Practice begins with a fisherman

When the water curtain mask originally transformed from the black water polo came into direct contact with the Moon Breaker Shovel, it actually carried the sound of gold and stone colliding.

After a period of stalemate, the Moon Breaking Shovel and the Water Dividing Fork, with his full support at the cost of a lot of mana, finally gained the upper hand, and there was a crack on the mask with a click.

"Hey, take your life." Since Zhao Shoushou did not hesitate to suffer several heavy injuries, he naturally had to achieve certain results. The Moon Breaker Shovel mustered Yu Yong fiercely, flashing a cold light, under the fearful eyes of the Blackwater Beast. , bursting with a large amount of blood in an instant.

This second-tier middle-grade sea beast known for its ferocity was unexpectedly blown up alive by Zhao Shoushou's crazy attack, turning into a foul-smelling blood mist.

It's slow to say, all this happened in an instant, from the beginning to the present, there was no time for a cup of tea, and the atmosphere of the blackwater beast group that came aggressively was instantly stagnant.

Sea beasts that have emerged from overseas cultivation circles look fierce but are not stupid, and they will not fight desperately when facing powerful enemies.

Since Zhao Shoushou took the shot and suffered tragic injuries in order to win the final victory, he will definitely not give up because of the temporary retreat of the black water beast.

Since these strange black water beasts that originally lived in the remote sea appeared here, there must be deliberate guidance and temptation from the monks in the dark.

No matter what the ultimate goal of this secretly hidden enemy is, only by showing real absolute strength in battle will there be a chance to completely shock it.

He doesn't want to spend a lot of time every day for a long time in the future to deal with these complicated affairs little by little, which will affect the improvement of cultivation.

In Zhao Shoushou's mind, it is naturally the best choice to be able to complete their work in one battle, even if it is worth paying some price in a short period of time, isn't this small group of black water beasts just in time?

On the other side of the battlefield, the two cormorants were already at an absolute disadvantage with two against three. After all, their combat effectiveness was not particularly outstanding, after all, they were only promoted from ordinary poultry.

In the process of entanglement with the three second-tier low-grade black water beasts, the fat cormorant's abdomen was also attacked by spines, and a terrifying penetrating injury was quite serious.

The cormorant chubby's situation is a little bit better. Apart from some trauma to one fat foot, he has no other injuries. Of course, the consumption of mana is inevitable.

"There has been a turning point in the battle. Jing Yanfang, the current patriarch of the Jing family, asked the snake mother to help." On the spirit ship, Jing Yanfang respectfully begged a spirit animal bag, which was left behind by the fallen elder Chuan Gong at the last moment of his life. The second-tier low-grade spirit beast Hundred Flowers Snake.

Snakes are originally amphibious monsters with a wide variety of species and a wide distribution range. In addition, most snakes can be tamed, and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. There are quite a lot of monks who use snakes as spirit beasts .

Hundred-flowered snakes are a big classification, as long as the snakes with complex patterns on the back can be classified into it, poisonous, non-venomous, long sharp teeth, directly swallowed raw by bite force, etc., basically can be All snake monsters that cannot be clearly divided are included.

Its combat power is not too good among the same level. This can also be understood from the master's strength. A spirit beast willing to submit to become a monk in the early stage of foundation establishment would not be too fierce.

Of course, there is no problem in using it to entangle and fight some sea beasts of the same level in a short period of time, and it is just the right time to appear at this time.

After "hissing" about half a cup of tea, a boa constrictor with a body length of more than ten feet and a diameter of about ten feet with two sharp horns on top of its head appeared on the spirit boat.

This Hundred Flowers Snake was bound by its master's original promise to guard the Jing family for a hundred years, but they have always believed that strength is king, and they made no secret of their contempt for these little Xius in front of them.

After seeing its huge snake head shaking violently, it entered the sea to rescue it, and soon fought with one of the second-tier low-grade black water beasts.

"The matriarch of the Jing family has a good chance of choosing. A second-tier low-grade hundred-flower snake, if it is made into snake soup, it must be a great tonic." Zhao Shoushou's mood is much more relaxed after the occupation has stabilized.

Of course, the above is just a joke for self-relaxation for a while, and his real opponent is the second-tier middle-grade black water beast that is also scarred after a fierce battle in front of him.

The fierce battle has actually come to an end now, both Zhao Shoushou and the black water beast in front of him are exhausted, there is not much mana left in the dantian, and the physical injuries also need to recuperate.

"Kill" only heard Zhao Shoushou's loud shout, starting with the Nine Stars Lianzhu of the Sourwood Bow, followed by the Sea Beast inspired by the Water Control Beast Spirit Art, and the Moon Breaker Shovel was floating in the air, waiting for a certain blow. The appearance of the killer fighter.

The body of the Blackwater Beast on the opposite side is indeed completely different from before, despite all kinds of attacks, it is floating in the air and trembling as if it is suffering severe pain.

"Roar..." Soon the Blackwater Beast screamed, its originally strong body withered away in an attitude visible to the naked eye, and the essence of its body turned into a ball of dazzling light towards Zhao Shoushou's place with lightning speed. The direction came through the void.

One person and one beast almost all condensed all their strength into the final blow, and everything seemed to calm down after the violent explosion.

The second-order mid-grade black water beast had already turned into flying ash and disappeared between the sky and the earth. Zhao Shoushou was spitting out blood, his body was cracked and his injuries were quite miserable, but there was a smile on his face.

After this battle, strangling a small group of blackwater beasts by one person will definitely spread the word and gain fame. From then on, if you really make your own name, some small tricks with ulterior motives will definitely disappear.

Chapter 358 20 years long

With the fall of the two second-tier middle-grade black water beasts, the battle is basically coming to an end. The remaining three black water beasts could have fought with two cormorants and a white flower snake, but at the moment the leader fell Morale dissipated.

After Zhao Shoushou tried his best to arouse the support of several second-tier middle and low-grade talisman seals, they finally achieved results, and each defeated a black water beast.

As for some first-order top-grade black water beasts equivalent to the Qi refining period, they fell early in the hands of the monks of the Jing family headed by Jing Yanfang.

Compared with the previous fierce battles with various sea beasts in the open sea, this place is obviously more noisy, and there are quite a few monks coming and going on the sea road.

The monks who witnessed this thrilling battle were quite surprised by such a tragic result and the reversal of the battle situation.

As monks who have lived in the overseas cultivation world for generations, they are obviously more familiar with the situation of various sea beasts. Normally, a monk in the middle stage of foundation establishment faces an ambush by a small group of black water beasts, which can be divided into two situations. , first: open the gap to break through alone; second: fall under the siege of sea beasts.

At the beginning of the battle, when Zhao Shoushou broke into the black water beast group alone, most of the monks were regretting or gloating.

After all, no matter what kind of ending it is, it will be a serious blow to the majesty of a new island owner, and even the development of Hululing Island will be affected by it.

"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of a person who has been able to roam the open sea for decades, his murderous aura is really amazing"

"I originally thought that this gourd spirit island would soon have a new owner, but I never thought that there would be such a reversal."

"I don't know if the future will be a blessing or a disaster when I meet such a strong neighbor?"

The monks who have been observing the entire battle nearby, whether it is the Qi refining period or the Foundation building period, have expressed their surprise and admiration without hesitation.

The current Zhao Shoushou seemed to be blood-stained and miserable, with little combat power left, but he was so imposing, holding a moon-breaking shovel and a water-dividing fork floating around him.

"He Fangxiao, a young man, is trying to instigate some ignorant sea beasts to attack Mr. Zhao. Isn't it whimsical? Do you have the courage to come out and fight to the death with Mr. Zhao?" Only its thick and heroic voice spread to the surroundings.

It may be hidden among the many monks, or it may have disappeared a long time ago. In short, no monk has dared to appear in front of him until after a stick of incense.

"Since fellow daoists don't want to show up, these black water beasts are a gift for someone. If you find something, you will be rewarded in the future. Let's leave today." Before the words finished, a big stride had already appeared in the spirit boat above.

Compared with the previous monks of the Jing family who were only photographed in their foundation-building period, now each and every one of them can be regarded as truly dumbfounded and convinced.

I believe that from now on, the Jing family will truly recognize Zhao Shoushou as the new owner of Hululing Island from top to bottom, and some perfunctory behaviors will gradually disappear.

"Let's set off quickly and use the gourd spirit island" barely stabilized his mind and forced himself to stand on the spirit boat, but secretly swallowed a long-preserved healing elixir.

After the fierce battle with the Blackwater Beast this time, although Zhao Shoushou won the final victory, the price he paid was quite heavy.

The injury was much more serious than it appeared on the surface, and there was only a thin layer of mana left in the dantian, and every time he tried to recover from the big cycle, there would always be bursts of uncontrollable pain in the meridians. pain.

Every time it was serious, the backlash from the mana would even cause the slightly healed wound to burst open again, and a trace of blood flowed down.

In front of him are two second-tier low-grade spirit beasts in charge of guarding, the cormorant little fat and the white flower snake of the Jing family. The cormorant big fat is currently in the spirit beast bag because he was attacked by a spine during the battle. Rest and recuperate.

This seemingly ordinary Hundred Flowers Snake is not outstanding in combat power, but its intelligence is far beyond the average spirit beast. After following Zhao Shoushou back to the spirit ship, he even showed a flattering look, and has been actively following him, facing him before. The haughty look of the Jing family was completely different.

"Island lord, this Hundred Flowers Snake was saved by expending all of its essence before the death of the elder Chuan Gong. Before that, he was in a dormant state of serious injuries. He just got better today, so he didn't report it," Jing Yanfang explained on the side.

"It's normal for each family to have some means. It's not surprising. Being able to send them to help the battle today is enough to show sincerity. You can just work hard in the future." Even though there are some turmoil in his heart, his final choice is still to appease.

A day later, the spirit boat returned to the calabash spirit island smoothly, and the story of Zhao Shoushou's brave battle against the black water beast had been reported back to the spirit island. After forcibly suppressing his injuries and revealing his figure, he immediately chose to enter the secret room for retreat.

"This battle can buy me at least 20 years, which is just right for me to practice in closed doors." As he muttered to himself, Zhao Shoushou had already closed his eyes tightly and entered into deep cultivation.

Strictly speaking, since he embarked on the road of cultivation, he has been in various rushes all the time, relying on almost all the improvement of his cultivation base, various desperately fighting for opportunities, and the time for him to truly practice in seclusion is quite short.

In terms of the general situation in the entire practice world, this is obviously an abnormal state of excitement, and of course the two situations have their own advantages and disadvantages.

For Zhao Shoushou, it really needs a long enough period of silence, and too fast a cultivation base is obviously not good for the foundation.

Perhaps after enough time of retreat, there can be a good improvement in this aspect, and even the development of one's own potential is also beneficial.

At present, whether it is Hululing Island or its own situation, it is at a suitable time. It can be said that the time, place and people are in harmony, and all three are present.

The injury suffered after the battle with the Blackwater Beast, under Zhao Shoushou's patient recuperation, took three full years to heal.

Of course, the slow improvement of cultivation during the healing process is also a firm and forward process, but it is a little slower than normal cultivation. This has a lot to do with the high-quality spiritual power emitted by the second-level middle-grade spiritual veins.

As for the development of Hulu Lingdao, it was not affected in any way after his retreat. On the one hand, it benefited from Zhao Shoushou's prestige in the first battle, and on the other hand, it was intimidated by the three second-level low-grade monsters.

Although Zhao Shoushou retreated, the two cormorants and one hundred-flowered snake were temporarily obeying the arrangement of the Jing family under his strict orders, and would patrol the island at regular intervals.

Perhaps in a normal battle, they are not considered strong, but they are more than enough to deter some juniors. After all, they are equivalent to three early-stage foundation-building monks.

It is in this relatively stable environment that 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 359 Ambition in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment

Under the skillful control of the Jing family, the development of Hulu Lingdao is quite smooth. It can be described as smooth sailing, and the entire Lingdao seems to be more and more orderly and prosperous.

The area of ​​the originally slightly empty and narrow square market has at least doubled, and the flow of people coming and going is dense, and the daily transaction volume cannot be underestimated.

Just the rent and management fee of the shop is already a stable income every year, and there is an increasing trend of second-order spiritual creatures appearing in the square market.

All of this is due to Zhao Shoushou's tyrannical strength. Although he has not shown up again for 20 years, his cultivation has been steadily improving.

During the 15 years of retreat No. 19, his cultivation reached the peak of the fifth level of foundation building, relying on the support of sufficient spiritual power, and without taking a single panacea, after four years of hard work, he was able to achieve No. [-] At the end of the year, he successfully broke through the bottleneck and was promoted to the sixth floor of Foundation Establishment.

This feeling of breaking the bottleneck through bit by bit efforts to improve the cultivation level is completely different from the previous elixir assistance, and a sense of down-to-earth arises spontaneously.

After a year of cultivation, Zhao Shoushou's cultivation had just stabilized, and it was time to leave the test. The next step should be the late stage of foundation establishment.

From embarking on the road of cultivation until he was promoted to the sixth level of foundation building, 170 years of youth have passed away. According to the 250 years of natural lifespan of a monk in the foundation building period, plus 50 years of possible life extension time, time is already quite tight for him .

It is necessary to raise the cultivation base to the peak level of the ninth level of foundation building within 60 years, and during this period, we must do our best to search for some natural treasures that are helpful for condensing golden core and prolonging life.

It takes at least 30 years to try to condense the golden elixir. This is a rather long process, and there is no guarantee of one-time success.

Based on a comprehensive calculation, for a monk with four spiritual roots, all this is quite compact, and only by being promoted to the late stage of foundation establishment as soon as possible can more time be saved.

"The sixth floor of the foundation, the sixth floor of the foundation, Mr. Zhao is confident that he can escape his life in the hands of the monks in the late stage of the foundation, and the Gourd Lingdao will be as stable as Mount Tai from now on." He has always been known for being smart and wise.

In the world of comprehension, most of the golden core stage monks are in long-term subterranean cultivation or in some dangerous places, taking risks in groups of three or four to pick some elixir in search of opportunities.

As long as their fundamental interests have not been touched, these Jindanqi patriarchs on the Megatron side will not take it lightly under normal circumstances. According to his current combat effectiveness, there will be no danger of his life easily.

Of course, everything is relative in the world of comprehension. It is not uncommon for some precious treasures to fall during the process of fighting for them. Among them, the realization of longevity and condensed golden elixir is the most prominent.

For the current Zhao Shoushou, this seems to be too early. Before facing these dangers, the bottleneck in the later stage of foundation establishment is also an insurmountable warning line.

About half of the monks in the foundation establishment period stay in the early foundation establishment period, [-]% stay in the middle foundation establishment period, and only [-]% have the chance to advance to the late foundation establishment period.

It is the bottlenecks at different stages that keep most monks out of the door. Among them, the difficulty he is facing now is even higher. In order to succeed, in addition to his own cultivation, chance is also very important.

The assistance of elixir, the help of panacea, the emergence of epiphany, the stimulation of potential in battle, and even the methods of experiencing life in the world of mortals, etc. are all there.

Perhaps except for some monks who possessed the Heavenly Spiritual Root and Dual Spiritual Roots, relying on their own practice alone would definitely not be able to successfully advance to the level of cultivation.

In fact, this was also one of the reasons why Zhao Shoushou did not hesitate to risk his life to compete with many powerful monks for the Gourd Spirit Island.

Before retreating, I specifically told Jing Yanfang of the Jing family to send some experienced monks to inquire about some anecdotes that may arise or things that are likely to attract the attention of many foundation-building monks.

Once there are some relatively certain opportunities, you can use a communication talisman left behind to interrupt the process of retreat, which shows how much Zhao Shoushou attaches importance to it.

It's a pity that the Jing family didn't work hard enough, or it was a relative bottleneck in the past 20 years, or it might be due to the limitation of cultivation, and they haven't heard some valuable news.

"Dangdangdangdang" This day, there were bursts of clear and loud bells and drums on Gourd Lingdao, which had been calm for a long time. For the monks of the Jing family's Qi refining period, the first reaction was to be stupefied for a moment.

The fastest responders should belong to the two low-rank cormorants, because they often show up in front of the monks, and they are famous for defeating a sea beast that tried to land on the spirit island three years ago.

Not only were the monks on the Spirit Island not surprised by their appearance, but they settled down inexplicably. After all, this is an inland sea, and some basic safety is still guaranteed. too great a calamity.

"This is the master of this island who has finished training and left the customs. He summoned us to inquire. Fellow Taoists, there is no need to panic." A familiar voice appeared in the air.

Because Spirit Island covers a vast area, some monks responsible for different aspects of affairs are also distributed in different locations on Spirit Island. This kind of special spiritual weapon specially used to transmit messages is quite common.

It's just that Hululing Island has been too comfortable in the past 20 years, and the sudden appearance of the bell will cause some small confusion.

Under the double timely and powerful appeasement of the three second-level low-grade spirit beasts and Jing Yanfang, they quickly disappeared, especially when they heard that Zhao Shoushou had left the customs.

For ordinary people, 20 years may be a long enough span to forget many things, but for many monks, it is just a fleeting moment. Many people still have not forgotten the First World War.

"Jing Yanfang brought 12 first-level stewards of Lingdao to visit the island owner, and congratulate the island owner on leaving the customs and making great progress." In a large hall in the island owner's mansion, Jing Yanfang and others paid respects without hesitation.

This is already considered a real investment in the cultivation world, and there are no more than two reasons: first, one of the special spoils that Zhao Shoushou won in the first battle, but he did not have time to enjoy it at the time; After that, the aura of his body became more and more unfathomable, which is a kind of admiration of strength.

"During Zhao's closed-door retreat, I worked hard to manage matters related to Lingdao. In the future, we will discuss meritorious deeds and rewards one by one. Has any monk deliberately provoked you in these years?" The world of cultivation has never been smooth and smooth, which is why he asked.

"Twenty years ago, the first battle of the island master shocked the cultivation world in the inner sea. In these years, except for some second-level sea beasts that occasionally wandered here, no monk dared to take the initiative to provoke." Jing Yanfang, as the most important manager, was the first to affirm. response.

Chapter 360 The Mystery of Baowu

Although some exaggeration and sycophancy are inevitable in her words, they are basically true. If she hadn't suppressed a small group of blackwater beasts with absolute strength, how could she have had the opportunity to cultivate steadily for 20 years.

"The First World War was just the duty of a certain island owner. There is no need to mention it in the future. Has the development of Lingdao been smooth in recent years?" This is the focus of his attention.

The improvement of cultivation is important, but the various resources that need to be consumed are also multiplying. This spiritual island is the basic driving force for providing these resources. How can he not care?

In addition to earning some spirit stones to provide in exchange for some basic resources, as the influence expands, the chances of some relatively precious second-order spirit objects appearing will naturally increase significantly.

Once it appears on Lingdao, the chance of success as the owner of the island naturally has a lot of advantages. From all aspects, it is also more and more important for his future cultivation.

"The first-level spirit gourds have matured in the past 20 years. According to the past practice, all of them are sold on the spirit island in exchange for spirit stones and cultivation resources. The second-level low-level spirit gourds still need 15 years to mature. It takes up to 25 years for Pinling Gourd to mature." Jing Yanfang understood what he really cared about.

In fact, this is also the practice of every island owner, including the old patriarch of the Jing family before. The first thing that needs to be concerned about every time you leave the customs is the situation of the spirit gourd.

At the critical moment when the spirit gourd was about to mature, the two only foundation-building monks of the Jing family would even live next to it all year round.