Chapter 304

Zhang Xiaohua returned to the mountaintop of the deserted island with the long sword. Breathing in the salty sea breeze, Zhang Xiaohua sighed with emotion. No wonder there were so few people who practiced the escape art. They spent their days digging holes in the ground. How could it compare to flying?

He had only stayed below the island for less than a day. Even breathing in the sea breeze felt comfortable, not to mention constantly moving around underground.

Sitting down with his legs crossed, Zhang Xiaohua checked his meridians. He realized that using the long sword to perform the Earth Escape Technique required a few times more vital energy than using the Earth Escape Technique alone. This was a huge price to pay.

"Forget it, forget it. I shall just keep it. Maybe when I get old, I can use it as a crutch."

Zhang Xiaohua tried his best to convince himself not to throw it into the sea.

Although the trip to the lava was not dangerous, it also proved that Venerable Fire-dragon was right about the special effects of the escape technique. Hence, in the next few days, other than practicing the Earth Escape Technique and the Fire Escape Technique, he would also perform the Earth Escape Technique and the Fire Escape Technique on the surface of the lava. Of course, this was only limited to the surface of the lava. He had no interest in disturbing the rest of the monsters. Even though he knew that there were many Luminous Pearls in the lava, he was not interested in them.

Silver was not omnipotent. Without silver, one would not be able to do anything. However, for the sake of one's life, silver could be given up.

After he had mastered the Earth Escape Technique and the Fire Escape Technique, Zhang Xiaohua focused on the cultivation of the Prohibition Technique and the Formation. He still had three mysterious jade letters to unlock. Furthermore, he had already mastered the Worry-Free Heart Sutra, the Fist of the North Star, the Elixir Heart of Emerald Blood, the Sword Art, the Fire Escape Technique and the Earth Escape Technique to a certain extent. There would not be much improvement in the short term.

Only the Prohibition Technique and the Formation seemed to be more useful as he mastered the Elixir Heart. He felt that there were many things that he needed to cultivate.

Just like that, he chased the seabirds with the small sword when he was free. When he was busy, he used the Lightning Escape Technique to train his muscles and bones. When he was bored, he used the Earth Escape Technique to make fire. When he was in the mood, he used the Elixir Concoction Technique. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.

"At this time, it has grown wings. We can't catch up to it no matter how hard we try."

"That's homesickness. It's a poison that corrodes one's bones. There's no antidote in the world that can cure it."

Zhang Xiaohua stood leisurely on the top of the mountain, looking at the rising sun and muttering to herself.

It had been four years since she arrived on this deserted island. In the beginning, Zhang Xiaohua had carved marks in the cave to record the days. Later, she cultivated diligently and gradually forgot. However, with the passing of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, she could still tell that this was already the fifth spring and autumn.

During these four years, Zhang Xiaohua himself did not notice how tall he had grown or how much his appearance had changed. He only knew that after daily practice and every rainy night, his Carefree Heart Sutra had finally reached the edge of the sixth level of the Refining Qi Realm. However, it was this edge that he could not break through. His progress in the Fist of the North Star also slowed down. Now he had reached the eighth level. Every time he practiced it twice, the flow would refine his bones. However, he could only refine his bones nine times a day, not more than once. As for the Elixir Refining Heart with Green Blood, the heart-like water droplet in his Upper Dantian was still the same. It seemed that there was no change, but the range of his Divine Sense had expanded, which meant that it was improving every moment. As for the Elixir Refining Art, since his Divine Sense improved, his understanding of the Elixir Refining Art had also improved. However, there were no herbs on this deserted island for him to try, but his control of the Elixir Furnace and the flame had reached an extremely fine level. Since he could use the Earth Escaping Art and the Fire Escaping Art at the same time, Zhang Xiaohua had further developed his own understanding. Through unremitting efforts, he could initially combine the incantations of the two Escaping Arts to form a black and red Qi shield, or the Fire Escaping Art. This kind of Escaping Art could be used in both fire and earth at the same time. Moreover, the speed of the Escaping Art was also much faster. However, the consumption of Qi was also considerable. As for the Flying Sword Art, with the increase of his Divine Sense and Qi, the speed and range of the Flying Sword had increased a lot, but it was still an incomplete set of swordsmanship.

What Zhang Xiaohua was most proud of was the Dao of Restriction and Formation. Normally, one would have to spend a lot of effort and time under the guidance of a Master before they could achieve something. However, Zhang Xiaohua had achieved something in just two years. Now, he could set up simple Restriction. Although he did not have any Formation Flag as a medium, he could roughly set up some small Formation. Of course, it was the kind that could only be seen but not used. Furthermore, Zhang Xiaohua could already use the Restriction Incantation to set up some Restriction Incantation into the Jade Slip. In order to practice this, Zhang Xiaohua specially took out some Jade Slips that had already lost their vitality. Once these Restriction Incantations were set up, the Jade Slip would emit a fluctuation of vitality. However, this fluctuation was the fluctuation of the Formation and not the original fluctuation of the Jade Slip.

Of course, in these four years, Zhang Xiaohua had read the first Jade Slip that Fire-dragon Immortal had left behind. There were some spells that he could also use. For example, there was the Fireball Technique. He could easily release an egg-sized fireball in a cave or in a sea of fire. However, on this mountaintop, he could only release a small flame that would be extinguished immediately.

In short, Zhang Xiaohua had achieved something that ordinary people would not be able to achieve in ten years on this deserted island. This was not only because he was alone on this deserted island and could only focus on practicing, but also because he had cultivated an incredible Elixir Core which strengthened his divine sense as much as possible. It was also because he practiced day and night. Moreover, a night of practice or a rainy night of practice was equivalent to a few days of practice. Just based on this reason, four years of practice was equivalent to eight years of practice for others.

Moreover, the most important thing was that he missed his parents, his elder brother, his sister-in-law, and his second brother. He missed the people in the Misty School and the Huan Xi Manor. He even thought of Brother Ma's smelly feet. The faint face that he often thought of in his dreams was even more unforgettable.

In order to avoid these thoughts, he cultivated in a selfless manner. It was also this selfless manner that made him feel the bone-chilling longing while he was cultivating.

Every time the sun rose, before he cultivated the Big Dipper Magical Fist, he would look at the horizon from afar and miss his family members who were far away. He would then criticize Fire-dragon Immortal in his heart, "Why didn't you leave any Flying Escape Technique in the Jade Slip? Even if you don't want to leave this deserted island, you still have to think about your descendants."

He then put in more effort to cultivate the restriction and Flying Escape Technique, hoping that one day he would be able to unlock a Flying Escape Technique.

After looking at the sun and missing his family members, Zhang Xiaohua was about to start cultivating the Big Dipper Magical Fist. Suddenly, he saw a red object floating towards the deserted island from afar.

One side of the deserted island was facing the undercurrent. Every moment, there would be many things passing by the side of the island. However, most of them were aquatic plants, fishes, and floating wooden beams. It was the first time he saw such an eye-catching object. Zhang Xiaohua frowned and released his divine sense. He discovered that it was a person lying on a wooden beam.

Zhang Xiaohua was overjoyed. He formed a seal and his body immediately disappeared. Not long later, he appeared on the beach by the sea. He stood with his hands behind his back and waited quietly for the person to float over.

It was not that he did not want to save the person earlier. However, he cultivated the Earth Escape Technique and the Fire Escape Technique, not the Water Escape Technique. Furthermore, the Levitation Technique could not allow him to stay in the air for a long time. How could he enter the water?

Moreover, he also knew that the undercurrent was coming towards him. There was no need for him to do anything unnecessary.

Sure enough, after a while, the undercurrent washed the person to the shore. Just as he was about to be swept away, Zhang Xiaohua reached out and fished him out of the water.

This was a burly man about thirty years old. He was tall and had dark skin. His face was not too clear because it was somewhat deformed from being soaked in the water. Needless to say, this person had already lost his vitality.

Zhang Xiaohua did not use his fingers to test his breath. With his divine sense, he already knew that he had no heartbeat and breath. However, Zhang Xiaohua still carefully turned him over. He lifted his red cloak and opened the clothes on his back. On his back, there was a big, black palm print deeply imprinted into his flesh.

Zhang Xiaohua touched his chin and thought for a while. Then, he turned him over again. She saw that his right hand was tightly grasping the front of his clothes, as if he was afraid that something would fall out from his chest.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiaohua reached into the man's chest and took out a money bag and a small metal box. She opened the money bag and looked at the things inside. Then, she put it back. Then, she carefully looked at the metal box in her hand.

This was a very simple looking metal box. There were some patterns engraved on it. There was a lot of rust on the edges of the metal box. It must be very old. There was also a very small iron lock on the metal box, tightly locking the box.

There was no key in the money bag just now. Zhang Xiaohua had to lean over and search the man's chest again. Still, she did not find anything.

"He actually did not bring the key with him. This must be a valuable thing. Perhaps it is for someone else?

What should I look at?

Or not? "

"Of course I have to look. If I don't look, how will I know who it is for?

How can I help him to bring it there? "

In an instant, Zhang Xiaohua gave a very reasonable reason. So, he used his divine sense to scan the metal box. Knowing that there was no mechanism in this metal box, he reached out his right hand and took out the small sword. With a flash of the sword, the small lock fell down cleanly.

When he opened the metal box, it was indeed very empty. There was only a rag like thing at the bottom of the box. Zhang Xiaohua was surprised. "I thought there would be some treasure. It is just a rag."

Thinking, he reached into the box and took out the thing!

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