[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grinding-cultivation-toward-martial-saint":3,"chapter-grinding-cultivation-toward-martial-saint-grinding-cultivation-toward-martial-saint-chapter-163":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},250069,523,"Chapter 163: 74 Powerful Dragon Fish, Shi Xiaoyuan Transforms","grinding-cultivation-toward-martial-saint-chapter-163",163,"\u003Cp>Chapter 163: Chapter 74 Powerful Dragon Fish, Shi Xiaoyuan Transforms\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luoshui River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw the White Dragon Fish,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Xiaoyuan waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone instantly unfastened the fish bladders tied around their waists and then took a deep breath inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking a deep breath, Shi Xiaoyuan’s chest visibly swelled a few centimeters in height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others did the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang San, upon seeing this, did not do as they did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because just now Shi Xiaoyuan had promised that all he needed to do was lead the way to the sunken ship at the bottom of the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for what followed, Huang San’s efforts were no longer needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To confront a White Dragon Fish, even one that might have awakened its spiritual sense, Shi Xiaoyuan was full of confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, he had the assistance of several capable followers by his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the span of two or three breaths,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the others had also completed the act of breathing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, just like Shi Xiaoyuan, they all tossed aside the fish bladders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were about to make their move, having the air-filled fish bladders tied to their bodies in the water would undoubtedly greatly hinder their movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One breath exchange was enough for them, who were outstanding swimmers, to last about half the time it takes for a cup of tea underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This amount of time, in their eyes, was sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to end the upcoming battle and easily return to the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, even if they couldn’t finish the battle, they could still retreat first and dive back after preparing adequately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the sunken ship was right here; it wasn’t going to suddenly disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Xiaoyuan glanced at his men and nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He signaled to them again, and immediately, they unfastened a few casting nets from their waists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two others directly pulled open a fishing net and stood close together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, these men followed closely behind Shi Xiaoyuan, swimming towards the submerged ship below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing this, Huang San watched the gradually vanishing figures of the men and he slowly let out a breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he backed up a few meters until he could barely see a silhouette of the sunken ship and then stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, he seemed to feel something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instantly turned his head looking towards the right front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gut told him there had been some disturbance in that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But where his gaze fell, there was nothing but void darkness, no signs of movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange, could I have been mistaken?” Huang San pondered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately he looked again more carefully, shook his head slightly, and continued to muse, “Seems like I’m just too nervous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What keen perception, he could sense my presence from this distance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning watched the direction where Huang San was with considerable surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang San’s earlier actions had naturally caught his eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>inside the cabin of the sunken ship,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if someone were there, they would see a Dragon Fish approximately five feet seven inches long, covered with white scales, swimming leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes looking out of the cabin revealed a human-like cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone seeing that look would know this Dragon Fish had exceptional spiritual intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the White Dragon Fish, the approaching people were its prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prey that it had deliberately lured here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was well aware that its evolution was imminent and needed a massive amount of high-quality blood food to supply the energy for its transformative evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the water, the blood food it could find consisted of only common fish and shrimp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such ordinary food was sufficient for it to fill its belly, but to provide the energy required for its evolutionary transformation called for a far too large quantity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it set its sights on the blood-rich Martial Artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the White Dragon Fish, one blood-rich Martial Artist was of such high quality that it was equivalent to a thousand pounds of ordinary blood food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was for this reason that it chose to deliberately let one person go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew that given human greed, there would inevitably be those who were not afraid of death to come seeking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these people, at this moment, in its eyes, were typical of those who recklessly courted death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Shi Xiaoyuan led the charge into the cabin of the ship,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his eyes suddenly burst with bright light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because inside the cabin, iron ore was piled up like a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this was a cargo ship that once carried iron ore and one day, while sailing on the Luoshui River, it encountered an accident and sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had discovered it henceforth, or perhaps someone did but they never made it out alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the cargo ship remained intact until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the mountainous piles of iron ore, Shi Xiaoyuan couldn’t help but feel elated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a casual glance, he made a rough estimation in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that the worth of this batch of iron ore was around ten thousand Silver Taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thousand Silver Taels was a huge fortune even for the vast Green Snake Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Green Snake Gang controlled many territories in Luoshui County, making money from taxation, water transportation, and human trafficking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were too many subordinates, and the cost for food, clothing, and other expenses was significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining the gang was essentially risking one’s life for the sake of indulging in luxury, spicing up life, and striving for a rise above the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, they dared not be stingy with the welfare of the gang members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, thirty percent of the lower-tier income had to be handed over to the Cao family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even as the Gang Leader of the Green Gang, he was not as wealthy as outsiders imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was always in need of Silver Taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Money equated to Martial Arts resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With sufficient resources, he was confident that he could use them to rapidly climb into the ranks of Martial Arts Seventh Grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fortune worth ten thousand Silver Taels was indeed an unexpected windfall for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Planks shattered and water churned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here it comes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men’s expressions remained unchanged, as though they had anticipated this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catching sight of that white flash, Shi Xiaoyuan’s heart leaped with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1061,"2026-05-29T16:07:09.208Z","2026-06-01T04:29:41.389Z",1,"novelbin.me","6fcdd731a2703e8436cad7409644df0f887fe217598942105a28a75209d476b0","grinding-cultivation-toward-martial-saint-chapter-164","grinding-cultivation-toward-martial-saint-chapter-162",1570,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrinding-cultivation-toward-martial-saint-cover.jpg"]