Chapter 464: Chapter 463: The Kunlun Taoist Must Die
The warship ascended and directly broke through the defense array of Blood Peak City, heading straight for Qingxu Sect.
"This warship..."
Inside the warship, Bai Ziyue was curiously observing. With his perspective as a low-tier third-grade refiner, he could naturally see the uniqueness of this warship.
It was akin to special Dharma treasures like the Flying Shuttle and Sumeru True Mansion.
However, regardless of its size or complexity, the difficulty of refining the warship was a hundred times, even a thousand times greater than that of the Flying Shuttle and Sumeru True Mansion.
With just a glance, he saw at least a hundred various components on the hull. Counting the internal parts, there were at least over ten thousand components, each with different functions.
Most of these components had at least Dharma Artifact Level hardness, with many reaching Spiritual Artifact or even Dharma Treasure levels... Bai Ziyue estimated that even with dedicated blueprint formulas for each component, it would still require coordination from a high-tier third-grade refiner, along with hundreds of first and second-grade refiners, and more than six months to refine the warship successfully.
Not to mention the numerous arrays laid on the warship, which required at least one high-tier third-grade array master to participate in the refining process to truly complete it.
The difficulty was beyond imagination.
He estimated the cost of a warship to be around twenty to thirty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, earning the title of a large-scale money-spending machine.
"This is the Blood Peak Warship, which not only contains the Sumeru Array for space expansion, but also includes a third-grade high-tier defense array, a third-grade Illusion Spirit Array, and a low-tier third-grade Concealing Array, supporting defense, concealment, illusion spirit, and other numerous functions.
Moreover, its speed was not slow, comparable to a late-stage Divine Realm cultivator flying at full capacity.
The only regret was that in an early battle, the warship’s attack array was blown to pieces; if not, the attack power of the warship would have been fierce, even able to unleash a full-power strike comparable to a peak Divine Realm expert’s, operated even by Enlightenment Realm cultivators."
Master Fushui noticed the curiosity in Bai Ziyue’s eyes and slightly explained.
"Indeed, it was formidable."
Bai Ziyue nodded, having truly experienced the warship’s power.
Previously, when Daoist Tianhe controlled the warship to bombard him fiercely, he escaped underground to narrowly avert disaster; otherwise, his fate would have been worrying.
And this warship was evidently even stronger, capable of unleashing terrifying power comparable to a peak Divine Realm expert’s full-power strike, operated solely by Enlightenment Realm cultivators.
*Truly shocking.*
"The only slight pity was the warship’s consumption of energy was extremely terrifying.
For example, for us to travel from Blood Peak City to Qingxu Sect in three days, the Spirit Stones consumed amounted to thirty top-grade Spirit Stones; if engaged in combat, the consumption would be even more terrifying, possibly reaching three hundred top-grade Spirit Stones in one day, making it a household of Spirit Stone consumption.
Ordinary cultivators could not afford it."
Master Fushui lamented in saying.
Bai Ziyue listened silently, only able to exclaim in awe.
"By the way, I heard you mention the Black Mountain Old Ghost before; it seemed he’s a demonic cultivator. Are there many demonic cultivators here?"
Bai Ziyue asked with some confusion.
He had already heard more than once about demonic cultivators.
Previously, while traveling with Qiu Dashang and others, in their mouths, demonic cultivators were the most dangerous existence.
Now again hearing about the Black Mountain Old Ghost, even True Monarch Lingjiu was quite apprehensive, sparking his curiosity.
"The truly troublesome aspect of demonic cultivators is their endless bizarre methods, especially sinister and cunning ones, strange techniques making people unknowingly affected, used either as materials for their refining treasures, or becoming controlled physically and mentally, turning into their puppets.
Moreover, because demonic cultivation techniques are often very convenient for fast progression, many righteous cultivators would secretly switch to demonic cultivation techniques, becoming demon cultivators.
Therefore, they were often irresistible to slaughter, extremely difficult to deal with.
As for Black Mountain Old Ghost, he was a nearby demon hegemon, possessing mid-stage Golden Core Realm strength, extremely powerful.
Ten years ago, the Hall Master and Scholar Jing Qiu joined forces, only managing to heavily wound Black Mountain Old Ghost.
Now that he’s reappeared, there was likely to be bloodshed and chaos yet again."
Master Jin Ting approached and opened his mouth to speak.
Upon hearing this, Bai Ziyue finally understood.
*Immortal cultivators practiced strength, but more so adhered to their conscience.*
*However, among cultivators, those with poor disposition easily fell for the temptation of demonic cultivators when their cultivation did not proceed smoothly, thus switching to demonic cultivation techniques.*
*To become strong quickly, they naturally tended toward slaughter, plundering all resources for rapid advancement.*
*Thus, demonic cultivators were extremely hard to eradicate. Killing one might very soon result in many more appearing.*
*Even a cultivator friend today might not resist the temptation of growing stronger the next day, stepping into the demon path to become your enemy.*
*Unless from the root demons like Black Mountain Old Ghost were cut off, and consistently sought out demonic cultivators for elimination, only then could they gradually vanish.*
"Across the Cloud-piercing Mountain Range, nearly all cultivators had deep-seated hatred toward demonic cultivators.
Almost all cultivators from Cloud-piercing Mountain Range had organized a massive anti-demon campaign.
Yet within a few years, demonic cultivators revived, leaving people helpless."
Later, the sects came to know that a demonic sect had somehow emerged in the Cloud-piercing Mountain Range.
It was widely rumored outside that in the Cloud-piercing Mountain Range, the strongest were the Cloud-piercing Four Sects: Qingxu Sect, Taiyi Immortal Sect, Thunder Sect, and Great Buddha Sect. In fact, a True Demon Sect needed to be added to this list.
Because among those Golden Core Realm Demon Monarchs we discovered, there were as many as seven or eight, even more than our Qingxu Sect. You should know that our Qingxu Sect nowadays seemed to have the tendency to become the hand of the Four Sects.
However, no one genuinely found the location of the True Demon Sect’s mountain gate; perhaps someone found it and died, and the news couldn’t get out.
Therefore, we speculated that within the True Demon Sect, there might be a large Grotto Heaven Treasure, and their mountain gate was probably inside that Grotto Heaven Treasure.
Only by finding that Grotto Heaven Treasure could there be a chance to truly annihilate the True Demon Sect and eliminate the demonic threat."
Master Fushui spoke slightly gravely.
"True Demon Sect? Grotto Heaven Treasure?"
Bai Ziyue was stunned. *These pieces of information, if not disclosed by Master Fushui, he would have no way to know.*
*The Jade Scroll Eye in Blood Peak City’s introduction to the Cloud-piercing Mountain Range wouldn’t have such information either.*
*However, because of it, he had broadened his horizons.*
*He had a clearer understanding of the specific power structure of the Cloud-piercing Mountain Range.*
...
Next, the Blood Peak Warship continued to fly, and Bai Ziyue also found a place to quietly cultivate and research the Daoist Text.
*During this time, although he reduced the time spent on Dao runes, after a period of quiet cultivation and research, he was finally about to grasp the second Dao rune, so he naturally had to keep pushing forward.*
Soon Bai Ziyue’s eyelids twitched, *and a sense of exhilaration spontaneously surged forth.*
"I comprehended it, the second Daoist Text.
This time, it’s ’wood,’ containing vibrant vitality and filled with the essence of life, the ’wood’ character."
Bai Ziyue felt slightly excited.
*Previously, the ’fire’ character had already made him feel the magical nature of the Daoist Text. Now with the ’wood’ character, it added a layer of insight to his heart. He faintly grasped a thread of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.*
"*’Fire’ and ’wood’ ignite each other. These two Daoist Texts combined seem to enhance the power of attacking flames by several folds.*"
*He muttered to himself, seemingly enlightened.*
*For quite a while, he managed to recover from the excitement of grasping the second Daoist Text, flipping his hand to reveal a piece of green copper.*
"It’s a pity that despite all my inquiries, I still haven’t found anyone who understands Demon Race text. So this Demon Race Technique still hasn’t seen the light of day.
Now, I can only hope Qingxu Sect has documentation in this area."
*Regarding the Demon Race Technique recorded in this piece of green copper at hand, he was indeed quite expectant.*
*Not only did he vaguely discover some mystical aspects from the route map within the technique, but he also felt a strange intuition in his heart that this Demon Race Technique might be a major aid in pioneering a Divine Realm Technique.*
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"Seven Divine Realm Cultivators, although more than expected by one, to ensure absolute safety, we had nine people, along with over twenty recruited Enlightenment Realm demon kids, enough to deal with them and still have surplus.
The only trouble lies with Master Fushui. Although usually, he doesn’t stand out, from what I know, his strength reached the Nine-star Divine Realm twenty years ago. Otherwise, True Monarch Lingjiu wouldn’t trust him to escort this batch of goods."
In a stretch of barren hills, a cultivator spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Ten years ago, I had brief contact with him. His strength certainly had reached the Nine-star Divine Realm degree.
Just, ten years ago I might have lagged behind him slightly, but now ten years later, I am not the same.
Plus, with the Yellow Fog True Demon Array helping to suppress him... *he was sure to die."*
A pale-faced man, appearing somewhat androgynous, spoke.
"That Kunlun Daoist is rumored to be a recently recruited alchemist by the Qingxu Sect.
His alchemy skills shouldn’t be weak, at least above the Third-Grade Initial Tier.
A Third-Grade Alchemist could significantly enhance a sect’s foundation.
So besides ensuring Master Fushui doesn’t escape, this Kunlun Daoist mustn’t be spared.
Kunlun Daoist must die.
That’s your task, Master Xie Yun.
An alchemist’s combat ability is typically weaker, and he is merely at the early stage of Divine Realm cultivation. I suppose your strength at Three-star Divine Realm should suffice to handle this?"
The hoarse-voiced cultivator spoke again, looking at a middle-aged cultivator among them.
"Rest assured, he won’t survive."
*Master Xie Yun certainly had this confidence.*
Three-star Divine Realm was equivalent to the first level of mid-stage Divine Realm, *dealing effortlessly with someone merely at the early-stage Divine Realm alchemist would naturally be easy, without any accidents.*