That day, Chen Mobai was sitting in his seat, eyes closed, cultivating his mind and spirit.

Suddenly, a violent tremor came, causing his body to sway involuntarily.

“What’s going on?”

All the cultivators on the ship stood up and walked to the window.

“There’s a group of water snake monsters attacking us. We may need your help.”

Two cultivators from the Liu family walked in, speaking solemnly to them.

Then, they went to the Qi Refining cultivators with higher cultivation levels on the ship. In a short while, one of them came to Chen Mobai.

“Brother Chen, would you be willing to help? We will refund your fare for this trip.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai immediately nodded.

He understood the principle of shared honor and shared disgrace.

If the ship capsized now, it would be difficult for him to survive in the vast Dream Swamp, and he would probably have to flee back to the Immortal Gate.

Inside the cabin, out of the twelve late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, ten followed the Liu family cultivators onto the deck.

Chen Mobai glanced at the two who didn’t come out. One seemed to be injured, his face pale, and the other was He Qun, who had lost an arm and was severely injured.

“Everyone, please stand on both sides of the cabin. Our ice-breaking ship, jointly produced by Liu Jia Mountain and Han Mountain Peak, can resist both spells and physical attacks from monsters. However, the power source requires medium-grade spirit stones to operate. I only have a few left. To avoid further trouble, we need to find an opportunity to repel or kill these monsters.”

The leading Liu family cultivator on the ship was named Liu Yongnian, a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.

After briefly explaining the situation, he immediately directed Chen Mobai and the others to their positions.

Upon hearing about the medium-grade spirit stones, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but be surprised.

They usually traded with low-grade spirit stones in the market. To exchange for a medium-grade spirit stone, one would need a hundred low-grade ones.

All the spirit stone mines in the Eastern Wilderness were monopolized by the seven major sects, and what circulated to the outside world were basically low-grade spirit stones. After all, these medium-grade spirit stones were used by Foundation Establishment cultivators for Qi Refining, and even the seven major sects themselves found them insufficient.

This Liu family, worthy of being one of the four major cultivating families in Yun Country, could actually get medium-grade spirit stones. However, it could also be that they were given as a bonus when buying the ship.

Thinking of this, Chen Mobai could understand why the ship tickets were so expensive. After all, the Liu family had invested a lot in this ship.

Amid the humming sound.

Chen Mobai looked up to see a circle of earthy yellow light shield lighting up, enveloping the entire ship.

At the same time, nearly dozens of dark water snakes poked their heads out of the water by the side of the ship, opened their huge mouths, and sprayed waves of water towards their direction.

Accompanied by a chilling howl, waves of water fell on the ship like a rain of swords and blades.

But the earthy yellow light shield blocked all the attacks.

However, after two rounds, the light shield began to dim slightly. Liu Yongnian, with a pained expression, took out a medium-grade spirit stone and had his nephew replace it.

“Everyone, it will take three more days to reach the shore. If we let these beasts attack continuously, we might attract other monsters. Please join me in fighting back.”

After saying this, Liu Yongnian was the first to leave the ice-breaking ship, controlling a flying sword, and began to fight with a black snake that was obviously the leader.

Chen Mobai waited a while, until half of the people began to leave the protection of the light shield and fight with the water snakes, before he followed.

First, he slapped a floating talisman on himself, then shot out a dark yellow flying needle from his sleeve, piercing the eyes and other parts of two big snakes that were opening their mouths to bite him.

Blood splashed.

All the flying needles pierced into the bodies of the water snakes, but the vitality of the monsters was incredibly tenacious, completely different from humans.

Or to say, the damage caused by the needles was not fatal enough for them.

Two big mouths fell in front of him, and Chen Mobai immediately took out a green handkerchief.

A large green shield appeared in front of him, blocking the two cold snakes that had fallen into a frenzy after being injured.

“It’s a good opportunity to test these three magical instruments.”

Chen Mobai saw the two water snakes that were blocked by the green shield, became more violent, and began to use their bodies to coil up, trying to bypass the defense. He raised his right hand.

He rubbed the brass ring on his middle finger with his thumb, infusing it with spiritual power.

Golden light flashed!

Like a sharp sword sweeping over the water, it easily cut off the two water snakes that had just coiled up.

“Not bad, but it consumes a lot of spiritual power.”

Chen Mobai saw the result of the battle, his eyes lit up, but after feeling the spiritual power in his body, he shook his head slightly.

Inside the cabin, He Qun, who saw this scene through the window, squinted his eyes slightly.He remembered this brass ring, it seemed to be the Sword Casting Ring from Golden Cliff.

The group outside were mostly experienced fighters who had battled with monsters in the Dream Swamp. They were all in the late stages of Qi Refining, among them, there were even two at the ninth level of Qi Refining. With the Icebreaker ship as their backup, they could retreat at any time if they felt they couldn’t hold on, thus, this battle was naturally a complete victory.

Chen Mobai tested the power of the brass ring and the green handkerchief again. He didn’t use the white jade bell because it was a group attack and couldn’t be controlled.

After killing two more water snakes, the rest began to scatter.

However, the leading black snake was tightly entangled by Liu Yongnian and couldn’t escape.

Chen Mobai and the others naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity. They all rushed over and used their own methods. Ten spells bombarded together, directly killing this peak first-order monster.

“Thank you all for your help. I will have someone pay for your boat tickets later.”

After returning to the ship, Liu Yongnian first thanked Chen Mobai and the others, then called his nephew to start returning the spirit stones.

He then called the other three cultivators from the Liu family on the ship, happily dismembered the black snake, skillfully extracting the snake gall, snake bones, snake skin, snake eyes, and other useful things.

These items could be sold at the Nanxi market for at least a hundred spirit stones.

The people who took action needed to use the Liu family’s Icebreaker ship, and they also got their boat ticket money back, so they didn’t say much.

However, Liu Yongnian was a considerate person. He divided the snake meat and gave two pounds to each of the ten cultivators who took action, including Chen Mobai.

The meat of these first-order monsters was rich in spiritual energy. If sold to restaurants like Tiancan Tower that specialized in spiritual meals, two pounds of meat could be exchanged for two spirit stones.

After receiving these benefits, no one gossiped.

On the next part of their journey, they encountered another wave of monsters, but they were slow-moving black turtles. The Liu family didn’t hesitate to use spirit stones to speed up their ship to its maximum and bypassed the area where these monsters were, avoiding a battle.

Three days later, they finally landed.

There was naturally a market at the shore.

Chen Mobai looked at the map and found that the journey back to Shui Mansion was a bit far.

Although going to the market and then back to Shui Mansion was a detour, the cautious Chen Mobai decided to follow the Luo family’s caravan back to Yun Country.

He Qun squinted his eyes as he watched Chen Mobai buy a ticket from the Luo family. He nodded to the other two cultivators who had just disembarked, then He Qun bought a ticket for the same carriage as Chen Mobai, while the other two left directly.