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The City Lord's Mansion sensed the commotion outside, and several figures rushed out one after another. When they looked up and saw the figures in the sky, they all wore expressions of shock.

One after another, figures were flying above! The aura of each figure seemed to far exceed their own.

The momentum radiating from the three in the lead made their hearts tremble in particular.

Without a doubt! There was no need for suspicion!

"Greetings, Saint!" The City Lord and the other transcendents all bowed in salute.

Su Ke, watching the scene from the spaceship while holding a teacup, raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm? The City Lord is a woman?"

She was an extremely charming beauty with a refined temperament, though considering the racial talents of the Shan People, it didn't seem that strange.

Gender aside, in this world where strength is supreme, those with power can rise to the top; never mind being a City Lord, one could even become an Emperor!

In the history of Gulei Planet, there had even been a "Great Empress" who suppressed an entire era.

"Master, this city is dominated by the Shan People. There are 7 transcendent powerhouses in the city, one of whom is a Level 4 transcendent—the City Lord herself. There are also two Level 3 transcendents, three Level 2 transcendents, and one Level 1 transcendent," the Smart AI reported. "In this world, life forms above the transcendent level are mostly concentrated in important, prosperous places, such as the Imperial Capital, headquarters, or religious holy sites... In ordinary small cities like this, aside from those living in seclusion, there are few powerhouses."

Su Ke nodded. Kadibus could easily hypnotize these Planetary Rank transcendents, but he couldn't maintain the hypnotic state indefinitely unless he kept them by his side or disposed of them immediately after the hypnosis.

If several transcendents were to suddenly disappear, it would likely attract an investigation from local indigenous powerhouses, so it was better to make direct contact and, incidentally, create an identity that could be used for communication to facilitate future actions.

Kadibus led the group down, landing before the City Lord and the other transcendents, who were looking on with respectful expressions. He spoke with a cold, slightly arrogant attitude: "Are you the City Lord of this city?"

"Yes, my Lord." The blonde Shan People City Lord, who was tall with a generous bosom and a faint blush remaining on her fair, delicate face, snuck a glance at Kadibus before quickly lowering her head, her voice incredibly respectful. "This humble one is Aki Zino, the City Lord of this city. May I ask what instructions you have for descending upon this place?" She didn't even dare to directly ask about the other party's identity or background, feeling immense awe.

Kadibus scanned the transcendents bowing respectfully behind the City Lord. One was also a Shan People woman, who looked quite delicate and beautiful. Aside from her, there were two who were very different from the Shan People: one was an ugly man with blue skin, two meters and three centimeters tall, bare-chested, and covered in bulging muscles; the other was covered in long black hair like a tall black tower, and possessed a pig's head with exposed tusks, much like the orcs in the universe. Although the Shan People were the mainstream of this country, it was also mixed with various other races; this was the racial status quo formed over countless years across the entire continent.

Kadibus looked at the City Lord and spoke directly in somewhat stiff Gulei Planet common language: "I want to look into some things. I will be using your City Lord's Mansion's library and some of your people for the time being. Is that a problem?"

Aki Zino hesitated and said, "Just that?"

"That's right. Do you have a problem with that?" A hint of coldness appeared in Kadibus's eyes.

"No, no, no, no problem, of course there's no problem. My Lord, please feel free to command us as you wish," Aki Zino said, terrified. When she had gone to the Imperial Capital to be promoted to City Lord, the old royal advisors she had met there didn't seem as terrifying as the man before her. Moreover, she didn't doubt Kadibus's identity; there was more than one Shan People country, and while this Lord looked unfamiliar, he looked similar to the Shan People, so he must be one of the top-tier existences among them. How could a small fry like her, a Level 4 transcendent, question him?

Even if there were issues with his background, for the sake of her own life, Aki Zino would pretend not to know.

It was too simple for a Saint to crush her to death; no one wanted to gamble with their own life.

She led the group, with the utmost respect, to welcome Kadibus and his entourage into the City Lord's Mansion.

Su Ke watched the screen from inside the spaceship and nodded slightly.

Kadibus and the others had already made contact with the City Lord's Mansion; the next step was to uncover the deeper secrets of this planet, most importantly the situation regarding the Great Emperors who had once appeared on the planet.

However, Su Ke assumed these were likely top-secret matters of the world, and he feared they wouldn't be so easy to inquire about.

"Time to cultivate." Su Ke stood up.

He didn't have the time to stay in the control room all day monitoring the situation; he needed to spend most of his day cultivating.

Su Ke had now reached the second stage of the Planetary Rank, and he practiced the Eighteen Star Rays every day.

After breaking through to the second stage of the Planetary Rank, he noticed that the speed at which his proficiency in blade techniques improved had increased slightly.

This confirmed his previous hypothesis.

His personal level would affect the speed at which his blade technique proficiency increased.

When a first-stage Planetary Rank and a second-stage Planetary Rank practiced the same secret manual, the second-stage Planetary Rank clearly improved faster.

In Su Ke's view.

When a Planetary Rank cultivates a secret manual of the Planetary Rank stage, the speed should be the most normal.

When a Planetary Rank cultivates a secret manual of the Apprentice stage, the speed would accelerate.

And when a Planetary Rank cultivates a secret manual of the Stellar Rank stage, the speed would slow down.

The higher the level of the secret manual relative to his own level, the slower the progress of his proficiency would be.

Furthermore, aside from major realms, even if one improved by a small stage within the current realm, this change would still occur; there would be a significant difference in the progress speed between the first stage and the ninth stage of the Planetary Rank.

Therefore, apart from the time he spent practicing, his blade technique proficiency progress was influenced by his own level and the level of the secret manual.

"But fortunately... I can progress simultaneously." Su Ke revealed a smile.

If he were truly struggling alone to absorb cosmic energy to cultivate, it would take him hundreds of years to reach the ninth stage of the Planetary Rank.

But he had a pile of treasures to assist him, so he could evolve to the ninth stage of the Planetary Rank in less than ten years.

Wouldn't the speed of cultivating secret manuals increase then?

Moreover, the higher the level of the secret manual he cultivated, the stronger his guiding technique would be at absorbing and converting energy, and his evolution speed would become faster and faster.

Double the happiness!!!

In an ideal scenario, he might only need half or even a third of the original time to reach the ninth stage of the Planetary Rank! By then, he might not even be 20 years old!

As if seeing the hope of growing into a super-existence in the future, Su Ke was full of motivation at this moment!

While Su Ke was happily practicing hard in the spaceship, on Gulei Planet, in the Shan People city, after doing her best to settle the Saint and his followers, City Lord Aki returned to her luxurious room and let out a sigh of relief.

She had originally intended to host a grand banquet to welcome him, but he had refused without the slightest hesitation.

This beautiful city lord, known throughout the city for her romantic reputation, sat in her chair and watched the sun gradually sink below the horizon with a thoughtful expression.

After an unknown amount of time, she seemed to have reached a decision; she stood up, wrote a letter, and called in her trusted aide to give instructions, "Use a Horned Eagle to send this letter back to the Imperial Capital."

The Horned Eagle was a small species of ferocious avian beast on the Sea Dragon Continent; those raised well could even reach the ninth rank, and a ninth-rank Horned Eagle possessed a flight speed that did not lose to the average transcendent expert. Furthermore, because they were quite intelligent and could understand human speech, many major powers raised them for the purpose of delivering messages.

Soon, a tiny silhouette flew out from above the City Lord's Mansion, transforming into a streak of light in the twilight before vanishing into the horizon.

And the city lord's reaction was exactly what Su Ke and his companions had wanted.