414: Alliance

When Qin Shilei suddenly disappeared, everyone's expressions changed again.

Elder He explained with lingering fear, "Qin must have mastered the unique skill of Instant Movement. When he was outside the secret realm, he also used similar moves."

"Instant Movement?"

Everyone raised Qin Shilei's threat level significantly.

They all looked around suspiciously, afraid that Qin Shilei would suddenly teleport over and chop them with a sword without warning.

"Alliance Master, since our Zhengqi Alliance has lived in the secret realm for thousands of years, why bother to go out and stir up trouble? It's better to completely seal off the secret realm from now on and live here in peace," an elder suggested.

"I think we should still go out and see. Perhaps Qin is hiding something," another elder offered a different opinion.

Chu Ye pondered for a moment and instructed, "Elder Luo, Elder Liu, please take a few people out to investigate. Remember not to provoke Qin Shilei."

"Understood!"

Elder Luo and Elder Liu bowed in agreement.

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In less than half a day, the two returned to the main hall.

"Qin did not lie to us. The outside world is indeed facing a great catastrophe of life and death."

"But we also discovered a very shocking thing."

"Half a year ago, because of the thin spiritual energy on Blue Star, almost no one could cultivate. But after the apocalypse, those survivors were able to rapidly improve their cultivation."

"Qin Shilei even became a Platinum Expert in less than half a year, and his subordinates also have many Golden Realm Experts."

Listening to their accounts, the dozens of Platinum Experts present all showed expressions of disbelief.

They thought about how each of them had cultivated for two or three hundred years to advance to the Platinum Realm.

"Elder Luo, have you really investigated thoroughly? Did he really achieve his current cultivation in less than half a year?" someone asked.

"Absolutely!" Elder Luo answered with great certainty.

Monster!

This was the only thought in everyone's minds at this moment.

In the historical records of the Zhengqi Alliance, the fastest to successfully advance to the Platinum Realm was a grand-uncle from three thousand years ago.

This grand-uncle also only successfully advanced to Platinum at the age of sixty-nine.

He cultivated for a full sixty-one years.

Compared to Qin Shilei now, he was simply like an idiot.

"Perhaps due to the great changes in the world, not only has Qin Shilei's cultivation improved rapidly, but many survivors have also made rapid progress."

Elder Luo spoke again, "I suggest that our Zhengqi Alliance all go out to cultivate before the three-year period arrives."

Elder Liu also chimed in, "From our investigation, we learned that Qin Shilei possesses a heaven and earth treasure called Enlightenment Tea. It is precisely because of this treasure that he and his subordinates were able to quickly advance to the Golden Realm and even the Platinum Realm."

Then he briefly described the effects of Enlightenment Tea.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes glowed with greed, and their breathing became heavy.

"Can we seize the Enlightenment Tea from him?" someone suggested.

"Seize it? Aren't you afraid he'll chop you with a sword?" someone said with lingering fear.

Chu Ye spoke, "Everyone, speak freely. Let's see how we can get some Enlightenment Tea from Qin Shilei."

After some discussion, everyone decided to form an alliance with Qin Shilei and exchange various treasures he needed for Enlightenment Tea.

At the same time, they also decided that even if they were to seal off the secret realm, it would be after three years. Before that, the Zhengqi Alliance would go all out to acquire more resources for growth.

The next morning.

Chu Ye arrived at the Qin An Royal Mansion with several of his subordinates.

He took out a gift box and placed it on the table, "A small gift, not much, but please accept it, Qin An King."

Qin Shilei calmly accepted the box, "Chu Alliance Master, you are too polite."

Chu Ye went straight to the point, "We are here to discuss an alliance with Qin An King, and we also hope to exchange for some Enlightenment Tea from Qin An King."

Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and said, "It is Qin's honor to form an alliance with your esteemed alliance. As for Enlightenment Tea, as long as you can provide suitable items, I can exchange some with you."

Then the two discussed the specific alliance matters.

The first point was mutual non-aggression, meaning that the Zhengqi Alliance was not allowed to interfere with the current sphere of influence of the Qin An Royal Mansion.

The second point was that if the other party encountered an irresistible external enemy, they, as allies, should provide assistance.

After discussing the alliance, Chu Ye took out several secret manuals, "These are extremely precious secret manuals from our Zhengqi Alliance. We hope to exchange them for some Enlightenment Tea."

Qin Shilei picked up the secret manuals and casually flipped through them.

Five secret manuals rated as red by the system, and one purple cultivation technique.

These secret manuals were all handwritten copies. Because they were not from the system, they required some practice before they could be truly learned.

The only purple cultivation technique was the Blood Escape Technique.

Blood Escape Technique (Purple): Driven by the essence blood in the body, it allows one to appear hundreds of kilometers away in a very short period. Afterwards, one will enter a three-day state of weakness.

Qin Shilei valued this Blood Escape Technique the most.

If he could teach this Blood Escape Technique to all the people close to him, their safety would be greatly enhanced.

"Chu Alliance Master, for these secret manuals, I can give you five pieces of Enlightenment Tea. What do you think?" Qin Shilei offered his price.

"Yes, I wonder if Qin An King needs these few secret manuals," Chu Ye took out more than a dozen secret manuals.

Qin Shilei looked through them again and found that they were just ordinary red secret manuals, of very low value to him.

"Chu Alliance Master, these secret manuals are too ordinary, and they also require a certain talent and long-term practice to learn. I don't really need them."

"Then so be it. I'll go back and look later to see if there are any suitable ones."

Chu Ye calmly put away the secret manuals on the table.

Their Zhengqi Alliance certainly had more precious secret realms, but how could they just take them out all at once?

Even if they were to exchange, it would only be after testing the effects of Enlightenment Tea that they would decide to exchange those good things.

As for the Blood Escape Technique, because it was extremely difficult to learn and had great side effects, he easily took it out.

Qin Shilei suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Chu Alliance Master, in fact, there are many excellent things on Blue Star now. If Chu Alliance Master can bring those purple or higher-grade heaven and earth treasures, or items and equipment, I would be very happy to exchange with you."

Chu Ye's eyes also lit up, and he replied, "Easy to say. After I go back and test the effects of Enlightenment Tea, if it's truly as you say, I will mobilize everyone in our Zhengqi Alliance to find the things you need."

It was precisely because of Qin Shilei's suggestion that the Zhengqi Alliance began to search extensively throughout Blue Star.

The power of dozens of Platinum Experts and thousands of Golden Experts was infinite.

In the near future, an endless stream of purple and higher-grade excellent items would be acquired by the Zhengqi Alliance, either by stealth or by force, and delivered to Qin Shilei.