A World Worth Protecting

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The moment this matter was made known, all the cultivators of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace were shocked and in disbelief. What followed was discussion and commotion that was akin to a hurricane.

Even the two batches of cultivators from the Federation felt that it was extremely incredulous. After hearing about it, Wang Baole was similarly astounded as well. When he imagined Li Xingwen and Feng Qiuran standing together in his mind, he suddenly realized that both of them were actually quite compatible with each other.

<em>Elder Feng Qiuran is so supportive of the Federation… Could it be that this has something to do with Li Xingwen? </em>Wang Baole blinked his eyes. He became gossipy, especially when he thought of that Li Wuchen…

Wang Baole had knowledge of many secrets before he embarked on the journey to the ancient greenish-bronze sword, as he was a Secondary Rank Two Noble. Of those secrets, there were some which were regarding Li Wuchen. Wang Baole knew that Li Wuchen was the baby that the Grand Supreme Elder had brought away from the Vast Expanse Dao Palace many years back.

<em>Could it be that… Li Wuchen is not Li Xingwen’s disciple, but his… son? </em>When Wang Baole thought about this possibility, he opened his eyes wide. He felt that his conjecture wasn’t far from the truth.

<em>However, back then, the Grand Supreme Elder and the rest of the group didn’t seem to have stayed long enough to give birth to a child… </em>Wang Baole scratched his head but immediately thought that there might be some mystic techniques that could shorten the time needed for pregnancy and childbirth. Regardless of the reason, Wang Baole was almost certain that Li Wuchen was Li Xingwen’s son.

“Who would have thought that the Grand Supreme Elder was so capable… He was just a True Breath realm cultivator or a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator then, but he could bear a child with a Soul Conduit realm mighty figure…” Wang Baole murmured. A sense of respect rose in his heart. At the same time, he quickly opened up the Federation’s regional chat group to take a look. It was furious with activity, and all the discussions were about the marriage.

After looking through many of the discussions, Wang Baole posted on the chat group with emotion.

“The Grand Supreme Elder is awesome!”

That quickly set in place a momentum. Gradually, everyone began to post similar comments, differing just in terms of how they addressed him. When he set aside the regional Spirit Internet jade slip, Wang Baole sat inside his cave abode and pondered about the matter, concluding that it wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

<em>Sect Lord Xu mentioned previously that his second task was to integrate completely within the Vast Expanse Dao Palace… Could this be his first move? </em>The more Wang Baole pondered it, the more he felt that was the case. If Li Xingwen and Feng Qiuran were to really get married, then to a certain degree, it would have fulfilled what Sect Lord Xu had wanted.

<em>The adults’ world is too complicated. A beautiful youth like me wouldn’t understand it well… </em>Wang Baole sighed and shook his head. He gulped down a mouthful of Ice Spirit Water and patted his slightly bloated tummy.

During this period of time, Wang Baole was undergoing cultivation. Coupled with the fact that he had an abundance of snacks and had eaten them heartily, spirit fat had insidiously accumulated on his tummy…

Wang Baole wasn’t overly concerned about that bit of spirit fat. He felt that if he could slim down so quickly previously, then that meager amount of spirit fat was nothing. He only needed to put in a little effort to remove it.

<em>Maybe when I lose weight after becoming fat again, I could achieve a breakthrough and reach the Nascent Soul realm. </em>With that thought, Wang Baole let loose even more. He took out a bag of snacks and opened it. He took several mouthfuls of it, and the more he ate, the more he enjoyed it.

<em>It’s a pity that there’s no chicken drumsticks, no braised eggs, and no pig’s trotters… Ah, everything is great in this Vast Expanse Dao Palace, but there isn’t anything delicious here… </em>Wang Baole shook his head and continued to meditate to study the third level of the Lightning Immortal Transformation, as well as the second level of the Flame Snatch Thearch Armor.

In addition, he also focused on how to refine his intrinsic scabbard so that it could become a Dharmic Armament. He spent some time thinking and researching it every day.

Time passed slowly in this manner. Typically, gossip would fade from people’s minds with time. However, that wasn’t the case for the matter regarding Li Xingwen asking Feng Qiuran for her hand in marriage. Not only did it not fade from people’s minds, but it grew increasingly prominent instead.

That was especially so as the protagonist involved, Feng Qiuran, didn’t clarify the situation herself after her initial shock. Even though she didn’t agree to it, she didn’t reject it either. That made everyone who had their attention on it even more gossipy!

At the same time, while heated discussions about Li Xingwen and Feng Qiuran were taking place in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, Jin Duoming and Sect Lord Xu of the Galactic Dusk Sect began to share a close relationship. Sect Lord Xu brought Jin Duoming along to pay a visit to almost all the Nascent Soul realm cultivators, as well as Mie Liezi.

Sect Lord Xu didn’t forget about Daoist You Ran either. Through some means, Sect Lord Xu had managed to establish an extremely friendly relationship with many of the upper echelons of the Daoist. There were numerous female Nascent Soul realm cultivators who seemed to share a good relationship with him.

That wasn’t the most surprising. After such relationships had been maintained for half a month, another matter that shook the Dao Palace happened. The person who started it wasn’t Sect Lord Xu, but… Jin Duoming!

Jin Duoming set up a Spirit Internet system in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace!

Thirty percent of the cultivators of the second batch of Federation cultivators were experts in the area. With their assistance and cooperation, the Federation’s technology was brought to the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, and the Spirit Internet was established!

It must be mentioned that in the Federation, the Spirit Internet was a product that was created and disseminated by the Trilunaris Corporation, and it was eventually approved and adopted by the entire Federation. Therefore to Jin Duoming, the Spirit Internet was the Jin family’s trade.

The biggest hurdle to the establishment of the Spirit Internet should have been the interruption by the upper echelons of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, but somehow, with Sect Lord Xu’s persuasion, it was approved by the Dao Palace!

It seemed that the visits he made and relationships he established in the past month were all to pave the way for the introduction of the Spirit Internet. At the same time, there was definitely some sort of transaction that had taken place. Whatever the situation, Jin Duoming’s Spirit Internet was successfully established, and even though it didn’t have very wide coverage, it still encompassed the main island of the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, as well as other nearby islands.

The tool needed to log onto the Spirit Internet was given for free to people by Jin Duoming. He didn’t care much about the cost involved and gave the tool to almost all the Dao Palace disciples. Initially, some of them didn’t value it, while some of them were scornful towards it. There were also some people who tossed it aside and didn’t care about it after receiving it. Only a small proportion of people were curious and logged on to take a look at the Spirit Internet.

Those Dao Palace disciples were instantly attracted to the Spirit Internet the moment they logged on. They felt that it was extremely novel. The main webpage of the Spirit Internet was very simple and was separated into several panels by Jin Duoming.

Even though only one of the panels was opened, with the rest being closed, the panel that was opened was mainly used for news and gossip. On it, there were matters, both huge and trivial, that were being collected by the Federation cultivators. It was incomplete, but it could still allow one to know the happenings of the sect without stepping out of their houses.

At the same time, Jin Duoming also invested heavily in mining the news. He didn’t have battle credits, but he had a lot of refinement resources. It caught the attention of many people, who tried trading valuable information for refinement resources from him. That made the news and gossips panel grow increasingly richer.

Jin Duoming didn’t disregard gossip either. He focused mainly on two points. One was the ambiguous relationship between Li Xingwen and Feng Qiuran, and the other was to spread Wang Baole’s life story to attract the attention of the Dao Palace disciples now that he was so famous.

If that were simply the case, people would lose interest in the Spirit Internet after a while. However, as the successor of the Trilunaris Corporation, Jin Duoming knew how to capture the market. After noticing that the number of people who were logging onto the Spirit Internet was dwindling by the day, he immediately opened up the second panel!

That panel was named… ‘Panel for Blind Dates, Friendship, and Entertainment’!

The moment the panel was opened up, it lit up the eyes of the Dao Palace disciples who had logged onto the Spirit Internet. They explored the panel curiously, and somehow, perhaps through the hefty sum that Jin Duoming had paid, he managed to invite Huang Yunshan—one of the personal disciples of the Dao Palace and Zhou Chudao’s Dao partner!

He invited Huang Yunshan to be an ambassador and advertiser for the Panel for Blind Dates, Friendship, and Entertainment. Every disciple who logged onto the Spirit Internet and that particular panel would immediately see Huang Yunshan’s provocative figure.

That garnered everyone’s attention. As word spread, the number of people who logged in swelled, and the additional number of users were all new users!

That made Wang Baole feel extremely threatened!