Chapter 789

Chapter 789: Golden Stone Spirit

Xu Fan appeared in the control room, looking slightly uneasy as he watched Ming Kong operating the Ten Thousand Star Ship.

"What’s that?" Xu Fan pointed to a specific spot in the star region, where he sensed an enormous presence, like a living star directly in the path of the Ten Thousand Star Ship.

"You’re talking about the Golden Stone Spirit," Ming Kong replied.

"It’s a star beast from outside our cultivation world, similar to the giant beast. This part of the star region is its territory."

"The Golden Stone Spirit is quite gentle and has a calm temperament. It usually doesn’t attack passing Universe Ships."

"What do you mean by ‘usually’?" Xu Fan asked, feeling a bit more at ease knowing it was safe.

The Golden Stone Spirit was at least at the level of a true immortal, and Xu Fan wasn’t capable of dealing with it at the moment.

"It doesn’t demand spirit ore unless there’s a battle on its territory and the toll isn’t paid."

"I consider the Golden Stone Spirit an old friend. It startled me when we first met," Ming Kong said.

As the Ten Thousand Star Ship sped up, the massive form of the Golden Stone Spirit gradually came into view.

The Golden Stone Spirit looked like a planet with two huge arms, its entire body a sandy yellow color.

The enormous head of the Golden Stone Spirit sensed the approach of the Ten Thousand Star Ship.

Originally facing sideways, the Golden Stone Spirit turned around and gave a slight smile, reminiscent of a smiley face emoji.

It was like meeting an old friend after many years.

"So, what do we do now?"

Xu Fan had grown used to giant creatures in the cultivation world, but seeing a lifeform the size of Earth was still awe-inspiring.

"Just unload the spirit ore we prepared for the Golden Stone Spirit after you hear it speak, and then we can leave," Ming Kong said casually, as if meeting an old friend.

"When the Upper Zun first met the Golden Stone Spirit, his first thought was to suppress it and break it down for spirit ore," Ming Kong recalled with a chuckle.

"With its entire body made of fire spirit copper, just taking a little would make you incredibly rich. Who wouldn’t be tempted by that?" Xu Fan said, eyeing the sandy-yellow Golden Stone Spirit and swallowing hard.

If he had that much fire spirit copper, he could forge a Universe Ship hundreds of times more powerful than the Ten Thousand Star Ship without breaking a sweat.

Celestial tools made from fire spirit copper would also be top-tier.

"Haha, back then, the Upper Zun spoke in a way similar to the Grand Elder."

The Ten Thousand Star Ship began to slow down, landing in a vast canyon on the Golden Stone Spirit’s body, right at its mouth.

The cultivators managing the spirit ore warehouse aboard the Ten Thousand Star Ship started unloading the spirit ore.

"Fire spirit copper, red gold copper, iceheart copper, wood cloud copper…"

"Does the Golden Stone Spirit only accept copper-type spirit ore?" Xu Fan asked curiously.

"It also takes gold-type spirit ore, but the quantities found are usually small," Ming Kong explained.

Just then, a strange sound emerged, as if coming from a deep abyss.

"The Golden Stone Spirit is greeting us," Ming Kong said, responding with a similar strange sound, activated by his divine powers.

An hour later, all the spirit ore had been piled up.

A mountain of spirit ore, as large as the Ten Thousand Star Ship itself, had formed.

A strange sound echoed again, and this time Xu Fan recognized it as a sign of gratitude.

"We can leave now. If we’re lucky, we might receive a parting gift from the Golden Stone Spirit before we go," Ming Kong said with a smile.

At that moment, a disc-sized piece of fire spirit copper flew toward the Ten Thousand Star Ship.

Ming Kong quickly retrieved it into the Daoist artifact palace.

"………" Xu Fan thought.

This action seemed a bit presumptuous.

The Ten Thousand Star Ship took off, heading toward the brightest star in the distance.

"Are there many star beasts like that in this star region?" Xu Fan asked curiously.

"Not many. Since I took control of the Ten Thousand Star Ship, I’ve seen only two: one was the Golden Stone Spirit," Ming Kong replied.

"I also encountered a jade white giant turtle, which was several times larger than the Stone Spirit," he said, projecting the scene from that time.

A jade white giant turtle lay across the star region, with the Golden Stone Spirit looking like a newborn baby before it.

"Doesn’t it look a bit like Fierce White?" Xu Fan said, pulling out the sleeping Fierce White from the Daoist artifact palace.

"It resembles it, but not entirely," Xu Fan noted as he compared Fierce White with the jade white giant turtle in the projection.

"The giant turtle has huge horns on its head, and its shell resembles a mountain range of jade."

"The one from the Grand Elder might just have similar coloring," Ming Kong remarked, gazing at the Fierce White in Xu Fan’s hands.

"Maybe~" Xu Fan said, placing the freshly awakened Fierce White back.

Once back in the Daoist artifact palace, Fierce White’s small, pea-sized eyes flashed with disdain.

Although it didn’t know why, Fierce White felt it was a bit superior to the giant turtle in the painting.

"Is the route between the two realms safe?" Xu Fan asked, looking at the distant stars.

"Pretty safe, as long as we don’t encounter space pirates," Ming Kong answered.

"There are space pirates?" Xu Fan was quite surprised.

"Yes, some Quasi-Immortals and true immortals who didn’t go to the Immortal Realm stay here, robbing passing Universe Ships."

"But our Ten Thousand Star Ship is fast; even if we meet them, we can escape in time," Ming Kong replied, resembling an old captain of the star sea.

"Quasi-Immortal, true immortal," Xu Fan pondered, wondering if he could turn the tables if he encountered them.

Once they entered the star region, the chains from the golden finger became stronger, but he could understand more profound paths with different layers.

If he could grasp 100 paths in the cultivation world, now he could see a level close to 999.

Understanding such a large number of wide road laws should help him deal with a true immortal without any problem.

"This Ten Thousand Star Ship was seized from space pirates by the Upper Zun."

"At that time, the Upper Zun and I were piloting a Universe Ship developed by the Heavenly Refining Sect, clumsily exploring the star region, when we ran into the space pirates."

"The space pirates used the Ten Thousand Star Ship to directly smash our Universe Ship."

"I thought that the Upper Zun and I would perish there, but the Upper Zun unleashed great power, using supreme divine abilities along with half of his own essence to offer three celestial tools, killing the true immortal and two Quasi-Immortals on that Ten Thousand Star Ship."

"After that battle, the Upper Zun was weakened for a whole thousand years."

"But it was because of this Ten Thousand Star Ship that we discovered the Ancient Cang Realm, and the Elder Council completely rose to power," Ming Kong said nostalgically.

Remembering the days spent with the Upper Zun brought a slight sheen of moisture to Ming Kong’s eyes.

"Truly deserving of the name Upper Zun, to slay a true immortal with such status is indeed remarkable," Xu Fan expressed his admiration.

He had never encountered a true immortal and was unsure how difficult it would be to defeat one.

"I wonder how the Upper Zun is doing in the Immortal Realm. According to the Golden Winged Roc’s words, he should be trapped by their clan," Ming Kong said with some concern.

"A person like the Upper Zun will surely escape the control of the Golden Winged Roc Clan and carve out his own world."