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

Chapter 32 Women will only affect my cultivation progress
Now that they have recovered, the Zhang family immediately issued a huge reward for all second- and third-level pirates who appeared in this battle, in order to vent their anger/save face.

"The Zhang family suffered heavy losses, but we got a great deal. Will the Zhang family hold a grudge against us for this?"

"You're overthinking it. Our little profit is nothing compared to the size of the Zhang family. Besides, the Lin family is no weaker than the Zhang family. They can't possibly be angry with us just because we benefited from it."

Come to think of it, the Lin family fleet did nothing wrong, and even publicly reminded the Zhang family that whatever happened later had nothing to do with the Lin family.

"Now that the Zhang family has lost their Shield Mountain, what will happen to the annual Ice Melting Monster Hunt? Has the Zhang family come up with a new set of rules?"

The Zhang family is closest to the northern ice field, and the surrounding Jindan forces have long tacitly accepted that the monster hunting business is dominated by the Zhang family. If the Zhang family quits in the future, the Lin family fleet will need to determine a new target hunting ground in advance.

"There's no news yet. Let's wait for the Zhang family to sort out the things they have on hand. No matter what the arrangements are in the future, they will definitely give us a formal announcement."

In fact, the Zhang family’s losses were far greater than the outside world expected. It was not just the loss of a golden elixir and the Shield Mountain warship.

A large number of pirates attacked the main island, and the Zhang family was able to hold on at a cost. The Zhang family's accumulated resources over the years were greatly consumed in this battle.

Furthermore, due to the monster-hunting fleet penetrating too deeply into the icefield, the Zhang family also suffered the destruction of many second-tier monster-hunting ships by the Giant Fang King. As a power that relies on monster hunting as its mainstay industry, these monster-hunting ships and their crews are the essence of the Zhang family.

So this time they were hurt to the core, so much so that the follow-up arrangements for next year's Ice Melting Demon Hunting have not been issued.

The above are just the Zhang family’s own losses.

Several affiliated foundation-building forces near the main island of Yundu Island were plowed by pirates. This move destroyed the ecological soil of the Zhang family and dealt a heavy blow to the prestige of the Zhang family.

In addition, the monster hunting ships from the surrounding waters that went to hunt monsters also suffered heavy losses, so it would be difficult for the ice-melting monster hunting fleet to return to its previous size.

Family blind date on the east coast of Yanglong Bay.

The Storm Ocean is a world of immortal cultivation in the sea. Land is scarce, and there are even fewer areas suitable for large-scale reproduction of mortals. It is difficult to support the source of spiritual root cultivators in the entire world of immortal cultivation by relying solely on the reproduction of mortals.

Therefore, the marriage rate of Storm Ocean monks is relatively high. Except for those who are devoted to Taoism or have some problems, everyone will consider marriage.

Qi-refining monks whose upper limit of the Tao is almost locked naturally have a strong acceptance of marriage. After all, normal people can judge whether they have the opportunity to jump to a higher class in this lifetime. People who do not have the Tao naturally want to live a peaceful life, get married and have children.

All mortals in the Lin family have their spiritual roots tested at the age of eight. Those with spiritual roots will be supported/taught free of charge by the family for ten years, and will have their coming-of-age ceremony at the age of eighteen. If they have not developed particularly well after adulthood, they can consider marriage.

Having awakened his past life memories, Lin Qianfan has high hopes for the future. Building a foundation or forming a core are all within his goals, so he's not considering marrying in the short term.

However, no matter how long-term the plan is, one must focus on the present. He cannot avoid the family blind date in front of him. He was brought here by his elders.

In the Lin family, anyone who is not yet a normal person at the stage of foundation building will inevitably be forced to go on a blind date. If it doesn't work out the first time, there will be another time. Anyway, the family strongly encourages marriage and matchmaking. Unless the person clearly states that he or she intends to remain single, the family will naturally respect the individual's choice and no longer force him or her.

"Qianfan, is there any girl you like? I'll go and match you up."

"Don't consider it for now. You should take care of yourself. If you don't get married soon, you will be an old maid."

The main participants of the matchmaking event were the younger generation of Lin family cultivators, a small number of Five Spiritual Root cultivators from other families in the Yulong Islands who were interested in exchanging marriages, and local independent cultivators who knew the Yulong Islands well. The Lin family had been passed down for two thousand years, and the blood ties between members had long since separated them by a thousand miles. As long as they were within the fifth generation of kinship, they could marry freely.

Cultivators were important assets and a vital component of every family. Smaller families valued each member more. While there might be many from smaller clans willing to marry into the Lin family, few could gain their approval, and even those who did were often cultivators with five spiritual roots.

Marriages between non-core clan members are not very meaningful, so there are indeed some inter-family marriages, but they are not the mainstream of marriage.

The environment of the Yulong Islands is relatively closed and the population mobility is not large, but there are still people who become independent cultivators for various reasons. Many of them want to integrate into the Lin family in exchange for a stable and prosperous life.

However, the Lin family must conduct strict screening and not accept any relatives with unknown origins, bad temperaments, or bad deeds.

"Me? I don't want to marry outside the family and leave my parents, so either he comes to the Lin family to be my son-in-law, or I find a man from Yanglongwan Island. Qianfan, what's your reason?"

There are definitely people willing to be a son-in-law, but not many, and there are even fewer sons-in-law that Twelve Sister will like; the Lin family has a limited population, and there are not many people who can match Twelve Sister's age, so the choice is limited.

There are many first- and second-level spiritual islands in the Yulong Islands. The Lin family has limited industries that they can manage themselves, and the excess ones are either rented out or sold, so there are many foundation-building families and Qi-refining families here.

These families also have marriage needs. Because they are small in size and have a small population, they sometimes have to seek intermarriage with others, but most of the marriages are carried out in the form of exchanging women.

This kind of marriage exchange can not only strengthen bilateral exchanges and communication, but also ensure that the number of one's own monks is not easily lost.

Exchange marriages objectively exist, and this form of marriage is beneficial to both parties, but as long as the twelfth sister refuses openly, the family will not force her. After all, the Jindan family has the confidence to say no.

"I want to build my foundation, women will only affect my cultivation!"

"...?"

The twelfth sister stared at Lin Qianfan again and again with suspicion on her face.

"...at your age...is there something wrong with you?"

Lin Qianfan shook his head and explained seriously:
"Now is the time when the family is in great need of foundation-building cultivators. The difficulty of exchanging foundation-building spiritual objects from the family has greatly decreased. Even cultivators with five spiritual roots have a glimmer of hope. Naturally, I cannot slack off."

"Foundation building?"

When the twelfth sister heard this, there was a look of longing in her eyes, but it soon faded away without any extravagant hope.

"Your sister, I still have self-awareness."

"But it seems that our Qianfan really has lofty ideals and is able to control low-level desires. Then you have to work hard. Maybe you can really kidnap the Ice Fairy of Yulong Fairy City in the future."

"I heard that the Ice Fairy is very pretty at such a young age. She's a top-notch beauty. It would be perfect for you to bring her to Yanglong Bay in the future."

(End of this chapter)