Near the bow, five conspicuous formation nodes were engraved into the deck.
According to Li Changhe, each of these five nodes corresponded to a flight formation. With five Nascent Soul Cultivators operating them together, the vessel could match the speed of a late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator.
If a Spirit Transformation cultivator joined them to coordinate the flight formations, the vessel could unleash a burst of speed matching that of a Void Refinement cultivator.
Near the stern, there were another three conspicuous nodes belonging to the Profound Kun Netherfusion Formation. It required three Spirit Transformation cultivators working together to activate it and could enable the vessel to withstand attacks from an early-stage Void Refinement cultivator.
This was why the Dual Extremes Sect recommended gathering at least three Spirit Transformation cultivators and five Nascent Soul Cultivators before setting out.
Along the edges of the deck were nine times nine grooves-eighty-one in all-for holding spirit stones.
Activating the vessel's many formations required more than the cultivators' magical power. It also consumed large quantities of spirit stones, and only superior spirit stones could be used.
"Everyone, are you satisfied with this flying vessel?" Li Changhe asked after explaining all the formations.
"Fellow Daoist Li, fitting several formations onto such a small vessel is truly impressive," Wei Qian said.
Li Changhe smiled. "Since you are satisfied with the vessel, please pay the remaining spirit stones. After that, you may depart aboard it."
Song Wen and the others had each paid the Dual Extremes Sect a deposit of one hundred superior spirit stones, making nine hundred for the nine of them.
The Cangyu Flying Vessel cost ten thousand superior spirit stones, which meant they still owed nine thousand one hundred.
None of them hesitated. They pooled their spirit stones according to the proportions they had previously