Though there is no manager in the grand hall, everyone setting up stalls and doing business here silently follows the established rules, so despite the numerous stalls, everything is relatively neat and orderly.

Crisscrossing aisles, there are approximately a thousand stalls.

In front of each stall, cultivators weave in and out, coming and going.

To have a stall in this grand hall, one must generally have the backing of a significant domain, although it doesn't mean individuals aren't allowed to set up stalls here; it's just that personal stalls, with their limited transactions, have long been bought out by those with more robust financial backing.

Lu Ye had heard of such things. It is said that when the Constellation Palace first opened, people rushed to Grand Hall 88 and occupied numerous stalls, just waiting for others to buy them out, making a substantial profit.

These people are undoubtedly well-informed because, in the past, when the Constellation Palace opened, Grand Hall 88 was also used specifically for transactions, so some knew the stalls here were precious.

When Lu Ye heard this news, it was already too late; otherwise, he too could have benefited a little.

The stalls vary in size, but even the largest ones are just average. With diverse and vast quantities of goods, it's naturally impossible to display everything, so most stall owners only put out the more precious items. Other goods are compiled into a jade slip list placed in front of the stall for cultivators to peruse. If something is needed, they can discuss purchases with the stall owner.

Lu Ye casually browsed for a while and discovered that the most frequently traded items here were various kinds of elixir pills, for healing, recovery—you name it...

This is normal; within the Constellation Palace, competition and injuries are commonplace. Naturally, injuries need healing, and healing requires healing pills.

Recovery pills work similarly—not all victors receive mystic light rewards that allow easy recovery. Where there are victors, there are losers, and those cultivators who fail in combat don't have the opportunity for mystic light rewards. They can only recover through their own means.

Almost every stall has elixir pills for sale.

Lu Ye needed to buy many things, but none were particularly valuable. Originally, he thought he could easily find them here, but after visiting several stalls, none had what he was looking for.

Thinking it over, he realized that because what he wanted was not valuable, it was hard to find here. The goods at these stalls are brought in by the cultivators, who naturally pick the easily sellable, valuable items to bring in, avoiding the cheaper items that aren't much needed in the Constellation Palace setting.

Though hard to find, Lu Ye eventually found it. The quantity was small, but he was not picky, and after negotiating with the stall owner, he easily bought it.

He continued wandering, hoping to buy more.

After spending most of the day, Lu Ye finally felt he had almost everything he needed.

He spent about eight thousand spirit jade.

Keep in mind the items he was buying were not exceedingly valuable, yet he still spent so many spirit jade, which indicates the large volume.

After completing his purchases, Lu Ye immediately left Grand Hall 88. It was indeed too noisy here, and what he intended to do next wasn't suitable to perform in such an environment.

Entering another grand hall, Lu Ye found a corner, casually set up a Formation to cover himself in a small area, and sat cross-legged.

Many people were doing the same thing, mostly recovering from injuries. Even cultivators not adept in the Array Path could buy an array disc and make a simple setup.

Others passing by tacitly understood and did not disturb them.

Lu Ye took out some materials he purchased from his storage ring and used spirit force to envelop and refine them.

He intended to refine an As-Close-As-Siblings array disc, but it was different from what he had made before. He wanted to make some modifications to the array disc.

The change wasn't with the As-Close-As-Siblings Spirit Runes, as they couldn't be modified for the time being. His main intention was to add a restriction lock inside the array disc, much like the restriction lock on a storage sack and storage ring...

But unlike typical restriction locks, he wanted to achieve the effect that if someone attempted to dismantle the array disc and probe its secrets, it would trigger the restriction lock and thereby cause the As-Close-As-Siblings Spirit Runes to self-destruct.

This would require using Explosion Spirit Runes...

The task wasn't too challenging. Lu Ye had conceived this idea even back in the Nine Provinces. However, because the As-Close-As-Siblings Spirit Runes were too complex, even if others dismantled it and discerned the runes' mysteries, they couldn't mass-produce it, so it wasn't pursued further.

The situation is different now.

The stellar space is not the Nine Provinces. Here there are Moon Jade and Sun Blaze, powerful beings abound. What Nine Provinces cultivators couldn't do, the strong ones in stellar space may well achieve.

If one day the array disc gets out, various factions will definitely organize people to study it.

And in Lu Ye's plans, this day might not be too far off.

Of course, even powerful Sun Blaze beings, even if they discerned the mysteries of the As-Close-As-Siblings Spirit Runes, wouldn't find mass-producing array discs simple. He possesses the Talent Tree, allowing him to construct spirit runes with ease. Even if someone is as powerful as a Sun Blaze, so what? The success rate of constructing such complex spirit runes wouldn't be high.

But he still needed to put an extra layer of security, not for anything else, but to delay the factions' research time on the array disc!

While he was researching how to add a restriction to the array disc, in hall number one thousand five hundred and thirteen, Chu Shen appeared invigorated.

He spent some time refining mystic light, but the benefits gained during this period were many times faster than his usual cultivation.

This undoubtedly greatly enhanced the speed of his cultivation progress.

The audio talisman came alive, and Chu Shen eagerly picked it up to check, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, for it was a message from his mother.

His mother was good at everything, except she was too controlling. Since he was a child, this was forbidden, and that was not allowed... Ever since he advanced to the Constellation stage, he hadn't been to the All Phenomena Ocean yet.

The last time he ran away from home, it was just to visit the All Phenomena Ocean to broaden his horizons. You see, he was a native cultivator of the All Phenomena Galaxy. If a local cultivator hasn't seen the All Phenomena Ocean, wouldn't it be laughable if word got out?

Unexpectedly, halfway through, he was caught by someone and taken back... truly embarrassing.

He was originally to be grounded for several years, but then the Constellation Palace suddenly opened, giving him the chance to leave Cheling World, because even his mother knew that such a great opportunity laying ahead, it would be unreasonable to obstruct it.

There were Moon Jades rampant in the All Phenomena Ocean, but not in the Constellation Palace. There, only those in the Constellation Realm came and went. With his means of self-preservation, as long as he was in the Constellation Palace, no one in the Constellation Realm could do anything to him.

The message from the audio talisman was simple, only one sentence: "How are my son's battle results? Are you invincible?"

The message came so timely, it was obvious that his mother had been trying to contact him all along, but during the competition, the audio talisman couldn't transmit messages. Only upon returning to the Constellation Palace could messages be delivered.

Chu Shen pouted, his mother was treating him like he was a big shot like Fa Wuzun! Invincible indeed, but that wasn't him...

He lazily replied: "So-so, average."

"It seems my son has gained something, not bad, not bad."

No one knows a child better than their mother; if Chu Shen hadn't gained anything, it wouldn't be this tone.

Switching the topic, Jiu Yan instructed: "But you still need to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, keep up the good work."

"Got it, Mom, you're so nagging! You have this spare time, why not find yourself a man and see if you can have a second spring."

"What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat, come out here!"

"I won't! If you have the guts, come in!"

"You come out!"

"You come in!"

The audio talisman was silent for a moment before another message came: "If you have the guts to hide in there forever, if you dare come out, I'll catch and keep you locked up for twenty years, watching you every day, not leaving my side by ten paces."

Chu Shen couldn't help but slap his own mouth, secretly hating how uncontrollable his mouth was. His mother's words could be very literal.

Locked up for twenty years, not leaving her side by ten paces... How terrifying.

He quickly transmitted a message of apology and admitting fault, but this time Jiu Yan was evidently angered by him, ignoring his sincerity regardless.

With no choice, Chu Shen could only say: "By the way, Mom, didn't you ask me to keep an eye out for potential talents to recruit? I discovered one named Fa Wuzun. Although only at the Constellation Mid-Stage, even an ordinary Late Stage can't last ten seconds under his hand. His strength is immeasurable, and I truly admire him."

Jiu Yan, from Cheling World, was not only a local cultivator of the All Phenomena Galaxy but also one of the high-ranking cultivators of the All Phenomena Merchants Guild. Such a gigantic organization has an insatiable thirst for talent and has been recruiting outstanding talents from all corners.

Before Chu Shen entered the Constellation Palace, Jiu Yan had indeed asked him to keep an eye on this matter whenever he had time, both to discover talents and to let Chu Shen see the gap between himself and others.

If it were ordinary talents, Jiu Yan wouldn't have much interest. No matter how impressive, it was just a Constellation, nothing but an ant in the face of her Sun Blaze.

But conquering a Late Stage in under ten seconds, that was quite remarkable.

Such a person is typically groomed only by the top-notch domains, the elite of the elite.

Yet, upon thinking back, Jiu Yan had no recollection of the name Fa Wuzun, not one from any top-tier domain.

She sent a message to have someone investigate the situation.

A moment later, amidst Chu Shen's anxious waiting, the audio talisman finally responded: "The one currently ranked thirteenth on the Cumulated Points Ranking?"

Chu Shen looked up at the Cumulated Points Ranking and indeed found Fa Wuzun's name in the thirteenth spot.

When he first met Fa Wuzun, he thought it was someone with the same name; but after Fa Wuzun easily dealt with a Constellation Late Stage, he knew it wasn't a duplicate name. Fa Wuzun in front of him was indeed the one on the Cumulated Points Ranking.

Previously, he was seventeenth, now thirteenth, further proving it.

"Yes, that's him!"

"Are you sure he's only at the Constellation Mid-Stage?"

"Mom, your son fought alongside him this time, even lent a considerable hand. I surely couldn't be mistaken about his cultivation."

"Tell me more!" Jiu Yan became intrigued.