Chapter 121: Star Sky Leap Array Activated!

Xu Xing withdrew his gaze and noticed that his senior sister and Xiang Yuanjun were looking at each other, as if communicating with their eyes.

Hm? Especially seeing that Xiang Yuanjun still had a white cloth over her eyes, the feeling became even stranger.

"Senior sister, Xiang Yuanjun?"

At the sound of his voice, the two each withdrew their gazes.

"Return soon." Bie Xuening whispered.

"I will."

This trip to the Alliance of Righteous Sects is only to investigate matters related to Yuan, so it shouldn't take long.

Xiang Yuanjun smiled lightly: "The hour is late, Elder Brother, let us set off now."

"Mm." Xu Xing gave a slight nod, then looked at Bie Xuening, "Senior sister, take care."

"Mm."

Before his words had fully faded, Xu Xing and Xiang Yuanjun's figures vanished without warning.

Aie~ Bie Xuening couldn't help sigh softly in her heart.

Had I known this, I might as well have let my younger brother go directly to Ling Yin Fang.

She raised her head, gazing toward the direction of the Star Sky Leap Array.

Everything was much as she had anticipated.

This disobedient disciple indeed took advantage of the access rights I granted her to extensively modify her starship.

I thought her disciple would come to complain, but instead was threatened by this disobedient disciple, who not only received thirty thousand contribution points from her but also conspired with her to deceive me.

What a fool.

With Li Ke's big mouth, besides Ji Ye Shijie and my younger brother, who else doesn't know about this?

Dingdong!

Someone just sent a message in the Mutual Elder Care group.

Qi Zun: "Congratulations, Elder Brother, on emerging from seclusion / Bowing"

Bie Xuening glanced at it, then put her phone away without replying, and turned to vanish as well.

Half a minute later, the group still had only this one message.

Qi Zun: "Anyone here?"

Qi Zun: "Can someone say something?"

Qi Zun: "..."

After a while longer.

Jian Zu: "Thank you, Elder Brother."

After Xu Xing's message, it was as if a switch had been flipped.

Hong Zun: "Xiang Yuanjun seems to have gone to the Xiang Jianzong, Elder Brother, have you encountered her?"

Hehuan Laozu: "Xiang Yuanjun went to the Xiang Jianzong?"

Hehuan Laozu: "/Surprised"

Hehuan Laozu: "@Master Jianzun @Elder Lingzu"

Master Jianzun: "Are you just sitting around with nothing to do all day?"

Master Jianzun: "I think for the sake of group harmony, we should kick out some antisocial jerk!"

Ba Zun: "Antisocial jerk?"

Ba Zun: "I don't think it's me."

Dan Zu: "I think it's probably not me."

Hong Zun: "Definitely not me."

Master Mei Zu: "Definitely not me."

Master Jianzun: "Hm? / Question mark duck on head"

Master Jianzun: "Who is this guy?"

Elder Lingzu: "She changed her name."

Master Mei Zu: "Oh? The other one has finally shown up too!"

Messages kept appearing in the group, sharply contrasting with the earlier silence.

Qi Zun: "..."

Why don't you just kick me out of the group?

…………

After some time, inside the Inner Sect of the Xiang Jianzong, the Star Sky Leap Array.

Inside a starship floating among the mountain ranges.

Zhang Yunlu followed Chi Jiuyu down a long, narrow, chilly corridor, where pale blue indicator lights flickered along the walls, spreading like veins across the ship's body.

The deafening roar of the massive engines was muffled into a low hum by the thick armor plating. Is this what a starship's interior feels like?

Although she had seen it on TV, watching through a screen could never match the awe of witnessing it firsthand.

Soon, the two passed through the corridor and entered the control room.

Before them, several pale blue translucent screens projected complex star maps and streams of data, inducing a dizzying sensation.

On both sides and above, arrays of various functions rotated slowly.

"Hello, Captain!"

The clear female voice resembled Chi Jiuyu's own, yet upon closer listening, differences could be detected.

"All system modules have completed self-checks, energy reserves are sufficient, leap engine preheating is complete."

This is... a ship spirit? The mental processing power of a Nascent Soul cultivator is already terrifying; in most cases, controlling a medium-sized starship is no problem.

But interstellar travel is inevitably a very long process; cultivators are human, and humans grow tired.

Especially this kind of monotonous, tedious work, it is itself a torment to the cultivator.

But with a ship spirit, the starship can achieve fully automatic navigation, easing the cultivator's burden, and in some extreme cases, the ship spirit can forcibly boost its processing power beyond limits to assist the cultivator in escaping peril.

Therefore, most medium and small starships are equipped with a ship spirit.

Large starships or interstellar fortresses require multiple ship spirits working in coordination to ensure stable operation of their complex systems.

"This is the control room; the living quarters are on the other side—I'll take you there later," Chi Jiuyu turned back to explain to Zhang Yunlu, then shouted toward the front, "Set coordinates: Western Star Region, Chiyu Star System, Chifeng-47 Star System."

Following her command.

On the front wall of the control room, one of the pale blue translucent screens displayed a line of text.

【Coordinates confirmed! Requesting transit authorization from the Western Star Region Garrison Commander—Cangfeng Sword Master Li Ke…】

Chi Jiuyu froze.

No way!

There are so many Garrison Commanders in the Western Star Region—why did it have to be Ye Shijie?!

【Application approved! Transit authorization granted!】

Cheating!

Absolutely cheating! "Is that all?" Zhang Yunlu asked, seeing her stand frozen.

Chi Jiuyu snapped back to attention and sent her spiritual sense to check the talisman token her master had given her in her storage ring.

Everyone except herself would be suppressed to Foundation Establishment realm.

'I've got a trump card—no need to panic.'

After repeating this to herself several times, her courage swelled again.

"That's enough—just wait for the star-jump array to activate! Come on, I'll show you the living quarters and cultivation area."

The two left the control room and entered the cold, dim corridor again.

"Did you customize the ship spirit's voice?" Zhang Yunlu asked.

"How's it? Not bad, right!"

"... Mm."

Originally, Chi Jiuyu had set the ship spirit's voice to her master's.

She'd thought hearing her master call her "Captain" would be awesome.

But it turned out nothing like she expected—not only was it not awesome, it felt like her master was watching her every moment, giving her nightmares for days.

…………

More than ten minutes later.

Outside the starship, on the peaks of the mountains at the array's edge and atop the Gao Ta at the array's core, several figures appeared out of thin air.

Some young, some aged, some relaxed, some imposing—each had a distinct aura, yet all were unmistakably in the Union with the Dao Realm.

Only cultivators of the Union with the Dao Realm could preside over an array of this scale! Atop the array-core Gao Ta stood a stern middle-aged man, highest in realm, his piercing gaze sweeping across the mountain peaks.

Wherever his gaze passed, each person gave a slight nod.

Once he confirmed they were all ready.

"Activate the array."

A cold voice rang out, echoing through the array.

Boom! The clouds and mist between the mountains were torn apart by surging air currents.

The array diagram blazed with light; starlight poured down like a waterfall, flowing into each starship.

Each starship trembled slightly, its surface shimmering with countless tiny star-points; from afar, it looked as if countless stars were awakening, space itself warping faintly.

The next instant! A blinding pillar of light shot skyward, piercing deep into the cosmos—the starships that had hovered between the mountains vanished, leaving only the fading glow of the array diagram.

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