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

Chapter 60: Ichthyosaur Islands, the Division of the Main and Branch Islands (Happy New Year!!)

"Uncle Niu."

"Well, earlier I was worried that you wouldn't be able to catch up and would have to wait ten years. Fortunately, you finally caught up on time, which makes me ashamed."

Uncle Niu is the boatman on the Hunter. He is the oldest and is already 40 years old this year. He barely broke through five years ago and has barely reached the assessment standards.

As a cultivator with four spiritual roots, he had earned the qualification to participate in the foundation-building seed assessment by bravely fighting monsters at sea. Uncle Niu was considered a role model for all the cultivators with four spiritual roots in the family.

After all, there are too few cultivators with three spiritual roots, only one among dozens, so it is not a widely used reference.

But there are many cultivators with four spiritual roots. One with four spiritual roots can be found among several cultivators. Uncle Niu can represent many people.

"Are you all waiting for me?

"Sorry, I'm late."

A mature voice was heard in the wind and snow, and a female cultivator walked out slowly.

"It's not too late, Sister Qianling. The Fourth Elder hasn't arrived yet."

The last one is the youngest first-level alchemist in the family's alchemy hall, and the only female among the five.

The male to female ratio is four to one.

Since the sample size is too small, the reference value is also very small.

But if we do long-term big data statistics, there are indeed more male cultivators than female cultivators among high-level cultivators.

This does not mean that female cultivators are inferior to male cultivators in cultivation. This is caused by many comprehensive reasons.

For example, the different pressures/roles that society puts on men and women, the different industries they choose to work in, etc.

For example, three of these five people are from the shipbuilding department, which shows how high the upper limit of hunting monsters at sea is.

However, there are very few female cultivators who choose to embark on the path of sea monster hunting, and even fewer who can achieve the level of Jiu Ye.

Otherwise, why would Jiu Ye be called Jiu Ye instead of Jiu Elder?

When your strength, power and reputation reach a certain level, no one will care about your gender, but before that, you must not skimp on the hardships you have to endure.

Even if the brothers Lin Qianfan and Lin Qianbao did not become boatmen, they could still meet the requirements. After all, both brothers had three spiritual roots, but they definitely could not meet the requirements at such a young age.

Uncle Niu is an example of someone who achieved a leap forward by being a boatman. If he had not been a boatman, even if he had other talents, it would have been difficult for him to reach his current level even if he had been an alchemist.

Why?

Because going to sea is not only a shortcut to efficiently obtain high-quality resources, but also a channel to strengthen the foundation. Only when you get on the ship, the channel for upward leap will open up for ordinary people.

Then why doesn’t the family arrange a few more monster-hunting ships to go out to sea, so that more people can go out and become monster-hunting monks to strive for the top?
risk!

Going out to sea is risky, even extremely risky!

In the event of force majeure, both the people and the boat may not be able to return, and a single encounter can cause huge losses.

Therefore, a force with an orderly inheritance needs to control the proportion of demon-hunting monks, which generally cannot exceed 20 to 30 percent. This can be discussed based on the specific family management policies of each family.

Once it exceeds 30%, if there is a major natural disaster or man-made disaster that prevents several ships from returning, the family will be directly hit hard, which is a structural damage.

For example, the situation encountered by the Zhang family of Yundu Island a few years ago, they lost nearly 20% of the total population of demon-hunting monks at one time.

These are not just ordinary 20% of the tribesmen. These are outstanding members who are extremely motivated, energetic and experienced.

Without decades of vigorous encouragement of childbirth and continued investment in cultivation, the gains would certainly be lost. Unlike the Zhang family on Yundu Island, the Lin family had many small islands and spiritual veins on the Yulong Archipelago, generating considerable income, more than enough to support a family. A single member could reach the Golden Core stage with full effort over a century.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need to increase the size of the monster-hunting ships. Having these few ships now is enough to give a very small number of people a chance to fight.

The number of monster hunting ships will only be increased when the population increases and the young generation reaches adulthood.

At the beginning of the morning hour, the four elders boarded the ship on time.

"set off!"

There is no need for excessive instructions and preaching, as instructions and preaching are of no practical use. It is better to take the mule or horse out for a walk.

What's more, the foundation-building seed assessment is not actually a direct competition with others, but a comprehensive assessment compared with the standard level.

Toot~
The Lilong Fishing Ground is extremely quiet in winter. It is difficult to see any trace of spiritual fish activities on the sea. Only in the center of the fishing ground under the guidance of the Qi-Watching Technique, spiritual energy is constantly rising.

It is said that countless years ago, the Ichthyosaur Islands were also a large cluster of islands, but were later shattered by powerful men into the scattered islands they are today.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the spiritual veins in Yulong Fairy City and Yanglong Bay, located in the center of the archipelago, are the highest in level, the spiritual veins decrease in level the further out into the archipelago, and why the two main islands are so close to each other.

Moreover, there is a secret circulating within the Lin family that is not a secret. There is a third-level water vein under the sea cave of the Lilong Fishery between the two islands.

Three third-level spiritual veins are connected in a line and are so close to each other. These are not three spiritual veins at all, they are clearly the same spiritual vein. Therefore, the statement that the predecessor of the Ichthyosaur Islands was a big island is most likely true.

Toot~
The two islands were not far apart, and the passenger ship quickly brought the people there.

"Is this the Fish-Dragon Fairy City?"

It was the first time that 22-year-old Lin Qianfan set foot on the land of Yulong Fairy City.

"This is Yulong Fairy City, where I go to school."

Myna is ten years older than Lin Qianfan, and his childhood experience is completely different from Lin Qianfan's. At that time, all the children of the Lin family were gathered in Yulong Fairy City to attend the clan school.

"The so-called main vein and branch veins are not distinguished by blood relationship alone. The main vein and branch veins are relative concepts and depend more on one's inner positioning of oneself."

Most of the people with prominent status are from the main lineage, but some of them feel that their treatment is unfair and choose to become branches.

At least half of the ten foundation-building elders in Yanglong Bay are here for this reason.

Those who came from humble backgrounds were basically branches, but there were also those who felt comfortable with their circumstances and became the main branches.

When the family splits up, many people from lower-income families actually do not have the courage to step out of their comfort zone. They have become accustomed to the previous pace of life and are used to being controlled and dominated.

In their eyes, their lives were already very affluent and had surpassed the average level of Qi-refining monks in the Yulong Islands.

They also know the limits of their abilities. What would happen even if they followed them to Yanglong Bay?
Can you change your fate?
No!

Since you can't change your fate, you might as well lie down.

Anyway, the branch veins and the main vein are all one family, so even if there is exploitation, it will be limited. The main vein exploits the branch veins, and the branch veins exploit the independent cultivators. The pressure can be transmitted and released.

So this is why there are far more Lin family members in Yulong Fairy City than in Yanglong Bay.

After all, only a few people can stand up, and this includes some people who have lived in Yanglong Bay for generations. For example, Lin Qianfan's family has been from Yanglong Bay for generations, so they naturally follow Yanglong Bay.

"Any bad memories? Now that you're here, tell me about them."

Seeing the mynah bird’s twisted expression, Lin Qianfan made a teasing remark.

(End of this chapter)