Behind the pile of rocks was a huge world within a cave. It was about one thousand feet tall and about one thousand feet wide, and it was nearly ten thousand feet deep into the cave.
Half of the cave was submerged in seawater. The huge pile of rocks at the periphery might just be an incredibly brilliant Illusory Rune, but if it was not a cultivator with an incredibly high status in Zhenling, they would be helpless before that huge pile of rocks.
As soon as Lu Ping entered the cave, Leng Su's voice sounded in his ears, "Show me your jade token!"
Lu Ping looked up and saw Reverend Xuan Shang looking at him with a cold expression.
Lu Ping had no choice but to hand over the jade plate at his waist. The jade plate had a seal to identify the cultivators in Zhenling's secret technique, and it was related to the life of all the cultivators on the jade plate. Forget about the fact that it was difficult for others to impersonate it, no one other than Lu Ping could impersonate it.
Reverend Xuan Shang took the jade plate, and a True Origin halo flashed in his palm. Reverend Xuan Shang returned the jade plate to Lu Ping and said, "Junior Brother Xuan Ping, this is my duty. Please do not blame me!"
Lu Ping nodded at Reverend Xuan Shang and said, "I also have to congratulate you for improving by leaps and bounds, senior brother!"
Lu Ping used his divine thought to sense the surging aura around Reverend Xuan Shang. It was clear that he had just reached the eighth layer of Core Forging, and his aura had yet to calm down.
Reverend Xuan Shang's face twitched, but in the end, he did not smile. "I can't compare to you, Junior Brother Xuan Ping!"
Lu Ping knew that Reverend Xuan Shang usually did not smile, which was why he did not say much. He smiled faintly at Reverend Xuan Shang, then walked into the depths of the cave along the two sides of the waterway.
The huge cave might be at the bottom of the cliff, but light was not affected. When Lu Ping walked hundreds of feet forward, he could already see a huge ship docked in the waterway ahead of him. Based on its appearance, what else could it be but the Sea Chariot of Fei Ling Sect, which had once sunk at the bottom of the sea?
However, the treasured ship had been roughly cleaned. The sand and rust on the surface of the treasured ship had been removed. The treasured ship had been restored to its original appearance, which made Lu Ping look even more like the accumulation of time.
Hundreds of Zhenling cultivators were busy on and off the ship. Some of them were cultivators from the Artifact Refinement Hall, and they were the busiest among the hundreds of cultivators. Some of them were busy cleaning the rust on the outer shell of the ship, some were checking if every piece of the ship was still usable, and some were replacing some rusted things on the ship.
The most skilled artificers in the Artifact Refining Hall were divided into two groups. One group had opened up a huge artifact refining room on the stone wall of the cave, and was busy refining something with flames. Waves of heat caused the originally humid cave to seem hot and dry.
The other group of cultivators gathered together to discuss something. They often quarreled due to differences of opinion. Lu Ping even saw a third generation disciple waving his fist and arguing with a second generation cultivator about something. Their voices grew louder and louder, and in the end, it was the second generation cultivator who lost. Before the third generation disciples could feel proud of themselves, they were attracted by the next topic and joined in the discussion.
Lu Ping could clearly sense that all the cultivators in the Artifact Refining Hall had fallen into a state of extreme excitement. For the artificers in the overseas cultivation world, the true pinnacle wasn't refining one or two Tribulation Lightning Spirit Treasures, but being fortunate enough to participate in the construction of a treasured ship. If they could preside over the construction of an important component of a treasured ship, their name could even go down in the cultivation world for thousands of years.
The reason why Jiao Yuqiang of the Fei Ling Sect was known as the rare artifact refining genius of the North Sea cultivation world in a thousand years was because he personally made the Golden House and Qian Zhong Su, which could be used as the main cabin of a treasured ship using a large spatial artifact instead of an abode treasure.
Before that, the main cabins of treasured ships in the overseas cultivation world were all inlaid with abode treasures. Not only was it extremely difficult to make, but it was also extremely easy to damage, especially when the treasured ship was passing through the Stormy Ocean. The space there was extremely unstable, and it had a strong destructive effect on a large space like an abode treasure.
Usually, every time the treasured ships of the overseas large sects came to the Middle Earth, the abode treasure in the main cabin would undergo a major repair, consuming a large amount of rare spiritual materials.
This was because the journey was smooth. If there was a slight carelessness when passing through the Stormy Ocean, it would not be strange for an abode treasure to be destroyed.
Although such a loss was considered serious for the cultivation world of the East Sea or the South Sea, for the barren cultivation world of the North Sea, the destruction of an abode treasure could only be described as disastrous.
In view of this, Jiao Yuqiang presided over the refining of a large spatial artifact to replace the abode treasure.
How could a spiritual artifact be used to replace an abode treasure? This was simply a joke!
From the moment Jiao Yuqiang had this idea, he had been reminded and ridiculed by countless people, whether kind or malicious, but Jiao Yuqiang was unmoved. In the end, he still turned his idea into reality.
When Jiao Yuqiang, with the support of his teacher, Zhongxuan Laozu, successfully inlaid the successfully refined spatial artifact into the treasured ship, and it could support the existence of a large spiritual vein, not only was the entire Fei Ling Sect in disbelief, but when the news spread, it almost shook the entire overseas cultivation world.
The frequent damage or even destruction of the main cabin of the treasured ship was almost an unspeakable problem for the large sects in the overseas cultivation world. The forging grandmasters of the overseas sects had put in a lot of effort, but they still could not solve this problem. In the long run, even if the East Sea and the South Sea were richer than the North Sea, it was not to the point that they could ignore the frequent loss of the abode treasure.
But now, Fei Ling Sect was actually able to use a large spatial magic tool to replace a Heavenly Abode magic treasure as the main cabin of the treasured ship. It was obvious that it was much easier to refine a spatial magic tool than a Heavenly Abode magic treasure, and the amount of spiritual materials needed to refine a Heavenly Abode magic treasure could not be mentioned in the same breath.
This was undoubtedly a great news for the overseas large sects who had suffered from the destruction of the abode treasure. However, Jiao Yuqiang had done it, but it did not mean that other forging grandmasters and forging grandmasters could do it. The overseas large sects had invested a lot of manpower and material resources, but they still could not replace the abode treasure with a spatial artifact and inlay it on the treasured ship.
Therefore, the ambassadors of the overseas large sects had all gone to Fei Ling Sect, wanting to get the method of embedding the spatial artifact on the treasured ship from Fei Ling Sect. Fei Ling Sect naturally would not leak this secret. Many large sects had offered generous cultivation resources in exchange for this method, but they were all rejected by Fei Ling Sect without any hesitation.
The Crystal Palace even threatened to use a Second Tribulation spiritual treasure in exchange for the method, but it was still to no avail. Later, Fei Ling Sect even threatened them with words, but Fei Ling Sect still withstood the pressure and insisted not to leak the method.
However, Fei Ling Sect naturally would not be so stupid to offend all the overseas large sects. Soon, they proposed a new method, that was, Fei Ling Sect would refine and inlay the spatial artifact on the treasured ship of the overseas large sects to replace the abode treasure. However, the overseas large sects would have to pay a certain amount of cultivation resources as a price.
Now, the overseas large sects finally understood that Fei Ling Sect had originally planned to use a small amount of resources for a long time. Previously, although the price paid by the various sects in exchange for the method of Fei Ling Sect was much higher than that of embedding the main cabin of the spatial artifact by Fei Ling Sect, the spatial artifact was often damaged like the abode treasure. It was even not as good as the abode treasure in the Stormy Ocean.
However, the refining of the spatial artifact was too cheap. It was so cheap that even if it was a one-time thing, it would need to be replaced after entering and exiting the Stormy Ocean. Therefore, the various sects would rather use the spatial artifact than the abode treasure.
Although Fei Ling Sect did not ask for an exorbitant price, in the long run, this method was undoubtedly the most cost-effective for Fei Ling Sect. Fei Ling Sect could continuously earn cultivation resources from the overseas large sects, and the various large sects had no choice but to submit to Fei Ling Sect when it came to the treasured ship.
Jiao Yuqiang, who was originally just an ordinary refiner, became famous throughout the world because of this. He gained the favor of the entire Fei Ling Sect, and from then on, he soared to the sky.
Lu Ping could not see any trace of Chen Lian below the treasured ship. He knew that Chen Lian was now a refiner grandmaster. At this moment, he must be together with Tian Jiang Laozu and the other first generation Laozu of the sect.
Thus, he flew up to the treasured ship and walked towards the original location of the main cabin.
Just as Lu Ping expected, Chen Lian and Tian Jiang Laozu were currently together with Tian Xiang, Tian Xue, Tian Fan, and Tian Kang. Besides them, Daoist Xuanchen and Hu Lili were also present. The few of them were frowning, as if they had encountered an extremely difficult matter.
Seeing Lu Ping coming over, the few of them ignored him. Just when Lu Ping was about to go talk to Chen Lian, he heard Tian Xiang Laozu suddenly say, "If it doesn't work, then we will first embed the Flying Clouds Heavenly Abode here to replace the main cabin. We can't find the method to embed the spatial artifact, but the method to embed the heavenly abode has been obtained by Tai Shen Laozu from someone else."
Seeing that Tian Jiang Laozu seemed to have something to say, Tian Xiang Laozu raised his hand to stop him and said, "Junior Brother Tian Jiang, Old Man understands. Right now, we should first repair the treasured ship. As for the loss of the heavenly abode, we can talk about it after our sect becomes a large sect!"
The Flying Clouds Heavenly Abode was one of Zhenling's heavenly abode treasures. It was also a place of inheritance for Zhenling. The Cloud Sail in Lu Ping's hand was obtained in this heavenly abode.
Although the quality of this treasure wasn't high, and the heavenly abode was mostly filled with undulating mountain ranges, the heavenly abode treasures embedded in the main cabin of the treasured ship were all of the same grade. Due to the damage caused by the Stormy Ocean, when embedding a heavenly abode as the main cabin, all the sects would try to use a lower grade heavenly abode to minimize the damage.
Tian Jiang Laozu said, "Alright, even if we use the Flying Clouds Heavenly Abode as the main cabin, what should we do about the guardian artifact spirit of the treasured ship? Do we have to destroy a second-tribulation spirit treasure and nurture the artifact spirit inside into a new guardian artifact spirit?"
Tian Kang Laozu was shocked to the side. Zhenling only had two second-tribulation spirit treasures. One was left behind by Tai Shen Laozu to stabilize the fate of the sect, and it had always been kept by Tian Xiang Laozu. Naturally, this treasure would not be destroyed. If they really wanted to nurture a guardian artifact spirit, they would have to destroy the Splitting Mountain Axe. "Don't even think about it.
The Splitting Mountain Axe and the Old Man's training method are very compatible. With the Splitting Mountain Axe in hand, the Old Man can even fight against the Jade Shura. Even if the Old Man doesn't have long to live, that kid from Tianshan is training the same method as the Old Man. Furthermore, Tianshan might enter the mid Dharma stage in the future. The Old Man has to leave the Splitting Mountain Axe for him to use. Furthermore, the spirit of the Splitting Mountain Axe has already agreed to recognize Tianshan as its master in the future. "
Tian Fan Laozu couldn't help but say, "Brother Tian Kang, calm down. Brother Tian Jiang is just saying. Do you think anyone here would be willing to destroy the Splitting Mountain Axe?"
Lu Ping listened for a while and understood the situation. He raised his hand and said, "Everyone, Laozu, the guardian artifact spirit is with me!"
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