Chapter 523: Chapter 284: The Lost Continent 2
With this treasure’s help, the mystical fog of fate had already thinned considerably, but Ling Changqing still felt that something was missing.
"...If you want the divination of the Celestial Secret to be more precise, you’ll need another thirty years of Lifespan!"
Gong Ling’s voice rang out in his sea of consciousness.
"Alright!"
Ling Changqing agreed. Before setting out, he had managed to collect another batch of Demon Beast Cores, restoring his Lifespan to 2,680 years through sacrifice. So now, he could afford to be extravagant.
As thirty years of his Lifespan quietly vanished, Ling Changqing finally obtained the result he wanted.
A more detailed and precise map appeared in his sea of consciousness. It was a relatively safe route divined by the Celestial Secret Technique, allowing them to avoid all sorts of unknown calamities to the greatest extent possible.
"Alright, let’s go in!"
A moment later, Ling Changqing finally spoke, sharing the route map with the women.
The defensive light barrier outside the Flying Ship was raised to its maximum, and it immediately transformed into a streak of light, plunging gracefully into the deep gray mist.
In that instant, from the corner of her eye, Su Qinglian caught a glimpse of more than ten streaks of Escape Light vanishing in the far distance—clearly other teams of Cultivators.
The Flying Ship’s journey through the mist was calm and uneventful, triggering no unusual phenomena. As they drew closer, their field of vision became much clearer.
However, in the women’s hearts, the pervasive feeling of cold, eerie desolation and deathly silence grew ever stronger. It saturated the world around them, so much so that even the thick defensive light barrier could hardly block it out.
This was actually the influence of the local Dao Rhyme and its laws, which seeped in and corroded everything. If a Cultivator’s own strength was insufficient and they didn’t have a powerful Magical Treasure for protection, the erosion of their Divine Soul was an inevitable result.
Ling Changqing thought for a moment and decided to have the other women take shelter in the Era Star Palace Grotto Heaven Blessed Land. He kept only Meng Feiyu, Bai Qingyi, and Su Qinglian by his side.
The three women’s Cultivation was high enough, and Ling Changqing himself was protected by supreme Luck and Fortune, so their safety could be guaranteed.
"Even if we travel at full speed, it will still take us at least three years to reach our destination, won’t it?"
Along the way, Su Qinglian said with some concern as she studied the map.
The Qinghao Continent was simply too vast. No matter how fast this Top grade Treasure Level Flying Ship was, it still seemed a bit inadequate.
The Bian Wujian Gate, on the other hand, was a decent Heavy Artifact. Activating it once now only took two days.
But this place was treacherous and unpredictable. For safety’s sake, they probably couldn’t use it carelessly.
Meng Feiyu quickly said, "You don’t have to worry about that. There are Remote Teleportation Arrays built on the Qinghao Continent, and many of them are still functional today."
In the Ancient Era, the Immortal Dao Civilization was prosperous and powerful. Coupled with the abundance of resources in the world, a large number of Remote Teleportation Array nodes were established across the Qinghao Continent for the convenience of hundreds of millions of Cultivators traveling to various places.
Now, as generations of Cultivators have come to explore, many long-sealed Remote Teleportation Arrays have been discovered one after another. Most of them are well-preserved and can be reactivated simply by replenishing them with enough Spirit Stones.
Of course, some Arrays whose teleportation coordinates have already been identified are secretly controlled and monopolized by certain Cultivator factions. Outsiders who want to use them must pay a hefty price.
You didn’t have to pay, either. Just kill them all, and control of the Teleportation Array would be yours.
And it just so happened that Meng Feiyu’s partially restored memories contained the locations of some secret Teleportation Arrays, which could help them reach their target region much faster without having to encounter other teams of Cultivators.
Bai Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief. "That’s perfect!"
The Flying Ship accelerated, its slender form gliding gracefully across the sky.
At that moment, on the ground in front of a dilapidated Daoist Temple, five or six Cultivators were controlling Flying Swords and Magical Treasures, using various Divine Techniques and Magic to jointly besiege a ten-zhang-tall, battle-scarred Bronze Giant.
After a few final heavy blows, the swaying Bronze Giant let out a series of hoarse roars and, with a final surge of defiance, crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"We finally dealt with that troublesome beast!"
The burly Cultivator in the lead breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew his Flying Sword, and ordered his teammates to start cleaning up.
He happened to glance up and caught sight of the slender Flying Ship streaking across the sky, rapidly disappearing into the distance.
"Hm? Have some more blind fools wandered over here? Which sect are those Cultivators from?"
The burly Cultivator’s expression darkened. The area he was in, a region spanning hundreds of millions of li, had been claimed by the Liulan Sword Sect as their private territory, and outsiders were forbidden from setting foot inside.
In the past, it wasn’t as if no ignorant Cultivators had trespassed, but without exception, all of them were ultimately killed by the Liulan Sword Sect’s stationed disciples.
"Let’s go, we’ll go have a look!"
The burly Cultivator said coldly, "And while we’re at it, notify the other disciples to come and provide support immediately!"
"Yes, Senior Brother Huang!"
The rest of the Cultivators all agreed.
Meanwhile, the Flying Ship sped through the clouds for half an hour. After crossing several rivers and flying over a mountain range that wasn’t too high, it began to slow down, gradually descending beside a chaotic pile of stones.
"This is the place!"
Meng Feiyu said. A Teleportation Array was hidden here, and once activated, it could traverse a region of over a hundred million li, sending them directly to the vicinity of the next Array.
Bai Qingyi silently channeled her Magical Power, forming a giant hand the size of a hundred mu. It then easily grabbed the numerous large boulders in front of them and, amid a cloud of dust, tossed them far away.
Ling Changqing, Meng Feiyu, and Su Qinglian also took action. After just a few dozen breaths, a large Array, twenty zhang in diameter, was gradually revealed beneath the pile of stones.
Even after such a long passage of time, the Grand Array’s foundation was still perfectly preserved. The complex patterns on the Array were clearly discernible, and a faint Spiritual Light still flickered from it.
"Everything is intact. We just need to add some Spirit Stones to activate it!"
Meng Feiyu said with satisfaction after inspecting it.
On this trip, all the women had brought a large number of Spirit Stones for emergencies, and now they could finally be put to use.
Ling Changqing took out a pile of Top grade Spirit Stones from his Storage Bracelet and handed them to Meng Feiyu, who began to embed them one by one into the center of the Array.
Gong Ling, in his sea of consciousness, was not idle either. It inspected the internal and external structure of this Remote Teleportation Array, precisely replicating and recording it. In the future, as long as the materials were prepared, it could be reconstructed.
A moment later, Meng Feiyu had finished calibrating the Array and announced that it was ready for activation.
"...What do you audacious fools think you’re doing? This is the territory of our Liulan Sword Sect! Outsiders are forbidden to enter!"
As the furious rebuke echoed from afar, more than ten streaks of Escape Light rapidly approached through the air, arriving before them in no time.
Upon seeing the three women’s peerless beauty, the group of Cultivators froze for a moment, a flash of greed flickering in the depths of their eyes.
The burly Cultivator in the lead had an icy expression and berated them harshly:
"Who are you? How do you know about this Teleportation Array? Hand over—"
"Noisy."
Bai Qingyi was in no mood to waste time with these people. With a flick of her hand, she summoned a handful of bright Golden Sand, which transformed into a large net of light that descended and trapped all the Cultivators.
"Bastards! You dare to attack the disciples of my Liulan Sword Sect?!"
Shouts mixed with shock and anger came from within the net of light. These cultivators, whose Cultivation was generally at the Nascent Soul Level, were almost powerless to resist the seal of Bai Qingyi’s Spiritual Treasure.
A low rumble of thunder sounded as the golden net of light silently tightened. Gradually, all response from within ceased.
Ten breaths later, the net of light reverted to Golden Sand and flew back into Bai Qingyi’s hand, leaving only a pile of mangled corpses on the ground.
Ling Changqing could see that their Divine Souls had all been devoured by that Spiritual Treasure, robbing them of even the possibility of reincarnation.
"Darling, all these things are yours!"
Bai Qingyi said with a radiant smile. She was referring to the Cultivators’ Storage Magical Artifacts and any undamaged Magical Treasures they might have.
Ling Changqing nodded, walked over to loot the bodies, and took all the valuable items. Then, he incinerated the remaining corpses with a burst of fire, leaving nothing behind.
Then, Ling Changqing and the three women stood in the center of the Teleportation Array. As Meng Feiyu formed a Spirit Technique, the Array suddenly erupted in a brilliant flash of light.
When the light faded, the four of them had vanished from the spot.
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