Law's idea of sending a puppet covered inside a wooden cabinet inside was sound. Since it should stop the lightning from striking it directly as the wood element is not conductive.
But, that didn't go as planned. The small cabinet couldn't last longer than ten breaths of time before it was bombarded with lightning all over it.
"Sigh," Law's sigh was loud and deep, revealing the frustration within him.
However, I on the other hand was smiling.
"Why are you sighing?" I asked him.
"I thought that my idea might work, but I guess I'm far from your level of intellect, hah," he laughed ruefully as he was pulling back the scorched cabinet via a rope.
The devastation was clear and obvious as the cabinet was still aflame. After putting out the fire, I was left with a cruel sight of the puppet's remains.
Law was feeling a bit down from having his idea 'fail'.
"Nah, this is actually good," I said to Law.
"What do you mean? Look not even the puppet was unscathed," he said.
"Yes, but there is a difference," I told Law.
He contemplated a bit and said, "Time!"
"Exactly, time. It took longer for the thunder to clap and destroy the wooden cabinet than when I sent the puppet immediately. So, the wood did something, it hid the puppet although for a short extent from the thunder and lightning."
"So, we can assume that the lightning reacts to metal but is having a harder time to notice it due to the wood around it?" Law said.
"Something like that. Insulation is key, perhaps if I make it so the thunder is unable to detect the puppet?"
I mumbled to myself as I was thinking of using some of the Soulsteel as a barrier to stop lightning.
But before I could get to work, I noticed the divine sense of two people.
"We have company," Law said as he prepared to fight.
"Relax, they're friendly," I said.
Soon, a man wearing a set of pure white robes and a shcolar's hat along with a white fan in his hand slowly arrived landing gently right in front of us.
The other man with a black set of robes followed immediately after and stood next to him.
"Junior Brother," Zhang Tian smiled.
I clasped my hands at Zhang Tian, "Senior brother, it's good to see you well."
Then turned to Dao Shen, "You too, good to see you doing well for yourself."
"Same here," Dao Shen said as he looked all around us.
"The ship, it's able to stop the lightning," Dao Shen commented.
"I guess if all of us keep our Qi at ten percent we shouldn't be assaulted by the formation," Law said.
"I wouldn't really risk that," I said.
"How come?" Dao Shen then interjected.
"Because, if Zhang Tian was allowed to use ten percent and he was the only one inside, and another person goes in, then Zhang Tian's permitted level would drop to half. And the same person would also need to use half. The total that the formation could ever allow is a fixed amount of Qi, so the more people who go inside, the less that total becomes."
Law slumped down on the ground and said, "It would probably be better for me to remain here. I don't want to ruin it for everyone," he said.
"No need for that," I said as I began carving the cyan stone.
"What are you doing?" Law asked.
"I'm finishing what I started, I already memorized the pattern on Zhang Tian's hand, so I'll continue making the fourth circle on top of the ship," I said.
"Will the ship be alright? Wouldn't it be affected by the disturbance?" Law asked.
"Unlike us cultivators, the ship is a machine, and the amount of Qi it generates and uses can be easily regulated. So ten percent of Zhang Tian's Qi is more than enough for the ship to move about with us inside it," I said.
"But if we all go in, the formation will be destabilized," Law said.
"As long as all of us remain inside the ship, the total Qi that the cloud could sense will be nothing but the ship's. Since I built spatial rooms inside it that are technically insulated and separate from the space we're in right now," I said. Read more exciting tales at m-vl-e-mpy-r
"That's a risky theory," Dao Shen said.
"But it is all we have, not to mention I can put the ship on mode that will allow it to use external Qi to function. Meaning that it will not produce more Qi than it is consuming, which will also keep the balance of Qi fixed." I added.
"How can I help?" Zhang Tian asked.
I threw him a small cube of the cyan Soulsteel, "help me carve cubes with that exact size and shape. Not a single blemish can be allowed," I said.
Zhang Tian nodded and began working, and so did Law and Dao Shen.
With the three of us carving the Soulsteel we soon managed to finish up the parts for the cyan circle.
I then began placing them in order and shape to match the formation the Blue Sun had made.
It's pretty impressive how she managed to understand and deduce the use of the Soulsteel and shaped it into a tattoo. I need to ask her how she came up with that idea.
Once I was done placing the cubes, I carved the exact formation on Zhang Tian's fourth circle on the cubes then I infused them with Qi for them to weld together.
The fourth circle locked in place and the four-circle lightning expelling formation was done.
Not going to lie, it looked ugly as hell. Since it had protruding parts all over it looked like a melting crown on top of the ship. But after all, since it works it is fine. Function Over Form.
"Let's get inside, and just for safety measures, try to stop your Qi from overflowing. Even though we're inside the ship," I said.
Our group soon got inside the ship and I began guiding it slowly into the clouds.
Hopefully it all works out... otherwise... I don't even want to think about it.