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After being comfortably attended to by Yun Xianxian, Lu Chen quickly took a bath, dressed, and made his way to the Imperial Study Room of the Black Dragon City Imperial Palace. He then summoned Yin Zhengye to see him at the Imperial Study Room.

The next moment, Yin Zhengye appeared inside the Imperial Study Room. "Your Majesty!" he greeted.

Lu Chen said indifferently, "Dispense with the formalities."

"I have obtained a blueprint for crafting Heavenly Talisman Pattern Weapons. Therefore, I wish for those Artifact Refiners from the Black Dragon Holy Land to put aside their current tasks and focus on creating Rune Weapons for me."

Upon hearing this, Yin Zhengye was taken aback. Naturally, he knew of Rune Weapons, but it was only after arriving in the Tianchen World that he understood such mystical weapons existed in the universe.

Rune Weapons differed from Spiritual Artifacts. Although some Spiritual Artifacts also required engraving with Formations, their craft was by no means as effortless as that of Rune Weapons.

An Artifact Refiner would need several hours to create a single Spiritual Artifact, yet the craftsmen of the Daxia Dynasty could produce dozens of Rune Weapons in just two hours.

The formidable aspect of Rune Weapons lay in their simplicity—all one needed to do was inscribe the talisman patterns onto the weapon, and it would unleash considerable power, and even ordinary people could utilize them.

However, Rune Weapons also had a downside: their power limit was set in stone. No matter how strong the user was, the Rune Weapon's power could only reach so high.

Conversely, the power of a Spiritual Artifact grew with the might of its wielder—the stronger the Cultivator, the greater the weapon's potency.

But you couldn't ignore the ease of wielding Rune Weapons. If an average Cultivator could master a weapon that could effortlessly annihilate opponents several Realms higher than themselves, then the Daxia Dynasty would likely stand a decent chance of victory even if they were to attack the High-Level Cultivation Worlds.

Yin Zhengye said, "Your Majesty, I shall arrange for it immediately."

Lu Chen continued, "There's no need to hurry. Crafting Rune Weapons requires a substantial amount of Vibrant Gold, or as you call it, 'Xianjin.' Have your people from the Black Dragon Holy Land deliver more Xianjin to the Tianchen World."

Upon learning that Vibrant Gold was needed for the production of Rune Weapons, Yin Zhengye was somewhat relieved. He had assumed that Heavenly Talisman Pattern Weapons were like those lower-tier Rune Weapons, which could be forged simply using the steels produced by the Daxia Dynasty.

If it were so, the weapon would be excessively powerful. He feared such weapons would flood the market in the future. If everyone had a Heavenly Talisman Pattern Weapon, it would pose a significant threat to Cultivators and not necessarily be a good thing.

Even ordinary mortals armed with basic Rune Weapons could slay those at the Heavenly Human Realm. What, then, if Cultivators possessing Cultivation States acquired Heavenly Talisman Pattern Weapons? Wouldn't they be able to kill at will those of the All Law Realm or even the Divinity Transformation Realm?

Yin Zhengye was quite conservative at heart. He saw both positives and negatives in mass-producing Rune Weapons. If they were held solely in their own hands, then, of course, there would be no problem as it significantly increased their strength.

But if the Rune Weapons leaked out and fell into other forces' hands, it would become a disaster for the Tianchen World, for the Daxia Dynasty. In the future, there could be incidents of others wielding Heavenly Talisman Pattern Weapons attacking the Tianchen World.

Nevertheless, Yin Zhengye did not voice any further concerns. He believed that if he was aware of these issues, His Majesty must be as well. Since His Majesty had already made this decision, it must be well-considered, and all he needed to do was to follow His Majesty's instructions.

Subsequently, Yin Zhengye responded, "As you command, Your Majesty."

"Very well, you may go now," said Lu Chen.

"This subordinate takes his leave."

With those words, Yin Zhengye promptly left the Imperial Study Room.

...

At the same time.

In cosmic space, an Immortal Boat was slowly flying toward the distance.

At this moment, the expressions on the faces of everyone aboard the Immortal Boat were far from pleasant.

This Immortal Boat belonged to the Yin Fire Sect, which was the one specially arranged by Lu Yanghua to track and monitor the Mysterious Moon Palace's departure from the Tianyuan World. It was also tasked with sending assassins to kill Lu Chen.

To avoid detection by the Mysterious Moon Palace, they had always maintained a considerable distance from the Mysterious Moon Palace's fleet of Immortal Boats. However, Lu Yanghua's spies implanted within the Mysterious Moon Palace had been continuously passing them information, so they were not worried about losing track of the Mysterious Moon Palace's fleet.

However, suddenly, two years prior, the reports from the front stopped coming in, and they had completely lost track of the Mysterious Moon Palace's fleet. Without the intelligence from the spies, how could they possibly find Tianchen World?

At that moment, Sima Haoyan said with a gloomy face, "Damn it, we've been played by Mysterious Moon Palace. They probably knew long ago that someone was passing us information. They must have intentionally allowed those people to keep sending us information and then led us elsewhere."

By now, the members of the Yin Fire Sect had already realized the situation. According to the information they had, they should have already arrived at Tianchen World. The fact that they hadn't and that they had lost contact with the spies inside the Mysterious Moon Palace proved that they had been deceived.

Upon thinking of this, the followers of the Yin Fire Sect felt incredibly stifled—they had been led around like dogs.

Lan Huai then spoke, "What do we do now? If we go back now, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain ourselves to him."

Given Lu Yanghua's personality, if they failed at such a simple task, there was the possibility that Lu Yanghua would dispose of them all directly.

But if they continued searching like this, it probably wouldn't be a solution either. The universe was vast. Where should they begin to look for a low-level world?

There were countless worlds in this universe, and without a star chart, they feared they might not find Tianchen World even if they searched until their final moments.

Moreover, the Mysterious Moon Palace had certainly led them in a direction different from Tianchen World. Even if they continued to search along their current course, they still might not find Tianchen World.

Sima Haoyan pondered for a long while, then sighed and said, "I still plan to tell that person about this matter. After all, it was his spies who had trouble, not us."

Lan Huai said, "That seems to be the only way now."

As soon as Lan Huai's words fell, suddenly their Immortal Boat seemed to hit something, and then the Immortal Boat began to spin.

The expressions of the Yin Fire Sect members aboard changed drastically, "Not good, it's space turbulence!"

"Quick! Fly out of here now!"

If they were caught in space turbulence, it was very likely that the destructive temporal forces would tear their bodies apart. Even if they survived, they might be transported to some remote Barbaric Star Domain or even lose their way, never able to return to their original world.

They could never have imagined that space turbulence would exist in this place.

Just as the people on the Immortal Boat were preparing to abandon the vessel and flee for their lives, a huge black hole formed below them. Then, a terrifying suction force came, sucking all of them into the space turbulence.

Just when Sima Haoyan and Lan Huai believed they were doomed, their vision suddenly brightened, and they found themselves in a void filled with broken worlds.