Chapter 412

Seeing the Luo-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator greeting him to board the ship.

Qin Ming examined the broken black ship again and asked hesitantly: "Fellow Daoist Luo, are you sure this ship can take people to the Southern Wasteland?"

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Qin! This ship is famous for being fast in this area!"

"The Southern Wasteland Immortal Realm you want to go to should be no problem," the Luo-surnamed cultivator explained enthusiastically.

"It won't be famous for sinking fast, will it?" Qin Ming curled his lips, unable to hold it in anymore, "Are there no other ships?"

Just at this moment.

"Hey! What are you dawdling for?! Are you still going or not?"

"If you don't come up, I'm leaving!"

"he~tui~"

The ship captain standing at the bow roared at the people on the island at the top of his lungs, then spat a mouthful of thick phlegm into the sea.

Seeing this, the Luo family members hurriedly responded: "Senior Shi, we are taking the ship! We'll be there right away!"

Then, the Luo-surnamed cultivator urged and persuaded Qin Ming: "Senior Lu, hurry up and board. There is only this one ship leaving the sea from Small Turtle Island."

Qin Ming: "..."

Seeing this, Qin Ming had no choice but to be half-believing and followed the crowd onto the ship.

After boarding, Qin Ming was shocked to find that the crew on this ship were all fierce and full of bloody murderous aura.

What surprised him even more was that many of the crew members were not human cultivators.

These people each had the head of a sea beast, but their lower bodies were no different from humans, and they had fish gills growing on both sides of their necks.

There were even quite a few skeleton-like ghosts working on the ship together.

These strangely shaped and eerie crew members all had cultivation around the Tier 2 stage.

And the passenger cultivators on this ship were obviously used to this and took it for granted.

The Luo-surnamed cultivator saw that Qin Ming seemed to be coming to Small Turtle Island for the first time to take a ship, so he smiled and explained:

"Senior Lu, you don't know, the crew on this Black Sail is all from the East Sea fish-man clan..."

"They are proficient in the way of controlling water..."

"So that's how it is, but why is this Black Sail so broken and leaking..." Qin Ming suddenly realized, secretly sighing at the cultural customs of the East Sea Immortal Realm, which were indeed strange and different! However, the next moment.

That stubbly ship captain put away his old pipe and tucked it into his waistband; besides the pipe, he also had a long horizontal saber hanging there.

The ship captain's face piled up with an evil smile as he walked toward them.

"Junior! Is this your first time? Do you have a Black Sail Order? Otherwise, hehehehe!"

His hand pressed on the long saber at his waist, and his sharp gaze fell on Qin Ming.

"Yo! This old guy is even more arrogant than me. Master, let me out to teach him a lesson!" The Heaven-Devouring Mouse seemed unable to watch anymore and sent a voice transmission to Qin Ming in the Small Spirit Realm, looking eager to try.

"Just relying on this bunch of stinky fish and rotten shrimp, they dare to threaten Master!"

"Stay calm, I'll see what's going on first." Qin Ming was not afraid, and immediately took out the black wooden token Yue Yue Lingyan had given him from his storage bag and handed it to the other party.

The ship captain took the token, injected a strand of magic power into it, and immediately, a phantom of a black sail appeared on the black wooden token.

He grinned and laughed: "Since it is a Black Sail Order issued by me, you are a distinguished guest of this ship. Everything is easy to talk about."

"But you must remember!"

"My name is Shi Jin. Our Black Sail's main business is piracy, and running ships is only a side business."

"We are honest and fair. As long as the price in spirit stones is right, let alone long-distance travel, even a Golden Core stage cultivator can be smashed to pieces!"

"The mere Southern Wasteland Immortal Realm can be reached in half a year!"

Qin Ming: "..."

So after all this, this is a pirate ship?

But since it was introduced by Yue Yue Lingyan, there shouldn't be any big problems, so he chose to trust the other party.

"Hehe! This guest, if you are sailing from Small Turtle Island to the Southern Wasteland near the sea, it will be eight thousand mid-grade spirit stones!"

The bare-chested boy next to him, who looked like a skinny monkey, took a straw hat from behind his neck and stretched it out in front of Qin Ming.

Qin Ming's face twitched upon hearing this, "So expensive?"

But he still took out the spirit stones as requested and handed them to the other party.

The skinny monkey boy counted the spirit stones several times carefully before happily putting the spirit stones into the straw hat and putting it away.

Even Qin Ming was stunned and clicked his tongue in wonder, 'I didn't expect this thing to be a storage magic tool.'

"Guest, you can go in."

"But you must be careful, don't run around, okay? If something happens, this ship will not be responsible."

The skinny monkey boy, perhaps because he had earned so many spirit stones at once, was in a good mood and exhorted Qin Ming.

Qin Ming nodded and followed the Luo-surnamed cultivator and others into the cabin.

"Weigh anchor! Set sail!!!"

With a roar, the creaking sound of wood rubbing and the clashing of black chains came.

Splash!

Under the diligent operation of the many fish-man crew members.

The Black Sail slowly sailed into the sea.

But not long after the ship started, quite a bit of seawater leaked into the ship.

Then it took a dive and quickly submerged into the seawater... "It really is famous for sinking fast..."

Qin Ming had just found a seat by the window, but what he didn't expect was.

Not long after the Black Sail sailed into the sea, I saw the Golden Core stage ship captain named Shi Jin take out a black bead and start to cast a spell.

After a few breaths.

From within the black bead, strands of black runes erupted, spiraling out and enveloping the entire ship.

The next moment.

The runes on the periphery of the Black Sail intertwined, connecting into a light screen.

"Awooo~"

The entire ship appeared to be wrapped inside the phantom of a huge black shark.

"It's actually a Tier 3 late-stage demon soul. This Shi Jin really has some tricks!" Qin Ming muttered to himself while looking outside.

Immediately, those fish-man crew members began to exert their strength, and the Black Sail actually swam in the seabed like a flexible black shark.

The speed was incredibly fast! It was simply unimaginable to Qin Ming~ 'This is many times faster than the merchant ships of those large merchant houses in the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty.'

'To think it sails in such a way, and can completely avoid various storms on the Black Sea.'

Qin Ming had truly seen something new.

……

……

One month later.

Qin Ming sat cross-legged in his cabin room, closing his eyes to cultivate and meditate.

The Black Sail traveled and swam in the deep sea; this ship was indeed fast.

But the Black Sail's main business was piracy, and every few days, it would surface to rob passing merchant ships.

It really wasted quite a bit of time.

Fortunately, everything was safe along the way. Qin Ming observed along the way and found that Shi Jin, this Golden Core stage pirate, still had quite a few principles.

Under normal circumstances, the cultivators on the robbed ships would be spared if they were willing to lose money to avoid disaster.

Of course, if he encountered someone stubborn who wanted money but not their life, he was also ruthless and would kill without hesitation.

If he encountered peers, he would start a war without a word.

This bunch of pirates who licked blood from the edge of a knife had been able to roam this Black Sea for so many years because they had their own abilities and ways of survival.

This day.

Shi Jin and his fish-man crew members successfully robbed a fishing boat again and returned to the cabin in high spirits. A group of people made loud noises, drinking and eating meat.

Qin Ming was already used to this.

"Senior Lu, the Sea Crab Island we are going to is arriving, so I will take my leave." The Luo-surnamed cultivator brought his family members to bid farewell to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming smiled slightly, "Then I won't see you off. Fellow Daoist Luo, we shall meet again if fate allows."

"Hehe! Senior Lu, take care." The Luo-surnamed cultivator bowed, exchanged pleasantries, and left the room with his clansmen.

Immediately after, the Black Sail slowly began to surface from the sea.

Qin Ming walked onto the deck to get some air.

Not far from his line of sight, a small patch of scattered islands appeared.

"Little Friend Lu, are you used to the ship? Hehehe!"

Shi Jin also walked to the bow to look at the wind, smoking his pipe, and asked Qin Ming with a smile.

"Hehe! Returning to Senior Shi, the junior is quite used to it," Qin Ming also responded with a smile.

"This voyage has been quite smooth. I estimate that we will reach the Southern Wasteland in another three months," Shi Jin said.

Just as the Luo-surnamed cultivator and others were preparing to disembark.

Shi Jin's face, which had just been smiling, suddenly changed! His eyes were extremely sharp, and his nose suddenly twitched, smelling an extremely rich bloody aura! It was obviously caused by a large-scale battle and slaughter nearby, where many cultivators had died.

Qin Ming's spiritual sense was extremely powerful, so he had naturally discovered the abnormality long ago.

Then, he discovered that in the water more than a hundred miles away, there was also a pirate ship, wrapped in a giant lizard light screen, rushing toward the Black Sail.

The speed was even a notch faster than the Black Sail.

The reason was that there were four handsome sea horses walking on the waves in front of and behind this pirate ship, and they were all Tier 2 demon beasts.

And on this ship, there were actually two Golden Core stage cultivators, whose cultivation auras were at the early and mid-stages respectively.

And on the ship, there were also strangely shaped fish-man crew members.

The Luo-surnamed cultivator on the deck of the Black Sail took out a magic boat and was about to leave with his clansmen.

"Slow down! If you don't want to die, get back here quickly!"

Shi Jin roared at them, then ordered extremely decisively: "Everyone! Prepare to meet the enemy!!"

"Everyone, grab your weapons!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! A dark red sea ship, one size larger than the Black Sail, leaped out from the sea.

Rumble! From the opponent's ship, dozens of spiritual energy giant cannons bombarded the Black Sail.

And the defensive array on the Black Sail was also fully activated, barely catching this wave of attacks.

"It's the Lou Family Twin Demons!"

Seeing the two scarred-faced big men standing at the bow of the opposite ship, who were almost identical in both figure and appearance, and who were exuding the terrifying aura of Golden Core cultivators.

The cultivators on the ship exclaimed, all showing expressions of extreme terror.

Even the fierce Shi Jin showed a rare look of gravity.

I saw one of the Lou Family Twin Demons on the opposite side take out a Forbidden-Breaking Talisman, drive his magic power, and release it toward the Black Sail.

The black Forbidden-Breaking Talisman grew in the wind, turned into a pitch-black light screen, and landed on the defensive array.

Puchi!

The defensive array surrounding the Black Sail shattered upon impact, turning into bubbles and dissipating.

"Little ones, kill them all for me!"

Countless escape lights took off, spells roared, and surged toward the Black Sail like a tide.

The cultivators on the Black Sail also took out their magic tools and fought with the pirates opposite them.

And the Lou Family Twin Demons, who were eyeing them covetously on the side, also made their move, exuding huge spiritual pressure and fighting with Shi Jin.

Even though Shi Jin was fierce, brave, and had extremely rich experience in fighting others, he was ultimately unable to fight four hands with two fists, and under the sharp offensive of the twin demons, he gradually fell into a disadvantage.

The leader of the Lou Family Twin Demons took advantage of Shi Jin's lack of preparation and secretly released a flying needle magic treasure at him.

Swish! The flying needle magic treasure, aided by the cover of spells, instantly pierced through the void and stabbed toward Shi Jin's skull! Shi Jin's saber magic treasure blasted out a streak of light, pushing away a spell from the opposite side, and he also discovered the insidious and hidden flying needle.

But it was already too late.

Puchi!

The flying needle magic treasure was dripping with blood and easily broke through his magic power shield, stabbing straight toward his skull.

Shi Jin's heart sank immediately, and a trace of despair appeared in his eyes.

Ding! Shi Jin was shocked to find that just as the flying needle magic treasure was about to reach his forehead, it seemed to be firmly fixed in place by something.

Boom! Just at this moment, an even greater spiritual pressure descended on the scene, causing the nearby space to tremble violently.

The spiritual pressure was so powerful that everyone stopped fighting, showing expressions of horror.

Even the Lou Family Twin Demons and Shi Jin in the sky were no exception! Shi Jin looked at the source of the spiritual pressure, his eyes suddenly shrinking! He discovered that it was actually his own passenger who had saved his life.

"Not good! It's a Nascent Infant old demon!"

The Lou Family Twin Demons screamed and fled without a word.

However, before the two could escape, dozens of pitch-black earth spikes suddenly shot out from the void, piercing them through.

With just one strike, the famous Lou Family Twin Demons of the Black Sea fell.

Then the figure of the Heaven-Devouring Mouse appeared nearby, and it casually scooped up the corpses of the two and threw them into the Small Spirit Realm.

"With such weak strength, you dare to come out and rob?"

"It's really boring."

Now that it had Tier 3 perfection cultivation, killing two Golden Core early-stage small cultivators took no effort at all.

The cultivators below, seeing the Lou Family Twin Demons die instantly and another great demon appear, abandoned their ships and fled for their lives.

Qin Ming waved his hand toward the pirates on the Lou Family Twin Demons' ship and cast the Thorn Technique.

In an instant, countless pitch-black vines grew out of the entire ship, covered in chilling void poison thorns, like black tentacles emerging from the seabed, rolling back all the pirate cultivators who were fleeing.

Then, in just a few breaths, the fierce pirate cultivators on the opposite ship all turned into dried corpses.

And those black vines turned into blood beads, all falling into Qin Ming's hands.

Such a terrifying slaughter scene left the many cultivators on the Black Sail stunned on the spot.

From Qin Ming's move to the death of the people on the opposite side, it was only a moment.

If this wasn't the means of a Nascent Infant old demon, what was? Shi Jin swallowed hard and hurriedly flew over, bowing deeply and saying cautiously: "Many thanks to the senior for saving my life. This junior was blind and hopes the senior will forgive me!"

Qin Ming's move this time was also out of helplessness; if this bunch of people were all dead, then no one would take him back to the Southern Wasteland.

The sea was vast, not to mention losing his way, and there was still a very long journey ahead.

The Luo-surnamed cultivator not far away was still in shock and also came over to thank him: "Many thanks to Senior Lu for the great kindness of saving my life!"

This sudden change caused two of the Luo family members to die.

If it weren't for Qin Ming's move, they would probably all be finished... The Luo-surnamed cultivator was trembling and didn't dare to breathe; he couldn't imagine that the person in front of him had such high cultivation.

With a flick of a finger, Golden Core old demons were turned into ashes!

No wonder he dared to roam the Black Sea alone.

After he and Qin Ming received permission, he left the Black Sail and headed to the island.

Then, Qin Ming said indifferently to Shi Jin:

"Shi Jin, hurry up and gather your men to continue sailing."

"Go to the Southern Wasteland at the fastest speed, and do not cause any more trouble."

The tone was full of unquestionable command.

Shi Jin nodded repeatedly, not daring to be presumptuous in front of Qin Ming, and soon after cleaning up the bloodstains on the deck, he greeted his men to set sail at full speed.

……

Three months later.

The Black Sail surfaced from the sea again. Qin Ming walked to the bow, and a coastline that he was very familiar with appeared in his line of sight.

(End of chapter)