Taking Part in the Sea Spirit Festival: Ink Flood Dragon Crab Fighting

Since ancient times, Southern Lao Sea has various legends about Sea Spirit.

Sea Spirit does not refer to a specific god or belief.

Sea Spirit is Sea Spirit, a natural existence just like the replacement of the sun and the moon, the passing of spring and the coming of autumn, dominating everything in the Southern Lao Sea.

From going to sea to seek safety, to practicing cultivation to seek Sudden Comprehension.

From looking for a good match in marriage, to looking for money when going out.

No matter what happens, it can be related to Sea Spirit, as long as you believe it exists.

One of the more famous rumors is that every April, a large number of fighting crabs, guided by Sea Spirit, head to the eastern sea to breed.

By late June, the fighting crabs that have finished breeding will return to their habitat in groups.

Fighting Crab Tide formed by them will happen to pass near Hundred Herbs Island.

Whenever this happens, the monks on the island will take the opportunity to catch fish.

After the harvest, a grand celebration was held, and Crab King, the largest fish caught this time, was thrown back into the sea to worship Sea Spirit.

The sacrifice will start on time at Zi Hour in the evening.

If the monk has some kind of wish recently and wants to beg Sea Spirit for blessing, or wants to pray for himself.

You can also catch it in advance, or buy a fighting crab during the day, and then throw it into the sea with Crab King at night, asking it to bring your wishes to Sea Spirit.

In order to help outside monks participate better.

Hundred Herbs City specially sent disciples to post notices on the streets stating the reasons.

Therefore, Xiao Chen also easily learned the origin of this festival.

It is highlighted in red letters at the bottom of the announcement that no matter where the monks come from, as long as they go to the streets to participate in Sea Spirit Festival, they can leave messages on Wishing Wall for free and receive the blessings of Sea Spirit.

At the same time, various special celebrations will be held throughout the city in the morning.

In the afternoon, the market will be opened at East City for monks to trade freely.

"Free prayer?"

Xiao Chen After reading the announcement, I thought about it and decided to go over and check out the situation.

Anyway, it doesn't cost money, so just have some faith.

It's better to pray for nothing than nothing.

Following the instructions in the announcement, he first came to the south gate of Hundred Herbs City.

A "Wishing Wall" several thousand feet long has been built here in advance, and White Paint has been evenly painted on it.

A small table was placed every hundred feet, with pens, ink, paper and inkstones placed on it.

As long as the monks write their prayers on Red Paper and then paste them on Wishing Wall, they can receive the blessing of Sea Spirit.

There are almost no restrictions on what you can write, and no one is responsible for monitoring.

Most monks' wishes are related to their own cultivation, such as smooth cultivation or breaking through bottlenecks as soon as possible.

A few people mentioned Hundred Herbs Secret Realm, hoping to get good luck and shelter, and successfully found High-grade Spirit Herb.

However, Xiao Chen noticed that someone on the wall even made a wish that Hundred Herbs City's city lord Huo Xinghuai would be struck by lightning.

Some people also encountered shipwrecks while Curse others were out at sea.

It can be seen that there should be really anonymous wishes here, otherwise no one would be so bold.

"What can I ask for?"

Xiao Chen thought about it, and his first reaction was actually to ask for a better Hextech Enhancement, but to be honest, this should not be under Sea Spirit's control.

In this case, it's better to go with the flow.

So he also wrote on Red Paper: "I hope Sea Spirit can bring me good luck, and in the next Hundred Herbs Secret Realm, I will gain heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

Then I found a blank space on the wall and pasted my wish on it.

He also saw many strange wishes along the way.

"Please Sea Spirit Grandpa appear, let me worship Dragon Slaying Sea and become Sword Immortal."

"Sea Spirit Lord, please give me three wives, one is cute, one is mature and generous, and one is considerate."

"I hope Sea Spirit will bless me to become the most powerful practitioner among all Southern Lao Sea in the future, a hundred times stronger than those in Hundred Herbs City!"

This last one is a bit outrageous.

After all, Southern Lao Sea also produced many Nascent Soul True Lords, and there is more than one of them in existence.

Xiao Chen couldn't help but chuckle inwardly, if you want to be a hundred times stronger than them, unless you also have Hextech Enhancement.

Strengthening alone may not be enough, your cultivation level must also be on par or even ahead.

After all, considering that Spiritual Root Aptitude is different, there are also differences between the same levels.

Walking along the wishing wall, Xiao Chen saw a large group of monks surrounding them not far away.

Normally he might not go to crowds of people to join in the fun.

But today he came out to participate in the festival from the beginning, so he took the initiative to go over and take a look.

Among the crowd, there was a ten-foot-long Three-Clawed Azure-Eyed Ink Flood Dragon, lying on the ground with its eyes squinted, seemingly taking a nap.

However, its body was wrapped with bright red ribbons, which basically covered all of its original black scales.

At the same time, there is a big red flower tied on his forehead, which looks like a fake dragon.

Although Flood Dragon is not strictly True Dragon, after all, it has the character dragon, so the relationship is very close.

Moreover, the number of True Dragon is extremely rare, and Eastern Domain is only heard about but not seen.

Therefore, when the relatively rare Flood Dragon appears, it will naturally attract a large group of people to come and watch.

"Fellow Daoists, for just ten yuan Spirit Stone, you can experience the feeling of riding a dragon!"

Suddenly there was a high-pitched shout, "No limit on cultivation level, safety guaranteed. There are not many opportunities like this, so don't miss it if you pass by!"

Xiao Chen followed the voice and looked over.

Only then did he see a tall, thin young man standing below Ink Flood Dragon, with a high nose, a mustache, and a pair of eyes looking at the crowd around him.

He was also wearing a bright red robe, which almost blended in with the ribbons.

At this time, they are trying their best to promote. "Dear fellow Daoists, this is a genuine Tier 3 Flood Dragon. You can ride it once today for only ten yuan Spirit Stone. This opportunity is not to be missed."

Third level?

Xiao Chen focused his eyes and looked carefully, and then he saw that although Ink Flood Dragon had no horns on its head, it had two big bumps.

There are clearly signs of transforming into a dragon!

"Really it only costs ten yuan Spirit Stone?"

A young man stood up from the monks watching and asked excitedly, "Can I also ride a dragon?"

He only has the cultivation level Late-Stage Qi Refining, and he looks forward to it very much.

"Of course, you can ride it once for ten Spirit Stone. I still have Memory Stone here. As long as I add ten more Spirit Stone, you can still have a photo as a souvenir."

The tall young man immediately promoted. "It is said that hearing is deceiving, but seeing is believing."

"My dear, why don't you take a photo back with you so that you can show it to your relatives and friends when you meet them in the future."

Oh my goodness, there are even supporting services.

Xiao Chen took a quick look and found that it was clearly the lowest grade Memory Stone.

Advanced Memory Stone can save an entire scene, but the price is relatively high, one Spirit Stone costs dozens of dollars.

The ordinary Memory Stone can only save three or four images, but it is cheaper.

Generally, it only costs three yuan Spirit Stone, and there are discounts for large purchases.

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However, the Qi Refining young man in front of him had a red face, shortness of breath, and was obviously very excited.

He immediately took out twenty pieces of Spirit Stone and handed it over. "Senior, please take a photo of me."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

The tall young man immediately took Spirit Stone with a smile on his face, and then guided the other person to ride up. "Don't be afraid, Little Ink is very obedient, you can jump up boldly."

"Come on, go forward a little, then a little further, okay!"

Then he took Memory Stone and froze the scene in front of him.

The moment before the photo was taken, the Ink Flood Dragon cooperated and opened its eyes, frightening many Qi Refining Cultivator around him.

But then it lazily closed its eyes to rest, not wanting to pay attention to these weak monkeys.

Born as a dragon, what else can it do except take a nap when it meets a master who is obsessed with money?

It was as if a hole had been opened in the dam. Many Qi Refining Cultivators around who were originally excited but did not dare to come forward took out their Spirit Stones and expressed their desire to take photos. Suddenly, there was a huge crowd.

It almost overwhelmed the tall young man.

It only takes about ten breaths to take a photo with one person, and only twenty breaths including the transaction time.

In just a quarter of an hour, more than 900 Spirit Stone was deposited into the account, and even Foundation Establishment Cultivator was tempted and took the initiative to purchase the more expensive Memory Stone.

Based on this situation, almost 5,000 Spirit Stone can be entered into the account in one hour.

I estimate that it won't be a problem to earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in one day Spirit Stone.

Xiao Chen After mentally calculating the income, I couldn't help but sigh, it's really a good way to make money.

But don't think this is not much, the entire South Lake Su Family can earn almost this much in one year.

However, this kind of thing can only happen in Eastern Domain. If it were left to Southern Domain, no Golden Core ancestor would be able to make money from Qi Refining Cultivator's Spirit Stone regardless of his face.

"Senior Brother Changgeng, isn't that Demon Subduing Sword Sect's contemporary Sword Child Ling Tianyi and his Ink Flood Dragon?"

Not far away, a female cultivator's eyes widened, her little hand half covering her mouth. "How could he do such a thing?"

"This is just... so polite."

Her speaking voice was actually very low, and normally only the people around her could hear her.

However, Xiao Chen is now carrying Wanted Notice, so he is distracted and pays attention to the abnormal behavior of people around him anytime and anywhere, and notices the abnormality immediately.

I heard the male cultivator who was walking with me sneer, "Humph, Demon Subduing Sword Sect is no longer in business now, but he only has a name."

"What Sword Child, it's just a joke."

"Junior Sister Yayang, you just watch too much Ancient Books. Now is our Star Plucking Sword Pavilion era. Don't worry about these ruins."

"Let's go. I booked a cave abode in advance. We've been traveling for two months and we should have a good rest."

With that said, he took the lead and turned around and left with a group of four people.

There is a reason why he looks down on the Demon Subduing Sword Sect.

As early as hundreds of thousands of years ago, with the Eastern Domain demonic cultivators basically extinct, no one dared to act under the banner of demonism anymore, at least on the surface.

Demon Subduing Sword Sect, which was originally established to fight against demonic cultivators, also began to inevitably go downhill.

The main reason is that many of the Cultivation Method passed down from the Demon Subduing Sword Sect and Founding Ancestor were specially used to restrain demonic cultivators.

But this means that when confronting other righteous sects, it will not be as effective as it should be.

As far as Xiao Chen knows, there are Dragon Slaying Sea and Three Great Sects to this day. Star Plucking Sword Pavilion is recognized as the strongest, and Soul Division Sword Pavilion ranks second.

The originally famous Demon Subduing Sword Sect can only be ranked third, but this is still taking into account its past glory.

Some people even think that it is not qualified to be ranked with the other two cases.

Because Demon Subduing Sword Sect has actually lost a lot of resources Stronghold, and it can basically be described as impoverished.

Otherwise Ling Tianyi wouldn't be thinking about various ways to make money, and the elders of the sect would turn a blind eye after hearing about it.

"Star Plucking Sword Pavilion's monks are actually here too."

Xiao Chen looked back at their leaving figures, his eyes falling on the sword at his waist.

Although it is hidden in the scabbard, if you look closely, you can still vaguely feel the sharp energy coming out. There are definitely first-class spiritual swords inside.

Glancing at Ling Tianyi, he didn't have a sword at all on his waist.

So much so that I didn't recognize him at first, he turned out to be Sword Cultivator.

These people came here at this time, most likely for the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm.

At that time, within the Secret Realm, you still have to pay a little attention.

It's not that Xiao Chen is afraid of them, but there is no need to fight with them.

With his token in hand, he can take the initiative to avoid people and quietly make a fortune.

So when you first enter Secret Realm, you can keep a distance from them to avoid being involved in inexplicable conflicts.

It was only morning at this time, and East City's market had not yet opened.

So Xiao Chen went to West City for viewing first.

Sea Spirit Festival is also being celebrated here, and there are many colorful holiday decorations along the street.

A large number of monks are mainly concentrated in two places.

The first place is Crab Fighting Market, which is dedicated to selling all kinds of fighting crabs that were caught half a month ago.

Many monks, especially outsiders, will come here to buy one and keep it to pray at night.

It is worth mentioning that the vendors here also provide drop-off services at no extra charge.

The specific content is that after the monk bought Dou Xia, he told Dou Xia his wish to be entrusted to him.

Then the vendors will keep these fighting crabs in a water tank alone, and wait until the auspicious time in the evening to throw them into the sea along with Crab King to deliver the message.

Of course, some people will choose to buy a few and go back to try them out.

After all, fighting crabs are also a specialty of the Southern Lao Sea, and you can't get them so fresh anywhere else.

Depending on the size, the fighting crabs here are also different in size.

But the strange thing is that there are only Qi Refining early stage and Late-Stage Qi Refining fighting crabs in each stall, but Mid-stage Qi Refining Realm is not seen.

Xiao Chen couldn't help but be a little curious, and found out after asking.

Those fighting crabs were all taken aside to participate in the annual Pearl Snatching Competition.

The second crowd gathering place is exactly where Pearl Snatching Competition is.

There is a super large water tank placed here, which is one foot high, six feet wide and twenty-four feet long.

The onlookers can buy a fighting crab, mark it with their own mark, put it into the water tank, and compete with the fighting crabs of the stall owner or other monks.

Pearls of different colors were put into the water tank in advance and hidden inside the shells.

Whoever's fighting crab can fight for the pearls in the water tank can get different levels of rewards based on the color of the pearls.

The ones sold all around are Mid-stage Qi Refining Realm grade fighting crabs, and they all look pretty much the same on the surface.

Therefore, Pearl Snatching Competition not only tests the monk's vision, but also requires a certain amount of luck.

The former determines whether the crab you pick is powerful, and the latter determines the color of the pearl the crab grabs.

Both are indispensable.

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Live Spirit Beast are expensive. A Mid-stage Qi Refining Realm fighting crab can be sold for fifty Spirit Stone, but the price is lowered because of the large quantity.

If it were replaced by land Spirit Beast, it would cost at least hundreds of Spirit Stone.

Therefore, although there are many people watching, most of them cannot afford to play and can only watch others participate.

Even individual Foundation Establishment Cultivator is a little reluctant to part with it.

However, Xiao Chen is somewhat interested. After all, fifty Spirit Stone is not too much for him.

So I picked up a suitable fighting crab in the small water tank nearby with great interest.

Soon I saw a fighting crab with black spots on its carapace, swimming around in the tank very lively.

"I want this one, write a red letter on the back for me."

The highest-end grand prize is the red pearl. Xiao Chen is marked with red letters, just to try your luck.

Facts have proved that he has always been very stable in terms of luck.

Only a quarter of an hour after the black spot was put into the water tank, another fighting crab that specialized in guarding pearls had one of its pincers removed, and it was so frightened that it hid in a corner.

Then another one went in, and the result was still good, not even a white pearl was picked up.

Xiao Chen was a little dissatisfied and carefully selected a red pliers again.

This time I held on a little longer, but still lost.

He searched left and right again and found a black-striped one.

Perhaps due to meritorious service in the wheel battle, this time I finally defeated the guard Dou Crab and successfully drove it away.

As a result, the shell occupied by the black-striped crab was actually empty inside, and the original pearls were taken away by the first wave of customers at midnight in the morning.

"Hiss~!"

Seeing that the two hundred Spirit Stone were wasted, Xiao Chen frowned and retreated directly.

Originally, he thought that he could catch Rainbow Fish King before, maybe because it was transferred after forming a pill.

I didn't expect that even if I became Golden Core True Person, I would still have the same dark face as before.

It seems that in the future we should do less things involving gambling on luck.

I looked up at the sky and saw that it had just reached noon and it was still early.

So Xiao Chen went to North City first, which is also the core place of Hundred Herbs City.

Not only is it home to a large number of Alchemist, it is also where City Lord Manor is located, and there is also a Great Plaza with several statues standing there.

There is also a high platform in the middle, which was left over from the previous Alchemy Competition.

Today, Great Sun, naturally there are a large number of monks gathered in the square.

There was even Alchemist who made alchemy on the high platform and publicly showed off his skills.

They are not worried that someone can secretly learn Pill Dao, or in other words, if someone can learn to make alchemy just by watching, then Hundred Herbs City can be regarded as a treasure.

When Xiao Chen came over, he happened to see the new Alchemist taking the stage.

Among the onlookers, a female cultivator immediately took her companion's hand and exclaimed, "A Juan, look, it seems to be Senior Brother Lu!"

As soon as he shouted like this, many monks immediately recognized the identity of the person on the stage. "It is indeed Lu Zicong. I didn't expect him to be here too."

"That's great. I got started too late, and I've never seen Senior Brother Lu make an elixir himself."

"It's really Senior Brother Lu. Now I'm lucky. I want to study hard."

"I heard that Senior Brother Lu was adopted by Grand Elder as Closed-door Disciple, and received careful guidance. Then he was in seclusion for three consecutive years until he came out last winter. I don't know what state he is in now?"

"Needless to say, I think Senior Brother Lu must have mastered the fourth level Pill Formula, half-step into the realm of Fourth-tier Alchemist."

Listening to the discussion of the people around him, Xiao Chen also looked at the young man on the stage curiously.

The other party does not look very old, but judging from the aura when controlling Spirit Fire, it is estimated that he already has the cultivation level of Late-stage Golden Core.

A layman watches the excitement, an expert watches the door.

Xiao Chen can also be regarded as half serious Alchemist.

Although he hardly studies at ordinary times, he has very solid basic skills thanks to Hextech.

At this time, looking at Lu Zicong on the stage handling Spirit Herb with ease, I immediately saw that the other party was indeed not simple.

Even if he were picky with his eyes, there was basically nothing wrong.

The reason why it wasn't everything was because he saw what the other party did wrong.

It's because Tier 3 Spirit Grass and Xiao Chen are involved and they don't quite understand what the correct processing steps are.

It has to be said that as an alchemist from Baicao City who is famous for his elixirs in the Eastern Region, Lu Zicong showed quite powerful skills on the stage.

Soon after I came up, I showed my hand Eight Dragons Absorb Water.

That is to say, eight kinds of Spirit Herb are processed at the same time, liquefied together, and injected into Main Ingredient at the same time.

Then he demonstrated several techniques one after another, especially several secret techniques of Pill Formation. It only took two hours to refine a furnace of Essence Replenishing Pill with perfect appearance.

As the elixir was released, a chorus of praises immediately erupted from the audience.

"Wow, Senior Brother Changgeng, this Senior Brother Lu is so awesome!"

However, Xiao Chen heard a familiar voice. He turned around and saw the four disciples of the Star Plucking Sword Pavilion here again.

Immediately afterwards, he heard Senior Brother Changgeng comment. "Average."

"As far as I know, Hundred Herbs City's generation, that is, the Direct Disciple Cui Yunxian of City Lord Huo is more powerful, and can be regarded as a Hui Zhi Lan Xin."

"As for the others, they are just a bunch of mediocre people, not worth mentioning."

He said this without hesitation, and many monks around him heard it.

Immediately, many monks stared angrily, but when they saw the iconic Magic Robe of the Star Plucking Sword Pavilion, most of them calmed down again.

However, some people asked directly without fear, "Who are you to look down on Senior Brother Lu?"

The questioning immediately attracted the attention of more monks.

Faced with the question, the Senior Brother Changgeng didn't care. "Who do you think you are? A mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator dares to talk to me?"

The aura belonging to Golden Core Great Perfection on his body was released unscrupulously; "You are lucky, today you are in Hundred Herbs City."

"If I were in the Dragon Slaying Sea, no one would dare to say no even if I killed you."

Although his words were rude, the monks around him were overwhelmed by the momentum and saw the Star Plucking Sword Pavilion logo. They all dared to be angry but dared not speak.

Everyone knows that many Sword Cultivators have bad tempers and will draw swords at the slightest disagreement.

If you really offend the other party, you will probably be killed on the spot.

And judging from the tone, the other party has a good background in Jiange, so it is very likely that he will only be given a warning in the end and will not receive any actual punishment.

On the contrary, Lu Zicong on the stage focused his gaze and slowly released his own momentum to offset the suppression.

At the same time, he raised his hands and said, "But Star Plucking Sword Pavilion is the first contemporary high-rise building, Senior Brother Changgeng. Nice to meet you!"

"The person next to you should be Mu Junior Sister Yayang, right?"

"My father often said that Mu Elder has superb swordsmanship and is a hero among men. The tiger father has no dog daughter, and Junior Sister indeed looks heroic."

"Young disciple is ignorant, why should you two argue with him?"

He smoothed things over and looked at the disciple who made the noise. "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go back quickly!"

The disciple woke up and hurriedly fled the square.

Thanks to the book friend "Qingqiuyi" for the reward and support.