Unsheathed

The immortal ship stopped for two hours when it arrived near Golden Light Peak, yet the passengers failed to catch sight of a single gold back goose.

Song Lanqiao offered some explanations as he stood beside Chen Ping'an, saying that even those cultivators who coveted gold back geese and had waited here for several years might have only seen them a rare few times.

The immortal ship of the Spring Dew Garden continued to slowly sail forward, coincidentally passing by Moonlight Mountain when it was nighttime. However, it didn't dare to steer too close to the mountain, maintaining a distance of three to four kilometers as it circled the mountain once. It wasn't the first or the fifteenth day of the new month, so the giant frog naturally didn't appear on the mountain.

This made Song Lanqiao feel slightly awkward, especially since the giant frog would occasionally appear atop the mountain peak to absorb the essence of the moon on other days as well. As such, Song Lanqiao didn't even show up beside Chen Ping'an this time.

He saw the young cultivator wearing the bamboo hat only returning to his room when the immortal ship sailed far away from Moonlight Mountain.

Song Lanqiao couldn't help but smile bitterly. This young man's luck was very ordinary.

It would be extravagantly hopeful to see a gold back goose when the immortal ship sailed past this pair of Dao partner mountains, and Song Lanqiao had only seen them fewer than ten times after working as the steward of this immortal ship for more than two hundred years. However, there was roughly a fifty-fifty chance for passengers of the immortal ship to see the giant frog of Moonlight Mountain.

Two days passed, and the immortal ship slowly gained altitude.

The young cultivator actively sought out Song Lanqiao, asking him why the immortal ship was suddenly rising higher. Song Lanqiao didn't try to hide anything, especially since this was a semi-open secret regarding the immortal ship's route. This wasn't a forbidden secret of their immortal force.

There were many tricks and secrets regarding stable routes that had already been operated for many years, and immortal ships would often lower their altitude when sailing past beautiful mountains and rivers. The reason was to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and thus slightly reduce the expenditure of immortal coins needed to sail the immortal ship.

On the other hand, maintaining a low altitude when sailing past so-called lawless lands with a paucity of spiritual energy would lead to a higher expenditure of immortal coins, so immortal ships would naturally increase their altitude to avoid this extra cost. As for how to navigate these situations in the territories of immortal forces without breaking their rules yet making some small earnings at the same time, this was largely up to the skills and experience of those steering the immortal ships. Even more important than this was the ability to build a suitable relationship with each local force.

These matters weren't necessarily taboos or secrets, so Song Lanqiao didn't hold back as he explained them to Chen Ping'an.