Demonic World: I Pay to Win in Cultivation

The lighthouse stands tall on the coast, overlooking the brightly lit city below.

Even in the middle of the night at this moment, there were sporadic merchant ships passing by on the Canglan River. Du Kang stood at the bow of the ship with an ordinary face that was transformed and changed, and his face was flickering under the light of the lighthouse fire.

The traces of the battle that took place nearby half a month ago have completely disappeared. The pier on the east bank has been dismantled, and the sunken ship in the river has been salvaged. picture scroll.

A tall figure came out of the cabin, he searched around, and finally saw Du Kang at the bow of the ship, walking towards this side quickly. When he got to the bright place, the man's face could be seen clearly. It turned out to be Yang Liu, who looked younger and had exaggerated muscles all over his body.

Before he came to the front, Yang Liu was stopped by two snakes, so he could only stand still to show his loyalty to Du Kang.

"Thanks to your lord, I have completed this spell, and I am here to report to you."

"I also think you should be able to succeed. The practice of the Thousand Eyes Technique is related to the Dao of Body and the Way of God. I have worked hard for half a lifetime, and my body has been nourished by the channeling technique. Master Yang will definitely be able to practice this spell."

Du Kang also learned from reading some classics left by Lang Rusong recently that besides material limitations, the practice of magic has its own unique requirements. If these requirements can be met, the success rate of magic practice will be greatly improved.

These requirements are called compatibility between human beings and spells. Some compatibility is a rigid condition that must be met in the practice of spells, and it cannot be practiced without it.

Some affinities are not necessary conditions, but having the corresponding affinities can greatly increase the success rate of practicing spells. For example, Yinshen method is best practiced by people with stronger innate souls, so that they are more likely to wake up in the illusion of taking Youming Powder, but it is not impossible for those with weaker innate souls to practice.

Some special spells require monks to be innately compatible with a certain aura or concept, which is also a kind of compatibility.

Leaving aside those special spells, even the so-called mandatory compatibility is not absolute.

Du Kang once thought about transforming into a woman and trying to practice the Snake Mother Method after he had fetal transformation, but he gave up this idea only because he was concerned about the impact of his body changing into the opposite sex for a long time. Suffered.

Although the plan was never implemented, Du Kang believed that the idea was feasible.

The so-called compatibility is just a summary of experience that can improve the success rate of ordinary monks practicing spells. The magic of spells lies in making the impossible possible. This time, throwing Du Kang's modified Thousand Eyes Technique directly to Yang Liu's practice is also to verify this idea.

Yang Liu is over 60 years old. He used to be so weak that his hands trembled while eating vegetables. After Du Kang guided his body to adjust his physical condition, his energy and energy became full again, and his appearance became middle-aged. If he can practice the Thousand-Eyes Art, which has certain requirements for the Dao of Body and the Dao of God, it will prove that Du Kang's idea is correct.

Du Kang turned around, walked up to Yang Liu in a few steps, patted his muscular shoulders to encourage him, and distractedly checked the effect of his modified spell practice.

【Name】: Yang Liu

[Thousand Eyes]: Level: Grade A

Skill: Tongyouyan (level 1)

Half-demon Power: Bull Power (Level 1), Cow Hide (Level 1)

Advanced conditions: Implant the eyes of the blue-eyed black cat demon in the temples on both sides of the head, and gain the power of the magic-shattering eye and the swift power of the cat demon.

The original Thousand Eyes Technique pursued implanting as many monster eyes on the body as possible to obtain the special power of the Monster Eye Technique, but it neglected to strengthen the carrier of the human body.

As a result, the monk will eventually become a big eyeball full of small eyeballs floating in the air. The large-scale alienation of the body makes this spell very few people can practice to the end, and most of them will degenerate into beholders halfway.

After being modified by Du Kang, some monster eyes that were too evil were deleted from the spell materials of the Thousand Eyes Technique, and only one kind of monster eyes was integrated into each level, reducing the blind pursuit of the pupil technique, and gaining some monsters to strengthen the body. This will greatly reduce the risk of becoming a demon, and you can go longer on the road of practice.

Du Kang grabbed Yang Liu's hand and observed it carefully. The huge bull's eyes were rolling around, which made the hands look weird, but this was the perfect fusion of bull's eyes and flesh and blood, so he immediately spoke to him.

"Your eyes of the bull demon have been integrated very well. The power of the bull and cowhide has completely integrated into your body. As long as you are careful not to hurt the eyes, the penetrating power will not leave you. Also, if you You saw incomprehensible strange scenes in the eyes of these bulls, remember not to think deeply, just forget them, your yin spirit cultivation is not enough, and you will easily go crazy by forcefully memorizing these things."

In this world, people get the spirit of all things, and demons get the essence of all things.

The eyes of monsters have a very small possibility of seeing the essence of the world at a certain moment. For low-level monks, their shallow brains and fragile Yinshen may fall into madness because they cannot understand what they see .

This is also one of the reasons why monks who practice the thousand-eye technique are prone to becoming demons. Unlike the Yinshen magic eye, which is safer to observe the world as the spell progresses step by step, these directly implanted demon eyes are extremely rough to see the world.

"Thank you, my lord. Now that the ship has been built, it is about to set out on a long voyage. There is still an extremely important matter on board that needs to be decided by your lord."

Although Yang Liu didn't understand why Du Kang gave such an order, he still kept his words in his heart, and began to talk about another purpose of his visit to Du Kang.

"What's the matter? Is there a problem with the ship?"

"With the cooperation of my lord's demon boy, the ship is naturally built very well. But the sea ship is about to go to sea, and there is still a lack of a name for the ship. Please give me a name for this three-masted sailing ship."

This is a problem. Large ships have always had a tradition of naming them, not only for the convenience of distinguishing them, but also to give the crew a sense of belonging to the boring life at sea.

Just when Du Kang was searching for a good name, two small boats on the Canglan River approached with the banner of the Sheng Family's Wan Yaozhong, calling for a stop.

"My lord, they are people from the Sheng family's Shuiguan. Do you want to hit them directly? They are all small boats, and we can overturn them."

A snake leaned over, and the voice of talking about painting sounded from his mouth.

What happened to the workshop?

This was the first thought that came to Du Kang's mind. Immediately, his spiritual eyes opened, and he didn't see any masters on the two ships, and it didn't look like there was an ambush in the sparse waterway of the surrounding ships.

Last time the Bai family besieged and killed Heimu Island, Du Kang was deeply impressed. The Bone Demon God, who cannot be seen by the spiritual eyes, and the large number of Bone Demon Soldiers, as the Sheng family whose strength is not inferior to the Bai family, what will they do? .

Recently, Du Kang has been paying attention to the movements of the Sheng family. They did not make a big show of arresting the thief who stole the magic weapon. Instead, they wiped out several pirates who attacked their merchant ships at sea, making people confused about the Sheng family's thinking.

But if he forced his way through the barrier, he would be tantamount to admitting that he had a problem. Du Kang was unwilling to leave this place of right and wrong as the last step, and put himself in danger of being chased by others due to poor decision-making.

Maybe, it's really just a routine inspection. Now, soldiers can only come to block it, and water and earth can cover it up.

"The Sheng family and the Bai family have the right to collect taxes at the estuary of the Canglan River, and naturally they also have the right to inspect. Naturally, they have to abide by their rules when they live in their territory. Stop and let them search."

Under the command of Tan Hua, Zi Snake, who was in charge of the sail, immediately set down the sail, dropped the anchor, and stopped in the middle of the river, which was only one step away from the sea.

Du Kang gave Yang sixty taels of gold and ordered.

"The people who came here are all little people from the Sheng family. From now on, you are the boss of the boat, and deal with them according to the original plan."

After saying this, Du Kang sank into the plank under his feet in a blue light, he wanted to stay with Zhendi Ding.

If it's a routine inspection, Yang Liu can handle it. If the Sheng family wants to attack him, he can run away as soon as possible beside the town tripod. The blue-faced boy can monitor everything on the ship, and the images on the deck are clearly transmitted through the wooden boards.

After Du Kang left, Yang Liu immediately changed into a master's style, and began to direct the snakes to lower the ladder on the boat to meet the inspection of the Sheng family.

The ladder shook violently, and the soldiers who were obviously monks climbed up after scurrying a few times on the ladder.

He was dressed in a blue and black close-fitting bodysuit, bright silver chain mail breastplate, bare feet, and a big "cha" character written on his chest. Under the light of the fire on the deck, Yang Liu could clearly see that this was a middle-aged man wearing the Sheng family's private sailor costume.

"This military lord, are you here to spot-check merchant ships? My house is a cargo ship under the Xinglong Company. This is the proof that we have paid taxes. You see."

Before the person could speak, Yang Liu handed over all the customs clearance vouchers issued through the Yinlonghui channel, and a gold bar was hidden under the thin two-page voucher.

It wasn't that Yang Liu didn't want to give more, it was just that a small yellow croaker was already the highest bribe this kind of soldier could accept, and no matter how much he gave, it would arouse suspicion.

He had to come to inspect the cargo ship in the middle of the night, and the sailor's expression was obviously not very good, but after receiving the voucher, the unexpected weight made his expression change. He flipped his hand over and saw that it was a small yellow croaker, and even showed an eager smile.

The sailor glanced under the big boat, and his colleagues who were still drinking in the small boat and didn't want to come up, thought inwardly that they were lucky.

I thought it was another poor ghost ship that could only accept a few taels of silver for tea and water, but I didn't expect to receive a small yellow croaker, so I didn't have to share the profit with my colleagues if they didn't see it.

Seeing that Yang Liu had a pair of eyes on the back of his hands, he was obviously a monk, so he coughed and said kindly.

"It turned out to be the ship of the Xinglong Company. Why didn't the company's flag fly out? If I had known it was your ship, I wouldn't have come aboard."

"It's because the people under him are unreliable in their work. They even forgot to hang up the flag. Hurry up and hang it up for me..." When a red flag was raised against the wind on the boat, the atmosphere between the two became more friendly .

The six Yang people are old and sophisticated, and they speak nicely.

"It's all a misunderstanding, but then again, if it wasn't for this misunderstanding, there would be no chance of making friends with Master Jun."

"Hahaha, brother, I have made a friend. This time, there is a strict investigation order from Shangfeng, which has delayed your time. In the future, when I pass the water barrier, I can directly report my name, Huang Shuangxi, and I will let you go all the way." unimpeded."

Huang Shuangxi put the gold bars into his jetty, and clattered the chain mail he was wearing.

"Dare to ask Mr. Jun, I also often take this waterway, such a strict investigation is really rare, but what happened?"

"The notice given to us by the superior is to strictly inspect every ship leaving the city, focusing on the cargo ship that transports the magic soldiers. According to the experience of previous years, I am afraid that Canglan City will fight with someone in the outer sea again. Brother, this trip It is better for the cargo ship to go to sea early and return early."

Although Canglan City relies on the sea to eat the sea and has constant trade with the entire Bibohai, once a war breaks out, some goods will be strictly prohibited from being sold to the sea to prevent the enemy from harming the enemy.

"Business has become more and more difficult in the past two years. I plan to take a rest after this trip to the sea. When I come back this time, I will be free. Then I will go to the military master for a drink."

The money was also given, and the good things were said. Yang Liu saw that he couldn't ask anything about a small soldier, so he wanted to see the passengers off the ship and set off as soon as possible.

"Hey! Brother, don't rush to go, it's a routine, let me take a look in the cabin before leaving."

Huang Shuangxi felt the shape of the gold protruding from the water, filled with joy, walked over Yang Liu to the cabin.

Seeing this, Yang Liu's face sank, and he quickly looked at a snake beside him, seeing him nodding slightly, he changed his enthusiastic face again and caught up with Huang Shuangxi to lead the way.

All the way through the corridor on the first floor, there are empty cabins with open doors on both sides of the corridor, so Huang Shuangxi can clearly see it at a glance, and directly enter the lower cabin without stopping.

Walking along the corridor of the lower floor from beginning to end, you can see that every cabin is full of sacks. Huang Shuangxi cut open a few bags with his short knife and found that they were filled with soybeans, iron ingots, and coarse salt. ...These common goods, I finally felt relieved.

"Brother, there is a saying that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. I am doing the villain's business first, and then discussing the friendship between you and me. This is just a formality, and I hope you don't take your brother's villainous behavior to heart .”

"Where, where, it's my people who forgot to hang the flag and let the military master make this hard trip, it's all my fault."

Afterwards, the two chatted happily again, until Huang Shuangxi grabbed the ladder and jumped off the boat, calling each other warmly and uninterrupted.

When the two small boats below sailed far away, Yang Liu withdrew his head from the ship's side and hurriedly ran into the cabin. Just as he entered, he heard a snake reporting behind Du Kang.

"My lord, the Sheng family has left, do you want to move those goods back to Taotie Canwei?"

"Forget it, let's treat it as a stock, after all, it is something to be taken out, and it is also very troublesome to go back and forth."

Seeing Yang Liu coming, Du Kang spoke to him from a distance.

"Just stay in the command room. If there are such incidents along the way, it's up to you to deal with them. By the way, I've figured out the name of the ship you asked about. Let's call it Taohuayuan."

"Yes, this subordinate will go now."

Peach Blossom Spring set sail again, riding the wind and waves towards the darker blue sea.

...

At this time, in the deep sea more than ten miles away from here.

At the outlet of the Shengjia Shenbing Workshop, a huge air bubble slowly descended to the bottom of the sea, raising a layer of sediment on the bottom of the sea.

Lou Shisan, who had met Du Kang once, was lying in the air bubble with a strange face, looking at the dark and silent seabed and the huge octopus not far away.

Seeing this, a handsome young man beside Lou Shisan said.

"Brother Lou, if you like this deep-sea glazed cover, I will give you one when you go ashore, so that you can enjoy the scenery of the seabed when you are in the blue sea. But my family's magic weapon worth 12 million taels of silver If it is stolen, brother Lao Lou will be needed to help find it."

This young man is Sheng Qinghai, the sixth son of the current head of the Sheng family. During the investigation of the theft of the workshop, his loss of public wealth and personal interests was also discovered incidentally, so he was instructed by the head of the family to take charge of the investigation of the theft of the magic weapon.

He first mobilized his family's monsters who were good at tracking, and searched the nearby sea repeatedly, but he didn't find any trace of the thief; he also found a monk who was good at divination, but he couldn't figure out which force attacked their house.

Finally, during the internal search of the workshop, a craftsman was found missing, and he rushed to arrest the craftsman's family members who were outside, but in vain, the family of three disappeared without a sound in Canglan City, their own territory.

After working hard for half a month, the pressure from the clan was increasing, but he didn't even confirm the identity of the thief. Finally, he found out that the thirteenth son of the Lou family in Beijing, who was proficient in divination, was traveling in Canglan City, so he went to invite him.

"It's easy to say, easy to say, I'll leave it to you, but you can't break your promise when the Sheng family promises to help me."

"How dare we have the guts to promise Mr. Lou, let alone you found the thief for me, even if we can't find it, we will do it."

Sheng Qinghai had a respectful attitude towards Lou Shisan, but the words he said were beyond the ear of ordinary teenagers.

"Master Sheng Liu doesn't seem to have much trust in my divination skills, so be optimistic."

As soon as Lou Shisan flipped his hands over, there was a feng shui compass in his hand. He held the compass with one hand and moved the circles of characters on it with the other, and the characters on the heavenly stems and earthly branches on it turned in a clockwise direction.

With the rotation of the compass in his hand, a huge illusory compass is also formed on the bottom of the sea. The sediment and sea water on the bottom of the sea are stirred up, forming a vortex with several inner and outer layers rotating in different directions under the disturbance of the compass.

Scenes of light and shadow appeared in the vortex and flowed rapidly.

"Liujia and nine chapters, round sky and earth, four o'clock and five elements, the sun and the moon are the light... Those who walk will be happy, those who use it will be blessed, the five elements follow me, and all wishes can be obtained."

After Lou Shisan finished chanting the incantation, the light and shadow in front of him also stabilized.

In the light and shadow, a three-masted ship with a length of more than ten feet was sailing in the sea. In the dark night, the strong wind blew up the sails, and the sharp bow broke through the wind and waves in front of it and sailed away. The peach blossom flag is waving in the wind.

"The person you are looking for is in this boat, but judging by the scene, he has already gone to sea, so I'm afraid it's hard to catch him."

Lou Shisan spoke briskly and did not worry about the Sheng family at all.

"Can you calculate the position of the ship?"

Sheng Qinghai's joy was beyond words. After half a month of hard work, he was finally able to give his family an explanation.

"No, the remaining information here is limited. Being able to see this picture is already my skill."

"It's enough to have the style of a boat. In Bibohai, there is no one that my Sheng family can't find."

Sheng Qinghai took out a pearl and recorded the appearance of the boat, his words were full of confidence.

But he didn't notice that Lou Shisan beside him was smiling, and there was an inexplicable meaning in his smile.