Start with the fisherman

Chapter 38 The Storm is Coming, Hitting the Sea (Happy New Year)
Dark clouds are threatening to destroy the city!
In a blink of an eye, leaden clouds filled Cao Ze's vision, and it seemed to be spreading towards the coast.

This is not right!

Growing up by the sea, Cao Ze had seen countless storms, but this was the first time he had seen such a strange situation.

"Tian Xiang, give me some more!"

Cao Ze's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he filled up the celestial phenomena in one breath with his wealth and power.

Countless memories flooded into his mind. In his memory, he became a boy by the sea again. When he was a child, he was full of curiosity about the sky. He looked up at the sky from time to time, sometimes for a whole day, and even forgot to eat.

When he grew up, he became a fisherman like his father. After experiencing several storms, he was able to judge when a storm would come by looking at clues from astronomical phenomena, and predicting whether it would be sunny or rainy was a piece of cake. His fame soon spread beyond the fishing village.

Before long, he became the lookout of an ocean-going ship, the eyes of the ship, and led the ship to avoid countless deadly storms.

The ship also became his body, leading him to see countless secrets buried deep in the sea.

One day, when he looked up at the sky and saw a shooting star streaking across the sky, he suddenly realized that it was time for him to say goodbye to this world.

Before he died, countless scenes flashed before his eyes, and finally they all dissipated and turned into a hint of enlightenment.

The celestial phenomena are now complete!
It sounds slow, but in reality the memory flashes through my mind in just a moment.

When Cao Ze opened his eyes again, his eyes had become deep, as if there was a deep black hole hidden in them. There was a magical attraction in the black hole, just like the starry sky, which attracted countless people.

Looking at the leaden cloud again, Cao Ze frowned.

This is not natural!

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Cao Ze didn't dare to look any longer. He quickly turned the boat around and rowed towards Bishui Village.

No matter what these leaden clouds were, the power behind them that could create such a commotion was not something he could interfere with.

A quarter of an hour later, the black-sailed boat returned to the coast outside Bishui Village.

Cao Ze deliberately dragged the black-sailed boat to the shore and tied it to a tree outside the village.

He had a feeling that this storm would be very severe!

After going to the fish market to process the catch and buying a large amount of supplies and returning home, Cao Ze thought about it and decided to return to the fish market again to tell everyone that a storm was coming and asked everyone to stock up more food.

Of course, most people didn't take it seriously and thought Cao Ze was just worrying too much.

A man who grew up by the sea must have seen a few storms.

When the storm subsides, everything will return to normal.

Some people listened to Cao Ze and really started purchasing supplies, such as Uncle Qiang.

But it caused everyone to laugh.

The seaside is humid and it is difficult to store food for too long. Purchasing too much at one time is definitely not a wise choice.

Some people listened to Cao Ze's words and wanted to purchase some supplies. Unfortunately, they had already been bent over by the heavy taxes of Daqian and had no spare money at home. They could only sigh and hope that the storm would pass soon.

Cao Ze doesn't care about what everyone thinks. He has done everything he can. The rest is up to God's will.

Before nightfall, raindrops as big as beans began to fall from the sky with great force, giving the people of Bishui Village a great warning.

At night, in a warm room, two bodies crawled into the warm quilt.

It was raining heavily outside, hitting the leaves and stones, making crackling sounds, and the wind and rain were bitter.

Inside the house, the windows creaked and crackled, but it was warm as spring, completely different worlds from outside.

For a moment, the rain hit the banana leaves inside the house and the rain hit the banana leaves outside the house, and the two worlds seemed to become one world.

……

Everyone thought that such a heavy rain would not last too long, but this time, it lasted for half a month. He put on his cloak, carried his newly made harpoon, and slung his short knife around his waist, and walked out of the courtyard.

The big raindrops hit the cloak, as if the whole world was occupied by the noisy sound of rain, but the whole world was also so quiet that only the sound of rain remained.

Suddenly, a cry came from the side.

A group of Daqian soldiers rushed into a fisherman's house and dragged the family's daughter out.

The old fisherman with a weathered face wanted to step forward to stop them, but was kicked to the ground by the soldier. He struggled for a long time but was unable to get up.

The woman grabbed the door frame and cried and wanted to exchange herself for her daughter, but the Daqian soldiers were not stupid. It went without saying who was more valuable, an old woman or a young girl.

The old woman was heartbroken, but in the end she could only watch her daughter disappear in the rain.

Cao Ze sighed lightly and didn't meddle in other people's business.

Fishermen make their living from the sea, but now it is raining heavily and there are storms sweeping across the sea. Who dares to go out to sea to fish?

But Daqian will not stop collecting taxes just because you don’t go out to sea. Each person must pay Daqian’s tax every day.

If you can’t pay taxes, you can only use people to offset the taxes.

If the heavy rain does not stop, the old fisherman and the woman will not be able to avoid the fate of being captured and forced to do hard labor.

Although it was raining heavily, there were still a few people walking on the street.

There were also many people standing behind the windows on both sides of the street. They looked at Cao Ze and his group on the street with numbness on their faces.

These people are all preparing to go out to sea to fish.

Going out to sea in this weather is almost certain death.

If they go, they will die. If they don’t go, they will die too. These people are going to risk their lives!
The villagers could not feel any sympathy because soon they would become one of them.

Cao Ze took a deep breath.

He can't even take care of himself now, so naturally he can't help the world.

Close your eyes and walk quickly out of the village.

I found a secluded spot, jumped into the sea with a splash, and then dived to the bottom of the sea.

Of course, he didn't come here to risk his life, he came here to practice.

Underwater, whether practicing the Fish-Dragon Body Tempering Technique or the Snow-Falling Knife, both can have good effects.

During the past half month, he went to the bottom of the sea to practice every day.

Although there were constant storms at sea, huge waves, and turbulent undercurrents on the seabed, with his current strength and swimming ability, he would not be in any danger as long as he was on the seabed near the coast.

Standing firmly on the seabed, closing my eyes, I recalled all the details in the booklet about striking the sea.

After about dozens of breaths, Cao Ze suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hand, swung his arm, and the short knife in his hand drew an arc from bottom to top.

Like a carp shaking its tail, all its strength burst out in an instant, and the short knife cut through the sea water, whistling forward.

After striking out with the first blow, Cao Ze did not immediately strike out with the second blow. Instead, he stood where he was, carefully experiencing the feeling of that strike.

The pressure of the sea water hitting my body, the resistance of the water sliding across the blade, the slightest flaw in the strength of my muscles...

After a long while, after summarizing these problems and thinking of countermeasures, Cao Ze swung his sword again!

He has not given up practicing Ji Canghai these days.

After half a month of practice, he felt as if he had grasped something.

Especially after using the spear gun technique on this chop, he could clearly feel that he was getting closer and closer to that layer of window paper.

(End of this chapter)