Although Ni Chuan was in a bad mood, it only meant that he had not obtained the spirituality of the Morning Star rank, not that Lan Hao had failed.

    Did Lan Hao really succeed in overthrowing the three dragons?

    Lan Hai looked somewhat incredulous at his own conjecture; he knew full well the capabilities of his son.

    But Qing Cang only brought three people in total. Since Wan Chen wasn’t one of them, and Lin Yue wasn’t either, it could only be Lan Hao.

    He looked at Ni Chuan, as if seeking confirmation, and Ni Chuan also paused, then his mouth opened, and he suddenly burst into laughter, “Hahahaha…”

    It had to be said that Lan Hai’s conjecture truly amused him, dispelling some of the gloom in his heart.

    “You really dare to imagine that…” Ni Chuan laughed until he lost his voice.

    Lan Hai’s expression grew colder, realizing his guess was wrong, and he angrily said, “Are you messing with me?”

    Ni Chuan wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, his smile lingering, and shook his head, “There truly is a Chosen One, named Su Chen.”

    “Su…Chen?” Lan Hai’s eyes showed confusion. He had no impression of that name at all. Who…was this?

    Just as he was about to ask, Ni Chuan’s expression changed slightly, and his figure suddenly disintegrated and disappeared.

    “Confounded!” Lan Hai shouted angrily, his expression constantly changing. He kept recalling but could never match the name to anyone.

    “What now?”

    Ni Chuan snapped back from the Nether Realm, his expression solemn. His body was warning him, all the fine hairs on his body standing on end, indicating an extremely terrifying energy signature from outside.

    He went downstairs to the ship’s cabin, where Ni Bin was standing by the porthole, looking astonished.

    He walked over and looked, his expression slightly shocked. He saw that not far away in the Firmament, red and blue light beams intertwined, forming a dome, and the dense Nethermist was rapidly dispersing.

    “This is… expelling the Nethermist?” He murmured, “Qing Cang couldn’t possibly have such power; it must be the Bronze Ancient King.”

    “The Bronze Ancient King is actually willing to act. It must be at the request of that Su Chen,” Ni Bin couldn’t help but say. It was truly a meteoric rise.

    Ni Chuan frowned. “This is only a part of the Bronze Ancient King’s power. Expelling the Nethermist from the entire planet probably won’t leave much.”

    Thinking of this, a sudden urge rose in his heart, and he quickly turned back and left.

    Lan Hai was still waiting for him in the Nether Realm, and seeing him arrive, he urgently asked, “Who is this Su Chen, and are there other forces targeting the Scarlet Thunder Star?”

    Ni Chuan narrowed his eyes and no longer kept him in suspense, stating directly, “Su Chen is a native life form of the Scarlet Thunder Star.”

    “Native life form?” Lan Hai’s face darkened. “Ni Chuan, for you to be discovered, it wasn’t my doing. Why bother to tease me repeatedly?”

    “Believe it or not, this local became the Chosen One,” Ni Chuan said indifferently.

    Seeing Ni Chuan’s expression, it didn’t seem like he was playing a trick, but it was also harder to believe. Lan Hai couldn’t help but ask, “He is one of the recognized people on Scarlet Thunder Star? What talent?”

    “Dual Ink Emerald.”

    “How is that possible!” Lan Hai said coldly, “There has never been such an example. Do you believe that Dual Ink Emerald can make one the Chosen One?”

    “Naturally, I don’t believe it.” Ni Chuan shook his head, but then added, “But I saw it with my own eyes. The Bronze Ancient King said that his compatibility was so incredibly high that spirituality ignored talent.”

    “Incredibly high compatibility,” Lan Hai murmured, “Such a thing actually exists…”

    Ni Chuan had more important matters to ask, so he simply explained the whole story, then summarized.

    “So… your Bronze Sect now has a person of extremely high status who suddenly appeared, the posthumous disciple of Venerable Chi Yang, regarded as half a disciple by the Ancient King.”

    Lan Hai was in a daze, taking a long time to react. He never expected the matter of the Scarlet Thunder Star to end in this way.

    An unknown local suddenly rose to become one of the most respected figures in the Bronze Sect, even becoming a Star Seed.

    He couldn’t even deduce what kind of impact this would have on the internal structure of the sect.

    Because in the Dust Star Sea, there has never been such an example.

    “There’s another matter at hand. I just saw the Ancient King use his great power to dispel the Nethermist on the Scarlet Thunder Star.” Ni Chuan finished, then asked, “In your opinion, how much of the Bronze Ancient King’s power will remain after dispelling the Nethermist?”

    “Oh?” Lan Hai looked up, a hint of thought crossing his eyes. “He actually dispelled the Nethermist for that planet.”

    “According to my guess, there should be very little left. The Ancient King’s energy is focused on the Eternal Silent Stellar, so he can’t spare much power. What do you want to do?”

    “What do you think?” Ni Chuan retorted.

    “You shouldn’t go too far,” Lan Hai frowned.

    Ni Chuan paused and sneered, “Isn’t it a bit too late for you to want to withdraw now?”

    “Withdraw from what?” Lan Hai looked puzzled.

    “You…” Ni Chuan’s face turned cold. “You told me the news about the Scarlet Thunder Star. Do you really think you can deny it now just by turning hostile?”

    “It was just a transaction, and besides, the information you told me before was also very important.” Lan Hai shook his head, already appearing calm. “Now that the matter is over, our transaction is also over.”

    “As for what you want to do next, it has nothing to do with me.”

    With that, Lan Hai’s phantom disappeared, his consciousness returning to his body.

    He sat cross-legged in the center of a spacious room with gray-brown metal walls, making the entire room extremely dark. He slowly rose, muttering, “Su Chen… Su Chen… I never expected this…”

    Lan Hai walked to the window. The uniquely shaped skyscraper stretched to the horizon, and various types of aircraft shuttled across the sky.

    “…The family is already a bit strained. The most talented is the son of my third brother, but he only has a single Mysterious Purple. He and I still have conflicts…”

    “Su Chen has no foundation. If he were to join my lineage…” He thought of many things. No one in his clan had the hope of becoming the Chosen One.

    If Su Chen were to arrive, he wouldn’t need to target him. As he thought, he pushed the door and left. “The transaction with Ni Chuan still needs to be concluded.”

    On the other side, Ni Chuan’s face was cold as he put away the Nether Realm Stone, which was gradually turning transparent.

    Lan Hai’s shamelessness far exceeded his imagination.

    “Those who try to have it both ways never end well.”

    “As for this spirituality…” A fierce glint flashed in his eyes. “It must not be taken back so easily by Qing Cang!”

    Without the Nethermist, the Spaceship’s speed was indeed extremely fast.

    Su Chen first retrieved the Deific Power transported by Lieyang. The fellow driving the Spaceship, upon discovering the anomaly of the Nethermist, actually dared not proceed. Instead, he went to another location, intercepted the Deific Power of Yuandu, and collected it all, preparing to return to Ying Feng to find a secluded place to absorb it.

    This whole process only took three or four days.

    “Ni Chuan and the others have left?”

    In the command room, Su Chen listened to Xia Jie’s report.

    “Yes,” Xia Jie had adapted to Su Chen’s change in identity and replied solemnly, “According to the Spaceship’s detection, they just left Scarlet Thunder Star and disappeared into the Nethermist.”

    “They just gave up like that? There’s no conspiracy here, is there?” Su Chen was suspicious and uneasy. The Ancient King’s power was exhausted, shouldn’t this fellow make a comeback?

    “Senior Brother Qing Cang, what do you think?” Su Chen looked at Qing Cang beside him.

    “Xia Jie, you can leave first.” Qing Cang didn’t respond, and Xia Jie nodded.

    Only the two of them remained. Qing Cang waved his hand to conjure a barrier, then said, “Ni Chuan will never give up easily. This departure might just be a feigned weakness to the enemy.”

    “Then we…” Su Chen asked tentatively.

    “Don’t worry.” Qing Cang didn’t have the bad habit of keeping people in suspense; he simply stretched out his hand, and a dense, bronze-green data stream in his palm converged to form a phantom image of the Ancient King.

    “Master?” Su Chen was startled.

    Didn’t this one say his energy was exhausted? Was he lying? So devious?

    This phantom didn’t respond, seemingly just energy.

    “Master’s partial consciousness is dormant.” Qing Cang closed his hand, meeting Su Chen’s probing gaze, and then explained, “Master’s power has not been exhausted. Uncle Chi Yang burned Scarlet Thunder Cauldron with mental fragments, allowing some of Master’s power to be preserved.”

    “So that’s how it is…” Su Chen was surprised, then realized that when the Ancient King said his energy was about to run out on the cauldron, he wondered if it was a trap.

    “Just watch.” Qing Cang’s tone was calm, his eyes deep. “Some may come for the spirituality, and some may come for you.”

    Those coming for spirituality are easy to understand, like Ni Chuan; if he obtained spirituality smoothly, he could also kill Su Chen and then choose a new Chosen One.

    But those coming specifically for him were interesting.

    Su Chen was thoughtful, but knowing that the Ancient King had his back finally gave him a solid sense of security.

    The ship’s hull trembled slightly, having already landed outside Ying Feng City. Qing Cang and the others did not follow, remaining in the Spaceship.

    Chong Jingtian and Su Chen returned to Ying Feng and went directly to find Shi Yunzhou and the other two.

    Shi Yunzhou had been anxiously waiting for Chong Jingtian and the others to return. A few days ago, the sudden appearance of red and blue barriers in the Firmament above had startled him greatly, making him think the Sacred Feast had begun.

    However, the Nethermist gradually thinned and then completely disappeared. There were too many questions, all waiting for answers.

    Wu Chenpei was also here. After Hong Xuan’s death, he had been cooperative in many matters and had not actually been imprisoned, otherwise, it would have taken a lot of effort.

    “Su Chen, became half a disciple of that Bronze Ancient King?” Shi Yunzhou was greatly shocked, and couldn’t help but look at Su Chen.

    Through the bits and pieces divulged by Wu Chenpei, they had some understanding of the external situation.

    The Bronze Ancient King is among the strongest people in the Dust Star Sea, with status and power reaching high heavens.

    “Just luck,” Su Chen nodded.

    “Really succeeded?” Wu Chenpei couldn’t hide his shock. Hong Xuan’s most perfect vision was what Su Chen had achieved now.

    “Then the Sacred Feast?” he couldn’t help but ask.

    Chong Jingtian explained, “Su Chen asked the Ancient King to act. In the next six months, this Nethermist will not appear. We have enough time to explore the planet and wipe out the Deific Believer…”

    “This is… truly wonderful…” Shi Yunzhou and the other two let out a long sigh of relief, as the heavy stone weighing on their hearts was lifted.

    Not only was the crisis resolved, but Su Chen had also leapt over the dragon’s gate. They didn’t even dare to dream of such a favorable situation.

    Zhou Yanwu, beside Chong Jingtian, had a complex expression. Since the Sacred Feast crisis was over, should they still leave Scarlet Thunder Star?

    Wu Chenpei felt bitter, his expression complex. In the future, Ying Feng would be revered, and he wondered how long he could still live.

    The others still had to discuss upcoming matters, but Su Chen wasn’t interested. He left there and contacted Bu Siqi and Teng Liang, meeting at Old Xia’s residence.

    “Ling Yue!” Bu Siqi entered the room, his eyes almost popping out as he saw the three people standing behind Su Chen. “You guys are out?”

    Teng Liang, who had come upon hearing the news, also looked deeply moved.

    “Senior Brother Bu, long time no see.” Ling Yue said with emotion, “It’s all thanks to Little Junior Brother.”

    “Awesome.” Bu Siqi was speechless, not knowing what had happened there, but simply gave a thumbs-up.

    Then, he whispered with curiosity, “You managed to get all three of them out. What about that one…”

    “Master’s Wife is also out,” Su Chen nodded.

    “Tsk… it had to be you.” Bu Siqi sighed with emotion, “That was Master’s obsession.”

    Immediately, he showed a suggestive look, teasing, “Seeing the state of the three Junior Brothers, their Master’s Wife must be quite young. If I remember correctly, at that time, they were probably under thirty.”

    Su Chen’s expression was strange, his gaze drifting, intending to speak but hesitating. Bu Siqi’s expression was playful, “I wonder if Master is still capable…”

    “Capable of what?” Before the words finished, a chilling voice drifted over.

    Bu Siqi’s face stiffened. At some point, Xia Hanshi had appeared behind him, looking sinister, with Ji Rou beside him, a gentle smile always on her face.

    “No, nothing?” Bu Siqi shook his head stiffly. A moment later, he saw Xia Hanshi walk directly past him and couldn’t help but mutter to himself, ‘The old tree is truly blossoming in spring.’

    Usually, by this time, a slap would have landed on his face.

    Xia Hanshi instructed everyone to sit down and briefly narrated the general situation.

    Bu Siqi only heard one sentence, swallowed, and couldn’t help but say, “Junior Brother, you became a student of that Bronze Ancient King?”

    “Then I and that Qing Cang are of the same generation?”

    Bang!

    Xia Hanshi didn’t make a move, but Teng Liang couldn’t resist, hitting him on the head with a fist, eliciting cries of pain.

    After some playful banter, everyone unusually gathered at a table. Bu Siqi was excited, raising his glass and drinking heartily.

    It was only 3 or 4 PM, but Su Chen and the others drank until 7 or 8 PM. Ji Rou, unable to hold her liquor, went upstairs to rest.

    Midway, Ming Lin also arrived upon hearing the news. As one of the eyewitnesses, he observed the entire process and felt even more emotional.

    After three rounds of drinks, something was mentioned: “The Chief Judge had just returned not long ago and stripped Wei Yu Fan from the Core Seed, then expelled him from the Court of Judgment.”

    “There were many charges: deserting his post during the previous encounter with the Faceless Ghost, disobeying orders, and committing many offenses in Ying Feng City…”

    “The Adjudication Department has already crippled him, and now he’s just a broken shell.”

    “Oh?” Su Chen paused slightly, then downed the wine in his hand.

    Xia Hanshi sneered, “He acts fast and thinks quite thoroughly, leaving him half a life, Su Chen…”

    Stripping him of the Core Seed, expelling him from the Court of Judgment, and leaving him half dead clearly meant saving him for Su Chen to vent his anger.

    “How boring.” Su Chen shook his head. Xia Hanshi nodded, not surprised, his eyes lowered. “Teng Liang.”

    Even if it was just a broken body, he wasn’t going to let him off.

    “Understood.” Teng Liang nodded, his voice flat. “Leave no one.”

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