A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 314 The one who laughs last is the hero.
How many Nascent Soul cultivators in Tiannan can afford five high-grade spirit stones?

Before this, he didn't even have a single high-grade spirit stone.

"Sect Master...you are truly righteous!"

Old Sun felt like he'd struck gold, unknowingly embarking on the road to poverty alleviation and wealth. His happiness index soared, and he never wanted to return to the dire situation of having two full meals and three hungry ones.

"Sect Master, I'll attack wherever you point..."

The old man patted his chest and made a promise.

"it is good."

Since everyone is of one mind, let's do it.

Han Li faced the middle-aged Taoist priest, pondered for a moment, then sighed and nodded:

“Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, those items are barely enough for us to make a move once. However, we need the various factions in Tiannan to help me obtain one or two more of the items we previously requested.”

They're asking for exorbitant prices anyway.

As for how much benefit one can ultimately gain, that depends entirely on one's abilities.

After pondering for a moment, Master Zhiyang did not refuse, but instead proposed another condition:
"Fellow Daoist Han, after the battle, we can use all the resources of our sect to find three or four more items you need. However, could you possibly delay any one of the three great Divine Masters of the Mulan people for us?"

Master Mulan is equivalent to a cultivator in the Core Formation stage from Tiannan.

The Great Master Mulan is comparable to the Nascent Soul stage in Tiannan.

The divine masters of the Mulan people are great cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage.

"No, Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, you should find someone more capable. We know our own limitations."

Only a fool would go to fight a tough battle.

Why would he choose to fight the most difficult late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators when he could comfortably target a group of early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and gain extra benefits?
Which empress didn't have some means of protecting her life?
If you piss them off, they might just pull off a one-for-one trade.

“Fellow Daoist Han, five items. How about we offer five more items as a bargaining chip? That’s the most we can offer. Besides, we only need the Xuan Tian Sect to hold back one of the Divine Masters on the final battlefield. We don’t need you to risk your lives.”

Zhiyang took a deep breath, trying to keep his tone calm.

Putting aside the benefits he had previously promised, he still needed to provide five extremely precious and rare spiritual materials; this was his bottom line.

"make a deal."

Han Li readily agreed:
"However, the specific divine master who will restrain the Mulan people will be chosen by me on the battlefield. You all must not interfere. Otherwise, I can abandon my post and leave at any time."

He's just a mere late-stage Nascent Soul Divine Master.

He will have a hard time dealing with the three veteran Yuanhou Divine Masters of the Mulan people.

But wouldn't it be easy for them to deal with a newly promoted one?
"can."

The middle-aged Taoist priest nodded, secretly pleased.

If one of the three great masters of Mulan were to leave, only two would remain.

Even if we include the sacred bird of Mulan, which the Mulan people have worshipped for generations, it would only add another Yuanhou-level combatant.

Meanwhile, in the southern region, there are still three great cultivators stationed there.

Three against three, perfect.

In particular, the Seven Sons of Taizhen, led by him, were enough to limit the performance of that sacred bird, and wouldn't even give Saintess Mulan the chance to summon the sacred bird.

The problem of Tiannan's top combat power being at a disadvantage can be alleviated immediately.

Furthermore, the loss of combat power caused by Long Han and Feng Bing's inability to join forces against the enemy due to manpower allocation can also be compensated.

Looking at it this way, although the Xuantian Sect members caused a lot of trouble for all sides in Tiannan, they also stood up at this critical moment and provided great help for the subsequent battle.

"They're just some top-grade spiritual materials. Since they can't improve my cultivation anyway, it's fine to give them away."

Master Zhiyang convinced himself in this way.

It hurts, but it hurts.

But when it comes to letting go, he can still make the decision.

Han Li was naturally even more satisfied with this result.

All sorts of good stuff, worth at least five million mid-grade spirit stones, were obtained just like that.

The walnut-shaped Gengjin that can be auctioned for 700,000 mid-grade spirit stones can be acquired again this time, with two or three pieces going for it.

The other items are also of considerable value.

If Zhiyang and the others were proactive enough, they could eventually find the best of what he needed, such as the Five Elements Jade or the Radiant Crystal, which would be worth millions of mid-grade spirit stones. That would be ideal.

Looking at it this way, being a mercenary in the chaotic lands is a really quick way to make money.

...

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Han, I wonder if your sect's two hundred or so Heavenly Moon Divine Ships could be used temporarily for troop transport?"

With the deal struck and the conversation going very well, Master Zhiyang spoke again.

Besides persuading Han Li and the others to come out of seclusion, he actually had another purpose in coming here.

That was the flying vessel, the Heavenly Moon Divine Vessel, which was built by the Xuantian Sect years ago at a cost of nearly a million mid-grade spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, aren't you asking a bit too much of us?"

Han Li frowned, shook his head, and decisively refused.

He then followed up with a question:
"Fellow Daoist, are you aware of the cost of each of these Heavenly Moon Divine Ships?"

"A ship is worth three to four thousand mid-grade spirit stones."

Its value is comparable to that of three ordinary magic treasures.

For example, the Qingjun Sword of Fuyunzi of Qingxu Sect back then cost more than three Qingjun Swords to build a single Tianyue Divine Ship.

Two hundred ships cost 800,000 mid-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to more than six hundred magic treasures.

Even a thousand-year-old Nascent Soul stage expert from a sect wouldn't be worth this much even if all their assets were put together.

"Does Fellow Daoist Zhiyang know that when I, Han, defied all opposition to build these Heavenly Moon Divine Ships, how many people ridiculed me for wasting money?"

"Back then, you all treated me and my entire Xuantian Sect as a joke, laughing at me for never having managed a household and not knowing the cost of firewood, rice, oil, and salt..."

"Ha, I still remember those mocking words to this day, and they still sound particularly grating whenever I think of them."

Han Li sneered.

They practically had "I'm stingy" and "I hold grudges" written all over their faces.

"Well…!"

Upon hearing this, Zhiyang was stunned, and his old face flushed red.

Also stunned and blushing were Man Hu Zi, Qing Yi, Yuan Yao Yan Li, and others.

Without him.

Few people could understand him at the time.

Everyone thought he was determined to build so many Dharma boats because he had too much money and nowhere to spend it.

After all, the Heavenly Moon Divine Boat's functions are practically useless to Core Formation cultivators. In terms of speed, it's merely comparable to a Core Formation cultivator's escape technique. Worse still, the flying boat itself lacks powerful offensive capabilities. It has no speed. For defense, it needs to hire a formation master or purchase additional equipment for extra setup. For offense, it also requires additional weaponry.

Instead of building a Celestial Moon Divine Ship, it would be better to collect more magical treasures or materials for magical treasures for your disciples.

As for the commercial value of the Fazhou?
Everyone felt that it was enough for a Core Formation cultivator to carry a large-capacity storage bag and transport goods and conduct business between various markets.

There's absolutely no need for the Tianyue Shenzhou.

However, as the sect leader, the wealth he used to build more than two hundred Heavenly Moon Divine Ships was all earned by his own abilities, so no one could refute his proposal.

The biggest change that the Heavenly Moon Divine Ship brought to Tiannan was probably simply that it provided Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators with excellent conditions for "going abroad." It certainly made travel more convenient for those in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages.

Tiannan.

Whether it's east or west, north or south, the span is too vast, the journey too long, starting from tens of thousands of miles.

Independent cultivators in the Qi Refining stage typically travel on foot. Those in sects, however, use magical artifacts to travel, achieving a speed slightly faster than a galloping horse. Traveling a thousand miles a day is considered fast. This means that without a sect master to guide them, Qi Refining cultivators may never be able to travel across borders in their lifetime.

This is also one of the main reasons why Han Li particularly admires Sun Ergou and his family.

The Sun family, through generations of long journeys, spent nearly two hundred years traveling from the distant Yue Kingdom to their dreamland, the Xi Kingdom.

It's practically a miracle among low-level cultivators.

Closer to home.

Even for Foundation Establishment cultivators, the journey wasn't much better.

The speed of a Foundation Establishment cultivator flying on a sword is only a few thousand miles a day, at most ten thousand miles a day.

In this process, one must often consider the recovery after the depletion of magical power, and the life-or-death struggle when encountering thieves on the road.

Even disregarding the difficulties involved, traveling tens of millions of miles from various parts of the south to the location of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance would take several years at most.

The original trajectory explains why the various factions in Tiannan set the time for the decisive battle several years later, and why the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, after losing Fengyuan Kingdom in the early stages, could only use Yu Kingdom as the battlefield to set up fortresses in various places to block the enemy. The reason lies here.

Because providing support takes time.

Even with forces from all sides in the south converging on the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, it would take at least a year to travel to the nearest location. This is assuming high-level cultivators lead the teams and the sects possess substantial resources.

For places further away, such as the Heavenly Dao Alliance in the north, it would take three or four years.

Otherwise, try having a Qi Refining stage cultivator pilot a Green Leaf Magic Artifact to fly from the Heavenly Dao Alliance over 20 million miles to the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.

The scene was incredibly beautiful.

By the time the various groups of cultivators arrived, it was too late.

And now.

Something unpleasant has happened.

The better-prepared Mulan people caught the Nine Kingdoms Alliance and even the entire Tiannan region off guard. Now they are advancing with unstoppable momentum, almost breaking through the entire north-south route of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.

The Nine Nations Alliance could not possibly resist as steadily as in the original timeline, and there was no longer much territory left for them to "trade space for time".

In short: We urgently need support!

Extremely urgent!
Moreover, it requires not only those at the Nascent Soul stage, but also those at the Core Formation and Foundation Establishment stages.

At least two to three hundred thousand Foundation Establishment stage cultivators would need to be mobilized to stabilize the situation and have the strength to directly challenge them in battle.

Both the righteous and demonic factions, along with the Heavenly Alliance, can definitely assemble these people.

It wouldn't be a problem to raise another 300,000.

The issue is.

How can people gathered together be sent to the front lines?

The first thing that came to mind for all parties in Tiannan was the more than two hundred Tianyue Divine Ships that the Xuantian Sect had accumulated over the past ten or twenty years.

This boat was once one of the exclusive flying magical artifacts of the Hidden Moon Sect.

It is the best of the best, a top-tier flying magic weapon.

Initially, there were only five ships. Gan Rushuang took four ships back to her hometown and left one for Linglong Mountain in the Northern Liang Kingdom.

Each Tianyue Shenzhou spacecraft can carry four to five hundred people.

Furthermore, considering the impressive speed of the flying boats, comparable to the escape techniques of the Core Formation stage, it means that with the cooperation of Nascent Soul cultivators, the righteous and demonic paths could use more than two hundred Heavenly Moon Divine Boats to send at least one hundred thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators to the Nine Kingdoms Alliance in as little as three or four months, or as long as half a year!
The time it takes for reinforcements to travel can be reduced by more than two-thirds.

Surprised? Excited?

...

"Fellow Daoist Han, name your price."

Master Zhiyang was not a businessman and did not possess extraordinary eloquence, so he really didn't know how to argue with Han Li, who had a lot of bargaining chips in his hand.

He can only solve problems through harsh words.

"Each airship can carry 500 people per trip. Is it too much to charge each person three mid-grade spirit stones?"

"That's really not an exaggeration."

Master Zhiyang nodded.

If a Foundation Establishment cultivator were to travel from tens of millions of miles away to the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, not counting the time cost, the spiritual energy consumed along the way would far exceed three mid-grade spirit stones.

This money can't be paid by the Foundation Establishment disciples themselves; ultimately, it has to be paid out of their own pockets by the higher-ups from all sides.

"So, five hundred people would require one thousand five hundred mid-grade spirit stones..."

One hundred thousand people is equivalent to three hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones.

"How many people do you all need for the transportation?"

Han Li smiled, revealing his teeth.

Back then, he simply laughed off all the skepticism and even the underhanded mockery from the outside world.

Now, he wants to show everyone with the results that the one who laughs last is the hero.

Those who laugh first may become the real joke.

"Furthermore, since Han has mobilized so many Tianyue Divine Ships, shouldn't you all give him some extra tokens of appreciation?"

Seeing Han Li's radiant smile, Master Zhiyang's brows twitched wildly, and he thought to himself, "What a monster!"

Barbarian Beard's eyes lit up, and he grinned.

Qing Yi stroked his beard, his eyes shining brightly.

Old Sun was so astonished that he almost blurted out a punctuation mark. At that moment, the old man's level of approval for someone reached an exaggerated level that could almost be described as "admiration."

"Spirit stones, so they're so easy to earn?"

"wrong!"

Our own sect leader has perfectly met the needs of all parties, saving both time and manpower!
This war brought Tianyue Shenzhou a whole new level of "cost-effectiveness"!
If their sect leader had anticipated this blitzkrieg by the Mulan people, and therefore specifically commissioned the creation of these Heavenly Moon Divine Ships…

That would be incredibly visionary.

Everywhere in the country, without exception, must remember this favor.

In particular, the Nine Nations Alliance.

If the situation improves, Wei Wuyai and the other old monsters will definitely have to thank their sect leader properly.

"As expected of the sect leader..."

...

After pondering for only a moment, Master Zhiyang offered another suggestion:
"Fellow Daoist Han, would you be willing to sell those two hundred-plus Heavenly Moon Divine Ships for three million mid-grade spirit stones?"

The war is of unknown duration, and the future situation in Tiannan is also uncertain. Therefore, it is best to keep these Tianyue Divine Ships in the hands of the Taizhen Sect.

Buying these airships would undoubtedly be a highly profitable venture.

In his view, a premium of three or four times is already very generous.

But Han Li merely rolled his eyes at the cunning Taoist priest:
You look beautiful.

"Fellow Daoist, even if the deal falls through, we can still be friends. I, Han, will lend you ten ships."

(End of this chapter)