To be honest, upon seeing the Spiritual Objects inside the Long-distance Flying Boat, he understood why they didnât choose to use large storage rings like Mustard Seed Rings to transport Spiritual Objects.
Firstly, the quantity of these Spiritual Objects is too vast, even the cargo hold inside the Long-distance Flying Boat has been expanded using spatial formations.
Secondly, many of these Spiritual Objects are living entities, needing care from a Spiritual Beast Master and a Spirit Plant Master.
Li Shiming was somewhat wealthy, but seeing the resources inside the four Long-distance Flying Boats still stunned him.
The Fourth Grade resources alone are enough for a hundred Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivators to use for cultivation, alongside a massive amount of Third Grade resources. Itâs hard to imagine how these resources were gathered.
Actually, what Li Shiming didnât know is that the Haiya Sect is a sect that originated from business on the Central State Continent. Though called a sect, due to the few resource points occupied on the Central State Continent, their main resource source is conducting trade.
Every few years, Haiya Sect would use its channels to transport goods out from the Central State Continent and bring goods back from other continents. The margin between these transactions is Haiya Sectâs profit.
The resources on the four Long-distance Flying Boats Li Shiming acquired are the gains Haiya Sect transported this time, plus years of accumulated purchases of Spiritual Objects, which could be said to represent most of Haiya Sectâs assets.
Due to the significant investment, Haiya Sect dispatched four Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners to escort the cargo. Generally, as long as they donât have the bad luck to encounter a Great Cultivator, there shouldnât be any problems on the ocean.
Li Shiming felt a bit of a headache; there were so many resources this time, and many couldnât be stored in Mustard Space, requiring constant care.
"Really giving myself trouble!" He shook his head helplessly and murmured to himself.
Of course, it was a happy sort of problem since the resources were so abundant that he couldnât bear to let go.
Thinking it over, he waved his hand and removed the Haiya Sectâs markings from the four Long-distance Flying Boats.
The markings printed on the Long-distance Flying Boat arenât easy to remove, imprinted within the formations of the Flying Boat. If unable to decipher the formation, unless forcibly destroying the Flying Boat, the sectâs markings canât be removed.
Yet, this wasnât a problem for Li Shiming, his formation skills were top-notch even within the Cultivation World.
Using âDivine Eye,â he observed, his personal magic treasure IBMz15 identified the formation nodes. Without disrupting the formation, his Divine Sense entered the formation to remove the Haiya Sectâs markings, then imprinted the Central State Commerceâs markings.
He arranged the four Long-distance Flying Boats side by side, himself on one of them, his Divine Sense covering all four Flying Boats, dividing his mind to control each one.
This greatly slowed his sailing speed, but he wasnât too bothered by the wasted time for the sake of profit.
As for the Spiritual Objects needing care on the Flying Boat, he picked up his past skills as a Spirit Plant Master. His capability as a Spiritual Beast Master went without saying, being a cultivator from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, his methods far surpassed other sectâs Spiritual Beast Masters.
The four Long-distance Flying Boats accelerated, Li Shiming revealed his Nascent Soul Middle Stage aura to ward off any unwary spirit beast attacks.
The main issue was that the Flying Boatâs target is so conspicuous, and its sailing speed was average.
He had made preparations; he hid the âTraceless Illusion Swordâ below the four Flying Boats and stationed Golden Corpse Nanming to patrol around them.
With Golden Corpse Nanmingâs speed, it could intercept any spirit beast at any point.
Coupled with the âTraceless Illusion Swordâsâ formidable power, even a Mid Fourth Grade spirit beast would meet demise against Golden Corpse Nanming and the âTraceless Illusion Sword.â
As for opponent encounters for practice, Li Shiming lost interest after dealing with the four Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners as easily as slicing vegetables.
Ordinary Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners arenât suitable for practice; using them would just be wasting time.
Because midway he switched to the Long-distance Flying Boat, coupled with the influence of him single-handedly controlling four Flying Boats, his journey was extended by nearly two months.
After five months of navigation, though there were troubles, none were major.
There werenât any Flying Boats encountered along the way, just some unwary spirit beasts attacking.
Yet these Third and Fourth Grade spirit beasts didnât even come close to the Flying Boats before getting dealt with by Golden Corpse Nanming and the âTraceless Illusion Sword.â
Golden Corpse Nanming, being a corpse refining, could operate tirelessly without rest.
Meanwhile, the âTraceless Illusion Swordâ was maneuvered by Li Shiming with a dedicated mind, managing uninterrupted vigilance for five months.
Li Shiming glanced at the sea chart, and then âAt an Armâs Reach of the End of the Worldâ activated, his form flashed onto the deck of the Flying Boat.
He cast âDivine Eyeâ towards the distance, on the distant sea, scattered islands appeared.
Understanding that he had left the most perilous ocean region, he should note that other than one robbery previously, there werenât any particularly intense attacks encountered.
However, one must consider that he was traversing a charted trade route; such routes typically have forces constantly clearing them, ensuring such safe paths.
Without such a route, regardless of oneâs strength, one must consider whether they can endure months of continuous ocean combat, facing potential spirit beast attacks at any time.
Li Shiming remained cautious despite the Flying Boat leaving the dangerous ocean region, for the islands ahead werenât safe places.
Fuhua Islands, referred to collectively as the island group surrounding the Central State Continent, is also the most expansive island group.
Compared to the Central State Continent, resources here seem scarce, with danger levels many times higher, as one can be attacked by sea spirit beasts any day.
The cultivators living here are mostly those unable to survive on the Central State Continent, forming numerous small and large forces within the Fuhua Islands.
Relying on the ocean for survival, besides hunting sea spirit beasts and gathering ocean resources, one point is robbery.
Some believing theyâve escaped the most perilous ocean regions may find their Flying Boats devoured without a trace in the Fuhua Islands.
Li Shimingâs four Long-distance Flying Boats entered the Fuhua Islands range and were immediately noticed.
It was incredibly eye-catching, one Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator escorting four Flying Boatsâ cargo.
Even with the Central State Commerceâs markings on the Flying Boats, they couldnât curb the cultivatorsâ greed.
When interests reach a certain level, Fuhua Islandsâ cultivators can disregard all rules.
Moreover, if they can succeed, the vast island groupâs perfect hideout and various secret sales methods allow quick transfer of countless resources.
Yet, none of the cultivators acted first, all wanting to see if others would step forth to gauge the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivatorâs strength escorting the Flying Boats.
Central State Commerce is ultimately a superpower, these cultivators were both greedy and afraid, hardly rashly taking action.
Of course, in such chaotic places as the Fuhua Islands, there are always some unclear-headed cultivators.
Li Shiming sensed the peering eyes, he smiled coldly in his heart.
"Leave behind..." A tall, rugged Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator shouted flying to the front of the Flying Boats.
The Cultivator barely finished speaking before seeing a shadow blur across the void, creating an afterimage.
Preparing to respond, the shadow reached him, a flaming fist striking him.
The flames penetrated his Spiritual Power Pattern defense unimpeded, alighting his body, instantly turning him into a pillar of fire.