Feng Kai didn’t hesitate and quickly went into the battleship and took out a jade box before handing it to Ning Cheng. In his opinion, since Ning Cheng was the elder of his Rainbowfall Sword Sect, he should naturally give this thing to Ning Cheng. He also understood that even if Ning Cheng wasn’t an elder of Rainbowfall Sword Sect, if an expert like Ning Cheng asked for something, he better give it to him.
Ning Cheng held the jade box in his hand and felt a strong fluctuation of array trace coming from it, which made him very happy. Once he understood with this array trace, his understanding of the Dao of Arrays would undoubtedly improve by quite a lot.
Ning Cheng opened the jade box and felt surprised to see that the jade box only contained one circular ripple. This ripple didn’t seem to exist, but one could touch it with spiritual consciousness.
Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness seeped into this array trace, and a message suddenly popped up in his head.
This array trace turned out to be a high-grade array pattern
. This array pattern could help him understand higher-grade array formations. At the same time, as long as he refined this array pattern, this array pattern could then automatically help him arrange array formations. However, this array pattern could only help him once.
A treasure,
Ning Cheng understood and immediately put it back into the jade box. Let’s not talk about whether he could complete the long-distance one-way teleportation array after he advanced the level of Array Dao Master. With this array trace, even if he couldn’t rearrange the Thorn Tooth Lake’s teleportation array, he could use it to recreate that array.
Only an expert in the Dao of Arrays that far surpassed him in abilities could make such a formless array pattern. Maybe one day after many years, when his understanding of the Dao of Arrays became even more profound, he could also refine such an array pattern.
Ning Cheng put away the jade box, took out a ring and handed it to Feng Kai. “The thing you gave me is an array pattern. This thing isn’t useful to ordinary people, but it’s beneficial to me. I don’t want to take your things in vain. The ring contains a million Permanent Essence Pills and an Accordance Heavenly Pill. You can keep it. If Liang Yi has any family, I hope you can also help them.”
Feng Kai almost fainted on hearing those words.
One million Permanent Essence Pills?
Even in his dreams, he couldn’t think of owning so many Permanent Essence Pills.
Not even the Heaven Seated elders in his sect had so many Permanent Essence Pills, right?
Besides, who could give out such wealth to others this casually? It wasn’t until the ring fell into his hands that he realised that it was all real and not a dream. Feng Kai immediately thanked Ning Cheng excitedly, and at the same time, invited Ning Cheng to go to the Rainbowfall Sword Sect together.
“I’ll visit the Rainbowfall Sword Sect later. I still have a few things to do. Tell me, where’s the best Starry Sky Battleships built within Pill Rice Celestial River?” He wasn’t in a hurry to go to the Rainbowfall Sword Sect. Moreover, Ning Cheng also wanted to fix Sifting Orchid first.
As a cultivator native to Pill Rice Celestial River, Feng Kai naturally knew about the best places to build Starry Sky Battleships. “Pill Rice Celestial River’s most powerful Starry Sky Battleships are all made by old man Kong He of Grand Nursing Star. People treat battleships crafted by old man Kong He as priceless treasures everywhere, and are extremely difficult to buy….”
Ning Cheng asked in astonishment, “You said that those Starry Sky Battleships are all crafted by one person? Does it not involve research from many people, before setting up a production line and then assembling the components on an assembly line?”
In Ning Cheng’s view, since it was a technological product, then it naturally would involve some sort of a ‘factory’. That ‘factory’ would develop, produce and then put its products up for sale.
How could one person manufacture highly technological products like Starry Sky Battleships alone? Wasn’t it the same as artefact-crafting?
Feng Kai didn’t understand Ning Cheng’s words very well, but he still could make some conjectures out of it. Therefore, he quickly explained, “Generally, battleships need many talented people for its construction. For example, apart from old man Kong He, Pill Rice Celestial River’s second-best starry sky battleship-producing force is Surpassing Celestial Battleship Works.”
“Surpassing Celestial Battleship Works has many people engaged in the construction of starry sky battleships. Moreover, the things they make are also all top-grade stuff. However, they still can’t compare to the battleships crafted by old man Kong He. I also heard that within all the technological celestial rivers, only old man Kong He can craft starry sky battleships by himself.”
“I understand. Just give me the address of old man Kong He and Surpassing Celestial Battleship Works.” Ning Cheng understood a few things from the conversation. Most likely, this old man Kong He was a heaven-defying existence. Not only did this person have a good understanding of technology, but was also an artefact-crafting powerhouse. He must have refined those high-tech things using the methods of artefact-crafting.
Since Ning Cheng wanted to repair Sifting Orchid, Ning Cheng naturally would look for the best one. Therefore, he decided to visit this old man Kong He first.
“Senior, old man Kong He had a strange temperament. It might be difficult to request him to craft you a battleship……” Feng Kai euphemistically put it out in the open. He meant that if Ning Cheng wanted a starry sky battleship, Surpassing Celestial Battleship Works would be the better option.
Ning Cheng eased his hand and said, “Don’t worry about it. Just tell me the address.”
“Yes, Senior.” Feng Kai naturally wouldn’t oppose and quickly inscribed two coordinates onto a jade strip before handing it to Ning Cheng.
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After separating from Feng Kai, Ning Cheng immediately headed towards Pill Rice Celestial River’s Grand Nursing Star.
It was Ning Cheng’s first time visiting a purely technological planet. Moreover, it was also the premier technological planet of Pill Rice Celestial River. Standing outside of Grand Nursing Star, Ning Cheng finally saw the defensive system around the tech planet.
Unlike his Stately River Star which had a Star-protecting Grand Array, the periphery of the Grand Nursing Star had a full light wall defence around it. As Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness tried to penetrate it, he immediately felt the lethality of these light walls. Moreover, it also had a locking effect. Although it wouldn’t injure him, these defence lines could easily fend off ordinary Life and Death experts.
On the periphery of the Grand Nursing Star, he also saw a public square. Although it looked like a regular public square, Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness had already detected the countless technological weapons hidden within the public square itself. Radium Light Arrows, Radium Light Cannon, Flowing Sky Cannons, etc., there were even many defensive weapons that Ning Cheng’s couldn’t recognise.
Stepping onto Grand Nursing Star’s public square, Ning Cheng also felt a powerful forbidden space system, not one formed and controlled by an array formation. At least Ning Cheng couldn’t find the location of this forbidden space’s array heart if it even existed.
The public square had a lot of parked starry sky battleships, just like a modern city full of parked cars.
Entering the Grand Nursing Star also required an identity card. But unlike other planets, the identity card here was not made of jade, but from a specially crafted material. Moreover, the lowest currency used here were purple coins, with Perpetual Moon Pills being more common. It also highlighted the wealth of Grand Nursing Star.
In this place, only if you had wealth, could you enter the Grand Nursing Star.
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The character for Luo is the same as the character of ‘fall’ in ‘Rainbowfall’. He might be the founder of the Rainbowfall Sword Sect, but it’s just speculatio
n on my part.
Chapter 0830 – Rules That Upset Ning Cheng
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“The Heavenly Emperor doesn’t help people build battleships. Please go back.” A cultivator with a statue-like face stopped Ning Cheng. He didn’t even ask why Ning Cheng came here.
Ning Cheng hadn’t even spoken yet. He just stood outside Kong He’s residence, watching the defensive array around it, as well as the four compelling characters ‘Kong He Emperor Mountain’. From the defensive arrays, he could tell that old man Kong He was not only an Artefact-crafting expert but also a master in the Dao of Arrays. Moreover, the cultivator that stopped him addressed old man Kong He as ‘Heavenly Emperor’. Combined with the four words ‘Kong He Emperor Mountain’, Ning Cheng understood that this old man Kong He was a titled Eternal Starry Sky Emperor.
“How do you know that I’m here to craft battleships? I’m not here to craft battleships.” Ning Cheng said with a wry smile. He can’t leave till he at least met that old man Kong He.
The tone of that cultivator with the statue-like face still contained no emotions, “Whether you came here for artefact-crafting or not, you can’t stay here. Please leave.”
Ning Cheng was about to reply when a woman wearing a servant’s black robe landed not far away from him.
“Blue River Mountain’s Lan Yi requests to see Senior Kong He……” As soon as the woman in black servants’ robe landed, she took out a jade box and handed it to the cultivator with a statue-like face and spoke with cupped fists and a respectful voice.
The cultivator took the jade box and opened it before nodding and said, “Go in.”
Ning Cheng then watched the woman in black servant’s robe enter the defensive array and then asked, “Why can’t I go in if she can go in? It’s because she brought gifts, isn’t it? Since you want to collect things, then you should have said it earlier.”
While talking, Ning Cheng also took out a jade box, “Stately River Star’s Ning Cheng also asks to see Master Kong He.”
The cultivator still replied with an expressionless face, “Your stuff is too low-grade, I can’t accept it. Please go back.”
It seemed as if he liked Ning Cheng’s attitude. Therefore, the clay-faced cultivator spoke a little politely. He even added the word ‘please’.
Ning Cheng sneered, “That woman just gave a Refining Heart Fantasy Stone. I wouldn’t even bother to pick up that thing even if it was on the side of the road.”
After hearing Ning Cheng’s words, the woman in black servants’ robe walking ahead immediately stopped. She wanted to know who said such a big thing and if this person had any shame? Refining Heart Fantasy Stone was a Starry Sky Grade 9 raw material, and a rare one to boot. If this battleship weren’t so important to her, she would have never taken out this material.
But she also knew that even after taking out this material, there was a nine out of ten chance that she would have to return empty-handed. However, as long as there was even a slight chance, she didn’t want to miss out on it.
The statue-faced man frowned slightly before opening Ning Cheng’s jade box. When he saw the contents of the jade box, he finally nodded, “The materials are okay. Please go in.”
He wanted to send Ning Cheng back, but Ning Cheng had delivered a Starry Sky Grade 9 Artefact-crafting raw material. Therefore, even if Ning Cheng did not go inside, he would have to invite Ning Cheng.
From the looks of it, Kong He set some rules for entry, with the lowest requirement being Starry Sky Grade 9 raw materials. Moreover, it seemed to be a widely accepted rule. Since Ning Cheng didn’t come up with the materials, then it meant that he didn’t understand the law. As such, Ning Cheng would have had to leave. After all, not everyone could casually take out Starry Sky Grade 9 raw materials.
As Ning Cheng walked into the defensive array, the female cultivator wearing black servants’ robe suddenly smiled at him. “Dao Friend Ning, you gave a Purple Light Treasure Eye, that’s quite bold of you. You should know that even if you give a Purple Light Treasure Eye, you might not get to ask Master Kong He to help you refine a battleship, right?”
In her opinion, it wasn’t necessary to send a Purple Light Treasure Eye at all. Compared to Refining Heart Fantasy Stone, Purple Light Treasure Eye had much more value.
After all, the former was only useful if an artefact-crafting expert integrated it into a weapon. At the same time, the latter was a treasure that could help upgrade nirvana flames. But then again, even if one took out the Purple Light Treasure Eye to ask old man Kong He to craft a battleship, old man Kong He might not even bother to take a look at it.
The reason why she waited for Ning Cheng was that the thing she was about to deliver was also a treasure related to flame advancement. Moreover, it was a few grades better than Purple Light Treasure Eye.
Ning Cheng asked in doubt, “He already accepted my gift, so why wouldn’t he help me with artefact-crafting? Don’t tell me he wants an ‘overlord’s gift’[1]?”
“That offering was just to get your foot in the door. It would only allow you to enter. If you don’t have Starry Sky Grade 9 raw materials, then you can’t even enter the door. Even if you manage to enter, you would have very few chances to see Senior Kong He. It’s truly a very difficult matter to ask Senior Kong He to refine battleships for you.”
The black servants’ robe-wearing woman, called Lan Yi, smiled and understood that Ning Cheng should have come here for the first time, which was why he didn’t understand the rules.
If old man Kong He had such a kind heart, then this place would have always remained crowded. How could it remain so empty otherwise?
“Then, how can I get to meet this old man Kong He?” Ning Cheng quickly asked.
Lan Yi pointed to a guest room not far from them and said, “We will have to go in and wait, and also take out the best materials to hand them in. Only if Senior Kong He favours your materials would he help you craft the starry sky battleship. By the way, Senior Kong He only accepts raw materials, not Permanent Essence Pills. Moreover, those people whose materials didn’t catch Senior Kong He’s eyes would have to go back the same way. At the same time, they would also not get their things back.”
Looks like this Kong He truly had an overbearing nature. Fortunately, Ning Cheng didn’t lack materials. He had taken out the Purple Light Treasure Eye before because Purple Light Treasure Eye no longer had any use for him. Although he still has piles of other top-grade artefact-crafting raw materials in his ring, he truly didn’t want to take them out just yet.
Ning Cheng and Lan Yi walked into the guest room and found two fairly powerful cultivators guarding the entrance of the room.
Nearly ten people also sat in the guest room quietly. The room also contained a teleportation stone platform at the front of the guest room, along with a display screen right next to it.
It was Ning Cheng’s first time here, and even if Lan Yi explained the rules to him, he still couldn’t fully grasp how things worked here right away. But since everyone else waited patiently in the room, he naturally didn’t have any other opinions. The one lording over this place was a Starry Sky Emperor. He was also an expert that could combine technology and top-grade artefact-crafting methods. It would be a strange thing if he didn’t have some quirky and stinky rules.
If it weren’t for Sifting Orchid, Ning Cheng wouldn’t have wasted time here, let alone wasting resources.
Fortunately, Ning Cheng didn’t have to wait long, and a line appeared on the screen directly in front of everyone in the guest room. “Materials sent by Zheng Liyan aren’t up to standard, please exit Kong He Emperor Mountain….”
When a man in yellow robes sitting at the front of Ning Cheng read those words, his expressions immediately changed. But after a while, he still bowed his head and walked out of
the guest room.
After the man in yellow robes walked out, a bald man sitting behind him walked to the front of the guest room and placed a jade box on the stone platform.
Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness broke into the bald man’s jade box and saw a bottle of Breaking Void Water inside. In all honesty, even Ning Cheng felt a bit of longing for this material. It was a top-grade starry sky material useful for array formations, especially for its space-isolating properties.
The jade box containing Breaking Void Water disappeared the next instant. Ning Cheng internally smiled when seeing the bald man looking a little anxious. If that old man Kong He truly liked artefact-crafting, this Breaking Void Water should get his attention.
But after just a dozen breaths, a line of words appeared on the screen in the guest room, “Xiang Wenyao’s materials aren’t up to standard. Please exit Kong He Emperor Mountain….”
The bald man’s expression turned even uglier than Zheng Liyan from before. From this, one could tell that this bottle of Breaking Void Water was quite an essential resource for him.
Seeing the bald man walking out, and the materials not returned, it made Ning Cheng a bit upset.
This old man Kong He truly was shameless. The offerings given by others aren’t qualified, and you don’t even help others craft their starry sky battleships. If that was the case, you should at least return the things to their owners. It was just too much to say that other people’s offerings couldn’t qualify, and instead of helping them with their requests, you just confiscate their things. It was equivalent to receiving offerings twice only not to do anything. One could even say that it was a form of robbery.
If it were just ordinary materials, Ning Cheng wouldn’t have felt so much anger. But this Breaking Void was truly not a regular material. Yet, despite receiving this material and deeming it unqualified, he didn’t return it, nor did he help craft the battleship. It just didn’t make any sense to Ning Cheng.
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