"Fellow Daoist! Many thanks."
Seeing the "Prince Wula" in front of her actually toss over the sealed ferocious giant ape, that middle-aged beautiful woman immediately caught it in her hands. Taking a look, she indeed discovered that it was a profound seal sealing a great demon at the ninth level of the Divine Ability Mystical Realm, possessing a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, inside.
"You're welcome, you're welcome. It was merely accidentally getting lost, entering a space-time black hole, and then wandering here. I have been lonely for several years already. Truly it was not easy to encounter everyone. May I ask what sect you fellow cultivators belong to? How can I leave here? If everyone can help me leave this place, I will offer a heavy reward."
The "Prince Wula" opposite displayed the demeanor of a cultivator who had just stepped into the realm of a giant of the ages, the Ten Thousand Years Realm.
Originally, figures at the Golden Core level facing a giant of the ages would have to call them senior and act respectfully. However, these several Golden Core cultivators seemed to have seen many giants of the ages; they directly called him fellow Daoist, treating him as an equal, acting extremely natural without the slightest bit of awkwardness. Clearly, they came from a major sect.
Fang Han, however, knew that at the Fenbaoyan auction houses, giants of the ages could only enter the low-level and mid-level auction houses.
With Fang Han's previous "Creation Realm" cultivation, he only entered the high-level auction house. Rumor had it that above the high-level auction houses, there were top-tier auctions, the Heaven character and Immortal character grade assemblies, where only experts at the World King Realm and above, or even Void Immortals, had the qualifications to attend!
Precisely because of this, these several Golden Core cultivators naturally wouldn't harbor any respectful thoughts toward Fang Han.
However, Fang Han was also very amiable. Moreover, he did not expect to actually bump into Fenbaoyan disciples by chance deep within the Starry River of Heavenly Death. He had been looking to infiltrate them, and immediately, a risky plan began brewing in his mind.
"This fellow Daoist, you actually encountered a space-time black hole and still managed to survive. That is truly good luck." Upon hearing Fang Han's words, that old man immediately said.
"Indeed, I was truly lucky. Unfortunate is that my single piece of high-grade Dao Artifact was shattered to pieces inside the space-time black hole!" Fang Han's face feigned an emotion of physical heartache: "That was the symbol of my status as the Prince of the Wula Planet, and now it is destroyed. If I return again, I will face sanctions from the council of elders. Now I cannot return, being without reliance or backing. I can only wander among these barren planets one by one."
"So fellow Daoist is already homeless!"
The several cultivators glanced at each other, "With fellow Daoist's strength, seeking a livelihood is an easy matter. To tell you the truth, we are outer sect disciples of Fenbaoyan."
"Fenbaoyan?" An expression of blank bewilderment appeared on Prince Wula's face.
"Fenbaoyan is the largest person in charge of the Cultivation Great World. Our business radiates across hundreds of millions of star regions. Basically, out of the three thousand major worlds, one third of the great worlds possess our business." The middle-aged beautiful woman introduced: "This is the Starry River of Heavenly Death, sparsely populated. Only our Fenbaoyan has set up teleportation arrays here. But deep within this starry river, some planets hold many treasures. For fellow Daoist to walk out of this patch of starry river, you must rely on us. However, our passage through the teleportation array also requires a massive amount of pills…"
"Oh? Pills, I actually still have some, having accumulated quite a bit. As long as I can get out, any heavy price is fine." Fang Han immediately said, fishing out a gourd from his chest area. Inside the gourd were filled with many Pure Yang pills, looking to be fully several millions in number.
"Are these pills enough to pass through the teleportation array?"
"This Prince Wula's net worth is actually not bad." The four Golden Core cultivators exchanged a glance. Among them, that middle-aged beautiful woman stepped forward to receive this gourd of pills: "Passing through the teleportation array, these pills can barely be considered enough. In this case, we will bring you along for a ride. You can reach the Cultivation Great World to settle down and get on with your life. With the cultivation of a giant of the ages, you can refine Dao Artifacts. Going to many chambers of commerce to become a treasure refining master, you can live very leisurely."
"I cannot return to the Wula Planet now, so securing a sliver of life in the Cultivation Great World is also a good thing. But seeing your Fenbaoyan's immense strength, having teleportation arrays even in such uninhabited places, it would be better if I went to your Fenbaoyan to serve as a treasure refining master. How about several fellow Daoists give me an introduction?"
Fang Han finally spoke his main point.
"Oh?"
The four Golden Core cultivators were taken aback, and then laughed: "Fellow Daoist, our Fenbaoyan's treasure refining masters all need to possess a unique skill; it is not that easy to become one. Even if you cultivated to the Longevity Mystical Realm, your hopes are slim. If you truly become a treasure refining master, your status would be vastly higher than ours. Going back to that Wula Planet of yours, no one would be able to provoke you."
"Really? I actually do know some treasure refining methods." Surprise and joy manifested on Fang Han's face: "I must go and give it a try."
"Then it will depend on fellow Daoist's luck." The four Golden Core cultivators smiled at each other and deployed a magical treasure. It perfectly resembled something like the Limitless Star Palace's Starry Sky Shuttle, but this time it was not a Treasure Artifact, but a low-grade Dao Artifact. Burning many Pure Yang pills, it shot out instantly, arriving at another small planet two hours later.
This small planet was filled everywhere with jagged bizarre rocks. A kind of sturdy rock was cast by someone using immense magical power into a grand teleportation array tens of thousands of miles in radius.
Around the small planet, more than ten stars shined down. Those stars ceaselessly struck their starlight heat onto the teleportation array at all times.
Evidently, someone executed the divine ability of shifting stars and changing the Dipper to seize the secrets of heaven. Borrowing the power of over ten stars to condense into this giant teleportation array, for who knew how many tens of thousands of years. This teleportation array carried a flavor somewhat akin to Bai Xi's Eight Extremes Golden Lock Array.
At this time, around the teleportation array stood quite a few people, all wearing jade-colored clothes, clearly all Fenbaoyan disciples. Among these disciples, some possessed Golden Core cultivation, some were at the eighth, ninth, or tenth level of the Divine Ability Mystical Realm.
There were also some people wearing black clothes who were actually giants of the ages. Furthermore, there were experts of the Undying Body, all continuously pouring vital energy, seeming to be driving the grand array.
"You guys are here? I heard you went to pursue and kill a General Ape of the Divine Ape Teaching. I wonder if you successfully captured him? Mm? Who is this?"
Seeing the four Golden Core cultivators land and appear within the teleportation array, several Fenbaoyan disciples walked over. Among them was a youth wearing black clothes whose status was extremely high, looking like a giant of the ages as well. Giving a sidelong glance, he looked at Fang Han.
"Senior Brother Ning, this person is a cultivator who was swept into a space-time black hole and accidentally arrived here, unable to get out. When we were capturing General Ape, he struck out to help subdue him, wanting us to take him out, and at the same time wishing to become a treasure refining master for our Fenbaoyan."
"What? Wants to become a treasure refining master?" That black-clothed youth, Senior Brother Ning, sneered: "What a wild fantasy. Although this person's cultivation is also at the Ten Thousand Years Realm, he is nothing more than a rogue cultivator; what capabilities could he possess? I bitterly cultivated the Three Elements Secret Manual and treasure refining divine abilities, yet even I failed to become one."
"I am willing to give it a try, it would be good to establish a foothold in the Cultivation Great World. Anyway, I cannot return to the Wula Planet, and I do not wish to wander in uninhabited places, growing old alone." Fang Han fabricated his background once again.
"Fine. Since you paid the fee for the teleportation array, there's no harm in taking you along for a ride. Otherwise, with your cultivation, you wouldn't be able to fly out of this Starry River of Heavenly Death even in ten thousand years. Dying of old age, you'd never see another cultivator; that is eternal loneliness." The black-clothed youth said: "Stand in the center. In another two hours, the teleportation array will establish contact with Fenbaoyan, and then it can be activated."
"Alright! I entirely defer to fellow Daoist's cultivation." Fang Han stood well-behaved in the designated position, but his divine sense secretly observed this grand teleportation array. Yet he discovered that this grand array seemed to surpass the methods of cultivators, borrowing the gravitational force of all heavens to execute shifts. Fang Han focused his attention slightly and saw the hidden spots of this grand array, burying countless treasures. On top of the treasures were carved at least hundreds of strokes of the Great Shifting Art.
"Good methods, Fenbaoyan indeed has good methods. But this grand teleportation array is heavily priced. Why build such a grand teleportation array here? Could it truly be to search for treasures on some planets in the center of the starry river?"
Fang Han felt doubtful in his heart.
"Fellow Daoist, luckily you wandered here. If you went forward another thirty thousand planets, that would be the star region where fiends reside, called the Land of Monster Cultivation. Fully over one hundred thousand planets are all gathering places for fiends. Our Fenbaoyan disciples often come here to temper themselves. Capturing Monster Race members to take back. Last time, a Grand Elder even captured an Undying Body Nine-Headed Iguana Lion and sold it for one billion pills. The General Ape we captured this time is a disciple of the Divine Ape Teaching from the Land of Monster Cultivation. The Sect Master of the Divine Ape Teaching is called Yuan Zhenhong. He is an expert at the Void Immortal level. Having created his own Ape Demon Chaotic Divine Technique, holding boundless strength, being peerless in the world. The Treasure Master of our Fenbaoyan also wishes to capture and suppress him. Unfortunately, the Land of Monster Cultivation has too many Monster Race members."
Standing inside the grand array, those four Golden Core cultivators also struck up a conversation with Fang Han.
"Yuan Zhenhong? Oh, right. It seems that within the Key of the Desolate God, an ancient high-grade Dao Artifact, the Ape Demon Chaotic Divine Cudgel, is exactly his treasure, snatched away when exchanging blows with Immortal Venerable Panwu." Fang Han said secretly.
He was currently deploying the Reincarnation Art of the Yellow Spring Diagram, along with the Great Transformation Talisman.
The Yellow Spring Diagram had basically restored all its power. With his current cultivation, executing the Reincarnation Art, only a Void Immortal expert could detect clues. But added with the power of the Great Transformation Talisman and the Little Destiny Art to deliberately conceal it, even a Void Immortal would probably find it hard to notice.
He originally intended to sneak into Fenbaoyan, and this time exactly provided the opportunity.
Rumble!
Amidst the conversation, this grand teleportation array suddenly activated. Fang Han felt a vast and majestic force transmit across space from the distant Cultivation Great World over there. Then a burst of space-time flashing, the sky spinning and the earth rotating, fully rotating for over ten hours, before his eyes lit up, and he appeared on a massive plain.
This giant plain was precisely located in the center of the Cultivation Great World. The plain spanned an unknown number of tens of thousands of miles, its ground made of a kind of sturdy metallic stone. Over the vast plain, many teleportation arrays were built. Glints of light flashed from time to time, as multitudes of Fenbaoyan disciples entered and exited the teleportation arrays.
And at the edge of the plain stood the massive Fenbaoyan, towering like an immemorial divine dragon prostrating on the ground, carrying out a kind of breathing exchange with heaven and earth.