The five of them divided the rank two sea beast materials and spirit stones as evenly as possible.
All the rank one sea beast materials were given to Gu Ningyun to feed the Blue Lake Scallops and Blue Sea Coral.
They planned to consume the Blue Lake Scallops only after returning to Xiaoyao.
Since the rearing time for these Blue Lake Scallops would be significantly extended, they needed to prepare the necessary food and spirit stones in advance.
Jiang Yao offered to give Gu Ningyun more spirit stones, but she refused, using the excuse that they could talk about it later if she actually ran out.
After all, her space didn't actually require extra spirit stones to sustain the marine life within it.
Even if it did, the consumption would be well worth the benefits provided by the Blue Lake Scallops.
The various bottles and jars belonging to the toxic pipe woman, along with the 《Poison Scripture》, were given to Wen Xuan.
The toxins and poison pills in those containers had no known antidotes; it would be too dangerous for the other four to keep them.
Wen Xuan had some knowledge of poison pills, making her the most suitable person to handle them.
The mysterious-rank mid-grade flying sword was given to Jun Luo.
Seeing the black-faced cultivator in action had suddenly given Gu Ningyun a thought.
If a Foundation Establishment sword cultivator used their own sword to fly through the air...
What would they use to fight when they encountered an enemy in the sky?
Since she had the spirit boat, she gave the flying sword to Jun Luo.
It would serve him well as a spare sword once he reached Foundation Establishment.
Gu Ningyun, Mu Chenze, and Jiang Yao casually split the pills and talismans. If they couldn't use them, they could always sell them for spirit stones later.
Finally, Wen Xuan burned the daily necessities and other miscellaneous items to ash.
Half of the toad tongue from the black-faced cultivator's tool had been destroyed by the water arrows.
The remaining half was still stuck to the spirit boat's array barrier.
Using his water control technique, Mu Chenze manipulated Jiang Yao's auxiliary liquid to neutralize the stickiness on the tip, allowing him to remove the severed tongue.
Although the mysterious-rank tongue magic tool was ruined, the toad's tongue was still a material from a rank two peak demon beast. Selling it for a few spirit stones was better than nothing.
When they were being pursued by the three peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, the four of them had each added several hundred low-grade spirit stones to the spirit boat's control center to keep it powered.
With this haul, they hadn't just made back the spirit stones they'd consumed; they had turned a significant profit.
Mu Chenze, Jun Luo, and Jiang Yao gathered together to inspect the damaged array patterns on the spirit boat.
“A mysterious-rank top-grade spirit boat is truly profound.”
Jiang Yao's eyes were filled with fervent heat. To forge such a spirit boat, one would need to be at least a mysterious-rank top-grade artifact refiner.
While forging one was difficult, repairing this minor damage was relatively simple.
“Ningyun, if you're not in a hurry, how about we repair this minor damage for you after the three of us break through to Foundation Establishment?”
A spirit boat involved both artifact refining and array engraving, meaning it was originally forged through the combined efforts of artifact cultivators and array cultivators.
Now that it needed repairs involving the boat's material structure and arrays, it naturally required both parties to work together.
“The damage is in the defense array patterns.
The spirit boat's defense is capable of withstanding a full-strength strike from a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The Cane Old Man's sneak attack earlier happened to hit the limit of the boat's defense.
If the subsequent attacks hadn't been strong, it would have been fine.
Unfortunately, the toxic pipe woman's toxic smoke corroded the protective shield, increasing the burden on the defense array and causing the patterns to actually take damage.
If left unrepaired, the spirit boat's maximum defense is now limited to a full-strength strike from a late Foundation Establishment cultivator.
It won't affect the speed, though.”
Mu Chenze explained in detail. “If you're in a hurry to use it, you can send it to the Artifact Peak for repairs once we return to the sect.
This spirit boat was likely made by a martial uncle from the Artifact Peak working with a martial uncle from the Array Peak.
I'll ask around about the repair costs for you later.”
“I probably won't be leaving the sect again before I reach Foundation Establishment, so I'm not in a rush.” Gu Ningyun considered her future plans.
Mu Chenze's peach blossom eyes crinkled with a smile. “If possible, we'd like you to leave the repairs to us.
You'll save yourself the trouble of finding someone else and save some spirit stones.
The three of us will get the chance to study a mysterious-rank top-grade spirit boat and practice our repairs.”
“It's a win-win,” Jiang Yao said, giving her a wink.
Jun Luo added warmly, “Once our ranks increase in the future, we can even add some new functions to the spirit boat.”
Gu Ningyun's eyes lit up.
That's right!
The spirit boat didn't have a concealment function, so she had to manually overlay an array plate every time. It was too troublesome and mentally taxing.
Take this incident where they were chased and robbed by three Foundation Establishment cultivators, for example.
If the spirit boat had its own concealment function...
She would have activated the concealment array and steered the boat out of sight long before that black-faced cultivator could snag it with his toad tongue.
They wouldn't have been in such danger.
If her friends could repair the spirit boat or even forge one...
It would be much more convenient than finding someone at the Artifact Peak whenever she wanted to add a function or commission a higher-rank boat.
At that thought, Gu Ningyun slapped her left hand on Jiang Yao's right shoulder and her right hand on Jun Luo's left shoulder.
Her bright, almond-shaped eyes looked at Mu Chenze in the middle. “Good brothers, I'm leaving my spirit boat in your hands!”
A flash of surprise and joy crossed Jiang Yao's eyes.
“Easily done, easily done.” Mu Chenze covered his mouth with his folding fan, laughing with great restraint.
Only his peach blossom eyes betrayed his delight.
Jun Luo rested his arm on his leg and propped his chin on his fist. “I've always wanted to add an attack array...”
Professionals really did think of everything. Gu Ningyun patted Jun Luo's shoulder twice more. “That's a great idea. I support you.”
Wen Xuan wasn't interested in any of that. While the four of them were talking, she had been leaning over the railing, watching the activity below.
“Come look, quick! Four Symbols Shipping really did have a trick up their sleeve.”
Hearing this, the four of them looked down.
The captain, who had been staying above five hundred meters, suddenly descended to a height of three hundred meters above the sea, hovering just above and to the side of the two-faced whale.
The ruler in his hand released dozens of red and blue spirit energy snakes, binding the two-faced whale tightly.
An instant before the two-faced whale could snap the spirit energy snakes and break free...
A streak of white light burst through the whale's neck.
The whale's struggles slowly ceased as the waves washed its head and body apart.
Only then did Gu Ningyun realize that the white light had decapitated the two-faced whale.
Blood stained the sea red.
With a wave of his hand, the captain collected the two-faced whale.
A white light shone from within the dark blue seawater, looking like a glowing giant egg.
“It's the spirit ship's protective shield! The spirit ship is still there!” a cultivator cried out in surprise.
The glowing giant egg rose rapidly, soon revealing the entire hull.
Because the spirit ship had been overturned and pressed into the water, the area the two-faced whale had attacked was the ship's bottom, its sturdiest part.
Aside from being drenched and having some loose stairs near the deck, the entire spirit ship was surprisingly undamaged.
“It really is the spirit ship!”
“It must be the first mate and the sailors. They must have controlled the arrays to coordinate with the captain and kill the two-faced whale.”
“I thought the first mate and the sailors had perished long ago.”
“I knew I was right to trust them. Large organizations are definitely more reliable.”
Though the storm had yet to cease, on the Four Symbols Shipping spirit ship, the clouds had already cleared.
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