It's time to become a fairy.

"go."

Ye Qingge spoke calmly, but only she knew that the resurrected ancient god had actually come for her.

Whether she goes or not, the Yin God will come. Facing a being at the Dao Realm, she in reality has no ability to evade pursuit. Therefore, she might as well confront the Yin God directly and find out why he would ask her for help.

Feng Yumeng was unaware of Ye Qingge's thoughts. She smiled with satisfaction, patted Ye Qingge's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Very good. As expected of a junior sister who can be praised by Minister Yan. After this matter, no matter what the outcome, I will do my best to secure benefits for you. At least you won't lose the position of a special-grade member. If your performance is good enough, I can recommend you to the elders. Every elder is a Venerable of the Central Court Realm."

Whether you can seize the opportunity depends on you.

Ye Qingge smiled and nodded: "Then thank you very much, Senior Sister Feng."

Ye Qingge didn't care about becoming an apprentice of the elder, and even felt somewhat resistant. It wasn't suitable for her to become an apprentice because she had many secrets, but after all, it was Feng Yumeng's good intention, so she couldn't refuse.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Ye Qingge boarded the support boat and returned to the villa once the personnel responsible for handling the aftermath arrived.

at home

Everything was as usual. In the room on the second floor, Yan Ye'an was happily playing games with his younger sister, Ye Wenning. No one knew how Ye Wenning had corrupted Yan Ye'an. No matter how turbulent the outside world was, he could still happily play games in the room. It wasn't until Ye Qingge walked in that the two of them guiltily turned off the game. From what they said, they had been playing games all night.

Faced with Ye Qingge's stern gaze, Yan Ye'an secretly tugged at her sleeve and said, "Your sister was very scared last night. If we hadn't made her play games, she probably would have cried all night."

Ye Qingge paused, swallowing back the words she was about to say. In the end, she only gave the two of them a few gentle reprimands.

Yan Ye'an was eventually taken away by the female housekeeper of the Yan family who came with Ye Qingge. Her younger sister was taken to the bathroom and obediently washed up and went to bed under her supervision before they arrived at the training room.

The system has completed the swap of the three bodies. The Empress's world is not yet ready for the swap and preparations are still needed. As for Su Qing'er and Feng Lingxiu's bodies, they have experience from the last mission, and Ye Qingge is not mentally prepared to face it.

Finally, on the eve of her departure, Ye Qingge chose to cultivate for most of the day, so that she could face this trip in the best possible condition.

"I wonder what kind of scene lies outside the high walls of Ningcheng. I remember the textbooks saying that the outside world is a world overrun by monsters, and the high walls of Ningcheng were built to defend against them. But given the importance that the Misty Demon Sect and others attach to it, it seems that they don't really want to."

Several thoughts quietly arose in Ye Qingge's mind, but she quickly suppressed them and entered into cultivation.

Time slips away quietly

Before we knew it, it was nine o'clock the next day.

After breakfast, having learned of Ye Qingge's impending departure, Ye Wenning became visibly panicked, her eyes welling up with tears. She hugged Ye Qingge's waist and said, "Sister, can you not go?"

Ye Qingge shook her head. She knew her younger sister was traumatized by what happened last time, but she didn't know how to explain it. In the end, she could only pat her sister's head and comfort her, "It's the duty of a cultivator, you can't not go."

After thinking for a moment, she opened her personal crystal brain and transferred all five million in cash she had earned from the previous mission to her younger sister, saying, "Take this money. I don't know how long it will take me this time. You're about to take your high school entrance exam, so study more and buy some medicinal baths to help you recover."

“We didn’t have much money before, but things are different now. We can be frugal in other areas, but we can’t be stingy when it comes to investing in ourselves…”

After giving her a few instructions and releasing her sister's arms, Ye Qingge was about to leave when she felt a tugging sensation from behind.

Looking over in confusion, he saw Ye Wenning staring directly into his eyes and saying, "Let me see you off a little longer."

Ye Qingge chuckled, said nothing more, put the things she had packed into her spirit ring, and went out with her sister into the spirit boat of the Demon Suppression Division's logistics department.

10 o'clock

The Ningcheng Spirit Boat Center, in just half a day since the incident, has been completely transformed. The staff are all new faces, and the entire center is operating smoothly, showing no signs of yesterday's changes.

As soon as she stepped off the spirit boat, a figure rushed to her side. Ye Qingge felt her clothes being grabbed, and saw Yan Ye'an staring intently at her, lowering his voice and saying slowly and deliberately, "Why did you sign up to go to provide support? Do you know how dangerous it is outside?"

Ye Qingge was slightly taken aback, then pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I know..."

"No, you don't know!"

Yan Ye'an interrupted, "You've never been taken out of the city by anyone, nor have you ever been in contact with anyone. You have no idea how dangerous this world is. The outside world is a million times more dangerous than you imagine, do you know that..."

"But I have a reason to go out."

Ye Qingge's voice was calm. Yan Ye'an was different from her own younger sister; ordinary excuses wouldn't work. It was better to face the truth honestly.

She wouldn't reveal the specific reason, but instead looked directly into Yan Ye'an's eyes with a determined gaze.

Yan Ye'an felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze, turned her head away, and muttered, "Fine, I can't persuade you, but you have to remember one thing."

She took a deep breath, looked into Ye Qingge's eyes again, and said, word by word, "Don't forget, you still owe me a complete date. You still owe me... an answer!"

Ye Qingge was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, patted her head, and said, "Don't worry, I'll give you a definite answer when I get back."

Yan Ye'an nodded in satisfaction. The next moment, she suddenly realized what was happening, her pretty face turned red, and after looking around to make sure no one was paying attention, she breathed a sigh of relief.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Ye Qingge arrived at the place she had agreed to meet Feng Yumeng.

There were many participants this time, but Ye Qingge was different from the others. The others were specially recruited and traveled on spirit boats arranged by Ningcheng, but Ye Qingge had a relationship with Feng Yumeng and could travel on a special spirit boat with Feng Yumeng.

"Are you done catching up?"

Feng Yumeng's ambiguous smile made Ye Qingge feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw her expression suddenly turn serious. She said, "According to your information, you have never left the city, nor have you ever left Ningcheng. You don't have any friends from university, and you have no knowledge of the outside world, whether from family or other sources. Do you know how the high walls of Ningcheng were built?"

Suddenly, the battle spirit boat made a starting sound, and the huge spirit boat slowly headed towards the high walls of Ning City. Ye Qingge glanced at the scenery outside the window and nodded in confusion: "Yes. Isn't it said that the outside world is a world of demon beasts? The high walls of Ning City were built to defend against demon beasts?"

"This is all a lie to children. From the moment you decide to leave the high walls, forget everything in the textbooks. You will face the most direct world."

Feng Yumeng's tone turned fierce as she tossed a necklace identical to the one around her neck to Ye Qingge, saying, "You'll only understand the real truth once you go to university. No matter how much I tell you, nothing beats seeing the world for yourself."

"Take this with you."

Ye Qingge looked surprised, took the necklace and put it on.

The special stone at the center of the necklace, of unknown material, gave Ye Qingge a warm feeling when worn, as if a warm current was flowing through her body, making her feel very comfortable.

"This is?"

“Raw stones are the most important thing in this world. They are the key to the establishment of cities and sects, and the source of our survival outside. Each batch of raw stones is extremely precious. It takes several years, decades or even hundreds of years to find a raw stone mine. This batch was found four years ago.”

"Remember, no matter what, the raw stones on your body must never be damaged, never be stolen or discarded. They must be protected. Otherwise, even a great cultivator at the Danhai Realm will not survive more than ten minutes in the outside world. Without raw stones, you will find it difficult to move an inch in this world!"

Feng Yumeng explained to Ye Qingge in a calm tone.

The spirit boat traveled very fast, and before long, it arrived at the high walls of Ningcheng.

Just as Ye Qingge thought the spirit boat was about to cross the high wall and enter the city, it entered a large opening in the center of the wall and slowly came to a stop. Led by Feng Yumeng, the two left the combat spirit boat and boarded a much larger war spirit boat, which resembled a mobile fortress, and began to travel forward within the high wall.

Led by Feng Yumeng, Ye Qingge arrived at the top of the spirit ship, watching it sail among the high walls. The hundred-zhang-high walls were not simply plain walls as Ye Qingge had imagined; various defensive fortifications had been constructed inside.

Warriors moved through the area, each with a cultivation level no lower than the Spiritual Awareness Realm. The mobile fortress traveled for nearly half an hour before arriving at a closed area. The gate behind them slammed shut, while the gate on the other side opened with a bang, and then they headed out of the city. Only when they truly arrived outside the city did Ye Qingge get a clear view of the outside world.

The inside and outside of the city were like two different worlds, and the whole world seemed to have lost its color.

There were no plants as I had imagined, nor any monsters. The whole world was a gray, desolate place, the earth scorched and barren, like a dead land. The legendary hell was nothing more than this.

She turned around abruptly. The city gate behind her was already closed. Huge raw stones were erected on the high walls of Ningcheng, forming a stark contrast with the raw stone on Ye Qingge's necklace, which was less than the size of a fingernail.

Terrifying power surged from each of the raw stones, forming layers of pale golden shields beneath the special equipment on the high walls, resisting external forces. The shields, which were previously indistinguishable to the naked eye, were now clearly visible, dividing the city into two completely different worlds: one a vibrant and beautiful paradise, and the other a hell on earth.

She gasped, her mouth agape: "This is..."

"As you can see."

Feng Yumeng's voice came from behind: "This is a wasteland. Our city, our sect, and everything else are all built on this wasteland!"

Chapter 81 The Empress's First Sermon, The First Navigator

"Although most of the descriptions of the outside world in textbooks before university are only one-sided, the historical events are real. Two thousand eight hundred years ago, the world was turned into scorched earth in the war. Every inch of wasteland was extremely corrosive. Even the last great cultivator in the Danhai realm, the Transformation Sea realm, could not resist the erosion for long, at most half an hour."

"The only sacred object in this calamity is the Primal Stone. No matter the size of the sect or other forces, they all need it to create a place for human survival. This includes our journey outside the city to survive. This consumable resource is extremely difficult to create. It requires not only hard work to find it, but also special processing methods. It is hard to obtain, but it is consumed very quickly!"

"The construction of every city requires rigorous terrain surveying to select the weakest point of erosion, in order to build a city with a population of over ten million... Once the original stone is lost, it will be corrupted into a degenerate monster after being eroded!"

Ye Qingge was taken aback: "A fallen demon?"

"A twisted creature... no, 'creature' is no longer an appropriate word, it's a monster!"

Feng Yumeng reached out and gently clicked the controller in the room, which projected a huge screen in front of Ye Qingge. The image shifted a few times, and a twisted and ferocious creature appeared before her eyes, half of which was still in the shape of a dog and the other half was completely shrouded in black.

"This is a creature that has been half corrupted by the power of the wasteland. Originally, it was a kind of demonic beast called the Azure Wolf. Its cultivation level is usually equivalent to that of a cultivator at the Spiritual Awareness Realm, and some wolf kings can reach the Divine Breath Realm."

"This is what it looks like after it has been completely eroded, and what it originally looked like."

Feng Yumeng reached out and tapped lightly, splitting the image in front of her in two. The black parts on one part of the wolf intensified, making the entire wolf look like a dark creature, its image ferocious and twisted. A faint black mist also formed on its body, ethereal and uncertain, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing.

On the other side, the black parts of the wolf gradually receded, revealing pale silver fur, making it look majestic, like a king of the grasslands, forming a stark contrast with the creatures around it.

"The corrupted wolf is extremely troublesome, and this corrupting power is also extremely deadly to humans. Once more than 30% of it is corrupted, it will become a mindless and degenerate creature. Once a part is corrupted, it must be removed immediately... When operating in the wild, you must protect your original stone at all times!"

She also showed other creatures, as well as what humans looked like after being corrupted, in a serious tone.

Ye Qingge nodded solemnly. She suddenly understood why the Misty Demon Sect was so crazy.

Given the strength displayed by the Misty Demon Sect, it's not that they lack the ability to build cities. Even if it's not a city with a population exceeding ten million, building a small one wouldn't be a big problem. This sect, capable of controlling Yin spirits, can even create Ghost Kings in the Central Court Realm. Historically, they have a record of controlling hundreds of Ghost Kings for the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade. At its peak, it was no less powerful than the Azure Radiance Sect, but now it has fallen to this state.

The problem lies with the raw stone!

After explaining the survival rules of the wasteland outside the city to Ye Qingge, Feng Yumeng began to explain the rules on the War Spirit Ship: "It takes seven days for the War Spirit Ship to reach the East City. Every second that the War Spirit Ship is in operation will consume a great deal of resources. In order to reduce consumption, there are several rules that must be followed on the War Spirit Ship."

"First, the Warships will dock for two hours each day for maintenance, which is our hunting time."

Ye Qingge looked puzzled: "Hunting time?"

Feng Yumeng tapped the screen a few times, ordered a cup of tea, and then explained, "All resources on the wasteland are limited. To avoid excessive resource consumption, and because the Canghui Sect is located in an area with a lot of Yin spirit activity, the war spirit boats are driven by half spirit stones and half Yin beads. One of the reasons why the Demon Suppression Division collects Yin beads is as a driving energy source."

"For two hours each day, the people on the War Spirit Ship will form small teams to hunt for Yin Pearls. Unless they are disciples of the Canghui Sect or hold other important positions, they must have enough Yin Pearls to exchange for the living expenses required on the War Spirit Ship."

"Of course, you can buy it if you have the money, but the price on the War Spirit Ship is much higher than in the city, so be prepared... Now that you've become an elite senior member, you're an outer disciple of the Canghui Sect, and you'll receive a certain amount every day, but it's not much."

"besides……"

One rule after another came from Feng Yumeng's mouth, including the schedule and lights-out time on the war spirit ship. Resources were strictly controlled on this spirit ship, which sailed outside the city like a small fortress. Every action and schedule had to be budgeted for emergencies, and everyone on the spirit ship had to abide by the rules.

It took Feng Yumeng a full half hour to finish explaining the rules. She took a sip of the tea brought to her by the staff, admired Ye Qingge's complicated expression because of her news, and smiled with satisfaction.

She had the same expression when she first left the city and learned of this news!

Ye Qingge pondered for a while, finally absorbing the information. She opened her eyes and asked, "When we came out earlier, you told me that our trip to Dongcheng was because of the ancient miracle?"

Feng Yumeng nodded: "The ancient divine relics have actually existed for a long time, but they have only been developed as ordinary ruins and their truth has never been discovered until a few months ago when the whereabouts of the three gods were discovered. Since 2,800 years ago, whether it is the Canghui Sect in our eastern region or countless sects and forces of all sizes in other regions, they have lost the method to ascend to the Lingtai Immortal Realm and become immortals."

"That is why my Canghui Sect has invested a lot of resources in the search, but we never expected that two of the three gods had fallen, and the remaining Yin God had become a fallen god!"

Ye Qingge asked, "A fallen god?"

Feng Yumeng gritted her teeth, revealing a look of resentment: "The gods corrupted by the erosive power of the wasteland have been attacking the East City all the way, destroying dozens of outposts and supply points outside the East City, and killing at least tens of thousands of cultivators. The sect leader has issued a kill order. We must not let the Yin God continue like this. If we let it go, the Canghui Sect will become history."

Ye Qingge felt a chill run down her spine. Judging from Feng Yumeng's description, this Yin God was probably up to no good!

Feng Yumeng took two deep breaths to compose herself, then smiled and patted Ye Qingge on the shoulder, saying, "Of course, with our cultivation level, we are not yet at the point where we have to face that terrifying existence. Our purpose is to clear out the Yin spirits near the Yin God, clear the way for the experts of the Canghui Sect, and protect and guard the East City. The matter of slaying the god will be the responsibility of the sect leader and the elders."

"I see."