Chapter 887
The Outer Boundaries.
"I never imagined that such a prodigy would emerge from our nine star regions. I heard that he has also mastered the power of the stars. Tsk tsk tsk, if only I had known about him sooner."
Fu Fengzi looked regretful.
A hoarse female voice came from the side:
"Fellow Daoist Fufengzi, what you say is quite interesting. Could it be that you also want to seize the opportunity from Chen Beijin? If you have such an idea, I am willing to join forces with you!"
The speaker was an old woman, and her divine sense projection and Cang Wanjun's divine sense projection were the most solid among them, because she was also an old monster at the third step of the Dao Integration stage.
His name is Red Demon Wanderer.
Although the Crimson Demon Hermit is a Dao Integration cultivator from the Nine Star Domains, he does not control any of the star domains; he is merely a Dao Integration hermit.
This person spends most of his time cultivating in the Void Realm and rarely participates in the affairs of the Nine Star Domains.
There are three people in the entire nine star regions who have reached the third step of the Dao Integration stage.
The three are Cang Wanjun, Hongmo Sanren, and Weiyang Tian.
However, Weiyangtian was killed by cultivators from outside the realm in his early years.
Therefore, for a long time, only two cultivators at the third step of the Dao Integration stage remained in the nine star regions.
"Fellow Daoist Red Demon is too kind. I was merely expressing my feelings," Fu Fengzi said with a smile and a shake of his head.
He had never seen how strong Chen Beijing was, but he knew about Weiyangtian's strength. Back then, Weiyangtian had already reached the third step of the Dao Integration Realm.
Now that so many years have passed, he's probably even stronger than before, and he doesn't think he can defeat Wei Yangtian.
Fu Fengzi seemed to have thought of something, and then looked at Hongmo Sanren: "If I remember correctly, Fellow Daoist Hongmo, you also participated in the siege of Fellow Daoist Wei back then, right?"
Red Demon Sanren sneered:
"So what if she is? Do you think I, Hong, would be afraid of Wei Yangtian's revenge? If she really dares to come, I'd like to give that old woman a try."
Cang Wanjun said with a smile:
"The matter of that year is in the past, so let's not bring it up again. I believe Fellow Daoist Weiyangtian knows what's appropriate."
The other Dao Integration Realm cultivators all looked at Cang Wanjun with strange expressions.
Clearly, Cang Wanjun's words indicate that he has already sided with Hongmo Sanren.
If Wei Yangtian wants to revive old grudges, then he will have no choice but to join forces with Hongmo Sanren.
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in the arena:
What if I insist on bringing it up?
Upon hearing this voice, the expressions of the people in the room changed, and they all looked to the left.
There stood a man in white.
The man in white was none other than Chen Feng.
"Fellow Daoist Chen!" Upon seeing Chen Feng, the Dao Integration cultivators from the Fire Burning Starfield and the Void Spirit Starfield immediately went to greet him.
Chen Feng nodded to the two of them.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Zhang!"
Although it was Chen Feng's first time meeting the two, he knew who they were.
The Dao Integration Ancestor Xu Wangchen of the Void Spirit Star Domain, and the Ancestor Zhang Yan of the Fire Burning Star Domain.
These two were among the Dao Integration cultivators of the nine star domains who had a relatively good relationship with him.
Twenty years ago, Xu Wuji and Fen Wuji gave him portraits of their respective star field ancestors, so Chen Feng recognized them at a glance.
"Haha, we've wanted to meet Fellow Daoist Chen for decades, but back then Fellow Daoist Xu and I were exploring outside the realm and hadn't returned to the Nine Star Domains. When we came back, we learned that Fellow Daoist Chen was in seclusion, so we didn't bother him. Now we've finally met him."
Xu Wangchen smiled and spoke. He was extremely handsome, with a striking head of silver hair, a standard feature of the Xuling race.
Zhang Yan, on the other hand, was a burly man with fiery red hair.
Zhang Yan transmitted his voice to Chen Feng:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, please don't be impulsive. The Crimson Demon is a powerful cultivator at the third step of the Dao Integration stage, and there were more than one Dao Integration cultivator involved in that incident back then. It's not advisable to clash with them now."
Chen Feng nodded to Zhang Yan. He naturally knew that now was not the time to cause trouble for the Red Demon Hermit and his ilk.
Although he felt that killing someone at the third step of the Dao Integration stage wouldn't be a problem with his current strength, he didn't think it would be the right time to do so.
I was just making a sarcastic remark.
While Chen Feng and Zhang Yan were greeting each other, the other Dao Integration cultivators in the room were also observing Chen Feng.
The expressions on their faces were quite solemn, especially those of Red Demon Sanren and Cang Wanjun.
Chen Feng suddenly appeared beside them, and they didn't even notice.
Although their physical bodies were all within the Void Realm, their divine sense projections could still perceive changes in the external environment.
But just now, there were no fluctuations in either the existing universe or the void.
Chen Feng's escape technique instilled deep fear in the Dao Integration cultivators present.
Cang Wanjun then spoke:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, isn't Fellow Daoist Wei here?"
Chen Feng shook his head:
"She can't come right now because of something. Aren't I enough on my own?"
Cang Wanjun smiled slightly, not angered by Chen Feng's words:
“Fellow Daoist Chen is certainly capable of coming alone.”
The Crimson Demon Hermit sighed from the side, "What a pity, this old woman hasn't seen Fellow Daoist Wei for a long time."
After Chen Feng appeared, the Red Demon Sanren no longer had the arrogant attitude he had before.
She had originally intended to cause trouble for Chen Feng, since he was only a half-step Dao Integration cultivator. Although he had the means to threaten Dao Integration cultivators, she didn't take him seriously.
But Chen Feng's escape technique just now made her wary.
"In that case, let's go ahead. The Heavenly Profound Envoy should be arriving soon." Cang Wanjun didn't dwell on Yin Yin's absence.
As Cang Wanjun finished speaking, his true form emerged from the Void Realm.
The others followed suit.
Since it was impossible for them to travel within the Void Realm, they had to appear in the existing universe in their physical forms before heading to the edge of the Nine Star Regions.
Moving within the Sky Realm is extremely fast.
Even Cang Wanjun and Hongmo Sanren dared not move around freely within the Void Realm.
Because one careless move could lead to being affected by the distortion of spacetime.
If they were to encounter a spacetime distortion, even the two of them would be at risk of perishing.
"Fellow Daoists, now that everyone has arrived, let's set off now and meet at the edge of the star field."
After Cang Wanjun finished speaking, he transformed into a blue streak of light and disappeared into the depths of the starry sky.
The others didn't say much either, and all headed towards the depths of the starry sky.
Chen Feng took out an antimatter warship from his storage ring, then looked at Zhang Yan and Xu Wangchen:
“Fellow Daoists, my Dharma ship will reach the edge of the Nine Star Domains in three days. If you do not mind, you may travel with me.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan and Xu Wangchen boarded the warship almost without hesitation.
Zhang Yan said with a smile:
"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Chen!"
They had heard of Xingfengmen's antimatter warships, but even within Xingfengmen, these things were extremely precious and were never sold to outsiders.
These magical ships are extremely fast; cultivators who have reached the Dao realm cannot catch up with them unless they are in the void.
Within the nine star systems, almost no one could keep up with the speed of the antimatter warship. After the three boarded the warship, Chen Feng ordered it to set sail.
The antimatter warship quickly turned into a black streak and disappeared into the starry sky.
Antimatter warship, inside the cabin.
Chen Feng, Xu Wangchen, and Zhang Yan were sitting on the sofa.
Xu Wangchen looked at the environment inside the cabin and said with emotion:
"I had heard Wuji say that your sect is very different from other forces, and seeing it today, I can confirm it. Just the environment of this Dharma ship gives people a sense of comfort."
Zhang Yan nodded in agreement.
“Fellow Daoist Chen, this place is indeed very different.”
Chen Feng smiled and said, "If you two fellow Daoists are interested, you can send someone to our Xingfeng Sect to purchase these items. Our Xingfeng Sect can also do these interior decorations."
"Alright, I'll send someone to your sect later." Xu Wangchen laughed heartily.
Zhang Yan then spoke seriously:
“Fellow Daoist Chen, the Red Demon Hermit and Cang Wanjun have a very close relationship. If you want to help Fellow Daoist Wei take revenge, you need to be careful that the two of them join forces. In addition, Cang Wanjun knows a big figure from the Heavenly Profound Holy Land, so we must also be wary of that.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng nodded:
"Thank you for informing me. May I ask how much you two fellow Daoists know about the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land?"
He came here to gather information. These two are veteran Dao Integration cultivators from the Nine Star Domains, so they must know a lot of secrets.
Xu Wangchen spoke in a deep voice:
“The Heavenly Profound Holy Land is extremely far from our nine star regions. Even if there are star vortexes to shorten the distance, it would still take a Dao Integration cultivator at least half a year to arrive.”
"We don't know much about this force either. We only know that the Heavenly Profound Holy Land not only controls a large star field, but also rules more than a dozen small star fields, and has nearly twenty Dao Integration cultivators!"
As he said this, Xu Wangchen's face became solemn.
More than twenty Dao Integration cultivators—even if they've only reached the first step of Dao Integration, that's still incredibly terrifying.
Chen Feng then asked, "So what is the purpose of this envoy from the Heavenly Profound Holy Land's visit this time?"
Xu Wangchen and Zhang Yan exchanged a glance, and Zhang Yan said:
"I'm afraid they're up to no good this time. I heard that the Holy Land is planning to attack a powerful force and is in dire need of manpower. They might be trying to draw manpower from our nine star regions."
"After all, our nine star regions are nominally vassal star regions of the Heavenly Profound Holy Land."
Zhang Yan and Xu Wangchen began to explain to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng also learned a lot about the Heavenly Profound Holy Land and the outer realm from the two of them.
Outside the boundary, the division of power can be roughly divided into small star regions, medium star regions, and large star regions.
The Nine Star Regions are considered medium-sized star regions, but this includes all nine star regions. If we only consider a single star region among the nine star regions, it can only be considered a small star region.
Generally, cultivators in small star regions can only cultivate to the Refinement of Void level at most, because even if Dao Integration cultivators appear in a small star region, these Dao Integration cultivators will leave their star region as soon as possible and go to a better star region to develop.
There are only a few large starfields outside the boundary, and Zhang Yan and Xu Wangchen only know of two.
One is the Tianxuan Star Domain, and the other is the Taiyi Star Domain.
When Chen Feng last used immortal techniques to deduce the clues, the clues appeared in the Taiyi Dao Sect in the Taiyi Star Region.
As for more distant places, that's beyond the knowledge of Zhang Yan and his companion.
When Zhang Yan and his companion went beyond the boundary, they only explored the nearby small star fields, because the small star fields were safe enough.
Outside the realm, it is quite common for cultivators who have reached the Dao Integration stage to perish.
The Heavenly Profound Holy Land controls a large star field and more than a dozen small star fields, possessing unimaginable resources, but this is still far from enough for the Heavenly Profound Holy Land.
For a top-tier power to develop, it must cultivate more strong individuals, which requires resources.
The resources available to one's own star system each year are fixed.
If you want more, you can only plunder or explore the unknown starry sky.
The choice of Tianxuan Holy Land is to explore the unknown starry sky and discover valuable planets and star regions.
In the process of such exploration, one will always encounter some powerful star systems and forces, which will inevitably lead to war.
For example, recently there have been rumors that the Tianxuan Holy Land encountered a powerful force while exploring the starry sky, so the Tianxuan Holy Land has been gathering manpower to prepare for war with this force.
However, this is just a rumor, and the news has not been confirmed.
Xu Wangchen said worriedly:
"If the rumors are true, then all nine star regions will probably have to send people over this time. We can't disobey the orders of the Heavenly Profound Holy Land."
Zhang Yan comforted him:
"Fellow Daoist Xu need not worry. Although our Nine Star Domains are middle-level star domains, our strength has never been strong. The Heavenly Profound Holy Land will not make things too difficult for us."
Chen Feng didn't care much about their discussion, because he had no intention of sending anyone over.
No matter how strong the Heavenly Profound Holy Land is, it is not a threat if there are no beings above the Dao Integration Realm.
What he cared about was the information about the Heavenly Profound Holy Land.
This force has been exploring the starry sky for many years, so it must know a lot of things, and it is very likely that it knows about the existence of the Xuanhuang Realm or the Northern Underworld.
"I hope it won't disappoint me," Chen Feng murmured to himself.
He was eager to know the origin of the scroll and whether the Xuanhuang Realm was in the same universe as the Nine Star Domains.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, what are you saying?" Xu Wangchen looked at Chen Feng in confusion.
Chen Feng smiled:
"It's nothing, please have some tea."
Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
An antimatter warship sailed into a starry sky where no starlight could be seen, and the surroundings were cold and desolate.
The only thing visible was a huge vortex in the distance.
This is the edge of the nine star domains, and this vortex is also the vortex leading to the outer star domains.
Chen Feng and his two companions flew out of the warship.
Xu Wangchen looked around and then said, "It seems that we were the first to arrive."
Zhang Yan said with a smile:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, your Dharma ship is indeed incredibly fast. I wonder if you would be willing to sell it?"
Although it was a bit inappropriate to ask such a question, Zhang Yan genuinely wanted an antimatter warship; this magic ship was simply too fast.
If he could own one, it would be much more convenient for him to get around in the future.
Chen Feng shook his head:
"I'm sorry, I have no intention of selling this item at the moment."
Chen Feng has no intention of selling the antimatter warship unless the warp drive is successfully developed.
He would never sell the most advanced technology of Xingfengmen to anyone else, even if he had a good relationship with them.
"Oh, that's a real pity." Zhang Yan sighed.
Although disappointed, Zhang Yan understood that if he possessed such a treasure, he wouldn't easily sell it to others.
"If you two wish to travel on one of our Xingfeng Sect's magic ships, you can pay with spirit stones, and we can send someone to pick you up and take you to your desired destination," Chen Feng suddenly said.
This idea came to him on the spur of the moment. It was a waste to leave those antimatter warships of Xingfengmen sitting there, so why not bring them out to pick up and drop off guests? This would also be a way to increase revenue.
In particular, these Dao Integration cultivators dare not stay in the outside world for too long, making them the customers who most need to ride the antimatter warship.
"Take a ride?" Zhang Yan and Xu Wangchen were clearly surprised by Chen Feng's words.
“That’s right. For example, if you two are going to a very far place, you can contact our Xingfeng Sect in advance, and we will send a Dharma ship to pick you up at your designated location, and then charge according to the distance.”
Chen Feng explained the door-to-door pick-up and drop-off service; this kind of thing actually exists in the cultivation world, but it's not as well-developed as it is on Earth. (End of Chapter)