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

Chapter 16: "Thirteen Steps of Cloud Eagle", Father and Son Discuss
As Lin Qianfan meticulously checked the components one by one, he found that apart from the power core, the most important keel of this old ship was also fine. It was just that the runes on it were blurred and needed to be re-carved. The components with problems were basically small and unimportant parts.

"It's obvious that its owner takes good care of this boat."

Since the Lin family's ancestors established the family, the Lin family has taken root in the Yulong Islands. Generations have been inseparable from the spirit ship, so most of the Lin family members are people who love and protect ships.

With the help of Lin Qianfan, the two of them had little difficulty in renovating a simple first-level fishing boat, and the progress was rapid.

"Very good, you have basically mastered the art of refining weapons. Next, learn more about runes and formations, and I'll arrange for you to practice when the opportunity arises."

A shipbuilder possesses many skills, but he does not need to reach the same level as practitioners of other skills. As long as he has a solid knowledge base, a certain level of hands-on ability, and can independently complete maintenance, repair, and replacement projects, it will be enough. Shipbuilding does not have to be done by one person alone, and helpers can be employed.

"Well, I'll go to the family library later to exchange for some related inheritance jade slips, so I can catch up during the winter break."

It will take a process for Lin Qianfan to fulfill his memory. He must be a genius that others can understand, and not be a genius that others cannot understand, otherwise it will be a disaster rather than a blessing.

The Lin family library in Yanglongwan.

"Third Grandfather, your grandson is here to exchange for some inheritance."

After leaving Uncle Gui's house, Lin Qianfan went directly to the library to choose the inheritance jade slips before it got dark.

"Qianfan boy is here again, let's go up!"

The family steward conducted a routine check on Lin Qianfan's identity token and let him pass.

Third Uncle and Third Master are naturally not the same person.

The third master is the third among the foundation-building cultivators of the Yanglongwan Lin family. This is ranked according to the chronology of foundation-building time, while the third grandfather is ranked according to seniority based on the Qi Refining Realm.

There is no other way. The Jindan family, which has developed for more than a thousand years, occupies a vast territory and has a large number of people. They need to be ranked according to their realm, seniority, and even the blood relationship within the small family needs to be taken into consideration. Therefore, the name is not strict, and it is fine to use a name that is mutually recognized.

The library is divided into two floors, one and two, and is open to all Qi-refining practitioners in the family.

One layer contained a vast amount of jade slips of all kinds, covering everything. The second layer contained selected advanced jade slips, which were of high value and could not be purchased with money outside.

As for the second and third level inheritance, there is a separate treasury and it is not open to the public.

"Basic rune concatenation, rune application and depiction, practical talismans, advanced array principles, analysis of first-level universal arrays, array plate and rune array refining, rune array sealing, spirit ship disassembly techniques..."

There are some differences in details between what is in Lin Qianfan's memory and the knowledge of the Storm Ocean, so there can be no carelessness in the process of learning and integration, and every bit of verification is needed to ensure correctness.

Now that he was here, in addition to the basic knowledge about shipwrights, Lin Qianfan also tried to find a suitable body technique book, intending to take the time to practice a body technique that would improve his flexibility.

Why not use the skills in your mind?
Because most of the things in his mind were relatively advanced and had almost no overlap with the Lin family library, Lin Qianfan planned not to show too much difference before he had strong strength. After all, no matter how powerful a genius was, he would have a growth trajectory and traces to follow. A genius that appeared out of thin air would be too inconsistent.

"'The Thirteen Steps of Cloud Eagle'?"

"This body technique is quite good. It's not difficult to practice, has a wide range of applications, and consumes little spiritual energy."

Lin Qianfan's vision is no longer limited to the Qi Refining realm. When choosing a technique, he not only looks at the upper limit of the technique, but also comprehensively considers many issues, such as its difficulty of practice, overall adaptability to himself, actual application scenarios, spiritual power loss rate, etc. Only the one that suits him is the best.

"Third Grandpa, that's all I need."

"Okay, let me take a look and register them for you one by one."

The Third Grandpa's realm was not high but he was quite old. It seemed that his energy and blood were severely weakened and his movements were slow. However, Lin Qianfan did not show any impatience but waited respectfully and quietly.

Third Grandpa is not the deacon in charge of guarding the library, but only the deacon in charge of registering/guiding the younger generations. Logically, he should have retired long ago at his age. A person without descendants is still working in a basic position. It can only be because he loves his family and wants to stand his last shift.

"Okay, everything has been registered. There are a total of twelve jade slips, nine of which are completely free for basic inheritance, and three advanced inheritances require thirty contribution points. However, newly-adult clan members can redeem two advanced inheritance jade slips for free, so Qianfan, you need to pay an additional ten contribution points." Contribution points are a kind of credit currency that only circulates within the family. Clansmen can obtain contribution points through various means such as completing family tasks or assuming family responsibilities.

The exchange rate between contribution points and low-grade spirit stones is one to one, but the purchasing power of contribution points within the family is stronger. For example, some restricted resources must be purchased with contribution points, and they are even limited in quantity. Therefore, few people in the family are willing to spend contribution points, and even if they do, they will be sold at a premium.

"Okay, just use my token buckle."

Members of the Lin family do not receive monthly salaries or contribution points before they reach adulthood, because all expenses before adulthood are borne by the family.

But now Lin Qianfan has been working for two months, has gone out to sea twice, and has received two months' monthly salary, which is barely enough to maintain his own path, but it is just a maintenance, and is far from being rich enough to benefit his family.

Unless Lin Qianfan improves his status, strength or makes outstanding contributions, the acquisition of contribution points will be slow.

Of course, contribution points can also be obtained through direct bloodline inheritance, borrowing, and large donations of money and property to the family. It is a very flexible mechanism and not rigid.

"Remember, these inheritance jade slips must not be passed on to others. They must be returned within three months. Violators will be held accountable. Remember this!"

"My grandson understands."

In this way, Lin Qianfan started to refine Qi at the beginning of the morning hour every day, practiced various sword techniques in the morning, followed Uncle Gui to practice and repair various first-level spirit ships in the afternoon, went home to learn basic shipbuilding knowledge in the evening, and then took time out of his busy schedule to practice "Thirteen Steps of the Cloud Eagle".

Ten days later, Uncle Gui had almost no work. After all, he was a shipbuilder and his business was worse than others.

"Dad, come and help me with some moves!"

In order to practice without fake skills, Lin Qianfan asked his father Lin to have one-on-one actual combat training, in order to further refine the skills he had practiced in the training room.

"Okay, you've made progress."

Although Father Lin had never gone out to sea to hunt monsters, nor had he gone out to explore the world of immortal cultivation, he had been feeding fish for decades and had rich experience in fighting sea monsters, so he was more than qualified to accompany them in cultivation.

clang~
The black iron sword and the blue stone spirit bow collided with each other.

"Come again!"

Lin Qianfan, who had just entered the fifth level of Qi Refining, was the main attacker, while Lin's father, who was at the sixth level of Qi Refining and had profound spiritual power, was the main defender. The Gengjin sword technique was sharp, while the water spiritual power was soft and profound. The father and son fought for a hundred rounds of attack and defense from both near and far and were evenly matched.

"Dad, let's not fight today. Come back tomorrow!"

Lin Qianfan tried his best, rotating the three sword techniques and even using the new body movements he had recently learned, but he still couldn't break through Lin Ligui's impenetrable defense.

"Okay, we'll fight again tomorrow."

Although it was a draw, it was because Lin's father let Lin Qianfan win. Lin's father had more remaining spiritual power than Lin Qianfan. If they had fought for dozens more moves, Lin Qianfan's defeat would have been inevitable.

"This kid's growth rate is terrifying!"

Although Father Lin appeared calm on the surface, he was actually horrified.

During the one hundred rounds of battles between him and Lin Qianfan, Lin Qianfan's methods became more and more skillful, his switching became more and more coherent, and his control over the consumption of spiritual power became better and better. All of this was rapid growth visible to the naked eye.

"Is this a talent for fighting?"

"It's big now, I don't know when it will surpass me."

(End of this chapter)