Chapter 1262: The Gift of Guiyuan Tianzun

"Lu Yang, what are you doing here? Are you here to buy something?"

Lu Yang scratched his head sheepishly. "I ran into some trouble while traveling. I realized my travel speed is too slow, and I wanted to ask the King of Thieves and the Ancestor of Thieves if they have any good solutions."

Mr. Tiankui was surprised. "This problem is easy to solve. Couldn't you just use Shrink the Ground into an Inch and Reach the Ends of the Earth? I've heard that ancient cultivators all crossed galaxies this way."

Noticing Lu Yang's strange expression, Mr. Tiankui understood. "You're not good at these two spells?"

Lu Yang thought: *It's not that I'm not good at them; it's mainly that I learned them too authentically.*

"Then let's go. We'll take you to see Huang An." The founders of the immortal sects all liked Lu Yang very much, regretting only that such an excellent junior didn't come from their own sect.

"Huang An?"

"He's the Ancestor of Thieves you mentioned."

The Ancestor of Thieves was a prominent figure from sixty thousand years ago. Very few people knew his true name, and even fewer dared to call him by it directly. Coincidentally, all four of them, including Venerable Guiyuan, belonged to that 'even fewer' category.

The four immortal sect founders arrived at the top floor of the merchant association headquarters and stormed into the president's room.

The King of Thieves was studying how much to set the insurance premiums and compensation for external exploration risks when he saw four 'bandits' bringing the harmless Lu Yang to his door. The scene made it look like they were there to commit a crime.

"Lu Yang?" the King of Thieves thought, *Why is it you again?*

"Is Huang An here? We need to speak with him."

Recognizing Venerable Guiyuan and the other three, the King of Thieves dared not be negligent. He immediately stood up to greet them respectfully. "May I ask, seniors, what business do you have with him?"

"So many seniors seeking out a junior, this junior is truly overwhelmed." The Ancestor of Thieves suddenly appeared in the room, moving with unimaginable speed.

"Senior Ancestor of Thieves," Lu Yang bowed.

"No, no, no, don't call me that." How could the Ancestor of Thieves dare let Lu Yang call him that? The Immortal of Time called Lu Yang 'little friend'. It would be closer to the truth if Lu Yang were his senior.

"I came here to ask if there's a way to travel quickly through the outer realms?"

"Fast travel?" The Ancestor of Thieves understood, chuckling. "You're not the first to ask this question. Not long after the seal was broken, cultivators came to ask us. Our association responds to every request, and we've already begun to address this problem."

"Please follow me, everyone." The Ancestor of Thieves gestured for them to follow and led them to the shipyard outside the Imperial City.

Even from a distance, they could hear clanging sounds; ships were being built.

Flying ships were an important business for the Golden Coin Merchant Association, and most of them were built here.

Upon entering the shipyard, Lu Yang noticed a difference. The flying ships he had seen before were hundreds or thousands of zhang long, while the ones being built now resembled old men's fishing boats with canopies.

"What are these?"

"These are the small flying ships our association is preparing for voyages to the outer realms." Cultivators traveling in the outer realms usually go in small groups, so there's no need to build them too large. "The lowest cultivation level for the artifact forging masters building these flying ships is the Integration Stage."

"The bottom of the flying ships is engraved with a Shrink the Ground into an Inch formation. When activated with spiritual power, it allows for spatial traversal. According to our calculations, it can travel a light-year in just one month."

The flying ships cannot directly jump a light-year away; the size of the formation limits the jumping distance, and each activation of the formation requires a time interval. Even so, Lu Yang was intrigued. This flying ship was very suitable for him.

Master Zhengde raised an eyebrow. "There's still a lot of room for improvement. I remember when you came to steal things from our Hanging Temple, your rudimentary speed dao fruit not only changed your speed but also mine."

The Ancestor of Thieves' old face flushed. "Senior Zhengde, we agreed not to bring that up."

Master Zhengde waved his hand. "I'm saying you can change the flying ship's speed, right?" He heard that the universe was boundless and a light-year was only the most basic unit of length. If they wanted to reach millions or tens of millions of light-years away, how long would this flying ship take?

"It can't be done. The flying ship is too large to maintain a changed speed for a long time." The Ancestor of Thieves took out a fist-sized piece of immortal gold. "I can only make such small items maintain a high-speed state, like this."

The Ancestor of Thieves activated his rudimentary speed dao fruit. His consciousness connected with the immortal gold, which vanished with a whoosh, then flew back again. Its speed was comparable to the speed of light; few people present could clearly see how the immortal gold flew.

"Moreover, if the flying ship's speed is too fast, the hull will fall apart. To maintain a high-speed state, the entire hull would need to be made of high-grade ores."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang lowered his head, thought for a moment, and then said, "Grandmaster, can you fuse this piece of immortal gold into a flying ship?"

"We can try."

Venerable Guiyuan extended his hand and said, "Give me that piece of immortal gold for a moment."

"Here."

He then patted the hooded boat beside him. "This one is already completed, right?"

"Yes."

Venerable Guiyuan touched the hooded boat with one hand and held the immortal gold in the other. He quietly uttered, "Fuse."

The hooded boat glowed with a halo of light. As the halo gradually disappeared, the immortal gold vanished, and the hooded boat appeared completely unchanged.

The Ancestor of Thieves' eyes widened. In his eyes, the hooded boat had changed tremendously. He clearly perceived that the hooded boat and the immortal gold had fused into one. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an immortal treasure! Moreover, the concept of extreme speed attached to the immortal gold had not disappeared. This meant the hooded boat now had both spatial jumping and light-speed travel capabilities. Vast as the universe was, it could now go anywhere!

"Lu, go on, try it out." Venerable Guiyuan, without further ado, smilingly lifted Lu Yang onto the hooded boat.

Operating a flying ship was a simple matter. Even though it was Lu Yang's first time, he quickly learned how to pilot it.

Lu Yang piloted the hooded boat, which soared into the sky and flew towards the outer realms. Just like when the immortal gold had vanished earlier, few people noticed how the hooded boat disappeared.

Before long, Lu Yang returned with the boat. Both he and the boat were unharmed, and the hooded boat still possessed the concept of extreme speed.

The Ancestor of Thieves' heart pounded. Once this hooded boat was unveiled, every cultivator exploring the outer realms would buy one! A business opportunity, a massive business opportunity!

"Senior Guiyuan, have you considered a collaboration between us, with a fifty-fifty profit split?"

Venerable Guiyuan had no interest in spirit stones. He raised an eyebrow and said, "But the three of them and I are about to depart for the outer realms."

The Ancestor of Thieves quickly said, "Two days! Please wait for us for two days. I'll ask the artifact forging masters to work overtime to refine a batch of small flying ships. You only need to activate your rudimentary Fusion Dao Fruit after two days." In two days, they could build twenty small flying ships. They could sell the first batch as publicity and then hype up the second batch. Since it was Venerable Guiyuan's first time venturing out, they certainly wouldn't be gone for too long. They could simply continue the collaboration once Venerable Guiyuan returned. "The four seniors will also need a conveyance artifact for your travels, right? This hooded boat is a gift for all of you seniors!"

Venerable Guiyuan turned his head. "Lu, this hooded boat is yours."

Seeing this, the Ancestor of Thieves quickly added, "I'll give the four seniors another one!"

"Now that's more like it."

Lu Yang was overwhelmed with gratitude. He had only offered an idea, and this hooded boat was extremely valuable. As the first of its kind, it held extraordinary significance—and it was being given to him just like that?!

"Grandmaster, this is too precious."

Lu Yang tried to jump off the boat, but Venerable Guiyuan directly pressed him down onto it.

"Just accept it without worry. Consider it a gift for reaching the Tribulation Transcending Stage."

"Alright, alright."