a look here, Miss."

Lu Yuehan smiled and said, "Okay."

The spaceship immediately changed direction and flew towards the location Zhao Xing pointed out.

Lu Yuehan was eager for Zhao Xing to lend a hand, and even if he made a mistake later, she planned to save face for Zhao Xing.

After reaching their destination, Zhao Xing disembarked.

Wang Yun wanted to follow, but after glancing at Tan Mu, he didn't move.

It would be good enough if he didn't do it, unless Hong Qi or Lu Yuehan told him to leave.

Jing Yan, on the other hand, gave a greeting and followed them down.

"Old Zhao, what level of tomb is this?" Jing Yan flew to Zhao Xing's side.

"I'm not even sure yet, but you're so confident."

"The veins are connected, the life force is continuous, and the momentum is overwhelming. This is the sign of a dragon vein." Jing Yan covered his right eye and pointed ahead with his left hand. "There must be a great tomb here."

Zhao Xing Xingyi glanced at Jing Yan: "Your divine eye can even determine the dragon vein? Buddy, you're not actually royalty, are you?"

Jing Yan said strangely, "Didn't you introduce me to Wang Yun like that back then? I thought you had already guessed it, but it turns out you didn't know?"

Zhao Xing was speechless. Of course, he had made it up. Later, when Jing Yan claimed to be royalty, he thought Jing Yan was just showing off.

"I'm heartbroken." Jing Yan clutched his chest. "You don't care about your brothers at all, sigh."

That's enough.

"Ha ha ha ha."

The two chatted as they searched for the tomb entrance.

The vast mountain range stretches endlessly, making it difficult to search for.

Zhao Xing confirmed the approximate location and spent two years discovering four suspected entrances.

"Brother Jing," Zhao Xing said, pointing to a mountain range ahead, "Fifty li down from the foot of the mountain, circling around it."

"Alright." Jing Yan immediately summoned his Myriad Laws Dao Soldier, as well as the Path Breaking Needle. The Black Light Shuttle changed form and disappeared into the underground of a mountain range hundreds of kilometers high.

The Black Light Shuttle split into four pieces, turning into something like a shovel, which was used to cut and pry from different directions.

"Boom!"

The massive mountain range was simply excavated.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang~"

Huge rocks slid down the mountain like a meteor shower, creating deep craters on the ground.

Jing Yan covered his eyes and looked down, but found nothing unusual underground.

"Brother Zhao, I can't see the entrance to the tomb."

"Of course you can't see it if you look down." Zhao Xing pointed to the underground of the cut-out mountain range. "Look up."

"Hmm?" Jing Yan looked up and then saw what appeared to be fifteen sparkling yellow crystals embedded in the base of the mountain range.

"What's this?"

"The Inverted Mountain Tomb, the World Core Ring," Zhao Xing explained. "Also known as the Yue Luo Ring, these fifteen crystal-like objects are fragments of a small world, specifically the cut-off boundary rings."

"You mean, the tomb is inside these Yue Luo Ring?"

"Hmm." Zhao Xing took out two Vajra Ring. Ever since Lu Yuehan others finished opening the tombs in the Star Wheel Maze, his Vajra Ring had been retrieved.

"What are you doing now?" Jing Yan asked.

"These are living tombs, we have to catch them," Zhao Xing said. "Be careful, don't let your hands shake."

"In a moment, I will have you use the Military Tactics Prohibition. You will then control the Yue Luo Ring in the area at the bottom of the mountain on the left, while I will control the seven on the right."

"Interesting. Leave it to me." Jing Yan nodded.

"Giant Yang Clone, big big!"

A dark red figure flew out of Zhao Xing's body, and it grew rapidly as soon as it was released.

"Boom!"

With both feet firmly planted on the Earth Vein, they sank deep into the ground.

The Earth Vein have all been trampled and collapsed.

"The Giant Yang Clone is so awesome," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "I used the Heaven Supporting Pillar and Step Star from the Treasure Mountain Art to easily suppress the Earth Vein within a radius of tens of millions of miles."

"Even if it were me doing it, it wouldn't be so easy."

Zhao Xing had only mastered the Giant Yang Straw Man Art to the third level of the Void Law, yet the materials used to create it were worth 3 billion! This was after finding some substitute materials; there were only three kinds of genuine Solar Yang origin materials from the Xu Zu Star System.

However, once mastered, his physical body became even harder than his original Dao body. In terms of defense and strength alone, his true self was no match for the Giant Yang Clone.

Furthermore, it is compatible with Yang magic, meaning that Zhao Xing's Giant Yang Clone is both a magician and a martial artist, which to some extent makes up for the shortcomings of the Agricultural Official.

"Ready." Zhao Xing's true form took out the Jiefa Luo. "Three, two, one—attack!"

"Buzz~"

Jing Yan waved his Myriad Laws Dao Soldier, and a vast circle of flames erupted from his left and right shoulders and knees, creating ripples in the space that spread outwards.

However, this time he used a targeted attack, meaning it only affected the bottom of the mountain and did not affect Zhao Xing, who was holding the Jiefa Luo.

Fifteen months later, Yue Luo Ring seemed to sense something and suddenly broke free from the mountain, with four of them burrowing into the ground.

"!" The Yue Luo Ring that hit the ground did not go inside, but bounced back up.

The Giant Yang Clone suppressed the Earth Vein, making it impossible for Yue Luo Ring to escape underground.

"Boom!"

The Giant Yang Clone reached out with its right hand, its arm passing through the ring, instantly placing the Yue Luo Ring on its hand.

"Whoosh~"

The other four flew out into the sky.

"Jing Yan!" Zhao Xing called out hurriedly.

"Know!"

Jing Yan let out a low shout, and a Space Stabilizing Pillar shot out like an arrow, piercing through the Yue Luo Ring.

"Clang!"

After passing through the Yue Luo Ring, the Space Stabilizing Pillar was nailed into the air, and the other end quickly bent, like a U-shaped ring, holding the Yue Luo Ring in the sky.

The other seven are somewhat strange.

They became completely Invisibility in an instant.

Zhao Xing used the Purple Wind Art Jiefa Luo to force the two out of the void, and the two were then enveloped by the Blood Cloud Boundary.

Jing Yan then used the Twelve Wandering Deities to unleash the One-by-One Roaming God Heaven.

This Minor Divine Ability is a spell targeting the void. Twelve mighty rivers seem to tear out of the sky, like twelve swimming dragons, enveloping the other Yue Luo Ring.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Yue Luo Ring seemed to be alive, constantly bumping and crashing in the Void River.

Jing Yan was somewhat surprised. "What kind of treasure is this that's so powerful?"

"Do you know the Void Escape Soul Ring? The Yue Luo Ring is somewhat similar to it," Zhao Xing said. Back then, Su Wan'er's soul used the Void Escape Soul Ring to escape in the Desolate Territory.

"So that's how it is—oh no! Brother Zhao, I'm losing control!" Jing Yan's face suddenly turned red.

"What?" Zhao Xing was startled. Just as he was about to reach for it, he saw Jing Yan grinning as he closed up the Twelve Wandering Deities and tightly trapped the Moonfall Ring once again.

Realizing what was happening, Zhao Xing then understood that Jing Yan was joking, and couldn't help but offer his highest praise, "You really are shameless!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Jing Yan was not ashamed, but rather proud.

"What do we do now?" Jing Yan asked.

"Just wait," Zhao Xing said. "It'll be difficult to open the Yue Luo Ring without taking damage. Notify the Lu Family."

Opening a living space tomb is extremely difficult.

If things go wrong, it will self-destruct.

"Okay."

When Lu Yuehan and the others arrived, they were quite surprised to see the fifteen Yue Luo Ring.

"Miss, this is a living space tomb!" Wang Yun said excitedly. "It can burrow underground and into the air, hiding in extremely small places, making it very difficult to detect."

"It will be extremely difficult to capture it, because it can hide from anything. Even if Jing Yan and Zhao Xing trap it now, they can only keep it trapped for Heavenly Timing."

"Look, Zhao Xing's Giant Yang Clone, its arm has already begun to dissolve, and it will be pierced through in seven days."

"Jing Yan's Void -Space Stabilizing Pillar is the same."

"If Yue Luo Ring is still trapped after seven days, she will determine that she has not entered a special environment, but has been captured by others, and will immediately self-destruct. In the end, the gravedigger will get nothing."

"I never knew there was such a setting." Lu Yuehan had never heard of this before and found it quite novel.

Tan Mu was speechless.

He didn't expect Zhao Xing to be serious.

They actually unearthed a living space tomb!

Although Zhao Xing was in the second realm and he was in the Third Realm, Tan Mu had no choice but to admit defeat at this moment!

Once the tomb is successfully opened, Lu Yuehan will surely reward the guest ministers.

Zhao Xing, this new guest advisor, can help them make a little money, so what else can he say?

"Mr. Hong, Miss, I have accomplished my mission."

Zhao Xing Xingchao bowed to Lu Yuehan.

"My fellow Daoists, you've worked hard."

Lu Yuehan smiled, and although she was thanking the two people, her gaze was mostly focused on Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing ignored Lu Yuehan's burning gaze. "Miss, just as Brother Wang said, Jing Yan and I can only control them for Heavenly Timing."

"Please, Miss, arrange for someone to break the Yue Luo Ring as soon as possible."

Lu Yuehan immediately looked at Hong Qi: "Sir."

Hong Qi nodded. "After Yue Luo Ring was first unearthed, the countdown was only seven days, which is very short. However, I have a way to extend that time."

Next, after fifteen months, Yue Luo Ring was taken over by the Marquis's family.

There are fifteen in total, which are fifteen small worlds, only one of which contains actual burial goods.

Breaking the Yue Luo Ring without injury within seven days is extremely difficult, but with the expert Hong Qi at his disposal, they don't need to open any blind boxes at all.

They found the real burial world directly from the identical Yue Luo Ring.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang~

The other fourteen Yue Luo Ring all exploded within seven days, while the remaining Yue Luo Ring began to emit light and "spit out" a large number of items.

The mountain of treasures emitted a dazzling light that quickly attracted the attention of the other powerful figures on South Luo Number 88.

"A treasure has been unearthed!"

"Such a strong fluctuation, could it be the Taiyin Dao Soldiers?"

"Alright, they're from the Marquis of Yue Tan Marquis Estate."

"And the Yuan Di Army, disperse."

"What good luck!"

A large number of treasures were unearthed, and Zhao Xing and Jing Yan also looked at the gleam of those treasures.

"Brother Zhao, we've lost out," Jing Yan said. "We can only get a maximum of 20%."

"Two-tenths is pretty good." Zhao Xing was quite calm. "If it were just you and me, we definitely wouldn't be able to solve the Yue Luo Ring. Seven days wouldn't be enough for us to go back to the base and find someone to solve it."

"Taking it is like taking it for free. Now I can get some money and repay some favors. What's there to be dissatisfied about?"

"That's true. Operating alongside a major force guarantees a minimum reward if a discovery is made. If you're working alone, you might work for a while and come back empty-handed, possibly even losing money, and you'd have to go back for treatment if you get injured," Jing Yan said.

Zhao Xing said leisurely, "Lone wolf operators are responsible for their own profits and losses, and their safety isn't that high. Retainers of powerful forces have a high safety factor, with a guaranteed minimum plus commission. The difference between the two is like working for someone else versus starting your own business."

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Jing Yan laughed and said, "To be able to call grave robbing a startup, Brother Zhao, you're quite the talent."

"Let's go, Miss is calling us."

"Let's go, let's split the money."

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, 170 years have passed.

In a temporary palace on the Star Continent South Luo Number 65.

Lu Yuehan's face was full of worry.

Hong Qi asked, "Why is Miss sighing?"

Lu Yuehan sighed, "Sir, I'm afraid I can't keep Zhao Xing here."

"It has been 180 years since he joined. In these 180 years, we have gone from South Luo Number 88 to South Luo Number 65. Most of the tombs were discovered by Zhao Xing."

"I feel the karmic burdens on my body growing heavier and heavier."

Zhao Xing Xingxiu's Three Gods Fate Palace is not subject to karma. However, others will still receive his kindness.

In just 170 years, thanks to Zhao Xing's professional knowledge, she unknowingly amassed a huge fortune. But Zhao Xing had only one need for her: the Giant Yang Straw Man Art.

Lu Yuehan never brought up the matter, and Zhao Xing didn't say anything either, but the cause and effect kept accumulating. If things continued like this, Lu Yuehan would only have two choices: let Zhao Xing go, or take the Earth God Pill.

"Miss, if you give the Giant Yang Straw Man Art to Zhao Xing, then this acquaintance can be considered Good Cause and Good Result," Hong Qi said. "If you continue to force him to stay, I'm afraid it will lead to bad consequences."

"Can't we wait a little longer?" Lu Yuehan, somewhat reluctantly. "Perhaps if he comes back to the Marquis's residence with me, he might change his mind."

"Obviously, he doesn't have that idea," Hong Qi said. "I suggest that Miss give Zhao Xing the complete Giant Yang Straw Man Art before he speaks up."

"If fate allows, we will meet again in the future."

Qiming that Lu Yuehan no longer just wanted Zhao Xing as a guest advisor; she probably had other intentions as well.

However, as Hong Qi just said, Zhao Xing has no such thoughts whatsoever.

He knew that forcing things wouldn't work, so he suggested that Lu Yuehan let go.

"Sir, please allow me to be alone for a while," Lu Yuehan said thoughtfully.

Hong Qi withdrew silently.

In another palace, Zhao Xing gazed at Lu Yuehan's Moon Frost Palace from afar.

"What are you doing, spying?" Jing Yan leaned closer. "Zhao Xing, I have to criticize you a bit. How could you do something like this? Let me see what immoral thing you've done—"

Zhao Xing turned around and sat down, picking up a pot of wine. "Brother Jing, I'm getting ready to leave."

Jing Yan looked around for a long time but couldn't figure it out, and couldn't help but feel disappointed. "Hey, there's nothing there, what are you looking at so intently—what, you're leaving?"

"Hmm." Zhao Xing nodded. "I don't owe her anything. On the contrary, over the past hundred years, you could say that Lu Yuehan owes me a cultivation technique."

"When are you leaving?" Jing Yan sat down as well.

"I plan to leave the day after tomorrow. Do you want to come too?" Zhao Xing asked.

"My five hundred years haven't expired yet, but I can leave now," Jing Yan said. "I've done a lot of work, so I don't owe her anything. Let's go together."

Staying with Lu Yuehan is quite comfortable. Lu Yuehan herself is a good person, and she treats them well too.

However, Jing Yan still prefers adventure.

"You're willing to leave?" Zhao Xing joked. "I'm afraid even the Moon Shadow Songstress Troupe will miss you."

"You're underestimating me." Jing Yan twisted his neck. "A true man should have ambitions beyond his hometown. How can he be burdened by romantic love and seek comfort? If so, I won't come to Yueluo Cemetery."

"Okay, let's go together then." Zhao Xing nodded. They had made a lot of money over the years, and it was time to go back to the base.

Lu Yuehan spoke before Zhao Xing could, and that very night she went to Zhao Xing's palace.

"Brother Zhao, this is the complete version of the Giant Yang Straw Man Art." Lu Yuehan placed a transmission jade slip on the table, then took out a spatial ring. "Inside are also related materials that I have acquired and collected over the years."

"There are 188 sets of Void-level materials, and only three sets of Divine Power-level materials."

"I'm ashamed to say that you've done so much, while I've only collected so little."

Zhao Xing cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Miss, please don't say that. This is already a lot. If I were to rely on myself, I wouldn't be able to buy any more, even if I had the money."

The Xu Zu Star System is not in the hands of the ancient kingdom at all. The Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom does not import such materials because they are too expensive and there is no profit to be made. They also do not want their own people to be exploited. Therefore, Zhao Xing cannot buy them from the Origin Sea Kingdom.

Back then, Naland was also at the second realm, but he couldn't even buy all three chapters of the Void Ancestor Golden Body technique. Zhao Xing is comparable to the Middle Realm, and it's made from Straw Man Clone materials, making it even more obscure.

Zhao Xing could still think of a way to get Void-level materials.

Materials of the supernatural level—only noble families like the Lu Residence could find the means to obtain them.

Zhao Xing was about to take his leave when Lu Yuehan suddenly spoke up, "Brother Zhao, are you perhaps looking for Dao Companion?"

Lu Yuehan's question caught Zhao Xing off guard.

Before he could speak, Lu Yuehan continued, "Although the Purple God Mansion is large and powerful, it may not be able to give you much."

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"My father only had three daughters, two of whom were already married, and the rest of his brothers were not as favored as I was."

Half of the Yue Tan Marquis Estate's estate has been handed over to me to manage, and my father has long since publicly stated that half of the wealth, including the Nobility Title, will be inherited by me.

Lu Yuehan stared intently at Zhao Xing.

We are all cultivators who have lived for thousands of years, and we tend to be straightforward in such matters. After all, we have experienced everything in thousands of years.

Lu Yuehan was not one to mince words; she spoke frankly, "I know Brother Zhao has lofty ambitions, and I am willing to do my utmost to help him, to share life and death with him, and to walk the path together."

Zhao Xing looked at Lu Yuehan; her eyes were as fiery as the sun in the night sky.

Lu Yuehan is a healer. At this moment, her eyes flashed with the path she had cultivated in the past, containing some life experiences. Her soul also emanated fluctuations as she revealed her inner journey to Zhao Xing.

Those seeking a companion on the path to enlightenment often reveal themselves in this way.

If both parties Attaining Dao are compatible and they like each other, then they can become Dao Companion.

However, Lu Yuehan did not see any change in Zhao Xing's eyes.

Zhao Xing didn't keep Lu Yuehan waiting for long, and soon closed his eyes:

"Thank you for your kindness, Miss, but I have no intention of finding Dao Companion at the moment."

"I swear on my Three Souls that I will forget about this matter after you leave, Miss."

They were all cultivators who had lived for so long, and they didn't need any comforting words, so Zhao Xing refused very decisively.

They didn't even offer a reason.

Lu Yuehan was somewhat disappointed, but she quickly adjusted her mood and smiled, "Since Brother Zhao said he would forget, then I must say one more thing."

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"Speaking."

"Hmph, you have no taste! Rejecting me is your loss!" Lu Yuehan said angrily.

Zhao Xing chuckled to himself.

The moment Lu Yuehan stepped out of the palace, Zhao Xing, as promised, deleted the past experiences that Lu Yuehan had just revealed to him.

The next day, he went to the Moon Frost Palace to say goodbye.

Jing Yan also announced his intention to leave.

Lu Yuehan stood up and cupped her hands towards the two of them, saying, "If you two are leaving, Yuehan will not insist that you stay. This is a small token of my appreciation, and I hope you two fellow Daoists will accept it."

Jing Yan and Zhao Xing exchanged a glance and accepted a spatial ring from Lu Yuehan.

It contains many precious materials, most of which are difficult for the official authorities to obtain or have purchase conditions.

It also included a token of the Moon Sand Marquis.

"Though we part today, you two will always be my guests," Lu Yuehan said. "The starry sea may be vast, but if you ever encounter any difficulties, simply crush this token, and I, Lu Yuehan, will surely cross the starry sea to assist you!"

The Realm Boat roared into the sky and took off, leaving the South Luo Number 65 Star Continent.

Standing by the window, Zhao Xing gazed at the Moon Frost Palace below, lost in thought.

"Miss Lu is very magnanimous in her dealings with people," Jing Yan said from the side. "No wonder so many people follow her."

Zhao Xing nodded. Lu Yuehan was indeed a very charming woman. To be honest, when he looked into Lu Yuehan's eyes that night, he had a moment of wavering.

"It's a pity she didn't fancy me," Jing Yan laughed. "If Lu Yuehan asked me to be her Dao Companion, I would definitely agree."

"You were eavesdropping on my conversation with her?" Zhao Xing glanced at Jing Yan.

"Why would I need to eavesdrop?" Jing Yan laughed. "She's coming into your bedchamber in the middle of the night, she can't be playing Qing Yu Card, can she? She's been lying about how she looks at you for a long time, I'm not stupid. Are you afraid of implicating her? Is that He Yin Marquis, that Dongyan Ancient Clan, really that terrifying?"

"Why are we talking about this?" Zhao Xing turned around and waved his hand. "Keep an eye on Realm Boat so I can get a good night's sleep."

You can rest assured about my boat-handling skills!

"Boom!"

The Realm Boat lurched violently, Zhao Xing was flung violently from the ground. The Earth Vein shook him into the sky, even breaking through the roof.

"Jing Yan!! What are you doing?!"

Zhao Xing covered his head, passed through the canopy, and arrived at the cockpit.

"Did you learn your lousy technique from a martial artist, huh?!"

Jing Yan, unusually, did not refute, but instead stood in the observation area looking at the distant starry sky.

Zhao Xing also noticed something was wrong, because a star gate and Ring Star Continent appeared ahead, like a fence blocking the Void River channel in front of him.

However, the symbol on that Dao Star gate was not from the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom!

"The Flame Moon Ancient Kingdom?" Zhao Xing's eyes narrowed, and he immediately recognized that this was the symbol of another ancient kingdom.

"Brother Zhao, we're in a bit of trouble." Jing Yan opened his Star Territory to receive a broadcast from space. "The Flame Moon Ancient Kingdom has declared a 'non-friendly relationship' with the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom and has seized the two void routes that originally led to South Luo."

Zhao Xing snatched the Star Territory, which indeed contained a warning from the Flame Moon Ancient Kingdom.

Not a friendly relationship, only slightly better than a hostile one.

It's a neutral relationship. Because of the constraints of the [Desolate Territory Ancient Kingdoms Alliance], they will provide some conveniences, such as supply stations, transit stations on the Realm Boat route, and rest areas in the Starry Sky Fortress.

Ancient states typically do not declare themselves "enemies" unless they are mortal enemies. Such a non-friendly relationship is generally the worst level of diplomatic relations.

Jing Yan chimed in, "The reason for this is that King Tianji unearthed a mature Thousand Star Vine on the Boka Star Land!"

"His discovery directly caused the value of the Illusory God Star System, a public region of space, to skyrocket!"

"Now, eighteen ancient kingdoms have come to the Illusory God Star System, and they are all top-ranked ancient kingdoms. Even three Demon Race kingdoms have come!"

Zhao Xing frowned as he read the message.

The quality of the Thousand Star Vine is Emperor Grade!

The Emperor Grade Thousand Star Vine is equivalent to the Reincarnation Realm of humans! Moreover, due to the long lifespan of Plant Soldier, their combat power is generally stronger than that of other races, making Plant Soldier even more valuable.

Thousand Star Vine, or Void Seed.

Even in its growth stage, it has already reached the Five Elements Dao Domain Realm. In its adulthood, it will reach the Yin Yang Dao Domain Realm or the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm. In its peak stage, it will reach the Reincarnation Realm!

Having Emperor Grade quality means that no additional resources are needed; simply provide it with a suitable spiritual environment and nutrients, and it will surely reach the Reincarnation Realm.

"A Thousand Star Vine of Emperor Grade quality with extremely high certainty—no wonder it has attracted so many forces to explore it," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "King Tianji has truly struck gold."

"Now, the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom has also issued a warning to its demonic forces, saying that both the South Luo and North Luo regions are becoming increasingly unsafe." Jing Yan quickly opened another information mirror. "Besides the inherent dangers of exploration itself..."

There is also the possibility of attacks from other unfriendly forces.

"Including the Ancient Flame Moon Ancient Kingdom, Azure Wind Ancient Kingdom, Azure Lightning Ancient Kingdom, Sacred Wing Ancient Kingdom, Purple Profound Ancient Kingdom, and Tianyou Ancient Kingdom."

"The three major demon kingdoms are the Celestial Demon Kingdom, the Wanhe Demon Kingdom, Star Devouring Demon Kingdom."

Zhao Xing also saw this, and he knew that the situation was more complicated than it was now, because only national-level forces were listed at the moment. Many ancient clan forces, though relatively few in number, were probably also present.

"The strength index of the Illusory God Star System will increase dramatically," Zhao Xing murmured. "I don't have much time left."

"What time?" Jing Yan asked. "Don't think about anything else now, figuring out where to get back is a problem."

This is indeed a problem. Currently, a large number of Realm Boat are emerging in the starry sky around Zhao Xing and his companion.

The vast and empty starry sky suddenly became lively.

The fact that the Flame Moon Ancient Kingdom was blocking people from leaving caused panic among many.

Some even tried to force their way through.

"Boom!"

The shockwave from the explosion caused Zhao Xing and his companion to feel the Realm Boat shake.

However, a medium-sized Realm Boat in front of them was directly shattered by the Starry Sky Fortress set up by the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom.

Now, no Realm Boat dared to trespass.

"I checked, and the requirements for passing through the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom are 100 million Red Star Coin for a small Realm Boat, 1 billion Red Star Coin for a medium-sized Realm Boat, and 10 billion Red Star Coin for a large Realm Boat," Jing Yan said. "Damn it, why don't they just rob us?"

"It was set up specifically for the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, so of course we have to rob it," Zhao Xing said. "It's wartime now, and people are lucky if they can even save their lives by spending money. Those with money will definitely be willing to spend money to return home."

"We don't have that much money." Jing Yan began to quickly gather information. "Now we can only take a detour back."

"Let's take this route," Zhao Xing said, pointing to a dark area on a map.

"Where is the waterway?" Jing Yan was taken aback. "It's all just void turbulence."

"Yes, my teacher said so."

"Didn't your teacher die? How does he know that?"

"Don't ask so many questions, give me the driving control," Zhao Xing said.

Whoosh whoosh~

Eight spheres flew out from Jing Yan's body. The spheres were liquid and attached themselves to Zhao Xing, immediately merging with him.

"Metaphor"

Zhao Xing felt as if he had become one with the boat, as if he had transformed into a Realm Boat.

"Whoosh~"

The front of the Realm Boat tore through the void and immediately began to move in another direction.

When I went to South Luo Number 88, it was Shi Xin year 814.

One hundred and eighty years later, Zhao Xing returned and encountered the eighteen ancient kingdoms and the three major demon kingdoms clashed.

It took another thirty-six years to get back to the base of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom.

It was already Shi Xin year 1030, and a thousand years had passed since they entered the universe.

"Finally back. After going around in circles for thirty-six years, what bad luck!"

Realm Boat landed on the Tiger Gate Star Land, Jing Yan couldn't help but sigh.

"You should be grateful that nothing bad happened. What's a journey of over thirty years?" Zhao Xing said. They had traversed the battlefield without incident.

"That's true." Jing Yan nodded. "Fortunately, the Illusory God Star System only borders a few places, otherwise even more ancient kingdoms would have come."

"Zhao Xing, I plan to cultivate for a while and spend some money to learn. What are your plans next?" Jing Yan asked.

"Same here, but I need to go to the Yellow Sand Mansion first," Zhao Xing said.

"Okay, I'll message you once I've settled in." Jing Yan waved and flew towards the rental area.

Zhao Xing flew towards Du Yun's residence.

The outbreak of war signifies that the Illusory God Star System has entered a new phase of exploration.

Zhao Xing no longer intends to proceed cautiously; he plans to submit a large amount of information in order to make a quick buck.

"I've been in the Illusory God Star System for several hundred years, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to report some information."

"Reporting to the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom is not as good as going through Du Yun. At least he is one of our own, and the level of secrecy is higher," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The only difference between reporting to the Purple God Mansion and reporting to the official Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom is that the former pays more but the latter earns less merit.

However, it would certainly be safer to operate within one's own territory!

"Let's see if Du Yun can handle it," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Let's reveal this new shipping route first and see his reaction."

"Buzz~"

Zhao Xing transformed into a beam of light and appeared in front of the Yellow Sand Mansion three days later.

"Who goes there!"

"Zhao Xing, a member of the Purple God Mansion, has important business to discuss with Yellow Sand Mansion Lord." Zhao Xing announced his identity to the gatekeeper puppet.

"The lord is currently receiving guests. Please come with me to the waiting room." After verifying his identity, the Mechanical Puppet led Zhao Xing to a side hall.

"Do not wander around. The lord of the manor will summon you when he has time."

"How long do I need to wait?" Zhao Xing asked.

"The queue to see the Lord is now set for thirty-five years from now," the Mechanical Puppet said. "You will be able to see the Lord in about thirty-five years."

"What? It'll take this long?" Zhao Xing was taken aback.

"Just wait." The Mechanical Puppet didn't bother to explain. Who was Du Yun, anyway? Now that war had broken out...

Naturally, many people are received.

"That's quite a big deal," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "However, I can't wait that long."

He took out the map of the Thousand Mile Yellow Sand Crossing and prepared to join the queue.