Chapter 1948: The Long Family Comes Looking for Trouble

A month later, the first divine vessel built by the He family finally emerged complete.

"Open..."

Tong Haotian, serious and even somewhat apprehensive, expanded the palm-sized divine vessel in his hand in one breath.

Rumble—

The divine vessel instantly expanded to a size of five hundred zhang.

At the bow was a main hall flanked by two side halls; behind them were five hundred small courtyards, each capable of housing one person.

In other words, this divine vessel could carry a minimum of five hundred people for travel.

"Not bad... hehehe... not bad, not bad..." Old Cao looked at the first divine vessel produced by the He family and said, "It looks pretty good!"

"Wonder what the speed is like?"

He Pingsheng said, "Everyone get on and try it out, then you'll know!"

He Pingsheng was the first to land on this great ship!

Then came Old Tong, Old Cao, Yusi, and Li Canghai.

Li Canghai had finally emerged from seclusion as well.

"Li Canghai, what did you go into seclusion for?" He Pingsheng asked somewhat strangely: "You enjoy the sect's offerings and receive a certain amount of incense power; your cultivation naturally increases. Why did you still choose to go into seclusion?"

"Sigh..." Li Canghai let out a deep sigh and said, "Young Master... this way, your old servant felt he could also do something!"

"So I went into seclusion to bitterly study alchemy techniques!"

"Who knew, by the time I emerged our He family could already refine divine vessels; had I known earlier I would have gone to learn artifact refining instead!"

He Pingsheng laughed heartily.

Looks like this fellow is always thinking of matching Old Cao.

Now it's good; with Yusi, a God King Realm expert, added to the family, this guy probably won't be so competitive anymore.

"No matter!" He Pingsheng patted his shoulder: "Alchemy also has its uses!"

Tong Haotian said: "Young Master, I'm starting the ship!"

"Go ahead!" He Pingsheng waved his hand.

His gaze swept around the great ship.

Grooves and divine power transmission routes had been forged along the gunwales according to the predetermined layout; combined with the energy conversion array, once mid-grade divine gold was clamped on, the great ship began to shudder with a rumble.

The speed grew faster and faster.

A third-tier divine vessel; in the time of half an incense stick it reached a speed that could not be increased further.

Of course, this was the first flying vessel Old Tong had built; its quality was only mid-grade!

But it doesn't matter; later we can strengthen it in the Ju Ju Bao Pen and it'll become top-grade.

Of course, not everything can be strengthened; occasionally strengthening one is fine.

"Average speed!" He Pingsheng said: "Compared to other flying vessels, it doesn't have much competitiveness, but this is still the first flying vessel our He family has produced, so it counts as not bad!"

"Continue..."

"Yes!" Old Tong's eyes flashed with brilliance as he promised solemnly: "This is the first vessel; during the construction process I lacked experience. If you let me continue building, I can soon produce a high-grade divine vessel!"

"If your old servant's Divine Sense were a bit stronger, perhaps I could even build a third-tier top-grade one!"

"Or rather, a fourth-tier divine vessel!"

He Pingsheng took out some top-grade third-tier Three-Zhang Valleys and gave them to Old Tong for refining his Divine Sense.

Then He Pingsheng went into seclusion.

Slowly, the He family's shipbuilding formed a dedicated team of about a hundred or so people.

Under these circumstances, shipbuilding speed increased greatly.

In ten years, under Tong Haotian's leadership, over three hundred divine vessels were built.

He Pingsheng wasn't idle either; during these ten years, among the divine vessels Tong Haotian handed over, he picked out the ten worst and threw them into the Ju Ju Bao Pen, strengthening them into twenty top-grade vessels.

"Starting today, our He family's flying vessels go on sale!" He Pingsheng called an impromptu grand meeting.

"Old Tong, the flying vessels you manufacture, hand them over to Yusi first thing..."

"No privately handing them over to anyone else!"

"Yes!" Old Tong nodded.

"Yusi, after you get the divine vessels, give them to me..."

"I'll later hand all the flying vessels over to Lady Kong Kong Jiao; Li Canghai, you're in charge of sales. All goods are to be collected from Kong Jiao!"

"The divine gold obtained from sales goes to the clan head, Lady Su!"

"Among all of you, no private accounting, no private handovers!"

"All handovers must follow the chain I've prescribed!"

It wasn't that He Pingsheng deliberately complicated things; by following the chain, no one would know about his strengthening of the divine vessels.

Old Tong refines them and hands them to Yusi!

Yusi transfers them to He Pingsheng!

He Pingsheng strengthens a portion of them, then hands the whole batch over to Kong Jiao!

Kong Jiao then releases them from storage to Li Canghai for sale.

Finally, the divine gold from sales goes to Su Zhenzhen.

A perfect closed loop.

"Young Master..." Old Cao asked: "Are we selling in Tianfeng City, or going to Tianxie King City to sell?"

Actually, He Pingsheng had already decided this earlier; to avoid conflict with the Long family, he planned to push the market to more distant places, such as Tianxie King City.

But Old Cao isn't a fool; he wouldn't speak without purpose.

Since he asked that today, it must carry deep meaning.

"What do you think?" He Pingsheng didn't answer, but instead turned the question back.

Old Cao said: "I think we should still sell in Tianfeng City!"

"The Long family only has a deputy city lord in Tianfeng City; they have seven Divine Lords in total, and the Old Ancestor is a ninth-layer Divine Lord!"

"So what's the problem with that?"

"Our He family still has a Divine King!"

"There's no need to fear them!"

"Besides, even if we go to Scorpion King City to open a new market, we can't just rush in headfirst, or the Long family will think we're cowards. Although we have no conflict with them, they'll surely cause us trouble when the time comes!"

"So, I think, since trouble is bound to come sooner or later, we might as well face it head-on!"

"Young Master, what do you think?"

He Pingsheng smiled: "That idea isn't bad!"

"Alright, let's go with Old Cao's idea for now!"

"Cross the Cang Sea, go to Tianfeng City, and open a shop specializing in selling divine vessels!"

……

As Old Cao and He Pingsheng had expected, the He family's shop had barely been open for a month when it was targeted by the Long family.

"Young Master, something unusual has happened!"

Old Cao found He Pingsheng at his dojo and said: "The Long family has made a move!"

He Pingsheng wasn't surprised, only asking: "How did they act?"

Old Cao said: "They pressured the Lu family, and starting today, the Lu family will no longer sell us their Azure Green Purple Tea Wood!"

"Hahaha..." He Pingsheng laughed loudly: "Never mind them—did the Lu family finish delivering our last shipment?"

Last time, He Pingsheng had bought two billion stalks of Azure Green Wood in one go, enough to last a long time.

"Like this!" He Pingsheng said: "On one hand, we'll seek a new supplier of Azure Green Purple Tea Wood; on the other, we'll keep selling divine vessels!"

"At the same time, you must investigate the Long family's situation thoroughly—especially, how many artifact refiners they have!"

"Hehehe..." He Pingsheng chuckled.

Old Cao slowly pulled out a jade slip: "Young Master... I've already inquired about their artifact refiners, hehe..."