A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 170 - 140: Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding

The expressions of the numerous envoys changed, even Ning Songzhi, who always watched the changing winds with a smile as an outsider and Upper Envoy, was startled. He couldn’t help but whisper, "Elite-level Floating Battleship..."

This sleek elite Floating Battleship had enormous sails hanging from its masts at both the front and rear, with the front sail inscribed with "Void Soaring" and the rear sail painted with "Distant-Guarding," exuding an impressive and awe-inspiring presence.

And behind this enormous shadow, followed two ordinary Floating Battleships, each ten Zhang long. All three ships were proudly displaying the banners of the Yunshan Sect and the Shuangye Alliance.

Yet everyone’s attention was tightly held by the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship.

The Yunshan Sect actually concealed such a Floating Battleship!

Floating Battleships might not be much to look at before Foundation Establishment Feather Scholars, but to Qi Cultivators, they are aerial overlords with significant threat. If both sides have similar Foundation Establishment combat strength, possessing one more Floating Battleship would gain a substantial advantage.

The construction of a Floating Battleship is difficult, costly, and its improvement and upgrade are even harder. Though it may resemble a mortal’s ship in form, it’s actually driven by various arrays, where every component in the ship’s body is interconnected, each with its unique purpose.

If one considers a Floating Battleship as a whole, it resembles a large-scale Magical Artifact or Spiritual Artifact. Cultivators who grasp the craft of Artifact Refining are one in a hundred, let alone crafting a Floating Battleship. Any modification can affect the whole assembly, and it’s far from simple like adding a few Spiritual Power Cannons into it.

The sects present had no research in these aspects; what they owned were ordinary Floating Battleships trailing behind the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship.

The ordinary Floating Battleship, which was originally ten Zhang long, was a massive entity, making individual cultivators appear insignificant before it. But at the moment, in comparison to the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship, an ordinary Floating Battleship appeared akin to a mere child.

Moreover, it wasn’t just the number of Spiritual Power Cannons that differed; this upgraded elite battleship was bound to have more extraordinary features than regular warships.

Surely, in a conflict, an ordinary Floating Battleship encountering the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship would inevitably be crushed with ease.

Could it be that, relying on this formidable ship, the Yunshan Sect was able to swiftly annihilate the Chaosheng Sect and establish themselves at Bichao Mountain?

All the envoys’ expressions changed.

Such an elite Floating Battleship not only represents combat power but also signifies profound and lasting heritage, something that ordinary Foundation Establishment Sect does not possess.

The Yunshan Sect is definitely not simple!

Ning Songzhi was somewhat more acquainted with this level of Floating Battleship than other envoys present because the Xuanguang Sect also had a warship of the same level.

Yet, that warship wasn’t constructed by the Xuanguang Sect; it was a war trophy from an expansion campaign centuries ago. But among Golden Core Sects, with a Golden Core Master wielding a Magical Treasure and casting Divine Techniques, they could instantly destroy a Floating Battleship.

Therefore, Master Fengfeng and several Elders were uninterested in Floating Battleships, with the elite warship serving as the Sect Leader’s carriage and ceremonial escort.

Who would have thought that such a Floating Battleship could be seen in the Yunshan Sect? It struck him then; the Yunshan Sect’s rapid rise was too mysterious. Moreover, due to Xuanguang Sect’s laissez-faire approach toward subordinate sect warfare, no one could truly clarify where this sect originated or when it established itself in Chongming County.

Today’s matters must be fully reported to the uncle master and master, to see how they handle it.

At the bow of the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship stood Tan Hong and Zhang Lemei shoulder to shoulder. At the bow of the other two Floating Battleships stood Sect Leader Zhao Xianzong of Spirit Snake Peak and Sect Leader Chen Wei of Liuhua Valley.

Tan Hong loudly proclaimed, "Sect Leader, the divine ship has arrived, please command!"

Lu Qian commanded loudly, "Embark!"

The cultivators beneath the altar responded in unison, dozens of streaks of light ascending together like fledgling swallows returning to the woods, directly entering the Floating Battleships, disappearing from sight.

In the next moment, the eighty Spiritual Power Light Cannons on the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship blazed with light, a deafening roar splitting the air as beams shot forth, shattering the clouds.

Such momentum, truly far surpasses that of ordinary Floating Battleships.

So that’s why! No wonder along the way, not a single elite disciple of the Yunshan Sect was seen, for they were all concealed within the Floating Battleships controlling them, waiting to deter everyone at this moment.

Kong Pengfei and Qin Zhiyi’s faces were ashen. As Qi Cultivation Elites, they were used to encountering Floating Battleships on the battlefield, with effective means being to entangle the enemy’s warships with their own while their elite cultivators maneuver to defeat foes. But faced with the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship...

One could already envision the terrible scene of Spiritual Power Light Cannons thunderously roaring, their Flying Spiritual Artifacts being blasted apart as cultivators plummeted from the clouds.

Unless a Foundation Establishment intervenes, how to withstand it?

Zhuang Qing and Han Wen had sober expressions; Floating Battleships posed little threat to them, but what about their disciples?

Moreover, controlling such a large vessel requires at least fifty disciples, while the other two ships each likely contain thirty cultivators. Thus calculated, the Yunshan Sect surely has over a hundred elite disciples!

With over a hundred elites, and having seen forty or fifty Early-Stage Qi Cultivation individuals along the way, the ratio perfectly matches.

Adding the Shuangye Alliance and vassal cultivators...

The Yunshan Sect certainly cannot be underestimated!

Zhuang Qing and Han Wen each harbored their own calculations, quietly making their decisions.

Having fired a round of light cannons, achieving the intended display of strength, Lu Qian waved his hand, Tan Hong bowed deeply, and the three Floating Battleships floated in a graceful arc, landing at Bichao Mountain’s rear.

Only when the Floating Battleships could no longer be seen, did Lu Qian finally relax, a thin layer of sweat having formed in his palms.

Luckily, luckily, they didn’t fall; truly, the ancestors’ blessing!

From truly deciding to construct the Void-Soaring and Distant-Guarding Divine Ship until now, it’s merely been fifty days. How could such a short time produce this grand vessel!

The current divine ship merely has a hull, armed with Spiritual Power Cannons and the most basic Floating Array.

Even the two functions it possesses are cut down to the minimum configuration.

The power array and its corresponding components, enabling the divine ship to fly at double the speed of ordinary Floating Battleships, are not installed. Now it can only float placidly at a slow pace.

The array and components allowing coordinated operation of eighty Spiritual Power Cannons as if one limb, greatly reducing the number of controlling cultivators, are not installed. The simultaneous firing of eighty cannons relies entirely on those who lifted off and entered the ship, with each person manually operating one cannon.

Building the divine ship is costly; currently, every place in the Yunshan Sect requires money, with only ten Spirit Crystals and more than four thousand Spirit Stones in the Treasury - it’s far from enough. Thus, even the eighty Spiritual Power Cannons are reassembled from the original ordinary Floating Battleships’ forty cannons each.

And the vacancies left on the original Floating Battleships were all filled with iron tubes crafted to match the appearance of cannons. Suspended high in the sky without firing orders, there’s no telling them apart.