Breakthrough in the Cultivation Technique

On Fishing Bay Island, all kinds of construction machinery were hard at work. Thanks to the government's efforts, the villagers had learned that Ye Yuan had leased the island and that they would still be able to work there in the future, so they were very cooperative. Within a few days, everyone except Ye Yuan's family and his second uncle's family had moved away.

Ye Yuan's aquaculture farm had already been established. He left the paperwork and recruitment matters to his father and second uncle.

Since construction on the island prevented normal operations during the early stages, Ye Yuan decided to gather everyone in Pinghai County. He invited professional professors from his alma mater to teach the villagers aquaculture experience and techniques.

His father even assigned him the position of farm manager and appointed his second uncle as deputy manager. Ye Yuan did not pay much attention to any of it. As long as his father was happy, that was enough. He knew the farm would not lose money.

He only told his father that the workers' wages would temporarily be set at 4,000 yuan per month. It was not that Ye Yuan did not want to pay more, but he understood that giving someone a bowl of rice earned gratitude, while giving them a bucket could breed resentment.

Several other matters were being handled at the same time.

The first was having Ding Yi and the others take the yacht to a shipyard in Blue Island for modifications. A crane was installed at the stern, transforming it into the likeness of a trawler.

When the shipyard saw such a luxurious yacht being converted into a trawler, the designers cried out that it was a waste of money. But there was nothing they could do. The customer was king, and the man had money. He could modify his own boat however he wanted, couldn't he?

The second matter was the establishment of Brother-in-law's company. Brother-in-law completed all the procedures in just one day. He also had to thank the deputy county magistrate who had signed the contract with Ye Yuan. Upon hearing that the company was a local one established for construction on Fishing Bay Island, the deputy county magistrate cleared every obstacle and saved Brother-in-law a great deal of time.

After that, Brother-in-law gathered many people who usually worked odd jobs and formed Chenghui Construction Company.

On the day the company was established, it began transporting all kinds of construction materials to the island. By now, a great deal of material had already been delivered. Ye Yuan directly gave Brother-in-law five million yuan, which was the fundamental reason he had been able to establish the company so quickly.

Ye Yuan told Brother-in-law to begin construction on the villa, dormitories, cold storage, and dock simultaneously. Those were the things the island needed most urgently.

Power generation on the island had always been a headache for Ye Family Village. Through Old Second, Ye Yuan bought a set of high-efficiency generators. The installation personnel guaranteed that the generator set could handle all of the island's electricity needs without any problem.

The water issue on Fishing Bay Island was easy to solve. There was a mountain in the south of the island, with a spring on it. Ye Yuan hired workers to divert the spring water into an enormous filtered water tower, then ran pipelines directly to the residential areas for drinking water. For other domestic water needs, he had people build a seawater desalination system.

All these matters proceeded simultaneously over the next few days, and the island became a bustling scene of activity.

Ye Yuan gave Zhao Chuan some data on Fishing Bay Island and asked him to help find a designer in Shangjing. In the end, Zhao Chuan called in many favors and found an award-winning designer to help with the plans. When Ye Yuan finally received the renderings, he could hardly believe Fishing Bay Island could become so beautiful.

After obtaining the blueprints, Ye Yuan handed them to Brother-in-law and told him to carry out construction according to the plans.

Ye Yuan drove to an abalone seedling cultivation base in Blue Island City. This base was an experimental facility of Blue Island Ocean University.

The day before, he had called one of his former professors and explained his situation.

The professor took the matter seriously and helped him contact professors from the marine aquaculture department. They offered several suggestions for seafood suitable for Ye Yuan to raise and introduced him to this place.

Ye Yuan drove his Raptor to the breeding base.

The person in charge of the base warmly received Ye Yuan. After some introductions, Ye Yuan learned that abalones were generally raised in net cages.

What Ye Yuan had in mind was free-range cultivation, raising them among reefs. Of course, the main reason was that he had a trump card in hand.

The price had already been discussed before he arrived. Ye Yuan purchased two-centimeter abalone seedlings, and the base manager offered a price of forty cents each. Ye Yuan bought one hundred thousand abalone seedlings.

He had the workers load all one hundred thousand seedlings into the back of his Raptor. When the manager saw that this man was actually using a Ford Raptor to haul abalone seedlings, he was stunned. Who knows which rich second-generation kid this is?

After loading up, Ye Yuan transferred the money and left. On the road back to Pinghai Town, he found an uninhabited stretch and directly tossed all the seedlings into the Fishery Space.

He used points in the Points Mall to exchange for Abalone Growth Feed.

That was why Ye Yuan had decided to raise abalones.

The system's description of this Abalone Growth Feed was:

"Abalone Growth Feed: Accelerates abalone growth and improves abalone nutrition."

It would have been a disservice to himself not to exchange for something this good.

He spent 1,000 points to exchange for ten bags. After pouring the feed into the fishery, Ye Yuan left the space and drove back toward Pinghai County.

Ye Yuan had been extremely busy these past few days. He had not gone out to sea even once in the past week. Today, his Water Controller had finished its modifications. Ding Yi had already sailed it back, and it was docked at the newly built pier.

Fishing Bay Island's new dock had far more berths than before, along with efficient professional loading and unloading equipment.

As more equipment and buildings were added, Ye Yuan discovered that less than two million yuan remained in his account. It seemed he needed to head out to sea and make some money. Recently, he had been busy building up the island, spending money like water without bringing in any income at all. He had Ding Yi and the others go to Pinghai County to purchase supplies and fill the modified fishing boat's diesel tank.

Ye Yuan found his parents and told them that he needed to make a long-distance sea voyage. He might be at sea for several days, so the family matters would be left to Brother-in-law and his parents. If anything urgent happened, they could call his satellite phone.

There was no mobile signal out on the open sea, so many fishing boats were equipped with satellite phones.

His parents agreed and told Ye Yuan to be careful.

With his entire family and his second uncle seeing them off, Ye Yuan set out to sea with Ding Yi, Ding Er, and Ye Zhuang.

Ye Yuan had never gone on a long-distance voyage before. This was his first true deep-sea expedition, and he felt somewhat nervous. Ding Yi piloted the boat the entire way. Ye Yuan told Ding Yi that after they returned this time, he should take the test for a ship pilot's license. Although no one checked licenses at sea, the consequences would be serious if Ding Yi was ever discovered to be operating without one.

Since they were heading out to sea, Ding Yi and the others had prepared ample supplies, enough for four people to last a month.

Soon, the boat had been sailing for six hours, and the sky gradually darkened. After dinner, Ye Yuan had Ye Zhuang and Ding Er go inside to rest.

Ding Er did not need rest, but whenever Ye Zhuang was around, Ding Er would return to the sleeping quarters to keep up appearances.

Ye Yuan sat cross-legged in his luxurious bedroom and began cultivating the Water Control Art. He had a feeling that he would definitely break through today.

As the cultivation technique circulated, he gradually felt that the blurry veil, like a layer of gauze that he had never been able to see through before, was slowly becoming clear.

One hour, two hours, three hours. Just as Ye Yuan was about to give up, the blurry veil disappeared. The obscure characters of the second layer, like tiny tadpoles, poured into Ye Yuan's mind.

Just like the first time, the third layer of the cultivation technique was blocked by another veil of gauze, too hazy to see clearly.

The first two layers of the cultivation technique merged, becoming a more complete cultivation system. Before, the flow of energy within his body only traveled through his limbs. With the new technique, it not only had to travel through his limbs, but also circulate through several acupoints in his head. He completed one cycle of the new cultivation technique.

As the new technique circulated, Ye Yuan discovered that he could clearly sense everything in the sea. Previously, if he wanted to know what was underwater, he had to dive into the sea and look with his own eyes. Now, while sitting on the boat, he could sense the scenery hundreds of meters beneath the surface.

It was a very wondrous feeling. Images of the underwater world appeared in his mind, while the things his eyes saw also appeared there at the same time.

At first, Ye Yuan found it somewhat difficult to adapt. In all his years, he had never experienced viewing two images at once. After a long period of adjustment, he gradually became accustomed to the feeling.

When he checked the time, it was already past midnight. He did not continue cultivating. Seeing the black grime that had seeped out of his body, he went to the bathroom to wash up, then lay down on the large bed and fell asleep.

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