From Celestial Official to Great Celestial Venerable

Chapter 65 Space
Qin Chuan stared at the words flowing from his heart, his fingertips touching the hull of the boat, trembling slightly.

Eighty-one protective array formations at the cave-heaven level!

There are also ten other cultivation techniques, all of which were developed by highly skilled professional immortal masters due to the long construction period of the flying boat.

Judging from its name alone, one can tell that its quality is in no way inferior to the "Five Grains Elixir Classic" compiled by the True Man Xuanji.

A total of 800,000 Dharma teachings!
"How long will it take to refine or remelt?"

His heart pounded like a drum. After several struggles, a thought finally stirred within him, and he tentatively sent out his message:
"Extract everything."

In an instant, light burst forth from within the Heavenly Essence Furnace, and a line of text flowed across its exterior:
[This extraction process is estimated to take ten years, nine months, three days, and five hours...]

Qin Chuan's heart sank, as if he had struck a solid wall.

At this moment, he felt as if he had entered a treasure mountain empty-handed. Faced with this vast sea of ​​cultivation methods and array pattern inheritances, he was unable to utilize them all due to the limitations of his own cultivation.

In fact, he had expected this long ago.

The Golden Treasure Vase Seal Technique, worth 500 Dharma Essences, still requires ten hours to refine. How much more so this Heavenly Court's precious artifact, worth 800,000 Dharma Essences, is a testament to its power.
Ten years... perhaps it was because his cultivation recently broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, and he cultivated the Thirteen Transformations of the Divine God to the fourth level. His divine sense and cultivation were comparable to the ninth level of Qi Refining, which is why he was able to shorten the time to this point.

If one were at the sixth level of Qi Refining, it would probably take more than twenty years.

"Are we really going to end up with nothing?"

Qin Chuan was unwilling to accept this.

This flying boat must cost hundreds of millions of spiritual energy to build, and its magical essence is so vast and profound. If we were to return empty-handed, wouldn't we be wasting this chance to leave the heavens?

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened.

"Can it be refined one by one?" He carefully read the words on the Heavenly Essence Furnace. "Could it be... that it can be broken down?"

There have been instances before where an item possessed multiple legal properties.

This Azure Ferry contains eighty-one great formations and ten inheritances. Although it is impossible to take everything away, it is possible to dismantle a few bricks and take one or two "gold bricks" back with it.

He immediately began to test the time required for each individual extraction:

The Nine Heavens Wind-Controlling Array Pattern requires 180 days and nights...

The Spiritual Pivot Gathering Yuan Array Pattern requires 230 days and nights...

The Vajra Array of Earth requires ninety days and nights...

……

The "Hundred Refinements Melting Gold Technique" requires thirty days and nights...

The "Tiangong Kaiwu Jue" (The Secret of the Craftsmanship of Nature) requires ten days and nights...

The "Zhou Tian Xing Chen Yin" requires five days and nights...

……

The Small Teleportation Spatial Array requires a full day and night...

……

After sorting the ninety-one inheritances by their time consumption, Qin Chuan discovered that even the fastest Small Teleportation Space Array required twelve hours.

"Let's give it a try." He finally made up his mind. "Whatever I can get is better than nothing. Besides, array patterns are different from cultivation techniques. Even if I can't refine them completely, getting some of the runes will still improve my understanding of spatial arrays."

Once the mind was made up, the Heavenly Essence Furnace began to slowly operate in the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness, unnoticed by anyone.

…………

Master Xuanji was unaware that Qin Chuan was distracted by "stealing" the inheritance of the Heavenly Court's treasure beneath him. He only listened as Qin Chuan finished answering questions about the history of the Perfect World, then stroked his beard and nodded.
"The Perfect World is a rootless realm, without its own history. Initially, it was nothing more than a group of rogue cultivators from the Golden Crow Realm. After establishing the Immortal Cultivation Alliance, it absorbed wandering cultivators from all the heavens and myriad realms. These cultivators came from either the Golden Crow Realm or the Myriad Laws Realm. Because they were rogue cultivators, after establishing the Divine Court, they adhered to the doctrine of freedom and unrestraint..."

The real person spoke with emotion.

"Precisely because they did not adhere to any established tradition, after the initial bloody competition, a hundred schools of thought contended, allowing the evolution of the Dao in that world to grow wildly like weeds." "I have also heard of this."

Qin Chuan composed himself and replied, "It is said that Perfect World adheres to the principle of education for all, and claims to be willing to provide a stage for all cultivators and sects to compete on the same stage, and to widely recruit rogue cultivators from all over the world. It is precisely because of this that its cultivation methods and techniques can emerge one after another, constantly innovating and developing, and finally having the strength to expand its territory, establish 'lower sects' in many worlds, and thus plunder the resources of all the worlds, making Perfect World the number one overlord of all the worlds in just nine thousand years."

"Perfect World's strength is indeed the reason why we went there to exchange ideas and learn from each other."

The real person's breathing was calm and even, and their voice was like still water.
"But you must remember that no matter how wonderful the other side is, you must not feel ashamed, and you must not show the slightest longing. Especially when facing cultivators from the outer sects, you must be extremely careful with your words. A single wrong word can be a major taboo. Our journey here does not represent just ourselves."

Qin Chuan's expression hardened: "I will remember your teachings, Master."

"There's no need to be too tense."

Seeing Qin Chuan's reaction, Master Xuanji's expression softened slightly:

"This academic delegation includes celestial officials, renowned scholars from academies, and even famous figures from all walks of life. It's not your place, a mere Daoist, to take the stage and discuss the Dao. You and I represent the Farmer's School, and we will be visiting the Spiritual Fields and Agricultural Scriptures of the Perfect World, meeting with the Farmer's School masters there—including Jinzhou, the origin of your Jiuchuan Spirit Oranges. How much you gain from this experience will depend on your own destiny."

Qin Chuan bowed deeply: "This junior understands."

Master Xuanji seemed to recall something, and said with a hint of helplessness, "You are also carrying on the mission entrusted to you by County God Sun, which is to promote the spiritual objects of Jiuchuan and Lushan in the outer heavens. As for this matter, we should wait until we get there and see how things go. It is difficult to make a decision at the moment."

Qin Chuan was overjoyed. He had originally thought that he would have to handle the matter on his own, but now it seemed that County God Sun Qinghan and True Man Xuanji had a close relationship, and the True Man intended to lend him a hand at the right time.

He bowed solemnly and said, "You are truly righteous. On behalf of the county magistrate and the people of Jiuchuan, I thank you."

Master Xuanji simply waved his hand, said nothing more, and took out a scroll from his storage bag:
"These are some of the guidelines for our upcoming visit to the heavens. Please take a look."

Qin Chuan took the book with both hands and saw that the title of the first page was "Several Principles and Reminders on the Management of Official Business Trips by Students of Xiaoxiang Dongtian Academy". He then read it down one by one.

The content is all standard: it must be for official purposes, and sightseeing is not allowed. The group shall not exceed 15 people, the stay in the air shall not exceed 90 days, and all expenses shall be covered by funds.

After Qin Chuan finished reading and memorizing it, Master Xuanji changed the subject and naturally asked:

"The talisman array you drew that day was quite extraordinary. Was it truly something you figured out on your own?"

Qin Chuan calmly replied, "This junior is simply naturally sensitive to runes and spirit patterns. I didn't think much when I started writing; I just felt that this was the most appropriate way to outline it."

Master Xuanji's eyes flashed with admiration: "Such comprehension is rare even in my Xiaoxiang Cave Heaven Academy. The young fellow cultivators who are traveling with you this time may have something to say to you. Once you reach the outer heavens, you young people may wish to exchange ideas more."

Qin Chuan's mind stirred slightly: his own spot was actually secured for Jiu Chuan by County God Sun using his connections.

Those young cultivators in the academy are probably the best among the millions of students. I wonder how amazing their talents are.
"It turns out that the person who was sent to fill in was actually myself..."

He respectfully agreed.

Afterwards, Master Xuanji discussed with him the way of cultivating the five grains. Although they talked about spiritual grains, because the five-colored spiritual grains that the master cultivated were in harmony with the five elements, Qin Chuan felt that the circulation of the five elements' spiritual power within his body was smoother as he listened.

He immediately realized that the true master was intentionally using the valley as a metaphor to guide his cultivation.

When a Grand Master of the Golden Core Realm opened a lecture at Xiaoxiang Academy, so many people couldn't even get a seat, yet he spent half a day lecturing on the Dao for him alone.

The airship made more than ten stops along the way.

Qin Chuan watched as the station names changed gradually from Chaisang to Zhufudi, and passengers came and went, finally entering the territory of Xiaoxiang Cave Heaven. After more than ten stops, late that night, the two arrived at Zhenshui Blessed Land of Xiaoxiang Cave Heaven—also the capital of the cave heaven.

"We've arrived. Tonight we will be able to meet with our fellow Daoists from the Academy and the Heavenly Court."

Master Xuanji stood up, his voice filled with emotion.

Qin Chuan also stood up and took a deep breath.

He released his hand from the airship.

[Refining Interrupted]

[Ninety-three methods for drawing 'spatial teleportation runes' have been refined, achieving second-tier rune mastery...]

(End of this chapter)