Chapter 2898: Golden Valley

Chapter 2898: Chapter 2898: Golden Valley

Months later, Fang Bai successfully consolidated his half-step divine emperor realm.

After emerging from seclusion, he had a long conversation with the Tiankui God Emperor, who acted as his protector, in the temple.

As for what they talked about, it was unknown to other experts.

Nevertheless, many experts saw the Tiankui God Emperor leaving the temple where Fang Bai resided with a joyful and satisfied expression.

This sight was noticed by the experts of the Dark Tribe, who felt vaguely uneasy.

Indeed, one day later, the Golden City’s City Lord Mansion announced a major news:

From this day onwards, Fang Bai was appointed as the Deputy City Lord of Golden City.

When this news spread, the myriad experts within Golden City found it unsurprising. After all, Fang Bai could refine and was a half-step divine emperor; his ability was evident. It was natural for the City Lord Mansion to ally with him.

However, for the experts of the Dark Tribe, this was extremely bad news, disrupting their plans.

Fang Bai becoming the Deputy City Lord of Golden City meant close ties with the Golden Clan. If they wanted to assassinate Fang Bai, it meant making enemies of the Golden Clan.

The Golden Clan, with countless experts, although slightly inferior to the Dark Tribe, was not to be trifled with.

Especially in Golden City, where the Tiankui God Emperor presided, the Dark Tribe attempting to assassinate Fang Bai would be nearly impossible unless their own divine emperor personally intervened.

Moreover, even if their divine emperor arrived personally, he would have to act far away from Golden City. Otherwise, once the Tiankui God Emperor intervened, the situation would become increasingly difficult.

Behind the Tiankui God Emperor is the entire Golden Clan; should he intervene, it could potentially escalate into a conflict between the Golden Clan and the Dark Tribe.

Therefore, after consultation, the Dark Tribe experts within Golden City decided that while the plan to assassinate Fang Bai and the others from the Emperor’s Palace would proceed, they must be doubly cautious.

On the day Fang Bai was appointed as Deputy City Lord of Golden City, an expert from the Dark Tribe left Golden City, heading to the domain of the Dark Tribe.

"The departure of the Dark Tribe expert likely concerns your Emperor’s Palace experts. Therefore, you must be more cautious in the future."

The departure of the Dark Tribe expert did not escape the keen eyes of the Tiankui God Emperor, who immediately summoned Fang Bai and other Emperor’s Palace experts, and said to them.

Fang Bai was indifferent to this, smiled lightly, and said, "As long as the Dark Tribe does not have high-rank Divine Emperor Realm experts acting, other Dark Tribe experts will find it difficult to kill me!"

He is now at the half-step divine emperor cultivation level, unless a high-rank divine emperor realm expert acts, he is unlikely to be seriously threatened, and other divine emperor realm experts almost have no chance to take his life.

As for the Dark Principal God, of course, he could easily crush him, but as Tiankui God Emperor mentioned before, beings like the Dark Principal God, supreme and matchless, will not act lightly unless it concerns the survival of their tribe, and certainly will not confront a half-step divine emperor like Fang Bai.

Therefore, Fang Bai’s words carried confidence.

The Tiankui God Emperor knew that an innate spirit root like Fang Bai had the ability to challenge across levels, and fighting against initial stage divine emperor realm experts was no problem.

But to say Fang Bai had the ability to counter mid-stage divine emperor realm experts, he was a bit doubtful.

One must know, a mid-stage divine emperor realm expert is at least equivalent to seven or eight initial stage divine emperor realm experts; the power gap in this minor realm is not just significant.

But since Fang Bai said this, the Tiankui God Emperor did not advise further, only reminded him not to be careless or complacent.

Moreover, the Dark Tribe is currently engaged in battles with other major forces, occupying many divine emperor realm experts, making it unlikely they would dispatch significant divine emperor realm experts to target innate spirit root experts like Fang Bai.

Furthermore, Fang Bai’s role as Deputy City Lord of Golden City is now clear, and if Dark Tribe experts dare to assassinate him within Golden Clan’s territory, it would be akin to declaring war.

As long as Fang Bai remains within the domain ruled by the Golden Clan, he should be safe.

After advancing to a half-step divine emperor, Fang Bai was sought by countless tribal experts for alchemy and artifact refining, always welcoming them as long as he had free time.

Especially several divine emperor realm experts residing in Golden City personally visited Fang Bai, inquiring if he could assist in refining divine artifacts, to which Fang Bai always agreed.

Thus, besides the Dark Tribe, Fang Bai established good relations with experts from various tribes through his identity as an Alchemist and Artifact Refiner.

Although Fang Bai is the Deputy City Lord of Golden City, his relationship with the Golden Clan is essentially an alliance, allowing his Emperor’s Palace to develop freely.

During his years in Golden City, Fang Bai recruited numerous experts from various tribes into the Emperor’s Palace, which grew from dozens to thousands of experts, each with divine emperor realm cultivation, significantly strengthening its overall power.

Fang Bai, having lived in Golden City for several years, began to feel restless.

Because at his current cultivation realm, the resources required for his cultivation were all at the divine emperor realm level, and merely relying on what the City Lord Mansion provided was far from sufficient.

Fang Bai thought this would not do; he did not wish his cultivation progress to slow down because of it.

Since becoming at odds with the Dark Tribe, Fang Bai felt that one day he would face the entire Dark Tribe, thus he felt a sense of urgency, hoping to become stronger to face the Dark Tribe’s retaliation calmly in the future.

"Stay well within the city; I will go in search of cultivation resources."

On that day, after explaining the Dao of cultivation to the Emperor’s Palace experts, Fang Bai instructed them to stay in the temple to cultivate peacefully while he left Golden City alone to seek cultivation resources in Golden Valley, a million li away.

Fang Bai heard about Golden Valley from the Tiankui God Emperor.

It is said that within a million li of Golden Valley, there are many chaotic divine beasts of golden attribute and cultivation resources, including those at the divine emperor realm.

However, Golden Valley is perilous, and divine emperor realm experts must work together to venture there; those who dare enter alone are usually divine emperor realm experts.

Fang Bai believes that with the aid of the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade and the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron, he should be able to navigate through and out of Golden Valley.

After becoming a half-step divine emperor, this was Fang Bai’s first journey far, and his flying speed was many times faster than before.

Although he did not exert full effort, the million li journey was swiftly completed in just over ten breaths.

Golden Valley is a vast and boundless canyon, verdant and lush, with mountains and rivers within, enveloped by a natural divine power barrier, resembling a hidden minor world.

Experts with cultivation levels below the divine emperor realm cannot break through the divine power barrier to enter Golden Valley.

Fang Bai, like lightning, directly passed through the divine power barrier, landing on a mountain peak within Golden Valley, immediately sensing a wave of golden power enveloping him.