Start with the fisherman

Chapter 25 Water Perfection

“Wang Hai, give me some more!”

While rowing, Cao Ze had already completed the addition of points.

Another memory flooded into his mind. In his memory, he had lived by the sea for many years and had become a well-known old fisherman. Every time he went out to sea, he would come back empty-handed. His ability to look out at the sea and find fish had attracted many invitations from ocean-going ships.

But he refused them all and just wanted to live a stable life by the sea.

Decades passed like this, and one day when he was fishing he met an old man. The old man was delighted by his ability to find fish and gave him some pointers. Then, he suddenly realized and became a great fisherman!

The memory faded away, and when Cao Ze looked at the sea again, he suddenly had a lot more insights in his mind.

There are no traces of birds in the sky, but I have flown over!
Cao Ze recalled a famous poem from his previous life. Now he wanted to tell the poet that whenever a bird flies by, it will definitely leave traces, but ordinary people just can't see them.

The same is true of the calm sea surface, which has many traces left on it.

And these traces will spread around like ripples, so Cao Ze can distinguish them even from a long distance.

In this way, the amount of information transmitted into Cao Ze's mind was undoubtedly huge, but after Wanghai was fully developed, Cao Ze was able to filter out the information he needed from these complex information.

Cao Ze rowed the boat while identifying the traces, and avoided several waves of search ships from the Dragon Temple along the way. The women sitting in the cabin couldn't help but open their eyes and look at Cao Ze in confusion.

Judging from Cao Ze’s reaction, he seemed to know the other party’s position in advance.

Cao Ze was secretly thankful that he had enough points left for emergencies. If he had come here just after he had achieved Yi Jin state half a month ago, he would have probably been discovered by the people from Dragon God Temple and his fate would have been unimaginable.

Fortunately, the cover of night caused great trouble to the search of the Dragon Temple, and Cao Ze actually managed to escape from their encirclement.

Just as he expected, at the beginning he occasionally encountered the search team of the Dragon Temple. As they went deeper into the sea, he had not seen any traces of other ships on the sea for some time.

The woman really had a trick up her sleeve. The location of the island was 20 degrees northeast, not 15 degrees. If Cao Ze had abandoned her before, she would probably never have found the island even if she died.

Although it is only a deviation of 5 degrees, when placed on the latitude of nautical miles, it is a very long distance difference.

There was no more trouble along the way.

When the sky was just getting light, Cao Ze had already seen black spots emerging from the sea ahead.

A quarter of an hour later, the pontoon boat had arrived at the beach of the island.

This is indeed a small island, only a few thousand square meters in area.

But the lush forests there make it a perfect place to hide.

After jumping off the boat, Cao Ze saw the woman still sitting motionless in the cabin. He didn't say much and dragged the sloop all the way into the jungle. They wanted to hide on the island, and if there was a sloop parked on the coast, it would be too conspicuous.

They found a patch of dense grass, dragged the sloop into it, and then found some vines to cover it. This way, it would be difficult to notice the presence of a sloop from a distance.

"I'll go see if there's a hiding place."

The woman was still sitting in the black-covered boat with her eyes closed. After saying something, Cao Ze went deep into the jungle.

About half an hour later, he came back again.

"I found a cave."

Looking at the woman who was still sitting in the cabin, Cao Ze walked up to her and said, "It was an emergency, so please don't blame me."

Then he reached out and picked up the woman by the waist and walked deeper into the jungle.

Having arrived at the island, Cao Ze had thought about abandoning the woman and escaping alone, but he didn't know the current situation of the people in the Dragon God Temple, and he was not sure about the woman's situation. If he abandoned her and she survived and really recovered, he would inevitably be held accountable.

So after careful consideration, Cao Ze decided to help the other party a little without affecting himself, so as to establish a good relationship.

He felt something soft in his hand and was a little confused. This woman should be much stronger than Su Xiaozhi, so why did the touch feel the same as Su Xiaozhi, who had never practiced martial arts?
Soon, Cao Ze came to the cave carrying the woman.

He had already given the cave a simple cleanup. It wasn't too dirty, but it wasn't too big either. The two of them seemed a little cramped sitting inside. They could even hear each other's breathing.

I don’t know if it’s because there are two people hiding in the small cave, but even the air in the cave has become a little hotter.

But this is a natural hiding place. The entrance of the cave is covered with vines, making it very hidden. There is also a corner in the cave, and looking inside from the entrance you can't see that there is anyone hiding inside.

goooo...

After working all night and not having eaten anything, Cao Ze was already hungry. "I'm going to go catch some fish."

As he spoke, Cao Ze stood up and walked out of the cave, heading towards the seaside.

Not until then did the woman open her eyes and look outside the cave. There was a complex and uncontrollable pain in her eyes. Obviously, her injuries were not that simple.

After observing in the jungle for a while, Cao Ze quickly passed the coast without jungle cover and dived into the water.

With the ability to see the sea, Cao Ze quickly found a school of fish, but there was no food that satisfied Cao Ze.

Ordinary fish contain a large amount of bacteria. If it is not cooked and eaten raw, it is easy to get sick. Although he is now a warrior and his physique is much stronger than in his previous life, Cao Ze does not want to take the risk.

He also did not plan to make a fire on the island. Not to mention that the smoke from the fire might attract people from the Dragon God Temple, the traces of the fire would also be difficult to remove. If people from the Dragon God Temple came to the island and saw these traces, they would naturally search the island extensively.

By then, no matter how hidden the cave is, it will be of no use.

We swam farther and farther away from the island and dived deeper and deeper. The surroundings were already dead silent and dark, with only a faint light above our heads.

"Water-based, add some!"

Although this is far from his limit, Cao Ze still decided to improve his swimming ability to prevent himself from being unable to react in time if he encounters any trouble in the sea. After all, he needs to breathe, and if he cannot return to the surface in time, it would be terrible if he drowns.

When his water ability is improved to the highest level, he will be able to move freely underwater for an hour. When it is improved to perfection again, he will surely be able to make further progress.

A memory came flooding back to my mind again.

Cao Ze felt like a free fish, swimming in the sea, for a quarter of an hour, an hour, a day...

I don’t know how much time had passed, but he seemed to have really turned into a fish.

I don't know how much time has passed, a thought suddenly appeared in Cao Ze's mind, "Don't I need to breathe?"

The moment you think of it, the memory disappears.

Cao Ze was still in the sea, but this time, he no longer felt the urgency of holding his breath. This time, he really had a feeling of being home.

Inhale...exhale...

Taking a deep breath, Cao Ze widened his eyes and was filled with ecstasy.

He could actually breathe underwater!

After a brief moment of joy, Cao Ze calmed down and thought carefully, only to find that when he breathed, sea water poured into his nostrils, but did not enter his lungs. Instead, it was discharged from the sides of his cheeks, and the oxygen contained in the sea water poured into his lungs.

"I actually evolved gills?"

Cao Ze reached out and touched his cheek in panic.

Fortunately, there were no extra cuts on my cheeks.

As the thought came to mind, small words appeared before my eyes.

Fisherman:
Casting a Net: Small Success (3/20)

Starting the network: Getting started (5/10)

Water: Perfect
Fishing: Getting Started (3/10)

Wanghai: Great Success (1/40)

Astronomy: Not yet started (3/5)

Speargun: Perfection

【Love Points: 24】

It was then that Cao Ze discovered that there was no progress bar behind the already perfected water attribute, which meant that he would never be able to add points to the water attribute again.

It turns out that it has already reached the limit, no wonder the improvement this time is so huge!

(End of this chapter)