Seven days later, Han Changming and two other people emerged from underground.
It was noon at this time, the sun was scorching, the sky looked like a blue mirror, and cool sea breeze blew in, giving people a relaxed and happy feeling.
"Let's go! It's time for us to go back. Be careful."
Han Changming summoned the Flying Spirit Shuttle and jumped on it, followed closely by Ye Xin and Ye Xue.
The Flying Spirit Shuttle glowed brightly and carried Han Changming and his wife and two others into the sky.
After the last attack, Han Changming and his wife and two others were like frightened birds, with alert looks on their faces.
Han Changming controlled the Flying Spirit Shuttle to fly, Ye Xin observed the sky, and Ye Xue observed the seabed.
Three days later, at dusk, the sunset dyed the sea water golden.
A crow's croaking sound was heard from the sky, and a shuttle with a shining blue light flew from the distant sky and landed on a deserted island with a radius of dozens of miles.
Han Changming and his wife and their two companions looked panicked. Behind them were hundreds of red fire crows. The Fire Crow King was a top-grade second-grade one. In addition, there were more than ten second-grade fire crows.
A sharp "quack" sound was heard, and hundreds of red fireballs as big as heads fell to the ground like meteors, bringing with them a terrifying heat wave.
Han Changming made a pinch of his fingers and suddenly yellow light appeared all over his body. A strong wind blew and countless yellow sand grains flew in the wind, forming a yellow sand wall over thirty feet high that blocked his body.
Dense red fireballs hit the yellow sand wall, which instantly shattered into pieces, with dust and smoke flying.
The yellow sand wall dissipated, and Han Changming and his wife and three others had disappeared.
The red fire crow released hundreds of red fireballs, which smashed onto the deserted island, creating hundreds of huge pits, before leaving.
In a secret underground cave, Han Changming and his wife and two other men were standing in the cave.
There are too many monsters in the open sea. The monsters in the sea are fine as they can be avoided by flying high, but the monster birds are what give them the most headaches. The monster birds appear in groups, ranging from hundreds to thousands. Fortunately, they have not encountered any more third-level monster birds.
In addition to the demonic birds, they also encountered quite a few demon hunting teams. If Han Changming and the other two were not so strong, I'm afraid someone would have had bad intentions.
They witnessed with their own eyes that two monster hunting teams were all killed by the monster birds. Fortunately, they ran fast, otherwise they would have also suffered the death of the monster birds.
Ye Xin smiled bitterly and said, "I understand why Tinghai Pavilion wants to cooperate with Qingyang Sect. There are so many monsters in the outer sea, and the risk of going out to sea is too great. Tinghai Pavilion has too few foundation-building cultivators to collect too many immortal cultivation resources. If too many foundation-building cultivators are dispatched, Tinghai Pavilion's control over the Red Algae Sea will be weakened."
With the current strength of the Han family, if they expand to the outer seas, if more than half of the foundation-building cultivators are killed or injured, the family's strength will regress by decades. They really cannot afford to lose, so they organize a monster hunting team to go out to sea to hunt monsters. The rewards are certainly rich, but the risks are also great. If they are unlucky and encounter a third-level monster, it is normal for the entire army to be wiped out.
Han Changming nodded and said, "Let's take a break and continue our journey later!"
The frequency of monsters appearing during the day is higher, and the frequency of monsters appearing at night is lower.
An hour later, the sky darkened. The night was as dark as water. A bright moon hung in the sky, and the cold moonlight poured down on the deserted island.
Han Changming summoned the Flying Spirit Shuttle, carrying the three of them high into the sky, but they had not flown very far.
With a loud rumbling sound, the sea water rolled violently, the calm sea surface suddenly exploded, and a white fish monster jumped out from the bottom of the sea.
The fish monster is five meters long, with some light golden whiskers on its head. Its body is covered with snow-white scales, and its bloody mouth is open, revealing two rows of snow-white fangs.
Han Changming was startled and made a hand gesture, and the Flying Spirit Shuttle immediately flew backwards.
"This is a sea catfish! It usually moves around at night. The inner elixir of a third-level sea catfish is the main ingredient for refining a variety of healing pills. Jinxia Palace has issued a mission to find a third-level sea catfish. As long as you report the nest of the sea catfish, you can get a large amount of contribution points."
Ye Xue said with some surprise, feeling both happy and delighted.
The sea catfish beast didn't seem to notice them. It slapped the sea surface with its tail, creating waves more than ten feet high, and then dived into the seabed.
Han Changming's eyes flashed with golden light as he looked towards the bottom of the sea. With the help of his golden pupils, he could clearly see that the sea catfish was moving very fast on the bottom of the sea.
"Sister, do you understand the habits of this monster?"
Ye Xin asked curiously, she spent most of her time studying formations and seldom came into contact with other cultivators. Ye Xue frequently received missions to make talismans, so she came into contact with other cultivators more often and had a wider range of information.
Ye Xue nodded and explained, "This kind of monster usually builds a nest deep in the sea and comes out to look for food at night. If the food is scarce, it will change places to look for food. The hide of the sea catfish is an excellent material for refining third-level talisman paper."
Boom!
The sea surface exploded again, and dozens of black fish monsters jumped out of the sea. The sea catfish followed closely behind, opened its bloody mouth, and swallowed more than a dozen black fish monsters at once.
Han Changming's eyes returned to normal and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
He discovered that the sea catfish was chasing other monsters on the seabed, obviously for food. There was only one sea catfish here, but there were many low-level fish monsters. According to Ye Xue, the sea catfish's nest should be nearby.
If they can determine the location of the sea catfish and report it to Jinxia Island, they can receive a large amount of contribution points if the situation is true.
After a cup of tea, the sea catfish beast devoured hundreds of low-level fish monsters and moved towards the depths of the sea.
Han Changming waited quietly for more than an hour, and even using his golden eyes, he still could not find any trace of the sea catfish.
"You stay on the surface of the sea, I'll dive to the bottom of the sea to take a look. Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
Han Changming greeted the two ladies, sacrificed a water-repellent bead, and dived into the seabed.
There are quite a few monsters in the sea, including red giant crabs, green giant shrimps, blue sea snakes and so on.
Han Changming held his breath and moved cautiously towards the seabed.
The deeper he dived, the lower his visibility became. Even with the help of the psychic vision technique, visibility was still not high.
Han Changming used his golden eyes and felt better.
The other monsters crashed into the water-repellent bead and found that it was a huge blue water ball. They attacked it a few times, but found it was useless, so they ignored it.
After a cup of tea, Han Changming stopped and looked a little excited.
Hundreds of feet away, there is a cave entrance with a diameter of two feet. There are no other monsters near the cave entrance, and there is a colorful coral reef.
The edge of the cave entrance is extremely smooth, and the coral reefs show signs of being bitten.
Han Changming walked around the area and did not find any other caves, so he returned to the surface of the sea.
"The nest of the sea catfish is right here. Let's go back and report! I hope it will still be here when Senior Lu arrives."
The monster's nest is not fixed, so it is common to find it empty-handed. This is not surprising.
He infused a spell, and the flying spirit shuttle's light increased, transforming into a blue light that flew through the air.
More than half a month later, Han Changming and the other two returned to Jinxia Island. Ye Xue went to Jinxia Palace to report the news about the sea catfish beast. Han Changming and Ye Xin went to Han Changshuo's residence and handed the golden stamen flower to Han Changshuo.
"You really found the golden stamen flower? That's great. Thank you very much, Ninth Brother. By the way, I got three beast spirit pills from Senior Sister Wu. Please accept them!"
Han Changshuo took the two golden stamen flowers, took out a white porcelain vase and handed it to Han Changming.
Han Changming accepted the porcelain bottle, chatted for a few words, and returned to Yulian Peak. Ye Xue had already returned.
"Husband, I have already reported it. If Senior Lu and others confirm that the news is true, we can get 2,000 contribution points."
Ye Xue said excitedly that she could get 2,000 contribution points by reporting a piece of news, which was a great deal.
"It would be great if we can get it, but it's okay if we can't. It's too dangerous outside. If it's not necessary, we should stay out as little as possible!"
Han Changming gave a few instructions and went back to his room to practice.
This time when they went out to sea to look for the golden stamen, they had a close call with death and almost couldn't come back.
Opportunities and crises coexist. High profits naturally mean high risks. They are lucky this time, but their luck cannot always be so good.
Luck itself is also a kind of strength. Some cultivators have ordinary backgrounds, but they have great luck and constant opportunities. Fairy Yuehua from the Three Immortals Island is one of them.
Fairy Yuehua was born into a small family of immortal cultivators. She had many opportunities and smooth sailing all the way. In less than three hundred years, Fairy Yuehua advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. It was rumored that Fairy Yuehua possessed some special spiritual body, and it was relatively easy for her to advance. However, Fairy Yuehua had many opportunities, and many cultivators used their own experience to confirm that Fairy Yuehua was a cultivator with great luck.
Han Changming didn't think he had great luck, so he should just practice diligently and strive to reach the great perfection of foundation building as soon as possible.
He sat cross-legged and began to practice the sixth level of the "Qian Tu Zhen Yang Gong".
Not long after, Han Changming's body was covered by a layer of red and yellow spiritual light.
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In Haoran City, there is a quiet green-tiled courtyard.
In a secret room, Han Zhangxiang was sitting cross-legged on a cushion with some refining materials placed around him and a red cauldron as tall as a person placed in front of him. The cauldron had three legs and a few red clouds were carved on it. At the bottom of the cauldron was a ball of red flame.
Han Zhangxiang looked a little tired, his eyes fixed on the red cauldron.
After a while, he retracted his magic spell, and the red flame suddenly went out. The top cover flew up, and a red light flew out. It was actually a red flying knife with compelling spiritual energy. Upon closer inspection, there were some tiny cracks on the surface of the red flying knife. It was obvious that the refining of the weapon had failed this time.
Han Zhangxiang opened the furnace three times, but each time ended in failure. This was not surprising. Refining magic treasures was very different from refining magic tools. This was a hurdle. Without the guidance of a famous teacher, a second-level tool refiner who wanted to improve his tool refining skills to the third level had no choice but to practice more. There was no other shortcut.
Han Zhangxiang had already considered this point. The scrapped materials were enough to buy a magic weapon, but he still had to refine the magic weapon himself. In the short term, this was a loss-making business, which was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly. In the long term, this would be beneficial to the future development of the family.
The benefits will be felt in the present and for future generations.