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

Chapter 115 Discovering the Secret Realm! The Ultimate Assessment
Compared to the dragon man who just got the dragon balls and hasn't figured out how to use them yet.

Gongshu Chou had been exploring this thing for quite some time, and even used it to get promoted.

"Dragon energy, help me!"

Gongshu Chou mobilized the power of the Dragon Ball to fight. Although he could not fully control it, the essence of its power made up for the gap between the two sides.

"Okay, okay, you're courting death!"

Although Wu Jianyang could not be invincible, he knew that Gongshu Chou's condition would not last long, especially the spiritual trauma caused by the death of the White Crane Demon King could not be ignored. The opponent's current strength was just an illusion.

However, to his disappointment, the opponent's support arrived before Gongshu Chou's energy was exhausted and he could succeed.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, why don't you stop?"

The two Golden Elixirs of the Qi family, the Golden Elixir of the Dong family, and Gongshu Wu all joined forces to fight the enemy. After killing the monsters of the Yaoyue Alliance respectively, they rushed to support as soon as possible.

Wu Jianyang's three helpers all fought alone, and it was difficult for them to completely defeat their opponents even in a pursuit battle.

After all, every Jindan cultivator has his own advantageous area. Unless there is a huge gap between the two sides or you are covered from all sides, even if you cannot beat him, you may still be able to escape.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, please tell me what happened. Who notified you to come here? And why did you want to kill Gongshu Yu and fellow Daoist Baihe?"

The five-member group from Guanlan Fairy City surrounded Wu Jianwei and began to decrypt the code.

"Haha~ I don't know who notified our alliance. I only accepted this mission temporarily. You should ask the leader for the answer. As for killing your people? That's completely absurd!"

Wu Jianwei is arrogant. As a fifth-level Jindan cultivator, he was very unhappy to be blocked by a group of brats. What's more important is that he promised to bring back the Dragon Ball when he set out. Now he has completely failed and even got into trouble.

"Since Fellow Daoist Wu won't cooperate, please come back with us to Guanlan Immortal City. Otherwise, this matter will be disastrous."

Guanlan Fairy City and Yunshang League are the second and first in the Western Regions. Since their business coverage is not high and they can even cooperate in some aspects, there is not much conflict of interest between the two sides.

Moreover, since both sides are family alliance systems, any move can affect the entire body, so there are rarely violent conflicts between the two sides.

But if no one comes forward to take responsibility for what happened today, the loss to Guanlan Fairy City will be too great.

"What? You still want to tie me back?"

Who is Wu Jianyang?
The third supreme elder of the Wu family, the first family of Yunchang Secret Island, is a powerful and influential person. His personal strength ranks among the top ten in the Western Regions. How could he lose face so easily?
"Do it!"

The people of Guanlan Fairy City did not hesitate and chose to take action directly. Wu Jianyang must be brought back today. Only by transforming internal problems into external problems can the stability of the alliance be maintained.

Otherwise, if this happens a few more times, they will have to break up, which is a result that none of the three parties want to face.

"How dare you!"

Ichthyosaur Islands.

Lin Haichao, who successfully advanced to the fourth level of the Golden Core, came out of retreat. Although he did not show off his prowess in public, some institutions directly under the Lin family received recognition and rewards.

The foundation-building forces that were relatively close to the Lin family also received the relevant news and immediately began to raise funds to move closer to Yulong Fairy City.

They received a message:
The Lin family will continue to relax some restrictions to enhance the overall strength of the Yulong Islands.

The foundation-building forces that are the die-hard supporters of the Lin family are the second wave of beneficiaries.

As for the first wave of beneficiaries, they are the Lin family themselves. The Lin family has already spread the news of the ancestor's successful promotion and lowered the exchange requirements for some resources and inheritance.

Some secret place.

The spiritual energy storm generated by the foundation-building in the sky gradually dissipated, and the realm of those who were at the center of the storm gradually stabilized.

"Dad, I succeeded in building my foundation!"

"Great, hahaha, my son is much stronger than I was back then. He's already achieved foundation building before he's even thirty. He might be able to go even further in the future and restore our family's former glory."

"Don't worry, Dad. The family gave birth to me, raised me, and cultivated me. I have seen it all and will remember it in my heart. I will definitely lead the family to regain its glory in the future."

"Hahaha~ Everyone laughs at me for not being competitive, but my son is the most competitive. I wonder who will dare to look down on us in the future."

The next day,

Lin Qianfan received a secret tip-off that a rare soul-killing incident had occurred in a desolate sea area north of Fengling Island.

However, according to eyewitnesses, this spiritual incident came and went quickly, and it is even possible that he was hallucinating, so the authenticity cannot be guaranteed.

"The Jueling Incident?! We got you!"

With answers in hand, Lin Qianfan has recently eliminated many suspicious points. For the remaining places, he either cannot make a judgment even if he goes there in person or cannot investigate in depth.

Therefore, Lin Qianfan could only reduce his workload by having informants monitor the relevant areas part-time to prevent his actions from being discovered. Now he finally caught a clue.

Lin Qianfan dressed up and secretly came to the target area and began to carefully confirm the scene.

"Compared to the last time I came here, the spiritual energy here is even thinner, and the condition of the wild spiritual plants is even worse. Even the spiritual fish and small demons are extinct. It seems that the extinction of spirits is true."

Lin Qianfan had come to inspect this area before. Compared with other areas, this area is more barren, but because it is in the sea, it is not conspicuous and only the local experienced bottom fishermen know about it.

The spiritual energy in the world of immortal cultivation is unevenly distributed, but one needs a relatively large scale to feel obvious changes. However, it is different here. This place is inexplicably poorer than the surrounding area within a few miles.

"Without further ado!"

After getting the answer, Lin Qianfan did not say anything and did not leave any trace. He immediately took the sea route to rush towards his family.

Close to Yanglongwan Pier,
Lin Qianfan rode on Silver Scale and broke through the water.

"Ang~"

"Don't rush to practice today, just walk with me first."

Toot~
It was also a coincidence that when Lin Qianfan arrived home, the sea hunters were returning to the shore.

"Master Jiu, there's still half a month until the storm season begins. Why are you back so early?"

Previously, the spring hunt was interrupted due to the Black Dragon King's weapon release, but after the auction ended, everyone rushed over to continue it.

Nowadays, there are many dragon-vein monsters wandering in the dark sea. Among them, the young and talented dragon-vein monsters are very valuable. Everyone wants to catch them alive. The overall income is higher than in previous years, and it is even possible to pick up the relics of the Dragon King.

"A great battle between Jindan monks just broke out in the Dark Sea. It's no longer safe. Plus, the storm season is coming soon, so we might as well return home early."

After Yin Lin achieved the second level, Lin Qianfan's status took another half step up. Jiu Ye explained the reason in detail.

"Golden Core War? Did the Dragon Ball appear?"

"I'm not sure, it seems like a Jindan cultivator from the Yunshang League is chasing a half-demon cultivator."

"Half-demon? Demon Moon Alliance? Aren't they reaching too far?"

"None of our business."

"Is Master Jiu free? Can you come with me to the General Affairs Hall? I have something important to say."

"Oh?"

Seeing that Lin Qianfan was still reluctant to put away the silver scales, Jiu Ye knew that Lin Qianfan must have something very important to say, and he was even worried about the family elders. "Okay!"

Compared to the Fourth Elder, Lin Qianfan trusts the Ninth Master more.

General Affairs Hall,
"You kid? Fine, fine! You don't even trust me anymore, right?"

"Fourth Elder has misunderstood. This matter is indeed of great importance and involves too many things. I dare not take the risk."

"Yes, this level of caution is also an indispensable ability to become a strong person."

While they were talking, the fifth elder who was in charge of criminal law and the sixth elder who was in charge of the family alchemy hall also came hand in hand.

"Are you relieved now? If all of us can be corrupted, then the Lin family will be completely finished."

In order to dispel Lin Qianfan's doubts, the Fourth Elder notified the other two elders who were still in the family when he met Yin Lin and Jiu Ye.

"Thank you, Fourth Elder, for your understanding!"

Lin Qianfan respectfully bowed deeply to the fourth elder, and then bowed deeply to the other three.

There was no way. Lin Qianfan was well aware of the darkness in the world of immortal cultivation. It was not uncommon for the upper sect to be corrupted and hollowed out.

"Secret Realm!"

"I discovered a small secret realm near Fengling Island!"

Lin Qianfan didn't say any nonsense and went straight to the point.

"What secret realm? Tell me in detail!"

A single stone dropped caused a thousand ripples, and the four elders' eyes widened when they heard this.

What is a secret realm?

"Secret" stands for "hidden". Secret realms are naturally extremely secretive. Based on this, secret realms can develop many special functions, such as family shelters, high-level spiritual medicine gardens, and even mortal habitats, trial secret realms, and so on.

Realm represents space. Secret realms are inherently relatively independent from the world. Common secret realms are small planes attached to the main plane.

For example, the extremely small plane discovered by Lin Qianfan this time has limited value and can only be preserved by the Jindan forces.

There are extremely small secret realms and there are also secret realms of other sizes, but those sizes are not something that the Jindan forces can covet.

"...Through my observation and confirmation, this secret realm is extremely small, and there are already people inside. I speculate that the Jueling incident this time is due to someone building their foundation inside."

When the foundation is successfully established, it is necessary to absorb the spiritual energy storm into the body. The size of the secret realm is limited and the total amount of spiritual power is limited, so the secret realm needs to absorb spiritual energy from the outside. Unfortunately, this short process of spiritual extinction was observed by someone with ulterior motives.

"The specific location of the secret realm is north of Fengling Island..."

What happens next is not something Lin Qianfan can take care of. As for the Li family problem and the robbery of the foundation-building pill, the family elders need to investigate it themselves, but the final credit must go to Lin Qianfan.

"Very good! According to what you said, all the previous mysteries can be solved. We can even not rule out the possibility that the other side has a powerful Jindan."

The elders did not question Lin Qianfan's judgment, because the detailed phenomena and evidence Lin Qianfan described were indeed the characteristics of the secret realm. More importantly, they could connect all the previous mysteries together. Now all the criminal law elders needed to do was to make a secret trip.

"It's unlikely that a Jindan cultivator can be produced. The Yulong Islands are so small and have so many resources. The Lin family has siphoned off most of the nutrients, so it's difficult for them to produce another Jindan cultivator."

"But there is a high probability that there are fake pills or those in the late stage of foundation building. After all, the secret realm is safer than the outside world and is suitable for keeping a low profile."

The Lin family naturally would not act rashly, as they had to be lenient with the enemy.

"Let me verify it first. If it's true, we'll report it to the ancestor."

The Criminal Law Elder took the initiative to suggest going to check it out.

"No! This matter must first be reported to the ancestor, and then the elder guarding the temple must come and make a trip. From this moment on, none of you can leave this place, and no one can send any message to the outside world."

The fourth elder suddenly thought of a special possibility and raised the importance of this matter to several levels. He immediately sent a message to the family ancestor in front of everyone.

"The ancestor has ordered:

[Deeply dig into the network of remnants of the Ji family. This time, we will strive to root them out completely and eradicate all remaining poison.]"

The higher you stand, the more information you have. The Golden Core Patriarch has locked onto the other party's identity based solely on the information currently reported, especially the word "secret realm".

The other party is none other than the remnants of the Ji family, the previous overlord of the Yulong Islands.

Why do you say they are the remnants?

Because the Lin family's status as the overlord of the Yulong Islands was not obtained by the Lin family through conspiracy or trickery, but was exchanged by the first generation ancestor of the Lin family through the formal procedures of the Thousand Star City.

It's just that the remaining forces of the Ji family at that time were very uncooperative and unwilling to accept it, so the first generation ancestor violently wiped them out.

As for what exactly the Ji family had done wrong?

Why did he decline to the point of falling out of the Golden Elixir status?
It doesn't matter!
There are countless Jindan forces in the Storm Ocean that are unable to pass on their legacy, and it is not uncommon for their orthodox traditions to be completely wiped out.

When the new owner moves in with the title deed, the old owner is obliged to cooperate and evacuate quickly. When the two parties are not equal, no one cares about your glorious past, everything is out of date.

"As ordered!"

The storm season is coming anyway, and I have nothing to do, so I might as well clean up the Ichthyosaur Islands. After some internal rectification, the country will only develop better and healthier!

"Lin Qianfan!"

"To!"

"I won't mention your reward for now. We'll discuss it after the incident is over. Now I'm assigning you a new mission."

"Elder, please speak!"

"This internal purge not only includes the forces under our command, but also the Lin family itself. The family intends to send you to Yulong Immortal City to investigate the corruption within them, especially the leak of information about the Ice Spirit Root. Do you have the confidence?"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Very good, very impressive. This is your new identity token. Seeing this token is like seeing a law enforcement elder. You will be given special permission to act at your own discretion."

"Thank you, Elder, for the promotion."

Lin Qianfan did not ask himself why he was no longer involved in the affairs of the Four Eastern Islands. Obviously, the remaining power of the Ji family's remnants must be much stronger than what the Li family has shown so far. Only a serious foundation-building elder can participate in it, and there is no need to send Lin Qianfan to take risks.

"Tsk tsk tsk~ With this status, I can be considered a half-powerful elder."

Lin Qianfan understood that it was the ultimate test for him to act as a law enforcer and investigate family corruption.

This is a comprehensive assessment of human nature, legal principles, family management concepts, weighing the pros and cons, blood relationships, and other aspects.

Everyone’s answers will definitely be different, and there is no standard answer.

But the family elders have their own judgment. After this matter is handled, their identity as the golden elixir seeds will basically be confirmed.

(End of this chapter)