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

Chapter 96 Overlord, Five Elements Essence

Being praised repeatedly by Lin Qianfan, Yinlin's tail was raised high, and he seemed to be happier than eating honey.

"Here, a reward for you."

Lin Qianfan ejected a Soul-Feeding Pill and flew into the sky. He flicked his silver-scaled tail and bounced himself up high, accurately holding the pill in his mouth.

Although the first-stage late-stage monsters cannot fly like human cultivators, their mobility is already very strong.

"Refine it well, it will be very beneficial to your growth."

"Gudu~"

If a cultivator consumes too many elixirs for cultivation, it is easy for elixir poison to accumulate in his meridians, but this rarely happens to monsters. Why?

dose!

To the monster's gigantic body, the poison contained in the tiny Soul-Feeding Pill was practically useless.

Qi and blood!

Monsters mainly cultivate physical qi and blood. Those with strong qi and blood metabolism have extremely strong detoxification capabilities. Monsters will not eat elixirs as rice, so there is generally no need to worry about the problem of elixir poisoning.

However, although Lin Qianfan has some spare money now, he will not spend it all on elixirs without restraint.

This is still a question of dosage. Although the Soul Feeding Pill can promote the growth and development of monsters, it does not play a decisive role. It still needs to practice diligently and eat the flesh and blood of other monsters.

Yinlin is not very old, and his body has not even developed to its current limit, so Lin Qianfan is not considering rushing to promote it to the second level. He should first develop the maximum potential of the first level.

"We'll have to spend more time cultivating relationships and practicing coordinated operations in the future."

Although the constraints of the beast taming contract are strong, they ultimately have their limits, and the master-servant relationship still needs deep affection to maintain.

As long as the feelings are deep, you can use them even without a contract.

"Sir... have you contracted it?"

Xiao Shi was a little bit incredulous when he saw Lin Qianfan casually ordering this mutated carp dragon fish monster. This kind of monster is very valuable. If he contracts it...

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, sir, you are really willing to give it up."

Although the Carp Dragon Fish Demon is the totem of the Lin family, the Lin family is not so overbearing as to not allow others to make a contract with it.

What's more, the difference between other people's contracts with carp dragon fish monsters and those with ordinary fish monsters is not that big.

The next day,

Before dawn, at the Fangshi Pier.

"Sister, where are we going?"

The younger brother of the Shi family, who had never left Lan'an Market, asked the backbone nervously.

"We are going to live in a more peaceful and harmonious place."

Xiaoshi didn't know the exact destination of this trip, but she could only trust Lin Qianfan's arrangements.

Toot~
Lin Qianfan personally sent the brother and sister onto the Yanglongwan cargo ship that was passing by, and gave them detailed instructions on their follow-up arrangements.

"See you later!"

"See you later, sir!"

The siblings' destination was Peach Blossom Island, a second-level spiritual island in the inner ring and run by the Lin family. There were not many disputes and conflicts of interest there, and the pressure to survive was very small.

Lin Qianfan even gave Xiaoshi a stone house and cave, so that she could continue to live an ordinary life with her brother, or she could marry an ordinary member of the Lin family there.

At the same time, in the Lan'an Market Prison.

"Shi Saner!"

"Yes... sir... I'm here... give your orders..."

After being beaten up, the down-and-out monk understood many things clearly and became much more honest.

"It's almost time~"

"Have mercy! Sir, have mercy! I am innocent~"

"Why are you howling? I mean you can go now."

"Really...really?"

"Three! Two! ..."

The overjoyed down-and-out monk dragged his aching body and quickly crawled out of the Forbidden Soul Prison before the countdown ended.

The monks' physical fitness is still good. As long as their dantian and main meridians are not damaged, getting beaten is no big deal.

"Remember to keep your eyes open when you get out. Use your brain to decide who you can and cannot recruit. Mr. Zou is kind and well-intentioned. Otherwise, you wouldn't have enough to waste even if you had ten lives."

"I will never dare to do the things you taught me again."

The impoverished monk never mentioned anything else, but just kept humbly saying that the transformation was very complete.

Golden Autumn,

Autumn should be the harvest season, but since the beginning of autumn, Blue Coast Island has not been as crowded with people as in previous years. On the contrary, a few residents in the west district have begun to imitate ordinary people and store food for the winter.

In the lobby of a certain place in the garrison,

"We can't go on like this, we have to make a change!"

Representative elders from the Li, Mi, and Le families, as well as the stationed deacons from the Xiancheng Lin family and the Yanglongwan Lin family gathered together.

"If the current situation continues, more people will go bankrupt this year. The crisis will then spread from the bottom to the middle class and ultimately affect our interests."

"If nothing else, this year's tax revenue target won't be completed."

The sudden wind disasters and demon disasters during the storm season caused too many low-level cultivators in the four eastern islands to suffer.

The spiritual fields of spiritual farmers were ruthlessly destroyed, the fish farmers' aquaculture cages were swept away by the sirens, the farms and orchards of the villages were destroyed, and the craftsmen were unable to receive orders and became increasingly depressed. Although many of these people were not residents of Lan'an Market, they were all part of the ecosystem centered on the market.

Without production activities, their lives will be difficult, the market will lose its consumption vitality, and the people in power at all levels will feel uneasy.

"We've gathered here today to discuss a practical solution. We can't wait any longer. Once winter arrives, natural disasters will turn into man-made disasters."

Although the group of independent cultivators appear docile on the surface, that is only when you give them a chance to survive. Once they feel they have no hope of survival, there will be many crazy people among them, and then the economic problem will become a public security problem.

"Since everyone is silent, then my Lin family will set an example."

The Lin family has four deacon seats in Lan'an Market, two for the Xiancheng Lin family and two for the Yanglongwan Lin family.

The four of them are both competitors and partners, especially when facing the three major local families, their positions are highly consistent.

"Mr. Lin, please speak!"

As the foundation-building seed of the Lin family, Lin Qianfan actually does the least work, but has the highest status. No one dares to look down on this young man who is only in his early twenties.

"Starting soon, the Lin family will gradually ship in large quantities of spiritual rice, low-level spiritual fish meat, spiritual charcoal, spiritual cotton, bird and animal down, and other basic winter supplies. We will need your help in distributing them then."

"That's fine, we still have the ability to mobilize."

"Don't be impatient, Fellow Daoist Mi. Master Lin should have something else to say."

Although the Le family is a local force, they did not dare to forget their own position and decisively interrupted the Mi family's behavior of interrupting Lin Qianfan's speech.

"This batch of supplies is large in quantity and can barely meet the basic needs of the independent cultivators on the four eastern islands, but..."

Of course, the Lin family will only take care of the helpless low-level cultivators. Other family forces often have a certain ability to resist risks, and will not be forced to death by a disaster.

"Mr. Lin, just tell us directly. We will absolutely cooperate!"

"As the saying goes, water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. The long-term inheritance of the three major families is inseparable from the support of the grassroots independent cultivators. Am I right?"

"Mr. Lin is absolutely right."

"Then the three major families, as the leaders of the local forces, should and must shoulder their due responsibilities!"

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Lin Qianfan's meaning was clear. The three major families also needed to take appropriate measures to rescue the market and let the grassroots cultivators get through the winter safely and prevent chaos.

The next day, the garrison bulletin board said,
It seemed that some very important news was released, and a group of people gathered around, but strangely, everyone who saw the news remained silent and left in a hurry.

"Make way, all of you, let me see what's going on."

A shirtless man with scars all over his body forcefully pushed his way through the crowd and got close to the bulletin board.

"You... Master Zhang, good luck to you!"

"What did you say just now? My ears are not very good and I didn't hear clearly. Come on, say it again."

pat!

"Master Zhang, I'm kneeling down before you, and you're just treating me like a fart. Damn it! Bang! Damn it! Bang!"

"Alright, alright, who are you slapping me for? If you do this, others will think I, Zhang Mazi, am not a good person. Just be careful about what happens next."

"Ah~"

Zhang Mazi kicked the foul-mouthed man several feet away, but he controlled the force so that only the man's skin was injured and his life would not be harmed, otherwise the law enforcement monks would come to arrest Zhang Mazi.

"The Lin family of the Yulong Islands announced a six-month period: unlimited purchases of the Five Elements Essence within six months..."

"Joint announcement from the three major families: autumn and winter work-for-relief plan..."

After reading the news on the bulletin board, Zhang Mazi, who had been feeling bad about the poor harvest at sea and even damaged his boat, felt much better.

"This is fantastic news! These powerful forces are finally doing something… no, these powerful forces are understanding of the people's sentiments."

Zhang Mazi's words were not really flattery to anyone. This time the four major forces really showed their sincerity.

"What a shame! It doesn't benefit me and my brothers. It's so unfair to scold them. They only take care of these lazy peasants."

Zhang Mazi is a demon-hunting cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He has three first-level demon-hunting ships and a group of independent demon-hunting cultivators who make a living by hunting demons.

However, the income from monster hunting this year is completely incomparable to previous years. At the beginning, we made a lot of money in the early stage of the storm season, but now the autumn, which should have been a good harvest, has only a meager harvest.

Although the profits during the storm season were huge, they were short-lived, and the acquisition prices at that time were too low and could not be compared with the total profits of previous years.

Even their demon hunting group, which had spirit boats specifically for demon hunting, had little harvest. What about those smaller independent cultivators who only had a small wooden boat and could only catch spirit fish on the shore?
Their gains will only be worse!
The monster hunting team is fine, as they have a high average cultivation level and have savings. If things get tough, they can borrow from each other, so they can get through this year by tightening their belts. However, the lower-level cultivators who have no savings will suffer this winter.

Although the cowards among them will not starve to death or freeze to death, it is foreseeable that their quality of life will drop to the same level as that of ordinary people. It's really shameful!

And the hot-blooded ones among them will probably be sharpening their knives and waiting restlessly.

"The Lin family is truly a responsible overlord. I, Old Zhang, am convinced."

This time, the Lin family provided a huge amount of basic supplies. These basic supplies did not mean that they would be given away for free by setting up a stall, but that they would be exchanged with the market at an equal value. What would they exchange for?

Something called the Five Elements Essence!

The Five Elements Essence is a special spiritual object that is compressed and refined by cultivators through their own skills.

This essence is only useful to powerful forces. Only cultivators in the Jindan or even Yuanying stages can use massive amounts of the five elements' essence to help themselves speed up the cultivation of magic weapons and increase their power.

This is also one of the very few ways that low-level monks can directly help high-level monks.

However, it is difficult to condense the essence of the five elements, and it is also time-consuming and laborious. More importantly, the purchase price of the five elements essence is not high, so it is better than nothing.

Therefore, only low-level monks would engage in this cheap side job that requires no space and no cost when they have nothing else to do, in exchange for some basic living supplies.

Anyone with a little status and ability would disdain to earn this hard-earned money.

Based on this, the huge amount of supplies transported by the Lin family obviously could not be exchanged in this way. The remaining part was directly exchanged from the three major families for the monster supplies they had previously stockpiled during the storm season.

When the three major families trade with independent cultivators, they can use their power to bully customers. Although the Lin family will not be so greedy when trading with the three major families, they will also squeeze profits to the maximum extent.

(End of this chapter)