"Everyone, the Outer Domain Dead Sea is fraught with dangers. Even on the safe routes we have explored, unexpected events frequently occur. Migrations of sea monsters and changes in ocean currents can turn originally safe routes into treacherous ones!"
"Therefore, before you board, I need to confirm once again that if we encounter danger, everyone must follow my command to respond to the crisis!
If anyone cannot agree to this, then I’m sorry, you’re not welco aboard the Wantong!"
Before boarding, the ship captain of the Wantong, the Sixth Stage Establishnt King, Old Hee, once again brought up this point with a solemn expression.
Moreover, this ti, Old Hee demanded that everyone promise and confirm this in front of everyone, making it extrely formal.
Undoubtedly, the twelve martial artists boarding this ti would promise as long as they’re not fools.
A half-quarter-hour later, stubborn Old Hee completed the confirmations one by one.
"Now, please board the Wantong in order!" As he spoke, a flash of light appeared at Old Hee’s fingertips, and a fairly large Sea-Crossing Shuttle erged from his storage ring, landing on the sea surface with a tall wave.
This is the Wantong Sea-Crossing Shuttle.
The Wantong Sea-Crossing Shuttle resembles Ye Zhen’s Moon Shadow Sea Shuttle, with a larger tail and sharp edges that look very keen, covered in dense patterns.
However, from the perspective of Ye Zhen, the Artifact Refiner, the Wantong’s material for the shuttle edge is inferior to the Moon Shadow Sea Shuttle, but the refining technique is much better than Ye Zhen’s newly refined Moon Shadow Sea Shuttle.
Clearly, there are true experts in this Outer Domain Dead Sea!
The Wantong is about three ters high, three ters wide, and over twenty ters long, twice the size of the Moon Shadow Sea Shuttle. However, it carries six tis the passengers.
From this, it can be judged that the Wantong focuses more on transport capacity, while the Moon Shadow Sea Shuttle emphasizes defense, particularly based on the materials.
It’s understandable, the Wantong transports twelve people at a ti, with each seat costing from twenty-five thousand to seventy-five thousand mid-grade Spirit Crystals, averaging forty thousand mid-grade Spirit Crystals, totaling nearly five million mid-grade Spirit Crystals for one trip.
Deducting costs, it’s definitely a huge profit, and anyone would look to increase transport capacity.
A flash in the palm revealed the Wantong Sea-Crossing Shuttle’s deck sliding open to expose its internal cabin.
"Everyone, please enter the cabin; except for the two individual seats at the stern and bow, feel free to sit wherever." Old Hee’s words echoed as the twelve passengers entered the Wantong.
Upon entering the Wantong, Ye Zhen noticed the space is quite cramped.
There are two rows of seats, each with six seats, and each seat is only two feet wide, spaced one foot apart, allowing martial artists to sit cross-legged with only a one-foot distance between each other.
With such proximity, the journey necessitates sitting cross-legged; martial artists have remarkable physical endurance, but normal people sitting like this for several days would suffer physically before arriving.
However, that’s not the main concern; the focus is on the observation window.
Once the sea shuttle starts sailing, it becos completely enclosed, operated by an inscribed Divine Soul amplifying formation to monitor changes in the water span within ten thousand ters around the shuttle.
This is the operator’s thod; other people, especially passengers, find it wasteful. In an enclosed cabin feeling like a prison, over ti, everyone’s mood becos irritable.
Furthermore, the Divine Soul Sensing Formation is not foolproof; there are many things in the Outer Domain Dead Sea that cannot be sensed by Divine Soul Power, thus the observation window arises.
However, the sea shuttle demands high material quality for observation windows, requiring materials capable of inscribing formations to transmit Spiritual Power Divine Sense, robust strength, and so transparency.
Several materials can et these requirents, but even the cheapest Biluo Ice Crystal sells by the gram, with one gram costing a thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals.
And a small hand-sized Biluo Ice Crystal is several hundred grams.
Like Ye Zhen’s Moon Shadow Sea Shuttle, each side has two hand-sized observation windows, but that’s because Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong’s master is extravagant.
Normally, sea shuttle observation windows are only the size of copper coins, engraved with diffusion formations; martial artists can move their eyes closer to see within tens of ters around the shuttle.
The Wantong’s observation window is copper coin-sized, and likely to save costs, there are only four on the Wantong, two on each side.
These are good for a monotonous journey.
Thus, seats with observation windows beco hot commodities.
As Old Hee ntioned, of the twelve martial artists taking the Wantong this ti, only Ye Zhen is a Vein Forging Realm Martial Artist; the rest are all Establishnt Kings.
The Cultivations of these Establishnt Kings are not high; apart from one at the Fifth Stage Establishnt, the others range from Second Stage Establishnt to Fourth Stage Establishnt.
Moreover, most of these Establishnt Kings are likely heading to the Outer Domain Dead Sea for the first ti, and so are encountering a Sea-Crossing Shuttle for the first ti.
Having just entered, they don’t know the benefits of the observation window at all.
Ye Zhen was the seventh to enter, but to his surprise, when he ca in, there were still two seats with observation windows left unoccupied.
Seeing no one occupying them, Ye Zhen naturally didn’t hesitate and sat down.
Although Ye Zhen knew about this observation window, it was actually the first ti he sat inside a Sea-Crossing Shuttle and used it, so he was quite curious.
As soon as he sat down, he leaned his eyes in to test the range of view that this coin-sized observation window could offer.
His eyes had just settled in when Ye Zhen was taken aback.
He could see a thirty-ter square space in all directions, even noticing Old Hee, the captain of the Wantong, handing over storage rings to a few martial artists, likely consignnts of cargo.
The wonders of this Artifact Refining Formation could be seen clearly.
Ye Zhen’s action naturally aroused the curiosity of the other martial artists seated at the observation windows, especially among those using it for the first ti, like the Second Stage Establishnt martial artist, who leaned in and after just a mont of looking, exclaid in delight.
"Wow, this observation window actually allows you to see the thirty-ter space outside in all directions, even under the sea. Look, there’s a strange fish over ten zhang long below, flipping over. It must be scared by the Demon Beast aura emitted by the shuttle’s dragon bone..."
The shout from this Second Stage Establishnt King was harmless but it made all martial artists present understand the purpose of that coin-sized observation window.
Reaching the level of an Establishnt King, none are fools.
Instantly, those Establishnt Kings who didn’t know the observation window’s function figured it out. More importantly, the journey was monotonous, but the unfamiliar setting prevented them from fully imrsing in silent cultivation.
Danger lood the entire way, requiring everyone to stay alert. In such circumstances, the importance of this observation window was apparent.
Instantly, the minds of several Establishnt Kings beca active.
On the left, the two observation window seats were taken by a Fifth Stage Establishnt King and a Fourth Stage Establishnt King respectively. The seat ahead of Ye Zhen on the right was taken by a Third Stage Establishnt King.
For a mont, the eyes of several Establishnt Kings began circling around Ye Zhen, a martial artist with only a Peak of Fourth Stage of Vein Forging Realm cultivation.
Almost while the others were still contemplating, the Third Stage Establishnt King, who had a full beard, behind Ye Zhen, heavily patted his shoulder, "Brother, your seat is quite nice, why don’t you swap with , your elder brother!"
Under normal circumstances, Ye Zhen would have swapped seats, but the ten-plus day closed journey inside the Sea-Crossing Shuttle made Ye Zhen feel particularly insecure.
And this observation window was the only tool Ye Zhen had to understand his current lawful position, so Ye Zhen wouldn’t give it up!
"Sorry, no swap!" Ye Zhen’s reply was curt.
Upon hearing this, the full-bearded man’s expression stiffened and a trace of embarrassed anger surfaced on his face, "Kid, don’t refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. If you swap..."
Before the full-bearded man could finish, Old Hee leaped into the cabin, having overseen the Wantong for nearly a decade, he quickly understood the situation between the two just at a glance.
However, this trivial matter wasn’t sothing he wished to manage nor wanted to get involved in.
Old Hee rely glanced over before heading directly to his seat to add Spirit Crystals.
Seeing the Sixth Stage Establishnt King, Old Hee, ignore the situation, the full-bearded man felt assured and sneered coldly at Ye Zhen, "Kid, I advise you to be sensible and give up this seat imdiately, otherwise, I’ll make sure you regret it!"
Instantly, all eyes in the cabin focused on the dispute between Ye Zhen and the full-bearded man. Yet, everyone just gave a cold glance and no further response.
A few Establishnt Kings, seeing Ye Zhen’s uncooperative deanor, even slightly shook their heads.
In their view, the strong were respected, and since an Establishnt King had spoken, Ye Zhen, being a Vein Forging martial artist, should voluntarily concede.
If he didn’t voluntarily retreat, it was natural for him to suffer.
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen rely glanced coldly at the full-bearded man behind him, then remained motionless.
Being ignored by Ye Zhen like this infuriated the full-bearded man completely.
"Hmph, it seems so people are just born to be beaten!"
With an angry shout, the full-bearded man’s five fingers spread like claws, reaching lightning-fast for Ye Zhen’s neck.
With such close distance, grabbing the vital neck of a re Fourth Stage Vein Forging martial artist like Ye Zhen seed a matter of course. Once he caught Ye Zhen’s neck, this lad would be at his rcy to squeeze and pinch, this was the full-bearded man’s thought.
"Looks like this kid is in for so trouble!" was the common thought among all the observing Establishnt Kings.
However, just as this thought arose in everyone’s mind, a scream echoed! (To be continued. If you like this work, please head to Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian to read.)
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