Chapter 2058: Ship Number

You're good at reading people's expressions!

What do you think?

Tianmo Mountain, the Peng family!

Before the dojo of the Peng family's patriarch, Peng Dahai stood in a wide gray Daoist robe, hands clasped behind his back, his aura extraordinary as he gazed at the steward before him.

The steward bowed nervously, saying: "Master, the other party has already said it—he deliberately smashed the divine statue!"

"And it's not just yours—it's the divine statues of all three of us in the Peng family, all smashed!"

"In my view, this person must have some backing!"

"Yes!" Peng Dahai said: "There are no fools in the Divine Realm… who around Tianmo Mountain doesn't know the strength of our Peng family?"

"Knowing our strength, yet daring to provoke us like this—clearly, he truly wants to clash with our Peng family!"

"Hehehe… a gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall!"

"Just some mere power of faith—our vast Peng family need not take the risk!"

"Go to the He family again, tell them the divine statue matter is hereby canceled; if they don't want to, then they don't want to!"

"I'm going into seclusion!"

"Oh right… investigate the He family's background thoroughly!"

……

The Peng family's steward came to the He family once again.

He Pingsheng was dazed: just like this… it's over?

I thought we'd have to clash with the Peng family in a big fight.

But did the Peng family back down?

No…

He Pingsheng shook his head: not backing down… but rather a wisdom honed by survival rules in the Divine Realm.

To preserve the family at minimal cost, without taking risks.

It seems this Peng family patriarch is no ordinary man.

"Brother is truly impressive…" Wen Nuan sighed in relief, saying: "I was still worried earlier, but I didn't expect we'd still be on the right path!"

"That's right!" Luo Bingyao hugged a sword, saying: "My master is a seasoned traveler—never missed a step!"

"Master… you're now at the tenth layer of the Spirit Divine Realm—how's your combat power?"

He Pingsheng said: "Not bad!"

"Is that so…" Luo Bingyao's eyes suddenly flashed with excitement: "I'm already at the first layer of the God Venerable Realm—why don't we two spar?"

"Luo Bingyao, what are you saying?" Seeing Qiao Huizhu immediately spoke up to reprimand.

Wen Nuan said: "You little brat, running around all day without restraint—how dare you challenge your master?"

"Exactly!" He Pingsheng said: "Keep fooling around and I'll expel you from the sect!"

"Go on, go on… you do what you need to do!"

He Pingsheng stood up, took Seeing Qiao Huizhu's hand, and left.

The others followed He Pingsheng, rushing out of the family hall in a crowd.

Someone asked: "Lady Su, should this grand formation remain open?"

Su Zhenzhen waved her hand: "Withdraw it—Peng family no longer cares about this matter!"

Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao continued forward, wanting to catch up with He Pingsheng to say a few words, but were blocked by Kong Jiaojiao.

"Madam…" Luo Bingyao asked: "Why are you blocking me?"

Kong Jiaojiao gave her a sideways glance, saying: "No sense at all, right? Your master has been in seclusion for several hundred years, just now emerged—he wants to speak with his wife, and you won't let them have some quiet time?"

"Oh?" Luo Bingyao said: "Just talk?"

"Why won't he talk to you?"

Kong Jiaojiao's face flushed, then her apricot eyes widened: "Dead girl, you're getting more and more reckless!"

Luo Bingyao shook the braid on her head: "That's right—back when we were in the Immortal Realm, I used to ride on your person, Madam!"

Kong Jiaojiao: …………

Those around: …………

……

"I'll give you a little flower…"

He Pingsheng took out a purplish-red flower from his ring and placed it before Seeing Qiao Huizhu.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu smiled gently, brought the flower to her nose to smell it, and said: "So fragrant… it seems to be a fourth-grade divine medicine flower—what is this?"

He Pingsheng said: "A special plant, called Tianpo Xiangpu!"

"Ah?" Seeing Qiao Huizhu opened her mouth wide: "Tianpo Xiangpu… I've heard of it before!"

"I heard this flower comes in male and female varieties!"

"Is this the female or the male flower?"

He Pingsheng said: "The female flower!"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu immediately disliked it, shoved the flower back into He Pingsheng's hand, and said: "Disgusting… you keep it for yourself!"

Her face flushed all the way to her neck.

He Pingsheng snatched the flower and sniffed it hard, then burst into loud laughter.

The following days were very peaceful—indeed, the Peng family did not come.

He Pingsheng accompanied Seeing Qiao Huizhu, Wen Nuan, and the Great Lun Mingwang in turn, and did not enter seclusion to cultivate.

Thus passed several decades.

One day, Old Cao suddenly ran to He Pingsheng's dojo.

"Old Cao, what's up?" He Pingsheng invited him to sit down.

Old Cao said: "Sigh... life is tough... our He family's business can't go on anymore!"

He Pingsheng asked: "What business?"

Old Cao said: "Shipbuilding!"

Shipbuilding, back when we were in the Yao Guang Divine Kingdom, Tian Xie Divine Prefecture, was the pillar of the He family.

Now it finally can't keep running.

"What's going on?" he asked.

Of course, He Pingsheng had long been mentally prepared.

After all, he hadn't specially strengthened the flying boats for many years, and all the flying boats were made by Tong Haotian and Fu Bo.

It can only be said that the quality is quite ordinary.

They couldn't make a lot of money, but they could still earn a little.

Old Cao said: "Our He family's shipbuilding, though it could earn a little before, but recently the City Lord's Mansion released some new news, and now our boats can't be sold at all!"

"The City Lord's Mansion is selling ships themselves, and the price is extremely high!"

"But buyers are coming in an endless stream!"

He Pingsheng frowned: "Why? There must be a reason."

Old Cao said: "The City Lord's Mansion now has two kinds of divine ships for sale!"

"The first kind is especially expensive, but buying a divine ship comes with a 【ship number】..."

He Pingsheng asked: "What is a ship number?"

Old Cao said: "Before, wasn't flying prohibited in Xuanji City?"

"Anyone, any flying ship, was not allowed to fly!"

"But now it's different... as long as you buy the City Lord's Mansion's divine ship, this golden-head divine ship can fly above Xuanji City!"

"However, it cannot be unfolded and folded just anywhere, but must be done in a unified place!"

"That place is the City Lord's Mansion's square!"

"The City Lord's Mansion specially marked out an area in the square, then divided it into countless small areas!"

"Each small area is a ship number!"

"You can dock your own divine ship there, and for takeoff and landing, you must do it on the ship number!"

"Flying ships without a ship number are not allowed to fly in the city!"

"In this way, the City Lord's Mansion's shipbuilding business has become extremely profitable!"

"This is the first kind..."

"The second kind is the ordinary flying boat without a ship number, also called a small boat!"

"When buying this kind of flying boat, you don't need to buy a ship number, and small boats can also fly in Xuanji City!"

"Especially for those living in the city, after buying this second kind of divine ship, it's really much more convenient."

"Under such suppression by the City Lord's Mansion, our old He family's shipbuilding business has basically come to an end!"