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

With the Azure Heaven Water Pearl in hand, Li Nian can breathe freely underwater and see as if it were daytime. In addition, he has the Sharingan, which allows him to clearly perceive changes in water flow. He is a dragon swimming underwater!

"This Azure Heaven Water Pearl truly lives up to its reputation as a spiritual artifact!"

"Awesome!"

A beautiful smile curved the corners of Li Nian's lips.

In the time he had spent studying martial arts, he had read many classic texts and had some understanding of weapons and equipment.

Above all ordinary objects are precious artifacts and spiritual artifacts.

The two are divided into three grades: superior, middle, and inferior.

Treasures possess spiritual power and are therefore considered spiritual artifacts; thus, treasures are subordinate to spiritual artifacts.

Although treasures cannot compare to spiritual artifacts, they are by no means ordinary objects, and are extremely rare and expensive.

Within the vast Qianhu County, there are very few people who possess precious artifacts.

During the training session with her second senior sister Xia Qingwei that day, she overheard that their master, Liu Qinyun, possessed a magical artifact—

White Yin Bone Claw!

This treasure was forged by a master craftsman in the prefectural city several years ago by Liu Qinyun at great expense and with expensive materials.

It was with this treasure that Liu Qinyun, as an outsider, was able to gain a foothold in the treacherous Qianhu County and open a school to teach students.

As for magical artifacts.

This means that objects possess a spiritual quality.

All magical artifacts can help their owners amplify a certain ability.

This innate, nurturing, and mutually supportive quality is called the nature of spiritual assistance!

The Azure Heaven Water Pearl can enhance the holder's water skills and boost the power of water-based techniques, perfectly matching the characteristics of a spiritual artifact!

After skillfully maneuvering the dragon underwater, Li Nian looked westward, his gaze sharpening:

"Let's go to Shenyuan Village!"

The moment the thought crossed my mind, the dragon emerged.

Shenyuan Village is located on the west side of Canyue Island, about ten miles away.

This island is called Guili Island.

The island is surrounded by numerous jagged reefs, with turbulent underwater currents. Ordinary boats that get too close are easily swept away and smashed to pieces by the raging waves, making the waterways extremely dangerous and almost impassable.

The entire island is dozens of times larger than Crescent Moon Island!

Fifteen minutes later.

Li Nian stood in the water a mile away from the shore of Guili Island, the surging undercurrents having no effect on him.

This isn't the effect of the Azure Heaven Water Pearl, but rather the effect of the Sharingan.

The Azure Heaven Water Pearl cannot control the water flow, but the Sharingan can see the direction of the water flow, thus avoiding the interference of undercurrents.

That's one way to put it.

With the Azure Heaven Water Pearl and the Eye of the Grimm, one can still swim like a dragon wherever there is water, no matter how bad the situation!

Another point.

The Azure Heaven Water Pearl's ability to see as clearly as day underwater, combined with the Sharingan's extraordinary vision, allows him to see things on the surface of the water without surfacing.

Therefore, Li Nian does not need to stick her head out of the water; she can observe the island's environment from underwater and avoid being discovered.

At this moment, Li Nian opened the system, looked at the golden coordinates displayed in the frame, and frowned deeply:

"Judging from this distance, the inheritance point is not in the waters outside Guili Island, but below the inner island."

"Let's circle the island and see if there are any waterways entering from the outside!"

After a moment's thought, Li Nian made her decision.

Without hesitation, he used the properties of the Azure Heaven Water Pearl and his Eye of Light to circle the island and inspect it.

Half an hour later, Li Nian returned to the original spot, her brows furrowed even more deeply.

With his glint in his eye, he could see the direction of the water flow. He had just circled the island and had not seen the water flow in or out of the island, which meant there was no waterway leading into or out of the island.

Li Nian lowered her eyes and touched her chin, thinking to herself:

"It seems the only way to inherit this legacy is to go to the island."

"With my current strength, I am not capable of dealing with the people in Shenyuan Village. For now, I can only wait."

"Let's go back first!"

Composing herself, Li Nian prepared to go back.

Just then, a small black-sailed boat cut through the lake waves behind him, skillfully navigating around the reefs, and sailed over his head toward the island's shore.

At the bow of the ship, a burly man with a full beard carried a nine-ringed giant axe on his back.

Upon seeing the burly man's appearance, Li Nian's heart tightened.

"The fifth leader of Shenyuan Village, the River-Turning Dragon who slaughters mountains!"

After he arrived on the island to take up his post, he recognized Tu Yue's appearance from the wanted posters of the bandits.

Li Nian suddenly thought of something, her eyelids narrowed slightly, and she thought to herself:

"According to intelligence, Tu Yue is stationed on Yunting Island, responsible for guarding the children kidnapped by the Zhang family. What is he doing here?"

"Is there something important that needs to be discussed?"

"Forget it, let's go back first, so as not to arouse suspicion if we get back too late."

"Anyway, we have a daily intelligence system; we can check it out later."

The thought settled, and his body moved like a dragon back towards Crescent Moon Island.

...

Fifteen minutes later.

Li Nian returned to the vicinity of the moored area. After confirming that the underwater area was clear, she exerted all her strength upwards, her figure like a startled swan skimming the water, suddenly breaking through the blue waves and leaping into the air. Her clothes fluttered lightly as she landed steadily on the deck.

After wringing out her clothes, Li Nian pulled on the rope from which the fish baskets were hanging on the side of the boat.

As soon as she pulled, Li Nian frowned.

He caught a basket full of lake fish, and the rope holding the basket, which should have been heavy, was now light as a feather.

Upon pulling it up, they found that the rope, about the thickness of a little finger, was broken, and the fish basket had disappeared.

Since arriving on the island and taking up his post, he has often fished in the waters under the jurisdiction of his team, and knows the fish species in the lake very well.

There couldn't possibly be any ferocious fish near the shore, otherwise he wouldn't have put the fish underwater.

In other words, the rope wasn't broken by the fish!

Judging from the neat cuts in the rope, it looks like it was cut by a very sharp knife, making it highly likely to have been done by someone.

Li Nian narrowed her eyes, a chilling glint appearing within them:

"They dare to steal even my things, Li's? I'd like to see which scoundrel did it!"

Just as he was about to open the system information to see who the fish-stealing scoundrels were, he heard the sound of a small boat cutting through the waves from the other side of the bay.

Turning my head, I saw a small boat coming against the current.

The boat cleaved through the lake with the force of thunder. The man on board stood tall and straight as a mountain, exuding a calm and domineering aura. He stood steadily at the bow, his gaze carrying an intimidating power. His entire being radiated an indomitable and heroic spirit. Even before he got close, a powerful and chilling aura swept over you.

What shocked Li Nian even more was...

There was no one rowing the boat; it came upstream on its own.

Li Nian frowned, thinking to herself:

"Using his own momentum to row against the current, this person must possess at least hidden strength!"

The characteristic of hidden strength is the outward projection of internal energy!

This person looks unfamiliar, and his clothes and appearance don't resemble those of someone from the government office. Could he be a bandit from Shenyuan Village coming to cause trouble?

As he pondered this, the small boat drew near.

Li Nian snapped out of her daze, her entire body tense, ready to jump into the lake and escape at any moment!

He wasn't foolish enough to fight someone who was a whole realm higher than him!

"Brother, there's no need to worry, I meant no harm!"

The man seemed to sense his wariness, stopped his small boat three meters away from him, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said cheerfully:

"While I was searching for treasure just now, my gluttonous spirit pet stole this basket of fish from your boat. Knowing that the fish had an owner, I came here specifically to return it."

"I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to you and ask for your forgiveness."

Having said that, he picked up a basket of fish with one hand and grabbed a fat white rat with the other.

The mouse crossed its two short arms, angrily turned its face away, and glanced at Li Nian with one shiny black eye, its eyes filled with resentment...