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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 1050

Published at 15th of April 2024 12:51:54 PM


Chapter 1050: Crew

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Chapter 1050: Crew

It seems theyd purposely kept a few secrets from Sage about the Shifting Jade Mountain. This wasnt really a big deal, as it had happened many times before. Of course, these secrets werent really secrets at all and more just a way to make better use of his time, or as a fun surprise. In this case, there shouldnt be anything detrimental about it, but it would be more exciting if he got to experience it for the first time in person rather than in a report. There was also plenty of other information that Sage wasnt directly privy to as he couldnt spend all day just reading reports about the events happening on the Inner World. Instead, everything important was just given to the Adjutor to learn, and Sage could look it up if he needed it. Of course, he could also just ask the team in the command room, but the Adjutor could be faster and also acted as a backup.

After looking like she was checking things off on her stone tablet, the woman turned around and started to walk up the boarding ramp. She walked in front of them, putting her backside right in front of Guan Zhenyans face making it hard not to see the subtle sway to her hips. Sage was last up the ramp and watched this with amazement. Were they trying to surprise him with such a show? Who thought that he cared about such things when he was traveling around? Or maybe it was aimed towards their guest? What sort of research had they been doing?

It was only after they walked onto the deck of the ship and saw another pair of people waiting for them that Sage realized who the perpetrator was. A familiar face greeted him, the man smiling happily while having his arm around the waist of another woman dressed similarly to the one who led them aboard. There was also a creak from above and Sage glanced up to see another moving around in the rigging. That face was the same one that had been on the Shifting Jade Mountain back when it called itself The Glutton. The man in front of him was a smaller version of that huge statue: the Artifact Spirit of the Shifting Jade Mountain.

Guan Zhenyan walked over and blew a puff of purple smoke into the mans face, It seems I underestimated you. Your taste in women is far better than I would have thought, given your, he paused to wave his pipe up and down, indicating the mans bulky frame, style.

The fat man, Xiang Fei Long, was dressed up in a navy colored suit, with a flat cap and a corncob pipe, with a white turtleneck that made him look like a ships captain from the 1800s. Only, the suit wasnt made of wool, but many layers of dark silk giving it that ephemeral quality that Cultivators always preferred.

Sage gave the man a much closer look with his Spirit Sense now, which helped him pick out the subtle clues in the spirits aura and power that identified him as a spirit and not a real person. With this realization, he also saw the same signs among the women who were occupying the ship. He spread his Spirit Sense out and counted at least five of them on the deck, and who knew how many more inside.

Back in the outside world, he just glared at the Artifact Spirit, Lets go below deck.

Being surrounded by all these women that the Artifact Spirit was manifesting might be enjoyable for Guan Zhenyan, and the spirit, but Sage just felt it was gratuitous. The Shifting Jade Mountain didnt need any crew. There was no need for rigging and sails as the whole ship was under the control of Xiang Fei Long. In fact, after they were below deck and into a luxurious dining room, Sage locked eyes with the Artifact Spirit, Alright, enough games. Show me the outside view and the course youve plotted.

The fat man looked offended, but then he grumbled and an elliptical orb appeared, floating in the air over the large dining table, showing the outside of the ship as it was already flying through the air. Sage had brought it out with a destination in mind, which the spirit knew before they ever boarded. Sage reached up and brought the orb down lower, as the spherical ellipse shape gave a full view of the outside world. By walking around it, he could see in every direction. That meant he needed to be able to walk around, above, and below it to get a full view of the surroundings. After making sure the ship was being properly piloted even while the spirit was starting a banquet.

Sage wasnt really interested in any debauchery or nonsense that might be going on, so he just went to a cabin, bringing the orb along with him to keep the spirit honest. Instead of engaging in that nonsense, he had much more important things to do. He took a seat on the bed and crossed his legs, focusing inwardly to make a better connection with a presence far in the distance. By closing off his normal senses, it helped him connect better with that fragment of his soul hed left behind. Most of the work was done on the Inner World, but this focus increased the level of fine control.

Far away, back in the Tianxia Capital that they were currently flying towards, there was a singular fragment of soul still remaining. The one Blacksilver Pawn that had been left behind on purpose had hidden itself deep underground nearby where it had been linked up with the huge mass of trees Sage was using to assault the Spire. It had acted as a bridge for his Qi, letting him continuously power the mass of roots that were used to assault the Chain Ocean Palaces holdings. When Sage fled from the Sea King, that single Blacksilver Pawn had separated from the mass of roots and hid itself till the Sea King was occupied. After that significant power was gone, the Pawn moved itself into position beside the Spire and waited for one of Spires occupants to stumble onto him.

For this occasion, the Blacksilver Pawn had altered its shape, taking on a body of a common tool: a sword. It reshaped the Blue Icesilver part of its body into a sword body, hiding the most concentrated part: the soul and a fist sized lump of Black Enhydros. With just the Qi being supplied through the Soul Fragment it was easily able to take on a simple shape that matched the ones people preferred.




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