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

Chapter 172: Yunjin Forest, Yunyan Auction
After these people are transferred from other positions, their original positions will become vacant.

If there is a shortage of manpower, the Lin family can continue to recruit reliable personnel from the foundation-building families affiliated with the Lin family to fill the vacancies in the Lin family. They are also willing to come for further studies and learn something.

The Lin family's machine is running like crazy, improving itself while earning external funds. The foundation-building forces under the Lin family are also running like crazy. They are not qualified to receive orders from outside but can receive various targeted orders assigned to them by the Lin family.

They will also be short of manpower, and they can also recruit reliable technical personnel from smaller Qi-refining families and independent cultivator groups.
Even if these people's skills are a little lacking, they can grow quickly and complete their transformation with the support of a large number of orders. These people cherish this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity very much.

The top-down talent siphoning effect of the Yulong Islands will also stimulate the enthusiasm of ordinary casual cultivators to learn a skill.
Because at this time everyone is frantically making money, replacing stronger equipment, and stockpiling more practical supplies. If you still don't change, you will look stupid and miss the opportunity.

At this time, the Lin family appropriately released some of the relatively good first-level inheritances and put them on the market.

Especially at present, the Yulong Islands should focus on releasing the areas that they lack, lowering the prices and the learning threshold to allow more people to get on board, even if they have poor talent and can only learn half of it.

Invisibly, the hard and soft power of the Ichthyosaur Islands are growing rapidly, not temporarily, but permanently.

One month later,
Entering the late autumn season, the fish and fruits are abundant, and everything is plentiful.

At the junction of the open sea and the distant sea, in a neutral sea area where the human race and the demon race had previously fought the most fiercely and have now basically moved away, a very famous large-scale resource secret realm called "Yunjin Linhai" suddenly opened.

This is a natural secret realm that is not controlled by any force. There is no obvious pattern for its opening. It usually opens once every few hundred years, and it does not necessarily overlap completely with the millennium tide.

But from the highest and most macro perspective, if it is opened now, it will be part of the flourishing of the spirit of this wave.

The sudden opening of the Yunjin Forest Sea was naturally closely watched by the two tribes. For a time, the Jindan cultivators and third-level demon kings who were already active in the surrounding area all rushed in to try their luck.

The interior area of the Yunjin Forest is extremely large and is rich in second- and third-level resources. It is even possible that its core will produce fourth-level resources that can help Jindan cultivators form infants. Therefore, going in first will only make you one step ahead, and it does not necessarily mean that you can really leave safely with the harvest.

The news spread quickly, and the Jindan cultivators with great ambitions in the entire Thousand Star City area and even in several surrounding node immortal cities adjacent to the Thousand Star City were teleporting here.

Although they were not among the recruits, they had to come to face the calamity for the sake of their own path.

However, every person or demon king who dares to come to Yunjin Forest to face the disaster is very confident in his own strength, and believes that he can survive even if he cannot get the opportunity.

hum~
The teleportation array connecting the Thousand Star City to the Killing City sounded, and ten mid-to-late Jindan cultivators came together. It was obvious that they knew each other and might even be from the same Yuanying sect.

After simply identifying the direction, this group of people with indifferent faces ran directly towards the Yunjin Forest Sea without stopping.

"This is the fifth group of people from outside the area to come here. I don't know how many of them will make it out alive."

"No more than five, probably. Teaming up in the face of great opportunities is all fake. If we really encounter resources for forming an infant, our teammates will be the most dangerous. But the path they choose is their own, and it has nothing to do with us."

"I just think it's a pity that these masters died like this."

The Yunjin Forest Sea has been there since humans opened up the Storm Ocean. Every time it is opened, the survival rate does not exceed 50%, and sometimes it is as low as 20% or 30%.

In the outside world, the Jindan figures who are the leaders of a sect or a clan are high and mighty, but in the Yunjin Secret Realm, they fight and harvest each other like wild beasts and weeds.

It seems like a fight for resources, but isn't it also a mutual sacrifice?
Survival does not mean that everyone will get the right opportunity. On the contrary, many people who survived by chance have injuries that are difficult to heal or their lifespan is shortened.

Among them, perhaps less than one in ten can actually get the right opportunity to reach the Nascent Soul stage, and as for those who can successfully form a Nascent Soul, there are even fewer.

Yunshang Secret Island, Yunyan Fairy City,
The four major families of Yunshang League, which have prepared for the auction, are waiting for guests from the entire Western Regions. If you are familiar with them, you will find that they are actually all worried and absent-minded.

Wu Daoyi is about to reach the Nascent Soul stage. This is something everyone in the Western Regions knows, and even many foundation-building forces have heard of it.

Everyone has their own speculations about the purpose of this auction. They all think that it is for Yunshang League to raise funds and test everyone's intentions. It may even have a certain meaning of limiting risks.
But the truth is that the Yunshang League had already made sufficient preparations and was even sure of success. Wu Daoyi himself had already secretly gone to the Thousand Star City and rented a fourth-level cave for a huge price to go into seclusion.
According to the time estimated by the Yunshang League, there should be specific news soon, but there is no news now, and there is no significant change in the soul tablet left by Wu Daoyi. It can only mean that the situation is neither good nor bad, and it is still unclear.

"Will there be any accidents, Lord?"

"Shut your crow mouth!"

"The leader is blessed by fate! We should not speculate and just do our part."

Wu Daoyi's infant formation was not a blind exploration into an unknown area, but the result of thousands of years of accumulation and complete planning of the Wu family, and also the support for the unification of the four major families of the Yunshang League for hundreds of years.

It's not just the Wu family!
The other three members of the Yunshang Alliance also placed their all in the bet. As long as Wu Daoyi succeeded, he would continue to bring them along to play.

Therefore, the Jindan cultivators of the Yunchang League are not currently focused on preparing for the Millennium Wave, nor on the auction, nor are they concerned about the output of the Yunjin Forest Sea.

A few days later,
As the agreed time approached, Jindan cultivators from all over the Western Regions arrived one after another. There were even a small number of independent Jindan cultivators who had recently moved from the two surrounding regions and the outer sea to participate in this event.

"Welcome all fellow Taoists to Yunyan Fairy City!"

Several deputy leaders of the Yunshang League who were in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm personally welcomed the guests from all parties and did not show any arrogance. Even if Wu Daoyi failed to break through, he would still have to live his life in the future and should still be kind to others.

"This Yunyan Fairy City is increasingly showing signs of becoming a rising dragon. It seems Alliance Leader Wu will have no problem successfully forming a fetus this time. Congratulations in advance."

The already prosperous Yunyan Fairy City has recently accepted many small forces from outside the sea, making it even more prosperous. All the Jindan cultivators who come here are jealous.

"Haha~ Thank you all for your praise, fellow Taoists. It's all thanks to the good management of the younger generation. I'm also benefiting from it. Please come in, fellow Taoists!"

The standard of this auction was very high. There were more than fifty Jindan cultivators coming from all sides. Only Jindan cultivators came to attend the event. There were no Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment cultivators to fill in the gaps.

Of course, there are not fifty Jindan forces in the Western Regions, only about thirty, but a few forces are divided into several factions. For example, the three major families of Guanlan Fairy City have sent three Jindan representatives. In addition, there are a small number of visitors from foreign regions and independent Jindan cultivators who plan to live in the Western Regions.

It is worth mentioning that those Jindan monks who have been recruited by the garrison also came with a large amount of family assets, intending to add some more means here to see if they can improve their survival rate in the future.

Everyone entered and took their seats.
"I believe that all of you fellow Daoists have guessed the true purpose of our Yunshang Alliance holding this auction. It is to raise the final funds for our Alliance Leader Wu to form a newborn child."

The Yunshang League took the initiative to admit their purpose, and everyone showed an expression of "as expected". Some even took the opportunity to flatter them:

"Alliance Leader Wu has protected the Western Region for hundreds of years, resolving crises such as the invasion of monsters from the Northwest Region and the unrest caused by the Beast King of the Flame Region. He has saved the people from danger and his merits are immeasurable. This time, the Nascent Soul will surely be achieved!"

"Immeasurable merit! The Nascent Soul will surely be achieved!"

Upon hearing this, others echoed and did not dare to neglect it. Even though some of them had been badly cheated by the Yunshang Alliance, they could not help but speak from the heart.

"Haha~ Well, thank you all for your congratulations! Let's cut to the chase and get straight to the point. Let's welcome today's first lot:
Fine low-grade magic weapon: Heavenly Vine Demon-Locking Gourd!"

The visitors are all Jindan cultivators, so naturally they cannot bring out second-level garbage. The first item to be auctioned is a heavyweight magic weapon, a functional magic weapon that is specially used to limit/restrain third-level demon kings.

The Jindan cultivators who were going to participate in the bloody battle on the front line all bid, and the others tacitly gave them the opportunity.

Transactions between Jindan cultivators are not entirely done with high-grade spirit stones. Barter is also involved. As long as it is a second or third-level hard currency that is easy to sell, it can be directly used as payment.

"The second one, please..."

The Yunshang League was full of sincerity. In addition to many practical finished magic weapons, it also brought out a variety of third-level main materials that could be directly used to refine magic weapons.
For slightly larger Jindan forces, even if these materials are not used now, they can be bought back and stored. The non-recruited Jindan cultivators also raised the price, giving enough face to the Yunshang Alliance, and the transaction price of each item was higher than the limit.

"...A third-level, mid-grade flying escape talisman: the Cloud Chasing Escape Talisman! After using it, you can gain the escape speed of a fourth-level Golden Core for one hour!"

After selling the magic weapons that can directly increase strength, the next thing to sell is the talismans that can also directly increase strength.

"It's a very useful treasure, but it's a pity there's only one. It would be much better if there were a dozen. There's a talisman maker out there, but he's still so stingy."

"You are wishful thinking, my friend. This is a third-level treasure talisman. It takes many years to nurture one, and the output is limited."

"That's true, but it's a pity that third-level talisman makers are so rare."

Among the four most influential immortal arts of elixir, formation, weapon and talisman, it is often difficult to reach a consensus on which one ranks first. Various arguments have their merits, but it is generally recognized that talisman making ranks last.

Why?
The extremely high popularity of first-order talismans is easy to understand.
By connecting basic runes, various functional talismans can be formed, or various spells can be directly sealed into them to form combat talismans. As long as the materials and talisman-making skills are strong, it can be done.

The total amount of spiritual power of Qi Refining monks is not high and the feedback speed is also slow, so the effect of their spells is often poor, obviously not as good as the instant and almost no-consumption talismans.

In addition, the supply of resources such as talisman paper, talisman skin, animal blood, and spiritual sand that can be used to make first-level talismans is huge, the learning cost is low, there are many practitioners, and the price of talismans is not high.
Therefore, the market for first-level talismans is huge and covers a wide range of people. Any Qi-refining cultivator is its target audience, and the development is very prosperous. This is also an important reason why talisman making can be ranked among the four great immortal arts.

At the second level, the situation of the talisman is completely reversed.
The spiritual power of the foundation-building cultivators has undergone a qualitative change in both quality and quantity. It is not easy to drain themselves out even by casting a series of ordinary second-level spells. One more or one less ordinary talisman often does not play a crucial role. The only advantage of talismans for foundation-building cultivators is that they can be cast instantly.

However, it is very difficult for the Foundation Establishment monks to replicate the scene of the Qi Refining monks bombarding with talismans, because the second-level talismans are expensive!

The spiritual wood that can be used to make second-level talismans often takes many years to grow, and the hides of second-level monsters also have certain spiritual requirements. Since they can be used to make talismans, they can naturally become other refining or shipbuilding materials, which increases the material cost.

In addition, there is the issue of the number of second-level talisman makers. Large forces often do not deliberately cultivate second-level talisman makers, because alchemists, formation masters, weapon refiners, and shipbuilders have higher priorities, and they will be cultivated first. The cultivation of talisman makers is left to fate.

Some second-level talisman makers in the Jindan forces are more likely to be second-level shipbuilders working part-time, and their output will not be too high.

There are quite a lot of casual cultivators who choose to make talismans, but there are few who can successfully build a foundation and update their talisman-making skills to the second level.

High cost + low output = high unit price = extremely low cost performance.

(End of this chapter)