"Strict instructions? What kind of instructions? " Hearing the Third Hall Master Fu Feng's words, Ling Dong's brows furrowed tightly. He was even more glad about his decision back then.
In fact, Ling Dong was extremely hesitant and worried about using the Imperial Star Ring to control the Third Palace Master Fu Feng. Reasonably speaking, since the Third Palace Master held a deep grudge against Ling Dong, it would be the safest and most convenient to kill him directly.
And Ling Dong had learned from him that the fall of the Star Demon was related to the betrayal of the Star Slaves. However, to get information about the Stargaze Palace, Ling Dong still used the Imperial Star Ring to control the Third Palace Master Fu Feng.
Ling Dong's initial plan was to use the Imperial Star Ring to control the Third Hall Master Fu Feng. Once he obtained the information he needed, he would directly kill the Third Hall Master Fu Feng. In any case, Ling Dong was not satisfied with the Third Hall Master's Earth Slave.
However, when Ling Dong learned about the upper echelons of the Stargaze Palace from the Third Palace Master, he realized that this method would not work.
Unless Ling Dong wanted the Stargaze Palace to realize that something major had happened at the Long Safe Territory, or else, Ling Dong would not be able to leave the Third Palace Master Fu Feng for a long time.
Although that Stargaze Palace would not ask about the situation at the Long Safe Territory under normal circumstances, they would still ask once or twice through the fake Zhou Tian Shenjian after a few dozen years.
In fact, in these hundred years, including the strict instructions sent by the fake Zhou Tian Shenjian, that mysterious Stargaze Palace had contacted the Stargaze Palace at the Long Safe Territory three times.
The first two times were just routine inquiries and Fu Feng, the Third Palace Master, had dealt with them. It seemed that mysterious Stargaze Palace knew about Fu Feng, the Third Palace Master of the Long An Territory. They only asked about the whereabouts of the Head Palace Master and Fu Feng replied that Xi Hao, the Head Palace Master, was in solitary training. That was it.
Because of this connection, Ling Dong became alert. Thus, he did not make a move against the Third Palace Master Fu Feng. Now, Ling Dong, who had already guessed the general situation, was even more unable to do anything to the Third Hall Master Fu Feng.
From various situations, initially, that mysterious Stargaze Palace should have only sent Xi Hao, the Head Palace Master. He had come to this Long Safe Territory alone about eight or nine hundred years ago. At that time, Lord Hallmaster Xi Hao's cultivation was only at the beginner level of Zhou Tianshen's envoy.
Later on, Second Hall Master Xiu Hong, Third Hall Master Fu Feng, and Fourth Hall Master Bu Ze all broke through to Zhou Tianshen with the help of First Hall Master Xi Hao. Although the four of them were brothers, the First Palace Master, Xi Hao, had always been the leader.
Judging from this point, the Stargaze Palace should not have sufficient manpower. Or else, they would not have sent Xi Hao alone. But now that nearly a thousand years had passed, the situation was hard to say.
Since the First Palace Master Xi Hao had these three brothers, he also reported it to his superiors, and together they managed the Star Luo Divine Palace. It was because according to Fu Feng, the Third Palace Master, and Xi Hao's instructions, someone must keep an eye on that fake Zhou Tianshen.
This way, in the future, Ling Dong could only keep Fu Feng, the Third Palace Master. As for the Pseudo Universe Godly Mirror that Ling Dong had obtained, it remained untouched.
"Master, the higher-ups asked me to send a message to Xi Hao. If I cannot find any news about the Long An Star Palace in a hundred years, then I will be replaced." Fu Feng, the Third Palace Master answered.
"Long An Star Palace? Their target is the Long An Star Palace? "Ling Dong frowned tightly.
Ling Dong, who was deep in thought, did not notice that a trace of strange expression flashed across the eyes of Fu Feng, the Third Palace Master. However, strangely, the Imperial Star Ring did not activate its seal on him. It should not have any ill intentions towards Ling Dong.
"Alright, all you have to do is to stand guard. If anything happens, just deal with it according to the strategy that we have discussed previously." Ling Dong nodded his head and asked the third hall master Fu Feng to withdraw.
At least for now, it seemed that the mysterious Stargaze Palace did not know about the situation at the Long An Border. And from this instruction, they could drag it out for a few more years.
To the current Ling Dong, the longer he dragged it out, the more confidence he would have. For your information, the strength of his side was growing rapidly.
Among Ling Dong's subordinates, the most eye-catching ones were Bai Bai Xuan, Vermillion Bird Little Four, Jin Chen, Water Slave Gui Qian Shan, and Mu Tie.
With the help of the Ten Thousand Star Palace and almost the most abundant resources in the entire Long An Border, Bai Bai Xuan had broken through to the Middle Stage of Zhou Tianshen. However, even Vermillion Bird Little Four, who had reached the Middle Stage of Zhou Tianshen, did not dare to take it head on.
Especially with the help of Ling Dong's Master Star Plate, Bai Bai Xuan had learned a few extremely powerful Void Finger Talismans in a way that was close to cheating.
For your information, for such powerful Void Finger Talismans, Bai Bai Xuan had struggled on the verge of death several times. For a few times, due to the violent backlash from the natural laws, his Divine Soul had been severely injured and almost collapsed.
In the most serious case, Ling Dong had personally urged the Master Star Plate to continuously nourish Bai Bai Xuan's Divine Soul for more than half a year before Bai Bai Xuan was brought back from the path of the living dead.
But in exchange, he had learned a powerful Secret Technique that even Vermillion Bird Little Four was afraid of.
In Bai Bai Xuan's words, he had Ling Dong. Without Ling Dong, he would have died more than a dozen times, not to mention comprehending those powerful Secret Techniques.
There was no need to say much about Jin Chen, but the one with the fastest cultivation breakthrough was Water Slave Gui Qian Shan. Water Slave Gui Qian Shan had broken through from a half-step Zhou Tian God to a Zhou Tianshen Envoy, more than 20 years later than Bai Bai Xuan.
But so far, Gui Qian Shan's cultivation had reached the Middle Stage of Zhou Tianshen Envoy, just like Bai Bai Xuan. He was even stronger than Bai Bai Xuan.
This was because Gui Qian Shan was an ancient Xuan Turtle and his cultivation was advancing slowly. If he was a human, his cultivation would have been one or two levels higher than Bai Bai Xuan.
The main reason why Gui Qian Shan's cultivation improved so quickly was because he was a Water Slave. Ling Dong often gave him the Water Star Controlling Ring to cultivate.
This was what Jin Chen had said at the beginning. There were many benefits to being a Star Slave, benefits that others could not imagine. For example, if one were to be bestowed with a Star Control Ring by Ling Dong and hold the corresponding Star Control Ring to comprehend the Laws of Heaven and Earth for a year, the effect would be equivalent to ten years of others comprehending the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
The effect of the Star Controlling Ring was simply more powerful than Ling Dong's.
In this case, Ling Dong probably understood why those existences with good cultivation were willing to become Star Slaves after a period of time after being subdued by the Star Demon.
It was because of the huge benefits contained in it.
As for Mu Tie, it was also related to the Star Controlling Ring.
Originally, because of Mu Yuan's loyalty to Mu Tie, Ling Dong always felt that letting Mu Tie become a Wood Slave was unfair to Mu Yuan. Although in terms of identity, Mu Tie was the Old Demon Wood Demon and had always been Ling Dong's Spirit Demon Servant.
But after getting along for so long, Ling Dong had always treated Mu Tie as a brother and a friend. He treated Mu Tie as if he was Gao Yuan.
Therefore, for a long time, Ling Dong did not accept Mu Tie as a Wood Slave according to Mu Yuan's instructions before his death. Mu Yuan's last words in the jade talisman were that if Mu Tie was useful and Ling Dong did not have a Wood Slave, he must accept Mu Tie as a Wood Slave.
Of course, if he was not useful, Ling Dong would make the decision.
There was no need to mention Mu Tie's ability. However, Ling Dong had never followed Mu Yuan's last words until one day, when he was chatting with the water slave Gui Qian Shan. After a few words, Ling Dong made this decision.
About 50 years ago, Ling Dong took Gui Qianshan, who was sent by Zhou Tianshen, to the depths of the ocean to search for treasures. When they were free, they chatted casually. Ling Dong asked Gui Qianshan why he was willing to become a Star Slave now, when he was extremely unwilling to become a Star Slave.
Gui Qianshan's answer was very simple. It was because being a Star Slave could make him stronger and allow him to live longer.
As for the title of Star Slave, it was just a title. On the contrary, Star Slaves were more open-minded.
In life, unless you become a supreme existence, you will always be influenced or even threatened by existences stronger than you. You will have to do things that you don't want to do.
When you did these things unwillingly, what was the difference between you and a servant?
Thus, the so-called Star Slave was nothing more than a title. Compared to paying it, the rewards were much greater. At the very least, they would be able to obtain greater power.
Gui Qianshan's words directly awakened Ling Dong.
What did he need to do the most? It was to let Mu Yuan's bloodline gain more power and pass it on for a long time. Only in this way could he be worthy of Mu Yuan's loyalty. Mu Nu and Mu Yuan had probably considered this point, which was why they had said those last words.
Becoming Ling Dong's Star Slave meant that he only needed to be influenced by Ling Dong, and other influences and pressures would all be handled by Ling Dong.
After returning, Ling Dong asked for Mu Tie's opinion and successfully took Mu Tie as a Star Slave. However, Mu Tie was still Mu Tie, but with the assistance of the Star Control Ring, Mu Tie's cultivation base advanced by leaps and bounds.
Up to now, Mu Tie's cultivation was already vaguely the strongest under Ling Dong apart from Jin Nu, Jin Chen and Vermilion Bird Little Fourth.
If he could delay for a bit longer, Ling Dong's subordinates might be even stronger. Of course, the most important thing now was to return to the Vermillion Bird Star System.
As long as Ling Dong's cultivation base broke through to Zhou Tianshen's, Ling Dong was confident that his battle strength would double. Ling Dong hadn't spent these hundred years in vain.
However, if he wanted to return to the Vermillion Bird Star System, there was a very important problem that needed to be solved.
When Ling Dong came, he was directly sent over through the ancient transfer array of the Wood Spider Realm. However, that ancient transfer array was a one-way transfer array that the Wood Spider Realm had spent a lot of effort to reconstruct. It could send Ling Dong over, but it couldn't send Ling Dong back.
Also, the Central Star System had been isolated from the other four star systems for a long time. How to return to the Vermillion Bird Star System was a difficult problem that Ling Dong faced.
After asking the Mountain God Yin Kang for help, Ling Dong pondered for a long time. Then, he suddenly thought of Jin Nu, Jin Chen, the Alkaid Star Lord. Back then, Jin Nu had chased him all the way from the Alkaid Realm to the Vermillion Bird Star System.
The Alkaid Realm was also part of the Central Star System. Since Jin Nu could reach the Vermillion Bird Star System from the Alkaid Realm, then he should be able to return to the Vermillion Bird Star System from the Long Safe Realm. Therefore, Ling Dong summoned Jin Nu.
After summoning Jin Nu, Ling Dong asked, "That's how it is. Jin Chen, do you know the route from the Long Safe Realm back to the Vermillion Bird Star System?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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