The treasure ship was a common tool used to communicate between the overseas training world and the central training world. At the same time, it was also a necessary way to pass through the stormy ocean that separated the two realms. At the same time, it was also the only way to set up a long-distance teleporter.
For the overseas large sects to be recognized by the entire training world, other than having at least two Dharma adepts and at least ten third-generation Dharma adepts, the most important thing was for the sect to have the ability to communicate between the two realms. Only then would it be possible to be recognized by the central training world and even the entire training world.
All these requirements would be focused on one thing, and that was the treasure ship!
And the treasure ship was not only a reflection of the heritage of a sect, but more importantly, it was a symbol of the status of a large sect!
According to what Lu Ping knew, a treasure ship had to be at least one hundred and forty feet long and four hundred feet wide. These were just minor details. The key was that the shell of the treasure ship had to be at least an upper-grade ritual weapon made from top-grade spiritual materials. The use of the keel of the treasure ship had to be at least at the level of a magic weapon, or even higher. In addition, the other important parts of the treasure ship needed to be above the level of a top-grade ritual weapon. The upper-grade ritual weapon used on the shell was the most inferior part of the treasure ship.
There was a space in the key parts of the treasure ship. Some rich sects might directly embed a treasure grotto-heaven in it. If they could not, a space grotto-heaven at the level of a ritual weapon could be supported. However, compared to a treasure grotto-heaven, there was naturally a big difference.
The treasure ship of the Feiling Sect obviously did not embed a treasure grotto-heaven in it. This was not to say that the Feiling Sect did not have the ability to create a treasure grotto-heaven, but the requirements to embed a treasure grotto-heaven on the treasure ship were far greater than the requirements to embed a treasure grotto-heaven at the level of a ritual weapon.
And in this grotto-heaven, the most important thing was to be able to accumulate a large spirit vein to create a false earth vein. When the treasure ship traveled in the sea, when it resisted the wind and waves, and when it passed through the dangerous environment of the stormy ocean, it needed a large spirit vein as a source of power.
In addition, there were three other important factors. The first was to have a Dharma adept. This was a prerequisite for the treasure ship to be able to pass through the stormy ocean. It was also the key factor for a treasure ship to be used as a deterrent. It was also the reason why a large sect needed at least two Dharma adepts. At the very least, one of them could stay in the sect and the other could guard the treasure ship.
The second was a master of arrays. From the outside to the inside, there were countless runes engraved on the treasure ship. The entire treasure ship could be said to be an independent space of arrays. This was an important way to defend against enemies, and also an important indicator of the quality of the treasure ship.
One of the most important reasons why the outer shell of the treasure ship had to be assembled with high-grade spirit materials was to be able to withstand the huge force generated by the activation and operation of the entire treasure ship formation. Secondly, it was to resist all kinds of dangers that might be encountered during the voyage.
The third was the artifact spirit of the entire treasure ship. With the existence of an artifact spirit, cultivators could save a lot of True Essence when driving the treasure ship on the sea. It could also adjust the resources of the spirit veins in time, and it could also help the array formation master coordinate the activation of the treasure ship's array formation.
The third was the spirit of the treasure ship. With the existence of a spirit, it could save the cultivator a lot of Zhen Yuan when driving the treasure ship on the sea. It could also adjust the resources of the spirit vein in time, and it could also help the master of arrays coordinate the activation and operation of the array of the treasure ship.
The outer shell of the treasured ship was covered with mud from the seabed. Even though the majority of the outer shell had reached the level of a high-grade magic tool, and many parts had even reached the level of a top-grade magic tool, it could be seen that many places had already been severely corroded. Most of the runic patterns carved on the outer shell had already become blurred.
The shell of the treasure ship was covered with mud from the bottom of the sea. Although most of the shell had reached the level of a top grade instrument, and some of them had even reached the level of a top grade instrument, many parts of the shell had already been severely corroded. Most of the array inscriptions on the shell had become blurred.
The treasure ship was tilted to the right and leaned against the bottom of the cliff. On land, the divine sense of a cultivator who had just advanced to the Core Forging stage could cover a radius of a hundred feet. On the other hand, the divine sense of an early Dharma adept could cover a radius of ten miles.
An ordinary adept who had just reached the Blood Condensation stage could probably use his divine sense to cover a radius of a hundred feet on land. An adept who had just entered the Core Forging stage could use his divine sense to cover a radius of a hundred feet. An early Dharma adept could use his divine sense to cover a radius of ten miles.
Lu Ping's divine sense was far more powerful than others and was comparable to a mid Dharma adept. If he used his divine sense on land, he could detect any movement within a radius of twenty miles.
However, at the bottom of the sea, Lu Ping's divine sense could only reach a maximum of three thousand feet due to the pressure and isolation of the sea. This meant that he could barely scan the surface of the treasure ship.
Lu Ping hid at the edge of the cliff for two hours and did not discover any other Mara returning. At the same time, he did not discover any fluctuations from Mara who was at or above the Dharma stage. In the end, he concluded that this was probably the nest of one of Mara's armies.
No Mara at the Dharma stage appeared. Perhaps their leader had been killed in the battle on Frost Island, or perhaps they were being chased by the Dharma adepts of the human and demon races of the north sea. They did not dare to return to their nest not too far away from Frost Island.
In the end, Lu Ping decided to explore the treasure ship.
If not for the fact that Lu Ping's level of cultivation had increased, the pressure at the bottom of the sea would have been enough for Lu Ping to use the Water Moon Pearl. However, in order to not expose himself, Lu Ping could only use his inner Yuan and physical body to resist the water pressure.
Fortunately, Lu Ping had an idea and used the Cloud Sail to cover his body. Otherwise, it would have been a torture for Lu Ping's inner Yuan and physical body.
However, Ru Yu had previously told Lu Ping that before the treasure ship sank, Fei Ling Sect's Laozu had already collected most of the treasures that could be taken from the treasure ship. The treasure ship had been submerged at the bottom of the sea for four thousand years. Even if there were any treasures left, they would have been corroded and rusted by the seawater.
What's more, because of the large spirit vein in the middle of the ship, this place had obviously become Mo Luo's lair. With Mo Luo's nature of devouring spirits, Lu Ping's initial sliver of hope vanished without a trace.
However, Lu Ping still decided to go in and take a look. Just this large spirit vein alone was worth Lu Ping going in to investigate. Moreover, now that there was no Blood Shura here, this made Lu Ping even more daring.
Although the main body of the treasured ship was assembled from numerous high-grade and top-grade magic treasures, many of the key parts were magic treasures of the magic treasure level. Especially the dragon bone. According to Ru Yu, it was a large magic treasure that had condensed three Treasure Restrictions.
Lu Ping checked many cabins in the treasure ship and found that it was really as Ru Yu said, there was almost no harvest. He couldn't help but feel a little disheartened. However, he also found that the interior of the treasure ship was mostly maintained intact. At the same time, it hadn't suffered too much damage from Mara.
This made Lu Ping very happy, and he secretly felt very lucky. Although Mara was soul-devouring, magic treasures usually condensed four Treasure Barriers and reached the level of psychic magic treasures would only give birth to a weak spirituality. Similarly, it would also attract Mara's attention.
And ordinary magic treasures were usually called Spirit Breeding Magic Treasures. Their spirituality was not obvious at all, so they wouldn't attract Mara's attention. Therefore, the shell, keel, and most of the cabins of the treasure ship were preserved to the greatest extent.
Lu Ping checked the remaining cabins while sinking his divine thoughts into the Golden House to ask Ru Yu, "Do you know who injured this treasure ship when it sank?"
Ru Yu shook her head and said, "I can't remember. But it seems that the formation plate of the treasure ship had a problem first, which greatly reduced the power of the formation outside the treasure ship. Then the left side of the treasure ship was pierced, and the Golden House was broken. The person who sneaked up on me seemed to be targeting me, but Zhongjun Laozu appeared in time and saved me. However, when I was taken away by Zhongjun Laozu, the treasure ship didn't seem to sink completely."
"Oh," Lu Ping said, "This is too much of a coincidence. Obviously, Fei Ling sent out a mole, and they cooperated with each other to sink the treasure ship."
Ru Yu nodded and said, "It should be so. After Zhongjun Laozu brought us back to Fei Ling Sect, he handed it over to Zhongxuan Laozu and Jiao Yuqiang to repair it. But not long after, Jiao Yuqiang laid down a big formation in the spirit stone mine and secretly placed me there. It has been 4,000 years since then. If Master didn't appear in time, I'm afraid that Ru Yu's spirituality would have been exhausted and disappeared."
These days, Ru Yu had recovered more than half of her memories. Although she had forgotten a lot of her previous memories due to the erosion of her spirituality, she had also recovered a little. She also remembered a little about the situation when the treasure ship sank, but there were still many key points that she couldn't remember.
Even if Ru Yu completely recovered her memory of 4,000 years ago, she probably couldn't know the cause and effect of the destruction of Fei Ling Sect with her identity as a spirit. But at least she could provide a lot of information for Lu Ping.
At this time, when Lu Ping was about to come out of a cabin, Ru Yu suddenly transmitted her voice to him, "Master, Ru Yu seems to remember that there used to be a secret room here. It seems that Mara hasn't found it yet. Master, open it and see if you can find anything!"
Lu Ping was delighted and immediately asked, "I'm afraid there is more than one secret room in this treasure ship, right?"
Ru Yu nodded and said, "That's right. It's just that most of the secret rooms are assembled from the components of extremely good quality psychic treasures and above. Just now, Ru Yu saw quite a few of them, but those secret rooms had already been completely destroyed by Mara. This secret room, however, is made from the components of ordinary magic treasures. Perhaps it's because of this that it didn't attract Mara's attention. However, it's precisely because the quality of this secret room isn't good that even if there are some things inside, they won't be very good."
Lu Ping naturally had already thought of this. His divine sense penetrated the direction that Ru Yu pointed, but the surface of the cabin suddenly flashed with a layer of faint brilliance, and Lu Ping's divine sense was bounced off.
Lu Ping was surprised and said, "The treasure ship's array is actually still working!"
Ru Yu was obviously also surprised and said, "Maybe it's because of the spirit vein. When the treasure ship sank that day, although the array was destroyed, most of the array on the treasure ship was still operating. Although Zhongjun Laozu abandoned the ship, he obviously wanted to salvage the treasure ship in the future and use it again, so he didn't completely shut down the array. It's because the array can protect the hull of the ship from being eroded by the seawater to the greatest extent."
Lu Ping thought of the array runes on the shell of the treasure ship that were blurred but could still be seen. Presumably, it was because of this that the treasure ship could still maintain a complete outline at the bottom of the sea for 4000 years.
Although the array on the body of the cabin was still working, due to the relocation of the spirit vein, the protection was obviously extremely limited. Lu Ping pressed his palm up, and the surface of his palm flashed with a golden brilliance. The body of the cabin that his palm pressed quickly began to dissolve, and slowly, a cabin with a radius of five feet was revealed.
After 4000 years, this cabin still hadn't been invaded by the seawater.
When Lu Ping broke this cabin, he had already arranged a layer of waterproof restriction on the outside, so he walked inside.
A corpse was lying in the cabin, and the corpse had long decomposed, leaving only a skeleton and tattered clothes.
There was a necklace hanging below the neck of the skeleton, and Lu Ping naturally saw that it was a storage magic tool, so he reached out and pulled it off.
Lu Ping looked around the cabin, but unfortunately, he didn't find anything. There were only the marks of the bombardment left on the cabin wall. It was obvious that this person was trapped inside after the treasure ship activated the array. After the treasure ship sank, but because of the existence of the spirit vein and Zhongjun Laozu didn't close the array, this cultivator still couldn't escape from the secret room. In the end, he was forcibly suffocated in the secret room.
As for how the cultivator managed to enter the secret chamber, Lu Ping didn't know. However, he could tell that the cultivator's cultivation base wasn't high when he was alive, at least not in the Avatar Realm. Otherwise, even if he couldn't break through the secret chamber's wall, he could still cause a huge commotion and attract the attention of the Fei Ling Sect cultivators who were retreating.
Lu Ping roughly walked around the treasure ship, and after he didn't find anything, he returned to the broken cabin wall, and then he followed the hole to the other side of the ship. Only then did he find that the blow that broke the treasure ship not only broke the port side, but also the starboard side. It was precisely because the starboard side was also broken that after the treasure ship sank to the bottom of the sea, the spirit vein was reintroduced into the spirit vein through the hole on the starboard side.
At this time, the hole on the starboard side, which was also the source of the spirit vein, had a huge hole dug by Mara.
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