The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Long Xuan nodded and tossed a storage ring directly to the fat manager from the Qian clan.

The manager hurriedly caught it, and his right eye glimmered with a golden light. Using his Golden Eye, he scanned through the ring's contents, instantly calculating the total value of the vast array of spiritual herbs inside due to the Golden Eye's impressive computational power.

To be honest, Long Xuan couldn't determine the total value of the spiritual herbs in the storage bag himself; he had no idea how much they would sell for and left it entirely up to the Qian Clan’s estimation.

He wasn’t worried about any deception from the Qian Clan merchants. For regular transactions, he trusted the Integrity Gu’s binding power to keep them honest.

"Altogether, the value comes to over three hundred million spirit stones. For this first transaction, I’ll round it up for you, making it a clean four hundred million spirit stones," said the manager.

"I hope your Black Dragon Pirates will continue to sell Death Sea’s spiritual herbs to me in the future. I work for the Third Young Master, so my connections are guaranteed, and so is my financial power."

He handed Long Xuan a golden communication talisman with a beaming smile. "This is my permanent communication talisman. You can contact me anytime with it!"

"A permanent communication talisman?" Long Xuan took it curiously. Previously, he had only seen one-time-use communication talismans, so this permanent one was a first for him.

It must be expensive, he thought. Even a thousand one-time-use talismans couldn't match the value of one permanent talisman. Otherwise, everyone would choose this more practical option.

"Understood. If I plan to sell Death Sea’s herbs again, you’ll be my first choice," Long Xuan agreed, putting away the talisman.

Upon hearing this, the manager’s face lit up with joy.

After transferring all the herbs from the storage ring to his own, the manager filled the now-empty ring with spirit stones and handed it back to Long Xuan.

Long Xuan took it without bothering to count the spirit stones, trusting in the Qian Clan’s business integrity. He then turned and left, having no intention to continue the conversation.

After all, he wasn’t truly a Black Dragon Pirate, and the more he talked, the more he risked giving himself away.

Truthfully, four hundred million spirit stones was a bit on the low side. The Black Dragon Pirates had been raiding the Death Sea for years; they wouldn’t have collected only this much in herbs. Excluding those already used, they likely knew that hoarding too many herbs in one place would devalue them, so they must be selling in different locations.

Long Xuan didn’t have the time to go to each location, so this was all he would earn from Death Sea’s spiritual herbs.

He let his crew take some free time while he strolled through the bustling city with his freshly earned spirit stones, seizing the opportunity to gather the last fifty thousand materials he needed for the Heaven-Devouring World’s Toad Gu Recipe.

Sea God Island was extremely prosperous, with a vast variety of treasures, much richer in resources than Big Lonely Island.

Thus, he quickly gathered over forty thousand of the materials here, with the remaining few almost negligible.

His current position also gave him an advantage. As the Black Dragon Pirates' vice-captain, he could collect materials easily in the city, and nobody dared refuse him. Otherwise, there was no way he could have gathered close to fifty thousand materials so quickly.

This transaction, however, once again depleted the spirit stones he had earned from selling the Death Sea herbs, and he even sacrificed many rare treasures he had saved over the years, which made him ache inside.

He still had another hundred thousand materials to gather, and these were unknown ones, adding to his frustration.

This Gu recipe was truly a bottomless money pit. Other than a treasure merchant, no one could afford to refine it, and he was attempting an enhanced version.

After a quick sweep of the island and collecting all available materials, Long Xuan finally summoned his crew, ready to depart.

Bringing his crew to the shore, he waited for the Ocean's Heart to turn blue, then swiftly retrieved the Shenlong and placed it on the water’s surface. With excitement, he and the crew boarded the ship.

As the sails rose and the Shenlong moved, slowly distancing from the shore, Long Xuan and his crew set off once more toward the endless sea, with dangers and opportunities awaiting them on the journey ahead. ꞦΆN𝙤𐌱ÊṠ

Onboard, Long Xuan took a deep breath of the sea breeze, feeling exhilarated by its familiar scent. After a month and a half, he was finally back on the sea.

The crew members were all in high spirits. They preferred life at sea, and only after reaching the water did they feel a newfound sense of safety.

It was as if here, on the open sea, they had nothing to fear, and in this moment, every crew member finally allowed their tense nerves to relax completely.

Only Leng Yan looked deeply worried, as she was concerned about the safety of the Leng Clan on Big Lonely Island.

She wasn’t sure if, after leaving, the next news she’d hear would be about Big Lonely Island being slaughtered by the Black Dragon Pirate Crew.

Di Xin walked over, patted her shoulder, and said with a smile, “Don’t worry. That Island Lord Leng has made extremely thorough preparations, using everything available.”

“With my formation array helping and Long Xuan’s King-Breaking Pill, Big Lonely Island has a 90% chance of defeating the Black Dragon Pirate Crew. The Black Dragon Pirate Crew will suffer severe damage in this battle, no doubt about it.”

“But, it’s certain that the Leng Clan will suffer heavy losses, and that’s something we can’t avoid.”

Leng Yan glanced at her, her face still troubled, and silently wondered where this second-grade Formation Master got her confidence to claim that her formation could threaten the Black Dragon Pirate Crew. Was she being overly optimistic?

But out of politeness, she didn’t say this aloud.

She wasn’t confident in Di Xin’s formation abilities, so she didn’t fully believe his words.

However, when Long Xuan heard this, his eyes lit up. There’s a 90% chance the Black Dragon Pirate Crew would be crippled in this battle? That’s fantastic.

Since he’d already crossed paths with the Black Dragon Pirate Crew, their continued existence would always threaten his safety. He couldn’t wait for them to be eliminated as soon as possible; he couldn’t sleep well until they were gone.

He had significant faith in Di Xin’s expertise with formations. Even if the quality wasn’t perfect, she could make up for it with quantity, and her claim about her formation severely damaging the Black Dragon Pirate Crew might not be empty words.

Hearing Di Xin’s words, Long Xuan finally exhaled a sigh of relief, then looked at Leng Yan and comforted her:

“That Island Lord Leng is very cunning. I believe that under his leadership, the Leng Clan can survive this crisis.”

“Even if they do lose, he can still use the teleportation formation to evacuate key family members in time.”

“At that point, all he has to do is destroy the teleportation formation on Sea god City’s end, and the Black Dragon Pirate Crew on Big Lonely Island won’t be able to catch up.”

“So even in the worst-case scenario, there’s nothing for you to worry about.”

This reassurance was much more effective than Di Xin’s words, and the worry on Leng Yan’s face eased significantly.

Just then, the small head of Wu Yaoyao popped up and said, “Big Sister, let me do a divination for you. Maybe the future I predict will show the Leng Clan on Big Lonely Island and let you know if they’ll survive.”

“I’ll even do it for free!” Wu Yaoyao said sweetly.

Seeing her, Long Xuan’s face darkened. Could someone please tell him how she managed to get on board?

Hearing this, Leng Yan indeed looked tempted, showing interest in a divination.

Long Xuan looked on with a strange expression, wondering if this mysterious fortuneteller would try to give a divination to everyone on board.

Goodness, was she here for an all-you-can-eat buffet?

What a massive appetite she has! The futures of his crew were likely to be exceptional. Although there were some with average qualifications, he planned to use a sea of pills to forcibly cultivate them into Gu Kings.

After the voyage to Sky Island, he had no intention of disbanding his crew.

He hadn’t spent so much time creating alchemical recipes for Spirit Herbs in the Death Sea region just to do a one-off deal.

Any fortune below a billion wasn’t worth his time working on ineffective recipes.

Since he’d invested time in researching alchemical recipes for Death Sea’s Spirit Herbs, he planned to run this business long-term.

This was a hugely profitable venture. Every trip out to sea could yield billions or even tens of billions in wealth.

Since he had the ability to enter the Death Sea, why should he abandon the wealth hidden in the Forbidden Seas?

Collecting resources from the Forbidden Seas was far more profitable than any other business, and he was truly tempted by this opportunity.

He’d already planned to cultivate a trusted crew that could gather resources from the Forbidden Seas for him long-term. The Forbidden Seas were not limited to the Death Sea alone.

If possible, he wanted to traverse all the Forbidden Seas in this world.

So building his own fleet was essential, and he could use Sou Gu to remotely control this crew, ensuring that even if he were to develop inland, this crew would remain firmly under his control.

And his requirements for his crew weren’t high. He didn’t need them to have extraordinary talent; he just needed them to be 100% loyal.

Realm stages could be built up with resources, but loyalty was something resources could never buy.

Currently, the Shenlong had a crew of good-hearted people with an extremely low chance of betrayal.

Good-hearted individuals were rare in the Gu world, and he certainly intended to focus on training these rare specimens.

In the future, he would help them all become Gu Kings, then appoint them as the captains of his various teams, leading a massive fleet across all the Forbidden Seas.

As the fleet grew and conquered more Forbidden Seas, he, as captain, would become incredibly wealthy, with endless riches.

This would become the wealth he’d accumulate for the Heaven-Devouring World Toad.

Since the Heaven-Devouring World Toad’s strength was directly tied to its master’s wealth, Long Xuan was determined to spare no effort in gathering resources from this world.

So this fleet would have to be built, and his crew would surely become top-tier experts in the future. Wu Yaoyao made the right choice by boarding this ship.

Long Xuan couldn’t help but admire her sharp insight; she saw through the exceptional potential of each crew member and managed to squeeze her way onto the ship.

She certainly made the right move.

The Divination Gu she carried would have the right master in her. This Wu Yaoyao indeed had a sharp eye.

“You’ve been mingling with my crew for so long; surely, you’ve done quite a few divinations for them? Did you do one for the shipwright here?”

Long Xuan asked curiously.

He was just too intrigued by Di Xin’s future...

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