Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Qu Jianlei had no idea that someone was cleaning up behind him; he simply didn’t believe there would be any issues from behind.

After boarding the Omen Ship, he sought everyone’s opinion, "Go to the Celestial Hook Star Realm?"

"Let’s go then," the Paranoid was the first to express agreement, "It’s practically my second hometown."

"I want to go to Blade!" Qinghu suddenly stated.

Seeing everyone looking at her, she spread her hands, "I’m a Blade person, but there’s no decent academy there, so I left."

Qu Jianlei glanced at her suspiciously, "I didn’t expect you to be a Blade person... Does Xiang Xue know?"

"Are you talking about the Cyan Blade Commerce Association?" Qinghu understood his hint, "Blade people aren’t just known for being brave and fierce."

Xiang Xue would definitely disagree with you! Qu Jianlei chuckled, "Alright, let’s drop a few teleportation devices first."

However, Granny Jia also said, "I want to take a look at the Hope Star Realm, then retreat... to make one last push."

If she fails to break through to the level above Supreme again, she fears returning may be impossible,

In fact, she has already outlived most of the younger people she was acquainted with; currently, she probably only has Zi Jiu Immortal on her mind.

"Wait a little longer," Qu Jianlei spoke without hesitation, "I’m thinking of enhancing your probability to break through."

"Hmm?" Granny Jia was initially stunned, then overjoyed, "Alright, no problem, boss, whatever you say goes!"

Ordinary people wanting her to acknowledge a boss was pure daydreaming, let alone a young person.

But Panda... truly has goods.

"Hmm?" Everyone’s eyes turned to Qu Jianlei, filled with disbelief.

Even the Paranoid couldn’t hold back, "Boss, do you have a way to increase the probability of surpassing Supreme?"

He thought it was truly unbelievable.

Up till now, the path to surpassing Supreme remains unclear, and everyone is groping forward. Can you actually increase the probability?

How outlandish is that claim? To put it this way, methods to increase the probability of surpassing Supreme are extremely rare in the Imperial.

Even if there are, they are basically scams, much like most fast-track classes on Blue Star.

Anyway, the probability thing, just a slight increase and no increase at all are essentially unmeasurable... It might have even decreased.

Take a step back, whoever has a surefire method to increase the probability might not dare to publicize it at all—that can truly be deadly!

"What’s so strange about that?" Qu Jianlei casually answered, "I didn’t say that I can definitely do it, let’s go back and try it."

Claire, being the most carefree, seeing no one else speak, asked, "So where should we head first?"

"Let’s go to Blade first," Granny Jia rarely suggested, "Let’s first look at Qinghu’s clan to see if they’ve been affected."

Qinghu was under military supervision when she publicly left, with suspicions of colluding with Rhodiola rosea.

Such accusations... Even if she’s a Strong Supreme, she can’t avoid taking on some responsibility.

So surely her clan’s treatment is bound to be affected.

Qinghu, however, indifferently expressed, "I’m nearly two hundred years old, and the remaining old acquaintances in the clan are also aging."

"Moreover, the Blade folk are tough and don’t acknowledge the Imperial’s influence; they should be fine."

Qu Jianlei made the decision, "Then let’s go to Blade first, and then decide whether to go to other star realms."

More than ten days later, the Omen Ship arrived at Xueye Star, which is the central star of the Blade Star Realm and the location of the Qinghu Clan.

This time, the starship directly landed in the star port; starships registered in the Hope Star Realm aren’t particularly discriminated against here.

Yet as soon as it landed, two people came over to inspect the starship, their attitude very arrogant.

Qu Jianlei directly employed an Illusion Technique; the two entered the starship, were dazed for a while, then turned and left.

The Paranoid gave him an amazed glance, "There are Energy Sensors here, your Spiritual Power... has increased a lot."

"It’s all forced out," Qu Jianlei chuckled, "Staying long in the Inner Circle, the environment truly trains people."

The density of monitoring in the Inner Circle Star Realm is much greater than here, requiring him to occasionally use spiritual power.

After leaving the star port, all seven had Paradise Star identity, rented a car, and directly headed to Qinghu’s home at White Harbor.

They took three days to reach White Harbor City, and Celestial Sound sighed, "Finally seeing snow."

At the beginning of Xueye Star’s development, it was quite cold, hence the name.

However, the Planet Government made extensive modifications, including tweaking planetary orbit and other methods; the climate is now quite pleasant.

White Harbor is located in the high latitude area of the planet, although it doesn’t freeze, the surrounding mountains have snow for seventy percent of the year.

The Qinghu Clan resides not far from the city, occupying two capes, and reportedly has five to six thousand clan members.

She went to visit alone, while the others wandered around White Harbor City.

The Imperial is truly vast, with each star realm and planet having its own distinct characteristics, always giving a touristic feel.

However, the people’s temperament here is really not good; even cold weather can’t suppress everyone’s temper.

Even while shopping, Claire argued twice with the store owner.

Luckily for them, they had plenty of people, and Qu Jianlei still exuded the Earth Attribute A-level aura, preventing any major incidents.

However, just as they were planning to find a place for dinner, Qu Jianlei suddenly spoke up, "Qinghu is in a bit of trouble."

The six of them took half an hour to arrive at the foot of the mountain where the Qinghu Clan was located.

On the snow-covered slopes, two groups of people were confronting each other, divided clearly into two distinct groups.

Each side had about three or four hundred people, with those at the front holding machetes and axes, while those behind even had firearms.

More exaggeratedly, there were three or four mechas on each side.

There was also quite a crowd at the foot of the mountain, at least two to three thousand people, many filming with expressions of excitement.

Celestial Sound spoke in astonishment, "It’s said that Blade people are fierce, I never expected they would actually use mechas in a fight!"

Although she had killed quite a few people in the past two years, she ultimately grew up on Qingsha Star, and later went to Blessing Star.

In the Inner Circle and even Sub-Core Star Realm where they value security, scenes like this were rarely seen.

Claire, however, was indifferent, as Garbage Star was even more chaotic than this, she was already used to it.

She only expressed with a hint of regret, "Not many Awakened here, it’s boring."

Such comments from onlookers about others were actually... quite infuriating.

Other onlookers were not bothered at all, and one burly man even turned to look at her, "If you think it’s not exciting enough, go help and fight..."

Feeling the A-level aura emitted from Qu Jianlei, he finally didn’t continue.

A fight breaking out among onlookers, on Xueye Star, is really nothing unusual.

The Flower Scorpion approached Qu Jianlei, "Boss, what’s... the situation here?"

Qu Jianlei glanced around and answered in a low voice, "Listen to them talk, you’ll basically figure out the reason."

Sure enough, among the onlookers, there were indeed those who were gossiping about the reason for the fight between the two groups.

It turns out, after Qinghu’s incident, it still affected her belonging to the Sigma Clan.

This was the ancestral land of the Sigma Clan, further ahead... of course, they were sent here as punishment.

This clan is a fairly significant local power on Xueye Star, but many of their talents have gone to other Star Realms to develop.

The local power here has instead weakened considerably, currently only two A-levels are holding the fort.

However, beyond Xueye Star, the Sigma Clan has at least three A-levels and one Supreme.

With such powerful external support, the clan lives quite well on Xueye Star.

But after Qinghu’s escape, the military informed the Blade military, which then feedbacked to the Xueye Government.

The Xueye Government dared not directly deal with it; the Blade folk is fierce, and the Sigma Clan, counting Qinghu, has five A-levels.

So they could only give a polite warning to the Sigma Clan, saying that hey... your Supreme has gotten into trouble, be conscious about it.

The clan investigated a bit, the matter wasn’t big, and Qinghu, until now, is less than two hundred years old.

For a Supreme, escaping the military’s house arrest, the matter is really not big, with a bit of explanation, they wouldn’t necessarily need to atone.

Even if atonement is required, it wouldn’t take long, and as per usual, they could still protect the family for dozens of years.

Thus, the Sigma Clan made a symbolic exit from some commercial sectors, keeping their mainstay intact.

But the government, being spiteful, spread the news around, covering the entire Xueye Star.

The Blade folk is indeed fierce, but if someone is willing to engage in internal conflict, that’s none of the official’s business.

Facts proved that although Blade people are united, that’s only against external enemies; internally, they are equally unable to withstand interests.

The core interests of the Sigma Clan kept shrinking, eventually even the two mountains of their ancestral land were eyed by others.

These two mountains, one of them near White Harbor City, aren’t really ancestral land, but procured by the clan eighty years ago.

They mainly bought this half-mountain for its proximity to the city center, convenient for anything, and the clan had been eyeing it for quite a while.

After Qinghu advanced to Supreme, they approached the other party, indicating that our family has produced a Supreme, shouldn’t you give some congratulatory gifts?

The Blade people do things roughly but also value face, the Sigma Clan wasn’t trying to rob, just purchasing at a reasonable price.

The other party was reluctant to sell, honestly, there was an old grievance between the two families, particularly over this half-mountain.

They were very aware that the Sigma Clan had been eyeing their land for a long time, and there were even disputes more than once.

However, they produced a Supreme, and thus... there was no choice.

Anyway, being neighbors, the Sigma Clan paid for the land purchase and borrowed the guise of a "congratulatory gift," which granted them face.

If they really refused, it would seem a little ungracious, and if the Sigma Clan dug up old grudges, it might really escalate the conflict.

So they straightforwardly said, let’s sell it at a thirty percent discount—this really counts as a congratulatory gift.

Nonetheless, the Sigma Clan still wouldn’t agree, insisting on purchasing at market price, and the push-and-pull brought the two families closer.

This is a matter from years ago; the current issue is, someone has targeted these two mountains, wanting to acquire them.