Chapter Twenty-Three: Cloud Whale Beast I
After repairing a treasure ship, there are two treasure ships controlled by Dafang Island, so there is a shortage of monks to control the treasure ship. With the addition of Li Yulin and other five captives during the foundation building period, the sect only has fifteen foundation building monks, and ten people are assigned to control the treasure ship, and the foundation building on the two islands is slightly insufficient.
Each third-order high-grade treasure ship also requires at least five foundation building period monks to give full play to the treasure ship's combat effectiveness, and if there is a lack of manpower, the treasure ship will have obvious weaknesses and cannot resist the masters of the Purple Mansion period.
Moreover, as soon as the treasure ship opens, it is a huge gold-swallowing beast, and it consumes a lot of resources every day.
Especially as soon as the battle ended, every time a god-destroying crossbow was fired, a medium-grade spirit stone was shot, and the small households in Dafang Island Gate had insufficient accumulation, and they couldn't support it for too long.
Zhang Zhixuan began to retreat, and the major events on the island were led by Qingzen and Hanyan.
After the two discussed, they decided to reward the seven Li Yulin who repaired the treasure ship, pardon their crimes, let him take the anti-poison pill, and restore his freedom sixty years ahead of schedule, and by the way, let him serve as a deacon elder, responsible for commanding two third-order high-grade treasure ships.
However, more than half of the monks on the treasure ship have been replaced, and most of the sailors on the ship are Dafang Island monks, and six Dafang Island foundations have been installed, which can be regarded as a hand reserved for him.
Now Li Yulin is the captain on the Victory, and Yuan Ruoyun, He Zhongxing, Gu Mingcheng, Yu Wancheng, and the four are elders.
Because most of the monks who operate the treasure ship have been replaced, and their experience is also somewhat insufficient, their combat effectiveness is not as good as before. Especially in the face of fierce battles, it is easy to drop the chain, and when you meet the masters of the Purple Mansion Period, there is no chance of winning for the time being.
Another treasure ship was named the Crescent Moon by Qingchan, with Jia Mengzhen as the captain on board, assisted by Lu Haoling, Shi Guiqing, Sheng Tianlu, and Cao Yunxiao.
Only Gu Qiwen, Shao Qingming, and Jia Hongxi are now left on Dafang Island, and the Crescent Island side has also transferred manpower and arranged for Shi Lingxiu and Yu Youzhen to be stationed.
After readjusting the arrangement, Hanyan has stepped up his hunting for demon beasts, but this time there will be a treasure ship with him.
The treasure ship does not need to carry a large number of mortals, a large part of the space will be freed up, and the ability to go to sea to replenish will be greatly increased.
With the help of the treasure ship, not only will the combat effectiveness be greatly increased, but it can also transport a large amount of materials, even if Hanyan hunts the deep-sea beast, it can also transport the materials on the beast back to the port.
The reason why Han Yan hurriedly went to sea to hunt the demon beast this time was mainly to find the cloud whale beast and seize its spirit bone to repair another treasure ship. There is no third-order high-grade red willow spirit wood on Dafang Island, and if you want to fill the hole in the shell of the treasure ship, you can only use the spirit bones of the giant demon beast.
Cloud Whale Beast is the easiest giant demon beast to hunt, and the mature Cloud Whale Beast is a fourth-order late-stage demon beast, this giant whale population is very small, and it is a rare fourth-order demon beast that is easy to fall alone.
If you can kill the cloud whale beast, not only can the demon pill be used as medicine, but the whale skin on the body is also of high value.
This extremely large demon beast can draw at least twelve fourth-order spirit runes on its whale skin. The whale meat can also be preserved for the monks on the island to eat for a year, saving countless spiritual rice.
There are more than a hundred more monks on Crescent Island, and the spiritual fields on the island have not increased, and the supply of spiritual rice is no longer enough.
Cultivators need to refine spiritual rice to replenish essence and blood, and even Zhang Zhixuan, a master of the Purple Mansion Period, must occasionally take some spiritual rice spiritual objects to replenish vitality.
This time out to sea, Han Yan decided to go in the direction of the deep sea, in the past year or so, she has taken the Dafang Island monk to the sea more than ten times, and has hunted seven or eight low-level demon beasts.
In the waters near Dafang Island, she had never seen a cloud whale beast.
In order to expand the search area, the two treasure ships were separated by thousands of miles, and Han Yan was responsible for the central dispatch, and at this distance, she was able to transmit the news to the two treasure ships using the Thousand Miles Voice Transmission Technique. And when it comes to the critical moment, the two treasure ships can also use the third-order transmission notes to communicate with each other.
"Forty-two days have passed since going to sea, and the spirit stone on the treasure ship has almost fallen into the cordon, and if you can't find the cloud whale beast for another twenty days, you should return, if you delay it for too long, it's actually useless."
Hanyan was secretly contemplating as the sword flew, and suddenly a blue light shot from a distance, and it turned out that a transmission note had been sent from the treasure ship
Han Yan stretched out his hand and quietly opened the transmission note, and his face suddenly showed a little joy.
The transmission note was sent by the Crescent Moon, and just now, the lookout of the Crescent Moon suddenly spotted the Cloud Whale Beast. Jia Mengzhen on the ship didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent a transmission note to Hanyan and the Victory.
Because of the inexperience of the monks who operated the treasure ship, the combat power of the Crescent Moon was only about 30% of that of a normal treasure ship, and Jia Mengzhen knew his own situation, so he did not have the recklessness to pursue and contain the Cloud Whale Beast, but immediately sought assistance to find help.
After receiving the transmission note, Han Yan immediately sacrificed the Ice Spirit Xuanguang Sword, and Dunguang rushed over in less than half an hour.
She looked around, but did not find the cloud whale beast, and immediately fell, and asked quietly, "How is it, is the news reliable?" ”
"Back to Master, the news is reliable, we did see the Cloud Whale Beast with our own eyes just now. However, as soon as the cloud whale saw the treasure ship, it immediately fled, and we lost it after a little hesitation. Shi Guiqing replied with a wry smile.
Jia Mengzhen and the others had just learned to operate the treasure ship, and they were still novices, and their combat effectiveness was very insufficient, and they did not dare to approach the cloud whale beast in the late fourth order.
"How fast is the Cloud Whale Beast?" Han Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he immediately grasped the key and asked.
"Although this demon beast is huge, it is very flexible, although it cannot fly, the speed of swimming in the sea is extremely fast, not weaker than the speed of the Purple Mansion period monks." The person who spoke was Sheng Tianlu, who had been on the treasure ship for many years, and he could be regarded as well-informed, and when he saw that everyone on Dafang Island was looking at each other, he immediately spoke.
Since Li Yulin was pardoned for his crimes, Sheng Tianlu also quickly changed his attitude and decided to be loyal to Dafang Island, through the observation of Dafang Island, Sheng Tianlu found that although Dafang Island is now a start-up, the sect of Qingxuanzong is more promising than Hou Qingdong and others.
Although the fourth-order high-grade treasure ship is powerful, its comprehensive ability is not as good as that of the Jindan monk, and after the defeat and loss of four treasure ships last time, Hou Qingdong and the others are not the opponents of Dafang Island. In this kind of grass-created situation, although they are captives, it is very easy for them to integrate into the sect, and Li Yulin is a role model.
A fourth-order demon beast that can't fly, Qing Chan heard it for the first time, she didn't care about her curiosity, and asked, "Does this demon beast have any specialty?" ”
"Cloud whale beasts like to dive and can survive underwater for a long time, and although this demon beast looks huge and clumsy, it is actually very smart, and its intelligence is not weaker than that of a fifth-order demon beast, once it is ambushed by it underwater, it will be very troublesome."