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

Chapter 298 Blood Dove Seeks Aid, Wind's Cliff
Five years later,
Lin Qianfan, who had been in semi-seclusion in Yanglong Bay, received a distress message from the silent sea and had to come out of seclusion.

"I've been resting for five years, it's time to get out and about."

The reason it is described as a semi-secluded state is that, in addition to cultivation, Lin Qianfan also spends a lot of time with his family, especially Uncle Gui and his wife, who are getting old. He often visits them, talks to them, and helps them relax.

Over the course of five years, Lin Qianfan refined and absorbed all six Yin-Yang True Qi Fruits he obtained from the Cangyun Ship in six separate transactions.

The six fruits combined with sixty years of cultivation allowed Lin Qianfan to leap from the fifth level of Foundation Establishment to the eighth level of Foundation Establishment in one go, improving his previously lagging Qi Refining cultivation and achieving a balance of essence, energy, and spirit.

The eighth level of Foundation Establishment is already a very high level. In various negotiations, one does not need to reveal one's true identity, nor does one need to take action to make people wary. It is much more convenient to travel outside.

"Big brother, you're finally back! I missed you so much!"

Before setting off, Lin Qianfan went home. In the courtyard, he encountered a little boy who looked about eight or nine years old. The boy rushed into Lin Qianfan's arms and affectionately called Lin Qianfan "Big Brother".

"Qian Yan, where are the others? I haven't seen them."

Lin Qianfan affectionately picked up the boy and spun him around.

“My parents took my uncle and aunt to Yulong Immortal City to attend the Qingming Festival. I have to go to the clan school, so I have to stay at home.”

The child's lips were droopy; he was a little unhappy that he couldn't go.

"When they come back, remember to tell them that I have to go out for a while and the return date is uncertain, so don't worry about me."

"Okay, big brother!"

This child is Lin Qianyan, the son of Lin Qianfan's second uncle, Lin Limou. He is only nine years old and is currently attending the clan school.

Although his parents were both Foundation Establishment cultivators with three spiritual roots, he was clearly unlucky and only had the most ordinary four spiritual roots.

However, given Lin Qianfan's family's current circumstances, as long as he doesn't go astray, he still has a good chance of successfully establishing his foundation in the future.

……

After leaving Yanglong Bay, Lin Qianfan did not choose to sail, but instead discreetly rode Silverscale underwater to travel to the Silent Sea.

It turned out that Lin Qianfan had received a message from the Blood Dove Demon King requesting help, stating that he could no longer hide by hiding.

Back then, under Xinglan's control, the Blood Dove Demon King killed Chu Junhao of the Chu family and stirred up turmoil in the Northwest Region before fleeing to the Silent Sea. Several groups of people tried to find him, but the Silent Sea was too vast, and he deliberately hid, so he was not captured all these years.

But it's almost over now.
As the development of the Silent Sea by the City of a Thousand Stars came to an end, the space for the Demon Kings to maneuver became smaller and smaller, and their situation became increasingly dangerous. The Blood Dove Demon King had no choice but to send a message for help.

In fact, Lin Qianfan could have simply abandoned him. The Blood Dove Demon King, who was completely under his control, would hardly reveal Lin Qianfan's existence. However, after careful consideration, Lin Qianfan was still reluctant to part with the demon king.

Although the Blood Dove Demon King was not outstanding among its peers and had little potential for further advancement, it did not meet Lin Qianfan's criteria for choosing a flying spirit beast.

But he is, after all, a third-tier demon king. Other forces are too busy treasuring him to abandon him so easily. It's still necessary to bring him out, as he might be useful in the future.

A few days later,
Lin Qianfan, who had been traveling non-stop and keeping a low profile, finally entered the Silent JH area. After reaching the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, Lin Qianfan did not rely much on the spirit ship when traveling outside. In fact, he was more agile without the spirit ship.

"It's pretty fast."

The speed at which a late-stage second-tier Silver Scale swims in water is in no way inferior to the speed at which a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator flies in the sky. More importantly, it has strong endurance and its condition does not decline much even after traveling for several days.

After getting a general idea of ​​the direction, Lin Qianfan took out his flying artifact and continued on his way. Once he reached the desolate and silent sea, he was no longer afraid of being seen by anyone. The probability of encountering a living person here was not much higher than the probability of encountering a ghost.

After several more days of travel, guided by the Vast Ocean Spirit Guide, Lin Qianfan finally found the hiding place of the Blood Dove Demon King.

"Young master, you've finally arrived! I've been waiting so long!"

The Blood Dove Demon King, now the size of a dove, was not in good condition. Not only was some of its fur disheveled, but even its aura was somewhat weak.

"What's going on? You're supposed to be a Demon King, after all."

"Don't even mention it. Over the years, I've been chased around everywhere, not only using up all my spiritual items but also unable to find a suitable place to stay..."

When Xinglan controlled him, Lin Qianfan did not confiscate his property. After killing Chu Junhao, he also obtained Chu Junhao's personal belongings, so he was not poor.

However, both the Chu family and Cangxia Mountain issued exorbitant bounties to find him, forcing him to live in seclusion, unable to monetize or replenish his resources, and even unable to integrate into other demon king groups, leading to a miserable existence.

The demon kings of the Silent Sea did not believe in this anomaly. After all, humans are good at using schemes, and who knows if it was a self-inflicted injury ruse?

During this time, he also encountered humans a few times. After all, the City of a Thousand Stars developed the Silent Sea by sweeping through the entire sea, not only sweeping away newly formed spiritual veins and various spiritual objects, but also sweeping away monster resources.

If he hadn't spent so much time with humans, knew so much, and been skilled at flying and escaping, he would have had a bounty on his head long ago.

"Come with me, let's leave the Silent Sea!"

Lin Qianfan brought a third-tier spirit beast ring that could specifically contain demon kings. He had asked his ancestor Lin Haichao to help him refine it, and he could use it to bypass the monitoring array of the Nascent Soul forces and sneak out.

"That's wonderful!"

Having received permission, the Blood Dove Demon King instantly transformed into a crimson ray of light and merged into Lin Qianfan's ring.

The development of the Silent Sea by the City of a Thousand Stars is a comprehensive and gradual process of expansion and conquest. Although many demon kings can change their size, they cannot perfectly transform and conceal their demonic aura, making it difficult for them to escape to the outer sea by themselves by evading the monitoring array.

Of course, they could choose not to go to the outer sea and head in other directions, such as towards Spring City, but those places are more familiar territory occupied by humans, and going in there would be a near certain death.

"It's not a good idea to keep him in the ring all the time; it's a potential problem. Where should we hide him?"

With the guidance of the Vast Ocean Spirit and the shielding effect of the ring, getting him out of the Silent Sea was not difficult; the challenge was how to remain hidden for a long time.

Even if he were to keep a low profile and hide in the Fish and Dragon Islands, it wouldn't be a long-term solution. Once discovered, the Lin family would face the wrath of both the Chu family and Cangxia Mountain, and no one would listen to their explanations.

"Whirlpool Sea? Or Skyfall Cliff?"

Lin Qianfan thought of two notoriously dangerous places in the Western Regions. If he were to hide him there, he could be directly commanded to come out whenever any shady business needed to be done, without anyone noticing.

Lin Qianfan had been to the Whirlpool Sea before. It was also a remote place with few people and even few large ships passing by. However, it was too close to the Northwest Region and its area was not large enough or strategically deep enough, making it easy for Golden Core cultivators passing through the Northwest Region to break through.

If the Blood Dove Demon King's whereabouts are discovered, it is possible that a late-stage Golden Core expert will specifically target him, making escape impossible.

As for Skyfall Cliff, it's a dangerous place with wind attributes, a paradise for birds and beasts. The Golden-Winged Eagle that Lin Qianfan inquired about is located there; he should be able to hide by disguising himself as a second-tier bird or beast. [How much do you know about Skyfall Cliff?]

Lin Qianfan did not go over, but instead inquired about the Blood Dove King in the ring.

[The Skyfall Cliff is located in the Western Regions near the Zhili Sea. It is a dangerous place for humans, but it is a good training ground for our Feathered Clan. Training there for a period of time can significantly improve our ability to control the wind. However, there should be no third-tier spiritual veins there.]

Although the Blood Dove Demon King was controlled by Xinglan, he still had his own thoughts and obviously did not really want to hide at the Heavenly Cliff.

【You still want a third-tier spirit vein?】

It's very difficult for a demonic beast that's been forcibly controlled to make any further breakthroughs. If Xinglan doesn't break free, he'll be stuck at the peak of the early stage of the third tier no matter how much he cultivates.

【Young Master, if I don't cultivate and consolidate my power for a long time, my cultivation will gradually decline, and I won't be able to help you then!】

Have you been to the Heavenly Cliff? Are you sure there aren't any third-tier spiritual veins inside?

[Um... although I haven't been there, I shouldn't be mistaken. After all, that place has never been occupied by any force, yet there has never been any trace of third-tier demonic beasts. There probably aren't any.]

Unsure? Let's go check it out!

Lin Qianfan has always lacked a flying spirit beast to supplement his aerial power, but he has not encountered a suitable one over the years, or rather, he has encountered many choices but none of them meet Lin Qianfan's requirements.

When his cultivation level and vision were low, Lin Qianfan thought that as long as the spirit beasts had the potential to reach the third tier, that would be enough. As long as they were given enough opportunities to advance to the third tier, they could assist him/protect his family for a thousand years.

But now that he has reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment and his ambition for Nascent Soul is clear, he no longer needs ordinary third-tier spirit beasts, but rather spirit beasts with fourth-tier potential to assist him.

So, despite having encountered some good options over the years, he didn't take any action. Now, things have come to this point, and Lin Qianfan plans to go to Tianduan Cliff to see if he can find the Golden-Winged Eagle with extremely high bloodline that Jian Zizai mentioned back then.

Guided by the Vast Ocean Spiritual Guidance, Lin Qianfan easily bypassed the large array set up by the Thousand Star City to monitor the anomalies in the Silent Sea and entered the Western Regions. He then headed straight for the Eastern Heavenly Cliff in the Western Regions.

A few days later,
Lin Qianfan successfully found the Tian Duan Cliff, the easternmost point of the Western Regions.

It was a sheer cliff of wind suspended high in the sky, with strong winds constantly blowing from within it, making it difficult for ordinary creatures to approach. Only the powerful birds and beasts that occasionally entered and exited proved that there were living things inside.

"What a masterpiece of craftsmanship!"

This sheer cliff of wind is the "gate" to the Skyfall Cliff. The Skyfall Cliff itself is not outside; behind this gate, the Skyfall Cliff was originally a wind-attribute secret realm, but it collapsed for unknown reasons.

Normally, when a secret realm collapses, it is directly swallowed up by the main world and becomes its nourishment. However, the Heavenly Cliff is a rare exception. Only a small part of it was absorbed and hung on the sky, becoming an immovable and forever unclosable pocket.

Because of the extremely strong winds blowing through it, almost all Qi Refining cultivators were unable to cross it.

Because it is inhabited by a large number of level-two demonic beasts, and these beasts are relatively united and know how to attack in groups, even large Foundation Establishment forces cannot completely conquer this place.

Since there were no third-tier resources there—meaning, as the Blood Vulture Demon King had said, there shouldn't be any third-tier spiritual veins—even Golden Core cultivators looked down on this place.
Therefore, even though this place is close to Zhili Sea and surrounded by many forces of various ranks, it has always existed peacefully and has even become a good place for many people to find high-quality wild flying spirit beasts.

"Let's go!"

The Blood Dove Demon King disguised himself as a late-stage second-tier demon beast and carried Lin Qianfan straight toward the Wind Cliff.

Going against the current, strong winds constantly blow from all around.

"Even ordinary late-stage first-tier birds and beasts probably couldn't withstand it!"

Although the force of each gust of wind is different, and you can even actively dodge them, their strength is generally not low, so it is clear that not just any bird or beast can fly in.

咻咻咻～
Upon noticing the approach of humans, birds and beasts gathered in the nearby sky to attack, but due to the powerful auras of Lin Qianfan and the Blood Dove Demon King, they could only harass them from a distance.

"Noisy!"

With a wave of his hand, Lin Qianfan unleashed dozens of sword beams toward different targets. The weaker ones were instantly blasted apart, turning into a cloud of blood mist. A very small number of second-tier birds and beasts were also injured by this casual wave of his hand, and had no choice but to temporarily avoid his sharp edge.

After just one round of attacks, they became docile and did not continue to harass us. It was clear that other people came here on ordinary days, and those who were not strong enough were devoured by them, while those who were strong were let go.

Huhuhu~
As we approached the Wind Cliff, the guaranteed strong winds here had reached the near-second tier level, and from time to time, strong winds with attack strength reaching the mid-to-late second tier would even blow out.

"If a first-tier peak bird or beast comes here to train and survives, it might actually be able to use these strong winds to solidify its foundation and increase its success rate in advancing to the second tier."

hum~
After crossing a seemingly invisible barrier, Lin Qianfan arrived in another world.

"Is this the Cliff of Heavenly Demise?"

Unlike the outside world where the sea and sky are clearly separated,

Beyond the Wind Cliff lies a world devoid of land and sea, a pristine expanse of air where gravity exerts no downward pull, making it difficult to even distinguish up from down or left from right.

"It truly is a place suitable for birds and beasts to live in!"

Sensing the unique spiritual energy permeating the air, Lin Qianfan understood why various birds and beasts gathered here—it was an ideal place for them to grow.

"Let's go to the biggest sky island!"

Many huge floating islands floated in the airspace, shoulder to shoulder with the clouds, and various birds and beasts flew among them. Lin Qianfan wanted to find the most powerful and talented birds and beasts, so he naturally had to go to the place where they were most likely to appear.

Ga~
The Blood Dove Demon King let out a loud screech, trying to attract attention, and followed Lin Qianfan's instructions, charged straight at the largest island.

唳～
Just as the Blood Dove Demon King was about to reach its target sky island, a huge, magnificent eagle with layers of golden feathers suddenly flew out from the thick clouds. Its target was clear: to snatch Lin Qianfan from the back.

"It really is a Golden-Winged Eagle! Perfect timing!"

Lin Qianfan was looking for this kind of monster. He had heard that this giant golden-winged eagle carried a trace of the bloodline of the Lord of Storms. Although the common golden-winged eagles were only at the second or third tier, their theoretical upper limit was very high.

Without asking the Blood Dove Demon King for help, and even instructing him not to reveal his demon king aura, Lin Qianfan was going to try fighting the eagle with his bare hands.

These adult monsters, which have developed their own worldview, are not easy to tame and even harbor great hostility towards humans.

In order to preserve its potential without forcing a contract, we can only subdue it first. Only by destroying its arrogance can we make it submit, and only by making it willingly accept the contract can we preserve its innate talent to the greatest extent.

"Let me see if you're qualified!"

(End of this chapter)