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

Chapter 176: Unprecedented Prosperity of Fish and Dragons, Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest
The Lin family also has capable people!

The group that chooses to settle in the Inner Sea is the target of the Lin family!
The Lin family wants to seize this opportunity and frantically swallow up these monks and resources from the outer sea. Their arrival will fertilize the soil of the Lin family and make the Lin family more prosperous.

Compared with the surrounding forces, the Ichthyosaur Islands have great advantages.

The Lin family is at the top of the list of powerful families and has a strong control over the Yulong Islands. The local security, reputation, people's livelihood, resources, diplomacy, etc. are all quite good, so they are naturally noticed by these groups.

After preliminary investigations and reconnaissance, small and medium-sized foundation-building forces have recently begun to take the lead in migrating to the Yulong Islands, intending to stay here temporarily, at least until the end of the Millennium Wave.

In response, the Lin family took the following three steps to actively respond:

The first step is to expand the Yulong Fairy City!

The original Yulong Fairy City was not a big city and could be divided into four areas: the Lin family area, the inner city area, the outer city area, and the area outside the city.

After the split, the population of the Xiancheng Lin family also grew rapidly. In recent years, internal management/conditions have improved, resulting in many clan members having greatly improved expectations for the future and a corresponding increase in their willingness to have children.

Many infants and young children have been born in recent years. Although they are still young, they have received better education and have great potential in the future. They are destined to occupy a large part of the living space.

In order to avoid the same internal family friction problems as before, the Lin family's land needed to expand outward. So they simply did it in one step and expanded directly into the inner city area, occupying the entire inner city area.

The originally larger outer city area will naturally become the new inner city area, which will be able to accommodate more high-quality inner city residents in the future.

The outer city area became the inner city area, but the outer city area must exist as a functional area, because no matter how high a pyramid is, it needs a solid underlying structure, and the outer city area, which was not standardized enough before, could not support this functional area, so Xiancheng needed to build a new outer city area.

The original out-of-city area was not a facility within the Yulong Islands. It consisted of dock areas, slums, dock areas, and other areas that were not within the protection range of the Immortal City's formation and could be abandoned during wartime.
Now it is necessary to expand on a large scale based on the outer city area, and expand the outer city area, which originally occupied only a corner outside the fairy city, into a new outer city area. In this way, the area of the fairy city will be greatly increased, which can accommodate more industries and population, and the name of the outer city area will no longer be needed in the future.

This expansion process is somewhat complicated, involving large-scale demolition, large-scale infrastructure, industrial changes, population movement, etc.

However, under the prestige of the Lin family and the comprehensive compensation plan, all the residents in the city cooperated very well, and no one dared to disobey.
This is to expand the plate, their personal interests have not been harmed, and some people have even made a fortune from it.
The most delighted among them were the original residents of the outer city area. As long as they were independent practitioners from the Yulong Islands for generations and had no bad records, they could use the legal channel of this shantytown renovation and demolition to transform from propertyless poor people into ordinary residents of the outer city area. They would be allocated a small cave for practice, but it belonged to them, and become residents of the outer city area.

However, this type of shantytown renovation cave is not allowed to be circulated easily, and can only be lived in by oneself or inherited by direct blood relatives.
In order to inherit this hard-earned small cave dwelling, some low-level cultivators have also shown a desire to have children. The originally single local cultivators have begun to look for the recently moved-in poor cultivators from other places, planning to start a family, get married and have children.

(The dotted line represents the newly expanded area, including the demolition and reconstruction of all the circles outside the city, which is a huge project)
The small and medium-sized foundation-building forces that migrated from the outer sea are basically relatively peaceful and have families with them. Otherwise, they are more likely to choose to stay in the Thousand Star City and wait for opportunities.

The Lin family's plan for them was to divide a large area of the outer city for them to establish their clan territory, and let them settle down directly in the newly built outer city area of Xiancheng. To be more specific, they could live and repair the house by themselves.

That’s right, we are not renting a separate second-level spiritual island to them, and there are indeed not so many vacant second-level spiritual islands to be allocated to them. It is also good to live in the newly built Fish Dragon Fairy City, which is within reach.

These foundation-building forces with families often have thousands of mortal relatives in addition to Qi-refining cultivators.
These mortals are basically the relatives of the cultivators who are inseparable and must be taken with them when fleeing. The Lin family only accepts forces that come with a large number of mortal relatives, and does not want the elite teams without any mortal burdens.

The Lin family provided each foundation-building force with a good first-level spiritual island in the inner ring, allowing them to accommodate these mortal relatives and retired monks in the family.

After settling down, they naturally needed to enjoy their work. The Lin family's second step was to arrange an industry for them! Expand the existing industries in the archipelago!

The Lin family selected 24 small and medium-sized foundation-building forces this time, six of which have their own complete inheritance and industries moved from the outer sea. After joining Yulong Immortal City, they can continue to engage in various immortal arts to support themselves.

Therefore, the Lin family only charged them a reasonable land resettlement fee and required the Lin family to have the right of priority purchase of their output.

The remaining 18 families do not have such strong local adaptability. As the host, the Lin family needs to help them make a living so that they don’t run away after a while.

They just happen to have people, money, combat capabilities, and understand the rules of survival at sea, which makes them the first choice for arranging monster-hunting ships.

The reason for choosing these small and medium-sized foundation-building forces that do not have monster hunting ships is actually to continue selling monster hunting ships to them, deepen the ties between the two parties, and reduce the Lin family's own risks.

In the future, the Lin family can also transfer more manpower from the monster hunting ships to cargo ships and transfer some of the risks of the monster hunting ships. After all, the Lin family is now stronger and can get more safe cargo ship orders.

However, the Lin family's current production of spirit ships is limited, with only three second-level shipbuilders. Among them, Lin Qianfan's main task is still on cargo ships and merchant ships. Even if more manpower is transferred, it will not be possible to meet the demand for so many monster-hunting ships in a short period of time.

So they can only participate in the various construction projects of the fairy city first and wait for the dock to be scheduled. After all, you can't buy monster hunting ships outside now. This is the market situation, and they are not deliberately playing tricks on them.

It would probably take several years to wait for the ship, and it would obviously not take several years to build the outer city area of the new fairy city, so the Lin family planned to arrange for them to reclaim land after the new fairy city was completely completed.

In the world of cultivating immortals, reclaiming land is not a difficult task. The cultivators' powerful transformation abilities can easily transform existing spiritual islands or build new ones. The difficulty lies in cultivating new second-level spiritual veins.

Cultivating a second-level spiritual vein often requires continuous investment for many years and a huge amount of money.

If one wants to speed up the cultivation process, the consumption of spirit stones will only increase, and ordinary small foundation-building forces often cannot afford it.

But the Lin family can invest and lead this matter. No matter what choices these forces make in the future, as long as the Lin family survives, these newly cultivated second-level spirit veins will have output value.

After the Lin family surveyed and selected sites, they picked out twelve targets from the first-level spiritual islands with good existing fundamentals, on the premise that certain requirements were met. They planned to transform and train them, but did not disclose the final distribution.

Finally, there is the issue of public security.

The influx of a large population is bound to bring about public security problems, especially since some people from the outer sea like to take action to solve problems. This problem is not only in the Yulong Islands, but also in the four areas of the inner sea. The Lin family needs to strengthen public security management and control of the islands.

Yanglong Bay and Xiancheng Lin Family originally had a Punishment Hall each, which was responsible for handling the Lin Family's internal affairs and the thorny island incidents, but now the two foundation-building elders of the Punishment Hall are obviously too busy to handle it.

Moreover, today's public security issues are not only about maintaining internal stability in the Ichthyosaur Islands, but also about constantly preventing and controlling various threats from outside the Ichthyosaur Islands.

Therefore, the Lin family’s third measure is to form an “Island Garrison” to strengthen the Lin family’s detailed control over various parts of the Yulong Islands!

The distribution trend of the spiritual veins of the Ichthyosaur Islands is from the inner ring, to the middle ring, to the outer ring, becoming sparse and weakening in turn.

The Lin family sits in the middle and has absolute control over the inner circle;

There are four second-tier markets in the east, south, west and north of the Central Ring, as well as four large waterways passing through these second-tier markets. These areas are relatively controlled by the Lin family and local forces.
The outer ring is basically composed of small spiritual islands with few foundation-building forces. The Lin family's control over this area is much smaller and is semi-free-range.

Based on the above, the Penalty Hall will only be responsible for the inner ring, while the middle and outer rings will be maintained by three teams from the newly established Archipelago Guard. They are:

Border defense team, patrol team, and mobile team.

The border defense team consists of four foundation-building monks, each leading fifty mid-to-late stage Qi-refining elites, stationed in the southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest corners of the outer ring of the archipelago.

These four locations originally did not have second-order spiritual veins. This time, we will transform and cultivate second-order spiritual veins in these places and keep them there permanently.

These four foundation-building cultivators are all elderly foundation-building cultivators who have been idled from the local foundation-building forces. By doing this, they can not only find jobs and make contributions, but also sacrifice for the Lin family at critical moments, in exchange for more opportunities for future generations. This can be regarded as a powerful way to make up for a shortcoming.

The patrol team, comprised of four Lin family foundation-building captains without any immortal arts, piloted demon-hunting vessels to patrol the Yulong Archipelago and the waters beyond it at irregular intervals, conducting roving inspections for potential dangers. The islands on the sea are not distributed in a continuous, even pattern, and some of the waters beyond the Yulong Archipelago are uninhabited areas. Anyone encountered in these areas without a valid reason or identity could be considered an enemy.

For example, Jiu Ye is a standard foundation-building captain without any magical skills. She only knows how to hunt monsters, and is very good at it. In this special period, she can temporarily put the monster hunting career aside and focus on patrol.

Once the internal coordination of the Yulong Islands is complete and more people are free to build the foundation, the tasks of these four monster-hunting ships can be handed over to other spirit ships. As for patrols, monster-hunting ships are not necessarily required.

The mobile team is led by four independent cultivators recruited by the Lin family. They were originally local residents of the Yulong Islands, but they had no magical skills and usually lived on the minimum living allowance.

The Lin family sent them to the four second-level markets in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest to assist in defending and maintaining stability in the surrounding areas. When any place needs support, they will be the first mobile support force.

For example, when any border defense team in any of the four directions is attacked by foreign enemies, the two nearest towns can each send a mobile team of foundation-building monks to provide support without having to mobilize the original garrison monks in the town.

Although these people are not members of the Lin family, they have been repeatedly investigated. They just don't have any great abilities, but they are also authentic locals.

The above three teams, with a total of twelve foundation-building cultivators and hundreds of Qi-refining realm masters led by them, are all forces for maintaining public order. They have the right to manage nearby and act at their convenience.

(The border guards, always ready to die, reinforced their defensive weaknesses;
The mobile team stationed in the market town can provide support to the two nearest border defense teams;
The patrol team mainly roams in the middle ring, outer ring, and outside the outer ring. The maneuverability of the monster hunting ship is not as good as that of the foundation-building monks themselves.

Yanglongwan Dock,
“It took more than two months and it’s finally completed!”

The first second-level spirit ship built independently by Lin Qianfan was completed ahead of schedule thanks to the active operation of the Lin family's shipbuilding system.

This merchant ship is almost the smallest second-level spirit ship. Its overall size, maximum power of the power core, and maximum protection strength of the protective formation are all designed according to the initial entry into the second level.

It is only easy to sell during this special period. Under normal circumstances, people would disdain this kind of boat.

Although it is small, it fully proves Lin Qianfan's ability. With this successful experience, he will grow rapidly in the future.

"Not bad, not bad! You finally got it right. You have to help me relieve some of the pressure from now on."

With Lin Qianfan helping to handle some necessary cheap orders, he can spend more time on more valuable orders, so that the overall economic benefits of the shipyard will be higher.

Lin Qianfan shook his head upon hearing this:
"Just do your best. I'm not a full-time shipwright. If there are other better options, I'll have to let this go at any time."

The millennium wave means a millennium of opportunity. If there is an opportunity that Lin Qianfan can strive for, he will definitely give it priority.

"Well, I understand! Look at these two boats. Work hard and build them both at once! I believe in you!"

It seems that in order to take care of Lin Qianfan and allow him to explore more areas, the two ships are a passenger ship and a cargo ship respectively. The customers have some customized requirements. The construction difficulty is slightly greater than that of the newly completed merchant ship, but it is not insurmountable.

After work in the evening, I went to Uncle Gui's house.

It's rare for the father and son to sit together and have a drink.

Uncle Gui’s greatest hope for the rest of his life was that Lin Qianfan could become a second-class shipbuilder, but he didn’t expect that day to come so soon; it seemed like a dream.

But this matter made him feel more gratified, because this was a disciple he had brought up personally, and some things would continue to exist and be passed on after his death.

Beyond the human defense line, in the distant sea area of the Storm Ocean,

This year's winter came earlier and more violently, even causing severe cold disasters that have not been seen in many years ahead of time.

For the solitary first-level demons, they hadn't yet gained enough fat for the winter. Although they wouldn't be frozen to death directly by the cold weather, this winter would obviously not be comfortable.

A second-level demon could spot some problems. Judging from their relatively long life cycles, this kind of abnormal weather has occurred too frequently in recent years, seemingly a natural disaster.
A third-rank demon king already possessed a high level of intelligence. To be more precise, those below the third rank were called demon beasts, and those above the third rank were called demon clans. Even wild demon kings without any faction possessed a high level of understanding. They more or less understood that this unusually cold weather was part of the catastrophe brought about by the millennium tide, but as demon kings, they could do nothing.
The bitterest and coldest northern waters of the Ocean of Storms,
Thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow, only the vastness remains, the sea has suddenly stopped roaring,

The fourth-level dragon kings of the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest gathered to discuss.
"This year's cold disaster is even worse. The ice demons are driving the glacier demon beasts south. The wild demons in the north have begun a large-scale migration and are constantly attacking my territory. I can't kill them all, it's so annoying!"

A dragon king whose territory was north of the North Sea complained.

"It's better to drain than to block! I think it's time to launch a beast tide and clean out these scum."

"Does the being in the Zenith Divine Nest have any instructions?"

"No, he's just a coward..."

"Idiot! The majesty of the God cannot be desecrated! Shut your stinky mouth! Do you want to kill us?"

"Sorry, boss! I got a little excited. I won't do it again next time."

"Since that person hasn't given any instructions, let's just launch the beast tide as usual! However, this time, I've chosen this as the direction of attack. Boss, please help me apply for permission from the Divine Nest."

"Thousand Star City? Is it because of the Black Dragon Emperor's dissolution?"

"Not entirely, right? I've never been to such a faraway place before, and I want to go and take a look. Is that okay?"

"Leave it to yourself, don't mess it up."

"Little sister understands!"

As the top demon clan force in the Storm Ocean, Wanlong Nest can still put a lot of pressure on the major cardinal immortal cities of the human side even if it only sends out a part of its troops.

In the past, their mission was to assist Zenith's Nest in fighting against Storm City, but in reality it was just a formality. The nobles of Zenith's Nest never really fought.

It was the turn of Tianhui Dragon Lord, who was currently in charge, and she did not want to act with the cowardly Zenith nobles. She wanted to see the burial place of the Black Dragon King.

[The order of the Heavenly Wisdom Dragon Lord:

Summon the Black Snake Tribe of the Black Snake Strait, the Iron-winged Eagle Tribe of the Flying Eagle Ridge, the Spirit-Driven Tribe of the Spirit-Driven Cave, and the Savage Ancient Tribe of the Ancient Island to lead their tribes and drive the beast tide to the Thousand Star City to await orders!

The word "demon race" is just a general term given by humans to alien creatures. If one of them is picked out alone, it is often not comparable to the human race. In fact, the demon race is a myriad of races, and there are all kinds of monsters.

Being squeezed out of their living space by the human race, they, who were originally destined to fight each other, had a unified stance during the war, which was:

Join forces to fight the human race!
(End of this chapter)