Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

Chapter 164 Ignore

Purple Cloud Courtyard.

Alkaid, drawing upon the power of his Primordial Spirit, guided Yun Lai, Wei Yan, Lu Yuan, and other Master Artifact Refiners in rapidly producing the Purple Cloud No. 12 improved model for external sales.

"Once this batch of Flying Swords is produced, we will have completed half of the Golden Temple's production task."

His mood, however, was quite relaxed.

Three thousand Flying Swords.

Three hundred swords were delivered per cycle, and four cycles had already been delivered.

The fifth delivery was soon to be made.

With each delivery, millions of Spirit Stones were deposited into their accounts.

It has to be said, such business was incredibly profitable.

Of course, they earned so much mainly because Elder Pan Qi had set the price too high.

Other powers might not be willing to pay such a high premium for Superior Grade Spiritual Artifact Flying Swords.

Treasure Level Flying Swords, perhaps.

But no matter what, having orders meant earning Spirit Stones.

With Spirit Stones, cultivators didn't have to pinch pennies for their training, the Spirit Gathering Array could be upgraded, and other formations within the city could also be raised a level.

Even if there were excess Spirit Stones, they could occasionally be used to weakly activate the formations on a daily basis, adjusting the local weather with the power of the formations to ensure good weather in that area.

Not to mention better elixirs and materials to improve cultivation efficiency—that went without saying.

As a Cultivation Sect, Spirit Stones were the sole universal source of energy.

To control Spirit Stones was to control the future.

After the day's refining concluded, Yun Lai came rushing over with a smile on his face.

"Chief, great news."

Joy covered his face: "Elder Pan Qi, with the advantage brought by the Purple Cloud No. 12, has directly eliminated an armed force supported by his old rival. Such a martial achievement has made the other Elders quite envious, and another Elder has been in touch with the sect's Artifact Refining Hall. They are interested in purchasing six hundred Flying Swords."

"Oh?"

While six hundred was much less compared to Elder Pan Qi's three thousand, it undoubtedly proved that the Purple Cloud No. 12's improved version, the export model of the Flying Sword, had been recognized by the Golden Temple.

Once the forces of the Elders who owned this kind of Flying Sword grew larger, what's to prevent other Elders from placing their orders?

"Very good, it looks like we at Purple Cloud Courtyard won't have to worry about orders for quite a while."

Alkaid said.

"Furthermore, our status at Purple Cloud Courtyard has now been raised, and in the future, we will be supported more by the sect. If we maintain this trend, there's even hope for Purple Cloud Courtyard to challenge for the position of number one courtyard in the Artifact Refining Hall."

Yun Lai said, smiling as he cast a glance at Alkaid: "At that time, Chief, you can completely rely on these achievements to contend for the position of Vice Hall Master of the Artifact Refining Hall and rise from Vice Hall Master to Hall Master, and even vie for the position of Deputy Sect Master."

He wasn't talking about the Hall Master of the Nine Heavens Domain Sub-sect.

But the Hall Master of the Main Sect.

As the Purple Cloud Courtyard had been upgraded to a key Artifact Refining Court directly under the Main Sect, the Chief of the Purple Cloud Courtyard was already on an equal footing with the Hall Masters of the Sub-sect Refining Halls.

Due to the importance of Purple Cloud Courtyard, added with the fact that the Hall Masters of the Main Sect and the top-ranked Sub-sects are typically served concurrently by Deputy Sect Masters, his current say was comparable to that of a Sub-sect Deputy Sect Master.

To ascend further in his career path, the natural next steps were the Vice Hall Master of the Main Sect Refining Hall, the Hall Master, and then the Deputy Sect Master concurrently serving as Hall Master.

Step by step climbing upward.

Of course, this process might still require some time.

But as long as Alkaid continued to grow at this rate...

Securing a future position as the Hall Master of the Main Sect Refining Hall, and perhaps even as the Deputy Sect Master, was certainly not a pipe dream.

"It's still early to talk about such things, let's focus on fulfilling the orders at hand, so we don't keep our esteemed clients waiting."

Alkaid responded with a smile as well.

"Yes, yes, we should definitely first..."

Master Yun Lai nodded repeatedly.

But at that moment, Alkaid seemed to sense something, abruptly looking up.

Immediately after, Yun Lai also felt something, and even the Great Cultivators throughout Dragon Majestic City turned their heads, looking outside the window and outdoors.

They saw that with each ripple of spiritual power, a spiritual power shield emitting a pale blue light began to slowly rise from the formation base laid on the ground...

The shield rose slowly, but with each ascent, it seemed to signify an endless stream of spiritual power pouring in; the process meant the burning of a vast amount of Spirit Stones every second.

This was...

"The City Defense Formation!?"

Unable to restrain himself, Yun Lai exclaimed, "Dragon Majestic City was the foremost city in the former Nine Heavens Domain, and the level of its City Defense Formation reached the Sixth Level.

Being an original formation, activating it once required at least five to six thousand Spirit Stones, and maintaining it would consume more than four hundred stones every hour even without sustaining any attacks. Hence, unless invaded by enemies, the formation would not be activated..."

"The use of Divine Sense within this area is still normal, but it seems all signals related to communication and thought transmission have been blocked and intercepted."

Alkaid suddenly spoke.

Then, with certainty: "Something's happened!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yi, along with several cultivators protecting him, hurried over.

"Chief Alkaid, please come with us to take shelter in the protective facility."

"What's happened?"

Alkaid asked.

Hesitating for a moment, Qin Yi still replied truthfully, "According to the information from the sect, a Patrol Heaven Warship is speeding toward our location."

After finishing his words, he added, "Please hurry and follow us to take refuge."

"What about the others?"

Alkaid glanced toward his residence.

"Someone will lead them over,"

Qin Yi said.

"Alkaid Chief, please leave with us first, the orders we received are to protect you as a priority,"

another Great Cultivator couldn't help but urge.

He even wished he could act immediately, taking Alkaid and flying to a hiding place.

Seeing Qin Yi's and the other Great Cultivators' expressions, Alkaid knew it wasn't time to waste.

He nodded at once and followed them out.

"Chief..."

Yun Lai called out, apparently wanting to say something.

But in the end, he simply said, "Please rest assured, I will not let the operation of Purple Cloud Courtyard be affected."

"Good."

Alkaid replied, and quickly left.

At this time, in Dragon Majestic City, streaks of sword light tore through the sky.

Many Star Masters were also using the Stellar Power Field to levitate and follow those sword lights.

There were even Great Primordial Spirit Cultivators positioned at the central hub, at the ready in the core of the activated Formation, prepared to assist at any moment.

And with the activation of the Formation, the appearance of numerous Great Cultivators naturally caused no small amount of panic in the city, and anyone with common sense would know that there must be a problem.

In an instant, the streets, which had been orderly and flowing with traffic, obviously began to descend into chaos.

In many places, car accidents occurred, even leading to explosions and fires.

Cries of shock and screams echoed throughout the corners of the city.

...

Under Qin Yi's guidance, Alkaid soon arrived at a palace guarded by layers of Formations.

The City Lord of Dragon Majestic City and several other important figures were almost all located in the palace, at the very heart of the Formations.

It was as he entered this palace that, through the perspective of a Purple Cloud 12 enhanced-type Flying Sword, he finally "saw" the prime culprit behind the chaos.

A Warship!

A warship thousands of meters long, flying at a height of ten thousand meters, brazenly crashing through and tearing apart the clouds—the Patrol Heaven Warship!

This warship was not only massive, but also bristling with numerous Formations, and it was even traveling at several times the speed of sound.

Its huge size and terrifying velocity...

If it flew just a little lower, the turbulence it raised would be enough to flatten many of the cities and towns in the Nine Heavens Domain without a City Defense Formation, just by passing overhead.

Even now, flying at an altitude of ten thousand meters, it still looked enormous.

So much so that...

The Great Cultivators who went to intercept it looked as tiny as ants in its presence.

...

"How were we discovered?"

"Was it those four little bugs from before? Did their extinguished Life Fires alert these people?"

"This is troublesome, they're on guard now!"

"So what if they're on guard? This is a Third Generation Patrol Heaven Warship; once we open fire, tearing apart their so-called wealthiest Six-Level Formations will take no time at all."

"After all, this is their turf..."

As one Great Cultivator after another appeared outside the Patrol Heaven Warship, various discussions arose from the mouths of the Limitless Star Palace Cultivators on the ship.

Compared to the Limitless Star Palace Cultivators stationed on the ship, the ship's commander, Qiao Man, in the captain's room, showed a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

He looked toward the Vice Commander responsible for navigation: "Mr. Andrei, can you explain to me why, despite our complete silence, we still alerted the Nine Heavens Domain in the end? They don't even have any Dharma Phases."

"This is my dereliction of duty,"

Andrei said, lowering his head, honestly admitting his mistake.

"Commander, what should we do now? According to the map, we will soon arrive at our destination—Dragon Majestic City—but the city has already activated its coordinates, and outside, there are already many Cultivators from the Nine Cauldrons Sect gathering,"

another Vice Commander inquired.

"You need me to teach you what to do?"

Qiao Man replied indifferently, "We proceed as we originally planned. Go to Dragon Majestic City, bring the people back, and if they don't want to cooperate, we eliminate them directly. It's that simple."

"But the Nine Cauldrons Sect's Cultivators outside..."

"If they want to watch, let them watch. Would they really dare to make a move to stop us, to attack our Patrol Heaven Warship? Any act of aggression against our Patrol Heaven Warship will be deemed a declaration of war against our Limitless Star Palace. Tell me, do you think the Nine Cauldrons Sect has the guts to do that?"

As Qiao Man said this, a playful look flashed in his eyes: "I actually hope they make a move so I can see if with our Patrol Heaven Warship, we can directly accomplish the feat of obliterating a Main Sect."

Upon hearing this, the Vice Commander felt a chill.

He knew their Commander might really do it.

And he hurriedly said, "That won't be good, it would be hard to justify ourselves to the higher-ups... and the Nine Cauldrons Sect has Golden Cores..."

"Ha, the Golden Cores of the Nine Cauldrons Sect are very clear, the only threat we from the Limitless Star Palace face is mutual destruction. But... do you really think the Golden Cores of the Nine Cauldrons Sect would risk their lives for a few little bugs? Golden Core lives are precious.

Unless the situation spirals out of control to the point where they must fight to the death, Golden Cores will not easily enter the fray."

Qiao Man, serving as both Commander and Elder of the Limitless Star Palace, spoke and made a gentle swipe of his hand: "Ignore them, continue to Dragon Majestic City."

"Yes,"

the Vice Commander answered upon receiving the order.

But just at that moment, a virtual image projected out, appearing before the warship.

Along with it came a powerful Divine Sense, amplified and transmitted through the Formation: "I am Zhao Siliang, Sub-sect Master of the Nine Cauldrons Sect. I solemnly warn you, you have intruded into the territories of our Nine Cauldrons Sect. You are given ten breaths to change course and leave, otherwise, we will treat you as invaders and launch an attack, directly destroying this Warship!" Continue your journey with empire