Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1405: Chapter 526 Qingyang_2 Chapter 1405: Chapter 526 Qingyang_2 Under the other party’s explanation, he also understood the origin of this type of ship.

It was a special magic item crafted by the Tianyuan Business Alliance’s Master of Alchemy, adapted specifically for the North Sea conditions.

Amphibious for both sea and air, its speed was especially faster on the sea.

The whole structure was made using the bones of the Dragon Whale from the deep sea, making it particularly attuned to the Water Type.

Not only was it fast, but its carrying capacity was also quite remarkable.

The Immortal Cultivation Clans on various large islands of the North Sea, any with a bit of strength, would spend a substantial amount of gold to purchase one for maritime operations as a source of financial replenishment.

“That White Banner, it’s a Soul-Refining Flag, isn’t it?”

Out of the blue, Luo Chen mentioned the magic tool Cheng Haichang had used before.

Cheng Haichang lowered his head, somewhat nervously said, “Indeed, it is a Soul-Refining Flag from the Yuan Mo Sect Soul Refining Lineage, but I have not actively violated the ban by absorbing cultivators’ souls. Normally, I only absorb the souls of Demon Beasts as a supplement.”

“Oh?”

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow. He had seen before that the other party had absorbed the residual souls of those who had died in battle on the Monster Hunting Ship.

Wasn’t that considered a violation of the ban?

Then, under the other party’s explanation, he learned about the so-called Yuan Mo ban.

The Soul-Refining Flag could be used.

However, the souls within it were best to be made from the countless Demon Beast Souls from the sea.

The souls of Human Cultivators should not be forcibly detained.

If someone harbored ill intentions and wantonly killed cultivators to make Soul-Refining Flags, they would be hunted down by the Yuan Mo Sect.

However, clearly, with the Yuan Mo Sect destroyed, this so-called Yuan Mo ban had essentially become obsolete in practice.

Like this Cheng Haichang, who was skirting around the rules by using the souls of his own clan’s fallen to supplement the Soul-Refining Flag.

“And what about that formation?”

“Is the Ascendant Master referring to the formation on the Monster Hunting Ship? That’s the Ocean Soul Formation, which draws on the power of the ocean and countless Sea Demon souls to form a formation that grows stronger as the battle progresses, essentially a standard formation on all large Monster Hunting Ships.”

“Interesting, are there related Formation Maps?”

“Uh, we don’t have that. It was specifically researched by the Tianyuan Business Alliance in collaboration with the Yuan Mo Sect Soul Refining Lineage. Our small clan wouldn’t have the chance to obtain the original formation maps!”

“The Tianyuan Business Alliance? What’s the relationship with the Central Continent’s Holy Land, the Tianyuan Daoist Sect?”

“You’re wise, Ascendant Master. The Tianyuan Business Alliance is indeed an enterprise of the Tianyuan Daoist Sect, responsible for collecting resources in the North Sea and selling them to the other Four Continents, as well as coordinating resources from the Four Continents to the North Sea.”

Luo Chen nodded. Doing business, buying and selling, it’s just like that.

“The Tianyuan Business Alliance is very strong, with Nascent Soul True Masters stationed there all year round. It also nurtures countless masters from various industries; Alchemy Array Artifacts, all are expertly crafted. It’s rumored that they can even refine Demon artifacts.”

“I saw earlier that you were quite interested in that Spirit-imbued Artifact, which also happens to be one of the works of the Tianyuan Business Alliance.”

“This type of artifact is not driven by Spirit Qi, but by the internal Qi of a martial artist.”

“In this way, the countless mortals in the North Sea have their place in the martial realm. As long as they train well, they can leverage Spirit-imbued Artifacts to exert strength comparable to the early or middle stage of Qi Refinement.”

“For a large Monster Hunting Ship like this, it’s impossible to have only Immortal Cultivators. Typically, the major Clans would bring a large group of mortal martial artists aboard to help with fishing, monster hunting, and handling prey, even helping in battles.”

The more Luo Chen heard, the brighter his eyes shone.

In the Eastern Wasteland, mortals were insignificant, almost like domesticated creatures, yet he hadn’t expected they held such status in the North Sea Cultivation World!

For mortals to exhibit the strength of the middle stage of Qi Refinement, this was indeed quite inconceivable.

He acquired three Spirit-imbued Artifacts from Cheng Haichang and then let him go.

Then, Luo Chen began studying these objects.

…

The enormous Monster Hunting Ship, with sails held high, continuously progressed as it rode the wind and broke the waves.

They were getting closer and closer to their destination.

Two days later, Luo Chen put down the knife, the sword, and the trident he had been holding.

A thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

“How odd, how wonderful!”

“These small Spirit-imbued Artifacts actually contained the secrets of Qi-Blood and Spirit Power transformation. Isn’t this just the Spirit Refinement Qi Transformation of the early Qi Refiners?”

“But instead, the Tianyuan Business Alliance switched to using formations and Spirit Stones.”

“A pity, the Qi-Spirit Transformation Formations on them all have security measures set up, unable to be forcibly opened for study.”

If such ingenious methods spread throughout the entire Mountain Sea Realm, the strength of the Human Clan would undergo enormous changes, given that mortals reproduce much faster than cultivators who cherish their Cultivation Levels. If it were Wang Yuan in his early Great Grandmaster Realm, activating the best Spirit-imbued Artifacts, he might even pose a threat to the late stage of Qi Refinement.”

“But why would the Tianyuan Daoist Sect only distribute this technique to the North Sea?”

After putting away the three Spirit-imbued Artifacts, Luo Chen sighed.

He now knew what was happening but not why it was happening; he was quite curious.

However, clearly, the grand Tianyuan Daoist Sect wouldn’t explain to him, a mere Golden Core Cultivator.

Also, there was no more time.

They had arrived at their destination!

As the anchor was thrown, the huge Monster Hunting Ship shook slightly and then stopped beside a massive dock.

Han Li walked out of the cabin, looking at the bustling dock with people coming and going, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

So many ships!

So many people!

Monster Hunting Ships like the Cheng Family’s were hoarded here in clusters of seven or eight, with smaller ones numbering over a dozen.

According to Cheng Haichang’s previous introduction, those small Monster Hunting Ships could only operate within the near sea area.