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

Chapter 145: Competition, Building Foundation Combat Strength (Subscription Request)

After sending his parents back, Lin Qianfan finally had time to calm down and refine the Thunder-Slaying Sword and the Spirit Crystal Shield.

Both were second-grade, low-grade spiritual weapons. Although they had been refined by someone before, it had been so long that there was not much ownerless spiritual power left in the core, and Lin Qianfan easily scraped them clean.

After putting his own complete mark on it, Lin Qianfan finally felt like he could do whatever he wanted.

"It's still a little raw and needs more care and maintenance."

The closer the connection between a weapon and its owner, the more it can be used to its full potential in combat. Don't underestimate that slight limit; sometimes, when two powerful opponents fight, just that slight limit may change the outcome of the battle.

After a lot of running around during the day and the continuous deep refining of two spiritual weapons, Lin Qianfan went to bed early.

After developing divine consciousness, the foundation-building cultivator no longer needs to sleep to rest his organs and repair his soul.

Foundation-building monks can purify their minds and repair their bodies through deep meditation. During this meditation process, they can still perceive external information, think about various problems, comprehend jade slips and classics, and even use it for spiritual cultivation.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that foundation-building monks no longer need to fill their stomachs by taking spiritual objects.

The huge spiritual power throughput of the foundation-building cultivator is enough to allow the body to completely fast.

If someone sees a foundation-building cultivator eating and drinking, he is probably greedy, or he may be replenishing some deficiency through food, not because he is really hungry.

The next day at 11:00 AM,

Lin Qianfan felt refreshed after coming out of deep meditation. He felt that the total amount of his spiritual power had obviously increased a little. Although not much, it was stable. This was the long-lost feeling of enhanced spiritual power.

What followed was still the unshakable practice of Qi refining. The second-level technique introduced much more spiritual energy, and the concentration of spiritual energy from the outside was also higher than before, so the movement of practice was louder.

An invisible cyclone gathered around Lin Qianfan, then drilled in from his dantian, being filtered, tamed, and refined layer by layer, and finally returned to the spiritual power lake.

"It feels so good to be noticeably stronger!"

Why can't some monks persist in daily practice?
Are they really lazy?

When you practice daily for years without seeing any movement or progress, you may come to believe that your potential has reached its limit and that this is all you have to do with your life.

This is not an exaggeration; for many people, it is common to see no change for several years and no sense of progress.

“It also takes longer to advance to the next level.”

Although the efficiency of cultivation has been greatly accelerated, it still cannot keep up with the huge increase in the body's spiritual power capacity. Not to mention the bottleneck, it now takes several times more time than the Qi Refining Stage to reach the next level of cultivation.

Lilong Fishery,

"The time has come to test your practice."

It has been more than two years since Yinlin was promoted to the second level. Logically, he should have the standard combat capability of the early second level.

Lin Qianfan sought it out for a sparring match naturally in order to hone his own combat abilities, familiarize himself with the combat methods of the Foundation Establishment Period, and to see how strong it was.

"Ang~"

Yin Lin took the first step and spit out a water tornado.

"Not bad, there aren't any spellcasting pauses, that's progress."

As Lin Qianfan improves, Yinlin will naturally improve as well. The breathing ability that originally required charging has become the ability to be released at will.

"cut!"

Lin Qianfan did not dodge or evade. He raised his hand and swung the flying sword filled with sword intent, splitting the waterspout in half.

"Ang~"

There is not one waterspout, but a series of them. Silver Scale in the Lilong Fishery has an advantage in this regard, and they are very coherent.

"Invalid! Invalid! Invalid!"

Yinlin is not a full-time magician. Although his spells are fast, they are not condensed enough and can be cut in half with one sword.

"Pfft~"

The moment the last waterspout was split, Yinlin took the opportunity to move closer. It was obvious that it had already understood that when fighting against human monks, it needed to get close to the enemy and use its physical advantages.

"Om~"

While Lin Qianfan was flying into the sky to avoid the attack, he used the small spirit crystal shield to hit the pursuing Yin Lin.

"Pfft~"

The water spirit bead that was refined just yesterday burst out and blocked the small spirit crystal shield, but Yin Lin still approached Lin Qianfan.

"cut!"

A cultivator naturally cannot get close to a monster, so Lin Qianfan flew without looking back while controlling his sword to chop towards Yin Lin.

"Ang~"

Yin Lin also did not dodge, but the originally light silver scales on his body suddenly lit up, and his defense increased greatly, allowing him to directly withstand the flying sword's attack.

"Ding ding ding~"

Sharp versus hard!

The two collided, creating a series of sparks. The blow that should have left deep scars only shattered a bunch of scales and did not damage the body.

"Such tough dragon scales!"

As a gold-attribute sword cultivator, Lin Qianfan's flying sword attack also carries the sword intent, and the flying sword itself is conducive to breaking the defense, but it only succeeds in breaking the defense and does not cause any substantial damage. If the next sword cannot hit the same weak point, the result will still be the same.

Ang~
Although the slash was blocked, Yin Lin's flying speed dropped a little. Just as the gap was about to widen, the air around Lin Qianfan suddenly became moist, and a water structure cage was formed in an instant.

"Nice instant spell, but too low in power."

Lin Qianfan waved his hand and slashed out an invisible sword light, easily breaking the water prison, and then continued to fly, keeping a distance.

The man and the demon chased and fought each other in the sky above the Lilong Fishing Ground, constantly familiarizing themselves with various second-level abilities and promoting each other.

After all, Yinlin has no practical experience, and there are not many second-level monsters in the Lilong Fishery that can accompany it for training, because each one has an owner, and the owner has to take them away when something happens.

"I won't fight you anymore, you're such a scoundrel~"

Looking at the shattered scales all over his body, Yinlin gave up on his own initiative.

It was huge in size and had an extremely strong body, but it could never get close to Lin Qianfan. Even if it used all the spells it knew, it still couldn't delay Lin Qianfan.

But Lin Qianfan's flying sword was the real dragon. Every strike could break a series of scales. Although it did not cause any substantial damage to it, it did destroy its appearance.

"The scales that grow back will be stronger, which is good for you too."

Lin Qianfan was not speaking nonsense, there really was such a saying.

External scales like silver scales can fall off continuously and then grow back, and each time they grow back they will be strengthened a little bit. Some monsters will even deliberately find hard cliffs to scrape off their scales just to strengthen their own defense.

"Although you have awakened a lot of magical abilities, they are far from strong enough. You can practice more in your free time. Otherwise, you will always be unable to reach an agile opponent like me."

"I know~ I'm actually very strong~"

"Generally speaking, if one day I can no longer break your scales, then you will be considered truly strong."

take a break,

Lin Qianfan found Bage in the dock area, supervising the Heng'an and ensuring it could catch up with the ocean hunting. "Bage, can you practice with me when you have time?"

"I heard that you can gather Qi for a hundred feet, which is equivalent to several years of practice for me. I won't practice if I don't practice!"

"This is the weakest moment of my Foundation Establishment Stage. Why don't you give it a try?"

“Don’t try, don’t try!”

Both are at the first level of foundation building. Although Myna built the foundation earlier, his aura is not as strong as Lin Qianfan's. The outcome of the battle between the two will not be much different from that at the ninth level of Qi Refining. It is just the difference between losing early or late.

Lin Qianfan continued to induce and analyze the various benefits in detail, and only then did he pull the starling out.

"If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted you to complete your transition period sooner and accompany me to sea at the beginning of the new year, I really wouldn't have come."

The mynah bird is stubborn.

The convenience of a large family is that every time you get a promotion, big or small, you can find someone to learn from and improve your position.

"war!"

They come, the security.

The starling attacked with all its strength.

Compared to Lin Qianfan, who could move freely and conveniently with a small flying sword, Myna held a fire-tipped spear in his hand and continuously emitted fiery red spear energy through the air to knock away the invading flying swords.

"Ding~ding~ding~"

Whenever a flying sword approaches, the starling can accurately unleash his inner strength to dissolve it.

"I'm going to have to use more strength."

After Lin Qianfan confirmed that the starling still had some strength left, he immediately increased the power of the flying sword, making it run at the fastest speed and maximize its attack power.

"Well done!"

After the starling entered combat mode, it stopped smiling and engaged in the battle very seriously.

Ding~ding~dang~
The flying sword is a signature method of sword cultivators. Even if it is launched openly and head-on, it cannot be blocked every time. However, in addition to the罡劲, the starling also has a set of internal scale armor for defense.

This set of scale armor was obviously forged to the peak of the second-grade lower level. It blocked the attacks of the Thunder-Slaying Sword several times and protected the starling.

"Don't hold back! Give it your all! I can handle this!"

"it is good!"

The flying sword was controlled using divine consciousness, and Lin Qianfan's real body was actually watching the show from the side.

The reason why the flying sword is powerful is not that this ability can easily defeat anyone, but that it is an additional set of means added to the existing means of cultivation.

"Sky-Splitting Curse!"

A not very skilled second-level gold-attribute spell went towards the starling who was fighting with the flying sword with all his strength.

"Meteor Break!"

"Jin Yaoduan!"

Lin Qianfan began to practice the second-level gold-attribute spells one by one, putting pressure on the starling and also helping him to temper himself.

The difficulty of practicing these spells is actually not high, because they all have some first-level prerequisite spells. Lin Qianfan, who is proficient in the prerequisite spells, learns very quickly, and each move becomes more and more proficient.

"Fuck, do you want anyone left alive?"

Mynah also knows some second-level spells, and is even more proficient in using them than Lin Qianfan. Fire can also overcome metal, but it is difficult for him to free his hands, so he has to take a few hits from time to time.

The total amount of spiritual power of the foundation-building monks has undergone a qualitative change, so they have gradually picked up various magical abilities that the Qi-refining monks have ignored.

Magical abilities require no cost other than consuming a lot of spiritual energy, and they can be varied and have more variations than spiritual weapons.

"Sharp gold..."

"Stop! I give up!"

Compared to Lin Qianfan, Myna obviously lacks the skill of flying sword. He can still receive it when Lin Qianfan does not go all out, but once Lin Qianfan goes all out, it will exceed his endurance limit.

However, defensive spiritual weapons are not omnipotent and will always be broken through after a few hits, so the gap between the two sides is quite large.

This is not because Myna is weak. He has only been building his foundation for more than a year and has achieved this, which is already above the average level of new foundation builders.

But as long as the problem of flying sword cannot be solved, it will be difficult to defeat Lin Qianfan.

Can he throw the gun?
Yes, any weapon can fly.

However, if it does not contain something like the second-level sword intent, its strength will be far less, far from reaching the level of effective attack, unless each attack is shot out through the main body.

But this is not called flying, this is called shooting, there is no agility or continuity.

Will the starling be able to figure out his intentions in the future?

In theory, it is possible. As long as the foundation-building cultivators devote enough time, they can also develop some second-level abilities.

But a flying sword is a flying sword. It is a very special means of killing. It is the product of the superposition of various extreme abilities. It takes the extreme path and is difficult to imitate. A flying gun cannot reach this level of strength.

So even if the starling has its own gun intention, it will still not choose this way of fighting.

"How's the boatman recruitment going?"

"The Hunter has temporarily ceased operations, and subsequent arrangements have yet to be finalized. Therefore, the crew of the Far Hunter is largely idle. I took the opportunity to recruit some key personnel, and then paired them with some new apprentices with lower cultivation levels."

The power of the monster hunting ship is medium-grade spirit stones. The monster hunting ship needs maintenance, so the monster hunting ship needs to consider profit and loss.

Although the former sailors of the Hunter were all very capable and had seen the world with the Third Master, their wages were not cheap.

If you give them too much, the captain won't earn anything. If you give them too little, the gap between the beginning and the end will be too big and it will be difficult to manage.

Therefore, Myna only recruited a part of the people to be the backbone, and it is normal that the backbone is treated better.

"That's great, I'll go recruit some too!"

"That's good, this will solve their employment problem."

The Stalker is a large ship with many crew members.

After the Hunter ceased operations, some elderly sailors chose to retire directly, some have switched to other industries, and only half still have the intention to continue going to sea.

The Heng'an is a small ship and can't hold many people. In addition, Myna needed to control costs, so only seven or eight people were taken away. Now there are more than twenty left.

Lin Qianfan gathered them all together and informed them that Riding the Wind would go out to sea in a year. They could do other jobs normally during that year, and he would also apply for low-income security for them. If anyone was in financial difficulty, they could directly come to borrow money.

More than twenty people are definitely not enough. After all, the Wind Rider is considered large among medium-sized ships. Lin Qianfan needs to give priority to his brothers in the same branch for the remaining positions.

These brothers all have very similar blood to Lin Qianfan, and some of them who are of similar age even often played together when they were young.

Now that Lin Qianfan has become rich, they don't dare to greet him and can only watch silently from a distance. Since there is a chance now, it doesn't matter who gives it to him.

As long as they are able to endure hardships, they will be able to overcome the obstacles that should have imprisoned them in this life.

(End of this chapter)