Chapter 975
Chapter 975
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, we’re rich!” exclaimed Wang Mang excitedly . They had gathered over three thousand Neidans . Splitting it equally, each one of them would get six . That was extremely great wealth .
Wang Mang had long since recognized and accepted the situation . After apologizing profusely to Long Chen and Meng Qi, he treated them all exceptionally respectfully . And due to the principle of not beating a smiling face, no one bothered quibbling with him over his actions .
Everyone was familiar with each other and had forgotten about their previous hostility . Having obtained this many Neidans, they were all happy .
These Cyan Scaled Monsters were huge, but in truth, they were only seventh rank . However, within their homeland of the sea, their power was comparable to eighth rank Magical Beasts . That made their Neidans even more valuable .
In just a while, their profit was equivalent to half a year’s rations in the Xuantian Dao sect . The senior disciples were incredibly excited, and at the same time, their reverence for Long Chen grew .
However, Long Chen didn’t feel much . Although these Cyan Scaled Monsters’ Neidans were valuable, he was an alchemist . He didn’t lack this money .
Furthermore, he had fought countless battles on his cultivation journey . There was one sentence that could sum up his experience: battle was the quickest way of getting rich .
Although Long Chen had left behind a portion of the profits he had obtained in the Eastern Wasteland to the Xuantian Dao Sect and Yue Xiaoqian, he wasn’t lacking money .
He had yuan spirit stones, peak grade Divine Mortal Molting Elixir, and Ten Thousand Spirit Blood . They were all priceless treasures . And even if he didn’t have such things, he also had his powerful alchemy skills . By refining a few rare pills, the money would flow in .
Furthermore, he was currently cooperating with Zheng Wenlong . He brought the pill formulas, while Zheng Wenlong brought the manpower and means . He shouldn’t be lacking money in the future .
After passing through that region, Elder Sha had once more summoned the flying boat’s barrier . Although they occasionally encountered a sea demon’s attack on their way, their power wasn’t strong and their numbers were low . They could essentially ignore those attacks .
The flying boat continued for a full day and night before it began to slow down and came to a stop .
“We’ve arrived at the hunting region!” Wang Mang and the others were delighted . They had clearly been waiting just for this .
This hunting region was something that generations of people had determined through countless years of experimentation with travel routes . People found that there weren’t powerful sea demons in this region, so this became the Xuantian Dao Sect’s hunting region when returning from the Eastern Wasteland to the Central Plains .
Different flying boats used different flying routes . Smaller boats could go in a straight line since they wouldn’t draw the attention of sea demons . That made it so that smaller flying boats could cross the sea much faster than larger ones .
Huge flying boats had to go in a twisting path to avoid the territories of strong sea demons . This particular route was something the Xuantian Dao Sect had decided upon through countless trials . They had a certain understanding of the distribution of the powerful sea demons, and this region was a relatively safe one .
They could undergo a short period of hunting here . Then, before they drew the attention of stronger sea demons, they were to immediately leave .
Normally, this short period lasted three days . They hadn’t hunted on the way here to avoid trouble on the way back, so this opportunity was something they had to properly grasp .
The flying boat stopped above the sea . Wang Mang and the others had already made their preparations, and they began to cast bait into the sea . This bait could draw over sea demons from thousands of miles away .
“Fellow disciples, let’s go all-out when the sea demons arrive . This is a benefit the sect gives us, and no matter how much we get, it’ll be split equally between us . It’s a rare opportunity, so work hard to kill more sea demons . We can only stay here for three days,” said Wang Mang to everyone . Normally, he would have ordered them . But now he didn’t dare to do so .
“Isn’t slaughtering sea demons like this going too far? They didn’t provoke us,” said Meng Qi . She was somewhat unwilling to undergo such a large-scale slaughter of the sea demons . After all, as a Beast Tamer, she didn’t want the sea demons to be slaughtered so recklessly .
“Senior apprentice-sister, this time you’re wrong . They aren’t innocent . They’re the scourge of the entire Martial Heaven Continent,” said a disciple . “You were in the Eastern Wasteland, but you must have heard of beast tides, right?”
“Yes . ” Meng Qi nodded . Beast tides were truly terrifying events .
When the numbers of Magical Beasts grew too high, they would widen their territory, and that would inevitably clash with the human territory . Countless Magical Beasts would charge into human cities, terrifying everyone .
“The Eastern Wasteland’s beast tide that you’ve heard of is nothing compared to when the sea demons attack . There are countless sea demons in the Martial Heaven Sea-Ring, and every few years, they will gather on the shore and charge at the continent . If a region isn’t able to hold them, they will kill countless innocents . When I was young, I barely escaped from those sea demons . But the rest of my family died to them,” said that disciple . Looking back at his memories of that time, pain flashed through his eyes .
He continued, “There are just too many sea demons, and only by continuously slaughtering them can we barely maintain an equilibrium . That’s why all the Central Plains’ powers will encourage hunting sea demons; some sects even have hunting targets . So you shouldn’t feel any guilt for this . Compared to the Magical Beasts on the land, sea demons are all cold-blooded, merciless, and emotionless . ”
“How strange . Then the sea demons only attack the Central Plains and not the other four regions?” asked Guo Ran .
“That’s because of the storm zones . The storm zones only exist on the side of the Eastern Wasteland and other regions . Due to the spiritual qi of the Central Plains, no such storm zones exist . In truth, the only reason why the Eastern Wasteland, Western Desert, Southern Sea, and Northern Source are able to survive is because of the storm zones . The Central Plains has its hands full just dealing with their own defenses, so no one would reinforce the outer four regions . Those four regions are nothing more than four villages for the Central Plains,” explained the disciple .
BOOM!
Suddenly, the surface of the sea erupted . A huge figure soared into the sky, charging for the flying boat .
Everyone looked and saw it was a giant fish three hundred meters long . But its mouth took up the majority of its body . Looking at its aura, it should have reached the sixth rank .
Wang Mang waved his hand, and a golden light pierced through the fish’s head . It was instantly killed .
As soon as it was killed, a senior disciple slashed apart its body and took out a large Neidan from it . When the Neidan was extracted, it was the size of a house . But once it was exposed to the air, it rapidly shrunk until it was the size of a fist .
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, you can hold this along with the Neidans from before . ” Wang Mang handed the Neidan to Long Chen, along with a spatial ring . Previously, he had been the one directing people to handle the Cyan Scaled Monsters, and the Neidans were in his hands . Although these things were to be split equally, he wanted to express that he had no intention of stealing the spotlight from him .
“You can keep them . Forget about that unpleasant disagreement . We all trust you to handle this, so you can direct everyone . After all, you have the experience . ” Long Chen shook his head . He couldn’t be bothered to spend the effort .
The first fish was killed, and its corpse was tossed into the sea . This was done intentionally by Wang Mang so that its blood would draw over more sea demons .
Elder Sha stood at the front of the boat, indifferently watching without making a sound . It was like he was an outsider unrelated to any of this .
After just a moment, more sea demons began to charge out of the sea . Many of them had strange forms that the newcomers had never imagined . They had never seen such strange lifeforms .
Some of the sea demons were like fish, but they had feet or were covered in barbs, and most curious of all, there was a frog-shaped one with only one eye . All kinds of strange forms appeared .
But they had one thing in common: their brutal bloodthirsty nature . The first thing those sea demons did was devour the corpses of their comrades . Then they attacked the flying boat .
“The chance to get rich has appeared! Everyone, work hard!” shouted Wang Mang . Forming hand seals, runes revolved around him . Countless arrows shot through the sea demons’ midst .
At this time, it was possible to see the true power of the senior disciples . The attacks they unleashed were incomparably refined . Sometimes an arrow would pierce a sea demon’s body and directly take out its Neidan all in one move . That required incredibly precise control .
Only the senior disciples took action at first, as they needed to be examples for everyone, teaching them how to effectively kill the sea demons and take out their Neidans .
Different sea demons had Neidans at different positions . If the newcomers killed sea demons without extracting the Neidans, it would be a waste .
Eventually, the Eastern Wasteland’s disciples began to help as well .
However, as Sea Expansion disciples, they had only just come into contact with magical arts, so their control was clearly worse . Many sea demon corpses fell into the sea with their Neidans still inside, wasted .
Wang Mang’s expression sank slightly . If this was before, he would have begun cursing these people for being useless . But now he could only endure . However, he felt a great deal of pain . That was money!
The reason they were chosen for this mission was because they had planned and schemed for a long time . In fact, some had paid all their wealth as a bribe . If they didn’t take advantage of this opportunity, they would end up losing out a great deal . So seeing these disciples hunt so clumsily, he was a bit panicked .
“Dragonblood warriors, go out as well . Foundation Forging brothers, there’s no need for you to kill the sea demons . Just extract their Neidans . We’ll be in charge of our own duties,” said Long Chen . He had to agree that the Eastern Wasteland’s disciples were too clumsy . He saw that Wang Mang’s nose had tilted from rage .
The Dragonblood warriors took out Treasure items . Cold rays of light shot out, killing the sea demons .
Those sea demons were mostly sixth rank . There were only a few seventh rank ones, making killing them extremely easy .
Seeing this, Wang Mang’s expression improved slightly . The Dragonblood warriors killed each sea demon in just one attack unlike the other disciples from the Eastern Wasteland . Now he just had to be in charge of collecting the Neidans, and their efficiency leaped .
Two hours later, they had gathered over three hundred Neidans . But they were mostly all sixth rank Neidans .
Long Chen frowned . Wasn’t this just nonsense? Just how valuable could such things be?
“Wang Mang, come over . I need to ask you a few things . ” Long Chen suddenly beckoned to Wang Mang .