Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Returning to Donglong, Su Ye’s Plan
SPLASH.
The seawater parted.
The figure of a giant spider crab erged from the sea’s surface, watching the distant Luo Family fleet.
Hate and ferocity surfaced in its intelligent eyes.
But soon, a deep sense of fear replaced it.
After a mont of thought, it turned and swam toward the Qi Family fleet, which had greatly reduced its speed.
At the sa ti, thousands of smaller spider crabs followed close behind!
A single giant spider crab, no matter how voracious its appetite, couldn’t possibly devour the thousands of people on the island all by itself...
"There’s a monster!"
"Watch out! There are too many of them!"
Like a black tide, the small spider crabs sward the deck of one of the Qi Family’s high-grade spirit ships!
Aboard the Marrow Silver, a silver light flashed as its array was fully activated to help fend off the enemy.
But in the end, it wasn’t enough.
The Marrow Silver sacrificed a pawn to save the king, taking another high-grade spirit ship and fleeing at top speed!
The Qi Family fleet’s pursuit had resulted in colossal losses!
...
「Two months later.」
Weather-beaten and their paint mottled, the Golden Sword Orchid and the Flying Serpent slowly sailed into Donglong Island’s harbor.
"Hooo..."
Gazing at the familiar harbor of Donglong Island, Su Ye’s taut nerves finally relaxed.
’Finally... I’m ho!’
Recalling his experiences on this voyage, even Su Ye couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear.
A simple escort mission had actually drawn out the entire White Iron Island Fleet.
And among them was a top-tier warship like the Marrow Silver!
Just to deal with their pursuit, Su Ye had to use every trick up his sleeve, only managing to escape by harnessing the power of a storm.
But even more terrifying was the giant spider crab he had encountered within that storm!
"Mind control..." Su Ye muttered to himself.
On the journey back, the more he thought about it, the more horrifying the implications beca.
Mind control wasn’t sothing one could achieve simply by having strong Spiritual Power.
For example, Luo Xiyin was a Foundation Establishnt cultivator with a powerful Divine Sense, yet she couldn’t even take control of the body of a first-level Qi Refining cultivator.
However, the spider crab, which was still within the First-Order category, could easily control a cultivator of the sa tier...
This was undoubtedly an extrely tyrannical bloodline talent!
Su Ye suspected that the unassuming spider crab very likely possessed a Heaven-grade bloodline!
’Or maybe... even beyond Heaven-grade?’ Su Ye mused.
He thought of the piece of Sea Successor Remains embedded in the spider crab’s carapace.
If the spider crab’s bloodline had fused with a portion of the Sea Successor Remains’ power...
It wasn’t impossible for its bloodline to surpass Heaven-grade...
’From the looks of it, after the anomaly in the Dongning Sea Region...’
’Besides the massive increase in rare demon beasts like the Iron Blade Blood Shark and the Green Water King Snake...’
’...mutated species like the spider crab have also appeared, fused with Sea Successor Remains...’
’If the forr are elite mobs, then the latter are boss-level creatures—far more powerful and dangerous!’
A glint in his eyes, Su Ye’s thoughts raced further.
Compared to heading directly to the Source of the Anomaly and searching for Sea Successor Remains on strange and unpredictable native islands...
...hunting the boss-level creatures roaming the Dongning Sea Region seed like another way to obtain Sea Successor Remains.
Of course, this thod was no less dangerous and required long-term planning.
The increasing danger in the Dongning Sea Region made Su Ye hesitate.
However, a thoughtful expression appeared on Su Ye’s face as he gently tapped the ship’s railing, the outline of a plan gradually forming in his mind.
’The sea anomaly, the threat from the Qi Family, the Sea Successor Remains, Weiyuan Immortal City...’
’If the plan goes smoothly, maybe...’
’I can reach Foundation Establishnt with ease, without taking on much risk?’
’And even if it fails, there’s not much to lose...’
Su Ye muttered to himself.
...
「One month later.」
「Luoyue Mountain.」
Beside the bed lay a scattered female cultivator’s gauze dress and white silk stockings, a faint fragrance lingering in the air.
Luo Qing’e snuggled against Su Ye, her eyes drowsy with sleep.
Her fair skin had a faint rosy blush, as delicate and flawless as fine porcelain, charming and alluring.
Su Ye gently caressed Luo Qing’e’s beautiful back, his expression one of lazy contentnt.
"My love..." Luo Qing’e tilted up her slender, swan-like neck, her cherry-red lips pouting as she asked Su Ye for a kiss.
Their affection for each other had begun with appearance and temperant, but it had blossod from their compatible personalities.
And after marriage, their harmonious... *life* together had made them as close as could be.
After a while of intimacy, Luo Qing’e gently straightened her hair and whispered.
"My love, I’ve already reported to the Matriarch and explained the stakes. She thinks your shipbuilding plan is quite good..."
The shipbuilding plan had been proposed by Su Ye.
Its purpose: to counter the threat of the Qi Family and the hidden dangers of the sea anomaly, the Luo Family needed a stronger naval force!
Su Ye’s proposed plan included one Second-Order spirit ship and two supre-grade spirit ships!
If it could be completed, the Luo Family’s fleet would be more than enough to contend with the Qi Family’s main fleet.
"But..." Luo Qing’e’s starry eyes flickered, and she twirled a strand of hair around her finger, seemingly a little embarrassed.
"The Matriarch said that the family’s finances are a bit tight, so for this shipbuilding plan..."
"How about we just build two high-grade spirit ships for now, as a gesture?"
Su Ye wasn’t surprised.
With Luo Qing’e by his side, he was perfectly clear on the Luo Family’s financial situation.
If not for the imnse threat from the Qi Family’s White Iron Island Fleet, coupled with the many valuable spoils the Flying Serpent had brought back...
...the Luo Family would have had a hard ti even deciding to build these two high-grade spirit ships.
But... all Su Ye needed was for them to show their stance.
"What if I said I could solve the financial problem?"
Su Ye said slowly, his expression calm and poised.
"Eh?!" Luo Qing’e’s beautiful eyes widened in surprise, then filled with worry as she bit her lower lip.
"My love... the Dongning Sea Region is very dangerous. I don’t want you to take that risk..."
Luo Qing’e had already learned from Su Ye about the anomaly in the Dongning Sea Region and the increase in demon beasts.
Of course, Su Ye hadn’t revealed his speculations about the Sea Successor Remains or the natives’ conspiracies.
"Don’t worry, how could I possibly go take risks by myself!"
Su Ye laughed, pulling the beauty in his arms closer to comfort her.
Then, he chuckled and added.
"I rember... the family was planning to sell the Flying Serpent’s haul in batches, right?"
"Mmm..." Luo Qing’e nodded and explained.
"This haul is too valuable. If we sell it all at once, it would be hard to cover our tracks..."
"What if I said I want to take this entire haul to [Weiyuan Immortal City] and sell it all at once?" Su Ye said.
Hearing this, Luo Qing’e was a little surprised.
"This is..."
"My love, you’re thinking of... leaking the news about the changes in the Dongning Sea Region to the Loose Cultivators in the immortal city?"
But soon, her beautiful eyes sparkled with a brilliant light.
"What a brilliant plan!"
"After the sea anomaly, the demon beasts are nurous. Our family’s Demon Hunting Ships already have to face competition from the Qi Family’s, and the risks have skyrocketed."
"It would be better to leak the news, attract nurous Loose Cultivators to hunt demons, and reduce the Qi Family’s profits..."
"The Loose Cultivators will make money hunting demons, and we’ll make money off the Loose Cultivators!" Luo Qing’e said, her expression joyful.
"Exactly..." Su Ye nodded in satisfaction.
The pavilion closest to the water gets the moonlight first!
As the saying goes, the gold prospectors don’t always get rich.
But the ones who open restaurants and inns in the gold rush town are guaranteed to make a killing.
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