Chapter 1746, Topographical Map
“No!” Luo Lan shook her head solemnly before ring at Gu Jian Xin suddenly, “Oh? You said your ‘Aunt Lan has lived many years’? Are you saying your Aunt Lan is old?”
“Uh...” Gu Jian Xin scratched his head awkwardly and quickly wore a serious face as he tried to change the subject. “Moreover, ording to my observations, he actually used Space Force to sneak attack Li Ming Hai!”
Luo Lan’s attention was on something important, so it took a while to process the additional information and asked, “Space Force? He’s able to use such a strange power in battle?”
“It’s more than that!” Gu Jian Xin recalled the scene at the time and his expression constantly fluctuated as he said solemnly, “His aplishments in the Dao of Space seem to have reached an unprecedented level. He was able to condense his Space Force into a coherent de that cut and exiled part of Li Ming Hai’s body to The Void!”
Luo Lan could not help gasping when she heard this.
“Suffice it to say, I only want to make friends with him, and definitely not be enemies, so I will have to ask Aunt Lan to pay some more attention to him in the future.”
“Rest assured, since he wants a hundred-thousand-kilometre territory here, there will always be opportunities for us toe into contact in the future,” Luo Lan’s beautiful eyes glowed with a strange light, as if she had be interested in Yang Kai, and continued. “Good, tell me in detail about the fight between you and Li Ming Hai. Aunt Lan is very curious.”
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Either Sword Union always moved quickly, or Luo Lan was simply an efficient administrator, but Yang Kai had only stayed in the Azure Tree Pce for a single day before he was summoned by Luo Lan to discuss something.
Yang Kai naturally understood this was about the territory he asked for and did not dy.
Following the messenger who hade to summon him, Yang Kai made his way through the halls of the Azure Tree Pce for a short time before meeting a casually-dressed Gu Jian Xin in a certain corridor. Thetter saw Yang Kai and beckoned to him with a smile.
The Left Sword Servant Ling Yue and Right Sword Servant An Xing were standing together with him.
“Brother Gu!” Yang Kai stepped forward and cupped his fists.
“How is Brother Yang’s amodation?” Gu Jian Xin asked enthusiastically.
“Extremelyfortable!” Yang Kai replied.
“That’s good, this Gu was worried he was not offering good enough hospitality, but since Brother Yang says he isfortable, I can feel relieved.”
“En, Senior Luo asked me to see her...”
“It’s as you think,” Gu Jian Xin grinned at Yang Kai before drawing him along with him. “Follow me.”
Walking down this corridor, the group of four soon came to a light curtain which shrouded the way forward, making it impossible for anyone to see past it. This light curtain was like a waterfall that flickered with countless tiny flowing runes which swam about like small fish, giving it a mysterious andplex appearance.
Gu Jian Xin did not even spare the light curtain a nce and walked straight forward, only pausing for a moment to tell his Left and Right Sword Servants, “You remain here. Execute anyone who dares try to intrude.”
“Yes!” Ling Yue and An Xing nodded firmly as they stood outside.
Gu Jian Xin then led Yang Kai directly past the light curtain.
After experiencing a sh of light, Yang Kai found himself in a seemingly entirely different world.
The whole ce was silent and there was nothing of note except for a huge spherical object positioned in the middle of the space.
This sphere was almost two dozen metres in diameter and had irregr patterns covering it, some of which were yellow, some blue, some green, all of them upying different areas on the sphere’s surface.
As Yang Kai got close, he noticed the sphere was spinning clockwise at a subtle speed.
Luo Lan was standing nearby and greeted with a smile, “Little Brother!”
“Senior Luo!” Yang Kai hurriedly returned the courtesy, but soon his attention was attracted to the sphere in front of him again.
Luo Lan and Gu Jian Xin did not seem like they intended to exin and simply observed the changes in Yang Kai’s expression with interest.
Soon though, Yang Kai showed a look of understanding, turned to Luo Lan and Gu Jian Xin, and said in surprise, “Is this a model of Azure Tree Star shrunk down countless times?”
“Little Brother’s intuition is sharp!” Luo Lan smiled and nodded, “This is indeed a tiny replica of Azure Tree Star. It took many cultivators from our Sword Union a hundred years to survey all of Azure Tree Star’s environments, measuring each region and categorizing them toplete this design.”
“Is this the map Senior mentioned yesterday?” Yang Kai asked thoughtfully.
“Exactly!” Gu Jian Xin smiled and nodded, “The map that Aunt Lan was talking about yesterday refers to this thing, which was why we had to wait until today to let Brother Yang see it.”
“There are many conveniences to this thing,” Yang Kai muttered in surprise as he circled the sphere, soon understanding what the different colours represented.
The yellow colours represented ins, while the blue was water and the green was forest.
There were a small number of other colours also present which obviously corresponded to rarer areas like swamps and deserts.
Sword Union’s methods were impressive, but... taking a hundred years toplete a project like this was something only a super force could afford.
Looking closer, there were manyrge and small city-like signs on this sphere, which were obviously settlements where cultivators on Azure Tree Star gathered.
With this, Luo Lan would find it much easier to manage Azure Tree Star.
While Yang Kai observed, Luo Lan took the initiative to exin to him. As Yang Kai expected, the different colours really did correspond to different geographical environments, and depending on the colour’s depth, one could tell the richness of the ambient World Energy in those areas.
The lighter the colour, the thinner the World Energy and vice versa.
After briefly exining to Yang Kai about this map, Luo Lan said, “The piece ofnd Little Brother wants, a piece ofnd a hundred thousand kilometres is neither big nor small, so this Queen has selected a few locations for you to choose from. Of course, these are just areas this Queen thinks are suitable. If Little Brother is not satisfied, he is free to choose any other spot on Azure Tree Star!”
Yang Kai was grateful and cupped his fists, “Junior will be epting Senior’s good intentions then. Please advise me.”
“Little Brother need not be so polite,” Luo Lan smiled, stretched out her hand towards therge spherical map in front of her, spun it slightly then halted it at a certain position. Luo Lan pointed to a certain ce and said, “This is the first ce this Queen selected. This area is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is rich in materials as well as World Energy. There is also a city nearby, which would fall under Little Brother’s jurisdiction.”
“A city? Is that alright?” Yang Kai asked in surprise.
He only wanted a piece ofnd that was not too barren and never expected he would actually be given an entire city to control.
“It’s no big deal, it’s just a single city,” Gu Jian Xin grinned.
“Indeed, on Azure Tree Star, even if there aren’t ten thousand such cities, there are at least eight thousand. Having Little Brother assumemand of it would be this ce’s blessing,” Luo Lan also added with a smile. Yang Kai did not know what Gu Jian Xin had told her yesterday, but he could tell that Luo Lan’s attitude towards him had changed subtly and was much more enthusiastic.
“If Little Brother is not satisfied with this ce, then how about here,” Luo Lan waved her hand and spun the map again, pointing to another spot and exining, “This ce is also quite good. This Queen has been here before and can attest to its beautiful scenery and numerous great beauties...”
Seeing Yang Kai remain indifferent, Luo Lan immediately introduced him to the next ce.
After introducing seven ces in a row, Yang Kai still had nothing to say.
Strictly speaking, the ces Luo Lan selected for Yang Kai were indeed quite good, with rich World Energy and numerous other advantageous conditions, each one an extremely generous proposal.
But Yang Kai did not seem to be satisfied with any of them, causing Luo Lan to be a little puzzled, not knowing exactly what he was looking for.
“Senior Luo, is there a suitable ce on the sea?” Yang Kai saw that she was about to introduce the next ce and quickly asked.
“On the sea?” Luo Lan raised her brow before smiling, “So Little Brother would like to live next to the sea! What do you think about this position?”
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Half an hourter, Yang Kai walked out of the mysterious space with a content look upon his face.
After making a fewparisons, he finally chose a ce called Twin Shark Ind.
It was difficult to ssify Twin Shark Ind as a single ind or two, because if one looked from above, they would see that, although narrow and shallow, there was a connection between them. When viewed from the side, this ind, or inds rather looked like two sharks advancing side by side through the sea, a very vivid image.
Hence the name, Twin Shark Ind!
The area was very in line with Yang Kai’s requirements, no more, no less, exactly one hundred thousand kilometres in total.
Additionally, there was a medium-sized sea-side city five hundred thousand kilometres away from Twin Shark Ind!
This ind was rtively remote on Azure Tree Star, and Luo Lan and Gu Jian Xin could not understand why he chose such a ce; after all,pared with the locations Luo Lan introduced to him before, Twin Shark Ind’s only advantage was its rich World Energy aura.
It seemed like Yang Kai was going around the sun to reach the moon and intentionally took a bad deal.
But since Yang Kai had already decided, they did not try to persuade him otherwise.
And so, Twin Shark Ind became Yang Kai’s territory from now on. As long as the faction Gu Jian Xin led still controlled Sword Union, no one would be able to take Twin Shark Ind away from him.
This was also Gu Jian Xin’smitment to Yang Kai.
Yang Kai did not care too much though; now that this site belonged to him, if someone dared try to take it from him in the future, they would first have to weigh the consequences.
The next day, Yang Kai bid farewell to Luo Lan and Gu Jian Xin and prepared to leave for Twin Shark Ind.
Outside the Azure Tree Pce, Gu Jian Xin wore a slightly guilty expression as he said, “Brother Yang, unfortunately, this Gu cannot take you there in person. I havee to Azure Tree Star on important business, so my time is quite limited.”
“Brother Gu doesn’t need to pay it any mind, I can find my way to Twin Shark Ind. Moreover, with this token given to me by Senior Luo, travelling and making arrangements will be convenient,” Yang Kai smiled lightly.
Gu Jian Xin nodded, “Indeed.”
Then, making a mysterious smile, he added, “But Brother Yang, there are a few people here who would like to travel with you to Twin Shark Ind. I hope you won’t refuse.”