By the time Feng Feitian returned, Luo Qian had prepared a Star Chart. She took one look, and her expression changed. "Why is it in the Outer Domain?" Luo Qian paused. "What's the Outer Domain?" Feng Feitian weighed the Star Chart in her hand. "It's beyond the Star Region controlled by the Saint Court. Everything out there is called the Outer Domain." Luo Qian smiled. "If I were a bandit, I'd put my lair out there too." But Feng Feitian shook her head. "If it's in the Outer Domain, this operation is no longer mine to decide. I need to report to my superiors and see what they say." Luo Qian did not understand. "What's there to report?" Feng Feitian gave a rueful 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 people like that kept accumulating. Tensions sharpened, and eventually they left the Saint Court's territory one group after another and took root in the Outer Domain. Over the centuries, they gradually absorbed fugitives and bandits, forming a force opposed to the Saint Court. But once they went out there, they rarely ventured back into its territory. That's the tacit understanding between the two sides. Otherwise, the Saint Court would never tolerate a force that stood against it."
Luo Qian was beginning to understand. "So the people I ran into weren't bandits. They were a force from the Outer Domain carrying out some operation." "Exactly." Feng Feitian's expression grew grave. "Forces from the Outer Domain don't usually enter the Saint Court's territory lightly. If they've come in such numbers this time, there must be an important reason. I have to