Chapter 1947

When I was at the Profound Void Gate in the Cultivation Chronicles, on Jade Bamboo Peak, the senior disciple under Master Jade Peace was Hou Muxian!

Hou Muxian's lover was Cheng Siyu.

Later, Hou Muxian began well but ended poorly, marrying a woman from the Beast Taming Xian Sect as his wife; He Pingsheng and Cheng Siyu went to present congratulatory gifts, but on the way they were instigated by the Hou family to go treasure hunting, resulting in the third senior sister Cheng Siyu meeting her demise then and there.

Thinking of this, He Pingsheng couldn't help but feel a wave of sorrow.

"What's wrong, Young Master He?" It seemed he sensed the unusual emotional fluctuation on He Pingsheng's body, and Cheng Siyu turned her head and asked.

He Pingsheng said: "Nothing... just seeing a senior reminded me of a deceased acquaintance with the same name and surname!"

"Oh..." Cheng Siyu nodded, smiling: "This name of mine in this palace is quite common, used by many!"

"Please!"

He Pingsheng and Yusi followed Cheng Siyu through the Cheng family's grand courtyard, heading toward the rear.

On a certain hill behind, thirty-seven courtyards were densely constructed.

Each courtyard was enveloped by its own independent formation.

Around the courtyards, Cheng family disciples constantly patrolled.

"Please..." Cheng Siyu led He Pingsheng and Yusi into the first courtyard.

Inside the courtyard stood a neither-large-nor-small little building!

Within the little building were hundreds of disciples!

These hundreds of disciples, each one, continuously focused intently, holding talisman brushes, drawing talisman patterns on specially made talisman paper.

He Pingsheng and his companions could not approach the little building, only able to glimpse one or two things through the formation outside it.

"Is this... the energy conversion formation?" He Pingsheng was somewhat surprised.

"Hmm..." Cheng Siyu said: "But, it's only a part..."

"A part?" He Pingsheng was even more bewildered, like a monk two yards tall unable to scratch his head.

Cheng Siyu explained: "The energy conversion formation is our Cheng family's core secret, absolutely not allowed to be lost in any way!"

"Here, all those involved in drawing talismans have sworn oaths, absolutely not to transmit them externally!"

"Furthermore, what they do is only a part!"

"Our formation consists of a total of thirty divine talismans!"

"From front to back, these thirty-six courtyards each have disciples drawing only one type of talisman!"

"But the talismans drawn in these thirty-six courtyards are all different from each other!"

"And only when all thirty-six divine talismans are gathered together and placed in the final thirty-seventh courtyard, fused by a secret method, can a complete 【Energy Conversion Formation】 talisman be formed!"

"Come... I'll take you to the second courtyard!"

He Pingsheng followed Cheng Siyu from front to back, passing through several courtyards in succession, and immediately felt this method could be described as exquisite to the utmost.

Thus, to uncover the Cheng family's secret, one would need to bribe at least one disciple in each of the thirty-six courtyards.

This is too difficult, nearly impossible.

Moreover, even if you stole the formation, you wouldn't dare to act openly, provoking the God Emperor behind the Cheng family's back?

Therefore, after taking these precautions, the Cheng family's core secret has virtually no possibility of being lost or leaked.

"Marvelous... truly marvelous..." He Pingsheng couldn't help but sigh.

But he also knew that this ability to divide a formation into thirty-six divine talismans and then recombine them is true great divine power, true great wisdom.

Ordinary people absolutely cannot achieve this.

After looking around and returning, Cheng Siyu asked: "Young Master He, I don't know how many formations you intend to purchase, and regarding quality and grade, what other requirements do you have?"

The three of them sat down again in the guest hall.

He Pingsheng said: "My family is attempting to refine divine warships for the first time, starting from third tier!"

"My requirement is simple: the propulsion formation must have sufficient power, and the divine warship's speed must surpass others!"

"Do you have any suggestions?"

"Two aspects!" Cheng Siyu said: "First suggestion: your divine warship design should be reasonable!"

"Then, use as high-grade formations as possible, such as middle-grade, or even upper-grade formations!"

"Of course, one price for one goods; higher grade means this formation's price will be much higher!"

He Pingsheng asked: "And the second?"

Cheng Siyu said: "Second suggestion: I suggest you use super-first-grade formations!"

"For example, the third-tier divine warship you are currently refining can use our fourth-tier formations to leapfrog levels, achieving twice the result with half the effort, and naturally the speed will increase!"

"But similarly, fourth-tier formations are much more expensive than third-tier ones!"

He Pingsheng asked: "Then... can two sets of formations be used simultaneously on one divine warship?"

"No!" Cheng Siyu said: "When the energy conversion formation propels the divine warship's flight, involving Dao laws, two sets of formations will interfere with each other, and the effect may even be worse than using just one set!"

"Countless people have tried this idea, all to no avail!"

"Alright!" He Pingsheng said: "How much are the third-tier and fourth-tier formations worth?"

"Um... whether third-tier or fourth-tier, I only want upper-grade quality!"

He Pingsheng's Treasure Basin can only strengthen one flying vessel per year, so most flying vessels are destined to be refined and then directly sold, thus requiring this set of formations to be of high quality.

Cheng Siyu said: "One set of third-tier formations costs twenty billion divine gold; of course, if it's physical divine gold, twenty pieces suffice!"

"Fourth-tier formations are more expensive: one set costs sixty billion, that is, six hundred pieces of physical divine gold!"

He Pingsheng said: "No problem: I'll first order ten thousand sets of upper-grade third-tier formations, and ten sets of fourth-tier formations for trial!"

"I still have another question I'd like to ask!"

Cheng Siyu was delighted, saying: "Go ahead!"

He Pingsheng said: "For example, ha... if I use this fourth-tier ultimate-grade set of formations to propel my third-tier divine warship's flight, under extreme conditions, how fast could this speed be?"

While speaking, He Pingsheng took out his own divine ship blueprint: "Senior, please take a look—this is the kind of blueprint I have!"

Cheng Siyu looked it over, hesitated for a few breaths, and said: "How to put it... From Scorpion King City to your Heavenly Phoenix City, it would take about a year, I suppose!"

One year!

Has it already reached the limit?

He Pingsheng shook his head with a bitter expression.

You must know, Rain Thought's sixth-tier divine vessel only needs half a day now.

The difference in tier is truly a vast chasm.

But a year isn't bad either, after all—under normal circumstances, taking a divine ship transfer from Heavenly Phoenix City would require decades to arrive.

"Thank you, Senior Cheng, this is divine gold—please count it!"

"I don't know how long until delivery can be made?"

Cheng Siyu said: "Our warehouse currently has stock..."

He Pingsheng immediately took a set of formations, checked it over, and then left!

After leaving the Cheng family residence, he did not rest, but went straight to the branch sect of the Illusory Void Divine Valley.

Here, he likewise purchased ten thousand sets of spatial formations.

Spatial formations have no such thing as third or fourth tier—they only have second tier.

Although only second tier, it is sufficient—merely for expansion and contraction—and this thing operates on the same principle as refining spatial rings.

Although the formation is only second tier, its price is not cheap at all, nearly equivalent to the Cheng family's third-tier set of formations.