A chance encounter with Han Tianzun, and the grind continues.

The night on Ningcui Island was slightly chilly. Zhang Feng walked out of the "Haokelai" inn, preparing to return to his cave.

Pat pat pat!

Two crisp footsteps approached.

The two monks walked along the central road of the "commercial street" on Emerald Island, looking around.

Zhang Feng glanced at it, his pupils slightly dilating.

One person was dressed in a light blue outfit, and the other in a black outfit. Both of them wore bamboo hats, which partially covered their faces.

At a glance, Zhang Feng recognized Han Li, whose appearance was exactly the same as in the anime.

His exposed face revealed his extraordinary appearance, which was no less impressive than Zhang Feng's at present, and he was by no means ordinary-looking.

The other person is Zhang Tie, Han Li's avatar.

Zhang Feng activated his divine sense and sensed that Han Li was only displaying the cultivation level of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, while Zhang Tie was at the Core Formation stage.

Zhang Feng, who was familiar with the plot, knew that Han Li was already at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

As expected of you, Han Tianzun!

They are indeed exceptionally cautious, constantly concealing their cultivation level.

Zhang Feng shook his head and walked away alone, knowing that with his current cultivation level, he was no match for Han Li.

Not to mention Zhang Tie, who is at the Core Formation stage.

Zhang Feng has been here for three years, which coincides with the time when Han Tianzun was slaying demons and obtaining pills in the outer sea.

Zhang Feng's thoughts suddenly became agitated. If he could use Han Tianzun's power to stimulate the growth of the Demon-Attracting Grass, he could help improve his hunting proficiency.

Zhang Feng pondered the feasibility of this method. He didn't have a heaven-defying growth-inducing artifact like the Little Green Bottle, so if he wanted to hunt monsters, he could only rely on finding them himself.

The monsters of the outer sea are also adept at hiding.

This will inevitably slow down the progress of his liver surgery.

Han Tianzun possesses a small green bottle and only hunts demonic beasts of level five or above that have condensed demonic cores.

Zhang Feng only wanted to hunt level two and three monsters to improve his skill proficiency.

There is no conflict of interest.

As long as he is careful and stays far away from Han Tianzun's hunting grounds, he can hunt down the level 1, 2, and 3 monsters lured by the demon-attracting grass from a distance.

As long as he doesn't uncover Han Tianzun's secret about the little green bottle, he'll be safe.

However, this method is very dangerous. Not to mention the possibility of encountering a level 5 demon beast with the strength of a Core Formation stage cultivator.

Even just getting close to Han Tianzun carries unpredictable risks.

Han Tianzun is not a good person in the traditional sense.

After much deliberation, Zhang Feng decided to play it safe and focus on improving his proficiency in the "Myriad Laws Sword Technique." Once he had mastered it, his attack methods would be greatly enhanced, and then he would consider other options.

As for whether we can get help from Han Tianzun's Demon-Attracting Grass, it's best to wait and see.

Zhang Feng returned to his cave and activated two sets of magic arrays.

He began to study the "Ten Thousand Laws Sword Manual".

This technique is one of the core skills of the Wanfa Sect, and Wan Tianming, the sect leader, has studied it to an extremely profound level, which is why he has such a sharp attack sword technique.

Although it cannot compare to the "Heavenly Net True Skill" that Wan Tianming himself mainly cultivated, it is just right for Zhang Feng at the moment.

Within a month, Zhang Feng successfully mastered the skill.

In six months, Zhang Feng successfully mastered the "Ten Thousand Laws Sword Manual" from beginner to expert.

The Myriad Laws Sword Technique is a high-level cultivation method, and it takes too long to master it. At this moment, Zhang Feng's cultivation level is still at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

First, we must hunt down demonic beasts to obtain spirit stone resources and improve our cultivation level, at least to catch up with Han Tianzun's cultivation progress.

Otherwise, even if there is a chance to enter the Void Heaven Palace, they will become cannon fodder.

After setting his goal, Zhang Feng began refining the Lingyun Boat.

……

A month later, two hundred nautical miles south of Honghu Island, on an unnamed reef island, Zhang Feng, holding a nautical chart, steered the Lingyun Boat to determine the distance between himself and Honghu Island.

"This place is about two hundred nautical miles from Red Coral Island. Even with Han Tianzun's peak Foundation Establishment level divine sense, and even if he has cultivated the Great Evolution Technique, he would definitely not be able to detect me."

An unusual smell permeated the air; this must be the scent produced by Han Tianzun's catalytic effect on the Demon-Attracting Grass.

No wonder it can attract nearby monsters. The smell can be smelled from 200 miles away. This smell can even dissolve in seawater. No wonder it can attract monsters from the sea.

Zhang Feng immediately released his divine sense to check if any demonic beasts were lurking nearby.

In contrast to Han Tianzun's meticulous and thorough preparations for hunting demons, Zhang Feng's preparations were practically nonexistent.

The reason is simple: the two men had different hunting targets.

Han Tianzun is going to kill a level 5 monster, even if it's a monster of a higher level.

Zhang Feng also killed level one and level two monsters despite being of a higher level.

Judging from Zhang Feng's strength at the late stage of the second-order body refinement, it is indeed a downward leap.

The sea was unusually calm, with only the sea breeze stirring up tiny waves.

Beneath the sea surface, Zhang Feng clearly sensed a group of cold eel demons lurking nearby.

It was probably wary of the high-level demonic beasts that approached Red Coral Island, and was lured by the Demon-Attracting Grass but dared not get close.

However, this actually benefited Zhang Feng.

I'll test my body-refining skills with this batch of level-one demonic beasts first.

Zhang Feng used a water escape technique, his body moving like a fish in the ocean, and charged straight towards the group of level one demonic beasts.

Without using any magical artifacts, relying solely on his physical body, Zhang Feng charged headlong into the group of cold eels.

Bang!

Blood stained the seawater red, and the corpses of eels gradually floated to the surface.

Proficiency +1 +1...

Zhang Feng felt his fishing and hunting skills improving rapidly.

A moment later, the seabed returned to calm, and the crimson color gradually diluted and dissipated, leaving only the bloody smell of the group of dead eels.

Zhang Feng stood calmly atop the pile of corpses.

【渔猎（精通1/100），水遁术（精通1/100），驱物术（熟练3/100）】

The cold eel only contains a little coldness on its skin, which is not very useful.

Zhang Feng summoned a ball of fire to burn the corpse to ashes, and then began piloting the Lingyun Boat to transfer to another area.

South, southeast, east, northeast, north...

Around Red Coral Island, Zhang Feng began hunting level-one demonic beasts, as long as the effects of Han Tianzun's Demon-Attracting Grass remained.

There is a constant stream of level-one monsters gathering nearby.

Proficiency +1 +1...

The progress in skills is gratifying, but after Zhang Feng mastered the three skills (99/100), the proficiency level stopped increasing.

Zhang Feng knew in his heart that the opportunity to increase his proficiency by hunting level one monsters was gone.

It's time to hunt down the level two monsters.

Most of the level two monsters in the sea live in the deep sea, and you have to dive at least ten zhang (about 33 meters) deeper than level one monsters to encounter them.

The level-two demonic beasts on the shore were relatively close to Red Coral Island, and Zhang Feng didn't really want to get close to them.

They had no choice but to use water escape techniques to hunt monsters in the deep sea.

Holding the Shadow Sword, Zhang Feng unleashed his full divine sense and soul power, searching for traces of the demonic beast.

Attracted by the Demon-Attracting Grass, Zhang Feng used the Myriad Laws Sword Technique and the Object Manipulation Technique to transform the Shadow Sword into a decapitation weapon.

A dark shadow flashed by, turning the seawater red. Zhang Feng then put the sea ape beast's corpse into his storage bag.

There are still valuable spiritual materials on level two demonic beasts.

Proficiency +1.

Zhang Feng realized he had underestimated his current strength.

With advanced cultivation techniques, top-tier magic weapons, and the body tempering strength of the late second stage, killing ordinary level two demonic beasts is a piece of cake.

Circling around Red Coral Island, Zhang Feng continued to execute his previous strategy, diving into the sea to kill level-two sea monsters.

Proficiency +1 +1...

Three months later, Zhang Feng stopped the killing.

The storage bag was already full of monster materials, and the proficiency of the three skills had been greatly improved, just one step away from perfection.

The level-two demonic beasts that Han Tianzun's catalyzed demon-attracting grass could lure were almost wiped out by Zhang Feng.

The strange smell of the Demon-Attracting Grass in the air reminded Zhang Feng that Han Tianzun was still catalyzing the Demon-Attracting Grass to hunt demonic beasts.

In order to avoid arousing Han Tianzun's suspicion by discovering that the number of level-two demon beasts had decreased too much.

Zhang Feng decided to return to Ningcui Island first, sell some monster materials, and then hunt in other places for a while to allow the monster population within two hundred miles of Honghu Island to recover.

Zhang Feng piloted the Lingyun Boat, soaring into the air and heading towards Ningcui Island.

However, Zhang Feng underestimated Han Tianzun's vigilance, which was right above him in the direction he was traveling.

A black figure stood silently in mid-air.