There's something wrong with me

Chapter 152 Zhang Feng's Divine Arts!
With a swift cut, the fish is gutted and its delicious, slightly fishy flavor is released.

Throw the fish on the other side of the boat.

Zhang Feng sat at one end, trying to trick the strange crow into coming down.

But it only hovered, without descending.

Perhaps they saw that their own skills in 'short distance' were too high?

Seeing this, Zhang Feng estimated the distance and threw the fish into the sea fifteen meters away at a parallel distance.

If it comes down to catch it, I can grab it in an instant.

Crash-

The seawater was churning, and the fish that had been cut open fell freely onto the surface of the sea.

At this time.

Just as the fish are about to be swept away by the waves, the crow prepares to swoop down.

Zhang Feng also seized the opportunity and prepared to make a capture.

But just then, a large crow, much bigger than itself, suddenly flew in from afar.

Its feathers are somewhat whitish at the tips of its wings, and when its wings are spread out, they are more than a meter long, with even some specks of 'black mist' gathering there.

It was its outstretched wings that stopped the little crow from falling.

'This thing has become sentient; it's quite powerful.'

Zhang Feng knew he couldn't catch him.
'Once animals cultivate and become imbued with spiritual energy, aside from some wild instincts that are difficult to change in the short term, their behavioral habits and intelligence are no less than those of normal humans.'

Zhang Feng knew these things by deducing them from the characteristics of rats and spiritual energy.

So, if we can't catch them now, we'll just ignore them.

Keep looking at these symbols and see what message you can glean from them.

Let them spin in the sky.

……

unconsciously.

sunset.

Zhang Feng started from the dock and moved to the cliff outside the dock.

"quack-"

Two crows in the sky were still following.

After inspecting more than a dozen locations, Zhang Feng knew there was something wrong with the island.

There must be some kind of 'demon' causing trouble!

The arrangement and drawing of these symbols resemble a kind of 'nurturing evil spirits' formation.

Zhang Feng could sense a faint malevolent aura, an indescribable 'yin wind'.

This person wants to use living people to raise ethereal 'evil spirits' or tangible 'corpse spirits'.

It's not even the crows that he keeps.

Fortunately, the level of spiritual energy in this world was insufficient to support his insane plan.

According to Zhang Feng's observations, these eerie winds were blown away by the sea breeze shortly after they formed, without even a chance to gather again.

However, it's also clear that this person is constantly adjusting and modifying the formation.

If he really succeeds, he'll create a 'Gathering Place' on the island.

Then, he could definitely raise several monsters that are neither human nor ghost.

'This guy is quite the talent for practicing unorthodox methods; he's conducting experiments and tests here.'

Zhang Feng thought about it and decided that he should kill him. Firstly, since he had seen him, he should rid the people of this scourge.

Secondly, this arrangement is truly powerful, possessing the foundation of a formation that gathers evil spirits.

We'll have to find his original and copy it.

'煞' is also a form of energy utilization.

Even unorthodox methods must be learned.

Even if you don't use it, you still need to understand it.

Zhang Feng quickly sorted out his thoughts and rowed the small boat around Lin Island.

But that's it.

Crash-

Two crows circled rapidly in the distance above Zhang Feng, as if issuing a warning.

A few seconds later, they flapped their wings and flew towards the west of the island, landing at another location.

'Could it be that they are returning to their nests to report to their masters?'

After a moment's thought, Zhang Feng rowed his boat toward the northwest shore.

Since there's no information available right now, let's go take a look.

Before long, we arrived at the edge of the cliff on the side of the island.

There are no boats or people here, only scattered reefs broken out of the sea.

And on the cliff above, is where the two crows landed.

Wow!

Zhang Feng threw out a stone anchor and moored the boat under a rock.

Then, with a quick turn, he stood guard on the rock two meters above.

The two crows cawed a few times and then left, without continuing to observe me.

There were no crows or any strange animals nearby.

This person probably doesn't know I'm here.

Zhang Feng was still very careful in his search, lest he be beaten to death because of his poor physical condition.

Of course, it's fine to stay stable for a few years.

But now it seems that we have knowledge and techniques.

So it would be good to get my hands on it so I could get to know it and do some research as soon as possible.

If things become unmanageable, Zhang Feng is also prepared to flee at any time.

With a physique of nearly 90, plus spiritual energy and internal strength, he could ride the wind and leap with golden light, covering a distance of nearly 70 or 80 meters in a single step.

Even the most powerful immortals in previous worlds might not be able to catch up with him.

Furthermore, Zhang Feng also felt that his strength was probably not high.

If the goal was to be high up, they wouldn't have set up the formation so 'secretly' in a corner of the shore, especially with two 'sentinels' stationed there.

This is clearly something to 'guard against'.

At least if it were me, and I could improve my physical condition, I would strive to do things with integrity and honesty.

……

night.

Zhang Feng searched the woods for a long time but found no trace of anyone living there.

Even those sinister spells have not left a trace here.

This person is indeed not very strong.

That crow might have been using a smokescreen, deliberately luring itself to a deserted place.

Now, seeing no results and with no other information available.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Feng decided to first find the captain and the others to meet up.

Anyway, as long as he practices his magic on this island, I'll just wait here. I don't believe he won't show up.

at the same time.

Inside a dilapidated house in the southeast of the island.

A middle-aged man dressed in linen is feeding two crows in the house.

"Unexpectedly, besides the island lord, a great martial arts master, there are other Qi cultivators on the island."

Moreover, this Qi Refining cultivator possesses some skill; he can see through my method of cultivating malevolent energy.

The middle-aged man shook his head and chuckled as he spoke.
"Fortunately, you were quick-witted and deliberately distracted the cultivator, leading him to the northwest side."

If he finds nothing, he may leave this place.

Otherwise, if other cultivators were here, there would certainly be some trouble.

"Quack~"

Two crows are cawing, seemingly enjoying the middle-aged man's praise.

The middle-aged man also laughed and stroked the two crows.

But then he said with distress:

"Alas! My magic is still not good enough, otherwise, you could have easily lured him here."

If my method of nurturing evil spirits could use the spiritual blood and flesh of cultivators, it might be possible to raise an invulnerable corpse king.

Even if we encounter the island lord, we'll probably be able to put up a fight, or even kill him.

At that time... this island will be mine, and I won't need to hide anymore..."

……

late at night.

Zhang Feng wandered around and asked around, and finally found the captain's grandfather's house.

Their house is in a 'small town' on the island.

From a high vantage point, there were only about a hundred households.

We've arrived here.

Zhang Feng saw that the crew members had already been arranged to stay in an empty courtyard.

Squeezing in and sleeping on the floor is a makeshift solution.

Then, pay the taxes upon arrival on land.

There are special guards to collect it.

One person receives five catties of fish and meat per month, or works on the island, etc.

Zhang Feng chose to hand over the fish meat.

After giving them the large basket of dried fish, the island guards gave them a sign.

Finally, register and record your name.

They will come to collect it again next month.

Zhang Feng didn't care; he had so many people, and they were all skilled.

Just go out to sea and catch a big fish, and you'll have several months' worth of tax revenue.

……

"Let him rest here for a while."

As night deepened, a private dinner party was held in the courtyard, reserved only for the people on the ship.

Zhang Feng roughly decided on the itinerary for the future and asked the captain, "After your grandfather's birthday celebration, are you planning to stay here or go back to the mountains?"

"Let's go back to the mountains." The captain was thinking about his son. "When we left, my daughter-in-law was pregnant. I want to go back and hold my grandson."

"Then we'll have One-Eyed and the others take you there."

Zhang Feng toasted the captain, saying, "After I see you off, the ship will come back."

"Once I find a bigger ship, I'll return this one to you and moor it in the mountains."

"I wouldn't dare..." The captain quickly shook his head, "If it weren't for you, sir, we would have perished at the hands of pirates that day. So, let alone one ship, even if I were to build another ship for you..."

"Stop with the pleasantries." Zhang Feng pointed to the food. "Eat first. Also, from now on, don't call me 'sir,' call me 'captain.'"

"After I've cultivated for a few more years, we'll name our ship 'Xiu Ling' (Cultivation Spirit)."

……

In a blink of an eye.

I spent a year and a half on the island.

That day at sea.

A foreign naval fleet from a foreign dynasty came to Lin Island specifically to offer tribute to the island's lord.

On the same day.

Zhang Feng sat on his boat, fishing while gazing towards Lin Island.

Over the past year and a half.

The ship hasn't been renamed yet.

Zhang Feng didn't choose to go find the island lord, but instead cultivated in the courtyard or fished as he had today. This was because the island lord was different from that evil cultivator.

As I said before, that Xiu Xie looks sneaky and is definitely just a nobody with little strength.

So I can go to him without following the proper procedures, and I can leave whenever I want.

However, to see the island owner, one must first report the visit, and so on.

Firstly, the process is formal, and secondly, one cannot be sure how many experts the island owner has.

Just hearing that "the governors of this dynasty and the navies of that country" went to see the island lord and offer tribute, one can tell that the island lord is quite powerful, or that he has some trump card that even the dynasties fear.

If I were to go to see him so openly and honestly, and something happened during the process, it would be a waste of my resurrection.

'I'm still too weak...'

Zhang Feng felt that he still needed to practice and persevere.

……

Before I knew it, two more years had passed in the midst of fishing and drying nets.

today.

On a small boat.

Zhang Feng rowed along the shore and looked at the symbol of the heretical sect.

Over the years, he has made frequent improvements.

I watch it often myself.

"quack-"

The crows in the sky were also watching over Zhang Feng, circling incessantly.

Zhang Feng ignored them and only looked at the symbols.

But it was precisely because he had watched it for nearly four years, coupled with his occasional revisions, and the operation of these malevolent forces, that it became possible.

Zhang Feng had actually deduced most of the effects.

This thing really is the 'corpse refining method' I had in mind.

Similarly, after understanding the nature of this 'corpse refining technique,' Zhang Feng felt that it was a good thing!
However, Zhang Feng did not want to raise corpses. Instead, he wanted to familiarize himself with the Yin Sha Dao and use it to temper himself.

Finally, let's talk about 'self-improvement'.

After all, spiritual energy is energy, and it is an amplification.

Theoretically speaking, the Yin Sha, which is full of decaying energy, is also a kind of energy.

It appears to be corrosion, dissolution, or deterioration in the opposite direction.

But Zhang Feng believes that as long as the key is identified, it may also have a positive effect on improving physical fitness.

Alternatively, one could identify the shared 'energy' and 'enhancing' properties of Yin and spiritual energy, and then perform a simple 'supernatural' energy conversion between them.

In this way, even if I end up in a world without spirits, as long as there are yin and evil spirits there, I can still cultivate my spirit.

Then, using oneself and one's spiritual thoughts as a bridge and medium, one can ultimately transform the yin energy into spiritual energy.

After all, the essence of everything is just atoms of energy, with some other unique properties added on top.

One's own spiritual thoughts have the characteristic of being able to cultivate all attributes.

Regardless of what spiritual root you add, it's still a total spiritual root.

Theoretically speaking, it is possible to recombine and interchange extraordinary elements.

Zhang Feng thought this was a good topic.

……

That night.

Lin Island, Southeast.

Two crows landed inside what looked like an ordinary house.

The middle-aged evil cultivator was drying grain in the yard when he saw the crows flying over. He turned around and went back inside.

"Gaga...he..."

The great crow was reporting on the day's events, and human voices could be faintly heard mixed in.

The evil cultivator was initially in a good mood, but after hearing what it said, he flew into a rage.

"Why is this cultivator still here?"

The evil cultivator suddenly stood up and paced angrily around the room.
"Over the past four years, I have revised the symbols five times, and this person has also carefully reviewed them from beginning to end five times."
It's been four years, and you're still looking for me?
This is no coincidence; he clearly came for me!

As the evil cultivator spoke, he walked to a rice jar in the house and drew out a long sword that gleamed with a dark light.
"Since someone already knows about the magic I practice, and this person has not left for many years."

If this person is not eliminated, he will definitely become a hidden danger.

"Perfect timing! I, the Corpse King, am in dire need of the flesh and blood of a Qi cultivator. Once I've slain that man, everything will be ready."

As soon as he finished speaking, the evil cultivator headed straight for the dock, preparing to strike first.

And he went straight to the center of the market.

Because he had heard from the crow that Zhang Feng would walk around the market after looking at the symbols.

He also planned to make his move at the market.

In his mind, Zhang Feng must have been least wary at that time.

After all, who in their right mind would commit murder in a busy city center?
At such a time, he felt that even if Zhang Feng had some extraordinary skills, he wouldn't have time to use them.

After killing Zhang Feng and causing chaos in the market, he would have many opportunities to escape.

Zhang Feng's corpse could then be picked up by two crows and carried away.

"This is a flawless plan!"

Thinking this, the evil cultivator was greatly encouraged and told the two crows about his plan.

"Caw caw!" Two crows flapped their wings, following their master's command.

……

After half an hour.

A bustling dock.

"Hurry up and unload the cargo..."

"My dear grandfather, please take it easy. This cargo is very valuable; it comes from the Tang Dynasty..."

"Hurry, hurry, the captain over there needs more people to unload the cargo..."

The pier is always the liveliest place on Lin Island.

Wow—

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the sound of boats rowing to shore could be heard.

Zhang Feng also got off the boat and handed a fish he was holding to a boatman walking from a distance.

That concludes today's symbols.

"Brother Zhang, you have a boat, why are you still thinking about mine?" The boatman chuckled as he took the fish; this was the rental fee.

"Large ships are too slow to circle the island."

Zhang Feng replied casually and then looked at his own physique.

Currently, my physical condition is [197].

Even if the medicinal herbs in this world are difficult to analyze, and the prescriptions for Hua Jin and Dan Jin are difficult to practice.

However, with the presence of flowers and fruits, coupled with one's own knowledge and the ability to enhance one's choices, it is possible to quickly 'boost combat power'.

In this way, he still devoted himself to studying the lungs and internal organs, and in the process, he also focused on lung and internal organ resources, researching the various applications of the lungs and internal organs.

Otherwise it could reach around 210.

My current spiritual thoughts are in the four directions.

Thinking.

After bidding farewell to the boatman, Zhang Feng entered the market, intending to look around before heading home.

But at this time.

Amid gasps of surprise from those nearby.

call-

Two crows flew in from the sky, carrying wisps of black smoke in the setting sun, looking eerily strange.

The largest crow, in particular, had a wingspan of over a meter, resembling a demon transformed into a black wind ready to sweep away the mortals on the ground.

Such a terrifying scene, along with the gasps of the crowd, naturally captivated Zhang Feng's attention.

'I didn't expect them to dare come down?'

Zhang Feng noticed them.

But at the same time, tap tap...

Regular footsteps came from the crowd in the distance.

Amidst the even more terrified screams of the surrounding crowd, the evil cultivator, wielding a sharp sword, exuded a visible aura of malevolent black wind, as if surrounded by evil spirits, resembling a demon king or ghost immortal emerging from hell.

"It's a ghost!"

"This person is haunted! He's possessed by a ghost!"

"He's a high-ranking cultivator! Run!"

As the evil cultivator used his magic and two monsters in the air tried to grab people, the people around panicked and tried to escape as quickly as possible.

Some people stood far away and glanced in this direction. They saw that although the people around them were running away, Zhang Feng was still standing in the same place.

Before these people could even ponder why Zhang Feng wasn't leaving...

next second.

When Zhang Feng saw the crows about to swarm, he simply flicked his sleeve, and an invisible burst of energy shot out half a meter above him.

Snapped-

In an instant, to everyone's astonishment, the two monsters that had been swooping down in front of Zhang Feng fell straight down from mid-air, stunned by the energy Zhang Feng had suppressed.

Zhang Feng wanted to study them further, rather than kill them directly.

Otherwise, that single burst of internal energy would have been enough to cut them in half.

Even so, everyone was still frightened when they saw Zhang Feng casually defeat the monster.

Even some people who were about to run were stunned and stood still.

"You..." The evil cultivator realized he had offended a powerful cultivator after seeing his spirit beast defeated in an instant!
However, the arrow was already on the bowstring and had to be released.

He continued to condense the Yin Wind, carrying with him a body full of evil spirits and malevolent energy. Using a sharp sword as his magic weapon, he swirled his magic around the blade and thrust it towards Zhang Feng.

At the same time, Zhang Feng looked at him two meters away, but instead of making a move, he took a deep breath of his inner energy and spiritual energy.

"Certainly!"

hum~
The air seemed to vibrate, and powerful internal force carrying spiritual energy and sound waves surged toward the evil cultivator in an instant.

In an instant, the Demon-Slaying Spell, fully enhanced by overclocking, was like a thousand daggers tearing through the fabric.

The moment he came into contact with the evil cultivator, his thoughts were momentarily shattered by the overclocking of the internal force and spiritual energy, the surrounding magic was directly dissolved, and his eyes fell into a daze and blankness.

He seemed to freeze in place like a statue, completely still in the midst of an impending assassination.

Immediately, the surrounding people, crew members, and guards exclaimed in surprise upon witnessing this extraordinary scene.

"What kind of magic did he use before? Why was he able to scatter those evil spirits?"

"Is this person using some kind of divine magic?!"

“I know him. He’s the captain of the Far Voyage… I only ever see him out fishing, but I never imagined he was a reclusive master…”

"The immortals are above..."

Amidst the exclamations, chaos erupted at the dock, with many people even bowing down to Zhang Feng.

The island's guards knew something about spiritual cultivation, so they were mostly on guard.

"Captain Zhang..." Several guards had seen Zhang Feng a few times, but they never expected that this seemingly ordinary captain was actually a great cultivator!

Seeing the panic among the crowd, Zhang Feng grabbed the recovered evil cultivator with one hand and addressed the increasingly tense crowd:

"Brothers, there's no need to panic."

Zhang Feng had come to this island a few years ago only to accompany a friend to celebrate an elder's birthday.

However, he unintentionally encountered a rogue cultivator from an evil sect who was raising ghosts and performing rituals on Lin Island, so he secluded himself here, intending to capture the evil cultivator.

As Zhang Feng spoke, he looked at the evil cultivator who had revealed a look of fear.

"Now that we have seen the evil cultivator, we will naturally take action to capture him."

"Please rest assured, everyone. With me, Zhang Feng, here, not a single blade can harm you in the slightest."

Zhang Feng spoke casually, without any sense of strain.

Seeing Zhang Feng's nonchalant attitude and recalling the previous "fixation" mantra spell, the crowd gradually let go of their fear of the evil cultivator.

(End of this chapter)