The entire universe belonged to Emperor Guiyi's rule, so people often referred to the Immortal Realm as the Guiyi Realm.
Huang Feifei was currently in the territory of the Earth Dog General, one of the seventy-two Earthly Fiends.
The Guiyi Realm was tightly organized, with no sects or similar powers.
Emperor Guiyi or his generals appointed trusted subordinates as officials to manage all affairs of the realm in a hierarchical manner.
The status of officials in the Guiyi Realm symbolized absolute authority and was not to be offended.
For instance, even though Huang Feifei displayed her Immortal Lord cultivation, an official at the Heavenly Immortal realm before her remained arrogant, paying her no heed.
"Who are you? Where do you come from? Are you registered?"
"This is my daughter's identity token. Please examine it."
Huang Feifei produced a jade token and handed it to the Heavenly Immortal official.
Everyone in the Guiyi Realm possessed such an identity token. Ordinary people used wooden tokens, while cultivators below Earth Immortal used gold, silver, bronze, or iron to distinguish their status.
From Earth Immortal onwards, all used jade tokens, which recorded information such as surname, birth, cultivation techniques, and power.
The Heavenly Immortal official glanced at the jade token and had already categorized Huang Feifei as someone he could easily manipulate.
The minor Heavenly Immortal official eyed Huang Feifei with his triangular eyes.
"Five months ago, you consigned three ten-thousand-year-old Sun-Rising Flowers at an auction. Is this true?"
"Indeed!"
Since the other party had come to her, they must have gathered sufficient evidence. Huang Feifei did not deny it.
"Where did you obtain these three Sun-Rising Flowers? Why was there no record of declaration?"
Huang Feifei's mind raced as she formulated a response.
She couldn't claim they were collected from the wild, as rare celestial herbs growing in the wild belonged to Emperor Guiyi and had to be surrendered.
Cultivating or purchasing them elsewhere required clear proof of origin, which she lacked.
Found them?
That wouldn't work either; found treasures should be reported promptly, or one would face punishment.
"My proof of origin is lost!"
After much deliberation, this was the only explanation that could be interpreted flexibly. A bribe with some immortal stones could resolve the issue.
As she spoke, Huang Feifei produced a storage bag and handed it with both hands to the Heavenly Immortal official.
The Heavenly Immortal official accepted the storage bag and scanned it with his divine sense, appearing satisfied with the contents.
Facing an Immortal Lord, he had to show some respect. If it were a cultivator of lesser strength, he would have extorted more.
"Be more careful next time!"
Having accepted a bribe, the minor Heavenly Immortal official swaggered away.
After this incident, Huang Feifei realized that to thrive and smoothly develop her ventures in this universe, she needed to obtain an official position.
Especially in the future, when she would need to gradually sell the large quantities of celestial herbs from the Young Master's space for immortal stones.
Without the guise of an official title, these celestial herbs could not be sold.
Subsequently, Huang Feifei invested considerable effort and wealth to secure a minor official position for herself.
Although she possessed Golden Immortal cultivation, a strong dragon could not suppress a local snake. As a newcomer, it was best not to antagonize the local rules.
Utilizing her purchased official status and colluding with other officials, Huang Feifei found that everything became much more convenient.
The celestial herbs from various spaces, after passing through her hands, became legal and compliant items when sold in different regions, and no one questioned them further.
During this period, the celestial herbs from the space flowed continuously to various regions, eagerly sought after by the cultivators of the Guiyi Realm.
In addition to earning immortal stones, Huang Feifei also acquired various rare mineral materials usable for refining immortal artifacts.
Previously, although Xiao Fei had many subordinates with combat power, they lacked sufficient materials and equipment.
Most battles were fought without immortal artifacts, relying solely on divine abilities.
The giant army, in particular, had weapons that were only large, their quality being rather poor, as Xiao Fei couldn't find enough materials to forge weapons for them.
Now, Huang Feifei collected materials and began equipping everyone with immortal artifacts.
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Xiao Fei had been in seclusion within the space for over a thousand years. He sat cross-legged on the mountaintop, his eyes slightly narrowed, with a thick layer of powdered spirit stones accumulated before him.
At this moment, he opened his eyes, and two brilliant golden lights flashed from them before quickly receding.
Xiao Fei had already broken through to the Golden Immortal realm hundreds of years ago and then continued to cultivate and consolidate for some time.
This breakthrough, like the previous ones, involved the Creation Jade Disk absorbing a large amount of immortal stones.
It consumed all his accumulated nearly two hundred million immortal stones and even drained a celestial vein. The cracks on the Creation Jade Disk had successfully repaired over a hundred more.
The cracks on the Creation Jade Disk were becoming fewer and fewer.
At this moment, Xiao Fei looked down from the mountaintop at the entire space. The area of the space had expanded tenfold, and the concentration of immortal energy had also significantly increased.
The current area of the space was comparable to the Immortal Realm.
As for the concentration of immortal energy, it had long surpassed that of the Immortal Realm.
Combined with the small worlds within the Jianmu World, his space was now akin to a universe.
The only drawback was that the space lacked sun, moon, and stars, the cycle of seasons, celestial veins, and mineral veins.
He had finally advanced to the Golden Immortal realm.
In the current era, only Supreme experts could still pose a threat to him.
Xiao Fei stood on the mountaintop, his heart surging with a sense of unparalleled dominance, feeling as if he was the only one capable of achieving such feats in this world.
Well, besides Supreme experts, there was at least the potential owner of the Creation Jade Disk.
It was important to remain humble.
After completing his cultivation, Xiao Fei emerged from seclusion. Huang Feifei had already prepared a cave dwelling for him in the city.
She had also procured a leisurely official post for Xiao Fei, facilitating his movements within this realm.
"Young Master, this is a piece of intelligence I've collected. Please take a look!"
After a long reunion, Huang Feifei greeted Xiao Fei with a hug before presenting him with a jade slip.
Xiao Fei accepted the jade slip and quickly scanned it with his divine sense.
He initially wore a smile, but as he read further, his expression turned puzzled.
"You're saying that this realm has many rare mineral ores circulating, but the actual output of mineral veins and ores in this realm is not high?"
Huang Feifei nodded affirmatively.
Her intelligence personnel were dispersed throughout various regions, and after several years, they had gathered information on the mineral resources of each area.
While not exceptionally detailed, the discrepancy between production and market flow was too significant, making it easy to analyze the results.
After reading this intelligence, Xiao Fei had a suspicion.
His space could cultivate various celestial herbs and immortal trees, but it could not produce mineral ores.
Considering that the Creation Jade Disk had other fragments, he now strongly suspected that these mineral ores were released by the owner of the Creation Jade Disk.
"Have your people investigate the origin of these mineral ores carefully, but be sure to proceed with caution."