Chapter 330
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Chapter 330: Sea Ship
Not far from Hidden Spirit Island, a spiritual boat floated gently on the surface of the Endless Sea.
Xu Fan and Wang Yulun were fishing on the spiritual boat.
“Why aren’t you with your wife?” Xu Fan asked, holding his fishing rod.
“She’s been in seclusion, cultivating lately,” Wang Yulun replied, also holding a fishing rod.
“What’s bothering you now? Did you get pushed around in your dreams again?” Xu Fan chuckled.
“Not really, it’s just that after nearly dying, I suddenly feel like cultivation has lost its meaning.”
Wang Yulun looked indifferent, almost like an enlightened monk.
“Young man, you’ve lost your dream.”
“Dream, my foot,” Wang Yulun scoffed.
“It’s better to live, even if it’s a tough life. Your son hasn’t started a family yet, and you’re already thinking of retiring? That won’t do.”
As Xu Fan spoke, he lifted his rod, and a two-meter-long deep-sea lobster was pulled up. He swung the lobster into the boat’s cabin, where specially made food puppets awaited to turn it into delicious dishes.
At that moment, Wang Yulun felt a tug on his fishing line. He lifted it to find a deep-sea centipede, which looked disgusting and smelled foul.
“What bad luck,” Wang Yulun said as he prepared to fling the centipede back into the sea.
“Wait,” Xu Fan said, squinting his eyes.
The deep-sea centipede was tossed back into the ocean, but Xu Fan brought it back, sensing something unusual about the spiritual energy within it.
The one-meter-long centipede hovered in the air, slowly being decomposed, revealing a ball the size of a cue ball, sparkling with brilliant spiritual light, which then floated into Xu Fan’s hand.
“Heavenly Spirit Pearl, your luck is truly unbeatable,” Xu Fan said, handing the pearl to Wang Yulun.
“Why are you giving it to me? I didn’t discover it,” Wang Yulun replied, showing no excitement over finding a treasure.
“The Heavenly Spirit Pearl can absorb spiritual energy from the endless void. Carrying it is like having a second spiritual sea. When used in the Spirit Gathering Formation, it can increase the amount of spiritual energy absorbed several times.”
“Moreover, if you have artifact crafting skills, there’s an even greater chance to…”
Xu Fan went on to list a multitude of benefits of the Heavenly Spirit Pearl.
“Just keep it. Between us brothers, there’s no need for formalities. Didn’t you want to enhance the sect’s Spirit Gathering Formation? Take it and use it.” Wang Yulun waved his rod again, continuing to fish.
“Alright,” Xu Fan nodded, as brothers don’t speak in formalities.
After fishing all morning, the two returned to the Hidden Spirit Sect by noon.
Xu Fan appeared in the Spirit Gathering Space of the Hidden Spirit Sect, gently tossing the Heavenly Spirit Pearl into the air.
The Heavenly Spirit Pearl floated between three Dao-grade Spirit Gathering Pearls, forming a new Spirit Gathering Formation.
The flow from the waterfall of Celestial Blue Spiritual Liquid above the spiritual liquid lake suddenly increased several times, nearly overwhelming the entire lake.
“Master, should we begin energizing the sect?” a voice from Grape chimed in.
“Go ahead, after it’s full, we’ll think about where to go next,” Xu Fan said with a smile, marveling at his brother’s greatness.
“Since there’s more spiritual energy, let’s open a few more Production Lines.”
“Understood.”
At Artifact Crafting Peak, Sha Diao was analyzing a pile of freshly mined spirit ore.
“Master, any progress yet?” a disciple from the peak inquired.
“I can manage to forge something, but it’s not quite up to par,” Sha Diao shook his head. Ever since Xu Fan assigned him this task, he had been working hard on it.
He had created several alloys, but none of them met his expectations.
“Brother Sha.”
Xu Fan appeared beside Sha Diao.
“The Grand Elder is here, please have a seat.”
“Qing Ling, pour some tea,” Sha Diao instructed.
“Brother Sha, can these spirit ores be combined?” Xu Fan asked.
“They can, but the resulting alloy won’t be as hard as the Grand Elder requires,” Sha Diao replied, shaking his head.
Xu Fan had brought all the large spirit ores he found around Hidden Spirit Island to Sha Diao, hoping he could develop an alloy with both high conductivity and hardness to replace the spirit iron array disk beneath Hidden Spirit Island.
“So far, the alloy I’ve developed meets the Grand Elder’s conductivity needs, but its hardness is only slightly better than a spirit platform.”
“Don’t stress, Brother Sha. As we discover more spirit ore, things should improve,” Xu Fan said with a smile.
“Alright, I’ll speed up the crafting of that little sea ship; I hope it benefits our sect,” Sha Diao said.
Hearing this, Xu Fan’s eyes lit up. It seemed the wealthy lady and his obedient disciple had left a sea ship in the treasure vault.
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Brother Sha.”
After speaking, Xu Fan excused himself and headed to the treasure vault.
Soon after, Xu Fan came out of the vault holding a palace artifact.
On Satellite Island, the recently returned Core Formation Stage Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey was summoned by Xu Fan once more.
On the sea outside Hidden Spirit Island,
“Boom~”
A sea ship stretching thirty thousand meters appeared on the water.
“It looks better than the Floating Sky Ship.”
“It’s decent, but it’s a bit short on secondary cannons,” Sha Diao commented as he followed Xu Fan, who wanted to test pilot the sea ship.
Xu Gang and Xu Yuexian also arrived.
“Master, is this the sea ship that belongs to our fourth junior brother’s wife?” Xu Gang asked, looking at the ship with a grin.
“Yes, I just remembered it today, so I decided to take it out for a spin,” Xu Fan replied cheerfully.
Everyone boarded the sea ship, and the Core Formation Stage Five-Spirit Enlightened Monkey went to the ship’s power core. To pilot the sea ship, it needed to gain access rights, a process known as temporary recognition in the cultivation world.
At that moment, a column of spiritual liquid descended from the sky and entered the ship’s power core.
Instantly, the entire sea ship seemed to come alive.
“Master, what’s this?” Xu Yuexian asked, watching the light column continue to supply spiritual liquid to the ship’s power core.
“Oh, this is spiritual liquid that replaces spirit stones. The current method of delivery is a bit rough, but I’ll refine it later,” Xu Fan explained.
Now, Xu Fan used spiritual liquid from the Spirit Gathering Formation instead of spirit stones, making the process more efficient and energy-saving.
“Alright then.”
To everyone else, using spirit stones still seemed more convenient.
“What happens when we go beyond the Spirit Gathering Formation’s range?” Sha Diao asked.
“For short distances, we deliver spiritual liquid directly; for medium to long distances, we use a teleportation formation to send the liquid to the power core,” Xu Fan explained, chuckling at the thought that this idea was probably unprecedented.
“What about positioning the teleportation formation?” Sha Diao asked, visibly excited. A good artifact master must also be a good formation master.
When he first learned to inscribe teleportation formations, he had pondered this very issue.
“It’s a bit complex. Here, take a look at the sequence of runes for the teleportation formation in this jade slip.”
Xu Fan handed Sha Diao a jade slip containing a teleportation formation that allowed for bi-directional movement.
Back when he first studied teleportation formations, he had deduced a version that allowed mutual movement and transmission. Now it had evolved into a version with unlimited connectivity, allowing for instant updates of coordinates as long as both sides had a signal.
