Chapter 74: Starship
Qu Yi flew from the Six Harmonies Hall into the light wall and arrived in another world. The scene before him resembled being in the starry sky, with silver ships resembling stars everywhere in the air.
These silver ships shone with a star-like brilliance, dotting the tranquil starry expanse like countless stars.
Was their number millions? Tens of millions? Hundreds of millions?
Qu Yi’s eyes scanned constantly. Aside from the few silver ships in front of him, there were also numerous others in the distance, looking like fireflies. He had the feeling that even further away, in areas where light couldn’t reach, there must be countless more silver ships.
“Everyone, welcome to the World of Starships. In this world, among countless silver ships, there is one that is a mid-grade immortal artifact-level starship. If you find it, you can leave this world.”
Hao Di’s voice came as expected.
After hearing this, Qu Yi smiled. So, this world had a mid-grade immortal artifact-level starship, and Hao Di had created countless imitation starships, allowing cultivators who entered this world to search among them for the real one.
“It seems this starship isn’t an offensive immortal artifact but rather an auxiliary one. With it, flying through the stars should be quite fast,” Qu Yi said slowly.
Suddenly, he took out the Earth Diving Shuttle and entered it, flying straight into the vast starry sky.
Although the Earth Diving Shuttle was just an earth-type immortal artifact and moved extremely fast on land, it was also incredibly swift in the starry sky.
In a short while, it had traveled millions of miles, passing by countless starships.
The energy signatures of these starships were all the same, seemingly all emitting energy fluctuations of lower-grade immortal artifacts, making it impossible for Qu Yi to determine which one was the real mid-grade immortal artifact-level starship.
One thing was certain: Hao Di must have altered the energy fluctuations of that true starship, suppressing them to that of a lower-grade immortal artifact.
“Does this Hao Di want to show off his crafting skills? He needlessly created so many fake starships, forcing us to search through them one by one. Even a cultivator at the Great Vehicle stage might not be able to find it before their lifespan runs out.”
After flying for a while, Qu Yi still hadn’t found anything special about any of the starships, and he began to feel frustrated.
“Qu Yi, think carefully. You can actually find this starship,” the Artifact God suddenly said.
Hearing this, Qu Yi shook his head and then exhaled, smiling and saying, “Instrument God, I actually thought of this method too. But the idea of breaking all those low-grade immortal artifacts makes me feel it’s a pity.”
It turned out that Qu Yi had already considered it. Since he couldn’t distinguish between mid-grade immortal artifacts like the Starship and those imitation low-grade immortal artifact-level Starships, he would use the mid-grade immortal artifact, the Shangjin Sword, to attack all the Starships. Naturally, those imitation low-grade immortal artifact Starships couldn’t withstand the attack of the Shangjin Sword and were all destroyed. The only Starship capable of withstanding its attack was the true mid-grade immortal artifact Starship.
Yet, Qu Yi still didn’t want to destroy all the Starships. After all, they were all low-grade immortal artifacts. Just bringing one of them to the cultivation realm would make all cultivators fight fiercely to obtain it.
Upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, the Instrument God smiled faintly and said, “What’s the big deal about some low-grade immortal artifacts? In the future, you can craft them yourself—have as many as you want.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi’s accumulated resentment surged again. The Instrument God had initially persuaded him to cultivate array techniques, claiming it would allow him to craft magical artifacts. But even though Qu Yi had reached the Tribulation stage and had been scanning arrays constantly, the actual number of times he had crafted magical artifacts could be counted on one hand. He harbored deep resentment.
Now that the Instrument God had thrown out another bait, Qu Yi would not believe it anymore. Who knew if he reached the immortal realm, the Instrument God might find another reason to stop him from crafting immortal artifacts himself and force him to keep scanning arrays.
“Instrument God, you can’t deceive me anymore. You must have another method. Because even if I use the Shangjin Sword to break each of those low-grade immortal artifact Starships one by one, it will still take a very long time. You surely can’t wait that long,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.
“Hah!” The Instrument God suddenly exclaimed in surprise and laughed loudly, “Qu Yi, you’re really smart after all. I was just waiting for you to break those Starships one by one before mocking you. It seems I’ll be disappointed this time. But since you say I have a method, guess what method I’ll use to find that true mid-grade immortal artifact Starship.”
Qu Yi smiled triumphantly and said, “Instrument God, you’re too comfortable inside the Dimension Sphere. A baby lying on a soft chair every day—aren’t you afraid of developing cerebral palsy? How about this? I’ll show some concern by making you use your brain and find something to do.”
After saying that, Qu Yi didn’t wait for the Artifact God to speak. He activated the Subterranean Shuttle and suddenly arrived beside a starship. With a thought, the Tiny Realm Ball appeared, and he used it to trap the starship inside.
Yes, Qu Yi had already decided to use the Tiny Realm Ball to collect all the starships, leaving it to the Artifact God to identify which one was the true mid-grade immortal artifact starship.
“Qu Yi, you bastard! Do you want to drive me to death?” The Artifact God immediately understood Qu Yi’s plan and shouted out in anger.
Hehe!
Qu Yi sneered. This was finally his chance to get back at the Artifact God—how could he miss such a rare opportunity? Ignoring the Artifact God’s complaints, he used the Subterranean Shuttle to reach another starship and trapped it inside the Tiny Realm Ball as well.
One, two… a thousand… ten thousand…
Thanks to the speed of the Subterranean Shuttle, it could reach another starship in just a few breaths. Thus, Qu Yi’s speed in collecting starships was incredibly fast.
In a vast region of the starry sky, those gleaming silver ships disappeared.
Of course, all the silver ships in the entire starry sky were destined to be collected by Qu Yi.
…
The leaders of the three demon cultivation sects—Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon—were actually three brothers.
When these three demons entered the realm of starships, they too were stunned by the countless shining starships and flew around aimlessly in the sky, hoping to find that mid-grade immortal artifact starship by chance.
Ten days passed, yet the three brothers remained clueless, failing to sense the presence of the mid-grade immortal artifact at all.
They had visited thousands of starships, but through their spiritual senses, they couldn’t detect anything special about them—all the starships had identical energy fluctuations.
“Earth Dragon, Water Dragon, if we keep flying like this, it will be hard to find that mid-grade immortal artifact starship. It seems we need to use some tactics. Let’s combine our vital energies and use our dragon race’s unique Golden Dragon Eye to locate it,” Green Dragon said slowly as he hovered in midair.
The Golden Dragon Eye technique could only be truly used by dragons, allowing them to see through all illusions.
Green Dragon’s plan was to use this skill to uncover the mid-grade immortal artifact starship hidden among the lower-grade ones.
“Okay, elder brother,” Earth Dragon and Water Dragon replied immediately.
When no one else was around, the three brothers still addressed each other as brothers.
Soon, the three demon cultivators suddenly transformed, creating three ten-thousand-meter-long giant dragons in the starry sky—green-scaled, yellow-scaled, and blue-scaled—shining brightly, presenting a grim scene. The three dragons bit each other’s tails, forming a three-colored ring that spun rapidly. Their vital energies merged, and at the center of the ring, a giant eye resembling that of a dragon suddenly appeared. This dragon eye emitted a golden beam that seemed capable of reaching millions of miles away. The beam scanned the entire starry sky; after one rotation, it covered all the starships within a million-mile radius, revealing their true nature. “Hmph, none of these ten thousand starships are mid-grade immortal artifacts,” said the Green Dragon gloomily after the Golden Dragon Eye scanned the area and disappeared, restoring the three to their human forms. The Earth Dragon and Water Dragon stood silently, also showing disappointment. Immediately afterward, the three demon cultivators flew millions of miles and once again used the dragon technique, the Golden Dragon Eye. … Qu Yi was quickly collecting starships in the starry sky. A large area now lay pitch black, with no more glowing starships. Sitting on his Subterranean Shuttle, Qu Yi suddenly saw a golden beam spinning rapidly in the distant sky. “Huh, there’s such a beam in this area. Could it be emitted by that mid-grade immortal artifact?” he wondered in surprise. “Hehe, Qu Yi, you’re wrong. That’s the Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon using their dragon techniques,” replied the Artifact God. With the Artifact God’s knowledge, he was well aware of some secrets related to dragons. Hearing this, Qu Yi smiled triumphantly and exclaimed, “Haha! Those three giant dragons used my Eight Directions Sword to gain entry to the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion. As soon as they entered, they distanced themselves from me. I’ve been looking for them. Great! Now that I’ve found them, I’ll go claim them.” With that, Qu Yi activated his Subterranean Shuttle and dashed over in an instant. The Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon had just used the Golden Dragon Eye again to scan the surroundings but still found no trace of that mid-grade immortal artifact starship. As soon as they dismissed their technique and returned to human form, they discovered Qu Yi had arrived right in front of them. “It’s been a long time, you three,” Qu Yi said calmly, his eyes gleaming.