Chapter 746: 238. Dual cultivation practice

Five hours later, the Lost Sea Fog obscuring the sea surface dissipated.

Hadley Grant finished his meditation, entered the control room, and started the magical engine.

The Magic Yacht followed the Magic Mechanical Ship, heading towards the Charnel Family’s sea platform.

That sea platform was the one Noland Lee and Hadley Grant had seen when they entered the Starfall Sea Territory. It was located at the northernmost part of the Starfall Sea, and further north was the Open Sea area near the Suman Archipelago.

Noland Lee woke up from his sleep when the magic yacht started.

After tidying himself up, he went to the Magic Mechanical Ship to check on the three criminals, had a brief chat with the Acting Captain who had temporarily taken over command of the Patrol Team, and then returned to the Magic Yacht.

Hadley Grant was steering the ship in the control room.

Vipa sat on the floating seashells, looking bored at the sea surface outside the porthole.

To prevent her presence from being detected by others, Hadley Grant had intentionally activated the anti-detection array for the entire ship.

Although this would consume a lot of deep-sea magic power, Hadley Grant had done so anyway in order to protect the young mermaid lady.

Adhering to the principle of letting others know about his good deeds, Noland Lee informed Vipa of the cost of Hadley Grant’s activation of the anti-detection array.

Vipa yawned her thanks to Hadley Grant and gifted him a Level 3 Deep River Coral Stone.

Hadley Grant’s reaction to the Deep River Coral Stone was far greater than Noland Lee’s.

He had seen this item in the internal books of the Deep Sea Branch.

Now that he had obtained the real thing, he held it in his hand, exclaiming that the legend was true.

No wonder he was so shocked; the existence of the Deep River Coral Stone indeed went against the common sense of the magical world.

Wizards and alchemists alike adhered to the basic principle of energy conversion.

Both believed that the price to obtain a certain type of energy was to spend or consume another type of energy.

For instance, collecting mana from natural phenomena required the consumption of soul energy.

Each wizard, depending on their meditation method and the level of their magical items, would consume different amounts of soul energy when extracting mana.

But look at the Deep River Coral Stone.

What was consumed when it generated deep-sea magic power?

It seemed to be just seawater.

As long as it was soaked in seawater and absorbed moisture, it could stably produce deep-sea magic power.

The extraordinary principle behind this was enough to fascinate every deep-sea wizard and make them devote a lot of time to studying it.

After listening to Vipa’s account of the Deep River Merfolk Tribe last night, Noland Lee had only one idea:

In the future, he must visit Burdensome Isle.

Ah yes, it is to visit Burdensome Isle, not the stronghold of the Deep River Merfolk Tribe.

Because both merfolk and sea monsters held extraordinary items that could stably produce deep-sea magic power.

The Deep River Merfolk had Deep River Coral Stones, while the sea monsters on Burdensome Isle likely had another type of seabed rock.

Considering the decent nature of the merfolk, who could generally be regarded as a benevolent faction, Noland Lee did not intend to extend the “magic theft” to them.

On the other hand, Noland Lee had no psychological burden in targeting the Dread Sail wizards on Burdensome Isle. Naturally, he would not feel any guilt in plundering the seabed rocks producing deep-sea magic power there.

This plan might take a long time to carry out.

Before that, Noland Lee needed to prepare the items necessary to kill a Tenth-Ring Wizard instantly.

Noland Lee did the math.

To execute the plan to kill a Tenth-Ring Wizard instantly, he needed to prepare ten million gold coins, at least one hundred million Energy Points, and one hundred thousand Soul Strength Points.

He currently had more than 3.7 million gold coins, 18 million Energy Points, and more than 10,000 Soul Strength Points, far from reaching the goal.

For gold coins, he could earn them quickly through bounty tasks and arrest warrants.

As for Energy Points, Noland Lee planned to make up for the shortage by using the Deconstruction Sea.

With his current gold coins and Energy Points, Noland Lee was ready to implement part of his plan.

Once he returned to the Suman Archipelago, he planned to start high-intensity training, consuming his gold coins and Energy Points.

The most troublesome aspect was Soul Strength.

In the budgetary plan for gold coins and Energy Points, a significant portion was allocated by Noland Lee for the cultivation of his meditation method. Resources could be saved and used in a virtuous cycle.

Soul Strength was different.

Out of the 100,000 points of Soul Strength budget, at least 90,000 points were intended for conversion into elemental energy by Noland Lee.

Otherwise, the elemental energy reactor’s thunder and lightning energy output speed and capacity would not meet the requirements to kill a Tenth-Ring Wizard instantly.

But where could he raise nearly 90,000 points of Soul Strength?

After considering it over and over, if Noland Lee could not make a breakthrough in his attack, he could only pin his hopes on the Dread Sail wizards.

Time passed as the Magic Yacht sailed.

About 13 hours later, the Magic Yacht and Magic Mechanical Ship arrived at the sea platform.

Noland Lee had previously informed Janelle Thompson of the Island Affairs Department about his capture of the criminals via a letter. She contacted the sea platform and arranged for the transfer of the criminals.

Noland Lee supervised the Patrol Wizards as they escorted the criminals into prison cells and took away the metal balls from them. Then he followed Hadley Grant on the journey to the Suman Archipelago.

Another five hours passed.

After nightfall, the Magic Yacht received a special passage permit from the Deep Sea Branch and directly entered the Core Circle, stopping at the merfolk habitat arranged by the Deep Sea Branch.

Selena placed great importance on Vipa, the mermaid lady. She had the potential to become the bridge of communication between the Deep Sea Branch and the Deep River Merfolk Tribe.