Spring Passed and Autumn Came

Half a month later, Cang Yuelan successfully returned to the Central Star Region.

She was about to head towards her palace when several powerful auras flew over from afar.

There were a lot of people who came, a total of eight.

The eight people quickly arrived in front of Cang Yuelan. Seven of them exuded the aura of Void Refinement cultivators, while the other was shrouded in a layer of light blue, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Upon seeing the light screen, Cang Yuelan quickly bowed:

"Greetings, Fourth Imperial Uncle."

The Fourth Imperial Uncle mentioned by Cang Yuelan is one of the current elders of the Sea Fork Clan, and also a powerful expert at the half-step Dao Integration level.

In the Sea Chariot tribe, the real power lies with the royal family.

The royal family holds an extremely high status from birth in the Sea Chariot Clan, primarily because of the purity of their bloodline. Sea Chariot Clan members with royal blood cultivate at a speed several times faster than other members of their clan.

The person in the light screen slowly said:

"Yuelan, Haiqing's soul tablet is broken. What happened?"

Hai Qing was the old man who followed Cang Yuelan.

Among the Haicha tribe, the royal family members generally share the surname Cang, while the surnames of the rest of the tribe vary.

Cang Yuelan answered calmly:

"He died at the hands of the people from the Fire Brahma Star Domain. If I hadn't used a life-saving item, he probably wouldn't have made it back this time."

Cang Yuelan had anticipated this situation. All Void Refinement Realm experts kept Soul Tablets within their clans, and the loss of one would attract the attention of the clan's higher-ups.

"Hmph, these extraterrestrial cultivators are getting more and more arrogant!" The figure in the light screen spoke in a cold voice.

A Void Refinement cultivator from the Sea Fork Clan standing nearby said:

"Elder, we can no longer let these extraterrestrial cultivators go unchecked, but our vassal forces are simply no match for them. I am willing to lead troops to suppress them!"

The Sea Fork tribesman who spoke was a full three meters tall and wore a dark green suit of armor.

This person is a military commander of the Sea Chariot tribe.

The figure in the light screen nodded. "Yes, it's indeed time to teach them a lesson. I'll leave this matter to you; you can mobilize all the Void Refinement cultivators within the clan."

"Your subordinate obeys!" The Sea Chariot general immediately clasped his hands in a fist salute.

At this moment, a handsome man stepped forward and said:

"Fifth Sister, as far as I know, the people from the Fire Brahma Star Region haven't even entered our star region yet. Why did you clash with them?"

The speaker was none other than Cang Jilan, the sixth holy son of the Haicha tribe.

Although he asked the question with a smile, his words were clearly nitpicking.

None of the high-ranking members of the Sea Fork Clan spoke; the Sea Fork Clan was currently at a critical juncture regarding the succession of its chieftain.

The selection of the clan leader's successor took place after the opening of the Immortal Realm Secret Realm.

It's fair to say that the Sea Fork tribe is currently at its most volatile state.

Cang Yuelan raised an eyebrow:

"Does Sixth Brother think I'm lying?"

Cang Jilan quickly shook her head. "That's not what I meant, I was just a little curious. By the way, my two subordinates who have reached the Void Refinement stage recently died near the Underworld Continent, and you still haven't given me an explanation for this."

Cang Yuelan's expression remained unchanged. "I killed them. If you're not satisfied, feel free to take action."

Having already promised Chen Feng, Cang Yuelan would naturally do what she was supposed to do. Keeping the Sea Chariot Clan from causing trouble was not difficult for her.

"Yue Lan, you've gone too far. The deaths of two Void Refinement Clan members are a great loss to our Sea Fork Clan. How could you lay a hand on your own people?" The figure in the light screen was clearly dissatisfied.

Cang Yuelan stared directly at the figure in the light screen:

"Those two men spoke rudely to my people and even insulted me. Shouldn't I have killed them? If Fourth Uncle wants to punish them, then please ask Father to come out of seclusion. At worst, I will give up the fight for the heirship."

Upon hearing Cang Yuelan directly invoke the old patriarch, the expressions of everyone present immediately changed.

Everyone knows that Cang Yuelan is deeply loved by the old clan chief.

Despite the large number of holy sons and daughters in the Sea Chariot Clan, Cang Yuelan is one of the few among them who is favored by the old clan leader.

"Alright, let's leave it at that. Let's deal with those extraterritorial forces first."

The figure in the light screen didn't pursue the matter further; after saying those words, he vanished from the spot.

Seeing this, the rest of the Sea Fork Clan members also dispersed.

After everyone left, only Cang Yuelan and Cang Jilan remained in the room.

Cang Jilan looked at Cang Yuelan and continued with a smile:

"Fifth Sister, I will send someone to the Underworld Continent again to investigate after a while. After all, I lost two Void Refinement cultivators. You shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Cang Yuelan said nonchalantly:

"Whatever you want."

After saying that, Cang Yuelan transformed into a beam of light and disappeared from the spot.

She never liked her sixth brother, who always had a smiling face on the surface but secretly liked to play dirty tricks.

This is why, after Qiong Leizi told her that Xingfeng Sect had killed two of Cang Jilan's subordinates, she immediately agreed to the Xingfeng Sect becoming her vassal.

She disliked Cang Jilan very much in the first place.

After Cang Yuelan left, the smile on Cang Jilan's face completely vanished, and he said coldly:

"Has the matter been investigated thoroughly?"

An elderly man emerged from the shadows.

"We've found out that the Yin Corpse Sect was destroyed by an extraterrestrial force called the Xingfeng Sect, and the two people we sent out should have died at the hands of this Xingfeng Sect."

"Xingfeng Sect?" Cang Jilan looked puzzled.

A force capable of killing someone at the Void Refinement stage must at least possess a Void Refinement expert, yet he had almost no recollection of this Xingfeng Sect.

The old man explained:

"The origin of this Xingfeng Sect is currently unknown; it's shrouded in mystery. However, our people are investigating."

"How interesting. The Immortal Realm Secret Realm hasn't even started yet, and a bunch of monsters have already arrived. It seems that Xingfeng Sect is quite extraordinary, otherwise my fifth sister wouldn't be protecting it so fiercely." Cang Jilan's face was ashen.

The deaths of two subordinates at the Void Refinement stage were a huge loss for him.

Most importantly, he cannot retaliate, because Cang Yuelan will definitely take precautions.

Furthermore, once the conflict between the two begins, the other saints and saints will reap the benefits.

The more Cang Jilan thought about it, the angrier he became.

"Your Highness, at this critical moment, we should quickly transfer people from other vassal forces. If we have fewer Void Refinement cultivators, it will be very detrimental to our development in the Central Star Sea."

The old man offered his advice.

Cang Jilan thought for a moment, then said, "The Void Refinement stage of other vassal forces will remain untouched for now. Which star field forces have contacted me recently?"

The old man replied:

"We have connections with both the Jinting Star Region and the Weiyang Star Region."

Cang Jiyue frowned:

"Although these two star regions are somewhat weak, we have no other choice but to include them now. Inform these two star regions that I can take them into the Immortal Realm Secret Realm to secure more spots; each star region only has five."

"Also, have them send a group of Void Refinement cultivators over to help me."

The old man nodded. "I'll contact them later."

After their exchange, the two quickly disappeared from the spot.

Spring goes and autumn comes; time flows by like water.

In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed quickly.

The situation in the Dinghai Star Region has also undergone tremendous changes in the past twenty years.

The Fire Brahma Star Domain and four other star domains formed an alliance and began to forcefully invade the Central Star Sea. The Dinghai Star Domain naturally would not sit idly by. The Sea Fork Clan not only sent its own Void Refinement cultivators to provide support, but also had other forces in the Dinghai Star Domain send their own personnel.

The Star Alliance and the Sea Fork Clan's armies clashed in several major battles on the edge of the Dinghai Star Region.

Several holy sons and daughters of the Sea Fork Clan were also assigned to guard several areas of the Dinghai Starfield, leading troops to resist the Starfield Alliance's attacks.

Despite the fierce battle, Xingfeng Sect was largely unaffected.

Since conquering the Underworld Continent, Xingfeng Sect has ceased its external expansion and instead continued its development in a methodical manner.

Over the past twenty years, Xingfeng Sect's branches in the Mingzhou Continent have also continued to grow.

The number of local cultivators recruited reached tens of thousands.

Xingfeng Sect welcomed all cultivators who came to join them.

These people are only peripheral members and have no access to the core of the Xingfeng Sect. What they do every day after joining Xingfeng Sect is to complete the tasks issued by the Xingfeng Sect and then earn contribution points.

Twenty years have passed, and the creatures of the Underworld Continent have become accustomed to the existence of the Xingfeng Sect.

Compared to the Yin Corpse Sect, which frequently captures cultivators to refine into corpses, the Xingfeng Sect is much better. Apart from providing resources annually, the Xingfeng Sect generally doesn't interfere in the internal affairs of other forces in the Underworld Continent.

Xingfeng Sect, Mingzhou Branch, inside the council hall.

Liu Qian and several high-ranking members of the Xingfeng Sect were sitting here discussing matters.

Sitting on the left are Jiang Bohan, Yun Qingjue, and You Luan.

On the right are Ge Yunxuan, Beaver, and some newly appointed branch management.

The others returned to Canglan Star to take charge.

The area around Dinghai Starfield is currently in chaos, and it also needs someone to guard it.

Twenty years have passed, and with the propulsion of the planetary engine, Canglan Star has successfully reached the vicinity of the Thirty-One Star Vortex. Now, travel between Canglan Star and the Underworld Continent has become extremely fast.

"Today's routine meeting mainly focused on one thing: Cang Yuelan wants to purchase two hundred space carriers, and in addition, she hopes we will sell her another batch of nuclear weapons."

Liu Qian looked at everyone and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Compared to twenty years ago, Liu Qian now has a mechanical body and has been equipped with some miniature kinetic energy weapons.

Previously, mechanical traces could still be seen on Liu Qian's body, but under the full coverage of bionic skin, Liu Qian is now indistinguishable from an ordinary human to the naked eye.

Today, consciousness transplantation has long been one of the technologies used in the Xingfeng Sect.

As long as you have enough contribution points, you can apply for consciousness transplantation services from within the sect.

Currently, over a hundred people in the Xingfeng Sect have completed consciousness transplantation, including both mortals and cultivators.

Chen Feng never intended to keep this technology top secret from the beginning, because the highest level of authority over the robot chip was held by the Xingfeng Sect.

The existence of the modified robot allows Taiichi to remotely take over should a betrayal occur.

Upon hearing Liu Qian's words, Ge Yunxuan was the first to speak:

"The space carrier is worth selling, but we shouldn't sell nuclear weapons. If she needs a saturation nuclear strike, we can easily take action if we provide the necessary elemental stones."

In the past twenty years, Xingfeng Sect has not made many moves, but it has made contact with Cang Yuelan's side.

Cang Yuelan was in charge of the defense of the northern part of the Dinghai Starfield, which was not far from the Mingzhou Continent. Once, a large army of cultivators from the Starfield Alliance broke through the defense line and came to the Mingzhou Continent.

This army of cultivators originally intended to attack the Underworld Continent.

As expected, this large army was dealt with by the missile launch base deployed by the Xingfeng Sect on the Mingzhou Continent before it even got close to it.

The launch of thousands of nuclear missiles completely annihilated this army of cultivators.

This also allowed Cang Yuelan to witness the power of the Xingfeng Sect's technological weapons.

Since then, Cang Yuelan has repeatedly sought to purchase space carriers and technological weapons from the Xingfeng Sect for her cultivator army.

Liu Qian did not refuse Cang Yuelan's request for a trade.

Liu Qian had already learned some information about this saintess from Chen Feng.

The two sides have already made at least a dozen transactions.

These transactions included both space carriers and cultivation machines, but they were all relatively ordinary weapons; even the space carriers were only of the lowest grade.

The strategic-level weapon, the Xingfeng Sect, was not sold.

"Elder Ge's idea is also my idea. Nuclear weapons are too powerful, and if they are sold, they will also pose a threat to us. If she needs them, we can send a fleet to support her."

Yun Qingjue spoke up from the side.

Yun Qingjue and You Luan have now officially joined Xingfeng Sect.

This is also related to the reward they requested last time.

Since the two women chose to pursue spiritual objects for breaking through to the Void Refinement stage instead of seeking territory to expand their power, they directly incorporated their forces into the Xingfeng Sect.

Both women knew very well that only by following Chen Feng could they possibly make further progress on their future cultivation path.

Liu Qian nodded. "In that case, it's decided then. I'll contact her later."

Just as Liu Qian finished speaking, a message appeared in his mind.

His brows furrowed quickly.

"The alert force reports that over a dozen Star Alliance ships have breached the defenses and entered the star system."

Liu Qian is now a robot; he has had his communication system directly implanted into his body, so he no longer needs to carry a phone to contact people like before.

"Someone has broken through the defenses again? Doesn't Cang Yuelan have seven Void Refinement cultivators and over ten thousand other cultivators? How could the Star Domain Alliance manage to break through with that kind of lineup?" You Luan said, frowning.

Jiang Bohan stood up at this moment:

I'll go and deal with them.

"Take your men over there first. If they don't come this way, don't make a move," Liu Qian said.

Liu Qian did not participate in the conflict between the Star Domain Alliance and the Dinghai Star Domain.

Before Chen Feng went into seclusion, he instructed him that for the next hundred years, Xingfeng Sect should try not to get involved in the affairs of Dinghai Star Region, and should focus on developing in secret.

"Alright!" Jiang Bohan didn't waste any more words and immediately left the main hall.

At this moment, the beaver suddenly said:

"I wonder when the sect leader will emerge from seclusion."

In twenty years, Beaver has reached the Nascent Soul Great Perfection Realm. The reason he was able to cultivate so quickly is naturally due to the various elixirs and miraculous medicines in the Xingfeng Sect's treasure vault.

The current Xingfeng Sect is not what it used to be.

Chen Feng plundered more than a dozen Void Refinement Realm elders, and recently took over the Underworld Continent. Now, the spiritual items and pills for enhancing cultivation in the Xingfeng Sect's treasury are far superior to what they used to be on Canglan Star.

With the help of these resources, the cultivation speed of the cultivators in the Xingfeng Sect has increased several times over.

Demon Beast like beavers, which typically require a long time to advance in their cultivation level, broke through several minor realms in a short period of time.

This is just the Beaver. The Zhenjiao, who is stationed on Canglan Star, has a faster cultivation level. The Zhenjiao is now trying to comprehend the Principle and prepare for breaking through to the Void Refinement stage.