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Chapter 2518 Disagreement
Colin Zhenzun resolutely refused to continue discussing the rescue costs, stating that even if they asked us to raise the money, we wouldn't be able to.

Therefore, the related expenses should be attributed to the five missing True Venerables.

Moreover, the cost cannot be finalized directly. No one knows the difficulty and risk of the rescue; only a framework can be established.

Colin Zhenzun stated that he could assist in the process, persuading the other party to hand over their money or gains from the Girls' Starfield.

That's roughly what the negotiations covered.

The cultivators of all things believed that the price paid was excessively high, but the cultivator of great virtue pointed out: We did not hold your sneaking in against you!
Now that we're willing to help you, is it really too much to ask for some compensation?

Despite the disagreement, the rewards involved were something even the True Venerable would envy, but once an agreement was reached, they had to get to work.

Qu Jianlei first showed off his warships—it was quite necessary to lay everything out.

He then chose only one regimental-class ship as his vehicle, and the reason was quite clear: good steel should be used where it is most needed.

Many True Venerables expressed their understanding, and the cultivators of the Myriad Realms also had little objection.

Although they paid for it, it's common sense that you shouldn't abuse your trump cards during an expedition.

The fact that Qu Zhenzun was so cautious made everyone even more wary.

As the regimental-class ships entered the Girls' Starfield, the digital phantom markings on them caused the guarding garrison to simultaneously light up their warships' lights.

That was an imperial soldier's tribute to a legend!

The True Lords of All Things saw this and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. True Lord Qu was truly almost all-powerful in the Empire!
Generally speaking, it is considered a sign of "lack of ambition" for cultivators to mingle in the mortal world.

Gaining respect is normal, but the road ahead after that is very difficult.

However, this one is different. After leaving the mortal world, he was able to advance to the Out-of-Body stage... This is something that ordinary people cannot do.

However, these feelings are mostly fleeting emotions. Next, everyone will face an unknown and perilous journey.

Upon entering the Girl Starfield, the changes in space were very noticeable, which was not unexpected.

The interaction between the two camps began rapidly.

Those "keeping to themselves" ways of doing things... are generally found among lesser cultivators; true masters don't actually act in such extreme ways.

Regardless of the differences in boundaries, it is a public matter, and the True Venerable, as a being at the top of society, naturally has a different perspective.

For cultivators in the Realm of All Things, the path to becoming a Nascent Soul is just as difficult, and the opportunities to exchange information with cultivators of the same level in other realms are also few and far between.

Moreover, when people travel in the future, they may encounter cultivators from other worlds, so it's good to do some research beforehand.

On Qu Jianlei's side, the one who took the initiative to contact the other party was Min Ning Zhen Zun.

He chatted with the other person with a smile, making small talk, even if there was no topic, he would force himself to talk, a typical social butterfly.

The world of all things is not lacking in such people. One of the True Venerables is even slightly stronger than Min Ning.

Some estrangement is truly man-made. Once you put down the burden of official business, how much hatred could there be between people who were originally completely unrelated?

As the atmosphere grew more enthusiastic, more and more True Venerables gradually joined the exchange.

Of course, some people refuse to communicate, such as Wenxian, whose mindset has reached a certain level.

Two days into their journey, Colin, who was studying the warship, suddenly pointed in a direction, "Go that way!"

Before setting off, everyone made some agreements, and the virtuous cultivator was also aware that Colin possessed some clues.

There must be a method to finding people; you can't just wander around like a headless fly.

So everyone agreed that, barring unforeseen circumstances, they would follow the direction indicated by True Venerable Colin.

However, Qu Jianlei glanced in that direction and couldn't help but frown: the energy there was the most violent!

He didn't doubt Colin's motives; after all, they were all in the same boat—truly in the same boat.

However, if this direction is chosen, the defense of the regimental-class ships must be increased to the maximum, and their durability will drop very quickly.

Having finally made it through this stretch of space, he immediately made a decision—to transfer to another regimental-class ship.

Because the damage to this regimental-class ship is quite severe, it will be difficult to cope with unexpected situations if it is not replaced in time.

During the rest of the journey, Colin Zhenzun directed three more adjustments to the direction.

During these four turns, three of them involved choosing the direction with the most chaotic energy.

This phenomenon was noticed not only by Qu Jianlei, but also by the other eleven True Venerables!

The Empire's warships are highly complex to operate, but every single one of them at the True Venerable Realm is adept at multi-threaded operation.

If they're willing, learning this is child's play; they can judge a situation simply by observing instruments without even needing to use their senses.

When Colin asked to change direction for the fifth time, Song Yue'er couldn't take it anymore, "Why are you pointing in the most dangerous directions...?"

"Not entirely, right?" Colin also felt a little helpless. "I really didn't have any selfish motives. I came to save people, not to die!"

“But the consequences have been quite serious,” Qu Jianlei said expressionlessly. “I have already replaced three regimental-class ships.”

After changing directions four times, they changed three regimental-class ships... The energy in the Girls' Starfield is indeed chaotic, but we haven't gone too deep yet.

"You've also learned to assess damage; I don't just replace warships arbitrarily."

Qu Jianlei was simply stating the facts, but the others were different.
Jin Ge looked at Colin and said calmly, "Qu Zhenzun's warship reserves are not infinite... and are not even the mainstream!"

It's definitely not the mainstream reserve. What cultivator would hoard too many mortal warships? That would be just plain crazy.

“It really wasn’t my intention,” Colin sighed. “The space here can distort directions, and the distortion is random and fluid.”

The Girl Star Domain is truly unreasonable, but fortunately, all those who came were True Venerables. Who hasn't seen spatial anomalies?

Therefore, he didn't need to explain much; those who understand will understand, and he wasn't giving random directions.

If we don't follow his instructions, the price we might pay could far exceed the loss of the warships.

“Show me the basis for your directions,” Qingkong said coldly. “Let’s analyze it together.”

“I’m sorry,” Colin shook his head, “this concerns our secret technique, and there was a previous agreement that you cannot forcibly demand it!”

"What do I need from you?" The Great Protector sneered. "Then I won't take the secret technique. You still have some presence, don't you?"

"Of those five people, who is still alive? Give us a wisp of their aura, and we'll figure it out ourselves!"

Of course, one cannot casually give one's aura to others. Even the Golden Core stage requires an unblemished body, let alone the Out-of-Body stage, which is two realms higher.

However, even at the Out-of-Body stage, there are still times when one deliberately leaves behind an aura, especially when going on adventures.

—If you leave no trace, it will be difficult for others to rescue you if you encounter danger.

Moreover, once one reaches the stage of "single-body transformation," even if someone tries to ambush them using their aura, it depends on the strength of both parties.

A powerful True Venerable might not necessarily be afraid of being ambushed by other True Venerables—unless a Divine Lord shamelessly takes action.

Take Qu Jianlei as an example. With the Dao Stele in his possession, it wouldn't be so easy for the True Lord to plot against him!

Qingkong's request may sound a bit excessive, but it's really not like that.

No one mentioned the aura at first, but now that the warship is being damaged so quickly, it's really hard to bear!
Although the damaged ships are only some regimental-class ships, how long have we been in the star system?

Moreover, this was just a simple voyage, and we didn't encounter any serious dangers. The key point is... we still need to consider returning home, right?
Those who cannot plan for the whole cannot plan for a part; one must have a long-term vision in order to be responsible to oneself.

"Divination..." True Venerable Colin's expression turned strange. "I know the Great Protector is skilled in this art, hmm, he can do anything, any aura?"

“Anything is fine!” Venerable Qingkong nodded readily. “But the premise is that you don’t try to fool people with fakes.”

"What are you talking about?" Colin said with a dark face, then flipped his wrist, revealing a small ball of light. "Is this okay?"

Inside the ball of light was a small hoe. "This is a tool that True Venerable Han Wei used when he was in the Golden Core stage."

This kind of thing is really... extremely misleading. How many years does it take to go from Golden Core to True Venerable?
However, it cannot be said that it is wrong. Even if the artifacts used by the True Venerable when he was weak no longer have any residual aura, they may still have karmic connections.

However, that causal link was so weak... it could probably be broken with a single breath.

It's easy to imagine that the entire universe went to great lengths to find this person, even digging up something like this.

The true combat strength of Han Weizhen, the owner of the hoe, is hard to say, but he should be a cautious person.

Generally speaking, True Venerables don't particularly care about their aura leaking out, but there are quite a few who are cautious.

It's not necessarily because they're afraid of being schemed against, but why create trouble for themselves when everything is fine?
However, there is no doubt that someone in Colin's group will be able to use this hoe to find out Han Wei's whereabouts.

So Colin took out the ball of light and handed it to Qingkong, not without the intention of testing him: Here, I've given you the thing, go ahead and do it!
Upon hearing this, the Great Protector rolled his eyes at him, and with a flick of his wrist, a colorful butterfly appeared in his palm.

The butterfly fluttered its wings slightly, and suddenly extended its mouthparts, pecking at the ball of light—it really did peck!

Colin's palm trembled very slightly, so slightly as to be almost imperceptible, but eventually it lay flat.

He sensed that this tiny butterfly was emanating an extremely powerful aura.

It is definitely a magic weapon at the Out-of-Body level, and one of the best among them!
Colin wasn't frightened; rather, he instinctively wanted to avoid it.

Being attacked by a magic weapon of this level would be difficult to withstand without activating defense, and injury would be inevitable.

However, such a small regimental-class ship was carrying thirteen True Venerables, and the space was far too cramped.

No True Venerable dared to release their defenses, otherwise this small boat simply wouldn't be able to withstand it.

This is one of the reasons why both sides had representatives from the local community; if the atmosphere inside the ship remained tense, accidents could easily occur.

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