Recruit black physique to start practice in wasteland

Chapter 2521 It smells so good
Qu Jianlei did not become complacent because of Colin Zhenzun's praise.

He said seriously, "Your methods are the foundation. If we had to rely on divination and calculation all the way here, we would have been exhausted."

That's the truth. Without Colin's guidance, the team would have faced an drastically increased difficulty in searching using even the smallest, faintest scent.

Needless to say, the time required will increase exponentially, various costs will also increase accordingly, and the risks will be higher.

However, Colin did not show any happiness. Instead, he asked, "I would like to ask why True Venerable Han Li listens to you?"

“He is the captain,” Han Li answered very decisively.

This is clearly nonsense. Qu Zhenzun was able to become the captain purely because he provided the warship and had extensive operational experience.

Obeying the captain in everything is the rule of the mortal world, not the rule of the cultivation world!
Putting aside the question, if there is another Divine Lord on the warship, and he has a disagreement with the captain, guess who will be in charge?
“If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to,” Colin said, somewhat dissatisfied. “Or is there a price to pay for listening?”

"To put it simply, he is favored by this world," Han Li said seriously. "Is that reason enough?"

This could be considered part of the reason, but the key point is that he personally witnessed Qu Jianlei's process of being transformed into a body.

And this world is Qu Zhenzun's home turf. If he didn't have enough confidence, why would he correct his friend's mistakes?
“This is enough,” Colin Zhenzun pondered for a moment, then nodded reluctantly.

But he still felt that this shouldn't be the whole answer, except that the other party... sigh, was really petty.

However, the next moment, Qu Jianlei spoke up, "Han Li Zhenzun's calculations were not wrong, but going that way is quite risky."

"The direction I provided avoided some risks, and now we've actually returned to the direction he pointed out."

He didn't want to belittle Han Li's abilities, as the sedan chair was made with people carrying it.

"What did you say?" Colin Zhenzun narrowed his eyes and asked in surprise, "Choose a direction that avoids risk?"

He knew the weight of those words; foreseeing the risks was one thing, but avoiding them would be considerably more difficult.

The key issue is that the Girls' Starfield is not just chaotic, but many rules can temporarily become invalid, making it difficult to avoid danger in advance.

"Yes," Qu Jianlei nodded. He knew in his heart that his ability to have such a feeling was due to the Yunzi Dao Stele.

Leaving aside what happened before, after the creation and transformation entered his body, he clearly felt that he could also absorb some of the aura of the word "Yun".

He hadn't noticed before, but because he had been in contact with the Yunzi Daobei for a long time, his body had been imbued with some of its energy.

The aura was extremely faint; he couldn't sense it, and none of the high-level cultivators he encountered noticed it either.

Otherwise, it will inevitably cause other troubles.

Leaving that aside, as soon as the creation entered his body, he was surprised to discover a faint aura, and it took him a long time to realize what it was.

He was initially a little surprised that fate could help him sense the word "luck".

But thinking back to the intense reaction of the Yunzi Daobei stele when it encountered the ugly tree root, he vaguely understood.

The stele and the compass appear to be independent of each other, but they are actually connected in some mysterious way, and quite deeply so.

The amount of energy he possessed was pitifully small, but it was extremely difficult to absorb. He had only recently finished absorbing it.

Therefore, he was able to determine that Han Li's divination was correct in direction, but ultimately lacked foresight regarding the risks.

However, Han Li was clearly surprised by his words, "Avoiding risks... is that something?"

Qu Jianlei chuckled dryly, "I was just saying. You guys have to have some faith in the captain, don't you?"

Wenxian, who rarely spoke, couldn't help but snort, "There are some things you don't need to explain so clearly."

You know your own abilities, so why show off?

Not only were there acquaintances present, but there were also cultivators from other realms!

I really don't want people to say I'm attracting negative attention... Qu Jianlei gave a wry smile, "Okay, I'll charge you next time!"

Colin was trying to figure out what mechanism enabled the other party to do this, or whether they truly had such strong computational capabilities.

Upon hearing this, he immediately lost his composure. Damn it, here we go again.
He cleared his throat. "We're on a collaborative adventure, and you're charging for highlighting your strengths?"

During an expedition, it is a basic requirement to declare one's own strengths. Only by making good use of each person's strengths can the team unleash its full potential.

Upon hearing this, Min Ning smiled and said, "It's not that I'm worried, Colin, you've delegated all the work to us, have you? You're truly irreplaceable!"

Each True Venerable is not so easily replaced, and Min Ning's Sheniu attribute is not easy for others to learn.

"Never mind," Colin Zhenzun shook his head, putting away those messy thoughts, "Let's find someone as soon as possible."

The Venerable One of Great Virtue only agreed to a year and a half, and now there's not much left.

For the rest of the journey, besides sensing opportunities, the True Venerable of the Myriad Realms' biggest goal was to find out: Why are you in such a hurry to go back?
It's one thing if one or two people want to go back, but why do all seven of them want to go back?

However, when it came to this question, the seven Venerable Masters either kept their mouths shut or spoke carelessly, and in any case, they just wouldn't tell the truth.

Finally, Colin couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Give us the money, we'll buy it, okay?"

"Didn't you say you were poor?" Venerable Qingkong glanced at him disdainfully. "A cultivator of all things, indeed cunning!"

"Hey, don't launch a dimensional attack!" Colin snapped. "Are you trying to disrupt the peace between the two realms?"

“We won’t sell it for money,” Qingkong said leisurely. “We Houde people have backbone… This isn’t a boundary attack, is it?”

We need to investigate this matter later! Colin Zhenzun secretly made a note of this.

Then he started talking about another issue: What if we want to continue if you go back?
Qu Jianlei answered this question by saying, "When the time comes, you just need to state your position and whether you are willing to stay and take responsibility for your own lives."

The Great Venerable's statement is a matter of cause and effect, and if it is not deliberately concealed, it can be traced back. Moreover, the Venerable of Great Virtue is not lacking in means of recording.

Seeing their resolute attitude, Colin asked again, "Well, you should at least leave some of these warships for us, right?"

This request makes sense; the supplies they delivered before coming were for purchasing the warships from Qu Jianlei.

However, Qu Zhenzun later came with the team, and the warships were temporarily handed over to him for unified management and dispatch, since he had enough experience.

Now, the warships he possesses can all be considered to belong to the realm of all things.

Of course, the prior statements were not so rigorous, just like the fact that the True Venerable of the Myriad Realms could come to the Maiden Starfield; there were oversights.

However, this oversight was not unnoticed by everyone; rather, the relevant details could not be agreed upon.

When exploring, you will face ever-changing situations. It's best to set a general framework. If you break down every detail too rigidly, it will hinder your ability to adapt.

Moreover, no one had time to discuss things carefully; saving lives was always the most urgent task.

Regardless of the circumstances, the True Venerable of the Thick Virtue Realm's demand for warships is absolutely a reasonable request.

“We can leave it to you,” Qu Jianlei said, not wanting to take advantage of such a small thing. “Take it with you in your cave when you leave, and don’t let the Empire see it.”

"One more thing, you'll have to take control of the warship yourselves. I'm taking my artifact spirit with me!"

"We'll do it ourselves?" Colin was a little dumbfounded. You want the six of us True Venerables to pilot the warship?
It's not that this is impossible, but for a True Venerable to control mortal weapons, it just sounds like... an insult.

Moreover, during this time, although the True Venerables learned how to use warships, they only learned the basics.

Technology and cultivation are two completely different systems, and they do not believe it is necessary to learn the principles and practical operation of mortal weapons.

“Yes,” Qu Jianlei nodded readily, “It’s not too late to learn now.”

He would absolutely not leave Xiaohu on the warship; he would try to take everything with him, even just data fragments.

Because the potential strength of the True Lord is too terrifying, he might discover something. The more True Lords he comes into contact with, the more terrified he becomes.

"Well... okay," Colin sighed, "What's the matter that you're in such a hurry to go back?"

"You might as well tell me, just how important is the big shot you're trying to save?" Han Li replied coldly.

"Forget it, I should just study," Colin suddenly realized that he couldn't win an argument with the other person.

Fortunately, Qu Jianlei was familiar with Instructor Hua's methods, so explaining them wasn't difficult for him.

It took the True Venerables three days to learn about warships—after all, these were warships of several classes, so they couldn't go very fast.

Then I tried to do it in practice, which took ten days. It wasn't that I was stupid, it was just that I was a little resistant.

Then, after deleting the small lake's data system, it was switched to the empire's data system.

This is not too difficult; more than two hundred years have passed, and the empire's intelligent systems have made great strides.

While deliberately guarding against the intelligentization of data systems, the empire has tied its own hands and feet, and has surprisingly found a path forward.

However, the true masters can deeply feel the difference, the most crucial difference being that their subjective initiative presents a completely different state.

However, for the True Venerables, these differences, though obvious, are not so important, because they are too adept at the differentiation of thoughts.

Only Colin Zhenzun complained to Qu Jianlei that he felt it was a bit of a hassle to not have a spirit.

In fact, his real purpose was to find out how to allow the spirit to enter the warship's control system.

Some of these True Venerables who went on expeditions brought with them relatively intelligent artifact spirits, and could send an avatar into the digital system.

Colin didn't think it was any profound knowledge—these were things that people in the mundane world could only use temporarily at most.

However, Qu Jianlei stated bluntly: You can learn, but it will cost money, and there is no guarantee that he can teach you.

Don't be fooled by the fact that cultivators look down on technology; once they realize it, it can play a huge role in the world of the Absolute Spirit.
Just like now, all things have gathered six True Venerables, yet they still want to use the Empire's warships for exploration, which is clear proof.

No matter how condescending the discrimination may be, it can't resist the "it's actually pretty good" principle.