Chapter 975 (1/2)

Chapter 975

“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, we’re rich!” exclaimed w.a.n.g Mang excitedly . They had gathered over three thousand Neidans . Splitting it equally, each one of them would get six . That was extremely great wealth .

w.a.n.g 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 pa.s.sing 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!” w.a.n.g 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 . w.a.n.g 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 w.a.n.g 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 sh.o.r.e 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 .