Chapter 163: Ferry Project

When the conversation became lively, everyone laughed, attracting the observation of other sects. Among them, Shang Fengzi, the Sect Leader of the Penglai Sword-Flying Hall, who had the best relationship with Shushan, couldn't help but ask.

"Why are you brothers so happy? Tell us so that this poor Daoist can also be happy."

Shang Fengzi was humble and had been a close friend of Qingwei for many years, so Qingwei told him about the upcoming competition between the Shushan Sect and the Qingyun Sect.

"So that's how it is..." Shang Fengzi stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, seemingly having made a decision, and said resolutely, "The Penglai Sword-Flying Hall also wants to participate in this competition. I wonder what you brothers think?"

Penglai Sword-Flying Hall also wants to participate? The several sect leaders looked at each other. How did it feel like things were getting bigger and bigger?

Qingwei, who knew Shang Fengzi's personality well, was more surprised than anyone and couldn't help asking, "Penglai Daoism has always emphasized quietness and inaction, not being disturbed by external things, and the disciples are rarely involved in the world to fight with others. Brother, your move is..."

Shang Fengzi smiled bitterly, "Because of this, I want the disciples to participate in the competition. They only know how to bury their heads in hard cultivation on weekdays. When they encounter monsters, they can't even protect themselves, let alone save people. Not long ago, something happened to the Demon Locking Tower, and some monsters invaded Penglai, almost causing us to suffer a big loss!"

Hearing this, Qingwei's face was full of guilt, and he cupped his hands to apologize, "I didn't expect the disaster of Shushan to implicate Penglai. I am really sorry, Brother."

Shang Fengzi waved his hand and sighed, "Eliminating demons and defending the Dao is the duty of those who cultivate the Dao. How can we talk about implication? It's just that that incident made me realize the fact that Penglai's fighting ability is weak. If this continues, it will be difficult to even maintain the Dao tradition, and the three words 'Sword-Flying Hall' are more like a joke!"

Since things had reached this point, it was difficult for Qingwei to refuse Shang Fengzi's request, so he turned to look at Chu Yang.

Chu Yang smiled lightly, "Brother, you can decide on the sect competition yourself. Anyway, I am not good at handling these chores, so I will just observe and learn."

Qingwei laughed loudly, "As the Sect Leader, there are more important things to deal with, so I really shouldn't be distracted by trivial matters. I will handle this competition."

Speaking of major events, Chu Yang suddenly remembered the missing Evil Sword Immortal. Based on the words of Bai Yue before he died, he guessed that the Evil Sword Immortal should be in the Ten Thousand Mountains now.

"I have one thing I want to ask Mr. Yun." Chu Yang looked at Yun Yilan and asked, "I wonder if there has been any movement in the Ten Thousand Mountains recently?"

As soon as this was said, the several sect leaders who were discussing lively looked at Chu Yang in surprise.

"Ten Thousand Mountains? Why does Sect Leader Chu ask this?"

Yun Yilan asked curiously.

The disaster of Shushan was no longer a secret in the cultivation world. With such a big thing happening, everyone had heard some rumors, so Chu Yang did not hide the existence of the Evil Sword Immortal and told the whole story.

"Evil Sword Immortal..." Yun Yilan frowned and shook his head slowly, "So far, no abnormal situation has been found. It is just heard that several Witch clans hidden deep in the mountains have been exterminated. For the righteous path, this should not be a bad thing."

Those few exterminated Witch clans were sacrifices chosen by Bai Yue to gather the power of the five spirits, which had nothing to do with the Evil Sword Immortal.

Unable to get any effective clues, Chu Yang could only give up for the time being, but just in case, he still reminded Fenxiang Valley to pay attention to the wind and grass in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Dao Xuan Zhenren suddenly sighed, "A Ten Thousand Mountains separates the Divine Land from the Central Plains. Even if something happens on our side, it is difficult to notify you in time."

Qingwei nodded immediately, "That is indeed a problem."

Chu Yang said, "Regarding this problem, I had an idea a long time ago. I want to build a ferry at the peak of Shushan and build several large ferries that can fly, for people from the Divine Land and the Central Plains to travel back and forth. I wonder what you all think?"

"Crossing the two places... and ferries that travel in the sky?" Yun Yilan took a breath and said with an admiring face, "Sect Leader Chu has great courage. Not to mention whether it can be built, even if it can, the cost of building the ship is an astronomical figure!"

Master Puhong, with a kind face, chanted a Buddha's name and said leisurely, "If it can really be done, the Shushan Sect will have made another great contribution to the human world."

"Monk, don't be in a hurry to praise people. Whether it works or not is another matter!" Dao Xuan Zhenren glanced at Master Puhong, his tone quite dissatisfied. Among the three sects, only the Qingyun Sect and the Shushan Sect were of the same spirit, and he was the one who was truly worried about this strange sect leader messing around.

Qingwei pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Brother, don't worry. It's just refining tools; it's just a small matter to me." Chu Yang was full of confidence. It wasn't like he was building a ship as big as the Pluto; it would be enough to carry dozens of people at a time. If he really calculated it, the volume of the ferry would not even be one-tenth of the Pluto.

With the manpower and material resources Chu Yang had in the Pirate world, building a ferry would only take a few days.

The energy device didn't need to be too big; a small one would do. At that time, Chu Yang would also engrave some arrays on the ferry that would help with flying, which could greatly reduce the energy requirements.

After the ship was built, he would put it into the space of the Unmarked Extension Curse and bring it back through the Soul Palace. It was not troublesome at all.

Seeing Chu Yang so confident, Qingwei also let go of the last hesitation in his heart and nodded with a smile.

When Zhong Lou was there before, everyone had already seen the power of the Demon Refining Tower, so they were convinced of Chu Yang's tool-refining level, and at the same time, they were envious that Shushan had obtained a sect leader with unique talent in tool refining.

This was not a sect leader; this was clearly a God of Wealth who had fallen from the sky.

Among the hundred arts of cultivation, the four skills of alchemy, tool refining, arrays, and talismans were the most important, and the others were secondary. In the four skills, every level reaching the extreme represented endless financial resources.

Chu Yang smiled, "Since it is a ferry, then besides Shushan, other places should also establish corresponding ferry ports. I will trouble the sect leaders for the Divine Land continent."

Dao Xuan and the others agreed immediately. Compared to building a ferry, building a ferry port that could be docked was not a difficult task. It was just that the site selection might need to be a little particular. After all, it was a ship flying in the sky, and it was difficult to land in places that were too low.

Qingyun Sect, Fenxiang Valley, and Tianyin Temple all planned to choose the highest mountain in their respective sects.

Establishing a ferry port could also be considered a long-term business. Besides the disciples of their own sect, perhaps other forces would want to travel between the two places. For these people to take the ship, paying some "handling fees" was the most normal thing.

The handling fee for using the ferry port was just a bonus; the ferry fee was the real big head. In this way, the Shushan Sect's ferry was not only not losing money, but it was also a stable and profitable business.

The sect leaders present soon thought of this point, and they all had envious expressions again. They couldn't even remember how many times they had shown similar expressions.

After the ceremony, the sects left Shushan one after another. Those with shallow friendships left early, and those with deep friendships left late.

The first to leave was the Shen Family Fort.

Shen Qingfeng's appearance of sitting on pins and needles at the banquet was seen by the major sects, making others couldn't help but sigh, "If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place."

The next time the South Forest North Shen Martial Arts Conference started, it would definitely be more lively than before, and most of the people should be aiming to see Shen Qingfeng make a fool of himself.

Offending Shushan was not something that could be passed so easily.

The Jianghu forces led by the Four Great Families followed closely behind and left Shushan. Xie Cangxing and Xia, who had just become apprentices, also left with them under Chu Yang's instructions.

The two represented Shushan to go to Mingzhou with Jiang Cheng and the others to negotiate with Mo Yi.

However, before everything settled, Chu Yang reminded Xiahou Jinxuan not to tell his father, Xiahou Zhang, about this.

With Xiahou Zhang's personality, if he knew that Mo Yi had been occupying his brother's body for a long time and lurking in the Xiahou family for more than ten years, he would definitely not have any form of cooperation with the other party.

At that time, it would be counterproductive and push things in a bad direction. To be safe, Chu Yang sent a clone to follow them secretly. If Mo Yi didn't know what was good for him, he could only choose the simplest way to solve this matter.

Besides Mo Yi, the Lord of the Yacha Kingdom, Long Ming, used the unique Crossing Technique of the Long clan to travel to the human world to find the Shen Nong Cauldron, but Chu Yang did not get any information from Xiahou Jinxuan and the others.

To repair the water veins of the Demon Realm, both the Water Spirit Bead and the Shen Nong Cauldron were indispensable.

According to the original plot, the Shen Nong Cauldron and the other two artifacts, the Fuxi Sword and the Nv Wa Blood Jade, were all treasures worshipped in the Xuanguang Hall of Shushan.

But in this world, Shushan did not have a Xuanguang Hall, so the whereabouts of the Shen Nong Cauldron became a mystery.

Where Long Ming went to find the Shen Nong Cauldron was unknown.

However, according to the style of the whole world's hodgepodge, things that did not appear in the background of *Chinese Paladin* would definitely appear in other stories.

Chu Yang had already summarized the rules for this.

The Shen Nong Cauldron was not just a treasure unique to the *Chinese Paladin* world...

Chu Yang already had a guess in his heart, so he was looking forward to how the Shen Nong Cauldron would appear in front of him.

At the end of the dispersal, the bustling sect main hall became quiet again, but Chu Yang did not expect that the Qionghua Sect, which had almost no friendship with Shushan, would actually stay.

The Qionghua Sect Leader, Su Yao, seemed to have something to discuss. It was not easy to say clearly when there were many people just now. It was not until most people left that she found Chu Yang.

Su Yao asked Chu Yang to borrow the Water Spirit Bead. She didn't say the purpose, only saying that she would return it after borrowing it for some days.

Chu Yang, who knew the plot, guessed her intention.

The Qionghua Sect believed in the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden and was known for its secret sword-casting techniques. It had cast two immortal swords, "Wangshu" and "Xihe," with the lifeblood of three generations of elders.

The two immortal swords required people with special life patterns and physiques to control them.

Nineteen years ago, led by the 24th Sect Leader, Taiqing Zhenren, the Qionghua Sect used the power of the double swords to bind the Illusory Meditation Realm, open a passage to the Illusory Meditation Realm, and seize its spiritual power, intending to use this power to complete the feat of the entire sect ascending.

As long as they could fly high enough to touch the Kunlun Heavenly Light, ordinary people could ascend in broad daylight.

Unfortunately, the dream was beautiful.

The Illusory Meditation Realm was naturally not a pushover. How could it not fight back when someone came to the door? Many monsters also descended on the Qionghua Sect through the spatial rift and fought with the enemy. The battle was on the verge of breaking out, and people died every moment, with corpses strewn across the field and blood flowing like a river.

The scene was quite tragic.

At that time, Su Yu, the host of the Wangshu Sword, could not bear the cruel slaughter before her eyes and was unwilling to continue using the Wangshu Sword to bind the Illusory Meditation Realm.

This battle was ultimately because of the Qionghua Sect's greed. They wanted to become immortals, so they forcibly seized the spiritual power of the Illusory Meditation Realm and called it eliminating demons and defending the Dao, protecting the common people.

Su Yu saw through this point and was unwilling to make mistakes again and again, so she took the Wangshu Sword and fled down the mountain with her fellow disciple Yun Tianqing.

After going down the mountain, the two lived in seclusion on Qingluan Peak and gave birth to a child, Yun Tianhe. Because of the backlash of the cold power on the Wangshu Sword, Su Yu passed away after giving birth to Yun Tianhe.

On the other side, Xuan Xiao, the host of the Xihe Sword, also suffered from the backlash, suffering from the pain of fire burning his body, falling into the path of bloodthirsty madness, almost becoming insane.

Having no choice, the elders of the Qionghua Sect froze him, using the power of cold ice to reduce the pain Xuan Xiao suffered and protect his sanity.

The Water Spirit Bead that Su Yao requested today was precisely for Xuan Xiao. She believed that the Water Spirit Bead, which possessed the power of water spirits, could suppress the backlash of the Xihe Sword on Xuan Xiao.

Chu Yang didn't know if the Water Spirit Bead could work, but faced with Su Yao's request, he chose to politely refuse.

Not to mention that the Water Spirit Bead had already been handed over to Jiang Cheng and the others, even if it hadn't, Chu Yang would not use it to save Xuan Xiao. The pain he suffered from fire burning his body was what he deserved.

For the sake of their own selfish desires, the Qionghua Sect had caused slaughter, and most of the people in the entire sect had become demons in order to become immortals.

Those lives lost because of greed should be counted on them.

Chu Yang's mouth curled into a cold smile.

Want me to help you?

In your next life!

Su Yao, who was rejected, had a very ugly face. Under the observation of many disciples, she couldn't get off the stage and said resentfully, "The Water Spirit Bead is a treasure nurtured by heaven and earth and does not belong to anyone. Now my Qionghua Sect is just borrowing it. Why is Sect Leader Chu so stingy!"

Chu Yang rolled his eyes, "It's none of your business whether I am stingy or not."

Su Yao's cheeks turned from red to green, clearly angry to the extreme. As a sect leader, he actually used such low-level words to answer her.

Including the Qionghua Sect disciples, everyone present was stunned by Chu Yang's attitude.

Was there hostility in his words? "Sect Leader Chu, could it be that what you are doing today is to make the Shushan Sect and the Qionghua Sect break off relations?"

Su Yao saw that soft tactics didn't work, so she threatened Chu Yang with the relationship between the two sects. Although the Qionghua Sect did not have as high a reputation as the Shushan Sect, it was also a major cultivation sect second only to the Shushan Sect.

Under normal circumstances, no one would easily choose to offend the Qionghua Sect.

But Chu Yang was not among them.

"Those who have different paths do not conspire. The path cultivated by Shushan is indeed vastly different from the Qionghua Sect. Killing demons is just killing some monsters that harm the human world, and we will never do things that are evil for our own selfish desires."

Chu Yang's cold words immediately caused an uproar. He actually directly scolded the Qionghua Sect as evil.

For a cultivation sect, this was no longer a simple insult.

Su Yao was furious when she heard this, and other Qionghua Sect disciples glared at Chu Yang with anger. The atmosphere between the two sides was tense, as if they would start fighting in the next second.

Xu Changqing immediately brought a group of disciples to surround them.

How could others be allowed to run wild on Shushan's territory?!

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