The next time Lu Ping saw Chen Lian was during the ship's trial.
The entire Zhen Ling Sect fell into a state of shock when the 1,500-1,600-feet-long, 100-feet-wide ship sailed out from the back of Tian Ling Mountain!
Back then, when Lu Ping discovered the place where Fei Ling Sect's treasured ship had sunk deep in the sea outside Frost Island, the Zhen Ling Sect's Avatar cultivators had spent a great deal of effort to secretly move the ship's wreckage into the forbidden area behind Tian Ling Mountain.
In order to keep it a secret, not only did the sects of the North Sea not know about this, but even in Zhenling, other than the Dharma adepts, only the Weapon Forging Hall, the Talisman Making Pavilion, and a few spell formation masters of Zhenling knew about this because they had to repair the ship.
After Jiang Tianlin had advanced to the late Dharma stage, most of the Zhen Ling Sect cultivators, as well as the various sects in the North Sea, had been silently estimating that Zhen Ling Sect would need at least a few decades before they could build a brand new treasure ship and advance to become a large sect. Who would have thought that Zhen Ling Sect would unbelievably come up with such a huge object in the forbidden area behind Tianling Mountain!
The entire Zhenling was in disbelief when they heard the news. Then, they swarmed to the back of the mountain to watch the ship's trial. After that, all the cultivators of Zhenling, be it the Core Forging stage, the Blood Condensation stage, or even the Blood Refining stage disciples who had just learned how to use their artifacts to fly, went into a frenzy. These disciples flew up and down the slowly moving ship with all kinds of lights behind them.
There were even some disciples who fell into the sea while they were enjoying themselves. Those were the Blood Refining Realm disciples who were too engrossed in their flight and didn't even realize that their arcane energy had been depleted. As a result, they could only fall into the sea, causing the Zhen Ling Sect cultivators who were watching the trial run to burst into laughter.
The trial of Zhenling's ship caused the entire Zhenling to be in a state of ecstasy. It was as if this ship's trial was like an official diplomatic mission for Zhenling.
The news of Zhenling's sudden trial of the treasured ship was like a boulder that had been thrown into a pond. It was no longer just a few ripples, but a great uproar. The scope of the impact was not only limited to a corner of the North Sea's cultivation world.
How could Zhenling suddenly have a treasured ship? This was impossible!
Zhenling's rise to prominence was already fast enough, but the sects of the North Sea had never discovered any signs of Zhenling building a treasure ship.
The construction of a treasured ship was a huge project to begin with, and it was also a heavy burden. In the eyes of the sects of the North Sea, Zhenling had risen so quickly. With the barren cultivation world of the North Sea, most of Zhenling's resources should have been used on the cultivation of their disciples. How could they have any spare energy to build a treasured ship?
Even if Zhenling met the qualifications to be promoted to a large sect and started building a treasured ship with all its might, it would be impossible for it to succeed without several decades of effort. This was under the condition that there were no twists and turns in the process of building the treasured ship.
It must be known that the process of building a treasured ship was not smooth sailing. It involved many secret techniques related to weapon refinement, formations, talismans, spirit veins, grotto-heavens, and so on. As a sect that had never experienced a large sect, how could they guarantee that the process of building a treasured ship would not be affected?
What was even more unexpected was that as an overseas sect that had just reached the threshold of becoming a large sect, in order to save cultivation resources and shorten the time needed to advance, the first treasured ship they built was usually a small treasured ship that was around 300 meters long. Then, as the strength of the sect increased, the treasured ship would be expanded to become a medium-sized treasured ship that was 150 meters long.
However, this time, Zhenling directly sailed out from the back of Tianling Mountain with a medium-sized ship that was 500 to 600 feet in length. It was even considered extremely large among medium-sized treasured ships. This was a treasure ship that could only be built by those large sects that had deep foundations overseas.
The bigger the treasured ship, the more sturdy it was and the more powerful it was. In the overseas cultivation world, it also meant that the sect's strength was stronger.
Zhenling's plans were great!
The North Sea cultivation world, which was already jittery because of Jiang Tianlin's advancement to the late Dharma stage, had even fallen into despair when Zhenling's treasured ship suddenly set sail.
The rise of Zhenling was unstoppable!
On the deck of the treasured ship, the senile Tianjiang Laozu looked at the back of Tianling Mountain, which was getting smaller and smaller in the distance. He also looked at the treasured ship, which was illuminated by the magic of the Zhenling cultivators who were cheering. He laughed happily and shouted, "Old Man's wish is fulfilled, Old Man's wish is fulfilled, I have no regrets even if I die, I have no regrets even if I die!"
Chen Lian was originally cheering as the treasured ship set sail. However, at this time, because Tianjiang Laozu was nearing the end of his lifespan, all the affairs on the treasured ship had been handed over to Chen Lian.
After Lu Ping met Tianjiang Laozu and instructed the sect disciples to take care of the old man, he went straight to Chen Lian.
"Are you here to see the Great Way of the Nine Dragon Bells?"
Chen Lian was very clear about the purpose of Lu Ping's visit. Although Zhenling's treasured ship set sail was a big deal, North Sea Water Sword Immortal had seen everything. During the battle of Phantom City, Lu Da Sword Immortal had witnessed how the six Dabao ships rampaged through Mara's army.
Not to mention that Zhenling's treasured ship was only a medium-sized one, he had even been in close contact with the large treasured ship of the Crystal Palace. He was lucky enough to board the ship during the battle, but he could only look at it from the deck. Of course, outsiders were not allowed to enter the interior of the treasured ship.
But even if Lu Ping could enter the interior of Zhenling's treasured ship, he still knew nothing about the things inside. At most, he would only be able to see something new.
After returning to the North Sea, Lu Ping sorted out the contents of Daoist Hu's incantations and handed them over to Chen Lian. Chen Lian naturally treated them like a treasure, especially the contents related to blacksmithing. Chen Lian repeatedly pondered over them like he was intoxicated.
The so-called Great Way of the Nine Dragon Bells was actually the Sea Bell. This time, the Great Way of the Nine Dragon Bells brought back by Zhenling from the Taoist Altar were enough to refine eight Sea Bells. And Lu Ping privately asked Chen Lian to refine another one, using the broken pedestal stone engraved with dragon-shaped relief that Lu Ping brought back from the Taoist Altar. This bell was called the "Great Way of the Nine Dragon Bells" by Lu Ping.
Different from the eight Sea Bells refined by Zhenling, the Great Way of the Nine Dragon Bells refined by Lu Ping not only had nine dragon-shaped reliefs on the surface of the bell, but the most important thing was that there was a natural device spirit in the bell, which called itself a "dragon"!
Naturally, Lu Ping despised this arrogant dragon-shaped relief greatly. How dare it call itself a "dragon"? At best, it was evolved from a mantra thought of Jiao Daoren. Even Jiao Daoren himself called himself a "flood dragon", so how dare it call itself a "dragon"!
The dragon-shaped relief naturally knew that it was not confident enough, but in this cultivation world, aside from Lu Ping, there seemed to be no one who could see through its tricks. Naturally, the dragon-shaped relief enjoyed this majestic title with a clear conscience.
Of course, although the Great Way of the Nine Dragon Bells was refined according to the method of the Sea Bell, there were still many differences. In order to create its own hiding place, the dragon-shaped relief naturally did not dare to hold back at all. Be it in terms of power or other magical uses, the Nine Dragon Bells were much stronger than the other Sea Bells.
Moreover, because of the dragon-shaped relief, there was a mysterious connection between the Nine Dragon Bells and the other eight Sea Bells. Once the Nine Dragon Bells and the other eight Sea Bells were placed together, they could form a powerful formation under the main formation of the Nine Dragon Bells.
"How is it? Did the refinement process go smoothly?" Lu Ping asked with a smile.
Chen Lian replied, "This is really not an easy task. Although the refinement process of the Nine Dragon Bells is complicated, with my current artefact refinement techniques, I am barely able to control it. However, there is an artefact spirit hidden within this magic treasure. It will not be easy to not damage it. Besides, I have never come across this kind of refinement method before. How can an artefact spirit exist without going through Lightning Tribulation? The quality of this Nine Dragon Bell is so high that it will be able to withstand Lightning Tribulation in the future. Will another artefact spirit be born after it withstands Lightning Tribulation?
How will the two of them get along? "As the two of them conversed, they arrived at a specially-opened artefact refinement room on the treasured vessel. Chen Lian's words were overheard by the dragon-shaped relief on the one-meter-tall bronze bell in the center of the room.
The nine dragon-shaped reliefs on the bronze bell swam at the same time, looking very strange. However, there seemed to be a mysterious connection between the nine reliefs. One of the reliefs suddenly said, "Naturally, the Lightning Tribulation has to be endured. Otherwise, how can it become a spiritual treasure? However, the artefact spirit will not appear. The power of the Lightning Tribulation will be directed at me, and the Pure Yang Qi will be absorbed by me."
Chen Lian was puzzled. "This is completely different from what I know!"
The dragon-shaped relief snorted and said, "I have told you long ago, I am not a relief. I am a demon, a spirit demon! Just like the Dharma Manifestation cultivators of the human and demon clans, if I want to grow, I also need to undergo Lightning Tribulation. Why can't you understand it! "
Chen Lian looked at Lu Ping. Lu Ping smiled bitterly and said, "For the time being, let's call it a 'demon'!"
Chen Lian naturally would not pester him on this matter. He pointed to the Nine Dragon Bell and said, "I have already imprinted the Nine Treasures on this bell. Apart from the 'dragon' inside, this Nine Dragon Bell is already a genuine top-notch Spirit Nurturing Magic Treasure. All it needs is the nourishment of your True Essence to slowly increase the power of this magic treasure."
Lu Ping stretched out his hand, and the three-meter-tall bell shrunk to the size of a bell and fell into Lu Ping's hand. He flicked it with his finger, and the "zheng zheng" sound was crisp and melodious.
"By the way, now that the treasured vessel is testing, your matters are almost done. Now that your cultivation has been stuck at the peak of the Core Forging Realm for many years, where do you plan to go for seclusion this time to break through and condense the Dharma Power?"
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