Daily News: You promised yourself to be a fisherman, but you've become a martial arts god?

Zhang Tianqi continued:

"After killing that man, I learned that he was my family's fisherman. I had been eyeing that pretty little girl in the family for a long time. She was born in an unlucky year, month, and hour. One of her is worth several medicinal herbs. However, the two brothers always went out on different tasks, which made it difficult for me to make a move. I was afraid that they would leave traces on land and be investigated by the Yi family's government."

"About two months ago, I wanted to catch that girl, but that kid messed things up. Then we moved to the inner city, making it even harder to make a move."

"If you kill that peasant, his sister-in-law and niece will certainly not be able to survive in the city. As long as they remain my tenants, I can do whatever I want with them!"

Tu Yue smiled in surprise, then suddenly asked:

"What does that peasant's wife look like?"

"Big breasts and a big butt, she's a real beauty!"

"Zhang Lao Er, you'd better keep that woman for me. I'll kill her when I'm done with her!"

"Brother Tu, you absolutely mustn't! After you're tired of that woman, why not sell her to a brothel and let her make money for you for the rest of her life? When she's crippled and can't be sold anymore, you can tell her that you slaughtered that peasant and that your daughter was used to make an elixir. Wouldn't that be even more satisfying?"

"Zhang Lao Er, when it comes to cunning, you're the real schemer! That was a brilliant move!"

As they spoke, the two looked at each other and smiled.

It felt like we'd known each other forever, like old friends who hadn't met sooner.

After a moment, Tu Yue's smile vanished, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, and he said:

"We haven't been to Crescent Moon Island for two and a half years. It seems the Yi family government has forgotten how powerful we are."

"On a chosen day, as long as the chief gives the order, we will definitely collect some interest for killing my tenth son, and by the way..."

"Kill that peasant who practices blood-training!"

Zhang Tianqi said:

"Brother Tu, you've invaded Crescent Moon Island, so don't delay my ancestor's medicinal herbs."

"I know. There are already more than thirty people locked up on the island, and they are all being well cared for. There are still more than a dozen short of what your ancestor wanted. We will send people to capture them when things calm down."

"Thank you, Brother Tu."

...

Tang Zhengxiong went to the underworld to report on the twenty-seventh day.

Li Nian arrived at the open space by the lake where she often practiced her skills. After carefully checking that no one was around, she sat cross-legged under a large tree.

With a flick of his wrist, the jade plate wrapped in animal hide appeared in his hand.

At the same time, a prompt box appears in front of you:

[Detected a possible supernatural power, "The True Scripture of the Condensing Void," to proceed with deduction?]

【whether】

"yes!"

Li Nian did not hesitate for a moment.

The moment the thought settles, everything around you comes to a standstill.

The swirling lake water froze, still as jade, its ripples frozen in mid-air, utterly still; fallen leaves hung motionless in the wind, not a sway in the breeze, birds folded their wings and perched on branches, their flight abruptly halted; the undulating grasses on the bank drooped, still, splashing water droplets suspended in mid-air like translucent, cold jade beads; all the wind and rain had ceased, the waves had subsided, the chirping of insects had stopped, and all movement in the world had been sealed away...

He alone remained, still and at ease in this still world!

Suddenly, a beam of golden light entered his brow and condensed into a small golden figure in the center of his mind.

A golden figure stood at the center of his consciousness, two fingers pressed together between his brows, eyes wide open, staring straight ahead, his mouth constantly chanting obscure and incomprehensible phrases...

[You painstakingly studied the "True Scripture of the Condensing Void and Writing Wheels," a scripture of profound mystery. You devoted five years of painstaking research to finally comprehend its entirety, and honed your skills according to its exposition.]

[The tempering of your pupils is far too difficult. You are but a mortal, unable to temper them in a cruel way. Therefore, you choose to proceed step by step, staring at the candle day, night, month, and year, gradually approaching the flame, risking blindness, letting the fire scorch your pupils, until the fifteenth year when your pupils can withstand the scorching of mortal fire. You see the blazing sun in the sky as if it were a stunning beauty, without any discomfort. You have stepped into the first level: Unafraid of Light]

[Since your pupils became immune to blazing light, you worked diligently to adapt them to the next stage: opening your eyes in water, then applying ice to your pupils. Fifteen years later, your pupils were no longer afraid of ordinary ice and could even see through ten meters of ice. You have entered the second stage: eyes that are not afraid of the cold and can see through ice.]

[Once your eyes became impervious to ice and fire, you began to observe qi—human qi, material qi, wind qi, light qi... This was extremely difficult for someone with low cultivation and poor bloodline like you, but you never gave up, believing that even an iron rod can be ground into a needle. In the 180th year, you finally, with your mortal body, saw through the qi of all things. On that day, blood appeared in your pupils, and the blood formed rings in your eyes, which then condensed into a tomoe.]

Congratulations! You have obtained the "Shadow Eye"!

One hundred and eighty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

boom!

A vast, profound, and boundless aura, like a surging torrent from the heavens, poured into Li Nian's sea of ​​consciousness!

ah--!!!

In an instant, Li Nian's eyes felt both burning hot and freezing cold, as if they were being roasted on fire and then frozen in ice. The pain was excruciating, and he covered his eyes tightly, unable to help but cry out.

The pain lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before it subsided.

Opening his eyes, a dazzling crimson light shot straight into the sky, as if it would pierce through the heavens!

In his eyes, the originally jet-black pupils turned blood red, each pupil bearing a black tomoe that followed his movements.

His every glance seemed to see right through you, sending chills down your spine and making you afraid to look him in the eye.

call--

Li Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking up, it felt like the whole world had changed.

Everything becomes extremely slow, as if it were slowed down dozens of times.

And it's very clear.

Even from ten meters away, the hairs on a mosquito's body are clearly visible.

Moreover, when he sees something, he can accurately grasp its root cause and weaknesses.

In his eyes.

The wind has a source.

The waves have a tendency to return.

Plants and trees hold life...

The textures of all things are clearly visible, and all changes can be seen through at a glance.

See through the illusions, and penetrate the fatal flaws!

"It's done!"

Li Nian's heart skipped a beat, her eyebrows lifted, and joy spread across her face.

Walk to the lakeside, use the water as a mirror, and watch the changes in your eyes.

The Sharingan in both eyes can be controlled at will, without worrying about the changes being noticed by others.

Immediately, he pondered his earlier "deduction":

"The eyes are the weakest point of the human body, and the most difficult to train. It took me a full 180 years to barely get the basics down. No wonder people say that only those with exceptional physical constitutions can master this skill!"

"According to the scriptures, one can only cultivate the Second Jade Tome after reaching the Gang Jin level, at which point one can replicate all the techniques under heaven!"

"The three-tomoe jade pendant requires divine intervention..."

"We'll talk about it when our cultivation level is high enough!"

Li Nian didn't think any further.

He is not an overambitious person; he has the strength he possesses based on his current cultivation level.

Composing himself, Li Nian looked in the direction of Chenyuan Village, his gaze sharpening:

"We've improved everything we could. Our rest day is in a few days. Before heading back, we'll head to the waters near the island where Shenyuan Village is located to find out the location of the Heavenly Sea Sect's true disciple's inheritance. If we have the chance, we'll take the inheritance!"

The thought was instantly resolved, and he flipped his hand to take out the Azure Heaven Water Pearl.

After learning about the properties of this bead, he had planned to visit the place of inheritance that day, and now is the perfect time!

However, he was not in a hurry to go there. Instead, he rowed the boat to a nearby area where no one was patrolling.

Before leaving, he had told Cao An and the others that he was going fishing, so that he could take some time to go to the waters near Shenyuan Village and catch some fish so that no one would suspect anything.

"Fish, come!"

Li Nian pinched one end of the fishing line between two fingers and flicked it underwater.

In the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, I easily caught a full basket of lake fish. I tied the boat to the shore and put the fish basket in the water under the boat to keep it fresh.

Then, holding the precious pearl, he leaped into the water like a dragon entering the water, disappearing without a trace...