Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

This current stronghold will not be used by Master Bart to build the first city of the Rota Kingdom on Qiyuan Star, since it is too close to Qiyuan City, and a fourth-order spiritual vein is not worthy of the Rota Kingdom's status.

So, while ordering 2 sword cultivators to quickly mine fourth-tier spiritual veins, Master Bat ordered Master Han to lead a team to search for larger spiritual veins, while he himself stayed at the stronghold, constantly resisting the harassing attacks from the beastmen.

As a consul, Shen Bai naturally didn't need to mine spirit stones like the Foundation Establishment sword cultivators. He spent his days cultivating frantically in his own little house, waiting for a favorable opportunity.

……

After the arrival of the second batch of reinforcements from various countries, and after suffering more or less losses, they gradually established temporary strongholds around Qiyuan City.

Following this, large corporations from various countries were allowed to set up businesses on Qiyuan Star after paying a huge amount of tariffs.

In an instant, Blue Star's invasion of Qiyuan Star was fully launched.

Sword cultivators from various countries were constantly fighting with orcs for territory, while merchants followed closely behind, seizing land and building factories.

Enterprises from all countries, including those within the Xuan Yuan Empire itself, do not allow any Nascent Soul stage cultivators to infiltrate their ranks, and they take strict precautions against the infiltration of sixth-tier array masters from all angles.

Kunbai Pharmaceutical and Luoma Military Factory also arrived in Qiyuan City at this time.

The team from Kunbai Pharmaceutical was led by Si Qing and Hu Feier, while the team from Luoma Military Factory was led by Yang Xiao.

Teacher Yang Xiao was Shen Bai's spokesperson in Kunbai Pharmaceutical, responsible for handling Shen Bai's rights and interests within Kunbai Pharmaceutical. However, now that the company needs to develop, she has to be transferred back to mainly be in charge of the business of Luoma Military Factory in Qiyuan Star, while Da Jinya stays in his hometown.

As for his own interests in Kunbai Pharmaceutical, he left them to Si Qing to handle.

For the first time, Shen Bai realized that he had no one he could rely on.

It still lacks depth and substance.

If it's a family with a long history, they can easily find many people to manage the business, while they themselves are struggling to make ends meet.

"We must establish our own family!"

This is the second life goal that Shen Bai set after establishing the Eastern Expedition as his life goal.

As one's cultivation level continues to rise, it becomes increasingly difficult to accumulate the resources needed to break through to the Nascent Soul or Deity Transformation stages on one's own.

Therefore, Shen Bai first turned his attention to Gu Li, who was hiding in Qiyuan City.

There are eight more demon clans that have infiltrated Qiyuan Star. We need to find a way to capture them one by one and turn them all into our clan's guardian demon slaves.

With nine Golden Core demon clansmen serving as guardian beasts, they could be considered a medium-sized family in the capital, a place teeming with powerful and wealthy individuals.

However, I need to find a reason to leave temporarily for a few days.

Fortunately, he had already faked Gu Li's death to escape last time, and now Gu Li had changed his identity and become Yang Xiao's personal bodyguard.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why he wanted to take Guli away from the stronghold.

"Master Bart, when is Vanka coming to Qiyuan Star?"

Bart Zhenren had a terrible headache looking at Shen Bai, who was always hanging around in front of him.

This guy is really devoted to his sister!

"I've told you so many times, it'll only take a few days!"

"Hurry and keep an eye on the sword cultivators mining. Once we find a location to build the city, we'll have to temporarily abandon this spiritual vein!"

Annoyed by the questions, Bart Zhenren waved him away.

Shen Bai walked out of Ba Te Zhenren's temporary office in a sullen mood. Just as he was about to order a few of his men to go on a patrol in the mine, he saw a huge foot fall from the sky.

"boom--"

A loud bang was heard, and more than ten fifth-order protective formations were breached almost without any resistance. Fortunately, the fifth-order formation masters had been working overtime in the past few days and had set up a large number of fifth-order protective formations. Otherwise, this kick could have wiped the entire stronghold off Qiyuan Star.

"Charge!"

With a roar, Master Bart immediately formed a sword formation and began to meet the giant beast outside the formation.

Shen Bai was knocked to the ground by that kick. When he looked up, he saw a giant ape over two hundred feet tall standing outside the stronghold, and behind it stood a familiar figure.

It was the hundred-foot-tall giant ape that the fifty thousand sword cultivators had driven away when they rushed to the stronghold.

Is this a case of beating the young one and then the old one coming?

When Bart Zhenren rushed out of the office and saw the other person, he almost lost his composure.

Damn, just how much intelligence is the Xuan Yuan Empire hiding?

This giant ape's cultivation level is definitely at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage.

With a single kick, a dozen or so fifth-order formations can be shattered. How can we possibly fight this battle?

Tens of thousands of sword cultivators, including those who had been mining spirit stones in the mines, rushed out and formed battle formations to defend against the enemy's attacks.

The simultaneous attack by the two Nascent Soul stage giant apes reduced all the efforts the stronghold had made over the past ten days to ashes.

Fortunately, the moment the formation was completely shattered, the battle formation of 50,000 sword cultivators was rebuilt, and although the attacks of the two giant apes were fierce, they could no longer succeed.

After a stalemate lasting for about an hour, the two giant apes turned and left, filled with deep resentment.

Bart was so scared he almost flew out of his skin.

"Hurry! Array masters, quickly rebuild the defensive array! Li Bai, head to Qiyuan City immediately and ask my sister for help!"

Shen Bai was overjoyed and thanked the two giant apes, hoping they would come and bother him a few more times.

He swiftly transformed into a streak of sword light and disappeared into the horizon.

……

Upon arriving in Qiyuan City again, Shen Bai was immediately amazed by the speed of its construction.

Last time I came, the so-called hotel was just an ordinary house.

This time, Qiyuan City was filled with towering buildings. Although they weren't tall buildings, they were still much more luxurious than the previous simple conditions.

It's like going from a county town in the 1980s or 90s to a provincial capital in 2000.

Countless earth-elemental architects are rapidly constructing one building after another, making the entire Qiyuan City resemble a giant construction site, filled with cultivators engaged in construction.

After arriving on Qiyuan Star, companies from various countries did not go to their respective bases, but instead chose to establish branches in Qiyuan City first.

Because they all knew that the safest place right now was Qiyuan City, where the Integration Ancestor and the Nascent Soul Grandmaster were stationed, while the strongholds of various countries were still unable to gain a foothold.

Everyone shared the same idea: first establish a foothold in Qiyuan City, and then expand the business to various other locations.

And this is exactly what the Xuan Yuan Empire wants to see.

Qiyuan City will become the bridgehead for the development of Qiyuan Star World from Blue Star World, and will also become the largest and most prosperous city on Qiyuan Star.

In the future, the prosperity here will be no less than that of the current capital of Blue Star.

……

Shen Bai didn't wander around for long. Instead, he first went to the office of the Kingdom of Rota, communicated with the person in charge there about the time when Vanka would arrive, and then reported the news that the Kingdom of Rota's camp had almost been breached.

"What?! Fifty thousand men almost couldn't withstand the attack?"

The liaison officer, Rebecca, was horrified.

She sat here every day, oblivious to the dangers outside. She had thought that the stronghold of the Kingdom of Luota was almost as strong as Qiyuan City, but she never expected that even the entire formation had been breached.

"So, please contact Miss Vanka and ask her to bring more people this time, especially powerful formation masters and weapon refiners."

Shen Bai did not linger in the office. Instead, he turned and walked out, disappearing into the crowd.

……

Three days later, Shen Bai appeared in Si Qing's office.

"Junior brother!"

Upon seeing Shen Bai again, even the usually gentle and indifferent genius alchemist was inexplicably excited.

The two had not seen each other for more than two months.

However, when she saw the two Golden Core cultivators following behind Shen Bai, she forcibly suppressed her excitement.

"This is the Golden Core Demon King I subdued. From now on, he will be your personal bodyguard, ensuring your safety on Qiyuan Star."

Shen Bai introduced the two of them to Si Qing. A strange light flashed in Si Qing's eyes. Although she had always known that Shen Bai was exceptionally talented, she never expected that after two months, he would be able to subdue the Golden Core Demon King to serve him.

"I'm about to enter the Golden Core stage, so you should keep me for yourself."

Si Qing's first thought was Shen Bai's safety, but he shook his head and refused: "I'm currently working undercover, so having someone by my side is useless."

"You guys go out and keep watch first, I'm going to talk to my senior sister about work."

The two Golden Core demon kings responded and went out.

Before Si Qing could say anything, a pair of strong arms swept her up in their arms: "Senior sister, I want to drink some porridge."

"Where would I get you some porridge right now?"

Si Qing struggled for a moment, but finally collapsed into Shen Bai's arms, her gentle eyes gazing at him.

Their relationship was kept secret; not only Hu Feier, but even Shen Wenwen was unaware of it.

Shen Bai stared at the other person's red lips and slowly pressed them to his lips: "Isn't it right here?"

Si Qing let out a soft moan.

The gentle woman transformed into a pool of spring water, allowing Shen Bai to savor her beauty.

As the two were making love, there was a knock at the door: "Si Qing, who are you with in the room? Why won't the people outside let me in? Who are these people?"

Si Qing was shocked and hurriedly sat up from Shen Bai's lap. She quickly tidied her messy hair and her Xia dress.

"Fei'er, come in!"

Si Qing waved and opened the office door. Hu Feier, dressed in a white business suit, walked in with a fragrant breeze. Just as she was about to ask again who the person outside was, she saw a figure she had been thinking about day and night.

"Shen..."

Her words were cut off by Shen Bai's finger.

After Si Qing quickly closed the door, Shen Bai smiled at Hu Feier and said, "Sister Feier has become even more beautiful."

"You big bad guy!"

Hu Feier, who always presented herself as a strong woman, had red eyes, and a single tear began to roll down her cheek: "You haven't sent a word to me for so long... um..."

All her resentment was suppressed by a long kiss.

Seeing that the two of them made no attempt to conceal their true intentions, Si Qing blushed slightly and pretended to look down at the files, but was pulled away by an arm.

That scoundrel.

Here we go again!

Si Qing, who is extremely thin-skinned, always finds it unacceptable in such situations, yet she is dragged into the abyss of sin by the shameless Shen Bai.

However, deep down, she also had a sense of excitement that made her do things that were completely opposite to her usual personality time and time again.

Oh well, let it be.

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