From star gatherer to leader of humanity

Divine Artifact Valley, Iron Bone Cave.

Xu Bai saw that Iron Bone Master, who was different from the traditional image of a weapon refiner he had imagined.

Despite his rugged reputation as the Iron Bone Master, he was a gentle and refined man with a unique scholarly air.

The corpses of the Xuan Tie Giant Tiger and the Moon Soul Tiger appeared in the main hall, emanating a faint pressure even though they were lifeless.

"The Soul Path Summoning School?" Master Iron Bone raised an eyebrow, clearly showing interest in the two intact corpses.

"Master has discerning eyes," Xu Bai said.

"These two alien beast corpses are intact. After being refined into puppets and combined with soul weapons, they can unleash even greater power than at their peak."

"If I have the resources and use better materials, I can refine these two alien beast corpses into puppets that can unleash the peak combat power of the Golden Core stage."

"If used properly, and with some additional weapons, it won't be a problem to contend with Nascent Soul stage star beasts."

Master Tiegu circled the two corpses, touching their heads and patting their bodies, extremely satisfied with their condition.

"How many spirit stones do we need?" Xu Bai asked.

"I'll give you a list. If you can get the materials, I'll charge you a labor fee of 15,000 spirit stones."

"As for the cost of materials."

Master Tiegu conjured a light screen in the void and began adding various materials to it. After a moment of contemplation and some modifications, he finally got all the materials.

"The material cost is approximately 90,000 spirit stones. Once all the materials are ready, the construction period will be one and a half months." Master Tiegu turned the light screen in front of Xu Bai.

Xu Bai made a copy of the materials and sent it to Xu Ai.

Only three breaths later, Xu Ai replied to the message.

"Master, the materials in the light screen can be gathered to meet 10% of the original base's requirements."

"According to the price list of planetary spirit ore I just obtained from Shattered Star Hall, this Iron Bone Master did not inflate the price."

Seeing the reply, Xu Bai felt relieved.

"Then I'll leave this matter to the master."

Xu Bai waved his hand gently, and ten and a half boxes of spirit stones appeared at his feet. He sighed inwardly, thinking that craftsmen still make money.

"It will take half a month for the materials to arrive at the warehouse, and the construction period will be one and a half months. You can come and pick them up in two months."

"I must say, the disciples of your Broken Heart Hall are really rich."

"Like the poor disciples in other halls and departments, it's difficult for them to even come up with 10,000 spirit stones," Master Tiegu said with a smile, waving his hand to collect the spirit stones on the ground.

Xu Bai took his leave.

Inside the cave, Xu Bai, Xu Hun, Xu Ai, and the four deputy souls gathered for a meeting.

"Master, it's time for us to take action. Those pirate bases of the Ghost Face Clan must have some good stuff inside."

"Now with me, Jade Centipede, Little Iron Tiger, and Little Moon Tiger, four Golden Core stage warriors, we can definitely take down the weakest pirate base."

Sitting in the secondary seat, Xu Hun looked at Xu Bai expectantly, appearing ready to sacrifice himself to relieve his master's worries.

If the master with such power of creation does not exert himself and share the burden now, there will only be one outcome: he will retire in the Ten Thousand Souls Domain.

"Don't rush, let's play it safe and wait until those two Golden Core stage puppets are finished before we make our plans."

A golden light flashed in Xu Bai's eyes. He had no psychological burden whatsoever about taking down the Ghost Face Clan's pirate base.

He currently appears to possess assets of eight million spirit stones, but this is only enough to add eight golden attributes, which is far from sufficient for him; he needs even greater income.

"Then could you send us there first, Master, so we can find out more about those pirate bases and make it easier to take action later?" Xu Hun was getting restless.

"Alright, I'll send you back to your old base first, and you can make your plans there."

"It just so happens that there's a spirit ore worth tens of millions of strands of spiritual energy at the old base. We'll bring it over then." After saying that, Xu Bai got up to prepare for action.

At the spaceport, when Xu Bai arrived at the docking position, he saw Zhang Yu patrolling in the distance. The two waved to each other from a distance, which was considered a greeting.

As soon as the magic weapon mining spaceship entered the Shattered Star Sea for tens of thousands of miles, Xu Bai stopped, shot the magic weapon mining spaceship into the magic weapon slot, and released the Demon Abyss Sect's standard magic weapon spaceship.

After switching to the magical spaceship, Xu Bai immediately activated his Void Jump ability and returned to the base.

Looking at the base he hadn't seen for a year, Xu Bai couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

The base gates slowly opened, and the Demon Abyss Sect's spaceship flew inside.

After Xu Bai stopped, he waved his hand and released Xu Hun, the four attached souls, and the soul cultivators inside the Myriad Soul Banner.

At this moment, Xu Bai was surprised to find that among these three hundred soul cultivators, one of them had actually broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The breakthrough soul cultivator was a girl dressed in a princess dress who timidly approached Xu Bai.

"Master, Little Skirt has been cultivating very hard in the Soul Path Minor Realm. Her biggest wish is for you to give her a name," Xu Hun said with a smile. Their soul cultivation team has become stronger.

"Forehead……"

"Let's call him Xu Wu. In the future, when soul cultivators advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, they will be arranged in this order."

Xu Bai stroked his chin. Although he felt it was a bit inappropriate to name a girl in a princess dress Xu Wu, he still named her Xu Wu to solve the problem once and for all, since thinking of a name was too troublesome.

Xu Wu was overjoyed upon receiving the bestowed name, bowed to Xu Bai, and then withdrew.

"You go and gather information. I'll cultivate at the base for a while and then return to the Shattered Star Hall planet."

After giving his instructions, Xu Bai headed back to his original training ground.

Xu Bai set up a portable spiritual energy chamber in his cultivation area, and now he takes it with him wherever he goes.

Several small probe ships flew out of the base and headed into the depths of the Shattered Star Sea.

Time flies, and a month and a half has passed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Xu Bai was already able to barely unleash the most basic electromagnetic cannon within the divine aura field of the portable spiritual energy chamber.

The complex cannon barrel, formed by the combined application of Metal Form Technique and Electromagnetic Technique, was then slowly emptied into the rear of the barrel by projectiles condensed from Metal Form Technique and Mystic Light Technique.

Buzz~~

Xu Bai felt a jolt, and the cannonball carrying immense power had already flown far away.

The dantian contained over 30,000 strands of spiritual energy, but this blast only used 300 strands. However, the spell was extremely complex and not yet at a level where it could be skillfully executed.

"I haven't been able to get any high-quality spiritual materials recently, so my spell proficiency is still a bit lacking."

"But it's barely enough, since this is just a prerequisite spell; I haven't learned the subsequent spiritual arts yet."

Xu Bai has now established a fixed routine of half a day for cultivation, and half a day for practicing spells and unorthodox methods.

Just as Xu Bai continued to use the electromagnetic cannon, he sensed through the Myriad Soul Banner that Xu Hun and the others had returned to the base.

In the council chamber, Xu Bai listened to Xu Hun's report, nodding occasionally.

"The weakest base only has one Nascent Soul stage expert in charge. If we use infiltration, poison, and finally a strong attack, there is a 99% chance of taking it down."