Start with the fisherman

Chapter 132: It’s over, just brush off your clothes and go away

Li Changji's laughter stopped abruptly.

The Taoist priest and the old man both looked at Cao Ze with meaningful eyes.

Cao Ze was a little confused. Although this sentence was very domineering, hadn't it been used too much in the novels of the previous life?

What's so strange about that?

"Little brother, hurry up and leave. Don't worry about this. I will recover in a moment. This evildoer is dead today!"

After a long while, Li Changji withdrew his gaze and spoke calmly.

"After a while, his strength may be restored."

Cao Ze looked at the old Taoist opposite him.

He was hit by the blood curse of the gloomy young man. If he let the old Taoist escape today, he would not be able to sleep or eat well.

Cao Ze felt a chill at the thought that this old Taoist had actually destroyed an island.

Today he must watch this old Taoist die!

Li Changji looked at Cao Ze, and after a moment shook his head, "This old Taoist has strange methods. His soul-suppressing banner can be used for both offense and defense. You can't do anything to him."

Although Cao Ze's strength is weird and complicated, in Li Changji's eyes, there are not many secrets about him. He is just a little guy who has not yet broken through to the blood refining realm and has mastered the perfect momentum. Unless he can master the perfect momentum, he will not be able to break even the defense of an experienced person.

"There is a road to heaven but you don't take it, there is no door to hell but you insist on breaking in!"

At this point, the old Taoist said no more. He looked at Cao Ze with a sneer on his face, like a devil walking out of hell. He wanted to imprint Cao Ze's appearance firmly in his heart and seek revenge on him someday.

Cao Ze did not leave. In Guan Hai's vision, the old Taoist was surrounded by complicated lines, like mysterious runes, forming a protective shield that enveloped the old Taoist. He actually used the power of heaven and earth to set up protection.

Even if a master were here, it would probably be difficult to break his defense.

But now he can look the old Taoist directly in the eye, and his vision of the sea is not affected. This is also the reason why he comes to investigate.

The old Taoist's injuries are indeed serious!
Therefore,
The Falling Star Knife was unsheathed, and Cao Ze recalled the scene of the whale hunting attack in his mind. The dots and lines in front of him overlapped with the scene in his memory at a certain moment.

Swish!
In an instant, the Meteoric Blade was swung out.

There was no dazzling light, no earth-shattering momentum, it seemed like just an ordinary knife.

But when he saw the knife, Li Changji's eyes widened, and a trace of fear flashed in the old Taoist's eyes.

Wow!

Obviously nothing happened, but there seemed to be a sound of breaking glass.

The circle of protection formed by the power of heaven and earth surrounding the old Taoist in Cao Ze's vision of the sea has suddenly dissipated. All the lines are like falling waterfalls, sliding down, merging into the boundless sea, and disappearing into nothingness.

The old Taoist was like a rock exposed after the tide receded, instantly losing all protection.

"stop!"

"I can give you whatever you want!"

There was a flash of fear in the old Taoist's eyes. He hadn't felt this dangerous for a long time. It was like throwing an unarmed child into an iron cage full of hungry wolves.

The old Taoist who had lost the protection of the great situation was trembling in his heart.

Broken momentum, this little guy who hasn’t even broken through to the Blood Refining Realm can actually break momentum!

Swish!
A cold knife flashed across, and the old Taoist's head flew up. Then his whole body exploded, and his body and soul were instantly shredded by the sword energy that invaded his body.

"It turns out that strong men of this realm also fear death!"

Cao Ze put the sword back into the sheath, but his eyes did not leave the place where the old Taoist was before. He did not forget the lesson of the gloomy young man. The methods of these Qi Refiners were extremely strange and they had to be guarded against.

"Don't worry, little brother. He is dead and his soul has been scattered!"

Li Changji's voice came from behind Cao Ze, obviously guessing what Cao Ze was thinking.

Cao Ze did not believe it until he saw from his sea-viewing vision that the blood-red flame on his forehead was gradually extinguished, like a rootless fire that had lost its fuel. The light gradually dimmed, like a tired dancer whose dance steps became heavy and slow.

In the end, the blood-colored light ball disappeared completely, and no trace of it could be found.

Cao Ze finally felt relieved.

"His storage magic weapon should still be there. Since it was you who killed him, his treasures will naturally belong to you."

Li Changji's tone became cheerful and his face was full of smiles.

Cao Ze did not move. He had already seen a fallen bronze ring where the old Taoist had been before. The style of the ring was exactly the same as the ring of the gloomy young man.

But he didn't pick it up.

Instead, he turned his gaze and looked at the soul-calming banner lying on the ground.

Swish!
He drew his sword again and chopped at the Soul-Suppressing Banner.

Ding!
With a crisp sound, the Soul-Suppressing Banner remained unmoved, not even a trace was left behind.

After all, this is the soul-calming banner used by the old Taoist priest, and it is incomparable to the one used by the gloomy young man, both in terms of material and power.

Cao Ze couldn't even destroy it.

"It's useless. This Soul-Suppressing Banner is forged from Netherworld Cold Iron. It's already a low-grade divine weapon. Not to mention low-grade spiritual weapons, even high-grade spiritual weapons can't cut it."

Li Changji spoke again.

bang...

But at this moment, the soul-calming banner exploded with a loud bang, like a smoke bomb that was suddenly detonated, and thick black fog emerged from it, rushing out like a flood that broke through a dam.

Li Changji was startled, then looked at the Meteoric Blade in Cao Ze's hand, as if thinking about something.

Soon, the entire sea area where the island was located was shrouded in black fog.

Cao Ze saw the human figures in the black fog again. They were crowded together, covering the real ocean with a sea of ​​people. At a glance, there was no end in sight.

How many innocent souls have died in vain?
Millions? Ten million?
Most of these figures have become numb and are standing there stupidly.

The crowd closest to the sea looked at the island where Cao Ze was with excitement, as if tears condensed from black fog were sliding down their faces.

But these were short-lived, and soon all the shadows looked at Cao Ze and Li Changji.

Before we could do anything, a wave came and the black fog dissipated in large pieces.

But this time, Cao Ze easily saw the golden light floating in the air.

Soon, the golden light split into two and sank into the foreheads of Cao Ze and Li Changji respectively.

"Merit?!"

Li Changji exclaimed softly, and even with his cultivation and knowledge, his surprise was evident in his words.

He has killed countless evil cultivators and demon cultivators over the years, but not many of them were able to condense merit. Even with his level of cultivation, he has not fully understood the laws of merit, let alone such a huge amount of merit before him.

"Merit?"

Cao Ze looked at the old man.

"Can you simply understand this as the approval of Heaven?"

Li Changji smiled and stopped worrying. "Merit does not increase your cultivation, but it can affect the way of heaven and your luck. Although these things are illusory, they do exist. As your cultivation becomes higher, you will be able to experience their benefits."

"Tiandao's approval?"

Cao Ze whispered, then without a second thought, he left a white mark in the water and quickly went away.

"Eh?"

Li Changji looked in the direction where Cao Ze left and let out a soft cry, somewhat confused.

Then he looked at the old Taoist's storage ring again and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"What a funny little fellow!"

He knew that the little fellow must be worried that he coveted the old Taoist's treasure and wanted to steal it. Rather than being guilty of possessing the treasure and bringing disaster upon himself, it would be better to turn a blind eye to it, so he left so cleanly.

This seems simple, but not everyone can do it. Cao Ze has seen the strength of the old Taoist. How many people can resist their greed for the treasures of such a powerful man?

What a fun little guy!
Li Changji sighed again, then stood up and picked up the Taoist's storage ring, but did not open it. Instead, he put it away directly.

Li Changji was not a greedy person, so he would keep the storage ring for the boy first and give it to him when they met next time.

Since it was someone else's stuff, he naturally wouldn't open it privately to see what was inside.

……

It didn't take Cao Ze too long to catch up with the Whale Hunter. With his current level of cultivation, he easily returned to the ship, and no one even noticed that their captain had disappeared for a day.

They also didn't know that thousands of miles behind them, an island was destroyed in the collision between the two powerful men.

In the captain's room, Cao Ze took out the storage bag of the gloomy young man.

Among them, there were many elixirs that Cao Ze did not recognize, but he was not in a hurry to try them. Instead, he took out a secret book and began to read it with relish.

It took Cao Ze a whole day to read through all the secret books in the Qi Refiner's storage ring.

At this point, he had a deeper understanding of Qi Refiners.

If a warrior uses a strong physical body to refine essence into qi, and qi into spirit, and then uses his spirit to merge with heaven and earth, he can borrow and control the overall situation of heaven and earth.

Then the Qigong practitioners believed that since it was through the spirit that the universe was ultimately controlled, and the physical body was just the shell of the spirit, there was no need to waste a lot of time strengthening the physical body, and they could directly cultivate the spirit.

But it is not so easy to cultivate into a god. Most Qi Refiners usually do not have strong self-protection capabilities before completing their foundation building. This is why Cao Ze rarely sees Qi Refiners.

They can only rely on powerful warriors to obtain resources for cultivation. But after so many years of practice, the application of Qigong masters in the divine realm has become all-encompassing, and some of their skills have impressed Cao Ze, allowing low-level Qigong masters to have good combat effectiveness, which has also gradually shown signs of the rise of Qigong masters.

Of course, in the final analysis, it is because of the power of high-level Qi Refiners. Because they specialize in the cultivation and application of the spirit, their control over the general trend of heaven and earth will increase with the improvement of their cultivation. The gap between warriors and Qi Refiners will become larger and larger, and Qi Refiners above the Golden Core level can often crush warriors at the same level.

However, not everyone is suitable for the Qi Refiner's method. If one does not have the talent, one may never be able to enter the door in his entire life. Moreover, the practice of Qi Refiner is extremely difficult, and there are many who cannot establish a foundation even at the end of their lifespan.

Cao Ze suddenly realized that it was no wonder that all the Qi Refiners he met seemed to be old men.

Naturally, not everyone can endure the loneliness and hard training for decades.

Then evil cultivators and demonic cultivators appeared. They took risks and used every possible means to improve their spirits. Their cultivation speed was often far faster than other Qi cultivators, and they were able to gain powerful strength in a short period of time.

For example, the gloomy young man killed by Cao Ze, his lineage followed the path of blood sacrifice. They refined puppets through blood sacrifice to enhance their killing power, and absorbed the resentful souls of the blood sacrifice through the Soul-Calming Banner, used the resentful souls to sharpen their own spirits, and absorbed the power of the resentful souls at the same time.

A person's spirit is limited, and it is difficult to improve it, but if one can absorb the spirit of others, one will naturally grow rapidly.

But spirit is the foundation of man, if one forces it to grow too fast, it will naturally grow crooked, and even sudden death is not surprising. As the cultivation level of such Qi cultivators increases, various strange changes will often occur, and they will become neither human nor ghost.

After closing the secret book, Cao Ze suddenly thought of his own abilities of controlling water, observing the sea, and breaking momentum. These seemed to be similar to those of Qi Refiners. These methods were not like those of warriors, but rather like the Qi Refiners' use of the gods.

Perhaps, cultivating the God can enhance the power of these attributes.

Unfortunately, he now only has the gloomy young man's magic cultivation method in his hands, and it is impossible for him to practice such a method.

“If I can get the orthodox Qi Refining Technique in the future, I might as well give it a try!”

The pills obtained from the gloomy young man were either poison pills or made from human souls. Cao Ze would naturally not take them.

But he was not completely without gain.

He saw an interesting little secret method in the secret book of the gloomy young man.

With a thought, the Meteorite Knife appeared in his hand.

At this time, the Falling Star Blade had absorbed a large amount of merit, and it was surrounded by golden light. The black mist had become very small and thin.

But they did not really become smaller, it was just that a large amount of territory was occupied by the golden energy, so they had to shrink.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground with the Falling Star Knife across his legs, Cao Ze closed his eyes and recalled the details of the secret techniques in the secret book.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and raised his hand to draw a talisman in the air in front of him.

While viewing the sea, Cao Ze could see the situation of heaven and earth flowing along with his fingers.

"It really works!"

He could actually use some simple Qi Refining methods directly. Cao Ze became more and more certain that his Tide Hunter's attributes were related to Qi Refining.

About a quarter of an hour later, when Cao Ze's forehead was sweating, a mysterious symbol finally appeared in front of him.

A mysterious symbol composed of lines of potential!
Ordinary people cannot see it, but Cao Ze, who has a vision of the sea, can appreciate its mystery.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Cao Ze raised his hand and pointed at the Meteoric Blade. The symbol immediately flew forward and sank into the black mist on the Meteoric Blade.

Bang!
In an instant, the black fog exploded, like a foaming agent soaked in water, expanding instantly and covering the entire captain's room in an instant.

Cao Ze did not panic, nor did he even stand up. He just looked up at the black fog.

In it, he could vaguely see shadowy figures. They were all ordinary islanders who were sacrificed in blood by the Dragon Temple.

With a light sigh, Cao Ze knew that the world was like this and he was powerless to change it. All he could do now was to keep himself alive and protect the people he cared about.

If you are poor, you should just take care of yourself, that’s all.

He drew the talisman in the air again, and this time it only took a moment before another mysterious talisman took shape. With Cao Ze's manipulation, it sank into the black fog in the captain's room.

Like bubbles in the sun, the black fog instantly became thinner and then dissipated into nothingness. In a short time, the captain's room regained clarity again.

Cao Ze used a secret method to disperse the resentful souls on the Meteoric Blade so that they would no longer have to suffer.

Although this would reduce the power of the Meteoric Blade, it would be great to see the pure golden spirituality left behind after the resentful soul dissipated.

The Meteoric Blade has finally become a spiritual weapon!
This spirit was like a newborn baby, flying and jumping around Cao Ze, and hugging his palm affectionately. After Cao Ze played with it for a while, it seemed to be tired, turned its head and immersed itself in the Meteoric Blade, and began to greedily absorb the golden energy wrapped around the Meteoric Blade.

During the next month, no accidents occurred. When the setting sun appeared in front of him and dyed the sea red, Cao Ze saw the long-missed Feiyan Port and the Hong Xing which was anchored in Feiyan Port.

Because they took a detour via the Donglin Islands, the Hong Xing returned to Cape City nearly half a month earlier than them, and also did not encounter any obstacles.

If the Pirate Alliance had not suddenly intervened, there would have been no accidents in this mission.

Liang Wencai and his son Liang Hong met again at the port. Originally, joining Xuanbao Pavilion was their first choice, but now, neither of them had any excitement on their faces, and they didn't understand why it turned out like this in the end.

Everyone on Red Leaf Island also went ashore, looking at the strange city in front of them with confusion in their eyes. Will this be their new home?
Cao Ze ignored the people from Hongye Island and brought them to Cape City, and his mission was completed.

However, Hong Xing found him just after he got off the boat.

"The lady wants to see you."

He squeezed Su Xiaozhi's hand, then let go, "You go back first, I'll be back soon."

After saying that, he followed Hong Xing towards the inner city of Cape City.

Cao Ze thought Yue Lingke would find a restaurant or teahouse or something, but he didn't expect Hong Xing to take him straight into the gate of the Yue family.

After entering the mansion, Cao Ze walked around for a full quarter of an hour before he finally saw Yue Lingke leaning on the railing of a pavilion reading a book in a small courtyard with rustling bamboo leaves.

Actually, this was the first time the two had met officially since their last separation.

She was still dressed in white, as white as snow, but her face looked as if it had been chiseled by a knife. Compared to the last time I saw her, she seemed more calm and composed, as if everything was under control.

Cao Ze did not open his sea-viewing vision, he knew that Yue Lingke's strength had improved again!
This is genius!
Yue Lingke had also put down the book in his hand at this time, and was also looking Cao Ze up and down. The stern expression on his face softened a little.

"You are hiding very well, kid!"

After a long while, Yue Lingke finally spoke.

There were only three of them in the courtyard, and this was the Yue family's stronghold, so Yue Lingke naturally had no concerns.

"I don't know what the Grandmaster is talking about."

One won't cry until he sees the coffin. Cao Ze has been able to hide for such a long time, it is impossible for him to be tricked out so easily.

Yue Lingke smiled and said, "You think you hid it well?"

"You still don't understand what a blood refining master is!"

As she spoke, Yue Lingke put away the book in her hand, stood up, put her hands behind her back, and came in front of Cao Ze. At this time, she was standing on the edge of the pavilion. Because of the existence of the steps, she didn't know if it was intentional, but she, who was originally shorter than Cao Ze, could look down at Cao Ze from a high position.

"At such a young age, you just want to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger all day long. If you act like a pig for too long, you will really become a pig!"

"My generation of warriors is fighting for our lives and going against the will of heaven. Resources, skills, magic weapons... everything needs to be fought for. If you don't show your talent, how can you get the resources to go further?"

Cao Ze was too tired to complain. What happened to God? Why are you guys going against the will of God again?
But soon, he was startled. Perhaps it was because he was too familiar with this sentence, even to the point of being numb to it, so he had not realized one thing.

They understand the situation and then control the situation of heaven and earth. Isn't that fighting against the heaven?
Fight for control of the world!
If one day, someone is able to completely control the power of the entire world, can this person replace the sky?

So it seems that warriors are fighting against the heavens and going against the will of heaven. This statement is correct.

"On the road of martial arts, if you don't make progress, you will regress. If you take one step slowly, you will take every step slowly. You should maintain a courageous and diligent heart. If you lose this spirit, you will never be able to become a martial arts master. Do you understand?"

Yue Lingke looked at Cao Ze and said meaningfully.

Cao Ze looked at Yue Lingke. He used to think that this was just a woman with great talent and good fortune. But now he realized that in addition to her great talent and good family background, her courageous spirit to move forward might be the reason why she could achieve what she has today and make rapid progress in her cultivation.

But they are different. Since he has the panel, there is no need for him to take risks. What he needs more is time.

"Come on, let me see how far you've come."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Ze felt his whole body sink, as if a mountain was pressing down on him, and Yue Lingke in front of him suddenly became taller.

Crunch!

The bluestone slab under his feet could not bear such heavy pressure and cracked with a groan.

"Draw the sword!"

Yue Lingke's voice was heard again. She still had her hands behind her back. With her master's skills, it was impossible for her to attack first.

At this point, there was nothing for Cao Ze to hesitate. He held the Meteoric Knife in his hand, and the next moment a clear knife light appeared, and the sound of waves hitting the rocks seemed to be heard in the courtyard.

"Is this, Ji Cang Hai?"

Yue Lingke's eyes lit up. She had seen Cao Ze practicing Ji Canghai, and she had even given the visualization diagram to Cao Ze.

But she didn't expect Cao Ze to be able to practice Ji Canghai to such a level. This might be even higher than the realm of that visualization picture!

This kid's comprehension is no worse than hers!
"Well done!"

Yue Lingke raised his hand and held it in front of him. Suddenly, it was like a mountain stretched out in front of him. The surging waves and the sword light hitting it could not shake it at all. It was just like a breeze blowing over the hills.

"Is that all?"

Yue Lingke shook his head slightly.

She was already quite surprised in her heart. The power of this attack was only slightly weaker than when she was at the half-step grandmaster level.

But how long has Cao Zecai been practicing?

But she deliberately pretended to be indifferent. She wanted to see how much this boy had hidden.

Cao Ze didn't say anything and continued to swing his sword. Although he didn't agree with Yue Lingke's idea of ​​asking him to show his strength, there was no harm in showing his strength in front of Yue Lingke.

Having witnessed the effects of refining the Dirty Pill, he knew that Yue Lingke was right about one thing: the poor in literature are good at martial arts, and the rich in martial arts. The path of martial arts requires a large amount of resources. Now, the more strength he can show, the more resources he can get.

In that case, let's give the world a little panel shock!
(End of this chapter)