“My, my. This is troublesome.”

The eunuch, who had taken the order from Liu Bian, was a skinny man in his 50s. His face was covered in pimples and scars, and his skin was as rough as sandpaper.

He was an early-stage nascent soul expert. His strength and combat experience were inferior to Jia Shan and others, but he could defeat everyone under his realm with ease.

Head Eunuch Rang, the leader of all eunuchs in the palace, was in charge of all 12 units of the palace guards, which had the responsibility of protecting the royal family. Each unit consisted of two or three core pillar experts and over 100 foundation establishment realm officers.

Other forces also served the imperial clan, but these units under Eunuch Rang were the best. The armies under the imperial generals were not as intimidating as the royal guards.

Unless the top sects mobilized all their troops, no one would be able to post a threat to the imperial clan. Even the Wei Huang Army was no match against them. The only reason that the demon army hadn’t been destroyed by the royal guards yet was because of the infighting between the eunuchs and the imperial clan’s officers.

At the moment, Eunuch Rang had abandoned the emperor and his other sons. His units followed Liu Bian and served solely as his personal royal guards. Meanwhile, many generals, including Dong Zhongying, had joined forces with the brother-in-law of the emperor, the He Clan Leader. As the He Clan’s leader was contesting against the eunuchs for power in the court, he wanted to remove the royal guards and decrease Liu Bian’s influence.

Thus, the imperial army couldn’t afford to wage war left and right. They were too busy fighting among themselves, allowing their external enemies to roam freely.

And now, the genderless elder carried the edict to the deck of the flagship, which his colleagues were protecting. Nine other core pillar realm eunuchs were sitting in a circle, and two mid-stage nascent soul generals were playing chess nearby.

“The prince has given me new orders. I shall lead a unit to scout Siren City. Is there anyone wanting to join me?”

The generals glanced at Eunuch Rang, but they resumed their chess game. As for the others, they ignored him and continued meditating.

The head eunuch scoffed, “Suit yourself.”

…

30 Minutes later, the eunuch elder brought 100 5th-stage experts and flew south, heading toward the Siren City. Along the way, they scanned the perimeter to record the number of outstanding cultivators in the area.

Normally, it should have taken Eunuch Rang a few minutes to travel 10 kilometers. However, he took an hour to arrive as he had taken too many detours.

The eunuch gazed at the red barrier dome and tall walls. He took notes of the array formation and activated his domain, probing if any strong cultivator inside the city would notice his power.

It didn’t take long for Pang Lingming, Ju Shoufen, and Jia Wenhe to come out. They flew over the red dome barrier and greeted the company.

Jia Wenhe took the lead, “Sir, we have no quarrel with you. Why are you using your domain power and targeting us?”

Eunuch Rang grinned. He cupped his fist and humbly bowed despite being stronger than everyone here, “This lowly servant is an envoy from the crown prince. I’ve come here to scout the perimeter around Xuan City, and I thought that some fugitives might be hiding inside the array. I’m sorry if I offended you.”

While the eunuch was talking, he didn’t stop scanning inside the city. He soon discovered the presence of Ma Ping and Jia Shan.

‘One injured nascent soul… Is the other one a commoner? His aura seems familiar.’

Then, he found several interesting individuals. They had unusual Qi.

One cultivated demonic Qi. Several of them also had similar energy, but they were purer. Also, he detected several babies.

‘I see. They must be their family members, and one of them is either a heretic or a demon in disguise. I should ask for their identity.’

Eunuch Rang believed that the three elders in front of him came out to protect their clan members or their family. He smiled and took a friendly stance, “Please forgive me for disturbing you. I shall guide my soldiers away and leave you alone.”

Jia Wenhe heaved a sigh of relief, “Thank you.”

“Oh, by the way, may I know your name? Are you here to join the auction event as well?”

“I’m Jia Wenhe, the former alchemist from the Myriad Cauldron Sect. These two are my colleagues. The people inside the city are my family!”

“OH!! So, you’re a clan of alchemists. Such a talented family, I see.”

“…”

“Well, I won’t disturb you anymore. Have a great day!”

Eunuch Rang followed Liu Bian’s order. He led his troops away since there were many strong cultivators in this city.

If the crown prince wanted to attack this place, they would need to mobilize more than two squads. He would also have to bring the two generals to battle as well.

However, that wasn’t a wise move. Liu Bian had too many enemies, so he shouldn’t offend an unknown force. Instead, it would be wiser to make friends with them.

‘I should inform the prince that they’re friendly people. Fighting seems unnecessary here.’

…

Eunuch Rang kept his discovery to himself. He didn’t tell Liu Bian about the presence of the demonic Qi. However, he revealed the existence of several experts.

“Am I hearing things? One nascent soul, three core pillars, two foundation establishment, and the rest are essence gathering realm experts? They also have babies?”

This was the first time that Liu Bian had heard about Jia Wenhe. He was surprised that there was another hidden clan with a nascent soul expert.

Liu Bian had a solemn expression as he thought of the emerging unnamed faction. He consulted with his system.

‘System, is it possible to recruit another faction to be my vessel?’

Ding

[Yes. However, their clan leader must wholeheartedly surrender to you. Or else, they will not be considered as your subjects, and you won’t be able to view their statuses.]

‘Good. Then, who is their clan leader?’

[You don’t have enough permission to access this information.]

[You must construct additional pylons!]

“…”

Not only did Cao Mao have a trolling system sponsor, but Liu Bian also got an obnoxious system. He was tired of hearing this StarCraft meme over and over again.

“You know what, let’s befriend them.”

Liu Bian gave Eunuch Rang a spatial ring, which contained several sets of a certain sky-grade armor, the basilisk armor. These outdated armor sets had once belonged to his father. The latter used to supply men in the past with these gears, but now, Liu Bian had found a better use for them.

“There are about 100 sets of basilisk armor in there. Give it to them and tell them that it’s a token of friendship from me. Also, invite them to my warship, and treat them with the utmost respect.”

Eunuch Rang grinned from ear to ear, “Of course! It shall be done.”

“Remember, I want to befriend them, don’t do anything that might make them become our enemies.”

“Of course!”

The eunuch left Liu Bian’s cabin.

But after he had closed the door, his smiling face turned into a sneer. He allocated 99 sets of basilisk armor into his spatial ring, leaving only one set in Liu Bian’s ring.

Next, he replaced the armor with useless herbs, wild grasses, second-handed refined stones, and worn-out magic weaponry that the imperial soldiers had discarded.

The embezzlement was completed. Eunuch Rang then went back to see Jia Wenhe again.

…

“Thank you for your gift, but we’re too busy at the moment. Please tell the crown prince that we have to decline his invitation. You see, we’re in the middle of concocting several high-graded pills for the next auction event.”

“Oh, I see. That’s unfortunate,” Despite saying that, Eunuch Rang didn’t care. He had already stolen the prince’s gifts. Each set of armor could fetch at least a hundred refined stones, so he made a lot of money on this trip.

“Well, I shall take my leave and inform the prince. Please excuse me.”

The eunuch and his squads left.

Jia Wenhe checked what he got from the prince after the suspicious envoy had left. When he saw the items, he clicked his tongue.

‘Do you think you can buy us with such trash!? Liu Bian, you’re looking down on us!’

Jia Wenhe flew back to the city. Then, he showed them what he got from the eunuch and told them of what had happened.

When Ma Ping heard that the crown prince attempted to buy their loyalty with cheap items, he was infuriated. The royal family had betrayed him, and now, they insulted his pride.

“Let’s be patient. We’ll get them soon enough! Liu Hong and his sons will pay for this insolence!”

Ma Shoucheng and Pang Lingming were also offended. They were so angry that they tossed away the spatial ring, not wanting to even look at items from the son of their nemesis anymore.

Ma Moxi grabbed the ring in glee. He replaced his leather armor with the basilisk armor. Then, he sorted the usable herbs, planning to create more pills.

…

Meanwhile, Cao Mao heavily invested in his inventory spaces. He absorbed all energy from 100 essence cores and unlocked as many inventory slots as possible.

In the end, he had 40 slots to store his cauldron, herbs, and other supplies. But they were not enough.

Cao Mao invested some more by unlocking Jiang Lan’s inventory slots to the limit. Each of them could bring 40 types of items into the space.

He had over 5,100,000 liters of life essence when he absorbed the energy from the essence cores. However, investing in the inventory space decreased his energy pool by 400,000 liters!

Still, the investment was worth it. Cao Mao could use Jiang Lan to transport items from the real world to the ITS.

By calling Jiang Lan over and transferring items from his rings to their inventory in the real world, Cao Mao saved a lot of time transferring items into his space.

After the yin slaves had received all items from Cao Mao, the latter meditated and entered the space first. Next, he summoned Jiang Lan to his ITS and transported his items there. Afterward, Cao Mao ejected her from the space and let Jiang Lan store more items in her inventory slots. Then, the process repeated until all items had been moved into the space.

It took a few minutes in the real world to complete everything. In exchange, the Isolation Training Space was filled with mountains of herbs and alchemic tools.

From that point on, Cao Mao started working!

But transferring all the items in the space was stressful. He summoned Jiang Lan back again to relieve himself. Using this thot’s soft body was the best on this occasion since her moan and orgasm reactions were sexiest among all yin slaves.

50 hours later inside the space, Cao Mao refrained himself from going overboard. He ejected Jiang Lan from the space to begin his work!

But he needed guidance from a master. After all, learning from an expert would be faster than experimenting blindly. Therefore, Cao Mao summoned Ju Shoufen to the space.

Now, he started working, for real!

However, Ju Shoufen was a curious alchemist. She collected Cao Mao’s leftover semen and juices from the previous activities with Jiang Lan, planning to keep the liquid for her future experiments. She forgot that his semen carried a strong aphrodisiac, and she touched it.

As such, she got into the mood.

Cao Mao was a gentle pedophile. If a little girl got into the mood, he had the duty to satisfy her, especially if the requester was a legal loli. Thus, this perverted bear got his way with the loli grandma again.

50 hours later inside the space, Cao Mao stopped himself from being sidetracked. He resumed his work… REALLY resumed his work this time.

But his teacher was out of commission. Furthermore, his semen in her belly intoxicated her. The only words that came out of Ju Shoufen’s mouth were ‘More’.

The loop continued.

At one point, Cao Mao thought to himself.

‘Will I be able to make the divine pill at this rate!?’