Chapter 3717 - Scram!
At the northern part of the Middlekin Star Ruin was an astral continent that seemed made up of ancient stone and rock. Nothing about it stood out to most people who passed it by, but should one take a closer look, they would find that the stones and vegetation on the astral continent were actually covered in dense divine celestial patterns. It was actually a high-level illusory formation that kept the prosperous city behind it hidden!
Beneath the illusions were many radiant and opulent buildings. Intricate and beautiful divine astralships were parked in and around the buildings, within which countless mystical treasures were located. The Upper Star Ruin had been isolated from the Lower Star Ruins for most of its history, causing it to develop its own unique culture. As a result, everything from their architecture to astralship design strove for a kind of high-concept elegance. Even the people walking about in the city seemed cultured and civilized, whether they were foundationeers or overflowers, covered in opulent jewelry and magnificent outfits.
At that moment, a spherical ship passed through the illusory formation and descended from the sky, landing with a loud rumble. A man clad in blue robes, Li Aoyue, stood in front of Aoyue Palace with a cohort of overflower servants, ready to welcome their guest. Li Aoyue was around forty meters tall and had a good face and body proportions. Most would agree that he was pleasing to the eyes. His gigantic figure did apply quite a bit of pressure to foundationeers, who were only around two meters tall. Most of them couldn't even look up, feeling that they were weak and inferior lifeforms. Overflowers who were striving to become cosmic gods already seemed like a completely different lifeform.
"Li Aoyue welcomes Ambassador Mu!" Li Aoyue announced as the door to the spherical ship opened. The door itself was hundreds of meters wide. The first to come out was a shapely woman close to forty meters tall, followed by a group of overflower servants. She seemed to be of rather high status and had a sharp, proud gaze that carried a hint of fierceness.
At the Overflow stage, one could easily tell who was stronger based on their height. That also dictated much of the basic etiquette in the Upper Star Ruin, down to their strictly hierarchical nature. It was all too clear what level one was. Putting other factors like status and bloodline aside, an overflower around ten meters tall could easily be crushed by the steps of giants like Li Aoyue or Ambassador Mu, as they only stood as tall as the knees of those two, let alone foundationeers.
Once astral gods reached the Overflow Stage, they would no longer consider foundationeers any serious threat, and size was only a part of it. Based on their astron density, foundationeers and overflowers could almost be considered separate lifeforms altogether. As such, Li Aoyue and Ambassador Mu only seriously regarded each other, nobody else.
"Long time no see, Lord Li," Ambassador Mu said with an enchanting voice and gaze.
"It truly has been a while! Ambassador Mu, thank you for going through so much trouble to come here all the way from Starmoon Haven. Please, come in!"
"You’re too polite, old friend." The two of them entered the palace and took a seat.
Li Aoyue clapped and summoned many foundationeer maidservants, who came in carrying plates much larger than their own bodies, filled with the finest delicacies the Upper Star Ruin had to offer. They were mostly made of ingredients like herbs and beasts from fortuna-class worlds that’d had the benefit of being nourished by good nova source. Food like that did have a slight helpful effect to astral god cultivation.