Chapter 239: Captain Hai Dafu
Wu Xian smiled knowingly, his intent stirring slightly as the Dragon King of the East Sea emerged by his side.
Unlike the previous summoning of the Dragon Lord, this time because they were at sea, the Dragon Lord triggered anomalies in the Endless Sea Region upon appearing.
It seemed the entire sea area was welcoming the arrival of this ocean sovereign.
“Tsk~ The feeling of returning home is just different, huh~!” Wu Xian couldn’t help but tease.
Xue Zhengying stared fixedly at the Dragon Lord, shocked speechless, “This this this…”
“Feeling it?” Wu Xian asked with a smile.
“More than feeling it—this feeling is spot on!” Xue Zhengying’s voice trembled slightly.
Good grief, wasn’t this exactly the conception that the Scroll Painter of the Sea Demon Dragon had pursued his entire life?
In his view, the starting point of Wu Xian’s work before him had already reached the endpoint that the Sea Demon Dragon had chased back then.
“That’s good.”
Wu Xian was highly satisfied and began sweeping through the Endless Sea Region alongside Xue Zhengying.
Now the Dragon King of the East Sea was only three-and-a-half star, so the top priority was naturally to level up the Dragon Lord.
Though only three-and-a-half star, it had no trouble handling the monsters in this sea area.
Boom! Boom!
The Sea-Shaking Giant Beast thrashed, stirring up massive waves layer upon layer, startling countless sea monsters.
As the Dragon Lord’s aura unleashed, the sea instantly turned to wind and rain; with a casual wave of his hand, the layers of massive waves surged and twisted, slaughtering the numerous Sea Race small monsters.
Nearby【Fish Gill Marshal】 was responsible for collecting the souls of the Sea Race small monsters.
Xue Zhengying grew more and more alarmed watching from the side, “No way, this Dragon Lord has to be matched for this brother no matter what! With him, this brother could recover at least sixty percent of his former strength, even higher!”
“Let’s talk about it after we get back this time—after all, the materials aren’t easy to obtain,” Wu Xian said.
“What level of materials are needed?” Xue Zhengying asked solemnly, breathing rapidly.
“What? Hunt them now?” Wu Xian was inevitably a bit dazed.
Xue Zhengying said without hesitation: “Exactly, this brother can’t wait!”
Wu Xian was amused but helpless, though on second thought, it didn’t conflict with their mission this time.
They had to kill monsters to level up anyway, so gathering some materials on the side and making a【authorized original copy】 of the Dragon Lord wouldn’t be an issue.
It was just that the Dragon Lord’s material requirements were quite high, not easy to obtain.
Unless they luckily found a decent sea dragon-form large monster, and it had to be at least commander-level, with a level that wasn’t too low.
“It’s probably tough here, but the third stop later will enter the true Endless Sea Region otherworld—then we can try our luck,” Xue Zhengying pondered.
Then the entire day passed.
The two nearly turned the surrounding sea area upside down, while the Sea-Shaking Giant Beast kept diving into the deep sea, searching for prey.
Unknowingly, the Dragon Lord had already been promoted to four-and-a-half star, on the verge of five-star.
Such heaven-defying upgrade efficiency shocked even Wu Xian.
He could only say he had underestimated the prestige and tier of the Dragon Lord in the Endless Sea Region.
During this time, Wu Xian also took the chance to feel the changes in his own strength.
It was similarly much stronger than he had expected.
Ordinary small monsters of a dozen levels were no match for him at all; one chop of the Laurel Branch and they fell silently.
After all, this was just Binhai City’s Dimensional Control Zone, not the true Endless Sea Region—the monsters’ levels were really subpar.
Not long after, the Dragon Lord successfully upgraded to five-star.
Feeling this efficiency, before the BOSS contest, reaching seven stars wasn’t impossible.
Only now did he understand why high-tier scroll paintings generally didn’t need users to provide sustenance for upgrades.
With the Dragon Lord’s dominance in the Endless Sea Region, improving the Painted Spirit Level was as easy as eating and drinking, slaughtering wildly.
Back on the【Tianhong Hao】 cruise ship, the other Spirit Tamer adventurers had already returned, happily discussing their gains today.
But Wu Xian and Xue Zhengying couldn’t be described merely as returning fully loaded.
In the cabin guest room, Wu Xian inventoried the Oceanic Materials in his Qiankun Bag; with nothing else to do, he started synthesizing some ocean system Law-related Divine Power Factors right there on the spot, preparing for making the Dragon Lord authorized original copy later.
This left Xue Zhengying stunned, “Impressive, Little Wu—you’ve even mastered Third Uncle’s craft?”
“Still learning, far from Third Master.”
“That’s still impressive,” Xue Zhengying exclaimed with admiration.
Come to think of it, Third Uncle had specially tried teaching him this craft back then because of his special physique.
Unfortunately, his sensitivity to Law Power was more like an “instinct” and couldn’t serve as a cheat for this craft.
In the end, it came to nothing.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The sudden knock on the door made the two furrow their brows.
Upon opening the door, they found it was the old crew member who had sold them the tickets earlier.
“You two, Captain requests your presence,” the old crew member said quite respectfully, his eyes revealing some shock.
No helping it—they had clearly seen the two stirring up waves in the surrounding sea area today from afar, especially that dragon-headed human-bodied Gold Scroll with its innate ocean Divine Might, which had left them dumbfounded.
At this moment, in the eyes of those few old crew members, Wu Xian and the other were already god-like existences.
In a word: even the top-tier ocean system Sacred Spirits of Shenglin Dojo were no more than this.
“Captain?” Wu Xian was inevitably surprised.
Then, led by the old crew member, they arrived at the Tianhong Hao’s main control room, where the internal decoration and furnishings were extremely luxurious.
One could only say the captain of such a large cruise ship had quite a substantial foundation.
“Brother Xue, long time no see.”
The captain gestured for the people beside him to withdraw, then stood to welcome them.
Xue Zhengying sized up the captain and gradually recognized this old acquaintance from the past, “You’re… Hai Dafu?”
“Never thought Brother Xue still remembered a little character like me,” Hai Dafu teased, gesturing for the two to sit, filled with emotion: “Tsk tsk, I heard the news of Brother Xue’s return earlier and thought it was some rumor—didn’t expect it to be real.”
“You’ve… inherited the family business?” Xue Zhengying asked with anomaly.
Hai Dafu spread his hands in self-deprecation, “No choice, couldn’t compete with those demons and ghosts in the league, never had any standout achievements, so could only go back and inherit the family business.”
“I remember you were pretty good back then?” Xue Zhengying was puzzled.
“Talent too one-dimensional,” Hai Dafu sighed helplessly, “Only able to strut around at sea.”
After some reminiscing and small talk, Wu Xian gradually figured out the situation of this Captain Hai Dafu.
A former league player, unfortunately his talent was too skewed toward ocean system scroll paintings— the type specialized in one area, extremely high talent for ocean system scroll paintings but lacking in other types.
In short, his hero pool was too narrow, hard to climb up in the alliance.
Finally, in the casual chat, Hai Dafu got to the main point.
That’s right, Hai Dafu was coming for the Dragon Lord.
He had originally just sent his men to keep an eye on the two’s situation, then got dragged over by his startled subordinates and personally witnessed the terrifying power of the Dragon Lord.
If he had had such a Gold Scroll back then, even with one-dimensional talent, he could still have climbed to a certain height in the alliance system.
Unfortunately, now over fifty, with a large group of brothers under him, he no longer had the hot blood and drive of his youth.
But even so, the Dragon Lord still made his blood boil.
“What? That scroll painting is this little brother’s work?”
After learning that the young man before him was the original creator of the Dragon Lord, Hai Dafu was shocked enough.
After a bout of shock and emotion, Hai Dafu said solemnly: “Master Xiao Wu, name your price—Hai Mou definitely won’t undervalue your Gold Scroll; on this point, Brother Xue should understand.”
“Old Hai’s talent for ocean system scroll paintings is indeed unmatched,” Xue Zhengying nodded with a smile: “But after all, it’s our Underworld Club’s special commissioned Gold Scroll—not just anyone qualifies to request it.”
“You two needn’t worry about that,” Hai Dafu smiled knowingly: “Hai Mou still has some influence in Binhai City; though past league age, in sea area trade, I can still bring quite a bit of help to your club.”
