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

Chapter 38: Seizing the Red Belly Scale and Catching the Fresh Immortal Toad

The next day.

The two ships, which had been hiding all night, headed deeper into the sea. There was no need to continue hunting birds and beasts, as they were also part of the marine ecology. Overhunting was not a good thing, and too much was as bad as too little.

"Myna, what was that howling last night? Do you know what was howling?"

"I'm not sure, but this isn't the first time I've encountered that strange sound. I remember encountering it seven or eight years ago. That night, the strange sound was closer to our ship and lasted longer before disappearing. The source of the sound seemed to be heading towards the dark ocean trench."

It seems that the starling doesn't know what a dragon's roar is.

"Judging from its aura, that thing can't be weaker than the Giant Fang King. It must be a third-level existence. Is it okay for us to approach the Dark Ocean Trench like this?"

"It's no problem. We ignored that voice last time. We're not going to the center of the Dark Ocean Trench. With our strength, we can only hunt on the outer edge. It's not a big deal."

Although the starling was not sure about the identity of that thing, the demon-hunting monks of the Lin family had been doing this for generations. As long as they did not venture too deep, they would rarely encounter danger. Greed was the biggest danger on the sea.

An hour later.

"Ding Ding Ding~~~"

"A large school of spirit fish has been spotted ahead. It looks like a school of red-bellied scaled fish. Requesting instructions, Captain!"

Unlike the black-bellied fish, the red-bellied fish is larger in size and has higher individual value. There are often a small number of valuable red-bellied fish among the fish schools, which can be regarded as good hunting targets.

"Two boats working together, lower the seine!"

The Sea Hunter, a medium-sized monster-hunting ship, finally used the purse seine it brought with it when it went out to sea.

As the engine formation rolled, the Sea Hunter pulled one end of the seine net, and the Dolphin pulled the other end, unfolding the net.

Then the two boats pulled the net to the left and right in the direction of the fish school. Although the depth of the net was limited, its width was large enough. Once it was pulled towards the large fish school, the net was filled with the harvest.

"Close, prepare to fight!"

Demon hunting ships generally do not need live fish. In addition, these spirit fish are large in size and each one contains great power, so they can be killed directly in the process of catching fish.

"Be careful of the red-bellied scaled monsters mixed in!"

It is easy for fish monsters to appear in such large schools of fish. Fish monsters are much more dangerous than spirit fish and must be guarded against.

The boatmen in the late stage of Qi Refining were the first echelon, holding harpoons and killing the powerful individuals in the fish school one by one.

The boatmen in the middle stage of Qi Refining, as the second echelon, also used harpoons to kill other red-bellied scaled fish.

The boatmen in the early stage of Qi Refining serve as the third echelon to further decompose the prey dragged up by the harpoon.

The two boats were close together, the net was getting tighter and tighter, and everyone was busy having fun. Although there were red-bellied scale monsters trying to attack the boatmen, they were always taken on by the experienced first-tier team.

"It tastes really good, but my spiritual power is too violent. I can't eat too much."

Lin Qianfan cut off a piece of fresh fish belly and fed it directly into his mouth, enjoying the taste of fresh prey on the spot. This is the benefit of being a boatman!
Except for a very few particularly rare prey, which are subject to restrictions, you can eat all other prey.

After all, this thing needs to be refined after eating, and the refining process has a limit. The stronger the strength, the more you can refine, so this aspect is also dynamically fair.

"Do what you can, there are still many days to come." Seeing that Lin Qianshan's face turned red from eating so much, Lin Qianfan didn't know what to say. This cousin must have never had such a good life, and it was obvious that he was too full.

"Oh~"

In the following days, the two ships kept sailing around the outskirts of the dark ocean trench, hunting for various valuable targets until the storage bags on the ship were full, and then they began to return.

"Brother Qianfan, are we going back now? Why don't you bring some extra storage bags?"

"We're not going back to the Ichthyosaur Islands. We're going to find a catch boat to sell our catch. We've brought enough storage bags. Any more would exceed the limit of prey we can protect."

"No matter how many storage bags I have, they can't compare to the value of the spirit ship, right? How can I not be able to defend it? Is anyone going to come and rob it?"

Lin Qianshan was very puzzled, as these things did not appear specifically in the ethnic studies textbooks.

Lin Qianfan said nothing and pointed at the sea mysteriously.

"You mean the beings in the sea?"

"Yes, storage bags aren't omnipotent. Accumulating too much Qi and Blood might attract unknown entities in the sea. Therefore, the maximum harvest a monster-hunting ship can achieve each time it goes out to sea must match its own strength. Too much is as bad as too little. Otherwise, it's better to be safe than sorry."

The sea is boundless!

All monks who make their living from the sea should be in awe of Him!

After leaving the dark trench, the two ships continued to move westward.

In such an excellent hunting ground like the Dark Sea, it is natural that not only ships from the Ichthyosaur Islands will come here to hunt, but also monster-hunting ships from other forces around the sea will come here to hunt.

Guanlan Fairy City is the strongest among all the nearby forces, so they account for the majority of the harvest from this spring hunting, just as Yundu Island accounts for the majority of the hunting in the northern ice field.

Every year, Guanlan Fairy City sends out three third-level fish-collecting ships, one in the south, one in the west, and one in the north, to block the three directions of the dark sea and purchase various prey. Everyone will tacitly sell the prey to them at a low price to save time and improve hunting efficiency.

The third-level seafood-collecting ship on the south side is called the Xianchan.

The third-level Immortal Toad still has a prey carrying limit, but the third-level spirit ship with a Jindan cultivator personally in charge has a strong risk resistance ability. As long as it does not easily set foot in the core area of the dark sea trench, it will not be afraid of encountering danger. The existence in the sea trench will not leave easily.

The current goal of the two Lin family ships is to find the Xianchan.

The two ships originally operated in the sea area where they basically encountered no other monster-hunting ships. Even if they happened to see other monster-hunting ships from afar, everyone would tacitly avoid them. After all, there is no law on the sea, and it is not a good thing for two strange ships to get too close.

But as the two ships got closer and closer to the Xianchan's designated activity area, the monster-hunting ships around them became more and more common, and people no longer deliberately avoided them.

"The Guanlan Fairy Island where Guanlan Fairy City is located is different from our scattered Yulong Islands. It is a large, concentrated island with a large third-level spiritual vein."

"Guanlan Immortal City is built on this spiritual vein, but the Immortal City does not belong to a single company. Instead, it is governed by three parties working together."

"These three families aren't formidable when separated, but together they are the strongest force in the entire Thousand Star Sea's Western Region, save for Yunshang Secret Island. There are probably nearly ten Golden Cores in Guanlan Immortal City, and some are even mid-stage Golden Core masters. They have a huge influence in the Western Region."

"The owner of the Immortal Toad, our target, is one of the three families: the Gongshu family of Guanlan Immortal City!"

(End of this chapter)