hotmtlnovel Chapter 204 Joy
Chapter 204 Joy
Half an hour later.
The Shenfeng Academy hurriedly arrived to meet the frantically retreating Divine Fire Court.
However...
Seeing a fully staffed Divine Fire Court return with less than thirty Great Cultivators, everyone's expression turned extremely grim.
Even the Divine Fire Court's Chief, who had preserved his own life, was no exception.
His face was pale, and he seemed well aware of the dire consequences that awaited him following such a significant defeat.
A moment later, as if remembering something urgent, he hastily said to the Shenfeng Academy's Chief, "Quick! Have your Primordial Spirit Cultivators from the Shenmu Academy contact Chi Songzi, I have important intelligence to report to him!"
"You don't need to initiate contact; the Hall Master has questions for you too," the Shenfeng Academy's Chief said. A Primordial Spirit Cultivator stepped forward and operated a device, soon projecting the image of Chi Songzi.
"Well then! How splendid! I sent you to contain the Sword Execution Courtyard of the Nine Cauldrons Sect, and this is your idea of containment!? Sixty-six Sword Cultivators lost thirty-five men, thirty-two Technique Cultivators lost thirty men, and all ten Primordial Spirit Cultivators were wiped out! Hei Shan! You need to give me an explanation!"
"A Spiritual Treasure! The Nine Cauldrons Sect, in addition to the eight visible Spiritual Treasures, has another Spiritual Treasure!" exclaimed Hei Shan, the Divine Fire Academy's Chief, quickly. "A Spiritual Treasure that can amplify Divine Sense and boost the strength of Primordial Spirit Cultivators!"
"A Spiritual Treasure?" Chi Songzi frowned.
"Yes, our Divine Fire warriors found it extremely difficult to fend off the attacks of the Sword Execution Courtyard, but we were holding on tenaciously. It was because of that Spiritual Treasure that in an instant, all our Primordial Spirit Cultivators were suppressed, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, leading to our great defeat..." Hei Shan swiftly explained with absolute certainty.
Chi Songzi recalled Bai Shi mentioning that the opposing Primordial Spirit Cultivators had demonstrated capabilities surpassing theirs.
Could it be... because of that same Spiritual Treasure?
With this thought, his tone softened slightly, "There could be some justification for your failure, but the fact remains that it cost the Great Sun Sword Sect so many valiant warriors. Return to the sect and accept the punishment you deserve."
"Yes," replied Hei Shan, lowering his head.
...
In the Void Divine Realm.
All the stunned Hall Masters who had divided their attention to receive first-hand information now wore astonished expressions.
Especially Lou Yuyu, the Vice Hall Master of the Campaign Hall who had led his forces to the Xuanming Sect, was utterly baffled.
"So... in the battle of the Sea Fortification Courtyard, not only did you crush dozens of Great Cultivators and over three thousand High Rank Cultivators from the Spring Rain Warship, but also captured the Spring Rain Warship equipped with Second Generation technology? The Sword Execution Courtyard also defeated the Divine Fire Court? Even though it wasn't a complete victory, the damage was enough to scatter Divine Fire Court's ranks, reducing them to a second-rate fighting academy?"
"All thanks to this Spiritual Treasure from the Primordial Realm, we would not have achieved such a glorious victory otherwise," said Li Qingshan with a smile.
"So, Alkaid, we're about to have a Second Generation Patrol Heaven Warship!?" Xu Quexing was the first to turn his attention to Alkaid.
Alkaid nodded, "Yes, the warship is now speeding back to our sect, cloaked by the Spiritual Treasure, and will soon dock at the Third Heavenly Patrol Research Institute."
Having finished speaking, he said to Jiang Zhuoyue, "Please assist us in covering this up. It would be best to keep it secret for a while."
Jiang Zhuoyue immediately responded, "Leave it to me. I assure you it will reach the Third Heavenly Patrol Research Institute undetected and without any issues."
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In the current world, owning ten Heavenly Patrol Warships is considered a top Immortal Sect.
Even Golden Temple, which is a top Immortal Sect, couldn't assemble ten Heavenly Patrol Warships.
"There will be such a day."
The one responding was Alkaid.
He looked towards the Heritage Hall Master, "Hall Master Zhu, please coordinate with the Heritage Hall as well, and mobilize enough personnel to the third research institute. The Myriad Beasts Sect's Heavenly Patrol Warship... stop researching it, put it into service directly. And count every day it's in service. We'll directly study this Spring Rain warship, and if we want to produce Heavenly Patrol Warships in the future, we can start directly from the second-generation warships."
"Understood. The experts on Heavenly Patrol Warships of all academies are actually already concentrated in the third research institute."
Zhu Yanyu nodded, "However... isn't it a bit too much of a leap to directly study the Spring Rain? After all, our research on Heavenly Patrol Warships over the years has been focused on the first-generation warships..."
"No matter, I've been studying this warship all along and found that the technological difficulties aren't as many as I imagined. Those formations, as well as the materials needed for refining warships, many array masters, and master artifact refiners from our sect are able to set up and refine them," said Alkaid.
"The formation arrangement of the first- and second-generation Heavenly Patrol Warships is not difficult, nor is the material refining. The key is to perfectly utilize and combine all the formations and materials to make them function."
Gao Shenghan spoke with some emotion, "If comparing a formation or an artifact component to elite soldiers, then even the first-generation Heavenly Patrol Warships are equivalent to tens of thousands of troops. Commanding one person is something anyone can do, but ensuring the normal operation of tens of thousands of troops, doesn't the difficulty climb more than just a little?"
Alkaid understood Gao Shenghan's meaning.
The technical difficulty of the first- and second-generation Heavenly Patrol Warships was indeed not high.
But to combine these technologies together, the breadth of knowledge required for the refiner was immense.
He had to be very knowledgeable about all formations and all artifact components to coordinate and assemble them all.
Let alone ordinary formation masters and artifact refiners, even grandmaster-level individuals were only skilled in one or two areas and faced with a National Guardian Artifact that combined artifact refining and formations to perfection, they could only watch helplessly.
But...
What others couldn't do did not mean Alkaid couldn't either.
Breadth of knowledge?
Not to mention other professions, in the artifact refining and formation industries, throughout the entire Cangwu Great World, he claimed to be second to none, and no one could claim to be first.
"Alright, Hall Master Jiang, prepare the Great Sun Sword Sect for stirring up storms in the near future. When Lou Yuyu returns from the Xuanming Sect, the sect will have a period of rest and recuperation. The next time there is a large-scale action, we should be able to see the day when the East Sea Archipelago is completely restored," said Li Qingshan.
"Understood!"
Jiang Zhuoyue responded solemnly.
Having lost a Heavenly Patrol Warship and a great deal of manpower, the Great Sun Sword Sect probably wouldn't swallow this humiliation so easily.
Next, it would be up to the Nine Cauldrons Sect to peacefully resolve the Great Sun Sword Sect's strategies.
"Vice Hall Master Lou, the issues on our side have been resolved, and next, it will depend on your performance in the Xuanming Sect," said Li Qingshan with a smile as he turned towards Lou Yuyu.
"We will not disappoint the Sect Master and Hall Master Alkaid."