Chapter 285: Internal Fight (1/2)
Chapter 285: Internal Fight
As Song Zhong saw the cultivators from the two dozen flying s.h.i.+ps charge at him like ants, he was elated instead of shocked. He then ordered, “Four of you remain in the flying formation of the s.h.i.+p. You have to make sure that we remain flying. The rest of you are to go into the insides of the s.h.i.+p to play a good game of hide-and-seek with them. With these fellows on the s.h.i.+p, we do not need to be worried that they will destroy the s.h.i.+p. As long as we can get to the Eastern Ocean, hmph hmph!”
While Song Zhong did not say it clearly, the demonic witches all knew what Song Zhong meant. He obviously wanted to rely on the Eastern Ocean to play all of these guys to death. Thus, they acknowledged him excitedly and dispersed to fulfil their mission. Song Zhong also let out a sneer and entered the base of the flying s.h.i.+p.
As the cultivators by the side saw that, they were elated. The all thought that Song Zhong was afraid of them and charged right into the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p.
While the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p was only three thousand feet long, the insides of the flying s.h.i.+p had been layered with a s.p.a.ce-type spell, and it was much larger than what it looked like on surface. There were many levels in the s.h.i.+p and an uncountable number of rooms. Back then, Song Zhong took fully half a year to leisurely explore the place. Thus, the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p had more than enough s.p.a.ce to hold these three to four thousand people. After the large amount of cultivators entered, the originally peaceful Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p became lively. At this moment, something which was both unexpected but yet within common sense happened. People started arguing.
It turned out, there were many treasures in the body of the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p. Any random flower pot in the s.h.i.+p would contain a spiritual herb which was at least a thousand years old. In the larger gardens, even a ten thousand year old spiritual herb could be seen.
Apart from that, the decorations in the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p were also treasures. Even the most ordinary wine flask was a dimensional storage item. While it looked extremely small, more than a hundred catties of wine could be contained within it. Furthermore, while some items weren’t treasures, the materials used to make them were extremely precious and it wouldn’t be an issue to forge magical artifacts out of them. Only a LianXu cultivator would be able to forge such an extravagant s.h.i.+p. If it was anyone else, they would not even dare think about it.The many treasures in the place would naturally incite greed in the cultivators. Especially those sects which weren’t as wealthy, they stopped in their tracks like a famished beggar looking at a mountain of meat. At this moment, who could be bothered about Song Zhong? They all began to fight for the treasures.
While there were many such treasures, it wouldn’t be enough for the thousands of them. Thus, they quickly began to argue over these treasures. While it was called an argument, it was a crazy battle in reality. The cultivators in this place belonged to both the righteous and devil sects. Usually, both parties would definitely break out into a fight the moment they saw each other. While they were gathered together by Daoist Huo Long by benefits, such a brittle alliance would never be able to stand up to the temptation of treasures. Especially those from the devil sects, they couldn’t be bothered about their alliance at all. Seeing the benefits in front of them, they would naturally take action without restraint. The moment they took action, many righteous cultivators who were caught off guard had perished under their hands.
Of course, those from the righteous sects would not be bullied so easily either. Seeing that those from the devil sects took action, they began to retaliate immediately.
As such, before Song Zhong even took action, the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p had already broken out into chaos. At the start, the righteous and devil cultivators were fighting each other. In the end, even the righteous sects began to have conflicts amongst themselves and broke out into an intense fight. As such, this chaotic battle enveloped the whole Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p.
Hiding in a secret chamber, Song Zhong was also able to witness everything that was happening. When he first saw them fighting, he was dumbfounded, followed by elation. Now that they were tangled up in one big mess, things would be much easier for him.
Suddenly, with a light bulb lighting up in his head, he thought about another scheming plan. He then commanded the five sword cultivator demonic witches to possess the people from the various sects to stir up trouble. They were to fight anyone they saw with the purpose of everyone in the s.h.i.+p killing each other in the internal strife.
Just when Song Zhong was enjoying his wine and watching the show in front of him, Daoist Huo Long, Huo Qing Yun and Daoist Lecher entered the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p. As they saw the pitiful scene taking place in the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p, they almost died from anxiety. They never imagined that these ‘alliance mates’ would fight over treasures the moment they entered. What if Song Zhong escaped during the mess?Thinking about this, Daoist Huo Long shouted, “Fellow daoists, fellow daoists, don’t fight amongst yourselves! We must first kill Song Zhong before we split up the spoils of war. I will promise all of you that no one will lose out!”
Despite shouting until his voice turned hoa.r.s.e, no one listened to him. Kill Song Zhong? Not to mention how crafty that brat was, just the might of the Nine Beauties Painting and the gigantic copper bell would be more than enough to destroy them. Furthermore, that brat only had two spiritual artifacts on him. Who would those items belong to after killing him? At that time, wouldn’t they have to fight again? At the end of the day, who knew who would be the one to reap all the benefits. Compared to chasing him, it was much better for them to obtain the treasures in front of them now. After all, it was better to have a portion of meat in their mouth than stare at ten portions of meat without eating them.
As Huo Qing Yun saw that, she could not help but say with a bitter laugh, “Forget it, it is useless for you to say anything now. They have no enmity with Song Zhong at all and would naturally choose to fight over treasures rather than finding trouble with him.”
“Dammit, don’t these people know that Song Zhong has more treasures on him?” Daoist Huo Long lamented in frustration. This pink-clad middle-aged man looked suave and charming. The only thing lacking about him was the sinister look in his eyes, spoiling his whole image. “Haiz!” Huo Qing Yun sighed before replying with a bitter laugh, “The Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p is so big and we don’t know where Song Zhong is hiding. If we really want to find him, that isn’t something which can be accomplished in a short time. All of them would definitely not give up the treasures in front of them to search for Song Zhong. After all, this is only a temporary alliance and we cannot force them into doing anything.”
“Hmph, we should really kill all of these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!” Daoist Huo Long cursed with frustration.
“Forget it, let’s not talk about this!” Huo Qing Yun was afraid that Daoist Huo Long would end up in a conflict with the other sects due to his anger. At that time, it would be even more difficult for them to find Song Zhong. Thus, she diverted his attention, “Thankfully, we have already taken over the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p and Song Zhong is already surrounded by us. As long as we lock down this area and do not give him a chance to escape, we will definitely be able to find him eventually!”
“That’s right!” Daoist Huo Long also added on, “I don’t believe that after dismantling the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p, that d.a.m.n fatty can still hide!” “That’s right!” Daoist Lecher nodded his head before adding on, “If that’s the case, we shall not go in yet. Why don’t we split up and monitor the surroundings to prevent that d.a.m.n fatty from escaping!”
“That’s good, too!” Daoist Huo Long and Huo Qing Yun agreed with what Daoist Lecher said. Then, they began to lay out their plan and determined the places that they were supposed to guard. Following which, they flew to their respective areas and began to wait for their prey.
Actually, the idea for the three of them to lay in wait wasn’t too bad and could be considered to be a brilliant plan. For them to go in now, it would be easy for them to end up fighting the other cultivators who were obsessed over the treasures. Furthermore, they would also give Song Zhong a chance to escape in the chaos. But if they were to guard the surroundings, there was no need for them to be worried about Song Zhong’s escape. At the same time, they could also avoid fighting those crazy cultivators in the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p. This was akin to killing many birds with a single stone. But the problem was, this plan would only be effective on the condition that Song Zhong had no backup and could only choose to escape. The three of them were completely clueless about the fact that Song Zhong was the Crown Prince of the Eastern Ocean Empire. This was something that they wouldn’t even dream of and thus, made no preparations for it. As such, this gave Song Zhong an extremely good chance. While the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p had sustained serious damage externally, the internal formation which provided its flight capabilities was still intact and functional. As such, the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p was still escaping at a speed of about 3000 mph. In the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p, cultivators were s.n.a.t.c.hing treasures all around. With their boarding crews present, while the twentysome flying s.h.i.+ps on the outside had the capabilities to destroy the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p, they would definitely not open fire. With all of the cultivators busy fighting over treasures, none of them would think about destroying the flying formation. Even the occasional few who thought about it would be killed by the four demonic witches guarding it. Thus, the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p was able to travel towards the Eastern Ocean safely.
Of course, the mess in the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p would not continue forever. After all, the people in the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p were all cunning old foxes. After fighting for a while, they realized that something was wrong; they had too little treasures and too many deaths. Thus, some of the sly YuanYing cultivators began to stop the battle so they could obtain the treasures in a more peaceful manner. However, every time such a thought was conceived, it would be destroyed quickly. Either some JinDan cultivator wouldn’t listen to the orders of the sect and attack the allied troops, or a treasure would suddenly appear between two group of cultivators who had just stopped fighting. They would first argue over who should own the treasure before breaking out into another big fight for no good reason. Such a scene happened in all the various places of the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p. As such, the cultivators who entered the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p had never stopped fighting. While some of the wiser cultivators realized that something was wrong, it was impossible for them to stop such chaos without proper evidence. Thus, they could only succ.u.mb to the chaos.
Just like that, a few hours went by and the Gold Dragon s.h.i.+p finally flew out from the Vast Mountains and entered the Eastern Ocean.