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At dusk, the departing fleet successfully returned.
Families worried about the crew members came to the pier together, eagerly searching for their children and fathers.
The five ships docked at the pier did not appear to have any damage from the outside.
Just when everyone thought that this voyage had yielded nothing, they saw a huge mountain of meat being dragged by ropes from the stern of the last ship, floating on the sea.
Seeing the mountain of meat, Yun Qiong blurted out, "A two-thousand-year-old Poison Horn Sea-Devouring Leopard, possessing fierce toxins and a powerful physical body. Sea soul beasts of this level rarely appear in shallow sea areas. Did they go to the deep sea this time?"
Quan Li said, "That can be asked later, but I really didn't expect to hunt a two-thousand-year-old sea soul beast on the first voyage.
Moreover, didn't you see the wounds on the corpse? Those are all traces left by fishing guns, which shows that our weapons are still effective even against thousand-year-old sea soul beasts."
The surrounding family members curiously looked at the giant sea soul beast, praising the strength of the fleet.
The crew members on the sea ship enjoyed the cheers of their clansmen, but even in this situation, they still maintained their straight posture.
They strictly followed the orders of their superiors and were a well-trained team.
Quan Yue nodded secretly in approval, and then immediately ordered, "Don't just stand there, go and fish out the corpse. We'll have a big feast tonight."
"Yes!"
The tense crew members immediately showed smiles and did their own things in an orderly manner.
Some were organizing equipment, some were cleaning the sea ship, and some were processing the corpse.
Quan Yue and Su Ling'er walked to Quan Li's side and said happily, "We have lived up to our mission."
Quan Li looked at Quan Yue proudly, punched him hard in the chest, and laughed, "As expected of my son."
The family chatted happily.
Su Ling'er began to report on the harvest: "The sea soul beast we hunted this time is estimated to weigh about fifty tons. After removing the thick layer of fat, bones, fur, internal organs, and other parts, there are about sixty percent of edible parts.
The marinated meat can be preserved for about a year. In addition to supplying the crew and children of the right age, there will be a large surplus of this meat.
In addition, the remaining fat can be refined into oil, the bones can be used for forging, and the fur can be used to make various items. The income from this soul beast alone is dozens of times the cost of the voyage."
The whole body of a soul beast is a treasure. Even the beast skin pierced by a cannon gun can become a leather armor with good defensive power after simple processing.
For sea soul masters, compared to iron armor, this kind of leather armor made of sea soul beast skin is more practical.
The Quan family has some knowledge of these techniques, so there is no need to export them. After the Quan family processes them themselves, they can sell them at a higher price.
After a rough calculation, Quan Li also showed joy: "Not bad, not bad. According to the current trend, we will be able to make up for the early investment in less than a month."
Because their sea ship was a gift, their early investment was only a small part of personnel training and weapon research.
The harvest this time alone can offset a lot of it.
"Do you think two-thousand-year soul beasts are so easy to find?" Yun Qiong said unhappily. "Also, didn't I tell you that the first time should focus on safety? There's no rush to slowly test from hundred-year soul beasts. Why did you provoke thousand-year-level soul beasts right away?"
Yun Qiong's sharp eyes pierced Quan Yue. Based on her understanding of the two, she knew that Su Ling'er was definitely not a reckless person, so she naturally cast her suspicious gaze on Quan Yue.
Quan Yue's heart tightened, and he hurriedly explained, "I didn't do it on purpose. The reef area I was patrolling was occupied by this sea beast. The weaker sea beasts had already fled this area.
This is still the outer circle. There are even stronger auras in the inner circle. Although it hasn't reached the ten-thousand-year level, this area has become a gathering place for thousand-year soul beasts.
I also chose the most suitable soul beast based on our abilities."
Yun Qiong and Quan Li were quite surprised.
Quan Li said, "How could this be! Although the reef area is close to the edge of the shallow sea area, it shouldn't become a gathering place for thousand-year soul beasts, right?"
As the family's brain trust, Yun Qiong thought for a moment and replied, "This may be related to the Spirit Hall's ban."
Su Ling'er replied, "Are you talking about the ban that prohibits soul masters from going to sea?"
Yun Qiong nodded and continued, "In recent years, the number of soul masters going to sea has decreased significantly, and the hunting of soul beasts will also decrease. It is normal for the edge of the shallow sea area to be occupied by powerful sea soul beasts."
Yun Qiong's face became solemn. The changes in the sea situation were faster than she expected.
She said, "This change is a good thing for our soul hunting fleet, but it is bad news for the fishing boats that used to catch sea fish."
Quan Li comforted, "Now that it has been proven that the fleet can hunt soul beasts, we can shift our focus to hunting sea soul beasts. As for the other ships, let's reduce the number of voyages and the distance of voyages."
Yun Qiong nodded and said, "That's the only way."
At this time, there was a burst of exclamation from the dock. A sea lion, about the size of a whale, was hooked up by a crane and placed on a specific trolley.
This has become one of the Quan family's gathering places.
Under Yun Qiong's operation, their Quan family reached some kind of agreement with the official, obtaining the development rights for this area.
Hanhai City, of course, held the most respectful attitude towards families with Soul Douluos. Moreover, they definitely made a profit by exchanging a large area of coastal saline-alkali land for the favor of a Soul Douluo family.
That night, all the family members who could come came.
The meat of the sea lion soul beast, which had died less than a day ago, made everyone very happy.
Although soul beast meat can be bought with money, the meat of this Poison Horn Sea-Devouring Leopard was independently hunted by them, and in this respect, its significance was extraordinary.
This is extremely beneficial to increasing family cohesion and self-confidence.
After an evening banquet, the family bloomed with strong vitality.
There are more than a hundred children of the right age in the family.
The family has a family school dedicated to educating children. The learning and care of children of the right age will be carried out here.
In addition to education, the biggest function of the school is actually the same as a nursery, which is to take care of children for other working clansmen.
You should know that most of their Quan family members do not have strong soul master talents, so even if the children awaken their martial souls, they will not be able to go to soul master academies to study.
