Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7737

Chapter 7654: A False Alarm

A quarter of an hour later,

Li Tianming appeared in Hall 886 within the Ten Thousand Sects Battle Hall.

Now, this hall, originally allocated to the Li Imperial Clan, was essentially all his. Other members of the Li Imperial Clan had long been eliminated, while Li Dixiao and the others were busy handling reforms within the Heavenly Emperor Sect and hadn’t had time to come.

Originally, Aurora and Sui Shenyao were managing these matters, but after they left the Heavenly Emperor Sect with Li Tianming, their roles instantly shifted from learning to practical application.

Thus, the people frantically busy changed, but fortunately, Aurora could occasionally offer guidance through Yin Chen.

Otherwise, without her, the Heavenly Emperor Sect’s reforms might have truly stalled!

Arriving once again in the Qianfeng Eternal Empire, Li Tianming pondered for a moment, deciding on his next step.

“The Martial Immortal Group’s assessment is still something I must take seriously. In the second round, I seemed to have only performed adequately for them, not to the point of surprising them. As a temporary addition to the assessment team, merely performing adequately is clearly not enough…” Li Tianming fell into deep thought.

Sui Shenyao, at this moment, transformed from the Chaos Sword Ring state into the Chaos Sword Maiden. She smiled and slowly said, “Isn’t there a third round, the Battle of Ten Thousand Sects Emperors? Anyway, with Ling’er here, surprising them shouldn’t be difficult, right?”

“I don’t think so. We know nothing about their assessment standards. It’s not simply a matter of demonstrating strength.” Aurora frowned slightly, also feeling a bit troubled. “Moreover, it’s not good for us to be too active or ‘flashy’ because of our status as outsiders. They know we’re from outsiders. As long as our potential is enough for them to take notice, our actual performance shouldn’t be too high. If it causes dissatisfaction, it will backfire.”

In fact, Aurora’s concerns were not unreasonable.

After all, Li Tianming didn’t know the personalities of these geniuses very well. He might dislike them because Li Tianming was too flamboyant.

There are too many eccentric people in this world, and Li Tianming can’t possibly understand everyone’s thoughts.

“Auntie is right. We still need Yin Chen to find more relevant information so we can be more confident in passing the assessment.” Li Tianming nodded, then smiled, “Also, we need to continue Xiao Jiu’s improvement. My good brother, and my good helper, must eat his fill and grow big!”

During this time, Li Tianming had learned about the situation in Tianzang Province through Yin Chen.

Hundreds of years have passed since that mine collapse.

After Prince Yuan’s fury, it seemed that he was only angry for a moment, and it had no impact on Li Tianming, nor could any relevant clues be found.

Even after Tianzang Province was sealed off, no one could be caught, and Prince Yuan couldn’t keep the seal off indefinitely.

After all, forging the national treasure artifact still requires Divine Treasure Stones, and mining Divine Treasure Stones is actually a production line; stopping it arbitrarily could easily cause big problems!

A simple example: sealing off Tianzang Province, cutting off all contact with the outside world, would not only deprive those mining Divine Treasure Stones, but also subject them to a prison-like situation.

Over time, this would inevitably lead to resentment.

“Aunt, what’s the situation in Tianzang Province?” Li Tianming decided to confirm the latest news before heading there.

Aurora slowly said, “Now, cosmic starships can enter Tianzang Province, but the patrol frequency and number of personnel at the major Divine Treasure mines have increased more than tenfold. It’s safe to say that even the passing of a speck of galactic dust would be investigated first if discovered.”

“That’s useless to me,” Li Tianming suddenly smiled upon hearing this.

He possessed the Void Universe Star Chart; even if the patrols increased tenfold, it wouldn’t affect him.

And those around him, due to their special abilities, could completely rely on Li Tianming to become invisible, making it easy for them to infiltrate Tianzang Province.

“Looks like it was a false alarm. Little Nine can still eat her fill!” Yinghuo lay on the ground, her wings as a pillow, her two chicken feet raised in an incredibly alluring pose as she spoke.

However, Little Nine barely reacted after hearing the news, even when Yin Chen kept mentioning the Divine Treasure Stone.

Even the companion beasts were a little puzzled about Little Nine’s thoughts.

But based on their past experience interacting with it, the companion beasts all knew that Little Nine’s lack of refusal meant it wanted it; it would never resist the Divine Treasure Stone!

The Divine Treasure Stone was second only to its own life!

Li Tianming was thinking about Little Nine, but also about Little Ten.

Little Ten’s hatching was equally important, but it required a process, and even if Li Tianming wanted to be the first to do it, he couldn’t.

First, there was the issue of strength. He had gathered all the right time, place, and people, and had gathered all his power to defeat the Eternal Heavenly Emperor.

If he wanted to scheme for the Entropy Source for Little Ten, he might even have to confront a third-level star system member state.

These two star systems were worlds apart, and it wouldn’t be possible to reach an agreement in a short time.

Moreover, Li Tianming needed a suitable target, an easy target to target, in order to accomplish all this.

Finding a target would have to be done by Yin Chen.

However, the Inner Frontier was vast, and it would be difficult for Yin Chen to expand its coverage to all star systems; this would have to wait.

“In other words, my most important goals right now are three: first, preparing for the Ten Thousand Sects Emperor War; second, feeding Xiao Jiu the Divine Treasure Stone, which will also allow me to further cultivate my realm; and third, preparing for Xiao Shi’s hatching.” Li Tianming secretly determined his goals and prepared to work towards them.

However, at this moment, Jiang Feiling suddenly emerged from Li Tianming’s Heart of Purgatory.

She said mysteriously, “Brother, I have good news, guess what it is?”

“Good news?” Li Tianming raised an eyebrow, then said, “Could it be that your strength has recovered even further?”

“It’s not that simple!” Jiang Feiling suddenly stopped smiling and said speechlessly.

“Then what is the good news?” Li Tianming asked curiously.

Jiang Feiling didn’t keep him in suspense, subtly reaching into her bosom.

Then…

she pulled out a small, fluttering golden butterfly!

A Sky-Stabilizing Butterfly!

Li Tianming’s eyes lit up instantly. He exclaimed in delight, “Ling’er, you have another Sky-Stabilizing Butterfly?”

“Yes, so much time has passed, it’s normal, isn’t it?” Jiang Feiling said casually, her hands behind her back.

“That’s wonderful! Now we won’t even need the spaceship. Maybe we can go directly into the depths of the Tianzang Province’s mines!” Li Tianming immediately picked Jiang Feiling up and planted a big kiss on her cheek.

He couldn’t imagine how he could take whatever he wanted from Tianzang Province with the Sky-Stabilizing Butterfly!

Imagine Li Tianming, existing in the void of the universe, occasionally appearing out of nowhere in Tianzang Province—who would notice?

And even if a collapse like the last one occurred again after Xiao Jiu devoured the Divine Treasure Stone, it could simply hide in its companion space, rendering the attackers helpless.

Imagine, Tianzang Province might be sealed off again, under martial law, incredibly tense, with countless people patrolling.

But what about Li Tianming?

He might take Xiao Jiu to another Divine Treasure Mine, enjoying the Divine Treasure Stone in another void.

This is what excites Li Tianming so much!

And now, he’s preparing to set off again for Tianzang Province!