Seeing that Ye Fan seemed unwilling to say more, Yun Hua Zhenren and the others wisely did not ask further.
After apologizing, they left.
After breakfast, Ye Fan found a spacious open area in the Yun Hua Sect and began to modify the flying boat.
This modification took him a full day and a half.
The so-called three runes were just a general term.
In detail, they were many different rune combinations.
This was only possible because he was an anomaly.
If it were an ordinary rune master, it would have taken at least two to three months.
Moreover, this modification had consumed almost all the metal materials he had acquired from the ruins!
Of course, the result was very gratifying.
As long as he didn't encounter a cultivator at the peak of Void Returning, the safety of the flying boat would not be a problem.
He had also left many backup plans while engraving the runes, so if he encountered suitable materials in the future, he could further upgrade the defenses.
If it were just for defending against Void Returning cultivators, there would be no need to use such seventh or eighth-tier materials.
After finishing, Ye Fan bid farewell to Yun Hua Zhenren.
Although Yun Hua Zhenren had known for a long time that Ye Fan would not stay in his Yun Hua Sect forever, he hadn't expected this day to come so soon...
Even though he was reluctant, he dared not stop him.
In the end, he could only smile and watch Ye Fan leave.
And so,
The flying boat headed towards the Ald Empire where Liang Rujing was located.
Kurota also showed great interest in the flying boat.
It had watched Ye Fan set up the formation the whole time, but unfortunately, it couldn't fly then...
Now that it finally had the chance, it insisted on having a go.
Ye Fan was not worried about Kurota's piloting skills.
The Goblin Kingdom also had many alchemical airships and other means of transportation.
Although the crafting methods were completely different from those of flying boats, the piloting was similar.
After a short period of research, Kurota easily got the hang of it.
Ye Fan, free and at leisure, returned to his room to continue his contemplation.
On one hand, he continued to observe the strange stone in his mind.
Although this thing had shown many benefits so far, Ye Fan felt uneasy if he didn't figure out what it was.
He firmly believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch!
In addition to observing the stone, Ye Fan still persisted in 'stealing' mental energy from the seal every day.
Although it wasn't as satisfying as the burst of energy from opening the ruins, it was still a considerable amount when accumulated.
However, the process was quite annoying.
During this period, the seal no longer 'punished' him with 'bouts of silence'.
No matter how much he 'stole' from it, the seal remained indifferent.
At first, this was a good thing.
But the problem was that now, not only was the seal consuming his mental energy daily, but this damned stone was also eating it...
The little bit he managed to 'steal' each day barely exceeded what they consumed...
Moreover, this stone seemed to have no principles at all.
It not only gnawed at the mental energy in his controllable spiritual sea but also sometimes took a few bites from within the seal.
As for which side it ate from, it seemed to depend entirely on the mood of the 'Stone Lord'...
In any case, Ye Fan had observed for several days and found no discernible pattern.
Although he was no longer subjected to the seal's 'punishments', the process was still not easy.
After a short while, Ye Fan became tired and had to stop to rest.
Of course.
His so-called rest was not simply doing nothing but doing things that relaxed his mind.
For example, taking out paper and pen to calculate formulas on paper...
One could only say that the world of top students was beyond the comprehension of mediocre students...
The reason Ye Fan had achieved such great success in professions like alchemy and artifact refining in the past, besides his talent and the system's help, was also due to his own efforts.
It was the countless nights of hard work and dedication that had led him to his current achievements.
Before, he could be described as a madman in both his studies and cultivation.
It was only after he slacked off in this life that he became a 'lazy fish'.
Even when he was being a 'lazy fish', Ye Fan had never stopped exploring knowledge.
Therefore, his current achievements were not simply due to the system and good luck!
He continued until evening before stopping.
One reason was fatigue.
The other was hunger...
Ye Fan rubbed his rumbling stomach and frowned.
For the past few months, his appetite had inexplicably grown larger.
He had just eaten five catties of monster meat for lunch today, and it wasn't even dark yet, and he was hungry again...
And it wasn't ordinary hunger, but as if he hadn't eaten for several meals!
Damn it!
He hadn't gained any new skills, but he was eating more and more!
If this continued, he might turn into a glutton...
Complaining aside, Ye Fan obediently began to prepare dinner.
Fortunately, before departing, Ye Fan had specifically asked the disciples of the Yun Hua Sect to prepare a lot of ingredients for him, along with the monster corpses he had acquired from the ruins, which would be enough for some time.
Due to his increased appetite, Ye Fan wasn't in the mood to make the food too elaborate.
As long as the taste was decent and it filled his stomach, it was fine.
When the food was ready, Ye Fan asked Kurota to find a mountaintop and land the flying boat.
Although the flying boat could hover in the air while eating, it still consumed energy, didn't it?
The current Ye Fan was no longer the one who lacked nothing, he had to be frugal...
After parking the flying boat, Kurota ran into the house drooling...
Although Ye Fan hadn't used his full cooking skills, the taste was still enough to drive Kurota wild!
Fortunately, its appetite was still normal, otherwise, just cooking would have kept Ye Fan busy...
After eating his fill, Kurota took out books and continued reading.
Ye Fan sat cross-legged on the bed, preparing to continue his previous work.
However, as soon as he crossed one leg, his whole body stiffened!
Holy cow!
That feeling from before had returned!
Within half a breath, Ye Fan became cold and stiff again...
He didn't even have time to retract his other leg...
With his previous experience, Ye Fan wasn't too panicked.
Because he realized that apart from being unable to move, there were no other inconveniences.
He didn't even feel the slightest discomfort...
Ye Fan decided to maintain this comical posture and continue working in his spiritual sea.
As the saying goes, life is like being...
Although it couldn't be called enjoyment, he could only accept it...
He worked until the early hours of the morning before finally falling into a deep sleep.
Beside him, Kurota on the ground also maintained a cross-legged posture, beginning a new round of cultivation.
The next day.
After waking up, Ye Fan found that he could move again.
He stretched his body and found nothing unusual.
This was truly damn strange...
What was wrong with his body?
If this continued, would he eventually turn into stone...
He gave a wry smile and got up to wash.
However, before he could even finish washing his face, a violent hunger pang struck his abdomen!
As soon as this hunger appeared, it reached its peak!
His intestines felt like they were being twisted, causing him pain and knotting.
Ye Fan, disregarding washing up, hurried to prepare food.
He took out a large piece of monster meat and began to roast it with his true qi.
When the meat was only six to seven tenths cooked, Ye Fan could no longer resist!
He grabbed the piece of monster meat, which was even larger than him, and began to devour it wildly!
With a bite, a large chunk of monster meat was torn off immediately!
At this moment, Ye Fan didn't care about the taste anymore and transformed into a glutton!
He couldn't stop eating!
A quarter of an hour later...
The monster meat, which weighed almost as much as he did, was devoured in one go!
Seeing this, Ye Fan himself was stunned!
I ate...
over a hundred catties of meat in one go?
What the hell, this is ridiculous?
Even if his stomach were all stomach, it couldn't hold that much.
But the facts were in front of him, and Ye Fan had no choice but to believe...
If it were just a larger appetite, it would be nothing.
But his current problem could not simply be attributed to having a large appetite!
Something had definitely gone wrong!
Ye Fan quickly summoned his mental energy to examine himself internally.
However, after a thorough check, he found no abnormalities in his body...
Just as Ye Fan was racking his brains, that terrifying hunger struck again!
Ye Fan had no time to ponder these things and quickly took out more meat to roast.
Half an hour later.
Ye Fan swallowed the last piece of roasted meat and then wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
For this meal, he had eaten three to four hundred catties of roasted meat!
The meat, combined, was larger than him, yet it had miraculously been consumed by him!
Ye Fan was now too lazy to think about why all this was happening.
Anyway, ever since the system exploded, his body had been getting stranger and stranger...