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

Chapter 45: The middle stage of foundation building, Yunshang Secret Island

With such a big business, its strength cannot be underestimated. The Yunshang Alliance is the strongest Jindan force in the entire Western Regions, and there are late Jindan cultivators in the alliance.

Apart from the Thousand Star City where many powerful people gather, the Yunshang Alliance is a powerful force even in the entire Thousand Star Sea.

The Yunshang Secret Island where the Yunshang Alliance is located is much more mysterious to everyone. The Yunshang Secret Island is a giant island isolated in the south of the Western Regions.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a small continent, with many third-level spiritual veins on it, all of which are controlled by the Yunshang Alliance.

Yunchang Secret Island is large enough, has abundant resources, and its internal circulation allows it to be self-sufficient to a large extent. The monks on the island rarely go out except to do business, so ordinary boatmen don't know much about it.

The distance from Yulong Fairy City to Yunshang Secret Island is slightly farther than the distance to the northern ice field. The journey is long and the benefits are uncontrollable, so the Sea Hunter has never been there before.

"Master Jiu, are you already in the middle stage of foundation building?"

An older boatman deduced from the destination of Yunshang Secret Island that Jiu Ye had entered the middle stage of foundation building.

"I had some enlightenment a few days ago and have already reached the fourth level of foundation building."

To be more precise, he had already digested the contributions brought by the pirates, allowing Jiu Ye to step into the middle stage of foundation building ahead of time and fully master the medium-sized monster hunting ship.

A medium-sized monster-hunting ship combined with the complementary mid-stage foundation-building cultivation is the basis for single-ship long-distance monster hunting. Only with such a configuration can it be guaranteed that even if you cannot defeat a powerful monster in an unfamiliar waters, there is a high probability that you can escape.

As for the possibility of friction with other ships, it is even smaller. Strength and weakness are relative. If you are strong, they will be weak.

As for pirates, they are basically not considered. The further south you go and farther away from the northeastern defense line, the less likely you are to encounter pirates like last time. After all, pirates appearing in the inland sea are rare.

"Congratulations, Master Jiu!"

The whole ship cheered. Although the peak of the third level of foundation building and the initial stage of the fourth level seemed to be only a fine line apart, they were actually two completely different levels.

The qualitative change barrier from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building is not so easy to cross, and the corresponding spiritual objects for breaking through the realm cannot even be bought with money.

Some foundation-building cultivators from weak foundation-building families who are always hesitating about preserving their foundation-building heritage will often be stopped here. There are many such cases in the Yulong Islands.

Jiu Ye raised his right hand slightly, and everyone fell silent again.

Afterwards, Jiu Ye once again adjusted the monthly salary of some crew members. Some had their salary increased due to their improved cultivation, while others, like Lin Qianfan, had their status increased due to their improved skills even though they did not break through their realm.

Today, Lin Qianfan is considered a quasi-first-level shipbuilder. He can complete most of the work of a first-level shipbuilder and can be used as a first-level shipbuilder in collaborative cooperation.

Therefore, Lin Qianfan's basic monthly salary was increased to 25 points, close to the 40 points that Uncle Gui had before he became the class owner.

"Fellow Daoists of the Lin family, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

A middle-aged monk with a thin build, a mustache and dressed like a shopkeeper saluted the boatmen respectfully with his hands clasped together.

The journey to Yunchang Secret Island is long, so the hunting ship did not go empty-handed. Instead, it took a job transporting goods in the West Coast Market.

"I am Zhang Qian, from the Zhang family of Hongyuan Mountain on Yunshang Secret Island. I hope you will take good care of me during the rest of the voyage."

Shopkeeper Zhang spoke softly, was courteous and kind to everyone, and was cautious, for he was afraid of being taken advantage of by this group of fierce boatmen.

However, the Lin family has a good family tradition, and the Ninth Master's rule is strict, so they naturally wouldn't rob these first-level goods and tarnish their reputation. "No need to be so polite. Sailing on the sea is unsafe and there are many uncertainties. Shopkeeper Zhang, please try not to leave the cabin."

"Hey, okay, okay~"

The next step was to load various cargoes onto the ship. Although the Monster Hunting Ship wasn't a specialized cargo ship, it had a large internal storage space and could hold a lot of cargo.

These goods are all first-order, with large quantities and low unit prices, but there is a significant price difference between the two places, which makes it profitable.

"set sail!"

Toot~
The three monster-hunting ships were at three different levels of strength and naturally had three different destinations. After leaving the port, they went their separate ways, with the Sea Hunter heading south alone.

"The land area of Yunshang Secret Island is very large, running east-west. A huge freshwater stream called Yunshang River runs through it from east to west, connecting most of the water veins of the entire Yunshang Secret Island."

"In the middle of the Yunshang River, there's a large lake called Yunyan Lake. It's the perfect place for giant red scale fish to migrate and spawn. So every Mid-Autumn Festival, the entire Western Region's sexually mature giant red scale fish instinctively flock to Yunyan Lake. At that time, the place where the river meets the sea becomes a feast for all hunters."

"From the sky, the sea, and the bottom of the sea, all predators will come to join in the feast."

"And the purpose of our trip is not to hunt the giant red scale, but to hunt other monsters that come here to hunt the giant red scale."

The red giant scale is of course an excellent prey. Normally, the red giant scale of the same size is worth nearly one-third of the bluefin sea spearhead.

However, the red giant scales in the migratory breeding period have reached the end of their lives. Their meat is very tough and their spiritual energy is severely depleted. They even contain trace amounts of toxins, which are not friendly to consumers in the early and middle stages of Qi Refining. Therefore, their economic value is not great.

Moreover, if human cultivators all participated in this feast of sharing red giant scales without restraint, then within a few years, the total amount of red giant scales in the Western Region would drop rapidly until this feast completely disappeared.

Therefore, the primary target of human monks is not the giant red scale, but other predators that come to hunt the giant red scale.

"Adult giant redfin crocodiles are large, and those in the breeding season are even more plump."

"By then, the majority of birds and beasts that can participate in the hunt for giant red scales will also be large in size. There are also no small-sized sea sirens that can hunt giant red scales. Even the banks of the Yunshang River will be crowded with terrestrial monsters to hunt them, so we have a wide range of prey to choose from."

Although Lin Qianfan had never been to Yunshang Secret Island, he was now familiar with the library and had a certain understanding of the various well-known news about the major forces in the Western Regions.

"That's great, let's do it!"

The days of long-distance sailing are boring, especially now that Lin Qianfan doesn’t even have the job of dividing the catch, as many diligent boatmen are rushing to do it.

So now, in addition to the necessary daily practice of refining Qi and refining the spirit, he also challenges the cultivators in the late stage of Qi refining and studies the formation of formations.

Nowadays, challenging the late stage of Qi Refining has not yielded much results, because there are not many old boatmen now, and some of them are masters of the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining who are much stronger than Lin Qianfan. Challenging them is just asking for abuse and will be easily subdued.

Or they were the few who had been defeated by Lin Qianfan at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and there was no challenge for them because Lin Qianfan's growth rate was too fast, and anyone who was defeated by Lin Qianfan could not catch up.

But the mountain that Myna could never get over was a huge one. After seeing Lin Qianfan's rapid progress, Myna felt a sense of crisis. He followed up on Lin Qianfan's practice every day and also grew rapidly. Now Myna is considered an expert in the seventh level of Qi Refining.

"I'm not playing anymore. You're cheating."

(End of this chapter)