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

Chapter 208 Bloody Bay, Collaboration in Refining Longevity Pills

Yanglong Bay,
Lin Haichao practices in the cave, Lin Qianfan meets the ancestor,

"I heard that you want to strive for the upper-grade golden elixir and want to get further support from the family. Let me see your accumulation."

The family's maximum support for ordinary Jindan seeds is a complete set of Jindan spiritual objects, which is already very good. Some small Jindan forces may not be able to obtain a complete set of Jindan spiritual objects for their Jindan seeds.

If one wants to produce a top-grade golden elixir, further targeted help from the family is needed, such as replacing the entire set of elixir-forming spiritual objects with more stable and rare genuine golden elixirs, which greatly increases the strength.

Lin Qianfan then calmly showed off his cultivation results in front of Lin Haichao, and even released Yin Lin to show off Yin Lin's cultivation results.

Yin Lin's cultivation progress has not fallen behind at all, and his foundation is also very deep. He has endured until now and has not swallowed the Ice Crystal Chilong Demon Pill, in order not to affect the subsequent foundation and keep it from becoming complicated.
In the future, Lin Qianfan can let Yinlin reach the third level first, which will bring comprehensive feedback to Lin Qianfan and enhance his foundation.

"Not bad! It's much better than Lin Rongrong's foundation back then. If I strengthen it a few more times, I might be able to produce a top-grade golden elixir!"

Lin Haichao had a good impression of Lin Qianfan before. After all, Lin Qianfan was a typical golden elixir seed who had fought back from a family with five spiritual roots at the bottom of Yanglong Bay. It was precious, but that was all.

After a careful understanding today, he got a surprise. This surprise was not only because Lin Qianfan had a profound background, but also because Lin Qianfan was calm and did not show off, which was equally important.

"Regarding your main cultivation technique, I will personally go to Thousand Star City to help you finalize it. It's not a big deal and there will be results soon."

It's not that there are no Nascent Soul techniques in the Jindan forces, but they are generally inferior or incomplete. If you want to rely on the techniques as a help to form a better Jindan, you need to replace them with better ones.

This level of skills usually only releases incomplete copies, and there are certain conditions required, but there is a way. The entire Storm Foreigner tribe is a big chess game. The fourth-level fairy city has the basic responsibility of helping the human race to cultivate Nascent Soul cultivators. It is a reasonable request for someone to ask for skills.

"As for the resources for forming a golden elixir... I can help you get a genuine golden elixir. This can be completed before you form a golden elixir."

Previously, when Wangtian Pavilion held a gathering, Lin Haichao failed to exchange for the Jindan. On the one hand, Wangtian Pavilion had too few Jindans, which made the threshold very high. On the other hand, the Lin family was short of capital.

However, Lin Haichao gained a lot from this trip to Shuiyunjian. Some of the things he got could be reasonably priced if he met the right person. The threshold for exchanging items from higher circles to Golden Elixir was lowered.
At most, I can participate in a few more Jindan gatherings. The major Yuanying forces basically have their own business fields, and Wangtian Pavilion is just one of them. After I have the capital, I will spend some time to get results.
"As for spiritual objects that can significantly and stably improve the quality of Dan, they are hard to find. I can't guarantee that. It all depends on your luck."

Spiritual objects that can stably and significantly improve the quality of the Golden Elixir are actually more valuable than the Golden Elixir. The Golden Elixir can be refined, and for the old Yuanying forces, they can even be mass-produced stably.

But spiritual objects that can improve the quality of Dan are not suitable. Not only is the output of this thing low, but the competitors are all medium and large forces. Sometimes they even have to face direct competition from Yuanying forces. The Lin family is not very confident.

"Thank you for your appreciation, Grandpa! The family will do their best!"

"You were the one who discovered the Snow Crab monsters passing through this time. As a result, the family gained three complete third-level monster kings. Your contribution is not small. Tell me what reward you want."

"The family has cultivated me a lot, and I can't repay them in the short term. I won't ask for a reward for this matter. Please allow me, ancestor!"

"Sure! Go ahead."

Lin Haichao has been traveling and fighting continuously, and now he needs to take a rest and deal with the problem of the longevity fruit.

The Lin family is a relatively open-minded force, with rewards and punishments clearly stated. Logically, the discovery of the snow crab swarm crossing the border brought huge benefits to the family and they should be rewarded generously.

But the ancestor had just agreed to ask for the skills and the golden elixir for Lin Qianfan, so if he wanted a reward, it would be a bit greedy.

A few days later,
The temperature in the Storm Ocean was even lower, and the beast tides that attacked the defense line were much smaller. They basically died down and hid themselves for the winter.
But the glaciers further north in the Ocean of Storms are not calming down. Snow monsters are constantly driving groups of monsters into the Ocean of Storms. Not only has the wave not stopped, a new round of larger and more violent beast tide has begun to brew.

The southern region of the Thousand Star City,

Near the northeastern defense line, there is a very famous medium-to-large Jindan force called "Xueshawan Yin Family".
The name of Blood Killing Bay has a long history. Before the establishment of the Northeastern Defense Line, this place had experienced countless bloody battles with the demon clan, and it was stained with the blood of the ancestors. Since then, the Jindan forces that occupied this place have never changed the name of this bay to motivate themselves.
For the Jindan forces, tens of thousands of years is too long. This place has actually changed hands several times. Even the Yin family of Blood Killing Bay, which currently occupies this place, has reached the brink of decline.

Blood Killing Bay is a rare large-scale third-grade high-quality spiritual vein, and every autumn, a large number of first- and second-grade prey can be harvested in the bay. Its related industries are well-developed and can support many monks.
The Yin family had also enjoyed great success, especially when they had a family of eight golden pills hundreds of years ago. Not only did they hold great influence in the Southern Region, but they also had great interests in the open sea because they had three warships that could be used in battles at any time. They were the most powerful family at that time.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After its peak, it declined. Four hundred years ago, the most powerful medium-sized warship of the Yin family and the two pillars of the middle Jindan stage on it disappeared in the distant sea for no reason. Their whereabouts are unknown and there is no news of them. It has become an unsolved case.
Not long afterward, the Yin family lost two experienced and advanced elders to the Jindan realm, which caused the Yin family's profit distribution to shrink rapidly, and the family entered a period of decline ahead of schedule.
The development of large forces is affected by many factors. It is not enough to just look at the changes in the top monks. That is just superficial. Just like a big ship is difficult to turn around, it is difficult to save it when it is about to capsize.

The newly promoted Jindan of the Yin family, who is now the Great Master of the Yin family, was ordered to do this in times of crisis.
He spent two hundred years to completely replace the middle and lower-level cultivators who had enjoyed the glory before the Yin family entered the decline cycle and were unable to transform, and only then did he successfully stop the decline of the Yin family.

Over the years, the Yin family has gradually prospered, with new and old golden elixirs taking turns in an orderly manner. Just when things were about to get better, the beast tide suddenly arrived. Their Blood Killing Bay was too close to the defense line, so they had to passively share the pressure of the beast tide and passively participate in the war.
If the Yin family is strong enough, they will be a mobile force independent of the Thousand Star City and can attack the beast tide at will.
But they were very vulnerable now. One of them was an elderly man in the middle stage of the Golden Core who was injured accidentally, and three young and middle-aged men in the early stage of the Golden Core who had formed their Core for less than two hundred years. Even though the Yin family still had two small warships, they were still worried because the life span of the family's pillars was not long. By then, let alone resisting the beast tide, they might not even be able to defend the Blood Killing Bay.
Therefore, they urgently need to change. Either they can quickly promote a new mid-stage Jindan, which is the most basic condition for keeping the Blood Killing Bay. Or they can heal the wounds and prolong the life span of the elderly mid-stage Jindan. Then the Yin family will have many options. If all else fails, they can safely withdraw from the Blood Killing Bay and find another way out.
Just when the Yin family of Blood Killing Bay was waiting for the longevity fruit for a long time and was struggling to decide whether to sell a warship at a low price in exchange for other benefits, they received an invitation letter from the Sky Eagle Fairy City.

"The Jian family of Sky Eagle Immortal City? Why did this Western Region force invite us over? Could they possibly produce a third-level longevity fruit?"

It's no secret that the Yin family wants the third-level longevity fruit. Recently, many people have come to the Yin family and want to exchange other conditions for warships, but the Yin family only has the third-level longevity fruit to effectively solve the problem.
"The Jian family's old patriarch is one of the rare third-level alchemists in the four regions of the Inner Sea. Although he hasn't made many moves in recent years due to his age, his former reputation is still there. It's not that... could it be?"

The old patriarch of the Jian family is also old and is a third-level alchemist. At this special time, inviting them can easily make people think that someone has the longevity fruit and deliberately used the alchemist as a broker to invite them.
"It is very likely! Let's go and drive the Zhentao ship!" The two warships currently owned by the Yin family are both small frigates. The Zhentao ship is older, but it is well maintained and has complete Jindan stage combat capability, which is enough to exchange for the longevity fruit.

Sky Eagle Fairy City,

When the three parties meet, each has its own core demands, is not familiar with each other, and does not have the conditions to engage in a black-on-black operation.
Since the medicinal power of the third-level longevity fruit is very strong, if one person takes it, the medicinal power will overflow. Because it involves the power of time and the upper limit of the body of a Jindan cultivator, some medicinal power will inevitably be wasted.

Therefore, adding some precious auxiliary medicines and refining it into a furnace of longevity pills is a necessary step to maximize the medicinal effect. At least for the confident Jindan forces, it is the best choice. Therefore, it is necessary to find a very trustworthy alchemist. Even if the Yin family exchanges the longevity fruit from other places, they still need to find an alchemist.
The Yin family's request was for the longevity fruit, and the warship they used to exchange for the longevity fruit was parked outside, looking majestic.
The Lin family's request was not to exchange the longevity fruit directly, but to refine a furnace of longevity pills, and the Lin family also wanted one;
The old patriarch of the Jian family was a broker, so naturally he had to be the alchemist. The reward for the alchemist was often a finished pill.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, this is you being disloyal. Not only did you try to bargain, but you also made such a big decision for us. Isn't that bad?"

Old man Yin felt that he was looked down upon by the Lin family. He was extremely angry that he had to hide the newly reached fourth level of the Golden Core.

"Friend Yin, please be patient!"

Seeing that Old Man Yin's sixth-level Golden Core pressure could not be contained, the old patriarch of the Jian family immediately released the sixth-level Golden Core pressure to suppress him. He knew very well that the real initiative was in the hands of the Lin family. If the Lin family said they did not want to change, then they would not change. They actually had no other choice. He had to help the Lin family complete the negotiations.

"Senior Yin, I respectfully address you as Senior. I admire the great achievements you and the generations of predecessors of the Yin family have made on the bloody front lines."

Lin Haichao stood up and bowed as a junior, but the other party did not avoid him.

"I am also four hundred years old. Actually, I only have a golden period of more than a hundred years. It is not easy for a small family like the Lin family to produce a middle-stage Jindan. If I cannot help the family maintain its current status and cannot permanently maintain the middle stage, then I, a middle-stage Jindan, will be a great failure.

I believe that your Yin family's situation can definitely understand the current situation of my Lin family. Once I pass away in the future, no one will be able to subdue my Carp Dragon Demon King. It is very likely that he will run away, and the interests we have now will inevitably shrink significantly. I can't afford to gamble.
It's unknown how many years it will take for the descendants of the Lin family to stand on this platform again. It's full of uncertainty. I'm different from those of you who have reached the middle stage of the Golden Core after being over 200 years old. I hope Senior Yin will understand the difficulties faced by young people.

Lin Haichao vividly described how he managed the family during the most difficult times, and firmly stated that in order to have a more stable future for the Lin family, a longevity pill was indeed needed.

"Hmph! Pretending!"

How could Old Man Yin easily empathize with Lin Haichao? He could tell at a glance that Lin Haichao's words were not true and he was just trying to deceive the old man.

All interests come first! Every penny counts!
How many pills can be produced from a furnace of longevity pills?

The alchemist gets one, and the one who provides the prescription gets one. Can the Yin family still be sure to get four?

If it is impossible to give each person a longevity pill, how can we balance the internal interests of the Yin family?

What worries us is not the lack of wealth, but the inequality. This is human nature. Everyone should have a share of the proceeds from selling the ancestral property. Otherwise, it will be laying mines within the Yin family and cause endless troubles!
Old man Yin refused immediately. He said that they could cooperate in refining the elixir, but one of the other two people must give up a longevity pill. This was the biggest concession his Yin family could make. Otherwise, he would rather take it to Thousand Star City and sell it at a low price than let the villain take advantage of it.

"Ahem~ I think Fellow Daoist Yin must have misunderstood. I'm actually confident I can make six pills!"

The Lin family holds the initiative, but the Yin family also knows how important a third-level battleship is to bring long-term benefits to a medium-sized Jindan force. Obviously, both sides are unwilling to make concessions. Only the third-level alchemist can be replaced, so the old patriarch of the Jian family throws out his chips at the right time.

"Oh? Is what Fellow Daoist Jian said true?"

The Longevity Pill is not a common product, nor is it a mass-produced pill. Even though the recipe for the Longevity Pill is no longer a secret, some third-level alchemists may still not be able to make it once in their entire lives.
Making six pills was already a very high level, which meant that the alchemist had a deep understanding of the pill formula and had experience in refining longevity pills, but no one had ever heard of his achievements in this regard before.

"To be honest, I first tried the Longevity Pill shortly after I became a third-level alchemist four hundred years ago. I was lucky at the time and managed to make three pills.

Two hundred years ago, when my alchemy skills hit a bottleneck, I was lucky enough to refine a furnace of longevity pills and succeeded in making five.
Unfortunately, I was young at that time, and the other party offered a very high price to ask me to give up the pill. In order to try it myself and not let go of the opportunity, I had to give up the pill, resulting in the need for one now.
Although I've sealed my furnace for decades to preserve my energy and delay aging, I've actually made significant breakthroughs in my alchemy skills. For ease of distribution, I'm confident I can make six pills!"

In terms of age, the patriarch of the Jian family is actually several decades older than Old Man Yin, but he is well-educated and there are fewer wars in the Western Regions, so he looks more energetic and in better condition than Old Man Yin.

The six pills meant that the Jian family would get one as alchemy fee, the Lin family would get one as cash for the initiative, and the Yin family would still get one for each Jindan cultivator, ensuring that the next mid-stage Jindan cultivator could be stably cultivated during Old Man Yin's lifetime.

"Sure! But who will provide the supplementary medicine? My Yin family doesn't provide supplementary medicine! And you must promise that if there are less than six pills, you will give up!"

"My Lin family doesn't provide auxiliary medicine! If the Lin family can't get the longevity pill, then I won't exchange it. I think there must be someone in Thousand Star City who is willing to exchange it, especially those who have lost their lifespan in the beast tide."

Logically speaking, the alchemist should not provide auxiliary medicines. As long as he can ensure that the elixir is refined well, it is the alchemist's greatest contribution. How can he not only provide labor but also money?
But who makes the elixir of longevity so rare? Why does it make people more afraid of death as they age?
"Both of you are quite reasonable in your requests. My Jian family is willing to provide the supplementary medicine and agree with your requests. But what if there are seven pills by then? I mean what if!"

"Seven?"

(End of this chapter)