Start with the fisherman

Chapter 122 Mission
Green Bamboo Pavilion,
There are two famous wines in Cape City, Haixin Nongjiang and Cuizhu Niang.

Luo Qingyun likes both kinds of wine, but he seems to be particularly fond of Cuizhuxuan. After coming to Haijiao City, he spends most of his time staying in Cuizhuxuan.

"Yuwen Qilong actually died just like that?"

"To die in such a small place!"

Luo Xinjun sat opposite Luo Qingyun, took a sip of the Green Bamboo Wine, took a bite of the fried potatoes, and marveled at it.

I don’t know whether he was lamenting the delicious potatoes or the death of Yuwen Qilong.

Not to mention, the potatoes are first boiled in water, then put into a frying pan, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and fried until the skin is crispy and yellow. Before you start eating, the aroma of the potatoes hits your nose, making you salivate.

When you take a bite, you will find that the skin is crispy and the inside is soft and glutinous, with rich layers and excellent taste.

Real gourmet food doesn’t need any fancy ingredients.

"Tell me, Yuwen Qilong, is it possible that the little guy killed him?"

After eating a piece of fried potato, Luo Xinjun suddenly asked curiously.

Of course Luo Qingyun knew who the little guy she was talking about was.

He also suspected Cao Ze. Whether it was the motive or the time and place where the crime was committed, Cao Ze had it.

But he knew more about the Yuwen family's Phoenix Nirvana secret technique. Their Luo family also had the same secret technique.

If you want to accomplish something, it is not enough to have motivation, you must also have the ability to do it!

So, he shook his head and said, "I always feel that the things in Cape City are not that simple!"

"Although these guys from the Dragon God Temple have sacrificed the Blood Demon Guards, the techniques they practice are not the orthodox Blood Demon Technique of the Blood Demon Cult."

"What's so strange about this?"

Luo Xinjun had another skewer of grilled squid in her hand as if by magic. She said nonchalantly, "The Blood Demon Cult was destroyed a long time ago. Those guys from the Dragon God Temple picked up some of the Blood Demon Cult's inheritance. Isn't this normal?"

Luo Qingyun shook his head and said no more, but fell into deep thought again.

……

Tianya City, Brotherhood,
The two grandmasters Meng Qifan and Tong Shuzhao sat at the top, with five or six half-step grandmasters sitting scattered below.

At this moment, all of them had smiles on their faces.

Yuwen Qilong died at the perfect time.

First, the Demon-Subduing Division arrived and had conflicts with the four major families. Yue Lingke lost his patience and started a fierce fight with them, allowing them to take advantage and develop rapidly.

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Qilong died in the blink of an eye. It can be imagined that there will be another bloody battle between the Yuwen family and the four major families. At that time, the one who benefits will be their Tianya City.

In fact, it is very likely that it won’t be long before their Tianya City will replace Haijiao City and become the real master of this land!
Many of them said they were residents of the East China Sea islands, but they themselves knew that the so-called natives were just pirates in disguise.

They are poor in literature but rich in martial arts. Without the massive support from looting, how could they have cultivated to their current strength?

Unexpectedly, after the bloody rebellion at the Dragon Temple, they were the ones who benefited in the end. A group of pirates suddenly became the official spokespersons. How could they not be happy?
They didn't know that they should indeed be thankful that Yuwen Qilong was dead, otherwise, the first thing Yuwen Qilong would do when he returned to Haijiao City would be to raze Tianya City to the ground, leaving no one alive!
……

In the Demon Subduing Division, in the conference room, on both sides of the long table sat several masters from the four major families and two masters from the Tianya City Brotherhood.

Yuwen Badao was seriously injured and bedridden, so this meeting was chaired by Luo Qingyun.

"We warriors from Tianya City have been active in the East China Sea for many years. We are all from the same island, so we naturally have a sense of familiarity with each other. It is most appropriate for us to be sent on this mission."

Meng Qifan, who was pale, finished speaking in one breath, then coughed violently for a long time until his face turned red.

puff...

Yue Lingke, who was sitting opposite him, sneered rudely, "Yes, the people of Hongye Island should be very friendly to you. They may have paid you protection fees in the past. How can they not be friendly?"

Others may not know the origins of these people in Tianya City, but it is impossible to hide it from Yue Lingke.

Luo Qingyun and Yuwen Badao also knew the truth, but now was the time to confront the Dragon God Temple. They could enhance their own strength and weaken the opponent's, so they naturally turned a blind eye.

Now that Yue Lingke brought it up, it could be said to be a slap in the face.

"you……"

Meng Qifan's eyes widened with anger, but his injury was aroused and he started coughing violently again.

"What does the Yue family mean by this?"

Tong Shuzhao looked at Yue Lingke with a gloomy expression.

"Means nothing!"

Yue Lingke would not show weakness, these were just two defeated generals. "It's just that I heard a while ago that a bunch of rats were dug out in the slums. I heard they sneaked in from Tianya City."

"Since you in Tianya City can't even control the rats in your own home, it's better to leave this matter to us, otherwise your house will be eaten up by rats, which would be a pity."

"you……"

Faced with Yue Lingke's sarcastic words, Tong Shuzhao was defeated and turned into a one-word master.

"All right!"

Luo Qingyun, who was at the head of the group, spoke in a deep voice, "The four great families have been operating in Haijiao City for many years. Tianya City is just starting out, and there are indeed many places that need people. Let the four great families send people this time!"

Once these words were spoken, it was naturally the final conclusion.

Meng Qifan and the other man's faces suddenly turned ugly.

The rewards for this mission were so generous that they couldn't help but feel jealous.

And although the task seems difficult, the risk is actually very small.

They had just fought a great battle with the Dragon God Temple not long ago, and the top fighters of both sides were either killed or seriously injured, so going out to sea at this time is actually the safest.

Whether it is the Demon Subduing Division or the Dragon God Temple, none of the masters above the half-step grandmaster level will be willing to act rashly. To cultivate to their level, they have already experienced numerous hardships and dangers, and it is not easy to get to this point, so naturally they have to be doubly careful.

If he were in his prime, it would be very difficult to kill a Half-Step Grandmaster.

But now, they were injured. If they were besieged by a group of refining warriors, they would probably die.

Therefore, if you go out to sea now, you are good enough to be the best if you are at the Lian Zang realm.

And it's not just a reward. If you can meet that alchemist, you can also save some incense, which will naturally bring you many benefits in the future.

"We are also considering the Demon Exorcism Department."

"This matter is of great importance and cannot afford to make any mistakes. If the four families need help, as long as they are willing to ask us sincerely, we in Tianya City are willing to provide help."

After Meng Qifan coughed a few times, he suddenly said something softly.

Luo Qingyun has already made the final conclusion. He knows that things are irreversible. In this case, he might as well give the four major families some sympathy.

If the four major families succeed in this mission, then that's fine. If not, then his words now will become the sharpest weapon to attack the four major families in the future!
Even more, if that crazy woman couldn't stand my provocation and issued a military order or something, that would be perfect!

puff...

However, what he waited for was Yue Lingke's sneer again.

"How can you talk about courage when you have two defeated generals?"

Yue Lingke stood up and looked down at the two of them. "If our people can't complete the task, then you will not be able to complete it either!"

After saying that, she strode out of the meeting room with ease, leaving behind Meng Qifan, who was once again coughing violently out of anger.

A method of provoking generals?

What kind of military order do you want her to sign?

Are you kidding me?
She, Yue Lingke, is just too lazy to use her brain, not that she has no brains!
……

In the Cao family compound, under the grape trellis, Su Xiaozhi lazily lay on a chair below, eating grapes, watching Cao Ze in the yard practicing boxing as slowly as an old turtle.

They planted this grape trellis last year, but it was only this year that it finally grew to maturity.

A month has passed since the battle between the Demon Subduing Division and the Dragon Temple.

During this month, Cape City was peaceful and calm, and seemed to have regained its former prosperity.

The feud between Yuwen Badao and the four great families was only known to the top leaders of the four great families, and no one else had any way of knowing it.

But Cao Ze already developed a sense of urgency. Although Yuwen Qilong's death seemed to have nothing to do with him, for some reason, he always had a feeling of urgency, urging him to improve his strength as soon as possible.

Following his own will, Cao Ze naturally spared no effort to improve his strength.

These days, he not only made good use of his time to practice the Fish-Dragon Body Tempering Technique, but he was also trying out the secret techniques left by Zhao Chengxun.

Facts have proved that the Five Elements Internal Refining Technique is truly in perfect harmony with this secret technique. With the improvement of the degree of integration, he has been able to perform these secret techniques on his own.

In addition, he already had some clues about the hidden dangers of the Meteoric Blade, but he still lacked one thing to confirm it.

call……

After practicing the Fish and Dragon Body Tempering Technique for an hour, Cao Ze finished his practice and stood up. After standing there for a while, he carefully comprehended the experience he had just gained from practicing. With a thought, a long sword appeared in his hand. As he swung it, it was as if a heavy snowfall appeared in the yard.

It was the Snowfall Knife.

Ever since he comprehended the sword's power, Cao Ze hadn't used the Snowfall Sword for some time, but recently, he picked it up again.

As his cultivation and vision improved, he looked at the Snow Falling Knife again and gained new insights.

At this moment, his swordsmanship once again had some of the flavor of heavy snow crushing green pine trees, as if he had fallen from the realm of simplifying the complex and returned to the realm of complexity. However, Su Xiaozhi, who was watching from the side, always felt that something seemed to be wrong.

She had been watching Cao Ze practicing martial arts and easily noticed the changes in the Snow Falling Knife.

If the previous snow-falling knife used a knife to simulate heavy snow, it could achieve the effect of heavy snow crushing green pine trees.

So now, Cao Ze's swordsmanship gave her the feeling that the swordsmanship was not important, and the sword was not important either. The feeling of heavy snow pressing down on green pines naturally appeared in her heart.

If I have to say, it is the difference between form and spirit.

Su Xiaozhi suddenly realized that Ze Ge's previous swordsmanship only had the form, but not the spirit.

Now, he seems to have gone a step further?!
Click!

There was a crisp sound, as if a green pine was finally broken by the heavy snow. The air in the entire courtyard became heavy, as if a thick layer of snow was pressing on the courtyard.

The knife flashed, and all the pressure gathered on the blade.

puff!
A knife slashed across, leaving a dark scratch in the air, as if even the space was cut by this knife.

Cao Ze put away the long sword in his hand, overjoyed.

Just now, he felt as if he had broken a piece of glass that had been trapping him, and then it was natural for him to swing the knife.

He was all too familiar with the feel of that last knife strike.

That is momentum!

Call up the panel,

【Wu Fu:
Cultivation: Twelve-level Body Forging
Fish Dragon Transformation (Bone Forging): Perfect (2618/40960)

Snowfall Knife (Potential): Not yet mastered (37/1000)

Strike the Sea (Momentum): Minor Success (183/3200)

Wind Shadow Step: Perfection
Five Elements Internal Medicine (Liver): Fusion (57%)

Love Point: 55】

As expected, he understood the power of the Snowfall Knife by himself!

Hahaha……

Cao Ze laughed excitedly.

Today, he is finally more confident. His achievements today are inseparable from his excellent understanding and hard work!
Cao Ze was not surprised at all when he saw the progress bar after Xue Luodao was hit, which was 200 points higher than that of Ji Canghai.

It's not that the power of the Snow Falling Knife is stronger than that of the Ji Canghai Knife, but after all, he comprehended the power of the Snow Falling Knife from the visualization diagram, while he comprehended the power of the Snow Falling Knife himself. Things that he comprehends himself are often more suitable for him and can exert more terrifying power in his hands.

However, the force of striking the sea represents an extreme explosion, and all its purposes are to mobilize the forces of heaven and earth to increase the power of this attack.

The power of the Snowfall Knife represents accumulation and accumulation, and finally reaches the state of boiling a frog in warm water. After adding the last bit of strength, it is like thunder in silence, and terrifying power erupts in an instant.

To be honest, the power of the Snowfall Knife is now even greater than that of the Ji Canghai Knife, and it has greater potential.

But its shortcomings are equally obvious. The Snowfall Blade needs to accumulate strength during the battle and then slowly burst out at the end.

But for a real battle, where would he get the time to accumulate strength?

If it was a battle of equal strength, it would have been resolved long ago by using Ji Canghai. Would there be a need to accumulate strength?

If the opponent is strong, how can he have time to accumulate strength in the battle?

"It would be great if we could combine the Snowfall Blade and the Strike the Sea!"

Cao Ze thought to himself that if he could unleash the power of attacking Canghai with every strike, and then slowly accumulate strength, and finally hear thunder in the silence, and unleash a powerful strike of Xueluodao, it would definitely have a shocking effect.

Perhaps if you comprehend the Snowfall Blade and the Strike the Sea Force to a higher level, you can achieve this.

However, Cao Ze was not in a hurry. The most urgent task now was to improve the degree of integration of the Five Elements Refining Organs Technique. With the improvement of the degree of integration of the Five Elements Refining Organs Technique, the effect of the Secret Technique of the Growth of All Things became more and more terrifying. With his current 57% degree of integration, it could provide him with 128 points of cultivation progress every day, which was even more than the daily increase in love points.

Therefore, the most cost-effective use of the Love Points now is, of course, to increase the degree of integration of the Five Elements Internal Medicine Technique.

"Congratulations to Brother Ze for improving his swordsmanship!"

Su Xiaozhi saw Cao Ze finished his training, then stepped forward and said with a smile, "It would be a pity not to use such a beautiful knife skill to cut vegetables."

Cao Ze smiled slightly...

Snatch, snatch, snatch, snatch…

In the kitchen, two figures were busy, and the sound of knives chopping on the chopping board could be heard.

Su Xiaozhi was waving a spatula, looking like a chef, while Cao Ze was helping to cut vegetables, using a snow-fall knife!

With his current control, he can naturally cut vegetables without making any noise, but without the dense noise, the taste would be missing.

Looking at the sausage slices neatly arranged on the chopping board, he picked up a slice and placed it in front of him, facing the direction of the kitchen door. He could even see the scene in the courtyard through the sausage slices.

Put it in your mouth and it really melts in your mouth!

With his eyes slightly narrowed and a look of enjoyment on his face, he was very satisfied with his knife skills.

"Little greedy cat, it's not good to steal food!"

Su Xiaozhi's voice sounded from behind.

"I didn't eat it secretly!"

Cao Ze turned around, pulled Su Xiaozhi into his arms, and bit her, "If you want to eat me, I will eat her openly!"

After a while of fooling around, the two of them finally cooked a large table of food.

"Wow, this food smells delicious!"

While the two were playing, they didn't notice that there was a woman in red in the courtyard.

Hong Xing came over at some point, smelled the fragrance of the food, and gave a heartfelt compliment.

"Sister Hong Xing, have you eaten?"

"Let's eat something together?"

Su Xiaozhi quickly broke free from Cao Ze's clutches, trotted to Hong Xing, took her hand, and pulled her into the lobby to sit down at the Eight Immortals Table.

They are already an old couple, and Su Xiaozhi is not as shy as she used to be.

"Okay!"

Hong Xing didn't hesitate to pick up a piece of lentil sausage with chopsticks and put it in her mouth and started chewing.

"Sister Xiaozhi's cooking skills are really good!"

Hong Xing was a little surprised. It wasn't just a polite remark she made, but she really thought so.

Compared to the delicacies from land and sea that she had eaten before, the ingredients here were definitely much inferior. Even the cooking skills were definitely not as good as those of the chefs in places like Cuizhuxuan and Zuiyuexuan. But it was these rough ingredients and imperfect cooking skills that gave this dish a special flavor.

Give her a refreshing feeling.

There seems to be a special flavor in this dish.

It’s like the smell of fireworks in the world!

"If you think it tastes good, eat more, Sister Hong Xing!"

Su Xiaozhi narrowed her eyes slightly, took out her chopsticks and picked up another piece of fried tomatoes for Hong Xing. There is no one who doesn't like to be praised, especially by a strong person like Hong Xing, and the exaggeration is sincere.

"Okay!"

Hong Xing, who was originally just preparing to be polite, didn't hesitate to pick up the bowl of rice and started eating with big mouthfuls.

After eating and drinking, she stood up and touched Su Xiaozhi's head. She suddenly understood why Cao Ze liked this girl so much.

"Well, I won't eat your delicious food for nothing. Consider this bottle of bone strengthening pills as your meal money!"

As she spoke, Hong Xing raised her hand, and a small porcelain bottle appeared in her palm, which she handed to Su Xiaozhi.

Su Xiaozhi waved her hand immediately, "It's just simple food. If Sister Hong Xing likes, you can come over anytime. There's no need to pay for the meal."

Hong Xing smiled, stretched out her hand to hold Su Xiaozhi's hand, and put the porcelain bottle into her hand, "The meal is just a simple meal for you, and these bone-strengthening pills are just candy beans and snacks for me."

"Just take it if you give it to me!"

At this point, Su Xiaozhi no longer refused. The two of them linked their arms, walked under the grape trellis in the courtyard, and began a cordial conversation.

Cao Ze curled his lips.

Women's friendship is sometimes so inexplicable.

Looking at the mess on the table, he had no choice but to clean it up.

After cleaning up the dishes and walking out of the kitchen, Hong Xing raised her head from the heated conversation and looked at Cao Ze, "Gather the crew, we will go out to sea in three days!"

"Hey, this is your reward in advance!"

As she spoke, Hong Xing threw another bottle of bone-strengthening pills to Cao Ze.

Ok!

The Whale Hunter only uses one bottle of Bone-Forging Pills for each voyage, and Su Xiaozhi also uses one bottle of Bone-Forging Pills for each meal she cooks. If you had known this, why not open a restaurant?

Cao Ze was in a relatively relaxed mood. Judging from Hong Xing's performance, this should not be a dangerous mission.

Moreover, Yuwen Qilong was dead, and Yuwen Badao was still seriously injured, so it seemed unlikely that there would be any danger.

Thinking of this, Cao Ze couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that his first reaction to danger would be "our own people".

"I also need to go back and prepare. Sister Xiaozhi will also be with us on this mission. We can talk more then!"

Hong Xing stood up from under the grape trellis and said goodbye to Su Xiaozhi reluctantly. If you didn't know, you would think they were best friends who had known each other for many years.

She also heard that Cao Ze always took Su Xiaozhi with him when he went out to sea, and she specifically reminded him of it.

In her opinion, this task was as easy as playing house.

After the great battle a month ago, although Cape City suffered heavy losses and almost all the masters of the Demon Subduing Division were recovering from injuries, the same was true for Dragon God Temple, and the losses were even more severe, so the possibility of Dragon God Temple causing trouble at this time was very small.

(End of this chapter)