After that came a whole string of introductions and negotiations about other Dan medicines.

The specific details of the negotiations were rather tedious. After Wang Shouzhe and Emperor Tianrui settled the general framework, they entrusted the follow-up matters to Wang Youping.

As the Family Head, it was naturally impossible for him to personally handle every single matter. Nowadays, the Wang family had countless outstanding descendants; holding up the field was no problem at all.

On Emperor Tianrui’s side, the operation was naturally the same. After he decided on the general direction, he handed the subsequent affairs over to Crown Princess Qingyang to lead her people and complete them.

Crown Princess Qingyang then passed the specific tasks further down, while she herself continued playing mahjong with Liu Ruolan, supervising progress along the way.

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Time passed bit by bit. Unknowingly, another year had gone by.

Yong’an Calendar of Great Qian, year 316.

Divine Martial World, outer Void Sea.

Back then, after the Wang family spent a huge amount to build the first set of hyperspace grand relocation Transfer Array, they brought the crystal ancient relic and Star Fragments Beach, as well as a small corner of the Realm of Ruin, all within their sphere of influence.

The structure and principles used by the Sacred Domain’s hyperspace grand relocation Transfer Arrays had many similarities with the Demonic Clan’s hyperspace Space Corridor. Both required a grand relocation array to be built at each end before mutual space-time Shuttle could be achieved.

It was just that the Human race was temporarily unable to do what the Demonic Clan’s hyperspace Space Corridor could—instantly crossing space distances of more than a thousand years’ voyage—so their transfer distances were usually within a hundred to several hundred years’ voyage.

Thus, Divine Martial One Main Base and Divine Martial No. 2 Expedition Base came into being.

The two great bases were like having a teleporting high-speed highway between them, turning "the ends of the earth" into "right before your eyes," greatly facilitating exploration of the Realm of Ruin.

And as the "全民" exploration craze of the Realm of Ruin gradually surged, the bases began to gain a pretty good income from transfer fees.

You must know, this super space teleportation formation was just like Shouzhe Pass back then. Controlling the Transfer Array meant controlling the channels and pricing power; it was like gripping a golden key to daily profits of Gold flowing in.

The Yun family of Divine Martial and the Immortal Palace were the first to see the business opportunity. They took out their Void Sea maps to share with the Wang family and also paid with some Chaos Spirit Stones to purchase partial equity in the two bases from the Wang family.

After that, forces such as the Red Moon Demon Dynasty, the Real Demon Palace, and Duobao Pavilion followed suit, spending money at a premium to buy base equity.

After selling part of the equity at a premium, the Wang family had surplus funds and once again invited Sacred Supreme Qianzhen’s team. Centered on Divine Martial No. 2 Expedition Base, they built two more grand relocation Transfer Arrays at strategic points on both flanks, and established Shenwu No.3 Advance Base and Divine Martial Four Exploration Base.

Of course, at present only Shenwu No.3 Advance Base had been completed; the Four Exploration Base was still under construction. After the base was built, it would still have to pass inspections before officially opening to traffic. This would take quite a few years in between.

Among these, the No.3 Advance Base led deeper into the Realm of Ruin, while the Divine Martial Four Exploration Base followed the main flow of the Sky-river Cloud Sky, heading toward the direction of the [Canglan World].

At this moment.

The No.3 Advance Base was a scene of bustling activity.

A large number of logistics staff were busy making all kinds of preparations.

Nowadays, with the rise of the nationwide exploration craze, basically any force in the Divine Martial World that had even a bit of strength had formed its own exploration team to explore the Realm of Ruin.

Only, exploration teams that were weak and poor could only drive some shabby little boats to wander around near the base, exploring those "well-known" areas that powerful teams had visited countless times, or picking up some trash the big shots didn’t want and bringing it back.

Of course, there was no lack of those who wanted to try their luck. After all, what if they snagged a bargain—wouldn’t they just soar into the sky?

In this Realm of Ruin, there had never been a shortage of stories about getting rich overnight, nor had there ever been a shortage of tales of certain exploration teams being attacked by Void Beasts and suffering heavy casualties.

Indeed, the Wang family had long stationed a Sacred Supreme at the No.3 Advance Base, but a Sacred Supreme was not omnipotent. There would always be vicious incidents where even the Sacred Supreme didn’t make it in time to rescue.

There were even plenty of hotheads with clearly insufficient strength who insisted on entering dangerous areas to explore and ended up courting death on their own.

Suddenly.

A Void Ferry in the shape of a flying sword, exuding a soft white Yaoguang glow and looking extremely beautiful, glided past layer upon layer of watchtowers and entered a berthing bay of the No.3 Advance Base.

As soon as this Void Ship returned, hundreds of logistics staff immediately swarmed up to it, beginning to help inspect the ship, receive the wounded, unload cargo, and so on.

This beautiful Void Ship was very famous; it was called the [Yaoguang Sword Ship] and was an asset of the Daqian Lingyun Holy Land.

Amidst the crowd surrounding it, the Sword Ship’s hatch opened.

A woman in a blue-and-white close-fitting outfit was the first to fly out from within.

It was a woman who looked very young, with bright eyes and white teeth, her features delicate. Her appearance was somewhere between a girl and a young woman—she possessed both a maiden’s clarity and transparency, and a young woman’s experience and steadiness.

However, compared to her looks, what left an even deeper impression was her bearing.

Her entire aura was like an unsheathed sharp sword, its edge biting, carrying a heavy sense of oppression and an aloof majesty that made people feel awe and not dare to lightly brush against her edge.

This woman was, of course, Wang Liyao.

After several hundred years, the former Lingyun Holy Ground had already undergone a complete transformation.

Over three hundred years ago, when the previous Sacred Land Master Jiang Zhencang sat in peace at the end of his lifespan, Wang Liyao formally succeeded as the Sacred Land Master, with the title [True Monarch Yaoguang].

However, compared to the formal title, people were still more used to addressing her by another form of address, such as "Young Lady Liyao," and there were even those who followed Wang Shouzhe in calling her "Dayaoyao."

This was naturally because, compared to being the Master of Lingyun Holy Ground, her identity as Wang Shouzhe’s eldest legitimate daughter had penetrated far deeper into people’s hearts and inspired even more awe.

As for Wang Liyao herself, she had long inherited a powerful Immortal Scripture called the [Immortal River Sword Scripture], and her aptitude had long since reached the Saintess level. Her cultivation base had now stepped into the sixth layer of the Void Realm, with a future that was boundless.

As her cultivation grew, it was only a matter of time before Lingyun Holy Ground officially became the [Lingyun Immortal Palace].

Behind Wang Liyao, there followed a group of young elites with extraordinary bearing.

Most of these people were the same young folks who had competed with Wang Liyao on the same stage for the Saintess position back then.

Aside from Wang Licui, Wang Yingxuan, and Wang Luoqiu—those three Wang family girls who each had their own Opportunities—the rest such as Gong Yang Ce, Shi Maotian, and Bao Bucheng were all here.

After several hundred years, they had all become True Immortal Seeds.

Their aptitude and cultivation progress were far inferior to Wang Liyao’s, yet they had all broken through to the Void Realm. There would be no problem for them to achieve True Immortal in the future.

These people were not only the future of Lingyun Holy Ground, but also the future pillars of the Human race. Every single one of them was a big shot.

Wherever this group passed, all the logistics staff cast their eyes upon them, their gazes filled with longing and envy.

"Young Lady Liyao’s Sword Ship has suffered several serious damages. It looks like they’ve just been through a tough battle." A certain logistics staffer’s expression was solemn, as if there was some worry between his brows. "I wonder what they encountered?"

"I saw that Pill Master behind Dayaoyao—what was his name again?—seems like he can’t quite hold back his joy. Could it be that Dayaoyao’s team had a huge harvest this time?"

"Bah, you dare call her Dayaoyao too? Are you thinking of being a toad eating swan meat or something?"

"Can’t I at least lick from afar?"

"I’ll curse you to death, you wretched creep."

As they spoke, a group of logistics staff started bickering.

In fact, anyone who could pass multiple layers of assessments and qualify to work at the No.3 Advance Base was already considered a young elite of the Divine Martial World. But compared with Wang Liyao’s identity and strength, that was truly a difference of heaven and earth.

"Oh right, Dongfang Aoshi." At this moment, a logistics staffer suddenly looked toward a handsome young man. "Your Dongfang Clan from Changning seems to have a pretty good relationship with the Wang family. Can you give us some info on Senior Dayaoyao? Like, what does she like to eat? Any special quirks? What are the thresholds for those who want to follow her?"

Hearing this, the expression of that handsome young man named "Dongfang Aoshi" suddenly became incomparably serious.

He cleared his throat and began speaking with reverence: "Speaking of this, it was already more than a thousand years ago. At that time, Young Lady Liyao was only eighteen, yet she could cleave open the Tianhe with a single sword and subdue a Purple Abode Realm bandit! And my family’s founding Old Ancestor, Old Ancestor Dongfang Wen Tian, happened to be in the crowd back then and witnessed that scene with his own eyes..."

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