Chapter 1091

Great Xia, Imperial City, Imperial Palace.

Xia Di was reviewing memorials, with a legal amendment proposal on his right, concerning cultivators exploring outside the realm.

Besides the Baima Dynasty, cultivators had discovered several other stars with living beings during their exploration, with development levels similar to the Baima Dynasty.

Many problems had arisen during the exploration process that were unforeseen before, and loopholes needed to be filled in these areas.

Three figures crossed the threshold of the Great Ming Hall following the sunlight. Dai Bufan said loudly: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Xia Di looked up, not feeling surprised by Lu Yang's arrival. Before setting off, Dai Bufan had already told Xia Di that Lu Yang had returned, brought back huge gains, and that representatives from other major forces would meet at the Great Ming Hall.

"Is this the person from outside the realm that Lu Yang invited back?"

Xia Di walked down the steps and had someone grant a seat, while also noticing the strangeness of Dean Gao's body structure, though he didn't ask in detail during their first meeting.

"I am Gao Huanyu, Chief Scientist and Dean of the Academy of Sciences of the Interstellar Alliance. Greetings, Your Majesty."

"So it is Fellow Daoist Gao, oh no, perhaps calling you Dean Gao is more appropriate. You've had a hard journey from afar."

"And me, my name is Aether." The iron box Lu Yang was carrying shouted.

"Who is this?" If Aether hadn't spoken, Xia Di wouldn't have even realized it was alive.

"The Aether Computer of the Interstellar Alliance, and also an innate living being." Lu Yang said.

"Someone, grant a seat to this Aether... Fellow Daoist Aether."

Soon, a small eunuch brought over a chair and moved the Aether sub-unit onto it.

"Tell me quickly, what exactly does the Interstellar Alliance look like?" Xia Di noticed the Aether sub-unit's structure was extremely complex, far exceeding mortal craftsmanship, yet it was made by mortals, which piqued his curiosity.

"It's a bit difficult to describe directly. Your Majesty, please look here." Dean Gao said.

At this moment, the Aether sub-unit projected a virtual star map into the air, which was the entire universe explored by the Interstellar Alliance.

Dean Gao drew a circle and gestured to an area: "These star systems are the scope of our Interstellar Alliance, with a total of eight hundred main stars and three thousand auxiliary stars."

"Our capital is here, the Eternal Star of the Eternal Star System."

"What are these?" Xia Di pointed to the small black dots appearing back and forth near the Eternal Star.

"Spaceships, which allow us to navigate in space." Dean Gao signaled the Aether sub-unit to focus on the area where the spaceships were most dense.

The map kept zooming in, and soon a spaceport projection appeared before Xia Di. Seeing those behemoths, Xia Di felt a sense of awe toward the Interstellar Alliance.

The Chamber of Commerce could transform a flying boat into a space flying boat with slight modifications, but that was a method only cultivators could use.

He had heard that the Interstellar Alliance was all mortals, yet mortals could actually achieve space travel. He didn't know how many people and how many generations of effort had been put into this.

Then the map focus aimed at the Eternal Star, and the map perspective zoomed in, revealing the streets of the Eternal Star.

The streets were bustling with traffic and crowds like the sea. On both sides of the streets stood skyscrapers, and colorful billboards stood on the roofs. Everything was prosperous to the extreme, things that had never existed in the Cultivation Realm.

"Who is he talking to?" Xia Di pointed to a pedestrian on the map and asked. The pedestrian was talking while walking, looking like he was talking to himself.

"He should be discussing business with people from other star systems. This uses quantum communication technology, which can ignore spatial distance and communicate without delay." Dean Gao explained with a smile. Quantum communication technology was an invention he was proud of.

"And this?" Xia Di pointed to the large iron box that appeared most frequently. The large iron box was suspended in the air, looking like the flying car Lu Yang had invented.

But the Interstellar Alliance definitely didn't rely on flying swords for propulsion.

"Solar-powered car."

"This?"

"Artificial intelligence nanny."

"This?"

"Memory chip factory, fully controlled by artificial intelligence."

"Can mortal life actually be so affluent?!" The more he understood the situation of the Interstellar Alliance, the more Xia Di's breathing quickened.

He stood up excitedly and paced around the Great Ming Hall.

The gains Lu Yang brought were too great, far exceeding his expectations.

This was just the creation of mortals. If it could be combined with the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, he didn't know what height it would develop to.

"Establish the Heavenly Crafts Department. We must gather all artifact refiners, formation masters, and inscription masters to establish the Heavenly Crafts Department!"

"Dean Gao, can you join Great Xia's Heavenly Crafts Department?"

"What's this about joining your Heavenly Crafts Department? Let me hear it too." Zhu Tian walked into the Great Ming Hall in a carefree manner.

"Looks like I'm the first one here." Zhu Tian grinned and noticed Lu Yang, "Brother Lu Yang is back?"

He looked around and noticed an empty chair, put the Aether sub-unit on the chair onto the ground, and sat on it himself.

"Quite thoughtful, knowing to leave a chair for me."

"Hey, hey, hey, that's my chair!" The Aether sub-unit said angrily. If it weren't for its physical limitations, it would have wanted to jump up.

"The little thing can even talk, interesting." Zhu Tian was amused and flicked it on the head. The Aether sub-unit spun around several times.

"Mr. Lu, he's bullying me. You must stand up for me!" The Aether sub-unit cried to Lu Yang, which immediately gave Zhu Tian a fright.

What was the origin of this little thing? An innate living being that was an iron box turned into a spirit?

Lu Yang reminded: "Sovereign Zhu, this is the Aether Computer, a guest who has come from afar from the Interstellar Alliance."

"So it's a guest, excuse me." Zhu Tian patted the Aether sub-unit with a smile, "But this is your fault too. If you had said you were a guest earlier, wouldn't everything be fine?"

Aether frantically searched its database, thinking about how to counter Zhu Tian verbally.

Subsequently, the Old Long Huang, the Snow Emperor, and Abbot Ming Yu arrived at the Great Ming Hall one after another. After they understood the situation of the Interstellar Alliance, they also realized that this was a once-in-a-thousand-year development opportunity.

Zhu Tian suddenly realized and was somewhat indignant: "I'm asking you Great Xia, where did you get a Heavenly Crafts Department, and you even want Dean Gao to join? Old Jiang, can you have some shame? Taking advantage of us not being here to trick him into your Great Xia first!"

Xia Di knew he was in the wrong and remained silent.

Zhu Tian then changed the subject and praised Lu Yang: "But it's really thanks to Brother Lu Yang. Going out once can bring back so many gains. Once everything is digested, it will definitely allow the Cultivation Realm to have a qualitative leap!"

"Yes, yes, thanks to little friend Lu Yang." The Old Long Huang and the others also praised him without reservation. This wasn't said for Lu Yang's sake, but their true thoughts.

So many cultivators went out to explore, which cultivator's gains could be compared to Lu Yang's?

Dai Bufan smiled secretly upon hearing this. Junior Brother Lu Yang had finally brought honor to himself.

"Oh no, the Alliance is in danger!"

Suddenly, the Aether sub-unit shouted, making the atmosphere at the scene serious.

"What's going on! What happened over at the Alliance!" Dean Gao's expression became solemn. How could the Alliance be in danger?

But the Aether sub-unit wouldn't lie. Through quantum communication technology, it could remain synchronized with the host.

The Aether sub-unit threw out another bombshell: "An unknown force has attacked the Alliance. It's very powerful, and the Alliance is no match at all!"

"Unknown force?"

Dean Gao revealed an expression of disbelief. Since the Alliance's development, it had continuously absorbed surrounding civilizations and had never encountered a strong enemy. If it weren't for the existence of the Cultivation Realm, he had always thought the Alliance was the most powerful force in the universe.

Now, an unknown force had actually appeared, and the Alliance was completely no match.

The Aether sub-unit projected the battle situation of the Alliance.

At this moment, the Alliance was under heavy fire, engaged in an intense star war. The spaceships of the unknown force were charging wildly, and the Alliance's warships were collapsing at the first touch, completely no match.

The Alliance was in imminent danger!

Lu Yang revealed a strange look. Why did the style of the unknown force's spaceships look like those of the Zhu Tian Civilization?

Soon, the Aether sub-unit's words confirmed Lu Yang's conjecture: "The unknown force has declared that they come from the Zhu Tian Civilization, are the overlords of the universe, and are conquering in all directions under the order of the Heavenly Emperor."

But immediately after, the projection disappeared, and the Aether sub-unit had no response.

"Dean Gao, what's the situation with Aether?"

Dean Gao frowned: "It should be that the battle over there is too intense, and Aether has concentrated all its computing power on the host."

Lu Yang stood up slowly upon hearing this and scanned the crowd: "Everyone, I believe we should assemble our forces and rush to aid the Interstellar Alliance!"

"Well said, I agree!" Zhu Tian responded immediately.

"I agree too!" Xia Di also said immediately after.

"I agree."

"Agree."

The five representatives of the major forces didn't hesitate too much and agreed to send troops to aid the Interstellar Alliance.

"Everyone..." Dean Gao was very moved. He didn't expect them to propose helping the Alliance without hesitation.

Zzz—

The Aether sub-unit made a buzzing sound twice and restored contact with the host. The Aether sub-unit's tone was somewhat indescribably strange, as if it were hesitating whether this should be said.

"Um, it seems Mr. Lu, you don't need to aid our Interstellar Alliance anymore."

"What do you mean?" Lu Yang was puzzled. Wasn't the Alliance in imminent danger? How was it suddenly fine again?

"The Zhu Tian Civilization discovered those top-grade spirit stones you gave us, changed their minds, and said they are coming to conquer your Cultivation Realm."

Dai Bufan hurriedly covered his chest upon hearing this, almost fainting.

He had thought Lu Yang was honest this time he returned, and he was quite happy, praising this kid in his heart, but he didn't expect the big one was waiting for him behind!

Lu Yang noticed Dai Bufan's abnormality and hurriedly turned his head to explain:

"Senior Brother Dai, listen to my explanation. This time it has nothing to do with me. I just gave a few top-grade spirit stones out of politeness. It's the Zhu Tian Civilization that is too greedy, seeing money and forgetting everything..."

"Senior Brother Dai, wake up!"