Chapter 287: Chapter 286: Weiyuan Spirit Ship, Goal Planning
Weiyuan Immortal City.
The shipyard.
A half-finished spiritual ship, lacking only its hull plating, was suspended in the air by a Gravity Array.
Beside the spiritual ship, hundreds of cultivators, like worker ants, zipped back and forth on flying shuttles, fitting the hull plates onto the vessel.
One could faintly make out that the spiritual ship’s silhouette was somewhat similar to the Ghostly Flood Dragon!
That’s right.
This was the Tier Three Spiritual Ship that Su Ye had designed and built, using the Ghostly Flood Dragon as a prototype with the help of several master shipwrights.
He named it the Weiyuan Class.
The Weiyuan-class spiritual ship was a five-masted ship-of-the-line, 264 feet long with a beam of 66 feet!
It came armed with thirty-six Red Flame Divine Thunder Cannons, a single volley from which could easily destroy any Tier Two spirit boat!
And while the Red Flame Divine Thunder Cannons ensured the spiritual ship’s lethality,
the hull of the Weiyuan-class spiritual ship was also inscribed with two Tier Three Arrays, "Non-Stagnant Flowing Wind" and "Glacial Bulwark," balancing both sailing speed and armored protection!
Finally, there was a special process on top of it all.
Su Ye used the passive abilities of his two Quasi-Techniques, Heart of the Vast Sea and Monarch of Calamity, to bestow a blessing upon the Weiyuan-class spiritual ships!
Thus, with the combination of these many advantageous factors,
the performance of the Weiyuan Class was truly outstanding among Tier Three Spiritual Ships!
Moreover, its construction cost was still within a controllable range!
The cost for a single ship was three hundred thousand Spirit Stones!
’It’s expensive, but it’s more than worth the price!’
’Once a large number of Weiyuan-class spiritual ships enter service in the United Fleet,’
’monopolizing trade in the Far South Continent will no longer be a mere fantasy...’
Su Ye’s Divine Sense swept over every inch of the Weiyuan-class ship’s hull, a faint smile playing on his lips.
He had calculated carefully: a single Weiyuan-class spiritual ship, helmed by a Tier Three cultivator, could reliably kill a Tier Three Early Stage opponent!
Even against a Tier Three Late Stage foe, this combination could tie them down, or at the very least... have a high probability of holding out until reinforcements arrived!
’Right now, we can launch one Weiyuan-class spiritual ship per year.’
’The bottleneck, ironically, is the number of Tier Three cultivators?’
Su Ye thought.
He currently had five Tier Three combatants under his command.
Qinghe, Tianhe, He Muyun, Qi Chengjian, and Sikong Xin.
’To be honest, that’s a bit low.’
Furthermore, there were issues with Qi Chengjian and Sikong Xin.
The former was a Fake Core, so his combat power was limited.
The latter’s Core Formation was damaged, leaving his foundation unstable and his combat power relatively weak among his peers.
’But it’s not a huge problem.’
Su Ye was relatively optimistic about this.
After all, there were quite a few promising talents in his faction who had a chance at Core Formation.
For example: Luo Xiyin and Bai Xiuying!
The former had relied on a High-quality Chongyuan Elixir to break through the Late-stage Foundation Establishment bottleneck. Since then, her cultivation had advanced steadily, and her Divine Sense was augmented by the Six Desires Secret Scripture.
Su Ye felt that once she reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, if he gave her a Core Formation Spiritual Object, she would have a fifty to sixty percent chance of becoming a Core Formation Master.
As for the latter, she had also successfully reached Late-stage Foundation Establishment within the last five years.
With her foundation as a Canghai True Inheritor, she too had the potential to attempt Core Formation!
Moreover, Bai Xiuying wielded the top-tier magic weapon left behind by Canghai: the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber.
If she achieved Core Formation, her combat prowess should be quite impressive!
’Going from Late-stage Foundation Establishment to Foundation Establishment Perfection is just a matter of accumulating Magical Power; there are no bottlenecks.’
’With the help of Spiritual Objects and elixirs—especially the Spiritual Objects from the Far South Continent, whose resistance is calculated independently from Nanyaoguang’s traditional Spirit Medicines—their cultivation speed can be further increased.’
’I suppose... it’ll happen within the next decade or so?’
’And... I can also arrange for a few Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators to refine a Demon King’s Inner Core and become Fake Core Masters...’
He still had three Demon King’s Inner Cores in his possession!
’In that case, within a few years, the United Fleet’s combat power will be enough to establish an initial blockade of the Far South Continent.’
’With that, we can monopolize the Far South Continent’s trade!’
So Su Ye thought.
The Nanyaoguang Corporation’s exorbitant profits were built on a monopoly!
If they lost that monopoly, their profits wouldn’t necessarily be cut in half, but they would certainly drop significantly.
...
「A few months later.」
The first Weiyuan-class spiritual ship was completed and underwent its sea trials.
Its performance in all aspects was outstanding, far exceeding other Tier Three Spiritual Ships of the same cost!
Su Ye was very pleased with this.
In addition to this, Su Ye also oversaw the modification of the Immortal City’s arrays.
The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array was replaced with another peak Tier Three array that combined the attributes of water, wind, and thunder!
After being inlaid with top-grade Spirit Stones, the array’s power could briefly reach the level of a Quasi-Tier Four.
At its maximum output,
the array was thirty percent more powerful than the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array!
These two array modification projects
caused Su Ye’s proficiency in the Dao of Arrays to subtly improve through practical application.
He optimistically believed that after a period of consolidation, he might be able to become a Tier Three Mid Stage Array Master!
’It hasn’t been easy... Finally... my skill with arrays is about to catch up to my cultivation realm!’
And aside from the arrays,
the goal of cultivating Fake Core Masters was also easily accomplished.
The Cyan Profound Sect had far more than three cultivators at Foundation Establishment Perfection, so they held a combat tournament to compete for the spots.
After all, a Fake Core Master’s four-hundred-year lifespan was nearly double that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!
In the end,
three victors were decided.
Su Ye bestowed upon them the Demon King’s Inner Cores.
He implanted them with the Blood Light Soul Splitting Restriction and had them sign a two-hundred-year labor Spirit Contract.
Then, after they successfully advanced, he assigned them their jobs.
They were to pilot the Weiyuan-class spiritual ships on sea patrols to maintain the safety of the shipping lanes!
...
「A few days later.」
"Haaaah..."
’Finally, some peace and quiet.’
All the various tasks that needed doing after his return to Nanyaoguang
had all been arranged during this period.
The Nanyaoguang Corporation, the Immortal City Grand Array, the United Fleet, cultivating Fake Core Masters...
Everything was on the right track.
All that was left was for things to run steadily.
’Next up are my own affairs.’
Su Ye lowered his gaze and began to plan his goals.
’Right now, there are many areas where I can improve.’
My cultivation realm, proficiency in the Dao of Arrays, nurturing my Divine Seeds, refining my magic weapons...
’However, I’ve already made plans for all of these things. I just need to follow the schedule.’
’There’s only one thing that requires more thought!’
His sixth Divine Seed!
Su Ye had been thinking about his sixth Divine Seed for some time.
Life-Reaping Soul-Chase and End of Tracing Origin.
His sixth Divine Seed needed to form a Small Triad Structure with these two.
’Hmm...’
’Should I continue to stack killing power? Choose a divinity related to slaughter or destruction?’
’Or should I choose an opposing divinity? For example... Life?’
Su Ye mused.
Life and death.
’The compatibility between these two types of Power of Rules shouldn’t be low, right?’
’In that case...’
A glint appeared in Su Ye’s eyes.
He remembered.
Of the three major cities in the Northern Territory,
there was one whose enshrined deity controlled the ’Life’ portfolio!
’But, to launch a war and take the initiative...’
’my current situation isn’t quite up to it... and it would be best to get some allies to help...’
’Allies with Tier Four combat power...’
Su Ye fell into deep thought.
...
Meanwhile, in the southern seas of Nanyaoguang,
a spirit boat sailed into the Mist Sea.
A Golden Patterned Spider Banner hung from the mast.
This banner symbolized—
The Spirit Control Sect!
"Fourth expedition into the Mist Sea! All hands, on alert!"
