After all, he would be cultivating here for many years to come, and Zhou Yu also wanted to make himself a bit more comfortable.

He found a spot at the foot of the mountain, then began opening up a dwelling with his bare hands.

He was now a Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Realm Level; driving his True Yuan, he very quickly chiselled out several rooms in the hard cliff face.

After that, Zhou Yu began planning out his own rooms.

He needed to cultivate some Spiritual Medicine, so leaving one room to serve as a medicine garden was a must.

Of course, this medicine garden was mainly to cultivate advancement Spiritual Medicine for the Fire-Eyed Ant King.

Besides that, it could also serve to throw others off the scent.

Next came the Fire-eyed Flying Ants.

During this period, the Fire-Eyed Ant King had been irritable and restless, and had already stopped producing offspring.

Zhou Yu speculated that his rearing methods must have gone wrong somewhere, so he had to carefully study how to raise it.

Then, Zhou Yu set aside another room for the Purple Tiger, letting it live more comfortably as well, so it wouldn’t keep clamoring to come out of the Four Directions Realm all day long.

Only in the end did Zhou Yu craft a cultivation room for himself.

After Zhou Yu finished all this, he immersed himself and entered a cultivation state.

Time flew by; in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

Over this half month, under Zhou Yu’s focused research, he had already formulated another batch of Spiritual Medicine, specifically for feeding the Fire-Eyed Ant King.

After the Fire-Eyed Ant King devoured those Spiritual Medicines, it strangely entered a state of slumber.

And around it, layers of protective shells like eggshells appeared.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yu was extremely excited.

This was a sign that the Fire-Eyed Ant King was about to advance; his painstaking effort over this half month had finally not been in vain.

He was already looking forward to what the Fire-Eyed Ant King would become after its advancement.

Of course, in this half month, besides nurturing the Fire-Eyed Ant King, Zhou Yu had also been keeping a constant watch on the area around his Spiritual Land.

After all, Wen Lizhou had unreasonably insisted on seizing this Spiritual Land; although he claimed it was to cultivate some Spell, only a fool would believe that.

But as for what Wen Lizhou actually wanted to do, Zhou Yu naturally couldn’t guess.

So, during this period, whenever Zhou Yu wasn’t cultivating, he had been silently observing in secret.

It was just a pity that Wen Lizhou really seemed to have given up; he never appeared again.

One day, half a month later, a Spirit Talisman suddenly flew into Zhou Yu’s Spiritual Land.

Zhou Yu reached out and grabbed it, then closed his eyes.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and muttered to himself:

"Didn’t expect time to pass so quickly—I’d almost forgotten I’ve already taken up the post of captain of Team 189."

"Time to go meet the team members."

Having said that, Zhou Yu glanced at his dwelling. After thinking it over, he still put away the advancing Fire-Eyed Ant King and the Purple Tiger, leaving only some low-value Spiritual Medicine behind. Only then did he leap into the air and leave the Spiritual Land.

After arriving in the city, Zhou Yu entered the City Defense garrison and very quickly reached the City Defense main hall.

Every City Defense Team had a room of its own in the City Defense main hall.

They were more or less equivalent to meeting rooms.

Under normal circumstances, everyone gathered here to receive missions, rest, hold meetings, and so on.

Zhou Yu had inquired about all this long ago.

So today he came straight here.

Arriving at Room 189 in the City Defense main hall, Zhou Yu pushed the door open and walked in unhurriedly.

As soon as he entered, he saw two men in black armor by the door, chatting idly.

When they saw Zhou Yu walk in, both of them were stunned; the look in their eyes as they gazed at Zhou Yu was full of astonishment.

After that brief stupefaction, the two immediately reacted.

One of them stood up and said:

"Sir, are you our new captain, Captain Zhou?"

Zhou Yu nodded.

"Yes, that’s me."

The two’s expressions stiffened again; after exchanging a glance, that man spoke once more:

"Um... could we see your identity Jade Talisman?"

Zhou Yu knew what they were thinking, and he didn’t mind; he simply took out his identity Jade Talisman.

The man accepted the Jade Talisman, checked it, then immediately handed it back respectfully.

"Captain, hello, I’m Zhuo Yao, a member of Team 189."

The man beside him quickly added, "Captain, I’m Guo Liang, a member of Team 189."

Hearing their self-introductions, Zhou Yu nodded, then looked into the room.

He saw that aside from these two, there was no one else in the room.

With a natural expression, Zhou Yu asked:

"Team 189 only has you two?"

Zhuo Yao quickly said:

"Captain, there are a few others, but they haven’t arrived yet."

"Sorry, we didn’t expect you to come so early, Captain."

Zhou Yu waved his hand.

"It’s fine."

"This is my first time joining the City Defense Team; I’m still unfamiliar with how things work here, so this is a good chance for you to fill me in."

"For example, about the missions and such."

Zhuo Yao hurriedly said:

"Please have a seat, Captain."

Zhou Yu did not stand on ceremony and sat down directly.

Only then did Zhuo Yao begin to speak:

"Captain, it’s like this. Our City Defense Team, as the name implies, mainly handles the city’s defense."

"In general, our mission’s area of activity is within about a thousand-li radius outside the city."

"When there are no special circumstances, the main task of the City Defense Teams is to patrol their respective sectors."

"However, in the last few hundred years, some of the nearby Races have begun stirring against our Fengyuan City again, so there are often spies infiltrating into Fengyuan City’s territory."

"Once we encounter these spies, if we can kill them, that counts as military merit. Even if we can’t kill them, we must contact other teams at once and then join forces to wipe them out."

"Aside from that, it depends on whether the Elder Council assigns us to do anything else."

"That’s the general situation."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded thoughtfully.

"What dangerous situations are there in all this?"

Guo Liang, at the side, spoke up:

"Captain, if we’re talking about danger, it’s the spies Zhuo Yao just mentioned."

"Those foreign spies are quite strong, and their Divine Skills are extremely strange. You could say they’re impossible to guard against; if you’re not careful, you might fall right into their hands."

"Our previous captain died that way..."

When he finished, Guo Liang sighed, looking somewhat sad.

Zhou Yu was about to continue asking when, all of a sudden, the door opened again, and a man in a long robe walked in.

Laughing loudly, he said:

"Brother Zhuo, Brother Guo, you two are here pretty early. Huh, is this our team’s new member?"

"Isn’t our team already at full strength?"

The man suddenly noticed Zhou Yu, then asked with a smile.

Zhuo Yao quickly said:

"Brother Ma, don’t be rude. This is our new captain, Senior Zhou Yu, Captain Zhou."

"Ah?"

The man looked stunned, as if he couldn’t quite believe the captain was this young.

Then his Divine Sense swept out, and when he realized he couldn’t see through Zhou Yu’s cultivation at all, he immediately put away his smile, hurried over to stand before Zhou Yu, and said respectfully:

"Captain, my apologies, I was blind to your status..."

"My name is Ma Kun. I’ve met the Captain."

Zhou Yu gave a faint smile and said:

"It’s all right."

Ma Kun quickly said:

"Right, Captain, when I came just now, I took the liberty of picking up Team 189’s mission as well. Please have a look."

As he spoke, Ma Kun handed a Jade Talisman to Zhou Yu.

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