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

Chapter 31 (Additional chapters, please read later, very important) Elders’ appreciation, Zhang family news
"Thank you, Master Jiu, for your appreciation. Qianfan will definitely live up to your expectations."

Due to Lin Qianfan's active performance in the battle, his harvest this time was not the least in the entire ship, and even exceeded nearly one-third of the crew members. He proved himself very well and won the general recognition of other crew members.

Because Jiu Ye is definitely fair!

After everyone received their due rewards, Jiu Ye continued:
"After further consultation with the family, the name Sea Hunter will be transferred to the ship behind me. We will use this ship to sail from now on."

The ship behind Jiu Ye was one of the two medium-sized ships that had actively rammed the Hunter, and it was the only medium-sized ship among the eight pirate ships that were captured as spoils.

Although this ship was new and large, it was still not as good as the Hunter owned by Third Master. So when Third Master refused to change his ship, this ship eventually passed to Ninth Master.

Everyone was ecstatic when they heard this.

There is a clear difference in the data between the new and old Sea Hunters. The medium-sized ship is much larger than the small ship, and its defense formation is more advanced and complete, which can bring a full sense of security to the boatmen.

Larger ships can carry more powerful weapon systems. In the future, whether facing foundation-building monks or second-level sirens, the ability to fight head-on will be greatly improved.

In addition, large ships can be equipped with more types of fishing and hunting related tools, and future maritime operations will be greatly optimized and improved. Each trip to sea will yield more prey, and per capita income will also increase.

"It will take some time to refit the new ship, so this holiday is tentatively scheduled for one month. We will notify you whether we will sail after one month. Please make sure to plan your vacation accordingly."

The pirate ship has given up many functions for the sake of extreme speed, and its aggressive characteristics are too obvious, so it needs major changes. The pirate speedboat needs to be changed into a comprehensive monster-hunting ship for economic purposes, so as to avoid being misunderstood when it goes out in the future.

As for the arrangements for the remaining three second-level spirit ships, Master Ba did not seem willing to leave the Hunter and work alone, and the other foundation-building cultivators in the family also had their own arrangements.

But the family doesn't seem to have any intention of selling, so these three ships will be idle in the short term, and it is still unknown what will happen to Lin Qianfan in the end.

In fact, the family is now revealing a signal inside and out - new foundation-building monks are urgently needed!

How could a Jindan sect with a well-established tradition only have a dozen or so foundation-building cultivators? They were short of people!
"Fan'er!"

"Mom, Dad, I made you worried."

How can going overseas be risk-free?
Any boatman who chooses to embark on this path should be prepared for the worst. Without taking risks, how can there be a rich resource reward? How can one achieve rapid growth?
Lin Qianfan, a mere fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator, earned nearly a year's salary from his father in just one sea voyage. This shows that while the risks of going to sea are high, the upper limit is also extremely high! Fortune and misfortune go hand in hand!
The next day.

After a good night's rest, Lin Qianfan came to the family's dock area. At this moment, the dock area was the busiest it had been in many years. Several second-level spirit ships were docked here and waiting in line for repair/modification.

"Are you Lin Qianfan?"

The tenth elder, who was originally busy in charge of the transformation of the New Sea Hunter, stopped his work and met with Lin Qianfan who came to report.

"Greetings, Tenth Elder. I am Lin Qianfan."

Lin Qianfan saluted with great respect, without any disrespect. Although the other party was only a quasi-second-level shipbuilder, he was a foundation-building cultivator who came from the muddy field and should not be underestimated.

"The Ninth Elder said you have great talent as a shipbuilder, so he recommended you to me to audit his classes. Let me test you..."

The importance shown by the Tenth Elders attracted the attention of several other first-rank shipbuilders and a large number of apprentices. They had never seen such a Tenth Elder before.

Logically speaking, a Foundation Establishment Elder, a Second-Rank Talisman Maker, a Second-Rank Refiner, and a Quasi-Second-Rank Shipwright would be very busy and wouldn't care about a minor apprentice like Lin Qianfan. However, the fact that the usually stern Ninth Master mentioned Lin Qianfan to the Tenth Elder alone made him highly value this junior's potential.

"Well, that's a very good answer. You have a solid foundation of knowledge and a strong ability to understand. Come, how about trying some practical exercises..."

The tenth elder was very satisfied with Lin Qianfan's performance. He was so impressed by his talent that he unknowingly increased the difficulty of the test, wanting to see where Lin Qianfan's limit was.

"Not bad, not bad. You've already got such a solid foundation before you're nineteen. You're no worse than me back then. What's even more rare is that you're not too biased in your studies. You have a bright future!"

Why is the Tenth Elder a quasi-second-level shipbuilder?
Because the tenth elder is a student with a bias towards certain subjects, his rune skills and refining skills have reached the second level, but his formation skills are somewhat lacking and he is still stuck before the second level threshold. This makes it impossible for him to independently construct the power core of the second-level spirit ship. He must seek help from other second-level formation masters to complete the construction of the second-level spirit ship, so he can only be considered a quasi-second-level shipbuilder at present.

"When you're free, you can come to the dock more often to help. I'll answer any questions you have as long as I have time. But a teacher can only lead you in, but practice is up to you. Your future achievements will depend on your own research. Do you understand?"

"Junior understands!"

Lin Qianfan saluted respectfully again.

Only the elders in the family would teach like this without seeking fame or fortune. In his previous life, he worked as a free slave for his teacher for many years before he learned some real skills.

In the following days, Lin Qianfan took a lot of free time to go to the shipyard, doing free labor happily while taking the opportunity to learn all aspects of modifying the second-level spirit ship to confirm his memory.

A few days later.

The follow-up news about Yundu Island finally reached Yanglong Bay.

"What? The Jindan senior we met that day actually died?"

"The news is true! The Zhang family suffered heavy losses this time, and they've put out a very high reward for that group of pirates. The heads of those Foundation Establishment pirates they killed earlier can be exchanged for a considerable amount of resources."

It turned out that the pirates had indeed used a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain that day, but the subsequent development of the situation was beyond the pirates' expectations.

The original purpose of that group of pirates was to transfer a Zhang family golden elixir through the Giant Tooth King, and then assemble a fleet to attack Yundu Island, attempting to plunder the wealth accumulated by the Zhang family for thousands of years.

However, the Zhang family hid some of their strength from the outside world. Yundu Island was not guarded by only one Jindan monk as the pirates had estimated, but by two Jindan monks. The Zhang family had always had a Jindan monk hidden in the dark. Faced with the invasion of a powerful enemy, the Zhang family had to reveal their hidden Jindan.

Faced with the successive bombardments of three Jindan pirates and two third-tier warships, the two Zhang family Jindans used some of the Zhang family's unknown skills to defend the core formation of Yundu Island and forced the pirates to retreat several times.

After all, Yundu Island is located in the inner sea of Thousand Star Sea, close to Thousand Star City. Seeing that they could not take it down in a short period of time, the pirates had to break up into small groups and disappeared in the vast ocean in a panic.

However, surprisingly, the Zhang family's Jindan who went alone to support the Shield Mountain ship was picked up by a new Jindan pirate who was responsible for guiding the situation.

The newly promoted Jindan pirate, along with the injured Giant Fang King and the icebreaker Shield Mountain were all taken away in one fell swoop. Although the pirates' trip did not meet their expectations, they did not leave empty-handed.

"Ah? Isn't this too bizarre?"

(End of this chapter)