Chapter 412: Soul Shield Enters the Sea of Consciousness

Mainly for the four second-stage swordfish, he found their demon cores and put them into a jade box, then collected some of their essence blood.

And the long, sharp spikes on their mouths; these things were natural materials for refining water-attribute spiritual artifact flying swords.

Although they were all second-stage low-grade, each spike was estimated to be worth at least over a thousand low-grade spirit stones.

In other words, Lin Zhangqing had earned over four thousand spirit stones in such a short while. However, he truly didn't think much of these things.

He would ask Hu Yunna if she wanted them when he had time later! If she needed them, he would just give them to her! After Lin Zhangqing organized his spoils of war, the battle on the deck had also completely ended.

Everyone was collecting and organizing their own spoils of war. Lin Zhangqing swept his divine sense around and found that the situation this time was fine; only a few cultivators were injured.

No deaths or falls had occurred among the cultivators of the two sects. After everyone organized their spoils of war and cleaned the deck with spells,

except for the few who left due to injuries, the remaining cultivators once again occupied a position.

They began to recover the mana in their bodies, preparing for the next hunt.

Through this hunt, it could still be seen that these disciples of the two sects still possessed quite a few elites.

It also made Lin Zhangqing restrain the confidence that had swelled unconsciously because he had killed a few Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.

This allowed him to better recognize the gap between himself and the core disciples of the sect, and also more clearly recognize his own deficiencies.

Unconsciously, he stayed on the deck for four hours, encountering a total of three battles, harvesting nine second-stage low-grade and two second-stage mid-grade demon cores.

After handing over and registering these demon cores with a Purple Mansion cultivator designated by the Qingyun Sect, he returned to his room on the third floor.

He couldn't use all his time to hunt demon cores; his own cultivation, as well as divine abilities, spells, and the Thunder True Scripture, all needed to be cultivated concurrently.

So he had already decided that in the future, he would set aside three to four hours every day to hunt demon beasts, and the remaining time would be arranged for various cultivation.

Subsequently, he set aside some time every day to take out the Heaven-Defending Soul Shield to refine. After refining it continuously for more than ten days, he finally succeeded in refining the Soul Shield completely.

He successfully received it into his sea of consciousness. He didn't know if it was his psychological effect, but ever since he received the Soul Shield into his sea of consciousness,

he felt his divine soul seemed much more stable, and he also felt inexplicably much more at ease! Days passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, five months had passed. Life on the treasure ship was monotonous but fulfilling. Fortunately, there was Chen Zi Ya's company.

Allowing him to frequently adjust his body and mind; otherwise, hunting demon beasts continuously for over five months,

and it was this kind of continuous killing, would certainly have contaminated him with quite a bit of violent aura.

Fortunately, with Chen Zi Ya by his side to help adjust, it could be said that having a Dao companion was also a very important thing.

Moreover, during this period, Lin Zhangqing had also made significant progress in other aspects.

His cultivation, under the extravagant cultivation of consuming one Vermilion Fruit every few days, was estimated to be able to successfully advance to the Foundation Establishment Second Layer in another two or three months.

Furthermore, in terms of thunder apertures, he had completed the expansion of twelve apertures, and the remaining six would also be fully expanded in about three months.

Also, besides Chen Zi Ya occasionally coming out to accompany Lin Zhangqing to the deck to get some air, and the two of them joining hands to hunt a few demon beasts, she spent most of her time cultivating in the room or deducing arrays.

So during this period, she had also made significant progress in her cultivation and arrays!

Of course, most importantly, the thirty-six second-stage Purple Crystal Scorpions that had just hatched in the Spirit Beast Bracelet,

he had already handed them all over to Chen Zi Ya for integration training. And during these few months, under his guidance and training,

those thirty-six Purple Crystal Scorpions were already able to understand the commands issued by Chen Zi Ya very well, although not as precise as the contract control used by Lin Zhangqing.

But now, commands including following, invisibility, attacking, dispersing, gathering, grouping, etc., could all be skillfully received and executed.

It had also achieved the goal of allowing Chen Zi Ya to initially control and command them.

In other words, by this time, Chen Zi Ya also had the initial ability to protect herself, and dealing with a few Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators was completely not a problem!

Only then did Lin Zhangqing feel at ease letting her participate in the Jiazi Trial. And if there were no special circumstances, these thirty-six little guys would stay by Chen Zi Ya's side from now on.

They would replace Lin Zhangqing in protecting her safety. Moreover, he had also left a portion of the resources needed to cultivate these little guys with Chen Zi Ya.

In this way, besides the thirty-six second-stage Purple Crystal Scorpions from the early period, he still had fifty-two first-stage ones.

However, he felt that it should be enough for the time being. If there was a need, he could also cultivate the remaining Purple Crystal Scorpions into second-stage spirit scorpions in a short time.

Not doing so now was also to allow them to lay a better and firmer foundation, giving them better room for growth and potential.

And because Hu Yunna was not participating in the Jiazi Trial, her rhythm was not as tight as Lin Zhangqing's. Every day, she still set aside a little time to find Chen Zi Ya to drink tea and chat.

If Lin Zhangqing happened to meet her, he would also give her the materials he had hunted that could be used for artifact refining to practice with.

Of course, every time she refined a dharma artifact or spiritual artifact, she would return it to Lin Zhangqing. By now, his storage bag had already accumulated over thirty dharma artifacts and five spiritual artifacts.

It was just that these five spiritual artifacts were all second-stage low-grade, primarily water-attribute spiritual artifacts. Anyway, Lin Zhangqing certainly didn't think much of them, and he certainly wouldn't let himself or Chen Zi Ya use them.

Because they both had better ones, so he could only find an opportunity to deal with them later.

And Zhao Mingxia, ever since completing the Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment two months ago, had cultivation and daily routines similar to Hu Yunna's.

Besides cultivation, she occasionally refined pills, and other times she would drink tea and chat with Hu Yunna or Chen Zi Ya,

or the three of them would go together to stroll through the stalls on the first floor of the treasure ship, but he hadn't heard of them having any major harvests.

Ever since boarding the ship, Lin Zhangqing had been busy hunting demon beasts and cultivating, rarely having time to accompany them.

However, the quantity and quality of the demon cores he hunted kept his ranking consistently around the sixtieth or seventieth place.

The result he produced could be considered neither good nor bad; it was mainly because he didn't want to be too high-profile.

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