Chapter 261 (1/2)

The people from the Divine Fist Sect were all looking up into the sky. There they saw a massive flying ship made from iron. It dwarfed their own two flying vessels that were stationed next to it.

This ship had appeared out of nowhere after the United Element's Sect had activated the teleportation gate again. A large group of cultivators arrived in a unique looking getup. One older man stuck out like a sore thumb with the strange cap and militaristic coat that he was wearing.

The ship was summoned up into the sky soon after and most of the people that arrived were stationed on it. The rest were just people that were bringing over some resources from the main sect like healing herbs and materials that had the holy or divine element to them.

Some of the cultivators from the Divine Fist Sect had decided to evacuate while most of them made the decision to remain here. They would wait for the word to arrive from their elder Heng. He and some other cultivators were going to investigate the ruins that started it all. It was believed that the monster that attacked them was probably lurking there and biding its time to recover.

It was agreed that Zhang Dong, Huo Qiang, and Zhang Liena would all travel towards that monster-infested location. They would take the ship and some of the core formation elders. With the two sh.i.p.s from the Divine Fist Sect would trek along. They would all remain close together and offer some covering fire if needed.

”Is everything ready?”

Zhang Dong asked while standing on the main deck with his hands crossed over one another. With him were Huo Qiang and his wife, the person he was calling out was the ship's captain.

”Yes Sir, the Argonaut 1 is ready to depart.”

”Good, let us go, time is of the essence.”

The captain saluted his Patriarch and headed towards the ship's inner part. The three nascent soul elders watched the man depart together.

”What do you think?”

Zhang Dong posed the question to Qiang while the captain vanished behind a door.

”About the beasts? They weren't anything special, the youngsters could probably clear them out themselves.”

The muscular red-headed man just shrugged as he didn't seem very alert. It looked like he wasn't taking any of this seriously. The monsters that he faced were all below the nascent soul level so he based their strength on that fact alone.

”Could you use that tiny brain of yours once in a while? Do you think my husband would arrange all of this if this mission wasn't of the utmost importance?”

Zhang Liena scoffed while looking at Huo Qiang, Zhang Dong just stood to the side while trying not to break his poker face.

In reality, he wasn't sure how strong the monster was now. It could very well have regressed in cultivation after getting hit by the Divine Fist Sect's artifact. It would be a bit embarrassing if that was the case. It was better to be prepared though, it would be fine if they came over-prepared than the other way around.

”I sure hope not! I didn't come all the way here to fight a weak demonic beast!”

Qiang lamented the thought of not getting to fight a strong monster. He was at a stage of his life that fighting weak core formation beasts wasn't all that fun. The only joy left in his life was fighting with nascent soul level opponents but with their sect not being in conflict with anyone for a long time proved to be boring.

”I worry about your children, is only fighting in that rice-sized brain of yours?”

”At least all of my brain didn't go to my chest!”

Huo Qiang was quick to fire back while pointing at Liena's overdeveloped chest. It had gotten even larger than before due to the recent birth.

The pink-haired woman moved her emerald battle fans to cover that area while glaring at Qiang. Zhang Dong just wanted to facepalm as he just couldn't get these two into one room for more than a minute.

They just constantly fought with each other, he feared leaving the sect for more than a few days. When Liena was pregnant she didn't bump into Qiang that much so it was fine. But from now on he expected her to be more active, things might get dicey from now on.

He just feared that people from the Qiang faction and Liena's side would start getting pulled into this mess. Yes, those existed even in his sect, each grand elder had their own people. They all had heightened status and would react to their grand elder's mood swings in one way or the other.

”How impudent! You dare?”

Liena moved into a fighting position while Qiang smirked at the challenge. He was already itching for a fight. The problem was the bad timing and the place. Zhang Dong couldn't have the two duke it out on his brand new ship. Luckily he knew how to get his wife to back away and forget all about it.

”W-what are you?”

It was a simple maneuver, he just moved in closer and lifted the woman up into his hands. The tactical princess carry was implemented and it was successful. Liena started squirming around in his arms for a moment or two but soon enough she had calmed herself down. The rage from her face had subsided and it was replaced with a blush.

”There, have you calmed yourself down, my wife?”