After half an era of digging, at least eighty percent of the historical relics aboard the Eternal Boat had fallen into Bai Yang's hands. Most of what he found was damaged, but it was still a fortune beyond belief.
In particular, Bai Yang hadn't let a single cultivation manual recorded in the Eternal Boat's many rooms slip past him. He'd gathered them all up, though they weren't yet sorted. Still, he believed those manuals would be a great help to him in the future. By learning from them, he could push his cultivation to an unknown height.
After all, many powerful Emperor-level Sage-realm experts had once visited the Eternal Boat. The secret manuals and insights they'd left behind were priceless treasures capable of stirring up a storm of bloodshed—things money couldn't buy.
The Eternal Boat was far too vast and complex for Bai Yang to get his hands on everything aboard. Some items had fallen into the hands of the people still living on the ship, and they were always on the move. They weren't going to stand around waiting for Bai Yang to rob them, even though so many had already been robbed...
When further digging yielded nothing of value, Bai Yang told the five thousand mountain folk to stop their looting and sent them back to Earth, along with the mechanical and technological equipment they'd brought over.
After spending half an era on the lower decks of the Eternal Boat, Bai Yang and the others headed upstairs once he'd sent the mountain folk and equipment away.
At long last, those bandits who stripped everything bare as they passed had left...
When Bai Yang and the others left the lower decks, the people who'd lived there for who knew how long nearly cheered through tears of joy. They'd spent