When Lan Cai'er returned to Dan City with injuries and a group of terrified women and children, Ye Lingyue was taken aback.

"So, a month from now, that wild woman from the Ancient Forest will come to Dan City to challenge me?" After settling the women and children, Ye Lingyue was treating Lan Cai'er's wounds while listening to the full story.

"To be precise, she wants to challenge you, Little Zhiyo, and Little Wuya," Lan Cai'er said with a guilty face, afraid that Ye Lingyue would be angry.

"I've told you many times not to overdo it. Look, you almost caused trouble this time," Ye Lingyue scolded with a stern face, but her expression bore no real blame.

As long as Lan Cai'er was safe and sound, whether it was one challenger or ten, she was willing to face them.

She had long considered Lan Cai'er and the people from Lan Residence as family.

"Ling Yue, you're not angry with me, are you? I swear, from today on, I will devote myself to cultivation. But you must also be careful, that beast skin woman is strange. She is different from ordinary people and seems to know how to tame beasts. Moreover, I suspect that she has brought many Spiritual Beasts from the Ancient Forest," Lan Cai'er speculated about the identity of the woman in beast skins, possibly a member of a wild tribe from the Ancient Forest.

The Ancient Forest, sprawling between Beiqing and Daxia, is vast and it is said that there are appearances of wild tribes deep in the forest.

Though few in number, the wild tribes possess a formidable ability to control beasts unmatched by ordinary people.

That woman in beast skins was very likely a wild woman.

"Sister, if that woman is really a wild person, perhaps you have made a great contribution to Dan City this time," Ye Lingyue said with relief instead of urgency upon hearing the news.

There are frequent beast disturbances in the Xixia Plain today, and around Dan City as well. If the opponent truly possesses such skills, capturing her may be a vital key in quelling the beast chaos in Xixia.

Lan Cai'er couldn't comprehend Ye Lingyue's thoughts, who simply asked her to rest well. In the coming month, Dan City would begin constructing new city walls.

About five or six days later, the people from Ye Family, sent by Ye Gu to deliver Xuantie Ore, arrived in Dan City, much earlier than Ye Lingyue had expected.

To Ye Lingyue's surprise, those in charge of escorting the Xuantie Ore were none other than her cousin from Qiufeng Town, Ye Yinsuang, and her Fourth Uncle from Ye Huangcheng.

"Sister Yin Shuang." It felt like just yesterday that Ye Lingyue had left Li City, but when she thought about it carefully, two years had passed.

Due to various reasons, she hadn't returned to Li City to visit her family over these two years, and now seeing her relatives again made her quite emotional.

Ye Yinsuang had grown much taller than two years ago, much more beautiful as well, and what was even more gratifying was that her strength had broken through to the Postnatal level.

"Father asked me to go out and gain some experience, so I came with Fourth Uncle. Ling Yue, you're so amazing. The family knows you made it onto the Qing Province Elixir Ranking, and everyone is so proud of you," Ye Yinsuang chatted away with Ye Lingyue, asking numerous questions.

With the support of the Alchemist Association and the military, the Ye Family had rapidly grown over two years to become the largest noble family in Li City.

As their strength had increased, the children of the Ye Family had access to more resources. Not only Ye Yinsuang, but many others from the Ye Family had broken through to the Postnatal level.

Ye Gu and several of Ye Lingyue's uncles had successively broken through to the Innate level.

For the Ye Family, which once had not even a single Innate, these changes were revolutionary, and it all started with Ye Lingyue's victory at the Refining Conference.

The two cousins, who hadn't seen each other for many days, naturally had endless topics to discuss. Ye Huangcheng, standing aside, nodded continuously.

Seeing Ye Lingyue's current strength and status, Ye Huangcheng could no longer harbor any jealousy towards her.

Sometimes, being too far ahead means losing the very meaning of pursuit.

Now, Ye Lingyue has become unreachable for Ye Huangcheng, an elder of the family.

In just two years, Ye Lingyue has completely shed any trace of the silly girl she once was. She speaks with the elegance of a noble lady from Xia Capital, but she also carries a chilling authority—a characteristic unique to those in power. Ye Huangcheng knows that one day the Ye Family will soar in Daxia Qing.

"Fourth Uncle, thank you for your hard work on the journey," Ye Lingyue said enthusiastically, noticing Ye Huangcheng by her side.

Ye Lingyue was informed by Ye Yinsuang that, knowing Dan City was in immediate need of defense, Ye Huangcheng had been traveling day and night without rest to arrive in such a short time.

Regarding Ye Huangcheng, as she aged and her cultivation grew, Ye Lingyue had learned to let go of her worries.

Ye Huangcheng was pleasantly surprised to finally be addressed as 'Uncle' by Ye Lingyue. He quickly accepted with gratitude, feeling a sense of guilt in his heart.

The three of them together took inventory of the Xuantie Stone Ye Huangcheng had brought.

The Ye Family's refining techniques had greatly improved over the years. The quality of these Xuantie Stones was at least eighty percent pure, and their weight amounted to an astonishing ten thousand catties.

These Xuantie could simply be re-refined, and with the skills of the advanced alchemists from the Alchemist Mansion, they could be directly processed into hundred percent pure Moon Iron.

"Upon learning that you needed Xuantie Stones for constructing the city walls, President Liao specially sent over a dozen alchemists, saying he wanted to contribute." Ye Huangcheng mentioned that President Liao had also served in Dan City's Alchemist Mansion when he was young and understood the city's predicament.

Now with the Xuantie Stones and the draft designs ready, and with the recent addition of the alchemists, the number of alchemists in Dan City had reached over a hundred.

Jin Wu Old Monster immediately led the alchemists to begin constructing the new walls of Dan City.

Working day and night, more than twenty days flew by.

To the disbelief of the residents of Dan City, a new, ironclad wall had risen in their city.

On the evening when the city walls were completed, under the dim light of the setting sun, Ye Lingyue and Jin Wu Old Monster, along with others, ascended the new watchtower of Dan City.

Without a single brick or gap, impermeable to water, impenetrable by fire, this miraculously constructed wall was the work of more than a hundred alchemists over more than twenty days.

Its entirety gleamed silver-white, even in the darkest of nights, exuding the beautiful radiance like that of moonlight—the natural color of hundred percent pure Moon Iron.

Not only was its defensive power astonishing, but also, spaced every three feet along the wall, were ports for hidden weapons, housing even more formidable Meteor Crossbows.

These Meteor Crossbows, naturally another masterpiece from Jin Wu Old Monster, were said to be used by some intermediate sects to attack their enemies.

A Meteor Crossbow could instantly kill a postnatal-level expert or a fourth-stage Spiritual Beast.

Should enemies invade, in their densest attack, the walls could instantly unleash thousands of Meteor Crossbows.

The new city walls transformed Dan City, making it a moon that never falls on the Xixia Plain.

Dan City, now officially renamed—Moon City!