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Chapter 142 Earth Soul Crystal is Delivered to Your Door

"???"

Meng Qifan was full of questions, "What happened again?"

He was only a dozen meters away from Cao Ze at this time. He had already mobilized the power of heaven and earth and was ready to take action, but the prey turned around and ran away.

But as someone who had become a master, Meng Qifan was not a hesitant person. His eyes became fierce and he appeared behind Cao Ze in a flash. The power of the surrounding world suddenly surged like waves and instantly gathered towards Cao Ze, suppressing him on the spot.

The Grandmaster’s moves are naturally extraordinary!
Although a forced attack might alert the masters of the four great families, the opportunity was right in front of him and there was no one else around. As long as he could succeed in one strike, he would have time to deal with both ends and escape calmly.

"Ok?"

The moment Meng Qifan mobilized the power of heaven and earth, Cao Ze had already noticed it. He raised his hand and threw Su Xiaozhi out. He unsheathed the Meteoric Sword in his right hand, turned around and slashed out a brilliant sword light.

"Ok?"

The moment Cao Ze turned around, Meng Qifan felt something was wrong.

He discovered that the boy opposite him was actually competing with him for control of the world!

"How is it possible? How can a kid in the Refining Organ Realm compete with a great master like me for the power of heaven and earth?"

Meng Qifan even thought he was hallucinating.

But the loss of power is real.

puff!
The clear blade light split the waves, broke the sea, and instantly broke free from the restraints set by Meng Qifan.

Cao Ze didn't hesitate at all. He dodged and used the Wind Shadow Step. He instantly came to Su Xiaozhi's side, pulled him leaving a trail of afterimage, and turned around and ran towards the inner city.

If a fight really breaks out, this hidden master may not be his opponent. After fighting with Yue Lingke, Cao Ze is somewhat confident in his own strength, but this is Haijiao City, and there is no need for him to fight with the opponent.

Meng Qifan did not chase after him, but even turned around and ran out of Haijiao City, a few points faster than Cao Ze.

"That boy is so strong!"

Even when he was running away, Meng Qifan was still a little dazed.

That strike of the sword had even touched the threshold of being a Grandmaster.

Is this a strike that a warrior in the Organ Refining Realm can make?

Is this a blow that a twenty-year-old kid can make?

"The Man in Black, it turns out he is the Man in Black!"

Meng Qifan suddenly realized and thought of the legend about the man in black in Cape City over the years.

He never expected that it would be this kid.

regret!

Anyway, I regret it very much!

Meng Qifan felt as if his heart was being bitten by a poisonous insect.

If he had not been so arrogant just now, but instead held the spiritual sword in his hand, performed the Listening to the Tide sword technique, and attacked with all his strength, he would have been able to kill the boy with one blow.

Now that we have alerted the enemy, it will not be easy to find an opportunity to take action in the future.

"We can't keep this kid!"

If an enemy with such terrifying talent were alive, he would be unable to sleep or eat.

In the blink of an eye, Meng Qifan had rushed out of Cape City. While he was relieved, a vicious plan came to his mind.

……

"what happens?"

In just a few breaths, Yue Lingke appeared in front of Cao Ze.

Without the cover of the formation, the aura of the Grandmaster could not be concealed.

"There was a strange master who was hiding in Cape City, disguised as a candied haws vendor. After I spotted him, he attacked me, but he fled after missing."

Cao Ze quickly explained the cause and effect.

Until now, he did not think that the master was targeting him. He just thought that his turning around aroused the other party's suspicion, and the other party attacked him because he was worried that his identity would be exposed.

"A strange master?"

Yue Lingke looked towards the place where Cao Ze and the other man had just fought. After a moment of contemplation, his mind moved, and the power of heaven and earth suddenly descended, instantly dispersing the aftermath of the battle.

At this time, figures appeared around.

"Ling Ke, who were you fighting with just now?"

An old man in a gray robe stepped forward and asked.

Because the overall situation of the surrounding world had been disrupted by Yue Lingke, they thought that it was Yue Lingke who had taken action just now.

"A coward who hides his head and shows his tail."

Yue Lingke said calmly, "I have driven him out of Cape City."

Although the four major families are closely related, the matter of Cao Ze's true strength involves many people, so the fewer people who know about it, the better.

"Do you know the other party's identity?"

The old man in gray robe frowned. It was no small matter that a master had hidden in Cape City.

"I don't know."

Yue Lingke shook his head.

The old man in gray robe didn't take it seriously. The East China Sea was vast, with many talented people and hermits. It was normal to meet an unfamiliar master.

"Okay, everyone disperse and strengthen vigilance."

The gray-robed old man nodded, gave an order, and left.

The traces of battle here were already very faint, and with Yue Lingke disrupting the situation, it was difficult for them to obtain any useful information.

And that master was also very cunning. When his attack missed, he immediately fled thousands of miles away. Naturally, he could not be caught up now.

"You guys go back first. I'll ask Hong Xing to find you a place to stay in the inner city later. You can live there from now on!"

Yue Lingke also took Cao Ze and the other person away from the scene. The defense of Cape City was not her responsibility, so naturally she didn't need to worry about it.

……

In the inner city of Cape City, there is a small courtyard with three entrances, just one street away from the mansions of the four major families.

Cao Ze held his forehead with his hand, looking at Su Xiaozhi in front of him who was trying to learn to walk by imitating others, feeling a little amused and helpless.

It has been half a month since they came out of the Five Absolutes Land. After experiencing the attack by the Grandmaster, although Cao Ze and Yue Lingke both believed that the Grandmaster was just there by chance and his target was not Cao Ze.

But Yue Lingke still asked Hong Xing to arrange a small courtyard in the inner city for Cao Ze and the others. The value of this three-courtyard house so close to the four major mansions can be imagined. Some medium-sized families in Haijiao City cannot get such a well-located land.

A little fellow in the Organ Refining Realm, even if he is quite talented, is not worth winning over. The Yue family also had complaints about this move, but they were all suppressed by Yue Lingke.

Cao Ze had no intention of paying attention to these doubts. After several consecutive battles, he decided to improve Su Xiaozhi's ability to survive.

However, Su Xiaozhi, who originally had a good understanding, had no talent at all in the Wind Shadow Step. After half a month of instruction, Su Xiaozhi had only just mastered the basics of the footwork. This level was not enough for a fight.

"Don't think about your steps, feel the wind, and experience the flow of the wind after each step..."

Cao Ze taught patiently, took a step, and came to Su Xiaozhi's side as if teleporting, took her hand, and took another step. Suddenly, there were only two afterimages moving in the courtyard.

"Feel it?"

After a few laps, Cao Ze stopped and looked down at Su Xiaozhi, only to find that she was looking at him infatuatedly with a look of enjoyment on her face. Her right hand had even climbed up to his waist and hugged him.

"Can you be more serious when studying?"

Cao Ze was helpless. Obviously, the demonstration he had just given was in vain.

Su Xiaozhi hugged Cao Ze with both hands, raised her head and smiled sweetly, "Teacher, I still want to go for a ride..."

As she spoke of taking a ride, her hand reached out to a certain key position, as if the title of teacher made her quite excited.

"That's all."

Cao Ze sighed inwardly. What else could he say facing Su Xiaozhi?

However, just as he was about to pick up Su Xiaozhi and go to the bedroom to fulfill his duties as a teacher.

Su Xiaozhi pushed him away and looked at Cao Ze with a pair of innocent eyes, "Will the teacher take me to the small room and prick me with a small needle again?"

"how could be?"

"The teacher is not such a vicious person!"

Since Su Xiaozhi was in a playful mood, Cao Ze joined in and instantly got into character, "Just slap the palm today."

"really?"

Su Xiaozhi looked at Cao Ze with innocent eyes, "Teacher, please don't lie to me."

"No, the teacher never lies." Cao Ze smiled and walked forward.

Su Xiaozhi also stretched out her jade-white little hand and said timidly, "Then teacher, can you be gentler? I... I'm afraid of pain..."

"Don't worry, the teacher will be very gentle."

Cao Ze took Su Xiaozhi's hand and walked into the bedroom.

Soon, the sound of bamboo sticks hitting palms was heard from the bedroom, but men's words are deceiving, and soon, Su Xiaozhi's screams were heard from the bedroom.

"Teacher, I was wrong...I was wrong..."

"It's too late to realize your mistake now!"

"Will the teacher punish me like this again in the future?"

"If you still can't learn the Wind Shadow Step, I'll get more than just a slap on the palm. Let's see if you'll study hard next time." "Really? I'm looking forward to it!"

After some exercise, he sweated a lot, took a shower, and sat under the eaves, enjoying the gentle evening breeze, with the Wind Shadow Step visualization diagram spread out in front of him. Since Su Xiaozhi did not have the talent to learn the Wind Shadow Step, he would not force her anymore. As long as he was strong enough, he would not need Su Xiaozhi to save his life.

The evening breeze fluctuated for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

Su Xiaozhi stood beside Cao Ze. Although the evening breeze was still blowing, she could feel a subtle difference.

She did not look at the visualization picture in front of Cao Ze. With her current level of Wind Shadow Step, looking at the visualization picture would instead cause her a lot of confusion, just like people cannot meet someone too amazing when they are young.

The meal must be eaten bite by bite, and the road must be walked step by step.

But the change in the wind still touched her. After closing her eyes and pondering for a while, Su Xiaozhi took a step forward and arrived at the other end of the courtyard. Another step, and another step...

Soon, a vague figure appeared in the courtyard.

If Cao Ze saw this scene, he would definitely be so angry that he would slap Su Xiaozhi's hand again.

This kind of demeanor is clearly the realm of Wind Shadow Step's mastery!

After half a month of concentrated comprehension, his progress in the Wind Shadow Step had been perfected and it was a natural progression, and he had entered a stage of minor success!

At the same time, Cao Ze's eyes blurred and the world around him changed again. He came to a prosperous town.

A few old men were gathered around a small table in front of the grocery store, drinking ice-cold beer, eating peanuts and playing cards. The fan nearby made the door curtain of the grocery store rise and fall continuously, but it couldn't block the burning heat that made people anxious. Everyone had sweat on his forehead, like ants on a hot pan.

This is not a small town in this world, but a small town in the world in Cao Ze’s memory.

He took a deep breath of the hot air and felt a sense of familiarity. He actually felt a bit dazed, as if everything he had experienced before was just a dream, a strange dream on a hot summer afternoon.

A small black and white cat was lying on the container, revealing its soft belly, sleeping lazily.

Cao Ze walked into the grocery store, bringing with him a gust of cool breeze. The men outside the store looked comfortable. The little cat on the shelf also opened its eyes and looked at this stranger it had never seen before. There seemed to be a flash of doubt in its eyes that had just woken up.

Then he quickly got up and walked with an elegant cat-like step from the counter to the old owner who was enjoying the cool air on a recliner deep in the grocery store.

Wow!

Perhaps because it had just woken up, the little cat lost its balance and knocked the beer on the container to the ground. The glass shattered all over the floor and the wheat-colored beer splashed everywhere, right into the fan socket on the ground.

With a crackling sound and a flash of fire, the shaking fan suddenly stopped, and the blades gradually returned to three pieces and never moved again.

A few old men at the door suddenly felt the heat and unbearable, and looked up at the fan.

Bang!
Suddenly, a burst of fire burst out from the socket, and the beer that fell into it was ignited. The fire suddenly broke out fiercely, and the flames rolled up the curtain that had just fallen.

A gust of hot wind blew, and the burning curtains were blown up by the wind. A large number of sparks fell into the grocery store, plastic packaging, and beer on the ground. For a moment, flames shot up into the sky.

Meow!
The frightened little cat ran around in the grocery store, and countless flammable materials fell into the fire.

In an instant, flames shot up into the sky and the grocery store was engulfed in flames.

The fire spread rapidly, engulfing the surrounding houses and streets. Thick smoke billowed and flames illuminated half the sky red. People fled in panic, screams and shouts could be heard one after another.

The people in the town tried hard to put out the fire, but the fire was out of control. The flames ravaged the entire town. Houses collapsed, power lines short-circuited, and explosions continued. Soon, the sea of ​​​​fire swept the entire town.

Cao Ze wanted to do something as soon as the fire started, but he found that he seemed to be just a spectator and could not change anything.

Until the whole town was engulfed in flames, and finally turned into a black ruin.

The illusion disappeared, and Cao Ze saw Su Xiaozhi standing beside him again. In the blink of an eye, the reality of this world came flooding in.

The scenes that he had just experienced also turned into enlightenment and flooded into Cao Ze's mind.

"Take advantage of the situation!"

Cao Ze murmured to himself, and he suddenly remembered a sentence he had heard in his previous life: a butterfly flapping its wings in the Pacific Ocean may cause a typhoon in Texas.

Even the smallest things, as long as they move, will generate momentum, and even the smallest momentum can be borrowed.

As for Cao Ze's knowledge, he knows that everything in this world is in motion, so theoretically, he can borrow the momentum of all things in the world.

Of course, this is only in theory. The potential that Cao Ze can borrow now is extremely limited. Not to mention the potential of the movement of atomic electrons, he cannot even borrow the potential of a butterfly flapping its wings.

And the range is also limited. With his moderately accomplished Wind Shadow Step, he can only borrow the momentum generated by things within a radius of 20 meters.

Using the momentum of a butterfly flapping its wings in the Pacific Ocean to create a typhoon in Texas is already a divine act, but it is still far from Cao Ze.

but,
Cao Ze's mind moved, and he looked at the swaying leaves in the yard.

The next moment, the gate creaked open.

Taking advantage of the situation to open a door is no problem!
Outside the door, Hong Xing, dressed in red, walked in and looked at Cao Ze with a smile on her face, "Miss asked me to invite you to go get your Earth Soul Crystal together!"

Cao Ze also smiled. After waiting for half a month, finally!
Put away the Wind Shadow Step visualization diagram.

In that case, looking at the remaining loving points, Cao Ze did not hesitate at all.

"Wind Shadow Step, give me some more!"

……

Deep in the East China Sea, on Palace Island.

A fierce quarrel broke out in the hall where the statue of a god with a human head and a snake body was enshrined.

"I disagree!"

An old man in a golden flying dragon robe said firmly, "Now is a time when manpower is in short supply. Where can we find the manpower to deal with a little guy?"

"Besides, how do you judge whether this is a conspiracy of the Demon Exorcist Department?"

Another middle-aged man in a golden flying dragon robe nodded in agreement, "Brother Fu is right!"

"There's no need to mobilize so many troops for a little guy. He's just a little guy with some potential. It's not enough evidence!"

Not only this middle-aged man, there were several more voices of agreement in the hall.

Qiu Tianxi was somewhat helpless. In the past, other masters either practiced in seclusion or went out to travel, but as the head master of the Dragon God Temple, he always kept his word and no one dared to refute him.

But now, the whole hall was filled with people wearing the same golden flying dragon robe as him, and he couldn't convince anyone.

There was even a high priest at the first seat.

Of course, he is not alone. There are still many knowledgeable people in the Dragon God Temple who stand on his side. It’s just that they do not have an absolute advantage, and no one can convince anyone else.

Ultimately, it all depends on the opinion of the high priest!

"It has only been two years since this person appeared and rose to prominence, but now he is already able to rival a half-step Grandmaster. With such a rapid improvement, if he is not dealt with sooner or later, he will become a serious threat to our Dragon God Temple!"

He tried to persuade the high priest.

"Genius? So what if he's a genius? Haven't we seen enough geniuses who died young in recent years?"

Someone sneered.

"All right!"

The high priest said this calmly, and immediately, the entire hall fell silent.

“This is a rare opportunity!”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he set the tone for the matter.

They had a high-level insider in Cape City who managed to convince the people of the Demon Subduing Division that they had the location of a lone master. This was an excellent bait that had to be used to lure in enough prey.

Just then someone brought news about the man in black, so we just solved the problem together.

"Let Si Zhongyu take the five Silver Dragon Priests and go there. If they can kill Yue Lingke, that would be the best. Even if they can't, it would be great if they can get rid of that little guy!"

The high priest looked at the middle-aged man in the golden flying dragon robe who had supported Qiu Tianxi's plan.

It's not that he didn't want to mobilize more manpower, it's just that at this time they were in an all-out war with the Demon Subduing Division, and both sides had a limited number of manpower. If he mobilized too many people, the Demon Subduing Division would definitely be able to react, and then the trap would lose its meaning of existence.

"We will definitely fulfill our mission!"

Si Zhongyu stood out from the crowd and spoke with great heroism.

He had been promoted to Grandmaster for many years and had condensed three drops of dragon blood. He was considered an expert among the Grandmasters. It was easy for him to deal with a little guy who had just broken through to Grandmaster level a few years ago.

As for that genius who was half a step to becoming a grandmaster, he didn't even take him seriously.

His target is Yue Lingke!

He wants to keep them all in the East China Sea!
When Qiu Tianxi heard this arrangement, he opened and closed his mouth several times and hesitated for a while, but still stood up and said, "Master High Priest, I think this is inappropriate!"

For a moment, all eyes in the hall looked over here.

“A lion fighting a rabbit still needs to go all out!”

Under tremendous pressure, Qiu Tianxi said in a very fast tone, "This opportunity is rare. If we can't kill him with one strike, it is very likely that we will end up raising a tiger and then letting it go back to the mountains!"

The high priest raised his lips slightly and smiled, but Qiu Tianxi felt a chill in his heart. He knew what the high priest's smile meant.

Does he still need to teach me that even a lion needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit?
If more manpower could be allocated, would the high priest make such arrangements?

He is slapping the high priest in the face with correct nonsense!

Qiu Tianxi knew that he was a little anxious.

"I would like to go with Brother Si!"

Thinking quickly, Qiu Tianxi spoke again.

Even he was somewhat impressed by his quick wit. Although he had been in charge of the daily affairs of the Dragon God Temple in recent years and had neglected his cultivation, a master is still a master and he has absolute suppression over non-master warriors.

With his help, not to mention the kid who is only half a step away from being a Grandmaster, even Yue Lingke would have a great chance of being able to stay!

"it is good!"

The high priest also put away his smile and said "OK" lightly.

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed.

(End of this chapter)