This day had been far from peaceful—for the Aierdia Family, and even more so for Fan Di, their outsider guest.
Xi Ye set out after breakfast. He told the Aierdia Family that he was going to meet that so-called Demon Lord, Borton. Fan Di did not know whether that was true, but he knew the first person Xi Ye intended to meet definitely was not that so-called Demon Lord...
Black Mining Star was a mining planet situated along the border between the Bronze Clan and the Starry Sky Race. It contained abundant black crystal ore, yet strangely, despite its considerable value, the planet belonged to neither side.
The reason was that its location lay on an extremely sensitive border. If either side occupied a mining planet along that line, it would provoke the other side's displeasure. To avoid disputes, the star belt along the dividing line had become a neutral zone of unclaimed, uninhabited planets.
Obviously, places like this generally became haunts for underground pirates, third markets, and the hidden black industries privately operated by various families. It was a chaotic mix of all sorts.
Because of its rich mineral deposits, Black Mining Star hosted an extremely complicated collection of powers. There were nobles from the upper echelons of the Starry Sky Race and the Bronze Clan, pirates responsible for trading in black-market industries, and black-hearted goblins specializing in running the markets. It seemed remote, but was in fact quite prosperous.
Yet today, this normally lively planet of black-market industries had become unusually quiet. Many markets in the central area had put up barriers and suspended business, while the normally bustling Black Market had, extraordinarily, ceased normal operations.
The reason was simple enough. One of the local powers, a pirate force backed by the Night Demon Clan, had issued