Not long after, the fog rolled up suddenly, and a white ladder over ten feet long flew out and landed in front of them.
Li Yutang walked up first, followed by Han Changming and others.
The white cloud ladder retracted into the valley, and the environment in front of them changed. Han Changming and others suddenly appeared in a courtyard planted with many green spiritual bamboos. Nine men and two women were sitting in a stone pavilion drinking tea and chatting, led by a middle-aged man with a square face.
The middle-aged man had a ruddy complexion and bright eyes, and it was obvious at first glance that he was not someone who could be easily fooled.
Li Sheng was sitting next to the middle-aged man. When he saw Han Changming and the other two, his brows slightly frowned.
The middle-aged man’s surname is Li and his given name is Yunfei. He is in the late stage of foundation building. Li Yunfei is Li Sheng’s cousin.
"Friend Li, you are finally here. This must be the friend Han you mentioned!"
Li Yunfei's eyes turned and his gaze fell on Han Changming.
Han Changming's aura was powerful, and his cultivation was obviously above his.
"My name is Han Changming, nice to meet you, Fellow Daoist Li."
Han Changming said with a fist, his eyes casually sweeping over Li Sheng.
He didn't expect that Li Sheng would also appear here. Could it be that Li Sheng would also go out to sea
Li Yunfei quickly returned the greeting and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Han, I have heard about you from Fellow Daoist Li a long time ago. I finally got to see you in person."
He invited Han Changming and the other four to sit down and drink tea and chat together.
"Uncle Qi, who will be the captain when you go out to sea this time?"
Li Sheng asked curiously. Li Yunfei was going out to sea to hunt monsters, and Li Sheng just came to see him off.
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the monks present varied.
The two factions joining forces can certainly increase the survival rate, but who will be in command is a very important issue.
"In the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected, so naturally we will follow Haige's command. Fellow Daoist Han does not want to be the captain, but he supports Junior Brother Li to be the captain. Fellow Daoist Li, do you have any objection?"
Du Donglai spoke first and said that since Li Yutang was the team leader, they could get more when distributing property.
"Humph, that's true, but this strength is gained through fighting, not by cultivation. Cultivation is not equal to strength. Uncle Qi has killed five late-stage foundation-building cultivators before and after."
Li Sheng snorted and said complacently.
Li Yunfei didn't say anything, but a smug look appeared on his face.
He is very experienced and has killed five cultivators in the late stage of foundation building. Naturally, he wants to fight for the position of captain.
The dispute over the captaincy is actually a question of the distribution of benefits. It is a consensus that the captain should get more property. If Li Yutang gets more, Li Yunfei and others will get less.
Of course, the captain has a heavy responsibility. If a serious danger occurs, the captain must be the first to step forward and cannot be the first to run away. Otherwise, the team will be difficult to lead. Only a fool would work with someone who is the first to run away and gets the most benefits.
"I think we should each send one person to compete, and the winner will be the captain, how about that?"
Li Sheng turned his eyes and suggested.
Han Changming pretended not to hear anything and did not move. He did not want to attract attention.
Li Yutang was somewhat tempted after hearing this. After all, he was one of the Seven Sons of Tinghai, and he also had real skills. If we look at the cultivation level, Han Changming was indeed higher. As for the last attack, Han Changming killed the evil cultivator. Li Yutang felt that Han Changming was lucky. After all, there were so many thieves, and Han Changming and his two men were fighting against three evil cultivators. There was nothing to brag about if he won.
"Fellow Daoist Han, I heard that you are very advanced in Taoism. I wonder if you are willing to compete with my Seventh Uncle? Let's see who is better. Whoever wins will be the captain. How do you think?"
Li Sheng's eyes were fixed on Han Changming. Three years ago, Han Changming was only in the late stage of foundation building. Now he has advanced to the great perfection of foundation building. It is obvious that he has taken elixirs and used the elixirs to reach his level.
Ye Xue has been accepting talisman-making tasks and submitting a large number of second-level talismans every month, so Han Changming can practice with peace of mind.
He thought Han Changming was a gigolo who relied on his Taoist partner to make talismans to obtain resources for cultivation. He despised Han Changming. Why could Han Changming, a gigolo, marry two sisters? Ye Xue ignored him, which made him very angry.
What he didn't know was that Han Changming was rather low-key and didn't want to be in the limelight. Han Changming was also a prominent figure in the Red Algae Sea in his early years. After having a child, he went to the Golden Dragon Sea to gain some experience and became mature and stable.
"I'm not interested in being the captain. A captain is responsible for the entire team, so the stronger the better. However, the captain has a huge responsibility, and you can't just be strong enough to take on the role."
Han Changming declined tactfully. He didn't want to be the captain. Going out to sea to hunt monsters was a very dangerous thing. If there were any casualties, the captain would definitely be responsible. He didn't want to cause trouble.
Li Sheng smiled contemptuously and said, "Fellow Daoist Han, you are a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, but you dare not spar with my Seventh Uncle? Are you afraid of him or do you look down on him?"
After hearing this, Li Yutang frowned and looked displeased, while others looked at Li Sheng as if he were an idiot.
Li Yunfei frowned and scolded unceremoniously: "Sheng'er, shut up. How can you talk like that?"
Li Sheng was an only child, and had been spoiled since childhood. He had never thought that Li Sheng would be so stupid. How could he say such offensive words? If he were Li Sheng's biological father, he would definitely slap a cultivator who had reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment for no reason.
"Friend Han, I'm sorry. Sheng'er doesn't have much experience and doesn't understand the ways of the world. Please don't take it to heart. No one is afraid of anyone, and no one looks down on anyone. We team up to hunt monsters for money, not to fight among ourselves."
Li Yunfei looked apologetic and explained with a fist clasped.
"You are too polite, Mr. Li. I don't take it to heart. If anyone of you wants to be the captain, then let's compete. I have no objection."
Han Changming disagreed. To be honest, he was not angry. Instead, he was a little curious. It was a miracle that Li Sheng could live to this day. He didn't know whether it was because his parents doted on him too much or he had a problem with his brain. It was probably both.
He was somewhat glad that he was quite strict with his children. If he had spoiled them too much, he didn't know if a fool like Li Sheng would have appeared.
"Forget about the sparring. How about this! Fellow Daoist Li will be the captain, and I will be the vice-captain?"
Li Yunfei said politely that Li Sheng said this, no matter what the result of the competition was, it would affect the relationship between the two factions, so he might as well take the initiative to make some concessions. If there was a gap between the two factions, the team would exist in name only, so it would be better for them to do their own thing.
Li Yutang nodded with satisfaction. Since Li Yunfei had made concessions, he might as well stop there.
"Okay, that's the best. Let's go without further ado! By the way, Fellow Daoist Li, is your nephew going too?"
Li Yutang looked at Li Sheng, a hint of displeasure flashing across the depths of his eyes.
Hunting monsters with this idiot would cost you more than ten lives.
"No, he just came to see me off. Sheng'er, you can go back now and reflect on your mistakes. If you dare to leave your residence before I come back, don't blame me for being rude to you."
Li Yunfei said bluntly that he had to teach Li Sheng a lesson, otherwise he might get into big trouble and the whole family would have to clean up his mess.
Li Sheng agreed reluctantly. Li Yunfei's behavior made him hate Han Changming even more. If it weren't for Han Changming, Li Yunfei would not have punished him.
Li Yutang summoned a green flying boat, carrying fourteen foundation-building cultivators, and flew toward the outside of Jinxia Island.
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On a deserted island, on the beach, eight second-level puppet beasts were besieging five giant green crabs. Their giant claws were several feet in size and their eyeballs were golden.
Eight humanoid puppet beasts surrounded them, and the glowing magical weapons chopped at their bodies, causing a series of "bang bang" sounds of metal colliding.
Han Zhangxiang stood aside and watched Han Benfu and the other four command the puppet beasts to attack the monsters.
Han Benfu and others trained in the inner sea for a period of time, but there are more monsters in the outer sea than in the inner sea, and they are more powerful.
He took Han Benfu and four others to hunt monsters, in order to train them and to increase their income.
When he first arrived at the open sea, he brought more than 700,000 spirit stones, but now there are only a few left. The strength of the third-level monsters is too strong, and he cannot deal with it alone. He plans to train a few more foundation-building monks and organize a special monster hunting team to hunt the monsters.
The blue crab has only one means of attack, but its shell is hard enough and magical weapons cannot hurt it at all.
Han Benfu took out a scarlet flag and shook it fiercely. Flames rolled out and landed on a giant green crab. The giant green crab let out a shrill hissing sound and sprayed out a large amount of bubbles.
Han Benmin commanded a group of red fire ants to attack the eyes of the cyan crab. The cyan crab let out a terrible hissing sound and waved its pincers, trying to catch the red fire ants, but it was useless. The red fire ants were relatively small and there were many of them, so it was difficult to kill them all.
Han Changying pinched his fingers and the two golden spider puppet beasts each sprayed out a golden spider web, covering the blue crab.
Han Changjing was rather timid and did not go out to sea to hunt monsters.
In less than half a minute, they had dealt with all the monster crabs, but the shells of two giant blue crabs were broken, so their value was reduced.
"Finally, we have dealt with this group of blue crabs."
Han Benfu was smiling happily. She longed to be as powerful as Han Changming, rather than just being called Han Changming's daughter.
Han Zhangxiang nodded and said amiably, "Okay, clean up the battlefield quickly and let's go back!"
The guests of the Golden Gourd Pavilion sold them information about monsters, so they went out to sea to hunt monsters instead of searching for them everywhere, which was more efficient.
They quickly dealt with the monster's corpse and put it into a storage bag.
Han Zhangxiang offered a red gourd and carried them back along the way they came.
Before they flew far, a deafening dragon roar was heard and a blue light appeared in the distant sky, flying towards them at a very fast speed.
The calm sea surface rolled violently, and a blue whale with a body length of more than 20 feet suddenly emerged from the sea. A 28-year-old, graceful girl in a red dress stood on the back of the blue whale. The girl in the red dress had picturesque facial features, snow-white skin, black hair tied with a butterfly, several leather bags around her waist, and a string of blue beads on her left hand.
"Qianling Fairy."
Han Zhangxiang narrowed his eyes and recognized the identity of the girl in the red dress.
Fairy Qianling, the leader of Tianyin Sect, has reached the late Jindan stage and is ranked ninth in the Hundred Flowers Chart. The blue whale under her is a third-grade mid-quality sea-turning whale.
At this time, a blue light also appeared in front of them. It was a strange beast with a dragon head, a fish body and bird wings. It was a third-level, mid-grade third-level Jiao-Shark beast.
Many scales on its abdomen had fallen off and it was bleeding, obviously it was injured.
The Jiaoshark beast let out a sharp dragon roar, opened its bloody mouth, and a huge ball of blue light shot out, heading straight for Han Zhangxiang and others.
Han Zhangxiang reacted quickly. He took out a short knife with a shining red light and slashed it towards the empty space in front of him. With a loud sound of breaking air, a red knife energy over thirty feet long swept out and rushed forward to meet the attack.
"Be careful and alert."
Han Zhangxiang gave an instruction and flipped his palm. A red and yellow flag appeared in his hand. He shook it gently and a strong wind blew.
A gust of yellow wind swept out and turned into a yellow wind wall over thirty feet high, blocking them.
The red sword energy collided with the blue light. After a dull sound, the blue light was cut in half and turned into a sky full of blue water arrows, heading straight towards them.
Dense blue water arrows hit the yellow wind wall, then dissipated and disappeared, leaving behind the muffled sound of rain hitting a fence.
The Jiaoshamon wanted to continue attacking Han Zhangxiang and others, but a low roar of a beast was heard, and the Sea Whale opened its bloody mouth and spewed out a blue lightning as thick as a bowl, which struck the Jiaoshamon, causing it to let out a shrill and strange roar.
There was a loud sound of breaking through the air, and a red-gold fire spear over ten feet long shot out and pierced through the belly of the Jiaoqiao beast.
The red-gold fire spears disintegrated and turned into thousands of red-gold ants. The ants had red bodies and golden wings.
One of the ants was about ten feet tall, with three pairs of red-gold wings on its back.
Golden-winged fire ant, ranked 178th on the list of strange insects in the world.
The Jiaoshark let out a strange and shrill roar, and began to struggle violently in mid-air, as if suffering from some unbearable pain.
Fairy Qianling trembled her jade hand, and a red light shot out, which turned out to be a crescent-shaped red blade, heading straight for the Jiao-Jiao beast.
With a "puff", a big cut was made on the abdomen of the Jiaosha beast, and blood was flowing out. Some golden-winged fire ants were vaguely visible. The golden-winged fire ants transformed into weapons and attacked it. Some golden-winged fire ants drilled into its abdomen to attack it, causing it so much pain.
Fairy Qianling opened her mouth and a small and exquisite red tower flew out. After a blur, it suddenly appeared above the Jiaosha Beast.
"receive."
Fairy Qianling pinched her fingers and shouted in a low voice.
Countless red runes suddenly lit up on the small red tower, and its size suddenly grew to over a hundred feet high, emitting a powerful fire attribute fluctuation.
A lifelike red dragon is engraved on the tower. It is the Dragon Subduing Tower, the natal magic weapon of the Fairy Qianling.
The skills she practiced were focused on expelling insects and taming beasts. The stronger the monsters she killed, the more she could use the Dragon Subduing Tower to refine their spirits, and then she could transform them into monsters to attack other cultivators.
There was a loud dragon roar, and the red dragon seemed to come alive, wandering around the tower. The Dragon Subduing Tower spewed out a large red light, accurately covering the dragon and shark beast, and sucked it into the Dragon Subduing Tower.