Immortal of the Nine Realms

Fang Chen scrutinized the captain for a moment, then glanced at the group of cultivators with their families, and with a faint smile, he said, ”Give me your nautical chart and I’ll agree to your request.”

As soon as they heard that, the cultivators quickly turned excited. ”Quickly, give him the nautical chart!”

But the captain hesitated, and he struggled to hand it over. A nautical chart was valuable; Those in the maritime trade considered it a treasure and wouldn’t easily show it to others.

”You don’t want to give it to me?” mouthed Fang Chen with a faint smile. “Then, it’d only make sense if you just took me to my destination.”

Gritting his teeth, the captain took out a jade slip from his person. ”Sir, this is my nautical chart. Although there’s only this one route on it, it can fetch around four to five hundred spirit stones if sold outside.”

Fang Chen’s spiritual energy surged as he slowly delved into the jade slip. A relatively complete route map appeared before him. This route would pass through dozens of destinations, with the final destination being the Flame Empire.

Fang Chen chuckled lightly. ”Thank you.” He grabbed Liu Mu and jumped aboard the black ship.

The captain, seeing this, immediately wanted to urge the ship away from the area, but Fang Chen stopped him.

”Hold on, I want a refund.”

”Yes, yes.” The captain nodded repeatedly, fishing out for some spirit stones from his person and tossing them to Fang Chen.

”These aren’t enough.” Fang Chen shook his head with a light smile. ”I need a considerable amount of spirit stones to operate this black ship. I won’t ask for much, just three hundred spirit stones will do.”

“......”

The captain’s face turned ashen. Three hundred spirit stones were no small amount. If he gave them to Fang Chen, not only would he earn nothing from this trip, but he would also incur losses! After some thought, he looked at the other cultivators. ”Everyone, let’s pool in together and send him away.”

These cultivators wanted to argue but lacked the strength to. Thinking about the chance of shooing this troublemaker away, they bit their lips and took out some spirit stones. With the help of everyone, they eventually pooled together three hundred spirit stones. They placed them in a bag and tossed it over to Fang Chen.

Catching the spirit stones, Fang Chen waved his hand to the captain. ”You can leave now.”

They didn’t waste any second here. The boat immediately set sail, disappearing from Fang Chen’s view at an incredibly fast speed.

Fang Chen’s divine soul left his body to ensure there were no hidden cultivators around and that there were no survivors on the black ship. Then, he began to refine the black ship.

Though Little Sword was a bit hungry, it obediently stayed by Fang Chen’s side and kept watch. If any cultivator who didn’t know better appeared, it’d attack without restraint. Even Foundation Building Realm cultivators had to be cautious when the Little Sword took action.

An hour later, Fang Chen’s spiritual energy was depleted. He had only been able to refine one-thirtieth of the black ship before his spiritual energy ran out. There was still a long way to go. For an ordinary cultivator, this would have been a failure, but Fang Chen’s spiritual energy could quickly recover after hitting rock bottom.

At a visible rate, his spiritual energy recovered, and he resumed refining the black giant ship.

Unknowingly, several days passed.

Suddenly, a faint light emanated from the giant black ship, and Fang Chen opened his eyes. He had finished refining the black ship. It wasn’t his true treasure and couldn’t be stored within his storage ring. Furthermore, his storage ring couldn’t possibly accommodate such a massive object.

Either way, once ashore, it was destined to serve as nourishment for Little Sword.

Thirty-six Soul Imprints, hmm. It’s a bit of a waste to see it go like this, Fang Chen thought to himself.

Little Sword, seeing that Fang Chen was done with the refinement process, immediately began to quiver with excitement. ”Hungry, hungry!”

Fang Chen chuckled. ”Don’t worry, coming right up!” He searched the young man and the other cultivators thoroughly, ensuring they had nothing valuable left on them. Then, he cast a few Fireballs, turning them into ashes and scattering them into the sea.

”Quite interesting. He’s really worthy of the title ‘Young Sect Leader.’ He had three hundred spirit stones as well as two treasures on him. One is a storage ring which is much larger than my own. It’s about three meters by three meters.”

Fang Chen refined the storage ring before dumping everything he had in his old storage ring into it.

”A total of nine treasures, all with Soul Imprints of ten or more. This treasure shirt is a bit intriguing. I’ll keep it for now,” said Fang Chen. He had a special piece of treasure clothing in his hand. It looked like an ordinary green shirt, but no matter how much force he exerted to rip it apart, or no matter how much he threw Fireball and Icearrow at it, he couldn’t damage the cloth at all.

Leaving this treasure aside, Fang Chen gave the rest to Little Sword. Little Sword devoured them eagerly, finishing them off in just a few moments. Its aura fluctuated slightly, indicating its satisfaction, but it seemed to want to continue eating, eyeing the shirt in Fang Chen’s hand.

Fang Chen chuckled, shaking his head. ”You can’t eat this one; I have a use for it.”

He then organized the spirit stones. Now, there were about 1500 spirit stones in the storage ring. Besides the three hundred he took for the dead young man and the three hundred contributed by the captain and other passengers, the rest were looted from the Sea Dragon Sect cultivators.

”With 1500 spirit stones and over fifty top-grade Purple Lightning Talismans, when we arrive in the Flame Empire, I reckon I’ll use up most of the materials for talisman-crafting. I’ll have some time to practice the Five Elements Technique as well.”

After some thought, Fang Chen arrived at the core of the black ship, where there was a formation erected specifically to place spirit stones to be used as fuel. There were already a hundred spirit stones placed inside.

”I wonder if this will be enough to reach the Flame Empire,” muttered Fang Chen. With a slight surge of his spiritual energy, the black ship immediately set sail, speeding toward the Flame Empire according to the map at an incredible speed.

His spiritual energy was just the catalyst; the black giant ship would draw power from the spirit stones for the journey ahead.

Once they set sail, Fang Chen refined the treasure clothing as well. Apart from being impervious to water and fire, it could also stretch and shrink, making it effortless to wear.

This piece of treasure clothing also has twelve Soul Imprints. It’s probably capable of doing more than just this, Fang Chen thought as his spiritual energy surged. The treasure clothing erupted with a brilliant golden light, and a thick spiritual shield slowly rose.

After testing its durability, Fang Chen found that defensive capabilities were actually really impressive; he reckoned might not be able to tear through this spiritual shield without the help of Little Sword, even the top-grade Purple Thunder Talismans might not be able to alone.

Fang Chen chuckled. ”This is quite the bargain.” He then took out the jade slip for the Five Elements Technique and started to practice.

***

Several days passed.

Fang Chen stood on the bow of the ship and extended his hand forward. The terrifying waves instantly transformed into a giant python that stretched for a hundred feet. With a slight mental command, a second python appeared.

At this moment, the consumption of his spiritual energy was severe. After about five minutes, his spiritual energy was depleted. Despite the fact that the old Daoist in the Clear Sky Monastery was at the twelfth stage of the Qi Refining Realm, his immortal veins were far inferior to Fang Chen’s. He should have about the same amount of spiritual energy as Fang Chen, who was only at the ninth stage.

”The Five Element Technique allows one to manipulate the five elements of Heaven and earth, with spiritual energy as the guide, to unleash immense power. On the sea, the power of water is abundant, so I can manipulate a hundred-foot python. If it were on land, only the power of earth would be readily available. The powers of metal, wood, and fire would require favorable conditions to be effective, otherwise their power will be weakend,” muttered Fang Chen.

He had already mastered the Five Element Technique.

This technique had no specific grade, and its principle was simple. Its power depended on the cultivator’s strength and their subtle comprehension of the power of the five elements.

”Since there’s the Five Element Technique, there should also be a Lightning Control technique, right? However, the power of lightning is fierce and violent. Such techniques are probably not commonly seen.” Fang Chen smiled. Taking out a brush, Thunderous Wood Talisman Paper, Nine Tribulations Cinnabar, he started making talismans.