562: The world beneath the ground

Following the known information, Yang Dian tried to guess what the Daoist nun meant by 'even'.

'My target is them, and even...'

'The entire Chongming Star?'

'The shantong tree on Chongming Star?'

After thinking carefully, Yang Dian felt it wasn't right.

If the three of them were the strongest on Chongming Star, then, without a doubt, targeting them would be equivalent to targeting the entire Chongming Star and the shantong tree on it.

There was no need to specifically say 'even'.

'If not Chongming Star and the shantong tree, then what?'

'What other great secrets does Chongming Star hold?'

Lost in thought, Yang Dian suddenly remembered a crucial point.

"I heard that the relationship between your three Sects isn't very good; you fight to the death whenever you meet, and there are even bounties in your respective Sects for rival Sect Geniuses."

"Is that true or not?"

Hearing Yang Dian's sudden question, Liu Qiaoer was stunned for a moment before subconsciously nodding her head:

"Yes."

Yang Dian frowned after getting the answer.

'Sect Disciples fight to the death, while Old Ancestors sit together and discuss the Dao.'

'The three of them don't look like they bear deep grudges either.'

'Is it really as Ye Sansheng, that Daoist, said: cultivating Immortality isn't about fighting and killing, but all about human relationships?'

'Or perhaps...'

'There's someone above them?'

Thinking of this possibility, Yang Dian subconsciously snapped his fingers, wanting to shatter something.

Ye Sansheng and the other two were already so powerful.

If there was still someone above them, how strong would that person be?

Just as Yang Dian was pondering, Liu Qiaoer spoke somewhat timidly:

"Senior, I've answered all your questions. Can you let me go now?"

"Go?" Yang Dian chuckled:

"I said, once you answer all my questions, you can leave."

Liu Qiaoer opened her mouth, about to say something, when she saw the surrounding scenery begin to blur.

Once the blurring subsided, the surrounding environment changed dramatically.

The Weapon Forging Hall, with its curling smoke around the rafters, disappeared, replaced by a small, extremely bright but also extremely simple room, less than ten square meters in size.

How simple was it?

The room only had two tables and two chairs in the center.

On the chair behind one of the tables sat a figure with sharp features, clad in armor.

Before Liu Qiaoer could wonder where this was or what purpose 'Senior' had in bringing her here, she heard 'Senior' speak to the armored figure:

"Zero, interrogate Liu Qiaoer and extract everything she knows."

Zero nodded at Yang Dian, then a blue light illuminated its visor, enveloping Liu Qiaoer's entire body... Without dwelling on the interrogation Liu Qiaoer was about to face, Yang Dian left the interrogation room after dealing with Liu Qiaoer.

"So, what's next?"

Yang Dian had originally planned to relocate a portion of the population from Chongming, Great Azure, and Azurewave to other places, so they could work for Earth.

However, from the current situation, directly relocating people might lead to all sorts of messy problems.

After thinking for a while, Yang Dian suddenly had an idea.

"Why not go check out Yu Tian's underground base first?"

Planets are vast, and people are too insignificant.

Although Yang Dian was confident he could shatter the smallest planet with one strike, shattering a planet and fully understanding it were two different things.

It was like an ordinary person smashing a watermelon.

If you asked an ordinary person to smash a watermelon, whether with bare hands or tools, they could find a way to do it.

But if you asked him to find a single watermelon seed inside the watermelon, that would be very difficult.

Yang Dian was pretty much in this state now.

If Wu Wei hadn't led the way, it would have been truly difficult for him to find Yu Tian's hidden location.

He acted on his thoughts.

Realizing that the risk of seizing benefits from Great Azure and Chongming was too great, Yang Dian simply followed the Qi left on Wu Wei, tore through space, and arrived at the place where his Qi disappeared.

"Spatial Node?"

After walking out of the spatial passage and looking at the spatial node that appeared deep underground, Yang Dian sensed the surrounding situation again.

The surroundings were interconnected in all directions, with dozens of natural caverns extending beyond his perception, leading to unknown distant places.

Apart from the spatial node in front of him, there was also a hidden underground hall in the distance. Other than that, there was nothing else in the underground world within his perception range.

Yu Tian was not there.

He was either in the Blessed Land on the other side of the spatial node, or he had gone out to secretly cause trouble again.

Relying on the Dimension Butterfly's presence, Yang Dian ignored any potential threats and directly took a step, entering the spatial node.

Space rippled like water.

Once space returned to calm, Yang Dian found himself on an empty 'transfer platform'.

Looking around, he discovered that this 'transfer platform' was actually a special space, independent of reality and outside the spatial interlayer.

There was only one entrance, which was the spatial node deep underground outside.

As for exits, there were 13.

Looking at the spatial gates, which stood like gatehouses on the transfer platform, and the words carved on them such as [Artifact Refining], [Alchemy], [Beast Pens], [Barracks], [Spirit Fields], etc.

Yang Dian couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Is this Yu Tian's secret logistical force?"

"So, even if the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty fell, he could still take these hidden forces, start anew, and rebuild Great Yu?"

After a moment of silent speculation, Yang Dian subconsciously walked towards the gatehouse inscribed with the words [Spirit Fields].

Time and space rotated.

Once his five senses returned to normal, Yang Dian found himself on a boundless plain.

A great river surged through the center of the plain, branching into countless tributaries that flowed through the surrounding fields.

Within the fields, countless bare-chested farmers performed hand seals.

Some summoned wind and rain, borrowing water vapor to bring forth Spirit Rain to irrigate the fields.

Others controlled Sword Qi to traverse the fields, tearing apart one insect after another, turning them into fertilizer to nourish the land.

Or they drew in flames and lightning to irrigate special Spirit Plants.

Standing high in the sky, he gazed into the distance.

At the edge of his vision were towering mountains, stretching into the unseen distance.

On these mountains, countless farmers were also busy.

"No wonder there aren't many good places to plant Spirit Medicine and Spirit Plants on Azurewave."

"So, this place is Yu Tian's true logistical base?"

After muttering to himself, Yang Dian exited the Spirit Field Blessed Land through the 'gatehouse' and turned to enter the Weapon Forging Grotto-Heaven.

The moment he officially stepped into the Weapon Forging Grotto-Heaven, waves of heat swept in from between heaven and earth.

The rumbling sound from deep within the earth made Yang Dian subconsciously feel a sense of irritation.

"This place..."

After taking a deep breath and looking around, Yang Dian discovered that this Weapon Forging Small World was covered in volcanoes.

Endless earthly flames were suppressed beneath the earth, only allowing Cultivators to extract their fire Qi, turning it into the Cultivator's Artifact Refining fire seed.

The rumbling sound that reached Yang Dian's ears was the earth's fire veins roaring in defiance...