Chapter 1142 Merchant Ship Offering

The old man was also slightly startled, and couldn't help but look up at Xiao Lin.

What he saw was a handsome young man in a green robe, with long hair tied casually behind his back. There was a deep look in his eyes, which made people think of the vast universe.

"You want to apply for the merchant ship guard? But I see that there is no fluctuation of mana in you, obviously you are not a cultivator, and this arena is for recruiting merchant ship pearl divers, and the recruitment of merchant ship guards is not here."

After a pause, the old man said again: "Besides, how can you, a body cultivator, prove that you have the strength to guard a merchant ship?"

Xiao Lin did not show any surprise at the old man's question, but smiled slightly, walked slowly to the boulder, and slowly stretched out a finger.

The audience below saw Xiao Lin's actions and couldn't help but stop laughing, and their faces were full of curiosity.

They seemed to want to see whether this young man was bragging or really had real skills.

The old man also looked at Xiao Lin steadily, frowning slightly, as if he didn't understand what he was going to do by extending a finger.

But Xiao Lin didn't let them wait, he just snorted softly and stomped his right foot on the ground.

"Get up~"

The huge stone weighing more than ten thousand pounds flew up directly under Xiao Lin's foot, and after flying half a foot high, Xiao Lin gently held it up with a finger.

"Shh~~~"

The audience below the stage suddenly burst into a sound of cold air.

Even the old man who led the recruitment showed shock in his eyes.

The huge stone in front of him weighed ten thousand pounds. Even if it was a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, it would take a lot of mana to lift it by his own strength, and it would definitely not be as easy as the person in front of him.

For a body cultivator, it is even more necessary to reach a state infinitely close to that of a high-level body cultivator before being able to lift this huge stone.

There are two levels in this recruitment. The first level is to test the applicant's ability to hold back breath, which is only a basic skill for a pearl-diving crew member. After all, if you want to collect Baohua Pearls, you need to go deep into the seabed thousands of feet deep. The current test is just to test whether the applicant has the qualifications in this regard.

After passing, you must systematically practice the art of tortoise breathing.

The most important test is the second level, lifting a huge stone weighing ten thousand pounds, which mainly tests the physical strength of the applicant. Going deep into the seabed thousands of feet deep requires tremendous pressure. Only a body cultivator who is infinitely close to the high-level body refining technique can bear it. Of course, if the realm of immortal cultivation can reach the late stage of foundation building, the physical cultivation can reach the middle level of body refining, and with the support of mana, it can barely reach the level of a high-level body cultivator.

Of course, for the fleet, the most desired recruitment is a real body cultivator whose body refining technique has reached the high-level lower grade.

The status of immortal cultivators in the spiritual world is much higher than that of pure body cultivators who do not cultivate mana, so for many immortal cultivators, they are not willing to apply for such a job.

As for merchant ship protection, it is the opposite. The pearl-diving fleet hopes to recruit immortal cultivators above the Jindan stage. Although the high-level body-refining practitioners can fly in the air for a short time, they cannot last long after all. Although the burst of power is very strong, they lack flexibility.

Especially in the boundless sea, it is difficult for the combat power of the body-refining practitioners to reach the extreme.

However, the physical strength displayed by Xiao Lin shocked the old man. According to his estimation, Xiao Lin's body-refining skills are at least above the high-level middle grade.

This is definitely a talent. If he can become a pearl diver, he will definitely bring great benefits to the fleet. As for merchant ship protection, the old man is still a little hesitant. On the one hand, he is not responsible for this matter, and on the other hand, the limitations of the body-refining practitioners make him unable to grasp it.

After all, no matter how strong the body of the body-refining practitioner is, it is difficult to resist the attack of the magic weapon of the immortal cultivators.

"Do you want to apply for the merchant ship guard?" At this time, a sixty-year-old man who had been sitting at the back of the ring suddenly stood up, landed lightly on the ring, looked at Xiao Lin, and asked lightly.

Xiao Lin saw at a glance that the old man was a cultivator in the late Jindan realm.

Before Xiao Lin answered, the old man bowed to the Jindan old man, then turned to look at Xiao Lin and said: "This is our merchant ship leader Luo Xinhai, Elder Luo."

"Xiao Lin meets Elder Luo." Xiao Lin clasped his fists and said.

"Do you know the conditions for recruiting fleet guards?"

"Yes, the realm must be at least Jindan stage." Xiao Lin nodded and answered honestly.

"But I see that there seems to be no force flowing in your body, and your physical cultivation is extremely powerful. Are you a high-level body cultivator?"

"Xiao Lin is indeed a body cultivator, but his combat power is not inferior to that of a Jindan cultivator."

When Xiao Lin said this, he immediately attracted exclamations from the people around him. Body cultivators are originally low-level existences in the spiritual world. Many of them are even hired to collect spiritual stone mines in the mountains and dig various rare materials and ores in the deep sea. They are high-level coolies in the spiritual world.

So Xiao Lin's words immediately caused mockery from the people around him.

Elder Luo also smiled and said, "Your body cultivation skills are indeed advanced, but it is an exaggeration to say that you can defeat a Jindan cultivator. Young people should be more humble and low-key.

Xiao Lin was not angry when he heard this, but smiled and said: "Then Elder Luo can invite any Jindan cultivator to come and compete with Xiao Lin. If Xiao Lin loses, he will not mention being a fleet guard, and is willing to join the fleet as a pearl diver. But if Xiao Lin wins, please allow Xiao Lin to become a fleet guard, how about it?"

"Okay, I promise you." After the old man finished speaking, he clapped his hands lightly, and suddenly a golden light shot from a distance and reached the arena in an instant. When the golden light dissipated, a sturdy man was revealed.

The man looked to be in his forties and had an unusually strong body.

In Xiao Lin's eyes, his strength was also obvious.

"Early stage of Jindan, upper-level mid-level body refinement."

"I won't bully you. Hou Dang is one of the guards of our fleet. He practices both magic and body, and both have reached a considerable level. As long as you can remain undefeated in front of him, I will recruit you as a guard of the fleet."

"It's a deal."

"Boy, I advise you not to try. A small body refiner actually challenged Hou. It's simply ignorant of life and death. If you die in Hou's hands, don't regret it."

"If Xiao dies in your hands, it's fate. Your Excellency, be ready. Xiao is going to take action."

"You take action." Hou Dang sneered and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.

Xiao Lin smiled slightly, his expression suddenly solemn, and a brilliant golden light burst out from his body. He also turned into a stream of light and suddenly shot to less than a foot in front of Hou Dang.

Hou Dang was shocked. He didn't expect Xiao Lin to be so fast. He opened his mouth and spurted out a golden shield, which grew to a size of ten feet and blocked in front of him.

Xiao Lin's body did not stop at all. His right fist was instantly covered with fine golden scales and punched the shield.

"Bang~~Crack~Bang."

The golden shield shattered directly with a loud noise.

Hou Dang's face turned pale and a mouthful of blood spurted out directly, but he didn't have time to dodge, and a golden fist had already hit his chest.

"Bang~~"

The violent fist force actually passed through Hou Dang's body directly, turning into layers of golden ripples, and hit the boulder behind him.

The boulder shattered into countless pieces of rubble, but the strange thing was that these pieces of rubble did not fly around, but were swept by the golden light wave again, turning into powder silently.

The entire arena was in complete silence for a few hundred feet around.

Even the old man surnamed Luo opened his mouth wide with a look of horror.

Hou Dang was even more pale. He was hit in the chest by a high-level body refiner. Wouldn't it be that his internal organs were instantly shattered, his qi sea exploded, and he died on the spot?

But after waiting for a moment, he was surprised to find that there was no severe pain in his body, but a warm and comfortable feeling.

"Thank you."

At this time, Xiao Lin retracted his fist, and the golden scales on his fist disappeared. Then he clasped his fists to Hou Sheng and spoke.

Hou Dang was still in a daze. He turned around and looked at the huge stone behind him that was almost turned into a pile of stone powder, and then looked at the magic shield that was broken into pieces on the ground. The horror in his heart could not be added.

"One move?"

A body cultivator defeated a Jindan cultivator with just one move, and everyone present knew clearly that Xiao Lin had shown mercy, otherwise the Jindan cultivator would have died.

This made the audience below burst into cheers after being surprised.

Because many of them were body cultivators. Originally, they thought that body cultivators were high-level laborers, and after seeing Xiao Lin's fighting power, they were surprised to find that body cultivators could also defeat high-level cultivators, and they defeated them so cleanly.

"Elder Luo, did Xiao Lin pass?"

Xiao Lin's voice asked Luo Xinhai, who was still in a daze.

"Uh. Of course I passed." Elder Luo was also shocked. Under normal circumstances, a high-level lower-grade body cultivator would not be able to win against a Jindan cultivator.

And this Xiao Lin defeated Hou Dang so easily, obviously his attainments in body refining far exceeded the high-level lower grade, and it is very likely that he has reached the high-level upper grade, or even the realm of holy body.

Thinking of the realm of holy body, Luo Xinhai's heart twitched fiercely. There must be body refining practitioners in the realm of holy body in the four spiritual realms, but the number is absolutely extremely rare.

If the fleet he is responsible for can recruit such a fleet guard, it would be a blessing from heaven, and according to the combat power he just showed, he might be able to match a Yuanying cultivator.

Thinking of this, his attitude began to change 180 degrees.

"Brother Xiao's body refining technique has reached the pinnacle. Luo has made a mistake. As long as Brother Xiao agrees to join our fleet, I am willing to double Brother Xiao's remuneration."

Since it is still some time before going to sea, in the next few days, Xiao Lin has been living in the luxurious single-family house prepared for him by Elder Luo to meditate and heal his injuries.

When he just moved in, Elder Luo came to see Xiao Lin alone and expressed his desire to sign a three-year contract with Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin was a little stunned at first, but soon he understood Elder Luo's intention.

It turned out that the fleet managed by Elder Luo belonged to a large trading company in Danling Domain - Fengbo Trading Company. As the name of this trading company suggests, their business scope is mainly on the sea.

When Xiao Lin heard the word "Fengbo", his heart was moved.

Fengbo Trading Company has been established for hundreds of thousands of years, with hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of large spirit boats, and thousands of small and medium-sized spirit boats.

Xiao Lin also learned from Elder Luo that Fengbo Trading Company also has ten super cross-continental spirit boats, which can shuttle between different continents and circulate various goods between different continents, thereby earning considerable spiritual stone profits.

Hearing this, Xiao Lin's eyes lit up. He wanted to know what other continents there were besides the Holy Moon Continent where the human race was located.

When he asked, Elder Luo's answer disappointed him greatly.

It turned out that Elder Luo didn't know either, and in Fengbo Trading Company, only a very small number of core elders knew about the information of other continents, and the realm of these elders was at least in the Refining Void Realm.

The fleet managed by Elder Luo was just a medium-sized spirit boat and three small spirit boats. With his status and position, he didn't even have the qualifications to meet those Refining Void core elders.

In Fengbo Trading Company, except for the core elders and a few senior executives, most of them are management elders like Elder Luo. The so-called management elders usually lead a fleet to trade between various tribes. Most of the profits from the spirit stones earned must be handed over to the company, and the excess profits are distributed by the elders of the fleet.

This reflects the importance of the fleet guardian. In the fleet, the guardians have always been called worshippers. Usually these worshippers have nothing to do. Even when they go out to sea for trade, they just practice in seclusion in the room.

Moreover, their salary spirit stones are also very generous. The only task is to help the fleet remove the threat when it encounters danger.

Of course, in this boundless ocean, there are all kinds of dangers, and the dangers encountered are also big and small.

So this position is not easy to do. If you encounter some ancient monsters or abyss beasts, I am afraid that the entire fleet will be wiped out.

Of course, if they really encounter such existence, the top leaders of Fengbo Trading Company will not stand idly by. They usually dispatch the great worshipers in the trading company to kill the monsters or fierce beasts, open up the sea route, and prevent more fleets from being wiped out.

For countless thousands of years, it is basically difficult to encounter powerful ancient monsters and abyss beasts in the seas around the Holy Moon Continent.

Fleets like Elder Luo have room to survive.

Of course, in addition to ancient monsters and abyss beasts, the most dangerous thing the fleet encounters is the robbery by pirates of various races. These people usually travel in groups and flee far away after committing a crime. It is very difficult to chase them.

However, these pirates are basically below the Nascent Soul Realm, because Nascent Soul cultivators still have some status on the mainland. If people know that they are doing such things, they will not only be more likely to be hunted down, but once they become notorious, they will also have a hard time on the immortal path in the future.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

For Elder Luo, the stronger the worshipers of the fleet, the better.

Xiao Lin defeated a Jindan cultivator with ease, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Xiao Lin showed mercy, otherwise the Jindan cultivator would have been killed in one blow.

In fact, they didn't know that with Xiao Lin's level of Holy Scale Burning Heaven Technique, if he used his full strength, even a Yuanying cultivator would be killed in one punch.

But on the one hand, Xiao Lin's meridians were broken, so it was not suitable to use his full strength, and on the other hand, he didn't want to be too ostentatious.

It was enough to achieve his goal.

After listening to Elder Luo's invitation, Xiao Lin thought for a moment and agreed, but he also put forward a condition, that is, to advance one year's spirit stone expenses in advance.

Elder Luo was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and without hesitation took out 100,000 low-grade spirit stones and placed them in front of Xiao Lin.