High-Level Martial Era

"Liu Jing is personally coming? It seems that this ten-meter-tall Soul-Nurturing Ancient Spirit Wood is indeed precious enough to make an exception for them," Li Yuan thought to himself.

Li Yuan was aware that the outpost base had its own operating rules and convincing a First Rank Martial Artist with Fourth Level skills to willingly stay forever in a Star Realm nearly as desolate as The Wilderness was very difficult.

Moreover, the number of Prime Warriors in the Human Race civilization of the Seven Stars was limited, and there were many directions in which to allocate resources.

Treasures and materials are resources.

Powerful beings like Prime Warriors and Flying Heaven Warriors are also a resource.

Therefore, at a place like Outpost Base No. 3, the number of Prime Warriors was limited and they would not take action unless absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, if they were to die outside, causing a loss of high-end combat power, it could easily trigger a chain reaction that could lead to the entire base\'s destruction.

"Within 1000 kilometers of the outpost base is a line drawn by the upper echelons of Xia Country for the base," Li Yuan mused, "Within this 1000 kilometer range, Prime Warriors can intervene in some special situations."

For example, when establishing a high-value resource point.

Or for—Heavenly Materials Treasures worth over a billion.

Or when targeting a high-value treasure.

"It\'s 900 kilometers from the base," Li Yuan pondered, "If not using a flying vehicle and going at full speed, a Prime Warrior should be able to arrive within five hours."

900 kilometers across mountains and 900 kilometers over plain are two different concepts.

"I wonder if Liu Jing is coming alone or if there will be multiple Prime Warriors? Or is he bringing other First Rank Martial Artists, or even some heavy weaponry?" Li Yuan wondered to himself.

Li Yuan did not wish to think further.

He stood up and moved even further away, finding a more concealed cave.

He began to cultivate in peace.

He still hadn\'t practiced today\'s "All Heavens\' Stars" "Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture."

Moreover, his previous cultivation was only enough to slightly alleviate physical fatigue.

"Five or six hours."

"Before Liu Jing arrives, I\'ll try to restore my strength to its peak to avoid making mistakes in a great battle," Li Yuan closed his eyes and meditated, focusing on his cultivation.

Of course, most of Li Yuan\'s spiritual power still stayed alert to the outside, wary of a potential surprise attack.

...

In the small cave where Li Yuan was cultivating, about two kilometers away, in a quiet and dense forest,

"That was close."

"He almost detected me," the figure dressed in a blue-green Battle Garment looked at the disconnected smart ring watch and shook his head slightly, "This kid is really something."

With a swish, the Battle Garment receded, revealing an age-worn face—it was indeed Liu Jing.

The one who had been secretly following and protecting Li Yuan was Liu Jing himself.

Shortly after Li Yuan left Observation Point No. 19, Liu Jing started out from the war base immediately according to the plan, catching up with Li Yuan while he was in secluded cultivation on the cliff.

Because of this,

when Li Yuan called Liu Jing, it took nearly 20 seconds for Liu Jing to connect.

Because he had to move away a bit to avoid detection by Li Yuan.

Secret protection.

But one must never let the protected feel this protection, so that they don\'t develop a psychological dependence, thus achieving the greatest possible honing and protection.

"Unexpected."

"There are such rare and precious treasures hidden in Flying Serpent Valley?" Liu Jing murmured to himself, shaking his head slightly: "I didn\'t dare to dive deeper earlier and failed to notice."

Liu Jing had to admit that even with the enhancement of a special Battle Garment, when it came to Stealth, he was no match for Li Yuan.

Just now, when Li Yuan explored deeper, Liu Jing only dared to descend about 800 meters into the canyon before he stopped daring to go further.

Continue ahead? He would likely have been discovered by the Flying Serpents.

No other way.

Whether it was spiritual power or skills, Li Yuan far surpassed him, and Li Yuan\'s Battle Garment had extremely strong support functions as well.

"Yet, besides the treasure, there are also two Second Rank Flying Serpents?" A glint of cold light flashed in Liu Jing\'s eyes.

Compared to the Soul-Nurturing Ancient Spirit Wood, Liu Jing was more concerned about the presence of Second Rank Alien Race beings.

He could fully foresee.

If he did not intervene, the Black Feather Flying Serpent Race would definitely expand wildly from Flying Serpent Valley in all directions sooner or later...inevitably leading to a fierce conflict with Outpost Base No. 3.

This was the experience he had gained from fighting numerous wars against many Alien Races during more than thirty years stationed in the Mingxu Star Realm.

That was also the reason for delineating a 1000-kilometer range of influence for the base.

Only if there were no Second Rank Alien Races within this range could they continue to avoid conflict with more distant and more powerful Alien Civilizations.

They could keep a low profile.

If a Second Rank Alien Race arose within the range of influence? Then they would strike down the newly emerged threat as soon as possible!

"However, facing the temptation of a treasure worth tens of billions, Li Yuan actually resisted the internal lure, taking no risks and staying cautious. That\'s quite rare," Liu Jing thought to himself, "His strength is also alarmingly great."

"The data shows that he\'s only at level 16.5, but judging from his progress through battle, he\'s probably close to level 19 now...truly mysterious," Liu Jing shook his head slightly.

Regarding Li Yuan\'s specialty, he would report it, but he would not proactively ask Li Yuan, nor was he inclined to delve deeper.

No other reason!

It was pointless.

Having been stationed in the Mingxu Star Realm for thirty years, his cultivation had already reached a bottleneck... Liu Jing was quite indifferent to many things.

In Liu Jing\'s view,

as long as Li Yuan did not betray the Human Race, what did it matter if he had some secrets or fortunate encounters? How was it his concern?

After some thought,

Humm~

Liu Jing activated his smart ring watch and dialed another communication, connecting quickly.

"Old Liu," a cold female voice answered.

"I\'m now in Flying Serpent Valley..." Liu Jing quickly recounted the situation, only omitting the Soul-Nurturing Ancient Spirit Wood: "This place is extremely valuable, perhaps worthy of establishing another outpost base."

"Or even a \'breeding area,\'" Liu Jing said.

"A breeding area?" The woman\'s voice carried a hint of surprise.

The Human Civilization in numerous Star Realms and a vast number of Foreign Civilizations were also occupying many Star Realms... Their presence in most Star Realms was solely for warfare.