Start with the fisherman

Chapter 102 Come, I'll protect you

The news of the establishment of the Demon Subduing Bureau quickly spread throughout the East China Sea, and the small islands in the East China Sea that had been waiting and watching made their choices one after another.

On one side is the threat of death from the Dragon God Temple if you don't surrender, and on the other side is the huge reward from the Xuanbao Pavilion. It doesn't seem like it requires much consideration as to what to choose.

All of a sudden, more people poured into Cape City, which already had a large population, and even many camps were set up outside the city. A month later, several large satellite cities appeared outside Cape City. Those outsiders named this city Tianya City, which was far away from Cape City.

None of these had much to do with Cao Ze. With the resources contributed by the Nether Tiger Bone and the Nie family, he didn't need to go to the East China Sea to take risks. He practiced martial arts every day, studied new knowledge with Su Xiaozhi, and lived a prosperous life.

Suddenly, Cao Ze, who was sitting under the eaves contemplating the visualization diagram, raised his head and looked to the right.

Across the alley from the small courtyard is another small courtyard of similar size.

After he became rich, Cao Ze bought the yard next door, and Uncle Wu, Uncle Qiang and others moved there.

After Su Zhuoding's right arm recovered, he started practicing martial arts again. He smiled more and more and became more energetic.

Even Uncle Wu is smiling every day.

woohoo...

Feeling the howling wind coming from the courtyard next door, even without getting up, Cao Ze, who was also practicing the Fish-Dragon Body Tempering Technique, had already guessed that Uncle Wu had made a breakthrough.

Cao Ze put away the visualization map, looked at the courtyard opposite, and laughed sincerely.

Uncle Wu has always said that his talent is limited, that Yi Jin Da Cheng is his limit, and that he has no intention of going any further in the martial arts. His daily practice of the Fish and Dragon Body Tempering Technique is more like those grandfathers who practiced Tai Chi in the park in his previous life, and it is purely a hobby.

Unexpectedly, in such a relaxed mood, Uncle Wu, who said he had reached his limit, actually broke through to the Bone Tempering Realm and entered a whole new world.

Wow...

Before Cao Ze could step over to congratulate Uncle Wu, the sound of waves hitting rocks suddenly came from behind him.

Click, click, click...

There was a sound of bones breaking and the sound of waves.

Cao Ze turned back suddenly and saw Su Xiaozhi, who was practicing in the courtyard. She was already sweating all over, but she didn't stop moving. She slowly punched and shook her legs like an old ghost. Each time was accompanied by a deep breath, which also raised a gust of wind in the courtyard.

With every breath Su Xiaozhi took, the sound of waves in her body became more obvious, and the sound of bones breaking became more frequent.

Su Xiaozhi is clearly making a breakthrough!

And it had been less than two months since her last breakthrough.

The effect of the Nether Tiger Bone is truly terrifying!
Cao Ze has not been stingy these days. Su Xiaozhi is also drinking the Nether Tiger Bone Soup. Now it seems that even without a panel to monitor the progress at any time, the effect is very obvious.

This change lasted for a quarter of an hour before all the sounds finally disappeared, the strong wind stopped, and the courtyard returned to silence again.

The eighth level of body strengthening, and the minor level of bone strengthening.

Judging only by the level of bone forging, Su Xiaozhi has already caught up with him!

Su Xiaozhi had also finished her training by this time and stood up. She opened her eyes and looked towards Cao Ze with a gleam in her eyes. Cao Ze knew that Su Xiaozhi wanted to challenge him again.

He also wanted to experience the changes that Su Xiaozhi would experience after her breakthrough.

After reaching the twelfth level of body forging and the bone forging realm, it can even be said that one level after another leads to heaven.

This change is not just a change in strength, but a comprehensive improvement in physical fitness, an all-round change!

The feeling on the ring is naturally very different, and this change is not only a benefit to Cao Ze. Su Xiaozhi can also feel the huge difference. It is also a brand new experience for her.

Otherwise, she might not have been so eager to challenge Cao Ze after every breakthrough.

"and many more……"

He stopped Su Xiaozhi who had already rushed up and hung on his body, and said, "Uncle Wu has just broken through to the Bone Tempering Realm. Let's go over and congratulate him first."

He also wanted to try what changes would occur on the panel after Su Xiaozhi broke through, but for Uncle Wu, being able to break through to the Bone Tempering Realm was undoubtedly a big deal, and as a junior, he naturally had to go and congratulate her.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if Uncle Wu came over excitedly to share the good news with them while they were still immersed in the battle.

"Dad has also made a breakthrough?"

Su Xiaozhi was immersed in cultivation just now and did not sense the changes in the courtyard opposite. When she heard what Cao Ze said, her face was immediately filled with joy. She jumped off Cao Ze and ran out of the courtyard.

Then he ran a few steps and suddenly ran back, rushed into the bedroom, took a quick shower, changed clothes, and then came out.

"Brother Su, congratulations!"

In Cuiyunxuan, Lu Chenan raised his glass to toast Su Wu.

Although Lu Chenan did not play a role in saving Su Zhuoding, Su Wu always kept this favor in mind. After arriving in Haijiao City, Su Wu was heartbroken because of Su Zhuoding's injury, and Lu Chenan was also a little depressed because of the successive blows. The two often met to drink to relieve their sorrows, and eventually became good friends.

But Lu Chenan never thought that Su Wu could actually break through to the Bone Tempering Realm.

Turning his head to look at Cao Ze next to him, Lu Chenan couldn't help but be secretly shocked. He really underestimated this little guy.

However, he was also genuinely happy for his old friend, and soon the atmosphere became heated. Several people drank wine like water, and Su Wu even made an agreement with Lu Chenan with youthful enthusiasm to join the Demon-Subduing Division together to slay demons and monsters in exchange for treasures and to reach a higher level in martial arts.

It was not until the beginning of the night that the group walked out of Cuiyunxuan.

Blown by the cold wind outside the restaurant, Su Wu felt as if he had suddenly woken up from a dream.

Everything that is happening now seems like a beautiful dream.

But everything is so real!
Back at the Cao family compound, Su Xiaozhi looked at Cao Ze. They smiled at each other, and everything was said without words.

"Give it to you!"

Suddenly, Cao Ze took out a bouquet of red roses from behind him like a magician.

With a storage device, you can do whatever you want!

Su Xiaozhi's eyes narrowed into crescents, her heart filled with joy. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she liked the flowers or the person.

“Happy 2nd anniversary!”

Cao Ze hugged Su Xiaozhi in his arms and whispered in her ear.

Su Xiaozhi felt her soft heart deeply touched. She looked up at Cao Ze. The two of them had already looked at each other with eyes that were already furrowed. She couldn't help but tiptoe and get close to Cao Ze's mouth. Suddenly, they were attracted to each other by lightning and it was out of control.

Now they are considered an old couple, but their passion has not faded, and they are still as affectionate as young children in their first love.

Both of them have made a lot of efforts for this.

Su Xiaozhi knew that even if she did nothing, Cao Ze would still love her as before, but she still tried her best to do various tricks, learn new knowledge, practice hard to catch up with Cao Ze, and do housework for him so that Cao Ze could devote himself to practice.

Cao Ze would also consider Su Xiaozhi in everything, giving her small gifts from time to time, which would always surprise Su Xiaozhi.

Love will never become dull, only people become dull.

On this extraordinary night, there is bound to be an extraordinary battle. The only thing is,
……

It was a long yet short night. The two exhausted people fell into a deep sleep when the sky turned pale.

After a short rest, Cao Ze got up and went to the yard to start practicing the Fish-Dragon Body Tempering Technique.

With their current level of cultivation, they no longer need to sleep every day to stay energetic, and are more than enough to sustain even such an intense battle.

Even with the panel, Cao Ze still maintains high-intensity training every day. His achievements today are inseparable from his hard work and persistence.

Call up the panel,

[…Love Points +121]

Cao Ze took a breath of cold air.

This was the first time that the gap between Su Xiaozhi and him in cultivation level was less than three levels. She didn't expect the bonus to be so terrifying.

Then if Su Xiaozhi's strength is improved to the tenth level of body forging, or if Su Xiaozhi becomes a master, how many love points will she get?
With the Nether Tiger Bone, the Grandmaster dare not say anything, but there is great potential for improvement to the ninth level of body forging.

The Demon Subduing Division has many rare treasures and elixirs that can increase the chances of warriors breaking through to the Internal Refining Realm. There was no chance before, but now, there is great potential to use the resources to push Su Xiaozhi to the peak of Internal Refining.

It seems that joining the Demon-Subduing Division needs to be put on the agenda.

However, before that, his strength of the tenth level of body forging was obviously not enough.

After practicing the Fish-Dragon Body Tempering Technique for an hour, Cao Ze finished his practice, returned to the eaves and sat down, and opened the Nie family secret method "Devil Heart Crossing" that he got from Nie Xiaoyu. In order to improve combat effectiveness without improving cultivation, he naturally needed to think of other ways.

He has been studying it for some time these days. The idea behind this Demon Heart Crossing is very simple, which is to stimulate the warrior's heart through qi and blood, causing the heart to produce changes like a stress response, and burst out powerful power in a short period of time.

The idea is simple, but the specific operation is quite difficult. Not to mention that he doesn't know the stimulation techniques and the blood circulation routes, even if he has the secret method of Demon Heart Crossing, Cao Ze took half a month to try carefully before gradually figuring out some tricks.

Even for a warrior like him, his internal organs are very fragile. If he is not careful, he might kill himself.

I don’t know how the ancestor of the Nie family created this secret method.

As his mind moved, Qi and blood in his body began to flow, and soon reached the heart. However, it did not immediately stimulate the heart. Instead, under Cao Ze's control, this ball of Qi and blood began to beat slowly, as if another heart had grown next to it, but its beating speed was only about one-third of that of the heart.

At this moment, Cao Ze's mind moved, and this ball of beating blood and energy crashed into his heart.

Dong Dong... Dong Dong...

All of a sudden, the heart that had been beating normally suddenly started beating violently, and blood was pumped to all parts of the body at a faster rate, giving Cao Ze the illusion that his body was expanding. A powerful sense of strength filled his body, and he felt that he could knock his previous self away with one punch.

But he didn't try.

In just a short moment, he felt tiny cracks in some of the blood vessels in his body, and a dull pain in his heart.

Although the Demon Heart Ferry can burst out powerful force for a short period of time, the damage to the body is equally terrible.

Quickly disperse the qi and blood, and the heartbeat soon returned to normal.

Even so, Cao Ze's face turned pale. If it had not lasted for a short time and his body had not been tempered to the extreme in every realm, he would probably have been seriously injured by this attempt.

But his eyes were full of bright light.

In just a few moments, he felt that his strength had increased by 30%!
It is still a matter of making further progress. When the strength and martial arts remain unchanged, it is extremely difficult to increase the strength by one point. Thirty percent is already a very terrifying bonus.

Based on the damage to his body in the past breath, Cao Ze estimated that he could probably hold on for five to seven breaths in the state of Demon Heart Crossing.

That's enough!

Such a long time is enough for him to do a lot of things.

But Cao Ze thinks it is still not enough.

Since the heart can be stimulated, then can the liver, spleen, kidneys and lungs be stimulated as well?

As they are all five internal organs, there is no reason why the heart alone should be so special.

……

It is very simple to join the Demon Subduing Bureau. You only need to go to the Demon Subduing Bureau, which is the spaceship of Xuanbao Pavilion, test your strength, and receive the Demon Subduing Bureau badge. After that, you can accept tasks through the token, or go to the East China Sea alone to hunt down the demon leader of the Dragon Temple.

In addition, you can also choose to become a permanent Demon Subduing Guard of the Demon Subduing Bureau. The screening for this method is much stricter, and not only has requirements on strength, but also identity and background. Not everyone can become a Demon Subduing Guard.

There are naturally many benefits to becoming a Demon Subduing Guard. You can get a fixed amount of merit as salary every month, and depending on your strength, you can also get some discounts when redeeming.

Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious, which is that you need to obey the orders of the Demon-Subduing Department.

Cao Ze certainly would not choose to become a Demon Subduing Guard. He does not want to be bound by the Demon Subduing Division because they are lenient in taking people.

Five days passed in a flash, and Cao Ze was ready to go to the Demon Subduing Bureau to get a badge.

Walking on the street, Cao Ze could clearly feel that there were more people in Haijiao City, and most of them were men with broad shoulders and strong backs, with all kinds of weapons on their waists. They were obviously warriors, and these people were often very powerful.

In the past, warriors in the Bone Tempering Realm could be seen on the streets, but warriors in the Organ Refining Realm could only be encountered occasionally.

But now, there are people who are strengthening their bones everywhere and practicing refining their organs as numerous as dogs.

This is understandable. After all, to survive in the East China Sea and come to Cape City, one must have some skills.

Soon, Cao Ze arrived at the Demon-Subduing Division, which was already crowded with people. Even the task and merit exchange halls nearby had long queues, which made Cao Ze dream back to the queuing nightmare of his previous life.

Sure enough, when there are more people, queuing becomes inevitable.

Coming down the spiral staircase to the deck, Cao Ze went straight to the registration hall.

The Demon Subduing Division has been established for more than a month, and those who wanted to join it have already joined. Now it has become a deserted office, and coming here at this time can be said to be a very wise choice.

"Cao Ze."

However, just as he reached the door, he was suddenly stopped.

When I looked back, it turned out to be Hong Xing in red clothes.

"Are you planning to join the Demon Exorcist Department?"

Hong Xing looked at Cao Ze and felt that this boy's demeanor was becoming more and more calm.

What Cao Ze did these days also gave her a lot of good impression. Yue Lingke's injuries had healed, so her anger naturally dissipated. She also understood more and more why the young lady valued this boy.

"Yes."

Cao Ze bowed respectfully. Hong Xing could be considered as half a teacher to him and had always taken good care of him.

"Why don't you come under my command? I can protect you a little bit."

Hong Xing invited him because he was her own person after all, and she didn't want the person the young lady valued to die before he grew up.

She said with some pride, "Now I am also the leader of the Demon Subduing Division. Following me, whether it is to earn merit or to be safe, it is much better than fighting alone. In addition, Feng Kuang, Tian Haiyi and the others are also under my command, so you will have a tacit understanding when working together."

The chief, deputy chief and chief of the Demon-Subduing Division are all from the Xuanbao Pavilion, but there are only so many people coming from the Xuanbao Pavilion. The people who are needed below are the ones who can really do the work, and they are the chiefs under the chief.

Originally, the four major families belonged to Xuanbao Pavilion, and many children from the four major families were disciples of Xuanbao Pavilion. Among the Xuanbao Pavilion messengers who came here this time, there were several children from the four major families.

Therefore, most of these positions for the chief escort were divided among the four major families. It was not surprising that Hong Xing, as Yue Lingke's maid, got the position of the chief escort.

The charioteer can recruit his own demon-subduing guards.

These demon-subduing guards can not only receive salaries and merits, but can also follow the leader to complete missions. As for the cost-effectiveness of the mission, it depends on the ability of the leader.

The Grandmaster's maid is naturally quite capable, which is why Hong Xing said that following her to earn merits is much better than fighting alone. And for an average Bone Tempering Realm warrior, having a chief in the Organ Refining Realm protecting him naturally gives him a full sense of security.

"In that case, I'll have to trouble Hong Xing!"

Cao Ze agreed without hesitation.

Although I was determined not to become a Demon Subduing Guard before, this is a different time.

Working under Hong Xing would be relatively freer, without too many restrictions, and he could also enjoy the benefits of the Demon Subduing Guard. It was foreseeable that by following Hong Xing, the speed of accumulating merits would increase a lot, so he naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Easy to do."

Hong Xing waved her hand.

At this moment, someone suddenly ran over from a distance with a hurried look, came straight to Hong Xing, and whispered something in her ear.

Hong Xing's expression changed drastically after hearing this.

"I have something to do today. Come to the Demon Subduing Department tomorrow and I will have someone help you get an identity."

Even though she quickly recovered her composure, she could not hide the worry in the depths of her eyes. Hong Xing said something to Cao Ze, then turned around and hurriedly walked out.

Cao Ze quickly caught up and asked, "But what trouble have you encountered? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Hong Xing smiled and said, "It's okay, I can handle it."

She knew Cao Ze's character, but this feeling of repaying a favor was actually quite good.

As for helping.

Even if she needed help, she would go to the young lady instead of a little guy in the Bone Tempering Realm.

However, she'd better not go to the young lady about today's matter for the time being. Recently, the relationship between the four major families and the people from Xuanbao Pavilion is not very good, and she doesn't want to cause any trouble for the young lady.

　At the beginning of the morning, some agarwood is lightly applied, and lilac seeds are slightly exposed to people. A clear song temporarily brings the cherry blossoms to bloom.

　　Her silk sleeves were stained with red wine, the cup was soon soiled with fragrant wine. She leaned coquettishly on the embroidered bed, chewing the red fur and spitting at her lover with a smile.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)