Martial Master

"Yes!" Qin Tingting and the others responded sharply.

In the following days, Qin Chen listened to the reports from Ao Qingling and others. Throughout the entire Yunzhou, there are about dozens of top cities, and Qin Chen has managed to occupy four of them, becoming a regional overlord. This alliance of forces has also caused some unrest among the neighboring powers.

However, Qin Chen did not focus too much energy on this. It has been a year since he arrived in the Celestial Realm, and he wasn't sure about the current situation on the Tianwu Continent. Moreover, he still hadn't found You Qianxue, Ji Ruyue, or Chen Sisi. Qin Chen not only needed to find them quickly but also had to break through to the Saint Realm within three years and return to the Tianwu Continent. Time was running tight.

As one progresses, the time required for each level of advancement increases tenfold. Fortunately, Qin Chen possesses the essence of time, giving him a glimmer of hope. Therefore, he must seize every moment to cultivate and break through.

Five days later.

"Young Master Chen, currently, all the forces within the four major cities, totaling three hundred seventy-six large and small powers, are willing to submit to you. However, Father is still in seclusion and has not yet emerged," Ao Qingling reported while handing over a storage ring.

"This is the Sacred Crystal they offered to Young Master Chen, totaling eighty million lower-grade Sacred Crystals and three million middle-grade Sacred Crystals."

As she spoke, Ao Qingling's hand trembled. Although she was the eldest daughter of the Ao family, she had never seen so many Sacred Crystals before. It was a colossal fortune.

"Good, since these forces are willing to offer tribute, I will accept it. It will be useful when I go to other places in the Celestial Realm."

Qin Chen had obtained over a hundred million Sacred Crystals from Li Luo and several tens of millions from the city lords like Xue Wudao. Though these eighty million lower-grade and three million middle-grade Sacred Crystals were not much, Qin Chen did not let them go to waste and accepted them.

Even though he could rely on ancient Sacred Veins for cultivation, Sacred Crystals remained a hard currency when traveling to Yunzhou or other places.

"Qin Tingting, how is the information gathering on your side?"

Qin Chen turned to Qin Tingting.

"Reporting to Young Master Chen, we still haven't found any trace of the people you mentioned."

Qin Tingting replied bitterly.

"Nothing?"

Qin Chen frowned and stood up abruptly, his presence overwhelming like a mountain.

"I'm sure," Qin Tingting said bitterly. "To avoid missing any possibility or the chance that some forces might lie, we've even resorted to soul-searching key personnel in every force, yet we've found nothing."

"How strange?" Qin Chen muttered, frowning. "Could it be that they're not in these major cities?"

It's not impossible.

Qin Chen always felt that when You Qianxue and the others fell, they were not far apart from him, but the Celestial Realm is vast. A slight difference could lead to a huge deviation, and anything could happen.

"It seems I'll have to go investigate Yunzhou myself."

Qin Chen made up his mind.

"Qingling, Tingting, Master Guyao, Elder Kong, listen up. I'm leaving for Yunzhou now. You need to manage and develop the four major cities and forces properly."

Qin Chen instructed.

"What? Young Master Chen, you're leaving now?" Ao Qingling and the others were surprised. "Shouldn't we wait until Father emerges from seclusion? Yunzhou has experts at the Saint Realm; it's dangerous. If they find out you're the one who destroyed the Soulfire Family, it could be risky."

"Don't worry. I'm not that easy to kill. As for City Lord Aolie, inform him of my whereabouts once he breaks through and emerges. Let him come to Yunzhou to find me then."

Once Qin Chen made a decision, he wouldn't hesitate. "Also, I'll impart some supreme divine skills to you now. Cultivate diligently and strive to become Earth Saints or even Saint Realm experts!"