At the same time, several tens of thousand kilometers away, there was an extremely well-hidden room several hundred meters underground in the depths of the forest of the Huanggu clan. Several fist-sized luminous pearls were embedded in the ceiling of the room. They shone with a hazy light, adding some color to the pitch-black room.
At this moment, a woman in yellow robes sat on the ground and cultivated in a dimly lit room. She was beautiful and possessed a face that could topple nations. She sat in the center of the room with her eyes closed like a stone statue. Strands of powerful and pure water-attributed energy radiated from her, causing the entire room to be filled with a faint mist. Fine droplets of water had even condensed on the walls of the room.
The woman was Huang Luan. She had been brought here from the Huang family by the ancestor of the Huanggu clan under the guise of a master teaching a disciple. Since then, she had been cultivating in the room.
At this moment, the door to the secret room slowly opened. An old man in simple clothes walked in from outside. His appearance was ordinary, but his eyes were brimming with vigor. He looked at Huang Luan with a sliver of hidden desire and greed.
Huang Luan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and cultivating, slowly opened her eyes. Her phoenix eyes were full of intelligence as she looked at the old man who walked in from outside. She slowly stood up from the ground and cupped her hands towards the old man. She said, "Master!"
The old man was the ancestor of the Huanggu clan. He stared at Huang Luan with a smile and gently asked, "Disciple, how is your cultivation going?"
"Thank you for your concern, master. The Scripture of the Aquatic Sunflower suits me very well. I've only cultivated it for a few short days, yet my strength has increased by a lot. However, I possess water-attributed Saint Force. If I can cultivate in a place with dense water-attributed energy of the world, it should be even faster. I hope master can allow me to find an excellent place to cultivate, "Huang Luan said. Her voice was filled with liveliness, like the cries of a skylark. It was extremely pleasant.
The ancestor of the Huanggu clan smiled, "My disciple, you have to remember that everything needs to be done gradually. Your cultivation speed is already extremely fast right now, so you can't be too hasty. Otherwise, you might end up destroying your foundation. Just cultivate here for now. It'll prevent the outside world from interfering."
"Master …" Huang Luan still wanted to say something, but she was interrupted by the ancestor as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Alright, my disciple, I won't disturb you anymore. Cultivate well and try to become a Saint King as soon as possible." With that, the ancestor left.
The door to the secret room closed once again. Huang Luan's beautiful figure stood alone in the middle of the dark secret room. Suddenly, a book appeared in her hand. She casually flipped through it a few times and muttered in a low voice, "Why didn't Master give me the entire Heavenly Scripture of the Sunflower Dew? Why did he only give me a small portion of the first half?" Huang Luan looked around and the light in her eyes flickered. She could clearly sense that the surroundings of the room had been enveloped by an invisible barrier. The barrier had completely fused with the earth, so it was impossible to see through. Even if she wanted to get through it, she would need to destroy the outer layer of earth first.
"Is this barrier used by master to protect the room from the outside world, or …" Huang Luan pondered. She was rather confused.
However, Huang Luan tossed those thoughts aside very soon. She sat down in the center of the room again and thought, "I've already reached the Fifth Cycle of Earth Saint Master. With this speed, I'll reach the Sixth Cycle before long, and then I'll reach Heaven Saint Master. I need to work hard in the next period of time and reach Saint Ruler as soon as possible. Only then will I be able to help Jianchen."
With that thought, Huang Luan's face darkened. Jianchen's handsome face appeared in her head again. She began to miss him, "Jianchen, everyone on the Tian Yuan Continent is looking for you right now. Where are you? You must be having a tough time."
…
Fifty thousand kilometers away from the Gesun Kingdom, in the encampment of the Flame Mercenaries, tens of thousands of people were busy with the construction of a city. After years of hard work, the Flame Mercenaries had already completed three-quarters of the construction of this tungsten alloy city. The city walls had already reached a height of over seventy meters. Although it wasn't finished yet, there was already a majestic aura contained within.
The Flame Mercenaries were like the midday sun right now. They had already become the greatest organization in a radius of several hundred thousand kilometers. They possessed two Saint Rulers, so even the hermit clans dared not to provoke them easily. Their relationship with the Changyang Prefecture made all the ancient clans fear them.
Currently, the Flame Mercenaries had expanded to over three hundred thousand people. Although it was nowhere near the size of an army from a small kingdom, they were without a doubt the strongest. Every single member of the mercenaries possessed great battle prowess. Every single one of them was far more powerful than any soldier from a kingdom. At the same time, there were several hundred Earth Saint Masters and over forty Heaven Saint Masters. They were the rulers of the region without a doubt.
Currently, You Yue and Bi Lian were sitting in the renovated imperial palace of Raging Flame City. They were extremely bored.
After all these years of hard work, the Flame Mercenaries were on the right track. The two of them had already handed many matters over to their subordinates. Only when they encountered some difficult matters would it be their turn to deal with them. As a result, their days were extremely relaxed, no longer as tiring as before.
"I wonder where my brother is right now and when will I be able to see him," Bi Lian gently sighed as she sat before the table. A sliver of longing appeared on her face.
Hearing this, Sima You Yue, who was sitting at the side, revealed a faint trace of sadness and loneliness. She sighed softly, "I hope he can return safely. I will always be here waiting for him and help him manage the foundation he once built. The Raging Flame Mercenary Group is his. His shadow once left behind here."
"Sister You Yue, once my brother returns and sees the current scale of the Flame Mercenaries, I think he'll definitely be extremely happy. Sister You Yue has done far, far too much for the Flame Mercenaries," Bi Lian sweetly smiled.
A sweet smile appeared on Sima You Yue's face. She smiled but didn't say anything. Her gaze was fixed on the boundless sky outside. There was a trace of sadness hidden deep in her eyes.
"In the past, I was rejected by you more than once with the same reason. Now, I can completely understand your difficulties. Back then, you seemed to be doing well on the surface, but mentally, you were under a huge amount of pressure. I don't know if you will marry me after you come back and solve all your problems …"
"I know that this marriage was decided by my father back then. Perhaps, I've never left a mark in your heart. Perhaps, I'm more like a normal friend to you. But, Chen, do you know? I already have you in my heart. No matter what, I can't get rid of it …" Chen smiled bitterly.
Several kilometers away from Flame City, over a dozen middle-aged men rode Class 5 Magical Beasts in a row. They stood on a hill as they gazed at the city up ahead.
"The Flame Mercenaries sure are wealthy. They've actually built a city entirely out of tungsten alloy. Just this city alone would be a priceless treasure on the Tian Yuan Continent," a burly middle-aged man in blue robes sighed emotionally.
"If any other organisation obtained so much tungsten alloy, they probably wouldn't even have the time to hide it. Only the Flame Mercenaries are fearless enough to build a city so openly," a middle-aged man with fiery red hair sighed. A middle-aged man with long fiery red hair also sighed, and his expression was full of envy.
A strange smile appeared on the face of a young man who seemed to be in his twenties. He said, "Everyone, I have not invited all of you here from so far away just to see Flame City."
Hearing this, the dozen or so middle-aged men standing on both sides of the young man looked at each other one after another. Soon after, one of them respectfully cupped his hands towards the young man who spoke and said, "Could it be that the Prince called us here for some other purpose?"
"That's right. This King indeed has other motives for calling all of you here to observe Raging Flame City. I wonder if all of you have ever thought of taking over this city made entirely of tungsten alloy?" A sinister smile appeared at the corner of Progenitus King's mouth.
Hearing this, the expressions of the dozen or so middle-aged men abruptly changed. One of them immediately spoke up, "Bibi Wang, it's not like you don't know the background of the Flame Mercenaries. Although our mercenaries aren't weak, even if you gave us several hundred times more courage, we still wouldn't dare have any designs on the Flame Mercenaries."
"Yeah, king. Ignoring the fact that the Flame Mercenaries have the support of the ten protector clans of the Changyang Prefecture, I've also heard that they have a close relationship with the esteemed grand elder of Mercenary City. Even if we were bold enough, we wouldn't dare to touch the Flame Mercenaries. That would just be courting death," someone immediately agreed. Their eyes were filled with fear.
The king sneered, "What are you afraid of? Since I've called all of you here to discuss this matter, I'll obviously take care of these worries for you."
"That's right. The ten protector clans of the Changyang Prefecture are indeed very powerful, but the purpose of their existence is to protect the Tian Yuan Continent. They've made an agreement that they can't interfere with anything on the Tian Yuan Continent unless it concerns the safety of the continent. I can guarantee that if the people of the Changyang Prefecture interfere when you fight for Flame City, the other nine protector clans will definitely not sit by and watch. Hmph, the Changyang Prefecture has quite the conflict with the other protector clans because of the Winged Tiger. "
"You don't have to worry about Mercenary City. The purpose of Mercenary City's existence is basically the same as the protector clans. Although the grand elder of Mercenary City is the person with the greatest authority and status, his every word and action represents the actions of Mercenary City. If he dares to interfere with the matters of Flame City, even if the other protector clans don't agree to it, just the voice of the grand elder is enough to restrict his actions."
"King, are you sure that the other protector clans will stop him from interfering with the matters of the Flame Mercenaries?" A middle-aged man asked in worry.
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