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

Chapter 28: Assigning Pirate Ships, Ziyu Islands

Although there were two foundation-building cultivators on the Hyacinth, they came from foundation-building families and were somewhat powerless when facing two foundation-building pirates of the same realm. There was a big gap in strength between the two sides, which resulted in both of them being injured, and more than half of the crew members were also killed or injured.

Fortunately, the situation turned around quickly enough, and the Lin family extended a helping hand in time to rescue them, avoiding greater casualties and saving an enemy ship. Unfortunately, the two foundation-building pirates escaped.

In the end, each ship captured a pirate ship, but the final distribution was not based on the corresponding captures, but on the contribution to the battle.

Among them, the Lin family of Yanglong Bay has three foundation-building cultivators plus the Blood Hunter, the Lin family of Yulong Fairy City has six foundation-building cultivators plus the Raging Tusk Elephant and the Crow Beast White Feather, and the affiliated families have four foundation-building cultivators.

But if ranked by contribution, San Ye and Xue Lie made the highest contribution. They worked together to kill one of the opponents in the late Foundation Establishment stage, held back the remaining one in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and freed up their hands to rescue the Wind Chaser and deal with the Eagle Beast scout who was causing endless trouble.

Although the Ninth Master and the Eighth Master had low cultivation levels, they also broke through quickly and helped the fleet to obtain important spoils, making outstanding contributions.

Therefore, although Yanglong Bay has fewer people, its overall contribution is on par with Yulong Xiancheng, and the two sides have the same share of spoils; finally, there are the affiliated families who barely completed their own work and did not perform outstandingly.

Final distribution:
The six best ships among the eight enemy ships were divided fairly between the two Lin families.

As the leader of the fleet, the Third Master was the first to select the largest medium-sized pirate ship. The Lin family of Yulong Fairy City then selected the three best ships from the five ships, and the other two ships went to Yanglong Bay.

The affiliated families were only subordinate to the Lin family and were not slaves. Since they actually went to the battlefield to kill the enemies, they naturally had to participate in the final distribution of spoils. However, their efforts were not outstanding and they could only get the last two enemy ships in the worst condition.

This is a result that everyone is satisfied with.

After all, even the worst second-level spirit ship is still a second-level spirit ship. It only needs to be pulled back to the Yulong Islands for renovation, and the pirate speedboat can be converted into a comprehensive monster hunting ship. After adding protection and operating tools, it can become a cash cow that can make money continuously.

The two ships jointly owned by the four affiliated families became one ship per family, the capital doubled, and the original accumulation was completed directly.

"Wow, this boat is really nice, it looks like it's brand new."

There were three boats allocated to Yanglong Bay, and the boat towed behind the Sea Hunter was obviously newer and more powerful than the Sea Hunter.

"Master Jiu, will we switch to this ship in the future?"

We are all one family, and the hierarchy between Qi-refining cultivators and foundation-building cultivators is not as strict as it is outside, especially during times of great victory like this. Someone asked directly.

Jiu Ye thought for a moment and replied:

"The boat must be replaced, but not necessarily this one."

The Sea Hunter was the ship with the lowest overall level among the six monster-hunting ships when the company split up, even worse than the Hyacinth. Now that it has captured the enemy ship, it must be updated.

"Great! With the new ship, our strength will be greatly improved. Hunting second-level monsters will be much easier in the future."

The whole ship was filled with joy, and the grief over the death of their tribesmen was initially dispelled.

...

The Ziyu Islands are located due west of Yundu Island.

This place was originally a third-level island. Ten thousand years ago, a large purple sun warm jade mine was discovered here. The mining of the vein initially changed the local landscape. Later, several large-scale wars with the demon clan took place here. Coupled with the geological changes over the past ten thousand years, this place eventually formed a complex archipelago with dense islands and reefs.

In the center of the archipelago lies a fairly large second-tier market run by a loose cultivator organization, offering a wide variety of goods for sale. Located in the heart of the Thousand Star Sea's western region, this area is bustling with traffic and enjoys a generally good reputation. No incidents of attacking passing hunting ships have been reported, making it a temporary stop for the fleet. However, human nature cannot withstand the test, so the fleet did not proceed directly to the central market. Instead, it docked on an island reef devoid of spiritual veins and established a defensive perimeter.

Then, a foundation-building elder who worked part-time as a quasi-second-level shipbuilder in Yulong Fairy City inspected the status of the eight monster-hunting ships one by one, especially to ensure that the power cores and defense formations could continue to be used, at least until they returned home.

As an apprentice to the shipbuilder, Lin Qianfan naturally followed Uncle Gui to help with the work.

"Qianfan, you handle these materials and work carefully. This is a good opportunity for you to show your abilities."

"Okay, Uncle Gui."

Lin Qianfan is not picky about his work; he does whatever is assigned to him. On such a big stage, as long as he does anything well, people will notice it.

The spiritual consciousness of the foundation-building cultivators is not to be trifled with. As long as the younger generations show extraordinary qualities, they will not be buried and will be further cultivated in the future. After all, there are few people in Yanglong Bay.

"That's a good job, who is it..."

Sure enough, not long after, Lin Qianfan, who was young, hardworking and had excellent work quality, was noticed by a quasi-second-level shipbuilder from Yulong Fairy City.

"Such a young apprentice! What a pity that he was trained in Yanglong Bay. What a pity, alas~"

In addition, the person who noticed Lin Qianfan was Jiu Ye.

"This boy."

Jiu Ye's previous impression of Lin Qianfan was that he was a newcomer, studious, and more diligent and hardworking than others in his practice.

However, in the previous battle, Lin Qianfan was the first to react to the shock of the Eighth Master's ruthless attack, and he guided the direction of the battle in a timely manner, which was noticed by the Ninth Master. This move proved that Lin Qianfan was calm and had good on-the-spot response skills.

Now his skilled and efficient basic refining techniques prove that Lin Qianfan has good talent as a shipbuilder, or at least a good talent as a refiner.

"Tell Xiao Shi about it when we get back. He might like this nice junior."

The initial members of Yanglong Bay were all branches of the Lin family, so they could not compare with the Yulong Islands in many aspects, but they still had their own second-level shipbuilder, and the quasi-second-level could barely be considered second-level, so they were able to guide junior apprentices like Lin Qianfan with ease.

Just when the eight ships were being maintained and repaired in an orderly manner, three beams of light flew from the center of the archipelago. They must have been frightened by the scene of more than a dozen ships and came to negotiate.

Among the dozen or so ships, eight are pitch-black speedboats with obvious pirate features. They are already at our doorstep. How can it not be scary?
Two of the three foundation-building lights flew east and west respectively, maintaining a relatively long distance before stopping cautiously. Only the strongest one among them, a cultivator in the late foundation-building stage, flew close to the fleet.

He restrained his arrogance, showed no hostility or dissatisfaction, and stepped forward to salute politely.

The third master, the most powerful one in the fleet, took the initiative to negotiate. He immediately stated his identity and took out the token representing the Lin family. He also said that he had no ill intentions and was just stopping temporarily. After the spirit ship was inspected, it would leave as soon as possible.

And at the right time, he let several other people in the middle stage of foundation building show off the strength of the fleet, either openly or secretly, so as to prevent the other party from having any unnecessary thoughts.

The other party was relieved when they heard that the fleet had no intention of entering the market. Anyone would feel uneasy seeing more than a dozen ships and a dozen foundation-building cultivators standing at the doorstep.

"Where did you get these eight pirate ships? Where are there any pirates nearby?"

(End of this chapter)