Chapter 356 Travels (2)
Qingpingzi, possessing a vast knowledge and understanding, immediately focused his energy on his eyes, breaking through the illusion. He then saw that this was merely a passage covered with divine script, layered with an illusion array. The real force was the talisman-adorned ship outside the illusion array.
Qingpingzi examined the strangely shaped, powerfully packed, but not the fastest talisman-shaped ship.
Its entirety is a large boat-shaped talisman composed of stacked object-carrying talismans and acceleration talismans. Unlike the previous method of inscribing magic arrays using stone or iron tools, this teleportation array is a consumable item.
At the beginning of the journey, every certain distance, there were spiritual energy gathering formations to enhance the spiritual energy, causing the speed to vary.
Logically, this method is not particularly sophisticated and should be easily detected, but the ingenious part is that each cultivator can enter their own stable array with their token to prevent spatial compression caused by excessive speed or slowdown.
Qingpingzi occupied three positions in total, and the small, stable array could open and merge on its own, which was really convenient.
Each seat had a table with spiritual water and fruits on it, and the environment was quite elegant.
As Qingpingzi looked around, he couldn't help but calculate the costs in his mind, feeling that this teleportation array was a terrible money-losing business!
Yes, it's a losing business! Because this talisman array opens when full, and can hold twenty people at a time.
Don't be fooled by the fact that it costs 500 spirit crystals per person. Each of these talisman array points requires at least four array cultivators who are proficient in talismans and constantly need to draw additional talismans to ensure its operation.
Although it is cleverly combined and makes the most of those low-grade materials, inferior materials are still inferior materials, so this magic array will probably need to be inspected from time to time.
However, when Qingpingzi reached the destination and disembarked from the teleportation talisman boat, he saw a large group of junior cultivators swaggering around carrying various talismans and walking behind him. Curious, he cast an invisibility spell and followed them.
Inside, there were four small array cultivators, each containing only half a bowl of knowledge, guiding the assembly process.
Behind them was a wooden board with instructions on how to assemble it clearly engraved on it.
Each of the junior cultivators held a scroll that resembled leather in one claw and a rope full of knots in the other. They compared the fits together one by one, and only when the gaps matched the knots did they say with satisfaction, "Inspection complete, proceed."
Then, the junior cultivator took out a storage bag and gave two spirit crystals to each of the junior cultivators who were moving and pasting talismans.
Looking at this scene, Qingpingzi felt that the road in the Danxue Mountains had overturned his imagination.
The installation of this talisman boat is also charged per use, so they only need to order the talismans from the array master's claws.
Looking at the four junior array cultivators, Qingpingzi felt that these guys shouldn't be called array cultivators, but rather junior cultivators who could read scrolls and had strong execution skills.
After exiting the teleportation gate, Qingpingzi saw a directional stone tablet indicating the path to Starfall Plain and Iron Fragment Mountain. He pointed to the tablet and asked a small bird cultivator selling food and talismans nearby, "Why isn't it marked how to get to the Dragon and Phoenix Palace?"
"To the Dragon and Phoenix Palace?"
The little bird cultivator tilted his head and looked Qingpingzi over and over again. He saw that the multi-tailed red leopard before him, though old in appearance, resembled many poor, penniless cultivators, carrying several large spirit sacks on its back. But this leopard:
He possesses a dignified appearance and robust physique, and his cultivation level is unfathomable.
He immediately squinted and grinned, saying, "This is your first time visiting our Danxue Mountain Range, right? The Dragon and Phoenix Palace is located at the highest point of Dragon and Phoenix Mountain, so it's easy to find."
"May I ask if you have business to attend to with Lord Jue, or if you are going sightseeing? It's getting late; if you're just going to play, you'll have to wait until tomorrow."
"Thank you!" Qingpingzi put a small claw spirit crystal into the little bird cultivator's carrying pole, then transformed into his Dharma body and headed along the main road towards the highest mountain.
Upon arriving at the foot of Dragon and Phoenix Mountain, Qingpingzi suddenly felt that the spiritual energy in the mountain was incredibly dense. He remembered that the talisman boat operated using an ordinary spirit-gathering array.
How can we use a regular spirit-gathering array? How can that array compare to a spirit crystal mine?
The higher he went, the deeper his feelings became. Before he could figure out why, a red dragon flew down from the sky. It was a creation of the power of the Horned Jade.
He looked at Qingpingzi, clasped his hands in the air and bowed, saying, "Immortal Ancestor of All Laws, the Divine Lord and Lady Ji have been waiting for you for many days. Please come with me."
Qingpingzi followed the little red dragon up the mountain and saw a sea of clouds at the summit, as well as Ji Rong's Shoudao Palace.
Ji Rong and Feng Qing had already come out to greet him. As soon as Ji Rong saw Qing Pingzi, he warmly took the large sack off Qing Pingzi's body and said as they walked, "Senior brother is so kind. You said you would bring four sacks, but you brought two more for your junior sister."
Behind him, Feng Qingze wore a squinting, grinning smile and bowed as he led Qingpingzi into the Shoudao Palace.
The Shoudo Palace remained as simple as ever, making the jade table in the center, laden with delicacies, seem out of place.
The jade table consisted of four pieces, arranged in pairs: a horn-shaped jade tablet, a landscape table, a Qingpingzi table, and a Ji Rong table, each with its own main piece and secondary pieces.
As soon as he sat down, Jiao Jue, who had been squinting, pointed to the three jade bottles on the table that were protected by a seal and said, “Senior Wanfa, Ji Rong knows that you have been drinking dew and wind for many years and do not like worldly things. She specially prepared some water essence soup with her brother and sister. It is made with dew and wind and lightning. It is quite ingenious and can be drunk.”
Having tasted all the flavors of the world, Qingpingzi knew upon hearing such a direct name that these sap were collected by the power creations of Juejun at his behest. A thought involuntarily popped into his mind: Juejun's power creations are truly busy!
These little dragons not only had to exercise divine authority and perform reception duties, but also had to make drinks in their spare time. They were comparable to... For a moment, Qingpingzi couldn't think of a suitable race or position to describe them.
All I can say is that this Lord Jue is indeed someone who can get along with Kiyohime. He is excessively frugal. When Kiyohime thought about this, she suddenly realized that she had been similar all along, and a faint sense of joy arose in her heart.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Ji Rong led Qing Pingzi to the room she had prepared in advance. She would be sleeping in Gu Qingqing's room with Feng Qing. Gu Qingqing was now addicted to being a mining foreman and only came back once every year or two.
Shanshui had been staying under Ji Rong's tree with Jiaojue for some time. Now that Qingpingzi had arrived, they couldn't leave the old zheng behind, so Shanshui and Shanwu slept in Ji Zhuang's room, while Ji Zhuang shared a room with Jiaojue.
After stuffing Qingpingzi into the room, Ji Rong happily flapped her wings and returned to Gu Qingqing's room. She opened the six large spirit sacks one by one, and soon poured out all the spirit materials and spirit crystals.
Numerous treasures were scattered all over the floor, leaving the room with nothing but treasures and precious items except for the feather cushion used for sleeping. Ji Rong happily rolled around on the treasures, her joy overflowing. Feng Qing was also infected by her joy and rolled around on the treasures with her.
After she finished celebrating, Ji Rong went to the door of Jiao Jue and knocked on it. She took the two storage rings along with her brother Ji Zhuang.
Upon entering the room, Ji Rong immediately made a hand seal, erected a soundproof barrier, and burst into loud laughter.
She laughed and excitedly called out to Ji Zhuang, "Brother, look, we're rich again!"
The fellow was still hopping around in the pile of treasure, flapping his wings and making some affected noises, saying, "Oh dear, this treasure is just endless. We haven't even finished spending the last batch, and this batch is already here."
Ji Zhuang calmly looked at Ji Rong and said, "Sister, only two of the two storage rings on your claws are full; the others are empty."
"Hmph!" Ji Rong reattached her wings to her back and stubbornly retorted, "That's not all the money I've spent yet, and there are still two storage rings here, which are worth quite a bit of money!"
"That's true!" Ji Zhuang thought to himself that when they were poor and weak, they would fight over even a storage ring, and immediately nodded in agreement.
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