Chapter 2829: Rongrong’s Grievance

Chapter 2829: Chapter 2829: Rongrong’s Grievance

After several hours, the divine crystal vein with billions in reserves was more than half mined by the deities of the Emperor’s Palace.

The remaining twenty to thirty million divine crystals, Fang Bai thought it over, and decided not to use his own divine crystals to gather them all. Instead, he waved at the Great Might Divine King and Rongrong, who were hovering in the starry sky, signaling them to come down and help.

As a Divine King Realm Expert, the Great Might Divine King had a high-grade Spatial Divine Ring and surprisingly collected ten million divine crystals for Fang Bai.

Rongrong’s Spatial Divine Ring was also crafted by an Artifact Refiner invited by her grandfather, and she managed to gather several million pieces as well.

Only then did Fang Bai store the remaining divine crystals in his own Five Elements Space Ring.

"I didn’t expect your Spatial Divine Ring to hold over ten million divine crystals..."

The Great Might Divine King glanced at the seemingly nondescript Five Elements Space Ring on Fang Bai’s finger, clicking his tongue in wonder.

"I acquired it by luck in the past..."

Fang Bai, without revealing anything, slipped the Five Elements Space Ring into his sleeve, no longer letting the Great Might Divine King see it.

If the Great Might Divine King knew that Fang Bai’s Spatial Divine Ring held a space area with a thousand-mile radius and could even contain living beings, who knows if he would develop any covetous thoughts.

Although Fang Bai had learned quite a bit about the Great Might Divine King’s character since interacting with him, he still didn’t dare to take the risk.

The Five Elements Space Ring had followed Fang Bai for many years, and he considered it a part of his body. If it were taken, he would have nowhere to cry.

Fortunately, the Great Might Divine King merely mentioned it in passing and did not bring up the matter of the Five Elements Space Ring again, allowing Fang Bai to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Fang Bai, should we return to the Vermilion Phoenix Star now, or head back to the Purple Cloud Star?"

Baihua consulted Fang Bai for his opinion.

If Fang Bai weren’t around, she could make the decision, but now that Fang Bai was here, she deferred to him on everything.

Fang Bai thought for a moment and said, "Let’s return to the Vermilion Phoenix Star first and leave the divine crystals we obtained this time there. As for the Purple Cloud Star, we’ll go back when we have the chance in the future."

Baihua nodded, then released the starship, and along with Fang Bai, the Great Might Divine King, and the other deities, they took the ship back to the Vermilion Phoenix Star.

"Being a Starlord in this Hundred Star System, what’s the point? With your abilities and my help, you could even become a Starlord of a Thousand Star System!"

After arriving at the Vermilion Phoenix Star with Fang Bai and the other deities, the Great Might Divine King said this to Fang Bai.

He was speaking the truth. With Fang Bai’s current Divine Venerable Realm cultivation level and formidable ability to challenge those of higher rank, he could challenge some Starlords of the Thousand Star Systems, with a good chance of winning.

Fang Bai shook his head and said, "I will leave with you all later, and their strength isn’t strong enough. So let them stay at the Vermilion Phoenix Star for the time being. At least after I leave, I won’t have to be too worried about them."

The "they" Fang Bai referred to naturally meant the deities of the Emperor’s Palace.

As Fang Bai said, although the strength of the Emperor’s Palace deities was not weak, even if Fang Bai successfully challenged a Starlord of the Thousand Star Systems and handed over the Starlord Hall to them, they might not be able to hold that position. Staying in a smaller star system like Vermilion Phoenix Star to rule over it was still better for them.

The Great Might Divine King thought the same. Fang Bai would still need to follow their grandfather-grandson pair to find an alchemist capable of refining Creation Pill for the Divine King Realm to extend his lifespan. Only after completing this could Fang Bai gain true "freedom."

The billions of orange divine crystals brought back from Qiyun Star were all piled into the underground treasury of the Starlord Hall of the Vermilion Phoenix Star by Fang Bai and left to the deities of the Emperor’s Palace.

For Fang Bai, the orange divine crystals had become somewhat weak in assisting his current cultivation. What he now needed for cultivation resources was similar to that of the Great Might Divine King, only yellow divine crystals were most suitable for him.

After spending several months on the Vermilion Phoenix Star, Fang Bai continued to supervise the cultivation of the deities of the Emperor’s Palace, hoping that before he left, the strength of the Emperor’s Palace deities would further improve.

Of course, he also made some time to share moments of affection with his romantic interests, like Baihua, Linglong, Rushi, and Ruhua.

During this period, Rongrong often exchanged cultivation insights with Fang Bai, and she would also proactively show goodwill to Fang Bai’s companions, like Baihua and Linglong.

The women, like Baihua and Linglong, were all exceptionally intelligent, and how could they not see that Rongrong was wholeheartedly infatuated with Fang Bai?

They also knew that Rongrong was actively showing goodwill to themselves, possibly because she was too shy to speak directly to Fang Bai and chose a "roundabout way" to achieve her goal.

However, in matters like this, none of the women would take the initiative to speak on behalf of Rongrong.

It wasn’t because they were narrow-minded, but because they cared about Fang Bai’s feelings.

They had been with Fang Bai as partners for a long time and understood each other deeply. They knew that if Fang Bai also took a liking to Rongrong, he would eventually bring her into the Emperor’s Palace.

Conversely, if Fang Bai had no interest in Rongrong, even if they spoke up, nothing would come of it.

Therefore, this matter ultimately depended on Fang Bai himself.

In just a few months, Rongrong had already become close with the deities of the Emperor’s Palace, calling each other brothers and sisters.

As for Ghost Hand, Niu Ben, and those close disciples of Fang Bai, they could also see that Rongrong was actively getting closer to Fang Bai and were happy to see the birth of a new "master mother."

Especially since this new "master mother" had formidable strength and the Great Might Divine King backing her, the likes of Ghost Hand and Niu Ben felt that with such a "master mother," the Emperor’s Palace would not fear other strong forces’ intrusion or bullying anymore.

So, after meeting Rongrong, they simply began to call her "master mother."

Rongrong merely blushed at this but did not object.

And when Baihua, Linglong, and the other women heard about this, they just laughed it off calmly.

This news, of course, could not be hidden from Fang Bai, so one day, Fang Bai called Ghost Hand, Niu Ben, and the other disciples to give them a stern scolding.

Upon learning of this, Rongrong thought Fang Bai was using this to express dissatisfaction with her, leaving her heart cold as ice.

"Grandfather, let’s go! I don’t want to stay on this Vermilion Phoenix Star anymore!"

Feeling frustrated and wronged, Rongrong voiced her complaints to her grandfather, the Great Might Divine King.

The Great Might Divine King saw his granddaughter on the verge of tears and was heartbroken. He asked, "What’s wrong? Haven’t you been getting along well with the deities of the Emperor’s Palace?"

The Great Might Divine King had been in closed-door cultivation recently and was unaware of the events of the past few months.

"I’ve been getting along well with the deities of the Emperor’s Palace, but Fang Bai... he doesn’t seem to have that kind of interest in me..."

Choking with emotion, Rongrong recounted the events that had happened to her grandfather.

"What’s this kid Fang Bai up to, anyway? I’ll go and ask him myself!"

With that, the Great Might Divine King vanished from in front of Rongrong, appearing the next moment in the Vermilion Phoenix Star’s new Starlord Hall, where Fang Bai was located.

"Great Might Divine King, what may I assist you with today?"

Seeing the Great Might Divine King’s somewhat displeased expression, Fang Bai hurriedly asked, unsure of who might have offended this Divine King Realm Expert.

The Great Might Divine King snorted disdainfully, giving Fang Bai a sideways glance, and said, "Don’t you have any idea of your own actions?"

"Me? What did I do?"

Fang Bai asked, completely confused.