Start with the fisherman

While it was still early, Cao Ze bought a small house with three courtyards in the northwest of the county town, spending nearly 300,000 taels of silver.

The northwest of the county city is originally a wealthy area. It has the most prosperous streets, the most comprehensive guards, and exquisite gardens. You can go for a walk in the gardens when you go out. Even the city lord’s mansion is in the northwest area. It is undoubtedly the safest place.

Money is of no use to Cao Ze nowadays. Naturally, he is not stingy and does not mind spending a lot of money to improve the quality of life for himself and those around him.

With money paving the way, they moved into their new home in the evening.

Su Xiaozhi cooked a sumptuous dinner herself.

In the silent night, only the special crystal in the restaurant emits bright light, like the only light in the lonely darkness.

The family had dinner with laughter and joy.

Soon, the crystal lamp went out, and a long burst of punching sounds came from the bedroom, followed by the shadows of several large cauldrons lighting up. Five-colored light flickered in the bedroom, refining the black jade that looked like a stubborn stone.

Cultivation is a lifelong endeavor. No matter what happens, Cao Ze maintains the habit of diligent cultivation. In fact, what he is doing now is not much different from that of a farmer, they are all farming!

It's even hard to say who is more tired.

His current strength is inseparable from this hard work.

Open the panel,

【Wu Fu:
Cultivation: First-level Grandmaster
Dan Ding Jue: Divine Blood Level 7475 (6000/2*)
Dao Seed (Snowfall Blade, Strike the Sea, Wind Shadow Step, Sky-Flipping Seal, Thunderbolt): Entry (788/1000 million)
Sea Covering Decision: Perfection
Love Points: 4394 million]

After a night of diligent practice, his cultivation had improved significantly.

As the level of cultivation improves, the speed of refining Xuanyu also increases. Now, after a day of hard practice, one can obtain a full 12 points by refining Xuanyu. These 12 points are 8% of the absorbed medicinal power, and the remaining % of the medicinal power is converted into love points.

In addition, with the improvement of Su Xiaozhi and Yue Lingke's cultivation, Cao Ze could originally earn 5 love points every day by working hard on the farmland. Now he can earn 25 points a day.

This number is undoubtedly terrifying, but the points required to improve one's cultivation level are even more terrifying now.

In five more days, we will be able to improve again!

With the Chaos Spirit Source Pearl, it is just a matter of time before the Tao Seed is upgraded to a minor level of success.

Cao Ze calmed his mind and continued to immerse himself in cultivation.

……

He Family,

The night was already deep, but the lights were on here and the courtyard was full of people.

A stretcher covered with white cloth lay quietly in the middle of the courtyard. A white-haired old man stood quietly in front of the stretcher, looking intimidating without being angry. The courtyard was crowded with people, but it was eerily quiet.

He Zhilin is already three hundred years old!
Although for a grandmaster, three hundred years old is considered to be in the prime of life, the more powerful the warrior is, the more difficult it is to give birth to bloodline descendants.

He had dozens of concubines, and after decades of hard work, he only had this one son.

Even though he just had the child with a little maid on a whim, and even though this kid was a drinker, whore, gambler and do all kinds of evil things, that didn't matter, because this was his, He Zhilin's, son!

For ordinary people, such a prodigal son will sooner or later suffer retribution because he cannot rely on his parents for his entire life.

But for He Liangzhi, he can really rely on it for the rest of his life!
With the lifespan of a grandmaster, He Zhilin could really protect him for a lifetime.

He Liangzhi also knew that he would never be able to surpass his father in this lifetime, so instead of practicing hard, it would be better to enjoy life while he could, with his father to back him up.

Therefore, he never had any scruples when doing things in the county town.

Everyone was willing to endure it for He Zhilin's sake. Even if they couldn't endure it, the most they would do was to teach him a lesson. They didn't want to offend a powerful grandmaster.

However, today, He Liangzhi died in Taotie Forest. Someone actually dared to kill his son in the county town!
When the white cloth was lifted, He Liangzhi's astonished eyes caught everyone's eyes. He probably didn't expect that someone would dare to kill him in the county town!
"Yan Li, go check who that guy is."

"Cheng Yun, go to the City Lord's Mansion and report to the authorities..."

He Zhilin's heart was burning with anger, and he made arrangements in an orderly manner.

There was no need to investigate what happened in the Taotie Forest. So many eyes had seen it, and he had already known the truth.

Of course he knew that it was his son who started the trouble first, but no matter what his son did wrong, the worst that could happen was that he would just have to teach him a lesson. The other party dared to kill people directly, which meant that they did not take him, He Zhilin, seriously.

Seeing his son's surprised eyes, He Zhilin couldn't help but feel angry. He hadn't taken action for some time, and Donghai County should have forgotten his reputation.

Grandmaster?
What about the Grand Master?

Grand masters are also divided into different levels!
Considering the kid's age, no matter how talented he is, it is already very difficult for him to break through to the Grandmaster level. At most, he can only be a Major Grandmaster.

And he, He Zhilin, is a fourth-level grandmaster!
If he took action, just one move would be enough to make that kid suffer a fate worse than death.

Between grandmasters, each level is as different as heaven and earth, not to mention that they are still three levels short of cultivation.

Of course, he wouldn't let that kid die so easily!
He also understood that to be able to have such a high level of cultivation at such a young age, the boy must have an extraordinary background. However, he had already made up his mind that no matter where the boy came from, he would quickly cut through the Gordian knot and take him down.

He was right in this matter, so he would not be afraid even if the master of Xuanbao Pavilion came.

"Uncle, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

At this time, an old man who looked much older than He Zhilin stepped forward and stopped Yan Li and Cheng Yun who were about to leave.

"I sent someone to investigate Taotie Forest again. The Yuwen family is vaguely involved in this matter."

The old man frowned, "Taotie Forest is not a place you can go to casually. This time, you are going through the Yuwen family's connections!"

He Zhilin understood immediately.

Given the Yuwen family's status, there is no need to give face to the He family.

Therefore, the Yuwen family is using them as guns!

Since even the Yuwen family has to resort to such means to deal with someone, he must be someone powerful.

But so what?
His son is dead, someone has to pay the price!
Since the Yuwen family is behind this, and since the Yuwen family is using them as guns, then why can't he be this gun?

Maybe this could be an opportunity to get close to the Yuwen family!
"Yan Li, Cheng Yun, do as I say."

He Zhilin made a decision.

However, at this moment, a flash of light appeared, and a jade talisman flashing with emerald green light appeared in front of He Zhilin.

He Zhilin frowned slightly, raised his hand and grasped the jade talisman. After identifying the correct target's aura, the jade talisman immediately turned into emerald green light again and sank into He Zhilin's palm.

Yan Li and Cheng Yun turned around and walked out of the yard.

"and many more!"

Suddenly, He Zhilin called the two of them.

Yan Li and Cheng Yun looked back in surprise, and then they saw an expression on the patriarch's face that they had never seen before.

He Zhilin took a deep breath, closed his eyes, clenched his fists, and once again lifted the white cloth covering He Liangzhi, then looked down at He Liangzhi's wide-open eyes on the ground.

"I was mistaken. Liang Zhi was not killed by someone."

He Zhilin reached out and closed He Liangzhi's eyes, covered them with the white cloth again, and stood up. "Liangzhi died of a sudden illness. It has nothing to do with that little brother."

"Master, who is that person?"

Yan Li and Cheng Yun were shocked and didn't understand what was happening.

"Let's all disperse."

He Zhilin waved his hand, unwilling to say more. Before leaving, he reminded them again, "Liang Zhi's death has nothing to do with that little brother. You must not cause trouble for him, otherwise, I will be the first one to not let you go!"

If it was just an ordinary Xuanbao Pavilion's true teaching, it would be fine. If he was in the right, he might not dare to make a fuss, at least, ask for some benefits.

But that boy is that man's direct disciple.

He didn't dare to be presumptuous.

Because that person really dared to kill him directly! ...

Zhang Family, the master's study,
Zhang Jinye stood in front of the desk with his eyes lowered.

Behind the desk, a middle-aged man who looked very similar to him was writing with a calm and composed look.

"Oh? Seven days have passed, and that old fellow He Zhilin can actually hold back from doing anything?"

"Who is that kid?"

But in a flash, he smiled at Zhang Jinye again, "Well, it's just that I missed the best opportunity to make friends. It's no big deal. Even if he is a disciple of Xuanbao Pavilion, he is just a junior after all. His help to our Zhang family is limited. It's missed, so don't mind it."

He did not tell his son that the Luo family's ancestor in the Dharmakaya realm was now approaching the end of his life, and that their backer, the Luo family, was likely to collapse.

And he has decided to fight with the Luo family until the last moment!
If it weren't for the Luo family, there would be no Zhang family at all. They have survived for more than a hundred years and have already made a profit.

The crisis of the Luo family is far from being resolved by a direct disciple of Xuanbao Pavilion, so it no longer matters whether to make friends with them or not.

"My child understands!"

Zhang Jinye nodded. He just hadn’t recovered from the shock of Cao Ze suddenly becoming a grandmaster.

……

At the Yuwen family's meeting room, Yuwen Hua looked at the middle-aged man who came to report the news with a grim expression.

"You're such a wimp!"

"I didn't dare to say a word when my son died."

Yuwen Hua paced a few steps in the meeting room and said decisively, "Tell He Zhilin to find a chance to kill that guy, and the Yuwen family can give him a place to enter the blood pool!

The Yuwen family can also help them withstand the pressure from Xuanbao Pavilion."

The reason why he was so angry was certainly not because He Zhilin would rather be a coward than take action.

Anger comes from fear!

The growth rate of that kid from Cape City is terrifying!

It has only been a short time, but he already possesses the combat power of a grandmaster.

If he continues to grow, he will definitely become a serious threat to their Yuwen family.

There is not much time left for them.

Yuwen Badao, who was sitting in the outermost corner of the conference room, took a deep breath. To the others present, Cao Ze's deeds were just a few paragraphs in the intelligence, but to him, they were living examples!

If someone had told him two years ago that that kid would soar to great heights in the future, he would definitely have scoffed at it. How high could a little guy who hadn't even broken through to the Blood Refining Stage and whom he could kill with just one hand be able to soar to great heights?

But in just two years, that little fellow he never took seriously has become comparable to a grandmaster? !
He could probably crush himself to death with just one hand right now, right?
He suddenly felt very regretful now, regretting that he did not control that idiot Yuwen Qilong and actually provoked such a monster.

If I had been more decisive at that time, I would have killed him directly.

Two years!
In just two years!
What can be done in two years?

He has been stuck in the second level of Dragon Blood for twenty years...

Find an opportunity to apply for a transfer!
Yuwen Badao murmured in his heart, unfortunately there was no medicine for regret in this world. He always felt that it would be very dangerous to be in the same place with that evil boy.

Deng Deng Deng Deng...

A burst of hurried footsteps came from outside the conference room, and then came straight into the conference room, waking Yuwen Badao from his thoughts and he looked over subconsciously.

Being able to enter the meeting room directly must be some extremely important information.

"What's the matter?"

Yuwen Hua suppressed his emotions and asked calmly.

The visitor took a look around the conference room and found that all those who were able to enter the conference room were core members of the Yuwen family.

People like Yuwen Badao were able to come in because of his status as a direct descendant.

So there is no need to hide this news.

Then he said, "The death of the guest official of the Wang family a few days ago is suspected to be related to Cao Ze!"

"what?"

Suddenly, the meeting room became lively.

Even the elders of the clan who were at odds with Yuwen Hua felt a sinking feeling in their hearts, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

As one of the Eight Great Families, they had certainly heard about the assassination of a guest official from the Wang family a few days ago.

Originally this was not a significant matter, but the person who was assassinated was a grandmaster after all, so they would naturally pay attention to it.

"Is the news true?"

Yu Wenhua's already ugly expression could no longer be hidden.

"After Cao Ze entered the city, he hired a guide. After meeting Luo Qingyun at Zuixianlou that day, he left Zuixianlou for a while."

"When he left Zuixianlou, he asked about the location of the Wang family."

"I also investigated all the vendors on the route from Zuixianlou to Wang's house, and they all saw that kid."

"From the perspective of time and trajectory, it matches perfectly!"

Buzz!

Yuwen Hua felt as if his head was hit hard by a hammer.

The meeting hall fell silent again.

Who is Gui Tou Dao?

That's a second level grandmaster!

He is also a second-level grandmaster who once fought with third-level grandmasters for hundreds of moves without being defeated!
But such a powerful person was killed instantly by one blow.

The strength of the person who made the move is probably at least that of a fourth-level Grandmaster.

There are quite a few such people in the county city, and they didn't care too much about it at first.

But now, they were told that the fourth-level master who killed Li Jiajun in one second was Cao Ze? !

Yu Wenhua suddenly felt a little headache. It was obviously just a small trouble, so how could it become a thorny problem for the Yuwen family in the blink of an eye?

"Master, do we need to pass on a message to He Zhilin now?"

At this time, the middle-aged man who had received the order to go to the He family to deliver the message asked blankly.

Yu Wenhua wanted to rush up and punch this blind guy to death, but he had to control his emotions, "The plan has changed, let's discuss it later."

Spread the message, what a bullshit message.

If Cao Ze can really kill Li Jiajun, the master of ghost-head knife, in seconds, it is hard to say whether He Zhilin can be his opponent.

At the very edge of the conference room, Yuwen Badao's eyes were as wide as bells.

He no longer knew what to say, and even suddenly felt that it made some sense... Whether it was a Grand Master or a Fourth-Grand Master, they were far beyond his comprehension.

No, I can’t stay in Donghai County anymore!

We have to go, now!
He made a decision quickly. (End of this chapter)