noffsinger Chapter 27: Nian Yuanshou, Tide Spirit Guiding Technique Completed!
Chapter 27: Nian Yuanshou, Tide Spirit Guiding Technique Completed!
"How dare these cultivators cause trouble for my Gong family with just a few small boats?"
"Well done! They should be shooed into the sea to feed the fish!"
On the spirit ship, the members of the Gong family couldn't help but clap and cheer upon seeing this, while Chen Ye's gaze was fixed on the direction in which the robber ship had disappeared, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
If they really wanted to plunder the Gong family's fleet, how could those raiding cultivators have only sent three small boats? And the number of cultivators they carried was also quite small.
Or was this merely a probe to ascertain the true strength of the fleet?
Over the next three days, these independent cultivators' ships would harass the Gong family's fleet from time to time, doing everything they could to provoke them.
Fortunately, there were some discerning people in the Gong family who saw through the true purpose of these cultivators.
The plunderers would never dare to loot the treasures offered to the Golden Core sects; otherwise, if they attracted the attention of the Qiling Sect, even three lives wouldn't be enough to kill them.
However, if someone from the Gong family couldn't resist following and chasing after them, they would likely be besieged by a large number of cultivators in an instant!
Therefore, the Gong family did not fall for this trick at all.
They allowed these cultivators to follow and provoke them, only using spirit crossbows to drive them away and bombard them, but never sending out spirit ships. After several days, the fleet suffered no losses, but instead killed quite a few cultivators.
Three days later, as the Gong family's fleet entered the area of Qingjue Island, the ships that had been robbing the cultivators dared not follow any longer.
Qingjue Island, as the main island of the Mu family of the Hedan clan, is a cultivation force under the rule of the Qiling Sect, just like the Gong family.
However, the two families are not comparable in terms of their historical foundation or overall strength.
In terms of the number of cultivators in the secret realm alone, the Mu family's wealth exceeds that of the Gong family by several times, with as many as thirteen!
Not to mention that there is also a brown-skinned ancestor in the family who has lived for nearly four hundred years!
This is a powerful existence second only to a Golden Core cultivator. Within a radius of 20,000 miles, the Mu family is undoubtedly the most powerful cultivation family, without exception.
As for why those cultivators dared not follow when they got close to Qingjue Island, the reason was very simple: Qingjue Island was located between two busy shipping lanes, with at least a hundred merchant ships passing by every day, from which the Mu family made a lot of money.
In order to ensure that this benefit continues, the Mu family tries every means to improve the security within its sphere of influence.
Cultivators are strictly prohibited from engaging in magical combat on the island.
Even if you are a cultivator of secret cultivation, you cannot disobey, otherwise you will face the Mu family's powerful suppression.
Within a radius of three thousand miles in the sea, as soon as any trace of the plundering cultivators is discovered, the Mu family will immediately dispatch a hidden cultivator to lead a team to wipe them out!
Over the past hundred years, at least two or three thousand cultivators have died at the hands of the Mu family. Faced with such a powerful family, which cultivator would dare to raid near Qingjue Island? Do they think they've lived long enough?
However, this also suggests that the robbers who followed the Gong family's fleet these past few days probably had nothing to do with the Mu family.
……
Two more days later.
After a full ten days of sailing, the fleet finally arrived at Qingjue Island, where a huge ring-shaped island came into view in the distance.
Thanks to its unique island topography, no matter how big the storms outside, the interior of Qingjue Island remains calm and tranquil, and it is also a natural deep-water ferry crossing.
At this moment, at the entrance of the dock on Qingjue Island, which is over a thousand feet wide, merchant ships and spirit ships of various sizes are lined up to enter and exit. Chen Ye only stood on the deck for a moment and saw at least three large merchant ships like the Juze!
It is evident that the prosperity of Qingjue Island far surpasses that of the Gong family.
"Brother Chen, once we get to the island, shall we go for a stroll around Langxian Tower together?"
Beside him, a member of the Gong family named Gong Yi winked at Chen Ye.
The two were not acquainted at first, but Chen Ye often hunted monsters on the ship, and Gong Yi ate the most, so they became familiar with each other over time.
Chen Ye was visiting Qingjue Island for the first time, so he naturally didn't know where to go. But just by looking at Gong Yi's lewd appearance, he knew what Langxian Tower was.
"Let's forget about it. Even if the Mu family values its business reputation, we still need to keep watch over so many ships docked here."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ye refused, showing absolutely no interest in such brothels.
"Tsk tsk, what a pity. It's said that the female cultivators of Langxian Tower have all practiced the 'Jade Clam Holding Pearl Technique.' Brother Chen, if you don't experience that bone-devouring, marrow-sucking sensation, you've truly wasted your trip to Qingjue Island."
Gong Yi shook his head, not forcing the issue, but secretly thought that Chen Ye was clueless.
At this moment, Gong Chengyuan also came over. Presumably having overheard their conversation, he spoke to Chen Ye.
"Brother Chen, since you don't want to go to the island, then I'll have to trouble you to take care of things on the boat."
"It's alright, you can go ahead," Chen Ye replied with a smile.
.........
The Juze came to a steady stop at the ferry dock. The guards didn't need to worry about unloading the cargo, as the Gong family members used storage bags to transport it down, including various valuables offered to the Qiling Sect.
Because the Golden Phoenix Island where the Gong family is located is on the edge of the Qiling Sect's territory, a distance of 70,000 miles from the sect, there is no need to send the offerings directly there. It is sufficient to have the Mu family, a brown-dan family, transport them on their behalf.
As for other goods, they were sold locally to shops on Qingjue Island in exchange for spirit stones or other cultivation resources that the Gong family lacked.
Night fell in the blink of an eye.
Chen Ye sat cross-legged inside the cabin, his mind sinking as he looked into his sea of consciousness.
[Subject: Chen Ye]
[Remaining lifespan: 192]
[Realm: Spiritual Nourishment Level 4 (7/400)]
[Cultivation Technique: Tidal Spirit Guiding Technique: Minor Success 96/800]
【法术：镇魂术精通：127/400，灵灭指熟练：35/100，金光术熟练47/50，水雾术熟练36/50】
【技能：敛息熟练：19/30，御水熟练：25/30，辨灵熟练：27/30】
Since breaking through to the fourth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm, Chen Ye has clearly felt that his cultivation speed has slowed down.
But this is also unavoidable.
After all, from the early stage of Spirit Gathering to the middle stage, although the strength increases several times, the amount of spiritual energy that needs to be exhaled also increases!
Fortunately, although Chen Ye's aptitude was average, he possessed a rare treasure called the Life-Forging Lamp, which allowed him to exchange his lifespan for faster cultivation!
Moreover, through hunting demonic beasts these past few days, Chen Ye has accumulated nearly two hundred years of lifespan, so he has no worries about expending it.
The next moment, as soon as Chen Ye had a thought, the Yuan Shou on the panel immediately started to retreat rapidly!
[You began to comprehend the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique by investing your lifespan. Because you had already mastered the subsequent techniques, it was easier for you to comprehend it. After consuming a hundred years of lifespan, you finally mastered this technique... Tide Spirit Guiding Technique Mastery (1/1600)]
In the blink of an eye, his lifespan of a hundred years was exhausted, and at the same time, Chen Ye's mastery of the Tide Spirit Guiding Technique became even more profound!
Chen Ye even vaguely sensed some shortcomings in this technique!
This sparked a strange thought in Chen Ye's mind.
If he perfects this technique, wouldn't that mean he can modify it according to his own understanding?!
hiss……
However, the lifespan that would be consumed would be astronomical! With his current cultivation level, there is no need to do that for the time being.
Without letting his mind wander, Chen Ye took out a Spirit Enhancement Pill from his storage bag and swallowed it. Then he calmed his mind and began to cultivate.