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

Chapter 131 Fengling Secret Realm, the Settlement Begins

"It's a tie at three, so let's compromise. Open half of the positions to external monks. From now on, we'll conduct comprehensive assessments every quarter. The capable ones will be promoted, and the incompetent ones will be demoted. If they're not capable, all of them will go back to farming."

The current Ichthyosaur Islands are actually different from the previous Ichthyosaur Islands.

In the past, when the two Jindan of the Lin family were in the early stage of Jindan, they needed to tighten their power, strictly control their subordinates, and prevent being subverted from within.

Now that Lin Haichao has publicly advanced to the middle stage of the Golden Core, the Carp Dragon Demon King's cultivation level is no longer a big secret, so the Fish Dragon Islands need to develop upward and reform and open up, so many policies also need to be changed, and more opportunities need to be given to others.

"The next topic is about business cooperation with our neighbors..."

Diplomacy is based on comprehensive strength. Without strength, there is no diplomacy. As the Lin family steadily becomes stronger, the relationship with its neighbors should also change.

If there are neighbors who are in a similar situation to the Lin family and have also taken a step forward, then everyone will continue to live in peace and continue to interact with each other on an equal footing.

There are also many people who are obviously weak like the Zhang family of Yundu Island. The Zhang family used to have two golden elixirs, but now there is only one.

Having only one golden elixir means that he dare not easily leave the headquarters of Yundu Island to participate in and fight for anything big or small happening outside, so the Zhang family should give up a large share of the benefits.

Any previous cooperation between the two families needs to be renegotiated, and the Lin family wants to occupy the vast majority of interests in the bilateral relationship.

In addition, the cooperation between the Lin family and the Yunshang Alliance and Guanlan Fairy City, which are stronger than themselves, must be renegotiated.

Although they are huge and much stronger than the Lin family, the Lin family can barely be self-sufficient and does not rely on them for many things. Therefore, after becoming stronger, the Lin family naturally needs to strive for more, and they also need to make friends with the Lin family.

Although the above things are diplomatic between Jindan forces, it is impossible for Jindan cultivators to be involved in everything. Most of the time, the connection and detailed discussions still have to be done by the foundation-building cultivators on both sides.

"The next topic is the investigation into the Ji family and the subsequent closing plan..."

After investigating the remnants of the Ji family for such a long time, it is time to get a result. The recent looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside of the Yulong Islands is just to lure the snakes out of their holes and wait for them to show up so that they can be captured in one fell swoop.

The only doubt about the Ji family now is the specific strength of the strongest person in the Ji family, and there is no evidence for this yet.

Because the Lin family needs to fully cover it according to the upper limit of the Ji family's strength to ensure that there are no omissions.

"Based on a detailed analysis of the flow of resources in the Yulong Islands, the first cultivator of the Ji family's remnants is unlikely to be a Jindan cultivator. There's a 10% chance he's a Jiadan cultivator, and an 80% chance he's at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage..."

"The following is the specific data I summarized from my investigation and a rough estimate of the output of the Wind Spirit Secret Realm..."

Ji family secret realm.

This secret realm was the original secret realm discovered by the Ji family during its heyday. As soon as it was discovered, it was regarded as a retreat by the Ji family and became one of the Ji family's top secrets.

Even most of the foundation-building members of the Ji family at that time did not know about this, so the Lin family did not know about it for two thousand years.

The Ji family secretly invested a lot of resources to transform it, making this secret realm a high-quality second-grade spiritual vein. Its theoretical maximum limit can accommodate hundreds of thousands of mortals and thousands of Qi-refining monks.

This is not like the spiritual island outside with storms and heavy snow. There is not even the threat of monsters. Everyone inside can live and work in peace, so its value is immeasurable.

However, when the Ji family was destroyed, they only transferred a very small number of core personnel into the secret realm. In addition, the resources in the small secret realm were relatively single and could not be self-sufficient, so the remnants of the Ji family developed slowly.

Over the past two thousand years, as the secret realm developed and the number of cultivators expanded, the secret realm's demand for external resources became increasingly higher, so the Ji family had to exchange resources through the open Li family to complete its own cycle.

Even in the last few hundred years, a medium-sized Li family was no longer sufficient to complete this task, so a new branch, the Mi family, was established and became entangled with other foundation-building forces.

"The Dragon Ball incident has subsided recently, and the martial law level in the archipelago has also been lowered. Isn't it time for us to take action?"

"We're almost ready. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Maybe we can even find a place to live through formal channels."

There are now many third-level territories vacant in the Western Region and the Northwestern Region, and ordinary Jindan forces are not allowed to occupy multiple third-level territories at the same time, and can only exchange them up and down.

Therefore, this window period is the best time for the foundation-building forces to upgrade. The large foundation-building forces in the two regions are trying to form elixirs, so as to avoid being occupied by the fierce dragons from the outer sea in a while.

"With the Li family's identity? They can't withstand an investigation, right? Wouldn't that expose their identities? How could the Lin family let us go?"

"We can only take a gamble. Otherwise, will we be trapped here forever? If all else fails, we can abandon everything and develop overseas."

"Outer sea? Can we gain a foothold there?"

"If our ancestors could do it, why can't we?"

"Can't you just stay dormant and wait for Lin Haichao to pass away? We've waited all these years."

"We can never wait. After Lin Haichao's death, the Carp Dragon Demon King was still in the middle stage of the third rank. Lin Rongrong is also destined to advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core, and her ice spirit roots will be replenished in the future. The Lin family shows no signs of decline in the short term, and even the so-called split is a form of self-healing. However, with our current size, we can no longer wait. The arrow is on the string and must be fired."

After a long period of development, the secret realm has reached its current carrying capacity limit, and the Ji family has already paved all the way for their golden elixir seeds. Instead of leaving hope to an uncertain future, it is better to give it a try in this lifetime. After all, no one likes to stay in this small world all the time.

A few days later, the storm subsided, and all kinds of production and life in the Ichthyosaur Islands returned to normal. On the surface, everything seemed to be thriving.

But there are undercurrents surging where people don't notice.

"The remnants of the Ji family are making unusual movements. Core members are evacuating to the secret realm of Fengling Island! It seems something big is about to happen!"

"Continue to maintain close surveillance, mobilize personnel immediately, and be ready to close the net at any time!"

The Lin family has more people and stronger individual strength. Moreover, the Lin family is in the dark while the enemy is in the light, and they are all covered by elite troops, so they can secretly make arrangements without the enemy noticing.

The moon was dark and the wind was strong, and the surroundings were solemn.

From the eastern outer ring of the Ichthyosaur Islands, two inconspicuous beams of light were stealing towards the east.

"Be careful! There's someone ahead!"

An old monk in a plain robe stood in the air, blocking the way of the two men. Although he did not exude any power, his expression clearly showed no kindness.

"Stop whoever comes!"

"Why are you blocking the way, fellow Daoist?"

"Where are you two coming from, and where are you going?"

"We don't even know each other, you're being too nosy."

"answer me!"

"Daoyou, what do you mean by this?"

The two were naturally members of the Ji family from the secret realm of Fengling Island. They had not expected that they would encounter someone blocking their way when they came out for such a rare opportunity. Moreover, the other party clearly had no good intentions, so they immediately became alert.

"Can't answer? Let me help you answer. You are the remnants of the Ji family from the secret realm of Fengling Island. Now you are planning to sneak into Thousand Star City to secretly form a pill. Is what I said right or wrong?"

"kill!"

After their origins were revealed, it was obvious that all the secrets of the Ji family were no longer secrets. The first reaction of the two was to defeat the other to buy time.

"The worm shakes the tree!"

The old cultivator no longer restrained his aura, and his Fake Dan cultivation was fully revealed. He was the elder guarding the Lin family's ancestral hall, while the two men from the Ji family were only at the peak of the ninth level of the foundation building stage. The difference in their auras was quite large.

"Oh no! It's the fake Dan cultivator from the Lin family! Hurry up and leave! I'll hold him back!"

The two men immediately made separate moves. The young Foundation Establishment cultivator fled with all his might, while the old Foundation Establishment cultivator desperately attacked the elders guarding the temple.

The other party was able to intercept them here and reveal their origins. It seemed that everything about the Ji family had been dug out by the other party. Now the most important thing was to send this golden elixir seed away. As long as he could achieve the golden elixir, the Ji family would not be destroyed.

"Want to escape? No way!"

The gap between the peak of foundation building and the fake pill cultivator is even greater than the old foundation building cultivator of the Ji family imagined. It is obviously only a thin line apart, but it seems like facing a majestic mountain.

What is fake elixir?

At the peak of the ninth level of foundation building, a prototype of a golden elixir was successfully condensed during the normal process of forming a golden elixir, completing a part of the qualitative change, but failing to continue to completely transform the foundation building spiritual power essence in this golden elixir prototype into the golden elixir magic power essence. This special state where one is permanently imprisoned is called a false elixir.

(A byproduct of normal Dan-forming failure.)
In addition, there are some special fake pill cultivators who are aiming for the extra 100 years of lifespan that comes with the fake pill realm.

For example, by refining the third-level demon pill or absorbing the special achievements of other people's golden pills to make fake pills.

However, no matter which kind of fake pill it is, it is much stronger than the ninth level of foundation building.

A pill is a pill, and there are some differences in the life level. Moreover, the fake pill can barely call upon the power of the magic weapon. From all dimensions, they are much stronger than the ninth level of foundation building.

Therefore, the elder guarding the temple, who fought with all his strength, easily suppressed the foundation-building efforts of the Ji family elder.

"Mountain Seal, seal the town!"

There was no frills. As the magic weapon appeared, the gap between the two sides widened again. The old man from the Ji family who was building his foundation was directly suppressed and captured alive.

Looking at the other person who was fleeing, the elder guarding the temple sneered and immediately followed.

(End of this chapter)