The group spent twelve days gathering Crystal Coral, collecting roughly nine thousand pieces. Over the final two days, the yield dropped noticeably, barely reaching a hundred.
There were also only a little over one hundred ninety Hornfish eggs, fewer than two hundred in total.
Some people put away a portion of the Crystal Coral and fish eggs, not intending to trade all of them.
The hunting party did not force the issue, merely taking a twenty percent cut.
That was also the custom of the Endless Sea. If a task posting had not specified how important an item was, others had the right to keep some for themselves.
In fact, most cultivators still went hunting.
Though this was deep within the Endless Sea, there were reefs not far beneath the surface, so quite a few spirit beasts lived here. Proper savage beasts, however, were not especially numerous.
Of course, the resources here were relatively abundant, and Golden Core demon beasts occasionally came by for a snack. Over these twelve days, two Golden Core demon beasts had appeared in succession.
The first was an octopus with a true body spanning a square kilometer. It was badly wounded by the warship, after which True Person Chang led the hunting squad in pursuit for nearly ten thousand li before finally killing it.
The second demon beast was an Azure-Scaled Flood Dragon. It possessed formidable divine abilities, and though it fled while seriously injured, it still killed and wounded several people.
Fearing that it might seek reinforcements, the hunting party gathered everyone and began the return voyage at the start of the thirteenth day.
This was not far from their original plan. They had intended to stay for fifteen days, but by the twelfth day, there was barely any Crystal Coral or Hornfish eggs