Shuo Yan started introductions, “Milord, this is Zang Yuan, a level 9 demon.

He’s original form is the

Qin Yu nodded in interest. There were over two hundred level 9 demons in the first layer world, and as per
Emperor Ni Yang’s introduction, all are powerful demons. It’s true that Shuo Yan mentioned the ones in the
first layer world had poorer aptitudes, simply because they did not ascend to the second layer world as a
demon king. To be able to stand at the top ten of so many level 9 demons, their strength would be no less
than ordinary level 9 golden immortals.

“Zang Yuan, Shuo Yan. I know that interstellar merchants exist with strength no less than a golden
immortals’, but their servants couldn’t be as powerful as them, right?” Qin Yu laughed.

Shuo Yan smiled in return, “Milord, you should direct this question to Zang Yuan. His father was a former
interstellar merchant.”

“Oh?” Qin Yu arched his right brow in mild surprise. He looked at Zang Yuan with anticipation.

“Milord, an interstellar merchant must be at least a golden immortal, that is fact. The most common reason
is that the journey is dangerous, but the most important reason is so that they could use ‘greater
teleportation’ during their travels. Say, if the merchant meets trouble at a location on the map, their sense
to no lose out on profits enforces them not to turn back. In this case, they would need an escape plan,
right? That’s where ‘greater teleportation’ comes into play as a way to take a shortcut around the
problem.”

His disciple had only heard about interstellar merchants while Zang Yuan had a firmer backing and more to
say.

“These merchants may be soloists or come with attendants. Attendants are separated into two categories –
bodyguards and servants. Normally, the prowess of bodyguards are relatively strong, of course, golden
immortal bodyguards would cost a fortune to hire.” Zang Yuan informed, “A rule of thumb: the most
powerful the hired guns are the more expensive their fees are. While servants are primarily to serve the
merchant’s everyday desires, and are naturally weak.”

“Everything has a price. Tell me, how much is money, in the immortal plane, worth?” He had held this
question in for a while now, unsure who to ask to get an accurate approximation.

Shuo Yan had a smiled playing on her lips, “Your honour, that is very easy. For experts at the stage of
immortal, devil and demon, low grade elemental stones represent the smallest unit of money in the
immortal plane. Generally, say it something costs a hundred dollars it represents a hundred low grade
elemental stones.” With another smile, she continued, “In terms of higher units and currency exchange: 1
top grade elemental stone = 100 high-grade stones = 10,000 middle-grade stones = 1,000,000 low-grade
stones. The most valuable is the elemental essence core, where 1 = 100 top-grade elemental stones. But,
this is only an approximate, because essence cores are extremely scarce. At times, they can be worth more
than said amount.”

The trio continued to discussion for a long time.

By the end of the conversation, Qin Yu had gained some deeper insights to how the immortal plane
operated. He excused himself and began to meditate and train his soul force. What he needed now was the
sufficient soul force to refine level 1 golden immortal yuanyings, because he still has three unrefined golden
immortal yuanyings.

“I’ve finally done it. I’ve finally broken through to the early yuanying stage.” Han Shu breathed in deeply, his
eyes shone with excitement. He walked out of his room towards the direction of his master’s.

“Halt.”

A chilling voice broke him from his thoughts, he snapped his head towards the voice. In the courtyard,
there are a man and woman eating some fruits from a stone table.

The fruits looked peculiar; these were fruits grown in the first layer world of the Atlas.

“Who are you? Why did you come to my residence?” Han Shu looked worriedly at the two strangers.

Unknown to him, the duo was precisely, Shuo Yan and Zang Yuan.

The two continued to eat, didn’t even give Han Shu a look, “The master is training, do not disturb him.” The
woman said nonchalantly, “Our lordship is also your martial master, do not worry, and just wait outside for
him.” A yuanying stage practitioner wasn’t even worthy her attention. She was the leader of a large group
of level 7-9 demon stage divine beasts.
“Mm…aster?” Han Shu choked on his own breath. He widened to the limit, how did his own master gain
two attendants already? And so quickly!

Within Qin Yu’s room.

Qin Yu was sitting in a cross-legged position, as lifeless and still as a rock. There wasn’t a wisp of life force or
presence around his body.

During his soul training, he became aware that the training was divide into three stages: human, earth and
then sky. Only when one reaches these three stages, one’s soul could then be considered complete and
whole.

The room became clouded by thick grey fog, even though the room was aired out con the breeze from the
open windows, the mist did not clear. It hung around like a bad cold.

Qin Yu had spread his awareness to the space surrounded the mist. This was the first stage of the soul – the
human stage soul domain, he’d only know of it when his soul was transformed by his meteoric tear – by the
3-in-9 Soul Refinement. Before this time, Qin Yu had not known that the soul could be trained. He had
always thought the soul could only be nurture with age.

The mist and domain was the materialisation of Qin Yu’s human stage soul and awareness.

Within the illusionary first layer’s mist of the soul, his hands moved in a preordained manner according to
the pattern depicted by the ‘3-in-9 Soul Refinement’. It contained a continuous flow of thirty-six hand seals.
On the surface looked easy but as he flowed through from the first to the next, each successive seal was
somehow more difficult than the last.

He couldn’t divert his attention even a little, the slightest distraction would cause that sense to fail,
but…..he noticed that these seals have a unique aura to them, when completed it relaxed the mind and
body.

As he shifted through the hand seals, streams of green-tinted mist pervade the first layer soul domain from
outside. Over time, many more streams of green mist flowed into the domain. His hands moved like
experts in mid-combat flowing from one form to another, through the thirty-six seals.
It may have been dull for others to repeat the same movement, but Qin Yu did not tire, he could feel his
soul developing, growing and transforming, constantly at an astonishing rate.

Were he not too focused on capturing this mantra-like state, he would notice that the green-tinted mist
was diluted versions of the bright green specks the flowed out from the meteoric tear. In this form of
meditation, like any other close-door training, time was a subjective thing – it did not feel like time flowed
the same as in the real world.

Suddenly, something clicked, like a light prevailing over the endless space…

Qin Yu was at the precipice of another breakthrough, but he did not proceed and stop immediately. “Phew,
well now, my soul force should be around a level 8 immortal.” Qin Yu couldn’t feel much like has passed,
but look about and by estimation, he knew a full three months had passed.

He sighed; if he’d allowed his soul to passively cultivate the meteoric tear’s nourishment, it would have
taken at least three years to reach this stage. By active cultivation it only taken him three months to
accomplish the same results.

Looking about his room, he walked outside for the first time in three months.

In the courtyard of the little residence, the two demons were patiently waiting for their master. Seeing Qin
Yu approach, the two stood up in unison and paid their respects. “Welcome, master.” Qin Yu gave them a
light nod, “Oh that’s right, where is my disciple?”

“That child – Liu Han Shu, did not know how long the master would train for, so he went out a while ago.”
Shuo Yan answered.

Qin Yu nodded, almost to himself. It was expected. He extended his immortal sense to encompass the
entire city, not single action in the city went unnoticed.

Liu Feng city; with over ten million population, was a bristling city. Citizens were going about their
destinations, among them were about a thousand immortals. These immortals dotted the landscape, in
every profession, every craft and every task. It was business as usual.

He already could sense where his disciple was. “I’d never of thought….” He swung his head side to side and
sighed, “My first disciple in the immortal plane would be bullied and kicked about at someone else’s
leisure….. Well, I wish to acquire a star map, so it would be best if I establish myself with a little force. First
I’ll gain control of this puny Amber Moon planet, and acquire some attendants and followers, that would
make my job much easier.”

Qin Yu wasn’t one with excess patience, he would not allow things to ebb by in nature’s way. He was the
type of person to take things by storm and calculation, of course.

With a thought, he disappeared from the courtyard. He had teleported to his destination.

As the master of both Shuo Yan and Zang Yuan, they were aware of their master’s location, and a second
later, they also teleported to Qin Yu’s location.

Amber Moon was governed by three major clans, these clans hold equal power. But with the appearance of
Qin Yu and formation of his relationship, with one clan’s – Liu’s, nearly insignificant disciple, clouds of
change was rolling in from the far horizon. Amber Moon was the verge of this coming storm.

Book 12 Qin Yu – Chapter 4 A Formal Visit

+Previously on Stellar Transformations

When the meteoric tear fused with Qin Yu’s soul, he was imparted with the knowledge of an active method
to refine his soul, known as 3-in-9 Soul Refinement. Having undergo this new soul refinement technique,
his soul force was now equivalent to a level 8 immortal. With his personal cultivation on the way, he need
to achieve his goals to acquire a star map. And to do this, Qin Yu desired to establish himself and gain some
followers…

The streets of Liu Feng city are wide and spacious, the main streets separated the city into smaller districts.
The northern district was entirely Liu clan’s headquarters, residences and the governor’s palace, this was
where most of Liu house’s children and disciples reside. On one particular street in this district, a
significantly large crowd of hundreds were watching a spectacle.

“Tsk tsk, heh, ho what a surprise. Ha ha ha, a wimp like you actually became an early yuanying stage. Ha ha
ha ha.” A middle-aged man mocked Liu Han Shu, spit splattering out of his foul mouth. The crowd laughed
with him, taunting the wimp.

Another middle-aged man taunted, “Liu Han Shu, you’re the weakest of your generation. Look at your
nephew, Liu Han Ming, and you are the same age and you can’t even compare against him. At least he is a
late Dongxu stage. To think today, a scum like you would dare walk in the middle of the street like today.
That’s a crime! The beating you’ll get from Han Ming is just your just desserts. May be you’ll learn this time,
ha ha!”

Surrounded by this circle of mob Xiuzhenists, a sorry looking Liu Han Shu crouched. A sweet and salty
sensation was tasted at the back of his throat, it was blood. Another stream of it threaten to erupt from his
mouth. An angry sneer played on his lips as he stared at his latest aggressor – his own brother of his
generation – Liu Han Ming. He didn’t dare oppose, or that he couldn’t, his face was parched white.

“Look at yourself, Liu Han Shu, even if you reached the early yuanying stage, you are still the weakest of our
generation. Look around you, are anyone of your generation still at the early yuanying stage???” The white
robed youth sneered and spat out his name as if it were bile. This man was precisely that Liu Han Ming.
Within the Liu house, all of the ‘Han’ generation was cultivated as elites. Except him. But Han Ming was
right, at early yuanying, he was still the weakest of the litter.

“Eldest prince, do not waste your precious time with bottom feeders like him, sire. The Elder invited a
powerful guest to personally instruct you.” A rather refined middle-aged man beside the white robed Liu
Han Ming advised. Behind the two was a dozen personal guards.

The dignified looking middle-aged man was a level 2 immortal. He wasn’t part of the Liu family but
personally invited by Liu Han Ming’s grandfather to care for Han Ming.

Both Han Ming and Han Shu were sons of the main family, but their treatment was like two opposite poles.
One was a prince and the other a ruffian. The main reason was personal power. At age twenty-five, Han
Ming was already a late Dongxu stage practitioner, only one stage from early Kongming stage.

“Liu Han Ming, one day, I swear, I will become better than you.” Liu mumbled under his breath, wiped the
rivers of blood from his mouth and chin and stood up. At this moment, he thought of his new master, Qin
Yu, and at once, he felt confidence swell up in his chest.

“How dare a little wimp like you look at the eldest son? He is the dignified eldest son of the main family.
Young master, let us return.” The refined middle-aged man’s steely voice resounded in the encirclement.
Then he waved his hand in a shoo-ing manner, at Han Shu. “Get lost, crawl back to the cave whence you
came.”

There was no way, he’d be able to defend, and a level 2 immortal’s strength was incomparable.
Suddenly –––––––

“Boom!”

A circular wave of spiritual energy erupted, with Han Shu as the epicentre, towards the encirclement. Both
the young master, the refined looking middle-aged man and the entourage of guards were thrown a few
metres aside. They all landed in an undignified pile. The nearest onlookers were also repulsed back, and
spat out blood. The rest of the farther onlookers were thrown to the ground, while the distant ones
scurried like rats to flee from the shockwave.

As the dust settled and the blast wave ebbed away, the crowd could see another figure standing by Han
Shu’s side. The newcomer was a youth who wore a fluttering black robe. The crowd gasp as they felt the
pressurizing aura released by the newcomer, simultaneously, they all thought of one thing –––– it was a
real master!

The black robed youth swept a cold gaze across all present. Everyone felt as if they were petrified or
downing in icy water. That chilling gaze penetrated the very hearts of the crowd.

A voice shattered that silence ––––––

“Master” Han Shu could not help but rejoice at his master’s spectacular appearance.

The first to stand was a white robed youth, who immediately bowed and plastered a smile on. “Junior Liu
Han Ming greets senior. I would’ve never thought that brother Han Shu would become the disciple of
exalted senior. It is really is Brother Han Shu’s great fortune.”

Qin Yu’s expression did not change. It was a deadpanned looked, as if this fellow didn’t even exist in his
eyes.

Han Ming saw this and mumbled on impulse, “When did Liu Han Shu become the disciple of such a master?
But this man is a little too cold towards my greeting.”

“Milord.” Shuo Yan and Zang Yuan appeared behind Qin Yu and greeted their master.

Qin Yu continued to eye Liu Han Ming’s group, whom trembled in their boots and could not cease their
worries in their hearts. Among this group, the most powerful – the refined middle-aged man, stood out
from the crowd. “Please excuse this junior, but I am not sure where senior has come from?” The refined
middle-aged man was a level 2 immortal, he’d have some knowledge of the experts around here.

Qin Yu did not answer, he was not inclined to even leave the man with his dignity or face.

The other naturally didn’t dare budge, not that they could anyway. Qin Yu had enveloped them with his
aura fixing them to their places, any signs of opposition would be met with death.

“Speak. Who was it, who dared to harm my disciple?” A deadpanned voice rang around the street.

The Han Ming fellow bowed and answered, “senior, I witnessed one of my security detail enact violence on
Liu Han Shu, who was walking in the middle of the street.” There was no way he would do such humiliating
thing himself, even if he did he won’t lie to an expert – that would be courting death.

Qin Yu only answer with two words, “Which one?”

A guard stepped up from the crowd, “it was me.” The guard was only a dongxu stage practitioner, a
relatively weak one at that, of the entire Liu Feng city. “Liu Han Shu is a weakling. Stepping on the weak is a
privilege of the strong, is there a problem?”

Qin Yu gave this man an eyeful.

‘Bam!’ the guard’s lifeless body settled in a heap on the ground, eyes wide, unknowing of his demise.

“Showing such disrespect to my master. You deserve nothing but death” the man behind Qin Yu sneered.
That instant killing shot was by that man, Zang Yuan, but nobody knows that this was a command from Qin
Yu, himself.

The surrounding mob broke in cold sweat, even Liu Han Ming’s group flinched in shock.

Even of the highest skilled of the onlookers – a level 6 immortal of the elder Liu generation, did not see how
Zang Yuan killed the guard. Despite the elder’s endless effortless, he would not, because Zang Yuan was far
stronger than an ordinary level 6 immortal.
Before anyone noticed, dozens of experts appeared in the air space over the encirclement. Following their
arrival, all could only hear the sound of whistling gale. The newcomers all stared at the masses below like
gods above looking at puny mortals.

The one in the middle spoke, his voice echoed in the ears of everyone present, “Who dares to cause a
ruckus at my home?? Who………” The man suddenly paused mid-sentence, and in a flash, his expression
changed from one of wrath to a friendly look. The man was a handsome looking middle-aged man.

“Honourable great-grandfather.” Han Ming bowed deeply to the man, followed by an equally respectful
bow from Han Shu: “Honourable great-grandfather.”

The man was precisely the grandfather of the two, “This one is called Liu Yun Shan, greets senior. I do not
know what the argument is about between my great-grandchildren, but senior, please restrain your hand.
Please don’t be angry.” The elder bowed and wore a cordial smile of politeness.

As if preordained, the level 6 immortal among the onlookers stepped out from the crowd and joined Liu
Yun Shan. The two looked much alike, the newest addition intoned: “Senior, this one is called Liu Yun Tan.
Since you are Liu Han Shu’s master, then we are all one clan, please spare the offense Han Ming
committed. These two’s squabble is of no importance.”

At the same time, he and Liu Yun Shan were having a voice transfer discussion.

“Yun Shan, if I didn’t warn you before with voice transfer, your arrogance would’ve provoked this
extraordinary figure and brought calamity to our Liu clan. That would be a great sin.”

Yun Shan replied, “Yun Shan, I suppose this time, I owe you for the early warning. I did not expert three
experts to simultaneously appear here all of a sudden. Not to mention, I can’t even see how powerful the
three are.”

As soon as they finished, which was less than a second, the two waited for Qin Yu’s response. They were
part of the higher echelons of the Liu clan that meant they represented the voice all Liu clan members
present.

Qin Yu laughed heartily to himself, his outward expression unchanged. He’d not thought, after all this
tossing around, he had become part of the same family now.

Instead of answer directly, he turned to his disciple to his side, and asked, “Han Shu, well, what do you say,
how should this matter be resolved?”
Han Shu hesitated with the sudden question.

The two elders followed his gaze and looked at Han Shu, giving the fellow a knowing look. Of the two, the
earlier one – Yun Shan, quickly added, “Han Shu, please don’t bring your petty squabbles up and bother
your master. Oh, I realise that it has been a long time since your father and you have come to see me. After
this, if you have time, come visit me more often.”

Han Shu couldn’t stop his heart from turning sour, he felt some sorrow and sadness. Before today, before
he met Qin Yu, his own great-grandfather’s palace was as unreachable as heaven. He were to approach
more than a hundred metres of the front gate, he would be frog-marched outside or sometimes booted
out. But now, his lofty great-grandfather was giving him such a different kind of treatment – one more
kindly.

“Master, let’s just let this affair go. It wasn’t a big deal anyway.”

Qin Yu nodded, “Very well, since Han Shu said so, I’ll spare your lives. Death may be too heavy a
punishment, but injury is not. Zang Yuan, make sure these people need to be ‘resting’ for three months.”

“Senior!” Yun Shan and Yuan Tan stared with disbelief, the young master – Han Ming, also gaped with
confusion.

All they heard from Zang Yuan was, “As you command, master.” And in the time for a breath, Zang Yuan
who was standing behind Qin Yu disappeared. For a top ten ranker of more than two hundred level 9
demon, Zang Yuan is nothing short of a monster to those present. To deal with a group with the strongest
two being a level 2 immortal, wiping the floor of them was a cake walk!

The next instant after that breath, the group was lying on the ground, vomiting copious amounts of blood,
painting the monotonous ground with splashes of scarlet.

“Senior, this is going too far.” Yun Shan spoke, his jaw trembled slightly with some rising anger. His spirit
was increasing in ferocity, but before anything else, Qin Yu swept his gaze to him. Liu Yun Shan could feel
his entire body involuntarily shudder as if he’d been submerged in freezing water. The shock woke him
from his bull-headedness and before he committed more irreversible acts.

Without taking his eyes off Yun Shan, he spoke for the first time in a while, “A disciple of mine – Qin Yu, is
not to be slandered nor bullied.” His voice was soft, but it could be heard as if he’d spoken next the ears of
everyone present. “Han Shu, return home with me. Why stay in a clan that don’t even treat their own as
their own. You should not be too attached to this place.”

Han Shu heart pounded loudly, he’d never thought in all his life that he would hear something as warm as
that. He recalled his past, but shuddered slightly trying not to imagine anymore and bring up any painful
memories.

Home?

What was home?

Was that home?

The peers that spat on him, bullied him and assaulted him. It was a home of nightmares.

Within Han Shu’s heart, a heavy burden was tossed aside. For the first time in his life, he felt so……so
relieved?

“Yes, master.” Came the answer.

Liu clan may be known as one of the three great clans, but they only have one golden immortal stage
expert, the rest was only immortals. Within the Atlas, Qin Yu had more than two hundred level 9 demons,
and destroying the Liu clan could be done with a nod.

“Depart.” Qin Yu held onto Han Shu’s shoulder and vanished.

Shuo Yan and Zang Yuan turned around and faced the Liu elders, the two directed a cold, sly grin on their
face, and then they too vanished.

The elders gave each other an eyeful, both foreheads were creased.

In a remote part of the city, in an insignificant town house far different from the luxurious palaces of the Liu
clan headquarters.
On this particular day, a group of people had gathered in front of the courtyard in front of that house – Han
Shu’s house.

A loud shout was heard, “Master is currently tutoring Mister Liu Han Shu. No one is to enter within 6
hours.”

Two burly giants stood at the two sides of the entrance to the courtyard. These two were level 8 demons
Qin Yu withdrew from the Atlas – Pi Huan and Pi Fan. There were numerous level 9 demons and their
reputation was high, which made the two level 8 demons desire to show the level 9s that level 8 demons
are not to be squandered nor forgotten. So in their master’s presence, they want to leave some good
impressions. They were also a representatives of the level 8 demons, so that they wouldn’t want to be
shadowed (not lose face) for their seniors as fellow demons.

Outside the residence were three elders of the Liu clan, an unknown honoured guest of the Liu house,
another guest and a group of Liu clan’s elite guards. The elders could not help but show a repressed smile
of understanding.

“Yun Shan, you said that the two guards were not the same as the two from the other day, right? The Liu
clan leader asked the other elder – Yun Shan.

The fellow nodded, “I’m very sure. These two men are not the ones before. Those two were a woman and a
lean looking man, not two burly giants.”

“Hmm, a level 8 demon.” The fourth elder-looking guest – the honoured guest of Liu house, said “If I’m not
mistaken, the two guards are Flame Lions. Their actual power far surpasses level 8 immortals. At most,
elder Xiu could only barely handle one.”

“Even the guards are two level 8 demons.” Every one of the elders gasped, they could felt invisible pressure
on them, “that ‘Qin Yu’ must be even more fearsome than these two men. What a monster………when did
such an individual come here?”

The clan leader also felt a headache coming on, because demons are stronger than immortals of the same
level. That was true, unless that immortal followed a special path of practice, but nevertheless the chance
of that was so miniscule that it very nearly did not exist.

“Eldest brother, did you notice that the two guards called Qin Yu as ‘master’. If it was the normal
hierarchical structure then it only be ‘lord’ and not by ‘master’. There is definitely more to it.” Yun Tan
remarked. The clan leader nodded at that, he didn’t notice it at the beginning. Usually only the within the
super large clans that control many planets would cultivate these experts, and only these experts would be
titled ‘master’.

After a long time…

‘Squeek’ one of the guards opened the courtyard door.

“Our master has said you may come in now.” The other guard spoke, his voice rumbled like thunder, “Also,
leave your guards outside, the garden would not fit you all.”

The clan leader laughed. “There is one other person. He is Liu Han Shu’s father….”

A bored voice reached the guests’ ears from within the gate, “Let him come in, then.”

One by one, the clan leader, the three elders, an unknown guest and Han Shu’s father walk in order
through the doorway.

Within the courtyard.

Han Shu had finally mastered the top grade holy weapon ‘Hei Yuan’. Today, he wore a dark-grey sleeved
shirt made part of ‘Hei Yuan’, while the other part was in the shape of a flying sword. Qin Yu sat on a stone
bench, flanked by Shu Yan and Zang Yuan, on the left and right. Han Shu stood slightly ahead of him and to
the side.

The unknown guest was the first to speak….through voice transfer, “Clan master, the two men standing
guard are very strong, I could not perceive all of it, they are at least level 9 demons, as for Qin Yu, he is
about a level 8 immortal.”

But, with the meteoric tears’ fusion with his soul, his control of spiritual energy has reached a profound
level. With a light sweep, he could acquire all the information. “Oh, not bad.” Qin Yu laughed out loud. With
his soul’s fusion, and withdrawn of his soul and spirit, even a golden immortal would not be able to
perceive his true strength, let alone an unknown immortal.

The unnamed guest’s face paled, “This clan master’s – Qin Yu’s, strength is unfathomable.” that was
because he was unable to sense a hint of life force nor spiritual energy from Qin Yu’s body.
The Liu clan leader stared at the unknown middle-aged man, suddenly little frustrated that the guest would
say Qin Yu was a level 8 immortal, then say the fellow’s strength was unfathomable!

Book 12 Qin Yu – Chapter 5 Teleportation Array

+Previously on Stellar Transformations

Qin Yu confronted the bullies of Liu Han Shu with his dramatic shockwave entrance. He display instilled awe
onto the onlookers which attracted the attentions of the Liu clan elders. With the elders, clan leader, Han
Shu’s father and another unknown guest at his door step, now what will Qin Yu do?

“This one is the Liu clan’s clan leader, here to greet Mister Qin. We are unsure, to what fortune, does Mr.
Qin wish to do here on this little planet – Amber Moon. If there are anything within my clan – Liu house,
can handle, please allow us to do so. On Amber Moon, I of Liu clan at least have some capabilities.”

Qin Yu allowed a faint smile to show on his lips, pointed at a seat on the left side, the kind aimed for guests.
“Sit.”

The clan leader immediately sat down.

Qin Yu looked at the leader mildly, “We won’t talk about my business, there is something far more
important to discuss than my business. You see, here on Amber Moon, I took on a disciple. But, I discovered
that someone dared to insult my disciple, and that someone was his own brothers of his generation. Liu
clan leader, about this matter, can you explain to me why this is so?” Standing behind Qin Yu was Shuo Yan,
who smiled coldly, eyes flashed with hidden intent. “Oi, scion of the Liu clan, you better wise up. If you
listen well and aid my master, then perhaps your clan may prosper, but……if the master isn’t happy with
you, then your clan may just die out, unexpectedly.” She hit the bull’s-eye. What Qin Yu needed the most
was a star map, he did not care for power.

There are many ways he could go about acquiring this star map, except that Qin Yu chose to use this
particular method: manipulation and negotiation with these ‘major’ families. Of course, that would be the
climax of this whole discussion.

“Bullying? Hm, how should we go about this?” The clan leader asked no one in particular, then smiled
lightly. “This was a problem that arose from internal clan competitions between those children. To this, I
promise one thing, and that is those things will never happen again.”
“You swear it?” Qin Yu answered with a short, dry laugh, “I find it hard to believe in your supposed
promise.”

Han Shu shifted uncomfortably on his feet, he lowered his head in his master’s direction, and whispered,
“Master, the clan leader’s words are quite influential.”

Qin Yu laughed with a hint of sarcasm. “You foolish apprentice, I don’t even know what to say to one like
you.” Han Shu was only a twenty-five years old practitioner, who haven’t seen much of the wider world. A
man with such tunnel-vision and naivety, would only feel honour at the sudden appearance of the greatest
pillars of his Liu family present today. Indeed, Han Shu felt he was drifting and fluttering about on cloud
nine, and hearing the clan leader’s promise, he was already convinced. He couldn’t help add his two-cents
to aid the elder.

“Very well, let this be. Since Han Shu has said the matter is no longer a problem, then let bygones be
bygones.”

The clan leader smiled – sly smile, as if this whole ordeal was just a façade. “I noticed that the holy
equipment on my own Han Shu is quite extraordinary. It seems it can transform and reshape itself…such
wondrous holy equipment, it must have been yours, right? Such equipment, was refined by Mr Qin?”

Qin Yu confirmed it. He knew the reason why the clan leader was paying him such compliments. The
proposition of any clan leader was to improve their impression they would leave on him, Yun Lu was not an
exception. He must admit, so far the group has been quite sensible, and not bull-headed. “Liu clan leader,
weren’t you inquiring about my business here on Amber Moon, right? Well, I do have one affair of utmost
importance, I wish to trouble you for. Of course, I will provide suitable……rewards for.”

The fellow’s eyes actually twinkled and hastily asked, “Whatever are the rewards……if I can help, I will
certainly do so.”

“No, not to aid me without compensation. I am not one to leave my debts unpaid.” Qin Yu shock his head.

“Well then, If Mister Qin, does not wish to owe anything…” The clan leader’s face brightened, “I do have a
small request…I hope you could become an honoured guest allied with our Liu clan.”

“An allied guest?” Qin Yu furrowed his brows. “I am a busy man.”

“If it’s like this…” Qin Yu thought for a moment under the watchful gazes of all the guests, including the
unnamed visitor. “Alright. I accept.”

“That’s fantastic. Please, this is a gift for any honoured guest hired by the Liu clan. Every honoured guests
are given the same treatment. Please accept this, as a sign of goodwill.” A small assorted goods appeared
on the nearby table.

At closer observation, it was a Token of Authority. An opal-coloured, transparent bead. And finally, ten high
grade holy elemental stones.

“This token is inscribed with the mark of the Liu clan’s honoured guests. Anyone of the Liu clan are to carry
such an item with them. This bead is a ‘voice transfer talisman’ bead, it may not be very expensive but to
acquire may be met with some difficulty. These ten high grade holy elemental stones are for the gentleman
to train with.” The clan leader had a smile plastered on his face the whole time he gave his explanation.

Qin Yu widened his eyes, and smiled lightly, “This is quite generous.”

High grade holy elemental stones are something Qin Yu did not even care about. He hadn’t even assessed
how many high grade elemental stones, he has within his Nine Swords Immortal Mansion. He only knew he
had a lot…at least several thousand. But a ‘Voice Transfer Talisman’, this was the only thing he desired.

It’s true that the voice transfer talisman does have an effective range, but on the same planet, no matter
how large, is very efficient. If the distance between two planets are close, then it would be barely possible
to communicate between them. In the immortal planes, only using the voice transfer talisman can one
communicate over long distances, a standard voice transmitter would not work. The range should cover up
to two planets.

If one wished to communicate to distances greater than the range of one or two planets, you would need
to be inside a greater formation of communications. Only within this greater formation, can one be able to
communicate, say, from the immortal realm to the demon realm. With the talisman and the formation, the
voice transferred messages could be convey over ‘very’ large distances – practically encompass most of the
immortal plane. The only drawn-back was that the formation was very difficult to create.
What he needed right now was precisely this, a voice transfer talisman bead. “Well, since Liu clan leader is
so insistent, I will have to accept.” He calmly stored the three gifts.

“Now, tell us about the task, Mister Qin. Any matter of an honoured guest of the clan is a matter of the
entire clan. We will seek ways to fulfil the task.” Liu clan leader affirmed.

A small smile flourished on Qin Yu. “To be honest……my senior martial elder wishes to go to the demon
real, but lacks a star map. I was wondering if the Liu clan leader could help obtain such detail map of the
stars.” As if by design, a helpless expression adorned his face.

The moment the guest heard that the desire was to go to the demon realm, brows wrinkled with distress,
which changed to faint understanding. The men knew that Qin Yu had many demon guards, and likely to
have some connection to the demon world. So if the elders from Qin Yu’s side wished to go to the demon
realm, it wasn’t an outlandish desire.

“This……interstellar map…..is……” the clan leader stuttered, deep in thought, “Mr. Qin, honestly speaking,
star maps are very rare and also very precious. These maps are created by interstellar merchants through
trial and error, and unlikely to part with a copy of it. These entrepreneurs often record the path most
suitable for their goals and shortcuts, often are incomplete. So even finding a detailed copy of a local star
map is very difficult.”

He obviously had already thought of this. During the years of turmoil and revolutions on the Qian Long
continent, maps, in general, were regarded as priceless treasures. In terms of civilisation stage, the
immortal plane has boundless stars and planets, mapping these this boundless space was immeasurably
more difficult than mapping Qian Long. Therefore maps were a sight for sore eyes.

“Of the entire Liu clan, we only have one complete map of the Indigo Bay star field. As you may know there
are ten galaxies within it, and of that, each has hundreds to thousands of planets with habitants and human
activity. Do you know how much this map would cost if given a quote in the current market?” the clan
leader spoke rather breathlessly.

“Hm, I do not know. Please, enlighten me.” Qin Yu gestured.

“One million! And that’s only the wholesale price.”

He understood what the elder meant by a million, as in one million low-grade holy elemental stones. In
other words, it was one hundred high-grade holy elemental stones, was a very expensive item! “Oh, then
why aren’t there any market prices available?”
“Our star map of the Indigo Bay star field, was something my family was very fortunate to acquire a
thousand years ago. Even the two other great families of Amber Moon, that Yan clan nor Wang clan, could
not have such a complete map of the star fields.” The clan leader asserted with an unyielding expression.

When Qin Yu heard this, he instantly knew that the clan leader holds this map in high regards. Obviously,
the fellow wanted him to show more gratitude towards the Liu clan. “Clan leader, what I desire is a detailed
map from here to the demon realm. That is pretty much the map of the demon and the immortal realm. Of
course, a map of the Indigo Bay star field is already quite good.” At least with the Indigo Bay map, he would
fear losing his way while traveling in the Indigo Bay’s boundless space.

With the Indigo Bay star field map, he could go to some planets with more experts. Places where major
powers reside, such as planets with Immortal Emperors. Once there, he could obtain the maps of the
demon and immortal realms. The chances of that are not improbable.

The clan leader frowned and wore a bitter expression. “Mister Qin, this star map is not under my
jurisdiction but the Liu Ancestor. I want to help you make another copy, but this is very difficult.”

Qin Yu already had thought it would play out this way, he laughed lightly in return, “As long as Liu clan
helps with this task, I will definitely remember this act.”

The fellow pondered for a second and swallowed visibly, “Very well, I will return and see if I can persuade
out ancestor.”

“Clan leader, how can your authority is not on par with the Liu ancestors?”

The respondent laughed dryly, “Mister Qin, you may not know, but in my Liu family there are between ten
and twenty elders and around eight honoured guests. They all have one thing in common, which is that
they adhere to our Liu ancestor’s commands. What say you, do you think the ancestor’s authority is great
or not?”

Finally, Qin Yu understood. “And Liu clan leader does not even feel some envy towards such authority?” Qin
Yu asked, playful light danced in his eyes.

“Envy? Why would I be envious? He is the previous generation clan leader and my grandfather. Why would
I feel envious?” The clan leader questioned, clear confusion showed on his face. “My grandfather is also the
number one expert of our Liu clan. His authority comes with his abilities.”
Qin Yu affirmed, “Alright, our talk shall end here. When clan leader has completed my request, only then
we will convene…”

The latter agreed, “Yes, farewell then.” The clan leader stood up and led his entourage, and left the house.

“Getting this star map is really difficult.” Qin Yu sighed and shook his head, “My own prowess is still too
shabby. Even now, my soul force is not high enough to refine level 1 golden immortal’s yuanying. At that
time, I would be able to open the second layer world of the Atlas of Ten Thousand Beasts.”

The second layer world of the Atlas? What did that entail?

Inside are a horde of demon kings, with one withdrawn, he could release tens or even hundreds of demon
kings. With that kind supremacy, he would have an easier time to acquire what he desired. After all, the
only power he had that was over the early golden immortal stage was his sword immortal puppet.
However, the latter required him to use top grade elemental stones to power.

“I will retreat into meditation. When the clan leader returns, Shou Yan, you should notify me with voice
transfer. Anything other than that, do not disturb me.” Qin Yu had already walked halfway to his own room.

A seductive voice was heard, “Yes, master.”

The two – Shuo Yan and Zang Yuan, bowed to their master.