Forge your destiny and become an immortal, starting with hunting demons in the deep sea.

The Mo Jiao carried a total of forty crew members, most of whom Chen Ye was very familiar with.

Some of them were crew members rescued by Chen Ye on the Cangyun, while others were escorts of the fleet who fought alongside Chen Ye on the return from Qingjue Island.

These people had all witnessed firsthand how Chen Ye quelled the rebellion and plundered cultivators, and they all knew Chen Ye's true strength, so there was no need for him to do anything to establish his authority.

As soon as Chen Ye gave the order, the Gong family crew members in charge of controlling the formation immediately activated the water control formation. The Mo Jiao ship trembled slightly, and the formation patterns on the ship's hull lit up with spiritual light. The massive ship also began to gradually accelerate.

As he watched the Golden Phoenix Island grow smaller and smaller until it disappeared completely, Chen Ye turned his gaze back to the front of the deck and slowly exhaled.

"Finally, we're setting sail again..."

In his previous voyages, regardless of Chen Ye's true intentions, they were mostly for the benefit of the Gong family. But this time, he is doing it for himself!

.........

wow~~

The waves surged, and the enormous magical fishing net was pulled onto the deck by the combined efforts of dozens of crew members. Inside the net were demonic fish that were more than half a meter long.

"Haha, this is a rare blue-scaled sturgeon from the sea. Each one is worth twenty spirit stones, so this net will bring in at least a thousand spirit stones!"

The Zhou family crew members all laughed, and Captain Zhou Maolin nodded in satisfaction.

On this voyage, the demon-hunting ship he was in charge of had a very fruitful harvest. In just one month, it not only caught a very valuable sea demon fish, but also unexpectedly discovered a blood coral while collecting pearls!

Crimson Coral is a top-grade first-tier spiritual plant. It can be used to refine healing pills or to prepare medicinal baths to enhance physical strength. The value of just one plant is around four thousand spirit stones!

"We'll have an extra meal tonight, everyone gets a serving of fish!" Zhou Maolin announced with a wave of his hand.

Just a few demonic fish, enough to feed and water these crew members so they can continue to generate profits for him!

As night fell, the crew members went down to the lower decks for dinner, while Zhou Maolin hosted a private banquet for a few of his core subordinates.

Inside the room, a ship's steward said with a look of envy.

"Boss Zhou, once you return from this voyage, you'll have enough family contribution points to exchange for a Qi Condensation Pill and break through to the Perfected Spirit Gathering stage, right?"

Zhou Maolin is forty-one years old this year, and his cultivation has already reached the ninth level of the Spirit Gathering stage. As long as he can liquefy the spiritual energy in his body with the help of the Condensation Pill, he will have at least two opportunities to break through the Secret Treasure before the age of sixty.

"With Maolin's talent, breaking through to the Secret Realm is a certainty. Our family will then have another Secret Realm expert!"

These words clearly came from a member of the Zhou family. Even though the words were mostly boastful, Zhou Maolin couldn't help but show a smug look on his face.

A secret treasure? Which cultivator in the entire Abyss Sea doesn't want to break through to a secret treasure?

"It's a pity that if the Fourth Elder hadn't been killed by that damned woman from the Gong family, our Zhou family would have had seven hidden experts. With that kind of strength, we could dominate the surrounding seas!" the Zhou family member sighed.

Upon hearing this, a deep hatred flashed in Zhou Maolin's eyes.

There was no other reason than that the Zhou family's secret treasure that Gong Qingru had killed was none other than Zhou Maolin's grandfather.

If his powerful backer hadn't suddenly collapsed, given his grandfather's status and position in the clan, would he have had any trouble getting a bottle of Condensing Liquid Pill from the treasure vault?

Why bother coming to this remote seaside to endure the wind and sun and earn family contributions?

"Once I break through the secret realm, I'll definitely give that wretched woman from the Gong family..."

Boom boom boom!

Zhou Maolin was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door before he could finish speaking.

"Captain, an unfamiliar spirit ship is rapidly approaching at sea!"

An anxious voice came from outside the door.

"An unfamiliar hearse?"

Zhou Maolin's expression changed upon hearing this. Could it be a Tribulation Cultivator?

No, that's not right. Since the Red Serpent Gang was wiped out, the cultivators active in the nearby seas are mostly Spirit-Nourishing forces. How could they dare to provoke the Zhou family?

"Come with me outside and have a look!"

Even so, Zhou Maolin did not dare to be careless. He ordered someone to gather the crew, and then took several core subordinates to the deck.

Meanwhile, on the sea several hundred feet away from the Zhou family's demon-hunting ship.

"Finally found it...?"

Chen Ye stood by the ship's railing, gazing at the Zhou family's ships several hundred feet away, a cold glint in his eyes.

Half a month had passed since he set sail. Although the Ink Dragon had arrived in this sea area ten days ago thanks to the water control formation, it still took a lot of effort to find the Zhou family's demon-catching ship.

It doesn't matter, as long as we can find the target!

"Captain, the demon-hunting ship opposite has issued a warning signal to leave."

The head steward, Gong Yi, pointed to the magical light shining above the Zhou family's ship and said.

Encountering other ships while sailing at sea is a normal occurrence, but since they are all strangers and it's impossible to board each other's ships and address each other as fellow Daoists, the cultivators of the Mingyuan Sea developed a signal talisman.

Simply put, different colored magical lights represent different meanings, and can be clearly seen from miles away.

"Go back and say we had no intention of getting close and will leave immediately," Chen Ye said casually.

"Huh? Leaving?" Gong Yi was taken aback. Everyone knew the purpose of the Mo Jiao's voyage. They had finally found the Zhou family's ship, and now it was just leaving like that?

Unexpectedly, Chen Ye took out the control array plate directly from his storage bag, and while controlling the Ink Dragon to approach the Zhou family's demon-catching ship at top speed, he said to Gong Yi in a calm tone.

"Don't you understand the principle of surprise?"

Gong Yi suddenly realized, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder that the other person was so valued by the ancestor and specially ordered to take charge of a ship. Even he, a member of the Gong family, did not have such qualifications.

Then, Gong Yi took out a talisman from his pocket and quickly activated it.

"Whoosh~" A green beam of light, like a firework, rose into the night sky, illuminating the surrounding sea.

Green signifies no malice and means to immediately change direction.

"It seems it's just a matter of overlapping shipping lanes..."

Seeing this, Zhou Maolin breathed a slight sigh of relief. He had been thinking, in this area of ​​the sea, apart from the Gong family, which family was also a secret treasure family, who would dare to make a move against his Zhou family?

Just then, a crew member suddenly pointed into the distance and exclaimed in surprise.

"Captain, that black spirit ship hasn't left; it's accelerating towards us!"

"What?"

Zhou Maolin quickly looked up, but the next moment...

"Whoosh!"

A sharp, piercing sound accompanied by a dazzling streak of light, like a falling star, instantly covered hundreds of feet and landed precisely on the deck of the Zhou family's demon-catching ship!

"boom!!"

Intense flames shot into the sky, and the entire demon-catching ship seemed to tremble. The raging flames exploded among the crew, and limbs and pieces of flesh flew everywhere, with screams and cries of agony filling the air!