Absolute control over the start, I will develop my own immortality

Lishe Zhenjun is already Zhou Ming's subordinate, so the sect she founded can naturally be used by Zhou Ming.

When it comes to collecting resources and intelligence, numbers always give you an advantage.

No matter how powerful Zhou Ming is, he can never compete with a powerful force in this aspect.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to spend so much time and effort to cultivate the Flower Spirit Saint.

The existence of the Flower Spirit Saint had indeed created countless conveniences for him and saved him an incalculable amount of time.

Otherwise, the materials needed to build the portable cave gate alone would be enough to make Zhou Ming extremely anxious.

Not to mention the information about the Skyfire Clan. No matter how hard you try on the market, you can only get a rough idea at best.

Only a large force with a long history like the Yuanling Sect can store the true details of the plot.

And this information can be said to have greatly accelerated Zhou Ming's progress in searching for treasure.

Otherwise, he probably would still have to investigate everywhere.

As the saying goes, if there is a date, try your best. Anyway, Master Lishe is also going to rebuild the Lei Ling Sect. If we help now, it may come in handy in the future.

Before heading to the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, Zhou Ming first went to Tianheng City and contacted the Holy Lady Hua Ling.

"Senior, you said before that you wanted to go to the Skyfire Secret Realm once... is that true?"

The Flower Spirit Saint asked.

"It's true. I'm just about to go."

"That's great, how about... we go together..."

"Are you going too?"

"Yes."

As a disciple without any prominent background, Saint Hua Ling used to go out on adventures frequently.

Any gain would be considered a great achievement for her who is in the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages.

After all, the resources in the spiritual world are too abundant.

The Skyfire Secret Realm is famous for its characteristics, but it only opens once every two hundred years and is too far away, so she has never considered going to the Skyfire Secret Realm.

Later, she achieved enlightenment.

But she also became a saint.

After becoming a saint, there were two huge changes for her.

First, resources are provided by the sect, and the supply is almost unlimited.

After all, it is only at the Jindan level.

The second is the jealousy and evil from other saints and candidate saints.

The former allowed the Holy Lady Hua Ling to obtain sufficient resources for cultivation without leaving the city, while the latter made her dare not leave the city at all.

Once she leaves the city, those jealous enemies will most likely attack her outside the city and kill her directly.

For the sake of her own safety, Saint Hua Ling did not leave the city for a long time afterwards.

When it comes to the Nascent Soul Stage, the level of resources required increases greatly, and the sect can no longer provide an unlimited supply. However, Saint Hua Ling still dares not leave the city, and can only find ways to get resources for herself within the city.

But under the oppression of other saints, her situation was not much better.

Until Huanyanmen took action...

Today, the condition of Saint Hua Ling is much better than before.

Twenty years ago, Zhou Ming asked her to help collect information about the Skyfire Secret Realm, which also made her arouse some thoughts.

For one thing, I haven’t been out of town for so many years, so I should go out for a walk.

Secondly...

“I still want to give it a try!”

The Flower Spirit Saint said, "I have less than a hundred years left before I reach a thousand years old, but my hope of becoming a god is not great. This time I went to the Skyfire Secret Realm to obtain some resources, and even to find the possibility of becoming a god..."

Zhou Ming naturally knew that the goal of Saint Hua Ling was to become an external liaison envoy.

But this position has certain requirements for cultivation, one must at least be at the Spirit Transformation realm.

Previously, the Holy Son of Yuanguang had a profound foundation and had worked hard for hundreds of years, but because his cultivation had not reached the level of Spirit Transformation, he still needed to take risks, and the results were uncertain.

Not to mention the Flower Spirit Saint who has a shallower background.

Although the Son of God and the Holy Daughter are special, she is about to withdraw from the ranks of Holy Daughters, so if she wants to use this special right, it is probably only this once.

If she could achieve deification within this final time limit, then with the special rights of the Saint's position, it would be a foregone conclusion that she would become an external envoy.

But if it is not achieved, hope will naturally be slim.

Once she loses her position as a saint, after a few years, she will become a deity. If she wants to ascend to the position of external liaison envoy, she will probably need to put in more effort, or she may not even be able to achieve it.

There was clearly such a shortcut, but she was just one step short of it.

Holy Lady Hua Ling was naturally extremely unwilling.

Therefore, I want to try again in these last hundred years.

"But with my level of cultivation, it is quite dangerous to go to the Skyfire Secret Realm."

The Skyfire Secret Realm opens once every two hundred years, and each time it opens for half a year.

However, this secret realm has no restrictions on cultivation level. Nascent Soul, Spiritualization, and even Return to Void cultivators can directly enter it.

However, because the level of resources in the secret realm is not high enough, usually no Return to Void cultivators would go there.

But there are always many cultivators who have reached the state of Divine Transformation.

With Saint Hua Ling's cultivation level, it is indeed somewhat dangerous to go there.

During these twenty years, she naturally made friends with many Divine Transformation monks, but the trust that had been cultivated in just twenty years was not worth her directly following them to explore the secret realm.

Perhaps nothing would happen under normal circumstances, but if both parties found some precious treasures, the situation would be completely different.

As for the other people in the sect, there is no need to mention them.

In comparison, Zhou Ming is completely different.

He saved her life, helped her get to the top, and even schemed to eliminate her biggest enemy.

All these things made Zhou Ming have full trust in her.

If they went to the secret realm together, Saint Hua Ling would naturally trust them very much.

However, Zhou Ming refused.

Although he did not think that he could easily find the treasure of the Sky Fire Clan for the first time, this trip to the Sky Fire Secret Realm was indeed for this purpose and not for anything else.

If you act together with others, there will naturally be many inconveniences.

So, Zhou Ming rejected the other party without even thinking about it.

However, Zhou Ming was not completely unconcerned about the safety of the Holy Lady Hua Ling.

This person's existence and her status in the Yuanling Sect were of great help to Zhou Ming.

If the Flower Spirit Saint can really become a deity within this final deadline, and then use the saint's special status to become an external liaison envoy, that would be a greater help.

The External Liaison Envoy communicates with other Return to Void forces and is in charge of the trade between the two sides. The profits involved are so huge that they are hard for ordinary people to imagine.

"I won't go with you, but I have a treasure here that I can lend to you temporarily to protect your safety."

"Treasure? Senior, I am only at the Nascent Soul stage. Even if you lend me a top-grade spiritual treasure, I can't use it at all."

"Don't worry, it's a treasure you can use. Come find me outside the city."

"it is good."

Saint Hua Ling did not doubt it, and immediately changed her appearance, quietly left Tianheng City, came outside the city, and met Zhou Ming.