Chapter 289: Sky Patrol Warship

As his comprehension rose to the Immortal Bone Heavenly Grade, Yin Qi felt that the Bagua Diagram had also undergone a tremendous improvement.

He muttered to himself, "Bagua Diagram, let me test your capabilities in the Fengshen world."

The first thing that came to Yin Qi's mind was the beast riot incident at the Eastern Suburb Hunting Ground. Who was the mastermind behind this incident, and who sent those assassins?

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

If he didn't even know who his opponent was, he would be far too passive.

Yin Qi calmed his mind and secretly activated the Bagua Diagram. Soon, various pieces of information surged into his mind.

"It's him, Yuan Futong!"

Yin Qi opened his eyes abruptly, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

Yuan Futong, the Marquis of Youzhou.

The Great Shang Celestial Dynasty sat in the center, with Earl Marquises in the East, South, West, and North, each commanding eight hundred minor vassal states.

Among these eight hundred minor vassal states, there were actually the Nine Province Marquises.

The Nine Provinces were Ji, Yan, Yu, Yong, Yang, Jing, Bing, Qing, and You.

Youzhou was one of the Nine Province Marquises.

The lineage of the Nine Province Marquises could be traced back to Di Yu, and they were the strongest nine vassal states of the Xia Dynasty.

Following Shang's destruction of Xia, as the former Nine Province Marquises and the backbone of the Xia Dynasty, they were feared by successive Great Shang Human Emperors and suffered various overt and covert suppressions. By now, their glory had long since faded.

But even so, they were second only to the four great Earl Marquises.

This was also the reason why, in the original work, Yuan Futong was able to contact the seventy-two vassal states to rebel.

It was just that Yin Qi had not expected Yuan Futong to start plotting so early.

He had even thought that the assassins were sent by Ji Chang.

After all, in many Fengshen novels, Ji Chang was a hypocrite who feigned benevolence and righteousness, and was the most calculating of all.

"Yuan Futong!"

A murderous intent flashed in Yin Qi's eyes.

However, there was no rush to deal with Yuan Futong; he should win this assessment first.

But the layout had to begin now.

Thinking of this, Yin Qi walked out of the practice room and found someone to summon Yao Chen, the Hall Master of the Tianluo Hall.

Yao Chen was dressed in black; he was a lean young man with somewhat sinister eyes. He bowed and saluted, "Your Highness."

Yin Qi asked, "How is the situation in the Tianluo Hall now?"

Yao Chen reported, "We have already recruited three hundred people and are training them according to the methods provided by Your Highness. It is estimated that it will take half a year before we can send them out."

Yin Qi nodded and said, "In half a year, dispatch capable personnel to focus on infiltrating Youzhou. I hope that we have our secret agents in every aspect of Youzhou."

Yao Chen was secretly startled, not knowing why Yin Qi was suddenly paying attention to Youzhou.

However, he did not ask further and nodded directly, "Yes, Your Highness."

After Yao Chen left, Yin Qi summoned Ma Benqi, Sun Hao, Lu Fei, and Gongsun Shu, handed them four inheritance jade slips, and said, "After you go back, study these inheritance jade slips carefully."

These four inheritance jade slips recorded the inheritances of artifact refining, alchemy, array formations, and mechanical puppets, all of which Yin Qi had fused from the Fengshen world and the Yang God world and optimized.

For example, regarding puppets, the Desolate God King of the Yang God world was equivalent to the peak of the Heaven Realm in the Fengshen world.

One must know that his subordinates only numbered nine Heaven Realm experts.

As for artifact refining, that was even more powerful; it could directly launch an immortal cultivation industry.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Ma Benqi and the other three were overjoyed and thanked him one after another.

Anything given by His Highness must be a good thing.

Yin Qi smiled gently, "Ma Benqi, stay behind. You three may leave first."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Sun Hao, Lu Fei, and Gongsun Shu felt a bit envious; they could also sense that Yin Qi attached great importance to artifact refining.

The three bowed and saluted, then retreated.

Yin Qi said, "I mentioned to you last time about quantifying and dividing the processes for refining identity plates. How is your research going?"

Ma Benqi bowed and said shamefully, "Your Highness, there has been no progress yet. This quantification and division of labor in artifact refining sounds feasible, but it is extremely difficult to do. I still have no clue."

Yin Qi did not blame Ma Benqi, as the other party had previously been just an ordinary artifact refiner.

The artifact refining civilization of Pan Star had also taken tens of thousands of years to develop.

Yin Qi smiled gently, "This matter has already been solved by someone. The inheritance jade slip I gave you contains this brand-new artifact refining technique. A group of Golden Core artifact refiners can even refine war artifacts comparable to the combat power of an Earth Immortal."

"That's impossible!"

Ma Benqi almost blurted it out.

In Fengshen immortal cultivation, the gap between each realm is like a natural chasm, whether in combat power or in alchemy and artifact refining.

Golden Core refiners creating immortal artifacts—this was simply a fantasy.

Yin Qi smiled slightly, "Whether it is or not, you will know once you see for yourself."

Although Ma Benqi did not believe it, he could not continue to deny it in front of Yin Qi, so he placed the inheritance jade slip against his forehead. Immediately, countless pieces of information surged into his mind.

After a long time, Ma Benqi opened his eyes. He was trembling all over with excitement and said stutteringly, "Your Highness, where did you get this kind of artifact refining method? It simply opens up a precedent from ancient times; it is unprecedented and unheard of."

He could imagine what a sensation it would cause once this artifact refining method was promoted.

Yin Qi smiled faintly, "You don't need to know the origin of this artifact refining method. Your task is to learn this method and cultivate a batch of artifact refiners. Besides identity plates, refine more war armor, swords, and spears.

Remember, keep this matter confidential.

Without my permission, this artifact refining method must never be leaked."

Ma Benqi felt a chill; he also understood the significance of this artifact refining technique and hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Highness."

After Ma Benqi left, Yin Qi sat at his desk, lowering his head in thought.

He could travel through the heavens, and his cultivation improved quickly, but in the future, this group of subordinates would definitely not be able to keep up with his pace, so he must find a way to improve their cultivation.

This was his earliest team, and it was destined to be the most loyal.

Improving cultivation was nothing more than pills.

"Unfortunately, this is not the Yang God world; there are no creation creatures!"

Yin Qi sighed.

He missed the Bagua Daoren a little.

If the Bagua Daoren were here, he could completely let the other party become an alchemy tool man.

Since there was no Bagua Daoren, he could only do it himself.

Although using the altar to sacrifice was faster, it was too wasteful of fortune.

Besides alchemy, Yin Qi prepared to refine some more warships as war artifacts.

The Great Shang Imperial Dynasty does possess flying-type war artifacts, primarily the Sky Patrol Warship. Its interior forms a space of its own, capable of accommodating tens of thousands of soldiers and related supplies, flying at speeds over a dozen times the speed of sound.

The Great Shang Celestial Dynasty was too large; its own territory alone was over a million miles.

If one counted the various vassal states, the distance to reach the territory of the frontier vassal states was at least over three million miles.

Without Sky Patrol Warships to rapidly deploy troops, the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty would have no binding force on the frontier vassal states at all, because it was too far; a long expedition could take decades on the road.

By the time the army arrived, the opportunity would have long since passed.

Sky Patrol Warships could not only transport troops but also possessed powerful offensive capabilities.

However, in Yin Qi's view, although the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty's Sky Patrol Warships had decent combat power, they were still inferior to the Boat of Creation. They probably only barely possessed Earth Immortal realm combat power, but they were definitely not the opponents of an Earth Immortal realm expert.

At the same time, these Sky Patrol Warships were not only difficult to refine but also required at least a hundred Nascent Soul realm cultivators to activate.

Even with the foundation of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty, there were only a dozen or so Sky Patrol Warships. ===== CHAPTER 290 =====