Chapter 51: Official Status

The 20,000 members of Tianfeng Fort chased after the Guardian Squad members and killed 10,000 of them before returning in frustration.
Since Qu Yi had already taken control of Town Chief Qu Wantian, he naturally didn’t want to wipe out all of Qu Wantian’s wealth. Yet, he also had no choice but to do so, as this was necessary to prevent Qu Wantian from finding an excuse to return to Huoxin Town.
Therefore, after killing 30,000 Guardian Squad members, Qu Yi deemed it sufficient and ordered the 20,000 members of Tianfeng Fort to stop the pursuit.
Over ten days later, Qu Yi led the 20,000 members of Tianfeng Fort back to their base.
Not long after, Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, Zhuo Rui, Qing Yiyi, Yu Deming, Yu Chongxiu, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia also returned to the base on their flying beasts and entered Tianfeng Castle.
“Haha…”
Laughter echoed throughout Tianfeng Castle for a long time.
“Those Guardian Squad leaders were teased by me round after round until they scattered. Then I attacked each of them one by one. Unfortunately, I only managed to kill one. The rest, fearing for their lives, all left the Baizhai Mountain Area.”
“Yes, I also scattered those Guardian Squad leaders before attacking them. Thankfully, I managed to blow up two of them with my divine weapon.”
“This time was really fun. Those Guardian Squad leaders, who were like elite warriors, were completely outwitted by me and cursed as I blew them up. It’s amusing just thinking about it.”
“Alright, with this counterattack against the Guardian Squad, they won’t come again, right?”
“Now that Tianfeng Fort rules the Baizhai Mountain Area, it’s settled. Who would dare to defy us?”
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The ten fort leaders kept shouting, excitedly expressing their opinions.
After dealing with those 100 Guardian Squad leaders this time, each of them had taunted them and even killed a few, leaving the ten fort leaders in high spirits for a long time.
“Everyone, after this battle, Tianfeng Fort’s strength has been confirmed. Now, I no longer need to stay here. I’ll return to Bai Shou Village. From now on, Tianfeng Fort will be temporarily under your ten management,” Qu Yi said, standing up with a smile.
The ten fort leaders looked at Qu Yi in surprise.
“Fort King, it’s the same here. Why do you need to return to Bai Shou Village?” Zhu Chen asked immediately.
The other nine fort leaders also stared at Qu Yi intently.
Qu Yi smiled and said directly, “I need to cultivate. I aim to reach the Divine Weapon level within 10,000 years.”
The ten fort leaders were all shocked and stood up straight, looking at Qu Yi in utter disbelief.

In ten thousand years, one could break through from the Divine Being stage to the Divine Weapon stage—a feat so rare throughout the entire divine realm that it was almost unheard of. Yet, upon seeing Qu Yi’s expression, the ten clan leaders immediately realized he was speaking sincerely, which left them even more astonished. To be able to control one’s own cultivation progress required an extraordinary amount of innate talent.

After their surprise, the ten clan leaders felt even greater joy, glad that they had met Qu Yi. Following him would surely lead to a boundless future.

“Clan King, you are truly amazing,” the ten clan leaders exclaimed in unison.

Qu Yi smiled and then left Tianfeng Fort, riding the Wild Green Goose back to the Village of All Beasts.

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Upon returning to the Village of All Beasts, Qu Yi stayed in the Stone Castle of the ‘Three Tripod Gate,’ continuing his meditation. About six thousand years passed before he finally emerged from the castle.

All ten thousand villagers received Qu Yi’s mental message, learning that today was the day they would receive their divine weapons. Excitedly, they looked at Qu Yi.

Qu Yi smiled and took out a space ring, saying, “Villagers, I have completed the creation of the divine weapons you need. Today, each of you will receive your own.”

“Long live Qu Yi!”

The ten thousand villagers, overjoyed, cheered heartily.

Not wanting to keep them waiting, Qu Yi immediately took out all ten thousand divine weapons from the space ring and piled them up in front of him.

“Village Chief Sun Bufan, all the villagers’ divine weapons are here. Please help distribute them,” Qu Yi said with a smile before returning to the stone castle, leaving the matter to others.

Sun Bufan, who had been the village chief for a long time without showing off much, was delighted to have Qu Yi put him in the spotlight again and gladly agreed.

“Alright, villagers, I’ve kept all the requirements you had for the divine weapons. Now, I’ll distribute them to you. Please don’t rush or fight over them,” Sun Bufan shouted loudly.

The villagers had already scanned the pile of weapons with their mental senses and confirmed that there were exactly enough of each, ensuring they would indeed receive one. So, they wouldn’t rush to grab them.

“Village Chief, please distribute them quickly!” the villagers urged.

Sun Bufan hummed in satisfaction, putting on a showy display before starting to distribute the weapons one by one.

Meanwhile, inside the stone castle, Qu Yi sat cross-legged on his bed, his consciousness already immersed in his inner world.

The Golden Planet had shrunk by half, and more than half of its spiritual essence had been merged with those of the Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth elements. Meanwhile, the sizes of the Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Planets remained unchanged.
“The path of fusion truly suits me. In another four thousand years, the Golden Planet will disappear, and its spiritual essence will be fully merged with the other four. By then, the only spiritual essences in my body will be the four merged types: Golden-Wood, Golden-Water, Golden-Fire, and Golden-Earth. Cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage have their spiritual essences existing separately—only the spells they cast form merged essences. Once I reach that stage, the essences I generate will be directly merged, which is much more straightforward than theirs,” Qu Yi murmured to himself.
After saying that, Qu Yi closed his eyes again and continued his cultivation.
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Ten thousand years passed.
A fleet of a hundred silver-colored ships appeared in the sky, having arrived above the Hundred Beasts Village. These silver ships were the unique flying vessels of the Fire-Li Merchant Alliance, used to collect goods from various villages.
In other words, the people from the Fire-Li Merchant Alliance had arrived.
All ten thousand villagers of the Hundred Beasts Village left their homes and gathered around the village chief, Sun Bufan’s residence.
The arrival of the Fire-Li Merchant Alliance meant that the villagers had to hand in the divine crystals they had collected and report the number of divine crystal trees they had planted. This allowed the Fire-Li Merchant Alliance to verify whether their planting tasks were complete.
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wugui also came.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui had spent nearly ten thousand years cultivating in the Savage Beast Mountains and had made significant progress before finally returning. Now, they joined Qu Yi to report on the completion of their planting tasks.
A man stepped out of the leading flying ship. He was heavily built, dressed in luxurious attire, yet his plump body landed lightly in front of Sun Bufan’s house.
“I am Rong Yunhai, in charge of collecting goods from your Hundred Beasts Village. Now, report on the planting tasks completed by the villagers here,” the wealthy man ordered as soon as he landed.
Seeing Rong Yunhai’s disdainful attitude toward him, Sun Bufan showed no anger but instead wore a smiling face.
“Shangguan, this jade slip contains details of the planting tasks completed by the villagers in our Hundred Beasts Village,” Sun Bufan said politely, holding up a jade slip with respect.

Rong Yunhai waved his hand, and immediately the jade slip was drawn into his palm. Then he scanned it with his spiritual sense, reading through all its contents.
“Huh… Who are Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui? Step forward.” As Rong Yunhai scanned with his spiritual sense, he suddenly looked surprised and called out to the villagers before him.
Just earlier, after reading the contents of the jade slip, Rong Yunhai was astonished to find that Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui had ascended to the divine realm just over ten thousand years ago and had already completed the task of planting divine crystal trees, even reaching one million divine crystals. Such a situation was extremely rare, which naturally caught Rong Yunhai’s attention.
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui stepped forward quietly and came before Rong Yunhai, but remained silent.
“You three seem quite arrogant. Explain how you found these thirty thousand divine crystal trees and how you made them all mature.” Rong Yuntian had immediately scanned the entire village with his spiritual sense again and locked onto Qu Yi’s grove of divine crystal trees, becoming even more surprised.
Qu Yi smiled faintly and simply said, “Shangguan, it seems not your concern how we completed the planting task.”
“You…” Rong Yunhai’s expression froze, anger flashing in his eyes.
But he held back and quickly put on a smile. “Good, you have courage. Now that all three of you from Bai Shou Village have completed the planting task, you have also obtained official status in the divine realm. I hope we can meet again in the divine realm in the future.”
Rong Yunhai was only at the Divine Weapon stage, and in this Fire Departure Merchant Alliance team, he was merely someone who handled practical matters. Although he could look down on the villagers here, he didn’t dare to take action against Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui in front of their captain, who was still on the flying ship.
Qu Yi smiled and said casually, “Shangguan, I really hope to meet you again too.”
Rong Yunhai snorted but stopped talking to Qu Yi and immediately shouted at Sun Bufan, “Quickly hand over the divine crystals given by the villagers of Bai Shou Village. After I verify them, I’ll go report immediately.”
Hearing this, Sun Bufan looked very frustrated and cursed inwardly, thinking, “You’re angry because of Qu Yi—why take it out on me? Am I that easy to bully?”
However, despite his anger, Sun Bufan didn’t have Qu Yi’s courage. He immediately took out a space ring and respectfully presented it to Rong Yunhai.
Rong Yunhai took the space ring and scanned it with his spiritual sense, comparing it with the contents of the jade slip earlier.

“Alright, I’ve verified the situation in your Beast Village. Over these ten million years, only Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui have completed the planting task. I’ll report this to higher authorities immediately. Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, Qing Wu Gui, you can place your identity cards in the communication array in the village, and they will be upgraded. From now on, you’ll be able to travel freely throughout the Divine Realm,” said Rong Yunhai calmly before flying back to his flying ship.
The Fire Departure Merchant Alliance’s flying ship team immediately took off.
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui smiled and then cheered happily, “After over ten thousand years, we’ve finally become full members of the Divine Realm!”
All ten thousand villagers gave them disdainful looks.
Ten thousand years to become full members of the Divine Realm? You still think it’s too long? We’ve been waiting for tens of millions of years yet still haven’t become full members.
Episode 15: Making a Name for Themselves