Chapter 877 - 682: Red Star Shines
Under the sea, shadows flickered.
Groups of Tiger Whale Demon Race swam back and forth, using their strong bodies to push large chunks of ore, transporting them near the sea surface.
On the transport ships, cultivators were already prepared.
They cast out specially crafted robust buffalo tendon nets, shouted in unison, and worked together to haul up the heavy, dark metallic ores from the sea and load them onto the deck.
Nowadays, on Starlight Island, a complete deep-sea Profound Gold industry chain has taken shape.
From ore purification, smelting, refining, to forging and molding, each step is closely linked.
These gifts from the deep sea were eventually forged into standardized shields, long swords, spears, and suits of armor, all neatly displayed in prominent positions in various shops on Starlight Island.
These high-quality Tier Two magical treasures were particularly popular among Gold Element Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Golden Body Realm Body Refining Masters.
Holding a Starlight Island residency allows a 5% discount on purchases, adding even more attraction.
With the arrival of a large number of Body Refining Masters from the Long Family of Golden Dragon Island, a wave of body refining fervor swept across Starlight Island.
These Long Family members established multiple body refining workshops across the island, specifically teaching the Long Family’s Body Refining Techniques.
Upon their arrival, they quickly enjoyed themselves thoroughly and didn’t think of leaving.
The women here were vastly different from those on Golden Dragon Island.
With tender skin, soft-spoken voices, and shy, coquettish eyes, their reserved charm was an eye-opener for the Long Family members used to bold island women.
It’s undeniable: the more demure the woman, the more men are attracted.
Then there’s the food.
Body Refining Masters expend a lot of energy and often go hungry, unable to eat their fill or eat well.
Starlight Island is rich in spiritual food, offering much more than just seafood.
A wide variety of spirit vegetables and fruits, along with meticulously cooked demon beast meats, filled the air with enticing aromas, making the Long Family members salivate, only regretting they didn’t have enough money to indulge fully.
Over a hundred Long Family members, the majority followed Chu Duanlang and others onto the sea ships, resuming their old jobs as sailors.
But soon, some quick-witted members discovered another way to earn spirit stones.
Opening body refining academies.
Starlight Island has a large number of secular mortals without spirit roots, many of whom are close relatives of cultivators.
Without spirit roots, they couldn’t cultivate spiritual power, but they could refine their bodies!
The Long Family members only needed to teach some basic elements of their family’s body refining techniques to earn significant tuition fees.
Once a student mastered the entry-level body refining, they became physically strong, greatly increasing their survival ability, enough to mix among Low-Tier Cultivators and help with many miscellaneous tasks.
Those with outstanding talent or perseverance could condense a Golden Body and step into the ranks of Tier Two Cultivators equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Stage, thus changing their fate entirely.
As body refining thrived, the female cultivators on the island remained active.
With deeper cooperation with the Sea Race, various farms sprouted like mushrooms.
Anyway, Starlight Island would purchase at a fair price the sea plants, large seaweeds, planktonic demon insects, and fish and shrimp seedlings they cultivated.
These farming tasks have low technical barriers, primarily consuming time and effort, but they offer stable spirit stone income.
Perhaps not a large number, but they were reliable and steady.
Being able to earn spirit stones with their own hands, these female cultivators stood taller, with more confidence and radiance in their demeanor.
The entire Starlight Island brimmed with vibrant energy, becoming increasingly prosperous and thriving.
Naturally, the value of Starlight Island residency skyrocketed, becoming ever more precious.
A Starlight Island residency was a golden ticket.
No matter how tough life was.
As long as one was willing to work, the basic resources could be obtained.
"Execution line" threats didn’t exist for those with a Starlight Island residency.
For those who lost work ability.
Merely possessing a Starlight Island residency meant special cultivation influences would extend an olive branch, identifying specific individuals to marry or form bonds as sworn brothers, providing livelihood compensation.
Of course, the various benefits enjoyed by Starlight Island residency could be shared with those cultivation influences.
The third major event was the alliance between Starlight Island and Golden Dragon Island.
The dozen Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Long Family of Golden Dragon Island were well-received on Starlight Island.
Shen Xuan, upon Qin Yuehan’s suggestion, arranged for them to join the Law Enforcement Team.
These individuals cultivated both spirit body and spiritual power, possessing strength superior to ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Additionally, without having complex social connections on the island, they were relatively simple-minded and obedient.
In just two or three years, they were doing very well, receiving numerous olive branches from various cultivation clans.
Most of them married Qi Cultivation female cultivators with spirit roots as Taoist companions.
Moreover, two particularly attractive ones even married Foundation Establishment Realm female cultivators.
Even the Long Family’s Golden Body Realm youths without spirit roots were quite popular in the marriage market.
However, there was a strict condition for their marriage.
The women had to have spirit roots.
This was a clan rule set by Long Family Elder Long Zhi, which no one dared to defy.
The Long Family youths didn’t expect Golden Body Realm Body Refining Masters to be so sought after on Starlight Island.
Top-quality women with Middle-Grade Spirit Roots or above, aspiring to reach Foundation Establishment, were naturally out of reach.
But among those with ordinary qualifications, with lower and even inferior spirit roots, there were nonetheless many beautiful ones from well-established cultivation clans willing to marry down.
Upon reflection, this made sense.
Though Golden Body Realm Body Refining Masters were no match for Foundation Establishment Cultivators, compared to Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators, they were several times stronger in both strength and spirit stone earning capability.
This is how the Long Family youths successfully took root on Starlight Island, branching out and flourishing.