Fey Evolution Merchant

by welldarn

Posting this for my own convenience.

26. Chapter 26

Chapter 1251: Lin Yuan's Complete Defense System

Unset State would allow Shiny to change its state to suit Lin Yuan's fey configuration.

Lin Yuan would also never have to be envious of other fey's exclusive skills and triggered abilities anymore.

As a Creation Master, Lin Yuan had evolved countless feys and had come across many outstanding exclusive skills and triggered abilities.

Amongst all the feys that Lin Yuan had evolved, he still felt that Chu Ci's Obsidian Iron Wild Bull had the best exclusive skills.

Lin Yuan badly wanted the abilities Sacrifice and Annihilation Gaze. However, he wanted Sacrifice more than he did Annihilation Gaze.

Given that Shiny depended on its physique to fight, its body was made to store a sea of vitality and be extremely damage resistant.

If Unset State could be replaced with Sacrifice, Lin Yuan would be able to increase his defensive abilities and gain a powerful method of protecting his life.

Spirit qi professionals had three ways of protecting their lives.

The first method was to use an external item to defend against damage. Most defense-type spirit qi professionals who used shielding abilities applied this method.

Lin Yuan's use of Source Sand also applied this form of defense.

Although the first method of defense was the most commonly utilized, it was the least reliable as it was unlikely to provide complete protection.

The first method of defense would fail to defend against unexpected dangers.

When Lin Yuan had been controlled within the water world dimensional rift, he had been unable to summon Source Sand quickly enough to defend himself against sudden attacks.

If Liu Jie had not been by his side, he would definitely have been seriously injured or even killed.

After Lin Yuan formed a contract with the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen and Genius gained a new ability, he gained a second form of defense.

The laws and willpowers on the Queen's Skirt Hem gave Lin Yuan resistance to all types of damage.

Genius' Spiritual Energy Expansion would allow Lin Yuan to deflect spiritual damage while protecting him with spiritual energy.

Both of these were considered the second form of defense, which would be able to protect the spirit qi professional in a split second.

Compared to the first form of defense, the second form was undoubtedly more effective.

However, the second form of defense also had its limitations and could not be considered a traditional life-saving method.

The Obsidian Iron Wild Bull's Sacrifice was strong and valuable because it belonged to the third form of defense. Fiind upd𝒂ted 𝒏ovels on n𝒐 /m

The third form of defense would genuinely increase the spirit qi professional's method of saving their life.

If Lin Yuan instructed Shiny to use Unset State to copy the Obsidian Iron Wild Bull's Sacrifice, he would be able to obtain the third method of defense. This would turn Shiny into Lin Yuan's outstanding living shield.

Unless the opponent had an attack that could kill Shiny in an instant, Lin Yuan would be able to save his life no matter how powerful the attack was.

The Jasmine Lily's Vitality Imprint was also notable.

It had been a long time since Lin Yuan last used the Jasmine Lily's Vitality Imprint, and he could sense how much vitality was stored in the Vitality Imprint on his forehead.

He had not had the chance to use the Vitality Imprint during unexpected moments of danger.

With Shiny taking the damage on his behalf, Lin Yuan would now have the chance to use the Vitality Imprint to heal himself continuously.

He would also be able to use Sacrifice to transfer vitality to the injured Shiny.

Shiny's Unset State provided Lin Yuan's defense system with a three-pronged approach and allowed him never to have to worry about defense again in the future.

This new method of protecting himself made Lin Yuan feel much more at ease.

Moreover, Unset State could swap out the copied exclusive skill or triggered skill once every lunar cycle.

One lunar cycle was 24 hours. Within 24 hours, Lin Yuan could mold Shiny in any way he saw fit.

Lin Yuan could also swap out Sacrifice for other combat-type abilities and exclusive skills during specific circumstances.

This would enable Shiny's combat power to become stronger in a more obvious way.

Nonetheless, he could not use Unset State to copy exclusive skills and abilities flippantly.

For example, he could copy Chimey's Clear Sky without many qualms, but the Jasmine Lily's Vitality Imprint, Blackie's Spirit Qi Imprint, and Genius' Connected Tails would not have any effects when copied.

The Jasmine Lily and Blackie's powerful foundation came from a continuous supply of vitality and spirit qi, which Shiny did not have access to.

Even if Shiny copied Vitality Imprint and Spirit Qi Imprint, it would not be able to tap into a source of vitality and spirit qi.

As for Genius' Connected Tails, it was based on the fact that Genius had a sea of knowledge stored in its head.

Without the immense knowledge, Connected Tails' effects would be cut in half to only being able to offer a perfect flow of communication.

In general, Lin Yuan was pleased with Unset State.

When he first started evolving Shiny, Lin Yuan had stood next to Shiny.

But now, Lin Yuan could only stand on Shiny's back to inject spirit qi into its body.

Shiny's wingspan had reached 20 meters, and it was a truly giant creature.

Lin Yuan no longer saw anything cute about Shiny.

The size of Shiny's body exceeded Lin Yuan's expectation, and he had never encountered a fey that could grow to such a large size at only Bronze grade.

He could not imagine how shockingly large Shiny would grow to become as it continued to evolve.

Regardless, it seemed that Blackie would not be able to match up to Shiny.

As Shiny continued to eat the dragon lungs, phoenix blood, and powdered wind-type heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls, its quality steadily raised to Epic.

Lin Yuan immediately suppressed Shiny's grade so that it could focus on evolving its quality.

Chapter 1252: Your Whole Family is Small!

When only a small portion of dragon lungs and phoenix blood was left, Shiny's quality finally reached Legend.

Lin Yuan said softly, "Shiny, Master said that feys with the Barren bloodlinee only start to reveal their power when they reach Fantasy Breed. Every fey with the Barren bloodline is recorded in the Catalog of Mountains and Seas and possesses some form of special ability. Shiny, I want to see how powerful you become when you reach Fantasy Breed!"

Lin Yuan summoned the Willpower Rune of wind currents that seemed to have been created for Shiny.

Shiny stopped eating when it sensed the Willpower Rune.

With all of Lin Yuan's hopes on its shoulders, Shiny charged toward the Willpower Rune of wind currents.

When it made contact with the Willpower Rune, a gust kicked up in the breeding room.

Shiny let out a cry as it spread its wings and took to the sky, and danced in tandem with the wind currents.

At that moment, Shiny slightly resembled the version of it that Lin Yuan had seen inside the egg.

It was as though Shiny had become the heart of the winds.

As it evolved to Fantasy Breed, the golden color of Shiny's feathers intensified while the storm patterns compressed even closer together.

The brownish-gold feathers on its neck also turned gold.

Lin Yuan's eyebrow twitched.

Shiny's golden feathers looked different from what Lin Yuan had seen inside the egg.

The Catalog of Mountains and Seas did not mention that Shiny's brownish-gold feathers would turn gold.

Did this mean that the pure spirit qi strengthened Shiny's bloodline in the process of evolving it?

When he had been drinking tea with the Moon Empress, the Moon Empress had intentionally told him that pure spirit qi would be beneficial to feys with the Barren bloodlinee.

Hence, Lin Yuan became increasingly certain that the change in the color of Shiny's feathers was linked to the pure spirit qi.

Although Shiny's grade did not increase when it evolved to Fantasy Breed, it did grow in size from a 20-meter wingspan to a 35-meter wingspan.

Thankfully, his breeding room was large. Otherwise, the Fantasy Breed Golden Wings would tear the breeding room apart.

Slowly, Lin Yuan noticed that Shiny's golden wings also looked crystallized.

Its eyes also darkened, and a shining golden circle appeared around its pupils. Its dark gold pupils started to spin, and startling storms appeared within them.

As the winds around Shiny dissipated, it finally changed into a Fantasy Breed fey.

Lin Yuan immediately used True Data to check on Shiny.

[Fey Name: Golden Wings

[Fey Species: Barren/Feather-Winged

[Fey Grade: Bronze (2/10)

[Fey Type: Wind

[Fey Quality: Fantasy I

Abilities:

[Snapped Neck Falling Death: When its sharp claws make contact with a target, the target's neck will be snapped. Simultaneously, the Golden Wings will extract the target's soul and absorb the soul into its feathers. The soul will imbue the storm patterns on the feathers with intelligence.

[Flowing Wind Claws: When the wind elements in the Golden Wings' feathers are released into the environment, it will be able to control the surrounding winds and manipulate them to attack its opponent. The attacked target will feel like it is being slashed by claws. After attacking a target, the Golden Wings will also be able to inject wind-element into its target through explosions and cause double the amount of damage.

Exclusive Skill:

[Unset State: When interacting with another fey, the Golden Wings can copy the fey's exclusive skill and triggered abilities. Unset State will then turn into the copied exclusive skill and triggered ability. The abilities can only be switched out once every lunar cycle.

[Wind's Descendant: By placing itself as the heart of all wind elements, it will become the eye of a hurricane and control all of the surrounding wind elements. It will become the master while all other winds will become its disciple.

Lin Yuan's eyes widened to the eyes of saucers, and he finally understood why feys with the Barren bloodline could become the Radiance Federation's representative feys.

The feys with the Barren bloodlinee were so powerful that they were worthy of carrying the reputation of the entire Radiance Federation on their shoulders.

Wind's Descendant cemented Shiny's control over wind elements.

With Shiny around, any fey that depended on wind elements would be weakened.

Wind's Descendant was a triggered ability, and it would improve as Shiny's power rose.

Previously, Lin Yuan had been stunned by the Fiery Sky Hou's startling ability to amplify fire-type feys. Yôur favorite 𝒏ovels at n/𝒐(v)

But now, Shiny's ability to overwhelm wind-type feys was stronger than the Fiery Sky Hou's ability to aid fire-type feys.

Moreover, Lin Yuan did not have any pure wind-type feys.

The only fey he had that was affiliated with wind-type was when Gray absorbed windy weather and gained a wind-type ability.

Thus, Lin Yuan would not be significantly negatively affected by Shiny's ability to suppress wind-type combat feys.

Lin Yuan felt that once Shiny evolved to Creation Breed and formed the wind world, it would become the king of winds.

As for Flowing Wind Claws, Lin Yuan found it very familiar.

After pondering over it for some time, he remembered that Long Tao's Sea King Chalk Mosasaurus had an ability called Sea Bite which would enable the Sea King Chalk Mosasaurus to bite its target underwater by controlling the water.

This was very similar to the way in which Shiny's Flowing Wind Claws attacked targets.

However, Flowing Wind Claws also had an additional effect that Sea Bite did not have, which was to inject wind elements into its target using explosions.

Sea Bite's attack was like a pistol, while Flowing Wind Claw's attack was like a shotgun.

Its true attacking power lay in this hidden ability rather than its surface ability.

Wind element was known for its sharp cutting effects, flame element was known for its burning effects, and water element was known for its suffocating effects.

When wind was compressed into a wound and exploded, it was like placing a meat mincer into the wound that would completely destroy that area of flesh.

When high-pressure winds entered a blood vessel, it would also cause a chain effect that damaged the heart.

If the attacked fey had a weak heart, its heart would become an embolism of air and lead to a failure of circulation, resulting in death.

While Lin Yuan was observing Shiny, he noticed Shiny was about to snuggle up to him.

Lin Yuan hurriedly stopped it.

All of the feathers on Shiny's neck shone with a metallic gleam.

If Shiny got too near, his face would be sliced to shreds.

Shiny looked at Lin Yuan sorrowfully and said, "Yuan, you're so tiny!"

Lin Yuan massaged his forehead and thought,?You're the tiny one! Your whole family is small!

Chapter 1253: How Can You Be So Shameless?

Lin Yuan's jaw dropped.

Wait! Shiny is my fey, so we're family now. That notion makes me come across as dumb.

Lin Yuan coughed and instructed Shiny to eat the rest of the dragon lungs and phoenix blood.

When Shiny was done eating the dragon lungs and phoenix blood, Lin Yuan returned it to the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

Shiny was large and could not change its form. Unless it reached Myth II and changed into human form, Lin Yuan felt that he would not be able to summon it any other time besides during battle.

When he left the breeding room and returned to his room, he took a bath and snuggled in for a good night's sleep.

But in the deep stillness of the night, the Sea Bliss Clan was in a complete mess.

Every main member of the Sea Bliss Clan sat fearfully in the meeting room.

The Spirit Guards had sent word that the Miao family had just requested a blood pact ultimate fight with the Sea Bliss Clan for the third time.

According to the ultimate fighting ground rules, the blood pact ultimate fight would automatically go ahead after one party made three requests.

Ever since Qi Haitao and Qi Wangyang angered Lin Yuan at Sky City's private faction territory, they had lost all hope.

They also blamed themselves for being too ignorant and greedy and not offering all of the Sea Bliss Clan's resources in exchange for a chance at survival.

Qi Haitao and Qi Wangyang clung to a thread of hope.

They had heard that the Young Liege of Midnight Palace had been refusing to see the Miao family ever since the incident at the Guard Ye Banquet.

The Miao family had tried to gain favor with the Young Liege many times but were all shot down and chased out by the Spirit Guards before they even had a chance to meet him.

Moreover, a blood pact ultimate fight could only go through with the agreement of both the ultimate fighting ground and the Spirit Guards.

Qi Wangyang felt that given the Young Liege of the Midnight Palace's attitude toward the Miao family, it was unlikely that the Spirit Guards would agree to let the blood pact ultimate fight go through.

But now, the Spirit Guards had already sent word. which meant that the last hope they placed in Sky City had also been dashed.

This was the first time that Qi Wangyang felt so close to death.

All the main members of the Sea Bliss Clan were silent and looking up at him with retracted necks.

Anger intermingled with despair in the pits of Qi Wangyang's stomach.

His fear set his fury alight, and he furiously banged his hand on the table before bellowing, "Each and every one of you only want to drain money from me! You'll come and pester me for rewards whenever you achieve something small. But now that we're on the brink of death, why are all of you so quiet? What happened to all your bravado when you're asking me for resources?"

Qi Wangyang was still boiling with rage when an elderly man said, "I've been working in the Sea Bliss Clan for about five years, but I'm just one of the pinnacle Class 3 Creation Masters you hired. From today onward, I would like to dissolve our employment relationship."

The elderly man's words made the words that were rising in Qi Wangyang's throat stop short, and Qi Wangyang started to splutter violently.

He glared at the elderly man as he coughed.

If his eyes held any power, the elderly man would be dead by now.

Qi Wangyang screamed internally.

What the hell? How can you be so shameless? This old man was acting devotedly loyal to me when we were breaking into the offshore islands. He even promised to serve the Sea Bliss Clan for the rest of his life in exchange for 3% of the island's shares.

Not only did I give him what he wanted, but he's also taken a considerable amount of resources from the Sea Bliss Clan during his time here. I was also the one who provided the resources to evolve his fey to Myth Breed. But now, he says he's only a Creation Master that the Sea Bliss Clan hired. Damn you. He probably used more resources than the Zheng family's own Creation Masters!?

After his coughing fit subsided, Qi Wangyang prepared himself to give the elderly man a good scolding when the elderly man went on to say, "Leader, you can't blame me. I have to continue living. You failed to ask Sky City for help and won't be able to defeat Connected Beast Park during the blood pact ultimate fight. I wasn't supportive of you targeting Connected Beast Park in the first place. Your decision ruined this family's future!"

Many Class 1, 2, and 3 Creation Masters sounded out their assent.

Even a Class 1 Creation Master would be able to receive respect.

Thus, no Creation Master was willing to spend their entire life with a faction that they did not have any emotional ties.

Before the meeting started, many hired Creation Masters had decided they wanted to leave the Sea Bliss Clan.

However, the low-class Creation Masters were afraid that the Sea Bliss Clan would do something risky without strong group support during this desperate circumstance.

Now that an emperor-class pinnacle Class 3 Creation Master that had a Myth Breed fey had spoken, it would be a good segway to voice the other Creation Masters' intention of leaving the Sea Bliss Clan.

If Qi Wangyang forced them to stay in the Sea Bliss Clan, the only future they had was death.

When Connected Beast Park defeated the Sea Bliss Clan in the blood pact ultimate fight and took over their resources, the Sea Bliss Clan's Class 4 Creation Masters, who were willing to offer their loyalty, would be accepted by Connected Beast Park.

This was also a rule of the blood pact ultimate fight. Besides the faction's high-class Creation Masters, the hired high-class Creation Masters were usually allowed to live.

However, this was not the case for Class 1 and 2 Creation Masters. Vissit n𝒐velbin.c𝒐m for 𝒏ew 𝒏ovels

If the Sea Bliss Clan was taking on another veteran faction in the blood pact ultimate fight, the other veteran faction might be willing to accept the Class 1 and 2 Creation Masters.

However, Connected Beast Park was a top faction that specialized in Creation Master resources, and it did not make sense for them to nurture low-class Creation Masters.

Thus, the hired Class 1 and 2 Creation Masters would probably be seen as burdens and eliminated by Connected Beast Park.

With so many Creation Masters riding on the elderly man's train, Qi Wangyang started to tremble with rage.

It was said that the sailors would abandon the ship once the captain was ruined. However, the Sea Bliss Clan had not been ruined yet, but the Creation Masters were already ready to abandon ship.

How dare they?

Qi Wangyang's anger overtook his fear, and his gaze glinted evilly.

Qi Wangyang stopped Qi Haitao who was about to stand.

He allowed the elderly man to lead the Class 1 and 2 Creation Masters as they continued to cause a din.

Chapter 1254: Will the Falling Wall be Pushed Down or Will it Crush Everyone?

Qi Wangyang waited until no one else voiced their desire to join the elderly man's camp before standing up and saying coldly, "All of you are pretty good at pushing down the falling wall. But don't forget that a falling wall can also crush you to death."

The moment Qi Wangyang spoke, the faces of the group of Creation Masters that wanted to jump ship fell.

Usually, there would be no need for the elderly man who was a pinnacle Class 3 Creation Master to cause a disturbance because he would be accepted by Connected Beast Park even if the Sea Bliss Clan lost to Connected Beast Park.

However, he had insulted Connected Beast Park significantly when he had been trying to prove his loyalty to gain Qi Wangyang's favor.

The elderly man was afraid that Connected Beast Park would hold that against him.

Hence, he chose to fan the flames of disrest during the Sea Bliss Clan's precarious moment between life and death.

The elderly man needed the rest of the external Class 1 and 2 Creation Masters to cause a scene just as much as they needed to follow his lead.

In order to curry favor with Qi Wangyang, the elderly man had spent a lot of time by Qi Wangyang's side and understood Qi Wangyang well.

Qi Wangyang cared about his reputation. Vissit n𝒐velbin.c𝒐m for 𝒏ew 𝒏ovels

He would not burn any bridges unless he were pushed to his limit.

This was why so many Class 1 and 2 Creation Masters dared to voice their desire to leave the Sea Bliss Clan during this perilous situation.

Now that Qi Wangyang was acting so mercilessly in a public setting, the elderly man felt a sense of danger creep up on him.

Qi Wangyang turned and said something to a hunched over elderly man beside him who looked extremely frail and sickly. It was as though he would collapse at any moment.

However, everyone present knew that this elderly man was not as weak as he appeared because he was the younger brother of the previous leader of the Sea Bliss Clan and the uncle of Qi Wangyang, Qi Heng.

As a Class 4 Creation Master, Qi Heng was the strongest Creation Master in the Sea Bliss Clan and the center of all their martial power.

"Uncle, please exterminate these parasites who want to betray the Sea Bliss Clan."

The elderly man trembled as he got to his feet and sighed before asking Qi Wangyang, "Wangyang, tell me, what do you want to do with these people? If you weren't the leader, these people would have died by my Freeze Piercing Double Carp long ago."

A concentrated murderous aura emanated from the elderly man, and everyone present froze.

Qi Wangyang sneered. "I share the same sentiments as you. Normally, it wouldn't matter if the hired members left. Don't I usually give the hired Creation Masters bonuses when they leave and wish them the best of luck? But now that the Sea Bliss Clan is facing a life or death situation leaving would only be detrimental to the Sea Bliss Clan!

"All these people trying to damage the Sea Bliss Clan now are the ones that are usually clamoring to display their loyalty and acting as though their only wish is to have the blood of the Qi family flowing through their veins. All these people who managed to grow by using the Sea Bliss Clan's resources are all in such a hurry to break ties with us now.

"How ironic. I don't know if the Sea Bliss Clan will be able to make it out of this quagmire, but even if we don't make it out, I will make sure that these ungrateful people bent on causing unrest will all die before I do."

The moment that Qi Haitao finished speaking, two blue-haired lolis appeared next to Qi Heng, and the meeting room was filled with a bone-piercing chill.

An ice awl pierced through the throats of each and every person who had voiced their desire to leave the Sea Bliss Clan.

This reduced 20% of the members of the Sea Bliss Clan that were inside the meeting room.

The Creation Masters who had not been attacked stared shell-shocked at the dead pinnacle Class 3 Creation Master and Class 1 and 2 Creation Masters.

Qi Heng took note of all their gazes and postures.

Although Qi Wangyang had made a show of talking about how well he treated the members of the Sea Bliss Clan, they had been unable to obscure his murderous intent.

The members of the Sea Bliss Clan were completely divided and ready to leave.

If Qi Heng had not mentioned the Freeze Piercing Double Carp, the rest of the Class 3 and 4 Creation Masters would have asked to leave the Sea Bliss Clan as well after the meeting.

After all, being tied to a faction that was about to be ended by a blood pact ultimate fight would not be able to compare to the freedom of being able to join another faction.

Qi Heng sighed to himself.

It's fine if none of them are loyal anymore, but their physical selves must remain with us.

According to the information that Qi Wangyang had given him prior to the meeting, the City Lord of Sky City only ripped a new one into Qi Wangyang and Qi Haitao.

However, he had not said that he would not help the Sea Bliss Clan.

It was a fact that Sky City and the Miao family were enemies.

Qi Wangyang and Qi Haitao had been taught a lesson and chased out because they had not been sincere enough.

If news that the members of the Sea Bliss Clan left got out, the Sea Bliss Clan's value would decrease significantly in the public's eyes.

This would cause Sky City to devalue the Sea Bliss Clan as well, and the Sea Bliss Clan would have less to leverage in exchange for Sky City's help.

Qi Heng could not accept this.

As he looked around at the roomful of perturbed people and furious Qi Wangyang, Qi Heng rapped his cane on the ground and said, "Leader, I will go and speak to Sky City myself. What is your bottom line?"

Qi Wangyang's face lit up with delight.

If Qi Heng had the courage to take over this issue, Qi Wangyang could relax to a certain extent.

"Uncle, I'm willing to give Sky City 80% of the Sea Bliss Clan's shares at the most. At that point, the Sea Bliss Clan will essentially become a branch of Sky City. I hope that when you're negotiating with them, you'll be able to gain their promise to provide the Sea Bliss Clan with resources in exchange for 80% of our shares."

The elderly man could not help but think of what his elder brother had said of his nephew, "Wangyang will be able to develop the Sea Bliss Clan but will be unable to save the Sea Bliss Clan from danger."

Apparently, Qi Heng's brother knew his son like the palm of his hand.

On the brink of life and death, he could not allow Qi Wangyang to do as he pleased any longer.

Instead of responding to what Qi Wangyang had said, he turned to ask Qi Haitao, "Haitao, what are your thoughts on this?"

Chapter 1255: Zong Ze's Plea for Help

Qi Haitao did not expect Qi Heng to mention him at such an event.

He glanced at his father and hesitated for a second before saying, "If Sky City can promise to protect us, the City Lord of Sky City can make any request of us. This will be able to prove our sincerity to the greatest extent.

"If we offer a promise first, they won't be satisfied, and there's no way they will help us overcome this trial. After all, we have no ties with them and even tried to take advantage of them during our previous trade deal.

"Additionally, we shouldn't zero in on the enmity between Sky City and Connected Beast Park during the negotiation because it has nothing to do with us, and they don't need to make use of this blood pact ultimate fight to attack Connected Beast Park. If Sky City truly wants to attack Connected Beast Park, they can issue a blood pact ultimate fight challenge to Connected Beast Park directly."

When Qi Haitao finished speaking, he bowed to Qi Heng and purposely evaded Qi Wangyang's gaze.

Qi Wangyang's expression hardened as Qi Haitao had essentially stomped all over Qi Wangyang's method.

Previously, he had been focused on the animosity between Sky City and Connected Beast Park and had not been willing to give up Sea Bliss Clan's resources.

Qi Wangyang felt that Qi Haitao was basically selling the family away. If the City Lord of Sky City was allowed to make any request, there was no way he would leave room for the Sea Bliss Clan to breathe.

Unlike Qi Wangyang's grim expression, Qi Heng smiled in relief and said, "Haitao and I shall handle this matter. Leader, Haitao has grown up. If the Sea Bliss Clan makes it out of this crisis, you should discuss more matters with him in the future. He is clear-headed. If you had discussed with him from the beginning, our Sea Bliss Clan wouldn't have fallen this deep."

No one dared to speak after Qi Heng, and a harsh silence fell over the room.

As silent as the room was, the people inside were all brimming with emotions that they dared not express.

The next day, Lin Yuan awoke from a deep sleep and found that he was feeling completely different than before.

When humans sleep, their bodies start to recover. Hence, they feel lazy when they have just awoken.

But now, Lin Yuan's bodily functions had reached peak capabilities.

He was fairly certain that it was linked to his transformation after consuming the Earth Center Fine Milk.

Lin Yuan took a shower and changed into a set of spirit qi clothes.

When he looked into the mirror, he realized that he could not tear his eyes away from the image of himself.

He was not narcissistic, nor did he have any interest in men. However, the person in the mirror had undeniably breathtaking looks.

A thought flashed through his head.

Did I wake myself up with my handsomeness?

Lin Yuan hastily shook his head to shake the ludicrous thought out of his head.

Cai Cha, who was coincidentally walking by Lin Yuan's room and glanced at him in passing, could not help but gasp.

My Young Lord is so impressive! I wonder what kind of lady is worthy of him?

Given Lin Yuan's talent and status, finding a fitting match in the Radiance Federation would be difficult.

To Cai Cha's knowledge, the Space Elder's granddaughter was suitable.

However, her talent and power were far below that of Lin Yuan.

Tian Feng's younger sister was the second Radiance Envoy and had enough talent and power. But, she was much older than Lin Yuan.

As such, it seemed that only the granddaughter of that member of royalty would be able to match up to Lin Yuan in terms of status and talent.

By now, Lin Yuan had spotted Cai Cha, and he quickly greeted her.

He had no idea what was going through her head. But if he did, he would definitely have sighed ruefully.

As someone who had crossed through space and time, he did not care for status and talent.

Lin Yuan was confused when he saw Cai Cha carrying a tray of breakfast food. Normally, he should be dining with his Master in the inner palace.

He found out from Cai Cha that the Moon Empress and Mystic Moon had locked themselves away to train since last night.

After eating breakfast, Lin Yuan did not rush to return to the mansion.

Instead, he strolled down Leaning Moon Mountain against the backdrop of the early morning sun until he arrived at the Royal Capital's Noisy City.

Lin Yuan smiled as he looked around at the rolling mountains and rivers and sea of people around him.

There was something about the brilliance of dawn that made him want to protect its beauty.

At this moment, Lin Yuan spotted a stall selling cornmeal steamed buns nearby, and he immediately recalled the way Chu Ci would always insist on eating cornmeal steamed buns when she was young.

He walked up to the stall to buy some to reminisce about the flavor.

Lin Yuan was in such a rush that he did not notice that a group had gathered behind him and stole glances at him. Discover 𝒏ew chapters at novelbi𝒏.co𝒎

After Lin Yuan bought the cornmeal steamed buns, he placed one in his mouth. But, it was hard to swallow.

Nonetheless, he slowly chewed until he swallowed all of it because the memories stored within this experience far outweighed the taste.

Just as Lin Yuan was preparing to return to the mansion, his phone started to ring.

He saw that the call was coming from Zong Ze, so he picked it up.

Lin Yuan had asked Zong Ze for help to see if he could retrieve the Wind Crystal Precious Bottle from the Whale Ocean Commerce's Ten Thousand Source Hall.

At that time, Zong Ze had agreed happily. But, Zong Ze had not contacted Lin Yuan since then.

Lin Yuan assumed that Zong Ze was contacting him now regarding the Wind Crystal Precious Bottle.

But when Lin Yuan picked up the call, Zong Ze said in an embarrassed tone, "Lin Yuan, do you still have any of the fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearls?"

Lin Yuan was stunned.

He did have one fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl, but Hu Quan had used it to create the chain of pearls.

Hu Quan had unleashed his talent as a Spirit Craftsman while crafting the chain of pearls and creating a bona fide work of art.

But since Zong Ze sounded anxious, Lin Yuan spoke honestly.

Chapter 1256: Zong Ze's Best Friends

"Big Brother Zong, I do have one fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl."

Zong Ze was overjoyed to hear Lin Yuan's response and said candidly, "Lin Yuan, it's great that you still have one! My Fiery Sky Hou needs to increase the purity of its bloodline. To do so, it needs pure fire-elemental energy as well as pure spirit qi. The pure elemental energy in the elemental pearl you gave me last time triggered the Fiery Sky Hou's bloodline, and it has been using the fire-elemental energy to refine its bloodline.

"Although the Fiery Sky Hou doesn't need to consume fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearls during the refinement process, it needs to experience pure fire-elemental energy while homogenizing the fire elements in its body. One fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl contains sufficiently pure fire-elemental energy but not enough of it, making it rather difficult for the Fiery Sky Hou to homogenize the fire elements in its body.

"If you still have another fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl, I hope that you can lend it to me."

Lin Yuan replied without hesitation, "No problem. Are you in the Royal Capital now? I happen to have some time now. Why don't I send it over to you now?"

A surge of warmth washed over Zong Ze.

He was well aware of how precious the fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl was. Not even Chef Supreme was able to obtain it.

Zong Ze assumed that the Moon Empress' Creation Master skills had elevated over the last couple of years to the point that she now surpassed Chef Supreme.

He was sure that the Moon Empress had given the two fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearls to Lin Yuan.

Zong Ze had already been more astonished when he received the fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl from Lin Yuan when he visited Zong Ze's residence.

Zong Ze never expected Lin Yuan to give him such a magnificent gift.

He had called Lin Yuan because he could not stand that the Fiery Sky Hou was only one step away from increasing the purity of its bloodline.

Usually, it was taboo to ask for goods of such a level, even from one's good friends.

Unless the parties were truly best friends, they would not be willing to give up such goods.

If any friend below the level of a best friend asked for such a good, they would be rejected without hesitation even if they did possess the good. Yôur f𝒂vorite stories on 𝒏/o/(v)𝒆/lb𝒊n.c𝒐m

Yet, Lin Yuan had immediately and honestly replied that he did have it and offered to send it over when he realized that Zong Ze needed it.

Such a gesture would move even the most cold-hearted person.

Moreover, Zong Ze was hoping to become true best friends with Lin Yuan.

In the past few days, when Zong Ze had been busy helping the Fiery Sky Hou increase its bloodline's purity, Lin Yuan's strange fragrance occupied his mind.

Due to his curse, his desire to battle had been pulsing. But once he thought of the fragrance, the burning urge would settle.

At first, the thought of Lin Yuan was connected to the strange fragrance.

But now, this matter made Zong Ze aware of Lin Yuan's kinship toward him, and the idea of Lin Yuan in his mind was no longer linked to that soul-soothing scent.

It seemed that he had gained another true friend beside Gu Lang.

When Zong Ze did not respond after Lin Yuan offered to send over the elemental pearl, Lin Yuan assumed that it was not a convenient time for Zong Ze.

"Big Brother Zong, if this is not a good time, I can send it over through Ostrich Logistics as well. Don't forget to sign for it yourself. This is my last fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl."

Zong Ze recovered from his trance and said with a smile, "Lin Yuan, I've never been to your place. I can come and collect it from you directly and deliver the Wind Crystal Precious Bottle to you at the same time."

"Big Brother Zong, I'll text you the address now. I'm returning home from Master's place now."

Lin Yuan hung up the call.

After sending the text, Lin Yuan no longer had any desire to continue shopping.

Zong Ze should be arriving at the mansion soon. As the mansion owner, it was only right to arrive in advance and greet Zong Ze instead of having Zong Ze wait for him.

Hence, Lin Yuan used the Ethereal Jellyfish's Node Teleportation to flash himself to the mansion entrance.

The moment he arrived, he saw Wen Yu looking at the documents in her hand with bemusement.

Lin Yuan asked with a smile, "Was someone from the Sea Bliss Clan lying in wait for you on Star Web this morning?"

Wen Yu hurriedly stood up and handed her documents to Lin Yuan as she replied, "Young Master, Big Brother Liu has informed the Spirit Guards, and they sent a final notice to the Sea Bliss Clan to confirm the blood pact ultimate fight between the Sea Bliss Clan and Connected Beast Park. What are your plans?"

Instead of responding to her question, he asked, "What conditions did the people from the Sea Bliss Clan ask of you this morning?"

Wen Yu pointed at the information on the documents and said, "Young Master, the leader of the Sea Bliss Clan might appear to be Qi Wangyang, but there is someone higher ranked than him in the Sea Bliss Clan. This person is his uncle, Qi Heng. This time, Qi Heng and Qi Haitao came to see me. They didn't list any conditions. All they said was that the Sea Bliss Clan will do its best to meet any request that Sky City makes."

Lin Yuan nodded.

It seemed that the people from the Sea Bliss Clan finally understood their circumstances and knew they had to keep their tails between their legs.

However, it would not benefit Lin Yuan in any way for the City Lord of Sky City to help the Sea Bliss Clan to defeat Connected Beast Park.

Instead, it would affect his chances of using Connected Beast Park to learn more about Ten Thousand Flags Trading.

Lin Yuan also had another important goal, which was to gather faith and increase the amount of faith power in his shrine.

Thus, he had to contemplate the best way to gather the most faith power possible.

Chapter 1257: Connected Beast Park's Savior Lin Yuan is Here

After thinking for some time, Lin Yuan could not come up with an ideal plan and decided to tell Wen Yu about the issue to see if she might have any constructive suggestions.

He had to tell Wen Yu about his goal first to ensure that her suggestions would not clash with his aim. If so, there would be no point in him asking for her opinion.

"Wen Yu, have you heard of faith power?" asked Lin Yuan.

After mulling over the question for a moment, she was certain that she had never heard of faith power and shook her head decidedly.

She was confused by Lin Yuan's sudden question, but she knew that he had to have his reason for mentioning it.

Since Wen Yu shook her head, Lin Yuan went on to explain, "Faith power is a type of worship that one lifeform expresses toward another lifeform. The feelings of admiration will turn into faith power. One of my fey's power is linked to the strength of the faith power I receive."

Lin Yuan paused before continuing. "If we help the Sea Bliss Clan to win their blood pact ultimate fight, we'll have to handle the organization or their resources. Previously, I asked you to look into Ten Thousand Flags Trading, and you discovered that they are hiding a huge problem.

"Recently, Whale Ocean Commerce has been seeking to work with Connected Beast Park. My identity as the City Lord of Sky City has a deep enmity with the Miao family, but they are dying to gain favor with my original identity. There's an item that I want to gain from Whale Ocean Commerce by using Connected Beast Park. It will negatively affect my plan if I end Connected Beast Park now.

"Moreover, I don't think this is the way to gain the most faith power. Many people on Star Web are speculating that Sky City will issue a blood pact ultimate fight to Connected Beast Park as revenge. Furthermore, Sky City demonstrated incredible power during the blood pact ultimate fight against the Zheng family by killing the veteran thearch-class experts Han Tianhe and Liu Yanshan in an instant. Thus, it will not be shocking if Sky City destroys Connected Beast Park."

Now, Wen Yu understood what faith power was and understood both of Lin Yuan's aims.

It did not take long for her to come up with an idea.

But before she brought it up, she had to confirm something with Lin Yuan.

"Young Master, you mentioned that faith power comes from the feelings of worship and admiration. Does this mean that you only need more people to notice this incident and understand more about your power without directly tying it to one of your specific identities?"

Lin Yuan's eyebrow twitched. Somehow, that made him sound like one of the celebrities from his past that was trying to increase their popularity.

But basically, what she said was right.

"My current identities are the City Lord of Sky City, Black, the combat-class spirit qi professional, and my original identity. When Chimey caused trouble a while ago, Black received a significant amount of faith power as a result of it."

Wen Yu's eyes lit up, and she was assured that her idea could work.

Instead of explaining it straight, she guided Lin Yuan so that he would understand the logic behind her idea.

"Young Master, when Pinru and I were setting up Pinru's Home, we had the idea of using popular influencers on Star Web to promote ourselves once our garments became available. This allowed Pinru and I to gain an understanding of some of the most popular personalities on Star Web. There is a group of them that aren't outstanding but have legions of fans that will rush to protect them during any scandal that they might face loyally."

Now, she asked him, "Young Master, have you heard of blind sheep fans? Any respect, admiration, or worship that arises as a result of an incident will only be temporary. It will fade with time and become diluted as other incidents take place. By contrast, blind sheep fans will be able to deepen these feelings.

"During my observation, I discovered that these below average yet popular Star Web influencers like to insert themselves into situations that do not concern them. They constantly place themselves in the spotlight and throw in occasional displays of weakness to attract pity. This enables their fans to link several varieties of emotional ties to them. I think that this concept can be applied to your goal of receiving as much faith power as possible.

"Firstly, I think you should set up a seemingly infallible enemy for the City Lord of Sky City. This enemy should step in to save Connected Beast Park. This way, we won't have to worry about Connected Beast Park. You said that all your identities are able to receive faith power on your behalf. I think that all your identities can use a boost in exposure."

If Lin Yuan still did not understand what she meant, he would be a fool.

Connected Beast Park had been eager to cling to him ever since he gave them seven Law Crystals to produce seven new thearch-class experts.

In a quest to secure power in Connected Beast Park, Miao Zhuo and Miao He pestered Lin Yuan all day.

If Sky City helped the Sea Bliss Clan to win their blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park, the latter would certainly turn to Lin Yuan as their last hope.

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At that time, everyone from Connected Beast Park would be clamoring to express their gratitude to him, and it would be easier than easy for him to use them to fulfill his goal.

Moreover, by using his identity as the Moon Empress' disciple to save Connected Beast Park from Sky City, other factions and the general public would assume that the Moon Empress' disciple was at odds with Sky City.

That was why Wen Yu explained the concept of blind sheep fans to him.

After deliberating this idea, he agreed that it was very feasible.

Chapter 1258: Distance Between Chef Supreme and Lin Yuan

By having two of his identities be the cause of the incident, Lin Yuan would be able to reap significant benefits.

Firstly, he would be able to control the event. Secondly, two of his identities would be able to have a large spotlight beating down on them.

As long as the incident persisted, two of his identities would be able to gain an enormous amount of faith power.

Wen Yu was nothing short of a top strategic genius. She was able to solve the issue that Lin Yuan had been butting heads with just a few statements.

Lin Yuan picked up the teapot on the table and brewed a pot of Three Treasures Tea. He added the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus nectar into the tea and ignited the hade-textured agarwood.

"Wen Yu, Zong Ze is coming to visit. He should be here soon. Let's go and greet him at the entrance together," said Lin Yuan.

Wen Yu agreed softly before the pair walked toward the mansion's entrance together.

When Wen Yu was still a spirit attendant, she was always nervous when she had to greet important people like Zong Ze, who was Chef Supreme's youngest disciple.

But now that she had been by Lin Yuan's side for some time, her horizons and knowledge had increased by tenfold from a year before.

Given that she spent every day with outstanding younger generation members like Lin Yuan and Liu Jie, Zong Ze dimmed by comparison.

She suddenly remembered that Liu Jie had called this morning and said to Lin Yuan, "Young Master, Big Brother Liu said he would return from the Spirit Guards' land this afternoon to cook for us. I will call him now to ask him to buy more ingredients."

The moment the last word left Wen Yu's lips, a magnetic chuckle sounded out from the space next to Lin Yuan.

"Master's Dragon Within Pond opened recently. The crabs in the pond are at their fattest and strongest now. I brought several fresh crabs inside my Diamond fey storage box. Let me cook lunch!"

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When Lin Yuan turned to greet Zong Ze, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Zong Ze's eyes shone with a dim dark red, and there was an aura of an overwhelming desire for battle being suppressed.

Lin Yuan remembered that a curse plagued Zong Ze.

The Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen was produced in the Spirit Lock spatial zone at a quick rate, and a box was filled every two weeks.

Wang Fuxiang went through one box in about 25 days.

Hence, Lin Yuan still had more than enough Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen for Zong Ze.

However, this was not a good opportunity to give the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen to Zong Ze.

Zong Ze had just offered to cook lunch. This meant that he treated Lin Yuan as one of his friends.

Lin Yuan smiled and replied, "I've been missing your cooking ever since our last meal. Come in and let's talk."

Zong Ze spotted the almost complete Submerged Flood Dragon Lake as they walked into the mansion.

Zong Ze could not help but marvel at the beauty of the Submerged Flood Dragon Lake.

As Chef Supreme's youngest disciple, Zong Ze had seen more than his fair share of opulent mansions and landscapes.

However, the rainbow lake, half-filled with large lotus leaves that had flower-covered pavilions built atop them, was a testament to the mansion owner's artistic taste.

The moment Zong Ze entered the mansion, his eyes were drawn to the red sandalwood longevity fish tank.

Unlike the rest of the people who had visited the Return from Faraway Mansion, Zong Ze was not admiring its value but its design.

While Lin Yuan poured a cup of tea for Zong Ze, the latter handed two brocade boxes to Lin Yuan and said, "One of these is my gift to you as a guest. The other is the Wind Crystal Precious Bottle that you asked me to procure."

Lin Yuan received the two brocade boxes and removed the string of pearls from around his wrist.

He gave it to Zong Ze and said, "Big Brother Zong, take this chain of pearls and use it. You can return it to me whenever you're done."

Zong Ze had only intended on borrowing the Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl from Lin Yuan.

But now that Lin Yuan was handing the chain of 108 heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls to him without hesitation, Zong Ze's heart skipped a beat.

Since Lin Yuan wore the chain around his wrist, it had to be one of his treasured items.

Zong Ze had intended on taking the fire-type Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearl back with him before using it on the Fiery Sky Hou.

However, he felt that it was inappropriate for him to take Lin Yuan's treasured item back with him.

Zong Ze summoned the Fiery Sky Hou and said, "Luckily, my Fiery Sky Hou is only one step away from increasing the purity of its bloodline. Why don't I instruct the Fiery Sky Hou to sense the pure fire-elemental energy inside the two elemental pearls to increase its bloodline's purity?"

After the Fiery Sky Hou was summoned, it squeaked in greeting at Lin Yuan while perching itself on Zong Ze's shoulder.

Zong Ze gestured for it to leap onto the table.

Shortly after, a wave of fire-elemental energy flowed out from its body and wrapped around the two Heavenly Maiden Sleet pearls in Zon Ze's hand.

At this moment, the silhouette of the heavenly maiden inside the pearls seemed to solidify.

Lin Yuan noticed that the fire-elemental energy flowing from the Fiery Sky Hou started to change as well.

With a shake of Zong Ze's hand, several cooked dishes appeared.

Zong Ze placed the dishes in front of the Fiery Sky Hou and instructed it to consume them to gain pure spirit qi.

These dishes had been made by the Class 5 Creation Master Chef Supreme.

The Moon Empress' Creation Master path was defined by her concoction of scents, while Chef Supreme's path was defined by cooking.

Lin Yuan studied the dishes curiously.

He used True Data and found out that the spirit qi within the dishes was about 57% of the concentration of the spirit qi within the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

As such, Lin Yuan discovered the difference between the pure spirit qi concocted by Chef Supreme and that of the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

Chapter 1259: Fiery Sky Hou's Bloodline Purified

At first, Lin Yuan waited for the Fiery Sky Hou to complete the purifying of its bloodline while drinking tea.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened to the Fiery Sky Hou.

Suddenly, its flesh started to split open and raging bursts of fire-elemental energy intermingled with blood energy spilled forth from the cracks.

The fire-elemental energy that was meant to be under the Fiery Sky Hou's control now became a weapon that was hurting it.

Zong Ze did not look panicked by this development because he knew that it would happen.

Since the dishes cooked by Chef Supreme did not contain a high enough concentration of spirit qi, they were unable to enable the Fiery Sky Hou to evolve its body at the same time as it evolved the fire-elemental energy in its body.

But since the Fiery Sky Hou was a fey with the Barren bloodline that had the ability to control fire, it would be able to endure this.

Due to the insufficient concentration of spirit qi, the Fiery Sky Hou's bloodline could not be purified to perfection.

Nonetheless, this was a conundrum that all spirit qi professionals who possessed feys with the Barren bloodline had to face.

At that moment, Lin Yuan reached out his hand toward Zong Ze. There were two flower buds in his palm.

"Big Brother Zong, there is extremely pure spirit qi inside these two flower buds. They should be helpful to the Fiery Sky Hou."

Zong Ze received the flower buds and studied them.

The ever-present stony expression on Zong Ze's face melted away. Then, his eyes bulged, and he looked utterly astonished.

He raised his head and looked at Lin Yuan with a touched expression as he asked, "Lin Yuan, these flower buds—"

Before Zong Ze could finish speaking, Lin Yuan said anxiously, "Big Brother Zong, if you don't give the spirit qi to the Fiery Sky Hou now, it will finish its evolution with the flawed spirit qi."

Zong Ze took a deep breath and stared at Lin Yuan for a moment before throwing the two flower buds at the Fiery Sky Hou and ordering it to consume them.

The Fiery Sky Hou fought against the pain of its body splitting open and leaped over to catch the two flower buds with its mouth.

When the Fiery Sky Hou swallowed the flower buds, its torn skin sealed itself shut, and the glow of a flame ignited at the ends of its fur.

The flame started to spread and elongated the fur of the Fiery Sky Hou.

It released the howl of agony that it had been suppressing.

A red crystallized curved horn grew out of the center of the Fiery Sky Hou's forehead.

Its exposed fangs also grew longer and were covered by a red transparent substance.

The Fiery Sky Hou's body had been about the size of two palms. But now, it had grown to a length of one meter.

The Fiery Sky Hou's changes made Lin Yuan think of the description he had read in the Catalog of Mountains and Seas.

'Tail like a fan, wide mouth, posture as straight as a board, covered in red fur, long body, savage beast that spits fire.'

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Apparently, it was because the Fiery Sky Hou's bloodline had not been purified yet.

The Fiery Sky Hou's appearance now matched the Catalog of Mountains and Seas description.

Zong Ze was over the moon about the Fiery Sky Hou's changes.

He knew that if it had not been for Lin Yuan's pure spirit qi, the Fiery Sky Hou's changes were not solely due to the purification of its fire-elemental energy but also the complete transformation of its body.

Counting the time Lin Yuan had visited Zong Ze's residence and had given him the Heavenly Maiden Sleetl pearl, Lin Yuan had now provided Zong Ze with two unexpected opportunities.

When he was young, Chef Supreme had told Zong Ze that even the people he regarded as his good friends could put an end to his opportunities and that he needed to treasure the friends that actually provided him with opportunities.

If someone gave him opportunities without asking for anything in return, he would have to marry her if she was female and ask him to be his blood brother if he was male.

Before Zong Ze could mull over Chef Supreme's words, eight high-grade strange flames shot out from the Fiery Sky Hou's abdomen.

The eight strange flames swirled around its body in a beautiful dance.

If the Fiery Sky Hou had not been controlling the eight strange flames and preventing them from spreading to the surroundings, all of Lin Yuan's jade-textured furniture would be burnt to ashes.

Lin Yuan shivered when he saw the eight high-grade strange flames.

During the fight on the Martial Arts Stage, Lin Yuan had witnessed the power of the Fiery Sky Hou's Strange Fire Eight Refinement.

When Zong Ze used the Fiery Sky Hou to attack a target, it would release the eight strange flames in its abdomen to cause layered damage to the target.

The final attack that hit the target would be the strongest strange flame.

Currently, the Fiery Sky Hou was wielding and purifying the fire-elemental energy in the eight strange flames.

When one of the strange flames was being purified, the flame would take on a crystal hue, and the other seven flames would result in faint waves of heat.

The beautiful red flame twisted the space.

From this, it was evident that the temperature of the high-grade flames had risen significantly.

At this moment, Zong Ze ordered, "Fiery Sky Hou, keep the Red Plum Falling Fire and use Tempering of Fire to temper the Red Plum Falling Fire through the other seven flames."

The Fiery Sky Hou moved and summoned a flame that looked like a blooming red plum.

The other seven strange flames were immediately attracted to it and sailed into the red plum of a flame.

The Red Plum Falling Fire grew stronger as it consumed the purified strange flames.

After consuming five strange flames, the red plum flowers and frosted snow seemed to appear around the Red Plum Falling Fire.

Lin Yuan thought,?It looks like Zong Ze wants to use the other seven strange flames to evolve the high-grade Red Plum Falling Fire to top-grade.

Chapter 1260: Zong Ze's Sudden Mania

If the red plum flowers that blossomed and frosted snow that appeared were successful, the Red Plum Falling Fire would be able to turn into a true top-grade strange flame.

Only top-grade flames appeared alongside unforeseen events.

Zong Ze flipped over his hand, and a brocade pouch appeared in his hand.

He opened the brocade pouch, and Lin Yuan saw that it was filled with fire-type Defined Life pearls.

Zong Ze tossed the fire-type elemental pearl to the Fiery Sky Hou one by one so that it could use the pure fire-elemental energy within to nourish and absorb the Red Plum Falling Fire strange flame.

It was not a last-minute decision for Zong Ze to use the Red Plum Falling Fire to consume the other seven strange flames.

The Red Plum Falling Fire was the most effortless strange flame that Zong Ze had encountered.

The Red Plum Falling Fire did not start off as a high-grade strange flame but as a mid-grade strange flame that had a much higher temperature than other strange flames.

As such, Zong Ze instructed the Fiery Sky Hou to use Tempering of Fire to endlessly strengthen the Red Plum Falling Fire until it became a high-grade strange flame.

The high-grade Red Plum Falling Fire did not disappoint Zong Ze.

When the high-grade Red Plum Falling Fire released its absolute temperature, its beauty surpassed that of some top-grade strange flames.

High temperature was the most important factor that Zong Ze required from his fire elements because it would be able to increase the damage power of Heaven Crimson Fire and Life-Changing Fire Beast.

Moreover, the Red Plum Falling Fire's highest temperature would be able to affect an entire area.

At that moment, Zong Ze's fists were tightly clenched as he waited with bated breath for the Red Plum Falling Fire's temperature to rise once it evolved to a top-grade strange flame.

Zong Ze had been afflicted by bad luck ever since he was young and had become accustomed to using his spirit to suppress the boiling battle urge.

Previously, Zong Ze had built a large dam within himself to keep the battle urge at bay.

However, the emotions he felt as a result of what Lin Yuan did caused the dam to tremble.

Now, the sense of hope had cracked the dam even further.

The smallest of things had the biggest of effects. Zong Ze's battle urge seeped through the cracks and eventually eroded the dam away.

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With the remnants of his sanity, Zong Ze thought,?Oh no!

He had experienced instances when his battle urge ran rampant.

He would find a place to release his battle urge during such occurrences without holding back until he utterly tired himself out.

Every time his battle urge was loose, he would release most of it so that he would be able to keep his cool for the next two weeks.

But this was Lin Yuan's mansion, and he would wreck Lin Yuan's mansion if he released his hold on himself now.

However, he did not have time to continue worrying as his last thread of sanity snapped.

When his battle urge swallowed his conscious mind, Zong Ze let out a beast-like roar.

Wen Yu jumped, and the Fiery Sky Hou stopped strengthening the Red Plum Falling Fire.

Lin Yuan said to Wen Yu, "Don't worry. I know what to do."

He said hastily to the Fiery Sky Hou, "Fiery Sky Hou, leave this to me. Calm yourself and continue evolving the Red Plum Falling Fire. Otherwise, all of Zong Ze's hopes will be dashed. I'm sure you don't want Zong Ze to wake up and be disappointed that the Red Plum Falling Fire failed to evolve to top-grade."

Lin Yuan returned to the Spirit Lock spatial zone and grabbed a handful of the mature Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen.

He left the Spirit Lock spatial zone and tossed it at the rampaging Zong Ze.

Zong Ze breathed the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen in. Although his eyes remained red, he quieted down.

Lin Yuan returned to the Spirit Lock spatial zone again and grabbed another handful of Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen.

This time, instead of tossing it at Zong Ze, he crushed and scattered it all over the jade-textured wood on the crane shadowed censer so that the scent would permeate the air.

Lin Yuan placed the crane shadowed censer next to Zong Ze so that the scent would engulf him.

After the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen started to burn, Zong Ze's battle urge was suppressed, and he could rebuild another dam to keep the battle urge at bay.

Lin Yuan frowned when the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen started to run out.

According to the rate that Zong Ze used up the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen, Lin Yuan could tell that Zong Ze's bad luck was much more serious than Wang Fuxiang.

Luckily, Zong Ze's bad luck would eventually be cleared as he continued to use the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen.

However, it would take at least six months and even up to a year.

After Zong Ze regained his faculties, he saw the red plum's outreached branches changing shape.

As the plum branches continued to stretch, beautiful red plum flowers bloomed and fell in a continuous loop.

The red plum flowers wilted the moment they reached their peak of beauty.

A red flame that looked like a blooming red plum flower burned at the center of the unforeseen event.

However, instead of focusing on the top-grade Red Plum Falling Fire that he had been looking forward to or the worried Fiery Sky Hou, his eyes were fixed on Lin Yuan.

Chapter 1261: Zong Ze's Renewed Life

Ever since he was young, Zong Ze was terrified that the battle urge caused by his bad luck would take control of his mind.

Aside from the burning sensation that came with the battle urge, he had been training to be an expert ever since he was young. As such, he hated not being in control of any situation, much less losing control of his own body.

Not even Chef Supreme knew that this curse resulted in him having nightmares.

Thus, he not only had to suffer through the curse in reality but even had to experience it again in his nightmares until he scared himself awake.

This overwhelming battle urge that took over him had always been an issue to which he could only grapple but could not find a solution.

Ever since he smelled Lin Yuan's scent at the Guard Ye Banquet, a sweet-smelling figure that could soothe his battle urge started appearing in his nightmares.

This figure made Zong Ze dread his nightmares less.

Just now, he had smelled that fragrance when he had succumbed to the battle urge.

The scent made Zong Ze wonder if he was dreaming.

However, the fragrance was much stronger than it was in his dreams, and it enabled him to regain control over himself.

It was only when he rebuilt the dam to block the surging battle urge that he realized this was real life and not a dream.

Zong Ze did not know what that fragrance was, but he could guarantee that it did not come from Lin Yuan but from something that Lin Yuan possessed.

Zong Ze had visited the Purple Bamboo Forest with Chef Supreme a while ago and heard that the Moon Empress had brought medicine that removed Wang Fuxiang's bad luck.

Chef Supreme had gone to beg the Moon Empress afterward but had been rejected.

Zong Ze was sure that the fragrant medicine was the same one that the Moon Empress had given Wang Fuxiang.

When Lin Yuan saw Zong Ze looking at him silently, he said, "Big Brother Zong, congratulations on your Red Plum Falling Fire evolving to a top-grade strange flame."

A surge of warmth flooded Zong Ze's heart.

The Fiery Sky Hou had communicated to Zong Ze through their spiritual connection about what Lin Yuan did.

Given Zong Ze's understanding of the Fiery Sky Hou, it would have completely stopped evolving the Red Plum Falling Fire out of concern for him if Lin Yuan had not comforted it.

Lin Yuan had played an important role in the Red Plum Falling Fire evolving to a top-grade strange flame.

Zong Ze remembered Chef Supreme saying that if a man provided him with many opportunities without asking for anything in return, he should regard that person as his blood brother.

But what should he do if that person also saved him from peril?

Zong Ze carried the Fiery Sky Hou and said solemnly, "Brother, words can't express my gratitude."

Lin Yuan patted Zong Ze's shoulder and said, "You already addressed me as Brother. There's no need to stand on ceremony with me."

Lin Yuan thought about the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds' rate of production and the current circumstance of Zong Ze's curse.

"Big Brother Zong, can you explain your bad luck to me?" asked Lin Yuan.

Zong Ze replied without hesitation, "I was attacked when I was young and nearly died. That was when this bad luck afflicted me. Master has tried many ways to remove my bad luck but to no avail.

"In recent years, the bad luck's impact has grown stronger. At first, I used to be able to suppress the battle urge for at least four months. But as I grew older and my spirit became stronger, I'm only able to suppress it for a month at most now. Moreover, this is only if nothing triggering takes place during the month.

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A pained expression came over Zong Ze's face.

This was the memory he hated dredging up the most.

If Lin Yuan had not asked him, he would never choose to reopen this scar.

When he found out that the fragrance came from a medicine that could suppress his bad luck, Zong Ze wanted to ask Lin Yuan about it. He hoped that he would be able to obtain some of the medicine from Lin Yuan since the Moon Empress had rejected Chef Supreme.

If nothing was done about his bad luck, he would be completely engulfed by the battle urge in less than three years and become a mindless battle machine.

Before Zong Ze could ask, Lin Yuan said, "Big Brother Zong, I can help you with your bad luck. However, it will require you to undergo at least half a year and at most a year of treatment."

Zong Ze froze. He never expected Lin Yuan to offer to cure him of his bad luck.

He had told Lin Yuan that his gratitude could not be expressed through words, and now even more so because it would be an insult to Lin Yuan's gesture.

If Lin Yuan were able to treat Zong Ze's bad luck, even if it took decades or could not be cured completely, it would give Zong Ze a renewed life and free him from the torture.

He no longer had to suffer nightmares every night nor be afraid when he was increasing his power that he would one day fall completely prey to the battle urge.

He did not have to be afraid that his efforts to increase his power would harm the people closest to him.

"Brother, if you need me for anything in the future, I will be willing to do absolutely anything."

Lin Yuan thought of the Spirit Settling Silver Ore vein the Vein Land Imp had discovered at the border of the Divine Wood Federation.

He had thought about recruiting people to turn the Spirit Settling Silver Ore into weapons and selling them.

Although weapons made of the Spirit Settling Silver Ore were used commonly by Creation Masters and would always be in demand, there were not enough Spirit Craftsmen from the Heavenly Craft Pavilion to perform the job.

Chapter 1262: Lin Yuan and Zong Ze's Business

Lin Yuan did not want to create another team for the sole purpose of creating the Spirit Settling Silver Ore weapons because this would expand Sky City's members to too large of an extent.

Besides the fact that it would require Lin Yuan to invest many resources and effort, he would be at odds with the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce's role.

This was not what Lin Yuan wanted.

Moreover, the Vein Land Imp was like a walking mineral vein.

As such, it might be able to discover other mineral veins besides the Spirit Settling Silver Ore vein.

In order to match up with the speed at which the Vein Land Imp dug through the mineral veins, Lin Yuan would have to form a group with more members than a top faction, as not even a top faction would be able to harvest a mineral vein in a short span of time.

After mulling over this problem, he decided to go into the business of the mineral itself.

"Big Brother Zong, I do have something to ask of you. Have you heard of any faction that has a project that requires a large number of minerals?"

Zong Ze raised an eyebrow and thought,?Could Lin Yuan have discovered a mineral mountain? It is forbidden to harvest from mineral veins without permission in the Radiance Federation.

All the mineral veins within a 10,000-kilometer radius of each of the 32 major cities belonged to all the cities collectively, and factions were only allowed to harvest from mineral veins beyond that radius.

Top, veteran, and rising factions had already taken ownership of all the areas not under the jurisdiction of the major cities.

There was barely any cake left to go around.

As for a project that required a large number of minerals, Zong Ze knew of one.

The top faction Furnace Stone Metal had a metal spiritual ingredient role, and their supporter was Chef Supreme.

Hence, Furnace Stone Metal often gave newly discovered mineral mountains to Chef Supreme in exchange for the chance to evolve feys.

Chef Supreme had left these mineral mountains to Zong Ze.

Gu Lang was in a similar situation.

Thus, the two of them had formed a faction specifically meant to harvest minerals from mineral mountains. This faction had close to 10,000 Spirit Craftsmen as its members.

The Creation Master team that Zong Ze had formed provided a large amount of Creation Master resources to this faction annually.

If Lin Yuan had a large number of minerals that he wanted to use up, Zong Ze would be able to take them all.

Zong Ze remembered that he owned half the ownership of this faction and said, "Lin Yuan, Gu Lang and I started a faction seven or eight years ago. The faction only works for the two of us, so it doesn't even have a name. This faction turns metal spiritual ingredients into weapons and other instruments or molds them into various-sized cubes that can be sold in the market. Why don't I give you 25% of the ownership, and you can use this faction to handle any metal spiritual ingredient in the future?"

Wen Yu looked shocked when she heard what Zong Ze said.

No matter how busy she was, she never stopped collecting information for Sky City and knew of the faction that Zong Ze and Gu Lang owned and all the resources and finances it possessed.

Although Sky City possessed a sizable amount of resources, it was likely only worth half of what this faction owned.

After all, this faction gained its resources from natural sources.

If Zong Ze was giving Lin Yuan 25% ownership of the faction to Lin Yuan to express his gratitude, Wen Yu felt that it was too much.

No one expressed their gratitude in such a way!

Wen Yu used to be a spirit attendant, but she also could not imagine someone handing out such wealth so easily.

By giving Lin Yuan 25% ownership of the faction, Zong Ze was going the equivalent of Mystic Moon cutting open the Radiant Moon Palace's money bag and giving it away.

Lin Yuan hastily shook his head and said, "Big Brother Zong, we might be brothers, but you can't give me shares for nothing! But if you have a faction that can make use of a large amount of metal-type spiritual ingredients, I would like to work with you."

When Zong Ze seemed intent on giving Lin Yuan the 25% of the shares, Lin Yuan hurriedly added, "I'm sure you won't take advantage of me if we work together!"

As such, Zong Ze could only say vexedly, "If I work with you, I won't let you suffer even if I have to suffer myself."

Lin Yuan thought for a moment before saying, "Big Brother Zong, I was at another land to train. When I was at the other land and found a dimensional rift, I stumbled on a Vein Land Imp. This Vein Land Imp found a Spirit Settling Silver Ore vein. I would like to establish a deal with you based on all the Spirit Settling Silver Ore in the vein."

Zong Ze thought,?All of these coincidences that happen to Lin Yuan seem almost uncanny!

Not only had Lin Yuan found a Spirit Settling Silver Ore vein but even a Vein Land Imp.

With the Vein Land Imp, Lin Yuan would have countless opportunities to access mineral veins in the future.

Previously, Zong Ze only wanted to help out Lin Yuan. But now, it felt more like Lin Yuan was helping him.

As the mineral veins were continuously harvested, the quantity of minerals within them would reduce.

Additionally, it was difficult to discover new mineral veins. As such, the Spirit Craftsmen in Gu Lang and Zong Ze's faction only needed to work about six hours a day.

If Lin Yuan could supply them with many mineral veins, the Spirit Craftsmen only had to work longer to generate tremendous wealth.

"Lin Yuan, I said that I'm giving you 25% of the ownership. But after working with you, I think I should give you at least 30%! This number purely came about based on transactional value and not at any other reasons." CH𝒆Ck for 𝒏ew st𝒐ries on no/v/el/bin.c0m

Zong Ze paused for a moment before continuing. "Lin Yuan, do you want to join this faction by taking over some of the shares? If you do, I'll contact Gu Lang so we can split the shares evenly,"

Lin Yuan found Zong Ze's suggestion more than acceptable.

This was the most convenient option for him, and he could collect earnings in the future based on the divided shares without much worry.

Hence, he nodded and said, "Fine. Big Brother Zong. Why don't we call Zong Ze over so we can all talk face-to-face?"

Zong Ze immediately called Gu Lang.

Chapter 1263: Long Lamplight and An He

After the call rang for a moment, Gu Lang picked up and said, "Hey, Ze. You said in your last call that you're going to lock yourself away to train. Are you out already?"

Zong Ze looked shocked when he heard Gu Lang's voice. It was not the words that Gu Lang said that surprised Zong Ze but the heavy weariness of Gu Lang's voice.

Moreover, there seemed to be another person talking next to Gu Lang. But the person's voice had been too soft for Zong Ze to make out what was said.

Before Zong Ze could reply, Gu Lang seemed to pull his phone away and snap at someone. "I'm on the phone. We'll talk once I'm done!"

The voice silenced itself.

Gu Lang smiled apologetically and said, "Ze, I came to Cold Frost City for some business. I thought that a Class 5 marsh dimensional rift had opened in Cold Frost City, so I came to catch a few Black Marsh Fly Dragonflies. But not only did I come up empty, but I even bumped into An He."

Zong Ze frowned.

He was calling Gu Lang to discuss the ownership of shares. As such, he had put the call on speaker, so Lin Yuan could hear Gu Lang as well.

Lin Yuan had never met An He, but he was not unfamiliar with the name.

Among the 13 members of royalty in the Radiance Federation, one managed an association that encompassed all of the lifestyle-class spirit qi professionals besides the Creation Master Association.

This member of royalty was Long Lamplight.

Long Lamplight was the most low-profile of all the 13 members of royalty. However, he could not remain completely under the radar because his first disciple was the third Radiance Envoy.

Although Long Lamplight's first disciple did not have Creation Master talent, he was an extremely talented healing-type spirit qi professional.

An He was Long Lamplight's youngest disciple. He had powerful healing-type spirit qi professional talent, just like his senior.

An He had also obtained an Order of Radiant Light, which gave him the right to participate in the Radiance Envoy selection two years later.

Although Lin Yuan and An He had never crossed paths, he knew Gu Lang's temperament well.

Gu Lang was very mild-mannered and would not speak sternly unless he was on his last nerve.

Hence, there had to be a serious wedge between Gu Lang and An He.

"Lang, did you fight with An He again?"

Gu Lang replied vexedly, "We didn't start fighting, but this meeting caused me to be unable to explore the Class 5 marsh dimensional rift freely. His men stole the sacred source lifeform. Luckily, I managed to obtain three portions of high-grade marsh soil. Otherwise, I would have made this trip for nothing."

Zong Ze clenched his fist tightly.

Apparently, An He was not on his list of favorite people either.

Gu Lang changed the topic and said, "Ze, what's up? If you want to vent your battle urge by fighting with me, I won't be able to make it. I'll need at least 10 days to reach the Royal Capital."

Gu Lang was one year older than Zong Ze.

When Zong Ze was young, he was closed off and did not like speaking to others. But after that incident, he started speaking even less.

Hence, it was usually Gu Lang who sought out Zong Ze.

If Zong Ze took the initiative to seek out Gu Lang, nine times out of ten, it would be to ask Gu Lang to fight.

Zong Ze's expression softened, and he said, "Lang, Ah Yuan has a way to cure my bad luck completely. I won't ask you to fight me to suppress my battle urges anymore."

A smile broke out on Gu Lang's weary face.

When Gu Lang found out that the Moon Empress' medicine could cure Wang Fuxiang's curse, he immediately thought of Zong Ze, who was also afflicted by bad luck.

Since the medicine could remove Wang Fuxiang's bad luck, it would definitely be able to remove Zong Ze's bad luck as well.

Gu Lang had wanted to mention this to the Bamboo Monarch more than once, but he had not been able to bring himself to raise the topic.

After all, Wang Fuxiang's bad luck had not been completely removed yet. It would be offensive for him to ask for the medicine.

Now that Gu Lang knew that Lin Yuan could cure Zong Ze's bad luck, he was over the moon for Zong Ze.

As the disciple of a member of royalty, Gu Lang had been bootlicked by other factions and received special treatment ever since he was young.

It was difficult for him to make friends in such an environment.

The only friend he had made in his childhood was Zong Ze.

During the gathering, Lin Yuan had given the Golden Thearch Bamboo shoot to Gu Lang without any conditions attached, thereby opening up Gu Lang's future as a Creation Master.

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When he heard Zong Ze address Lin Yuan as 'Ah Yuan', Gu Lang knew that Zong Ze now regarded Lin Yuan as a brother as well.

Just as Gu Lang was about to express his joy, Zong Ze said, "Lang, I'm at Ah Yuan's place, and this entire call has been on speaker. I called you to discuss the ownership of shares of our faction."

Gu Lang assumed that Zong Ze wanted to give part of his shares to Lin Yuan.

He thought about the help that Lin Yuan had given him and said, "Why don't we each give up 25% of our shares and give them to Ah Yuan?"

Lin Yuan looked exasperated again.

Did all the disciples of bigshots like to give away shares?

Before Zong Ze could respond to Gu Lang, Lin Yuan hurriedly cut in and said, "Big Brother Gu, why do the both of you want to give me shares? Big Brother Zong called to talk about a collaboration. From what you said just now, you seem to be in need of the Black Marsh Fly Dragonflies from the marsh world. I can get a few for you."

The Black Marsh Fly Dragonfly was a rare marsh dimensional lifeform. It was similar to the Marsh Ground Sphagna in that it could not even defeat a Normal Hundred Questions Beast when it was young.

However, its slow start also meant that it had unimaginable peak potential.

Given enough resources, it would be able to defeat its natural enemy during its adolescence.

The Black Marsh Fly Dragonfly evolved its grade much easier than other dimensional lifeforms.

Chapter 1264: Zong Ze and Liu Jie's Competiti? ?on

Lin Yuan remembered that Gu Lang nurtured the Snake Change Medusa.

It was likely that Gu Lang wanted the Black Marsh Fly Dragonflies because of the Snake Change Medusa's natural skill. That was the only reason that Lin Yuan could come up with to explain why Gu Lang would want the Black Marsh Fly Dragonflies.

Lin Yuan could enter the marsh world through Klein Hub at any time.

No matter how rare the Black Marsh Fly Dragonfly was, it would be easier for Lin Yuan to search for it than it would be for Gu Lang to wait for Class 5 marsh dimensional rifts to open.

Gu Lang's exhaustion dropped by half when he heard what Lin Yuan said.

If Lin Yuan could find the Black Marsh Fly Dragonflies, the Snake Change Medusa that Gu Lang had obtained with much difficulty would finally be usable.

Given that this was something Gu Lang truly needed, he did not hold back and said, "Lin Yuan, thank you. The Black Marsh Fly Dragonflies are of great use to me."

Gu Lang knew that Lin Yuan would not take the shares without giving anything in return.

After all, Lin Yuan had already rejected Zong Ze.

Hence, Gu Lang did not offer to give Lin Yuan shares again. Instead, he used a proper business attitude to discuss the division of shares amongst the three of them.

Eventually, Zong Ze and Lin Yuan took 33.3% of the shares, while Gu Lang took 33.4% of the shares because he put effort into managing the faction's operations.

When they were done discussing, Zong Ze checked the time and headed to the kitchen to fish out the crabs he had taken from the Dragon Within Pond.

Wen Yu looked at Lin Yuan with admiration.

As the faction manager, she knew how difficult it was to accumulate resources.

Yet, Lin Yuan had managed to seal such an immense deal with a few statements.

While Wen Yu's eyes were shining, Lin Yuan said to her, "Wen Yu, the shares have been settled. You can communicate with Gu Lang directly in the future."

Wen Yu smiled and replied, "Don't worry, Young Master. I will pay close attention to this and make sure I do my best."

While Wen Yu was speaking, Lin Yuan saw that Liu Jie had returned carrying numerous fresh spiritual ingredients.

But the moment Liu Jie stepped into the house, his nose picked up the aroma of crabs.

He looked at the sofa. He immediately knew that Zong Ze was here when he saw the transformed Fiery Sky Hou.

At first, Liu Jie felt an unexplained animosity toward Zong Ze. Even he had no idea where this animosity was coming from.

During the gathering, Liu Jie and Zong Ze had cooked together and had shown off their cooking skills. They had become friends ever since.

When they ate at Zong Ze's residence, Lin Yuan had praised Zong Ze's cooking skills more than once.

Since Zong Ze had cooked Kitchen Fragrance Palace's secret 300 dishes, all Liu Jie could do was assist Zong Ze.

But today, Liu Jie finally had the chance to compete against Zong Ze.

Now that Zong Ze had started cooking, Liu Jie would follow suit.

This way, he would be able to serve his dish to Lin Yuan alongside Zong Ze so Lin Yuan could decide whose cooking was better.

Lin Yuan scratched his head when he saw Liu Jie make a dash for the kitchen. He could not figure out why Liu Jie was suddenly bursting with energy.

Nonetheless, Lin Yuan greatly looked forward to the meal cooked by two amazing chefs.

Lin Yuan had not had one good meal during his trip to the Divine Wood Federation. The meal he had had at the Radiant Moon Palace was also traumatic.

Finally, he could fill his stomach with a delectable feast.

No matter how careful the amazing chefs were, they served up dishes quickly.

Moreover, the only people in the mansion were Lin Yuan, Wen Yu, Liu Jie, and Zong Ze. The Mother of Bloodbath, who had the largest stomach capacity, had gone out to meet its fellow glutton friends.

The Mother of Bloodbath was definitely missing out!

Lin Yuan estimated that Zong Ze and Liu Jie would walk out of the kitchen in less than 40 minutes.

He did not know what took place in the kitchen, but in a shocking result, they used almost the exact same ingredients with only slight differences in cooking methods.

Zong Ze excelled at steaming and stewing, whereas Liu Jie's forte lay in frying and deep-frying.

Zong Ze steamed the crabs before dousing them in vinegar and cooking them over a small flame.

The crabs freshly caught from a lake in spring were filled with potent sweetness and would leave a hint of spiciness on the tongue. Adding vinegar and cooking them over a small flame would enable the vinegar to seep through the shell and penetrate the flesh while cohesively working with the taste of the flesh itself to produce an incredibly fresh taste.

Zong Ze applied the cooking principle that sourness was king.

Meanwhile, Liu Jie first removed the crab legs before digging out the roe. He used the roe as the base ingredient as he fried it together with other seasonings before adding a spicy touch to tie the ingredients together. Finally, he covered the dish with the crab legs to cook them using the heat rising from the food underneath. This would enable the crab meat to absorb and combine with the fragrance of the seasonings and roe.

Each dish was excellent in its own way, and ranking them would only be a matter of personal taste.

Those who liked lighter flavors would prefer Zong Ze's dish, while those who liked heavier flavors would go for Liu Jie's one. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

Lin Yuan and Wen Yu were baited by the aromas and failed to notice the competitive aura between Zong Ze and Liu Jie. They also did not think to compare whose cooking skills were better.

While Lin Yuan and Wen Yu tucked in happily, Zong Ze and Liu Jie scrutinized them carefully to see which dish was being cleared quicker.

Wen Yu had a large appetite and usually put away about four bowls of food.

Lin Yuan's appetite also expanded after he consumed the Earth Center Fine Milk, and his body transformed. His body could now digest food at a rapid rate.

Thus, Lin Yuan and Wen Yu ate almost all of the food.

As they gobbled down the food, Lin Yuan and Wen Yu were embarrassed when they noticed that Zong Ze and Liu Jie practically had not touched their chopsticks at all.

It was only when Zong Ze and Liu Jie declared that they could not eat any more that Lin Yuan and Wen Yu continued shoveling food down their throats without worry.

Zong Ze and Liu Jie could not help but exchange a glance when they saw the clean plates.

They scratched their heads simultaneously.

Now that all the food had been eaten, Zong Ze and Liu Jie's competitive spirit dissipated as they decided to call it a tie.

Chapter 1265: Pinnacle of Strange Flame

At that moment, Lin Yuan said, "Big Brother Zong, did you notice anything different about Ten Thousand Source Hall when you went to collect the Wind Crystal Precious Bottle?"

Lin Yuan asked Zong Ze this as he wanted to know whether anything out of the ordinary was happening with Whale Ocean Commerce.

Whale Ocean Commerce had to know that Ten Thousand Flags Trading had killed Sea Sky Nurture.

It would be very strange if nothing were amiss about Ten Thousand Source Hall.

Moreover, Lin Yuan wanted to find out more about Whale Ocean Commerce.

Since they were one of the top three top factions and were supported by Chef Supreme, Zong Ze, who was one of Chef Supreme's disciples, should know a lot about them.

Zong Ze did not rush to reply and started to think deeply.

Although he had not known Lin Yuan for long, he knew that Lin Yuan always spoke with intention. One did not need to ponder and puzzle over his true intentions. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

Hence, Lin Yuan had to have his reasons for mentioning Whale Ocean Commerce.

While he was thinking, he decided to first tell Lin Yuan about the relationship between Kitchen Fragrance Palace and Whale Ocean Commerce.

"Brother, the relationship between Whale Ocean Commerce and Kitchen Fragrance Palace is very different from what it used to be. They have not come to Kitchen Fragrance Palace to ask for Creation Master resources from Master in three or four years. However, they still provide offerings so that the outside world assumes that they are still close to Kitchen Fragrance Palace.

"If I were to bring up anything special that has happened to Whale Ocean Commerce recently, it would be that Di Wancheng has gained immortal power. Whale Ocean Commerce themselves revealed this piece of news."

Zong Ze paused for a moment before saying, "As Rhine Lifeform and Cage of Brahma Insects developed over the last few decades with the help of the Moon Empress and Bamboo Monarch's resources, they must have gained more than one thearch-class expert with immortal power. However, Rhine Lifeform and Cage of Brahma Insects have never revealed any of them. Compared to Rhine Lifeform and Cage of Brahma Insects, Whale Ocean Commerce is exposing itself.

"At the same time, it's understandable because Di Hao has decided to participate in this year's Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. Di Wantian only has one son, so Di Hao has secured the title of Young Leader. Di Hao is already 25 years old this year. There can only be one reason he's suddenly participating in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection after not participating for years. Di Wancheng wants to use the Radiance Hundred Sequence as a stepping stone to the Radiance Envoy selection two years later. This is the only reason to explain why Whale Ocean Commerce is making such a public move after keeping a low profile for so long."

Lin Yuan immediately felt that something was wrong with Whale Ocean Commerce.

If Whale Ocean Commerce revealed their two experts with immortal power in order to brandish their power and disrupt the balance between the top three top factions, Ten Thousand Flags Trading did not need to wipe out Sea Sky Nurture, which mostly consisted of Creation Masters.

Whale Ocean Commerce's overall Creation Master resources had been depressed by killing off Sea Sky Nurture.

This seemed the complete opposite of what Di Hao wanted.

The members of top factions usually were not assessed before they participated in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection as they had the support of an entire top faction.

However, every person would have to be thoroughly checked by the Radiance Sacred Hall before they were allowed to participate in the Radiance Envoy selection.

Lin Yuan was not certain if his identity as the City Lord of Sky City would be revealed, but he knew that his identity as Black would not be able to be kept under wraps.

The Radiance Sacred Hall would certainly discover that Ten Thousand Flags Trading had despicably killed Sea Sky Nurture.

A faction's internal conflict that resulted in murder would have a huge negative impact on that faction if the news were released. There was no way that Di Hao would be able to become a Radiance Envoy with this hanging over him.

Whale Ocean Commerce had to be aware of this.

Hence, it was much more likely that Whale Ocean Commerce was making such big waves, and Di Hao was suddenly participating in the Radiance Hundred Sequence to draw as much attention to these two events as possible to cover up their other shady activities.

But no matter how hard they tried to hide it, Di Hao would not be able to participate in the Radiance Envoy selection two years later.

Whale Ocean Commerce's high-profile actions had also caught the eye of the members of royalty.

It seemed that Whale Ocean Commerce was, in a roundabout way, trying to stall the two years.

However, Lin Yuan did not understand what good stalling would do. What would they be able to achieve in the next two years?

Regardless, this was only Lin Yuan's speculation.

From what Zong Ze said, Lin Yuan was sure that Zong Ze had no clue about the specifics of what had taken place within Whale Ocean Commerce.

Nonetheless, Lin Yuan had genuinely obtained information from Zong Ze about Whale Ocean Commerce that he had not known before.

In order to find out Whale Ocean Commerce's endgame, the best option for Lin Yuan would be to understand the collaboration between Whale Ocean Commerce and Connected Beast Park.

In the upcoming blood pact ultimate fight between the Sea Bliss Clan and Connected Beast Park, the latter would fully lean on Lin Yuan's identity as the Moon Empress' disciple.

Once they were completely reliant on him, he would be able to use them to learn what was exactly going on with Whale Ocean Commerce.

After lunch, Zong Ze readied himself to bid goodbye to Lin Yuan.

His bad luck was now solved, and the Fiery Sky Hou's bloodline had been purified.

Since the Fiery Sky Hou's eight high-grade strange flames had combined into one top-grade strange flame, it could now consume another seven types of strange flames.

Given that it could wield the Red Plum Falling Fire, it was only expected that the Fiery Sky Hou would also be able to control other top-grade strange flames.

If he could gain eight top-grade strange flames, the Fiery Sky Hou's combat power would shoot upward.

An idea popped into his head.

Since the eight high-grade strange flames had combined together to form a top-grade strange flame, it indicated that top-grade strange flame was the pinnacle of strange flames.

He wondered what would happen if he used the Fiery Sky Hou's Tempering of Fire to temper and produce eight top-grade strange flames.

Chapter 1266: The Fortune that Ji Feng Predicted Was Here!

With this thought, Zong Ze's motivation swelled.

But even if he was Chef Supreme's disciple, it was not possible for him to obtain seven top-grade strange flames in a short period.

Hence, his venture into the abyssal world through the Class 6 abyss dimensional rift would be the crux to turn his dream into reality.

He was extremely confident about venturing into the abyssal world as Gao Feng, Long Tao, and Sun Ningxian had all played their roles well. Zong Ze also had no worries about Lin Yuan's provision of Creation Master resources.

Zong Ze would definitely be able to reap the benefits of the Class 6 abyss dimensional rift.

Even if the faction formed by him, Lin Yuan, and the rest did not manage to find any top-grade strange flames but other factions did, he could approach them and offer resources in exchange for the top-grade strange flames.

The Heaven Crimson Fire and Fiery Sky Hou needed strange flames badly.

When the Class 6 abyss dimensional rift was opened to all the factions, he would be able to increase his power rapidly using the strange flames produced in the abyssal world.

Zong Ze, who had been plagued with the curse ever since he was young, finally realized that looking forward to the future was blissful.

When Zong Ze stood to leave, Lin Yuan hurriedly rose as well to send Zong Ze to the entrance of the mansion.

The moment that Lin Yuan stepped out of the mansion, he saw a yellow avian-type fey with a delicate appearance perched on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

Lin Yuan could tell that it was a type of swallow from the avian-type fey's scissor-shaped tail and nail-shaped beak.

The yellow avian-type fey looked delighted to be on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus. Moreover, since his mansion was in the Royal Capital, rarely any wild feys visited.

Lin Yuan instinctively used True Data to check on the yellow swallow.

[Fey Name: Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow

[Fey Species: Feathered Swallow/ Swallow

[Fey Grade: Silver (3/10)

[Fey Type: Wood

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[Contract Fortune: Find a plant-type fey with fortune properties and nest there. The Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's quality will change to match that of the plant-type fey.

[Fortune Source Drain: Consume the leaves and flowers of the plant-type fey on which Contract Fortune was used and drain the fortune aura inside the leaves and flowers into the nest. As long as the nest is not destroyed, the fortune aura within it will become increasingly concentrated.

[Explosion of Fortune: Once the fortune in the nest reaches a certain amount, the nest will start releasing fortune into the surroundings to increase the luck of those who have been blessed.

Exclusive Skill

[Unsullied Swallow: Before the contract with the fortune plant type fey is removed, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow cannot form a contract with any type of lifeform. The contracted fortune plant-type fey will be able to share in the fortune aura of the nest.

When he saw the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's True Data, Lin Yuan immediately realized that the fortune that Ji Feng had predicted would befall every person in the mansion was here.

This small yellow swallow seated on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was the fortune that would shine down on every person in the mansion.

Lin Yuan was shocked by the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow as he had never heard of it. He guessed that it came from a mutation of a certain type of fortune swallow-species fey.

He had come across various fortune feys in his day like the Mountain River Eternal Life Carp he had nurtured.

One of them would be able to protect an entire mountain, river, and all the creatures that lived within them.

But from the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's abilities, it was not any weaker than the Mountain River Eternal Life Carp.

In fact, to a spirit qi professional, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was much more useful than the Mountain River Eternal Life Carp.

After Lin Yuan witnessed Zong Ze and Wang Fuxiang's curses, he learned that bad luck truly existed.

But since there was bad luck, there had to be good luck too.

By showering good luck on every person in the mansion, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was essentially draping all of them in an armor of good luck and ensuring that they would have good luck accompanying them in all their endeavors.

Lin Yuan watched as the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow started piling twigs together on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus and thought,?Is the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow planning on creating its nest on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus?

The Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was so delicate that Lin Yuan would be left helpless if it did not decide to build its home in the mansion of its own accord.

Its exclusive skill Unsullied Swallow guaranteed that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow would not be able to form contracts with any other spirit qi professional.

It was common knowledge that fortune feys were difficult to maintain, and forcing them in any way could result in their death.

Moreover, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow needed to fill its nest with sufficient fortune aura to bless everyone in the mansion with good luck.

Even if the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow were unwilling to build its nest, eat, and stock up on fortune, it would be useless to force it.

Since the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow had reached Silver III, it had to have formed a contract with a fortune plant type fey before.

As for the reason for the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow removing the contract, it had to be that either the fortune plant type fey died or that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was interested in another plant type fey.

Nonetheless, the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was the best choice for the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow as it bloomed often and flourished with thick foliage.

Since the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was a cinnabar-species fey, it had a naturally clean aura about it.

Moreover, its calming, spirit-gathering, and evil-shielding abilities would make the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow feel comfortable. As such, there was no reason for the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow not to like the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

More importantly, the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus was Legend quality. This meant that when the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow used Contract Fortune to form a contract with the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow would only reach Legend quality.

The evolution of quality was appealing to any fey, and the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was no exception.

A Creation Master needed to expend a Herculean effort into evolving a fey to Legend quality.

It would be near impossible to find a Legend fey in the wild.

Additionally, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow did not just need any Legend fey or Legend plant-type fey but a Legend fortune plant-type fey.

The Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow must have searched for a long time before it found the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

Lin Yuan felt that no matter what, there was no reason for the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow to turn away the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

Chapter 1267: The Legendary Osmanthus Fey

The blossoming springtime was slowly turning warm, and people were starting to shed their bulky insulated clothes for thinner garments.

Today's weather happened to be clear skies, and the puffs of clouds resembled cotton candy laying on the plate that was the sky.

As the sunlight pierced through the fluffy clouds, it did not feel scalding when it beat down on people's skin. Rather, the warm sunlight reflected off each person and caused them to shine with transparent light.

Lin Yuan was swathed in sunlight as he observed the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow, which peered back at him curiously.

Perhaps it was due to the fact that he had consumed the Earth Center Fine Milk and transformed his body, but the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was not afraid of him.

It flapped its wings and flew over to his shoulder.

At first, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow looked like an unassuming yellow swallow. It was only when it spread its wings and took to the air that it was revealed that it had about four or five light superfluous yellow feathers.

One of these superfluous feathers stood out as it was at least five times longer than the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's body.

The light yellow superfluous feathers glinted with a crystal hue.

Lin Yuan immediately noticed a deep injury on the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's abdomen.

This was unsurprising as an avian-type fey with no attack skills and such an eye-catching appearance would definitely attract the attention of predators. Moreover, the lovely superfluous feathers would also slow down its flying speed.

It was likely that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow had recently been hunted, and it had flown to the mansion to seek help and healing.

Lin Yuan did not immediately turn to the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow when it landed on his shoulder because he could sense that it had not found solid footing yet, and he could not feel its weight pressing down on his shoulder.

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He was afraid that turning his head too quickly would scare the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow off.

Lin Yuan silently circulated the Jasmine Lily's Heal, and vitality flowed from his shoulder to heal the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's injury.

After Lin Yuan made this kind gesture, the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow slowly let down its guard.

Lin Yuan finally felt the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's weight on his shoulder a moment later. Evidently, it had finally lowered its guard!

Although the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow did not exactly trust him, it was unlikely that it would be startled if he made small movements.

Hence, Lin Yuan slowly turned his head and noticed that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was looking at him with its head cocked.

Fear, curiosity, and faint gratitude could be seen in its gaze.

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Lin Yuan smiled brightly when he saw the adorable Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow.

A breeze blew by and messed up Lin Yuan's hair. His hair fell over his eyes, so only his curved lips could be seen.

'When a young man smiles, a bird of fortune will descend from the sky.'

The young man's smile looked like a painted portrait beneath the sun.

Wen Yu, Liu Jie, and Zong Ze were unspeakably taken aback by this scene.

The three of them all felt that his features had suddenly become more exquisite.

At first, they thought that it was only their imagination. But after taking a closer look, even Wen Yu and Liu Jie, who saw Lin Yuan often, were certain that his appearance had transformed.

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Both his features and bone structure had noticeably changed.

Such changes were usually due to an improvement in the genetic model. As such, it was evident that Lin Yuan's genetic model had improved during his overnight stay at the Radiant Moon Palace.

Zong Ze, Liu Jie, and Wen Yu all felt pressure come crashing down on them

Lin Yuan suddenly recalled a legend as he looked at the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow.

If the legend was true, it was not the people at the mansion or the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow that would benefit the most but the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

According to legend, the number one fortune osmanthus fey was the Crimson Jade Osmanthus, which mutated from the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

In the past, this legend had led to crazy inflation in the price of the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus of upward of five times its original price.

But in the end, all the hopeful people who had bought the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus to evolve it into the Crimson Jade Osmanthus had ended up sorely disappointed as the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus stubbornly refused to show any signs of mutation no matter what was used to coax it.

That was until one Class 4 Creation Master discovered that the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' flowers would turn redder when it absorbed fortune aura, indicating that fortune aura would be able to trigger its evolution.

By that time, the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' value had fallen after the widespread failure of its mutation.

When the Class 4 Creation Master posted his findings in a thesis on Star Web, those who had bought the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus with the dream of nurturing it into the Crimson Jade Osmanthus started cursing profusely.

Fortune aura was fundamental to fortune feys' evolution and one of the reasons they were so expensive.

If the fortune power within fortune feys were extracted, it would be as good as killing the fortune feys.

If those who had bought the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus had the disposable income to buy large numbers of fortune feys, they would not have to try to garner wealth through evolving the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus in the first place.

Eventually, the hype surrounding the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus cooled.

The Class 4 Creation Master who had made the discovery broke his bank to buy fortune feys to extract their fortune aura and prove his finding.

Each time the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus absorbed a certain amount of fortune aura, it would transform.

Unfortunately, even after extracting the fortune aura of over 1,000 fortune feys, the Class 4 Creation Master failed to trigger the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' evolution into the Crimson Jade Osmanthus.

The Class 4 Creation Master ended up chopping down the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus and posting the video of the chopping onto Star Web, turning himself into the laughingstock of the year.

At that time, Lin Yuan had not started using Star Web. However, mocking comments about the Class 4 Creation Master had been posted on forums that Lin Yuan frequented. Hence, he was aware of this incident.

Through the sea of knowledge that Genius had gained, Lin Yuan could guarantee that fortune aura would be able to incite the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus to evolve. Its appearance changes after absorbing fortune aura were proof of this.

Lin Yuan guessed that the Class 4 Creation Master had failed because he had not used enough fortune power. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

Once the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow made its nest in the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus and used its ability to share fortune aura with the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus, the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus would have the opportunity to evolve eventually.

Lin Yuan would gain another mountain of wealth to mine if the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus could truly evolve into the number one of the ten fortune osmanthus feys the Crimson Jade Osmanthus.

Chapter 1268: Fortuitous Guest is Staying

The Crimson Jade Osmanthus' flower sap could slow aging and whiten skin.

When the Crimson Jade Osmanthus' nectar was applied to one's face for an extended period, it could enable one to regain the appearance of a 20-year-old.

This effect was enough to drive any female spirit qi professional crazy.

However, it was still unconfirmed if the legend was true that the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus could evolve to the Crimson Jade Osmanthus.

Regardless, the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' evolution was a good thing.

Since Wen Yu was a Class 2 Creation Master, she could not immediately see the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's abilities.

On the other hand, Zong Ze was almost a Class 4 Creation Master.

The moment he realized how special the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was, he immediately stopped Liu Jie and Wen Yu and told them to remain calm.

When he saw the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow let down its guard with Lin Yuan, Zong Ze said, "Ah Yuan, congratulations on having such a fortuitous guest visit your mansion."

Lin Yuan replied with a smile, "I have you to thank as well. If you hadn't decided to leave at the right time, this little fella and I wouldn't have been able to cross paths."

Lin Yuan was not speaking superficially but rather voicing his true thoughts.

The Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's abdomen was injured, but the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' abilities could only target the spiritual level. Hence, it would not be able to heal the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's physical injury.

In order to speed up the healing of the injury, it was likely that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow would leave the mansion to find a way to heal itself.

Even if the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow imprinted on the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus and came back eventually, it was likely that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's superfluous feathers would attract trouble to it.

If the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow died someplace else, all the fortune that was supposed to descend on the mansion's people would be gone.

After sending Zong Ze off, Lin Yuan activated the Source Sand.

The Source Sand produced many black feathers that formed a pair of wings on Lin Yuan's back.

Lin Yuan flapped the wings and carried the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow with him to the main branch of the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

He determined the most stable spot on the branch and tried to grab the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow from his shoulder. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

But before his hand even touched the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow, it hopped onto the branch itself.

Lin Yuan realized that although the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was no longer wary around him, he still needed to maintain a safe distance from it.

Lin Yuan did not mind this and picked some suitably-sized branches and used one of his feathers to cut the branches into seven or eight-centimeter twigs.

He used these branches to create a simple nest before returning to the ground and retracting the black feathers.

Lin Yuan knew that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow would not live in the nest he had built. Still, he had done so as a gesture to show the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow that it could live comfortably without a worry in the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus.

He also wanted it to know that it could go to him if it had any problems.

The Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow was an exceedingly cautious avian-type fey and would not build its nest while being watched.

As such, Lin Yuan dragged Liu Jie and Wen Yu back into the mansion.

When Lin Yuan saw Liu Jie and Wen Yu's astonished expressions, he explained the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow's abilities to the confused pair.

Liu Jie and Wen Yu did not expect such a huge opportunity to unfold right under their noses.

If Lin Yuan had not discovered this opportunity and Zong Ze stopped them from doing anything, they might have accidentally scared it away.

Liu Jie thought,?It truly is easier for Creation Masters to seize opportunities.

Meanwhile, Wen Yu once again realized how vast the gap between her and Lin Yuan's Creation Master levels was.

She needed to touch feys in order to sense their abilities, while Lin Yuan only needed to look at them.

After night descended, Lin Yuan walked out of the mansion with light footsteps and saw that the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow had kicked the nest he had made to the ground.

A nest made of broken branches and light yellow feathers sat where the nest he had made used to be.

Lin Yuan did not disturb the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow that was happily consuming the Cinnabar Sweet Osmanthus' nectar and turned to return to the mansion to hit the sack.

The next morning after breakfast, Lin Yuan went to Star Web and saw Qi Heng and Qi Haitao, who had been waiting for a day.

He put on a resolute face and cut straight to the chase. "Yesterday, the two of you told me to make any request I want and promised to fulfill it. Does that still stand?"

Qi Heng and Qi Haitao exchanged a look, and Qi Heng took a step forward and said, "City Lord, you're right. Please feel free to make any request you want. The Sea Bliss Clan will do our best to meet your request."

While Qi Heng spoke, he kept a smile hanging off his face. Yet, his gaze was stony.

From the way Lin Yuan spoke, Qi Heng could tell that Lin Yuan had lost patience with the Sea Bliss Clan and was definitely not going to give the Sea Bliss Clan any room for negotiation.

He was exactly right as Lin Yuan said, "If so, give all of the Sea Bliss Clan's properties and resources to Sky City. As the City Lord of Sky City, I promise you that I will win the blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park on your behalf, thereby allowing you to continue living. You can decide what you will do from then on yourselves. Regardless, you just have to hand over everything the Sea Bliss Clan has to me."

Qi Heng was dumbfounded by what Lin Yuan said.

He had assumed that Lin Yuan would allow every person from the Sea Bliss Clan to remain there at least to continue managing the Sea Bliss Clan.

However, Lin Yuan had deemed every member of the Sea Bliss Clan as useless and only wanted the resources.

This meant that even if Sea Bliss Clan won the blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park, they would still be kicked to the streets.

Qi Heng anxiously said, "City Lord, why don't you—"

But before he could finish speaking, Lin Yuan cut in and said, "The condition I stated is my final offer. If you find it unacceptable, you can face the blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park yourselves. Once your blood pact ultimate fight is over, Sky City can just issue another blood fight ultimate fight challenge to Connected Beast Park. Then, all your resources will still be mine. Meanwhile, I'm sure you're aware of what state all of you will be in."

Lin Yuan stood up and looked as though he was about to leave.

Qi Haitao instantly fell to his knees and spoke to Lin Yuan.

Chapter 1269: Possibility of the Floating Island Whale's Early Hatching

"City Lord, we see your requests and will do everything as you say. However, I have a piece of news. May I trade this information with you for enough resources that will allow the Sea Bliss Clan to rebuild?"

Lin Yuan lowered his head to look at the kneeling Qi Haitao. He became interested as Qi Haitao had to have a big piece of news to muster up enough courage to propose a trade.

"If this news is valuable, I will give the Qi family 5,000,000 Radiance dollars to rebuild when you leave the Sea Bliss Clan," said Lin Yuan nonchalantly.

Qi Haitao's eyes flashed.

The last time he had come to Sky City's Star Web private faction territory, he had been discussing business with the City Lord as an equal.

But now, they were desperate beggars before the City Lord.

It was not up to Qi Haitao but Qi Heng whether he would accept Lin Yuan's offer.

As such, Qi Haitao fixed his gaze on Qi Heng.

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The source of information came from the few islands that the Sea Bliss Clan had bought.

Sky City would discover this secret once they took possession of the islands. If they revealed it now, they would be able to receive resources in return. Hence, this was the best option.

However, 5,000,000 Radiance dollars was too little. One Bronze/Epic fey was already worth 30,000,000 Radiance dollars.

Given that Qi Heng was a Class 4 Creation Master, he would be able to generate 5,000,000 Radiance dollars' worth of income in one or two days.

Essentially, he could not accept Lin Yuan's offer.

However, Qi Heng knew that the Sea Bliss Clan was in no position to negotiate with the City Lord of Sky City. If he tried to negotiate and ended up aggravating the City Lord, he might decide not to help the Sea Bliss Clan at all. The Sea Bliss Clan would be well and truly finished if that happened.

Qi Haitao said, "City Lord, a huge whale fall took place not long ago near the islands our Sea Bliss Clan bought."

Lin Yuan's eyes immediately widened.

Damn! What was going on? Why was he running into one opportunity after another these days?

A whale fall was a naturally-occurring source of nourishment for the ocean.

One small whale fall would be like a feast to the creatures on the seafloor, much less a large one.

When hundreds of whales died, and their carcasses were left at the bottom of the seafloor, it would result in an unimaginable amount of nourishment for the ocean. It would be enough to turn the area into a super fish farm for deep-sea fish-species feys. Any fish-species fey living in the area would grow up rapidly.

As the carcasses of the whale-species feys decomposed, the currents would propel a large amount of nourishment to the surface of the sea. This nourishment could even trigger mutations in the aquatic feys living at the surface of the sea.

However, a large whale fall was not solely beneficial for fish-species feys but could even provide a major opportunity for the Floating Island Whale in the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

If Qi Haitao was speaking the truth, his Floating Island Whale could use this opportunity to use the energy from the whale fall and hatch sooner than expected.

He would also be able to obtain many unhatched Island Whales from where the whale fall was.

Lin Yuan looked at Qi Haitao solemnly and said, "If you're telling the truth and there truly is a large whale fall near your islands, I can promise to keep the Qi family safe for three years. Three years is enough time for the Qi family to rise from the ashes and start another rising faction. At that point, your enemies will have to issue another blood pact ultimate fight challenge to you if they want to go after you. This way, you'll have time to prepare."

Qi Haitao and Qi Heng were utterly confused as they did not understand what Lin Yuan meant.

Once Sky City destroyed Connected Beast Park, the Qi family would still retain their combat power despite losing all their resources.

It was impossible that anyone would target them at that point.

Hence, both Qi Haitao and Qi Heng did not take Lin Yuan's words seriously.

Nonetheless, they both looked at Lin Yuan with gratitude.

Now that the matter was settled, Qi Heng and Qi Haitao prepared themselves to leave.

But, Lin Yuan said, "Connected Beast Park has struck up a relationship with Whale Ocean Commerce, and they are currently working together. You must have heard that Whale Ocean Commerce already has two experts with immortal power.

"Don't reveal the news that Sky City is helping the Sea Bliss Clan with the blood pact ultimate fight. It'll be best if only the two of you know and return home acting as though Sky City rejected you. The more people are involved, the looser their lips will be. If the Sea Bliss Clan leaks the news and Connected Beast Park catches wind of it, they can go to Whale Ocean Commerce for help. If that happens, your ending can only be death even if Sky City helps you."

Qi Haitao and Qi Heng immediately understood what Lin Yuan meant.

The Sea Bliss Clan was currently a wreck, and some might have joined the Miao family secretly.

If Connected Beast Park heard about this, the results would be disastrous.

However, Lin Yuan's tone was too merciless! He only mentioned that the Qi family would end up dead. Wouldn't the thearch-class experts dispatched by Sky City to help the Sea Bliss Clan be killed too? Or could it be that the City Lord did not care if his faction's thearch-class experts lived or died? Was it because Sky City had so many thearch-class experts that it did not matter if a few died? Or was it that the City Lord was just downright evil?

The misunderstood Lin Yuan was not afraid of Connected Beast Park seeking help from Whale Ocean Commerce at all.

This was because he had received word from the Invisible Demon before he came to Star Web that it hoped to go through the Source-type Cleansing as soon as possible to evolve into a Class 12 dimensional lifeform.

There was only one day left before the blood pact ultimate fight between the Sea Bliss Clan and Connected Beast Park, which was more than enough time for the Invisible Demon to go through the Source-type Cleansing.

Thus, the Invisible Demon would have reached immortal level when it was helping the Sea Bliss Clan with their blood pact ultimate fight.

Even if the news was leaked at that time and Connected Beast Park went to borrow immortal experts from Whale Ocean Commerce, the Invisible Demon would still stand a fighting chance.

Lin Yuan would recall it back into his shadow if it really could not hold out.

Given the Invisible Demon's hidden abilities, even experts of the same level who were skilled at investigating Immortal Breed feys would find it difficult to detect the Invisible Demon.

Chapter 1270: The Invisible Demon is About to Transform

Even if the news that Sky City was helping the Sea Bliss Clan in their blood pact ultimate fight was leaked and Connected Beast Park went to borrow experts with immortal power from Whale Ocean Commerce, Lin Yuan would not be afraid.

Qi Heng hurriedly said, "Don't worry, City Lord. It is the Sea Bliss Clan's greatest honor to receive your help. Naturally, we won't cause Sky City any trouble. When we return home, I'll say that Sky City rejected our plea for help. I'll fill in three random names on the list of members who'll be participating in the blood pact ultimate fight. When Lord Gu Han asks if these are the confirmed participants, I'll swap out Haitao at the last minute with your expert. I'll also be able to use the opportunity to see which members of the Sea Bliss Clan are loyal."

At this point, Qi Heng no longer cared about the Sea Bliss Clan's original honor. Instead, he was focused on coming up with a way to rebuild after the blood pact ultimate fight.

This disaster would also be the Sea Bliss Clan's touchstone through which Qi Heng would be able to look into the hearts of all the members of the Sea Bliss Clan.

Connected Beast Park had issued the blood pact ultimate fight to the Sea Bliss Clan because Qi Wangyang was too arrogant to see the situation for what it was.

Even if Connected Beast Park lost two thearch-class experts to Sky City and received crushing public criticism from the public afterward, the Sea Bliss Clan was a mere veteran faction that should never provoke the top-faction Connected Beast Park under any circumstances.

Yet it was ironic that as the leader, Qi Wangyang did not understand that even if the elites were somehow slipping, they would still remain as his betters.

Qi Haitao's adaptable nature made him appear more suited to be the Sea Bliss Clan's leader in Qi Heng's eyes.

Qi Wangyang should have taken responsibility for his mistake after that incident.

A few days after Qi Wangyang went after Connected Beast Park, Qi Heng became certain that it was not Connected Beast Park that had bought up all the Aurora pollen on the market.

Connected Beast Park was always at odds with Condense Fairy Orchard, and plant-type feys were Condense Fairy Orchard's role.

Thus, Connected Beast Park did not have much authority in the plant-type fey market.

After some investigation, Qi Heng unearthed that Condense Fairy Orchard was the one who had been controlling the supply of spiritual ingredients like Aurora pollen and using their expansive storage to create the farce that there was still sufficient Aurora pollen in the market.

This was why the Sea Bliss Clan, who had been focused on their far-off fish farms, did not notice that something was off about the supply of Aurora pollen in the market.

Qi Heng also realized that besides Condense Fairy Orchard, the Purchase With No Loss store, which was popular on Star Web, was also involved.

This Star Web store used blind trading to secretly increase their store of Aurora pollen.

There was no point for a faction to buy so much Aurora pollen unless it bred Angelfish of Bliss. Moreover, even if they did breed Angelfish of Bliss, they would not require such a humongous amount of Aurora pollen.

Additionally, it was not easy to store Aurora pollen as it would get moldy after two years.

If a fey as delicate as the Angelfish of Bliss consumed moldy Aurora pollen, it would quickly fall sick and die.

Hence, it was all but certain that the shortage of Aurora pollen in the market was part of a scheme conducted by both the Purchase With No Loss store and Condense Fairy Orchard.

After Qi Heng found this out, he had not even had time to become enraged at Condense Fairy Orchard, and the Purchase With No Loss store before Connected Beast Park issued a blood pact ultimate fight challenge to the Sea Bliss Clan.

Now that Sky City's City Lord promised to help the Sea Bliss Clan, the matter was all but settled.

Qi Heng thought that he would move on to hating Condense Fairy Orchard and the Purchase With No Loss store. However, he felt intense terror instead. RE𝒂ad updated st𝒐ries at n/𝒐

Despite all that had happened to Condense Fairy Orchard over the last few years, they still steadfastly held onto their status as a top faction. This meant that they had to have a thearch-class expert holding down the fort.

Moreover, the Sea Bliss Clan had personally witnessed Sun Ningxiang standing amongst the disciples of the members of royalty at the Guard Ye Banquet.

No matter how brave Qi Heng was, he would not dare to cross such a person.

Since Condense Fairy Orchard was willing to collaborate with the Purchase With No Loss store, it meant that there was an extremely important person behind the Purchase With No Loss store.

It was also no secret that Condense Fairy Orchard and Sky City were on good terms.

If Qi Heng went after Condense Fairy Orchard for revenge, Sky City might step in to end the already doomed Qi family to protect Condense Fairy Orchard.

Qi Heng only hoped that Condense Fairy Orchard and the Purchase With No Loss store would let the Sea Bliss Clan off when they tried to rebuild and stop scheming against them.

He was even willing to personally beg Condense Fairy Orchard and the Purchase With No Loss store for forgiveness if they felt that the problem lay with him.

At the brink of life and death, Qi Heng realized that even a veteran faction that he had been proud to be a part of was actually much less impressive than he had initially thought. If they crossed people they had no business crossing, they would be wiped from existence as well.

Now that Qi Heng understood what he meant, Lin Yuan gave the order to kick them out.

Lin Yuan's focus was on the Invisible Demon's imminent breakthrough.

If the Invisible Demon could evolve to Class 12, Lin Yuan would finally gain immortal power under his control. This would allow Lin Yuan to do whatever he wanted in the future without needing the Moon Empress' help.

Immortal power was considered peak combat power in the Radiance Federation.

Moreover, the Invisible Demon would not just be evolving to a Class 12 dimensional lifeform. When 9,900 units of source-type power was used on the Invisible Demon during its Source-Type Cleansing, its life would reach a whole new level.

Once the Invisible Demon became an Apostle, it would gain a second natural skill, and both its power and abilities would be transformed.

When Qi Haitao and Qi Heng left Sky City's private territory, Lin Yuan removed the access prohibitions and left Star Web.

He returned to his room and flashed himself into the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

Lin Yuan said to the waiting Invisible Demon, "Shadow, I've prepared the source-type power needed for your Source-Type Cleansing. From now on, it's all on you. Given my current power, I might not be able to help even if you run into danger during the transformation."

Chapter 1271: Hardworking Army of Hundred Questions Beasts

The Invisible Demon was so excited that it fell to its knees and said, "I'm privileged to receive your source-type power. I definitely won't disappoint you and successfully evolve to Class 12."

After all the time they had spent together, Lin Yuan knew that the Invisible Demon was very cautious and would not attempt to do anything that it did not have the confidence to achieve.

Otherwise, it would have jumped at the chance to go through the Source-Type Cleansing the last time Lin Yuan offered instead of waiting until it could evolve to Class 12 and use the Source-Type Cleansing to kill two birds with one stone.

But now that the Invisible Demon was taking the initiative to ask for the Source-Type Cleansing, it meant that it was confident it would succeed.

Lin Yuan had asked White Speak if dimensional lifeforms would encounter any risk when they evolved from Class 11 to Class 12.

White Speak had responded that there was a chance the evolution would fail. But even if it did fail, it would not result in death.

Hence, Lin Yuan had nothing to worry about now.

He took the Invisible Demon into the marsh world through Klein Hub so that it would be able to evolve its class in the marsh world.

It was not convenient to take the Invisible Demon into the abyssal world to evolve its class. But at least the marsh world was also a dimensional world, and it would still be a better choice than the main world.

When Lin Yuan entered the marsh world, he realized that only two days had passed.

In the distance, someone had already planted several fruit trees. It seemed that his words had an effect on the Spirit Craftsmen.

It just so happened that in the past two days, Lin Yuan had found the time to produce the Bronze/Epic feys requested by the Spirit Craftsmen.

It was effortless on Lin Yuan's part to produce Bronze/Epic feys, and it did not take a long time either.

The only part which took more time was producing the Bronze/Legend fey for Liu Tong.

One of the Medusa Snake Demons was currently planting decorative plants on the Marsh Ground Sphagna not far off from Lin Yuan.

He decided to call it over and instruct it to fetch Liu Tong so that he could give all the Bronze/Epic feys to Liu Tong to hand out.

At first, he thought that the Medusa Snake Demons would be terrified of him and it would be difficult to communicate with them.

Yet, when he called out to the Medusa Snake Demon, it looked at him with admiration and respect. Lin Yuan found this slightly odd.

He had not spent any time in the marsh world connecting with the Medusa Snake Demons in just two days. So why wasn't it afraid of him?

What had happened was that when Lin Yuan left for the Spirit Lock spatial zone the last time he was in the marsh world, news that he was a Dictator spread like a wildfire amongst the Medusa Snake Demons in the territory.

To these Medusa Snake Demons, Apostles were already magnificent in their eyes, much less the legendary Dictator.

These Medusa Snake Demons could not believe how lucky they were to be able to live in the same territory as the Dictator and be able to gaze upon the Dictator's face so often.

After receiving Lin Yuan's instruction, the Medusa Snake Demon acted as though it had just received an order from a god and immediately stopped what it was doing to slither away toward where the Spirit Craftsmen were working solemnly.

Lin Yuan turned and entered the breeding room where the 50 Hundred Questions Beasts were working.

The breeding room looked very bare and unimpressive. However, the space was extremely large.

One Hundred Questions Beast could take up about 100 square meters of space, and the room was also equipped with top Creation Master instruments.

When Lin Yuan checked on the Hundred Questions Beasts' progress, he was not disappointed by a single one of them.

Almost every Hundred Questions Beast produced five bottles of Grade 3 spirit fluid in two days.

The fat ginger cat had produced seven bottles of Grade 3 spirit fluid.

This amounted to a total of 281 Grade 3 spirit fluids in two days. Lin Yuan was extremely satisfied with this productivity.

After he set up some cat toys in the breeding room, Lin Yuan left the breeding room.

When he stepped out of the breeding room, he ran into Liu Tong, who was covered in mud and standing with ramrod straight posture 20 meters away from the structure.

Liu Tong rushed up to Lin Yuan and said with a big grin, "Lord, in less than a week, we'll be done with the construction of the lightroom that your cat fey asked us to build."

Lin Yuan reached out his hand to brush some of the mud off of Liu Tong's chest and mud as he replied, "Liu Tong, try to put more thought into the construction. Here, these are the feys all of you requested. I've brought all of them with me with time."

He handed a Diamond fey storage box to Liu Tong.

Lin Yuan was aware of the lightroom that Liu Tong spoke of. This was a job that Genius had given the Spirit Craftsmen the last time it came into the marsh world to plant Soldier Ration Radishes.

The lightroom would aid in the Soldier Ration Radish's growth. Hence, it was the best option to halt all other work and focus on building the lightroom first.

Liu Tong was shocked by what Lin Yuan said, and he dared not receive the Diamond fey storage box.

It was no lie that he was delighted by this. As the one who was going to receive all the benefits first, he was undeniably happier than the other Spirit Craftsmen because he was receiving a Bronze/Legend fey instead of a Bronze/Epic fey.

But at the same time, he felt more shocked and touched than happy.

In two days, the City Lord he had pledged his loyalty to had produced 34 Bronze/Epic feys and one Bronze/Legend fey.

This was not just an injection of resources but also proof that the City Lord he had pledged his loyalty to did not look down on them just because they were only Spirit Craftsmen.

Instead, he kept his promise to them and fulfilled it in the shortest time possible.

This feeling of being respected caused Liu Tong's heart rate to speed up.

When Liu Tong did not receive the Diamond fey storage box, Lin Yuan shook his wrist and said, "Take a look and see if there are any problems with any of the feys. If any problems are discovered when you're handing them out, report them to me. There are some feys whose bloodlines mutated during the evolution, and so they differ from the original request. However, all the mutations and evolutions are positive, so I didn't swap any of them out."

Liu Tong immediately realized that he was frozen

Chapter 1272: Invisible Demon Transformed into a Hornet's Nest

Liu Tong hurriedly received the Diamond fey storage box and thought,?I wonder who the lucky ones are to receive feys that underwent positive mutations.

It was rare for Bronze grade feys to undergo positive mutations, and it would delight any person to know that this had happened to one of their feys. No one would turn away a fey that had undergone a positive mutation.

After Lin Yuan finished speaking to Liu Tong, the latter took the Diamond fey storage box with him and went back to work.

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly flew over to Lin Yuan and said, "Young Master, Wendy, Rising Lizard, and White Pavilion aren't in the territory. They've gone out to train. If you need them for anything, I'll bring them back to you immediately."

Lin Yuan shook his head.

Since Wendy, Rising Lizard, and White Pavilion were all Apostles, they should not remain idle but go out to train whenever they could.

Moreover, Lin Yuan did not have any business with them this time and did not need to call them over.

The last time Lin Yuan had spoken to White Speak, he found out how the marsh region was divided.

Lin Yuan silently set the Marsh East Palace as the battleground of the marsh world.

Hence, he needed the Apostles under his wing to grow up as soon as possible.

"Kill Food Sky Butterfly, let them continue to train. I won't call them back unless something urgent comes up. By the way, how has the recovery of your bloodline been coming along?"

"Thanks to the earth-type heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls you gave me, my bloodline has healed completely. Moreover, I still need some time to get used to my Sovereign power. But it will take some time before my power increases again in the future by undergoing a new Trial of World Creation."

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly sounded slightly frustrated, and it could not help but let out a sigh. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

Given that it possessed one of the top three bloodlines amongst butterfly-species feys, the Kill Food Sky Butterfly had always felt responsible for the rate at which its power increased.

During its time in the marsh world, it had seen how dimensional lifeforms increased their power and realized how much more difficult it was for feys to increase their power.

The dimensional lifeforms that increased their class through consuming flesh reminded the Kill Food Sky Butterfly of back when it was the Kill Food Worm. Now that it had transformed into the Kill Food Sky Butterfly, it could not use the same methods it did when it was the Kill Food Worm to increase its power.

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly had thought about asking Lin Yuan for some Law Crystals.

It had used many Law Crystals to force its power to increase to the level of Creation Breed. However, it was Lin Yuan who had given it the Law Crystals. Now, it was thinking about asking Lin Yuan instead.

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly was too embarrassed to bring itself to ask.

At that moment, Lin Yuan gave the Kill Food Sky Butterfly a small wooden chest. When it opened the wooden chest, it was almost blinded by the light of all the Law Crystals within.

"There are 2,000 Law Crystals here. Use them. Once you're done, you can ask Purple Afterglow to inform me to prepare more for you. I'll continuously provide you with Law Crystals until you reach Creation V. Once you reach Creation V, you'll need World Crystals to increase your power. As of now, it's slightly difficult for me to obtain World Crystals. Hence, you'll have to work hard on your own once you reach Creation V."

Lin Yuan could not help but think back to the World Source Crystal and two World Crystals he had given the Sacred Source Wielding Queen.

The Sacred Sword Wielding Queen was already done absorbing the World Source Crystal, but it needed seven days to absorb each of the World Crystals.

The Miao family had sacrificed two World Crystals to Lin Yuan in order to save Zheng Kaiyuan and Miao Zhi. One of the World Crystals came from the Sovereign I/Creation I Sacred Cure White Deer while the other came from the Sovereign III/Creation II Submerged Sea Blue Whale.

After the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen was done absorbing the World Source Crystal, it would definitely be more interested in absorbing the Sacred Cure White Deer's World Crystal first because it had never absorbed a wood-type law or World Crystal before.

But in the end, Lin Yuan had decided to instruct the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen to absorb the Submerged Sea Blue Whale's World Crystal first.

Lin Yuan had the healing-type fey Jasmine Lily which fulfilled most of his healing needs.

Thus, regardless of the Sacred Cure White Deer's World Crystal having strategic significance,

Lin Yuan wanted the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen to absorb it after it absorbed the Submerged Sea Blue Whale's World Crystal first.

There was an endlessly changing sea and the ability to shift between water and ice within the Submerged Sea Blue Whale's World Crystal.

As such, the Submerged Sea Blue Whale's World Crystal would be able to provide Lin Yuan with both water and ice immunity and add a Sword Skill that combined both water and ice.

This Sword Skill would suit Dark Blue well.

In three days' time, the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen would be done absorbing the Submerged Sea Blue Whale's World Crystal.

Lin Yuan itched with anticipation to see the Submerged Sea Blue Whale's Submerged Water World and the new Sword Skill.

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly silently received the chest.

It was anxious to increase its power as soon as possible so that it would be able to protect Purple Afterglow better.

Moreover, the Kill Food Sky Butterfly had witnessed how wealthy Lin Yuan was. Hence, it was not shocked by the 2,000 Law Crystals in the chest.

Regardless, it was still as happy as it could be.

Apart from the Law Crystals, the Kill Food Sky Butterfly was even happier that they had come from its father-in-law. It was delighted that Lin Yuan cared so much for it.

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly immediately left to find a place where it could start absorbing the Law Crystals.

Now that everything else was settled, Lin Yuan lowered his head and said to his shadow, "Invisible Demon, let's begin."

The moment Lin Yuan spoke, the Invisible Demon's figure appeared 15 meters away from him with an austere expression on its face.

Lin Yuan shook his hand, and the 9900 units of source-type power he had instructed the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen to prepare started flowing into the Invisible Demon's body.

No natural phenomenon occurred once all the source-type power entered the Invisible Demon's body.

Rather, the ground and sky were suddenly covered with a layer of shadows with Invisible Demon as its center. The enormous shadow spilled forth from the Invisible Demon, and a pained yet ecstatic expression appeared on its face.

But shortly after, the delight on its face disappeared as the shadows seemed to become knives that turned it into a hornet's nest from the inside out.

Chapter 1273: Smaller But Stronger!

Although its body had become a hornet's nest, the shadows continued to spill out from its body.

The Invisible Demon's body was continuously destroyed and put back together.

Lin Yuan suddenly felt that the Invisible Demon's experience during this evolution was very similar to his experience when he consumed the Earth Center Fine Milk, as his body had also undergone a continuous cycle of destruction and rebirth after he consumed the Earth Center Fine Milk.

His body had completely transformed during the cycles, but it had been so excruciating that he had not been able to move at all.

However, the Invisible Demon was still able to move its body in spite of the agonizing pain.

The Invisible Demon scratched its body wildly with its three-inch-long purplish-black nails in order to alleviate some of the pain. The sharp nails tore the Invisible Demon's already wrecked body even further apart, stinging Lin Yuan's heart.

But after a few scratches, one of the Invisible Demon's purplish-black nails would fall off and be replaced by a pure black nail that was even sharper and thinner than before.

The pure black nails continued to rip through the Invisible Demon's body. As the number of injuries on the Invisible Demon's body increased, the shadows flowed out from the Invisible Demon's body at a quicker rate.

At that moment, the Invisible Demon's body fused with the shadows, and everything turned dark.

Nothing happened in the dark world for a few hours.

Just as Lin Yuan was becoming worried about the Invisible Demon and was going to call out to it, the Invisible Demon emerged from the shadows 15 meters away from Lin Yuan.

At that same moment, all the shadows that had taken over seemed to find their rightful place and returned to the Invisible Demon's body.

The fully transformed Invisible Demon's appearance was revealed.

If Lin Yuan was not already aware that this was the Invisible Demon, he would not be able to imagine that this dimensional lifeform had transformed from the Invisible Demon. Gẹtt the l𝒂test 𝒏𝒐v𝒆ls at 𝒏.o/(v)/e/l/bi𝒏.co𝒎

When it had been Class 11, the Invisible Demon had been light purple with a humanoid silhouette. But now, the Invisible Demon was emanating an aura of malevolent carnage and could only be described as a wild beast.

Perhaps it was because the Invisible Demon had spent some time amongst humans and became accustomed to human appearance and was intentionally imitating human appearance, but it looked exactly like a spirit qi professional in every way besides its face.

The Invisible Demon was around 1.8 meters tall. In spite of its skinny physique, its muscles had the same sturdiness that was characteristic of all abyss dimensional lifeforms.

But now that it was Class 12, it was only around 1.7 meters tall, and its body had become even skinner and bonier than before. All the strength of its muscles had been hidden under its skin.

This height and size were more suitable for the Invisible Demon, whose main attacking method had an assassination style.

This was not the only part of the Invisible Demon's appearance that had changed. Its body no longer had any traces of purple or green. Only black and white were left.

The Invisible Demon's skin, hair, and eyebrows were white, while its eyes, lips, and nails had become pure black. It was the same black as the shadows.

Although its teeth were still the same as they peeked through the Invisible Demon's black lips, the transformed Invisible Demon now fit human beauty standards much better than it used to.

Lin Yuan felt that the Invisible Demon was much easier on the eyes now.

A totem of two eyes covered by shadows appeared on the back of the Invisible Demon's right hand. This totem symbolized the Invisible Demon's status as an Apostle.

The Invisible Demon felt slightly conflicted as it observed its appearance.

It had been bullied heavily in the abyssal world due to its small size. Its greatest wish in life was to become as mammoth as the horned demons and win over the respect and affection of other demons with its strength and heft.

Yet, it was even smaller now despite becoming stronger.

Wait! It had become shorter and skinnier.

It was like a person who had received a raise but went bald at the same time. This perfectly described how the Invisible Demon felt at that moment.

The Invisible Demon was afraid that its looks would repulse Lin Yuan, and it thought,?Will Lin Yuan want to keep his distance from me just like the other abyss demons did because I'm even skinnier and shorter now?

Lin Yuan walked over to the Invisible Demon at this moment while saying, "Shadow, you look much better now. All you need is a mask to cover your mouth, and you won't stick out no matter where you go."

Shadow let out a breath of relief. It seemed that Lin Yuan did not despise the new appearance it gained after transforming.

Lin Yuan's praise also made Shadow less upset about its height and size changes, as nothing was more important to it than Lin Yuan's happiness.

Lin Yuan took out a set of spirit qi clothes and tossed it at Shadow.

Shadow hurriedly thanked Lin Yuan and carefully put on the clothes in case its nails ripped the cloth.

Now that Shadow was Class 12 and had gained immortal power, Lin Yuan knew that he would not be able to use True Data to check on its characteristics.

But at the same time, he was still extremely curious about the potential changes to Shadow's original natural skill and any new natural skills it might have gained.

Shadow had pledged its loyalty to Lin Yuan and had no reason not to tell Lin Yuan about its natural skills if he asked.

As such, Lin Yuan asked, "Shadow, now that you're an Apostle, did your natural skill improve in any way?"

Shadow hurriedly replied, "Lord Dictator, Hidden Shadow/Killer Shadow can now allow me to hide within the shadow of any item. Hidden Shadow does not seem to have improved by much. I can still only sense targets up to two levels higher than me. But in the Killer Shadow state, I'm able to attack the shadows of other targets. When I attack the shadow of a non-living being, I will be able to shatter the body of the non-living being. When I attack the shadow of a living being, the living being will experience many times the inflicted damage."

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.

Chapter 1274: Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation

According to Shadow's reply, Lin Yuan now knew that the improvement in the ability of Hidden Shadow/Killer Shadow lay in that it now enabled Shadow to shatter non-living beings and inflict multiplied damage on living beings.

Shadow used an assassination style of combat.

The changes to Hidden Shadow/Killer Shadow increased Shadow's damage power and enabled it to attack targets that were stronger than it was effectively.

When Shadow saw Lin Yuan's expression, it knew that he was very satisfied with the improvement in Hidden Shadow/Killer Shadow. This delighted Shadow and spurred it on to prove itself even further.

Before Lin Yuan asked Shadow what the new natural skill it obtained was, Shadow said, "Lord Dictator, the new natural skill I gained when I evolved to Apostle is called Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation. It's much stronger than Hidden Shadow/Killer Shadow. It will allow me to lock a shadow-possessing target within a set area. I will appear behind the target through its shadow and assassinate it. When I'm using Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation on a target, the other shadow-possessing targets in the area will be blinded by shadows. When I stab a target with my nails, I'll also be able to extract the target's vitality to heal my wounds."

Lin Yuan almost started clapping for Shadow.

If what Shadow said was true, Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation seemed almost too powerful! It would allow Shadow to move freely behind targets in a set area using shadows.

Normally, the back of every lifeform was their blindspot, and it was the place that the lifeform would be least able to respond to in the shortest time possible. This position might not be the target's weak spot, but it would still greatly increase Shadow's attack's success rate.

Moreover, Shadow could achieve this even without activating Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation.

But when Shadow did activate Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation, it would be able to blind all other targets in the area and prevent them from going to the aid of Shadow's current target. This also greatly increased Shadow's attack's success rate.

Meanwhile, the ability to drain a target's vitality to heal itself would increase Shadow's endurance during combat and enable it to stand toe to toe against stronger opponents by killing other targets and continuously healing its wounds.

Lin Yuan felt that Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation fit Shadow's physique perfectly and allowed it to become an even better assassin.

This would enable Shadow to strike fear into any lifeform of the same grade.

Lin Yuan looked down at the shorter Shadow and stretched out his hand to ruffle its white hair as he said with a smile, "Shadow, you're now strong enough to defeat ten of your past selves. If we ever have a chance to enter the abyssal world in the future, you can accept any lifeform that catches your fancy as your believer. Alternatively, if you see any interesting dimensional lifeform in the marsh world, you can accept it as well."

Shadow was shocked. It had been the most scorned creature in the abyssal world not long ago. It had still been a captive within the purple-golden cage a month ago.

But now, it had increased not only its power but also become an Apostle, which it had never dreamed that it would become.

This all came from the Dictator standing before him.

Along the way, a feeling besides respect rose within Shadow.

Actually, Shadow had already decided which believer it was going to accept.

Rather than the horned fire-element-wielding demons it had used to envy, it preferred to accept many of its kind.

It wanted to declare loudly to the entire abyssal world that the Invisible Demons were not pathetic creatures. It wanted to use its army of Invisible Demons to gain the respect of all other demons.

Hence, Shadow told Lin Yuan about its idea candidly, "Lord Dictator, I only want to accept Invisible Demons as my believers and Favored Believers. I will create a team of assassins to serve you."

After some thought, Lin Yuan found Shadow's idea to be achievable.

Sky City's white-clothed followers were more like soldiers and could not perform the job of assassins.

It was inevitable that Sky City needed to spill blood in order to expand.

Hence, Sky City needed a sharp dagger that could perform jobs in the dead of night. Fị𝒏dd 𝒏ew upd𝒂t𝒆s on n(o)v/e/l𝒃

The team of Invisible Demon assassins formed by Shadow would be able to fulfill this job.

Although Invisible Demons were rare in the abyssal world, it would not be difficult for Lin Yuan to achieve this.

All he had to do was ask Long Tao to look out for Invisible Demons when he ventured into the Class 6 abyss dimensional rift.

At that moment, Lin Yuan thought about the ability Faith Gift or Robbery, which Dark Blue had gained the previous night.

Faith Gift or Robbery would enable Dark Blue to inject faith power into a target to strengthen its faith power. This was the gift part of the ability.

The robbery part of the ability would allow Dark Blue to use the faith power in its body as the standard to drain faith power from targets with less faith power than it had.

But as strong as Faith Gift or Robbery was, the amount of faith power in Dark Blue's body was limited.

However, Dark Blue also had the ability Faith Application, which allowed Lin Yuan to inject faith power into Dark Blue when they were fused together.

This would enable Lin Yuan to use Faith Gift or Robbery in the fused state as well. If so, the amount of faith power in Lin Yuan's body would become the standard, and he would be able to give or take faith power from targets with less faith power than him.

Lin Yuan decided to test Faith Power Gift or Robbery when he saw the totem in Shadow's hand.

He had already turned into a mermaid once in front of the Shadow the last time he used Faith Application. Hence, he had nothing to be embarrassed about doing it a second time.

Chapter 1275: Shadow's Lethal Weakness

As such, Lin Yuan used Faith Application to fuse with Dark Blue.

Shadow had been slightly embarrassed when Lin Yuan tousled its hair. It was about to say something when it saw Lin Yuan transform into its Dictator's body.

The last time Lin Yuan transformed into the Dictator's body, Shadow had only dared to peek at him once before averting its gaze as it was afraid that staring would be regarded as blasphemous.

But that one glance had etched the magnificence of Lin Yuan's Dictator's body into Shadow's mind.

Now that it was looking at Lin Yuan's Dictator's body again, Shadow was just as shellshocked as before. But at the same time, it felt nervous as it thought that something had happened to Lin Yuan.

According to legend, Dictators only used their Dictators' bodies when they needed to flaunt their might.

"Shadow, I want to use you to test one of my abilities. It won't put you in any danger, so you don't need to be scared. If you feel uncomfortable in any way during the experiment, let me know immediately. At the same time, I'll observe your situation carefully," said Lin Yuan.

Shadow anxiously said, "Lord Dictator, use me to test whatever you need. I might be small, but I'm as strong as can be."

Shadow stood at attention, completely unguarded, as it awaited for Lin Yuan to do whatever he wanted. It was its honor to be experimented on by its Dictator in Shadow's mind.

Lin Yuan flicked his tail, and faith power gushed out from the shrine in his soul. Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

His liquid-like long hair changed from dark blue to vibrant amber, and 12 pillars of amber water shot out from the ground near his feet toward the sky.

All the faith power within the pillars of water made Shadow's eyes widen to the size of sockets. It was astonished by the ocean of faith power possessed by Lin Yuan's Dictator's body.

Lin Yuan pointed at Shadow, and the 12 pillars of amber water combined into one belt of water that shot into Shadow's body.

Shadow noticed that the totem on the back of its hand was starting to grow warmer.

Since Shadow had only recently evolved to Apostle, the faith power within its totem was at the level of extremely weak.

In the short span of a few seconds, the faith power in Shadow's totem started to rise in power until it became higher weal.

As Shadow felt the faith power surging within its totem, it thought,?How could this be uncomfortable? I've never been more comfortable!

Faith power was the source of all Apostles' power.

Shadow had heard of how powerful Dictators were, but it had never heard of any Dictators who were able to use their faith power to strengthen the faith power of the Apostles.

Before Shadow could revel in this blissful feeling, it experienced what it could only describe as true discomfort.

The moment that the faith power rose from higher weak to below average, it felt the totem on the back of its right hand twist violently.

It was as though the pillars of water were trying to push air into a balloon that had already been stretched to its limit. If any more air were pushed into the balloon, it would burst.

Lin Yuan had been observing Shadow throughout. When he noticed a strange expression come over its face, he immediately stopped using Faith Gift or Robbery to inject faith power into Shadow.

Judging from the results of Shadow's experiment, Lin Yuan was able to estimate the limits of Faith Gift or Robbery.

Although he still had more than enough faith power left in his shrine, he would not inject faith power into Shadow when it could not take any more.

It was likely that using such an ability would only be able to strengthen the faith power of the Apostles by one large step before it started endangering the Apostles.

After Lin Yuan stopped injecting faith power into Shadow, it said with shock, "Lord Dictator, I can now use my source sacred body."

This immediately piqued Lin Yuan's interest.

He remembered both White Speak and the Dark Scorpion using their source sacred bodies during their fight.

The source sacred body was the second ability that Apostles had, and it could only be used when the Apostle's faith power reached below average.

Both White Speak and Dark Scorpion had changed into human form when they used their source sacred bodies. Not only did their power increase, but they could also use a power known as sacred absolute ability.

"Shadow, since you can use your source sacred body now, use it once so I can see what your sacred absolute ability is."

During his conversation with White Speak, Lin Yuan had learned that Dark Scorpion's sacred absolute ability was disintegration. When the ability made contact with a lifeform, the lifeform's cells would separate rapidly. This would cause significant damage to the lifeform.

White Speak had been able to swallow Dark Scorpion's sacred absolute because White Speak's sacred absolute ability was replay. This meant that White Speak would be able to swallow the sacred absolutes of Apostles that did not have a stronger faith power than it did. It would only be able to swallow a portion of the sacred absolutes of Apostles that had stronger faith power than it did.

It would then spit out the sacred absolutes it had swallowed to attack its targets.

The sacred absolutes of Apostles all had unique abilities.

Thus, Lin Yuan was almost uncontrollably curious about Shadow's sacred absolute.

Frankly, Lin Yuan was not only curious about Shadow's sacred absolute but the appearance of its sacred source body.

Now that Shadow already looked almost indistinguishable from humans, what changes would it undergo when it used its source sacred body?

Shadow immediately activated the faith power that Lin Yuan had injected into its totem.

The white parts of Shadow's body slowly became transparent while the black parts turned into shadows. It was as though Shadow had disappeared right before Lin Yuan's eyes.

However, he could sense through the faith power he had injected into Shadow that it had not moved an inch.

Lin Yuan thought,?Shadow's source sacred body turns it into an actual shadow. This greatly increases its ability to conceal itself.

While Shadow was using source sacred body, he realized that the faith power he had injected into Shadow was slowly depleting.

Shadow deactivated its source sacred body and exclaimed, "Lord Dictator, my sacred absolute allows me to fuse with any shadow and explode it at will to inflict damage on the main body casting the shadow."

Lin Yuan's eyebrow twitched.

Shadow's sacred absolute seemed to increase its ability to attack from a distance. This enabled Shadow not to have to be near a body in a battle to attack it.

Lin Yuan noticed its flaw after understanding what Shadow Piercing Back Hibernation was all about. This seemingly invincible ability actually had a fatal weakness.

Chapter 1276: Comparison Between Brothers

When Shadow was facing off against targets like the Yellow Jadeite Golden Butterfly, it would be grievously hurt by being rebuffed by the shield even before it managed to land a hit on its target.

This seriously limited the attacking range of Shadow's sacred absolute.

"Shadow, you gained a new method of attacking with this sacred absolute, and it will definitely be effective during battle. I'm going to continue testing my ability now!"

Once again, Lin Yuan used Faith Gift or Robbery on Shadow. But this time, he used the robbery part of the ability.

When Lin Yuan used the ability, a giant silhouette of faith power appeared behind the mermaid that Lin Yuan had transformed into.

When the amber silhouette and Lin Yuan pointed at Shadow, the latter realized that it could no longer control its faith power.

When Lin Yuan used the robbery part of Faith Gift or Robbery, he did not take back the faith power he had injected into Shadow. This meant that Lin Yuan could use his faith power to keep Apostles trapped at below-average and cause them to lose control of their faith power.

This was basically the same as lowering an Apostle's life rank back to a dimensional lifeform.

Moreover, given the strength of Lin Yuan's faith power, he would be able to suppress Apostles with stronger faith power than below-average. This ability had significant strategic significance for Lin Yuan as he continued to expand into the different dimensional worlds.

After testing Faith Gift or Robbery, Lin Yuan released his control over Shadow's faith power while retrieving the faith power he had injected into its body.

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Shadow would be able to replenish its depleted faith power, but Lin Yuan could not.

Thus, he could not use up his faith power carelessly to strengthen the faith power of his Apostles.

Shadow, Rising Lizard, Wendy, and White Pavilion should depend on themselves to strengthen their faith power while using him should be reserved as secret weapons to be used against powerful opponents.

White Speak had decided to follow him because it believed that he was a Dictator and that Dark Blue's Faith Water was his dictator's prize.

As long as Lin Yuan was careful not to expose himself and allow White Speak to realize that he was not actually a Dictator, White Speak was the strongest combat power he possessed.

He would be able to use Faith Gift or Robbery to strengthen White Speak's faith power to its maximum extent to reach the pinnacle of what Apostles could achieve.

If he helped White Speak, he would even be able to challenge the Marsh East Palace in the Marsh East Circle.

Lin Yuan badly wanted the sacred source lifeforms in the Marsh East Palace.

After handing a ball of Faith Water to Shadow, he left the marsh world.

...

In Miao Zhenshan's study, Miao Zhuo and Miao He sat on either side of Miao Zhenshan as they reported to him.

As Miao Zhenshan listened to Miao Zhuo's report, he nodded with satisfaction. Fị𝒏dd 𝒏ew upd𝒂t𝒆s on n(o)v/e/l𝒃

It was undeniable that Miao Zhenshan preferred Miao Zhuo over Miao He. However, Miao Zhuo's soul was injured, which prevented him from becoming a Class 4 Creation Master.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult to make the others accept Miao Zhuo as the next family leader.

Ever since Miao Zhenshan singled out Miao He, the latter no longer wasted his days away and started taking things seriously.

However, Miao He clearly lacked some of the deviousness and bravery that Miao Zhuo had.

Miao Zhenshan asked Miao Zhuo, "Zhuo, how high of a chance do you think that Sky City will help the Sea Bliss Clan with their blood fight ultimate fight against us?"

Miao Zhuo knew that his grandfather had been bothered by this problem over the past few days.

Miao Zhenshan had decided of his own accord to issue the blood pact ultimate fight challenge to the Sea Bliss Clan. Hence, he definitely did not think that Sky City would help the Sea Bliss Clan.

However, Miao Zhuo did not say what his grandfather wanted to hear as it would only bring his father temporary joy. It would also be impractical, and his grandfather would think of him as a shortsighted person when he failed.

After thinking for some time, Miao Zhuo felt he needed to give his grandfather some form of warming, even if the warning might displease his grandfather.

"Grandfather, I think we need to be on our guard against Sky City. It would be unsurprising if Sky City came after us for revenge after we helped the Zheng family with their blood pact ultimate fight against Sky City."

Miao Zhenshan frowned and turned to ask Miao He, "He, what do you think?"

Miao He chortled maniacally to himself after listening to what Miao Zhuo said.

Why is Miao Zhuo setting up more roadblocks for Grandfather at such a time? Grandfather was the one who decided to go ahead with the blood pact ultimate fight. By saying this, he might as well slap Grandfather across the face.

"Grandfather, you've thoroughly investigated the matter of the Aurora pollen. The Sea Bliss Clan started their scheme regarding the Aurora pollen long ago, and Condense Fairy Orchard's Sun Ningxiang is also personally involved.

"Condense Fairy Orchard is on good terms with Sky City. But at the same time, Condense Fairy Orchard is also at odds with the Sea Bliss Clan. There's no reason for Sky City to help the Sea Bliss Clan by this logic.

"Moreover, we placed many spies in the Sea Bliss Clan decades ago. It's possible that the Sea Bliss Clan discovered one or two of them over the years, but we placed more than 20 spies there. All the news they sent back says that Sky City rejected the Sea Bliss Clan's plea for help.

"The Sea Bliss Clan's internal situation is a mess now, and Qi Hend has started settling matters his way. It seems that he wants to drag Qi Wangyang down from his position as the leader of the Sea Bliss Clan and replace him with Qi Haitao instead. Obviously, he has gone mad. I think that Big Brother's words came from a place of fear."

Miao Zhuo decided not to rebuff Miao He and chose to ignore him.

Miao Zhenshan did not reply, so Miao Zhuo knew that his grandfather was still unconvinced by either side.

Miao Zhenshan grandfather was playing a dangerous game of chess. It was so perilous that he was not even able to trust either Miao Zhuo or Miao He with certainty.

"Grandfather, if you're still worried, I can ask Lord Lin Yuan to look into the matter, or you can go to Whale Ocean Commerce. Whale Ocean Commerce has already settled their deal with us. There's no way they'll deny a request for help from us now. With an immortal expert on our side, we won't have to be afraid even if Sky City does decide to help the Sea Bliss Clan."

Miao Zhuo's words struck Miao Zhenshan deeply.

But eventually, he decided to take one final gamble and placed his bet that Sky City would not help the Sea Bliss Clan with their blood pact ultimate fight.

If his gamble fell through, he still had enough time to seek help from the Moon Empress' disciple or Whale Ocean Commerce. Either way, he would have to owe one of them a favor. As such, there was no need for him to take preventive measures.

Chapter 1277: Strange Occurrence on the Ultimate Fighting Ground

It should be good news that Connected Beast Park had gained seven new thearch-class experts. Alas, some of them became arrogant after their power increased, which greatly displeased Miao Zhenshan.

They used to be mere emperor-class experts who had climbed up the ladder using Connected Beast Park's resources. The source of their development came solely from the Miao family. However, a few of them were so pompous that Miao Zhenshan was sure that Miao Zhuo and Miao He would not be able to hold down once he died.

Hence, Miao Zhenshan decided to send these people out to participate in the blood pact ultimate fight against the Sea Bliss Clan.

It would be fine if Sky City decided not to help the Sea Bliss Clan. But even if they did decide to step in, Miao Zhenshan would not be overly distraught over sacrificing these few thearch-class experts.

While Miao Zhenshan was engulfed in his anxiousness, the blood pact ultimate fight between Connected Beast Park and the Sea Bliss Clan officially began.

Lin Yuan had no intention of attending the blood pact ultimate fight. He did not think that the City Lord of Sky City needed to participate in such a spectacle personally.

He was fully focused on the new Sword Skill he was about to receive and the whale fall near the islands that the Sea Bliss Clan owned. As such, he instructed Shadow to attend the blood pact ultimate fight itself.

A few hours later, Shadow would bring back the bodies of the Creation Breed feys and World Crystals.

Lin Yuan did not care about whether the experts from the Sea Bliss Clan had survived.

He ordered Shadow to manipulate the experts from Connected Beast Park to summon their feys and attack them so that he would be able to gain more rewards.

...

Although Lin Yuan did not care about the blood pact ultimate fight between Connected Beast Park and the Sea Bliss Clan, the other factions did not share his sentiment.

Connected Beast Park helping the Zheng family with their blood pact ultimate fight had already caused hysteria to sweep through the public, much less this blood pact ultimate fight between a veteran and a top faction.

Sky City and the Sea Bliss Clan immediately became trending topics on Star Web, and almost all trending posts were about this matter. Even news about the main member of a top faction being cheated on or the daughter-in-law of a veteran faction being abused suddenly became insignificant by comparison.

Lin Yuan needed to garner faith power from the main world. Hence, he only cared about the posts regarding Sky City.

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Star Web was like another world in the Radiance Federation, and many spirit qi professionals were even professional tabloid reporters on Star Web.

Professional reporters usually reported the facts. However, tabloid reporters would latch onto any morsel of gossip and start spreading it throughout Star Web to attract as much attention and speculation as they could.

Lin Yuan found these salacious topics to be ironic because if he was not the person in question, he would have been fooled by them and assumed they were true.

These tabloid posts included topics such as:

There were both positive and negative comments under these posts, but Lin Yuan did not think of removing them because they were advertising Sky City in a way. In fact, Lin Yuan wanted to thank these tabloid posts for boosting Sky City's popularity and mentioning the City Lord numerous times.

It could be said that the blood pact ultimate fight between Connected Beast Park and Sea Bliss Clan had become the main topic of conversation in the entire Radiance Federation. Even non-spirit qi professionals discussed the matter when they were grocery shopping for the Usneas and Jasmine Lilies in the morning markets.

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The moment the blood pact ultimate fight started, three thearch-class experts flew out from Connected Beast Park's side.

The veteran and rising factions who were knowledgeable about Connected Beast Park had been shocked to see the three thearch-class experts. They had assumed that Liu Yanshan and Han Tianhe's deaths were almost unrecoverable blows to Connected Beast Park. Yet, Connected Beast Park managed to produce three new thearch-class experts in the blink of an eye. It seemed that Connected Beast Park's well of resources ran deeper than they originally thought.

By contrast, when the Sea Bliss Clan's three participants stepped out, the spectators' excitement deflated. The Sea Bliss Clan's three participants were clearly feeble.

Neither Qi Heng nor Qi Wangyang was present, and Qi Haitao led the team. Gẹtt the l𝒂test 𝒏𝒐v𝒆ls at 𝒏.o/(v)/e/l/bi𝒏.co𝒎

It was clear that this team was a far cry from being a match for Connected Beast Park's experts.

But, when Gu Han did his round of participant confirmation, the downtrodden-looking Qi Haitao suddenly requested to be swapped out.

Soon, Gu Han announced the official start of the blood pact ultimate fight between Connected Beast Park and the Sea Bliss Clan, with a strange look on his face despite there being seemingly no one who stepped up to take Qi Haitao's place.

This caused the scene to fall into a peculiar silence. The situation resembled the blood pact ultimate fight between Sky City and the Zheng family almost uncannily. It had also been two versus three, and the side with two was almost ridiculously outmatched.

It did not take long before the astonished gasps broke the silence of the spectators.

"Damn! What's going on? There are clearly only two members of the Sea Bliss Clan left, but I definitely heard that young man who left say that he would be swapped out. Where's the substitute?"

"I'm sure the Sea Bliss Clan is done for either way. The person that was swapped out was their Young Leader Qi Haitao. I heard that Qi Haitao was gutsy, so I didn't expect him to back out almost immediately. Moreover, Lord Gu Han should have raised the issue of them lacking a substitute. But instead, he went directly to announcing the start of the blood pact ultimate fight."

"Can history really be repeating itself? Is Sky City helping the Sea Bliss Clan with the blood pact ultimate fight, after all?"

"Sky City is amazing! Connected Beast Park is so pretentious that they should be taught a good lesson!"

Miao Zhenshan was personally leading the team for Connected Beast Park because he had been unsure if Sky City would end up helping the Sea Bliss Clan.

When he saw the situation over on the Sea Bliss Clan's side, his face fell, and alarm bells rang in his head.

He released his pinnacle thearch-class expert aura and was sweeping through the entire ultimate fighting ground.

His unrestrained aura affected the audience.

Chapter 1278: Similarity Between Dimensional Lifeforms and Feys

Gu Han coughed lightly while releasing his aura as a warning to Miao Zhenshan.

Miao Zhenshan had released his aura to investigate whether there was another expert on the Sea Bliss Clan's side.

After a thorough check, he became certain that he could not sense even a hint of anything strange going on.

However, this made his heart sink instead of filling him with joy.

Previously, he had only arrived in time to see Han Tianhe and Liu Yanshan's corpses but not who from Sky City had killed them.

Now that the same situation was unfolding, an ominous feeling overwhelmed Miao Zhenshan. Could Sky City have immortal power?

If so, there would be no point in Connected Beast Park trying to win against Sky City. After scheming and plotting against Sky City for so long, it had been for naught. Connected Beast Park was like an ignorant mouse playing right into the hands of the cat that was Sky City.

But no matter how depressed Miao Zhenshan felt at that moment, he still had to express his apologies to Gu Han immediately. Gu Han had the support of the Chief Guard of the Spirit Guards and Iron Prison. As such, Miao Zhenshan could not afford to get on the wrong side of Gu Han.

Miao Zhenshan and the spectators were not alone as the three thearch-class experts from the Miao family had also sensed something was wrong. They immediately summoned their main combat feys with grim expressions. Upstodatee from n(0)/v𝒆/lbIn/.(co/m

The two king-class experts from the Sea Bliss Clan had come resigned to what they thought was their inevitable deaths because Qi Heng and Qi Haitao had told neither of them about what was going to happen.

When they saw the three Creation Breed feys summoned by the experts from Connected Beast Park, the two king-class experts could not even muster the courage to summon their own feys.

As per Lin Yuan's instruction, Shadow did not attack immediately after Connected Beast Park's thearch-class experts summoned their Creation Breed feys. Instead, it waited for them to summon more of their feys.

Shadow would feel that it had failed Lin Yuan if it only managed to bring back the corpses of three Creation Breed feys and three World Crystals.

...

The three thearch-class experts from the Miao family stared at the two king-class experts from the Sea Bliss Clan warily, and they dared not make the first move.

The two king-class experts from the Sea Bliss Clan had completely lost the courage to fight back. If their sphincter had not strengthened after becoming A-rank spirit qi professionals, they would have already soiled their pants.

One side was on guard while the other was terrified. The blood pact ultimate fight was at a stalemate.

The buzzing noises of chatter intensified, and Connected Beast Park's three thearch-class experts exchanged looks.

Each of them summoned a Myth Breed fey that they would use to attack the Sea Bliss Clan experimentally.

However, the moment they summoned their Myth Breed feys, a black shadow that had been positioned a distance away from the ultimate fighting ground for some time flashed through the ultimate fighting ground.

Nine flashes later, the corpses of three thearch-class experts, three Creation Breed feys, and three Myth Breed feys littered the ground of the ultimate fighting ground.

Just like before, the bodies of the three dead thearch-class experts were split cleanly in half while the bodies of the dead Creation Breed feys and Myth Breed feys remained intact save for a hole on their backs.

Previously, Shadow had not been aware that the fey corpses would be useful to Lin Yuan, and it had felt guilty for some time about splitting the two Creation Breed feys' bodies into halves. Thus, Shadow took special care not to damage the bodies of the feys' bodies this time.

It stored the feys' bodies into a Diamond fey storage box and turned to return to the Return from Faraway Mansion so it could report back to Lin Yuan.

Shadow's orders had been to kill the three thearch-class experts and win the blood pact ultimate fight on the Sea Bliss Clan's behalf. It had performed the job perfectly.

After Shadow left, the spectators remained silent.

Although they had already guessed that Sky City was helping the Sea Bliss Clan with the blood pact ultimate fight, they still found it hard to quickly come to terms with it when it happened right before their eyes.

Connected Beast Park did not just lose three thearch-class experts as according to the rules of the blood pact ultimate fight, the lives of the members of Connected Beast Park were in the hands of the Sea Bliss Clan.

Could this spell the end of the mighty top-faction Connected Beast Park?

All the Star Web reporters present started racking their brains for the best way to report on this blood pact ultimate fight.

Many of the people who had come to watch the blood pact ultimate fight between Connected Beast Park and the Sea Bliss Clan live were famous. When they recovered from the shock, some of them immediately logged onto Star Web to post about the results of the blood pact ultimate fight.

Sky City's popularity shot up as the gossip mongers spread the news throughout Star Web.

At that moment, Lin Yuan and the Fortuitous Blessing-Carrying Swallow were looking at each other. Suddenly, he felt the faith power within the shrine increase by at least 5%. However, this was just the beginning, a kickstarter.

Lin Yuan felt that his identity as the City Lord of Sky City would be able to multiply the amount of faith power within the shrine.

Excitement bubbled up uncontrollably within him.

The increase in faith power also notified Lin Yuan that the blood pact ultimate fight between Connected Beast Park and the Sea Bliss Clan had ended and that Shadow should be back soon.

Sure enough, Shadow appeared in front of him the moment the thought entered his mind.

Shadow handed the Diamond fey storage box that Lin Yuan had given it that morning back to him as it said, "Lord Dictator, there are a total of three Class 11 lifeforms and three lifeforms below Class 11 in this Diamond fey storage box. Take a look."

Lin Yuan smiled at Shadow's expectant expression as he received the Diamond fey storage box.

He did not need to look inside to know that the three Creation Breed feys and three Myth Breed feys' corpses were complete within the Diamond fey storage box.

As a demon from the abyssal world, Shadow was merciless. But at the same time, it was new to feelings which resulted in an adorable side.

Seeing how innocently excited Shadow was, Lin Yuan had to play along.

As such, he praised Shadow generously.

When he saw Shadow's toothy smile of contentment, Lin Yuan felt that dimensional lifeforms and feys shared many similarities. The biggest similarity was that they approached feelings with a very simple approach.

Chapter 1279: Prism Snapping Turtle and Blazing Sun Dragon Cricket

Lin Yuan could not help but think about how the Radiance Federation and abyssal world would be linked through the Class 6 abyss dimensional rift once it opened.

It was possible that abyss demons would become helpers to spirit qi professionals or be tamed by them so that they would eventually move over to the main world.

After praising Shadow, Lin Yuan carefully checked the fey corpses within the Diamond fey storage box.

Previously, at the Miao family, Lin Yuan had taken the Creation World Ley Lines of the seven thearch-class experts' feys while they were undergoing the Trials of World Creation to evolve to Creation Breed. He had gained seven new golden pearls through this.

Hence, Lin Yuan was well aware of what the seven thearch-class experts' Creation Breed feys were.

They had all been pinnacle emperor-class, and their main feys had been picked carefully. As such, Lin Yuan badly yearned for these Creation Breed feys' law worlds.

When he was done checking the three Creation Breed fey corpses, his eyes suddenly lit up. One of them was the fey that he wanted the most. It was the Prism Snapping Turtle.

The Prism Snapping Turtle's law world was the Simulation World, and it could be used to imitate other feys and their abilities and exclusive skills.

Although the Prism Snapping Turtle could not overwhelm stronger feys by imitating them, it would be able to use this to defeat weaker feys.

Lin Yuan took out the Prism Snapping Turtle's World Crystal. A large silver turtle with a mirror for a shell lay within the World Crystal. It looked very ordinary and could not compare to the scene within the Sacred Heal White Deer or the Submerged Sea Blue Whale's World Crystals.

But upon closer inspection of the Prism Snapping Turtle's World Crystal, Lin Yuan noticed that there seemed to be a world tucked within each of the scoots on its back. As the scoots overlapped, they formed an ever-evolving world.

The Prism Snapping Turtle flawlessly fit into every one of the worlds and became an essential part of them.

Lin Yuan did not know what type of Sword Skill the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen would gain after it absorbed the Simulation World. But regardless, it was sure to be acrobatic and versatile.

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The other two Creation Breed feys' law worlds were not bad but not as impressive as the Prism Snapping Turtle's Simulation World.

The Shadow Tied Mesmerizing Snake's World Crystal was full of faint shadows that looked as though they were about to die out as they spread their woe throughout the world. These shadows turned into nooses every once in a while that tried to loop around anything they could.

The dead expert's Shadow Tied Mesmerizing Snake would eventually become a burden that tied to every tangible item.

The giant snake with long horns on its head, sharp grayish-purple scales, and a wooden horn growing out of its head was twirling around on a stone pillar as though it wanted to strangle the stone pillar.

Its law world was the Shadow Tied World which enabled it to control shadows during combat like Shadow could.

However, Shadow attacked like a strong assassin while the Shadow Tied Mesmerizing Snake's attack would act more like a shadow being puppeteered by a wizard.

Moreover, the shadows from the dead would have some level of spiritual combat ability.

Lin Yuan guessed that the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen would be able to gain a controlling Sword Skill when it consumed the Shadow Tied World Crystal.

Yet, Lin Yuan did not want the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen to absorb the Shadow Tied World Crystal so soon unless it no longer had any other World Crystals to absorb.

Shadow was borne from darkness and the Shadow Tied World Crystal was a dark-type World Crystal.

When the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen absorbed the Shadow Tied World, Lin Yuan would gain resistance to dark-type. However, he already had the Dark Death World for this.

Lin Yuan preferred a more comprehensive development rather than specialized resistance against dark-type.

The third World Crystal was the Scorching Sun World Crystal that came from the Blazing Sun Dragon Cricket.

The Blazing Sun Dragon Cricket was both fire- and light-type, and the Scorching Sun World would give Lin Yuan defense against fire- and light-type. This would provide Lin Yuan with the second type of defensive ability.

After the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen absorbed the Scorching Sun World Crystal, Lin Yuan would have a much easier time fighting against Zong Ze.

Of course, this would be the case if the Fiery Sky Hou had not purified its bloodline. Now that it had improved its Barren bloodline and gained the top strange flames Red Plum Falling Fire, Lin Yuan was not confident that the fire-elemental resistance provided by the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen would be enough.

The Blazing Sun Dragon Cricket was a damage-type fey that purely used wide-ranged attacks. It was exceedingly similar to Han Tianhe's Earth Core Dragon Snail.

After the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen absorbed the Scorching Sun World Crystal, Lin Yuan would also gain a Sword Skill that would be powerful against a group. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

It was not easy to gain World Crystals. Once the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen absorbed all the World Crystals that Lin Yuan had, he would have to try to come up with a way to use the golden pearls formed from Creation World Ley Lines.

These golden pearls should be used to strengthen the law worlds on the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's skirt, and Lin Yuan needed to think carefully about how he would go ahead in utilizing them.

Every part of Myth Breed and Creation Breed feys' bodies was precious, and Lin Yuan intended to give the corpses of these Myth Breed and Creation Breed feys to the Mother of Bloodbath so that it could absorb the blood energy within them before separating them into spiritual ingredients that would be useful to Creation Masters.

The flesh would be given to Purple Demon so that it could grow quickly.

According to Lin Yuan's plan, after helping the Sea Bliss Clan win their blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park, he was going to take Liu Jie, the Mother of Bloodbath, and a few Spirit Craftsmen with him through the Space Tunnel to the Divine Wood Federation to continue training.

But after the news that Qi Haitao had given him, Lin Yuan decided to scrap this plan as going to the islands owned by the Sea Bliss Clan to check on the exact situation of the whale fall was of a higher priority now.

Qi Heng had left his phone number with Lin Yuan before leaving Sky City's Star Web private territory.

The Sea Bliss Clan had just won the blood pact ultimate fight and were about to hand over all of their resources to Sky City.

Chapter 1280: I Want to See the Whale Fall!

Qi Heng definitely had many things to do now.

Lin Yuan did not want to wait for Qi Heng to contact him so that he could stall. As such, he called Qi Heng immediately.

At that moment, Qi Heng was standing in the Sea Bliss Clan's tent at the ultimate fighting ground and basking in the crowd's attention.

When he saw Miao Zhenshan standing some ways ahead of him, he suddenly felt that he was better than Miao Zhenshan.

However, this feeling only lasted a fleeting moment because he knew that the Sea Bliss Clan was not the one who had defeated Connected Beast Park in the blood pact ultimate fight. It was actually Sky City that deserved the credit.

The Sea Bliss Clan was a loser, just like Connected Beast Park, and both sides had lost all their resources to Sky City. Sky City, which had remained in the shadows, was the true victor of this incident.

For some reason, when Qi Heng thought back to Sky City's City Lord's calmness when they met at Star Web's private faction territory, he had a feeling that Sky City was pulling the strings behind everything. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

At the end of the day, the Qi family would be a rudderless boat once they left the ultimate fighting ground.

Qi Heng could not help but feel uncontrollable resentment when he saw Qi Wangyang's ecstatic expression.

At that moment, Qi Heng's phone rang. When he looked at the screen, he saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

Given the timing, Qi Heng could guess who the call was coming from.

He dared not hesitate before he answered the call and a clear young voice on the other end of the call said, "The Sea Bliss Clan has won the blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park. Sky City has kept up our end of the deal. Now, it is time for the Sea Bliss Clan to keep up its end."

Qi Heng circulated his spiritual power and molded the spirit qi into a vortex beside him. Next, he used his sleeve to cover his mouth before saying, "Lord, the Qi family will not return to the Sea Bliss Clan residence after the blood pact ultimate fight. You can come and take over our resources at any time. If you don't want the spirit qi professionals working in the Sea Bliss Clan, please give me one day to dismiss them."

...

Lin Yuan nodded to himself. He was satisfied with the way Qi Heng conducted business.

"Someone will go over to the Sea Bliss Clan to take over the resources and handle the spirit qi professionals working under the Sea Bliss Clan. You don't need to worry about it. However, you should still remember what you said in Sky City's Star Web private faction territory. Now, take me to see the large whale fall near the islands."

Qi Heng momentarily froze when he heard what Lin Yuan said because he knew that Sky City's City Lord was calling to ascertain the truth of Qi Haitao's news. Sky City would keep its promise to the Qi family if it were true. If it turned out to be fake, Sky City would probably make the Qi family pay.

However, Qi Heng had nothing to be afraid of because there truly was a large whale fall near the islands. But any large whale fall would be protected by powerful sea beasts and experts from the sea clans.

Thus, Qi Heng dared not touch the large whale fall in spite of its close proximity to the Sea Bliss Clan's islands. He had only made use of the nutrients swept to the surface by the currents.

Although Qi Haitao had not mentioned this, Qi Heng was sure that the City Lord of Sky City would understand this.

"Please give me an hour. I will wait for you at the entrance of the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce then. I would like to use the hour to settle some of the Qi family's internal problems."

Lin Yuan made a noise of acknowledgment before hanging up.

This journey to Raging Waves City would be a long one.

Lin Yuan's Ethereal Jellyfish had not placed any Tentacle Nodes along the route to Raging Waves City, and Lin Yuan could use this journey to do so as it would make his future journeys to Raging Waves City much easier.

Wen Yu had wanted to go on this journey as well. But when she remembered her power and all the matters that needed to be attended to in Sky City's Star Web private territory, she eventually decided to stay in the mansion.

Given that this would be a long journey, Liu Jie and the Mother of Bloodbath immediately started to make preparations.

Ji Feng would stay to watch over the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce. It was still not convenient for him to move around in his current situation. If he summoned his feys and displayed his power, people would link him to the Young Leader of the faction Sea Sky Nurture that had disappeared over a decade ago.

When Qi Heng put down the phone, he looked at Qi Wangyang, who was waving madly at the crowd, and coughed.

Qi Heng pulled Qi Wangyang over and told him about the deal between Sky City and the Sea Bliss Clan that he and Qi Haitao had made on Star Web.

Qi Wangyang's expression changed abruptly and hardened.

He had been overjoyed when he saw the black shadow kill the three Connected Beast Park thearch-class experts during the blood pact ultimate fight. He silently blamed Qi Heng and Qi Haitao for not telling him about such a serious matter.

Qi Wangyang had expected Qi Heng and Qi Haitao to pay a heavy price, but he did not expect that it would cost the entire Sea Bliss Clan.

5,000,000 Radiance dollars is useless! It can't even buy a few Angelfish of Bliss of decent quality. Is the City Lord of Sky City treating us like beggars that need to be patronized?

Before Qi Wangyang could say anything, Qi Heng summoned a giant bear covered with blue flames and slapped Qi Wangyang's head.

This sudden slap was not forceful, but Qi Wangyang still fainted. A spark of blue flame also entered Qi Wangyang's head when he fell unconscious.

This slap shocked every member of the Qi family, including Qi Haitao. The people from Connected Beast Park, Gu Han, the audience, and the influencers and reporters from Star Web were all taken aback as well.

The Star Web reporters took photos while the influencers from Star Web immediately posted about this on Star Web. Anyone would want a piece of such juicy news.

Qi Heng ignored the reactions and used his spiritual power to create a wall around the Qi family before he turned and said to Qi Haitao, "Haitao, you're going to be the leader of the Qi family from now on. Your father caused the Qi family to fall and gave away everything the Sea Bliss Clan built over the past decades. He forced us to become beggars that are desperately looking for a way out. A person like this isn't fit to be the leader of the Qi family.

"My Death Flames Curse Bear hit Qi Wangyang's head with a curse. As long as his spiritual energy doesn't exceed mine, he won't be able to break free of the curse."

Chapter 1281: Why are You Showing Off?

Qi Heng paused when he noticed Qi Haitao's conflicted and worried expression before continuing. "After Qi Wangyang wakes up, he won't be able to use his spiritual energy to summon feys. I need to go to the sea for some time. You can decide how you want to handle your father during this time. If anyone in the family pushes back against you, I will settle it for you when I return."

Qi Heng cast a cold look at the rest of the Qi family as he had meant for them to hear what he said as well.

Actually, none of the rest of the Qu family felt that there was anything wrong with what Qi Heng intended. Rather, they felt happy instead.

Qi Wangyang's decision had doomed them to waiting for inevitable death, and all of them hated him. Hence, none of them truly treated him as the leader.

Qi Haitao became the leader of the Qi family, while Qi Wangyang became an ordinary person who could not even summon feys. The other members of the Qi family all felt that this was the best decision, and they assured Qi Heng they would not go against him.

Qi Heng turned and left the ultimate fighting ground.

While he was talking, the audience, Star Web reporters, and influencers all went into a frenzy. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

Qi Heng's spiritual power shield was soundproof, so no one else heard what he said. However, it was clear that what he said was related to him knocking Qi Wangyang unconscious.

In the span of a short few minutes, many posts about how Qi Heng knocked Qi Wangyang unconscious were posted onto Star Web. All of them were about guessing the reason behind Qi Heng's action.

Every single one of the posts increased the popularity of this blood pact ultimate fight, and many more people started paying attention to Sky City because of it.

Qi Heng noticed the three people standing at the entrance of the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce.

The masks they wore confirmed their identities.

Qi Heng calmly looked at one of them wearing white and blue spirit qi clothes and Sky City's mask.

...

When he was previously at Sky City's private faction territory, Qi Heng's mind had been filled with thoughts about what he should do to convince Sky City to help the Sea Bliss Clan with their blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park. Hence, he had not paid much attention to the City Lord.

However, that call had suddenly made Qi Heng aware that Sky City's City Lord was young as his voice sounded a lot like that of an adolescent boy.

A ludicrous idea popped into Qi Heng's head.

Can Sky City's City Lord actually be very young? But how is such a young person able to maintain such a powerful secret faction?

The more carefully Qi Heng observed, the more certain he was that the City Lord could not be older than Qi Haitao.

This realization not only made chills run up Qi Heng's back, but he also suddenly felt as though the Radiance Federation where he had been born and bred seemed foreign.

But no matter how many complex thoughts were running through Qi Wangyang's head, he dared not offend Sky City's City Lord at this time.

Qi Heng rushed up to greet Lin Yuan, Liu Jie, and the Mother of Bloodbath as he said, "All credit goes to the City Lord of Sky City for helping the Qi family win the blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park. Thank you again!"

A faint smile appeared on Qi Heng's face.

Lin Yuan did not think that Qi Heng was thanking him. He did not bother with small talk and took out a phone to call for the Platinum Divine Travel Black Swallow.

Qi Heng's jaw almost dropped when he saw Lin Yuan ordering a flying fey.

What was going on? Why did Sky City's City Lord need to rent such an inferior flying fey when he traveled?

Qi Heng felt that he needed to prove himself now.

"City Lord, I have the Diamond V/Fantasy V Red-Necked Kite Swan that is one step away from evolving to Myth Breed and the Suzerain/Fantasy VI pinnacle Myth Breed Giant Winged Wombat. It would be much more comfortable to ride the Red-Necked Kite Swan but slower as well. The Giant Winged Wombat will be able to fly faster, but it won't be as comfortable. However, it will still be much more comfortable than riding on the Platinum Divine Travel Black Swallow. Why don't you pick between the Red-Necked Kite SWan and the Giant Winged Wombat?"

The Mother of Bloodbath scoffed and said, "Why are you showing off? Is the Red-Necked Kite Swan that quick? I doubt so. I'll believe you if you say the Red-Necked Kite Swan is tasty."

Qi Heng immediately shut his trap as he could sense that the red-haired woman who spoke was the pinnacle Myth II fey in human form.

Judging from the red-haired woman's aura, it had to be a spider-species fey. More accurately, a bird-catching spider species that consumed avian-type feys.

Qi Heng was afraid that the red-haired woman would swallow the Red-Necked Kite Swan with one gulp if he summoned it.

He did not know how he should react at such a moment. Even if he bit back at what the red-haired woman said, he might not be able to save the Red-Necked Kite Swan and might lose his own life.

Qi Heng had learned something when he watched how Sky City helped the Sea Bliss Clan defeat Connected Beast Park during the blood pact ultimate fight. He learned that he should not cross Sky City no matter what. Otherwise, he could end up being split in half as well.

During the time that the Mother of Bloodbath was speaking to Qi Heng, the Divine Travel Black Swallow that Lin Yuan ordered arrived.

The group climbed aboard the Divine Travel Black Swallow and rode off toward Raging Waves City.

Raging Waves City was about the same distance from the Royal Capital as Indigo Azure City was. It was just that they were in opposite directions as Indigo Azure City was toward the east while Raging Waves City was toward the west.

Previously, it took Lin Yuan about a week to travel from Indigo Azure City to the Royal Capital while riding on the Diamond Divine Travel Black Swallow. But on the Platinum Divine Travel Black Swallow, it would take at least two weeks.

Thus, Lin Yuan had no intention of relying on the Platinum Divine Travel Black Swallow to travel to Raging Waves City.

He had already communicated with Purple Afterglow and the Kill Food Sky Butterfly. He would summon the Kill Food Sky Butterfly once they left the vicinity of the Royal Capital's factions so that it could take the group to Raging Waves City.

As his power grew, Lin Yuan understood how precious time was. He wanted to spend the smallest amount of time traveling if it was possible.

The Platinum Divine Travel Black Swallow flew for an hour until it left the Royal Capital's district and arrived at the outskirts.

Lin Yuan ordered everyone to climb down from the Divine Travel Black Swallow and pressed 'completed order' on his phone to officially end the Divine Travel Black Swallow's job.

Next, with a wave of his hand, he summoned the Kill Food Sky Butterfly back to the Spirit Lock spatial zone through Klein Hub and then out of the Spirit Lock spatial zone.

The Mother of Bloodbath immediately frowned when it saw the Kill Food Sky Butterfly, and a look of high alert appeared on its face.

Chapter 1282: Long Lamplight Might Already Know!

Although the Mother of Bloodbath knew that the Kill Food Sky Butterfly had become Lin Yuan's protector, it had also been the Kill Food Sky Butterfly that almost killed the Mother of Bloodbath and Endless Summer when it was still the Kill Food Worm. As such, the Mother of Bloodbath found it difficult to completely let its guard down around the Kill Food Sky Butterfly.

Lin Yuan noticed this and was about to say something when the Kill Food Sky Butterfly went over to the Mother of Bloodbath and said softly, "I haven't had the chance to apologize to you and Endless Summer after I changed into human form. Now, we're both a part of Sky City, and I hope we can get along well from now on."

The Mother of Bloodbath pursed its lips and replied, "Okay." Then, it fell silent.

Liu Jie and Lin Yuan, who had spent a lot of time with the Mother of Bloodbath, noticed that its ears had turned slightly red. They had noticed that this would happen to the Mother of Bloodbath whenever it felt proud. Thus, it seemed that it was feeling proud again.

But at the same time, the Mother of Bloodbath's reaction showed it acknowledged what the Kill Food Sky Butterfly said. Although the Mother of Bloodbath had not said much, it was not difficult to figure out at all. Upstodatee from n(0)/v𝒆/lbIn/.(co/m

After Lin Yuan summoned the Kill Food Sky Butterfly in its human form, Qi Heng discreetly observed it. But because it was more powerful than Qi Heng, he could not see it through it at all. But judging from its appearance and the way it appeared, Qi Heng instinctively knew that it was a fey in human form. After all, very few humans had natural blue hair. Even its eyebrows and eyes were blue.

At the same time, Qi Heng studied Lin Yuan again in astonishment.

Was this clearly young City Lord actually able to contract Myth Breed feys in human form? What kind of genius was he?

Obviously, Qi Haitao would not be able to match up to him. But even the main members of the other top factions could not hope to have a Myth Breed fey in human form at just over 20 years of age.

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly turned back into its original body after greeting Lin Yuan, Liu Jie, and the Mother of Bloodbath.

Now that it was in its original form, it emanated its Sovereign/Creation aura.

When Qi Heng sensed the Kill Food Sky Butterfly's Creation Breed aura, he almost collapsed to the ground.

He gulped as he glanced at Lin Yuan.

...

At that point, he was sure that Lin Yuan was not a young man but an ancient monster that could imitate the voice of a young man. There was just no way that such a young man could have a Creation Breed fey.

Qi Heng still felt slightly dizzy when he was riding on the Kill Food Sky Butterfly.

He never expected himself ever to be riding on a Creation Breed fey.

The Kill Food Sky Butterfly flew at a rapid rate. With world power in its hands, it could travel 10 kilometers with one flap of its wings.

Lin Yuan had found out from the Kill Food Sky Butterfly that it would only take the Kill Food Sky Butterfly half a day to arrive at Raging Waves City.

Qi Heng, who had only just gotten used to riding on the Kill Food Sky Butterfly's back, gnashed his teeth and prepared to describe the exact situation at the islands to Lin Yuan.

But before Qi Heng could do so, he suddenly found himself unsure of how to begin.

He was afraid that he would be pushed off the Kill Food Sky Butterfly when he revealed the exact situation of the whale fall.

Qi Heng knew that they would reach the islands soon, given the Kill Food Sky Butterfly's speed.

Since he was already teetering off the edge of the cliff, he had no choice but to say something now.

Qi Heng coughed and said, "City Lord, the Sea Bliss Clan wasn't the one who discovered the whale fall."

Lin Yuan turned to look deeply into Qi Heng's eyes.

Qi Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he continued anxiously. "Not long ago, a few sea clan experts appeared from the sea and proposed to trade with the Sea Bliss Clan. They told us that there's a large whale fall near the islands and asked us not to allow anyone more than 500 meters below the surface of the sea."

He carefully observed the changes in Lin Yuan's expressions as he spoke.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "A large whale fall will benefit the entire area of the sea. It's unsurprising that there are experts protecting it. But since it was a deal, what did they give the Sea Bliss Clan in return? Don't forget to give it up too."

Qi Heng's expression immediately became complex, and he said with a pained voice, "City Lord, the sea clan experts gave us the Sea Source Grass when we agreed to their request."

He took out a spiral-shaped sea grass with dark blue leaves and carefully presented it to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan received it and coughed lightly before replying, "I see the Sea Bliss Clan isn't very honest. Why didn't you mention the Sea Source Grass before? I guess it's because the Sea Source Grass will enable the Sea Bliss Clan to have a much smoother comeback."

He did not expect the sea clan experts to have burnt such a large hole in their pocket for the whale fall. They were willing to give the Sea Bliss Clan a treasure like the Sea Source Grass to ensure that nothing would go wrong.

The Sea Source Grass was a very special fey. Although it did not have many combat abilities, its abilities and exclusive skill could change the area of water or sea when it was planted in that area. It could nourish any fey within the area of water or sea.

Since the Sea Bliss Clan relied on nurturing such special aquatic feys, the Sea Source Grass would be a very important resource for them.

Qi Heng jumped in fear when he heard Lin Yuan's level tone. He fell to his knees and started to explain, "I mentioned the deal between the Sea Bliss Clan and the sea clan experts so that I could give you the Sea Source Grass. You saved the lives of everyone in the Sea Bliss Clan. How could I ever dare to hide anything from you?"

Lin Yuan revealed an all-knowing smile and replied, "You better be. I saw your expression of hesitation. If there's anything going on, why don't you tell me now? Otherwise, if we arrive at the islands and find out that you haven't been truthful, I'll have to reconsider how Sky City plans to treat the Qi family in the future."

Qi Heng steeled himself and said, "City Lord, the Sea Bliss Clan burned the bridge between Connected Beast Park and us to buy the islands. We were afraid that Connected Beast Park would use top combat power to ruin our development of the islands and then kill us. As such, we paid a large sum to hire the Five Thearch Soldiers to protect the islands. Actually, the Five Thearch Soldiers were also there during the deal."

Qi Heng's voice slowly turned into a whisper as he went on, "City Lord, I don't know if you're aware, but Long Lamplight supports the Five Thearch Soldiers. He might already know about the large whale fall."

Chapter 1283: Fight to the End

It was likely that Long Lamplight already knew about the large whale fall.

Lin Yuan knitted his brow tightly.

He was not surprised to hear that the Sea Bliss Clan had hired the Five Thearch Soldiers, as Wen Yu's investigation had already uncovered that information.

However, he did not expect the Five Thearch Soldiers to remain on the islands or that they knew about the whale fall as well.

Lin Yuan would not be afraid in the slightest if only the Five Thearch Soldiers were involved.

Although the Five Thearch Soldiers and Coiling Dragon's Valley were on good terms, Lin Yuan would not show them mercy when something like the whale fall was at stake.

However, all the factions in the Radiance Federation were intertwined, and half of the 50 top factions were supported by the 13 members of royalty. For example, the Moon Empress supported the Cage of Brahma Insects, Chef Supreme supported Whale Ocean Commerce, and the Bamboo Monarch supported Coiling Dragon's Valley. In the same way, the Five Thearch Soldiers were supported by Long Lamplight.

Moreover, every relationship between a member of royalty and the faction they supported was different.

The name Five Thearch Soldiers came about from the five thearch-class experts in the faction. Two of the Five Thearch-class experts used to be Long Lamplight's assistants, but they eventually left Bright Light Building for some reason. But regardless, they remained on close terms with Long Lamplight.

When Long Lamplight held the Ten Thousand Lamps Temple Fair six years ago, not only had he invited these two thearch-class experts but they were even seated in the special guest section.

As such, Lin Yuan did not think it unlikely that the Five Thearch Soldiers would tell Long Lamplight about such an opportunity.

If so, it would not be good news.

Lin Yuan regretted not immediately rushing to the whale fall when he heard about it from Qi Haitao and Qi Heng in Sky City's private territory.

At that moment, Qi Heng was holding his breath as he looked at Lin Yuan with tightly pursed lips. However, he did not regret telling Lin Yuan the truth.

This matter concerned a member of royalty. Although Qi Heng had witnessed Sky City's powerful martial force, he still did not think Sky City would dare fight over resources with a member of royalty.

Qi Heng had no idea what was coming next.

While Qi Heng's imagination was running wild, the young man who had been silently standing behind Lin Yuan took a step forward and asked him, "Do you know when the sea clan experts arrived on the island to negotiate with the Sea Bliss Clan and Five Thearch Soldiers?"

Qi Heng went through his memories before replying honestly, "Lord, this didn't happen that long ago. According to my memory, it happened last Tuesday at 7:00 p.m."

Liu Jie turned to say to Lin Yuan, "Young Master, today is Monday. If it happened last Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., then it happened six days ago. I heard that Long Lamplight rushed to the outskirts a week ago. Hence, there's no way Long Lamplight doesn't know about this matter."

Qi Heng did not feel much when Liu Jie calculated the time. But when Liu Jie mentioned the part about Long Lamplight's journey, Qi Heng's eyes widened.

The members of royalty in the Radiance Federation all had incomparable power, and their travel plans were kept secret. There was no way that outsiders would know about them.

Not even the two thearch-class experts amongst the Five Thearch Soldiers were privy to Long Lamplight's travel plans.

So how did this mask-wearing man know? He had heard about it! Where would you go to hear about such a thing?

Moreover, Qi Heng had noticed that the mask-wearing young man had addressed Lin Yuan as 'Young Master' instead of 'City Lord'. This meant that the mask-wearing man was not just a member of Sky City but one of Lin Yuan's servants.

From another angle, it could also be said that the City Lord of Sky City had an even more impressive identity. This identity had to be impressive enough that even his servant knew about the movements of a member of royalty.

When this thought entered his mind, Qi Heng felt that his imagination was not sufficient because he could not fathom what kind of person in the Radiance Federation would have such capabilities.

Lin Yuan's brow relaxed when he heard what Liu Jie said.

The members of royalty did not need to report to anyone where they went. But when they wanted to head to the outskirts, they needed to let the Spirit Guards know first.

The Spirit Guards had no say over where the members of royalty went, but they needed to provide the Spirit Guards with a report.

Since Liu Jie was Night Leaning Moon's disciple, he was able to access the information on where the members of royalty went.

As long as the matter did not concern the member of royalty himself, Lin Yuan would not yield and fight for the whale fall till the end because it would help the Floating Island Whale to hatch quicker and enable Lin Yuan to produce a true Sky City.

"Young Master, Long Lamplight is not the only one not present in the Radiance Federation. There are also five Radiance Envoys who aren't here. If the Five Thearch Soldiers need to report to Long Lamplight, they'll most likely have to report to An He, who's still in the Radiance Federation," said Liu Jie.

When Liu Jie mentioned An He, Lin Yuan remembered the call Zong Ze made to Gu Lang a few days ago.

At that time, Zong Ze and An He had been clashing at the Class 5 dimensional rift outside of Cold Frost City. From what Gu Lang said, Zong Ze had called when the fight was at its tail end.

Gu Lang had gone to the Class 5 marsh dimensional rift to search for dimensional lifeforms, so he had to have a few experts with him.

Yet, he still could not defeat An He easily. This meant that An He had to have had experts with him as well. Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

Lin Yuan felt that the Invisible Demon might not be able to defeat An He's experts even with its immortal power.

But any martial force used during the fight for the large whale fall would result in strange consequences.

After thinking for some time, Lin Yuan decided to communicate with Red Thorn through his spiritual energy and instruct it to use its Tongue of Relinquish to control Liu Yanshan so that he could be manipulated to go to White Speak. If there were no other choice, he would have to release White Speak out of the marsh world.

Currently, Morbius was unable to read the data of Immortal lifeforms. Hence, Lin Yuan could not investigate White Speak.

But according to what the Invisible Demon said, once White Speak reached pinnacle Class 12, it would have the power of an Immortal IX fey.

Chapter 1284: You Dare to Clash Against the Disciple of a Member of Royalty?

Although the experts with Immortal power were overwhelmingly powerful and could unlock a higher level of strength momentarily, White Speak was an Apostle that could use its sacred source body. The strength of the sacred source body came from the power of its faith power.

The faith power in Lin Yuan's shrine was still increasing continuously due to the blood pact ultimate fight.

Lin Yuan felt that if he used his faith body and Faith Gift or Robbery to help White Speak, White Speak would be able to stand a fighting chance against An He as long as he did not have any Immortal experts by his side.

He looked out toward the distance and said softly, "My faction must have the large whale fall. Not even Ah He, the disciple of Long Lamplight, will be allowed to take it from me!"

"Cold Frost City isn't far from Raging Waves City. An He will rush over if he hears about the large whale fall," said Liu Jie.

While he spoke, the aura of combat rose from Liu Jie.

Qi Heng, who had lived for so long and gained an inordinate amount of knowledge, was stunned by Lin Yuan's statement.

What does he mean? Do you dare to clash against An He, who's the disciple of Long Lamplight? Is Sky City tired of existing in the Radiance Federation? How can he speak so haughtily?

No matter how strong Sky City was, Qi Heng did not think that they were able to win over the disciple of a member of royalty as it would essentially mean opposing a member of royalty.

Long Lamplight was famous for his protectiveness. If Sky City ever won over An He, Long Lamplight would definitely bring the sword of punishment crashing down on Sky City.

Qi Heng did not know what the City Lord of Sky City was thinking.

But at the same time, he was also secretly pleased. If Sky City truly clashed with An He and were later punished by Long Lamplight, the Sea Bliss Clan would no longer have to keep their promise to Sky City.

Qi Heng only hoped now that the Five Thearch Soldiers would tell An He about the large whale fall so that they would turn the imminent confrontation into a doomed event.

...

While the Kill Food Sky Butterfly was streaking through the sky toward Raging Waves City, Miao Zhenshan, who had just returned to the Miao family's manor, slammed his hand down forcefully on his treasured tiger bone desk.

This caused small cracks to appear on the tiger bone desk and caused Miao Zhuo and Miao He, who had just walked in, to jump.

A pained look came across Miao He's face as clear fright and panic shone in his eyes.

Miao Zhuo's eyes showed a flurry of emotions. He was not frantic.

Although Connected Beast Park had lost the blood pact ultimate fight to the Sea Bliss Clan, and the latter now held the lives of the Miao family in their hands and could take over all of Connected Beast Park's resources, the Sea Bliss Clan could not absorb all of Connected Beast Park.

Since his grandfather had dared to make such a bet, he definitely would have planned for the consequences. It was likely that his grandfather was already making plans.

When his grandfather had asked them questions before the blood pact ultimate fight, Miao Zhuo had said that he felt Sky City would help the Sea Bliss Clan. In this respect, he had won over Miao He.

Miao Zhuo steeled himself and asked Miao Zhenshan, "Grandfather, have you decided what we'll do from now on? Should I try to contact Lord Lin Yuan?" Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

Miao Zhenshan turned to look at Miao Zhuo and Miao He. He noticed that Miao Zhuo was calm while Miao He was lost in his panic.

He frowned slightly and set his eyes on Miao Zhuo. He did not pay Miao He any attention at all.

When Miao Zhenshan thought that the Sea Bliss Clan had defeated the mighty Miao family in the blood pact ultimate fight, his mind went blank, and his heart grew cold.

It seemed that after getting used to prosperity, the family members had lost their ambition. He needed to hammer this into them again when the Class 6 abyss dimensional rift opened. Otherwise, the Miao family would crumble and eventually be lost to time as another meaningless speck of history.

Miao Zhenshan was impressed by Miao Zhuo's suggestion.

But after dealing with Lin Yuan the last time, Miao Zhenshan knew that he would have to pay a heavier cost in order to obtain anything from Lin Yuan.

Thus, Miao Zhenshan preferred to work with Whale Ocean Commerce rather than using Miao Zhuo's connection with Lin Yuan.

Di Wancheng and Di Wantian of Whale Ocean Commerce both had Immortal power.

Whale Ocean Commerce was unmatched, and they could even keep the Cage of Brahma Insects and Rhine Lifeform in place.

Miao Zhenshan felt that Whale Ocean Commerce would definitely help Connected Beast Park as long as he offered enough benefits.

He said to Miao Zhuo, "Zhuo, let's not rush into asking the Moon Empress' disciple for help. I know what to do."

Miao Zhenshan took out his phone and called Di Wancheng. His voice was friendly, but he ended the call after exchanging a few words. After he put down the phone, he clenched his teeth tightly.

Miao Zhenshan had been under the impression that Whale Ocean Commerce would agree immediately. However, Di Wancheng had told him to wait for news.

How could the Miao family afford to wait now?

The Sea Bliss Clan would not be able to absorb all of Connected Beast Park on their own. If Sky City helped the Sea Bliss Clan, they would have to clash with the Miao family. Miao Zhenshan was not afraid of this happening.

Although the Miao family would break the rules by protesting, they would have their own story to break if the matter was presented to the Spirit Guards.

Nonetheless, the Miao family could not be a sitting duck waiting for slaughter!

When the other factions won a blood pact ultimate fight and started to absorb all the resources of the other faction, it was seen as a necessity to kill the faction's members.

Miao Zhenshan was most afraid of what was being said on Star Web. If Connected Beast Park did not come up with a plan to deal with this now, they would truly become the laughingstock of the entire Radiance Federation. Miao Zhenshan did not even dare to go onto Star Web to read the reports about the blood pact ultimate fight.

Meanwhile, within the Whale Ocean Commerce residence…

Di Wantian was perusing through a scroll.

Di Wancheng sat beside Di Wantian and asked in confusion, "Big Brother, helping the Miao family with this will deepen our relationship with them. It might even cause them to go below the radar. This is what Third Sister and Ten Thousand Flags Trading want. The bodies of the Creation Masters from Sea Sky Nurture have already decayed and are of no use to Third Sister. She badly needs fresh Creation Master bodies and souls. Why aren't you seizing such a big opportunity? Are you afraid that Sky City won't pay their respects to us?"

Di Wantian handed his scroll to Di Wancheng and said, "Wancheng, read what the fourth line of the sixth paragraph says."

Di Wancheng lowered his head to look at the scroll as he did not understand what his brother was getting at.

Chapter 1285: The More Known You are, the More Likely You are to have Your Name Smeared

The fourth line of the sixth paragraph was an idiom, and Di Wancheng read it out softly, "The more known you are, the more likely you are to have your name smeared."

"Brother, you've become more and more anxious in the way you do things because of Third Sister. It's not exactly bad to be anxious. Under normal circumstances, we will attract the attention of the members of royalty if we reveal that two of our experts have Immortal power. But I revealed the news because Sea Sky Nurture has been absent for too long.

"Chef Supreme mentioned Sea Sky Nurture the last time I went to see him. If we reveal that we have two experts with Immortal power, the attention being placed on Sea Sky Nurture will be shifted onto us. Additionally, it will help us when we're doing as high-profile as recruiting Creation Masters.

"I told Hao to participate in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection and leaked the news that he will be fighting for an opportunity to become a Radiance Envoy to calm down some of the members of royalty.

"Now that the Radiance Hundred Sequence is upon us, and the Azure Envoys are here to watch it, the members of royalty don't have time to focus on Whale Ocean Commerce.

"Now that the blood pact ultimate fight between the Sea Bliss Clan and Connected Beast Park has become the center of chatter in the Radiance Federation, we will join the topics of conversation if we join in now. Then, Iron Prison, who handles faction roles, will immediately zero in on us and start investigating us thoroughly. We cannot handle such a consequence. Before Third Sister succeeds, the only end for us will be the Sin Cleansing Pool if we are exposed."

Di Wancheng now knew what Di Wantian and the idiom meant.

It was true that Whale Ocean Commerce was too noticeable now, and any movement would attract scrutiny from all directions.

No matter how badly Whale Ocean Commerce wanted to seize the opportunity that Connected Beast Park was offering, they could not. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

Di Wancheng sighed and said, "Big Brother, I'll return the call to Miao Zhenshan before going to see Third Sister."

Di Wancheng strode out of the room, and Di Wantian continued reading quietly.

When he got to the last line that said 'walking into a trap', he frowned and lost the mood to continue reading.

Di Wantian actually had another reason for saying all that to Di Wancheng. The important reason was that Connected Beast Park had formed a deep relationship with the Moon Empress' disciple. This was the only way that Connected Beast Park could have gained seven new thearch-class experts in such a short span of time.

...

According to Whale Ocean Commerce's investigation into Connected Beast Park, the three thearch-class experts that had participated this time used to be only pinnacle emperor-class experts.

It seemed that it was no longer a safe choice for Whale Ocean Commerce to target Connected Beast Park's Creation Masters. If they attracted the attention of the Moon Empress' disciple, it was possible that Whale Ocean Commerce would slip up and reveal something.

At that moment, Di Wantian suddenly thought about the impressive Sky City. He had heard that Sky City had just as many Creation Master resources as Connected Beast Park.

Moreover, Sky City was shrouded in secrecy, and not much was known about them. As such, it would not attract much attention if Sky City lost some Creation Master resources now.

Di Wantian decided to look into Sky City and find an opportunity to interact with the City Lord of Sky City.

Something flashed past Di Wantian's eyes.

Miao Zhenshan did not have to wait long before he received Di Wancheng's response. It was fair to say that it disappointed him greatly.

There were only two paths Miao Zhenshan could have gone down. One of the paths was to use their connection with Whale Ocean Commerce, and the other was to use their link to the Moon Empress' disciple.

Since the route involving Whale Ocean Commerce was no longer viable, only one option was left.

Miao Zhenshan turned to Miao Zhuo and said, "Zhuo, go and contact Lin Yuan. Agree to whatever he asks for."

Miao Zhuo hurriedly replied, "Grandfather, I will get to it now."

Miao He hastily added, "Grandfather, I can also contact Lord Lin Yuan. Lord Lin Yuan and I—"

Before Miao He could finish speaking, Miao Zhenshan cut in and said, "He, go and call everyone in the family for a meeting in the meeting room. Your brother will handle contacting Lin Yuan."

Miao He made an embarrassed noise of acknowledgment and reluctantly turned to fetch the rest of the family.

Miao Zhuo had only reached the doorway and had heard what Miao Zhenshan said. He knew that he was now one step ahead of Miao He and that his grandfather placed more importance on him despite his inability to evolve to a Class 4 Creation Master.

…

Lin Yuan was currently directing Red Thorn to organize the wind-type heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls.

He smiled knowingly when the phone rang. He looked at his phone and saw that the call was coming from the Miao family.

When he saw that it was Miao Zhuo and not Miao He who was calling him, he knew that Miao Zhuo now deserved a better seat at the table in Miao Zhenshan's books.

After picking up the call, Miao Zhuo anxiously described Connected Beast Park's current situation.

Given that Lin Yuan was pulling the strings behind all of this, he knew the Miao family's situation better than anyone.

However, he did not interrupt Miao Zhuo. Rather, he acted like he was completely ignorant and listened intently.

After listening to Miao Zhuo for some time, Lin Yuan became certain that Miao Zhuo was trying his best to curry favor with him. Miao Zhuo told Lin Yuan every single detail candidly.

"I've been busy these few days and don't have much time to spare."

Miao Zhuo's heart promptly sank when he heard Lin Yuan, and small beads of sweat rose on his forehead.

If Lin Yuan did not help, the Miao family would truly be doomed.

Just as Miao Zhuo's throat started to close and he was at a loss for words, Lin Yuan added, "It won't be difficult to resolve this matter. I will help you once I'm done with my own matters."

Lin Yuan hung up the call.

Qi Heng had perked up his ears from the moment Lin Yuan picked up the call. However, he could not glean any useful information.

He would never have expected this young man standing before him to be the Sea Bliss Clan and Connected Beast Park's savior.

Miao Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief when he heard what Lin Yuan said.

Since Lin Yuan gave his word, he would definitely be able to do it.

This meant that Connected Beast Park was saved.

However, Lin Yuan had said that he would only help Connected Beast Park once he was done with his matters. But if this matter were dragged on any longer, Connected Beast Park would become public enemy number one.

Chapter 1286: Eternal Fight of Logic

Miao Zhuo was unsure if the call ended on a good or bad note. But regardless, he would have to report it to Miao Zhenshan.

Lin Yuan could have solved Connected Beast Park's problem immediately as it would only take one word. After all, the City Lord of Sky City was also the Moon Empress' disciple.

However, he intentionally did not do so because he wanted the matter to blow up to a greater extent online. He wanted more people to learn about this incident, and Star Web was the only way he could garner as much faith power as possible.

Once the matter unfolded to its climax, Lin Yuan would use his identity as the Moon Empress' disciple to do the Miao family a favor and add even more fuel to the flame that would push the popularity of this incident to greater heights. Through this, he could gain a large harvest of faith power.

Moreover, this would place the City Lord of Sky City at odds with the Moon Empress' disciple and attract even more attention. It would also generate more debate about it online between supporters of both camps." "

These heated debates would only cement the faith that these supporters had and solidify themselves as a source of faith power for one of Lin Yuan's identities.

Lin Yuan did not care about Connected Beast Park's ruined reputation.

By this time, the Kill Food Sky Butterfly had flown for half a day.

Lin Yuan could make out the faint outline of a majestic city that slowly became clearer as they approached.

This was Raging Waves City, which Lin Yuan had never been to before.

Although both Raging Waves City and Indigo Azure City were by the sea, they had completely different atmospheres.

Indigo Azure City had a more relaxed and romantic seaside feeling to it, while Raging Waves City seemed much more metropolitan.

Shallow waters surrounded Indigo Azure City, so they only needed to defend against dimensional rifts that could open anytime. They did not have to be worried about the threat of large sea creatures because they would be beached in the shallow water. After some time, the sea creature's life would be in danger from being out of water for too long.

...

There was not much shallow water in Raging Waves City's vicinity. Instead, they were surrounded by 1,500-meter deep water. With waters of such depth, it was common for large sea creatures to pass by the city.

However, this geographical environment also allowed Raging Waves City to produce so many rare deep-sea creatures. This also provided a suitable area to build a harbor which increased Raging Waves City's ability to trade and enabled them to gain another flow of income.

Raging Waves City was often known as 'the number one seaside city'.

In order to reduce the chance of attack by sea creatures, Raging Waves City invested a lot of money into fortifying its defenses.

Raging Waves City was the only seaside city in the Radiance Federation that had an 800-meter outer wall. When one looked down from atop the wall, any movement on the surface of the water could be seen clearly.

The wall was 20 meters thick and was embedded with many sturdy metal spiritual ingredients so that no tsunami would be able to breach the wall and enter Raging Waves City as long as it was not higher than 800 meters.

At that moment, the Kill Food Sky Butterfly said, "City Lord, we're headed toward the islands now. Or, would you like to take a rest at Raging Waves City?"

Lin Yuan fell silent. Normally, when factions needed to report to cities about the exchange of territory if the territory lay within the jurisdiction of a city.

Lin Yuan needed to report to Raging Waves City before successfully taking over the islands from the Sea Bliss Clan.

During the journey, Lin Yuan had heard from Qi Heng that because the whale fall had just begun, it would take two or three days for the Island Whale embryo to form.

The sea factions would definitely try to protect the whale fall during this time.

Currently, everything was calm within Raging Waves City. This was enough to prove that the whale fall was still untouched.

Since it would take a few days for the Island Whale embryo to form, Lin Yuan would just be waiting if he went to the islands now.

Thus, it was better to spend the time in Raging Waves City to complete the handover of the islands from the Sea Bliss Clan to Sky City.

Since the whale fall was directly below the islands, it was considered part of the island's area. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

After the handover was over, Sky City would have reason to claim ownership of the whale fall if anyone contested them. No matter who tried to take over the large whale fall, it would be considered a provocation.

Since he made his decision, Lin Yuan turned to say to the Kill Food Sky Butterfly, "Kill Food Sky Butterfly, let's go to Raging Waves City first."

Lin Yuan turned to Qi Heng and said, "Qi Heng, after establishing yourself as a veteran faction in Raging Waves City for so long, you must be familiar with the city. I'm sure you are familiar with the guards here. The Sea Bliss Clan is now at the height of popularity after winning the ultimate blood pact fight against Connected Beast Park. I'm sure the Raging Waves Guard Captain won't reject an invitation to meet you now. We're going to process the handover of the islands now."

Qi Heng nodded in agreement and replied, "Yes, City Lord. I am old friends with the Guard Captain of the Raging Waves Guards. He will meet with me if I call him as long as he isn't busy."

Qi Heng's agreement was not fake. He genuinely hoped that the Sea Bliss Clan would hand over the islands to Sky City as soon as possible.

Lin Yuan's request to speed up the handover meant that Sky City regarded the whale fall as a necessity.

As long as An He set his eyes on the whale fall as well, both parties were bound to clash.

Moreover, if he did not complete the transaction now and Sky City's City Lord and An He ended up butting heads, An He would ask Qi Heng to choose a side.

At that point, he would be stuck between a rock and a hard place. No matter which side he chose, he would be offending the other party.

It would be better if he handed over the islands to Lin Yuan now to save himself from being forced to make such a decision.

Liu Jie walked over to Lin Yuan and whispered, "Young Master, let's split up later. I will handle matters first. If a fight truly breaks out, the sea-clan experts might endanger the safety of Raging Waves City."

Lin Yuan nodded. He knew that Liu Jie was headed for the Spirit Guards branch in Raging Waves City.

The dimensional rift active period had just ended, and the Guard Envoys stationed in the major cities had not returned to the main Spirit Guards branch in the Royal Capital yet.

This was the time when every Spirit Guards branch was at its strongest.

Chapter 1287: Captain of Raging Waves Guards

Liu Jie arranged for the Guard Envoy to lead the Spirit Guards in defense. This would prepare for any incidents that took place while the group was fighting for the whale fall on the islands.

Ever since the Mother of Bloodbath climbed aboard the Kill Food Sky Butterfly's back, it started absorbing the blood energy in the corpses of the Prism Snapping Turtle, Blazing Sun Dragon Cricket, and Shadow Tied Mesmerizing Snake.

The moment the Kill Food Sky Butterfly landed, the Mother of Bloodbath opened its eyes, and it could not contain the excitement in its voice, "The blood energy in my body has reached its full extent. I can't absorb any more blood energy. I can break through to Myth III at any time."

Lin Yuan's face lit up before he said with a hint of worry, "Hold it off for now. I will find you a good place to go through the breakthrough once I'm done with what I have to do."

The Mother of Bloodbath breaking through to Myth III was a big deal to Lin Yuan. This not only concerned whether the Mother of Bloodbath would be able to evolve to a Heavenly Family Fey but also the safety of its life.

If the Mother of Bloodbath failed to evolve and awaken its Sky Sundial Jade Spider bloodline, it could die from the impact. Hence, Lin Yuan had to be extremely careful about the Mother of Bloodbath's evolution.

After the Kill Food Sky Butterfly landed on the ground, it did not return to the marsh world. Instead, Lin Yuan sent it to the Spirit Guards branch with Liu Jie.

This was to protect Liu Jie's safety, and so that the Kill Food Sky Butterfly could act as Lin Yuan's representative in matters that he could not attend to himself.

Qi Heng had finished speaking to the Captain of the Raging Waves Guards.

Since the Sea Bliss Clan was a native faction from Raging Waves City, Raging Waves City cared significantly about the blood pact ultimate fight between the Sea Bliss Clan and Connected Beast Park. This was because it concerned a large chunk of Raging Waves City's resources.

Hence, the Captain of the Raging Waves Guards immediately agreed to Qi Heng's request to meet. However, the dimensional rift's active period had just ended, and the Captain had too many things on his plate. As such, he asked to meet Qi Heng at the area where he was currently working.

Qi Heng walked ahead to lead the way while Lin Yuan and the Mother of Bloodbath followed him. Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

Along the way, they admired Raging Waves City's scenery while listening to Qi Heng talk about the situation in Raging Waves City.

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Previously, Lin Yuan had gained benefits from working with the Captain of the Indigo Azure Guard and the City Lord of Ascending Dragon City.

Given that Raging Waves City was deemed 'the number one seaside city', its resources were much more bountiful than that of Indigo Azure City.

In order to increase their defenses and protect themselves against sea beasts, Raging Waves City invested a large number of resources into the Raging Waves Guard every year.

A large portion of the invested resources went toward hiring Creation Masters. Although the Radiance Federation had many more Creation Masters than other federations and only the Freedom Federation came close to matching the quantity, this did not mean that the Radiance Federation had no lack of Creation Master resources.

The number of people in the Radiance Federation to the number of Creation Masters was disproportionate.

Moreover, Creation Masters were often employed by the major factions. The Creation Masters that were employed only worked for that one faction. Hence, the tightly-stretched Creation Master resources only became more scarce.

The major factions were constantly competing against each other as they developed. As such, they did everything they could to swallow up all the Creation Master resources available on the market.

Lin Yuan also wanted to ask the Captain of the Raging Waves Guard if he was willing to work together. Lin Yuan would provide the Raging Waves Guard Captain with Creation Master resources in return for items that Lin Yuan needed. It was a win-win deal.

It did not take long for Qi Heng to lead Lin Yuan and the Mother of Bloodbath to the residence of Raging Waves City's City Lord. The Raging Waves Guard Captain was working directly beside the City Lord's residence.

Before arriving at the entrance, Lin Yuan spotted a tall, skinny man striding out. He smiled broadly and said with a deep laugh, "Qi Heng, congratulations on the Sea Bliss Clan's win in the blood pact ultimate fight. Do you plan on transferring Connected Beast Park's resources to Raging Waves City?"

Qi Heng had been gleeful thinking about the confrontation between the City Lord of Sky City and An He.

However, when he heard what the tall and skinny man said, Qi Heng's face immediately fell.

He sure knows how to rub my nose in it! I would love to transfer Connected Beast Park's resources to Raging Waves City, but it will need Sky City's City Lord's approval! All of the Sea Bliss Clan belongs to Sky City now. Sky City might even pull out all of the Sea Bliss Clan's resources from Raging Waves City too.

While the tall and skinny man spoke to Qi Heng, he cast a look at Lin Yuan and the Mother of Bloodbath. His eyes lit up when he saw the masks they were wearing.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan was also sizing up the tall and skinny man. He assumed that this was the Captain of the Raging Waves City Guards.

Through the conversation between the Raging Waves Guard Captain and Qi Heng, Lin Yuan knew that the Raging Waves Guard Captain really hoped Qi Heng would transfer Connected Beast Park's resources to Raging Waves City. With a large influx of resources, Raging Waves City's progress would be pushed forward.

However, the Captain of the Raging Waves Guards would be sorely disappointed.

Qi Heng hurled insults at the Captain of the Raging Waves City Guards while preparing to introduce Lin Yuan and the Mother of Bloodbath to him.

However, the Raging Waves Guard Captain was one step ahead as he cheerily walked over to Lin Yuan and the Mother of Bloodbath and said, "The two of you must be from Sky City! I heard Feng Dong mention Sky City while on a call with him."

The Raging Waves Guard Captain reached his hand out to Lin Yuan.

When the Raging Waves Guard Captain greeted Lin Yuan in such a friendly manner, Lin Yuan knew that the Raging Waves Guard Captain wanted to strike up a relationship with him.

However, Lin Yuan had no clue who the Feng Dong the Raging Waves Guard Captain was talking about.

When Lin Yuan did not speak after catching the Raging Waves Guard Captain's hand, the Raging Waves Guard Captain immediately realized Lin Yuan might not know who Feng Dong was and hurriedly explained, "Feng Dong is the Indigo Azure Guard Captain. I heard him say that the Indigo Azure Guards have been working together with Sky City to nurture feys."

Lin Yuan smiled and replied, "That's right. Sky City and Indigo Azure City have always worked together to nurture feys. Actually, it's not just with Indigo Azure City. We also work with Ascending Dragon City to nurture feys. But compared to working with factions, we much prefer to work with City Lords. This way, we'll be able to give back to the cities slightly."

While listening to Lin Yuan, Wang Ce also started to grin.

Chapter 1288: Sea Valley Tea

Ever since the City Lord of Raging Waves City handed Wang Ce the job of establishing the Raging Waves Guard three years ago, he had been bothered by the issue of Creation Master resources.

Wang Ce went to the Creation Master Association often to assign jobs and had also recruited some Class 2 and 3 Creation Masters.

However, tens of Class 2 Creation Masters and two Class 3 Creation Masters were not enough.

He occasionally recruited a Class 4 Creation Master, but they demanded such high prices that Wang Ce could not accept it. The Raging Waves Guard needed to be fair when dispensing resources.

During the active period of the dimensional rift, every Raging Waves Guard laid their lives on the line to protect Raging Waves City. Every one of them was a hero who deserved equal credit.

If the Class 4 Creation Masters demanded too high of a price, Wang Ce would be unable to give every Raging Waves Guard a Bronze/Epic fey. This would cause the Bronze/Epic feys to become meaningless.

Biased dispensing of resources would mess up the team. This was a major taboo when leading a team.

Wang Ce also tried seeking out top and veteran factions like Coiling Dragon's Valley and Connected Beast Park, who had Creation Master roles.

However, he once again hit a wall due to the cost.

Not long ago, the Indigo Azure Guard Captain Feng Dong had called and let it slip how the Indigo Azure Guards had been able to produce hundreds of Bronze/Epic Hot Spring Snails during the active period of the dimensional rift.

When Wang Ce threatened to expose Feng Dong's dirty laundry on Star Web, he finally learned about the deal between the Indigo Azure Guard and Sky City.

He also learned that Sky City only needed Law Source Crystals but not Radiance dollars or any other precious resources. This was unsurprising as Indigo Azure City was a large level below Raging Waves City and would not be able to afford resources that Raging Waves City could not afford.

Hence, Wang Ce immediately took the initiative to make Lin Yuan's acquaintance.

...

Lin Yuan guessed what Wang Ce was thinking. This was why he mentioned Sky City working with Indigo Azure City and Ascending Dragon City. He wanted Wang Ce to know that if Raging Waves City was willing, they could also work with Sky City.

Naturally, Wang Ce understood what Lin Yuan meant.

He waved and said, "Valued guests, why don't we head inside to have a taste of Raging Waves City's specialty, Sea Valley Tea?"

Lin Yuan smiled and replied, "I've long heard about the Sea Valley Tea Tree in Furious Raging Sea Gorge. I heard that its taste is marvelous. I must fill my stomach with this new taste!"

The Mother of Bloodbath suddenly appeared next to Lin Yuan. It went wherever Lin Yuan went.

It did not like socializing and had not said a word during the journey.

However, it was a glutton and greatly looked forward to tasting the Sea Valley Tea.

Qi Heng had almost gone pale. He was supposed to be the middleman and had arranged this meeting. Yet, he seemed like an outsider now. He had not said anything after his first statement.

Ever since Wang Ce figured out who Lin Yuan was, he understood why Qi Heng had called to meet.

Although he was the Captain of Raging Waves City's Guards, Qi Heng was a main veteran member of one of Raging Waves City's native factions.

The two of them often met at big events. It was considered gentlemanly for them to help each other out with small favors.

However, they were not close enough for Qi Heng to look for him immediately after the Sea Bliss Clan won the blood pact ultimate fight to share his joy.

Since Sky City had helped the Sea Bliss Clan to win their blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park, the Sea Bliss Clan would have to pay a high price. It was possible that all of the Sea Bliss Clan belonged to Sky City now. Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

Wang Ce wanted to talk about the collaboration with Lin Yuan, but he also wanted to glean information from Lin Yuan to see if he was planning to take all of the Sea Bliss Clan's resources out of Raging Waves City.

If so, Raging Waves City's finances and prosperity would be severely affected.

Given the nature of the Sea Bliss Clan's resources, they would definitely have to be shifted to another seaside city.

Although Raging Waves City was crowned the number one seaside city, other seaside cities like Sea City and Icy Waves City were looming in the shadows.

If the Sea Bliss Clan's resources were transplanted into Sea City or Icy Waves City, Raging Waves City could lose its title.

This was the last thing that Wang Ce wanted.

Just as Qi Heng was about to step into the house as well, the Mother of Bloodbath turned and obstructed his path.

It pointed at an area not far off where some Raging Waves Guards were training and said, "Go and stand there. When the City Lord is done with his discussion, I'll come and fetch you. Don't run off, and don't call anyone to leak any news. I will be watching you."

With a wave of the Mother of Bloodbath's hand, a fingernail-sized red crystal spider landed on Qi Heng's head.

Qi Heng trembled with anger, but he was helpless.

As a pinnacle emperor-class expert, he was much stronger than the Mother of Bloodbath. But he had no choice but to listen to what it said and even kept the red crystal spider on his head.

However, at the thought of the impending clash between Sky City and An He, all of Qi Heng's anger vanished.

Inside the house, Wang Ce warmly invited Lin Yuan and the Mother of Bloodbath to sit.

He took out two cups carved from Freezing Shells and poured freshly brewed Sea Valley Tea into them while saying to Lin Yuan and the Mother of Bloodbath, "Freezing Shell cups are best suited for Sea Valley Tea. It can cool down the Sea Valley Tea quickly, but the cold taste won't result in freezing either. The Sea Valley Tea has a slight odor to it, but it also has the freshness of seagrass. After drinking the tea, the cooling taste will start to rise, but it will also be sweet at the same time. Have a taste."

The Mother of Bloodbath took a tentative sip, and its eyes immediately lit up.

The taste of the Sea Valley Tea pleased the Mother of Bloodbath greatly, and it quickly took more gulps.

After drinking the Sea Valley Tea, Lin Yuan agreed that it had a pleasing taste, but it was so fresh that he felt as though he was drinking vegetable soup.

Chapter 1289: The Third World About to be Built By the Radiance Federation

Lin Yuan preferred the faint bitterness of the Three Treasures Tea over the freshness of the Sea Valley Tea. Both were sweet, but the bitterness of the Three Treasures Tea contrasted against its sweetness. This gave the Three Treasures Tea an even more complex flavor.

Since it did not suit Lin Yuan's taste, he set the Freezing Shell cup down on the table after one sip.

Wang Ce started to talk about the main topic.

"I heard from Feng Dong that Sky City asked the Indigo Azure Guard for Law Source Crystals in exchange for the Bronze/Epic Hot Spring Snails. Was he lying to me?"

Wang Ce held his breath while he spoke.

Lin Yuan did not expect Feng Dong to tell Wang Ce about this. It seemed that they were on very good terms. Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

Lin Yuan did not have any reason to hide this.

Although he had no lack of Law Source Crystals now, the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen would eventually run out given the rate that it absorbed them.

Law Source Crystals were useless to others but exceedingly precious to Lin Yuan. If it was possible, he preferred to trade for Law Source Crystals over other resources.

"Sky City did trade for Law Source Crystals with Indigo Azure City. The rate we used was 5 Law Source Crystals for 1 Bronze/Epic fey. If Raging Waves City wants to trade with Sky City, I can offer the same rate."

Wang Ce was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I would like to trade for 1,000 Law Source Crystals with Sky City."

He flipped over his hand, and a purplish-black shell covered with spikes appeared in his hand.

Wang Ce gave the shell to Lin Yuan and said, "This is the Steel Spike Iron Oyster which is the standard fey of the Raging Waves Guard. I'll order someone to gather 200 Steel Spike Iron Oysters now.

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"I hope that Sky City will be able to nurture them as soon as possible. I'm not trying to rush you, but our losses during the dimensional rift's active period were too heavy.

"Moreover, the imperial court just ordered the 36 cities to use our own resources to build the main cities within the abyssal world when the Class 6 abyss rift opens. Without the high-quality Bronze Steel Spike Iron Oysters, we will suffer even more losses while building the main city within the abyssal world. As the Captain of the Raging Waves Guard, I don't want to see my brothers fall right before my eyes."

His eyes and face flushed. Evidently, emotional ties were important to him.

There was no reason for Lin Yuan not to agree to Wang Ce's request.

He only needed a few minutes to evolve a Bronze/Epic fey in the Spirit Lock spatial zone. He would be doing a good deed if he could help the Raging Waves Guard to reduce their losses.

"I will try to finish the order as soon as possible. Sky City's Creation Master resources have been idle for some time. Hence, we accumulated a large number of spirit fluids. If I use them, I'll be able to finish the order in ten days.

"Besides quickly nurturing the Steel Spike Iron Oysters, I can also evolve all of them to Elite/Epic and choose their exclusive skill. However, the choices might not be suitable for combat. Hence, you can give me some Steel Spike Iron Oysters that have already chosen their Bronze exclusive skill?"

Wang Ce immediately looked touched.

Lin Yuan's words had all been spoken in consideration of the Raging Waves Guard, and this left a good impression on Wang Ce. But at the same time, he was silently shocked by what Lin Yuan had said.

What did he mean by Sky City's Creation Master resources had been idle for some time? Is it even possible for Creation Master resources to be idle?

Sky City was also working with Indigo Azure City and Ascending City, which were both large cities. Sky City seemed to have even more Creation Master resources than Wang Ce had initially thought. He was intent on cementing a good relationship with them.

When they started building the main city in the abyssal world, Raging Waves City would often require Sky City's Creation Master resources. It was even possible that Raging Waves City could use Sky City's Creation Master resources to gain a step ahead and earn the praise of the members of royalty. This could enable Raging Waves City to obtain even more resources from the members of royalty.

"I would like to thank Sky City on behalf of all my brothers of the Raging Waves Guard. I shall replace wine with tea and toast to you."

Wang Ce downed his cup of Sea Valley Tea.

Although Lin Yuan did not fancy the Sea Valley Tea, he hurriedly followed suit.

The Mother of Bloodbath also raised its cup but realized that it was empty. There was nothing for it to drink.

When Lin Yuan finished his cup of Sea Valley Tea, Wang Ce guffawed and said, "Great pride! Wait for me here, and I'll go and fetch the Steel Spike Iron Oysters."

Lin Yuan nodded.

He had been thinking about what Wang Ce said about the imperial court ordering every major city to build their main city in the abyssal world.

This was the first time that Lin Yuan heard about this, but it also allowed him to understand how determined the members of royalty were about venturing into the abyssal world.

Once the 36 major cities were built in the abyssal world, it would be as though a copy of the Radiance Federation had popped up in the abyssal world.

The abyssal world would become the third version of the Radiance Federation after Star Web.

Lin Yuan saw a huge business opportunity in this.

A Class 1 abyss dimensional rift could reach temperatures of up to 40 degrees. A Class 3 dimensional rift could commonly reach temperatures of up to 50 degrees. As such, the temperature in the abyssal world had to be even higher.

As such, the first problem that spirit qi professionals would have to face in order to live in the abyssal world was the high temperatures.

It was likely that the imperial court had only given out this order recently, and news had not reached the major factions.

But regardless, the price of ice-type feys was already skyrocketing.

For example, the Ice Crystal Grass, which used to cost 300 Federation dollars, now cost 2,400 Federation dollars. The cost had inflated by eight times.

The price of the ice-type feys that had a small capacity to affect their environment had increased by 15 times.

Lin Yuan had never thought about doing business in this area before. But if the abyssal world truly became the third world of the Radiance Federation, the price of the ice-type feys would only continue to shoot upward.

Chapter 1290: Start of Plan 4.0 to Change Iron Bucket Sister

Lin Yuan decided to try and see if he could use the Spirit Lock spatial zone to nurture a fey that would be suited to the abyssal world's environment, did not require maintenance, and would be able to change the abyssal world's environment to a large extent.

Since Wang Ce had not returned, Lin Yuan lowered his head and started to study the Steel Spike Iron Oyster.

Since the Raging Waves Guard had chosen it, it had to have impressive defense-type skills.

Lin Yuan used Morbius to check on the Steel Spike Iron Oyster, and he was delighted to see that it suited Chu Ci's current fey system well.

The Steel Spike Iron Oyster's Normal abilities Iron Thorn Cross had a similar effect to the Yellow Jadeite Golden Butterfly's Counterattack Tremor. The difference was that Counterattack Tremor would reflect a portion of the damage sustained to the shield regardless of whether it was magical or physical damage.

However, Iron Thorn Cross would shoot out many iron thorns while holding out against the damage. When the iron thorns made contact with a friendly target, it would cause the target's bloodthirst level to rise. But if it made contact with an enemy target, it would become even sharper, resulting in even more serious damage.

This meant that if the Steel Spike Iron Oyster used Iron Thorn Cross on a target, it would also cause added effects to surrounding targets, and friendly targets would benefit from being attacked.

Iron Thorn Cross was enough to qualify the Steel Spike Iron Oyster to join Chu Ci's fey team. It would fortify Chu Ci's defensive ability while pushing forward the Iron Bucket plan.

With the Steel Spike Iron Oyster, Lin Yuan felt that he would be able to start Plan 4.0 to turn his sister into an iron bucket.

Since Lin Yuan had sealed such a large deal with the Raging Waves Guard, he was certain that Wang Ce would not turn him down if he asked for one Bronze Steel Spike Iron Oyster.

At that moment, Wang Ce returned holding a Gold fey storage box.

"There are 200 Steel Spike Iron Oysters in here. 100 of them are Bronze grade while the other 100 are Normal quality and Elite quality."

Wang Ce smiled sincerely and added, "All the Creation Masters who worked for the Raging Waves Guard had invested their efforts into evolving fey grades and qualities. It's inevitable for the Raging Waves Guard to run into danger while out on assignment. The feys whose roots are injured also need a large amount of Creation Master resources to heal them. There are only 100 Bronze Steel Thorn Iron Oysters, but they are our treasures. All of them are equipped with an exclusive skill that's suited for external terrain combat."

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Lin Yuan received the fey storage box and looked through the box. He saw that all the Steel Spike Iron Oysters were truly exceptional.

With Iron Thorn Cross, they could produce above-average defensive skills. This would enable them to return damage to their attackers even if their defense fell short while still aiding their teammates.

At that moment, Lin Yuan noticed a purple-pink Steel Spike Iron Oyster amongst the sea of purple and black. It was considerably more ostentatious than the other Steel Spike Iron Oysters.

Additionally, it was not a mix of pink and purple but a gradient from pink to purple where the colors slowly became lighter from the outside in. This made the Steel Spike Iron Oyster appear mystical.

The black and purple Steel Spike Iron Oysters looked like coarsely dressed middle-aged women, while the pink and purple gradient Steel Spike Iron Oyster looked like a little princess dressed in a flowing skirt.

Lin Yuan flipped over his hand and plucked out the pink and purple Steel Spike Iron Oyster before using True Data to check on it.

[Fey Name: Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

[Fey Species: Folded-shell/Steel-shell

[Fey Grade: Bronze (4/10)

[Fey Type: Water/Spiritual

[Fey Quality: Elite

Abilities:

[Iron Thorn Cross: Add a shield to protect targets while shooting out many iron thorns. When the iron thorns make contact with friendly targets, their bloodthirst will be raised. When they make contact with enemy targets, the targets will feel affection, and their desire to battle will be lowered.

[Bubble Crystal Shield: Rapidly shoot out bubbles from within the shell. The bubbles can form a shield as a final attempt to hold off damage or aid when the target's defensive abilities are falling.

Exclusive Skill:

[Tool Transformation: Capable of transforming into a tool for the contractor to use.

Lin Yuan was overcome with excitement when he saw the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's True Data. It basically had Chu Ci's name written all over it.

Compared to the Steel Spike Iron Oyster, the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's Iron Thorn Cross was different.

The Steel Spike Iron Oyster's Iron Thorn Cross would result in damage to a certain area. This would be very useful in a low-grade fight. But in a high-grade fight, the effects would not be as impactful as feys that excelled in defense would be able to overcome the attacks easily.

On the other hand, the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's Iron Thorn Cross' area of attack had a mesmerizing effect instead.

The stronger Lin Yuan became, the more he understood the importance of willpower during combat. Those with stronger combat willpower were able to create miracles that those who were weaker could not.

However, the difference in Iron Thorn Cross was not the only reason Lin Yuan felt that it suited Chu Ci.

Bubble Crystal Shield was practically made for Chu Ci's battle system.

Chu Ci's Burning Sunflower Twins and Obsidian Iron Wild Bull were not defense feys in the traditional sense.

The only fey in Chu Ci's team that could produce a shield was the Yellow Jadeite Golden Butterfly. Moreover, its shield only covered individuals.

The Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's Bubble Crystal Shield would improve the shielding of Chu Ci's team. She would no longer have to specialize in one-on-one combat. Rather, she would gain a team protection ability that defense spirit qi professionals needed.

When Bubble Crystal Shield was used with the Yellow Jadeite Golden Butterfly's Explosive Shield Counterattack, it would produce a magnified killing effect as Bubble Crystal Shield would not only be able to protect many targets but also be stacked in front of an individual.

Chapter 1291: Little Princess' Dream Weapon

If many layers of bubbles could be stacked in front of one target, they could still produce serious reflective damage.

However, Tool Transformation was a pain in the neck as too many outstanding feys had fallen because they chose Tool Transformation as their exclusive skill.

As such, Lin Yuan wanted to ask Wang Ce what the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster could transform into.

While Lin Yuan was studying the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster, Wang Ce could tell that Lin Yuan was interested in it.

Before Lin Yuan could ask, Wang Ce knocked on the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's shell and said, "Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster, use Tool Transformation."

The Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster had been nurtured a long time ago but had always remained in the Raging Waves Guard's storage.

Although Wang Ce was not a Creation Master and had not nurtured the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster personally, he had personally fed all the Steel Spike Iron Oysters in the fey storage box, including the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster.

Hence, the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster listened to him despite him not being its contractor.

However, it decided to defy him now. It snapped its shell a few times in Lin Yuan's hand.

Wang Ce was embarrassed as he did not expect the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster to disobey him right in front of Lin Yuan.

How humiliating!

Wang Ce could easily kill the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster, but he could not force it to use Tool Transformation if it was unwilling.

He scratched his head and said, "When the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster was just nurtured, we tested its Normal and Elite quality abilities. Its Normal ability is slightly different from that of the other Steel Spike Iron Oysters. Its Elite ability is a group defense ability and is considered rare. It only appears in one out of 5,000 Steel Spike Iron Oysters. However, it is slightly resistant to Tool Transformation. Otherwise, I would have contracted it a year ago."

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Wang Ce looked frustrated. Clearly, he was vexed by the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's Tool Transformation.

When Lin Yuan heard Wang Ce's sigh of lament, his chest panged.

Could the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster really be that resistant to Tool Transformation? If so, Lin Yuan had to think twice about letting Chu Ci contract it, regardless of how much it suited her combat system.

If the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's Tool Transformation was something useless, it would essentially have one less exclusive skill. This would greatly lower its value.

Nonetheless, Lin Yuan decided that he wanted to see for himself what the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's Tool Transformation was.

He faintly activated the spiritual power in his body, and an almost unnoticeable burst of spirit qi flowed from his hand into the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster.

"Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster, use Tool Transformation," ordered Lin Yuan.

The pinkish-purple Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster in his hand started to glow when Lin Yuan spoke.

It started to become narrower and longer until it became an 80-centimeter-long pink and purple sword. Including the hilt, it was exactly a meter long.

The sword was even more beautiful than the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster had been, and the pink-purple gradient of the sword was half-crystallized. The half-crystallized sword also shone with a milky glow that was characteristic of oysters.

The spikes on the shell had turned into markings engraved on the sword.

The sword's hilt curved backward and could protect the wielder's hand well.

Lin Yuan was not the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's contractor and could not wield the sword. But given his knowledge of other feys that had become swords after Tool Transformation, Lin Yuan could be sure that the wielder would be able to use Iron Thorn Cross and Bubble Crystal Shield.

When the sword made contact with a target or was used to defend against damage, Iron Thorn Cross would be used automatically.

Lin Yuan felt a mix of emotions as he looked at the sword in his hand.

Wang Ce's words had made Lin Yuan lose hope in the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster. But now that he was looking at the sword that the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster had transformed into, he felt that its Tool Transformation complemented Chu Ci well.

Chu Ci had been practicing swordwork for half a year out of interest.

At the Allstar Match, Chu Ci had used her sword to produce Explosive Shield Counterattack and defeated Dragon Gate Guild Club's Chen Hongfeng.

But on the other hand, Lin Yuan wanted to find a solely defense-type fey for Chu Ci. However, the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster could enable Chu Ci to compete in close-combat battles.

It seemed that Chu Ci was only going to become more impulsive. Hence, Lin Yuan felt that his Plan 4.0 to turn his sister into an iron bucket had run into bumps not long after it started.

Lin Yuan silently came up with Plan 5.0. Under Plan 5.0, he was determined to iron out her impulsive personality. Visitt nov𝒆lbin.c𝒐/m for the l𝒂test updates

While encouraging Chu Ci's impulsivity, the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster also raised the overall attractiveness of Chu Ci's feys.

When Chu Ci used the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's sword during the S Tournament or the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection, she would be able to rid herself of the nickname 'Princess Iron Bull,' which had never sat right with Lin Yuan.

At that moment, Wang Ce said with shock, "Wow! The Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster is very stubborn. It will never do anything that goes against its wishes. Why is it so obedient to you? It used Tool Transformation just because you told it to!"

Wang Ce had identified Lin Yuan as the City Lord of Sky City immediately from his mask.

He had guessed that Lin Yuan could be a Creation Master. But even if he was, he would have to use spirit fluid to coax positive feelings from a fey in order to get it to submit. However, Lin Yuan had not taken out anything. In fact, he had barely moved.

Thus, why did the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster listen to Lin Yuan's order?

Since Lin Yuan had decided to allow Chu Ci to contract the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster, he would have to obtain it from Wang Ce first.

"Perhaps this little thing is fated with me. I really like it too. Is it possible for me to trade for it with you?"

Lin Yuan's words gave Wang Ce pause.

Chapter 1292: I'm Giving You a Warning

The Steel Spike Iron Oyster was the standard fey of the Raging Waves Guard, while the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster was the only known mutation of the Steel Spike Iron Oyster.

Although the sword that the Steel Spike Iron Oyster never suited Wang Ce, he never thought about trading it away.

When Wang Ce's expression soured, Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "The sword that the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster transforms into doesn't suit traditional defense-type spirit qi professionals. It goes against the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster's usual role as a defense-type fey.

"All the Raging Waves Guards are hot-blooded men, and very few of them are willing to wield such a sword. How about this? Sky City will provide the Raging Waves Guard with another ten Bronze/Epic Steel Spike Iron Oysters for free in exchange for this Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster. What do you think?"

Lin Yuan had said what he said to strike a chord with Wang Ce before stating his true intention.

He felt that ten Bronze/Epic Steel Spike Iron Oysters were enough to trade for the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster.

All of Wang Ce's hesitation was wiped off his face, and he replied, "Deal. If you can nurture 210 Bronze/Epic Steel Spike Iron Oysters for the Raging Waves Guard, the Pink Piercing Crystal Oyster will be yours." Reêad latest 𝒏ov𝒆ls at n𝒐𝒐v/e/l/bi𝒏.com

Wang Ce immediately drafted the contract. While he was drafting it, he asked Lin Yuan nonchalantly, "Let's move on from work. I haven't asked you and Qi Heng why you're here. If you need my help, you only need to say the word."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "The Sea Bliss Clan will give all of their resources to Sky City. We came to collect."

Wang Ce's chest panged. He did not expect his guess to be right. He gathered his thoughts before saying, "It'll be easy to collect the resources. But I wonder what Sky City plans to do once you collect the Sea Bliss Clan's resources?

"If Sky City would like to invest some of the resources into Raging Waves City, I can communicate with the higher-ups and try to gain more benefits for Sky City to help with your development.

"70 leagues away from the islands that the Sea Bliss Clan bought, there's an even larger island. The Sea Bliss Clan didn't have the means to buy that island. If Sky City is interested and decides to invest resources into Raging Waves City, I can guarantee you a 30% discount. After Sky City purchases the island, I will make sure to dispatch Raging Waves Guards to patrol the area. If a water world dimensional rift opens up there, they will take care of it."

Lin Yuan immediately realized what Wang Ce's worries were.

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If no faction bought the island, it would belong to Raging Waves City. To a seaside city like Raging Waves City, the island was just a huge expense that they would not mind selling off.

Wang Ce was offering to lower the price and had promised many added benefits to find out if Lin Yuan would pull the Sea Bliss Clan's resources out of Raging Waves City.

Lin Yuan had long decided to hand over the Sea Bliss Clan's resources to Gao Feng.

Lin Yuan and Gao Feng held equal shares of Gao Feng's faction.

If Lin Yuan gave the Sea Bliss Clan's resources to Gao Feng, he would not have to worry about them or have to assign anyone to handle them. All he had to do was sit back and wait to collect the harvests.

Lin Yuan had not discussed with Gao Feng how they were going to develop the Sea Bliss Clan. However, he felt that Gao Feng would not pull out the Sea Bliss Clan's resources from Raging Waves City.

Wind Mist City was one of the less illustrious cities of the 36 major cities. The only top faction there was the Gao family.

The Gao family took up half of Wind Mist City's sea resources and was at the top of the food chain there. It could be said that the Gao family had developed to their full extent in Wind Mist City.

If the Sea Bliss Clan's resources were moved to Wind Mist City, Gao Feng would be using the Sea Bliss Clan's resources to compete with his own family's resources. This would negatively impact both sides.

Thus, Raging Waves City would definitely be the best stepping stone for Gao Feng.

After Wang Ce made his proposal, he started to observe Lin Yuan carefully.

When Lin Yuan did not immediately look convinced, Wang Ce became uneased.

Just as Wang Ce was about to ask again, Lin Yuan said, "Sky City won't handle the Sea Bliss Clan in the future. I can't give you a definite answer."

Wang Ce immediately became anxious.

Lin Yuan went on to say, "Have you heard of the Young Leader of Wind Mist City's Gao family, Gao Feng?"

Wang Ce was stunned and did not understand what Lin Yuan meant. What did this have to do with Gao Feng?

Gao Feng's name was famous amongst the major factions and City Lords.

He had been accepted to become Cicada Song's disciple right in front of all the main members of the major factions at the Guard Ye Banquet.

After the incident, every faction was dying to curry favor with the Gao family.

Neither Gao Feng nor the Gao family were secretive about Gao Feng being accepted as Cicada Song's disciple. Hence, the news spread far and wide.

Under normal circumstances, rising factions had no right to learn about any members of royalty who had accepted disciples.

However, the Gao family had been so open about it that even rising factions had heard about it.

Although Cicada Song did not hold the disciple-acceptance ritual after the Guard Ye Banquet, nor did he tell the 36 City Lords about his decision, Cicada Song had jurisdiction over all the 36 City Lords. As such, they all privately tried their best to learn as much about Cicada Song as possible.

Since Wang Ce was the Captain of the Raging Waves Guard and was second in position in Raging Waves City after the City Lord, he also knew all about Gao Feng.

Could Gao Feng be the one who would take over the Sea Bliss Clan? But if that was the case, why was Sky City the one to handle the takeover? Could Sky City be connected to Gao Feng?

This thought made Wang Ce's throat close.

A moment later, he made a noise of acknowledgment.

From Wang Ce's expression, Lin Yuan knew that Wang Ce was aware of Gao Feng being the disciple of a member of royalty. As such, there was no need for further explanation.

Lin Yuan wrote down Gao Feng's number and gave it to Wang Ce before saying, "This is Gao Feng's number. Over the next few days, I will be handling some business on the Sea Bliss Clan's islands. There will be some repercussions. I've already notified the Spirit Guards branch in Raging Waves City, and they will protect Raging Waves City. I'm just giving you a warning."

Chapter 1293: You'll Definitely Die

Lin Yuan paused for a moment before adding, "I hope that no matter what happens the next few days, the Raging Waves Guard will ignore everything that happens on the islands." Expplôre 𝒖ptod𝒂te stories at no/𝒗el/bin.c𝒐m

Wang Ce immediately became anxious. He never imagined that he would have the chance to be in contact with Cicada Song's disciple. Additionally, he was shocked by what Lin Yuan said about the possibility of there being an event that could shake up Raging Waves City happening sometime over the next few days.

The Sea Bliss Clan's islands were the furthest islands within Raging Waves City's boundaries as they were about 800 leagues apart. With such a distance between them, the event had to be tremendous in order for its effects to be felt in Raging Waves City.

But at the same time, Wang Ce was also shocked that Sky City could order the people from the Spirit Guards around with one letter. The Guard Envoy was not even obligated to help when Raging Waves City's City Lord personally went to make the request.

The Guard Envoys reported to the Chief Guard directly. There were even some of them who did not have to heed the words of Chief Guard's left and right-hand men. Raging Waves City's Guard Envoy was one of them.

Apparently, Sky City had not only ties to Gao Feng but also the Spirit Guards.

This meant that Sky City, which was currently the center of all conversation, actually already had the support of two members of royalty. It was hard not to be intimidated by such a faction.

Wang Ce nodded, saying, "I will work with the Spirit Guards. If whatever Sky City does on the island causes too large of a commotion and threatens Raging Waves City's safety, you will have to provide us with an explanation afterward."

Lin Yuan replied solemnly, "I only informed the Spirit Guards as a warning. Threatening the safety of the people within Raging Waves City is a line I won't cross."

He had instructed Red Thorn to inform White Speak so as to prepare stronger power to stand toe to toe against the sea-clan experts and An He's experts, but also to make sure the effects were contained for the safety of Raging Waves City.

After settling the deal with Wang Ce and completing the handover of the Sea Bliss Clan's resources, Lin Yuan prepared to leave to meet up with Liu Jie and the Kill Food Sky Butterfly.

Once they stepped out the door, the Mother of Bloodbath asked Lin Yuan, "City Lord, now that the matter is settled, we no longer have any use for Qi Heng. What do you plan to do with him?"

Lin Yuan followed the Mother of Bloodbath to the statuesque Qi Heng standing on the training ground and said, "Mother of Bloodbath, tell Qi Heng to return to the Royal Capital to clean up the mess that is the Sea Bliss Clan. Tell him the 5,000,000 Radiance dollars are waiting for him once he's done."

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The Mother of Bloodbath flashed itself next to Qi Heng and said, "Your involvement will end here. Return to the Royal Capital now. I won't recall the red crystal spider on your shoulder, so I can use it to continue to keep a close eye on you. After you're done cleaning up the mess of resources, throw out all nasty ideas brewing in your head."

It flashed itself back to Lin Yuan's side, and they left together.

Qi Heng's expression was extremely sour, but he was completely helpless. All he could do was scuttle back to the Royal Capital.

He was disappointed that he would not be able to watch the clash between Sky City's City Lord and An He.

He thought,?No matter how strong Sky City is, you'll definitely die after clashing against the disciple of a member of royalty.

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As the clouds lazily sailed by the faintly red sunset, seven rays of light shone through. When one followed the light, they would trace back to an exceptionally extravagant fey carriage.

This fey carriage looked like a temple. The shape of the fey carriage was unusual. However, the most shocking part was that there were seven lanterns in front of the carriage.

If one took a closer look at the lanterns, one would realize that they were each lit with a thousand fireflies. Evidently, each of the seven lanterns contained 1,000 firefly-type feys.

A young man with mid-length hair toyed with a ball of rainbow light within the fey carriage.

His eyes were as sharp as a falcon, but the mole under his right eye softened his gaze.

Two middle-aged men were sitting next to this young man. There was also an elderly man standing behind the young man.

The elderly man's eyes were half-closed, but he kept his aura locked around the young man.

Although the elderly man was not seated, the two middle-aged men were very respectful toward him. One of the middle-aged men looked at the smiling young man and said, "Young Building Lord, this fight between you and Gu Lang didn't even last ten minutes. You'll definitely be able to clinch one of the top three places in the Radiance Envoy selection that's happening two years later."

Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, the young man shot him a glare and flipped over his hand to store the rainbow light inside the lantern-shaped bangle around his wrist.

"Uncle Cheng, I told you many times not to call me Young Building Lord. Senior Brother is the rightful Young Building Lord. By calling me that, you're disrespecting him.

"Gu Lang didn't go all out during our fight. He only used the Cuttlefish of Days Past. He didn't use his fey with the Barren bloodline nor his sacred source lifeform. His fey with the Barren bloodline is stronger than the Cuttlefish of Days Past. His true strength is unleashed when he uses his sacred source lifeform to support his fey with the Barren bloodline to produce explosive power. Since he didn't use his true power, there's nothing for me to be happy about over winning the fight," snarled the young man.

The middle-aged addressed as Uncle Cheng smiled ruefully while forcing down his vexation.

Why can't I remember to call him Young Lord He? He has needled me at least 20 times about not calling him Young Building Lord. With my lousy memory, it's no wonder that he doesn't like me. Why can't I improve my memory? Can anyone teach me how to filter my words before I say them out?

The other middle-aged man looked out at the scene outside of the fey carriage before checking the time and saying to An He, "Young Lord He, we're going to reach Raging Waves City in a few hours."

Chapter 1294: Disciple of Royalty: An He

"However, the large whale fall occurred within Raging Waves City's territory. Should we notify the City Lord of Raging Waves City first?"

An He picked up a fruit from the table and took a bite before replying, "Uncle Jiang, isn't the whale fall below the Sea Bliss Clan's island? Since the Sea Bliss Clan bought the island, it has nothing to do with Raging Waves City anymore. We don't have to notify Raging Waves City's City Lord.

"Uncle Cheng, Uncle Jiang, there should be several people from your Five Thearch Soldiers who are stationed on the Sea Bliss Clan's islands. Go and contact them. If anyone from the Sea Bliss Clan is on the islands, I'll discuss trade with them first. If none of them is on the islands, we can go and take over the whale fall without any trouble.

"It's not like the Sea Bliss Clan has the ability to hold out against the sea-clan experts. Since they already made a deal with the sea-clan experts not to touch the whale fall, what's wrong with us laying a hand on it?"

Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang were stumped by what An He said.

What logic was this?

Although he technically was not wrong, the Sea Bliss Clan had gone through the official channels of Raging Waves City's City Lord and the Spirit Guards when they bought the islands.

Cicada Song and Night Leaning Moon would definitely hear of it if they truly started fighting over the whale fall.

Cicada Song was on good terms with Long Lamplight and would probably keep one eye closed for Long Lamplight's sake if he heard of the commotion.

However, Night Leaning Moon and Long Lamplight had always gotten along as well as water and fire. They never even bothered to offer each other pleasantries in the imperial court. Hence, if Night Leaning Moon found out about the matter, she would relentlessly sink her teeth into it.

Nonetheless, Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang knew about An He's temperament. He would not listen even if they tried to persuade him now. As such, they decided to find another way to convince him.

Otherwise, if the matter truly blew up and Long Lamplight returned to the Bright Light Building, he would spare the rod for An He, whom he adored but make sure that Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang were taught a lesson they would not soon forget.

"We heard about the whale fall from our subordinates. They did not manage to learn about its exact scale. If it's also the burial ground of old whales on top of one large whale, sea kings will definitely be amongst the sea-clan experts that have come forward to protect it. The sea kings have Immortal power. Due to their environment, they become much stronger.

"Young Lord He, if you plan on using the whale fall to temper your sacred source lifeform, it will affect the formation of the Island Whale embryo. I'm afraid that if the sea kings are riled up, they'll be able to use the power of the four seas to threaten the safety of the far-off Raging Waves City," said Sun Jiang.

An He acted in a cavalier manner. He tossed the spirit fruit seed into the trash and said, "Regardless of whether it's a burial ground for the Island Whales, I'm not worried even if it attracts sea kings. Grandfather Gu will handle it. With him around, the sea kings won't have any chance to summon any tsunamis. Unless any of the sea kings have power that exceeds pinnacle Immortal, I will definitely make the whale fall mine!

"I'm going to use it to temper my sacred source lifeform. At the very most, the newest formed Island Whale embryos will fail to be formed. The sea-clan experts only care about whether the Island Whales will hatch but not if the Island Whales will fall under anyone's control. As long as I promise to protect the whale fall and allow the Island Whale embryos to hatch, I'm sure the sea-clan experts won't oppose me."

The elderly man behind An He opened his eyes and said, "Young Lord He, when we arrive on the island, I will seek out the strongest sea-clan expert protecting the whale fall and have a talk with them. You can focus on tempering your sacred source lifeform. If you can evolve your sacred source lifeform to 4 Stars and enable it to gain its second ability before Lord Long Lamplight returns, I'm sure it will please him."

After hearing what An He and the Path Protector that Long Lamplight assigned to watch over An He said, Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang knew there was no choice trying to step on the brakes.

The Sea Bliss Clan had won the blood pact ultimate fight against Connected Beast Park with Sky City's help.

There was no way that Sky City had helped the Sea Bliss Clan out of the goodness of their heart. It was all but certain that the Sea Bliss Clan had offered Sky City significant benefits.

Thus, the question was, did the Sea Bliss Clan tell Sky City about the large whale fall? If they did, Sky City would definitely be unable to resist the allure of the whale fall and come forward to participate in the fight for it.

Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang had personally witnessed the blood pact ultimate fight between Sky City and the blood pact ultimate fight. As such, the two of them were certain that Sky City had to possess thearch-class combat power at the very least.

When Miao Zhenshan did not cause trouble after rushing to the scene, it indicated that the hidden expert from Sky City was more powerful than Miao Zhenshan.

Sky City was a mysterious faction that seemed to have popped out of thin air. They not only had a mountain of Creation Master resources that enabled them to produce a Bronze/Epic fey per day but also the combat power of a top faction.

Given how deeply mysterious Sky City was, it was not unlikely that they had an Immortal expert amongst their ranks.

If they did have an Immortal expert fighting for them from the shadows, it would cause trouble for An He.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Cheng decided to give An He a warning.

"Young Lord He, have you heard of Sky City?"

An He tossed a grape into his mouth in annoyance while shaking his head.

This made Zhang Cheng feel very awkward.

Since An He did not know of Sky City, Zhang Cheng was momentarily at a loss about how he should start telling An He about Sky City.

When Zhang Cheng mentioned Sky City, the elderly man behind An He frowned slightly and said to An He in an austere tone, "I talked about Sky City with Lord Long Lamplight some time ago. I wouldn't have thought about it if Zhang Cheng didn't mention it. Young Lord He, you best be prepared. Sky City could rise and cause trouble during the matter of the whale fall."

An He spat out the grape seeds irritatedly and said, "Grandfather Gu, you know I don't like to go onto Star Web. I haven't logged in ever since I competed and made my way into the Celestial Stairway Hall. What is Sky City? Who will tell me about it?"

Chapter 1295: The Queen's New Changes

The elderly man knew that An He would ask about this.

Amongst all the young men of the younger generation, An He was the most conservative of them all. He did not go onto Star Web, visit forums, or even use his phone.

When he was at the Bright Light Building, he remained there for two years straight without leaving. It was only half a year ago when Long Lamplight decided that An He needed character building that he left to forge his own path instead of continuing to be cooped up in the Bright Light Building.

After listening to Long Lamplight mention the rising factions that had cropped up over the last year and the names of the disciples that the Moon Empress, Chief Guard Ye, and Cicada Song once, An He soon forgot all of them.

Long Lamplight had wanted to take An He to the Guard Ye Banquet as he was the right age to participate in the Martial Arts Stage. However, when he returned to the Bright Light Building after training for a few months, An He had obstinately refused to move or leave to attend the Guard Ye Banquet. In the end, he refused to go with Long Lamplight.

It was due to this reason that Long Lamplight, who always indulged An He, became determined to iron out An He's character. After being taught a lesson and training for another few months, An He was kicked out of the Bright Light Building again.

At first, the elderly man was going to personally tell An He about Sky City. However, Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang took up the mantle instead.

An He listened to them while nodding slightly. He did not puff up his ego as the disciple of a member of royalty and say anything like Sky City was not fit to fight over the whale fall with him.

Instead, he calmly said, "If Sky City truly wants to fight over the whale fall with me, we'll just have to pit our abilities against each other. If Sky City lacks the capability, they will end up paying the price of being pushed aside by me. If Sky City has what it takes to take the whale fall from me, they can go ahead and do so. I can't blame anyone else for my inability."

Perhaps it was because he had eaten too many fruits, but An He's mouth stretched into a yawn.

He gestured to Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang to keep silent before saying to the elderly man behind him, "Grandfather Gu, I'm so sleepy. I want to take a nap. Wake me up when we arrive at the island."

An He closed his eyes while the elderly man behind him pursed his lips.

The elderly man looked at Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang, who dared not utter a word and sighed.

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He had experienced An He's temper when he was woken up. His biggest hobby was sleeping. Whoever woke him up would be served a chilling glower.

The elderly man pointed at Zhang Cheng. When Zhang Cheng looked back at the elderly man, the elderly man pointed at the sleeping An He.

Zhang Cheng immediately understood what the elderly man meant and nodded happily.

An He was ticked off by Zhang Cheng for his slip of the tongue, and he needed to do a good job of getting back into An He's good books when he woke up An He later.

Zhang Cheng pressed his hand to his throat to silently practice the best way to wake An He up.

He was so excitedly caught up in practice that he did not notice the elderly man's apologetic gaze.

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Meanwhile, Lin Yuan was at a hotel in Raging Waves City that Liu Jie and the Kill Food Sky Butterfly had rented.

Lin Yuan had already been in Raging Waves City for two days.

When Lin Yuan met up with Liu Jie and the Kill Food Sky Butterfly two days ago, Liu Jie had ordered the Insect Queen to produce 20 Hurricane Owlet Moths. He instructed them to fly to the Sea Bliss Clan's islands.

The Hurricane Owlet Moths were skilled at controlling the strength of winds and could fly even faster in the wildest air currents. Moreover, each of them was only about the size of a fist and could easily hide as they conducted surveillance on the island.

From Liu Jie's reports, Lin Yuan understood what the humans on the island were doing.

Besides the 2,000 members of the Sea Bliss Clan placed there to nurture the Angelfish of Bliss, there were four king-class experts and one emperor-class expert from the Five Thearch Soldiers.

The emperor-class expert had noticed and killed a few of Liu Jie's Hurricane Owlet Moths.

The Sea Bliss Clan had hired the Five Thearch Soldiers to watch over the island.

The Sea Bliss Clan had definitely informed the Five Thearch Soldiers about their fight with Connected Beast Park. An emperor-class expert would not be enough to protect the island from a secret attack from Connected Beast Park.

Lin Yuan guessed that the thearch-class experts from the Five Thearch Soldiers were not on the island because they had gone to deliver news to Long Lamplight.

It seemed that it was inevitable that Lin Yuan would clash with people from Long Lamplight's party.

Suddenly, the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's voice sounded out in Lin Yuan's head. "Master, I've finished absorbing the Vast Ocean World Crystal."

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up as this was the moment he had been waiting for over the past few days.

He returned to the Spirit Lock spatial zone and summoned the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen.

Lin Yuan noticed that the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen had changed significantly after absorbing the Vast Sea World Crystal. But this time, the changes were not contained to its skirt like before.

Instead, the changes were to the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's general aura.

Ever since the Dark Death Law transformed into the Dark Death World, it took the form of a bat embroidered on the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's skirt.

After the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen absorbed the Vast Sea world crystal, the large whale embroidered on its skirt was enough for Lin Yuan to know that it had perfectly gained control of the Vast Water World.

Compared to the changes to the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's skirt, the change to its aura was more obvious as it had become much more mature than before.

This was not maturity in its looks. Previously, it seemed like a sheltered princess. But now, it seemed more like a princess that had been declared to and was ready to take over the reign and become a queen.

The Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's aura was full of dignified pride, and there was contempt in its gaze.

This indicated that the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen had evolved from 2 Stars to 3 Stars.

Lin Yuan thought,?If the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen continues to evolve at such a rate, will it start to act more and more like a queen?

While Lin Yuan was observing the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen, it said, "Master, I have two things to give you." T/his chapter is updat𝓮d by n𝒐v(ê(l) /m

The Sacred Sword Wielding Queen gave Lin Yuan two light gold crystal items.

Chapter 1296: Sword Skill: Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale

Lin Yuan was unfamiliar with the items that the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen had just handed him, but he knew they were treasures.

These two light gold crystal items were World Crystals that Creation V and above feys would be able to absorb and breakthrough its quality.

The Sacred Sword Wielding Queen waited expectantly to be fed the World Crystals.

Lin Yuan smiled dolefully and handed the Prism Snapping Turtle's World Crystal back to the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen as he said, "Absorb this Simulation World Crystal from the Prism Snapping Turtle next. Once you're done, I'll have you absorb the Scorching Sun World Crystal next. After you absorb the Shadow Tied World Crystal, you can absorb the World Crystal from the Sacred Cure White Deer World Crystal."

The Sacred Sword Wielding Queen did not voice any opinion and delightedly received the Simulation World Crystal from Lin Yuan. It was not picky when it came to World Crystals, as it would eventually be able to eat all of them.

It felt that no one treated it better than Lin Yuan did.

At that moment, Lin Yuan used True Data to check on the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's characteristics.

[Sacred Source Name: Sacred Sword Wielding Queen

[Sacred Source Species: Source genus/Sacred Source species

[Sacred Source Star Grade: 3 Stars

[Sacred Source Type: Main water-type/mixed type

Abilities:

[Queen Form:

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1. Queen's Skirt Hem: Able to absorb the Willpower Runes from the bodies of dead feys or source-type items. The Willpower Runes or Law Runes from Myth Breed feys' law crystals will be carved on the queen's skirt. The law crystals which have their laws absorbed will become law crystals that possess pure law power.

[Sacred Sword Form:

1. Blade of Sacred Sword: When the spirit qi in the body is depleted, the blade will pierce the skirt hem to unleash all the laws and willpower stored within.

Sword Form (Dark Death World): Night Crow Wither Attack: Inject all the power from the Dark Death World into the sacred sword. The sacred sword's blade will change into 28 Night Crows with dark death power. The contractor can attack with the sacred sword 28 times. If the attacks are launched consecutively, every attack will have an additional withering effect. Every 14 layers of withering effects will be released towards the target, and the 56 withering effects from the 28 consecutive attacks will cause the target to start withering truly.

Sword Form (Vast Water World): Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale: Inject all the power of the Vast Water World into the Sacred Sword so that it will be configured with the power of water. According to the water surrounding the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen, the Sword Form can either be diminished or amplified. When the contractor wields the Sacred Sword, it can summon an enormous whale out of the water as an attack. During the attack, the wielder of the Sacred Sword can decide the state of the enormous whale. It can rile up giant waves that switch between water and ice.

Lin Yuan was right that the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen had evolved to a 3 Stars sacred source lifeform and changed its type from main dark type/mixed type to main water type/mixed type.

Its previous type had been main dark-type because dark-type world, laws, and willpowers were the majority in the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's body.

However, the Vast Water World Crystal's Vast Water World had two Creation World Ley Lines, which was one more than the Dark Death World.

Although the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's skirt also had a Myth III Dead Dream Law, it could not compete with the two Creation World Ley Lines in the Vast Water World.

Compared to the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen's sacred source type, Lin Yuan was more attracted by the new Sword Form that the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen gained, Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale.

After Lin Yuan scrutinized the description of Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale, he realized that it was highly dependent on its environment.

Without water or with a lack of water, using Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale would only result in minimum damage.

But what is he used Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale in the sea?

Every area of seawater was connected. As long as there was not a particularly large piece of land separating the bodies of water, Lin Yuan would be able to make use of the seawater to its full extent.

If Lin Yuan used Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale in the sea, the damage it caused would be unimaginable on a horrifying scale.

The enormous whale that could be summoned using Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale could produce a wave that shifted between water and ice.

Lin Yuan felt that Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale could be used as a controlling and defensive method on top of an attack. When the enormous whale used the wave of ice, it would be able to trap a target within.

When faced with a strong attack, turning the entire whale to ice would also enable it to be used as a shield.

Although Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale was highly dependent on its environment, it covered all bases of attack, defense, and control. As such, Lin Yuan was more than satisfied with Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale.

Lin Yuan was happy yet amused as he watched the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen absorbing the Simulation World Crystal. Vissit novelbin.c.𝒐m for updates

He had to invest enormous resources into nurturing the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen. Yet, it had only just reached 3 Stars and was still in its young stage.

Lin Yuan wondered how much longer it would take for the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen to reach 4 Stars and the adolescent stage so that it could gain a new ability.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan remembered that he still had three World Crystals and tens of thousands of World Source Crystals. This immediately filled him with confidence.

Given his resources and ability to procure resources, it was only a matter of time before the Sacred Sword Wielding Queen reached 4 Stars.

Lin Yuan left the Spirit Lock spatial zone. But before he even had time to take a sip of water, someone knocked on his door.

He rushed to open the door to see Liu Jie standing stoically there.

When Liu Jie saw Lin Yuan, he hastily said, "Lin Yuan, according to reports from the Hurricane Owlet Moths, a fey carriage is on its way to the island. Judging from the shape of the fey carriage, it must be An He who Qi Heng mentioned."

"Big Brother Liu, let's fetch the Kill Food Sky Butterfly and the Mother of Bloodbath. Since the people who will be fighting with us over the whale fall are here, it's time for us to make a move too," replied Lin Yuan.

Chapter 1297: Liu Jie's New Carcinoma Fey

An He was currently yawning as he sulkily stepped out of the fey carriage. Vissit novelbin.c.𝒐m for updates

He glanced at the blinding sun, and his lethargic eyes immediately turned sharp.

With a wave of its hand, he summoned a light purple worm.

An He looked at two moths flying above the island and said, "Earth Covering Dormant Insect, seek out everything on this island that shouldn't be here."

The light purple worm immediately wiggled out of An He's hand and onto the floor.

Soon, the entire island started to tremble, and ten wavy stone pillars shot out of the ground. A mouth similar to that of the light purple worm grew out of the end of the pillars.

It only took a moment for the stone pillars to seek out and kill all 27 of the Hurricane Owlet Moths. They picked up the bodies of the Hurricane Owlet Moths with their mouths and deposited them by An He's feet.

Liu Jie, who accompanied Lin Yuan to fetch the Mother of Bloodbath and the Kill Food Sky Butterfly, saw this happen. His eyes slightly darkened before the spark of combat was set alight in his gaze.

He had not intended for the Hurricane Owlet Moths to engage in combat when he created them. Since they were scouts, he had focused all the energy in their wings so that they were much larger than the ordinary Hurricane Owlet Moth. As such, they did not possess many attacking or defensive abilities.

Moreover, Liu Jie was limited as he was instructing them from 800 leagues away. This was the maximum distance that Liu Jie could handle while still keeping them in his control.

Given the speed of the soaring stone pillars, the light purple worm had to be at least Diamond X/Fantasy V.

As of that moment, Liu Jie had lost all sense of the situation on the island. He immediately told Lin Yuan about the last thing he had been able to see.

A day ago, Red Thorn had controlled Liu Yanshan and found White Speak. White Speak was currently waiting to receive an order at the edge of Klein Hub.

...

When Lin Yuan needed White Speak, Purple Afterglow would inform White Speak, and it would be immediately summoned.

Since it was already confirmed that An He had arrived at the island, a nail-biting fight would be inevitable.

However, Lin Yuan was not worried.

Since sea-clan experts were protecting the whale fall, An He would definitely start fighting against them first when he arrived.

Both of them were experiments that would allow Lin Yuan to gauge the strength of the sea-clan experts as well as An He's experts. After he understood their capabilities thoroughly, it would be easier for him to handle them later.

As they headed to the islands on the Kill Food Sky Butterfly's back, Liu Jie whispered to Lin Yuan, "Lin Yuan, I won't be much help in the fight later. However, I can clear out the surrounding environment."

Liu Jie had talked in detail about the whale fall with Lin Yuan two days ago.

He had wanted to call over Zuo Ming so that he could quell hidden dangers.

But Lin Yuan had already made preparations for this. Hence, Liu Jie did not go through with this plan.

Zuo Ming was Night Leaning Moon's left-hand man and represented her wishes to a certain extent. Once Long Lamplight's experts saw Zuo Ming, they would definitely recognize him.

Zuo Ming's appearance would change the matter at hand from one surrounding a fight for resources to a fight between two members of royalty.

The fight between members of royalty would certainly result in a butterfly effect. There was no guarantee that this effect would be positive.

Even if Lin Yuan had made all the preparations, Liu Jie needed to do all he could as Lin Yuan's retainer.

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Big Brother Liu, it would be great if you could clear the surrounding shores. Do what you can to chase away some of the weaker aquatic lifeforms from the vicinity of the whale fall."

He was afraid that if he used Attack of the Sea Leaping Whale, the weaker aquatic lifeforms would immediately be decimated.

Liu Jie gave Lin Yuan a thumbs up, and the Dimensional Light Moth that contained the Insect Queen appeared next to Liu Jie.

He circulated his spiritual power, and the spiritual power around him started to fluctuate violently.

Numerous Hurricane Owlet Moths spilled forth from the Dimensional Light Moth's abdomen.

Liu Jie ordered the Insect Queen to summon two insect-species carcinoma feys that he had not used before.

One of them was like a small lightbulb that had soft, thin fur growing on its limbs. Its abdomen was covered with a turbid white mucus.

The other one was like a grayish-brown rock, and it looked very unimpressive. However, its front had two pincers growing out of it and a pair of sturdy tails growing out of the end of its body. Both its pincers and tails were covered with sharp mouthparts. It looked like it was made to eat.

After Liu Jie summoned the two insect-species carcinoma feys, he took out a few Protein Silkworm Chrysalis and tossed them to the two insect-species carcinoma feys.

These two insect-species carcinoma feys started to produce eggs rapidly.

All the Hurricane Owlet Moths were released by this point.

The Dimensional Light Moth was like the mothership, while the Hurricane Owlet Moths were like smaller fleets.

The army of insect-species carcinoma feys efficiently entered the sea.

When Lin Yuan saw the two new insect-species carcinoma feys, he did not need to use True Data to know what they were.

He never expected Liu Jie to be able to control such terrifying creatures.

The white lightbulb-like insect-species carcinoma fey was called the Quiet Floating Hat Insect, and it was extremely compatible with water.

The insects produced by the Quiet Floating Hat Insect spread out in the sea and covered every visible surface of water.

The small Quiet Floating Hat Insects would split and multiply when it absorbed the energy from the environment. The multiplied Quiet Floating Hat Insects would line up to form a fused entity that took up an area of 100 square meters. It greatly resembled a gathering of jellyfish.

However, the Quiet Floating Hat Insects were not as simple as jellyfish.

When they entered the water, their limbs which seemed soft and slender on land, would extend and become strong. As long as there was water, the limbs would continue to grow.

Chapter 1298: Giant Insect Cocoon

The insect's sturdy limbs also secreted an extremely sticky glue that acted like a holeless web that could trap every lifeform within the sea.

With the Quiet Floating Hat Insect, the insects it produced could float on the surface of the sea, and any weaker lifeform would be trapped within the glue. In an instant, the sea would be cleared.

The glue was actually the Quiet Floating Hat Insect's method of storing sustenance. In order to ensure the freshness of the sustenance, the glue would provide basic nutrients to the trapped lifeforms.

Liu Jie would be able to use this method to bring the weaker lifeforms away from the sea shore. Once the event was over, Liu Jie could order the Insect Queen to kill the produced insects. At that point, the glue would rapidly lose its stickiness.

This was a chance for the weaker aquatic lifeforms to survive the event.

The other rust-colored insect-species carcinoma fey that looked like a stone was called the Grounding Louse. It produced many young that hatched around 50 meters below the water's surface.

Once the young hatched, they would quickly change their body to adapt to the depths of the sea. When they reached the bottom of the sea, they would start to quickly consume the rocks there while producing a strong and calcified item.

When the calcified items were stacked together, they would form a tall and steep stone peak.

The Grounding Louse had appeared on the shores of Raging Waves City, and it was rumored that the Spirit Guards had captured it.

At that time, the Grounding Louse had almost put a stop to Raging Waves City's economy.

The rock towers they produced were so tall that they even protruded out of the sea's surface. They almost turned Raging Waves City from a seaside city to a land city.

The Grounding Louse was able to reclaim land, but Raging Waves City did not want the rocks that it produced.

Raging Waves City used to be amongst the top 12 of the 36 major cities. But due to the Grounding Louse, Raging Waves City's finances had dropped to almost zero within a year. This had also caused the Gao family's ranking amongst the top factions to fall.

...

Raging Waves City's finances only started to recover after five years of relying on resources from the sea. However, they were unable to regain their position as part of the top 12 cities of the 36 major cities.

It was not an exaggeration to say that the Grounding Louse had been a nightmare for Raging Waves City.

It was possible that this Grounding Louse that the Insect Queen controlled was the same one that had terrorized Raging Waves City.

Liu Jie had absolute control over the Insect Queen and the Grounding Louse.

Since the young produced by the Grounding Louse could produce calcified items and then eat them afterward, Liu Jie's actions would not have any impact on Raging Waves City's resources.

The stone towers produced by the Grounding Louse could also protect the creatures at the bottom of the sea.

The Quiet Floating Hat Insect could keep a lock on the surface of the sea while the Grounding Louse would be able to handle the bottom of the sea. With these two insect-species carcinoma feys working in tandem, no seaside city would be able to stand against them.

The Grounding Louse that had brought Raging Waves City to its knees was only Silver grade, while the one that the Insect Queen was controlling had reached Diamond X. As such, their powers could not be compared.

As Lin Yuan watched Liu Jie wield the army of insects, he felt that Liu Jie resembled more like a walking disaster as time passed.

However, Liu Jie's method proved that every coin had two sides. The two insect-species carcinoma feys that could bring doom upon a shore were now guarding its safety.

Perhaps, Night Leaning Moon wanted Liu Jie to contract carcinoma feys because she wanted him to become both a walking disaster and an almighty wall. Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

Meanwhile, An He was happily playing with the bodies of the Hurricane Owlet Moths.

Zhang Cheng, Sun Jiang, and the elderly man had climbed out of the carriage.

Zhang Cheng was dumbfounded. He had practiced for more than an hour to soften his tone to its most gentle form. So why did An He still glare at him murderously when he woke An He up?

The elderly man caught sight of Zhang Cheng's expression and silently expressed his apology before bending down to pick up one of the Hurricane Owlet Moths.

He peered at it before asking Sun Jiang, "Are there Creation Masters amongst the Five Thearch Soldiers members on the island? Tell him to come over to take a look at what this insect-species fey is."

Sun Jiang looked slightly awkward as he replied, "We have two Class 4 Creation Masters, and they're both in the main branch."

Class 4 Creation Masters were treasures to Five Thearch Soldiers.

It had not been long since the Five Thearch Soldiers was established, and they depended on their martial force to climb the ranks of the top factions.

This was why they chose to butter up Coiling Dragon's Valley.

Suddenly, the glimmer of an idea shone in Sun Jiang's gaze. Since this was where the Sea Bliss Clan nurtured feys, they had to have stationed Creation Masters here.

As such, Sun Jiang decided to set out to find them.

But before he could begin, An He stopped him.

An He was not a Creation Master and could not tell what the Hurricane Owlet Moth was. But he was not keen to know what they were as they should not have appeared on the island in the first place.

An He knew that it was likely that the Hurricane Owlet Moths had appeared because they had been sent as scouts ahead of whoever was headed for the island.

Whoever was surveilling the island had to have their reasons. If they were also after the large whale fall, they would eventually have to show their face.

An He lowered his head and said to the light purple Earth Covering Dormant Insect, "Earth Covering Dormant Insect, start absorbing the energy from the island's ground and turn into a cocoon."

The Earth Covering Dormant Insect's body went stiff. Soon after, it started to throb violently, and the sound reverberated throughout the island.

Soon after, the Earth Covering Dormant Insect's body started to writhe wildly as it spat out light purple sap that turned into sticky threads.

The cocoon of an insect that was only about four centimeters long should only be about the size of a fist. However, the cocoon formed by the Earth Covering Dormant Insect was even larger than the breeding room that the Sea Bliss Clan had built on the island.

An He was dwarfed by the 20 meters wide and 25 meters tall cocoon.

Chapter 1299: Sudden Appearance of a Sea Emperor

After the giant cocoon was produced, the sound of a beating heart sounded out again. But this time, the ground started trembling in rhythm with the rhythm of the heartbeat.

It was difficult to imagine what would spring forth from the cocoon.

An He gently patted the cocoon before saying to the elderly man behind him, "Grandfather Gu, let's make haste. Go and fetch the strongest sea-clan expert protecting the whale fall."

Just as the elderly man was about to nod, he narrowed his eyes in the direction of the far-off seashore.

A giant vortex had appeared at the seashore. At the same moment, the color of the seashore changed from brilliant blue to murky navy.

An energetic yet gentle voice that was still filled with fury said from within the vortex, "I knew the humans would try to stake a claim on the whale fall. Do you really think we from the sea clan are weak?"

Small waves started rolling across the murky navy water. They overlapped and stacked together until they crashed onto the island as a large roll of seawater.

The giant wave engulfed half of the island, smashing apart the Sea Bliss Clan's fish farm as well. Many of the Angelfish of Bliss took the chance to flee into the sea.

The elderly man behind An He shouted, "A navy sea! I can't believe the shores near the Radiance Federation belong to a member of the Eight Clans of Sea Emperors. May I ask which clan you're from? Please reveal yourself. Young Lord He has something to discuss with you."

Someone sneered menacingly from within the vortex. "A pathetic human like you has no right to gaze upon someone of my status! The whale fall is nature's gift to the ocean, and all of it belongs to the sea clan. You humans have no right to desire it. Leave now, or the sea will become your final resting place!"

An He waved his hand, and a beast even larger than the island appeared in the sea. It had the shape of a cow but was covered with grayish-blue scales.

The gigantic beast was like a mountain that had sprouted from the bottom of the sea.

It let out an ear-splitting bellow when it was summoned. The noise it produced was like thunder. Its bellow silenced the entire sea.

...

All the seawater that had slammed onto the island retreated back into the sea as the vortex continued to spin.

An He said to the vortex, "I don't think an unimportant member of the Eight Clans of Sea Emperors has any right to be so proud. If you were important to them, you wouldn't have been given territory so near to the Radiance Federation. The Radiance Federation and the sea clans have an agreement. According to that agreement, all the resources within a 1,000-kilometer radius around the Radiance Federation belong to the Radiance Federation. This whale fall is directly below Raging Waves City's island. By the agreement, the whale fall belongs to the owner of the island. Not everything in the sea belongs to the sea clans. If something from the sea belongs to the Radiance Federation, you can't take it."

While An He was speaking, a small figure appeared within the vortex. It was dressed in a silvery blue long robe with silvery blue hair reaching its feet. It had blue eyes and a pair of long horns almost the same length as its body protruded from its forehead.

The strange horns were not hard or sharp. Instead, there were more like silvery blue fins that had a clear golden line running down the middle of each of them.

There were two human-like middle-aged women behind this girl. One of them was rotund while the other was skinny. Both of them clearly had the characteristics of aquatic lifeforms.

The slimmer middle-aged woman had translucent hair and was wrapped in an icy aura. The chubbier woman had bright red scales on her menacing face, and several sharp spikes protruded from her back.

However, both of them shared the same grim expression.

The fey that An He had summoned was a declaration of his identity.

It was easy to recognize the aura of feys with the Barren bloodline and only the members of royalty, their disciples, and Radiance Envoys.

Moreover, disciples of members of royalty only had limited access, and not every one of them could obtain one.

Radiance Envoys mostly worked in groups, and it was rare for them to act alone.

Hence, it was all but certain that this young man with the fey with the Barren bloodline was the disciple of a member of royalty.

If so, then it would be bad news!

However, this whale fall was too important. The silvery blue-haired girl decided that she would not allow the young man to snatch away the whale fall no matter what, even if he was the disciple of a member of royalty.

The silvery blue-haired girl's resolution came from her duty as a member of royalty but also for her own benefit.

The elderly man behind An He frowned when he saw the silvery blue-haired girl with three-meter-long fins sprouting from her head.

An He noticed this, but he did not care and snapped. "I see you're from the First Emperor Cutlass Clan. I heard that the First Emperor Cutlass Clan's members had been locked in a constant fight. The First Emperor Cutlass Clan dropped from the top three clans to the bottom five clans a century ago and is only continuing to slip. Now, I understand why. The golden color on your fins is so vibrant, and your bloodline is so elite. Yet, the First Emperor Cutlass Clan gave you a piece of the sea so close to the Radiance Federation to force you to fight for resources with the Radiance Federation. It looks like you're just collateral damage to the First Emperor Cutlass Clan!"

The elderly man's lips twitched.

It was fine that Young Master He noticed all this. But did he really have to say it out loud? He's clearly touching the nerve of this girl from the First Emperor Clan!

The elderly man sensed that the girl from the First Emperor Cutlass Clan was weaker than him.

She was only Immortal III and was even weaker than the two sea king experts standing behind her. However, this did not make the elderly man relax in the slightest.

Chapter 1300: My Master's Name is Ji Changdeng!

This was because sea king experts could produce explosive combat power that was five to six times stronger than their regular level.

The elderly man's main fey was at pinnacle Immortal, and he had more than enough power to take on two sea king experts and a Sea Emperor.

However, the sea was too vast, and he would not be able to attack effectively if they deliberately tried to hide from him.

If the Sea Emperor secretly attacked alongside the two sea king experts, he might not be able to protect An He in time.

If he focused on the girl from the First Emperor Cutlass Clan while Zhang Cheng and Sun Jiang handled the two sea king experts, they would definitely struggle against the two Immortal IV sea king experts in their element even with their Sovereign VI/Immortal IV and Sovereign V/Immortal V main feys.

If any more sea king experts arrived, An He would be plunged into peril.

No matter how strong An He was amongst the younger generation, his fey with the Barren bloodline the Country Governor Kui was only Diamond V/Fantasy V. It was not even Myth Breed.

An He could even be killed by an offshoot of the battle, much less a dedicated attack from a sea king expert.

With each word that fell from An He's lips, the silvery blue-haired girl's expression soured even further. He had poured salt right on her most painful wounds.

The decaying of the First Emperor Cutlass Clan from the inside caused anguish for the girl. She was indeed nothing more than collateral damage to the First Emperor Cutlass Clan. The girl had essentially been abandoned by being placed in this area of the sea.

But even if she agreed with him, she could not allow An He to ridicule the First Emperor Cutlass Clan casually.

As the girl's expression soured, the calm sea started to thrash again.

The waves caused the Country Governor Kui to sway unsteadily. From their contact, An He could sense that the waves were bringing the Country Governor Kui agony when they made contact with its body.

...

But, he still did not recall the Country Governor Kui. Instead, he gave it the order, "Country Governor Kui, use Roar of the Mountain and Stubborn Drought Dried Up Land!"

The Country Governor Kui released two thunderous roars, and a mountain almost 2,000 meters tall arose on the island.

The heartbeat-like thumping of the light purple cocoon also seemed to be diminished.

The island's ground started to dry up and crack before it started to absorb the seawater.

Suddenly, An He's expression shifted. There should have been mountains emerging from the surface of the sea. The sea should have turned into a mass of land formed by mountains that linked back to the main island.

So why was nothing happening?

While An He was confused, a large number of rust-colored insects had covered the seabed. These insects were the Grounding Lice that Liu Jie had produced.

They had produced three-meter thick calcified rocks that covered the bottom of the sea. They were not made of an earth element but a product of the Grounding Louse's body.

This barrier caused the Country Governor Kui to lose contact with the earth element at the bottom of the sea.

The silvery-blue-haired girl stepped lightly through the air and led the two middle-aged women onto the island.

"The agreement between the Radiance Federation and the Eight Clans of Sea Emperors clearly states that the Radiance Federation isn't allowed to interfere with the formation of the Island Whale embryos. In fact, the Radiance Federation is supposed to help hatch them if possible. The Island Whale embryo below the island isn't stable yet. Even if you are a disciple of a member of royalty, you can't touch the whale fall as per the agreement. Otherwise, it will be counted as the Radiance Federation openly breaking the agreement! At that point, the Radiance Federation will become the enemy of every aquatic lifeform."

An He smirked derisively and replied, "You said it yourself. The Island Whale embryo has already been formed. As such, it won't be counted as breaking the agreement even if I take the whale fall now. Over the years, Creation Masters from the Radiance Federation have hatched countless Island Whales and helped them return to the ocean. We've always been kind to the sea clans. One whale fall can't produce more than ten Island Whale embryos. All ten Island Whale embryos will start fighting for nutrients until only less than five survive. Even if I take away the source of nutrients that is the large whale fall, I only need to produce a third of the Island Whale embryos as thanks for the sea clans' help. No matter who we go to, I will be recognized as right.

"If you dare to interfere, you'll be fighting for resources with the owner of this island and be taken as the one who's breaking the agreement. Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin.c𝒐m

"17 years ago, the Eight Clans of Sea Emperors was the one who suggested forming the agreement with the Radiance Federation. If you wreck the agreement, will the Eight Clans of Sea Emperors take your side or give up your life? I'm sure you know the answer better than anyone. So, the one who should leave is you and not me. If you leave of your own accord now, we might still be able to work together in the future."

The silvery blue-haired girl's expression changed again.

She had invested a lot of effort into this whale fall. However, she did not expect the dying whale to swim more than 250 leagues to enter the vicinity of the Radiance Federation.

Hence, she had no choice but to remain in the Radiance Federation's territory to watch over the whale fall.

If the girl guided the Island Whales to hatch from the whale fall, it would bring a transformation to her barren territory.

However, there happened to be an island right above the whale fall, and people had even built a fey breeding base on the island. As such, she immediately sent people to negotiate with the people on the island. In order to prevent the information from leaking, she had even given away the Sea Source Grass.

Alas, who could have predicted a disciple of a member of royalty to arrive on the island?

The girl dared not break the agreement because she understood how the Eight Clans of Sea Emperors felt toward the Radiance Federation.

On the one hand, if she broke the agreement, the Eight Clans of Sea Emperors would not support her. On the other hand, she was a member of the First Emperor Cutlass Clan, and breaking the agreement could cause the First Emperor Cutlass Clan to be dragged down with her.

This would cause the other clans that coveted the First Emperor Cutlass Clan to find a legitimate opportunity to attack the First Emperor Cutlass Clan.

Thus, the girl had no choice but to keep her head down. She thought about what the disciple of the member of royalty said about working together and took a deep breath before asking, "Is your Master the Moon Empress, Chef Supreme, or Bamboo Monarch?"

An He's countenance darkened, and he growled, "My Master's name is Ji Changdeng."