Changes in the Outlying City

However, looking at the black silhouette not far away, and then at the senior sisters surrounding him, Jun Anshi thought silently in her heart.

Master's strength is so great, it seems the two senior sisters wouldn't be able to defeat him either.

So, nothing bad should happen, right?

Moreover, her gaze shifted back and forth between Master and her senior sisters a few times, a subtle gleam flashing in her eyes.

Standing together, Master and the senior sisters actually looked quite like a perfect match, to be honest.

Their appearances were all absolutely top-notch.

Their temperaments were also outstanding.

Standing together, they were a feast for the eyes.

"Alright, since there is nothing else, we shall set off."

Gu Changyuan led the disciples to the mountain peak. He glanced at the disciples behind him, and after speaking, he left the Heavenly Human Holy Land with Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue.

Ye Qingxue, Bai Ling'er, and the others stood in place, watching that figure depart into the distance.

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A journey of nearly five days.

Gu Changyuan traveled swiftly with the two women, not stopping for a moment.

High above the nine heavens, three streams of light pierced through the clouds, speeding toward the direction of the Extraterritorial Realm.

Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue flew by Gu Changyuan's side, initially maintaining a normal distance.

But as they flew, that distance began to quietly shorten.

Unknowingly, the two women had flown to within a foot of Gu Changyuan. Their long silver hair fluttered in the wind, almost brushing against Gu Changyuan's robes.

Gu Changyuan glanced at them and said helplessly.

"Silly girls, you are too close. How am I supposed to travel like this?"

The two women exchanged a glance, then simultaneously shifted outward by a small margin.

Truly just a small margin.

Seeing that their Master did not mind, the two women maintained this distance the whole way.

Over these few days, outwardly they looked straight ahead just like their Master, keeping an eye on the conditions along the way as if they were seriously focusing on the journey.

However, their two streams of divine sense were always faintly lingering around Gu Changyuan.

They couldn't get enough of looking at him, their hearts filled with the joy of traveling alone with their Master.

Passing through that endless expanse of ice, the scenery ahead finally changed.

A towering giant city appeared at the end of their line of sight.

The Extraterritorial City.

Compared to when Gu Changyuan first arrived, the current Extraterritorial City was vastly different.

The most obvious change was its periphery.

The originally narrow passageways outside the city had now been organized neatly.

Two broad roads extended into the distance, with guideposts erected on both sides, marking the areas each direction led to.

Patrol squads could occasionally be seen passing by in perfect order.

Gu Changyuan did not linger, directly leading the two women toward the northern part of the Extraterritorial City.

There stood the tallest and most eye-catching building.

This was originally the City Lord's Manor.

Gu Changyuan had noticed this building the first time he came to the Extraterritorial City.

However, he had been busy looking for Ye Qingxue and the others at the time, so he hadn't stopped.

Coming here again now, it had already been taken over by the Heavenly Human Holy Land and had become the Holy Land's core stronghold in the Extraterritorial Realm.

Coming here this time, his first goal was to check the progress of the Extraterritorial City's renovation, and his second was to set up a cross-realm teleportation array. Naturally, this landmark building was his top choice.

Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue originally had no curiosity about the Extraterritorial Realm.

They had only followed along for the sake of spending time with their Master on the journey.

Now that the journey was over, they had no interest in the Extraterritorial Realm.

Seeing that their Master was going inside to handle affairs, they obediently stood guard outside the roof and did not follow him in.

The entire City Lord's Manor had been expanded significantly compared to before, and its overall color scheme had changed from the original dark and oppressive tones.

It was changed to bright, clean, and grand colors, making one feel comfortable at a single glance.

Inside the room, a figure was leaning over a desk, processing documents.

Sensing someone enter, the person looked up.

The moment he saw clearly who had come, he immediately stood up, walked quickly to Gu Changyuan, and bowed respectfully:

"Holy Ancestor!"

This person was none other than Chai Zizhen, the Taiyin Elder assigned to handle the Holy Land's affairs here.

Now, the top floor of the City Lord's Manor had been arranged for him by the eight Half-Immortal City Lords here.

Although Chai Zizhen's cultivation base was much lower than that of the eight City Lords, he was, after all, an elder appointed by the Heavenly Human Holy Land.

Therefore, the eight City Lords treated him with utmost respect and were very compliant in assisting him with the renovation of the Extraterritorial City.

Gu Changyuan nodded:

"How are the arrangements going here in the Extraterritorial City?"

Chai Zizhen straightened up and replied respectfully:

"To answer the Holy Ancestor, the renovations here have basically been completed according to the Holy Land's rules.

However, due to some special circumstances here, we have also made some specific adjustments to suit local conditions."

As he spoke, he held a scroll titled General Record of Extraterritorial City Rules with both hands and presented it to Gu Changyuan.

Gu Changyuan's divine sense quickly swept over the text on the scroll, and he nodded slightly in approval.

He handed the general record back and nodded:

"Well done."

The Extraterritorial Realm was originally a mixed bag of good and bad people with a special environment. It indeed needed some differences and could not completely copy the rules of the Heavenly Human Holy Land.

Just like the Heavenly Demon Pavilion and the Heavenly Fiend Sect, he hadn't directly applied all the rules of the Heavenly Human Holy Land to them either.

The survival mechanisms of humans, demons, and fiends were different; applying a single formula would easily lead to problems.

Hearing the Holy Ancestor's praise, a smile appeared on Chai Zizhen's face:

"Thank you for your approval, Holy Ancestor. We will certainly continue to work hard and live up to your expectations."

Gu Changyuan said no more and slightly released his aura.

In an instant, the four Half-Immortal City Lords overseeing the Nine Heavens Realm's Extraterritorial City sensed it simultaneously. They descended to the top floor in a flash and bowed in unison:

"Senior."

Gu Changyuan nodded in acknowledgment, then brought Chai Zizhen and the four City Lords to the spatial rift in the center of the Extraterritorial City that connected to the Extraterritorial Realm.

Gu Changyuan looked back at the sky behind him.

There, Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue were hovering quietly, waiting for his command.

He withdrew his gaze and led the five people, stepping into the rift.

Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue understood implicitly and immediately followed closely behind, entering the Extraterritorial Realm together.

Passing through the spatial rift, the scene before their eyes changed once again.

Compared to when Gu Changyuan first arrived, the Extraterritorial City here had also undergone earth-shaking changes.

The most obvious was that those cultivators who used to surround newcomers and fight to be guides were nowhere to be seen.

In their place was an orderly, dedicated pavilion not far away.

The corners of Gu Changyuan's mouth curled up slightly.

This arrangement was not bad.

Gathering all the cultivators who wanted to be guides for professional and unified management could prevent chaos and ensure service quality.

Not only that, but the entire street had also undergone thorough rectification.

The chaotic scenes of the past, where conflicts could break out at any time, had completely disappeared.

They were replaced by neat and tidy streets, lined with shops on both sides, and cultivators moving about in perfect order.

More importantly, it was the protective barrier of the Extraterritorial City.

Gu Changyuan could tell at a glance that the current protective barrier was one of the protective barriers he had previously given to Ye Qingxue and the others, which he had obtained from the Ruins of Disorder.

The aura of that barrier was powerful and stable, enough to resist the invasion of even stronger exotic beasts.

With this, the safety of the Extraterritorial City was guaranteed.

For such a massive domain of cultivation and resource gathering, ensuring its safe development would allow the Sacred Land to reap even greater rewards.