Cultivation Begins with Skill Points
Chapter 330 - 329 New Moon Island

Chapter 330: Chapter 329 New Moon Island

In the blink of an eye, another two months had passed.

Despite the loss of two escort ships in succession, the giant ship continued its voyage without much impact.

Losing just two escort ships was a minor issue.

The journey over these two months had been fraught with danger, wind and rain, trials and tribulations, far from the smooth sailing imagined.

This made Zhong Lin increasingly grateful for meeting Chen Jia on the Xuan Gui Continent and reaching the Luoxing Islands through the Transmission Array.

If he had set out to sea by boat with his Spiritual Origin Realm cultivation at the time, the outcome would have been unimaginable.

It wouldn’t have been surprising if he hadn’t made it back alive halfway through.

This evening, the temperature suddenly plummeted.

Woo woo!

The sky was overcast with dense clouds, and soon heavy snow began to fall, fluttering like shattered jade poured from the heavens, covering the boundless sea.

A thick layer of pristine snow quickly gathered on the deck, a blanket of silver.

The cold permeated everywhere, as bead-sized drops of water condensed on the walls inside the cabin.

Pa!

A drop of water fell, and just as it was about to land between Zhong Lin’s eyebrows, he suddenly opened his eyes during his cultivation.

Pop!

With a crisp sound, the drop of water exploded.

Zhong Lin surveyed his surroundings; the entire room was filled with a stifling, cold, damp, oxygen-deprived atmosphere.

Releasing his Divine Soul sense, he then furrowed his eyebrows lightly.

"It’s snowing?"

Zhong Lin slowly got up, opened the door, and went out.

Coincidentally, in the corridor outside, an old man with a grey beard had just stepped out.

Upon seeing Zhong Lin, the grey-bearded old man hurriedly bowed with respect and said, "Greetings, Master Zhong."

This man was also among those who battled the Six-Eyed Flying Fish days ago and had witnessed Zhong Lin’s prowess. Naturally, he wouldn’t dare show any negligence in face of such a formidable figure.

Zhong Lin nodded, continued walking, while the grey-bearded old man quickly stepped aside, making way for Zhong Lin to proceed first.

In the world of Martial Artists, there was no respect for the old and love for the young; strength was supreme.

Moreover, a youthful appearance didn’t necessarily mean youth; it could very well belong to an old monster who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years.

Exiting the corridor and stepping onto the deck, he cast his eyes around; goose feather-like snow covered the sky and earth, beautiful as a painting.

The cold wind howled, chilling to the bone.

Zhong Lin exhaled a breath of white air, assessing that the temperature had surely dropped below twenty degrees Celsius.

And the further they went, the colder it became, as if the sea ahead was in a dreadfully frigid zone.

"Pill Master Zhong."

A figure swiftly approached from not far away, a hint of surprise in his voice.

"Chen Jian!"

It was indeed Chen Jian.

Zhong Lin wasn’t surprised; after all, whenever he came to the deck, Chen Jian was always the first person he encountered.

"Pill Master Zhong, you’ve come out?"

"Yes, craving movement in stillness, what’s going on here?"

"The fleet encountered a cold current, and the seawater has frozen," Chen Jian explained.

Zhong Lin also noticed the freezing temperatures had turned the seawater into a thick, endless layer of ice.

Icebound across a thousand miles.

Crack! Crack!

The giant ship continued on, soon colliding with the massive ice layer, producing loud sounds of ice-breaking.

Fortunately, much of the giant ship was made of steel; otherwise, the pressure from hitting such thick ice would be conceivable.

Not to mention, the ship’s speed plummeted, making progress extremely difficult.

Before long, the entire fleet was forced to halt; movement became nigh impossible.

"It seems we need to assemble an ice-breaking team to clear a path ahead," Zhong Lin frowned.

True enough!

Soon, Wu Xiangyi also appeared on the deck, ordering numerous Martial Artists to take turns breaking the ice.

As for Zhong Lin, he leisurely stood on the deck watching the others fervently break the ice.

After the last battle with the Sea Beasts, the person in charge of the giant ship’s convoy had already respectfully returned the ten thousand Spirit Stone ticket fare, adding tenfold more, obviously hoping for intervention in times of peril.

Thus, it went without saying that trivial work like ice-breaking wouldn’t be assigned to Zhong Lin.

Thunderous noises echoed continually, as the Martial Artists showcased their skills, feverishly attacking the ice layer, forcibly creating a hundred-meter-wide waterway.

After watching for a while from the deck, Zhong Lin returned to his room.

There wasn’t much to see; it was just a change from the monotonous sea to a different kind of scenery.

What he most desired now was to reach New Moon Island quickly. The sea voyage was exceedingly perilous; until he condensed a Xuandan, it wasn’t advisable to venture out.

Zhong Lin had traveled here, working hard to enhance his sense of security through cultivation. Had the resources in the Luoxing Islands not been so scarce, he might have aimed to achieve the Xuandan Realm before venturing forth.

Day by day passed...

In a flash, half a month had gone by.

This afternoon, the Vanguard Fleet received some good news.

They had passed through the ice layer.

The sea ahead was clear of ice; everyone finally beheld the seawater once more.

The arduous days for the ice-breaking team had also come to an end.

The giant ship rode the wind and waves, advancing into the ice-free sea, significantly increasing the speed of advancement.

Another month passed, and a black line of horizon came into view from afar.

Having navigated through the Endless Sea for half a year, land finally appeared.

New Moon Island, they had arrived.

"Senior brother, we’ve arrived."

Long Zhao’s face was full of excitement as he called out, pointing towards the distant New Moon Island.

A smile appeared on Zhong Lin’s face, as he quietly sighed in relief.

Finally, they had arrived.

The seas had truly offered little security; until he formed a Xuandan, he vowed never to return to the Luoxing Islands.

He certainly didn’t want to experience a six-month voyage back again.

"Senior brother, though New Moon Island is merely an island, it is a port open to the outside by the Heavenly Sea Country, and serves as a gigantic marketplace. Many Martial Artists who practice water attribute cultivation techniques come to this market to trade, buy what they need, and sell their treasures. Here, if one has enough Spirit Stones, almost anything can be bought.

Of course, this is somewhat exaggerated, but no one can deny the flourishing trade here."

Long Zhao exclaimed with excitement as the distant coastline came increasingly into view.

"Let’s go! Let’s fly directly over."

"Alright."

The two didn’t wait for the giant ship to dock, instead taking to the air towards the port.

Wu Xiangyi watched Zhong Lin’s departing silhouette, a hint of regret flashing in her eyes, possibly due to the thought of never seeing him again.

Swooping through the air, Zhong Lin looked down upon the entirety of New Moon Island.

From his vantage point, a massive island unfolded before him; due to the altitude, it was impossible to gauge the island’s full size, only feeling its immense magnitude.

The nearest location was a dock, with countless ships coming and going. A little further, in a vast expanse of sea, crowdedly anchored were numerous ships, even larger than the giant ship they had traveled on.