Outside the Constellation Palace stood a palace-shaped treasure. Such treasures generally do not possess strong offensive or defensive capabilities; rather, they serve as short-stay palaces for powerful individuals, used for temporary stops. The cost of crafting them is quite high, so only those with some strength and capital can own one.

This particular Qingli Palace was quite renowned in the All Phenomena Galaxy because it belonged to Jiu Yan, a strong Sun Blaze cultivator from Cheling World.

The presence of Qingli Palace meant that Jiu Yan was here!

As a strong Sun Blaze Realm cultivator, Jiu Yan's strength was well recognized. Looking across the entire All Phenomena Galaxy, her personal prowess ranked among the top three.

However, she had a peculiar quirk that left people unsure of what to say — a quirk that had only emerged in the past twenty years: she was overly protective of her only son!

The young master's escape from Cheling World wasn't a one-time incident, but because he was being overly controlled.

Recently, the matter escalated. It's said that the young master was brought back tied up, bringing substantial rewards, to the envy of many.

Originally, the young master was to be grounded for a long time, but with the sudden opening of the Constellation Palace, Jiu Yan had to let him out to see the world.

However, she followed. Being a Sun Blaze cultivator, she naturally couldn't enter the Constellation Palace and had to stay outside. This was why Chu Shen could contact her anytime.

Under normal circumstances, if cultivators are in different spaces, audio talismans cannot convey messages. However, the Constellation Palace was special. Cultivators inside could communicate with those outside via audio talismans.

Of course, if a cultivator entered a confrontation area, like the Melee Battle Meet, they wouldn't be able to contact the outside and could only communicate internally within the Melee Battle Meet premises.

Near the Qingli Palace, even if cultivators passed by, they stayed away out of respect for the Sun Blaze cultivator and out of their own caution.

If one accidentally breached the taboos of a Sun Blaze cultivator here, they might perish without knowing how or why.

A figure flew swiftly from the direction of the Constellation Palace, deftly landing at the palace gates, where a Divine Sea Realm maid was waiting. She respectfully greeted, "Young Master!"

Chu Shen nodded slightly and stepped inside, calling out, "Mother."

"Come in!" came Jiu Yan's voice from inside. Just from her voice, one wouldn't imagine her to be a Sun Blaze cultivator, as her voice sounded quite youthful.

This was natural for her. Although she was a Sun Blaze cultivator and could disguise her voice a bit, she never did so. If someone underestimated her due to her youthful voice, they would undoubtedly pay a terrible price.

Chu Shen entered the inner hall and finally saw Jiu Yan.

From appearance alone, Jiu Yan didn't seem like a Sun Blaze cultivator. Though dressed in a magnificent palace outfit with an extraordinary aura, her petite figure gave off a girl-next-door vibe.

Chu Shen came before Jiu Yan and smiled mischievously, "Mother, look at the treasure I've brought you!"

Jiu Yan couldn't help but tap his head, "You're in the Constellation Realm now; stop messing around all the time!"

"Got it!" Chu Shen pouted, irritated by his mother's lecturing, then produced an array disc like showing off a treasure, even adding sound effects with his mouth, looking quite pleased with himself.

"Is this the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc?" Jiu Yan's eyes lit up as she took the disc and carefully examined it.

"Exactly!" Chu Shen nodded solemnly, "With this array disc, even unfamiliar cultivators can easily connect energies and form an array!"

Jiu Yan injected some spirit force into it, and a mystical power spread out. She quickly found that, as Chu Shen said, her energy seamlessly connected with Chu Shen's, and she could even draw power from his side through the array disc.

Chu Shen's expression turned solemn, secretly amazed.

He knew his mother was very strong, but until now, he had no direct sense of how strong she was.

With the energies connected through the array disc, he vaguely felt the immensely terrifying and yet restrained power within Jiu Yan. Such power could easily undo him with just a slight fluctuation!

"He just gave this precious item to you?" Although Jiu Yan knew about the previous agreement between Chu Shen and Fa Wuzun, when Chu Shen actually brought the disc back, she could hardly believe it.

Are there truly such generous people in this world? Or is there an ulterior motive?

Chu Shen grinned proudly, "Leader Fa treats me like a brother. A treasure like this, while valuable, is nothing, really!"

Jiu Yan smiled faintly. Whether Fa Wuzun truly treated Chu Shen as a brother, she didn't know, but he was definitely a man of his word. Just for that alone, he was worth befriending. Yet caution was still wise. Chu Shen was young and inexperienced, having always been under her protection, unaware of the dark side of human nature. There were always those whose outward appearance did not match their true intentions.

"Mother, I've brought back the array disc, so the thing you promised..." Chu Shen looked at Jiu Yan eagerly, afraid she might back out. Otherwise, he could only cause a fuss, having no other options.

To his surprise, Jiu Yan nodded, "What I promised you will naturally be fulfilled. From now on, you can move freely within the All Phenomena Galaxy!"

Chu Shen was momentarily stunned, then overjoyed, and said gratefully, "Thank you, Mother, you're the best!"

"Enough with the flattery!" Jiu Yan glanced at him lightly. Although reluctant, she knew that Chu Shen was already a Constellation and couldn't always live under her protection. If Chu Shen lacked aptitude, she could take care of him, ensuring a safe life. However, Chu Shen's aptitude was excellent, and her excessive care and protection would only stifle his growth. Jiu Yan had been contemplating this flaw of hers recently, believing it was time to make some changes.

"Since you've decided to venture out, remember, you're no longer the young master of Cheling World, nor do you have a Sun Blaze mother. You are just an ordinary Constellation! Unless faced with life-threatening danger, do not mention my name!"

"Yes! I will never embarrass you, Mother!" Chu Shen was very excited, but soon his eyes began to flicker hesitantly.

Jiu Yan, seeing his expression, knew he was hiding something: "What else?"

Chu Shen grinned and said, "It's like this, Leader Fa decided to hold an auction in three days at Grand Hall 88!"

"An auction?" Jiu Yan frowned, "What is a Constellation Mid-Stage like him auctioning? What is he selling?" As soon as she spoke, she immediately realized it and raised the array disc in her hand.

Chu Shen nodded.

Jiu Yan was astonished: "He has more than one of these?"

"It seems so."

"How many does he have?"

"I don't know, and I haven't asked."

Jiu Yan pondered slightly and said slowly, "If that's the case, these items are probably not crafted by him?" Any treasure has an origin, unless naturally nurtured by heaven and earth, or it's a stellar space supreme treasure in gestation. The array disc in hand, although its crafting time couldn't be discerned, looked newly minted, suggesting it wasn't made long ago.

She had been considering whether it was possible for Fa Wuzun himself to have crafted these. If he had more than one array disc, then perhaps he did craft them himself.

This would undoubtedly be good news for her, because if a Constellation Mid-Stage like Fa Wuzun could craft it, it suggested that the crafting isn't too difficult. One just had to decipher the critical spirit runes. Not to mention a behemoth like the All Phenomena Merchants Guild, even in Cheling World, there were many such talents, so as long as the array disc was brought back, it could probably be deciphered.

Although it was unknown how many array discs Fa Wuzun had in hand, relying solely on his own power, he likely couldn't craft that many. The more miraculous the treasure, the harder it is to craft; that is common sense.

Nonetheless, Fa Wuzun holding an auction for these array discs was clearly an attempt to amass wealth, something that was understandable.

"He's holding an auction, what do you want to do?" Jiu Yan inquired.

"Leader Fa asked me to lend a hand." Chu Shen explained what Lu Ye had entrusted him with.

Jiu Yan listened and slightly nodded: "It's a small matter. Take my token and find someone from the All Phenomena Merchants Guild to muster the manpower!" Saying this, she handed him a jade token.

Even if Jiu Yan wasn't managing affairs in the All Phenomena Merchants Guild, as a Sun Blaze of this home galaxy, she had a standing there. Given her strength, mustering some manpower was naturally not a problem.

Chu Shen happily accepted it.

Jiu Yan further reminded, "Although I haven't seen this Fa Wuzun myself, just from your description, he seems to be extremely meticulous. If you wish to befriend him, learn from him; there's no harm in it. But if he has any flaws, make sure not to pick them up, or I'll break your leg!"

"Yes!" Chu Shen accepted the order solemnly, bid his mother farewell, and turned to reenter the Constellation Palace.

Jiu Yan paused in thought, sent out a few messages, and learned about the happenings in the Melee Battle Meet, realizing that Fa Wuzun had leveraged the meet to make the array disc famously known.

As a Sun Blaze, Jiu Yan's perspective and approach to matters differ from ordinary people, so she immediately deduced that all these actions were intentionally orchestrated by Fa Wuzun—all to prepare for the auction!

Now that everything was set, the auction three days hence would certainly be a bloodless battle. Though devoid of smoke, it would be extremely intense and fierce.

As the mother and son spoke, Lu Ye had already arrived at Grand Hall 88.

With the auction happening in three days, he intended to seize the opportunity to craft more array discs.

In his own plans, this was a one-time deal, not a long-term business, because aside from the Constellation Palace, further opportunities as good and suitable as this were hard to come by. Even if he were to craft more array discs in the future, selling them would be unlikely.

Moreover, once the array discs were purchased, cultivators from various influential forces would surely aim to crack their secrets. Even though he enhanced them with restriction locks to increase the difficulty of deciphering, preventing it completely was impossible and could only delay them for a while.

In other words, in the future, many will likely manage to craft the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc. Even with a low success rate, given sufficient manpower and time, they will eventually succeed in crafting them.

By then, he wouldn't have much of a competitive edge, so he was set on seizing the opportunity now to make a fortune in one go!