Chapter 843

Chapter 843: Trade and Forced Trading

Above the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake, a Universe Ship, resembling a giant bird, was docked.

On the ship were Xu Gang, Spirit Cut, and several disciples who had traveled with Spirit Cut.

In addition, three higher-ranked elders from the Elder Council were present.

After greeting Xu Fan, the three higher-ranked elders stood off to the side, waiting.

They understood that the main focus of this journey was not on them.

“If you encounter other middle thousand worlds, send an avatar to cautiously investigate first. Once you understand the situation, we can decide whether to trade or engage in forced trading,” Xu Fan instructed.

“Rest assured, Grand Elder, we will handle this matter well,” Spirit Cut assured.

“And you, Xu Gang, I didn’t send you there to fight. If you meet a challenging opponent, don’t rush into combat; we’ll talk about it next time,” Xu Fan said, looking at his first disciple.

Since Xu Gang had advanced to the invincible respected elder stage, he seemed to have lost his sense of purpose in life.

Thus, Xu Fan sent him out to explore the surrounding vast thousand worlds alongside the Universe Ship.

“Yes, Master,” Xu Gang replied with a grimace. He had grown accustomed to staying in the sect, and suddenly being sent out alone made him a bit unwilling.

“Go ahead. If you find a middle thousand world, the sect will reward you generously,” Xu Fan told the disciples accompanying them.

The disciples all bowed in unison.

Then the Universe Ship slowly rose and flew towards the star region.

“According to Grape’s calculations, the density of middle thousand worlds in the star region is high.

There should be at least six or seven middle thousand worlds surrounding the Hidden Spirit Sect.

After subtracting the demon race and the Ancient Cang Realm, there should still be four or five left,” Xu Fan said, looking up at the sky.

As long as one of those four or five middle thousand worlds was ruled by a foreign race, the rest would be easy to manage.

Xu Fan would directly go down to that world and engage in friendly exchanges with that foreign race, believing that the spirit ore needed for the Hidden Spirit Sect to upgrade to a celestial tool would be gathered quickly.

“Hopefully, we find it soon,” Xu Fan said.

At that moment, a black shadow materialized into Li Xingci.

“Master, in the Path of Reincarnation, there’s a Golden Immortal who is going to teach—should we join the fun?” Li Xingci asked.

“Is this reliable?” Xu Fan wanted to confirm safety first.

“Reliable. I’ve heard about this from the Path of Reincarnation, and this is the second time.

Plus, with you around, even if something unexpected happens, we can escape,” Li Xingci replied with a smile.

“Then let’s go take a look and see if we can obtain some coordinates to middle worlds from the Path of Reincarnation,” Xu Fan said after thinking for a moment.

“Give me a day; I need to set up a grand formation to enter the Path of Reincarnation,” Xu Fan said.

“Can’t we go in at any time?” Li Xingci asked.

“You don’t understand. Generally, it’s best to enter the Path of Reincarnation through a teleportation formation; otherwise, you risk losing the insights gained while there,” Xu Fan explained with a smile.

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?”

“Previously, it was just a dream technique, so the chance of losing insights was very small.”

“Now we’re heading to listen to the Golden Immortal’s teachings, which is a whole different level,” Xu Fan said.

Li Xingci nodded, though he still seemed a bit unsure.

The underground space had been transformed into a small world specifically designed to set up the teleportation system for the Inner Realm of Reincarnation.

Grape Island had already gathered all the materials Xu Fan needed.

Xu Fan stepped into the small world and with a wave of his hand, the materials for the formation began to refine and purify themselves, then flew to their designated spots.

Using his finger as a brush, Xu Fan drew the formation in mid-air.

In no time, a grand formation took shape. Xu Fan then activated it using the Cycle Road, setting it into a slow, steady operation to gather energy.

“Master truly lives up to his title as a great master of formations. If I were to set this up, it wouldn’t even reach a third of Master’s efficiency,” Grape praised.

“Soon enough, once you’ve fully absorbed the Heavenly Way’s Will source from the South Sea Realm, you’ll be able to set up formations at my speed,” Xu Fan said with a smile.

He had divided the Heavenly Way’s Will source from the South Sea Realm into four parts.

One part was used to refine the Beast Cage for Xu Yuexian’s cultivation path.

The other three parts were handed over to Grape for gradual absorption.

“It’s a shame you can’t refine celestial tools yourself. That would’ve been something,” Xu Fan mused.

“Master, while I can’t use the available spirit ore to refine celestial tools, once I’ve absorbed the Heavenly Way’s Will source from the South Sea Realm, I’ll be able to create celestial tools as long as there’s a suitable embryo,” Grape explained, revealing this new ability gained from absorbing the Heavenly Way’s Will source.

“How long will that take?”

“At least 30,000 years to start. But with time acceleration, we can cut it down to 4,000 years,” Grape replied.

“4,000 years isn’t too bad. I’ll have Number One and Number Two try refining a few embryos sometime,” Xu Fan said, feeling a sense of satisfaction that the Heavenly Way’s Will sources he’d fed Grape were finally paying off.

“Let’s not bother Number One and Number Two; they’ve got their own tasks to handle.”

Xu Fan then pulled out a piece of Heavenly Gang Divine Iron and unleashed the Phoenix Divine Fire to forge it.

Under Xu Fan’s full power, the Heavenly Gang Divine Iron gradually took the shape of an Immortal Sword.

After a while, he stopped and examined the embryonic sword he’d forged, nodding in approval.

“Will this kind of embryo work?” Xu Fan asked.

“After 4,000 years of nurturing, it can become a Quasi-Immortal artifact,” Grape reported.

“How long would it take to nurture it into a low-grade celestial tool?” Xu Fan asked.

“With maximum time acceleration, it would take 30,000 years.”

“That’s manageable. We’ll just make more embryos, and our sect’s disciples won’t have to worry about lacking celestial tools in the future,” Xu Fan said with a grin.

“Master, if we had more Heavenly Way’s Will sources, we could speed up the process of nurturing celestial tools, and we might not even need embryos,” Grape added.

Hearing this, Xu Fan narrowed his eyes.

“We’ll see about that later. Getting more Heavenly Way’s Will sources isn’t exactly easy,” Xu Fan replied.

The next day, Xu Fan brought Li Xingci to the small world.

The two sat down, and the teleportation formation to the Path of Reincarnation activated.

Their consciousness appeared in a chaotic realm—this was the Path of Reincarnation.

“Where’s the place you mentioned for the teaching?” Xu Fan asked.

“According to the coordinates given by that Golden Immortal senior, the teaching venue should be in that direction,” Li Xingci said, pointing toward a chaotic space.

“Let’s go, then.”

Xu Fan waved his hand, and the chaotic aura began to condense, forming a giant chaotic bird that knelt beneath them.

“Traveling without a mount just doesn’t have the same prestige,” Xu Fan joked as he climbed onto the back of the chaotic giant bird.

Li Xingci followed closely behind.

The giant chaotic bird flapped its enormous wings and flew toward the direction Li Xingci had pointed out.

The bird flew faster and faster, occasionally making space jumps.

“Master, could you teach me your technique for condensing chaotic power?” Li Xingci asked eagerly.

“Don’t expect me to teach you every technique. First, check the Sutra Pavilion to see if there’s anything there,” Xu Fan said, rolling his eyes.

A mature disciple should be able to find techniques to learn on their own.