“Can you teleport?” Fang Yu’s eyes flickered, he asked, “If so, wouldn’t it be easier to just teleport me to the location closest to the Polar Star?”
The strange man shook his head and said, “I don’t teleport. I simply exist within every single Infernal Tower.”
“This tower’s name is really the Underworld Tower?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow.
Yes.
After uttering those words, the strange man leaned back.
“I have explained everything about the mission,” the strange man said, “Now you can go and complete it. Remember, you signed a blood pact with me. If you fail to carry out the mission for a long time, or after obtaining the items the client wants, you fail to deliver them…the blood pact will backfire on you and take your life.”
Between words, the strange man’s form, along with the table before him, vanished.
Gradually, everything in Fang Yu’s vision began to distort.
When things returned to normal, he stood outside the gray mist where the Underworld resided.
Through the haze, Fang Yu could still vaguely see the Underworld Tower.
However, it appears extremely blurry.
This place is truly eerie everywhere you look.
Especially what the strange man said at the end.
Where there is the underworld, there it is…
That is to say, it is not a physical entity, nor one of its avatars?
Why would such an existence be a middleman?
What is the purpose of the Underworld? What benefits can it derive from it?
These doubts were all buried in Fang Yu’s heart, but he didn’t think deeply about them.
Now, the first thing we need to do… is go to Polaris and retrieve the Creation Stone.
During this time, he could also take a look at the situation in the eastern region of the Xuyu realm.
……
Fang Yu returned to the spot where the star ships were parked.
This is the parking area for the headquarters.
At this location, Fang Yu found an open space and summoned the Xingyu spaceship he had just purchased.
“Whoosh!”
A pitch-black starship appeared before Fang Yu.
Compared to the surrounding parked groups of star vessels, this one seemed extremely small.
It can accommodate up to five or six people.
But the appearance is indeed more individualistic. Compared to other uniform Xingyu vessels, it stands out more.
After Fang Yu bought the Xingyu Boat, the salesperson gave him a storage bag powered by a fire stone.
里面具体有多少，并不清楚。
But to Fang Yu, burning stone was unimportant.
If, during interstellar travel, the stones truly ran out, he could also use spiritual energy or obtain more from various sources without any pressure.
“Hey, isn’t that you?”
“Okay, I think so! It’s him!”
“Hurry up and follow them!”
Just as Fang Yu summoned the Starry Boat and sat on it, two cultivators on the surrounding Starry Boats focused their gazes on Fang Yu.
They are two monastic groups.
At this moment, they all stayed inside the Starry Sky Vessel, silently watching Fang Yu with burning and greedy eyes.
“Commander, he seems about to leave. Should we follow him…?” one of the cultivators’ deputies asked.
“Of course! I finally got to meet this guy, how could I miss this chance!?” The commander exclaimed, his eyes widening. “That’s millions of Xuan coins and tens of thousands of spirit stones!”
Inside another Starry Vessel, the Commander made the same decision.
“Boom…”
Just then, Fang Yu’s pitch-black Starry Sky Vessel suddenly shot into the sky.
“Catch up!”
Two groups of monks launched together and ascended into the sky!
……
“Whoosh!”
Controlling a starship is extremely simple. It involves using a divine stone to connect with the core of the starship, allowing its direction to shift according to the user’s own spiritual awareness.
Fang Yu didn’t care about the burning stones at all. He directly increased Xingyu Zhou’s speed to the extreme and quickly left the base camp.
He left the star system, passing through waves of gas.
And then, following the interstellar map given to him by the celestial being, he flew in a northwest direction.
“Boom…”
“Boom!”
At this time, two large starships from the rear caught up.
Fang Yu’s divine consciousness had already expanded, naturally able to notice the two star vessels closely following behind.
Based on the markings on the boat, they are from a three-star cultivator group.
“What are you following me for?” Fang Yu frowned slightly, trying to change direction.
As expected, the two Starcraft vessels also followed the shifting direction and were pursuing at the fastest speed.
But due to their size, even if these two Starry Vessels consumed a lot more fuel stones… they wouldn’t be able to keep up with the speed of this miniature Starry Vessel, Fang Yu.
However, Fang Yu quickly stopped Xingyu Zhou.
Thus, two Xingyu ships swiftly caught up to Fang Yu and stopped right in front of and behind him, encircling him.
Fang Yu directly opened the protective barrier that supported Xingyu Zhou externally, and glanced at both Xingyu Zhou ships.
“It seems you’ve given up resistance.”
The leader, with a bushy beard on the Starship in front, grinned arrogantly, his face beaming with pride.
“Fang Yu, is that you? Hand over all the compensation you got from Lingjing Pavilion, and we might spare your life!” The leader of Xingyuzhou’s forces also shouted at Fang Yu using his divine sense.
Compensation from Lingjing Pavilion?
“Where did you hear that news?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“Every cultivator in the entire trading district knows! The Spirit Crystal Pavilion has announced it to the whole area, you can’t hide!” The commander shouted.
”
Fang Yu’s eyes flickered, and he quickly guessed the reason.
“It seems the master isn’t very convinced, and specially went out of his way to cause me trouble… Next time we meet, I’ll give him a more severe lesson.” Fang Yu’s eyes turned cold.
However, judging from the performance of the commanders of these two Starry Vessels… they don’t seem to know exactly what happened between Lingjing Pavilion and Fang Yu. They just heard about the tripled compensation paid by Lingjing Pavilion and got hotheaded, plotting a robbery.
At this moment, the leaders of both groups of cultivators had smiles on their faces.
In their view, today’s harvest was quite substantial.
None were more cunning than them, waiting patiently in the starting area since early morning. Their patience paid off when they finally encountered Fang Yu!
Now, even if they split evenly, they could each get over three million Xuan coins and around 20,000 pieces of spiritual crystals!
Such a harvest is equivalent to the sum of ten missions they would have completed if they had gone out.
“I’ve already spent all the spirit crystals and Xuan coins, now I only have a few hundred left. If you want them, take them.” Fang Yu said.
“Are you trying to swindle us?! We are the Three Star Cultivators’ Guild!” The leader in the back glared with widened eyes, “Don’t think we’re fools! Several million Xuan coins and tens of thousands of spirit crystals, you can’t just spend it that easily!”
“I’m not treating you like fools, you really… are fools.” Fang Yu smirked and said with a playful smile.
“It seems… you won’t shed a tear until you see the coffin.” The commander’s eyes flashed with killing intent. “I didn’t want to kill you, but since you insist on seeking death… don’t blame us for being ruthless.”
“Whoosh!”
Between their words, the protective barriers on both starships opened simultaneously.