CHAPTER 2509  RAISING MORALE AND GIVING POINTERS

~ROAR~

The roar of a beast could be heard sweeping over the blue ocean before a red blur cut through it.

~SPLASH~

A massive splash happened, before a fifty meter long fish jumped out from it. The fish had long flat fins that had sharp barbs at the end while its tail was curved like a scimitar. Its yellow eyes darted around while its mouth tipped with sharp teeth opened menacingly. As soon as the fish appeared the red blur curved under it, cutting its belly in one go and ending its life.

~CLAMP~

And in the next second, five prosthetic arms grabbed the now dead fish and held it in the air. ~WHOOSH~

The red blur collected the fish and the hands before making its way back to a ship that was flying about ten kilometer from it.

"The Crimson Phantom is back!" A few people on the ship shouted.

~THUD~

The red blur became clear as it landed on the ship's deck, revealing that it was just Little Shrubby. "Oh! What did you catch this time!?" A white haired woman approached the beast. This was of course none other than Mei Nienzhen. ~Grrr

Little Shrubby growled lightly in response before withdrawing the fish.

~THUD~

"WHOA! Is that a Scimitar Tailed Tuna!?" Someone recognized.

"Damn, its even fully grown! We don't get this kinda fish back in the Empire." The people were surprised.

"Looks like today shall be Sliced Raw Tuna!" "YEAH!"

The people on the deck got quite excited.

"Good job." Mei Nienzhen said as she petted Little Shrubby's head. ~purr~

Little Shrubby let her do so as he had already gotten used to it. In the start Mei Nienzhen coaxed him using some treats, so Little Shrubby hunted down some fish to gift her. The woman was shocked seeing it and continued it until Little Shrubby's gifts could no longer be matched.

He would bring such a large amount of food, that pretty much everyone on the ship could eat it to their heart's content.

Of course the people were highly pleased by it and couldn't help but give some things to Little Shrubby too. To them, the Fish and other sea food that Little Shrubby hunted was highly valuable. It was something they couldn't easily get in the empire and would cost a fortune to get.

It was highly beneficial for them as these were all Immortal Beasts.

Little Shrubby's actions had helped build the morale of the people and the mission force had become a bit more cohesive now. They had been flying for about a month now and had gotten used to each other. It was important since they would be fighting together after all. "Is your master gonna eat with us?" Mei Nienzhen asked. ~Grrr~

Little Shrubby shook his head in response.

"I guess he's busy cultivating still." She let out a little sigh.

"It's inevitable. He's the one spearheading this entire operation." Lu Xu spoke upon approaching. "The responsibility on his head is the highest, even if there is Crown Prince and the others present with us." He added.

"True." Mei Nienzhen agreed.

"It is normal for them to cultivate." Chong Fa who was sitting on a chair at the back spoke. "We should be doing the same in fact." He added.

"Why aren't you cultivating then?" Lu Xu asked.

"I am." Chong Fa replied. "I'm sunning my hair."

"Huh?" His words weren't really the answer Lu Xu was looking for. "How does that even help?" he was confused.

"Sunlight is important for the strength of the Hair fibers. A normal person needs at least half an hour of sunlight for optimum health and people like us need even more." Chong Fa said in a very practiced manner. "When I cultivate with the sunlight, my hair grows even tougher." He added.

"I see… that's a very unique method." Lu Xu didn't know what else to say.

The Iron Pillar Mane arts of Chong Fa were really unusual in the first place. They didn't look that strong, but his fight in the tournament had proved everyone wrong. The rather strange technique had more applications than one could've thought.

"The Crown Prince and the other's are cultivating too. I don't think they can spare much time being free." Another voice was heard. It was a person dressed in the clothes of the Imperial Army's uniform.

"First lieutenant." Lu Xu recognized the man. "I suppose that's true even Childe Wildfire is calculating nonstop since joining us. Though… Why aren't you cultivating?" he asked looking at Mei Nienzhen.

"I can't cultivate here." Mei Nienzhen replied. "If I cultivate here, things would get tough for others." She added.

"Hmm… I've heard the cold arts of the Iridescence Peak are quite domineering when unleashed full, being able to turn an area into a frozen land." The First Lieutenant replied after thinking.

In response Mei Nienzhen simply nodded.

"Not being frozen is a good excuse I suppose." Lu Xu muttered. "And what about you?" Chong Fa finally asked. "Why are you not cultivating?" "Haha, I'm at a bottleneck." Lu Xu laughed. "Don't think I can do much about it in this time." He added.

"Why don't you go take advise from others?" The First Lieutenant suggested. "Theres no lack of experts atop the ship. There should be someone that can give you suitable advise." "I did want to ask Daoist Lin Mu, but I don't want to disturb him." Lu Xu said in a slightly sad tone.

"What advise do you need?" A voice was heard from above.

"Huh?" Everyone turned to look at the source.

"Speak of the Devil." Lu Xu was a bit surprised seeing that it was none other than Lin Mu there.

'Oh wouldn't you know.' Lin Mo said unheard to everyone other than Lin Mu.

Lin Mu ignored the voice in his head and simply focused on his allies for now.

"Did you finish cultivating?" Little Shrubby asked through his link.

"For a bit." Lin Mu answered. 'To think the materials would finally finish.' He had been focused on practicing the Omnicore Ascendancy Technique all this time.

He had been consuming all the materials he had gotten before leaving the city. There were some leftover from the Treasury Minister and Lin Mu had gotten more just before leaving as last minute supplies. He reckoned he needed all the preparation he'd need so he asked for even the more rare materials that were present in the Treasury.

But much to his surprise, the Treasury Minister had actually gathered more materials that Lin Mu had never consumed before or were even in his list. The man had guessed that there was some need that couldn't he told to others, so the minister commissioned his people to gather materials from all over the Dao Wind Continent.

This had given Lin Mu a nice stockpile of new materials to use that had lasted for this entire month. They had allowed him to grow his cores even more and they were bigger than before with the Earth Core and Fire Core becoming the biggest.

Both the cores were about the size of a quail egg now which could be considered a proper sized core. His Metal core was just a little bit smaller while his Wood core was about half the size. His Water Core lagged behind that while his Wind Core and the Lightning cores were still the smallest.

Having finished all the materials, Lin Mu reckoned it was time for him to assess the situation on the ship before he began cultivating again. This was when he picked up on the conversation that Lu Xu and the others were having.

"Would you be fine listening to my query?" Lu Xu asked. "Any pointers would be good." "Sure, ask away. I'll do my best." Lin Mu replied with confidence. Lu Xu still remembered the time when Lin Mu had given them a lesson before. It was one of the best lessons he had gotten and he had progressed a lot from it. While he might not be as talented in cultivation as most of his peers, Lin Mu's pointers had still allowed him to overcome that.

It was because of that, the man had managed to reach the Fourth Tribulation Stage of the Immortal Realm. This belongs to .

"It's like this…" Lu Xu began explaining the difficulty he was having in his cultivation. Essentially the man was unable to control his Qi well enough to reach the next level of his cultivating technique. Lin Mu simply asked the man to demonstrate and quickly found out the problem.

"The two meridians you are trying to use have become narrowed." Lin Mu sensed right away.

He then placed two of his fingers on Lu Xu's upper right back and released a stream of pure Metal elemental immortal Qi.

Lu Xu couldn't even resist it and it easily entered his body. The Qi reached the exact medians and basically scraped them from the inside, making the man tremble in pain.

"Try now." Lin Mu asked.

~HUALA~

"What the…" Lu Xu felt a surge of power within his body.

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