"Apart from the Battle Clan, the Five Divine Guard Corps and Three Great Legions are also steadily developing."

Liuyun continued, "However, the Three Great Legions were established a bit later, so in terms of overall strength, they currently cannot compare with the Five Divine Guard Corps."

"Therefore, Elder Lian Yuze revised your original rules, allowing the Three Great Legions to remain continuously in the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son for cultivation. They don’t need to take turns guarding the Sect, and resources like Spirit Crystals are made available for their use, in hopes that the Three Great Legions can close the strength gap with the Five Divine Guard Corps in the shortest time possible."

Su Han’s eyes flashed, and he smiled, "Lian Yuze did well, considering the bigger picture, truly worthy of the title of First Elder."

"If he hears you praising him like this, he’ll be overjoyed."

Liuyun smiled and continued, "Overall, the development of the Phoenix Sect is going well. The main concern for everyone has been the lack of resources, especially since the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son is extremely powerful. One day outside is equivalent to one hundred and fifty days inside. One year outside is equivalent to one hundred and fifty years inside... "

"Even those with the lowest aptitude still cultivate at a speed one hundred and fifty times faster than others, and the resource consumption is undoubtedly immense."

"But now, thanks to the Spirit Crystals provided by the Sect Master and God Slaying King, we can sustain ourselves for quite a while longer, haha!"

"Resources..."

Ling Xiao sighed lightly, then said, "It’s fortunate that when we were on Tianlin Star, we directly seized the Luck Suppression Pearl; otherwise, we would have wasted billions of Spirit Crystals."

Ye Xiaofei immediately retorted, "Whether you seize it or not, the Wang Family Ancestor would break through anyway. If you seize it directly, the Wang Family Ancestor might have shown up even faster! Besides, do you think just because your cultivation base is now higher, you can overlook everything and just keep seizing things? Do you know the extent of their background? Haven’t we suffered enough losses this time?"

"I was just saying..." Ling Xiao awkwardly rubbed his nose.

Su Han shook his head with a smile and said to Liuyun, "The Phoenix Sect is doing fine internally, but it’s also time to start expanding outward. We can’t just continue hiding on Phoenix Star; otherwise, even after millions of years, it will still only be an Entry-Level Sect." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"We have already started expanding..."

Liuyun cautiously looked at Su Han. He remembered that before Su Han left, he said it would be fine to just guard the Phoenix Sect temporarily and that there was no need to expand.

Seeing Su Han looking at him, Liuyun couldn’t help but shrink his neck and continued, "This was also the Deputy Sect Master’s idea..."

There was no doubt that the ’Deputy Sect Master’ referred to Lian Yuze.

"What was the result?" Su Han asked directly.

"Although we’ve begun expanding, we haven’t recruited any new disciples yet; we’ve only organized some disciples from the Phoenix Sect into Mercenary Groups like those from other Sects, gradually placing scouts on nearby unclaimed star systems."

Liuyun said, "In addition to that, the Deputy Sect Master arranged for many people to register as formal mercenaries, and half of the earnings from the tasks they complete are handed over to the Sect."

"Over at the Starry Arena, with help from the Three Legions of Heavenly Mountain Pavilion, we also dispatched a hundred thousand people from the Phoenix Sect to accompany them, hoping to gain some advantages there. Even if we don’t, there are still plenty of Spirit Crystals there, and discovering a Spirit Crystal vein could mean billions of Spirit Crystals."

"Lastly, the Deputy Sect Master originally planned to get someone to register as assassins since being an assassin is the fastest way to make money..."

Upon saying this, Liuyun sneaked a glance at Su Han, and seeing Su Han’s calm expression, he let out a sigh of relief.

He continued, "However, this idea was eventually abandoned by the Deputy Sect Master. Although being an assassin is the quickest way to make money, it’s undoubtedly the most dangerous and the easiest way to offend others."

"Of course, the main reason is that the Deputy Sect Master believes you wouldn’t approve, as it would be excessive to assassinate without any resentment or enmity."

"If they were all people deserving of death, it wouldn’t be a problem, but some people are honest and upright. Killing them would be hard to justify."

Su Han listened quietly and only spoke after Liuyun finished speaking.

"You cannot register as assassins, nor can you engage in such practices; that’s for sure."

Su Han said in a deep voice, "Apart from the assassin matter, everything else Lian Yuze arranged was very good. Although he disobeyed my order, he adjusted the strategy based on real-time situations, which I can’t blame. On the contrary, he deserves a reward."

"Of course, but since he disobeyed orders first, the reward will be waived as both cancel each other out."

"Stingy..." Liuyun couldn’t help but mutter.

Su Han immediately glared, "I just gave you guys nine trillion, and you call me stingy?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Liuyun began to cough violently: "You could even hear that..."

Ling Xiao and Ye Xiaofei couldn’t help but laugh out loud. This Liuyun really is a living treasure!

"Now that the Mercenary Group is formed and has already gone to the Starry Arena, how about discussing the gains?" Su Han asked further.

"They’ve only been at the Starry Arena for a month, so there aren’t any significant gains yet."

Liuyun shook his head, then said, "However, one of our Mercenary Groups under the Phoenix Sect discovered a Spirit Crystal vein. It’s unclear how large it is, but strangely enough, it’s filled with a large amount of Magic Elements. Without a mage in the group, it would have been impossible to sense it."

"Hmm?"

Su Han’s eyes narrowed. A place where Demon Crystal Stone and Spirit Crystal coexisted?

Based on past life experience, such places often have a great likelihood of containing Star Power!

Star Power, a force on par with the Power of Heaven and Earth, but its practical effects are below the Power of Heaven and Earth.

However, it is definitely above Spirit Crystals!

The Five-Colored Supreme Shadow can increase height with Star Power while simultaneously multiplying Su Han’s overall strength.

With Su Han’s Five-Colored Supreme Shadow having already reached seven hundred feet in height, achieving further growth would require considerable Star Power.

"Where is it?" Su Han asked.

"On Mixed Spirit Star!"

Liuyun had already anticipated Su Han’s question and immediately took out a map.

On this map were numerous red dots, each representing a star system.

"Mixed Spirit Star is fifty-six star systems away from the Phoenix Sect, and it is an unclaimed star system with ninety percent of its inhabitants being Loose Cultivators. Any power there is weak and insignificant."

Liuyun spoke, then pointed to some red dots surrounding Mixed Spirit Star, saying, "But the troubling part is that there are at least six force-holding stars surrounding Mixed Spirit Star. These forces have set up Teleportation Formations on Mixed Spirit Star for Loose Cultivators to use, so every trip requires a certain amount of Spirit Crystals."

"That’s not the main issue; the main issue is..."

"When our Phoenix Sect discovered that Spirit Crystal vein, three other Sects also discovered it!"