Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 180 - 178 Taking a Shortcut

Chapter 180: Chapter 178 Taking a Shortcut

Meng Xiaopo’s heart tightened abruptly, and she exclaimed, "I never expected that Master himself would come forward. This is bad. Brother Rufeng is going to suffer this time. What should we do?"

"Sigh..."

Wearing a worried expression, Meng Xiaopo sighed deeply, "Brother Rufeng, when you arrive, please don’t blame me for not helping you. With Master stepping in, there’s truly nothing I can do to assist you..."

The flying speed of the wormhole mother ship was three times the speed of light, and the Pangu Universe was a hundred light-years away from the Carefree Universe. Even if Yan Rufeng traveled at full speed, it would still take him more than thirty years to reach.

Yan Rufeng had already left Earth for over half a year. Thinking about the more than thirty years of travel ahead, he indeed felt a bit anxious. Desperate to reach Canglong Star as soon as possible, Yan Rufeng decided to call out Yudie...

"Master, why did you call me out in such a rush?"

Without having time to introduce Yudie to Xuesha and the others, Yan Rufeng hurriedly asked, "Yudie, is there any shortcut to the Carefree Universe?"

"Hee hee!"

Xuedie chuckled, "There is, but..."

"But what?" Yan Rufeng quickly asked.

Yudie seriously replied, "Master, taking the shortcut means passing through a collapsing universe. The dark matter’s destructive force in a collapsing universe is extremely powerful. Even though this flying artifact is a Pseudo Immortal Artifact, it’s not an Immortal Artifact. If we force our way through multiple collapsing universes, I’m afraid this flying artifact won’t be able to withstand the terrifying destructive force and will eventually disintegrate."

Yan Rufeng knew well the consequences of the wormhole mother ship disintegrating. Before his cultivation reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, if his body was exposed in the vastness of space, it would be akin to committing suicide. Moreover, they would be traveling through collapsing universes. If the wormhole mother ship disintegrated because of it, even with his Immortal Venerable Divine Soul, he would end up soul-scattered.

However, Yan Rufeng still held on to the idea of taking a shortcut to the Carefree Universe.

"Yudie, if we take the shortcut, approximately how many collapsing universes will we have to pass through?"

"Four!"

Yan Rufeng pondered, "Only four. Even if the wormhole mother ship can only endure through three of them, that’s still much better than waiting thirty years..."

"Yudie, you will pilot the wormhole mother ship now. We’ll take the shortcut!" Yan Rufeng said firmly.

Yudie was taken aback, "Master, are you sure?"

Yan Rufeng calmly said, "Yudie, although this wormhole mother ship isn’t as good as an Immortal family’s flying artifact, it’s close enough to being an Immortal Artifact. To reach Canglong Star as soon as possible, we can’t afford to worry about much else. Just do as I say..."

Yan Rufeng and his group had left Earth for half a year. Although there were Spirit Stones on the wormhole mother ship, they were the source of the ship’s power. No one dared to use the limited number of Spirit Stones before reaching Canglong Star. Without a source of Spiritual Energy in the ship, they couldn’t cultivate and had to face the monotonous and tedious interstellar travel daily. Not only Yan Rufeng but everyone wanted to take the shortcut and end this long journey sooner.

Niuniu left the cockpit, raised her head, and gazed at Xuedie with hopeful eyes.

"Sister Yudie, if we don’t take the shortcut, it’ll take thirty years to get to Canglong Star. Please take the shortcut. I’m so cute, I’m afraid I’ll get old by the time we arrive,"

"Hee hee!"

Yudie smiled sweetly, "Niuniu, how can I bear to let you get old? I’ll pilot the wormhole mother ship now and take the shortcut to the Carefree Universe..."

"Wow..."

"Hee hee..."

Niuniu clapped her hands and praised, "Sister Yudie, you are amazing. Niuniu loves you!"

"Hee hee..."

Yudie laughed, "Niuniu, you are so sweet, Sister loves you too..."

...

Yudie piloted the wormhole mother ship, directing the Artifact Spirit toward the shortcut, while Yan Rufeng and the others sat cross-legged in meditation.

After another six months of high-speed travel, when Yudie piloted the wormhole mother ship through the second collapsing universe, alarms instantly sounded within the ship.

"Beep, beep..."

"Attention all personnel, attention all personnel, due to damage to the ship protection array, the main system has reduced the mother ship’s speed. Autonomous repair mode is now activated..."

The alarm of the wormhole mother ship echoed in the ears of everyone. Yan Rufeng opened his eyes and hurried to the cockpit.

"Little Hui, how long will it take to repair the mother ship?" Yan Rufeng asked urgently.

"In response to Master, the ship protection array will take a year to repair."

"A year, that’s too long," Yan Rufeng muttered to himself.

"Master."

The voice of the Artifact Spirit, Little Hui, sounded in Yan Rufeng’s ears.

Yan Rufeng turned his gaze toward Little Hui.

Little Hui said seriously, "Master, if you want to repair the ship protection array quickly, you have to go outside the ship to do so."

Although Yan Rufeng had the Immortal Venerable Divine Soul and his cultivation was at the Divine Separation Stage, due to aligning himself with the Creation Jade Butterfly and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk as his artifacts, his power had been drastically reduced by Xue Die Soul Devouring and Six Paths Bloodthirst. Currently, Yan Rufeng could only exert the power of the Nascent Soul Stage. If Yan Rufeng left the ship and his body was exposed in a vacuum environment, he would be harmed by various cosmic rays instantly and wouldn’t survive for more than five seconds.

Besides, even if Yan Rufeng could exert the power of the Divine Separation Stage, he still couldn’t expose his body to the space environment.

Yan Rufeng admitted helplessly, "Little Hui, I can’t leave the mother ship right now. Let the system handle the repairs."

"Okay!"

Little Hui nodded and added, "Master, please don’t be discouraged. We are now 15 light-years away from the Carefree Universe. Once the ship protection array is repaired, we can rush there with full speed."

"Sigh..."

Yan Rufeng sighed deeply, "That’s our only option."

Yudie then said, "Master, there are only fifteen years left to reach the Carefree Universe. I think we shouldn’t take any more shortcuts."

Yan Rufeng lifted his head and said, "Yudie, once the ship protection array is repaired, continue taking the shortcut. We must reach the Carefree Universe within two years."

"Master, but..."

Yan Rufeng interrupted Yudie, "No buts, just do as I say!"

"As you command!"

Yan Rufeng came to Niuniu’s side, about to sit down, when he suddenly realized that eleven-year-old Niuniu’s face resembled someone.

Yan Rufeng was stunned on the spot, puzzled, "Why does Niuniu look more and more like Yi Mu from when I was young? But how could that be..."

Although eleven-year-old Niuniu looked somewhat like Yi Mu during her girlhood, she didn’t resemble her completely. Yan Rufeng didn’t think much of it at the time and continued to meditate, using it to pass the boring time.

In the following year, whenever Yan Rufeng saw Niuniu’s face, he couldn’t calm his mind.