Holding Something Back from Her?

Chen Lie immediately understood why Shen Jiuxi had come to Blue Star. It was definitely not to attend his Martial Artist banquet; it turned out she was after his knowledge of cultivating and maintaining Spirit Plant in his Spirit Field.

However, Chen Lie's methods for cultivating Spirit Plant came from the Central Galactic Empire. She didn't even consider what advanced methods a planet like Blue Star could possibly have for Spirit Plant Cultivation.

Shen Jiuxi's trip was destined to be in vain.

However, this also made Chen Lie wary. Shen Jiuxi actually came to Blue Star to learn about Spirit Plant Cultivation in order to take care of Elder True Essence Spirit Plant in that remote courtyard. This shows that the origin of that Elder True Essence is definitely beyond imagination.

Shen Jiuxi herself is a top noble family on Canglong Star. There are probably more than one True Essence Realm expert in her family, but she still comes to curry favor with that Elder True Essence. This can only mean that the Elder True Essence is terrifyingly strong, at least much stronger than the True Essence Realm Martial Artist in Shen Jiuxi's family.

With this thought in mind, Chen Lie became even more certain that if he could serve that Elder True Essence well, it might just be an opportunity for him.

Wang Shou was also puzzled. What was the explanation for a powerful Upper Three Stars Canglong Star coming to Blue Star to learn the skill of cultivating Spirit Medicine? However, after a moment's thought, Wang Shou understood. It seemed that this top genius from Canglong Star was after Chen Lie; perhaps they were a pair of bickering lovers. Blue Star's knowledge of Spirit Medicine Cultivation came from Outer Stars. For someone from Canglong Star to come to Blue Star to learn knowledge from Outer Stars was a rather lame excuse. "Of course, that's no problem. However, our knowledge of Spirit Medicine Cultivation on Blue Star may be somewhat superficial. I wonder if Miss Shen would find it acceptable?" Shen Jiuxi's expression changed. "What do you mean? Are you perhaps planning to hold back some secrets from me?"

Absolutely not!

Wang Shou said, "If Miss Shen is willing to learn, our Blue Star will certainly share everything without reservation."

Shen Jiuxi's expression softened somewhat.

"Although we on Blue Star also have some basic Spirit Medicine Cultivation techniques, most of them are concentrated in Lanjing, the capital of Blue Star. East River Province also has them, but the professional teams are somewhat lacking, though they are roughly the same."

"I wonder if Miss Shen wishes to study here in East River Province, or if she would like to study in Lanjing?" Wang Shou asked.

Shen Jiuxi replied naturally, "If I want to learn, I want to learn the best!"

"Alright, Miss Shen, please come with me to Lanjing later!"

After saying this, Wang Shou asked Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, now that the banquet is over, are you heading to Starry Sky University?"

Chen Lie nodded. "Yes, we're planning to leave today."

"In that case, would you like to come with me to Lanjing for a Four-Sided Star Domain conference to discuss the formation of the 19th Interstellar Allied Forces Legion?"

The meeting will only last a few hours, it won't take up your time.

Chen Lie nodded and said, "That's fine too!"

After agreeing to Wang Shou's request, Chen Lie walked up to his parents and said, "Dad, Mom, I'm going back to Starry Sky University today."

"So soon? The banquet just ended," Feng Yuelan said.

Chen Liedao, "Students at Starry Sky University always make the most of every second when it comes to martial arts training. I've already wasted half a month on Blue Star." "Alright then!" Feng Yuelan nodded. "Take good care of yourself Outer Stars. If you have the chance, try to find out about your sister." "I'll remember!"

Chen Lie will definitely visit Aurora Star.

After bidding farewell to their parents, Chen Lie and Huang Yuxi boarded a Star Boat and headed to Lanjing.

The Star Boat took off and sped towards Lanjing.

Huang Yucheng Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, have you really broken through to the True Qi Ultimate Realm?"

"That's right!" Chen Lie replied.

Huang Yucheng couldn't help but ask, "How come it's so fast? Have you already grasped the Five Elements Martial Dao True Intent?"

Chen Lie has not yet grasped the Five Elements Martial Dao True Intent, but he has indeed broken through to the Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm.

Huang Yucheng felt that she had asked a redundant question. The prerequisite for reaching the Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm is to comprehend the true Five Elements Martial Dao True Intent. Since Chen Lie has already broken through the Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm, he has naturally also successfully comprehended the Five Elements Martial Dao True Intent.

"Now that you've broken through to the ' Five Qi Converging at the Origin ' realm, prepare for the Midterm Assessment at Starry Sky University in June!" Huang Yucheng said calmly. Chen Lie asked, "What are Midterm Assessment?"

"The Midterm Assessment is an assessment for Martial Arts Assistant Instructor, who will evaluate the martial arts students they select. If a student's strength does not meet the standard, the Martial Arts Assistant Instructor will also be implicated."

"Now that you've broken through to the Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm, your strength must be considerable. You shouldn't be a burden to your sister anymore," Huang Yucheng said. "Okay, I understand!"

Chen Lie nodded. With his current strength, even if he hadn't reached the Hidden Dragon Rankings, he was already at the threshold and wasn't afraid of any test. After all, the Hidden Dragon Rankings Hidden Dragon Rankings had 180 rankings, and there was no reason why the strongest one or two hundred people below the fifth rank couldn't pass a test.

About half an hour later, the Star Boat landed at the Lanjing Planetary Assembly.

Chen Lie off the Star Boat, staff members immediately came forward.

"Hello, are you His Excellency Chen Lie, the candidate for Administrator?"

"It's me!"

"Please come this way!"

Guided by staff, Chen Lie entered the Assembly.

Upon arriving outside the Assembly Hall, Huang Yuxi and Huang Yucheng waited in the outer rest area, letting Chen Lie go in by himself.

Inside the Assembly Hall, representatives from the Four-Sided Star Domain were waiting in a row.

Upon seeing Chen Lie arrive, the Blue Star Administrator, who was presiding over the meeting, nodded to Chen Lie and said, "Chen Lie, please have a seat!"

Chen Lie sat down in the seat marked with his name as "Candidate for Administrator".

There was another seat next to him, "Administrator candidate Yan Cheng," but the seat was empty.

"Let's take a count and see who's still absent," the Blue Star Administrator said to the staff.

Everyone else is present except for Yen Cheng, the candidate for Administrator Yan Cheng should be present.

But someone just informed me that Yan Cheng is delayed by some matter and probably won't be coming."

"I see!"

The Blue Star Administrator nodded, looked around at everyone, and said, "Distinguished guests from Four-Sided Star Domain, our Interstellar Allied Forces 19th Legion negotiation meeting begins."

The first topic of discussion at the meeting was how many troops each of the 28 Planets of the Four-Sided Star Domain would contribute to form a new army.

A representative from the Western Star Region said, "The Canglan Star Domain currently has 18 Interstellar Allied Forces Interstellar Allied Forces, each with 80,000 to 150,000 troops. Our Four-Sided Star Domain are relatively poor in martial arts, so we can only look down but not up."

The seven stars of our Western Star Region have already reached an agreement to determine the actual number of troops each star will contribute, based on the overall strength of each of the Twenty-Eight Stars. Each star will contribute 2,500 to 3,000 troops.

"The 11 stars of the Southern Star Region agree!"

"The five stars of the Northern Star Region also seconded the proposal."

The Blue Star Administrator nodded and said, "Since everyone agrees, then let's proceed with this plan. We will organize an inspection team later, with each of the Twenty-Eight Stars in the Four-Sided Star Domain sending a representative to survey the overall strength of the planets and decide how many troops each planet will contribute." "The second topic is the financial issue of the Interstellar Allied Forces 19th Legion."

We will distribute soldiers' monthly salaries and death benefits according to a certain number of Galactic Coin.

The Eastern Star Region would naturally have to pay the lion's share of the cost, but with the financial resources of the five stars in the Eastern Star Region, it absolutely could not support an interstellar army.

Financial matters are of paramount importance. We are the weakest of all the Interstellar Allied Forces, so we cannot be careless about our weaponry. The Four-Sided Star Domain must raise at least 100 million Star-Origin Galactic Coins to purchase Mecha and Warship from Heiyuan Star of the Ten-Star Alliance, and to purchase Military Formation Inscription Talismans from Qinghe Star.

"How much of this 100 million Star-Origin Galactic Coins should be allocated to each planet? We need to discuss and come up with a plan today..."

Representatives from the Four-Sided Star Domain and Twenty-Eight Stars engaged in a heated debate over the financial issues of the Interstellar Allied Forces.

One hundred million Star-Origin Galactic Coins, even if evenly divided among the Twenty-Eight Stars, would amount to more than three million Star Dollar per star.

Blue Star's annual fiscal surplus is only three to four million Star-Origin Galactic Coins; other planets are probably not much better off.

If this money is spent, the subsequent training of the planet's geniuses will be severely hampered, making financial issues the most difficult to discuss.

After more than an hour of discussion, no agreement could be reached on how the costs would be shared.

Chen Lie now understood why the higher-ups on Blue Star had invited so Outer Stars guests to their Martial Artist banquet. Today's Martial Artist had indeed intimidated these Three Faction Starfields.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to discuss asking the planets for money at today's meeting.

With today's Martial Artist banquet and the deterrent effect of the Star-Heaven Divine Warship, the other planets in the Four-Sided Star Domain only complained that their planets lacked sufficient funds and could not come up with so much money at the moment, rather than directly saying that they had no money.

Seeing that the discussion had gone on for a long time without reaching a conclusion on the fiscal issue, the Administrator had no choice but to say, "Since the fiscal issue is so complex, let's discuss it again later."

Let's first examine the third topic: the skill requirements for recruiting soldiers in the 19th Interstellar Allied Forces Legion...

The meeting lasted three or four hours, during which the Administrator also allowed Chen Lie to offer some opinions.

However, the meeting's outcome was somewhat disappointing, as the biggest financial issue remained unresolved.

After the meeting, Chen Lie left the Assembly Hall, led by staff.

Just as he stepped outside, Chen Lie's Communicator received a call.

The communication was connected, and the voice of Wang Shou, the president of the Martial Artist Association, came back.

"Chen Lie, is your meeting over?"

"It's over. Is there anything else?"

"Of course there's something. Isn't your classmate surnamed Shen from Canglong Star interested in learning about the Spirit Plant Cultivation on Blue Star?"

I took her to the most advanced Spirit Medicine experimental field at Blue Star University, where the professional cultivators explained the methods of cultivating Spirit Medicine to her. But to my surprise, your classmate got furious after hearing it, saying that we were fooling her and holding back a secret from her.

Come over here and explain this to her!

"Okay, I understand. I'll be right there."

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he hung up the communication and quickly walked out of the Blue Star Assembly.

Outside the Assembly, Chen Lie saw Huang Yuxi.

Huang Yuxi saw Chen Lie and went up to him, asking, "How did it go, Chen Lie? Your meeting should be over. Can you go back to Canglong Star now?"