You bid farewell to Doctor Dong and left the Qianming Mountain Range, returning to the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams.

After a long journey, you arrived back at the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams.

Sang Yi, following your instructions, had recruited over ten more disciples.

These dozen-plus individuals were elites meticulously selected from thousands of candidates.

Your reputation as the number one under heaven was simply too resounding.

The previously obscure minor sect, Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams, suddenly became the most mysterious and powerful faction in all of Great Qian, its prestige directly overshadowing the Five Great Sects and Three Great Demon Cults.

When Sang Yi announced the recruitment message, heroes from across the land swarmed in like schools of fish crossing a river.

Even many Grandmasters came during that period. For a time, massive crowds completely clogged the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams square until not a drop of water could trickle through.

Sang Yi never expected this kind of scene and was immediately stunned, but he had no choice but to steel himself and proceed.

Thus, Sang Yi, the senior disciple of the sect at merely the Marrow Washing stage, began interviewing martial artists at the Grandmaster realm.

Facing the Grandmaster martial artists who sat boldly and confidently opposite him with their imposing auras, sweat poured down Sang Yi's forehead.

Yet Sang Yi still had to carefully inquire about their backgrounds, educational history, and average number of people killed per day.

Fortunately, these Grandmaster martial artists were quite decent people and thoughtfully wiped the sweat from Sang Yi's brow.

They even politely said, "Senior Brother, please ask away. If there's anything improper, feel free to criticize."

Sang Yi ultimately kept six Grandmaster martial artists and eight Dragon Transformation martial artists, waiting for your return to make the final decision.

When you landed at the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams, it was Sang Yi's little disciple Yi Pingxin guarding the mountain gate.

The moment Yi Pingxin saw you return, he became so excited he nearly knelt before you. During this time, he had learned too many of your glorious deeds.

First, you alone charged into the imperial palace and, under the siege of over twenty Ultimate Grandmasters, forcefully executed the supreme Ultimate Grandmaster Li Anlong.

Then you were appointed State Preceptor by the new emperor Li Jiang, yet you disdained to appear in person, only sending a disciple to accept Li Jiang's three bows on your behalf.

If not for Yi Pingxin's master Sang Yi returning from the capital to confirm these events, Yi Pingxin wouldn't even dare to dream such dreams.

Recently, Yi Pingxin also heard how you alone with your blade frightened away over twenty Ultimate Grandmasters on the East Sea, with no one daring to approach within a hundred li of you.

Seeing you now, Yi Pingxin regarded you like a deity, immediately standing at attention with determined eyes: "Sect Leader!"

You nodded slightly and entered the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams.

Yi Pingxin, like a fanboy who successfully met his idol, was overjoyed in his heart.

Yi Pingxin felt extremely fortunate to have joined the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams early. Otherwise, nowadays, merely getting a glimpse of the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams would count as a dream fulfilled, let alone joining.

Yi Pingxin also never imagined that before he even started working hard, his sect had already become a top-tier faction through its own efforts. What a peculiar situation.

You had just reached the sect square and not yet entered the main hall when Sang Yi immediately came forward to report on the disciple recruitment situation.

You told him to bring everyone to the main hall, and you entered as well.

Soon Sang Yi brought the people. Fourteen martial artists stood in a row below, each introducing their age, height, measurements, and place of origin.

You casually sat on the elevated throne, inexplicably wanting to shout "next group," but realized the setting wasn't quite appropriate.

Finally, you casually glanced over them and spoke indifferently: "Keep them all."

These martial artists were immediately ecstatic with joy, bowing and kowtowing.

In your current view, there was no difference between Grandmasters and Ultimate Grandmasters.

You dismissed these people and then asked Sang Yi if there had been any recent letters.

Sang Yi immediately produced a letter and handed it to you.

Only then did you become interested, thinking it might be news about the Earth Source. But when you opened it, you were immediately disappointed.

It was actually a letter from Prince Yongning Li Yu, saying he wished to visit at your convenience and hoping for your reply.

You could roughly guess Li Yu's purpose.

When Li Anlong was around, he could strongly suppress Li Yu. But with Li Anlong gone, this Li Yu was getting restless.

You estimated Li Yu was planning to stir up some trouble this time.

"Is the emperor's position really that great? Everyone wants to fight for it?" You shook your head and smiled. "Maybe someday I'll go sit on it too, see if the dragon throne actually pokes your butt!"

Sang Yi's eyelids twitched upon hearing your words, standing below without daring to speak.

You casually shattered the letter with a vibration. You paid no attention to Li Yu and had no intention of replying.

Aside from Li Yu's letter, there were no other letters, so you directly returned to Youtong County.

The distance from Maoxian County where the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams was located to Youtong County was only a few days' journey.

Soon, you returned to your mansion in Youtong County.

As soon as you entered the mansion, Old Wang came straight up to you as usual: "Young Master, you've finally returned!!"

"Old Wang, could you change your line next time?"

Old Wang: "Young Master, you've finally come back!!"

You nodded: "Alright then, at least you changed the modal particle."

Old Wang continued: "By the way, Young Master, one of those two young ladies who came to the mansion for the banquet the other day visited a few days ago."

Your eyes lit up: "Which one?"

"The one you kept staring at with that lecherous look during dinner that night."

Your expression turned serious: "Old Wang, do you always maliciously speculate about people like this?"

"Young Master, I'm just speaking my true feelings."

"Sometimes your subjective feelings can unintentionally hurt many people, you know?"

"Young Master, are those hurt people responsible for paying my monthly wages?"

"Of course."

"Young Master, I think I can break my bad habit of speaking harsh truths from now on."

You patted Old Wang's shoulder approvingly: "No wonder you can be the chief steward!"

"All for Young Master's satisfaction!"

You asked again: "When exactly did that young lady come?"

Old Wang thought for a moment: "She came two days ago."

"Did she leave any message for me before leaving?"

"No."

"No message?"

"She didn't leave."

You: "..."

Old Wang: "..."

"Old Wang!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

"Have I been too good to you lately?"

"Not just lately, Young Master has always been very good to me!"

You nodded: "You're quite quick-witted. If you went to study for the imperial exams, you could definitely enter the palace and become a Chief Eunuch!"

"Young Master flatters me!"

You looked toward the direction of the rear courtyard: "Where did you arrange for that young lady to stay?"

"In Xiangqin Court, just separated by one wall from your private courtyard."

Your eyes widened, and you suddenly shouted loudly: "Old Wang! Don't say I didn't warn you beforehand—go to the accounts office and collect two hundred taels as reward!"

After speaking, you ran toward Xiangqin Court. Old Wang quickly pulled you back: "Young Master, it's not appropriate to go now!"

"Not appropriate?" You squinted your eyes and thought, "Isn't that exactly appropriate!"

As you made to leave again, Old Wang finally said: "No, Young Master, that young lady isn't in Xiangqin Court right now. She went out and said she wouldn't return until tonight."

You stopped walking: "Old Wang, who exactly taught you this art of speaking? Would finishing your sentences in one go cost you a piece of flesh?"

"Young Master, my apologies. I'll do the same next time."

"Disappear from my sight immediately."

Old Wang shrunk his neck and scurried away.

You looked up at the sky and murmured: "Returning in the evening is good..."

But it was still only afternoon, so you went to the zoo.

You found the He siblings.

The two siblings were still diligently tending to animals together in a pasture. When they saw you, they immediately ran over: "Young Master He!"

When the two siblings reached your side, you smiled and said: "Let me announce some good news—you don't need to work here anymore!"

He Shan and He Yingchun looked at each other in surprise.

He Shan asked urgently: "Young Master He, did we do something wrong?!"

He Yingchun also quickly asked: "Yes, Young Master He, if there are any problems we can improve!"

You gestured with both hands for them to calm down: "Don't rush. I mean we won't be running the zoo here anymore. I want you to go raise animals in the Qianming Mountain Range."

After discovering the spiritual energy of the Qianming Mountain Range, you abandoned your beast king competition plan.

Because you only needed to raise beasts in the Qianming Mountain Range for extended periods, waiting for them to naturally absorb spiritual energy into their bodies, to obtain potent beast blood. The effect was countless times better than the beast king competition.

The siblings looked at each other, remaining silent and appearing hesitant.

You smiled faintly: "Don't worry, it's not to make you work with Dong Zhijie. I'll establish a separate zoo for you!"

Only then did the two siblings feel relieved, dispelling the gloom in their hearts, and they agreed without hesitation to go to the Qianming Mountain Range.

Although their family was in Youtong County, home is wherever the breeze blows—as long as they could make money.

You told them to go home and prepare, as you were about to begin frantically cultivating potent beast blood.

With the beast taming manual combined with Blood Essence Pills, you estimated your final breeding scale would even surpass that of the Beast Taming Sect.

You would become better at beast taming than the Beast Taming Sect itself. When the time came, you could release your fierce beast army to show the Beast Taming Sect what real beast taming looked like.

That petty Kong Ling, being so stingy with three Emberhawks—when the time came, you would show him what true beast taming meant.

After giving instructions to the He siblings, you immediately returned to your mansion.

Not because there was any urgent matter, of course, but simply because it was almost dark and you were afraid of the dark.

Returning to the mansion, you began contemplating the Mountain-Cleaving Sword Earth Source.

This time, however, you weren't in the training room but sat contemplating in the main hall, mainly because the main hall was spacious and conducive to open thinking.

It also allowed you to occasionally glance toward the screen wall at the main entrance to see if anyone was entering the mansion.

Soon, the moon rose above the willow tips, and night fell.

Gradually, no more servants passed through either side of the screen wall into the mansion, leaving only a cold stone screen wall that made the mansion seem much quieter.

Another half hour passed.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded from behind the screen wall—light yet steady.

Soon, a splash of bright color flashed from behind the stone screen wall.

A slender white dress emerged from behind the screen wall.

Wan Qingluan held a string of golden, sweet sugar-oil fruits in each hand.

The string in her right hand was being munched on noisily by her rosy little mouth, while the left string remained complete, still steaming hot.

You looked up. The night's bright moonlight poured down on her, covering her entirely in clear radiance.

Wan Qingluan's steps halted as she simultaneously saw you.

Her cool, peerlessly beautiful face suddenly brightened with a brilliant smile.

She extended the string of sugar-oil fruits in her left hand forward and said with a laugh: "Good friend, I specially bought these for you. They're delicious!"