Chapter 1571
Chapter 1571 (Raw 1553):
Inside the pirate ship's core control room, Xiao Chen pried open the deck, and the formations of the Astral Ship appeared before his eyes, dazzling them; the sight was too much for the eyes to take in.
The formation under the deck sparkled with light. The formation was no more than a hundred meters across, but it had tens of thousands of nodes. There were also other formations layered over each other in the formation, formations within formations.
There was a Spirit Jade set in each node and an exquisite formation plate at the core of the formation of this seemingly small pirate ship. This formation plate had elaborate patterns on it, most likely the work of a great master.
Driving this had to drain a lot of resources.
It required a total of ten thousand Spirit Jades. Furthermore, Xiao Chen did not know how long it would last.
"I miscalculated. I should not have killed that fellow immediately."
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. With the complexity of this formation, he would not be able to understand any of it that quickly.
If only Mo Chen were here. With her accomplishments in formations, she would be able to figure out the trick by herself.
"However, there should be a formation diagram in this control room. Such an intricate formation would be very exacting to maintain," Xiao Chen muttered to himself while rubbing his chin.
He swept his gaze through the control room, searching for a secret mechanism or a hidden layer.
After a while, Xiao Chen discovered a wooden box in a secret compartment under the control panel.
Inside that wooden box were three formation diagrams and a detailed star chart. This star chart showed not only the Purple Sun Region but also some of the nearby astral regions.
"This is good stuff. The star chart that they gave me is already incredibly old. This star chart is really a timely find."
Xiao Chen studied it and was surprised to find that this star chart mapped out the nearby trade routes. It also recorded all the stars with values, listing down all the remnants and resources.
"This is truly a star chart for pirate use. It is really detailed. It's mine now."
Xiao Chen smiled faintly and placed the star chart in his Universe Ring. Then, he looked at the formation diagrams.
The formation was indeed intricate. The formation diagrams came in layers. Furthermore, there were three of them.
Xiao Chen put away the formation diagrams and looked at the formation below. Then, he took out the formation plate. Immediately, the flickering flowing light vanished, and the formation stopped operating.
"This is indeed good stuff. Just the material alone is extraordinary," Xiao Chen commented, not standing on ceremony as he held the formation plate and evaluated it.
Next up were the Spirit Jades on the nodes. Ten thousand Spirit Jades was not a small number.
Although Xiao Chen had two million Spirit Jades, no one would think that they have too much of such things.
"Boss, something is wrong with our ship," the pirates, who were fighting with the Tianyi Sect, said in a fluster, showing greatly startled expressions.
The pirates saw their ship lose all signs of spirituality, the sharp spikes that were previously flickering continuously had stopped, and the entire ship shook violently in the Starry Heavens.
"My ship!"
The pirate leader was so furious, his lungs almost exploded.
The Black Scimitar Pirate Group that swept through the place actually had their ship robbed. This would become the greatest joke in their circles.
However, these pirates could only watch it happen. The Demon Tone Bats stood guard above the ship's hold, deterring them from complaining.
Moreover, there was the counterattack from the Tianyi Sect. Hence, the pirates could not retreat even if they wanted to.
All sorts of loud sounds came from the ship's hold. The strong pirate ship shook continuously in the Starry Heavens. No one knew what was happening inside. However, they knew that it was not a good thing.
"How frustrating! Truly frustrating!"
The black-clad man was so frustrated that he nearly vomited blood. This disrupted his movements, and he accidentally incurred some wounds.
The morale of the pirates plummeted. They held on bitterly, no longer as ferocious as they were at the start.
"Boom!" The ship collapsed, and the deck started peeling off.
A proper pirate ship got stripped completely bare, left with only its skeleton.
"Pu ci!" The black-clad man felt such rage at the sight of his beloved ship reduced to such a state that he could no longer hold back and vomited blood.
The black-clad man finally understood what Xiao Chen was doing. Xiao Chen was using brute force to tear out everything valuable on his ship.
Now, the black-clad man met with someone even better at banditry than he was.
"Brat, this old man, Hu Fei, will not share the same skies as you!"
Amid the intense battle, the pirate leader took time to glare at Xiao Chen, and he was so angry that his body started trembling.
Xiao Chen did not hear what the pirate leader said. As he rubbed his chin, he looked at the bare skeleton that had once been a pirate ship.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen's eyes lit up, and he reached out and touched the keel.
This was the backbone of the entire ship, the most important structural member. A lot of resources were used to forge the skeleton of the ship.
This was something that the pirate leader knew best.
"Crack!"
Xiao Chen gave a yank. The skeleton of the entire ship broke apart and instantly scattered.
A perfectly sound ship was completely dismantled by Xiao Chen.
"You—"
Before the pirate leader could finish what he wanted to say, the blue-clad old man took the opportunity to land a palm strike on the pirate leader's chest.
After getting knocked away, the pirate leader looked at Xiao Chen and said while trembling, "You are ruthless, really ruthless!"
Now that the pirate leader had lost all momentum, he did not dare to remain at all and called out to his men.
The surviving pirates scattered and fled miserably into the Starry Heavens.
After chasing away the pirates, the many disciples of the Tianyi Sect and the two Elders looked at Xiao Chen in silence, deeply shocked.
It was hard to imagine that this white-robed bladesman forcefully dismantled the Black Scimitar pirate ship.
Senior Brother, should we take him down? He should be holding on to the pirate ship formation diagrams. Also, after the parts of this pirate ship are refined, they will become divine materials worth cities. The half-step Primal Core Realm old man beside the blue-clad old man sent a voice projection while a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Don't be in a rush. Originally, I was thinking of letting that group of pirates return to their ship and deal with him. Who knew, a group of Demon Tone Bats flew out. This fellow is rather strange.
The eyes of the blue-clad old man flickered. After a while, he arrived before Xiao Chen.
"It is really all thanks to you that the Tianyi Sect can escape danger this time. How about you come to my Tianyi Sect's ship and have a rest?" the blue-clad old man invited very warmly.
Xiao Chen smiled coldly and put away the skeleton of the pirate ship.
He had been planning to use the pirate ship's formations to upgrade the Cycle Throne. Then, he thought of dismantling the pirate ship. Unexpectedly, the harvest was bountiful, surpassing his expectations.
As for this old man, Xiao Chen just smiled. During his many years in the Kunlun Realm, he had met with all sorts of people.
He knew full well what the blue-clad old man intended.
The small tricks that the other party was playing were not really brilliant.
"That won't be good. I don't know where that group of Demon Tone Bats from earlier flew to. Who knows when they will reappear? At that time, maybe someone will tell me to scram again," Xiao Chen replied indifferently with a cold expression.
Xiao Chen was not so foolish as to board that ship.
The blue-clad old man smiled in embarrassment. "You misunderstand. Earlier, I thought that Young Hero meant ill for our ship. It was truly a misunderstanding."
"That's right. My master is a good person. You have saved us today. Do come and have a seat. You are going to the Profound Light Great Realm, right? We can give you a ride there," invited the baby-faced girl called Fei`er.
"Junior Sister, what are you being so polite for? Master is being kind in inviting him, yet he is putting on airs. Since he is not coming, then so be it." The thin-lipped man, Luo Nan, rolled his eyes at Xiao Chen and mocked him.
"Goodbye!"
The other party was a Primal Core Realm expert. Even if the old man harbored some malicious intent, Xiao Chen should not offend him too much.
After waving his hand, Xiao Chen turned and started to leave.
"Please wait!"
The blue-clad old man seemed to have made up his mind about something, as he suddenly called out to Xiao Chen.
The wary Xiao Chen was in no rush to turn around. He only silently prepared his Dragon Blood Soul Breaking Finger and the Divine Lightning Eye at the same time.
"How vigilant!"
The blue-clad old man noticed Xiao Chen's cautious nature and was slightly surprised. However, he was not planning to make a move on Xiao Chen.
The blue-clad old man was somewhat afraid of those mysterious Demon Tone Bats. Before he cleared that up, he would not take the risk.
"You saved the lives of everyone on the ship. This old man has nothing good to repay you with right now. However, I know a place with extremely high-quality Baleful Yin Energy, and I can tell you about it."
Immediately after he said this, all the Tianyi Sect disciples and the other old man were startled. They could not understand why the blue-clad old man was willing to tell an outsider this secret.
Peak-quality Baleful Yin Energy!
Tempted, Xiao Chen immediately started thinking. Although he was well aware that the other party was harboring ill intent, what the blue-clad old man was offering was indeed very attractive.
Should I agree or not?