Silver String Star System, Yujian Sect of the Red Leaf Planet.

Only Immortal Emperor Qian Qi and Yu Qingzi were present in the room, Yu Qingzi having just returned from the Communication Secret Array.

"Brother Qian Qi, Emperor Yu must have already relayed his command to you, right?" Yu Qingzi said with a smile as he walked towards Immortal Emperor Qian Qi. Immortal Emperor Qian Qi put away the Communication Spirit Pearl in his hand and nodded, "Indeed, Emperor Yu has already dispatched his orders to me just now."

Yu Qingzi asked tentatively, "Is the command from Emperor Yu a bit... perplexing?"

"You received that order as well?" Immortal Emperor Qian Qi said in surprise. After Yu Qingzi nodded, Immortal Emperor Qian Qi sighed, "I had thought His Majesty would order us to kill the enemy to avenge the murder of Yu Dian. Who would have thought that His Majesty would pay no heed to Yu Dian’s death, instead ordering us to either capture members of Qin Yu’s family or to employ the ’Soul Searching Technique’ against them."

Just now, Emperor Yu had issued them their orders.

1. Capture any member of Qin Yu’s family; if they can’t be taken alive, they should be killed, and the Soul Searching Technique should be used on them.

2. If an elder from Qin Yu’s sect is killed, it’s best to bring their possessions back.

Yu Qingzi looked at Immortal Emperor Qian Qi with confusion and asked, "Brother Qian Qi, what do you think is the purpose behind Emperor Yu’s order?"

"Emperor Yu’s command is clearly intended to ascertain the full details of this mysterious force behind Qin Yu and his sect," pondered Immortal Emperor Qian Qi. "Capturing a live captive or using the Soul Searching Technique—all are aimed at learning those details. As for the part about killing Qin Yu’s sect’s elders and bringing back their belongings, His Majesty likely wishes to deduce which power they belong to from those items."

"Brother Qian Qi speaks with reason," Yu Qingzi expressed his agreement.

Immortal Emperor Qian Qi and Yu Qingzi had no idea what Emperor Yu was truly thinking; Emperor Yu simply wanted to figure out if the Qin Yu from the Mortal World and this Qin Yu were one and the same person.

Yu Qingzi frowned and said, "Judging by Emperor Yu’s decree, His Majesty clearly deems this matter of great importance. We must succeed at all costs, and His Majesty has already temporarily placed the experts under his command in the Blue Bay Star Domain at our disposal."

"Yet I’m still not completely confident," Yu Qingzi admitted his unease.

"With all the experts under His Majesty’s command in the Blue Bay Star Domain at our disposal, success should not be too difficult," Immortal Emperor Qian Qi said with a smile. "The Blue Bay Star Domain still has quite a number of experts."

Yu Qingzi immediately bowed and said, "I’ll have to trouble Brother Qian Qi to take charge of this grand scheme. I certainly know my own limits."

"Very well. Now we have to approach this matter from two fronts," said Immortal Emperor Qian Qi. "Firstly, we need to gather at least Eighth Level Golden Immortals from the Blue Bay Star System to converge on Red Leaf Planet. It’s unfortunate that Emperor Yu’s power in the Blue Bay Star Domain is not very strong, and there are too few Immortal Emperor level experts here."

Immortal Emperor Qian Qi sighed before continuing, "On the first front we assemble the experts, and on the second front... we take complete and covert control of Fengyue Planet." A cold glint flashed in Immortal Emperor Qian Qi’s eyes.

"Brother Qian Qi means to say..."

Immortal Emperor Qian Qi said with a faint smile, "Isn’t that Qin Yu a Guest Elder of the Liu Family? If we take complete control of the Liu Family, won’t every move of Qin Yu’s be within our view? With dual internal and external pressure, I shall leave no escape for the experts of Qin Yu’s line."

"The three major families of the seemingly insignificant Fengyue Planet are merely a word away from being controlled," said Immortal Emperor Qian Qi casually.

Yu Qingzi also nodded, saying with a laugh, "Such minor families fear nothing more than the annihilation of their own people. If they still wish to play both sides at a time like this, they are dreaming. We’ll simply threaten them—should they disobey our command, we’ll erase those three small families."

To the ’Thirty-Six Lords’ under Emperor Yu, the families of Fengyue Planet indeed seemed insignificant. Erasing them, if necessary, could be done effortlessly.

"Yu Qingzi, we should hasten to send a message to the experts of other star systems in the Blue Bay Star Domain, asking them to rush to Red Leaf Planet. The sooner this is done, the better," said Immortal Emperor Qian Qi.

Yu Qingzi stood up and responded, "Don’t worry, I’ll send the commands right away."

In the entire Blue Bay Star Domain, among the Ten Star Systems, only the Silver String Star System was entirely under Emperor Yu’s control. The other star systems were controlled by different forces. However, Emperor Yu had still managed to plant many experts within these star systems.

However, with Yu Qingzi’s order,

every expert at the Eighth Level Golden Immortal and above, unless they were in closed-door cultivation, hastened towards Red Leaf Star in the Silver String Star System. Within Red Leaf Star itself, the ranks of the Yujian Sect’s experts were also gathering continuously.

Experts were constantly converging on Red Leaf Star.

With Yujian Sect alone, there were as many as sixteen Ninth Level Golden Immortals, and nearly fifty at the Eighth Level. And this was just Yujian Sect; there were other sects within the Silver String Star System that, while not as powerful as Yujian Sect, still possessed considerable strength.

In the Silver String Star System, including Yujian Sect, there were more than forty experts at the Ninth Level Golden Immortal, and over a hundred were at the Eighth Level. The experts who rushed over from other star systems within the Blue Bay Star System had among them one First Level Profound Immortal, more than thirty Ninth Level Golden Immortals, and over a hundred at the Eighth Level.

In just ten short days,

Red Leaf Star had gathered a terrifying force, which was most of Emperor Yu’s top personnel in the Blue Bay Star Domain.

Immortal Emperor Qian Qi’s lair was actually not in the Blue Bay Star Domain; he was involved in this matter only because he had come to alchemize with Yu Qingzi. Of course, the presence of Emperor Qian Qi bolstered the confidence of this large gathering of experts.

The one First Level Profound Immortal from the other star systems was named Xia Hua. Although Xia Hua had reached the First Level Profound Immortal Realm, he was not among the ’Thirty-Six Lords.’

To enter into the ’Thirty-Six Lords,’ one needed strength as well as backing. For instance, Yu Qingzi himself was quite powerful, and with the support of the ’Yujian Sect’ behind him, he was able to become one of the Thirty-Six Lords.

Some personnel were left behind to look after their base.

Immortal Emperor Qian Qi, Emperor Yu Qingzi, and Emperor Xia Hua, three great Xuanxian experts, led seventy at the Ninth Level Golden Immortal and two hundred at the Eighth Level. Such a mighty force was ready to set out toward Fengyue Star.

Of course, before departure, the three major families within Fengyue Star had to be completely under control.

×

No matter how many experts assembled at Red Leaf Star, Qin Yu, who was in Fengyue Star, had no idea for now. After all, the Liu Family, which followed Qin Yu’s orders, was merely a family of one planet and didn’t have the capability to find out about the gathering of the great experts at Red Leaf Star.

Within White Garden, Qin Yu sat quietly drinking beside a stone table, while Kong Lan, Tu Gang, and Dan Meng also sat around it.

"Kong Lan." Qin Yu suddenly spoke up.

"May I know what matter you have, Master?" Kong Lan immediately looked to Qin Yu, awaiting his orders.

Qin Yu said indifferently, "I am troubled by something right now; if not for this, I probably would have left Fengyue Star long ago."

"Is it about... Young Master Han Shu?" Kong Lan guessed.

Qin Yu nodded and sighed, "After all, he’s a disciple I’ve taken in. I cannot simply neglect him. However, the journey to the Demon World is fraught with unknown dangers. With Han Shu’s current strength, it is very risky for him to set off with me."

"Then leave him on Fengyue Star," Tu Gang suddenly interjected from the side.

Qin Yu shook his head.

Leaving Han Shu here would indeed be easier for Qin Yu.

But after all, he was a Master, and the journey to the Demon World could take an indefinite amount of time, even Qin Yu himself was not certain. Going to the Demon World and reuniting with his brothers in the Demon World could very well take thousands of years.

Could he, as a Master, leave his disciple behind for thousands of years?

"Why not let young master Han Shu stay within the Qingyu Immortal Mansion?" Dan Meng suggested.

Qin Yu shook his head and smiled, "That won’t do. There’s no one inside the Qingyu Immortal Mansion. How old is Han Shu now? If he stays there all alone without anyone by his side, he won’t be able to handle it."

This wouldn’t work, and that wouldn’t work either.

Qin Yu indeed had a bit of a headache.

In fact, Qin Yu cared too much. When cultivators take on a disciple, who would stay with their disciple all the time?

As the saying goes, ’The master leads you to the door; cultivation is up to the individual.’

You could simply leave a cultivation technique for the disciple, then focus on your own cultivation. If the disciple doesn’t understand something, they could occasionally ask through the Communication Spirit Pearl. Why the need to meet all the time?

"If there really is no other way, I might have to do as the other cultivators do," Qin Yu resolved in his heart.

After all, what he wanted to do most now was to rush to that distant and elusive Demon World.

As Qin Yu was pondering this matter, Liu Hanshu ran in with a hint of excitement on his face.

"Master." Liu Hanshu approached Qin Yu, his excitement still apparent on his face.

"Han Shu, what has made you so happy?" Qin Yu asked with a smile.

Liu Hanshu bit his lip and then, gathering his courage, said, "Disciple has fallen for a girl."

"Oh," Qin Yu responded, then suddenly he paused and stared at Liu Hanshu in surprise, "What did you say? You’ve fallen for a girl?"

"Yes."

Liu Hanshu nodded excitedly, "I only met her two days ago. She is really nice. And she and I got along very well, but she isn’t from Fengyue Star." Liu Hanshu seemed a bit helpless.

"Tell me, how does this girl feel about you?" Qin Yu asked with growing interest.

Liu Hanshu appeared a bit embarrassed: "Well, I feel like that girl seems to... also have feelings for me."

"Shameless!" Dan Meng burst out laughing from the side.

Tu Gang and Kong Lan couldn’t help but smile upon hearing this. Seeing the smiles on everyone’s faces, Liu Hanshu felt quite embarrassed, but after a moment he lifted his head boldly and said, "To like is to like, and I truly feel that she is interested in me."

"Master, I want to pursue her. I want to make her my Daoist Partner!" Liu Hanshu suddenly said to Qin Yu with determination.

A sigh rose in Qin Yu’s heart.

His own disciple was much braver than he had been. He had had feelings for Li’er but always kept them bottled up in his heart, too afraid to express them. Although as time passed, they both felt each other’s affection without words. But when it came to matters of the heart, he was still not as good as his disciple.

"Han Shu, I support you. Go ahead and pursue her if you like her," Qin Yu said cheerfully.

Liu Hanshu said with a feeling of helplessness: "But that girl is already a Second-level Heavenly Immortal, while I’m only at the Middle Kongming stage. There’s quite a gap in strength between us. And it seems her family background is quite significant."

"A Second-level Heavenly Immortal and the Middle Kongming stage are not such a big gap. As long as you work hard, you can definitely catch up. As for her family background? Humph, if you like her, just pursue her without worrying about her family background."

Qin Yu spoke with a hint of anger in his voice.

Family background?

Li’er’s family background must be significant, given just looking at Li’er, and that someone named ’Zhou Xian’ had the ability to instantly tear through space. It was clear just how extraordinary Li’er’s race was.

"I will support you from behind," Qin Yu encouraged.

However, Qin Yu inwardly sighed: I support Han Shu, but who can support me?

Uncle Lan did support him, but at most, Uncle Lan’s influence could prevent Li’er from marrying someone else. It hadn’t reached the point where he could be with Li’er; he still had to rely on himself.

"Thank you, Master," Liu Hanshu was overjoyed. He then handed a Jade Scroll to Qin Yu, "Master, this has the images of that girl. You’ll know once you see it."

"Oh."

After Qin Yu received it and swept it with his Immortal Consciousness, he couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.

The girl his disciple fancied turned out to be... the green-dressed woman he had met at the ’Piaofeng Tea House’. Qin Yu still remembered when he went to kill the people from the Yan Family ten years ago, when he met the green-dressed woman who was then just a First-level Heavenly Immortal.

In just ten years, that woman had already reached the Second-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

"It seems the girl my disciple likes truly comes from an extraordinary family. It looks like even the maid of this green-dressed woman has reached the Seventh Level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm," Qin Yu thought unconcerned.

With the ’Three Souls Nine Refinements,’ Qin Yu’s soul cultivation speed would surpass any cultivator’s imagination. Once he opens the third layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List, he himself could become a lord in the worlds of Immortals, Demons, and Beasts.

Currently, Qin Yu, having just unlocked the second layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List, could be considered a strong power. He wouldn’t be able to fight a large power, but lesser powers couldn’t afford to provoke him either.

×

These past few days, Liu Hanshu had often been accompanying the green-dressed woman for strolls within Liu Feng City, and from Liu Hanshu’s ’silly smile’, Qin Yu could tell that his disciple indeed had grown fond of that girl.

White Garden.

Qin Yu closed his eyes, leaning on the pavilion railing, occasionally taking a sip of wine from his jug. After a while... Liu Minghan approached the pavilion and, seeing Qin Yu with closed eyes, did not speak to disturb him.

"What brings Mr. Liu here?" Qin Yu suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Liu Minghan.

Liu Minghan smiled and said, "Mr. Qin, tomorrow is the competition for control over the Planet Transmission Array; the location is the vast plain next to the transmission array. I hope Mr. Qin can find time to attend." He then handed over an invitation.

Qin Yu reached out and accepted it, "If I have time, I’ll come to see it." After that, Qin Yu closed his eyes again.

"Then I won’t disturb Mr. Qin any longer, farewell," Liu Minghan said with a smile.

Qin Yu remained silent, continuing to enjoy the feeling of the breeze on his face with his eyes closed, relishing it as much as when Li’er had once stroked his face.

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