"Billowing Waves Bay, Sword Maniac, the wider world outside of Xuan..."
Lin Buzheng stared at the jade pillar in the center of the ancestral hall and murmured to himself.
The name of his father, Lin Yushan, could be clearly seen at the top of the jade pillar.
After a long while, he finally left the ancestral hall.
Lin Buzheng knew clearly that the clan leader was advising him to stay in the clan for his own good.
However, Lin Buzheng was determined to reach the pinnacle of martial arts. He was eager to find out his background and see the wider world and more beautiful sceneries outside.
Not only a small Yongning City or Evergreen County, but even Xuan Nation couldn't stop him.
Moreover, Lin Buzheng couldn't find a worthy opponent among the martial artists of the same generation in the clan.
He had to go to the Evergreen County Lord's house and spar with the geniuses of the same generation, or even sharpen himself on the edge of life and death. Only then could his martial arts cultivation improve further.
Humans strive for greater heights, and dragons swim to the nine heavens.
No matter what, Lin Buzheng had to leave the Yongning City and go to the Evergreen County Lord's house.
"I'll go get the silver notes first."
Lin Buzheng murmured to himself and turned around to walk to the clan's steward hall.
Lin Buzheng had handed in nearly 5,000 Murloc Reverse Scales in the clan trial. According to the price of 100 taels of silver per reverse scale, Lin Buzheng could get close to 500,000 taels of silver.
"Nephew Bu Zheng, in the clan trial, you handed in a total of 2,518 ordinary Murloc Reverse Scales, 133 Murloc Warrior Reverse Scales, and one Murloc King Reverse Scale. That's a total of 484,800 taels of silver!"
"Please keep these silver notes well!"
In the steward hall, a clan elder took out a thick stack of silver notes and handed it to Lin Buzheng with a kind face.
"Thank you, elder."
Lin Buzheng responded politely, but his heart was bleeding.
If he had known that the Murloc Reverse Scales were so valuable, he wouldn't have been lazy when he killed the Murlocs. Instead, he would have gotten all the Murloc Reverse Scales.
In any case, Lin Buzheng had an interspatial bag with him. It would not be a problem for him to store hundreds of thousands of Reverse Scales.
If he really did that, the banknotes in his hands would at least double!
Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world.
As a money-grubber, Lin Buzheng deeply remembered this lesson.
"What about that profiteer Liu Yifan?"
"He's not here when I need him."
Lin Buzheng muttered to himself. Now that he had nearly 500,000 taels of silver, the person he wanted to see the most was without a doubt, Liu Yifan.
Previously, whether it was the Invisibility Leaf he bought from Liu Yifan or the Martial Arts Stone, they played an irreplaceable role at the critical moment.
Unfortunately, Liu Yifan's whereabouts were mysterious and unpredictable.
Lin Buzheng could only wait for Liu Yifan to find him. He had no way of contacting him.
On the way back, a family disciple stopped Lin Buzheng and handed him a letter. "Brother Bu Zheng, the pride of the Wang Family, Queen Yurou, has a letter for you!"
On the letter, there was a line of elegant handwriting that exuded a faint fragrance. The ink was still wet.
"Meet me outside the city tomorrow morning."
Lin Buzheng opened the envelope. There were only a few words on the letter.
However, through these words, Lin Buzheng seemed to see Wang Yurou's nervous, expectant, and shy face.
Lin Buzheng smiled, put the letter away, and walked along the familiar road back home.
"I can finally eat."
After Lin Buzheng returned home, he set up a charcoal fire in the yard and took out a big pot the size of a bathtub. Then, he took out Old Blind's fish carcass from his spatial bag and prepared to have a feast.
"Luckily, I brought back the fish corpse of Old Blindness!"
Lin Buzheng rejoiced in his heart.
In the past few days, he had chatted with the family disciples and accidentally found out that the meat of the Mermaid Emperor was delicious and contained endless spirit energy. It was comparable to the most precious spirit medicine.
Therefore, at this moment, Lin Buzheng prepared to cook Old Blindness and use the Mermaid Emperor's meat to break through to a higher martial realm.
Old Blindness' body was originally twenty feet long. After being placed in the interspatial bag by Lin Buzheng for a long time, the spirit energy had dissipated and it was now the size of a human.
Spirit energy swirled around it and it gave off a faint golden glow. It looked like a huge fish.
Crack!
Lin Buzheng infused his Martial True Qi into his palm, turning it into a knife hand that was comparable to a low-grade Dharma artifact. He dissected the body of the Mermaid Emperor and placed it in the pot at the side.
Soup was added until the top of the meat was submerged. Then, he sprinkled some spices and salt. Finally, he placed it on the burning charcoal and waited for it to be cooked.
The flesh of the Mermaid Emperor's chest rolled in the soup.
A dark yellow reverse scale could be vaguely seen.
When Lin Buzheng handed over the Mermaid Emperor's reverse scale, he had considered whether he should hand over the Mermaid Emperor's reverse scale as well. But in the end, he did not do so.
That was because all the martial artists in Yong Ning City had seen Lin Buzheng's results.
Although he had killed countless Mermen and Mermen Generals, and even a Mermaid King, he had not killed the Mermaid Emperor.
Taking out the Mermaid Emperor's reverse scale for no reason would be suspicious.
It would bring him more trouble than benefits.
Not to mention, the flesh of the Mermaids had to be cooked together with the reverse scale to achieve the best effect in raising a martial artist's cultivation.
Therefore, Lin Buzheng naturally would not hand over the Mermaid Emperor's reverse scale.
"Oh, it smells so good!"
"It smells so good!"
After a full two hours, the Mermaid Emperor's meat in the iron pot was finally cooked.
The soup was white and the meat was tender. The fragrance of the meat far exceeded that of any other ingredient, causing one to be tempted.
Lin Buzheng immediately picked up his chopsticks and picked up the cooked Mermaid Emperor's meat.
"Delicious, delicious!"
The Mermaid Emperor's meat was tender and juicy.
With a bite, his mouth was filled with the rich fragrance of the meat.
After swallowing it, it turned into the purest Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, circulating in Lin Buzheng's meridians.
With just one bite, Lin Buzheng could clearly feel the bottleneck of his cultivation loosening. A few more bites and he would easily break through to the sixth-layer Qi Path!
"Wow, it smells so good!"
"Big Brother, what are you eating secretly at home without calling me!"
In the next moment, a familiar voice sounded from outside the courtyard. It was Fatty Lin.
During the family trial, Lin Nenghao had deliberately made things difficult for Little Fatty Lin, causing him to frown.
Although he had obtained Lin Buzheng's help, he was still troubled.
After giving his advice, the Patriarch was the first one to leave in a hurry.
Initially, Lin Buzheng was a little worried about Fatty Lin. But after hearing the latter's confident voice, he was relieved. He knew that Fatty Lin was fine.
"Come in."
Lin Buzheng rose from his seat and opened the door.
"Big Brother, you have good food, and I have good wine. Let's drink until we're drunk!"
Fatty Lin was overjoyed. His face was filled with relief as he entered the courtyard with two jars of wine in his arms. It was obvious that he had come prepared.
"It smells so good, let me have a taste!"
Fatty Lin had long smelled the fragrance of the meat in the courtyard. His eyes widened when he saw the delicious meat in the iron pot. Without hesitation, he snatched Lin Buzheng's chopsticks and started eating.
"Delicious, delicious!"
Little Fatty Lin cried out as he ate. It was so delicious that he almost bit off his own tongue.
BANG!
In the next moment, Little Fatty Lin's aura skyrocketed.
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