Chapter 695

Chapter 695: Coercion and Temptation

"Hehe~" Mo Qianxun calmly chuckled, "Indeed, in theory, you could build a hundred Earth Fire Dragon Worm warships, and you have enough time. But the question is, are you sure that the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warships you build can reach the Seventh-rank?"

"What do you mean?" Immortal Lan Shan immediately narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you look down on us in West Kunlun? We also come from a refining background. Although we are not very familiar with constructing high-rank warships, we are not completely ignorant!"

"Haha, come on, why pretend to be talented in front of me?" Mo Qianxun replied dismissively, "You are only skilled at refining various treasures. When it comes to mechanical warships, that is our specialty. The Eighth-rank warships in your sect are entirely built up with an abundance of high-rank materials. If those materials were given to us, we could at least make seven or eight warships of the same rank! The Earth Fire Dragon Worm is a special prototype ship, directly refined from the body of a demon beast. A key step in this process is to treat each part of the demon beast with special methods, which is a secret of our Mo Sect. Even if you had one ship for reference, you still couldn’t replicate it!"

Hearing this, Immortal Lan Shan’s face turned green; indeed, this special manufacturing method is hard to understand.

It’s like high-quality Xuan paper, which can preserve writing for a thousand years, also known as thousand-year paper. Such Xuan paper requires more than a dozen materials, along with hundreds of processes to create. Any mistake in one step would be disastrous.

Even if you were given ten thousand completed sheets of this paper, it would be impossible to deduce the method of its creation.

However, even though Immortal Lan Shan knew there were difficulties, he did not yield. Instead, he angrily said, "Fine! We can mobilize the Grand Divination Master of our sect; I don’t believe they can’t figure it out!"

The Grand Divination Master is indeed someone extraordinary, able to see through the river of time and trace back origins. If such a person calculates, the secrets of at least the Seventh-rank warship would be very hard to keep.

However, Mo Qianxun just chuckled, "Let me reveal a bit of a secret. The outer skin of the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warship requires over three hundred special materials to process. Each scale needs to be engraved with hundreds of thousands of divine patterns and paired with various formations and special cores. The whole processing takes about ten years and involves tens of thousands of steps. While any capable calculating expert could see these, remember how much effort it takes to memorize that many details? Exhaust all your calculating experts in West Kunlun, and they probably still couldn’t figure out just the outer skin’s processing details, let alone the rest! Want me to lend you a few calculating experts?"

"You~" Immortal Lan Shan immediately retorted angrily, "No need! I can use our sect’s secret method; how can the processing method of the Earth Fire Dragon Worm skin be unique to your Mo Sect? We have it too!"

"You fool!" Mo Qianxun scolded, "You’re using Dragon Worm skin for flags and robes, requiring it to be light and thin enough to accommodate high-rank spells. But the outer skin of a warship needs to be very thick, durable, and have strong conductivity to activate various large formations. These are two completely different extremes! If you really dared to use it like that, the warships produced would not exceed Fourth-rank; isn’t that a waste?"

"Hmph!" Immortal Lan Shan snorted coldly, "We also have our master alchemists in West Kunlun; the outer layer’s processing method can be sorted out!"

"True, it can be resolved, but what about the time?" Mo Qianxun laughed, "The outer skin, the horn, the eyes, the overall coordination—all of this should be researched, and it’s a huge project. Even with our warship as a reference, you would still need thousands of years, and it certainly wouldn’t be as good as ours. At most, it would reach Seventh-rank mid-grade!"

"Hehe, that’s sufficient for us!" Immortal Lan Shan smiled, "So, it’s best not to trouble yourself!"

"Do you think this is where it ends? I’m telling you, you are still far from it. If you truly build over a hundred Earth Fire Dragon Worm warships, you will be in big trouble!" Mo Qianxun said with a grin, "Don’t say I didn’t warn you!"

"What do you mean?" Immortal Lan Shan couldn’t afford to underestimate Mo Qianxun’s threat, so he hurriedly inquired, "Is there something I haven’t considered?"

"Of course, there are far too many things that someone like you hasn’t considered!" Mo Qianxun sneered, "Do you know why our Mo Sect only uses mixed fleets and never deploys fleets composed of the same type of warships?"

"Why?" Immortal Lan Shan asked.

"Because no matter how perfect a warship is, it has huge flaws, and the same type of warship is easy to counter!" Mo Qianxun explained. "Once countered, a mere Seventh or Eighth-rank treasure, combined with a Fire Tribulation Immortal, could defeat an entire fleet!"

"Hmm?" Immortal Lan Shan immediately grew anxious and said, "Are you saying that the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warship has a fatal flaw?"

"No!" Mo Qianxun shrugged, "At least not now."

"Then why are you wasting my time?" Immortal Lan Shan fumed.

"Haha, I’m just saying it isn’t there right now~" Mo Qianxun laughed, "In the past, that thing was part of the Mo Sect, so I wouldn’t go looking for its flaws and vulnerabilities for no reason. However, if I’m at a loss this time, I’ll spend the rest of my life simply searching for the weaknesses of the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warship and striving to invent its nemesis. In the end, I would release my research results to the world for free!"

"Mo Qianxun, you old rascal!" Immortal Lan Shan shouted in frustration, nearly going crazy!

West Kunlun would have to pay a tremendous price to build a huge fleet for conquering the world and protecting their sect. But here Mo Qianxun was, specifically designing a treasure that could defeat the entire fleet—not that it was infuriating?

If someone else had said so, Immortal Lan Shan would surely not believe it. But when Mo Qianxun said it, he couldn’t afford to doubt.

After all, he’s the ancestor of mechanical arts, and the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warship was invented by him; finding flaws would be too simple!

Now Immortal Lan Shan truly had no way out and could only gloomily say, "Fine! You win. Just return the Immortal Spirit Jellyfish to me; is it not enough to make the exchange?"

"Of course not!" Mo Qianxun grinned, "Once a transaction has been made, there’s no room for regret. After all, you are the leader of a sect; after living so long, you shouldn’t act inconsistently!"

"Damn it~" Immortal Lan Shan said with immense frustration, "You just want to infuriate me, don’t you?"

"This is a misrepresentation!" Mo Qianxun protested innocently, "Wasn’t it you who wanted to buy the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warship? You brought this on yourself, who else can you blame?"

"You~" Immortal Lan Shan was utterly speechless, and finally let out a long sigh, "Alright, alright, you’ve won. So, tell me, how can you not disrupt our plan and also help us get some other warships for mixing?"

"Hehe, why didn’t you say this sooner?" Mo Qianxun smiled, "Actually, your problem is quite easy to solve; half the warships should be Earth Fire Dragon Worms and half should be our Mo Sect’s warships, and that will be fine. Of course, you will have to pay a price; our Mo Sect cannot help you establish a fleet for free, as it’s a provocation to us. After all, we are the only ones with large-scale fleets right now! It’s troublesome to have more of you."

"I certainly won’t take your things for free~" Immortal Lan Shan said solemnly, "Moreover, you aren’t the kind of person to lose out either. So, tell me, what exactly do you want from us?"

"Hehe, then I’ll say it!" Mo Qianxun replied earnestly, "I want your Kunlun secret methods for refining Seventh-rank treasures. I don’t need too many, just one hundred types will do!"

"Get lost!" Immortal Lan Shan immediately exploded, "How dare you expect to get our sect’s secret methods?"

"I’m not asking for free~" Mo Qianxun said calmly, "I will exchange it for the refining secret methods for the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warship! That is also a secret of our sect!"

"This~" Immortal Lan Shan was instantly stunned.

With the refining secret method of the Earth Fire Dragon Worm, they could quickly produce fully qualified Seventh-rank warships and form powerful combat strength within thousands of years. Furthermore, the Earth Fire Dragon Worm in the Earth Fire Secret Realm continuously produces, allowing them to create a powerful warship every thousand years. Looking at it long-term, this deal is quite advantageous!

Considering this, Immortal Lan Shan pondered, "One hundred refining methods for treasures is too much. If it’s ten, I’d agree!"

"Get lost!" This time, it was Mo Qianxun’s turn to curse loudly, "The secrets contained in such a large treasure like the Earth Fire Dragon Worm cannot be compared to a mere ten treasures! Asking for one hundred is already a good deal for you. The materials consumed for your hundred treasures aren’t even one percent of what an Earth Fire Dragon Worm warship requires!"

"Uh~" Immortal Lan Shan knew he was in the wrong and could only mumble, "One hundred is definitely too much; I can’t agree to that. If there’s a larger number, I don’t have the authority to agree. Why not let me go back to discuss this with the Elders?"

"That’s certainly fine, but my patience is limited, so don’t brush me off! You can’t afford the consequences!" Mo Qianxun threatened.

"I understand~" Immortal Lan Shan smiled bitterly, "With your threat, we wouldn’t dare easily construct that many warships, would we? If we ended up with a sky filled with treasures that counter our warships, it would be a disaster for us!"

"Hehe, you understand, that’s good!" Mo Qianxun grinned triumphantly.

"By the way~" Immortal Lan Shan suddenly said seriously, "You must also agree to one more thing: once the transaction is completed, we have the right to use the Earth Fire Dragon Worm warships to exchange for a batch of warships of the same rank from you, so we can form a mixed fleet."

"That’s natural~" Mo Qianxun agreed readily, "As long as you give us one hundred methods for refining treasures, everything is negotiable!"

"Stop trying to extort me!" Immortal Lan Shan cursed angrily, then outright closed the communication, fearing if he stayed any longer, he’d be infuriated to death by Mo Qianxun.