Chapter 210: Sea City

After boarding the carriage, Shi Quan drove it while finding the time to check the system's notifications.

"Integrate treasure chests? What does this mean?" Shi Quan looked at the system's prompt, his face full of confusion.

At this moment, the system's notification sound came again.

"Ding, when the host can trigger two or more treasure chests of the same type within a short period of time, you can choose to delay opening the chests. When the next chest is triggered, the chests of the same type will be integrated into one. The integrated chest will yield better rewards."

"There's a mechanism like this?" Shi Quan raised an eyebrow. After thinking for a moment, he clicked agree. For him right now, he naturally didn't pursue quantity; he pursued quality more.

Rather than two ordinary rewards, it was better to wait for one better reward.

Shi Quan's current soul power level was already at level sixty.

Before entering the Dragon Valley, Shi Quan's soul power had already exceeded fifty and was approaching fifty-six.

Because of absorbing the Samsara Power, his soul power had surged along with it.

For a ten-thousand-year-level Spirit Beast, one actually doesn't need to consider the issue of attributes much anymore; as long as one can absorb it, a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast will grant your martial soul the most powerful and comprehensive improvement.

If one wants to make a breakthrough to the sixth ring, one only needs to directly attempt to use the Earth Martial Soul to absorb the God-Bestowed Soul Ring evolved from the Dragon God Power.

Before even walking into the city, the group could already faintly smell a faint salty, fishy odor.

"Currently speaking, the Spirit Soul Martial Soul is indeed the most suitable choice," Shi Quan muttered to himself, toying with the golden crystal sphere in his hand.

At this time, they had already arrived at the city gate and had gotten off the carriage due to a routine inspection.

Sea City, the lord city of the Hailong territory.

"This is the salty, fishy smell. In a coastal city like this, with the sea breeze blowing, a salty, fishy odor will naturally be carried over," Shi Quan explained with a smile.

He naturally wouldn't need that long, but it wasn't something that could be absorbed in a short time either.

Shi Quan planned to make further arrangements after arriving at Sea City.

Actually, calculating it this way, it seems the most suitable target for this God-Bestowed Soul Ring is the Spirit Soul Martial Soul, because currently, only the Spirit Soul ring has no leads for the time being.

Zhu Zhuqing frowned and said, "What is this smell? It's strange."

Shi Quan had already made arrangements for the fifth soul ring of the Blue Silver Emperor Tree; as soon as he returned to the Douluo Continent, he could let the Blue Silver King perform a Sacrifice for him.

If it weren't for the fact that absorbing a soul ring inside the Dragon Valley would cause his soul power breakthrough to level fifty to result in being directly expelled by the Dragon Valley World, preventing him from coming out together with Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan, he could have tried to absorb this God-Bestowed Soul Ring inside the Dragon Valley.

Moreover, if he killed the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python, perhaps he could trigger a new Plunder Treasure Chest.

The massive city was built along the sea. After a two-day journey, the group finally arrived outside Sea City.

For the Earth Martial Soul's sixth soul ring, Shi Quan planned on the Titan Giant Ape. The Titan Giant Ape was clearly an earth-attribute Spirit Beast; not only did it possess a gravity Domain, but it also possessed unparalleled strength and speed, with almost no flaws in attack or defense.

Now that he was out, it was a different matter. They were only two days' journey from the Hailong territory. With his current physique, it was enough to turn this God-Bestowed Soul Ring into a Ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. In the original work, Tang San took a full hundred days to absorb a ten-thousand-year God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

He himself didn't know exactly how much; he only knew now that it had actually increased directly to the next bottleneck.

He currently had four rings for both his Spirit Soul Martial Soul and Blue Silver Emperor Tree martial soul, and only his Earth Martial Soul was at five rings.

But he hadn't yet decided which martial soul to use this God-Bestowed Soul Ring on.

As for the Azure Bull Python soul ring, Shi Quan naturally wouldn't waste it; it could be used as the sixth soul ring for the Blue Silver Emperor Tree.

Of course, the soldiers guarding the city gate could not understand the two's conversation.

When had the city gate soldiers ever seen beauties of this level, and three of them at once? However, one look at Shi Quan's imposing and spirited appearance told them that Shi Quan was no ordinary person. More importantly, they recognized the extraordinary nature of the four's carriage.

One of the city guards stepped forward and asked, "May I ask what business the people of the Mad Dragon territory have coming to Sea City this time?"

Shi Quan raised an eyebrow, looked back at the carriage they were sitting in, and immediately understood that the city guard must have misunderstood their identity.

However, he could also just happen to use this identity to act within Sea City, so he immediately said, "We came to Sea City to buy ships."

"Buy ships?" The city guard was slightly stunned, nodded, and did not make things difficult for Shi Quan, letting Shi Quan's group walk into Sea City.

After watching Shi Quan and the four of them leave, the city guard exchanged a few words with his teammate before turning and walking toward the city.

Before long, the city guard arrived outside the Lord Mansion.

After passing through layers of reporting, he finally arrived in front of an old man with white hair and beard.

"What is it?" The old man's gaze swept over the city guard indifferently, carrying an air of natural authority.

The city guard then respectfully said, "Lord, just now, one man and three women arrived in Sea City riding the Mad Dragon Lord's carriage, saying they wanted to buy ships."

"Oh?" The old man said with some surprise, "That little fellow Mad Dragon is arrogant and conceited; I've never seen him lend his carriage to others to ride. Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

The city guard said earnestly, "Lord, this subordinate can be certain I did not see wrong. I happened to have seen the Mad Dragon Lord's exclusive mark on the carriage before, which is why I came to report it at the first opportunity."

"Interesting." The old man nodded, "You did well in this matter. Your salary for this month will be doubled. You may go."

"Thank you, Lord." The city guard's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly bowed and retreated.

"Haili, you go and keep an eye on those four, then send people to the Mad Dragon territory to investigate."

"Very well, Lord." A slender figure responded and walked out of the Lord Mansion.

Inside Sea City.

Upon entering Sea City, that salty, fishy scent became a bit more intense.

Everywhere the group of four went, the head-turning rate was maxed out, as the three women were all stunningly beautiful young girls.

Although the three women could not understand what the people around them were saying, it did not affect their curiosity about everything new in Sea City in the slightest.

Along the way, because they were strangers in a strange land, the four discussed staying for two days first, strolling around to understand the situation in Sea City, and then contacting someone to buy ships and nautical charts.

Relying on the sensing of the Earth Domain, Shi Quan could only determine that the Douluo Continent was in the northwest direction of this Longteng Continent.

After some wandering, they stayed in a luxurious hotel along the coast.

There was a small episode when opening the rooms.

The three women wanted to open two rooms, one for the three of them and one for Shi Quan. In the end, under Shi Quan's overbearing arrangement, they only opened one room, and the three women could only blush and agree to it in the end.

It was another night of the "three heroes fighting Lu Bu," and it wasn't until noon the next day that the group of four walked out of the hotel.

While strolling yesterday, they had already determined their destination for today: the Hailong Shipyard.

The Hailong Shipyard was the largest ship rental place in Sea City and also dealt in the buying and selling of ships. The ships here were the most comprehensive in all of Sea City, and the Hailong Shipyard also possessed the most comprehensive nautical charts of the nearby sea areas.

After a simple inquiry, the group of four soon arrived outside the Hailong Shipyard.

One can tell from the Hailong Shipyard just how much the Hailong Lord values marine resources.

The decor of the Hailong Shipyard is extremely luxurious and grand; the tall porch features murals of Spirit Beasts with golden patterns, the spacious lobby covers an area of nearly a thousand square meters, and the surrounding walls are filled with exquisite carvings.

"Respected guests, I am very happy to serve you. Is there anything you need help with?"

Just a moment after Shi Quan and his group walked into the Hailong Shipyard, a woman with a seductive figure walked toward them from not far away; the woman was wearing a tight-fitting uniform, which made her already perfect curves appear even more graceful, and her lithe posture exuded the charm unique to a mature beauty with every movement.

Shi Quan scanned the woman before him from head to toe with his deep eyes, a smile of ambiguous meaning curling at the corner of his mouth, and then he said, "We want to purchase a ship."

"Very well, this guest, please follow me." The woman maintained a professional smile, and while leading the way, she asked, "You may call me Haili, guest. I wonder what type of ship you are looking to buy?"

"I want to buy a ship capable of long-distance voyages; it would be best if it has good defensive capabilities, is easy to operate, and is relatively fast."

"This guest, there are quite a few ships for long-distance voyages among our vessels. Please wait here for a moment, and I will fetch the relevant information for you to facilitate your selection." Upon hearing this, the woman nodded, then smilingly led Shi Quan and the other three into a gorgeously decorated private room before taking her leave.

As soon as the woman left, Shi Quan felt a pain in his waist.

"You didn't even blink while looking at that Haili just now; you might as well have just glued your eyeballs onto her." Dugu Yan pinched the soft flesh on Shi Quan's waist, glaring fiercely at Shi Quan.

Shi Quan winced in pain and hurriedly begged for mercy, explaining, "I didn't; that woman is not simple. We have likely been targeted by the people of this Hailong Territory."

Dugu Yan was stunned, then let go and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Have you ever seen a Soul Emperor working as a salesperson at the front door?"

"That woman is actually a Soul Emperor?" The three women were all somewhat shocked.

"Yes, she deliberately hid her aura, but I still detected it." Shi Quan nodded.

Dugu Yan said skeptically, "You aren't just making up excuses to fool us, are you?"

Shi Quan couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Am I that hungry?"

"That's true, too." Thinking of last night, Dugu Yan's face couldn't help but flush slightly.

Zhu Zhuqing asked, "Xiao Quan, why do you say the people of the Hailong Territory would target us?"

Shi Quan thought for a moment and said, "It should be the carriage we arrived in that drew their attention; it likely has to do with us killing the Mad Dragon Lord."

"Then will we still be able to successfully buy a ship?"

"Why wouldn't we? The relationship between territories is just like the relationship between the two great Empires—not harmonious. We helped them kill the Mad Dragon Lord, so they should be happy about it; besides, trading with us is no loss for them. There is money to be made, so why wouldn't they trade with us?"