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

Chapter 232 Myna's Marriage, Second Uncle's Support

In terms of value alone, Xuan Congzi's bid is not ranked high. If the Lin family did not really need the Blood-Splitting Shark Demon King's Demon Pill, they would not have given up the All-Purpose Golden Pill in exchange for a special advanced spiritual object.

"Next up is the second Golden Core, which is also the last one in this auction! Fellow Daoists, please send your bids again through voice transmission. You only have one chance! Please consider carefully!"

Compared to the difficult-to-replicate spiritual objects like Xuanqiong Yulu, which require more shares to be given away, although the Jiejindan is precious, it has always had a stable output, so the Lin family can keep seven out of nine.

This bidding method is a secret game among multiple parties, which is a game between the auctioneer and the bidders, a game between bidders, and even a game between bidders themselves.

I do…

Some people still maintained their bids from the previous round, while others added additional key chips based on the previous round, trying to get this last golden elixir.

Although the supply of Golden Core in Thousand Star City has been slightly relaxed, that is only for medium and large Golden Core forces. For the lower-tier Golden Core forces with only one or two early-stage Golden Cores at home, the opportunities they can get are not many, so they all want to seize this opportunity.

[Friend Lin, my Yundu Island Zhang family is willing to contribute...]

Zhang Chaoyang's last round of quotation was quite standard. Although they had developed well in the past ten years with the Lin family, they were not so extravagant as to use the Golden Elixir to train the younger generation, and they were reluctant to do so.

Moreover, other common Jindan spiritual objects have generally been reduced in price during this period, and the Zhang family does not have any Jindan seeds with particularly good foundations that are worth increasing the investment, so he came today mainly to go through the motions.

But Xuan Congzi's unconventional success gave him hope. The Lin family was obviously not short of money, and the right one was more important than the expensive one.

[Could you please, Fellow Daoist Zhang, roughly point out the location of that mineral vein?]

Zhang Chaoyang took out a detailed sea map of the Silent Sea and the specific coordinate information of a third-level sea marrow crystal mine in the Silent Sea.

The Zhang family had obtained this opportunity a long time ago, but unfortunately they did not have the ability to cross the ocean to the Silent Sea to mine third-level minerals. Even when they had three golden elixirs, they could not do it because the distance was too far and too dangerous.

But with the current scale of the Lin family, especially after the Lin family possessed a water-attributed demon king and a warship, the Lin family had the ability to mine third-level mineral deposits in the ocean. Perhaps the Lin family would be interested in it? In fact, he also had the mentality of giving it a try.

[Okay! Right now…]

Although Lin Datou's request was a bit presumptuous and might even reveal the real coordinates, the Lin family did need to judge the difficulty of mining based on the location of the vein. If it was too close to Chaochun City, its value would be too low and there would even be a risk of theft.

Zhang Chaoyang immediately gave a relatively precise location. If a Jindan cultivator were to search the area personally, he might even be able to find it, but he could only believe that the now thriving Lin family would not bully him like this.

The location of this sea marrow crystal mine is not very deep, and according to his description, the reserves are not small. He can take charge of mining after the Blood Shark reaches the third level.

【Can! 】

After Lin Datao secretly conveyed the message to Lin Haichao for confirmation, he finally agreed to exchange it with the Zhang family. In fact, it was not because the value of the sea marrow crystal mine coordinates and a sea chart was really that high. After all, the Lin family still needed to go to the Silent Sea to mine. Instead, the Lin family really needed to properly support this ally.

During these ten years, the benefits of the northern ice field were not small, but in fact, more than half of the benefits were taken by the Lin family.

The prey collected by the Shield Mountain Ship was not sold to the Thousand Star City, but was sold to the Chaochun City via the White Whale of the Lin family;
The Zhang family also cooperated with the Lin family to kill four lone demon kings in the northern ice field. Naturally, the Lin family also needed to return the favor. If the Zhang family could produce another golden elixir, the relationship between the two families would only be better.

After all, there are some things that the Lin family is not convenient to do and someone needs to be done, but the Zhang family is currently unable to spare any manpower. If the Zhang family does not develop well, it will be difficult for the Lin family to attract more Jindan supporters.

"This second Golden Core was won by Fellow Daoist Zhang. His bid was for a map of the Silent Sea passed down from the ancestors and a third-tier mineral deposit!"

Lin Datao's way of expression gave Zhang Chaoyang enough face. As for the authenticity of the mineral deposit, although it had not been confirmed immediately, since Zhang Chaoyang dared to make the bid, he must have confirmed it personally.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang is magnanimous! Young people are truly courageous! You even managed to come up with a third-tier mineral deposit! I admire you! I'm ashamed of myself!"

Considering that the Zhang family is now almost dependent on the Lin family, everyone thinks this is reasonable, but it is a bit of a pity.

But aren’t there still five portions of Xuanqiong Yulu?

That’s the highlight!

"My fellow Daoists, this is the ultimate prize of this auction—Mysterious Sky Jade Dew!"

Lin Datao quickly took out a bottle of a third-level spiritual object that was full of drops, rich in spirituality, and even sparkling with the afterglow of stars to attract attention and take over the topic to prevent others from continuing to make fun of Zhang Chaoyang.

"This item was born from the core of a star, absorbing the vast star power. It only appears once every few hundred years. It is a rare top-level divine item that can significantly improve the quality of the golden elixir!
I believe that none of you Daoists here encountered such a top-grade spiritual object when you formed your Dan back then? It's a pity. If I had formed my Dan ten years later, I might even have been able to form a mid-grade Golden Pill.

In terms of efficacy and potential, this item can be said to be the key to upgrading the family. I believe everyone is determined to get it, right?

The auction has begun. You only have one chance to bid. Be sure to think carefully before bidding. Perhaps the next late Jindan master from the Western Regions will appear in your family!

The Xuanqiong Yulu that the Lin family brought out was not a castrated version, but a whole bottle full of it to ensure full medicinal potency.

This thing can improve the quality of ordinary golden elixir seeds, and can even change the development trend of a golden elixir force. Its value is far higher than that of golden elixir, making it coveted.

After seeing the Xuanqiong Jade Dew with their own eyes, some of the Jindan cultivators who were sitting there even stood up, especially the four words "late Jindan stage" said by Lin Datou, which were too tempting.

Who was the last person to reach the late Jindan stage in the Western Regions? It was Wu Daoyi! The current Daoyi Zhenjun!

Perhaps in the future, some late-stage Jindan will appear in the Western Regions, which will lower the status of these four words. However, as long as there are Jindan forces with late-stage Jindan, they are all large-scale Jindan forces, and they have the final say in the Inner Sea. This is what everyone desires most.

[Friend Lin, I am willing...]

The intensity of the bids in this round is much higher than the previous round. Each party has taken out their own treasures. Compared with the open auction, where you can see the opponent and estimate the limit of others to increase the price, this secret auction mode has no idea what the opponent can do, and it is even impossible to predict who is most likely to succeed in the end. Therefore, everyone needs to go all out, otherwise it would be a pity to lose by just a little bit.

"The first portion of Xuanqiong Yulu is..."

Although the competition is fierce, the efficiency of telepathic communication is very high and the process is fast. After the transaction is completed, the winner and the specific exchange items are announced directly, and the transaction is completed in person.

"Next is the second one, fellow Taoists, please continue to quote!"

After the answer is announced, others need to adjust their second-round bids based on the bid of the winner. Everyone is constantly increasing their bids, trying not to lose out in future competition.

This time, the thousand-year beast tide wiped out many Jindan cultivators. In terms of quantity, the number of local Jindan cultivators dropped by at least 30%.

However, it is foreseeable that the future will enter a period of explosive growth, not only in quantity but also in quality. The rare middle-stage Jindan will no longer be rare, and the rare late-stage Jindan will gradually increase in number.

If someone falls behind at this time, the strong will become weaker while the weaker will become weaker, and the life of the person who falls behind will become more and more difficult until he is squeezed to death by all parties, even if others are not deliberately squeezing him.

"The third one is next..."

“…the fourth…”

“…the fifth…”

The fierce competition for the Mysterious Sky Jade Dew exceeded the Lin family's expectations. A myriad of rare and precious spiritual objects emerged for the Lin family to choose from, constantly replenishing the family's various shortages. Even after the third-level auction ended, some people were still reluctant to leave. The successful bidders were grateful to have not been left out of this "mad competition," while the losers were considering how to obtain spiritual objects with similar functions from other gatherings in Thousand Star City.

Auction venue,

This second-level auction was not started until the Jindan cultivators in the main venue had evacuated. Some of the participants had just moved here, and many Lin family foundation-building cultivators were among them.

Compared to the privacy and quietness of the main venue, the huge number of people here makes it naturally much noisier. The participants here are basically local people from the archipelago, so they are naturally not so restrained and it is very lively.

The person who presided over this auction today was none other than Lin Qianxue, who was gradually taking over the affairs of the Immortal City and stepping into the spotlight.

Dangdang~

The place was originally filled with a noisy buzzing sound, but suddenly a bell rang out with a loud bang. The sound waves were rolling and thrilling, instantly suppressing all the sounds in the place and focusing everyone's attention on one point.

Lin Qianxue, dressed in a white robe, walked steadily up to the platform. She had an upright posture and a cold aura. The blue carp and dragon patterns embroidered on her well-fitting robe were eye-catching. Her three thousand black hair was tied up high with an ancient jade hairpin, showing her dignity. A few strands of hair hung down beside her porcelain-white cheeks, which made her eyes look more majestic and imposing.

The low-level cultivators in the audience saluted respectfully upon seeing this. Lin Qianxue had already established her reputation during the years she had served as the law enforcement elder. She was ruthless in enforcing the law and punishing people. Even if someone was beautiful, the people below would not dare to show any disrespect.

Lin Qianxue's eyes were like lightning as she scanned the entire audience sternly, her voice filled with unquestionable authority:
"Everyone, I am Lin Qianxue, and I am also the host of today's auction.

Today is an opportunity for you all to seek the truth, but rules are rules and no one can transgress them, so I will not elaborate on them.

I hope everyone will abide by the rules and bid fairly. If anyone violates this, please don't blame me for being ruthless. Now, the auction begins!"

Most of the items for the first and second level cultivators were taken out from within the Lin family, and the items they sent for auction had already been screened by the Lin family. Those that needed to be kept were directly sold into the Lin family warehouse, and those that were not needed would be put into the auction for public auction.

"The first lot is the Foundation Establishment Pill.
I believe everyone knows its function. This time there are a total of ten foundation-building pills, and all first- and second-level forces can participate in the bidding.

But bidders outside the archipelago will need to pay an additional 30% premium..."

During the beast tide in the Yulong Islands, a large number of second-level monsters were killed. Since the base number was large enough, a lot of raw materials for foundation-building pills were also gathered. Foundation-building pills are always the best sickle to reap the assets of foundation-building forces.

With the current upper echelon power and development speed of the Lin family, it is not a problem to have more medium and large foundation-building forces under its command, and there will be no internal troubles, so the standards can be relaxed appropriately.

Only when there are multiple foundation-building cultivators in a foundation-building force, and when they do not have to put too much energy into how to maintain their foundation-building status, will they develop the various arts of cultivating immortals such as alchemy formations, weapons and talismans.

However, their specific development direction is not entirely up to them, but they need to accept the macro-control of the Lin family.

The archipelago will encourage development in areas where it needs to be strengthened, eventually forming an atmosphere, a scale, and a system, thereby gradually getting rid of the current primitive single-workshop production model.

"Twenty-four thousand!"

"Twenty-eight thousand!"

"Thirty thousand!"

"..."

The bidding scene was quite heated, with prices exceeding expectations, as if every family had more than enough spirit stones.

That’s right, compared to the areas outside the archipelago, their economic situation is indeed like this, and their spirit stone reserves are quite sufficient.

Thanks to the wise leadership of the Lin family, there were very few foundation-building cultivators who died in battle despite the good harvests of every family during this beast tide. Most of the time, they were injured and rescued. Only the old masters of each family basically found a good opportunity to successfully "die heroically" on the front line, in exchange for some benefits from the Lin family for their descendants.

"Myna, what's going on with you guys?"

The two of them were hiding from each other before, but now they are sitting together openly. They are Myna and Lin Qianling.

"What's going on? Are you blind? Can't you see? You're going to have a sister-in-law! Come on, try to get a sister-in-law!"

This was the first time that Myna made their relationship public.

Sister Qianling was still a little shy and shrank back after being called out, but she did not refute it, which was considered as a direct acknowledgment of their relationship.

Although she was already a foundation-building cultivator, she still spent most of her time in the training room and the alchemy room, with little contact with the outside world. She didn't know how the starling caught up with her.

"Okay! When did it start? You've been hiding it from me all this time? I already noticed something was wrong with you during the foundation-building seed assessment back then, tsk tsk tsk~"

"Go away, don't ask about these things..."

Lin Qianfan finally called her sister-in-law. After all, he and the mynah bird were indeed relatives, so it wasn't like he was taking advantage of her.

In fact, Lin Qianfan has almost everything he needs now. He came to the auction today to take the opportunity to get together with his clansmen who have rushed back from various posts. He doesn't have such an opportunity on weekdays.

"Uncle, what are your plans for the future? Are you willing to become a demon hunter?"

The third-level merchant ship heading to Chaochun City has been negotiated. The Lin family has offered the other party a bargaining chip that the other party cannot refuse. When the ship returns, Lin Qianfan will hand over the Wind Rider and board that ship.

As the former captain of the Wind Rider and the owner of several shares of the Wind Rider, Lin Qianfan can definitely recommend a new captain for the Wind Rider. The original plan was to let Myna to pilot the Wind Rider and give the Heng'an to his second uncle, so as to speed up his acquisition of resources and give him a chance to form a pill.

But after proposing this idea last time, Second Uncle did not give a direct answer, but said that he would go back and think about it. Today, Lin Qianfan brought up the matter again.

"Qianfan, you still have a long way to go, you need to always look forward, and you don't need to worry too much about the things at home.

I plan to transfer back to Yanglong Bay in a while, and live in Yanglong Bay permanently, devoting myself to the study of talismans.

My family has arranged a match for me with a girl from the Zhang family. I think she’s quite suitable, and we’re currently in contact…”

"Second Uncle, you don't have to sacrifice like this..."

The brighter Lin Qianfan's future is, the less likely it is that his parents will have a second child.

But the life of a Qi-refining cultivator is short. They are almost eighty years old now. Even if they live in peace forever, they only have forty years to live. It is very likely that they will not be able to see Lin Qianfan get married and have children.

Moreover, the time Lin Qianfan can spend with them on weekdays is actually very limited. He can only be with them a few times a year and for a few days at a time. Most of the time, they are together for short reunions and long separations.

So the second uncle planned to give up some things to protect Lin Qianfan's path and help him complete certain aspects without leaving any regrets.

"Silly child, it's important to know yourself. I can see the end of my life, and this is what I should do!"

(End of this chapter)