Start with the fisherman

Chapter 98: You Can Be Young Again

Shop 137, Forge Lane.

After leaving Yue Family Martial Arts School, Cao Ze came straight here.

In the past half month since he returned, he has been asking around and actually obtained a lot of useful information.

For example, the Blood Demon Pearl lying in his arms at this moment contained the vitality and resentment of thousands of creatures, condensing into a wisp of resentful spirit, which naturally had no effect on normal warriors.

But if it is integrated into a weapon, there is a chance that it can induce a trace of spiritual intelligence, especially for a top-grade weapon like the Meteoric Blade that is refined through blood, the probability is very high.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

After hearing what Cao Ze said, Yan Tianlang frowned, "This blood demon bead contains terrifying vitality and resentment, and it has condensed into a resentful spirit. If it is forcibly integrated into the Meteoric Blade, it may indeed enlighten a ray of spiritual wisdom and make the Meteoric Blade a spiritual weapon."

"The bloody evil energy in it will also turn the Meteoric Blade into a demonic blade. When impacted by the bloody evil energy, the intelligence of the Meteoric Blade will probably be distorted, and in the end it will even affect the person holding the blade, turning him into a bloodthirsty demon."

"I figured it out!"

Cao Ze did not hesitate, "These people were killed in the blood sacrifice of the Dragon God Temple, so I will use the Falling Star Blade to kill all the people of the Dragon God Temple, avenge them, and eliminate their resentment."

"If they don't know good people and want to influence me, then I will wipe out the last trace of their souls and completely eliminate their resentment!"

Domineering exposed!

Yan Tianlang remained silent.

Coming from the mouth of a young fellow who had just entered the Bone Tempering Realm, these words seemed extremely arrogant, but for some reason, he did not have too many doubts and was actually convinced by Cao Ze.

Refining spiritual weapons is not a one-day task. Professional matters should be left to professionals. After agreeing on the remuneration, Cao Ze left the Meteoric Blade.

After leaving Yan Tianlang's forging shop, Cao Ze left the inner city, identified the direction, and walked towards Lu Chenan's courtyard.

As a bounty hunter, Lu Chenan hasn't been out for many days, but because of the bounties on several heads, he has been living a comfortable life. After more than half a year of hard study and practice, he has even reached the threshold of minor success in bone strengthening.

He had good natural resources, but in the past he paid too much attention to fame and failed to calm down and practice.

The previous series of blows actually made him calm down and gain a lot.

Standing there after finishing his training, Lu Chenan smiled. In a few days, he would be able to break through to the minor success of bone forging. He felt that the shadow left by the man in black in his heart was about to be shattered, and it was time for him to return to the martial arts world.

Suddenly, the smile on his face froze.

Only then did he notice that a figure in a black cloak had appeared in the courtyard.

"Congratulations!"

Lu Chenan had just practiced without reservation, so Cao Ze naturally saw through his strengths and weaknesses and was happy for Lu Chenan.

But Lu Chenan heard a hint of joking in it.

Even though his strength had greatly improved, he was still at the mercy of the man in black and didn't even know when the other party would arrive.

Cao Ze threw a book over and said, "Help me deliver this to Ye Botao of the Ye family."

"You are hiding your head and showing your tail, which is not what a gentleman does!"

Lu Chenan didn't reach out to catch the book, but let it fall to the ground without even looking at it. "I won't let you control me anymore."

These words are full of righteousness.

He knew that he might still be no match for the man in black, but if he continued to be manipulated by him, perhaps one day he would really lose himself.

"Oh?"

Cao Ze was silent for a moment, then said, "Then you should return the five hundred taels of silver you owe me first."

In an instant, Lu Chenan's face turned red.

He hadn't been out for quite some time, and just now he was so quiet that he wanted to move. Besides the fact that his cultivation was about to break through, the more important reason was that his money was almost gone.

How could he come up with five hundred taels of silver?

Cao Ze had naturally anticipated this. A smile appeared on his face under his cloak, and he disappeared in the yard in a flash.

Lu Chenan stood in the yard for a long time, his face turning red and white many times. Finally, he bent down and picked up the book on the ground.

"Dan Ding Jue."

When Lu Chenan saw the big words on the cover, his heart started pounding, as if these three words had an inexplicable attraction.

However, he still resisted the urge to open the book, put it in his arms, went into the house to change his clothes, and walked towards the inner city.

……

Cao family compound, backyard.

In the small courtyard, Cao Ze was slowly punching and kicking like an old turtle, practicing the Fish and Dragon Body Tempering Technique.

Although the movements were slow, a faint white mist like a sharp sword spurted out of his nostrils when he exhaled, lingering for a long time. When he inhaled, wind and clouds rose, causing the only jujube tree left in the courtyard to shake.

Feel the knife-like energy in your body cutting through your bones.

Different from the violence when adding points, although the sword energy is still sharp, Cao Ze's bones are no longer the same. Instead, there is a feeling of being washed by waves and panning for gold.

He could feel his bones slowly becoming tougher under this kind of tempering.

"Husband, take the medicine!"

When Cao Ze finished his practice and stood up, Su Xiaozhi came over with a bowl of hot medicine.

Cao Ze rolled his eyes silently. If he had known, he would not have told Su Xiaozhi those stories at night.

However, when Su Xiaozhi shouted angrily on the bed, "Cao thief, don't tarnish my innocence", it had a different flavor. It can only be said that there are pros and cons.

The medicine is naturally made from Nether Tiger Bones combined with auxiliary medicinal materials. Its effectiveness far exceeds that of other auxiliary prescriptions for Bone Tempering Realm. With unlimited supply, it can increase the progress of Fish Dragon Transformation by about 100 points every day.

Taking drugs is indeed the true meaning of martial arts!
The Nether Tiger Bone given by Yue Lingke is big enough. Not only him, but Su Xiaozhi is also using it. Now her cultivation progress is also gratifying. Cao Ze is quite looking forward to what changes will occur on the panel when she breaks through to the eighth level of body forging.

But before Cao Ze could drink the tiger bone soup, a servant from the Yue family came outside the courtyard, handed Cao Ze a package, and left.

There is no doubt that this person was sent by Hong Xing.

"Xianmai Pill!"

“Finally bought it!”

Cao Ze was delighted.

The goods of the Nie family have been almost dealt with these days, and Hong Xing has also continuously delivered a lot of supplies, but this Xumai Pill cannot be bought with just money. If Hong Xing did not have the network of connections of the Yue family, Cao Ze would not be able to buy it on his own, let alone in half a month, and probably in several years.

When Cao Ze found Su Zhuoding, he was sitting at a stone table, looking into the sky with unfocused eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

These days he and Su Wu were not idle, but helping out in a silk shop of Yue family. With his strength of the fourth level of body forging, even with a broken arm, it was more than enough for him to do odd jobs.

After having work to do, he became much more cheerful and seemed to have come out of the shadow of his broken arm.

I just don't know why, he has become depressed again these days.

"Brother Zhuo Ding."

Cao Ze walked over and sat next to Su Zhuoding, waking him up from his trance.

"Ah... Ozawa."

Su Zhuoding was a little flustered. He had done nothing, but he felt as flustered as if he had been caught doing something bad.

"What are you thinking about?" Cao Ze thought.

"Nothing... nothing..." Su Zhuoding stammered.

Without teasing his brother-in-law anymore, Cao Ze took out a porcelain bottle, placed it on the stone table, and pushed it in front of Su Zhuoding.

"This is the pulse-replenishing pill, which can regenerate severed limbs. Try it now."

Upon hearing this, Su Zhuoding immediately looked at the porcelain vase on the stone table. A bright light shone in his eyes and even his breathing became heavy.

He wanted so badly to return to being a normal person.

But soon, his eyes dimmed again. He suppressed his reluctance, retracted his gaze from the porcelain bottle, and looked up at Cao Ze, "No, I can't take it. It's too expensive. You need resources for cultivation right now. You can't waste money on a useless person like me."

At this time, Su Xiaozhi and Su Wu had also come over. Su Xiaozhi was about to step forward to persuade them, but was stopped by Su Wu.

Su Wu's expression was extremely complicated. He certainly hoped that Su Zhuoding's severed right arm could be regenerated, but this meridian-replenishing pill was too precious.

These days they have naturally inquired from many sources about treasures that can regenerate severed limbs, among which is the Xumai Pill, so they know the value of the Xumai Pill even better than Cao Ze.

"What is precious or not precious?"

Cao Ze smiled easily and said, "If it weren't for Uncle Wu, I might have died on a night when no one cared about me."

"If it weren't for Xiaozhi, I wouldn't be where I am today."

"We are already a family, aren't we?"

"Since we are a family, what is precious or not precious?"

“You need it, so you use it, and nothing else gets in the way.”

"Brother Ze!"

The softest part of Su Xiaozhi's heart was touched again. She broke through Su Wu's obstruction, came to Cao Ze, and looked at Cao Ze with autumn eyes.

Cao Ze stood up and rubbed her head.

Su Xiaozhi is the most precious treasure given to him by God.

"Brother, Brother Ze is right, we are a family, you should try the effect of the Xumai Pill."

Su Xiaozhi let Cao Ze rub her head like a docile cat. She felt at ease and looked at her brother and began to persuade him, "Brother Ze will become stronger and stronger in the future. By then, you will know that the Xumai Pill is nothing to us."

"Xiao Zhi is right!"

Cao Ze agreed and said he had the confidence.

Su Zhuoding was already eager to restore his right arm. After repeated persuasion from the two, he finally stretched out his left hand and held the porcelain bottle.

Su Wu stood by, saying nothing, with a complicated expression, and ultimately did not stop Su Zhuoding's decision.

As soon as I pulled out the cork, a refreshing fragrance wafted to my nose, and the flowers and plants in the yard seemed to become joyful at this moment.

Pour out the emerald green pill inside and put it into your mouth.

The pill melted in his mouth and in an instant turned into a cool breath that permeated Su Zhuoding's body. Then, as if it had found its target, it rushed towards his broken right shoulder.

Ah!
Su Zhuoding let out a roar of pain, then tightly closed his mouth to prevent himself from screaming out.

I saw that the healed flesh and blood on his broken right shoulder was suddenly torn apart, and a piece of bone appeared, like a sprout breaking through the ground.

The pain can be imagined.

However, Su Zhuoding clenched his teeth tightly and did not scream out again.

He has experienced so much suffering these days that the pain he is experiencing now is nothing compared to it.

After the bone stump appeared, it began to grow rapidly. In a blink of an eye, it was more than a foot long, and pink flesh was attached to it, which was also growing rapidly.

In just a quarter of an hour, a new arm was formed.

Su Zhuoding's whole body was soaked with sweat, but he was in high spirits.

After hesitating for a moment, he slowly raised his right arm, clenched his fist, and then shook his arm...

It has been nearly a year since he lost his right hand, and he never thought that he would be able to have it back. The tough guy who didn't even groan when his arm was born again, couldn't help crying now.

"Thank you, Ozawa!"

Cao Ze patted Su Zhuoding on the shoulder. He was very happy to see that his brother-in-law's right arm had recovered as normal.

"Oh, Uncle Wu, these are the prescriptions for breaking through to the Yijin Realm. You have been stuck at the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm for a long time. With the help of these prescriptions, you will definitely be able to break through to the Bone Tempering Realm."

As he spoke, Cao Ze handed the package to Su Wu.

Su Wu was stunned for a long time without saying anything. In the end, he took the package without saying anything, feeling very relieved.

He felt that the best decision he had ever made in his life was probably marrying his daughter to Cao Ze.

What a good boy!
Nie Xiaoyu watched quietly from the side, and thought of her grandfather, feeling sad.

"Xiaoyu, you have a gift too!"

Su Xiaozhi let go of Cao Ze, walked over to hug Nie Xiaoyu, and took out an exquisite wooden box. "This is a jade bracelet from Nuanyang Pavilion. It is as warm as the spring sunshine. Wearing it on your hand will warm your whole body. You won't feel cold even in winter."

In addition to the jade bracelet, Su Xiaozhi took out another wooden box about a foot wide and a large stack of silver bills.

"This is half of the silver note that the Nie family obtained in exchange for that shipload of goods. Now it is returned to the original owner. You can keep it for yourself."

"Brother Ze said the other half should be considered as the reward for helping you get revenge."

After Su Xiaozhi finished speaking, she turned around and walked into the inner courtyard. She did not forget to turn around and say to Nie Xiaoyu, "Don't forget to go shopping at Menglan Street together tomorrow. I heard there are a lot of delicious food there!"

Nie Xiaoyu stared at the banknote in his hand in a daze.

When she saw Cao Ze on the deck of the Nie family cargo ship, she knew that this man was not a bad person, but he was actually willing to return the silver he had obtained to her.

After counting, there were a total of 43,812 taels and 3 cents of silver, which was a huge sum of money even for a warrior in the Refining Organ Realm, but Cao Ze gave it to him without hesitation.

She felt that she had nothing to worry about in this world, and suddenly some hope arose in her heart.

Then she turned and looked at the wooden box next to her.

"what is this?"

She opened it curiously, wanting to see what gift Sister Xiaozhi had given her and why there was no introduction.

However, the moment it opened, she screamed and stepped back involuntarily.

But soon she stepped forward again and stared at the thing in the box.

What was contained in the wooden box was actually a human head!

The head of the Sea Wolf King!

She always believed that she was not mistaken, but she never thought that Cao Ze could kill the Sea Wolf King so quickly.

How strong is Brother Cao Ze?
That was the big devil who easily killed his grandfather!
If only I could have met Brother Cao Ze earlier!
Tears flowed out of my eyes uncontrollably.

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