Start with the fisherman

Chapter 128 Identity Exposed
There was a constant roar in the distance, which lasted for a long time.

Liang Hong's expression on the deck of the Whale Hunter was uncertain. The fact that it lasted for such a long time showed that there were also half-step masters in the fleet of Cape City.

But if the fleet of Cape City was confident, why would they take their father hostage and run away?
As I was struggling with my inner struggle, the roar in the distance suddenly disappeared, and the world returned to peace again.

Everyone knows that the winner has been decided!

Liang Hong finally made a decision. It would be too late if he didn't take action!

Floating to the mast of the Whale Hunter, Liang Hong put his hands behind his back, his robe rustling in the sea breeze. At this moment, his heart was filled with heroic spirit, which made him even more confident in the next action.

As a warrior in the Refining Organs Realm, it is natural for him to control this small fleet.

"Everyone listen up! Turn around immediately and get closer to the main fleet!"

The blood and energy surged, and he spoke in a loud voice. With the help of the blood and energy, his voice spread far away and attracted the attention of everyone on the three monster-hunting ships.

On the Feilong, Yue Ertai looked gloomy. Sure enough, the thing he was most worried about happened.

How can they, several warriors in the Bone Tempering Realm, suppress Liang Hong, an alchemist in the Organ Refining Realm?
This operation arrangement was undoubtedly a huge failure.

"Lord Hong Xing has ordered us to return directly to Cape City. No one is allowed to disobey!"

Since Cao Ze, the leader appointed by Hong Xing, was not there, Yue Ertai had to step up and clean up the mess for him.

"When a general is on the battlefield, he may not obey the king's orders!"

Liang Hong sneered, stepped on the mast, and arrived at the Feilong. A long sword like the cold moonlight was pointed directly at Yue Ertai.

Yue Ertai, who had been prepared, raised his right hand and threw out a punch that was ready to strike. The pressure like a mountain made the air heavy.

At the same time, the captain of the Mantis was already rushing towards the Flying Dragon. As long as Yue Ertai blocked this attack, the two of them would join forces and cooperate with the Bone Tempering Realm warriors on the two monster hunting ships. There would still be a certain chance to defeat this Organ Refining Realm alchemist who was not good at fighting.

puff!
With a slight sound, the fist wind from Yue Ertai was cut by the sword light like cheese. Then the sword light flashed and pierced into Yue Ertai's chest, bringing up a flash of blood.

Yue Ertai's right hand hung limply at his side, and his face looked extremely ugly.

Originally he thought that Liang Hong was not good at fighting, but he was obviously wrong. The sword he just stabbed was definitely not something that an alchemist who was not good at fighting could stab.

With just one move, he was defeated.

If Liang Hong had not held back at the last moment, his right arm would not have been crippled, but he would have died.

Liang Hong stood with a sword in his hand, looked at the captain of the Mantis and sneered silently.

The Bone Tempering Realm warriors on the two ships were filled with despair. How could they continue to fight?
"In the world of martial arts, the strong are respected. Don't you even understand this principle?"

Liang Hong looked at everyone and spoke again, "Now, can you follow my orders?"

"In the world of martial arts, the strong are respected?"

Suddenly, a female voice floated over, and Su Xiaozhi landed on the bow of the Feilong.

"Oh, you think differently?"

Liang Hong narrowed his eyes slightly. He had always thought that this woman was just a vase brought on board by Cao Ze, but her performance on board just now clearly showed that this was not the case.

Su Xiaozhi shook her head, "That's not the case!"

"It's just that my definition of a strong person is a little different from yours!"

As he finished speaking, there was a clang and the long sword was unsheathed. The bow seemed to be covered with a heavy snowfall and a cold and murderous atmosphere enveloped the deck, as if the dead of winter had suddenly arrived.

Click!

Liang Hong drew his sword and fought back, but the branches were bent by the heavy snow at the first contact, and the next moment, the sword broke.

Su Xiaozhi put away the knife, the snowflakes in the sky disappeared, and all the cold feelings disappeared in an instant, as if nothing had happened.

But only half of the sword was left in Liang Hong's hand, and the remaining half fell on the deck, standing alone, with a clear line of blood on his forehead.

Liang Hong knew that if the knife had moved forward half an inch more, he would have been dead for sure.

But how is that possible?

This woman is so strong?
"In the world of martial arts, the strong are respected!"

Su Xiaozhi put away her knife and stood up. "So now you can stay still?"

Although she does not have Cao Ze's faceplate, Cao Ze has always taught her step by step. Su Xiaozhi's Snow Falling Sword has already broken through to the great perfection realm, so it is no problem for her to deal with an alchemist with some combat power.

Otherwise, how could Cao Ze feel comfortable handing over this mess to Su Xiaozhi.

"She is actually also a warrior in the Refining Organ Realm!"

Yue Ertai was dumbfounded and looked at Su Xiaozhi who had returned to the Whale Hunter.

Aren’t there too many geniuses in this Cape City?
But he soon realized what was going on. No wonder Hong Xing let them come without any hesitation. It turned out that she had already made arrangements for the backup plan.

Soon, he frowned again.

He saw the relationship between Cao Ze and Su Xiaozhi.

Since Su Xiaozhi is so strong, what about Cao Ze?

"Have I always underestimated that kid?"

Not only Yue Ertai, but everyone on the three monster hunting ships couldn't help but look towards the direction of the Whale Hunting Ship.

Even the crew of the Whaler opened their mouths wide.

It’s not that no one had criticized Cao Ze for bringing women on board before, but Cao Ze’s ability to look out to sea with one hand and his growing authority on the ship meant that, over time, no one mentioned the matter anymore.

It was not until today that they realized that if Su Xiaozhi was a vase, then what were they?

……

Yue Wensheng floated down the deck, came to Hong Xing's side, helped her up, took out a porcelain bottle, and fed her a healing pill.

Hong Xing's injuries were not light, but for a warrior in the Refining Organs Realm, they were not so serious. She would be able to recover after recuperating for some time.

At this time, only Zhuang Yilong's body was floating on the sea, and the man in black had long disappeared.

Judging from the results, he must have left.

I just don't know who that man in black is.

Now even they are somewhat convinced that the man in black is from the Four Great Families. Otherwise, why would he help the Four Great Families again and again?

Hong Xing was soon able to stand on her own and walked to Zhuang Yilong, only to find that his storage bag had disappeared at some point.

"Did he fall into the sea during the fight?"

Hong Xing secretly sighed that it was a pity.

The sea seems calm, but in fact there are undercurrents surging inside. The storage bag fell into the sea and it would be impossible to find it in a short time.

"Send a signal to the Whale Hunter to rejoin the fleet and return at full speed!"

Hong Xing quickly issued another order, and the fleet broke through the waves again.

……

In the sea water, Cao Ze swam around like a fish, blood oozing out of his body from time to time and dissipating in the sea water.

Although he finally used the accumulated momentum of the Snowfall Knife to unleash a stunning blow and killed Zhuang Yilong, he was also seriously injured by the opponent's previous attacks.

But his face was full of excitement. He defeated the enemy head-on and killed the Half-Step Grandmaster!

He thought of the scene where Yue Lingke killed the Dragon God Temple priest Mo Lin, which had given him a great shock back then.

I didn’t expect that I could already do this!

Excited, Cao Ze took out a small cloth bag.

This was naturally the storage bag that Zhuang Yilong had disappeared from. When he escaped, he did not forget to take it off Zhuang Yilong.

The storage bag of a noble family like Yuwen Qilong cannot be taken without permission, but a wandering ghost like Zhuang Yilong does not have so many concerns.

His mind sank into the storage bag, and he saw that there was only about one cubic meter of space in the bag, and there were only some sundries and a few hundred taels of silver in it.

However, one of the porcelain bottles caught Cao Ze's attention. He had just seen this porcelain bottle not long ago.

Refining dirty pills!
Liang Wencai, this old fox, not only gave Hong Xing the alchemy pill, but also benefited Zhuang Yilong as well. He really was betting on both sides and not putting all his eggs in one basket. But this was enough to prove that Liang Hong's talent in alchemy was indeed extraordinary.

He is too clever and has calculated everything.

In the end, he got the better deal.

"So poor!"

After searching the entire storage space, Cao Ze couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The most useful thing in it was actually the Refining Pill given by Liang Wencai.

"Hey, this is..."

Cao Ze's eyes lit up and he looked at the dull aqua blue bead.

This bead looks so insignificant among the clutter, even a little dull.

However, in Cao Ze's eyes, it seemed to emit a unique light.

With a thought, the bead appeared in Cao Ze's hand, and he looked at it carefully.

The surface of the bead is as smooth as a mirror, and the interior seems to contain endless depth and mystery.

As Cao Ze watched, the bead seemed to gradually emit a faint luster, a watery luster, as if the bead contained endless water essence!
A hint of surprise flashed in Cao Ze's eyes, and he recognized the bead - it was the Water Spirit Bead!
This is a pleasant surprise!

Now, the auxiliary natural materials and treasures needed for his Five Elements Internal Refining Technique are repeatedly emphasized in the secret book as being extremely difficult to gather. It even provides compromise solutions such as the Two Principles, Three Talents, and Four Symbols. Although their power is not as strong as that of the Five Elements Internal Refining Technique, it is still much stronger than that of ordinary internal refining warriors.

But now, he has three of them!
However, he couldn't use it for the time being. After the Wood Spirit Core was 100% fused, Cao Ze tried to refine the Golden Soul Divine Iron, but found that it was impossible to refine it.

He knew that this was probably related to his own cultivation. He was afraid that he could only wait until he had achieved a minor breakthrough in the refining of the internal organs before he could continue to practice the next step of the Five Elements Refining of the Internal Organs Technique.

Put away the water spirit bead.

Cao Ze looked at the gloves that were taken off Zhuang Yilong's hands again.

There is no doubt that this is a spiritual weapon.

It was a pity that his last blow of the sword left a long cut on his right fist, causing damage to the spiritual weapon. Otherwise, it should have been able to be sold at a good price.

Splash, soon, Cao Ze sensed the Whale Hunter, jumped out of the water and returned to the deck of the Whale Hunter.

At this time, the dark clouds had dispersed, and the starlight and moonlight were shining.

Bathed in the starlight, the wood spirit core in his body was running actively, constantly emitting strands of green energy, which flowed around Cao Ze, bringing a cool feeling and repairing his body and internal organs that were damaged in the battle.

In a short period of time, Cao Ze's injuries had recovered a lot.

However, when he returned to the Whaler, he found that everyone was looking at him strangely.

After taking a careful look around him, he found that his clothes had been changed back into clothes and his injuries had been hidden, so there shouldn't be any flaws.

After learning about Liang Hong's little thoughts, Cao Ze suddenly realized that Su Xiaozhi had taken action after all.

Then, many things may not be kept secret.

But now he is no longer the little guy like that. With his current strength, he is not afraid of anyone below the Grandmaster. Even if his identity is exposed, he will not be powerless to protect himself.

The only thing that worried him was the death of Yuwen Qilong.

No one suspected him before, but if his strength was exposed, it would inevitably attract attention.

Fortunately, those who came out this time were all direct descendants of the Yue family, so the news was still within controllable range.

At this time, the Whale Hunter finally caught up with the Red Apricot.

Liang Hong finally saw his father. They looked at each other, neither of them was very happy.

They didn't expect that the originally perfect plan would end up like this.

Hong Xing ignored the two of them. If Liang Hong wasn't really talented in alchemy, the two of them would have gone to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

In the conference room, Yue Ertai finally understood what had happened.

He subconsciously looked at Cao Ze. Judging from the timing, Cao Ze was highly suspicious. Although the man in black appeared much earlier than Cao Ze expected to arrive, if Cao Ze had hidden his strength, then everything would make sense.

That was why he was so rude to Liang Hong on Red Leaf Island. This was not because of his scheming, or taking advantage of the power of others, nor was it because he was reckless. It was because he was confident in his own strength and was sure that he could control the overall situation!

But, can you kill a half-step grandmaster head-on?

Yue Ertai found it absurd just thinking about it.

I could only shake my head and didn't want to think about it too much.

If Su Xiaozhi had not shown her powerful strength, he would never have suspected that Cao Ze was the man in black.

Even now, he doubted his own judgment.

At this moment he discovered that Hong Xing was also looking at Cao Ze!

Of course she already knew about the voice on the Whale Hunter, but she didn't expect that this sister Su Xiaozhi was also a master of the Organ Refining Realm!

You know, her achievements today are not only due to her own strong qualifications, but also due to Yue Lingke's investment of resources in her regardless of cost.

Given Su Xiaozhi's background, where did she get so many resources?

Is her qualification better than mine?
Hong Xing did not doubt this, but considering everything, she still looked at Cao Ze.

If Cao Ze is the man in black, then everything makes sense. Only in this way can he provide Su Xiaozhi with sufficient resources.

……

“You did a great job this time!”

In the captain's room on the Hong Xing, there were only Hong Xing and Cao Ze. She had also heard about what happened on Hongye Island, so she took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a pill, and handed it to Cao Ze, "This Lianzang Pill is what you deserve!"

Cao Ze's eyes narrowed slightly. He understood Hong Xing's meaning, but he did not hesitate and reached out to take the Lianzang Pill. Although he already had a bottle, who would complain about having too much of this stuff?

"This kid has indeed broken through to the Refining Organs Realm!"

Hong Xing's heart was shocked. She understood what this meant, but she still couldn't be sure that Cao Ze was the man in black. The man in black was too strong, so strong that she couldn't connect him with the boy in front of her no matter what.

Hong Xing recovered quickly. In any case, the man in black had no ill will towards her. Whether it was Cao Ze or not, since he wanted to hide, there was no need for her to dig into the matter.

This temptation was just an instinctive temptation.

"This is for sister Xiaozhi."

As she spoke, Hong Xing poured out another Lianzang Pill and handed it to Cao Ze.

(End of this chapter)