By the time Feng Feitian returned, Luo Qian had prepared a Star Chart. One look at it changed her expression. "Why is it in the Outer Domain?" Luo Qian blinked. "The Outer Domain?" Feng Feitian weighed the Star Chart in her hand. "It's outside the Star Regions controlled by the Saint Court. We call all of that the Outer Domain." Luo Qian laughed. "If I were one of the Bandits, I'd put my lair in the Outer Domain too." But Feng Feitian shook her head. "If it's in the Outer Domain, I can't make the call on this operation. I need to report to my superiors and see what they decide." Luo Qian did not understand. "What's there to report?" Feng Feitian gave a bitter smile. "It's not that simple. The Outer Domain... How do I put this? Wherever you go, there are always people who refuse to obey the law. The Saint Court has existed for who knows how many years, so more and more of those people accumulated. As tensions sharpened, they left the Saint Court's territory one after another and put down roots in the Outer Domain. Over the centuries, they gradually took in fugitives and roaming Bandits, forming a force opposed to the Saint Court. But once they went out there, they rarely set foot back inside its territory. That's the understanding between the two sides. Otherwise, the Saint Court would never tolerate a force opposed to it."
Luo Qian was beginning to understand. "So the people I ran into weren't Bandits. It was a force from the Outer Domain at work." "Exactly." Feng Feitian looked grave. "Those forces don't usually enter Saint Court territory lightly. There must be an important reason for an incursion on this scale. I have to send this intelligence back..." She