Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 281 The Demon Whale King Became a Power Bank

Standing at the bow of the ship, Ye Liangchen looked at the vast and magnificent sea and recalled his harvest, feeling very happy.

"Master, it's so exhilarating to sail these big ships! Will our fleet consist of ships this size from now on?"

Just then, Purple Pearl walked gracefully to Ye Liangchen's side, looking at the Purple Pearl ship sailing ahead, which looked like a small boat.

"Yes, we had 30 large ships before, and I brought two with me. One of them was destroyed by the Demon Whale King. In the future, I plan to build a 100-meter-long ship to sail on the sea. That would be truly exhilarating. On the other side of the ocean, there is a continent called Sun and Moon. We are going to conquer that continent."

Ye Liangchen described his ideal of a distant-sea fleet to Zi Zhenzhu, painting a rosy picture for this woman.

"Sect Master, you even know about the Sun and Moon Continent?"

Purple Pearl once learned from the residents of Poseidon Island that there was a Sun and Moon Continent on the other side of the sea.

"Of course I know about the Sun and Moon Continent. I also know that there is a Sun and Moon Empire there."

"Purple Pearl, you'll be leading a fleet across the entire ocean in the future. Isn't that a grand ambition?"

Ye Liangchen said calmly, "As a transmigrator, of course I know these things."

"Thank you for your kind offer, Your Excellency. I will do my utmost to ensure that our fleet reaches every corner of the sea."

Purple Pearl felt her blood boil with excitement, as if she could already see herself sailing the seas.

"Brother Chen, Sister Zizhenzhu, come and eat."

Just then, Zhu Zhuqing's voice rang out from behind.

"Thank you, Zhuqing, you're so beautiful."

"Master, from now on, Sister Zhuqing belongs to me."

Purple Pearl walked over, hugged Zhu Zhuqing and kissed her, and teased Ye Liangchen.

"Sister Purple Pearl, please don't be like this." Faced with the fiery passion of Purple Pearl, Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face immediately turned red.

"Alright! Just kidding. I've started to like men again, like young, handsome guys like the Pavilion Master, hahaha..."

Purple Pearl laughed heartily, then turned around and raised her eyebrows at Ye Liangchen with a charming air.

"Purple Pearl, you're an old woman, trying to seduce my Brother Ye? Don't you know how old you are?"

At this moment, Jin Ling'er walked over and launched into a tirade of mockery at Zi Zhenzhu.

"Jin Ling'er, if you dare call me an old woman again, I'll never forgive you."

Although Zi Zhenzhu is nearly 40 years old, she looks like she's in her early 20s because she takes good care of herself and is a high-level Soul Emperor. How could she stand being called an old woman by Jin Ling'er!

"You're just an old woman, haha..." Jin Ling'er smiled playfully.

"Jin Ling'er, I'll give you a good spanking!"

Purple Pearl released Zhu Zhuqing and immediately chased after Jin Ling'er.

"Haha...! Purple Pearl, come on! Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

"..."

The two women chased each other on the deck, creating a very cheerful scene.

"Ha ha…!"

The people on the deck were amused by the playful antics of Purple Pearl and Golden Ling'er.

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"Have you heard? Our leader has joined Young Master Ye's Tenglong Pavilion?"

"We've been pirates for so many years, used to living a free and unrestrained life, but now we have to serve the nobility."

"Yes! Doesn't the commander hate nobles the most? But now, when he sees that Young Master Ye, he seems to be infatuated."

On the Purple Pearl, many members of the pirate crew were somewhat resentful that Purple Pearl had submitted to Ye Liangchen.

"What's all the noise about? The captain has her reasons for submitting to Young Master Ye. Just keep sailing and don't pry into those things."

"We need to be more careful from now on, or we could all lose our lives at any moment."

A middle-aged man warned the other pirates on the Purple Pearl not to provoke that monstrous young man. He said that the young man could kill even the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and killing them would be easier than crushing ants.

After sailing at sea for two days, Ye Liangchen and his group finally arrived at Purple Pearl Island.

This island is about 50 kilometers in diameter. It is picturesque and very beautiful. Some houses are arranged in a neat and orderly manner, making it look like a small town.

"Welcome to Purple Pearl Island."

Purple Pearl jumped off the boat and gestured to welcome Ye Liangchen and his group.

"Purple Pearl, your island is so beautiful!"

"Sunshine, beaches, ocean—living here is simply a joy!"

Ye Liangchen and his group secured the large ship and then landed on Purple Pearl Island. Looking at the beautiful island, their eyes lit up.

"Thank you for the compliment. My island is a safe haven for everyone! There are 2000 people on the island, including 200 Soul Masters..."

Purple Pearl introduced the general situation of Purple Pearl Island to everyone, with a proud look on her face.

As evening fell, Purple Pearl held a grand banquet to welcome Ye Liangchen and his entourage.

Because Ye Liangchen and his group were so outstanding, all of them handsome men and beautiful women, they naturally aroused the curiosity of the island's residents, who gathered around them.

"I have some news to announce to everyone: this young master Ye will be the master of my Purple Pearl from now on. I will serve the Tenglong Pavilion and do my best to build a long-range fleet for the Pavilion Master."

"Are you willing to join the Tenglong Pavilion with me? If not, I won't force you, but you can no longer be pirates, or the consequences will be severe."

Purple Pearl announced her decision to everyone on the island.

"Captain, we will follow your orders. Wherever you go, we will go." The pirates immediately pledged their allegiance, following Purple Pearl's lead.

"Young Master Ye, what is your purpose in building this ocean-going fleet?"

Several middle-aged men were very interested in Ye Liangchen's ocean-going fleet.

"Of course, transporting goods makes money."

"In the future, I want to expand my business throughout the entire Douluo Star, and I will need a lot of talented people, especially those of you who are proficient in water."

"Gentlemen, there's no future in being a pirate, and it's easy to lose your life. For example, we wiped out the entire pirate crew of Helder."

Ye Liangchen shared his future goals with everyone, so that the people on the island would have something to strive for.

"Young Master Ye, let's join."

The people on Purple Pearl Island immediately declared that no one wanted to be a pirate forever, given their bad reputation and the constant threat of losing their lives.

"Purple Pearl, I have 300 million gold soul coins here. Take them and use them to settle the residents of Purple Pearl Island as your initial operating expenses."

Ye Liangchen waved his hand and took out 300 million gold soul coins directly from his soul tool, leaving Zi Zhenzhu to arrange as she pleased.

This pile of Gold Soul Coins was specially exchanged by Ye Liangchen at the Hanhai City bank using Gold Soul Coin cards, with the aim of subduing Purple Pearl and her group.

"Hey everyone, how's it going? Following our sect leader, isn't it lucrative?"

"Let me tell you, if you follow the Pavilion Master, you'll never have to worry about food or clothing. There's no future in being a pirate."

Feng Xiaotian, Xie Yue, Huo Wushuang, and others chimed in, supporting Ye Liangchen.

"300 gold soul coins?"

Purple Pearl and her group were incredibly excited as they looked at the pile of glittering gold soul coins.

Many of the island's residents are ordinary people who came from Poseidon Island. They all believe in the sea god and think that he will protect them.

However, these ordinary people lived a very hard life on Purple Pearl Island. Some of their clothes were covered in patches and repairs. Now that they saw so much money, they instantly felt that this Young Master Ye was even better than the Sea God.

"Purple Pearl, were you moved by Brother Ye?" Jin Ling'er looked at Purple Pearl and smiled mischievously.

"I'm so touched, I'd even like to offer myself to the Pavilion Master in gratitude."

Purple Pearl smiled charmingly, then looked at Ye Liangchen with an expression of admiration.

"Purple Pearl, you're pushing your luck!"

"Exactly, you shouldn't even think about such a good thing."

"You're over twenty years older than Brother Ye, and you still want to 'eat young grass like an old cow'? Dream on..."

Jin Ling'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Hu Liena, Yu Hairou, Dugu Yan, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui, a group of lively and beautiful women, immediately brought up Zi Zhenzhu's age again to prevent the woman from having any more wild thoughts.

"Could she really have feelings for Xiaochen?"

"Brother Chen's luck with women is too good."

"There's no way around it; outstanding men always attract the attention of beautiful women."

Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shen Liuyu exchanged glances, finding it quite amusing.

"Ladies, although I'm already 39 years old, I'm still incredibly beautiful and in my prime. Look at my smooth skin, it's just like a 20-year-old's, I'm no less beautiful than any of you."

Purple Pearl felt a little resentful when she heard everyone say that she was old, so she immediately started comparing herself with the other women.

"Hahaha…!"

Everyone burst into laughter upon seeing Purple Pearl's expression.

Ye Liangchen gave 300 million gold soul coins to the residents of Purple Pearl Island, instantly boosting their favorability. The island's residents treated everyone as honored guests, and they all went into the sea to catch the fattest seafood to entertain them.

Seeing how welcoming the island's residents were, Ye Liangchen decided to let everyone stay on the island for a while and experience the relaxing life on the beach and in the sunshine.

Ye Liangchen arrived at Purple Pearl Island a few years earlier than planned, but did not encounter Jixiang from the original story. Presumably, his parents had not yet sent him to Purple Pearl Island.

"Everyone, before we reach Poseidon Island, let's upgrade our strength first."

On this day, Ye Liangchen summoned everyone to a secluded beach, intending to use the powerful energy from the Demon Whale King's body to boost their soul power.

"Should we absorb the soul bone?"

Shui Bing'er, Jin Ling'er, Shui Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Xue Wu, and the others asked Ye Liangchen about it. All the women had complete sets of soul bones, and as long as they absorbed them, they would definitely be able to break through to the Soul Emperor realm.

"Master, I'm level 49, while my brother is only level 48. We're still a little short of becoming Soul Kings."

Huo Wu felt that she and her brother would definitely be able to break through to the Soul King level in another year. Although they both had a Soul Bone, the siblings did not want to absorb the Soul Bone so quickly.

"My grandfather gave me two ten-thousand-year-old soul bones. Even if I absorb them now, I'll only reach level 47 at most."

"Jin Yao'er, you already have two soul bones, while each of us brothers only has one."

Qingming, Qian Guxiao, and Qian Guming took out their respective soul bones and felt that they were too poor.

"I didn't expect those elders to give you all their savings."

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were quite surprised to see that Jin Yao'er and the others all had soul bones.

"Huliena, didn't His Holiness the Pope also give you soul bones?"

Jin Yue'er looked at Hu Liena and the other two with a playful smile.

"I'm so poor! The only soul bone I have was given to me by the sect leader."

Looking at the soul bones in Jin Yao'er's and the others' hands, Bai Chenxiang couldn't help but mentally criticize herself.

"You don't need to absorb soul bones so quickly. Wait until you reach level 59 or 69 before absorbing soul bones to break through."

"Today I'll show you a different kind of upgrade."

After Ye Liangchen finished speaking, he summoned the Demon Whale King from the game's pet space with a thought.

"Bang…"

In an instant, the Demon Whale King's enormous body appeared on the beach, resembling a small black mountain.

"Wow!"

Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, and the others were startled when they saw the huge creature that suddenly appeared.

"Brother Ye, do you want us to absorb the energy from this big, clumsy fish?"

Looking at the giant whale, Jin Ling'er immediately understood what Ye Liangchen was thinking.

"You guessed right. This giant whale has nearly a million years of cultivation. Its body contains powerful energy that we can use to enhance our soul power."

"Let me treat you first, so that you don't inhale too much energy and your bodies can't handle it."

"Buzzing..."

"Third Soul Skill: Life Drain."

Ye Liangchen summoned his martial soul and activated his third soul skill to extract energy from the Demon Whale King's body.

"Swish..."

As the life-absorbing technique was activated, powerful soul energy emanated from the Demon Whale King, gathering into clusters of energy through Ye Liangchen's soul skill.

Ye Liangchen controlled the amount of energy and put these energy balls into his game inventory space. After making a total of more than thirty energy balls, he felt that was enough, and then put the Demon Whale King's body into his game pet space.

If the Demon Whale King were to regain his senses, he would surely shout: "Young man, you have no martial virtue! You actually treated me like a power bank!"

"The energy within the Demon Whale King's body is immense. I feel that this energy is no less powerful than the energy impact of a ten-thousand-year soul ring. We must go all out when absorbing it."

"Who wants to try first? Just so you know, those at the Soul King level or above go first."

Ye Liangchen took out a ball of energy, wrapped it with his soul power, and looked at everyone.

"I'll do it."

Hu Liena, Feng Xiaotian, Xie Yue, and others raised their hands. Everyone felt that the ball of energy in Ye Liangchen's hand was very pure and they all wanted to try it.

"Xiao Chen, let me go first! I think this energy will definitely help me break through level 60."

Shui Bing'er walked over and was the first to try. As the person closest to Ye Liangchen, she unconditionally trusted him and decided to set an example for everyone.

"Alright! Sister Bing'er, sit cross-legged and circulate your energy. I'll infuse this energy into your body." Ye Liangchen instructed Shui Bing'er to get ready.

"Come on! I'm ready."

Shui Bing'er sat down cross-legged and began circulating the Hunyuan Technique, signaling Ye Liangchen to begin.

"Swish..."

Ye Liangchen used his soul power to input that ball of pure energy into Shui Bing'er's body.

"ah…!"

As the violent energy entered her body, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but let out a loud cry, feeling as if she were absorbing a powerful ten-thousand-year soul ring, causing her body to swell.

"sister,…"

"Big sister,..."

"You have to hold on!"

Everyone became extremely nervous upon seeing Shui Bing'er's pained expression.

"Buzzing..."

Shui Bing'er immediately calmed her mind and focused her energy, circulating the Hunyuan Technique to absorb the violent energy and spread it throughout her body, dispersing its impact.

"Swish..."

A day later, Shui Bing'er unleashed a powerful aura, and her soul power broke through to level 60 at that moment.

"It's a success."

"Wow! This method is so awesome!"

When everyone saw that Shui Bing'er had successfully broken through to level 60, they jumped up excitedly.

"Brother Ye, give me energy, I need to level up." Jin Ling'er reached out to Ye Liangchen, asking for the energy ball of the Demon Whale King.

"What's the rush? Let Sister Bing'er share her experience with everyone." Ye Liangchen rubbed Jin Ling'er's head, telling the girl not to be impatient.

"Everyone, absorbing that ball of energy just now felt about the same as absorbing a 30,000-year soul ring."

"Xiao Chen, we Soul Kings can withstand it, but Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Xiang Xiang, Jin Yue'er, Qing Ming, and the Qian Gu brothers are only Soul Sect cultivators. They can't withstand that much power. You need to break the energy cluster into smaller pieces."

Shui Bing'er excitedly shared her experience of absorbing the energy cluster with everyone; the experience of this upgrade was truly amazing.

"That ball of energy was only the size of a small bowl, yet it was comparable to the energy impact of a 30,000-year-old spirit ring! That's awesome!"

"So, in that case, that deep-sea demon whale king has become our upgrade energy pack."

Everyone was incredibly excited at this moment. With this energy, it was like taking off from the spot!

"Click..."

"Everyone, please protect me while I advance to the Soul Emperor realm."

After Shui Bing'er finished speaking, she sat down cross-legged, took out a divinely bestowed soul ring, crushed it, and began to absorb the soul ring.

Now that Shui Bing'er's soul power has reached level 60, she can't wait to become a Soul Emperor.

"Swish..."

Three hours later, Shui Bing'er successfully obtained a ten-thousand-year soul ring, and her soul power also broke through to level 63.

"Sister, what is the age limit of your soul ring?" Shui Yue'er asked as soon as she saw that Shui Bing'er had succeeded.

Everyone looked at Shui Bing'er with curiosity. They all knew that this confident beauty had always been very strong-willed, and her sixth spirit ring must have been quite old.

"Not bad, I got a 45000-year soul ring." Shui Bing'er smiled, a confident smile on her face.

"45000 years? That's equivalent to the seventh spirit ring of many veteran spirit masters."

Hu Liena, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and the others exchanged glances, deeply admiring Shui Bing'er's strength.

With Shui Bing'er's example set, Ye Liangchen then instructed the others to prepare to absorb the Demon Whale King's energy.

For those at the Soul King level or above, Ye Liangchen directly gave each of them a complete ball of energy, allowing them to absorb it to their heart's content. As for Huo Wushuang and his sister, Bai Chenxiang, Jin Yue'er, Qingming, and the Qian Gu brothers, who had not yet reached the Soul King level, Ye Liangchen divided the energy ball into smaller portions for them to absorb, so that the excessive violent energy would not burst them.

(End of this chapter)