Chapter 506: Once, Matters of the Other Races

Why add "Martial Uncle" though?

Didn't Martial Uncle go to the Hehuan Sect recently? She even brought back a jar of very unusual wine from there.

From this, one can conclude that Martial Uncle's relationship with that Master Mei Zu of the Hehuan Sect is definitely not simple!

As for Master...

She hadn't actually heard that Master had any connection with Senior Mei Zu.

The one who just introduced herself was Senior Mei Zu's sole personal disciple...

Hehe, this is her wisdom!

"..."

A silence fell over the control room.

Although Chi Jiuyu had found an extra excuse, Ji Yin Xue said nothing more, simply staring at her calmly.

That indifferent gaze made Chi Jiuyu's hair stand on end.

"Ahem." Coughing twice, Chi Jiuyu ventured, "Those bio-weapons just now... did you help me deal with them?"

"Mm."

Ji Yin Xue gave a faint reply, then walked straight toward her.

Unhurried, the distance between each step as if measured with a ruler, without the slightest deviation.

Chi Jiuyu's heart tightened, and she instinctively wanted to step back, but quickly caught herself, realizing she had just introduced herself as Master's personal senior disciple...

If she stepped back now, wouldn't that be throwing away all of Master's face?

So she held herself in check again.

Until Ji Yin Xue came right before her and reached out...

... to straighten her collar for her.

Chi Jiuyu: (((*)!

Under her dumbfounded gaze, Ji Yin Xue began speaking on her own.

"I was passing by and saw you surrounded, so I helped you out on a whim."

Looking at the now neatly straightened collar, she nodded in satisfaction.

"But even if I hadn't stepped in, you could have handled it yourself."

Only now did Chi Jiuyu finally react.

Turns out it was just OCD—here she was thinking something was wrong, nearly scared to death!

"I should still thank you..." She was a polite Yu, after all. "Let's not just stand here, let's sit down and chat."

Hearing this, Ji Yin Xue didn't refuse either.

After all, she had originally come to meet this disciple of Senior Master Jianzun, hoping to inquire about some matters from her.

If it had been anyone else being attacked by bio-weapons, she would have helped too, but she wouldn't have stopped.

Thus, the two left the control room and arrived at the living area.

After Chi Jiuyu invited her to sit, she even had her natal sword go cut a plate of fruit.

Hearing this, even Ji Yin Xue couldn't help but look at the cyan-gold longsword floating further inside, falling into thought for a moment.

But quickly, she suppressed the slight confusion in her heart and asked directly:

"Since you're the senior sister of Senior Master Jianzun's lineage, you must have met Xu Qianning."

Hearing this, Chi Jiuyu's expression turned solemn, though her heart was leaping with joy.

That's right, that's right!

I am indeed the senior sister of Master Jianzun's lineage!

Hahaha!

Finally, someone realized this on their own without her having to bring it up.

Feeling "respected," Chi Jiuyu immediately said:

"That's right, I did see her when Ye Shijie returned to the sect."

"Then she should have gone into closed-door cultivation by now?"

"I don't know," Chi Jiuyu said decisively.

"..." Ji Yin Xue paused, then stared at her quietly. "You're lying."

emm...

To think she was seen through.

"Alright, actually I do know, but I can't tell you."

"Why?"

"What if you're my Ye Shijie's enemy!"

She could still tell which mattered more.

Although she had rarely felt "respected," was she, Hehuan Laozu, the kind of person who'd spill everything after being flattered a couple of times?

Not to mention, Ye Shijie was her idol!

"I'm not," Ji Yin Xue said seriously.

"Oh come on, you can't just say you're not and that's that."

"I never lie."

Chi Jiuyu blinked, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"How about you ask me things I can answer, I promise—whatever you ask, I'll answer!"

After all, the other party had helped her out, and had shown her great respect.

"Enough."

Ji Yin Xue saw the situation but did not press the matter further.

"Once we return to the sect, I'll go find Master Jianzu Senior myself and ask about it."

Hm?!

Uncle-Master went to the Hehuan Sect again?

When did he leave!

Just as she was surprised, she heard Ji Yin Xue continue:

"I heard it was you who went to receive Master Jianzu Senior when he came out of seclusion?"

This was something she had heard from her Master during some previous communication.

"Mm, that's right!" This one she could talk about. "When I went to receive Uncle-Master, I also ran into Senior Huo."

"Did Master Jianzu Senior say anything about how the world is these days?" Ji Yin Xue stared at her intently.

This was the question she cared about most.

As for Senior Huo, although she agreed with certain of his ideas, she had to admit that his way of doing things was still a bit too extreme.

"Ah?"

What kind of question was that?

But faced with Ji Yin Xue's 'eager' gaze.

Hiss~

"Let me think, uh…"

This question was truly somewhat unexpected for her.

Did Uncle-Master mention anything along these lines back then?

Seems like he did, right…?

Or did he not?

"Uncle-Master… he doesn't seem to have said anything specific, but I remember his impression of the current era was still quite positive."

Mm!

That's right, exactly!

"A positive impression, you say…" Ji Yin Xue lowered her eyes slightly, as if pondering something.

After quite a while, she finally raised her head again to look at Chi Jiuyu.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, you're welcome! I didn't really say anything useful — I'm the one who should be thanking you."

Although this Ye Shijie Ji was a bit unusual, she was still a very decent person.

Ji Yin Xue shook her head slightly: "One thing at a time."

As for what this world was truly like, she would see for herself after meeting Master Jianzu Senior and settling the various matters within the sect.

Just at this moment.

A cyan-gold longsword carried a fruit platter out from within, floating all the way to Ji Yin Xue's front.

Looking at the fruit on the white porcelain plate, cut neatly into pieces of exactly the same size, a faint smile surfaced on her face.

"Not bad."

……

……

Several minutes later, inside the starship only Chi Jiuyu and her natal sword remained.

"See, all that training I had you do before was useful, right!"

Inside the starship's control room, Chi Jiuyu said smugly.

The cyan-gold longsword circled around her once, then hovered in front of her, its spirit radiating waves of agreeable emotion.

"So you have to listen to me more in the future — that's how you'll get stronger and stronger!"

"Yu Yu~ Master! Strong!"

"Alright, go back and rest."

Chi Jiuyu stopped while she was ahead.

Her natal sword was getting smarter and smarter; the old methods would absolutely not work anymore!

What was this called…?

Too much of a good thing!

Right, right, right!

Too much of a good thing!

Whoosh~!

A flash of cyan-gold sword-light vanished in an instant, sinking into the Moon Shadow Secret Realm hanging around Chi Jiuyu's neck, and disappeared.

"Phew~"

Chi Jiuyu immediately slumped back into her seat, letting out a long breath.

This Ye Shijie Ji's OCD was seriously severe — sitting ramrod-straight, meticulous to a fault.

So she couldn't be too casual either; it was so uncomfortable!

Ye Shijie Ji also said she'd come find her when she had time…

"There shouldn't be any surprises this time, right." she muttered.

Ever since she took on this mission, surprises had come one after another, without a break at all!

Aah~

Life is hard; Chi Jiuyu sighed.

"Initiate jump!"

No matter what, the mission must be completed.

【Jump will commence in thirty seconds】

【Next stop: Fu Ling Star System, Gui Ling Thirty-Seventh Planetary System】

【Jump report uploaded】

Lines of text flowed across a pale blue translucent interface.

Watching the countdown, Chi Jiuyu couldn't help recalling the annex details of this mission.

In the Gui Ling Thirty-Seventh Planetary System of the Fu Ling Star System, the alien races dwelling on the fourth, sixth, and seventh planets.

Many years ago, the three planets' alien races had not yet gained the ability to leave their planetary system.

Yet they constantly fought among themselves, attacking and killing one another in endless waves.

Until over five hundred years ago, an alien from the fourth planet finally gave birth to a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator.

Indeed, due to their relatively backward spiritual techniques and methods, star-dwelling aliens generally required Nascent Soul late-stage to truly gain the ability to leave their planetary system—unless they possessed inherent racial talents...

Back to the Gui Ling Thirty-Seventh Planetary System.

After the fourth planet produced a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, the balance among the three alien races was shattered.

If nothing unexpected occurred, the other two habitable planets of the Gui Ling Thirty-Seventh Planetary System would be seized by the fourth alien race.

Unfortunately, after his promotion, that Nascent Soul late-stage alien from the fourth planet did not immediately act; instead, he first explored beyond the planetary system.

With an extremely slim chance, he happened upon a starship from the Tai Shang Dao Sect, waiting for a jump beyond the system.

At the height of his newfound confidence, he immediately attacked the starship, attempting to seize it.

And then...

It ended in tragedy!

Believing himself invincible, he was crushed by a single finger from a cultivator who stepped out of the starship—unable to withstand even a single glance.

However, since he was encountering the outside for the first time, no excessively harsh punishment was imposed.

Thus, after being detained for a time, he was given several choices.

Either abide by the Star Governance Code, or cease all contact with the outside.

As for the third choice...

It was also possible.

Provided you possessed unrestricted power.

After a simple comparison of the power disparity, the first being in the Gui Ling Thirty-Seventh Planetary System to gain the ability to explore beyond the system, representing all three races, chose the first option.

From then on, the three races became connected to the interstellar network; out of caution, that Nascent Soul late-stage alien returned home and did not rashly wage war, instead subduing the other two alien races with absolute power.

To this day, all three races have produced Soul Transformation cultivators.

The original Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator's realm has now reached Soul Transformation peak, just one step away from achieving Return to Void.

Although Soul Transformation peak is unremarkable among modern humans, in the stars it is already exceedingly impressive.

Even across the entire Fu Ling Star System, they are a renowned powerful race, ranked in the first tier!

As Chi Jiuyu's thoughts swirled, the countdown reached its final moments.

"Jump initiated!"

With the voice of the ship spirit Xiao Xue, the control room erupted in violent shaking.

His vision was instantly drowned in white light. (End of chapter)