Fire Monster

Chapter 301 Big Ship
The Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace was receding, just as the light was receding as well.

When flying out of the last demon-suppressing net, it was equivalent to completely jumping out of the ship.

There was no longer land below, but endless devilish fire.

No, in fact, after leaving the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, there is no concept of heaven and earth, let alone the concept of up, down, left and right.

Everywhere there were boundless demonic fires, terrifying demonic thunders, and endless evil demons wreaking havoc.

Not to mention ordinary people, even Zhao Guanshan now would feel very suffocated, as if he had no support, like a floating duckweed, no longer able to do anything.

This feeling of powerlessness is so fatal, so frustrating, and so terrifying.

It's like throwing a person who can't swim into a rough ocean.

"Activate the Five Elements to Suppress the Demon!"

Wu Yuan's voice suddenly sounded, and in an instant, Tang Zhen, Xu Ayue, and the other two Qi Refiners simultaneously released their respective fifth-level demon-suppressing abilities, while Zhao Guanshan also hurriedly released the sixth-level Lihuo Demon-Suppressing Ability.

Although this was his first time, as a Qi Refiner, he had a very strong sense of Qi and power, so he cooperated with the other four people without any suspense.

At this moment, the five magical powers to suppress demons were connected end to end, attacking and defending each other, and complementing each other, and immediately stabilized the situation.

Zhao Guanshan felt that the pressure on him was swept away. The five of them only needed to control the demon-suppressing runes they released and pay attention to coordinating with others, and they could form a five-element demon-suppressing force field with a radius of 300 meters. It was like a more powerful demon-suppressing net and a mighty sail.

At this point, Zhao Guanshan finally understood why the Five Elements Qigong practitioners could easily roam the Demonic Fire Abyss. As long as they had enough spirit stones, there was really no place they could not go.
At this moment, everyone else has entered the Five Elements Magic Suppression Field. Being in it, they have a backbone, the outline of the world, and a reference point.

Then at this time, Zhao Guanshan saw a small boat.

Really, it was just a small boat hanging on the big ship, Linjiang Prefecture Dao Palace.

It was hung at the very bottom of the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, wrapped in a faint golden light and covered with layers of demon-suppressing nets.

But it looked very small from a distance, and when I got closer, I realized that it was really a big ship.

The entire hull is not made of mountains like the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, but is made of high-grade black iron with layers of composite armor on the outside. The overall appearance is like half a cut watermelon.

That’s right, the so-called ship is not the ship-shaped one on Earth, but a semicircle.

The radius is about three kilometers.

In the middle is a five-level spirit-offering pagoda, and on the edges are four four-level spirit-offering pagodas.

The demon-suppressing nets thrown out by the spirit-offering towers formed another hemisphere.

The two hemispheres combined form a sphere.

This is undoubtedly a large ship with very strong survivability. Judging from various standards, it can at least meet the standards of the ninth level of the imperial seal.

This is a level that the Demon Suppression Bureau’s factory is far from reaching.

Because no matter how powerful the Imperial Seal chariot or Imperial Seal fighter is, it is impossible to have a miniature spirit supply tower built in. They are all loaded with energy storage spirit stones.

However, when Zhao Guanshan and his companions arrived at the ship, he discovered that there was a powerful Qi Refiner guarding the ship.

He felt a chill in his heart.

Because this person is actually an eighth-level Qi Refiner, Wu Yuan and his gang are really tight-lipped.

At this time, as everyone landed on the big ship, Wu Yuan led everyone to pay respectful salute.

"We greet the headmaster. Qin Wuming has been brought here. We can set off today."

It turned out to be a rotating headmaster!
Zhao Guanshan was shocked but not panicked. He knew that it was time for a showdown. Who could have expected such a sudden change?
Life is always full of surprises, or rather, he has fallen into the trap woven by fate without knowing it.

"Are you really Qin Wuming?"

The headmaster was a middle-aged man, elegant and easy-going, with a calm look. His simple words shocked Wu Yuan and others.

Zhao Guanshan shook his head and directly took off the seventh-level misleading rune. The next moment, in the eyes of everyone and in their perception, Qin Wuming's appearance and aura changed completely.

He turned into a young man who looked ordinary, without any edges or corners, with no waves and a calm look.

"Sixth-level Qi Refiner, twenty-seventh-level Pure Yang Body Tempering, eighth-level Dispelling, seventh-level Misleading, Lihuo Dao Sect, are you a descendant of the Zhao family?"

The headmaster asked again.

"That's right. I am Zhao Guanshan, the junior. Nice to meet you all. I had to hide something before because I had no choice. After all, my Zhao family is notorious and unpopular in the Linjiang Prefecture Dao Palace."

Zhao Guanshan spoke frankly. If this had happened more than ten years ago, he would have been beaten up by the group of people present, but today, they have become a group.

"Hahaha! It's okay. We all understand. In fact, the fact that you can take out the eighth-level fire dispelling and are willing to board this ship with us is enough to prove your sincerity. We are willing to believe you. Or, is there any reason why we can't believe you? After leaving Linjiangfu Dao Palace, all we can rely on is this ship and ourselves."

"I am Wu Jin, and I used to be the fourth-in-command of the Linjiang Prefecture Dao Palace. Everyone, it's not too late to regret now. Does anyone want to quit?"

The headmaster asked this question, and everyone had a determined look on their faces. They had already figured it out before going out to sea, and thought of all the causes and effects. Even if they died because of it, they would still continue to seek the truth.

Then, everyone looked at Zhao Guanshan, the legendary remnant of the Zhao family.

Putting aside the past grudges, this kid is really amazing. Zhao Guanshan's scalp was tingling at this time, and he smiled bitterly in his heart. With Wu Jin, an eighth-level Qi Refiner, in charge, he couldn't keep dropping stray runes along the way.

But now that things have come to this, is there still room for regret?
Fortunately, he had already gained enough benefits to the greatest extent possible and had stayed there for a year and a half. Even if he could not return to Linjiang Prefecture alone and had to stay outside, he would return to the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace in fifty years at most.

Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun were still his trump cards at that time.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and Zhao Guanshan nodded firmly.

"Very good. From this moment on, the ship will set sail and will not stay any longer. But in order to last longer, we need a charter."

"There are seventeen Taoists on our ship. I will be in charge of the center. Wu Yuan, you will lead a team of Five Elements Qi Refiners to hunt twilight moths and replenish spiritual energy and spirit stones along the way."

"Chen Qing, the five of you will be responsible for maintaining the Demon Suppression Network of the Spirit Supply Tower."

"Liao Cheng, the five of you are responsible for killing the evil demons that come to harass us."

Everyone agreed in unison.

Zhao Guanshan was naturally assigned to Wu Yuan's team.

At this time, the head sect leader Wu Jin held the imperial seal instrument and controlled it silently. Then, the five spirit-offering pagodas above the ship lit up with brilliant light. Huge amounts of energy were injected, and one after another demon-suppressing nets were thrown higher. Then, the ship slowly started moving away from Linjiang Prefecture.

Zhao Guanshan watched quietly, sensing the psychic energy circuits inside the ship, and was amazed.

This should be considered an example of a very clever application of psychic power.

The entire ship is designed with psychic energy as the core.

But he was also curious, why he could achieve this level but could not upgrade the level of the Spirit Supply Tower, even if it was a level six Spirit Supply Tower.

"Brother Zhao, you have kept it a secret from us for so long! But I vaguely remember that you should have two companions, one named Xiao Chengyun and the other named Liu Yuwei. Where are they now?" Wu Yuan walked over and asked with a smile.

"They are already like everyone else. They have their own ideas and cannot be forced. For them, staying is actually a good thing. In fact, they don't even know my true identity."

Zhao Guanshan sighed, and he was not afraid of Wu Yuan's investigation. Moreover, since the forbidden technique of Conferred God, how many middle and high-level Qi Refiners have retired, laid down, and given up?
This is all normal.

"That's right. Most people don't have the courage to go out to sea." Wu Yuan nodded, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then said inconspicuously: "The Zhao family has always been dominated by the Lihuo system, and is the most important preacher of the Lihuo Dao Fu. It's a pity that after the incident that year, the Lihuo system has no preacher. Now that Brother Zhao has risen like a comet, I believe that the family heritage must be extraordinary. If you have the chance, you should preach to us and answer our doubts."

"No problem, it's my pleasure."

Zhao Guanshan agreed immediately. This was also an opportunity given to him by Wu Yuan to rebuild trust with everyone as a member of the Zhao family.

After all, no matter what, the label of being the remnants of the Zhao family is not so easy to get rid of.

At this time, Zhao Guanshan seized the opportunity and asked his doubts, that is, why not deploy a six-level spirit supply tower?
As a result, Wu Yuan looked helpless when he heard this.

"Brother Zhao, the story behind this is quite complicated. Do you know that this large ship that sailed out to sea was actually built by an unknown ancestor of your Zhao family?"

"Back then, the Zhao family was a conservative faction. Because of different philosophies, they once thought of sailing out to sea, so they secretly built this large ship. Later, as the struggle ended, your Zhao family ancestor died, and no one knew about this. The large ship was sealed and preserved in the Dao Palace."

"It was not until ten years ago that the headmaster discovered this and came up with the plan to sail out to sea."

"As for why we don't deploy and upgrade the Level 6 Spirit Supply Tower, it's not that we don't want to, but that we can't. We Qi Refiners are not omnipotent. In this area, we can't even compare to the master craftsmen of the Demon Suppression Division."

"Why is that? Aren't all the techniques of the Demon Suppression Division derived from magical powers?"

Zhao Guanshan was stunned, because he didn't think it was difficult to deploy and upgrade the sixth-level spirit supply tower.

Wu Yuan said, "Brother Zhao, you are mistaken. The truth is this: all the current technologies of the Demon Suppression Division are indeed derived from the magical powers of the Qi Refiners."

"But there is a practical application problem here. Just like your eighth-level dispelling, you follow the Taoist talisman, rely on the rune outline, and rely on the innate pure yang energy to complete a closed loop and condense it. This is the method of the Qi Refiner."

"But if you want to downgrade this eighth-order dispel and analyze it into a technology that mortals can understand and use, you must first find alternative carrier materials. You must know how to apply these materials, how to analyze and reconstruct them, in order to obtain the effect of the eighth-order dispel."

"So, if you want us cultivators to release and condense various magical powers, there will be no problem because this is our specialty. But if you want us to analyze and downgrade our magical powers, that involves another more grand and complex system."

"Speaking of which, your Zhao family is a representative of the conservative faction, but your Zhao family is able to apply this downgraded system very skillfully and build such a large ship."

Zhao Guanshan understood Wu Yuan's explanation.

This is not a question of whether Qigong practitioners can understand the system of mortals, but that Qigong practitioners have their own system. Why should they make it so complicated?

The same is flying.

A Qi-refining master only needs one magical skill to escape, but ordinary people have to build a complete system first, and then accumulate countless theoretical knowledge, countless practical application knowledge, including the application of materials, which will be divided into more than a dozen disciplines. There are too many details, and only then can they finally gather the wisdom and experience of hundreds, thousands, and even millions of people to gradually produce the sealed fighter.

Although the core principle of the Imperial Seal Fighter does come from the magical arts.

But if you ask the Taoist Palace's Qi-refining masters to build a Chi-Seal fighter, they really can't do it.

So this is where the problem lies now, and this is also where the contradiction lies.

"I may be able to upgrade and deploy a level 6 Spiritual Supply Tower. Senior Brother Wu Yuan, would you be willing to give me this opportunity?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Guanshan spoke solemnly.

(End of this chapter)