The World of Martial Arts

Chapter 86

Xu Zhengping dispersed all the sailors and his Nanshan Gang elites, mixed with various forces in the rivers and lakes, and specialized in inquiring about news.

In addition, from Yihua Palace, Lianxing would send some information from time to time, which made Xu Zhengping know the four islands like the palm of his hand.

He lived in a hot spring inn on an outlying island all day long, sculpted, practiced kung fu, soaked in hot springs, and sold goods by the way, acting like an overseas businessman.

This outlying island is very small, but it is a place where pirates and sea merchants gather. There are not many things on the island, except that there are many brothels, inns and hotels, arranged around a volcano.

No one knows when the volcano will erupt. In short, before the eruption, everyone should get rich and enjoy the enjoyment.

Recently, more and more people came from the outer seas, all of them were various sea lords, including wealthy merchants, pirates, and warriors of various famous names in the Wa Kingdom.

The outlying island is the last place for everyone to stay. Once they cross the outlying island, it will be within the sphere of influence of the three island owners including Xu Hai, and conflicts will inevitably arise.

In fact, the conflicts have become more and more intense in the past few days, and more people have died than ever before. When the rumors become more outrageous, more and more people are willing to fight for them.

On this day, Xu Zhengping finally finished carving the Buddha statue in his hand, and the effect was much better than the first time.

The Buddha statue already had a shape in his hands, but as Lian Xing said, carving a Buddha with a knife can hardly hide the murderous intent, so the Buddha statue is only murderous, more like a ghost.

Xu Zhengping didn't care about these. He carefully observed every knife mark on the Buddha statue. Compared with the first Buddha statue, his carving knife skills had greatly improved.

The stability, precision, explosive power, and coordination of knife handling are much stronger, and these aspects cannot be achieved only by internal strength.

Recalling the process of engraving the Buddha, Xu Zhengping faintly felt that when the Buddha statue was closer to completion, it became more spiritual. Its spirit came from the knife in its hand, and the aura in the knife came from the meaning in its heart.

Xu Zhengping had a sliver of enlightenment. Could it be that in order to perfect the saber technique he had comprehended, he needed to refine the saber intent, pour the saber intent into the saber, and enter the Buddha statue?

He thought of the masters in the arena discussed with Lian Xing. Lian Xing once said that the cultivation of internal strength is not the most critical factor in determining the strength of martial arts.

A swordsman like Ximen Chuuxue, whose cultivation base is far inferior to Yaoyue, can still fight Yaoyue on a par. Although he still loses in the end, Yaoyue can't kill him.

Lian Xing also said that the sword god Xie Xiaofeng's cultivation is not very good, but he has a unique sword intent, which can replace his cultivation, allowing him to display unimaginable strength in actual combat.

This kind of sword intent and the true meaning of martial arts are also part of martial arts.

Xu Zhengping once thought that this path was not suitable for him, because he was definitely not a person who was obsessed with martial arts. He practiced martial arts to become stronger, to climb the peak, not to pursue martial arts itself as the truth.

To him, martial arts is just a means of climbing the peak, which is determined by its particularity in this world.

But now he never thought that if Xu Zhengping wanted to become stronger, he would have to comprehend the meaning of the sword, otherwise, the martial arts he realized by carving into the sword technique would only be able to continuously improve his skills, and he would never be able to achieve what he wanted. Degree.

He couldn't help frowning, looked at the Miao Dao in his hand, and said in his heart: Sincerity means righteousness. For martial arts, I only use it as a means. It's hard to be sincere, but I have a Buddha in my heart. Let's see if I can use Buddha to replace martial arts. , thus turning into the sword intent.

After thinking through all this, Xu Zhengping came to the pier and looked at the four islands in the distance, as well as the rivers and lakes people coming and going on the sea.

At this time, he noticed that a person had been communicating with the merchants on the pier.

This person is Huang Gongjia, the captive he rescued from the pirates. This person is quite sociable and eloquent. He looks like an overseas businessman. Even if he chats with strange sea merchants, he is not offensive , On the contrary, they are willing to exchange maritime business information with them.

Xu Zhengping observed quietly, and found that Huang Gongjia's appearance as an aristocratic son was not pretended, he showed a natural nobleness very naturally with every gesture.

Such a temperament is by no means something that ordinary rich and noble families can cultivate. It must have rich material support and be used to enjoying all kinds of top-notch and most luxurious things before it can be expressed naturally.

Just like Xu Zhengping's previous life, the phoenix man who passed the college entrance examination in the mountains, even if he graduated from university and stepped into the social elite, but he could go to the most grand and luxurious occasions with those who were originally from wealthy families, and his aura would obviously be inferior to his strength. His own people overwhelmed him.

It's just because people from wealthy families have grown up in this environment since they were young, and they have long regarded this kind of luxury that ordinary people have never seen or heard before as normal.

As for the Phoenix man who came out of the mountain den, before he had seen all kinds of luxury, he must have been apprehensive the first few times, and couldn't hide his inferiority complex.

This is the reason why such a noble spirit is cultivated, so the wealthy merchants on the seas who take risks in pursuit of glory and wealth will naturally be full of affection for such noble sons and flock to them.

Many questions about Huang Gongka can also be answered.

What Huang Gongka asked the most was the trade route and the trading volume of various goods.

Every time he asked someone, he would quietly hide aside, record the information he learned, and do it very carefully, so that after the morning, he would feel as if he had made an investigation report, and he was ready to return to the inn with satisfaction.

Unexpectedly, he bumped into Xu Zhengping, and he was stunned, and then he cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Mr. Xu, are you coming out to get some air?"

Xu Zhengping nodded and said, "Are you planning to do business at sea in the future?"

Huang Gongka said meaningfully: "There are many opportunities at sea that are not available on land. The risks are great, but the rewards are also great!"

"If you meet a pirate again, you may not be able to meet me again."

"Even so, I had to take the risk."

Xu Zhengping was a little puzzled, "I see that your behavior is definitely not from an ordinary wealthy family. To be able to raise such an aristocratic aura like you, I am afraid that you must be a lord and prince instead of the chief minister."

Huang Gongjia was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't expect Xu Zhengping to be so accurate in seeing people. He really didn't mention his background.

At the beginning, he only said that as long as he could send him back to Daming, he would be rewarded, but he didn't say where to send him to Daming. It seemed that no matter where he was, he could fulfill his promise if he knew how to land.

The Ming Dynasty is very big, but there are definitely not many people with such confidence.

Xu Zhengping saw that the other party's expression was tangled, but he didn't pursue it, "I don't care who you are, and you shouldn't be in the middle of nowhere, otherwise you wouldn't have said that as long as you were sent to Daming, you would be rewarded me generously.

People who are in the middle of nowhere can't give such promises. I guess you should want to win for yourself, so you want to go to sea to find opportunities. "

Huang Gongjia gritted his teeth, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Xu has already guessed almost to ten, but I still can't tell you about Xiaosheng's origin."

"It doesn't matter, the maritime affairs are over this time, and I may not have time to take care of the maritime affairs after returning to Middle Earth.

Although Captain Jiang is familiar with the sea, he is only a captain, and his business and trade are very extensive, and he has to rely on God to reward him for making money.

If you are willing, I can invest in you. You will lead this ship to sail, and Captain Jiang will cooperate with you.

If you make money, [-]% goes to me, and [-]% goes to you. If you want to expand the caravan, as long as your strength allows, it will be fine. "

Huang Gongjia's eyes couldn't help but brighten up, "Mr. Xu, do you trust me? Are you afraid that I will lose money, and even pay for the boat?"

Xu Zhengping sneered and said: "This ship is not worth much, let alone I have been watching you for a long time. A person who can record the trade situation of various merchants in detail must act with confidence, and you will definitely not let me down."

(End of this chapter)