Chapter 272: The Japanese pirates are going crazy, and they are determined to win this trip
"Kameda-kun."
"Are you really sure that there is an ancient relic that is suspected to be a dragon blood pond on this Diaoyu Island, and because the energy of the protective formation is exhausted, the formation shield is about to collapse and disappear?"
Shimazu Ichiro stood on the deck of the Shimazu family's only high-quality treasure ship and spoke nervously to the chief of the retainers, Kameda Itashiro.
Their Shimazu family is the only overlord of the southern coast of Japan. In terms of naval power alone, it is undoubtedly the best in the entire Japan. Even the shogunate cannot compare to their Shimazu family.
There is no other reason for this. It is because Japan has been practicing a policy of isolation for nearly a hundred years.
The reason why Japan has to implement this national policy is that it is forced by the environment.
A hundred years ago, those white barbarians came across the sea from the distant West, bringing not only a large number of rare goods and endless wealth, but also their most powerful weapon that was invincible in their overseas colonies: missionary work.
Initially, a large number of Japanese people welcomed these Western white barbarians who brought them all kinds of luxury goods and great wealth. They agreed to allow them to spread Catholicism in Japan and build a large number of churches everywhere.
As a result, within a few years, a large number of lower-class people were brainwashed and deceived by these Western white barbarians, and they were shouting for freedom and democracy all day long, which caused a huge crisis to Japan's rule!
In the past few years, a large number of peasant uprisings broke out, which almost completely overthrew the Japanese royal family and shogunate!
After the bloody suppression of these peasant uprisings, a population equivalent to 10% of Japan's population died!
The royal family and the shogunate finally reacted to the white barbarians, the main culprits, and immediately decided to adopt a policy of closing the country to the outside world. They ordered the demolition of all churches in the country, hunted down and killed Catholics, and expelled all white barbarians from the country.
In the end, only one or two trading ports were designated to maintain Japan's foreign trade.
At that time, the population of Japan was too large, reaching about 10% of the Ming Dynasty and more than ten times that of the Later Jin Dynasty.
In addition, the spirit of Bushido was widely spread, which led to their soldiers and civilians not fearing death at all, and they fought extremely ferociously. Even those white barbarians who suffered great losses wanted to retaliate, but they were simply unable to do so.
They are closed and self-sufficient. No matter how powerful your navy is, it can't play much of a role.
If you dare to send out the army to land and fight, you will be overwhelmed by countless fearless warriors in minutes, and not even a wave will be created.
Since then, Japan has entered a long period of isolation.
This made the Shimazu family, which occupied most of the large and small islands in Japan, thrive. By trading with the white barbarians in the West and the wealthy merchants of the Ming Dynasty, they earned huge amounts of money and materials, and even built three large fleets of considerable size.
But the Westerners are not stupid. They will not sell them any of the latest treasure ships, psychic cannons, or psychic crossbow carts. They will only sell them some similar defective products that have long been eliminated.
However, during the Tang Dynasty, Japan obtained the Tang Dynasty's unrivaled core smelting and forging technologies through various means, and the quality of various metals produced was better than that of the Ming Dynasty today.
After spending a large sum of money to buy the defective mid-quality treasure ships, psychic cannons and spiritual crossbow carts from the West, they had their own craftsmen constantly experiment and improve them, and finally produced treasure ships, psychic cannons, spiritual crossbow carts and a large number of spiritual soldiers of various levels that were both powerful and of good quality.
After all, as long as there is a certain level of technology, a variety of top-quality materials, and no cutting corners, and quality and quantity are guaranteed, the weapons produced will certainly not be bad.
Even the spiritual weapons of various levels created by Japan are much more powerful than the spiritual weapons of the same level in the Ming Dynasty.
Through maritime trade with Ming merchants, it was sold in large quantities to various coastal areas of Ming, becoming an expensive commodity that local warriors rushed to buy.
"Your Mightiness!"
Kameda Itashiro bowed respectfully to Shimazu Ichiro and reported, "This is absolutely true!"
"Two months ago, our caravan passed by here on its way back from a trade trip to Nanjing, Ming Dynasty, and discovered that the water in this sea area was blood red."
"I was surprised to check it out myself, but I found that it was due to a blood-red projection from a newly discovered ruin on Diaoyu Island. The sea water did not change color at all."
"I then boarded the Diaoyu Island with a crocodile turtle spirit beast that has the blood of a dragon turtle from my family. We used the stealth skills in our family's ninjutsu to sneak into the abnormal area and searched it carefully."
"Finally, we have confirmed that there is an ancient relic on this Diaoyu Island. Due to the corrosion over a long period of time, the central energy of the protective formation has been depleted, causing the protective light shield of the formation to emerge, and it is about to shatter and dissipate on its own."
"The aura leaking out from the corner of the ancient formation that had begun to break down caused the strange blood-colored projection phenomenon in this sea area."
“And my alligator turtle, after sensing the aura emanating from the formation, was like a pilgrim, and didn’t dare to approach the ruins of the formation that was slowly crumbling.”
"The situation displayed by the alligator turtle spirit beast is most likely due to it encountering a rare treasure such as the blood of a real dragon that can absolutely suppress it in terms of bloodline."
"From the blood-colored projection on the sea, we can faintly see that there is a blood pool flashing faintly, with endless brilliant light shining in it!"
"After much investigation, I have confirmed that the source of the changes in Diaoyu Island and the surrounding sea areas comes from a real dragon blood pool in the ancient ruins!"
"The large number of dragon spirit beasts that continue to arrive around this Diaoyu Island also confirms this."
"Except for real dragon blood, there is no other treasure that can have such a strong blood induction and attraction to these dragons!"
"My Lord, according to legend, the blood of a real dragon is a divine treasure. Even if there is only one drop, it is incomparable to any other natural treasures in the world today."
"What's more, that blood pool is so big, comparable to a small lake. Oh my God! How valuable must this be?"
"If my alligator turtle can get a drop of real dragon blood, it will definitely be able to sublimate its bloodline and become a top-level dragon turtle. It can easily break through the shackles of its current cultivation and become a fifth-level dragon turtle!"
"My Lord, if your pet alligator turtle swallows a drop of dragon blood, it will break through the current level 5 peak realm and become a level 6 dragon turtle!" "By then, the strength of our Shimazu family will be more than just doubled. It will be the first force in the country and surpass the shogunate in no time!"
"There are so many dragons here. We certainly can't take all the dragon blood in the dragon blood pool, but as long as we can get a jar, it will be enough for us to become rich."
At this point, Kameda's eyes lit up, full of anticipation.
Although he was very unwilling in his heart, he also had self-knowledge and knew that even if his own large fleet came together, they would not be the opponent of any level six dragon and would be wiped out in an instant.
Therefore, I just hope that I can use a strategy, and after the protective formation of the dragon blood pool in this ancient ruins completely dissipates, I can use ninjutsu to sneak into it and quietly take away a jar of real dragon blood.
Of course, it would be even better if the master could work with me and use his superb invisibility skills to take away another jar of real dragon blood.
That is a legendary divine treasure, real dragon blood that no one in the world has ever seen!
Even if there is only one drop, it is already a rare treasure!
What’s more, there are so many in one jar!
Kameda Banjo has even decided that after stealing a jar of real dragon blood, he will also take a drop of it to sublimate his own cultivation aptitude and become a true evil genius.
For this, he would risk his life!
"Well, that's good."
After getting Kameda's assurance and confirmation again, Shimazu Ichiro, who had known the situation for a long time, appeared very calm.
In fact, his heart was already in turmoil!
Their Shimazu family worships a family of alligator turtle spirit beasts.
There are a total of more than a dozen top-grade spiritual beasts, alligator snapping turtles.
Among them, the two with the strongest cultivation have already reached the peak realm of level five spirit beasts.
This is also the biggest trump card of the Shimazu family, no doubt about it.
It is also the reason why the navy of the Shimazu family has the confidence not to be afraid of the large fleets of those white barbarians.
Alligator snapping turtles are naturally large in size, weighing more than 10,000 kilograms when they are adults. They are also very talented, with strong combat and defensive capabilities in water.
Even the concentrated fire attacks from the best treasure ships would find it difficult to harm them in the water.
Two peak level five alligator turtles working together can break the protective formation shield of any top-grade treasure ship in less than half an hour, thereby quickly breaking the hull of the treasure ship and winning the naval battle.
Once it is as Kameda said, he can secretly get one or two jars of real dragon blood from under the noses of these dragons, so that the bloodlines of his dozen or so alligator turtles can be transformed and become top-level spirit beasts dragon turtles. They can even use the power of dragon blood to break through to the sixth-level dragon turtle in one fell swoop.
In that case, the Shimazu family will truly become prosperous.
Not only is the dream of unifying Japan within reach, but in the future, it will not be impossible to occupy the vast Ming Dynasty.
At that time, their Shimazu family will surely build a huge empire that is unprecedented and will never be repeated!
And as the head of the Shimazu family, he will undoubtedly become the supreme founding emperor!
Not to mention that he could also greatly improve his cultivation aptitude by taking and refining real dragon blood, becoming a peerless genius that no one else could surpass!
By then, not only will he be able to break through to the sixth level easily, he will even have a great chance of breaking through to become a seventh-level martial arts master in the spirit-refining realm, thus obtaining the legendary lifespan of eight hundred years!
A seventh-level warrior has a lifespan of eight hundred years, and the legendary eighth-level warrior can live up to one thousand five hundred years!
OMG!
By then, the whole world will be crawling at the feet of the Shimazu Empire!
With endless power and strength, can't you do whatever you want at that time?
The extremely lustful Shimazu Ichiro had long wanted to collect stunning beauties from all over the world to build his own harem.
By then, it would not be difficult to collect a large number of stunning beauties from all over the world and create a huge harem consisting of three thousand concubines.
Thinking of this, Shimazu Ichiro could no longer remain calm and began to discuss the next action plan with Kameda Itashiro.
Even if it means heavy casualties, we must find a way to get at least two large jars of real dragon blood!
Even though their own large fleet was completely wiped out this time, with only two of them, late level five masters, left, it would be worth it as long as they could get the real dragon blood.
Both Shimazu Ichiro and Kameda Itashiro were very confident about this secret operation.
Shimazu himself has mastered the art of invisibility to perfection. Once he uses it at full power, even a level six dragon would find it difficult to spot him.
Kameda Itashiro's invisibility and various ninjutsu have also been perfected, only slightly behind Shimazu Ichiro.
As the only two late-stage level five masters of the Shimazu family, as long as they are careful, this operation to snatch food from the dragon's mouth will have a great chance of success.
(End of this chapter)
