When Li Feiyu emerged from the palace beneath the Fusang Tree, the Fire Crow Emperor let out two "caw-caw" calls.
Crimson Crow spoke in human tongue, "What's wrong? Don't you welcome me?"
"Caw-caw?! (You've Undergone Tribulation to transform?!)"
"That's natural. With my master helping me, my Cultivation speed is naturally not slow. Otherwise, how could I always stay by my master's side?"
The Fire Crow Emperor was filled with envy. She and Crimson Crow had been together for many years, and during that time, some things were naturally revealed.
Crimson Crow was hatched by Li Feiyu himself and is not yet two hundred years old, while she is already over six hundred years old. Born in this Fire Crow Holy Land, she was given priority Cultivation due to her extraordinary Bloodline. Later, she was promoted to Fire Crow Emperor and, with the blessing of the Fusang Tree, has only reached Level 7 peak, still a long way from Undergoing Tribulation to transform.
She now plans to Undergo Tribulation after her children hatch.
"Now that you've become a transformed Demon Beast, do you want to meet the previous Fire Crow Emperor? He is a Level 9 peak Demon Beast, always in seclusion beneath the Fusang Tree. There's a True Fire Pond there, which is an excellent Cultivation spot."
Crimson Crow shook his head, "I'm not going. Following my master, I'll definitely Cultivate much faster than I would there."
Crimson Crow's eyes were full of arrogance. Li Feiyu patted his head, "Fire Crow Emperor, when I have time in the future, I will visit the previous Fire Crow Emperor. Today, I still have matters to attend to, so I will leave first."
Li Feiyu was looking for an island that would not be easily discovered by Demon Beasts. Such islands generally had no Spiritual Qi, poor mountains, and harsh waters, which held no interest for Demon Beasts.
Qiyuan Island was close to a Demon Beast Sea Abyss, giving it a strategic advantage for continuously hunting Demon Beasts.
Although it would eventually be conquered by the Sea Race, this place was undoubtedly excellent for convenient Demon Beast hunting.
Therefore, Li Feiyu planned to find an unremarkable island within a ten-thousand-mile radius of this area to serve as the construction site for the Outer Star Sea teleportation array.
However, while it sounded simple, finding such a place was quite arduous.
Li Feiyu spent over two months, riding Crimson Crow, flying back and forth across this sea area, killing many Demon Beasts along the way.
Finally, on a medium-sized island eight thousand miles east of the Demon Beast Sea Abyss, Li Feiyu found a place that matched his expectations.
This island was small, about seven or eight hundred miles in circumference, with complex terrain. Various landscapes—mountain ranges, plains, hills, and lakes—were distributed everywhere, but the only peculiar thing was the complete absence of Spiritual Qi, making it as ordinary as could be.
The island's plants and climate followed the four seasons: warm spring, hot summer, cool autumn, and freezing winter.
It was like an anomaly in its surroundings, as if this island formed its own self-contained system.
Li Feiyu initially thought this was unusual and meticulously scanned the entire island with his Divine Sense, but he found no irregularities.
After some thought, he finally decided to build the teleportation array here, opening up an underground passage space to construct a vast square a hundred zhang in circumference.
Earth-element Spells proved immensely useful at this time, serving as the best aid for infrastructure. He, by himself, completed everything in just a few days.
The underground square was paved with bluestone slabs, with dozens of exquisitely carved jade pillars standing, from which huge flames burned continuously.
Exiting the underground square, there were four passages leading to the southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest. At regular intervals along both sides of the passages, numerous fist-sized luminous pearls were embedded, providing specks of light to the passages.
Afterward, Li Feiyu spent another half-month setting up flight Restrictions and Restrictions imbued with Nascent Soul pressure, which could suppress any Cultivators teleporting there. Anyone below the Nascent Soul Stage would find their strength reduced by more than half.
Finally, the most crucial task was the construction of the teleportation array. With previous experience and ample Materials, this time it only took five months to complete, a month faster than last time.
"No need to rush back. Let's stay in the Outer Star Sea for a while."
Two years later, the Sea Race in this area, led by transformed Demon Beasts from the deep sea, attacked Qiyuan Island. This time, they dispatched seven or eight transformed Demon Beasts, including those from the Dragon and Mystic Tortoise races, which are considered Heavenly Spirit Beasts.
Humans suffered continuous defeats, and even two human Nascent Soul Cultivators died at the hands of transformed Demon Beasts.
Qiyuan Island was conquered, and this place once again became a paradise for Demon Beasts!
Li Feiyu secretly took action, hunting a large number of Level 6 and 7 Demon Beasts, obtaining numerous inner cores, including two water-attribute Spirit Beasts and one fire-attribute Dragon.
Among the water-attribute Spirit Beasts, one was a Level 7 Mystic Tortoise, and the other was a Level 7 Dragon.
Li Feiyu had been anticipating such a large-scale battle, hoping to obtain Spirit Beast inner cores, which is why he waited nearby while refining Blood Servants.
However, Level 7 Spirit Beasts were key targets of their respective races. The killing of three Spirit Beasts immediately drew the attention of the transformed Great demon.
A Dragon and a Mystic Tortoise teamed up to pursue Li Feiyu. Li Feiyu, not wanting to get involved in trouble, immediately fled. However, they pursued relentlessly. Left with no choice, Li Feiyu had Crimson Crow emerge, and together they sent them on their way.
After this venture, Li Feiyu returned to the Inner Star Sea via the teleportation array on Fire Mulberry Island.
For two years, he had publicly declared that he was in seclusion. No one else dared to disturb him, and Sangxing Island remained as usual, orderly and uneventful.
During this time, he successfully refined twelve Blood Servants: three in the late stage Core Formation and nine in the Middle Stage. Li Feiyu named them Blood One to Blood Twelve, according to their Cultivation level.
Two were assigned to the auction house, two to trade, two each for the back-and-forth teleportation arrays, and the remaining ones stayed by Li Feiyu's side, serving as his messengers, carrying out tasks, and being responsible for refining teleportation talismans.
Teleportation talismans, after all, were not Great Shifting Tokens. The number of times a talisman could be used was limited, similar to talisman treasures. However, each teleportation consumed very little of its power, and one teleportation talisman was enough for about thirty uses.
Li Feiyu also tried to learn it himself, but due to his low talent in the Dao of talismans, his initial success rate was only one in ten, which was quite embarrassing for a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
After refining about ten talismans himself, Li Feiyu stopped tinkering and began to fully Cultivate the Great Development Art, striving to master it within ten years.
Of course, every so often, he would refine a batch of rare Medicinal Pills and high-quality Magical Artifacts to sell at the trading pavilion, exchanging them for rare Spiritual Plants, rare Materials, and special Pill Formulas.
The Chaotic Star Sea had numerous Immortal Caves of ancient Cultivators, so it was possible that someone had obtained special Pill Formulas and Spirit Medicine.
Fortunately, Li Feiyu's two establishments only auctioned and traded high-quality rare items, ensuring that he didn't cut off the livelihoods of other merchants.
In the third year after Li Feiyu's return, the teleportation array officially opened, with a fee of thirty Spirit Stones for each teleportation.
As this news spread, Sangxing Island became increasingly lively.
Li Feiyu did this mainly because Qiyuan Island had just been razed by Demon Beasts, and that sea area was teeming with Demon Beasts, making it somewhat dangerous. After three years, with the restless nature of Demon Beasts, they would likely have dispersed.
Time flowed swiftly. In the eighth year, Li Feiyu mastered the fourth layer of the Great Development Art.
His rapid progress was largely thanks to an ancient Pill Formula acquired from the trading pavilion, which described a Medicinal Pill called the soul cleansing pill, capable of stimulating the growth of Divine Sense.
The main Material for the soul cleansing pill was the ten-thousand-year-old spirit awareness fruit, which Li Feiyu happened to possess.
Other Spirit Medicine also existed in the Void Garden Pearl. However, this Medicinal Pill's effect on Divine Sense growth was not as intense as that of the quenching spirit pill. Its medicinal properties were gentle, with the advantage of being suitable for long-term consumption.
Thanks to this soul cleansing pill, Li Feiyu was able to successfully Cultivate within ten years as he wished; otherwise, it might have taken fifteen or sixteen years.
On Fire Mulberry Peak, Li Feiyu opened numerous insect chambers, which were cared for by a late stage Core Formation Blood Servant. The task of refining Spirit Beast Medicinal Pills, such as Spirit Feeding Pellets, was also entrusted to him.