Double penetration, starting from being a trader

Although Zhang Xingchao was only at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm, he had mastered the lightning-based laws.

His extraordinary abilities are among the best in his class.

They arrived after receiving the news, taking less than half an hour.

Only a mid-stage Void Refinement expert could have defeated Zhang Xingchao in such a short time.

"Lord Xiao, are all the cultivators of your Void Spirit Clan dead?" a cultivator from the Cangfan Sect asked Lord Xiao.

Lord Xiao closed his eyes, sensed for a moment, and then said:

"None of our clan's four Nascent Soul cultivators perished; they must have fallen into enemy hands like Fellow Daoist Zhang."

The Voidling race possesses a unique telepathic ability; once a member reaches a certain level of strength, they can sense life and death, and can even communicate with others when they are close by.

The fact that Lan Yin was not dead relieved Lord Xiao.

After all, those four Nascent Soul cultivators were his subordinates. If they also died here, he would suffer a heavy loss.

"Since the major powers of the Weiyang Starfield are not following the rules, then we need not hold back either. Lord Xiao, would you be willing to come with us to the Weiyang Starfield?"

The speaker was the Grand Elder of the Cangfan Sect, named Xu Mufan, a powerful expert in the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.

Lord Xiao hesitated for a moment and said:
"Fellow Daoist Xu, let's discuss this further. The Star Palace hasn't made a move yet."

"Take it easy? They've already made their move, what do we still need to discuss?" Xu Mufan's voice was icy.

Their Cangfan Sect only has eight Refinement Realm experts in total.

Each missing member represents a tremendous loss for the Cangfan Sect.

Fortunately, Zhang Xingchao's soul tablet was not broken, indicating that the opponent had clearly captured Zhang Xingchao but did not kill him directly.

This created an opportunity for rescue.

Lord Xiao clasped his hands and said:
“Going to the Weiyang Starfield now is pointless, since we don’t even know who made the move. Why don’t you come with me to my Void Spirit Clan’s territory first, and let our High Priest deduce their whereabouts? Perhaps we’ll find out.”

Hearing what Lord Xiao said, Xu Mufan pondered for a moment and then nodded:

“Alright, then let’s go find the high priest now.”

The Palace Master then looked at another Void Refinement cultivator from the Cangfan Sect and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, I'll trouble you to guard this gap in the formation."

Qin, a cultivator at the Cangfan Sect, hesitated.

He was only at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm, and his strength was even weaker than Zhang Xingchao's. If he stayed here, and that expert who was suspected to be at the middle stage of the Void Refinement realm came again, he would be in trouble.

Seemingly sensing the Qin-surnamed cultivator's worry, Palace Master Xiao said:
"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, our clan's stronghold is not far from here. If that person comes again, we will be able to arrive immediately."

The cultivator surnamed Qin nodded: "Alright."

Lord Xiao then summoned a group of powerful members of the Void Spirit Clan to join the cultivator surnamed Qin in guarding the gap in the formation.

As for him and Xu Mufan, they went to the Void Spirit Clan's stronghold in the Weiyang Star Region.

Several years ago, the Void Spirit Clan and the Cangfan Sect each captured a small star in the Weiyang Starfield.

We no longer need to stay on the desolate planets outside the Weiyang Starfield as before.

In the Weiyang Starfield, in the starry sky.

An antimatter warship is speeding along.

Its speed is so fast that even a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage cannot keep up with it.

Seventy percent of the speed of light—this speed far exceeds the fastest speed that the strongest beings in this star field can reach.

It was because of this warship that Chen Feng dared to venture into the Weiyang Star Region alone once again.

Unless he is ambushed beforehand, almost no one in this star system can stop him.

Inside a room on the warship, Lan Yin was sitting.

Through the porthole of the transparent warship, he could only see the constantly flashing starry sky outside.

This is a visual perception error caused by the excessive speed.

"What kind of treasure is this that can be so fast!" Lan Yin was shocked.

This magic ship was more than a hundred times faster than their Void Spirit Clan's magic ships.

As a Spirit Commander of the Void Spirit Clan, Lan Yin was quite knowledgeable, but he had never seen a magic ship with such a high flight speed.

Lan Yin then looked at another room. After Chen Feng led him into the warship, the other party went into that room alone and never came out again.

"This person is too mysterious. If our clan continues to fight against him," Lan Yin couldn't help but worry about the future of the Void Spirit Clan.

The longer he spent with Chen Feng, the more mysterious Chen Feng seemed to him.

Every time they met, Chen Feng managed to shock him.

This time, in particular, only seven years had passed, and Chen Feng was able to easily defeat a Void Refinement cultivator, which shocked him greatly.

Lan Yin already believed that Chen Feng was the reincarnation of a powerful being.

In the warship's command center, Chen Feng was looking at a large pile of things in front of him.

This was obtained from the storage rings of three Nascent Soul cultivators of the Void Spirit Clan.

The three of them only had a total of two hundred spirit stones.

This gain is far too little for Chen Feng at present.

Two hundred spirit stones aren't even enough to refine a single planet.

As for the other items inside the storage ring, Chen Feng didn't bother to investigate them at all.

Now, apart from special innate spiritual treasures and spirit stones, he no longer cares about anything else.

"I can only go to those big powers to get spirit stones. These powers have been around for so many years, they must have a lot of spirit stones." Chen Feng had an idea in mind.

The purple tree in the Void Heaven Realm should also give him some spirit stones, but the amount will definitely not be as much as before.

If you want to get more elemental stones, you can only go to those powerful forces.

Chen Feng immediately determined the destination of the first stop.

Nanyang Star.

The Nanyang Sect of Nanyang Star had once besieged and killed him; he almost failed to escape from the Nanyang Sect back then, and this debt must be settled.

“The three Nascent Soul cultivators from Nanyang Star are all at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm, so dealing with them shouldn’t be difficult for me.”

Chen Feng already had information about the major forces in the Weiyang Star Region.

Although Nanyang Star is also a major star, it is still somewhat inferior to established powers like the Jiang Clan and Huanxia Immortal Realm.

Chen Feng put away the spoils of war, then left the warship's command room and found Lan Yin.

Upon seeing Chen Feng appear, Lan Yin immediately bowed respectfully.
"Meet Daoyou Chen."

Chen Feng looked at Lan Yin and asked, "Why didn't the Star Palace stop your Void Spirit Clan and Cangfan Sect from joining forces to attack the Weiyang Star Region?"

This is what Chen Feng finds most puzzling right now.

According to the information he received, the Void Spirit Clan and the Cangfan Sect had only made an agreement with the major forces in the Weiyang Star Region that their Void Refinement cultivators could not take action, but they had not mentioned the Star Palace.

The star palace seemed to have disappeared.

Lan Yin replied:
"We don't know what happened either. Several years ago, the Star Palace was still commanding the major forces in the Weiyang Star Region to fight against us, but then it suddenly disappeared, and all the Star Palace Void Refinement experts also disappeared."

"Our clan's Void Refinement Ancestor guessed that something might have happened in the Star Palace, so they didn't have time to care about us."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng immediately began to ponder.

The situation in the Weiyang Star Region was more complicated than he had imagined. The Star Palace, a hegemon that had always ruled the star region, had suddenly disappeared.

However, Chen Feng didn't think much of it.

No matter how these forces fight, it's none of his business. What he wants to do is to gain as much benefit as possible from this chaotic situation.

"Give me your storage ring," Chen Feng said, staring at Lan Yin.

Without hesitation, Lan Yin immediately took out his storage ring.

Chen Feng glanced at the storage ring and saw that there were only a little over a hundred spirit stones inside. He frowned and said, "How come you're so poor? You only have a few spirit stones?"

Hearing this, Lan Yin smiled wryly and said:
"Fellow Daoist is joking. Even in my clan, Yuan Stones are extremely precious. These hundred-plus Yuan Stones represent my savings of over a thousand years."

Chen Feng put away the storage ring and then said, "You should have a way to contact the Void Spirit Clan, right?" Lan Yin asked in confusion, "Fellow Daoist, you mean...?"

Chen Feng said:

"We'll have your Void Spirit Clan use spirit stones to ransom you, as well as that Void Refinement cultivator from the Cangfan Sect."

Lan Yin's lips twitched. He hadn't expected Chen Feng to be so bold as to demand ransom from the Void Spirit Clan and the Cangfan Sect.

This is equivalent to offending two star-domain level forces at once.

However, considering Chen Feng's style of handling things, Lan Yin was not surprised.

He then said, "Fellow Daoist, the communication mirror in my storage ring can contact Kong Ling."

With a wave of his right hand, Chen Feng conjured a communication mirror in his palm.

He handed the communication mirror to Lan Yin, and then stood aside and watched.

Nanyang Star is located in the central region of the Weiyang Starfield. At the speed of an antimatter warship, it would take at least a month to reach it.

However, there are teleportation arrays and spatial rifts along the way. With the help of these teleportation arrays and spatial rifts, it will only take about three days to arrive.

After dealing with Nanyang Star, Chen Feng planned to demand ransom from the Void Spirit Clan and the Cangfan Sect. As for the Jiang Clan, he would have to wait and see.

Oak Saturn.

This is a small star located on the edge of the Weiyang Starfield.

Its size is similar to that of Canglan Star, and the strongest beings on it are only a few Nascent Soul cultivators.

This small star has now been occupied by the Voidlings.

All the creatures on the planet have become slaves of the Voidlings.

The Voidlings' stronghold was built on the highest mountain peak on the planet Oak.

This place was originally the territory of the Litu Sect, the strongest sect on Litu Star, but it was completely destroyed after the Void Spirit Clan arrived on this planet.

Inside a magnificent, golden hall.

Xu Mufan and Lord Xiaodian have already arrived here.

At this moment, besides the two of them, there were more than a dozen powerful members of the Void Spirit Clan in the main hall.

Among them, three reached the Void Refinement stage.

Of the three Void Spirit Clan cultivators, one was at the mid-stage of Void Refinement, and the other two were at the early stage.

The high priest of the Void Spirit Clan, dressed in a silver robe, also stood to the side.

“Fellow Daoist Xu, I have contacted several major forces, led by the Jiang Clan, and they have all stated that they were not the ones who made the move,” said the mid-stage Void Refinement cultivator from the Void Spirit Clan.

This is an elderly man with silver hair. The color of his eyes is so solid that even the pupils are no longer visible.

This person is Tuoba Yang, the master of the second hall of the Void Spirit Clan.

Among the nine halls of the Void Spirit Clan, the strength of the second hall is already among the top three, and Tuoba Yang is a veteran mid-stage Void Refinement expert.

After the Void Spirit Clan broke through the Weiyang Starfield Grand Array, they sent the Second Hall and the Fourth Hall to provide support.

Xu Mufan said in a deep voice:
"Fellow Daoist Tuoba, do you really believe the nonsense spouted by those forces in the Weiyang Star Universe? If it wasn't them who made the move, then who else could it be?"

Xu Mufan had absolutely no faith in the forces in the Weiyang Star Region.

In his view, the only powerful figures capable of defeating Zhang Xingchao within half an hour were the old monsters from the major powers in the Weiyang Star Region.

Tuoba Yang frowned and said:
"But they have no reason to do this, and if those Void Refinement cultivators were to make a move, it would be impossible to keep it from us."

Tuoba Yang was also puzzled by the attack on Zhang Xingchao and others.

It should be noted that the gap in the Star Domain Array is located at the edge of the Weiyang Star Domain, and their stronghold is very close to the gap in the array.

If a Void Refinement expert appears, they will be able to detect it immediately.

At this moment, another Void Refinement cultivator from the Void Spirit Clan beside him said:
"Could it be that Xinggong was behind this?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the group became serious. If Xinggong were to make a move, they could indeed bypass them.

After all, the Star Palace possesses the Void Gate, a treasure that allows one to traverse the entire Weiyang Star Domain.

"Impossible! If it were truly the Star Palace that made the move, they wouldn't have only targeted Fellow Daoist Zhang." Tuoba Yang shook his head in denial.

The Star Palace has been missing for several years. Even if it suddenly reappears, it will be to deal with all of them.

"There's no time for discussion. I would like to ask the High Priest of the Noble Family to deduce the whereabouts of Junior Brother Zhang."

Xu Mufan then looked at the silver-robed high priest standing to the side.

The high priest glanced at Tuoba Yang.

Tuoba Yang nodded.

Tuoba Yang was actually very unwilling. The High Priest's divinations always consumed his lifespan, especially when it involved experts at the Void Refinement level, which consumed even more lifespan.

However, the Void Spirit Clan has already reached a cooperation agreement with the Cangfan Sect.

If we don't take action, it's inevitable that the Cangfan Sect will have other ideas.

Just as the high priest was about to begin his divination, a female voice rang out in the room:

"Esteemed seniors, please wait a moment!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the speaker was none other than Kong Ling, who was standing with the other Nascent Soul cultivators.

While these Void Refinement cultivators were discussing matters, the Nascent Soul cultivators could only stand at a distance and listen.

Tuoba Yang frowned and said:

"Kongling, what do you want?"

Kong Ling stepped out from the crowd, her expression strange, and said, "Lan Yin sent me a message."

Kongling was also holding a communication mirror in her hand, which meant that she had just received the news.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Lan Yin was one of the few Nascent Soul cultivators who were captured. Now that the other party has suddenly contacted Kong Ling, it is clear that he has not escaped.

In other words, the person who contacted Kongling was that mysterious cultivator who had mastered the Void Refinement technique.

Tuoba Yang immediately waved his right hand, and the communication mirror instantly appeared in his hand.

The group immediately turned their gazes toward the communication mirror.

A line of text appeared on the communication mirror.

Your men are in my hands. If you want their lives, prepare 100,000 shi (a unit of weight).

Upon seeing these words, the expressions on the faces of the people present were somewhat taken aback.

Is this a case of them kidnapping their people and then demanding ransom from them?

Xu Mufan was the first to react, and immediately flew into a rage:
"They really have guts! They actually dare to ask us for spirit stones!"

Their Cangfan Sect has traveled to various star regions and plundered countless forces, yet they have never been asked for ransom.

Tuoba Yang remained relatively calm and simply sent a message:
"Who are you, fellow Daoist, and why are you attacking our people?"

Tuoba Yang now only wants to know who the other party is. Since the other party dares to ask them for ransom, they must not be from any of the major forces in the Weiyang Star Region.

The communication mirror quickly transmitted another message:
Don't worry about who I am. Prepare 100,000 gold stones within seven days. I will inform you of the transaction location at that time.

Tuoba Yang hurriedly sent several more messages, but there was no reply from the other end of the communication mirror.

The expressions of the several Void Refinement cultivators turned solemn.

The fact that the other party dared to openly demand ransom and was even prepared to make a deal with them shows that they had absolute confidence in their strength, which is quite remarkable.

Tuoba Yang frowned: "Who exactly is it? Could it be some other force from beyond the realm?"

Xu Mufan said coldly:
"No matter who he is, he dares to arrest someone from our Cangfan Sect, and he must pay the price!"

Xu Mufan never even considered paying money to ransom the person, let alone whether they could come up with 100,000 yuan stones.

This behavior from the other party is something their Cangfan Sect cannot tolerate. (End of Chapter)