[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship":3,"chapter-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-79":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1358069,1796,"Chapter 79: 4 Years, Qi Refining Level 8","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-79",79,"\u003Cp>「Four years later.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the coast of Donglong Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old, decrepit Spiritual Boat with peeling paint was being propelled at full speed. Its hull creaked and groaned, sounding as if it were about to break apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aboard the Spiritual Boat, an old man and a young man, their faces pale with terror, were paddling with all their might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster, Mr. Zhang! Paddle faster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once we reach the Donglong Island Marketplace, we’ll be safe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man, his hair and beard completely white, gasped for breath as he paddled furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation robe was covered in patches and, upon closer inspection, stained with grease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Easy for you to say, Mr. Fu...\" Mr. Zhang’s face was ashen, and he was panting like an ox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a Spiritual Boat closed in from behind, carrying several cultivators who radiated killing intent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hurry, don’t let them get away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So unlucky...’ Glancing back, Mr. Zhang cursed his rotten luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Isn’t the Donglong Island Marketplace supposed to be prosperous and full of opportunities? How did we run into robber cultivators the moment we arrived...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To save his own skin, he could only put every last ounce of his strength into paddling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could their old Spiritual Boat possibly match the speed of the robber cultivators?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance between them was shrinking fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t even think about running!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist, stop running! It’s just your life; it’s not worth all this trouble!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the robber cultivators’ standard cackle, a chill ran down Mr. Zhang’s spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick... Don’t give up! We’ve already reached the marketplace’s waters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Fu’s face was flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Zhang looked up. Not far away was the Donglong Island Marketplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Zhang’s heart sank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Law Enforcement Team he had expected to see was nowhere in sight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only a handsome young man in a black robe, fishing calmly by the docks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s over...’ Despair filled Mr. Zhang’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Fu, on the other hand, was ecstatic. He laughed heartily, filled with the joyous relief of someone who had just survived a disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Zhang, it seems fate has decreed that we shall not die today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man, have you... lost your mind?\" Mr. Zhang’s mouth twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The robber cultivators chasing them numbered at least seven or eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Law Enforcement Team nowhere to be found, how were the two of them—one old, one young—supposed to survive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you know? ...Quick, get down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Fu was about to say something more when his expression suddenly turned to one of shock. He quickly pushed Mr. Zhang down, and they both flattened themselves against the Spiritual Boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man, you...\" Mr. Zhang was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHHIIING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp, ear-piercing sound of something tearing through the air suddenly rang out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant silver spear, trailing an immense wake of air, shot out like a spiraling vortex!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver light streaked across the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The robber cultivators chasing them, along with their Spiritual Boat, were blown to smithereens, torn to pieces by the blast wave!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick, dark blood spread across the surface of the sea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver spear returned, landing in the hand of the black-robed young man by the docks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression remained indifferent as he resumed fishing, as if he had merely brushed off a few specks of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss... Who is that...?\" Mr. Zhang was aghast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Guardian Envoy of Donglong Marketplace—Su Ye!\" Mr. Fu’s eyes were filled with reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That man, Mr. Su, was originally an outsider to the Luo Family. He distinguished himself with his exceptional combat talent and ended up marrying the Luo Family’s eldest daughter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s said that back when he was only in the Mid-stage of Qi Refining, he had already killed a Late-stage cultivator!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mid-stage Qi Refining... killing a Late-stage cultivator?! How is that possible...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Zhang’s eyes were wide, his jaw hanging open in astonishment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh heh, do you even know what true combat talent is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Su is a true prodigy of combat. Fighting and killing those at a higher stage is nothing more than routine for him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Fu stroked his beard, shaking his head with an air of knowingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And after Mr. Su used a breakthrough pill to advance to the seventh layer of Qi Refining, his achievements became even more remarkable...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the past three years, he has slain nearly a handful of Late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who dared to cause trouble in the Donglong Island Marketplace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even though a massive influx of outside cultivators has made the sea region unpredictable these past few years...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With Mr. Su here, the Donglong Island Marketplace has remained as stable as a mountain, and its prosperity has grown several times over!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the docks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’These cultivators from out of town really don’t know the rules...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Don’t they know that fighting is forbidden near the marketplace? You’ve ruined my mood. I’ll punish you by having you help chum the waters...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye calmly retrieved his Frost Thorn Spear. He glanced at the puddle of remains that had been the robber cultivators and muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That old man is quite the flatterer, though...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Mr. Fu’s boasting, Su Ye couldn’t help but chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After advancing to Late-stage Qi Refining, his spiritual senses and perception had become increasingly sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, not a single word of Mr. Fu’s praise had escaped his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how much Mr. Fu bragged on his behalf,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Su Ye he knew was still just the tip of the iceberg!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these past four years, having completed his plans, Su Ye had grown at a speed that could only be described as meteoric!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I, Su Ye, am twenty-three years old...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Eighth layer of Qi Refining! Fourth level of Body Refining! [Tide Hunter LV.7]!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighth layer of Qi Refining!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Su Ye’s true cultivation level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a full layer higher than the seventh layer of Qi Refining he publicly displayed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the grand auction, Su Ye had taken only one year to smoothly break through to the seventh layer of Qi Refining!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next three years, Su Ye accumulated enough Magical Power and effortlessly reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Normally, for the minor realms of Late-stage Qi Refining, a cultivator with a high-grade Spiritual Root would take three to five years to advance a single layer...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But my cultivation speed has already surpassed that of most cultivators with high-grade Spiritual Roots!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: the Spiritual Boat’s [Harmony] ability. The Golden Sword Orchid shared its rank, allowing him to ignore bottlenecks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ignoring bottlenecks...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The further one progresses, the more terrifying this ability becomes...’ Su Ye murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the higher a cultivator’s realm, the longer it took to grind through a bottleneck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Core Formation and Golden Core cultivators, spending decades on a single bottleneck was considered normal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Although building a high-tier spiritual boat is by no means easy...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s still much better than ordinary cultivators painstakingly accumulating their Magical Power!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides his Qi Refining realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in these four years, Su Ye’s Body Refining realm had reached the fourth level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was equivalent to the Qi Refining Perfection stage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had come from behind, surpassing his Qi Refining realm in one fell swoop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the reason...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It seems my talent for Body Cultivating gets a slight boost every time my class level increases and that cool aura infuses my body?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even so, Su Ye had no intention of switching to become a Body Cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Qi cultivators, with their vast and diverse array of techniques, the glorious era of Body Cultivators had long since ended...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, within the Yaoguang Islands, Su Ye had never heard of any famous pure Body Cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the so-called cultivators with ’powerful physical bodies’ were like him, focusing on Qi Refining while practicing Body Refining on the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, Su Ye naturally wouldn’t abandon the root for the branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, during his four years guarding the marketplace, Su Ye had patrolled the coastal waters of Donglong Island aboard the Golden Sword Orchid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had accumulated enough experience to raise his [Tide Hunter] class to LV.7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye’s status panel now read:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Class: Tide Hunter LV.7 (1432\u002F3500)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Class Attribute Bonus: Damage +24, Protection +10]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Exclusive Skill: Whale-Hunting Spear]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Traits: Pierce (max), Soul Suppressing (max)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’With this much power... could I even slay a BOSS-level creature from the Dongning Sea Region?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No... I should play it safe and wait for my supreme-grade spiritual boat to be built!’\u003C\u002Fp>",1427,"2026-06-05T21:02:39.312Z",1,"novelbin.me","e72ee7768365dfb0c896382aac508f4a260c673d47917d70b3c9fd9d2f49554d","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-80","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-78",236,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-cover.jpg"]