Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 186 - 97: Invitation and Extra Earnings

More than three thousand meters deep underwater, a group of deep-sea giant fish, each seventy to eighty meters long, leisurely swam past Su Yu without paying any attention to him, a small shrimp.

He swam up, reached out and gathered a Sword Qi, slamming it directly into the fish’s eye, causing it to explode into a bloody mess. Yet, this sea fish seemed unaware and continued forward.

Su Yu repeated the process, skillfully swimming to each sea fish and embedding a Sword Qi into them.

At this moment, the Sword Qi was exceptionally sharp, and after exploding in the eye socket, the Sword Qi could directly rush into the depths of the brain.

The reflex arc of this big fish was even longer than he imagined, continuing to swim for nearly half a mile before suddenly stopping, struggling violently and stirring the seawater. But unfortunately, it was too late, the Sword Qi entered its brain, and it was only a futile struggle.

Under the boost of the Nameless Sword Dao, the power of the Sword Qi greatly increased. This technique, which was previously somewhat redundant, now became an extremely powerful method in his hands.

With mana as high as seventy thousand, he could ensure the long-term activation of the Sword Qi. Besides controlling two swords, he could simultaneously fight with two Sword Qis, visibly increasing his lethality.

Improving combat power also represented increased combat efficiency and monster farming efficiency. Traveling and farming monsters along the way was simply too enjoyable.

After casually taking down another level-100 trash template experience monster, a loot item suddenly caught Su Yu’s attention.

It was a uniquely shaped jade bottle named Spirit Gathering Bottle.

Spirit Gathering Bottle (Spiritual Object): Can gather Spiritual Qi and convert it into Spiritual Liquid, one drop per day. Each drop of Spiritual Liquid can promote the growth of Spiritual Objects and can also be refined into one million Spiritual Qi experience.

He shook the jade bottle, found a dozen drops of Spiritual Liquid inside, and immediately poured it into his mouth to refine, instantly gaining 14 million killing experience.

"This thing is pretty good!"

It’s equivalent to an extra 30 million cultivation points per month, not much, but it’s extra and without any requirements.

He directly placed the Spirit Gathering Bottle inside the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, to see if the gathering speed would increase.

"Looks like my luck’s been quite good recently."

This trip out for leveling not only netted a Nameless Daoist Scripture but also a spiritual object like the Spirit Gathering Bottle, things he hadn’t seen in a year or more before.

"Is the effect of Tianxin +1 so obvious?"

Though the tone was puzzled, Su Yu was quite sure in his heart that his luck had indeed improved significantly.

This was good news, meaning there was a chance to obtain some special good things.

Realizing this, Su Yu’s motivation for leveling increased, and he became more active.

Several days later, after practicing hard for a few days non-stop, Su Yu resurfaced. Ao Run transformed into his true form and swam on the water’s surface, while he lay on Ao Run’s back.

"Without a Flying Ship, it’s really inconvenient."

In this vast ocean, it’s often tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilometers without finding a place to settle. Although his mana can support him hovering without falling, constant flying is exhausting, and there must be times to rest.

Fortunately, with Ao Run around, otherwise, he would have to rest floating in the water, potentially being swallowed by ferocious sea creatures if not careful.

Ao Run’s strength was quite good, at least as long as he didn’t enter the abyss, he remained quite formidable on the sea surface, allowing Su Yu to rest at ease.

Unknowingly, he fell asleep just like that.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Ao Run, who was idly swallowing and spitting water, suddenly raised his head alertly, spotting two sword lights skimming over the sea, entwining around Ao Run in an instant, and twisting....

"Hint: You inflicted 4150 physical damage to Nameless Flood Dragon."

"Hint: You inflicted 550 physical damage to player Anonymous."

"???"

Seeing this hint, Sun Feng was bewildered, immediately realizing something was wrong and withdrew his double swords.

But the next second, a figure rose from afar on the back of that green flood dragon, and two extremely tiny sword lights directly charged over.

"Great Swordsmanship!"

Seeing a chance for a good fight, Sun Feng eagerly activated his double swords to counter, as the four flying swords clashed, a series of clear clangs erupted, and sparks flew.

The four flying swords crisscrossed back and forth, constantly colliding.

Coiling, twisting, sweeping, cleaving, wiping, slashing, stabbing, parrying, all kinds of basic sword moves were vividly displayed on the four flying swords.

The swords and swordsmanship levels of both parties were similar, truly evenly matched.

A rare encounter with a well-matched opponent, his initial anger from being ambushed had long dissipated. Now he focused all his attention on competing in swordsmanship with his unseen opponent.

Fiercely exchanging thousands of moves, he was still full of energy, but the lurking Sun Feng was starting to struggle.

It’s not that his swordsmanship was lacking, but his mana was running low.

Even though swordsmanship didn’t consume much mana, after over two thousand consecutive exchanges, the total consumption still added up.

In contrast, with more than seventy thousand mana, Su Yu had consumed only just over ten thousand, leaving nearly sixty thousand mana to continue dueling for tens of thousands of moves. He was still raring to fight.

After exchanging another dozen moves, Sun Feng used his remaining mana to shake off Su Yu’s double swords, immediately retreating with them.

Su Yu was about to pursue the advantage when he heard someone shout:

"Stop fighting."

He stretched out his hand, summoned back his swords, and stood on Ao Run’s back. Soon, two young men broke through the water and flew out.

One of them, carrying two sword boxes on his back, clasped his fists towards him and said:

"Brother, don’t take offense. I thought it was a wild flood dragon and wanted to level up, not realizing it was your spiritual pet. I’m very sorry."

Su Yu saw the earnest attitude and waved his hand:

"Forget it."

It was indeed an accident. Seeing a dragon in the vast sea, the first reaction would definitely be to think it’s a BOSS. If it were him, he would think the same.

Moreover, since no one was harmed, after refining the Supreme Dragon Transformation Immortal Bone, his Qi and Blood reached six hundred thousand, and his physique, adding to the previous accumulation, exceeded eight thousand. Those two swords earlier only scratched him.

Once the misunderstanding was cleared, an idea flashed in Sun Feng’s mind, and he said:

"Brother, your swordsmanship is impressive and your strength is strong. Are you interested in earning some extra cash?"

Su Yu curiously asked: 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"What kind of extra cash?"

"The Vast Sea Gang is preparing to build a batch of battleships and needs dragon bone materials. They invited a group of experts to the sea for hunting. Whether it’s the skeleton of sea eels, sea serpents, or dragons, all are accepted. Prices are 20% above market value, and if you can obtain a main dragon bone over 500 meters, the price increases by 50%. Interested?"

"Hmm, can an outsider like me join midway?"

Sun Feng laughed and said:

"Of course, you can. It’s not a secret mission. As long as you have the strength, anyone is welcome."

Su Yu thought about how he was short on money, and it would be good to earn some, so he nodded:

"Alright, but who do I trade with if I get dragon bones?"

"Our fleet is not far from here, I’ll take you there."

"Please lead the way."

"Let’s go."

They turned around and flew in the direction Sun Feng and the others came from.

As the three of them chatted along the way, they quickly learned that the other man’s name was Zhang Zhiling, and he was a friend of Sun Feng.

On the way, Sun Feng introduced the specific situation of the activity. Simply put, the Vast Sea Gang has constantly lacked the dragon bones needed to build battleships, so they organize a group every year to go to the sea for dragon bones.

In addition to their own members, they widely invite experts without any restrictions.

No need to worry that participating in the Vast Sea Gang’s activities will offend other rival guilds. The main combat weapon for sea guilds is various battleships, which are almost like consumables. Every major battle sinks a batch; guilds constantly lack battleships and often organize dragon bone farming and gathering of other materials.

Inviting neutral experts to help is normal business and won’t cause hostility from other guilds.

Sun Feng flew for a while, and they saw a Poison Dragon Battleship over a thousand meters long moored on the sea from afar.

The battleship was lined with Divine Thunder Towers, and players frequently went in and out of the ship. A giant flag of the Vast Sea Gang swayed in the wind at the ship’s bow.

Sun Feng took Su Yu to the bow of the Poison Dragon Battleship and exchanged a few words with a Vast Sea Gang official named Zhang. Someone invited him to join a temporary team, marking his initiation.

This Poison Dragon Battleship, over a thousand meters long, was like a floating city, offering everything one could need.

After joining, Su Yu could access most places on the ship. He first found the Vast Sea Gang’s merchant aboard and sold all sorts of miscellaneous drops from leveling, earning 48 gold.

Then he regrouped with Sun Feng and Zhang Zhiling, leaning on the railing, chatting and enjoying the scenery.

"We’re headed to Sea Serpent Reef; that area often has sea serpent swarms. It’s perfect for dragon bone farming."

Su Yu opened the map and found the location marked as Sea Serpent Reef, about seven to eight thousand kilometers away, not too far.

He curiously asked:

"Are there a lot of sea serpents there?"

Sun Feng laughed and said:

"Not just a lot, but a huge number. Beneath that sea area is a giant sea serpent nest, a Sea Serpent Realm, populated by over a million sea serpents of various sizes, including a level 200+ Sea Serpent King."

Su Yu exclaimed:

"Isn’t that going to the sea serpent’s lair? Can we escape if the Sea Serpent King confronts us with just this ship?"

Beside him, Zhang Zhiling chuckled softly:

"The sea serpent nest is thousands of meters deep underwater. The ship stays at the edge of the sea surface, and we dive down to lure out and kill solitary sea serpents."

"Oh!"

Seven to eight thousand kilometers is quite a significant distance in the vast sea, and they were already at the edge of the Sea Serpent Reef.

The Poison Dragon Battleship sailed forward for about three to four thousand kilometers, and teams left the ship one by one to search for sea serpent swarms in the ocean.

Su Yu and his companions were no exception and also entered the sea.

Although the three moved together, they didn’t team up.

Sun Feng and Zhang Zhiling formed one team, and Su Yu went alone with a dragon, which was enough to handle level 100 sea serpents.

One person and one dragon dived into the sea, quickly losing sight of Sun Feng and Zhang Zhiling. However, they were not far apart and could assist each other if danger arose.

Soon after entering the water, they encountered a group of deep-sea fish. Without activating his dual swords, he grabbed two strands of Sword Qi, hurling them like electric light, slashing back and forth, and leaving the deep-sea fish with bloody marks as if zapped.

With a virtual grab of both hands, Sword Qi intersected back and forth, quickly dismembering the group of deep-sea fish.

He collected the spoils with a sweep of Sword Qi and noticed a black figure swimming in the distance, instinctively slashing a Sword Qi toward it.