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"I see. Don't worry, Senior Brother Chen. Leave the recommendation to me." Li Shizhou readily agreed.

Once a disciple of the Star Palace enters the Foundation Establishment stage, they will have five recommended spots.

He has no descendants to begin with.

As for Zhuo Ruting, although she was born into a rogue cultivator, her grandmother was from a family of immortal cultivators. She came to Tianxing City after her family was destroyed. The cultivation techniques left behind were enough for Zhuo Ruting to cultivate to the Core Formation stage. With Li Shizhou as her backer, she naturally did not need to join the Star Palace and be at the beck and call of others.

Therefore, Li Shizhou's recommendation quota is naturally not needed for the time being, and it would be best to use it as a favor.

"That's great, you've really solved my urgent problem."

"Senior Brother Chen, there's no need to be so polite. Anyway, I don't need this recommendation quota for the time being."

"I won't bother with empty words of thanks. As you know, I dislike owing favors the most. If you ever need help refining magical artifacts in the future, just ask your senior brother. Even if you want to learn how to refine artifacts, your senior brother can give you some pointers."

"Then it's a deal."

Li Shizhou had been waiting for these words, and after a hearty drink with the other party, he took his leave.

......

Seasons change, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's noon twenty-five years later.

Li Shizhou landed on a deserted island near Tianxing City on his sword.

He first found a flat area on the island, then took out an array plate and six array flags from his storage bag and began to set up the array on the flat area.

A moment later, a pale blue hemispherical array of light appeared on the island, with a diameter of about thirty feet.

With a thought, Li Shizhou released the dog from the spirit beast pouch and ordered it to attack the light barrier outside the formation.

The dog obediently left the array's range and began attacking with its sharp claws, but the light barrier only trembled slightly.

After a while, it flicked its long, thin tail, the tip of which flashed with a cold light, and like a sharp blade, it pierced straight into the light barrier. It went in less than half an inch before it could not go any further.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and after trying various attack methods, Gou'er was still helpless against the array's light barrier.

Only then did Li Shizhou put away the array plate and array flags with satisfaction.

The formation he just saw was called the "Spiritual Rhinoceros Azure Sky Formation," which he created after studying the formation jade slip left by Yu Mengyou.

Just now, I only mobilized one-tenth of the formation's power, yet it was enough to withstand Gou'er, whose strength was equivalent to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Its defensive capabilities are stronger than he expected.

Of course, Senior Brother Chen also deserves a lot of credit for this.

When Li Shizhou helped his two grandsons get into the Star Palace, Senior Brother Chen said he would give him some pointers on weapon crafting, but in reality it was almost like he was teaching them step by step.

In addition, Li Shizhou was willing to spend spiritual materials to try, and now his weapon-refining skills are enough to refine high-level magic weapons. He can even occasionally successfully refine top-level magic weapons. Given time, he might be able to become a weapon refiner.

These twenty-five years can be said to be the most peaceful period of cultivation that Li Shizhou has experienced since his transmigration.

With daily intelligence, he naturally had no shortage of spirit stone resources, and he also had a beautiful woman by his side.

Moreover, the biggest advantage of Tianxing City is that as long as you have spirit stones, you can buy pills that can improve your cultivation level during the Foundation Establishment stage at any time.

With the support of a large number of pills, his cultivation level successfully broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage ten years ago.

Even the dog's strength has greatly increased, and it has now reached the peak of a level two demon beast.

After testing the "Lingxi Qingqiong Array", Li Shizhou took out another array and asked Gou'er to help test it.

He crafted three sets of formations and tested them all before flying towards Tianxing City on his flying sword.

It was already night when Li Shizhou returned to his cave on the Holy Mountain. As soon as he arrived at the entrance, he noticed a special communication talisman from the Star Palace's Internal Affairs Department pasted on the array light screen.

He opened the receiver and heard a rather authoritative voice: "Li Shizhou, a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Star Palace, report to the Inner Affairs Hall before Chenshi (7-9 AM) tomorrow. You have a sect mission to participate in, and you are not allowed to refuse without a sufficient reason."

After hearing this, Li Shizhou sighed inwardly, "Those leisurely days have come to an end just like that."

The Star Palace is different from the Yellow Maple Valley where Han Laomo is located.

Once a disciple of Huangfeng Valley has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, unless the sect faces a life-or-death crisis, they only need to focus on cultivation.

The Star Palace is a complex organization with many areas that need to be managed. Just the dozens of teleportation arrays in the outer star sea require the protection of many cultivators.

Therefore, even after a disciple has established their foundation, they still need to be ready to be summoned. If they need to go out, they need to register in the Inner Affairs Hall in advance.

Of course, the Star Palace will also give newly established disciples time off from conscription so that they can consolidate their cultivation and practice supernatural powers and secret techniques.

The exemption period is thirty years; unless one voluntarily participates in a mission, one will not be conscripted.

Unexpectedly, he received a conscription order as soon as the time came.

Feeling somewhat down, Li Shizhou returned to the main stone chamber, put the dog back in its kennel, and then went to the viewing terrace outside to brew a pot of spiritual tea to drink alone.

After drinking for a while, Zhuo Ruting came over with a fruit platter, all smiles.

She successfully established her foundation shortly after Li Shizhou returned from the ancient teleportation array. Without the Blood Spirit Fruit to improve her aptitude, she only needed two Foundation Establishment Pills to advance. It's truly infuriating to compare oneself to others.

"My husband, the spiritual fruits I planted in the courtyard are ripe and have been washed clean. Please try some."

Thinking about the conscription order, Li Shizhou had no appetite, so he said, "You can leave it for now, I'll eat later."

"They worked hard to grow these, why don't you try some? Or I can feed them to you."

Zhuo Ruting said sweetly, then parted her red lips slightly, put a fruit between her lips, twisted her slender waist and sat on Li Shizhou's lap, slowly leaning her body closer.

After finishing the spiritual fruit, Li Shizhou rubbed Zhuo Ruting's delicate nose and said, "Little vixen."

"I'm just a little enchantress, my husband's little enchantress all by himself... ah."

Before she could finish speaking, she was swept up in his arms.

Li Shizhou carried the person into the main stone chamber. Passing by the doghouse, he kicked the dog, which was already asleep.

The dog was fast asleep and reluctantly ran out.

......

The next day, just as dawn broke.

Zhuo Ruting lay on Li Shizhou's chest, her face filled with worry, and drew circles on Li Shizhou's body with her index finger.

"My lord, be careful when you're out and about. If things get too dangerous, we can always escape Tianxing City and find a place to live in seclusion."

"Don't worry, I'll be careful. You just need to focus on your cultivation."

Li Shizhou kissed Zhuo Ruting on the forehead, offered a few words of comfort, then got up, got dressed, and left the main stone chamber.

Passing by the courtyard, I put the dog that had slept there overnight into my spirit beast bag.

After receiving his mission at the Imperial Household Department, he rushed to the meeting point, where a young man in yellow was already waiting, sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed in meditation.

Hearing Li Shizhou's footsteps approaching, the young man opened his eyes, cupped his hands in a cool and indifferent manner, and said, "Is this Junior Brother Li Shizhou? I am Pei Ze, the leader of this mission."