Chapter 8: Turbulent Lake Waters (Part 2)

  Zhong Geng also commanded the boats to row away from the distance, this degree of injury was enough, although waiting for it to bleed and weaken, continuing to fight was absolutely unwise, especially when facing a dying beast, that was the most ferocious, without a 100% guarantee, it's better to avoid it.

  The small boat quickly brought Lei Xingfeng to the side of the big ship, and Lei Xingfeng jumped onto the big ship, came to Zhong Geng's side, and said: "We just need to wait, no need to continue taking action."

  Zhong Geng nodded and said: "That's right, let it weaken first, then we'll take action when the time is ripe."

  When the signal was given, all the fishermen and servants let out a sigh of relief. They had witnessed the ferocity of the lake star python and were frightened to death. If it weren't for their strong desire to survive, they would have collapsed long ago. After receiving the order, one by one, with numb hands and feet, they made every effort to get as far away from the lake star python as possible.

  The lake star python thrashed about in the water, large patches of blood spreading out in the water, continuous bleeding causing the beast to gradually lose strength, it suddenly dove down.

  A fisherman shouted: "Ah, it's gone missing... no, it dived down!"

  Lei Xingfeng said: "It can't escape now, if it had dived away at the beginning, we would have been powerless, but now, haha, it's over."

  As the water pressure increases, the lake star snake loses blood faster, so it can't hold on for much longer and will float up again.

  Zhong Geng, with his rich experience, said: "Disperse and take a look to see if there are any of our people left in the water. Rescue as many as we can. Send two small boats out, and have all the other boats disperse, don't gather together!"

  Lei Xingfeng stood at the bow of the boat, looking down at the water's surface. The water here was extremely clear, and one could see very deep into it, but now it was completely impossible because the entire surface of the water had been dyed black by blood.

  Zhong Geng also came to Lei Xingfeng's side, he lowered his head and took a look, saying: "I didn't expect this Lake Star Python to be so fierce, haha, what a pity that so much of the Lake Star Python's blood was wasted."

  Lei Xingfeng said: "Yes, this is just having a hint of the Star Python's bloodline, I really don't know how formidable the Star Python is."

  Zhong Geng couldn't help but shake his head and said, "That's not something we can handle, nor is it something we can imagine." The name of Xing Meng was known to all cultivators. Firstly, the skin of Xing Meng was recorded in many medium-sized sects as being used to make drums for testing purposes. Moreover, almost every cultivator knew another thing - that Xing Meng had long been extinct and was nowhere to be seen.

  Boom!

  The lake star python emerged from the water, its body still embedded with dense fish spears and arrows, the blood water spraying out as it burst forth, only to dive back in again.

  Lei Xingfeng said: "Let the small boat go back, they stay here without any use. Once hit by Lake Star Python, it's all over."

  Zhong Geng nodded and said: "Good!" He immediately ordered all the small boats to return, leaving only their large boat and another large boat far away from this place.

  The fishermen on the small boat were like they had been given a great pardon, each and every one of them suddenly became spirited and vigorous, crazily rowing with all their might. Even those at the side of the boat found wooden boards or something similar to desperately paddle with, in order to get the small boat to leave this place of death as quickly as possible.

  Lei Xingfeng sighed and said, "They were scared stiff."

  Zhong Geng nodded and said, "Yes, we've reached this point and there's no other way. Once we provoke the Hu Xing Man, killing it is the safest option. A Hu Xing Man with malicious intentions towards humans would spell disaster for this entire body of water."

  Lei Xingfeng nodded, he knew that if the lake star python escaped and survived, it would definitely go crazy and take revenge. The people fishing here would be in trouble, they had no way to deal with such a huge lake star python.

  Boom!

  The lake star python emerged again a thousand meters away, it was clear that the lake star python's momentum had weakened, less violent and more weak, then it dived into the water again.

  Wu Zhen laughed and said: "I feel its weakness, haha, this time we will definitely win."

  Lei Xingfeng said: "There's still some trouble, I reckon we'll have to wait at least until tomorrow, today... shouldn't be possible yet, unless we launch another attack."

  "Never mind, no need to fight anymore," said Zhong Geng, shaking his head. "My arm is all swollen, I've thrown at least a hundred harpoons today, I'm exhausted." He said, gently patting his right arm with his left hand, looking very helpless.

  Boom!

  The lake star python emerged from the water surface once again, and in an instant, it spewed out countless water arrows, accompanied by countless thick electric currents.

  Zhong Gengdao said: "Fortunately... Fortunately, we've always been using fish spears and crossbows, without using skills to attack it. Ah, this kind of attack is useless against us, but others will be miserable. Just one hit, I estimate a whole bunch will die."

  Lei Xingfeng said, "The reason why the Lake Star Python doesn't use its instincts to attack is that it's not easy to store energy. Hehe, by the time it wants to use it, it can't find its enemy."

  "Wu Zhen said: 'Fortunately, we shot out its eyes first!'"

  "This is the custom of our hunters, especially when dealing with powerful beasts. The first thing we think of is to blind them, and if successful, the hunt is basically over."

  The lake's star python emerged from the water again and again, its breathing growing weaker and weaker. Gradually, it could no longer dive deep and could only swim forward, clearly having lost its direction, just turning around randomly on the surface of the lake.

  Zhong Geng carefully commanded the big ship to follow behind, with a distance of several hundred meters between them. He didn't dare get too close, but just hung back and waited for Hu Xingman to lose his strength.

  Someone came up and said: "The meal is ready, shall we start eating now?"

  Just this sentence, Lei Xingfeng's stomach growled like a drum. He said: "Damn it, I'm starving to death! Quick, put the food out! Right, boil a pot of big prawns in plain water for me! Hmm, add some salt and that's all, don't put anything else, I'll just eat the prawns."

  The servant quickly set up a low table at the bow of the boat, placing several basins on it, all containing boiled fish. The so-called boiled fish was simply fish cooked in plain water with some salt added. If the fish was fresh, it was fine, but if not, the smell would be unbearable for Lei Xingfeng. It was here that he began to miss Jin Dabao; if that guy were around, he believed he could eat something delicious.

  Fish meat, shrimp meat, and some pickled vegetables. Leixing Feng was starving and didn't care about the food anymore. He ate a big mouthful of rice, which was the most satisfying thing for him here. The taste was extremely good, even if there were no dishes, he could just eat plain rice, it was too fragrant and sweet.

  Zhong Geng and Wu Zhen were both people who had recently been promoted to Jin rank, and they were both at a stage where they could eat especially well.

  One ate faster than the other, one could eat more than the other, and all the servants on the side were stunned. One bucket of rice was not enough, another bucket of rice was added, but it was still finished. In the end, a total of four buckets of rice were served, and the fish and shrimp had been eaten long ago, without even having time to cook, so they just served pickled vegetables. The three people continued to eat with relish.

  Lei Xingfeng put down the large wooden bowl, rubbed his belly and said: "Finally full, alas, this thing is not enough to fill me up." He still liked to eat barbarian beef and the like, unfortunately, in order to store more treasures in the ancient wheel of Tibetan Buddhism, he had discarded all the meat food he had prepared before, otherwise he would have had meat to eat.

  Zhong Gengdao said: "It's all right, when we get back this time, I'll have someone buy some meat dishes to bring back."

  This place also has meat, but it's all domesticated poultry, not wild beasts, and not as good as the fish in the lake. Leixing Peak shook his head and said, "Forget it, no need to prepare anything special, just eat fish."

  Wu Zhen laughed and said: "I think...the meat of the lake star python should be very good."

  Boom!

  The lake star python suddenly lifted its front body and plunged into the water again, it was clearly unable to swim anymore, slowly convulsing in the water, countless electric lights spreading out.

  "Lei Xingfeng exclaimed in surprise: 'It's no good!'"

  Wu Zhen said: "Mm, it's not as long as I imagined."

  Zhong Gengdao said: "The sky is getting dark, shall we go up and take a look?"

  Lei Xingfeng shook his head and said, "No need, wait until tomorrow, it will be dead, there's no need to take risks now. You're not afraid, but your subordinates are."

  The surrounding fishermen all showed a grateful expression, if Zhong Geng gave the order in the past, they would have no way to resist and could only execute. If Hu Xingman died, it would be over. But if he pretended to die and launched a final attack, the cultivators would not be affected, but they would be finished.

  Zhong Geng thought for a moment and said: "Alright, I was too anxious. Let's wait one more night then, it shouldn't last until tomorrow."

  Lei Xingfeng said: "Arrange a night watch for me, I'm going to cultivate."

  Zhong Gengdao said: "This doesn't require your concern, Wu Zhen will arrange a clean room."

  Wu Zhen invited Lei Xingfeng to enter the cabin.

  This is a very small room, Leixingfeng doesn't mind, as long as he can sit down, after Wu Zhen leaves, he immediately starts to cultivate, after more than half a day of fighting, he urgently needs to cultivate and reflect, this is the method taught by Leibao old man, reviewing the battle.

  Lei Xingfeng reached the cultivation of Mì Lún Shī, and had been working hard to cultivate. With his qualifications, once he cultivated with all his might, the growth of his wheel power was extremely rapid. It took about 100,000 wheel powers for a Wàn Lún Shī to advance to Mì Lún Shī, but advancing from Mì Lún Shī was completely different.

  The cultivator advances to the next level, needs to condense his true body. Once successful, he will become a True Wheel Person, which is a heaven-defying change. To condense one ring of true body, at least 1 million wheel powers are required. Many people get stuck in this step and cannot accumulate so much wheel power until death.

  It has to do with the quality of potential, people with extremely good potential may be able to increase their wheel power by tens of thousands after a day of practice, while those with poor potential may only have ten or so wheel powers after a day of practice. The gap between them is really too big.

  The most crucial thing is still a pass, the wheel master advancing to the true wheel man involves a process of quantitative change to qualitative change, so just having quantity is not enough, the quality of the wheel power must also change in order to advance smoothly. Lei Xingfeng has a deep understanding of this point, after all, he has a super powerful grandfather and is different from ordinary cultivators, he knows more, understands deeper, and his methods are more reasonable.

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  Today's second update.