Sword Sovereign of the Celestial Emperor-Chapter 849 - 848: Second Young Lady of the Guo Family

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The spaceship was speeding through the starry sky, with its wings flapping and iron wings gleaming coldly under the starlight. The Guo family's servants were bustling around inside, presenting a busy scene.

Inside the resting cabin at the top of the spaceship, a woman in her twenties seemed like a curious child, looking out through the cabin's window and pointing every now and then.

"Xiang'Er, look over there!!"

"Xiang'Er, quickly look!"

"..."

This woman was none other than the second young lady of the Guo Family, holding a very special status as the apple of the family's patriarch's eye. Beside Guo Xin'Er was another woman of similar age, but her appearance seemed more ordinary compared to Guo Xin'Er. This was Guo Xin'Er's maid, Xiang'Er.

"Second young lady, when the trade team left the Guo Family, the patriarch repeatedly advised that no mistakes should occur. But it's said that in three days, we'll enter the area of the Black Dragon Nest, and I'm worried those bandits will target us!"

Xiang'Er's mood was not as excited as Guo Xin'Er's; instead, she spoke with a worried expression.

"Black Dragon Nest?"

Upon hearing the words Black Dragon Nest, Guo Xin'Er's face instantly turned pale, but after a moment, she regained some color and reassured, "Although the Black Dragon Nest is strong, with the Third Elder to deter them and the Spirit Crystals we provided, they shouldn't target us!"

"I hope so!" Xiang'Er murmured softly.

With Xiang'Er's words, Guo Xin'Er lost her interest in the scenery.

The Black Dragon Nest isn't truly a nest, but a gang of star thieves occupying a territory in space, specializing in plundering the cargo of passing ships.

These are ruthless individuals who live by the edge of the blade, incredibly fierce and formidable. According to rumors, the creator of the Black Dragon Nest is a fierce figure in Saint Dao Realm, fleeing to the Pegasus Star System after offending disciples from major sects in other star systems.

Generally, the star thieves of the Black Dragon Nest choose their targets based on the opponent's power. For forces with a Saint Dao expert, they naturally dare not rob, and might even dispatch personnel to escort them safely away.

Those without Saint Dao experts are their primary targets; after all, the creator of the Black Dragon Nest wouldn't provoke other Saint Dao experts without reason.

This is why the Black Dragon Nest has been able to exist for so many years!

The Guo Family is just an ordinary family in the Iron River Star System, with the strongest being no more than Fourth Layer Emperor Dao. This time, they are heading to the Pegasus Star System for a trade journey.

Of course, dealing with a small family like the Guo Family, the Black Dragon Nest wouldn't dispatch their entire fleet; a small team would suffice to capture all of Guo Family's members.

However, unless absolutely necessary, the Black Dragon Nest wouldn't slaughter passing ships, as these ships are mostly trade vessels. Just paying some tribute is usually enough to leave safely.

This is why, knowing the way leads to the Black Dragon Nest, the Guo Family still dared to head out.

The tribute for the Black Dragon Nest has been prepared, enough to satisfy them.

If they were to avoid the Black Dragon Nest, it would cost them about another year's time, which they couldn't afford.

"Miss, look quickly, there's a silhouette over there!"

Suddenly, Xiang'Er exclaimed in surprise, pointing to the starry sky not far away and speaking to Guo Xin'Er.

"There's really someone!"

Guo Xin'Er ended her cultivation, following maid Xiang'Er's finger to the sky, indeed seeing a young man in a blood robe flying in the direction of the spaceship.

"Quick, get the Third Elder to stop the ship and ask that young man if he needs a lift."

Guo Xiang'Er urgently instructed Xiang'Er, asking her to relay the message to the Third Elder.

"Second young lady, it's right ahead of the Black Dragon Nest. Wouldn't he have to be an idiot to appear here alone?"

Xiang'Er hesitated a bit, speaking hesitantly.

Guo Xin'Er glared at Xiang'Er fiercely, then responded, "Judging by his flying speed, he should be a half-step Emperor Dao expert. Could an idiot cultivate to half-step Emperor Realm?"

Xiang'Er stuck out her tongue and turned to run toward the command room where the Third Elder was.

...

"Hmm? There's a spaceship coming my way!"

Mid-air, as soon as the Guo Family's spaceship approached him, he noticed.

He had been flying for half a month, intentionally slowing down to maintain peak condition. Even so, his flying speed rivaled that of a half-step Emperor Dao expert.

"Hey, you over there, what are you doing? Yes, I'm talking to you!"

When the spaceship stopped in front of him, a robust man in blood clothes leaped down from the spaceship, loudly questioning Chu Ming, with his gaze showing some contempt.

The robust man in blood clothes had a half-step Emperor Dao cultivation, with terrifying evil qi emanating around him. His eyes were bright and his arms coarse, revealing his competence at a glance, yet he was undoubtedly inferior to Chu Ming.

Having just entered the cosmos, Chu Ming didn't want trouble and therefore shouted back at the robust man in blood clothes.

"I'm from another star system but got lost here. Could you give me a ride?"

This answer was taught to Chu Ming by Xiao Ai.

According to Xiao Ai, many human race martial artists wander among star systems to broaden their cultivation experiences, preventing the man from discerning truth from falsehood.

"Wait a moment, I'll ask the Third Elder!"

The robust man in blood clothes showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, then turned and flew back to the spaceship.

After a while, he returned and shouted to Chu Ming, "The Third Elder agrees to let you on, but you must pay one thousand lower grade spirit crystals!"

"Can I pay with top grade spirit stones?"

Chu Ming had only slightly over twenty thousand lower grade spirit crystals left, and unless absolutely necessary, he didn't want to use them. After all, at his cultivation level, to cultivate, he needed to refine spirit crystals, even the lowest grade ones.

"Sure, that's ten million top grade spirit stones!"

The robust man in blood clothes had no doubt. If Chu Ming were to hand over one thousand lower grade spirit crystals without hesitation, he would suspect Chu Ming as a fat sheep.

Chu Ming's current cultivation is half-step Emperor Realm, matching his level. Naturally, he knew that one thousand lower grade spirit crystals are quite a sum for a half-step Emperor Dao expert.

Chu Ming was internally astonished; the cosmos's exchange rate for top grade spirit stones to lower grade spirit crystals was actually one to ten thousand. However, top grade spirit stones were now useless to him, so he wasn't too distressed.

"Here you go!"

Chu Ming extracted a storage ring from his bosom, tossing it toward the robust man in blood clothes, containing ten million top grade spirit stones.

Whoosh!

The robust man in blood clothes caught the storage ring, checked its contents, and upon confirming the spirit stones were correct, stepped aside.