The Last Sentinel

A few flowers bloom, a perfect city.

Without the Neanderthals, the perfect continent gradually calmed down after a brief storm of elemental disorder, and the primordial will re-coalesced.

In the former residence of the Fifth Elder of Perfect City, a young girl leaned against the window, looking out at the white ice flowers on the ice flower tree, which floated lightly and gracefully, like the cherry blossom tree in Amaterasu Shrine. Only, the bastard who threw the arrow at her back then was no longer in front of her.

"The fallen petals yearn to drift with the flowing water."

"The flowing water has no affection for the fallen flowers."

"If the spring breeze has a heart to pity the flowers."

"One cannot be young twice."

The girl's pretty face flushed red as she angrily shouted at the person outside the door, "Father, do you have nothing better to do?"

Beichuan Yingxiong leaned against the corridor, lazily saying, "I'm telling you, what's the use of you just daydreaming here? You could use that time to learn some flirting techniques, or at least get a few bottles of sleeping potion, find Ye Feng, and make it a done deal, right?"

"Get out!"

Kitagawa Orion suddenly smashed a vase!

Kitagawa Hero quickly said, "No, it's not that. You're just like your mother—you're so short-tempered, you explode at the slightest provocation. The prettier you are, the worse your temper. You're nothing like me!"

Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Uncle's home! Is Zhiyin home too?"

That familiar voice of her lover, gentle as a spring breeze, made Kitagawa Orion let out a soft moan and retreat back into the inner room.

Beichuan Yingxiong hurriedly turned around and saw a person walking towards him, Ye Feng, who was wearing a simple Renmeng clerk uniform and smiling.

Beichuan Yingxiong was no ordinary man; he was the future patriarch of the Dragon Clan, a super shrewd individual with exceptional emotional and intellectual intelligence. He knew very well that Ye Feng, this seemingly ordinary clerk, wielded terrifying power within the Human Alliance. He even claimed that Ye Feng could speak directly with the Speaker without needing the Chief of Staff's approval!

Kitagawa Hero hurriedly said politely, "Young Master Ye, what brings you to Perfect City! Come, let's have some tea in the flower hall. I have some fine tea specially prepared for you. If you hadn't saved me, I would definitely have been killed by Anthony this time!"

"No rush." ​​Ye Feng stopped Kitagawa Hero's hand. "I'm pressed for time. I'm here on important business."

Kitagawa Hideo blinked, a knowing look appearing on his handsome face. He pointed inside, "My daughter's inside. I'll go keep watch outside. There's an old saying in the East: 'A moment of bliss on a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold.' Good luck!"

Ye Feng was speechless. No, I'm here to talk business. Why are you doing this? Do you think I'm here to sleep with your daughter?

Am I so vulgar in your eyes?

Ye Feng coughed, stopping Kitagawa Hero. "I'm not looking for your daughter, Zhiyin; I'm looking for you."

Kitagawa Hideo was taken aback and subconsciously took a step back, saying, "Young Master Ye, you know I'm a male dragon-man with sound values..."

"Sigh—" Ye Feng couldn't hold back any longer, "I'm talking about serious business! Serious business! I want to know some information about interstellar trade! For example, do elves, dragonkin, druids, dwarves, etc., have any special products they can offer to sell to alien civilizations!"

Kitagawa Hideo shushed him. "This has startled me! What, Young Master Ye, are you going to do business with aliens?"

Ye Feng asked, "I guess so. Do you have any local specialties?"

"Yes! Absolutely!" Kitagawa Hideo said. "Speaking of which, our human race dominates the three major constellations of Orion, Hercules, and Corona Borealis in the solar system, occupying one-eighth of the Milky Way. Naturally, we have excellent specialties, such as Zheng He's nine voyages to the Western Seas during the Ming Dynasty..."

Ye Feng couldn't help but interrupt, "It's seven, Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean."

At that moment, the door to the inner room opened, and Kitagawa Orion, dressed in a red shrine dress, came out. "It's nine, not seven! Because Zheng He's eighth and ninth voyages were not to the ocean, but to the stars. Or rather, Zheng He's treasure ships sailed out of our planet to trade with other planets."

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng was stunned. You mean, my ancestors have already expanded their territory beyond the star field?

How is that possible!

How come I didn't know my ancestors were so amazing?

Why don't history books record this?

How did Zheng He solve the problem of atmospheric oxygen in a vacuum?

How to solve the food problem during long-distance space travel?

Kitagawa Hero patted Ye Feng on the shoulder and said, "Young Master Ye, are you feeling confused? Actually, there's nothing to be confused about! The situation hundreds of years ago when the Ming Dynasty existed was not the same as now. The Ming Dynasty truly had spiritual energy. With spiritual energy, the environment was completely different from the universe we see today. In this scientific age, we might need interstellar spaceships to travel to outer space, but in that era of spiritual energy, outer space might have been just an intersection of a spatial singularity! Do you understand what a spatial singularity is?"

Ye Feng said, "I know about spatial singularities. Legend has it that under special magnetic field conditions, scenes from another place can appear in one place, like a mirage. But spatial singularities are fake!"

Kitagawa Hero said, "The Spiritual Era is real! In the records of my Dragon Clan, the so-called five immortal islands at sea—Penglai, Fangzhang, Dongying, and the like—as well as the Jade Capital and Huaxu Kingdom in the heavens, are all real extraterrestrial regions. It's just that in the Spiritual Era, spatial singularities are real, and mirages are real too. Entering a mirage is equivalent to entering an alien planet. Otherwise, do you think that Hercules, Corona Borealis, and other alien territories were conquered by us Homo sapiens in our dreams? They were all conquered by ancient dynasties through real battles!"

Ye Feng said, "Maybe I should go back and brush up on my knowledge in this area."

Kitagawa Ori said, "Whether it's the abbot of Penglai or the Baiyujing Huaxu Kingdom, over the years, with the disappearance of spiritual energy and the end of the spiritual energy era, we don't know their situation. It's hard to say what items they need now."

Kitagawa Hideo said, "No, no, there is something that is the hard currency for interstellar travel!"

Ye Feng asked, "What is it?"

Kitagawa Hero chuckled, "Boys and girls!"

Ye Feng was taken aback. "Isn't this a bit too evil?"

Kitagawa Hideo, acting as if they were old friends, said, "Now that the era of spiritual energy has ended, there's no spiritual energy in the surface societies of Homo sapiens. Your Homo sapiens boys and girls are useless! The boys and girls I'm talking about are from the Elf race. Some of the barriers that the Elf race still has contain spiritual energy. Their boys and girls are just like the Homo sapiens boys and girls from your spiritual energy era—they're a form of hard currency!"

Ye Feng said, "The Elven race, this..."

Kitagawa Hideo pointed at his daughter and said, "My daughter previously guarded the gate for Amaterasu and knows the entrance to Takamagahara. Daughter, take Young Master Ye to Takamagahara and capture some young boys and girls!"

Kitagawa Orine nodded. "Good! There are still many spirits in Takamagahara!"

Ye Feng blinked. "Should I bring a Poké Ball?"

Kitagawa Orine shook her head. "No, a bag is enough. We'll pack it all up and run!!"

"Okay, hopefully we won't get caught!"

"So what if they find out? No matter how fierce Susanoo is, would he dare to wage war against Homo sapiens like the Neanderthals? These elves live on Homo sapiens' territory, is it wrong for them to pay a little tax? Asking them for some boys and girls is already giving them face! Susanoo and Amaterasu, she'd better know what's good for her, or she'll send them to meet the Neanderthals!"

"Uncle is truly a wise man who knows when to yield..."