Life at sea is boring. Although the scenery of the vast and boundless sea is beautiful, you will still get tired of it after looking at it for a long time.
In the past month, except for going out to watch the sunrise and sunset once, Li Xuangang has been practicing in the cabin.
In a sense, he can be regarded as an ascetic monk, with no interests or hobbies. He spends almost all the time he can squeeze out on cultivation.
It is precisely because of this that the people of the Yu family in Taiqiu Mountain have the only impression of his ninth uncle as being dull and unsmiling. When they heard the news about him, he was either practicing in seclusion or performing tasks.
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On this day, Li Xuangang was practicing in the cabin as usual, but a sudden jolt interrupted him. When he unfolded his consciousness, he found that the entire treasure ship began to shake, and the amplitude was not small.
He stood up with some confusion, then waved his hand to open the cabin's isolation barrier.
The isolation ban he had set up before had a soundproofing effect, so after removing it, Li Xuangang heard the sound of dense footsteps running outside, mixed with the noise of many people.
Feeling something strange, he prepared to go out and take a look.
When Li Xuangang walked to the deck, there were already many people standing here, even Wang Zhirong among them.
"Wow, look... look, it's a fourth-level giant whale beast..."
Some young monks couldn't help shouting.
Following where everyone's eyes were pointing, Li Xuangang also turned his head and moved his gaze there.
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It was dusk at this time, and the golden sunset was about to set at the end of the sea. From it, the pale golden light was projected onto the entire East China Sea. Along with the waves, these golden lights began to shine.
At this moment, the entire world seemed to be plated with a light layer of gold.
On the sparkling water, a giant beast about a hundred feet long was rising and falling in the water, making ethereal and short roars from time to time.
Li Xuangang was also shocked by this scene. He turned around subconsciously, put his hands on the railing of the ship, and stared directly at the giant whale beast that was gradually moving away.
Wang Zhirong, who was in the crowd, calmed down the emotions of many monks. He turned around and spotted Li Xuangang on the edge of the railing. So he turned sideways and gave a few simple instructions to the tribesmen beside him, and then walked towards Li Xuangang.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I'm sorry for disturbing your practice."
Li Xuangang turned around, looked at the other person, smiled, and replied:
"It's okay. I just haven't been out to sea. I just noticed the treasure ship was bumping, so I came out to see what was going on? Well... If there is anything you need me to help you with, Daoyou Wang, just ask!"
Li Xuangang spoke politely, which gave Wang Zhirong a lot of favor.
Waving his hands, he said:
"It's nothing serious. Fellow Daoist Li has never been to the sea, so it's normal for me not to know. The bumps on the hull just now were accidentally scratched by the passing fourth-order giant whale beast. After a while, the treasure ship's own magic circle will stabilize the hull.
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After hearing this, Li Xuangang roughly understood the beginning and end of the matter. So he no longer worried about whether there was an accident!
He had seen this giant whale beast that appeared by chance in his family's library, and he had some understanding of it.
One of the most striking characteristics of the giant whale beast is that it does not like to fight. Whether it is with human monks or other monsters in the sea, as long as you do not actively provoke it, it will not attack you.
Of course, it is not that no monks have ever had the idea of a giant whale beast. This kind of gentle monster is an excellent hunting target.
But they soon realized that this idea was not a good one. The giant whale beast's defense was astonishing, and it usually only appeared in the deep sea. Without dispatching a large treasure ship or a large flying boat, even ordinary Nascent Soul monks were extremely difficult to kill. Kill it.
Furthermore, monster beasts like the Giant Whale Beast have a strong sense of community, and dozens of Giant Whale Beasts often move at the same time. They usually raise the cub to the fourth level before allowing it to leave the group and act alone. However, this kind of alone The action is also short-term, and the giant whale beast that leaves must return to the group after a period of time.
The giant whale that scratched the Wang family's treasure ship now should be a giant whale that had the permission of the tribe to go out and act alone for a short time.
Not long after, this fourth-level giant whale began to gradually disappear into the vast East China Sea, and the monks on the deck also lost sight of it.
They each talked about what they had seen today, and then they all returned to the cabin to rest or practice.
However, Li Xuangang did not leave for the time being.
He took this opportunity to ask Wang Zhirong about the situation in Donghaifang City. After all, he often traveled between Donghaifang City and Binhaifang City. If he could get some secrets from him that his seventeenth uncle Li Qingshui didn't know, then It will be very helpful for his next mission on Li Meng Island.
Wang Zhirong patiently introduced him to the general situation of Donghaifang City, and then asked in a probing tone:
"I wonder if this trip to Limeng Island was done by fellow Daoist Li alone, or was it a task assigned to you by your family?"
Having said this, Wang Zhirong paused deliberately, pretending to make a mistake, and quickly added:
"I'm being rude. Don't be surprised, fellow Taoist Li! I shouldn't ask fellow Taoist about such things."
There was nothing strange on Li Xuangang's face. He looked at Wang Zhirong and smiled, saying:
"Actually, there is nothing to hide. It's just that some time ago, I accidentally heard that Limeng Island is convenient for hunting monsters in the sea to earn spiritual stones, so I wanted to come and have a look."
Hearing this answer, Wang Zhirong couldn't deny it, and didn't know whether he believed it or not.
However, he still said:
"Yes, Fellow Daoist Li is extremely powerful. Hunting monsters and beasts can earn spiritual stones faster than performing family tasks. If I could have such tyrannical strength as fellow Daoist Li, I would definitely not choose such a cumbersome family task as escorting a treasure ship."
"Friend Wang Dao, Liao Zan, actually I can't help myself. In the family...hey...it's okay not to say it!"
Wang Zhirong knew that the other party did not want to talk further, so he appropriately chose to end the conversation.
Afterwards, the two said goodbye to each other and left the deck.
On the way back to the cabin, Wang Zhirong thought about the credibility of Li Xuangang's words just now, and whether it was necessary for him to report it to his family?
However, after stepping into the cabin door, he gave a bitter smile and gave up the plan of reporting the matter to the clan. There was indeed no useful information in what Li Xuangang said just now, and there was no use in reporting it.
On the other side, Li Xuangang was sitting cross-legged in his cabin. He did not immediately take out the spirit stones to practice. Instead, he was recalling the specific situation of Donghaifang City that Wang Zhirong had just introduced to him.
In fact, what Wang Zhirong said was very different from what his seventeenth uncle Li Qingshui warned, but there were some differences in details.
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In Wang Zhirong’s introduction:
The entire Limeng Island is under the control of Lian Chenglin, a casual cultivator of the Golden Core stage. This casual cultivator has reached the peak of the Golden Core many years ago, and he is not old. It is very likely that before his life span is exhausted,
He successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul stage and became the second Nascent Soul ancestor in the eastern part of Chaoyang Continent after Xun Jinyuan of the Corpse Ghost Sect.
The largest and only city on Limeng Island: Donghaifang City, its foundation is the same as Binhaifang City, which is a fourth-level low-grade spiritual vein.
And in a sense, the entire Donghaifang City is the property of Lian Chenglin. Of course, he can't manage it by himself, so he allowed the existence of two small sects on Limeng Island.
One of these two small sects is called Haichao Sect and the other is called Guiji Sect.
There are no Golden Core monks in the two sects, but each has more than ten elders in the Foundation Establishment stage. The two sects jointly manage Donghaifang City and only need to hand over a certain share of the income to Lian Chenglin every year.
As for why Lian Chenglin chose to manage Donghaifang City on Limeng Island in this way, no one knows the exact reason yet.
What Wang Zhirong said to Li Xuangang was just a popular guess.
I heard that Lian Chenglin, the Jindan master, didn't like to be restrained and didn't want to be entangled in any sect affairs. He only thought about the road to immortality, so he didn't establish a sect of his own.
Li Xuangang compiled the information he had learned about Lian Chenglin from various places, and he found that this powerful casual cultivator of the Golden Core stage was really casual.
It stands to reason that even if he does not establish a sect, he can still recruit some disciples to manage Donghaifang City. It is better than letting two small sects manage it for him.
But he finds it troublesome to even accept disciples, so he is now in a state where he has neither disciples nor blood relatives, and is truly alone.
In addition to staying in Donghaifang City all year round to practice hard on the fourth-level spiritual veins, only outsiders can see his true face every year when the Haichao Sect and the Kameji Sect go to hand over resources.
In short, this is a place that is different from any area under the jurisdiction of any immortal cultivation force on Chaoyang Continent, and Li Xuangang also began to take a great interest in this powerful Jindan cultivator.
What on earth allowed him to securely control the largest island in this vast sea within hundreds of years.
Moreover, neither the Corpse Ghost Sect nor the Xianyuan Sect has ever had any idea of Limeng Island.