Chapter 47: The Fixed Star Plate

  Sun Ming and his group continued to use the interstellar transmission array all the way, finally stopping on a relatively desolate planet. It's strange that Sun Ming didn't vomit even once after passing through dozens of transmission arrays, he himself wanted to ask, does this dizziness from transmission arrays also depend on time, location, and occasion?

  "Elder, why have you stopped here? Why don't you hurry to the next transmission array?" Sun Ming asked in confusion as he looked at Tianyi who had suddenly come to a standstill.

  "Right, right, why did it stop here?" Ling Xing and Ling Yu also had puzzled expressions.

  "Hehe, it's not that we won't go to the next transmission location, but rather the transmission array has arrived here. According to the Holy Alliance's regulations, within a distance of four star domains in all directions, no transmission arrays are set up." Tianyi explained with a smile, looking at the questioning disciples.

  "How are we going to get past? Fly past? Good heavens, that's four star domains, and besides, one of us can't even do interstellar travel." Ling Xing said with a sideways glance at Sun Ming.

  Sun Ming looked at Ling Xing with a silly expression, then shifted his face over and stared at the crystal on the transmission array without any further expression.

  "You" Ling Xing saw Sun Ming's expression and was finally enraged, just as she had just said the word "you", she was interrupted by Tian Huo.

  "Ling Xing, shut up! Your cultivation during the Yuan Ying period is really nothing to brag about. Back then, I and Tian Yi Long Lao were also around your age, but we had to flee from the pursuit of the demonic path and flew across five star domains before returning to our sect. That was a truly life-or-death experience, whereas you guys are already in such a state after just flying across four star domains."

  "Tian Huo, don't scare these young ones here, hehe, rest assured, we won't really let you fly across the four star domains. If we really flew across these four star domains, by the time we arrived, the competition would have already ended." Tian Yi elder said with a smile.

  "Not flying over, could it be...... Haha, Tianyi Elder, you are indeed the most amiable and approachable elder in our sect!" Ling Xing seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly a loud slap made Tianyi Elder's old face turn red.

  "Cough cough, am I not as gentle and friendly as your master?" The Tianhuo Upper Person beside him actually felt a bit jealous.

  "Ah, okay, okay." Ling Xing hastily added. However, Sun Ming was looking on in confusion, not flying over, nor using the transmission array, how were they supposed to get there? Was he going to bring them along with his teleportation? But across four star domains, he had to calculate carefully, how long would it take to teleport to their destination. Sun Ming began calculating silently in his mind, but soon gave up on this unnecessary calculation, because he realized that he didn't even know the maximum distance a cultivator in the merged state could teleport.

  "What's wrong with you, Lingming? What are you doing there?" Tianyi asked instead, noticing Sunming's abnormality.

  "Returning to the elder, I was thinking about how to get to the Holy Alliance's Xuantu Star." Sun Ming replied.

  "Hehe, forget it, this time we'll just transmit over." Tian Yi smiled and said.

  "Transported back in time? But isn't there a transport array?" Sun Ming asked back.

  "Goodness gracious, how can you be so silly? Can't transport without a transmission array? Lingming, have you forgotten about the treasure called Dingxing Pan?" asked Ling Xing.

  "Oh, so it's the Star Disk after all. This kind of magical artifact is rarely seen in the Cultivation Realm, right? And yet our sect actually has one! Hehe, I'm even more confident about this trial now." Sun Ming smiled and said. The Star Disk was something he knew about, after all, those many years of studying weren't for nothing. This was an extremely convenient transportation tool, said to have been passed down from the Immortal Realm, and very few existed in the Cultivation Realm. Although it didn't possess any attacking power, the speed of the Star Disk was indeed the fastest in the Cultivation Realm. Although the Star Shuttle and Ling Kong Ship were also among the top three fastest transportation tools in the Cultivation Realm, their speeds couldn't compare to that of the Star Disk. This was because both the Star Shuttle and Ling Kong Ship flew through the air, whereas the Star Disk was different - it directly transmitted its passengers. The Star Disk had a built-in long-distance transmission array powered by high-quality crystal stones, and came with a star map that could transmit people based on provided coordinates. It was essentially a portable transmission array that allowed for random transmissions. Although it was only used for transmission, this magical artifact was always the subject of envy. All the major sects took pride in having one Star Disk. No wonder Ling Xing had guessed they would use the Star Disk - even some sect leaders couldn't ride on the Star Shuttle!

  "Elder, what are you waiting for? Let's hurry up and go." Ling Yu said with a face full of excitement.

  "Hehe, look at you young ones getting anxious. Alright, I won't keep you in suspense anymore." Tianyi said as he took out a very small silver disc-shaped artifact from his storage ring.

  As soon as it was sent out, this small plate heard the wind and grew. In a short while, a flying saucer-like treasure appeared in front of everyone. Tianyi had cast a spell on it, and the plate opened from the middle, just like an oyster shell showing off its pearls. Everyone slowly walked inside.

  After the Star Disk was closed, Sun Ming only discovered that this seemingly unsealed treasure from the outside was actually translucent. When looking from the inside out, he could see the crystal stone on the transmission array just now. What material is this refined with? Sun Ming wondered secretly in his heart and began to slowly analyze the composition of the Star Disk.

  After a brief daze, Sun Ming found that the scenery around him had changed and he was already in outer space. He couldn't help but be slightly convinced by the wonders of the Star Map. Although Cloud Middle Child's request to refine the treasure was very powerful, there were indeed some places where the Star Map was unmatched. Fortunately, Cloud Middle Child was in deep meditation at the moment, if he had heard Sun Ming say this, who knows how he would have responded. Indeed, from Cloud Middle Child's point of view, the distance covered by the Star Map was not even comparable to his instant teleportation. Refining a treasure for such a short distance would be unnecessary unless he was bored out of his mind. Of course, Sun Ming's small brain couldn't think that far, he just felt good about himself, thinking he had found something in the Cultivation Realm that surpassed Cloud Middle Child from his Qi Refining days.

  "What are you doing, Lingming?" Tianyi asked.

  "Uh, elder, I was pondering the material composition of this fixed star disc. I only sensed that there's Tianxin Iron, Taizhen Golden Essence, and Yunjie Stone... that's all. The rest, I couldn't sense anything." Sun Ming replied very honestly, indeed, he had truly seen these things.

  "Wow, Lingming, this is a divine artifact! Look at its material composition. You wouldn't be thinking of refining the Dingxing Disk, would you?" Ling Xing said with a mocking gaze at Sun Ming.

  "Hmm, not bad. I indeed had this idea." Sun Ming said, to be honest he really did have this idea, after all being able to teleport at will was so cool, it's just that the consumption of high-quality crystal stones was a bit hard for Sun Ming to accept.

  "Hmm, not bad, you have a good idea, haha." Tian Huo said.

  "What's so great about that? It's clearly just boasting, thinking of refining a divine artifact at the mere Golden Core stage is truly delusional." Ling Yu sneered.

  "Hmm, I think it's a bit far-fetched now, but the creation of any magic treasure starts with imagination. Although I don't have the ability to create one now, what about in the future? Whether it's ordinary people or cultivators, having no imagination is the most terrifying thing." Sun Ming replied calmly, but even Ling Xing and Ling Yu were startled by his sudden change in emotions.

  "Good, well said. It's terrifying to have no imagination, Ling Xing, Ling Yu, do you know why your cultivation is high but you can't catch up with Ling Ming in terms of alchemy?" Tian Yi asked.

  Ling Xing and Ling Yu, although they had just ridiculed Sun Ming's words, couldn't help but ask with some curiosity when Tian Yi asked; "I don't know, Elder. I feel like I've done everything I should have, but why can't I catch up to Ling Ming in terms of refining equipment? He only had one star of Huo Yuan force back then, and it's really incomprehensible."

  "That's right, we've both done what we should have done. I've thought about whether Lingming was mistakenly sent to the outer sect in the past, but our Huoyuan Sect's spiritual instruments won't make mistakes. After so many years of cultivation, it's clear that Lingming's innate talent in terms of cultivation is inferior to ours. We've both reached the Yuan Ying stage, while he's only at the Jin Dan stage now. Why his level in alchemy is higher than ours, I really can't understand." Lingyu said with a gloomy expression.

  "Of course, I'm not as tall as you, but do you have the Hongmeng Purple Fire? You don't, yet you're still so arrogant." Sun Ming could only shout this in his heart, and on the surface, he still maintained a "none of my business" expression, looking at the Star Disk with a smug look in his eyes. He thought to himself, "Let's see how Tianyi Long Lao explains this," luckily no one asked him, or else he really wouldn't know how to answer.

  "Haha, you can't understand, and it's within my expectations. Think about it, when you all entered the Qilong Sect at the same time, Lingming entered the outer sect, while you were directly taken in as inner disciples by Tianhuo Shidi. When Lingming was desperately cultivating to enter the outer sect, what were you doing? You were just completing your daily cultivation courses, and then... I think this point is clearer to you than me." Tianyi said, and the two people opposite him, Lingxing and Lingyu, lowered their heads.

  "When you all finish the homework assigned by Tian Huo every day, has anyone seriously reviewed it? Perhaps you think you have mastered the method of refining this treasure, but how long did it take you? While Ling Ming, after entering the inner door, will continuously refine a treasure until he can successfully refine it in the shortest time." Tian Yi said. Sun Ming's face turned red when he heard this, thinking to himself 'If it weren't for Yun Zhongzi Master asking me to be so diligent, but this is praise for me, haha, this feeling isn't bad.'

  "Cultivation is like refining equipment, it's like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you'll fall behind. You two must keep finding direction for your own efforts. As the saying goes, 'The master can only lead you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual.' And yet, both of you are completely gifted and yet you're lazy." Tian Huo finally couldn't help but interrupt at this point.

  "Alas, brother, it's all because I didn't teach you properly."

  "This is just one of them, there's another very important place where you can't compare to Lingming in terms of refining equipment." Tianyi continued.

  "What else?" Ling Xing and Ling Yu said in unison. Even Tian Huo felt a sense of frustration. "What else is there?" Sun Ming asked, how did I not notice this? Is it possible that the Heavenly One elder understands me better than myself?

  "You lack imagination, completely following the methods taught by the sect to refine equipment, without any innovation. Sun Ming just said that it's terrible to have no imagination, you are too lacking in imagination. A refiner who constantly innovates will continue to progress, the techniques passed down by the sect are the result of generations of predecessors' innovations over the years. Alright, I'll stop here, think about it yourselves, Xuan Dou Star is approaching soon, prepare yourselves." Tian Yi said, leaving behind two bewildered disciples, and as for Sun Ming?

  Sun Ming was completely enchanted by the scenery outside the Xingxing Disk.

  "Xuándū xīng, zhēn piàoliang ā."

  Translation: "The planet is really beautiful."

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