Chapter 54: Cultivating with the Sea (Added update for Great Alliance Leader Yanhui)

The moonlight spilled down, draping a layer of moonlight over the giant crocodile's whole body. Looking from afar, it was as if this boat was alive, absorbing the essence of the moon, as if it were breathing.

It caused the moonlight to be absorbed more richly, and amidst the overflowing light, the cold glow was fully revealed.

Xu Qing stared for a long time.

Whether it was life in the slums or the scavenger camp, except for the new house given to him by the Lei team, the places he lived were mostly simple.

And this black-awning boat like a crocodile, clean and tidy under the moonlight, carried a sharp aura, making Xu Qing unable to help but squat down and reach out to touch it.

Cold, the material was very hard.

Most importantly...

"This is mine." Xu Qing whispered softly. He was just about to step on it, but stopped for a moment, a cold light flashing in his eyes. He felt a gaze carrying malice in the surroundings, staring at himself.

But the other party was hiding very secretly, and Xu Qing could not find it in a short time, so he restrained the cold light in his eyes, maintained his previous calmness, and pretended to lower his head to look at his shoes.

The straw sandals were very worn, mixed with a large amount of mud and dried blood stains, and he could see his dirty toes in the gaps.

After being silent for a moment, Xu Qing took off his shoes, looked at his feet full of filth, sat on the side and put them into the seawater, washing them until the fair skin of his feet was revealed.

The whole process, he looked calm, but secretly observed the surroundings, waiting for the person with the malicious gaze to appear. It was just that the other party seemed very cautious, even if Xu Qing sat there and revealed some slackness, this person did not appear.

Xu Qing's expression was as usual. He stood up, stepped onto the boat, and glanced at the black awning.

The range inside the black awning was not large, and it was also very simple inside, with only a bed, a meditation cushion, and a place for washing.

Additionally, the top of the black awning was a bit low, and ordinary people could not stand up completely inside, but it should be very suitable when sitting down.

After Xu Qing swept a circle, he did not step in, but sat on the deck outside the black awning, listening to the clear sea waves outside, and feeling the small boat swaying as it rose and fell with the sea surface.

In this relative quietness, his eyes appeared to drift, as if his thoughts were slowly spreading out.

Xu Qing thought of the struggling life in the slums, thought of the cold nights he spent hiding in his small nest. Every winter, he was at a loss in the cold as to whether he could see the sun of the next day.

Because every cold winter, someone would freeze to death.

So, he was very afraid of the cold. Perhaps what he was afraid of was not the coldness of the body, but the memory.

Sitting silently on the boat at this moment, Xu Qing looked at the dark night outside, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and thought of the first person he killed many years ago.

That person wanted to eat him, and in the end, he worked hard to cut off his head and put it at the door of his small nest. From then on, the way everyone looked at him changed.

The boat was still swaying.

The thoughts in Xu Qing's eyes seemed to be still drifting away, but in his heart, he was muttering.

"Should I put one here too?"

The moment the inner words sounded, Xu Qing's body suddenly leaned back, and a cold light whistled past his face.

The moment he avoided this cold glow, the drifting in Xu Qing's eyes disappeared, as if everything was false, and the coldness truly hidden inside broke out of the barrier at this moment!

"Finally appeared!"

The next instant, water splashes suddenly rose from the seawater beside the boat, and a figure rushed out from inside, rushing straight toward Xu Qing, and there was a sharp cold light shining from the figure's right hand.

That was a dagger, shining with blue light under the moonlight, clearly smeared with strong poison.

And with the help of the moonlight, Xu Qing also saw the person clearly. This was a disciple wearing a gray Dao robe. He did not cover his face, looked to be in his thirties, and only had the appearance of Qi Condensation Layer Five, but he gave Xu Qing a feeling of a trace of threat.

At this moment, this disciple's face was ferocious, and killing intent permeated his eyes.

The speed was so fast that he approached in an instant, and the dagger in his hand stabbed fiercely toward Xu Qing's chest.

Xu Qing's eyes were cold. Ignoring the other party's dagger, his right hand stretched out with a faster speed, grabbed the other party's arm, and with the explosion of the Body Tempering power in his body, he suddenly turned, and immediately threw the rushing cultivator's body directly.

Under this person's horror and disbelief, his body was directly smashed onto the deck by Xu Qing.

With a bang, amidst the splashing blood, a flesh tentacle suddenly drilled out of this person's body, carrying mucus and flying toward Xu Qing. The aura contained inside exceeded Qi Condensation Layer Five and reached the level of Layer Six.

Xu Qing had no expression, the ghost shadow behind him suddenly appeared, directly suppressing it.

With a bang, the tentacle immediately became paralyzed and collapsed.

Losing the tentacle, this cultivator sprayed blood, his face turned pale in an instant, and he still wanted to struggle, but the next instant, Xu Qing's left hand, holding a dagger, pressed against this person's neck.

The dagger was very cold, cutting the skin. Just a slight force would be enough to slice his throat open.

This scene made this cultivator's body tremble, and the gaze looking at Xu Qing revealed fear.

"How did you hide yourself? And what was the tentacle on your body just now?" Xu Qing looked coldly at the cultivator in front of him and spoke.

"This is the Sea Chapter Hand I transplanted on my body. It can increase my combat power and also allow me to hide my aura in the sea. Many people in the sect do this. This junior brother, I can find a way to compensate for this action. I am also short of contribution points, but I took a mission, tomorrow..." The cultivator hurriedly spoke, but before his words were finished, Xu Qing's dagger suddenly sliced.

Immediately, this cultivator's eyes widened. Before the scream could be transmitted, it was pressed by Xu Qing on his mouth. Amidst the twitching of his whole body, he sprayed blood, staining the Dharma Boat red.

After a few breaths, his body did not move.

Xu Qing looked at the dirtied Dharma Boat, frowned, took out corpse-destroying powder and sprinkled it, until the corpse turned into blood water, and no Seventh Peak disciple appeared in the surroundings.

It seemed that everyone was accustomed to this.

At this moment, the sea breeze blew, carrying the fishy and bloody smell, permeating Xu Qing's surroundings. He picked up the other party's pocket, which was very empty, with nothing valuable inside.

"This person targeted me because I have a Dharma Boat." Xu Qing thought of what the round-faced cultivator said during the day. Every month, disciples would disappear for no reason.

Thus, he touched his sharp iron sign, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he took out the jade slip he brought back, opened it, and looked at it carefully.

After a long while, Xu Qing slowly put down the jade slip, lowered his head to look at this boat, and a strange light appeared in his eyes.

"This boat... is very amazing." Muttering, Xu Qing raised his right hand and patted the deck beside him. Spiritual energy permeated his body, and according to the method in the jade slip, he turned his own spiritual energy into a mark and branded it on the boat.

The whole boat shook, as if some kind of device was opened, emitting a slight buzzing sound.

Xu Qing immediately bit his finger, squeezed out a drop of blood, and seriously drew a simple rune on the deck. As the rune was drawn, the whole boat shook with a bang, and a connection in the dark immediately appeared in Xu Qing's mind.

This was the method of boat recognition recorded in the jade slip. After operating it at this moment, Xu Qing clearly felt that he and this boat were as if they had merged into one at this moment.

As his mind moved, immediately a protective light shield floated from the boat, covering the entire hull. After that, Xu Qing finally felt a sense of security.

Thus, he lowered his head, continued to check the jade slip about the boat, and after repeating the contents inside many times, he firmly imprinted them in his heart.

The Dharma Boats of the Seven Blood Eyes indeed contain extremely high growth potential.

Disciples can constantly strengthen them according to their own needs in the four points of speed, protection, attack, and special. They can strengthen a single one, or they can bloom comprehensively, depending on their own resource level and preferences.

The first three directions are simple and easy to understand. As for special, it refers to special abilities other than Dharma spells, such as making the boat able to dive into the seabed, or making it leave the sea surface to fly in the sky.

Or it could be some changes in form that deviate from the boat.

But no matter if it is special or the other three directions, the only thing that determines them is the material of the hull.

Generally speaking, Seventh Peak disciples choose the hull material in two directions. The first direction is artificial creation.

Constantly replacing materials of higher levels, allowing it to carry arrays of higher power, to make the boat promoted and increasingly powerful.

This path needs to be coordinated with the Second Peak's array refining. Future development has human limitations, but it is still the first choice for a considerable number of disciples.

Because this path has a low degree of danger, is step-by-step, and is conventional.

"As for the second direction..."

"That is to use the body materials of alienated creatures as the material for the boat, without the need for array addition." Xu Qing had some enlightenment. Through the boat's jade slip, he knew that the materials on all alienated creatures contain natural arrays.

It can also be said that their talents are not bad in power. This type of array is called a restriction.

The body materials of different exotic beasts contain different restrictions and possess different abilities.

"No matter which of these two directions, it is extremely resource-consuming." Xu Qing lowered his head to look at the jade slip in his hand, recognizing the terror of the Seven Blood Eyes again.

Because, as a new disciple, the one he exchanged for was only a Level 1 boat.

And the boats of the Seventh Peak are divided into four major levels: Boat, Ship, Warship, and Wheel. Each level is divided into ten levels.

Even behind the Wheel, the jade slip also explained that there is an ultimate level.

Named Great Wing.

"Layer by layer improvement, the resources needed..." Xu Qing had no way to calculate specifically. Just a preliminary judgment made him gasp.

Thus, he put down the jade slip, was in a daze for a while, and lowered his head to look at his pockets. Whether it was the leather bag or the storage bag, the remaining materials inside were really too few.

"Must find a way to make money, and after one month, the berth will also charge a fee." Xu Qing pondered. After a long while, he took out another jade slip and studied it.

This jade slip recorded the Seventh Peak's non-public technique, named Sea Transformation Sutra.

As a top force in the Eastern Wanggu, the techniques of each peak inside, whether it is the degree of separation of foreign substances or the power itself, are of great value, and the power is even more amazing, not comparable to other small forces and families.

It can be said that with the same cultivation base, the gap is as big as fireflies and torches.

After careful study, Xu Qing took a deep breath. He finally knew why, after coming here, he saw all the Seven Blood Eyes disciples, although their cultivation bases seemed not very high, they all gave him a sense of crisis.

The level of the technique determines all of this.

For example, this Sea Transformation Sutra has a total of ten layers, corresponding to Qi Condensation Layer Ten. When cultivating, one must be in a place close to the sea area, and if it is in the sea, it is even better.

The cultivation of each layer will absorb the aura from the sea, forming a ten-zhang range spirit sea in the body. After cultivating to the tenth layer, which is Qi Condensation Great Perfection, the spirit sea range can reach a hundred-zhang upper limit.

This makes cultivators who cultivate the Sea Transformation Sutra extremely long-lasting, with spiritual energy in the body several times higher than those in the same realm. In coordination with endless changing Dharma spells, their combat power can naturally suppress all directions.

Even more strange is that when taking action, the forbidden sea aura contained in the spirit sea can also form pressure on the mind, making the opponent invisibly weakened.

The Qi Condensation realm is actually the accumulation of spiritual energy in the body, and the forbidden sea aura of this Sea Transformation Sutra can make everything whose spiritual energy is not as good as one's own be strongly deterred.

"Haishan Secret Technique is a Body Tempering technique. If the Ghost Shadow is completed, it is equivalent to Body Tempering Great Perfection, the same as Qi Condensation Great Perfection. But due to the level of the technique, compared with similar high-rank techniques, it is the same Great Perfection, but much weaker."

"However, because there are no foreign substances in my body and the purple crystal is added, in my case, it is only the seventh layer of the Haishan Secret Technique, and the Ghost Shadow that only appears at Great Perfection has appeared, and the combat power is comparable to Great Perfection."

"But in the final analysis, the level of the Haishan Secret Technique is still incomparable to this Sea Transformation Sutra. One is Body Tempering, one is cultivating Dharma..." Waves rose in Xu Qing's heart, and he thought of the words the round-faced cultivator said on the mountain before.

After a long while, determination appeared in Xu Qing's eyes, and he also noticed that the jade slip pointed out that the spirit sea formed by the Sea Transformation Sutra is not immutable in its upper limit.

Everyone's physique is different, and the degree of alienation is also different.

The less alienation, the larger the upper limit of the spirit sea range. Up to now, the highest record in the Seven Blood Eyes was sixty years ago, when someone formed a two-hundred-and-seventy-zhang spirit sea at Qi Condensation Great Perfection.

This person is the current Peak Master of the Seventh Peak of the Seven Blood Eyes.

Seeing this, Xu Qing's eyes tightened. He knew that there were no foreign substances in his body...

"Then if I cultivate this Sea Transformation Sutra, how large a spirit sea range will be formed after Great Perfection?"

At this moment, strong anticipation rose in Xu Qing's heart. He felt that if alienation no longer blocked the upper limit, then his upper limit should be the maximum degree he could bear.

And his body is terrifying in recovery, so the degree he can bear will naturally be extremely large.

This made the light in Xu Qing's eyes appear unprecedented.

At the same time, he also noticed that this Sea Transformation Sutra cultivates Dharma spells, not Body Tempering. And in the battle with the Jin Gang Sect, Xu Qing deeply realized the defects of pure Body Tempering.

So at this moment, he did not have any hesitation. After carefully memorizing the technique, he immediately closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Sea Transformation Sutra.

With the cultivation, the wind suddenly rose around the black-awning boat. As the sea surface sparkled, countless spiritual energies containing the forbidden sea aura, mixed with rich foreign substances, rushed toward Xu Qing's boat.

The protective light shield can block Dharma spells, but it will not intercept these spiritual energies. As they poured in, they drilled along every pore of Xu Qing's body, forming threads.

The body without any foreign substances, after being refined many times, all meridians were incomparably transparent, which made the influx of spiritual energy have no obstacles, becoming increasingly rapid.

His body was like a dry sponge, instantly absorbing those spiritual energies, and slowly gathering at his dantian.

In this cultivation, Xu Qing faintly perceived that his Haishan Secret Technique seemed to be attracted by the Sea Transformation Sutra, and also instinctively wanted to operate, but because the meridians of flow were different, he suppressed it.

After a long while, as the impulse of the Haishan Secret Technique's operation became increasingly strong, Xu Qing's heart moved. After pondering, he simply stopped controlling it.

The next instant, the Haishan Secret Technique without suppression, at the moment of operation, the spiritual energy pouring in from all directions suddenly surged several times.

The spirit sea gathered in his dantian also suddenly became magnificent.

This discovery made Xu Qing feel incredible.

It was as if these two techniques appeared to merge at this moment, where the Haishan Secret Technique was not competing with the Sea Transformation Sutra, but assisting.

Thus, he simply expanded his whole body's Qi and blood, and the Ghost Shadow appeared outside his body.

The moment it appeared, this Ghost Shadow roared silently toward the sky, and actually stretched out its hands as if moving the sea, causing the forbidden sea spiritual energy to explode like a surging tide.

In an instant, amidst the trembling of Xu Qing's mind, the spirit sea in his dantian directly reached ten zhang.

Sea Transformation Sutra first layer, Great Perfection.

Xu Qing's body trembled. Too late to think too much, he immediately cultivated the second layer. Not long after, the Sea Transformation Sutra second layer, Great Perfection.

"Is it so fast!" Xu Qing did not hesitate and immediately cultivated the third layer.

The spirit sea in his body constantly expanded, twenty-one zhang, twenty-two zhang, twenty-three zhang...

Under this continuous explosion, even outside his black-awning boat, the spiritual energy pouring in gradually formed a vortex, causing the wind here to be stronger, waves appeared on the sea surface, attracting the attention of the guards on the shore.

They looked over one after another, their expressions changing.

"Which monster disciple is cultivating?"

"This speed of absorbing spiritual energy..."

The moment they looked over in shock, the vortex suddenly roared and expanded again, causing the sea surface of the bay to rise and fall even more. Many boats swayed along with it. Many disciples walked out with frowned brows, looking coldly, and soon, they all looked surprised.

"What's the situation!"

The vortex was still expanding!

Xu Qing inside the boat was trembling strongly at this moment. The spirit sea in his body had broken through thirty zhang at this instant, reaching thirty-seven zhang.

Still continuing.

Thirty-eight zhang, thirty-nine zhang, until forty zhang!

Xu Qing's eyes suddenly opened, and the purple light inside shone dazzlingly, drowning the shock in his eyes.

"Sea Transformation Sutra, fourth layer!"

Added two chapters for Great Alliance Leader Yanhui, updated nearly 10,000 words.

These four chapters today are nearly 20,000 words. This is equivalent to my previous seven chapters... It's killing me, Breeze Youth.

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