Time flew, and soon the day of departure arrived.
After bidding farewell to his wives and children, Liu Changxu boarded a black second-tier skyship, the Black Ape Sky-Questioning Ship, with the other cultivators of the Azure Cloud Sect.
The Black Ape Sky-Questioning Ship was over thirty li long, its entire hull forged from high-grade spirit gold. Densely packed restriction runes covered its surface, making it resemble an enormous airborne fortress that inspired awe and fear.
Although Liu Changxu's Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle was also a fifth-tier low-grade flying magical treasure, it could not compare with the Black Ape Sky-Questioning Ship in any respect except flight speed.
Unlike ordinary fifth-tier flying magical treasures, a second-tier skyship was built primarily for battle. As a result, it possessed formidable offensive power and equally formidable defenses, while its flight speed was also outstanding.
Such powerful capabilities made second-tier skyships extraordinarily expensive to build. Even with the resources of the entire Azure Cloud Sect, only seven had been constructed over several thousand years.
Liu Changxu estimated that the cost of this single Black Ape Sky-Questioning Ship would be enough for him to refine ten Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttles or seven Ruyi Lotus Palaces.
Moreover, the Black Ape Sky-Questioning Ship was actually an acquired flying spirit treasure. Its artifact spirit was the demon soul of a fifth-tier low-grade black ape whose original consciousness had been erased, giving the ship considerable ability to fight independently.
To Liu Changxu, however, powerful as the Black Ape Sky-Questioning Ship was, its potential for development fell far short of his Ruyi Lotus Palace and Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle.
As an innate spirit treasure, the Ruyi Lotus Palace possessed tremendous potential for growth. As long as Liu Changxu supplied enough high-grade spirit materials, it could grow ever stronger.
The only pity was that neither the