The Path to Becoming Immortal

"Brother Liang Yuan! You just came up now, have you seen other people?"

At this time, not far away, people who knew Ye Congde kept greeting him.

Ye Congde responded one by one, saying that he did not see anyone else below.

"Let's go back first!"

Looking at those familiar people on the sea who were still reluctant to leave for a long time, and seeing their anxious looks, Ye Congde sighed in his heart and had to go ahead.

Every year, many people will stay in the deep sea forever and never come back.

On the coast, many people have long gathered, not only family members who are worried about the safety of pearl divers, but also people who make a living around the Qingling Pearl.

After the Qingling Pearls collected by each village are uniformly registered, they are handed over to their respective village chiefs in the village square and then sold to the merchants who come to buy them.

How many Qingling Pearls are collected has become a way for each village to show its strength.

What's more, this time Chaoyang City specially sent a deacon to preside over this century-old sea opening event.

If such a great man looked up to them, it would be a great honor for the whole village.

If the other party was in a good mood and gave them some elixirs, it would be a great opportunity and great wealth.

And this great man was the amiable Lord of the Immortals who had been on the high platform of the square before.

In the eyes of mortals and ordinary cultivators, all cultivators who had reached the immortal realm were respectfully called Lord of the Immortals to show respect.

And among the immortals, there were generally honorific titles, or they could be directly called seniors or adults.

However, at this time, the faces of several village chiefs were not very good, as the loss of manpower this time was much greater than before.

Especially Ye Shoucheng, the old village chief of Yejia Village, was even more worried and kept looking at the sea.

While looking around, he finally saw several familiar figures on the returning ship, and his face eased instantly.

"Humph! What's wrong? Seeing your Ye Congde coming back, you think you can surpass my Liujia Village!"

Aside, there was a sturdy man with a gloomy face. Looking at the returning ships in the distance, his face became even gloomier.

This man's name is Liu Zhicai, and he is the father of Liu Liangyuan who died at the hands of Tie Niu.

At this time, seeing the other party's son coming back, but his own son still did not appear, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Hehe, it's hard to say, maybe my Congde has a good harvest? Don't worry, your young man should be back soon! Young people should be patient!"

Ye Shoucheng was very calm at this moment, and he was even more happy when he saw the other party's gloomy face.

According to tradition, all Qinglingzhu are handled by the village, and then rewarded according to the number of each family.

Under the interference of the man-eating shark this time, not only did a lot of personnel suffer losses, but the collection of Qinglingzhu was also greatly affected.

Especially the area where Yejia Village is located, it was forced back by the man-eating shark early.

Liujia Village was lucky, as the area was less affected. The number of Qinglingzhu was more than 100, reaching more than 1,200, compared with Yejia Village.

However, at this time, in Ye Shoucheng's heart, the number of Qinglingzhu was no longer important. As long as a few younger generations were fine, it would be fine. At most, they would be suppressed by Liujia Village. They would come back next year.

"Hmph, don't be so proud here! By the way, Ye Congde grew up with me. When will he break through the Yuanying stage..."

Liu Zhicai was depressed, and finally thought of a reason to attack the other party. The gloom on his face was instantly reduced.

"Everyone has their own opportunities. He is not as good as you in cultivation!"

Ye Congde has always been unable to break through the Yuanying stage, which is also a thorn in the heart of Ye Shoucheng, the old village chief.

But today, he has also seen it. Compared with the fact that people have not come back, whether he can break through the Yuanying stage does not seem to be that important.

While the two of them were chatting tit-for-tat, the Ye Congde they mentioned had already landed.

As soon as they got ashore, they headed for the square not far away. Since they came back late, they became the focus of the scene.

As soon as Ye Zhuang and Ye Honggui got ashore, they were surrounded by their friends from the same village, and then they began to brag.

Ye Congde ran towards the village square with excitement.

"Greetings to the Immortal Lord! Meet all the seniors!"

As soon as he arrived at the square, Ye Congde bowed respectfully to the man in the white robe with gold edges.

The Immortal Lord he mentioned still nodded slightly with a friendly face, and then his eyes drooped again.

"Father, here!"

After the greeting, Ye Congde handed a storage bag to the old village chief with excitement.

Ye Shoucheng felt the excitement in his son's eyes, and he couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart.

As his spiritual sense swept, Ye Shoucheng was stunned for a moment, and then a blush appeared on his face.

"Good! Very good! Congde, well done."

Then, he held the storage bag tightly in his hand with a happy look on his face, and his fingers were a little white due to nervousness.

This scene fell into the eyes of everyone, and they all became puzzled, but no matter how they asked, Ye Shoucheng always smiled and did not answer.

And the man in white robe on the high platform, inadvertently, had a gleam in his eyes, and then quickly disappeared, and the smile on his face became a little thicker.

"Yejia Village, 330 more low-grade green spirit beads, 52 medium-grade green spirit beads, and 20 high-grade green spirit beads..."

Speaking of this, Ye Shoucheng paused.

"That's right! Yejia Village has surpassed Liujia Village..."

"Sure enough, the people of Yejia Village must know where there are more green shells, otherwise why do they have the most every year?"

"I thought there might be fewer this year, but it seems that the number is about the same, and the grade seems to be even higher..."

"Now Liujia Village is behind again..."

"It's too early to be happy..."

Listening to the discussions around him, Liu Zhicai's face became even gloomier.

Just when everyone thought that this was the end, Ye Shoucheng slightly raised his chest, coughed lightly, and continued.

"Cough... There is another one---the best green spirit bead!"

As he spoke, Ye Shoucheng flipped his hand and raised a green spirit bead that exuded a strong aura.

This Green Spirit Pearl is very different from other Green Spirit Pearls. Not only is the green color not so obvious, but it also emits a ray of light, just like a night-shining pearl.

"Ah... it's really top-grade!"

"Now Yejia Village has made a fortune!"

"I can't believe that after so many years, I can see a top-grade Green Spirit Pearl again!"

Just as the atmosphere around was instantly ignited, the Green Spirit Pearl in Ye Shoucheng's hand slowly rose.

Then it slowly floated towards the white-robed man on the high platform.