Ma Yue comes from a past life. The Ancient Vine Scripture contains a wealth of knowledge about immortal cultivation. During the heyday of immortal cultivation, many cultivators had mounts. Of course, only demonic beasts could be used as mounts. Demonic beasts are at least faster than humans, making them suitable as mounts.
Some cultivators raise their spirit beasts from infancy, becoming quite close to them. However, as we've already mentioned, demon beasts generally have very long lifespans, far beyond the reach of human cultivators. Raising a spirit beast from infancy is also quite challenging; how could you possibly be so lucky to have adopted a suitable spirit beast from infancy?
Spiritual beasts like Wangcai, who was raised by Ma Yue since childhood, are extremely rare.
So, where do most cultivators' spirit beast mounts come from? Powerful human cultivators rely on their immense strength to defeat demon beasts (those with lower cultivation levels than themselves). Then, using some sort of talisman, spell, or even confinement method like poisonous insects, they control the demon beasts, forcing them to become the cultivators' mounts.
The angry spirit horse heard Ma Yue say the word "confinement" and stopped biting the dead man and looked at Ma Yue. This spirit horse was really spiritual.
"Let me take a look. This old man's cultivation is higher than mine. I may not be able to remove the restraints on you." Ma Yue said.
"Cheetu!" The spirit horse came over obediently, without spitting this time.
Ma Yue had had many close encounters with this spirit horse; he had ridden on its back for at least ten days. Despite his sensitivity, he hadn't noticed anything unusual about the spirit horse, suggesting that even if the spirit horse was restrained, it was a very sophisticated one.
Although this spirit horse is not his own spirit beast, he has been with it for a while after all. He should help as much as he can.
Ma Yue touched the spirit horse's head and explored it with his spiritual consciousness, starting from the horse's head, very carefully.
Is the restraint imposed by King Wu really that powerful? Not necessarily. The strength required to subdue this spirit horse is not very high. After all, this spirit horse's cultivation is only at the warrior level.
Ma Yue's spiritual consciousness was exploring carefully. The horse's head was the key. According to the records in the "Ancient Vine Sutra", most of the restrictions on spiritual beasts were on the head, so that the deterrent effect on spiritual beasts would be the greatest.
No?
Ma Yue continued to explore with his spiritual consciousness. The resolution of the spiritual consciousness of a martial artist at this level was extremely high.
"Damn it! This old guy is so cruel!" Finally found it, actually... in the dantian of the spirit horse.
The Dantian is the foundation of immortal cultivators and demon beasts. How can a spirit horse cultivate after you've tampered with it? No wonder the spirit horse hates the dead so much.
Although it is a bit hidden, it is easier to find than the hidden spiritual roots.
"Don't worry, the owner is dead. It's just a little ownerless poisonous insect. I can help you deal with it." What is a poisonous insect? Even in the previous life, poisonous insects existed. Ma Yue followed the master in his previous life and personally experienced an operation to eliminate poisonous insects.
That time, because the owner of the insect was still alive, it was very difficult and the master craftsman had to use a lot of internal energy to finally get it done.
Ma Yue's spiritual consciousness quickly locked onto the nearly transparent poisonous insect hidden in the spiritual horse's dantian. The poisonous insect felt the power of the spiritual consciousness... That's right, once the spiritual consciousness of the immortal cultivator becomes substantial, it can even trigger a battle of spiritual consciousness competition.
Ma Yue has already reached the martial arts master level, and his spiritual consciousness has materialized (although the degree is very low), so it is not a big problem.
Fortunately! This insect's cultivation was not high. Facing the materialized attack of the powerful martial artist-level spiritual consciousness, and without the remote control assistance of its master, it was quickly crushed by Ma Yue's spiritual consciousness and disappeared into thin air.
"Okay, it's okay. There are only some impurities left. You can slowly digest them with your internal energy. Haha!" Ma Yue felt tired after using his spiritual sense for a short time. He patted the spirit horse's head and lay down on the spirit gathering bed. He needed to rest.
After running for ten days and going through all this trouble, it’s not enough to just meditate to recover. Only sleeping is the best way to restore your mental strength.
After all, even a martial artist at the level of a cultivator is still a low-level cultivator and needs sleep.
This time, the spirit horse did not disturb Ma Yue's sleep, and Ma Yue slept until he woke up naturally, which was a rare occasion.
The Spirit Gathering Bed is a precious spiritual weapon, so Ma Yue naturally put it into his own space bag.
"Hey, hey...it's such a long way, you have to take me back."
"Damn it! So ungrateful!" Ma Yue looked depressed as he watched the spirit horse running away happily.
Fortunately, there's a spirit ship in the space bag. Okay, a spirit ship sailing along the coast is more comfortable than riding a horse, right? Is the spirit horse so great? So what if it can't survive without you? Ha!
"Wangcai! Let's go!" Not far away was the cliff-like seaside, and Ma Yue jumped down with Wangcai in his hand.
The spirit boat is still more comfortable. Wangcai likes to fiddle with the steering wheel of the spirit boat. Ma Yue lies comfortably on the spirit boat, it feels like a cradle, much better than being on horseback.
As long as there is enough power from spirit stones, the spirit boat will not get tired. In theory, the speed of the spirit boat is faster than that of a spirit horse.
"Goddamn it!" The people of Haifan City were already accustomed to their own spiritual cultivators coming and going in small spiritual boats. Was it strange that Ma Yue came back from the sea in a small spiritual boat, braving the wind and waves? Spiritual cultivators, after all, were supposed to be this magical, right?
The coastal trade zone of Haifan City is already bustling with activity. Many tribes have established trading posts here, with ready-made log cabins, which is very convenient. The climate here is pleasant, and there's no freezing period yet. Living here is comfortable, isn't it?
Haifan City is not collecting taxes for this commercial zone for the time being, so it's fine to stay there for free. If you want to eat something, you can find it yourself. Food is always precious and can't be free.
"Charlatan!" The three priests were busy.
"Why are there so many people in the commercial district?" The commercial district was the original shantytown in Haifan City. After the construction of Stone City, it was basically vacant. The wooden houses in the middle were demolished to make way for roads. However, most of the wooden houses remained.
Ma Yue had only been away for over half a month, and it seemed that most of the log cabins in the trading area were occupied. How many people were there? More than three to five thousand people.
"You don't collect taxes, so these guys see that there is an advantage and refuse to leave, so more and more people come. Don't you see that there are also many sailing ships on the coast, who stay here and make a living by fishing." The third priest also felt that he was at a disadvantage, but was the policy set by Ma Yue?
"Can you make a living by fishing?" Ma Yue asked curiously.
"Not so good, they're better fishermen than us. Those who can't make ends meet work as laborers at our docks. Aren't our northern and southern branches laying the foundation for the future Stone City? We need a lot of limestone ore..."
I see. It seems like there were quite a few laborers like this at the docks in my previous life. Work? Everything requires labor. Haifan City is no longer hiring, so it seems like 20,000 to 30,000 people is a lot, and there's a lot of work to be done.
Grazing, farming, shipping, transporting coal, making pottery, boiling salt, naturally composting and fermenting feces, making tools and weapons... even weaving ropes requires a lot of labor. No one, regardless of gender, age or status, is idle, right?
"Alright, it's not easy. Since this can solve a lot of labor problems for our Sea Tribe, let's do it this way for now." After everyone is driven away, won't the Sea Tribe have to provide the work themselves? Can they handle it?
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