You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

It sensed the absolute suppression at the soul level and the inviolability of the contract.

It slowly lowered its head, its curled-up body stretched out, and it completely released all its spiritual defenses.

"Waaah... Master... be gentle..." The childish, mournful cry echoed in his mind.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Yang channeled his divine sense to its utmost intensity, which pierced the very core of the medicinal spirit's primordial light like a sharp needle!
hum!
A complex and profound rune mark, shining with the intertwining of chaos and creation, was instantly generated at the core of the medicine spirit!
A crystal-clear soul link was established between Chen Yang's sea of ​​consciousness and the little medicinal spirit!

Master-servant soul contract, complete!

An indescribable refreshing vitality suddenly returned from Chen Yang's soul connection!
This vitality, carrying a strange, warm power, instantly spread throughout my body, washing away the slight fatigue left from last night's battle, and even sweeping away the traces of weariness deep within my soul! It was as if my entire life essence had become more vigorous and full of vitality!
After the little medicinal spirit recognized its master, it seemed to feel no pain. Instead, it was filled with affection and dependence on the chaotic aura. It carefully rubbed against Chen Yang's thumb that was pressing on it and timidly let out another cry.

"Owner?"

"Ah."

Chen Yang responded with a smile.

"From now on... I'll call you 'Little Flying Insect'."

"Huh? A small flying insect?"

The little medicine spirit, who was just about to cry, suddenly looked up, her big eyes filled with confusion.

"Master...why are you called 'Insect'?...It doesn't sound nice..."

Li Rou couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Calling it 'Little Flying Insect' is quite fitting."

Chen Yang was very serious.

"Judging from how fast you were running for your life just now, you really were like a slippery worm."

Little Medicine Spirit.

"..."

Having resolved the issue of the medicinal spirit, Chen Yang subtly recalled the small flying insect that was still sullenly and aggrievedly pecking at the leaves, letting it sink into his inner soul for nurturing.

"Li Rou".

He turned to the beautiful woman beside him, looking at the emerging sect's grandeur.

"How are those people we rescued last night? Is there any hope for them?"

This was something he had always kept in mind.

Those geniuses who have been stripped of their talents, whose genetic foundation has been destroyed, and who are now sleeping like zombies.

Li Rou sighed softly and pointed to an area far behind the Heavenly Mystery Hall that was shrouded in even richer life energy.

"They have all been settled and nourished by the 'Creation Spring' over there. The situation... is far worse than imagined."

Her tone was serious.

“Those vicious methods not only forcibly extracted and stripped away their original talents, but also branded their life foundation and soul core with an irreversible mark of destruction! Like… the roots of a towering tree that has had its trunk removed! Or like a life whose heart has been forcibly dug out!” Li Rou said.

"Even though I nurtured and protected their last embers with spiritual spring water and primordial energy day and night, forcibly prolonging their lives."

But to have one's talent stripped away is tantamount to having one's very essence branded with an eternal flaw! Even if one were to awaken by chance in the future, like a severed limb tree sprouting new buds, their innate potential would likely be less than one-tenth of what it was, and they would never be able to regain their former brilliance.

“Not even one in ten survives…” Chen Yang frowned.

"So, their future... is already doomed?"

"In the normal sense, that is indeed the case."

Li Rou suddenly changed the subject, looking at Chen Yang and the vast, ever-changing Sumeru world around her, her eyes flashing with a powerful confidence.

"But this is only in that degenerate world outside, where spiritual energy is scarce and the laws are broken!"

"Owner!"

"Have you forgotten where this is?"

"This is the Sumeru Creation Realm! It is a new world prototype born from the ancient primordial chaos energy, and the myriad laws and paths built by you and me!"

This place embodies our will to forge a new path!

"The rules here are not yet fixed!"

The spiritual energy here contains the primordial Dao essence!
This place... is truly a land of creation, where countless possibilities are born and countless miracles are born!

Her voice possessed an indescribable magic, as if it were expounding the ultimate truths of the universe.

"Incomplete talent? Declining potential? Severed path to enlightenment?"

"Here!"

"None of these are problems!"

"The cycle of life in this world is governed by the laws of heaven and earth, all of which are influenced by our will! The rules we establish are the supreme principles of this world!"

"As long as we exist here! As long as we establish the foundation of 'Where the Heavenly Secrets lie, all paths flourish'! As long as we transform this world into a true 'Furnace for Dao Seeds'!"

"Those incomplete foundations of talent!"

That life potential, branded with the mark of destruction!

"Then it can be refined again by the initial creative energy of this world! It can be slowly completed and even... reshaped by the newly born 'Creation' principles! The regenerated sprouts may not necessarily be unable to surpass its original trunk! Because they have been imbued with the creative essence of our world!"

Li Rou waved her hand lightly, pointing to the young figure in the distance who was diligently absorbing spiritual energy on the cultivation square.

"Look at them! The so-called 'geniuses' outside are just starting point under the rules of this world!"
Here... the future will surely be filled with countless geniuses! The gods will rise!

Her words were like a resounding bell, carrying boundless confidence and strength.

Chen Yang listened quietly, gazing at the sect before him, a place opened up in chaos, forged in birth and death, and brimming with infinite possibilities.

Those seeds that were harmed and deprived... in this world, they do indeed have the qualification and possibility to take root and sprout again, and even break out of their cocoons and become butterflies!
The last trace of gloom in his eyes was dispelled by the heroism of this creator!

"I understand!"

Chen Yang nodded emphatically.

"How are the sect's cultivation resources being used? I still have some spirit stones that I plundered outside."

"No need to worry."

Li Rou smiled.

"The chaotic roots of this realm are slowly recovering, and will naturally condense the chaotic origin point into the purest energy to replenish consumption. The scattered resources left by the master will be put into the sect's treasury as rewards to encourage disciples."

Chen Yang then handed over some spirit stones, herbs, and low-level cultivation technique jade slips from his storage bags to Li Rou, who would then store them in the warehouse for use in disciple resource allocation.

He then circled the various halls of the Tianji Sect, which were beginning to take shape, and exchanged a few words with several disciples whom Li Rou had appointed as stewards.

Night was falling.

I felt the continuous, gushing vitality within my body, and an unprecedented clarity and comfort in my mind, all stemming from the passive feedback of the tiny flying insect recognizing me.

Chen Yang let out a long sigh of relief.

As the thought crossed his mind, the void cracked open once more.

With Li Rou nodding in approval, he stepped out of the Sumeru Realm and appeared in the hotel suite, the spatial ripples behind him quietly subsiding.

Outside the window, the city's dawn was still shrouded in a deep gray-blue.

Chen Yang sat down cross-legged and focused his mind inward.

Deep within his consciousness, the little flying insect had quieted down, like a tiny green seed, deeply rooted in his life tree, radiating a warm and cool life force, blending seamlessly with his soul.

This natural symbiotic state alone made Chen Yang feel that his cultivation efficiency was being constantly propelled and amplified by a gentle force! It was as if even the speed at which his thoughts could reach and capture the primordial energy of heaven and earth had increased several times over!
It was a subtle yet incredibly effective blessing! "Simply coexisting with you has such power..." Chen Yang couldn't help but communicate with the sleeping little seed through his mind.

"Li Rou just said... as long as you are still inside me, even if I am seriously injured or even on the verge of death... you can save me?"

A faint green light flashed.

"Ugh...more or less, Master...as long as you're not hit by...um...the kind of attack that instantly turns you to dust...or completely annihilates your soul...other injuries...as long as I'm still breathing...I can keep you alive and slowly heal you...but the healing is very slow...and very painful...and it will consume a lot of my life essence...Master, you must take care of your body and not get injured so often..."

Chen Yang remained silent.

Immediately, a complex and indescribable emotion welled up in my heart.

Worth it!

That 3 billion was absolutely worth it!

This is equivalent to having a super baby bottle that can bring the dead back to life with you!

A cheat device for cultivation!

The value of this Imperial-grade medicinal spirit... cannot be measured in worldly money!

certainly…

Chen Yang's mind flashed back to Xue Haonan's pale face, twisted and broken by the drain on his family's wealth and debt.

A strange smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"...However, this money...it really wasn't paid for by myself."

When Chen Yang slowly opened his eyes, the morning light was already casting long, thin strips of light on the carpet through the gaps in the curtains. The memory of Xue Haonan's pale face, twisted and broken by complete bankruptcy, empty pockets, and huge debts, remained in his mind. The absurdity of the image made him involuntarily curl the corners of his mouth into an elusive smile.

"...However, this money...it really wasn't paid for by myself."

He spoke in a silent whisper, with a cold, amused air.

Steady footsteps came from outside the door, followed by three clear knocks.

Chen Yang threw off the covers and sat up.

"Enter."

Qiuniu pushed open the door and entered, still with that calm and steady demeanor, his eyes sharp as knives.

"It's good that you're awake. Luanhuang and Luanfeng have already arrived with their entourage and are meeting up in a suite they rented at the hotel downstairs."

"So fast?"

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow slightly, but his movements were not slow at all, and he quickly put on his clothes.

"Perfect timing, Kangping Pharmaceutical Factory needs more eyes and ears."

Qiuniu nodded.

"They also brought some tough guys with them."

A moment later, Chen Yang stepped into the luxury suite located on the top floor of the hotel.

The room was spacious, and apart from Liu Yu, who was leaning lazily against the bar, the other unfamiliar faces each occupied a spot, creating a calm yet capable atmosphere.

A tall woman with a cool and aloof demeanor, a blend of ice and fire—clearly Luanhuang—was the first to stand up.

She was extremely beautiful, yet she possessed a sharp, unapproachable aura, and her gaze toward Chen Yang carried a direct scrutiny and assessment.

The other woman beside her, with a gentler demeanor and more lively eyes, was Luanfeng. She nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

"Chen Yang".

Luanhuang's voice was just like her personality—crisp and aloof, without any unnecessary pleasantries.

"Everyone has arrived."

These two are skilled workers temporarily dispatched from the Tianhai Municipal Government.

She gestured to the other two men who were sitting upright.

"This is Li Mingrong from the intelligence analysis department; electronic tracking is his forte."

The refined young man pushed up his glasses and gave Chen Yang a professional nod.

"This is Wang Defa."

Luanfeng continued, pointing to a burly man with a fierce and valiant air, whose fingers were thick and calloused.

"The elite soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon are best at infiltration and stealth."

The last lean man, who had been sitting in the corner with his eyes closed, opened them upon hearing this, his gaze sharp as a hawk's.

"Xiao Wanlou is skilled in trace identification and target locking."

His voice had a slightly hoarse quality.

"Chen Yang".

Chen Yang briefly introduced himself, which was considered a greeting.

"Time is of the essence. Kangping Pharmaceutical Factory is a tough nut to crack. We can't handle it with just a few people. Subsequent infiltration and monitoring are the key."

"rest assured."

Luanhuang replied, her tone filled with absolute confidence.

"We are not alone this time. We have also mobilized several full-scale support teams, which have been specially arranged and are hidden in suitable locations in the city and around the pharmaceutical factory. The command structure is based on the pre-established plan previously laid out by Minister Jiang."

Her gaze fell on Qiuniu.

"Qiuniu is responsible for overall tactical coordination and scheduling. Now, let's clarify the task sequence and each person's area of ​​responsibility."

Chen Yang did not hesitate.

"Our primary target remains Kangping Pharmaceutical Factory. The core task is to thoroughly investigate its entire industrial chain and its numerous branches, not just to destroy a single location. The core of our operation is 'observation' and 'recording,' and any unauthorized actions that disturb the target are absolutely unacceptable at this time."

Qiu Niu immediately stepped forward, unfolded his electronic tactical tablet, and projected a three-dimensional city layout map with a laser pointer. Several flashing dots clearly marked the pharmaceutical factory, several suspicious logistics nodes, and potentially related companies in the city.

"Based on existing intelligence, the main task areas are as follows."

The first team, led by Li Mingrong, brought equipment to fully support our "technical core" in intercepting and deeply analyzing the pharmaceutical factory's internal data flow. Their goal was to pinpoint every clue regarding raw material suppliers, warehousing, and finished product distribution, particularly focusing on several suspicious coordinates in the western region.

Li Mingrong's eyes gleamed behind his glasses as he focused intently on the information flow lines on the map, his fingertips rapidly tapping on the virtual keyboard as if he had already begun calculations.

"The second observation post will be under the command of Xiao Wanlou."

Qiuniu mobile laser pointer.

"The target area is the Kangping Pharmaceutical Factory's affiliated warehouse and two backup evacuation routes on its flanks. We must ascertain the timing patterns of its transport convoy, routine personnel scheduling, and any vulnerabilities in its security rotation."

"The infiltration team will be led by Wang Defa."

Qiuniu pointed to a landmark building in a bustling area of ​​the city – the "Night" bar.

"This place is Wang Shengxiong's bar."

As a potential outpost, we need to find a way to plant our people there, providing long-term cover, and focusing on monitoring regular customers and suspicious fund flows. Considering your previous presence there…

He looked at Chen Yang.

"To avoid being detected and linked by any remaining informants on the other side, you must not get any closer."

Liu Yu added from the side. (End of this chapter)