Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 15 Fellow Taoist, please stay.

More than an hour passed quickly in the dark sea.

In a "forest" formed by lush seaweed, a rock several meters square had been cut open by Ling Changqing with a dagger, breaking into dozens of pieces, revealing a huge nest underneath.

Ling Changqing, whose entire body was shrouded in a dark blue light, was now collecting palm-sized, colorful shrimps that looked like jade into his storage bag with quick and decisive movements.

This is the Rainbow Shadow Shrimp, one of the most delicious first-level monsters. Because of its abundant blood and spiritual energy, its value is even higher than that of the Silver Whiskered Snowflake Fish.

Although the Rainbow Shadow Shrimp is a first-level monster, its attack power is not that outstanding, and Ling Changqing can easily deal with it with his current strength.

Therefore, when he discovered a habitat of rainbow shrimp deep in the seagrass forest, he immediately caught all the adult individuals.

As for those young ones that had not yet grown up, Ling Changqing chose to let them go in the belief that he could not drain the pond to catch more fish.

Anyway, just remember the location and you can come back here to harvest another wave later.

"Well, there are fifty-six rainbow shrimps in total. It's a good harvest! Just hand over half of them, and eat the rest on the seabed..."

Ling Changqing finished the inventory and thought with satisfaction.

If it is sold in a restaurant in the market town, the price of the Rainbow Shadow Shrimp dish is not cheap. Even if the cultivators in the late stage of Qi training want to try it, they have to think carefully.

Seeing that the storage bag was already half full, Ling Changqing decided to take a break for a while before continuing to work again, and to consume some of the harvest at the same time.

Ling Changqing swam out of the seaweed forest with ease and entered an empty, deep cave at the bottom of a nearby giant reef.

After Ling Changqing cleaned up this place a month ago, he used it as his temporary rest area. Whenever he felt tired, he would hide in it to recover his energy.

Compared to other poor pearl divers, Ling Changqing can now do it with ease on the seabed. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to provoke those powerful beasts, he will be fine.

"...If only we could go to the deep sea area of ​​100 or even 200 meters, there would definitely be more good things there. It's a pity..."

Ling Changqing peeled the shrimp shells leisurely and put the delicious rainbow shrimp meat into his mouth, thinking secretly.

The main sea areas where the Ling family pearl divers are active are all shallow sea areas not far from the land and with a depth of no more than a few dozen feet.

There are a lot of food and cultivation resources needed by the family here, but the number of aggressive sea fish and sea beasts is relatively small, so it can be developed into one of the family's resource collection areas.

However, in deep water areas of more than a hundred feet or even two hundred feet, not only is the water pressure more terrifying, the cold poison contained in the sea water is more severe, the number of various deadly creatures has increased significantly, and it is more dangerous and difficult to guard against.

Not to mention the first and second stage sea fish and sea beasts, even the third stage (Jiedan) ferocious creatures are not rare. They are existences that even foundation-building cultivators dare not provoke.

Therefore, Ling Changqing felt that he didn't need to think too much about his current strength, unless he could become a foundation-building master in the future.

If one could come back alive from a place that is no different from hell, the gains would naturally be extraordinary.

At this moment, in the sea hundreds of feet away.

The four pearl divers gathered together quietly, hiding in a deep pit behind a sea rock, and communicated quietly with their spiritual consciousness:

"...Brother Xue, after observing for so many days, how do you feel?"

"Not good. The Ling family is collecting reserve resources in such a high-profile manner. This is not good news for us."

"Well, the more wealth they accumulate, the greater the pressure they will put on us when the war breaks out in the future!"

"So what should we do? Do we need to take measures to stop it? Arrange a surprise attack by our family's elite forces!"

"That's right. If we can kill a few hundred pearl divers, they won't dare to go out to sea so recklessly next time!"

"It's a good idea, but this will probably lead to a premature war between the two families, right? It doesn't conform to the original intention of the patriarch and the elders." "Then spend spirit stones to hire a group of robbery cultivators to do the job. As long as it is handled cleanly, the Ling family can't blame our Wu family afterwards."

"That makes sense. I can consider it..."

The relationship between monk families is like the relationship between countries, with competition and game everywhere. As long as it can hinder the development of the other party, any dark and despicable means may appear.

Taking over the Ling family's assets has been the Wu family's consistent strategic goal for nearly a hundred years, and all plans, overt or covert, must serve this goal.

……

Ling Changqing had eaten and drunk his fill, and his physical and spiritual strength had recovered to their peak state, so he left the cave and continued to work.

He had not swam far when he vaguely heard screams and cries for help coming from behind a large reef.

Ling Changqing hesitated for a moment, then decided to go over and take a look, paddling lightly in the water with his legs.

After a few breaths, he saw the scene behind the reef.

Two sea monkeys were grabbing a hapless pearl diver and tearing him apart madly, turning his flesh and blood into food to fill their stomachs.

The guy who was at the second level of Qi training had not yet died, but all the amulets on his body had been used up, and it was impossible for him to escape from the two monsters.

"Help...help!"

Seeing other pearl divers coming from afar, that guy seemed to have found a life-saving straw and immediately struggled desperately to send out messages for help.

However, Ling Changqing only glanced at him calmly and swam away. If you are not related to me, who would risk their life to save you?

"Fellow Daoist, please stay,"

The guy was anxious, and quickly sent a voice message to shout: "I will give you all the gains I have, and I will give you half of the spiritual stones... No, I will give you all my savings! Save me..."

"idiot!"

Ling Changqing smiled disdainfully: "As long as you die, won't your things also be mine? The sea monkey doesn't need spirit stones anyway!"

It’s just that pearl divers are all poor cultivators at the bottom of the social ladder, and they don’t have much money on their bodies. It’s hard to say how many spiritual sands this guy has on him.

Ling Changqing swam to the side, hid under some seaweed and waited patiently.

But in a moment, the guy's screams became quieter and quieter until they were completely silent.

After waiting for a while, Ling Changqing saw the two sea monkeys, who were full, leave. Then he slowly swam out and approached cautiously.

All that was left was a pile of incomplete bones and torn clothes.

Ling Changqing took a look and found that this guy didn't even have a storage bag on him, let alone spirit stones. There was nothing worth recycling at all.

Really poor...

Ling Changqing shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and then used his dagger to dig a hole in the ground and buried the pile of bones.

It's not for anything else, just to make myself feel at ease. Anyway, I don't expect this dead guy to be grateful to me.

After doing all this, Ling Changqing left quietly and continued to look for suitable prey.

(End of this chapter)