A Strange Path, A Short-Lived Seed

Chapter 476 A Strange Path, A Short-Lived Seed (Please Subscribe)

"Even the captain of an unknown pirate ship is at the second level of cultivation. It seems that this 'Otherworldly Spirit Ruins' is quite impressive."

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The thought flashed through his mind, and Zhu Yu, following the body's habits, lifted his foot to close the rickety wooden door and plopped down on a bench.

Ignoring the stares of the other captains of the "Ghost Wolf" Pirates, he picked up a bucket of fruit wine from the table, punched a hole in it, and poured it directly into his mouth.

The wine is bland, somewhat sweet, but mostly sour and astringent.

He drank more than half a barrel of fruit wine in one go.

A portly, large-nosed, rough-faced pirate captain with two missing front teeth approached him, put his arm around his shoulder, and laughed loudly, "Jin, did your food haul go smoothly? Did you run into those damned 'World Government' Marines?"

These words were spoken.

The sounds inside the dilapidated house suddenly stopped.

"Hungry Wolf" Joel, along with the other five oddly shaped captains, all looked over.

Zhu Yu put down the wine barrel, shrugged, and said calmly, "Missing Tooth, if I ran into the Navy, do you think I could still come back?"

The words fell.

"Hehehehehehehe—"

A sinister laugh, like that of a night owl, rang out. Then, "Hungry Wolf" Joel downed the rice wine in the bucket in one gulp, tossed it aside, and grinned, revealing a set of ferocious fangs.

"navy?"

"Once I've mastered 'Overlord Aura,' the first thing I'll do after setting sail is slaughter a naval rear admiral as a sacrifice! —"

"The 'Hungry Wolf' boss is awesome!"

"The Garou Pirates are mighty! —"

"Kill the major general!"

"Dry!--"

The six team leaders, including Zhu Yu, showered each other with compliments, raised their wine barrels, clinked them together, gulped down their drinks, and then let out a series of meaningless laughs.

The team leaders, missing teeth, devoured all the food on the table in a flash, downed several barrels of fruit wine, and then swayed as they left.

Zhu Yu put down the wine barrel, looked at "Hungry Wolf" Joel, who was picking his teeth with some kind of bone at the head of the table, and said, "Boss 'Hungry Wolf,' Tang Jin wants ten 'Sea Wolf Flowers.'"

"Hungry Wolf" Joel was taken aback, then raised his hand and threw the bone in his hand. It whistled past Zhu Yu's ear like lightning, tearing off a large patch of hair.

It crashed into the wooden wall with a loud bang, and a large hole was pierced through the wall.

"Hungry Wolf" Joel stared at Zhu Yu, whose expression remained unchanged, for a few moments, then let out two eerie laughs, slumped back in his chair, and said, "Ten flowers? I've only ever grown fifteen 'Sea Wolf Flowers' in total. Get lost, go find Missing Tooth and get one. Just tell him I said..."

.

"Thanks, 'Hungry Wolf' boss."

Zhu Yu cupped his hands in greeting, turned, and left the room.

After walking a few steps, I heard thunderous snoring coming from the room behind me.

"What a powerful physique! It's not much weaker than a body cultivator—"

Zhu Yu glanced back, secretly praising the view in his heart, then turned and walked towards the wooden house at the very edge. When he got close, he pushed open the door.

Unlike its dilapidated appearance.

The room was very clean and tidy, filled with pots and jars, in which all sorts of exotic plants and flowers were grown.

The obese "missing tooth" wanders among the bottles and jars, adding strange things to them—some are shimmering, iridescent phosphorescent powder, some are live insects, and others are a thick, sugary, blood-red liquid—

Missing teeth.

The third division commander of the "Garou" Pirates claims to be a "doctor," but everyone knows he is actually a native "witch doctor" from a certain island.

He was wanted by the "World Government" for poisoning an entire village.

The title is "Witch Doctor," and a reward of three thousand taels of silver is offered.

He is the second highest-bounty member of the "Garou" Pirates, second only to "Garou" Joel's seven thousand taels of silver.

Zhu Yu did not rush to ask for the "Sea Wolf Flower". Instead, he strolled around the house with great interest, touching it from time to time and collecting its information.

Upon arriving at a water tank made of crystal, I was immediately drawn to the ten shimmering white flowers floating inside.

"Original Spirit Plant—"

Sensing the faint aura of "Spiritual Ruins Origin" emanating from it, Zhu Yu's eyes brightened slightly for a moment.

At this time.

A kind and gentle voice came from the side.

"How about it? Isn't the 'Sea Wolf Flower' grown from the missing tooth beautiful? —"

As the man with the missing tooth approached, although he reeked of alcohol, his demeanor was no longer as arrogant as before; it was as calm as a still ocean.

"nice."

Zhu Yu turned around, nodded in agreement, and then said, "Pick one for me." Before the missing tooth could object, he grinned and said, "The captain said to give me a 'Sea Wolf Flower'."

Missing Tooth paused for a moment, then, without asking why, took a small knife from his sleeve, gently sliced ​​the stem of the "Sea Wolf Flower," and handed it to Zhu Yu, warning, "While the 'Sea Wolf Flower,' cultivated with the captain's blood, can greatly enhance physical strength, it can also temporarily plunge one into a berserk state. Don't eat it in the camp. If you damage anything precious, the captain might tear you apart."

Thank you.

Zhu Yu took the "Sea Wolf Flower" and, to the astonishment of the man with missing teeth, threw it into his mouth, chewing as he walked outside.

Reaching the doorway, he suddenly turned to look at the astonished man with the missing tooth, grinning and saying, "It tastes a bit fishy—"

He turned around, waved, and walked out of the camp.

Watching Zhu Yu leave, the astonishment on Queya's face vanished, a slow smile spread across his lips, and he chuckled twice, muttering, "Another interesting person has emerged—"

After saying that, he continued to feed the herbs and poisonous plants.

Deep in the dense forest.

Zhu Yu sat cross-legged on a blue stone, circulating his divine sense to forcefully suppress the restlessness in his body caused by consuming "Sea Wolf Flower." After carefully sensing the situation, he was surprised.

Its effect was not quite what he had imagined.

The effect of "Sea Wolf Flower" is not to strengthen the body, but to forcibly disrupt the balance of blood and flesh in the human body, causing cell division and stimulating the body's potential.

When the restlessness subsides.

Zhu Yu suddenly felt a wave of weakness. He covered himself with his divine sense and found that about one-third of the new cells in his body had split off compared to before.

It did not immediately grant him great power; instead, it was like a series of somewhat cumbersome empty bottles, waiting to be filled with something.

"Reiki, is it a breathing technique?"

"What an interesting path! Instead of refining spiritual energy, one cultivates it using the cells of one's own flesh and blood—"

Zhu Yu's lips curled up slightly, and he murmured to himself, "He just had a short lifespan—"

In his understanding.

The path of this realm involves nourishing spiritual energy with one's own blood and qi, and then radiating spiritual energy into the physical body. When the spiritual energy reaches its limit, a special kind of energy, a mixture of blood and qi and spiritual energy, is generated.

The gas can burst forth briefly.

It instantly and greatly enhances the cultivator's strength.

If one cultivates enough special energy, a sudden burst of energy can be enough to achieve a leapfrog advancement.

However, because the "spiritual energy" is nourished by blood, flesh, and qi, the physical strength is greatly enhanced, but the spirit is not benefited.

This leads to many practitioners of this path having short lifespans.

Similarly, an excessively strong physique can also negatively affect the soul; the stronger the physique, the more eccentric or even extreme one's temperament will become.

"The powerful beings in this 'Otherworldly Spirit Ruins' are either madmen or have wills as firm as steel, even more insane than madmen—"

Zhu Yu narrowed his eyes, stood up, casually picked a common "sour grass" from under a rock, chewed it, and went to the beach. Without hesitation, he jumped into the sea.

It came from a depth of ten meters in the sea.

Standing on the seabed, he drew his long sword from his waist, gripped it tightly with both hands, and began to swing it methodically.

At first, he felt a little awkward, but as his powerful divine sense grew, he gradually sensed the surging seawater and slowly adjusted himself to match it, slashing out with each strike, his speed increasing.

gradually--

His figure was gradually engulfed by a wave of sword light, which was sharp and cold, but it seemed to blend into the sea, rising and falling without exuding any of its usual power.

a long time.

The glint of the blade was concealed.

Zhu Yu looked at the katana in his hand, which was worth ten taels of silver, but was now covered with dense cracks. He casually put it back into the scabbard at his waist, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Sword technique, huh—"

"It seems to have a sharper edge, but lacks a bit of resilience. Interesting—"

His gaze was fixed on himself.

A new information bar appears on the panel.

[Sword Technique: Lv1, Trait: Iron Cutting.]

"Cutting iron, that does fit the bill—"

Zhu Yu nodded slightly. The appearance of the sword aura made his strength increase more than tenfold. Putting aside everything else, if he were to face "Hungry Wolf" Joel, he felt that he could add a scar to his strong physique.

Suppressing distracting thoughts, I surfaced to take a breath, then submerged again, stood on the seabed, and began doing squats.

Time passed day by day.

three days later.

Ten meters below the surface of the sea, Zhu Yu, who was squatting with a rock as tall as a person in his hand, suddenly changed his expression.

"Parsing successful—"

He casually tossed the stone into the water, and it quickly floated to the surface.

Island forest.

Zhu Yu stood in a twisted and strange posture, his chest rising and falling, sometimes long and sometimes short.

A complete "breathing method" procedure was followed.

He suddenly felt as if a door had opened in his body, and the spiritual energy that had been circulating between heaven and earth rushed into his body, quickly settling into every single cell of his flesh and blood.

When all the flesh and blood cells are inhabited by "spiritual energy".

The open door slammed shut.

Zhu Yu felt a sense of fullness welling up from the bottom of his heart, but before he could savor it, a strong hunger, as if he wanted to devour everything, rose up in his heart.

He directly suppressed his hunger with his divine sense.

Carefully perceive the difference between the "spiritual energy" of the newly inhabited flesh and blood cells and the "spiritual energy" of the old flesh and blood cells.

If the "spiritual energy" of the old flesh and blood cells is an unripe fruit, then the "spiritual energy" of the newly inhabited flesh and blood cells is a seed, waiting to be nourished by blood, qi, and flesh, gradually growing, blossoming, and bearing fruit.

The fruit is the "qi" that resides in the heart.

"good--"

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction, casually named the "breathing technique" "Swordsman Breathing Technique," and strode towards the camp.

It was still that same warehouse-like room, with a long table filled with barrels of wine and various barbecued foods.

The "Hungry Wolf" pirate crew, who eat, drink, boast, and joke around.

Zhu Yu pulled up a chair and sat down, picked up a barrel full of fruit wine and drank half of it to whet his appetite, then grabbed a piece of meat from some strange sea creature that "Hungry Wolf" Joel had hunted from the sea.

It grinned, revealing its gleaming white teeth, and tore and swallowed the food.

As pieces of sea monster meat entered his stomach, they were quickly digested by his gastric juices. The gushing heat spread throughout his body, was absorbed by the newly grown flesh and blood cells, transformed into blood energy, and then provided to "spiritual energy".

This process was repeated over and over.

After eating for an unknown amount of time, Zhu Yu stopped showing off the food, picked up the remaining half-bucket of fruit wine and gulped it all down, letting out a satisfied burp and wiping his mouth with a casual wave of his hand.

Looking up at the puzzled "Hungry Wolf" Joel and the five missing-toothed captains, he grinned and said, "Boss 'Hungry Wolf,' the 'Sea Wave' effect is powerful; my strength has increased rapidly these past few days. Could you give me another one?"

These words were spoken.

Everyone immediately understood why Zhu Yu's appetite had suddenly become so frightening. It turned out that it was because he had eaten "Sea Wolf Flower," which greatly increased his physical strength, and he needed to eat high-calorie foods.

"Hehehe—"

"Hungry Wolf" Joel chuckled a few times, his mouth splitting to his ears, revealing a set of gleaming white fangs, and said, "If you want the 'Sea Wolf Flower,' then take your men and slaughter the disobedient 'Sea Maru Village.'"

"it is good."

Without asking why, Zhu Yu picked up a wine barrel and a piece of sea monster meat about half the size of a person, then turned and walked away.

It wasn't far from the door.

Behind him came the voice of the fifth team captain, "Dogtooth" Rosen.

"Wait, Jin, my team (team 5) will go with your team (team 6)."

Zhu Yu waved his hand without turning his head, leaped a few times, boarded the boat, and shouted, "Sixth team, assemble! Time to work!"

The words fell.

One by one, ragged pirates emerged from some secluded corner and, without being urged, swarmed onto the ship.

The sails are hoisted, and the oars are rowed from the cabin.

Zhu Yu handed the fruit wine and sea monster meat to his vice-captain, a blond youth nicknamed "Golden Claw" Lake who hadn't yet cultivated Qi but was quite skilled in navigation, and instructed, "Take this and distribute it to the men—"

"Oh, generous captain, they will fight to the death for you—"

"Golden Claw" Lake, mimicking the strange tone, bowed inelegantly and left with the fruit wine and sea monster meat.

Amidst the cheers of the pirates, the ship slowly sailed out of the dock.

They are not far apart.

A more complete and larger ship quickly approached, and a dark figure jumped onto it.

It was none other than "Dogtooth" Lawson.

A two-meter-tall, dark-skinned, old-looking black man with a filthy braid looked at Zhu Yu menacingly and said, "Jin, do you know why we slaughtered 'Sea Maru Village'?"

Before Zhu Yu could speak, he threw a rolled-up newspaper at him, angrily saying, "Look, 'Sea Maru Village' is making 'Hungry Wolf' Joel very unhappy—"

Zhu Yu took the newspaper, opened it, and glanced at it before his eyes fell on a small text box at the bottom.

[Hailey begs the brave pirate hunters for help for "Sea Maru Village." Bounty: 10 gold, 651 silver. Mission target: The "Hungry Wolf" Pirate Crew.]

After only a quick glance, Zhu Yu looked away and focused on the other information in the newspaper. When he saw the most eye-catching piece with its large and bold font, his eyes lit up.

On July 6th, 1588, at the Yu'er Auction House on Red Maple Island, the legendary "Gem of the Sea" was auctioned.

Below is an irregular crystal with cloud-like markings on its surface.

"Starting bid: one million taels of gold—"

Upon seeing the price, Zhu Yu frowned.

"It seems that buying it won't work out—"