On one of the huge islands and reefs, which are hundreds of feet tall, there is only a small bare rocky mountain, and there are some scattered seaweed around it, which has also been plucked out.
In the originally flat rocky mountain, caves appeared one after another. The caves appeared tortuous and even formed high and low levels. This was to prevent seawater from entering the cave entrance and flooding the entire inside.
Every time it rained, the monks would squeeze into caves to take shelter, and only came out for activities after the rain stopped.
As for drinking fresh water, it is not a problem for the monks. They can collect a lot of water by casting a few water spells.
This morning, a burst of dark clouds suddenly came over, and a shower fell within a few dozen miles of the Kraken Island.
The monks cursed the bad weather and squeezed into the cave to take shelter.
When the rain stopped in the afternoon, the eight city lords, including City Lord Gao and City Lord Min, bent their waists and drilled out the largest cave. Without bothering to tidy up their appearance, they ordered their monks to go fishing near the reef.
Because there are too many captive monks here, they are not allowed to spend a lot of energy on hunting.
Hearing the shouts, many monks immediately walked out and plunged into the nearby sea to drive away the fish. On the shore, there were monks who continued to cast spells to hunt the fish.
After more than half a month, they have become quite proficient in hunting sea fish, which is an unexpected blessing.
More than ten miles away, there are often two or three Ye Village warships cruising, monitoring this unknown reef island. Those under "house arrest" here are all the captured city lords and monks of the Ten Village Alliance.
Some brave monks tried to escape by swimming back to the fairy village from the sea water.
When the monks on Ye's ship saw this, they didn't stop them, they just watched from a distance.
Soon, those brave monks swam in the sea for more than a few miles and encountered a large group of sea saury fish. They almost lost their lives and finally escaped back.
The monks on Ye's ship laughed heartily when they saw this.
After several times, no monk dared to try such a dangerous move again.
In the sea, a monk who is good at water spells may easily kill a few sea saury fish, but the frenzied siege of dozens or hundreds of sea saury fish will still make them miserable.
No monk in the Qi training stage can cross hundreds of miles of sea and return to their fairy village.
Although the conditions on this reef are very poor, at least there is no danger to life.
The monks could only move a few hundred feet near the reef, throwing all kinds of sea fish of different sizes onto the shore, and divided them into small teams of varying numbers to handle the sea fish respectively.
The monks who knew fire spells took turns casting fire spells to grill the fish.
The flames generated by the spell were extremely hot. The monks took turns grilling the fish, but they were also able to grill the sea fish, and finally had cooked food.
What makes the city lords dissatisfied is that there is no seasoning here. During the scorching sun at noon, they poured seawater on the rocks and dried it to get some white salt. Now they feel nauseated when they smell the fish.
Unless you are so hungry that your chest touches your back, you will not be able to swallow the fish.
The monks in each village were busy thinking of various ways to cook the grilled fish in new ways. After trying for a long time, few people started to eat it officially.
"Look, there is a light sea ship in the distance, it seems to be coming towards us."
A monk was grilling fish. He raised his head and looked around and suddenly said.
"It must be Ye Cun's ship. I want to come over and see if we can escape. This sea area has long been controlled by Ye Cun's ship. No one can get here except Ye Cun's ship."
A few monks turned their heads and took a look, disapprovingly, and continued grilling their fish.
Most of the monks are very calm and concentrate on doing their own things.
When they first arrived on the island, they would be very excited when they saw the ships from Ye's Ling Island appearing, thinking that Ye Mo was coming to negotiate with them.
But after more than half a month, and being disappointed again and again, these people have completely given up, and now their hearts are as calm as water.
Ye's Fairy Village had no intention of letting them leave.
The monk who discovered the ship also felt bored. He looked down at a grilled sea fish in his hand, took a deep breath, took a bite with his eyes closed, chewed it briefly a few times, and swallowed it whole.
"This ship doesn't seem to be passing by, it's coming over."
After a while, someone shouted in surprise.
This time, everyone was finally alerted and looked towards the light ship, only to see the ship heading straight towards the reef where they were.
“Finally here”
"Damn it, I thought someone named Ye planned to keep us prisoner!"
"How is this possible? We are worth a lot of 'spiritual stones.' How could he be willing to imprison us all the time?"
The ship slowly approached, and some sharp-eyed monks even saw Ye Mo standing on the bow deck with some Ye Cun monks wearing red fire sword armor.
The city lords immediately threw away the sea fish and cheered up.
The water near the island is shallow, and the ship stopped thirty feet away from the reef.
Ye Mo was not worried about being hijacked. All the monks on the ship were equipped with full sets of spirit sword armor, and those "captives" with bare hands were no match at all.
Besides, after being hungry for more than half a month, the tough guy no longer has the energy to fight.
The eight city lords led their men to the edge of the reef, looking eagerly at Ye Mo at the bow of the ship, but they didn't know what to say for a moment. Ye Mo must have come to negotiate with them, but they couldn't say anything to beg for mercy.
Ye Mo stood on the deck, glanced at City Lord Min and the others, and said with a smile: "Everyone, City Lords, I have prepared spiritual rice, fresh vegetables and spiritual animal meat for everyone. I will send people to the island to finish it first. Let's finish it first."
Let’s talk again
When the city lords and the monks under them heard this, their stomachs growled in dismay.
A small boat, with the eager anticipation of all the captives, was lowered from the ship, carrying a large amount of fragrant spirit wine beast meat and sailed to the reef.
The monks couldn't help but ran to where the boat docked.
"You guys stand back, how can I get ashore if there is no room? No need to squeeze, there is enough food, everyone has a share," shouted a monk from Yecun who was operating the boat.
These words immediately made the city lords and monk prisoners on the reef blush.
Shameful enough
However, you can't blame them for this.
Whoever lives on this island for more than half a month and eats fishy fish every day, fish meat that is white and fishy, without even a little seasoning, is probably more careless about their image than they are.
The Yecun monk went ashore and took out buckets of food, plates of porcelain bowls and chopsticks.
The city lords and their monks were given the food, and they consciously stepped aside and ate like crazy. The whole island could only hear the sound of chewing and praising.
On the ship, Ye Mo, Chang Fei, Gao Jian, Tunu Wuwei and other followers were all stunned.
"It's only been half a month and you're so hungry?"
Mo Ling felt sympathy, covered her mouth and whispered.
"Whoever asked them to join forces to attack our fairy village deserves it"
Wang Hu held back his laughter.
The eight city lords ate and drank enough, rested for a while, and then were invited one after another to board Ye's ship to discuss the ransom with Ye Mo.
After being defeated and taken prisoner, paying a ransom is a matter of course.
As soon as they talked about spiritual stones, the eight city lords immediately regained their energy and became shrewd. They bargained fiercely with Chang Fei.
It took a whole day to agree on the ransom. The eight city lords, depending on the severity of the crime and the number of monks under their command, would each pay between 10,000 and 20,000 spiritual stones to redeem their freedom.
This was the second time that City Lord Min instigated other fairy villages to oppose Ye Village, and violated the agreement first, spending the maximum amount of 20,000 spirit stones before he was allowed to return.
The delivery of the spirit stones also took time. It was not until five days later that the confidants sent back by the city lords gradually brought the ransom to Ye's Fairy Village.
"I didn't sign an agreement with you. If you want to continue to take revenge, don't hold back. Even if you fail, the ransom for the next defeat will be far from the amount just now."
After Ye Mo received the ransom, he sent the city lords away and said with a smile.
The eight city lords all looked ugly and had different thoughts as they boarded the fast boat sent by Ye Mo and left in embarrassment.
After the eight city lords returned, they all temporarily settled down and did not even go out to sea easily. The sea area truly calmed down.
They paid a large amount of spiritual stone ransom, which has hindered the development of their respective fairy villages. It has become impossible to challenge Ye's fairy village in a short period of time.
At this time, Ye's Fairy Village has become completely powerful, occupying fifteen sub-islands, and has received more than 100,000 spiritual stones from each fairy village in ransom. The casual cultivators are flocking to it, and the nine surrounding fairy villages have been unable to recover.
The affairs of Ye's Fairy Village are unfolding in an orderly manner. Although a large amount of technology has been purchased, it will take a lot of time for the monks to become proficient.
Ye Mo had fewer things to do.
Ye Mo planned to take advantage of this period of leisure to visit other fairy villages in the Aolai Islands.
There are 360 new fairy villages in the entire Aolai Islands with a radius of thousands of miles. There are only ten fairy villages in the surrounding thousands of miles, which is only a small part.
He wanted to see how other powerful fairy villages were developing.
The pier of Yip's Fairy Village.
Several small fishing boats are sailing back to the port from a distance, and some fishing boats are preparing to set sail. These boats are half the size of light armored warships, can only carry a dozen people, and are not equipped with combat weapons such as copper cannons.
This small fishing boat is the main means of transportation for casual cultivators to travel between fairy villages and hunt sea monsters.
The Aolai islands are not far from each other, and the wind and waves are not too big. Taking this kind of small boat is enough.
Ye Mo was dressed in plain clothes as a casual cultivator and wore a bamboo hat to cover his head. He took Ah Shui, one of the Tunu Guards, with him, mixed with more than a dozen casual cultivators, and boarded a small fishing boat moored at the pier.
He planned to visit various fairy villages as a casual cultivator so that he could see more things.
This fishing boat plans to go to a Shen's Fairy Village thousands of miles away. It starts in the morning and can arrive there in about a day.
This fairy village did not participate in the previous battles and was at peace with Ye's fairy village.
Ye Mo got on the fishing boat, got into the cabin, and found a quiet place to sit down.
There were more than a dozen casual cultivators on the fishing boat. Counting Ye Mo and Ah Shui, there were only two mid-term cultivators.
The others were all in the early stages of Qi training. They were dressed in different styles and sat together with familiar companions, chatting in low voices.
As soon as Ye Mo and Ah Shui found an empty seat and sat down, they heard the captain of the ship yelling outside the cabin.
"Everyone, sit down and let the boat sail."
The boss of the ship, a middle-aged man in his forties with a beard, untied the rope tied to the shore, used the winch to pull up the anchor, and set sail out of the port.
The fishing boat left the pier, turned a large arc on the sea, and sailed towards Shen's Fairy Village.
There were casual monks on the boat, some were chatting in low voices, and some were meditating with their eyes closed.
After half an hour, everyone in the cabin became familiar with each other and started talking more and more.