Chapter 987
Chief
Not long after Chen Feng left, five figures appeared in the starry sky.
At first, the figures of the five people were very blurry, but gradually they became clearer.
As soon as the five appeared, they immediately looked at Los, who was being pounded by the planet in the distance.
At this moment, Los was bombarding the planets flying towards him, but there were just too many planets coming, and he simply couldn't break through.
A planet is extremely large, and so many planets are constantly launching attacks.
Even with his speed exceeding the speed of light, Los was helpless against these planetary attacks.
Hundreds of planets have surrounded him, sealing off all his escape routes.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this is the first time I've seen Los suffer such a loss. It seems the person who made this move is quite strong."
The one who spoke was the woman among the five, who was wearing a red, form-fitting battle armor.
“Della, be careful your words don’t get overheard by Los,” another burly man said with a laugh.
At this moment, the oldest of the five, a middle-aged man, said in a cold voice:
"Stop chatting and hurry up and help Los."
The middle-aged man's words clearly carried weight, and the other four immediately rushed towards Los's location.
But the four of them realized something was wrong as soon as they touched the incoming planets.
They initially thought these planets were just ordinary collisions, but after contact, they discovered that each of these approaching planets contained extremely terrifying power.
The four dared not be careless and immediately went all out.
In an instant, the entire starry sky was filled with terrifying energy.
As the group destroyed the planet, the middle-aged man turned to look in the direction Chen Feng had fled.
A glint of darkness flashed in his eyes.
Those eyes seemed to see through everything.
But the middle-aged man only looked for a while before turning his gaze back to the field.
With the addition of four eighth-tier powerhouses, Los's pressure immediately decreased, and the group destroyed all the planets in the arena in no time.
All that remains in the starry sky is a patch of high-temperature magma left behind after a planet explodes.
From a distance, this starry sky looks as if it has been tinged with a layer of red glow.
Los and the other four then returned to the middle-aged man, and Los bowed to him.
"Greetings, Lord Soren!"
Soren, one of the five chief executives of the Crimson Cloud Empire.
The Crimson Cloud Empire has five executives who are recognized as the strongest. Each of them is a veteran of the empire and is therefore also known as the chief executive officer.
Soth's identity is even more special; he is not only the CEO but also the current captain of the Presidential Guard.
Their primary task is to protect the head of state, and they are rarely deployed.
He came here this time because several other top executives of the Empire went to the outer star system, so he was temporarily sent here.
"Can you tell who that person came from?" Soren asked Los.
He didn't blame anyone for Los's failure.
He knew Los's strength very well. The fact that his opponent could fight Los for so long and even trap him in the end was enough to demonstrate his strength.
Los thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "The human race has mastered the energy of the stars."
The woman next to her asked in surprise, "Is that all?"
Los nodded: "He didn't use any other methods."
Just then, Zaton arrived with his men. Zaton bowed to Soren and said, "My lord."
Soren said:
"Have them withdraw."
Zaton said in surprise, "That interstellar traveler."
Soren calmly said, "There's no need to search anymore. There's no trace of him within a hundred light-years. This person's concealment skills are extremely strong. You won't be able to find him by searching on your own. I will report this matter to the Führer."
Zaton nodded solemnly: "Understood!"
Clearly, this emergency was beyond the scope of someone of his rank; it could only be handled by the imperial high command.
"Let's go." After saying that, Soren disappeared.
The other executives did not linger and disappeared with Sauron.
Zaton looked at Los and was about to speak, but Los had no intention of talking to him at all and turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the depths of the starry sky.
Seeing Zaton leave, one of the fleet captains whispered:
"Lord Los doesn't seem to be in a good mood."
Zaton looked at the captain with an expression of utter disbelief: "Would you be happy in that situation? Let's go."
Los has actually failed this time.
What happened today will certainly affect Los's reputation once it gets back to the Empire, but that's not something he should worry about.
In a starry sky, Chen Feng's figure appeared.
At this moment, he is 150 light-years away from the solar system.
He originally did not intend to use the scroll for teleportation.
But just now, he suddenly sensed that someone was staring at him. This feeling was extremely strange, and he couldn't even tell who was staring at him.
He just felt like there was a pair of eyes watching him.
Just to be on the safe side, he eventually used the scroll to teleport away.
The feeling of being watched only disappeared when I arrived here.
"The Crimson Cloud Empire is indeed full of hidden talents."
Without even thinking, Chen Feng knew that reinforcements from the Crimson Cloud Empire had arrived, and that the people who came to provide support were no ordinary individuals.
My decision to leave was undoubtedly the right one.
Chen Feng didn't immediately go looking for the people from the Black Rock Civilization. Who knew if the people from the Crimson Cloud Empire were still in that area? He decided to wait for a while.
With a flash, he immediately returned to the world of the painting.
A world painted on a canvas, a vast star.
Chen Feng appeared in the starry sky outside Canglan Star.
Six months have passed, and Canglan Star is still sailing through the starry sky.
Although Canglan Star moves very fast, compared to the entire Yuntian Star Sea, this speed is nothing.
Chen Feng did not expect to rely solely on the planetary engine to get Canglan Star away from the Yuntian Star Sea.
The Cloud Sky Star Sea encompasses thousands of star fields, such a vast area.
Propelled solely by planetary engines, it would probably take thousands of years to fly out of the region.
What truly caused Canglan Star to leave Yuntian Star Sea was not those engines, but the star vortex within Yuntian Star Sea.
Wan Qianming marked the coordinates of these star vortexes on the route map he gave him.
This route crosses 143 star vortexes and will take a total of 232 years to leave the Cloud Sky Star Sea.
If Canglan Star could be equipped with a planetary engine powered by antimatter, this timeframe would be much shorter.
It will only take a few decades to completely leave the Cloud Sky Star Sea.
Sending a planet through a cosmic vortex is something other powers wouldn't even dare to dream of, because a planet's size is simply too enormous.
Once inside the star vortex, one is easily shattered by the spacetime forces within it.
However, Canglan Star will not have this problem. The entire Canglan Star is enveloped by Chen Feng's star energy. With this layer of protection, it can safely pass through any star vortex except for extremely long distances.
Chen Feng looked around and, seeing nothing unusual about Canglan Star, returned to Xingfeng Sect.
As soon as Chen Feng appeared in the inner chambers of Xingfeng Sect, a joyful voice rang out:
"Godfather, you've emerged from seclusion!"
Chen Feng turned around and saw Wang Fengnuo looking at him with a look of surprise and delight.
Beside Wang Fengnuo were Beaver and Yun Qingjue; the three of them were the only women in the entire cabinet.
Beaver and Yun Qingjue were clearly startled by Chen Feng's sudden appearance, and the two women quickly bowed:
"Greetings, Sect Master!"
Chen Feng nodded, then looked at Yun Qingjue:
"Elder Yun, I haven't congratulated you on breaking through to the Void Refinement Realm yet."
Chen Feng wasn't very familiar with Yun Qingjue. After Yun Qingjue joined Xingfeng Sect, he had been working outside and hadn't come back much.
However, upon seeing Yun Qingjue, Chen Feng couldn't help but recall some past events.
Back then, there were only a handful of Nascent Soul cultivators on Canglan Star. Now, so many years have passed, and many of them are no longer here, such as Lu Linyuan of the Cultivation Alliance and Nangong Wentian, the Holy Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Yun Qingjue quickly replied:
"Sect Master, you flatter me. My cultivation level is nothing compared to yours."
Yun Qingjue was also filled with emotion. Back then, Chen Feng was just a junior in her eyes. Only a hundred years had passed, and now Chen Feng had grown to the point where she had to look up to him.
Chen Feng then sat down in the main seat and looked at the group, asking:
"Where's Liu Qian? Why are only a few of you here?"
Beaver immediately said, "Manager Liu has gone to arrange for the installation of a new engine. We are discussing how to deal with some troublemakers inside the gate."
"Causing trouble?" Chen Feng picked up his tea, took a sip, and looked at the group with a puzzled expression.
The three women exchanged glances, and finally Wang Fengnuo stepped forward and spoke:
"My godfather is a cultivator who returned from various branches. These people have frequently clashed since they gathered in the Northern Territory. A few days ago, two Nascent Soul cultivators from the branches even took action, destroying some buildings in the Northern Territory and causing many mortal casualties."
Wang Fengnuo explained the situation to Chen Feng in detail. In principle, this was something they needed to handle, and it didn't require Chen Feng, the sect leader, to interfere.
But since Chen Feng asked, they answered.
From Wang Fengnuo, Chen Feng also learned the general situation. The two Nascent Soul cultivators from different branches had a grudge before joining Xingfeng Sect. They had never met before because they belonged to different branches.
The two met because Xingfengmen was leaving this sea of stars, and that's how the conflict started.
This kind of thing is very common in the cultivation world.
Furthermore, Xingfeng Sect has only been around for a short time, and most of its cultivators were recruited from outside. So naturally, they brought their past grudges and resentments into Xingfeng Sect.
Logically speaking, the Enforcement Hall of Xingfeng Sect should simply arrest cultivators who take action without authorization.
However, these two Nascent Soul cultivators belonged to different factions. When they got into trouble, people from both factions began to plead for them within the sect.
So the three women discussed how to punish the two men.
Chen Feng frowned: "Which two factions are they?"
Beaver and Yun Qingjue remained silent. It was inappropriate for them to speak about matters involving factions, as they belonged to two different factions.
Only Wang Fengnuo, who had no affiliation with any faction, was so uninhibited in her reply:
"One is a cultivator from the Ge family, and the other is a cultivator from the Void Spirit Clan."
The Ge family is one of the oldest vassal forces of the Xingfeng Sect.
Founded by Ge Yunxuan, the Ge family initially numbered very few, but after more than a hundred years of development, many members of the Ge family now hold positions within Xingfengmen.
The Ge family is now considered one of the major clans on Canglan Star.
As for the Void Spirit Clan, needless to say, although they joined the Xingfeng Sect later, they still have a Dao Integration cultivator among them, so their influence is very significant.
Both factions have now appealed to the cabinet, hoping for leniency in the punishment of their respective monks.
They also hoped that the cabinet would severely punish the other side's cultivators.
That's why Wang Fengnuo and the other two discussed it in the cabinet.
If this matter is not handled properly, it could easily cause problems within the Xingfeng Sect, since both factions hold considerable influence within the sect.
Actually, this matter was handled by Wang Fengnuo, who currently works in the Enforcement Hall.
Wang Fengnuo called on Beaver and Yun Qingjue to discuss the matter because these two were people he trusted.
After speaking, Wang Fengnuo looked at Chen Feng:
"Godfather, what do you think I should do?"
Chen Feng smiled and asked in return, "Don't you have your own thoughts?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Fengnuo hesitated.
Chen Feng looked at Wang Fengnuo and said, "Fengnuo, do whatever you want without any worries. Your father would never fuss over such things."
Upon hearing Chen Feng mention his father, Wang Fengnuo immediately recalled what her father had once told her.
When working in Xingfengmen, don't worry about anyone; just follow the sect leader's orders.
Anyone who dares to break the rules will be dealt with according to the rules of the organization, regardless of their background or connections.
Wang Hu also told her that it didn't matter if everyone in the Xingfeng Sect died, as long as the sect leader was still alive, the sky wouldn't fall.
Wang Hu used to do things the same way; anyone who dared to violate the rules of Xingfeng Sect would be killed by him.
Over the years, Wang Fengnuo has developed a thoughtful personality due to her interactions with various factions within the Xingfeng Sect. She weighs the interests of others when making any decision, which makes her hesitant and timid in her actions.
Wang Fengnuo bowed respectfully to Chen Feng.
"Feng Nuo understands!"
Beaver and Yun Qingjue exchanged a glance, both feeling a little nervous.
They naturally understood the meaning behind Chen Feng's words.
It seems unlikely that either the Ge family cultivator or the Void Spirit Clan cultivator will survive this time.
At this moment, the two women also made a plan in their minds: when they returned, they had to restrain their subordinates and prevent them from causing trouble.
Because one careless move could implicate them as well.
Chen Feng nodded. He didn't ask any further questions, but instead looked at Yun Qingjue and the beaver:
"Antimatter planetary engines have already been produced?"
For Chen Feng now, the factional disputes within the Xingfeng Sect and the struggles between cultivators are trivial matters.
As the sect leader, he doesn't need to deal with this kind of thing at all.
As for the power struggles within the sect, Chen Feng didn't bother with them.
As long as these people don't affect the overall interests of Xingfengmen, he will turn a blind eye. But if they go too far, he doesn't mind carrying out a major purge.
Upon hearing Chen Feng's question, Beaver quickly replied:
"Seven units have been produced so far. According to Yue Yao, these seven antimatter engines can increase the travel speed of Canglan Star by about ten times."
Chen Feng nodded, not surprised that they could produce a planetary engine powered by antimatter so quickly.
The antimatter planetary engine is simply an increase in power to the engine of an antimatter warship; the technical difficulty is not high.
With Yue Yao and the others' abilities, they are capable of creating it.
Chen Feng then inquired about the situation of Yuntian Xinghai.
Although Canglan Star is leaving Yuntian Star Sea, Liu Qian still left a group of cultivators in Yuntian Star Sea to be used as intelligence agents.
These people would periodically relay the latest situation of the Star Sea back to Xingfeng Sect. (End of Chapter)