novelapdf Chapter 25 Middle-aged Female Cultivator
Chapter 25 Middle-aged Female Cultivator
But if they dare to delay, well, then I'm sorry, the wrath of the Golden Core sect is something that a secret power like the Gong family can't withstand!
Of course, these things have little to do with Chen Ye now. After talking with Gong Chengyuan for a while, Chen Ye followed him onto a white spirit ship docked at the pier.
Although the spirit ship was only ten zhang long, it carried only ten guards, including Chen Ye and Gong Chengyuan. Each person was given a fairly large room to rest in.
As for food on the ship, everyone had to fend for themselves.
Fortunately, the destination was not far. With the Juze's speed of traveling two thousand miles a day, it would take ten days to reach Qingjue Island, and a round trip would take only twenty days. The various supplies that Chen Ye carried were just enough.
"Brother Chen, please stay in this room. The fleet will set sail in an hour."
Gong Chengyuan assigned Chen Ye a room near the bow of the ship, with glass windows on both sides offering a good view of the outside.
"Thank you very much, cousin Chengyuan!"
Chen Ye cupped his hands in thanks.
"No need to be so polite," Gong Chengyuan replied with a smile. Calling him "cousin" sounded much better than calling him "captain."
Meanwhile, inside a multi-story attic near the dock.
Two plump and tall figures stood by the window, watching the fleet of ships about to set sail.
"Aunt, please be careful on this trip. Although the Zhou family dares not touch the offerings that our clan sent to the Qiling Sect, it is hard to guarantee that they will not do something underhanded."
Gong Yuechan stood by the window, looking worried as she spoke to Gong Qingru beside her.
The fleet dispatched by the Gong family this time was ostensibly led by Gong Qingshi, the fourth elder of the Gong family at the ninth level of the Spirit Condensation Realm, but in reality, Gong Qingru, one of the two secret cultivators of the family, was secretly arranged to accompany them.
The purpose of doing this is firstly to guard against thieves, since the entire fleet, including the offerings to the Qiling Sect, is worth more than 200,000 spirit stones!
If an accident occurs, even with the Gong family's resources, it will be devastating.
As for the second reason... it was naturally that he wanted to scheme against the Zhou family.
Although the Qiling Sect governs a vast sea area spanning 100,000 li, it does not interfere much with the forces under its jurisdiction.
The only prohibition is that the secret factions are strictly forbidden from fighting each other.
For Golden Core sects, families like the Gong family can be wiped out with a wave of the hand, but these forces are the foundation of the sect's rule, and the more stable they are, the better, unless necessary!
Otherwise, who would hand over so many cultivation resources to him?
However, as the Qiling Sect has become increasingly low-key in recent years, these cultivation forces have become eager to try their luck, including the Zhou family of Bizhu Island.
At first, they only dared to target them secretly, but in recent years, as the pressure from the Qiling Sect has lessened, they have become more and more active.
Faced with the aggressive actions of neighboring forces, the Gong family naturally would not sit idly by and wait for their doom. One aspect was not to provoke them, while the other was to retaliate passively.
"The clan leader discussed this with me a few days ago. According to his deduction, the Zhou family shouldn't dare to make a move on the way to Qingjue Island. The only concern is the return journey..."
Gong Qingru paused, then a cold glint flashed across her beautiful face.
"But as long as the Zhou family doesn't send more than two of their hidden experts, I'm confident I can bring the fleet back. However, if the Zhou family is overconfident and only sends some Spirit Gathering cultivators, humph, that's perfect revenge for Cheng Yuan cutting off the path to immortality!"
The fleet was about to set sail, and the aunt and niece said their goodbyes hastily without exchanging any more words. Gong Yuechan watched her aunt leave.
However, when Gong Qingru came out of the attic, she had changed drastically.
The second-tier robe that shimmered with spiritual light and accentuated her voluptuous figure disappeared, replaced by a loose gray long dress.
She transformed from a beautiful woman whose every smile and frown exuded mature charm into a middle-aged female cultivator who had become overweight and had a dull complexion.
Standing in the crowd, he wouldn't attract much attention. He hurried to the dock and boarded a light blue spirit ship.
"Waaah~~"
As the deep, resonant sound of the echoing conch shell rang out, the Giant Swamp, which lay like a behemoth on the sea, slowly departed from the dock. With the support of various magic arrays, its speed increased, as if a sharp axe had cleaved the sea, creating waves that were tens of feet high.
Other smaller merchant ships and escort vessels dared not get too close, either gathering around like a school of fish following a giant whale, or hanging far behind.
Large treasure ships like the Juze create extremely dangerous waves and whirlpools during their voyages. If a small spirit ship is caught in them, it could very well end up with the ship destroyed and all its crew killed.
Chen Ye's spirit ship was located on the outermost right wing of the Juze, so there was no need to worry about this issue.
He came to the bow of the ship and looked at the distant horizon where the sea and sky met, his thoughts wandering.
Although this voyage wouldn't involve diving for pearls or fighting monsters like on the Cangyun, Chen Ye still saw it as not without risk.
At the very least, the Zhou family, the Gong family's rival, will not remain indifferent.
You should know that last time, the cultivation resources of the Cangyun were only a few thousand spirit stones, yet it still caused such a huge rebellion.
The Gong family's fleet is worth at least tens of thousands of spirit stones. Can the Zhou family just stand by and watch?
I'm afraid not!
In addition to the conflict arising from the competition for cultivation resources, these two families must also have some secret grudges unknown to outsiders. Otherwise, if it weren't for the upper sect suppressing them, a family war would have broken out long ago.
Thinking of this, Chen Ye turned his gaze to the room where Gong Chengyuan lived. It seemed necessary to communicate more with this core member of the Gong family, at least to get some information, which would also help make accurate judgments in the future.
.........
Five days later.
Pfft!
As a sharp beam of light shot out, the calm sea surface was instantly blasted into a splash, and the struggling demon fish froze abruptly, its hard scales on its head instantly pierced by the beam.
At the same time, a wisp of blood-red mist, invisible to others, condensed from the corpse of the demon fish and drifted towards Chen Ye.
A single wisp of early-stage, first-tier demonic energy, used to forge one's lifespan, can add ten years to one's lifespan.
[Requirements for Forging Destiny: Ordinary Spiritual Fire, Five Strands of Spiritual Power]
"Ten years of lifespan, not bad!"
Chen Ye nodded in satisfaction.
In the past six months, in order to quickly master spells such as the Spirit Annihilation Finger, he did not hesitate to use his lifespan to calculate that he had less than thirty years of lifespan left before setting sail!
This made Chen Ye extremely anxious. Thirty years! It would be over in the blink of an eye. What if he died tomorrow?
So as soon as he boarded the ship, he used the excuse of practicing magic to attack the unfortunate monsters in the sea. After a few days, he finally managed to recover the life force he had lost.
Meanwhile, the Gong family cultivators on the ship also enjoyed a feast, eating fresh spirit fish every day.
"Brother Chen's Spirit Annihilation Finger is indeed quite powerful. The scales on the head of this Thorn-tailed Spirit Spot are extremely tough; even a low-grade magic sword might not be able to cut through them!"
"Who says otherwise? If it weren't for Brother Chen's help, how could we be enjoying such a delicacy? Quickly lend a hand and scoop up the spirit fish..."
The members of the Gong family expressed their gratitude to Chen Ye while beaming as they dragged the half-zhang-long demon fish onto the spirit boat. Then they set up a large pot and used their spiritual power to ignite flames to stew it.
But before the fish could be cooked, a small, light blue spirit boat suddenly approached.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged female cultivator wearing a gray dress stepped onto the deck, leaped, and landed steadily on the spirit ship carrying Chen Ye and the others.