Chapter 165 Preparing to Depart: Sending Team Invitations
“Of course, no problem.” Shi Heming walked back to the table, picked up the Nine Heavens Talisman Brush and drew a talisman on the spot. “The location of the teleportation talisman is unknown, and it is impossible to make it reliably teleport to a certain location. But I can try to change it to teleport a fixed distance each time.”
Song Yin moved a chair next to Shi Heming and leaned closer to watch him draw talismans: "How far can it reach at most?"
The spiritual energy flowed from the tip of the brush, eventually forming smooth lines on the special copy. Upon hearing this, Shi Heming said, "I don't know yet. It could be hundreds of meters, or it could be tens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers."
“A hundred kilometers should be possible. We can keep using teleportation talismans to escape for hundreds of kilometers continuously. By the time they realize what's happening, finding us will be incredibly difficult! Even if a Mahayana cultivator comes, it will take them a lot of effort to catch us,” Song Yin said, her eyes shining.
Shi Heming continued drawing talismans, "Escape? What are you planning to do?"
Song Yin: "Steal the spiritual vein. We're going to the border between the Eastern Continent and the Central Continent to steal the new spiritual vein back to the Immortal Cloud Sect."
Shi Heming's hand trembled, and the talisman that could have been completed perfectly became a waste in his hands, with a long stroke flying out of the talisman paper.
Song Yin touched the still-wet vermilion with her fingertips, raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Lord Yan Chen, concentrate on drawing the talisman. You're already at the Nascent Soul stage, how can you make such a basic mistake?"
Shi Heming knew about the new spiritual vein and was also aware of how many cultivators were gathered at the border of the two continents. How could it be possible to steal a spiritual vein right under their noses?
Song Yin: "No one has yet been able to produce a special magical artifact to take away a spiritual vein, but I have a special method to do so. If nothing unexpected happens, I have a 70% chance of success."
The senior who left behind Langhuan Cave was truly kind-hearted, and it's all thanks to him that he was able to obtain such a heaven-defying treasure.
"That's not appropriate." Shi Heming finally managed to utter two words.
Song Yin: "Hmm? You mean we shouldn't have risked stealing the spirit vein?"
Shi Heming: "No, what I mean is that if we want to accomplish this, teleportation talismans alone are not enough. Please wait for me for a moment."
Shi Heming immediately joined the group. Upon hearing about the adventure, his first thought was not to persuade Song Yin to give up, but to figure out how to help Song Yin complete the task successfully.
He found several array plates that were not engraved with formations and put them all on the table.
"What's this?" Song Yin asked, confused.
Shi Heming: "I plan to inscribe the teleportation array into the array plate."
Don't you want to listen to what you're saying? In the cultivation world, who can inscribe a teleportation array into a formation plate? Aren't they all just large formations that can't be moved after completion?
Song Yin: "You want to make a portable teleportation array?"
Shi Heming thought carefully, "Portable teleportation array, that's a good name. If it succeeds, we'll call it that."
Song Yin was impressed and gave him a thumbs up, saying, "Awesome, keep it up!"
Shi Heming: "Teleportation arrays are always better than teleportation talismans. They have a longer teleportation distance and are more stable. I will prioritize completing the teleportation array. If that doesn't work, we'll choose the teleportation talisman."
He was going to do something that others couldn't do, so it would take some time. "Are you in a hurry? The teleportation array will definitely take a lot of time. If you're in a hurry, I'll complete the teleportation talisman first."
Song Yin: "It's not in a rush, we can wait two or three years." After all, the creation of special magical artifacts also takes time, and success is not guaranteed. If we can't bring the spiritual vein back, we'll have to relocate our sect.
She didn't know if relocating other sects was troublesome, but relocating the Immortal Cloud Sect was very convenient.
Thinking about what they had talked about that day, Song Yin's expression became subtle...
Back at the main peak, after the topic of relocating the sect was raised, Song Yin casually asked if relocating the sect would be troublesome.
In Song Yin's memory, relocating a sect meant that everyone from the Immortal Firmament Sect packed up and took everything with them, then rebuilt the sect in the Shattered Star Mountains. The Immortal Firmament Sect was one of the five major sects, so relocating it must have been incredibly time-consuming and laborious. Not to mention, the new sect would have to rebuild its protective array, mountain-protecting array, and so on…
To everyone's surprise, Sect Master Yan said, "Relocating the sect is very convenient. One of our sect's advantages is that it is built in the air, consisting of multiple large floating islands. The sect was built by our founding master, and the entire sect is a super-large magical artifact. When we need to relocate, we only need to control the floating islands to fly over the Shattered Star Mountains."
"Of course, relocating the sect is a last resort. The Immortal Cloud Sect will never relocate unless absolutely necessary."
After listening, Song Yin said: ...
Song Yin: "6".
Now that things have come to this point, it wouldn't be right for her not to do her part, since the Immortal Cloud Sect is practically her family's.
Song Yin's thoughts returned to her senses. She said to Shi Heming, "I'm leaving the array and talisman matters to you. Good luck." After saying that, she kissed Shi Heming and flew back to Danque Peak.
Shi Heming's Adam's apple bobbed, and two flames seemed to leap from his eyes. His hands moved without pause as he plunged headlong into the array and talismans.
The conflicts in the Shattered Star Mountain Range never ceased, and gradually, most people in the cultivation world learned that the major sects had gathered there to vie for the spiritual vein. Some worried about being caught in the crossfire; if high-level cultivators got into a fight, lower-level cultivators wouldn't be able to escape. So, some fled, others moved away. Others, upon learning about the new spiritual vein, rushed towards the vicinity of the Shattered Star Mountain Range. They weren't there to compete for the vein, but simply to soak up the abundant spiritual energy for cultivation, treating the area around the mountain range as a natural, free spirit-gathering array.
After taking on the immensely stressful task, You Yong had no time to rest, throwing himself into weapon crafting day and night. The sect provided the high-grade and precious crafting materials; all he needed to do was research a magical artifact capable of taking away spiritual veins.
Six months later, You Yong stood atop Tianqiao Peak, scratching his head in frustration. If he couldn't design a special magical artifact, all these materials would be wasted, and he would become a sinner of the Xianxiao Sect.
You Yong put pressure on himself, even considering the idea of being a sinner of the Immortal Cloud Sect. Xia Xining went to visit her ancestor, hoping to be of help as well.
"Grandmaster, let's eat something and rest for a bit." Xia Xining carried a food box to You Yong.
You Yong glanced up briefly before burying himself in his work again: "It's Xi Ning. Grandmaster doesn't need to eat."
Xia Xining: "What is Grandmaster doing? Do you need help?"
You Yong: "I'm researching a specific magical artifact. You must know about the Shattered Star Mountain Range. The magical artifact I'm researching is used to store spiritual veins."
"Won't ordinary spatial artifacts work?" Xia Xining asked.
You Yong: "Of course not, that's a spiritual vein. If a magic artifact can't withstand the spiritual energy, it will be ruined, or it simply won't fit in."
Xia Xining thought of the alchemy cultivation inheritance she had obtained in the Nine Heavens Secret Realm. There were quite a few good ideas in the inherited memories that she might be able to give a try.
"Grandmaster, let me help you. With the inherited memories obtained from the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, perhaps we can provide new directions for thinking."
“That’s right! Xi Ning, you’re quick-witted. We can eat later. You and the Ancestor should work together to figure out a way to solve the problem of spatial magical artifacts becoming unusable.”
You Yong was anxious because if he didn't make the magic artifact in advance, the spiritual vein would fall into the hands of other sects.
Other sects' weapon makers were also anxious, and they were racing against time to solve the same problem.
Before the artifact crafters finished forging their magical artifacts, Shi Heming had already completed his improved talisman. The teleportation talisman was a fourth-tier talisman, but the improved version's tier jumped directly to eighth-tier.
After receiving the message from Shi Heming's communication stone, Song Yin immediately teleported from the outer gate to the summit of the Inner Gate's Asking Peak.
Song Yin strode into Shi Heming's study. "Where's the stuff? How's it going?"
Shi Heming took out a stack of optimized teleportation talismans: "Teleportation arrays still cannot be engraved on array plates, so I first used the inheritance to optimize the existing teleportation talismans. The optimized teleportation talismans can select a fixed direction for teleportation, with a teleportation distance of one hundred kilometers."
"The optimized teleportation talisman is the same as the fourth-tier teleportation talisman; it is destroyed after one use, so I prepared many. If one optimized teleportation talisman is not enough, we will use multiple ones. Using multiple teleportation talismans consecutively will not be less effective than a teleportation array."
Song Yin picked up the top one and examined it repeatedly: "Great! This is really amazing! A fourth-tier teleportation talisman can randomly teleport, but the optimized one can even choose its own teleportation direction. Shi Heming, you're such a genius!"
Teleporting in one direction, one can appear thousands of kilometers away in just a few breaths.
Song Yin took out a pre-prepared map from her spatial storage. "Let's study the terrain and choose a direction to teleport."
Shi Heming: "You can choose to be teleported to Central Continent."
“Zhongzhou?” Song Yin pondered for a moment, then quickly realized what Shi Heming meant. “You brat…”
They keep teleporting to Central Continent; if they're discovered, people will think they're from Central Continent.
"Here you go." Song Yin tossed a delicate mask to Shi Heming.
"The exquisite mask? Why did you give it to me?" Shi Heming asked, recognizing the item.
Song Yin chuckled: "I specially changed one for you. When you're doing something bad, you naturally need to disguise yourself. Come on, let's set off now."
Shi Heming: "Set off now? What if the sect members ask us about it?"
Song Yin: "I told my senior brother and Ruan Chaoxue that I am going into seclusion to refine pills and that they should not disturb me in the short term."
The excuse worked well. Shi Heming used a similar excuse, saying that he needed to study how to draw a ninth-order talisman and it was inconvenient for anyone to disturb him, so he needed to go into seclusion for a short period of time.
It's not unusual for the two to cultivate together, go out together, or even go into seclusion together; those familiar with them have no doubts.
Before going into seclusion, Song Yin approached Xia Xining and invited her to join her team: "I'm going to do something dangerous and exciting, want to come along?"
Xia Xining was tempted, but she had offered to help her master some time ago, and her master had agreed, so she couldn't get away now.
"I need to help my master with his work for the next few days, so I can't join you guys." Xia Xining declined Song Yin's invitation to team up.
Song Yin: "It's alright, business is more important."
Upon hearing the words "serious business," Xia Xining subconsciously disregarded the dangerous and exciting things Song Yin had mentioned, not to mention that Song Yin was going into seclusion for a short period of time.
To verify whether the optimized teleportation scroll worked well, Song Yin and Shi Heming used the teleportation scroll continuously all the way to the Shattered Star Mountain Range.
As they approached the Shattered Star Mountains, the two stopped some distance away.
Song Yin's hand was held by Shi Heming. Her eyes widened and her chest heaved. "Phew—I didn't expect using teleportation talismans continuously to be so exciting!"
Shi Heming: "If we get any closer to the Shattered Star Mountain Range, other high-level cultivators will notice us. Have you decided which way to enter?"
"Remember our mission to seize the Heavenly Spirit Fruit back then? Earth Rat," Song Yin reminded him. "Let's learn from the Earth Rat, conceal our cultivation and aura, and use earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escape technique) to enter the Shattered Star Mountain Range."
Song Yin never fights a battle unprepared; she even considered the consequences of using a teleportation talisman that might not work.
Song Yin's eyes were full of confidence, and the corners of her lips curled up. "Don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen to us."
Boom—
The Shattered Star Mountain Range once again resounded with earth-shattering battle cries. In the distance, one could see many cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage forming a battle formation and unleashing combination techniques.
The cool moment lasted only three seconds. Song Yin spat twice, the loud noise from before whipping up a strong gust of wind that blew all the way here, even blowing her hair into her mouth.
Shi Heming also tidied his long hair, saying, "Next time, I'll tie it all up."
The two of them ate a mouthful of long hair, and while the others were fighting, they used earth magic to slip into the mountains.
The cultivators, engrossed in the battle, had no idea that what they were about to seize was about to vanish right before their eyes.
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Author's Note: What follows is:
Song Aotian: Thank you for nature's gifts [heart emoji]
A fight to the death ensued. (Crowd: [The Joker])
Members of the Immortal Cloud Sect: Please let us know in advance next time we're going to operate, so we don't have to fight ourselves to death [please]!
Xia Xining: No, is the dangerous and exciting thing stealing the spiritual vein? Is it still too late to join a group now? [Question mark][Fear][Heart]
Tomorrow I'll wear big sunglasses.
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[Empty bowl]
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