Knowing that Man Qian had gone back, Ao Feng, Hua Yan, and Du Zhongjun all felt a twinge of envy and dissatisfaction, but they soon composed themselves and shifted their focus entirely to Qin Yu.

"You’re saying all three Divine Artifacts aren’t on you?" Ao Feng asked again.

"If I say they’re not here, they’re not here. If you don’t believe me, you can go check," Qin Yu said, somewhat annoyed.

Ao Feng nodded with a smile, "Fine, since you say they aren’t on you... I’ll investigate this matter. If I find out you’re lying, I’ll kill one of these three relatives of yours."

As he spoke, Ao Feng took out a Communication Order.

"Who do you plan to investigate through?" Qin Yu asked aloud.

At this moment, Qin Yu was somewhat worried. Although he had staged a scene before Man Qian and Zong Jue, handing over the Divine Artifacts to Lan Feng, Qin Yu was concerned that if Ao Feng asked Zong Jue, Zong Jue might not tell the truth, and that would spell disaster for him.

"You don’t need to worry about that, I have my methods of inquiry," Ao Feng said with a light smile.

Watching Ao Feng start communicating with someone else through the Communication Order, Qin Yu felt increasingly uneasy. He knew that Zong Jue and Ao Feng weren’t on good terms, and Zong Jue might not necessarily report the truth.

Qin Yu, with his hand hidden behind his back, turned it over and took out a Communication Order.

He prepared to give Zong Jue a heads-up first.

"Qin Yu, what are you doing?" Hua Yan’s voice rang out, "Why are you taking out a Communication Order at this time?" From beginning to end, Hua Yan’s Immortal Consciousness had been disseminated and carefully observing everything.

Qin Yu looked at Hua Yan, who was wearing a sly smile. Qin Yu could not help but put away the Communication Order.

"Qin Yu, it’s best if you behave yourself. If you try to inform your Master Lan Feng or that Uncle Lan...don’t blame us for being ruthless," Du Zhongjun said angrily, with Yu Liang also staring intently at Qin Yu.

What Du Zhongjun and the others feared the most was for Lan Feng or someone even more powerful than Lan Feng, like Uncle Lan, to come. They knew very well Lan Feng’s strength; if Lan Feng made a move, the four of them wouldn’t stand a chance of surviving.

"Ao Feng, have you completed your inquiry?" Qin Yu urged.

"Just a moment," Ao Feng replied to Qin Yu with a smile and then waited quietly.

After a while—

Ao Feng conversed again through the Communication Order and put it away before nodding at Qin Yu, "You were telling the truth, good, we believe you—"

"Hold on!" At that moment, Yu Liang spoke up.

Ao Feng, Hua Yan, and Du Zhongjun all looked toward Yu Liang.

Yu Liang sneered at himself, "I am well aware of my limitations. I have no greed for the Divine Artifacts. Brother Qin Yu’s defensive battle armor should be a set of Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts, right? Brother Ao Feng, do you remember what we agreed upon before?"

Ao Feng, Hua Yan, and Du Zhongjun all felt somewhat uncomfortable.

They hadn’t managed to get their hands on anything daring, and obviously, Yu Liang wanted to walk away with a set of Top-Grade Immortal Artifact combat clothes. But since they had promised earlier, they couldn’t go back on their word now.

Ao Feng and the others looked back at Qin Yu.

"Top-Grade Immortal Battle Clothes?" Qin Yu sneered at the four, "Do you want the Top-Grade Immortal Artifact combat clothes I’m wearing? But at least show some sincerity, right? Otherwise, why would I give you these clothes?"

For Qin Yu, who had reaped great benefits in the Ninth Layer of the Nine-layered Heaven, a set of Top-Grade Immortal Battle Clothes wasn’t much at all.

But... he had to make sure he came out on top no matter what.

"Sincerity? Simple, we release one person first, that should be enough sincerity," Du Zhongjun said with a faint smile, then waved his hand, removing the restriction inside Qin Zheng’s body, and turned to smile at Qin Yu.

Qin Zheng was merely at the Innate level. Whether there was a restriction or not made no difference to the likes of Du Zhongjun.

It was estimated that just the powerful energy emitted by the likes of Du Zhongjun could kill Qin Zheng.

"Wait."

Qin Yu’s gaze swept over the four, "I know you want to obtain the Divine Artifact from my master’s hand, and you also want to threaten my master through me. I agree... to comply with your wishes, but on the condition that you must release my father and my two elder brothers."

Hua Yan immediately said, "No, if you go back on your word, then we..."

"If you are unwilling to release my family, once I willingly let myself be captured by you, will you then release my family? Hmph, Hua Yan, Ao Feng, Du Zhongjun, Yu Liang, all four of you listen to me. Right now, there are only two choices, one is that you release my family, and I will willingly let myself be captured. The other is that we all perish together."

A Communication Order appeared in Qin Yu’s hand.

"I will count to three, and if you have not decided by then, my sect’s elders will receive the message, and with their Great Teleportation, they can arrive in an instant. Then..."

Qin Yu’s face was frosty.

"Father, Big Brother, Second Brother, you won’t blame me, right?" Qin Yu’s gaze turned toward Qin De, Qin Zheng, and Qin Feng.

Qin De’s eyes were filled with admiration: "Yu’er, that’s the spirit of the Qin Family’s descendants. What does death matter?" Qin Feng and Qin Zheng also looked at Qin Yu with firm determination and then sneered at Ao Feng and the others.

Ao Feng and the others were stunned.

Immediately afterwards, they looked at each other and communicated telepathically in secret.

Watching the four converse, Qin Yu was furiously cursing the two Divine Beasts, Mo Qilin and Shi Xin, in his heart. He had sent these two Divine Beasts to take care of his family. Usually, Mo Qilin and Shi Xin lived in the Imperial Palace.

However, when the likes of Ao Feng arrived, Mo Qilin and Shi Xin felt the immense presence of these four and were so frightened that they went into hiding.

"Master, you can’t blame us, they are really too strong. If we took action, it would only be to court death. We also planned to stay to send you a message," Mo Qilin hurriedly sent a telepathic message.

"Master, we are not afraid of death, but to die like this simply isn’t worth it," Shi Xin also hurriedly said.

Spiritual Beasts and their masters can communicate through thought.

"Alright, let’s not talk about this for now," Qin Yu knew the difficulties of the two Spiritual Beasts.

"Have you made up your mind? I’m going to start counting, one!" Qin Yu’s voice rang out.

Ao Feng and the others were taken aback.

"Two!" Qin Yu’s voice rose, a hint of fierceness appearing in his eyes.

"Stop, we agree," Hua Yan hurriedly said.

Hua Yan and the others had come to a realization; Qin Yu’s family was useful for blackmailing Qin Yu, but they were of no use to threaten Lan Feng. So, they only needed to take control of Qin Yu.

"Good, you release my father and the others, and I will surrender without a fight," Qin Yu put away the Communication Order.

×

Watching Qin Yu be captured without a struggle by Ao Feng and the others, Qin De and the rest were somewhat anxious.

"Brother Hua Yan, Brother Ao Feng, Brother Du, I will take my leave now," Yu Liang said with a smile, as he had already obtained the Top-Grade Immortal Battle Clothes.

"No farewell." Ao Feng said indifferently, while Hua Yan and Du Zhongjun merely nodded, their expressions hardly friendly.

Yu Liang wasn’t offended and transformed into a residual shadow that flew directly toward the Primordial Wilderness in the east.

"Qin Yu, don’t resist at the end, otherwise, you’ll be killed immediately," Du Zhongjun said as he held Qin Yu with one hand, his massive Blood Demon Demon Path energy completely enveloping Qin Yu’s body. Clearly, if Qin Yu were to resist, he would immediately kill him.

"Damn it, this Qin Yu’s Cultivation Method is really weird; my Restriction can’t seal his power," Du Zhongjun muttered to Hua Yan beside him.

Hua Yan also nodded and said, "There is indeed something strange within Qin Yu’s body, now we can only use the dumbest method to restrain him."

A cold laugh echoed in Qin Yu’s heart.

A Restriction for sealing a Nascent Soul, how could it possibly affect the ’Constant Star’ inside me?

The so-called ’dumbest method’ used by Hua Yan and others to restrain Qin Yu was to form a Protective Shield with powerful energy around Qin Yu’s body, which not only protected him but also prevented the energy within Qin Yu’s body from leaking out.

"We’re still in the Imperial Palace, for now, I won’t kill you three. Once we’re out of the palace’s area, that will be the time you three lose your heads," Qin Yu thought with a heart full of killing intent.

But this was not the right moment to act.

Killing three First Level Golden Immortals, if even a trace of energy was emitted, it would probably cause a big blow to the Qin Dynasty’s Imperial Palace.

"Brother Ao Feng, shall we go to Yellow Stone Planet now?" Hua Yan looked toward Ao Feng.

Ao Feng nodded and said, "Lan Feng and the others are very familiar with this planet. It’s safer to go to the nearby Yellow Stone Planet, which is uninhabited. There, we can calmly set up the formation. Once everything is ready, we will then ’invite’ Lan Feng to come."

Qin Yu was startled at this moment.

"What is Yellow Stone Planet?" Qin Yu asked aloud.

Ao Feng laughed and said, "Brother Qin Yu, have you never left this planet in your life? Haha, to tell you the truth, within the Mortal World, there aren’t many planets larger than yours. Yellow Stone Planet is an uninhabited planet close to your own."

Qin Yu once gained much knowledge of the cosmos from ’Lei Wei’.

He understood that uninhabited planets were usually far more numerous than inhabited ones, and indeed the planet he lived on was a super-large one.

"Your planet is big, but the distances between stars are even greater and further. The distance from your planet to Yellow Stone Planet is much larger, but with the three of us helping you, it will be much simpler."

Ao Feng spoke with a light smile, "Such a great distance, even Lan Feng’s Immortal Consciousness would probably not detect us, right?"

"Of course, to detect from that far would require Lan Feng to be at the level of a Profound Immortal," Hua Yan added.

"Don’t waste time, let’s set off," Du Zhongjun shouted.

At this time, Qin Yu decided to temporarily stop acting. After all, once Ao Feng and the others flew out of this planet, they were simply at his mercy. Besides, he had indeed never left this planet before.

"Let’s go!"

Ao Feng led the way, with Hua Yan and Du Zhongjun carrying Qin Yu, they shot straight into the sky. For the first time, Qin Yu directly flew toward the highest reaches of the heavens...

...

Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, and Qin De all looked up silently as Qin Yu and the others disappeared into the highest point in the sky.

"Father."

Qin Zheng spoke out.

Qin De spoke slowly, "Zheng’er, from today onward, every generation of the direct descendants of the Qin Family must have three individuals residing in the Star Pavilion at all times, rotating other family members in to live there periodically. Even in death, we must ensure the continuation of the Qin Family bloodline. This feeling of being coerced... it’s truly unbearable."

"Yes, Father Emperor."

Qin Zheng complied, while Qin Feng gazed into the sky from afar.

At this moment, there were no longer any signs of Qin Yu and his companions in the sky.

...

At this time, Ao Feng, Hua Yan, Du Zhongjun, along with Qin Yu and his group, had flown to the highest reaches of the sky, where endless thunder and lightning awaited them, along with monstrously fierce winds.

"These thunderstorms and fierce winds think they can stop us?" Ao Feng said with a light laugh as rays of light radiated from his body.

The surging energy parted the thunderstorms and fierce winds to both sides, allowing Ao Feng and his group to easily navigate through them, continuing their ascent for nearly three hours.

Gradually...

Within Qin Yu’s field of vision was the boundless void, dotted with colossal celestial bodies in the distance, the most radiant being the Constant Star closest to Qin Yu. Qin Yu knew that this was the star countless people on his home planet referred to as the ’Sun’.

"Brother Qin Yu, is it not wonderful experiencing cosmic space for the first time?" Ao Feng joked with Qin Yu.

Qin Yu nodded happily.

At this moment, Qin Yu felt a surge of relief in his heart, having left the Hidden Dragon Continent and entered outer space. It would be effortless for Qin Yu to kill the three people before him here.

Besides, Qin Yu was also eager to visit Yellow Stone Star. If he flew there by himself, how many years would that take?

"Those ever-burning, fiery stars are called Constant Stars. One should never get close to them; the flames on their periphery are already terrifying enough, and deeper within are Heavenly Fires, and even further in the core is Blue Swine Heavenly Fire. As for the core itself... even Immortal Emperors dare not venture inside," explained Hua Yan to Qin Yu.

Qin Yu was astonished.

The people of the Immortal, Demon, and Demon Worlds used the same names for planets as the inhabitants of the universe Lei Wei once lived in.

"Many dangers exist in cosmic space, such as meteor showers, devouring darkness regions, streaming light domains... Traveling through cosmic space is extremely hazardous," Ao Feng added.

Qin Yu was certainly aware of the perils of the universe.

His true master, ’Lei Wei,’ had left him a book that contained much knowledge of the universe; Qin Yu’s understanding of the cosmos was probably clearer than Ao Feng and the others.

"Ah, how beautiful."

Qin Yu turned to look back at his home planet.

"Brother Qin Yu, your home planet is known as ’Zixuan Star.’ From this angle, your planet appears beautiful, covered in boundless waters. But from the other side, it’s half purple, half white," Hua Yan said.

Qin Yu nodded.

The purple area on that side was indeed the Extreme Land Flame Domain; the so-called white was actually the Extreme Land.

"Zixuan Star." Qin Yu quietly noted to himself; this was his mother planet.

"Brother Ao Feng, Brother Du, let’s join forces and use Great Teleportation to go directly to Yellow Stone Star," suggested Hua Yan to Ao Feng and Du Zhongjun. They all possessed the strength of First Level Golden Immortals and had just enough power to perform Great Teleportation.

Although Yellow Stone Star was the closest planet to Zixuan Star, taking Qin Yu along required the combined effort of three to ensure success.

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