Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 11 Autumn Harvest, Winter Storage, Resource Collection Points
As the hunting boat left Yanglong Bay and came to the open sea, the trawl net at the stern of the boat was lowered into the sea. The boat dragged the net and some miscellaneous prey were harvested along the way to supplement the supply consumption.

Compared to his last trip out to sea where he went to see and learn everything, Lin Qianfan had a clear goal this time. In addition to actively undertaking the necessary shipbuilding work, he spent more time with Uncle Gui listening to his guidance on some knowledge about shipbuilding, and learning some related jade slips by himself. Now he is considered a formal shipbuilding apprentice.

The knowledge of the shipwrights in the Storm Ocean is similar to that of the shipwrights in the Great Qin Dynasty, with only some differences in details. These details need to be based on the standards of the Storm Ocean.

Lin Qianfan was able to draw inferences from one example and digested and absorbed the corresponding knowledge one by one during the learning process, laying a solid foundation. In addition to shocking Uncle Gui time and time again, he also helped Uncle Gui improve/confirm some of his previous omissions.

"Amazing, really amazing, Qianfan, you really have opened up nine orifices, wow~"

This knowledge basically comes from family inheritance, with low or no cost, and Uncle Gui has nothing to hide. He also has no intention of teaching students to starve the teacher to death, so he teaches Lin Qianfan very carefully, and Lin Qianfan's superb learning and comprehension abilities have refreshed Uncle Gui's cognition time and time again, making him sigh with emotion many times.

"It's all thanks to your good teaching, Uncle Gui!"

"Hey, there's no need to be like that. I know my level very well. You're really talented, and it won't be long before you surpass me."

"Let's get the net up~"

"Uncle Gui, I'm going to divide the fish."

"Go ahead. Once you become a first-class shipwright, you'll be free from most of the low-end manual labor."

Mortals can actually do jobs like collecting, decomposing, sorting, transporting and storing, which do not require much technical skills and only require physical strength. However, mortals are physically fragile and cannot withstand the long-term and high-intensity work at sea on the Sea Hunter, nor can they provide any assistance in fighting the enemy. Therefore, these physical jobs still need to be done by monks, and they need to be done by the lowest-ranking monks on the ship.

"Not bad, there are relatively few ordinary fish in this net."

Sorting the fish means throwing worthless ordinary fish, lower-value semi-spiritual fish, and worthless debris back into the sea, and killing and storing spiritual fish of different values and storage methods in a timely manner, saving space while ensuring their freshness.

"Plump!"

The Ocean of Storms has four distinct seasons, so most creatures need to prepare for winter, including the fish in the sea. Only by growing fat enough can they withstand the winter when everything withers.

As one net is pulled up, the next one is lowered. In this way, as the boat slowly moves forward, one net is caught every few hours, and four nets can be pulled up in a day. Each net is a new and wonderful harvest.

"Prepare to dock!"

"Dock~"

Although the Fire Iguana Islands are a long way away, the demon-hunting ship returned several days earlier than the last time, so there is plenty of time for this trip. Therefore, the demon-hunting ship did not go directly to the destination, but first came to the first target resource island near the route.

Although this island is not big, there is a first-level spiritual vein on it. After the ancestors of the Lin family discovered this island, they planted some first-level spiritual fruits on it that require no care, have strong survival ability, and are suitable for the season. Now it is late autumn, and it is the time to pick the fruits.

"This island is quite remote, so there are relatively few amphibious monsters, birds, and beasts. Plus, these fruits ripen in late autumn, so they're rarely destroyed by monsters."

The bright yellow spiritual fruits are very tempting. Although their value is not very high, they do not require any investment. They ripen once a year. If you have time, you can collect them once. If you don’t have time, just let them fall to the ground for natural selection.

Lin Qianfan took a rare bite. There wasn't much juice, and it was quite crisp. The taste was sweet and sour, but it had a unique flavor.

"So the various spiritual fruits that the clan school distributed during winter break were picked here."

The land in the sea-based world of immortal cultivation is relatively scarce, and it is even rarer if we exclude the islands without spiritual veins. Therefore, after the ancestors of the Lin family occupied the Yulong Islands, they sorted out and utilized almost all the resources that could be developed and utilized in the surrounding area.

There are many islands like this. Each island can collect some harvests according to local conditions, but the sailing schedule is different every year, so it is not necessarily possible to collect all of them.

The Qi-refining monks were nimble and quick, so collecting some ownerless spiritual fruits was easy for them. The group quickly collected tens of thousands of kilograms of fruits, and the fruit cores left over from eating on the spot were planted on the spot to benefit future generations.

"Let's go, we have to rush to our next destination."

Myna Da Lin Qianfan is ten years old and is also one of the first monks on the Shanghai Hunter after the separation. He is very familiar with this relatively fixed route and explained various details to Lin Qianfan along the way, which can be said to be hands-on teaching.

Back on the boat, Jiu Ye only collected some of the wild spirit fruits and took them back as family benefits, and the rest went directly into other people's personal storage bags. Lin Qianfan also got a lot. These not-so-valuable things were distributed directly per person, with a large box per person.

The demon-hunting ship continued to sail and soon arrived at the second resource collection point.

"Beneath this patch of coral and seaweed are all kinds of clams, spirit clams, and demon clams. They've already entered hibernation. Our main task is to collect pearls. The spirit pearls of spirit clams and the demon pearls of demon clams are quite valuable and can be made into jewelry. But be careful of the demon clams' counterattacks. They don't go into deep hibernation and will fight back when they encounter danger. Although they are small, they can hurt if you pinch them. If you're careless, you might even lose a finger."

Although the mynah bird talked a lot, he only talked about knowledge points. Although Lin Qianfan had learned these contents when he was in school, what he learned from books was superficial and there was a discrepancy between it and his actual experience. He still needed someone to guide him in order to avoid detours, so he listened humbly and studied hard.

Lin Qianfan, wearing the family's special protective gear and holding the black iron sword, followed the starling into the water.

"Fuck, it's cold!"

The sea water in late autumn is already freezing cold. If it weren't for the spiritual energy contained in the sea water, it would have frozen long ago.

"Observing their body shape can eliminate ordinary clams. Using the Qi-gazing technique, we can distinguish between spiritual clams and demonic clams. Those with golden Qi are spiritual clams, and those with blue Qi are demonic clams. Yo yo, here they come~"

The two brothers worked together with good efficiency. One in front and one behind, they quickly selected suitable prey from the huge number of clams that had entered hibernation and did not resist much.

Among the prey, spiritual clams account for the majority, while demon clams account for a very small minority.

In addition to collecting clam pearls and demon pearls, the two brothers also collected two kinds of clam meat. They can take these things back and make soup in the winter. Anyway, it is definitely more popular than the salted fish that everyone dislikes.

“What’s the difference between this and picking up money?”

(End of this chapter)