Under the dark night, Blackwater City, which has a history of more than 100 years, is like a rootless duckweed, shivering in the howling sea breeze.

What everyone didn't expect was that in the sky directly above Blackwater City, there was a wooden sea ship, hovering there, quietly waiting for dawn.

It's just that tonight is destined to not be calm.

Although the pirates are still there, constantly gathering manpower, and they do not immediately plan to attack the city overnight, but the residents who have lived in Blackwater City for many years already know that there are a large number of pirates on the coast when they are gathering, they immediately fry the pot.

That night, the angry residents surrounded the city lord's mansion in Blackwater City.

And under the huge pressure of public opinion exerted by the residents, those bigwigs who have been hiding in the city lord's mansion have finally made corresponding countermeasures.

First of all, he ordered all the city defense troops in the city to climb the walls on three sides to prepare for the siege of the pirates, and also actively prepared various war materials to deal with the impending crisis.

The second is to recruit volunteers from all the residents of the city to help the city defense force defend the city, which of course is not free of charge.

All volunteers who participated in the defense of the city were rewarded with a high reward of one Magic Crystal Coin every day during the war.

You must know that in normal times, an ordinary person can only get a magic crystal coin for a month's commission after working hard.

If it weren't for the danger of the soldiers, there would be a good opportunity to earn a magic crystal coin a day now.

So, that night, a large number of young people rushed to the recruitment point, and in just a while, more than 10,000 people had been recruited.

I think that after dawn, more people will join the volunteer team.

After all, Blackwater City is a giant city with a permanent population of more than 5 million, and a city defense force of more than 10,000 people is a drop in the bucket!

That's why the city lord's mansion will order mobilization, and all the residents of the city will join the volunteers, so that the residents can assist the city defense army to defend the city.

In addition, the city lord's palace also ordered the opening of the armory of the city defense army to provide free weapons and equipment for all volunteers.

In addition, the City Lord's Mansion also set up a high bounty, and every time a pirate is beheaded or captured, a large number of magic crystal coins can be obtained.

At the same time, the City Lord's Mansion also issued the same public mission to the Mercenary Guild, but judging from the current situation, it is not optimistic.

Because the mercenaries who remained in the city at this time were only some private mercenaries who ran the single gang, and as for those large mercenary teams, they had already left Blackwater City.

Only a handful of mercenary teams remain in the city, but they all have extremely deep backgrounds, and they will definitely not make a move until the last moment.

Of course, all this is just a superficial preparation, after all, there are only more than 10,000 city defense troops in the city now, and just such a few people can't even stand on three sides of the city wall, let alone defend the city.

Although, the City Lord's Mansion has also begun to recruit volunteers, but even if it recruits more volunteers, they are all a group of novices with no actual combat experience, and the quality of individuals is uneven, and it is not certain whether they can defend the outermost city wall.

After some heated discussions, the adults in the City Lord's Mansion finally made up their minds, and immediately sent a group of envoys to the human kingdoms in the east and north to ask for help, hoping to get their military assistance.

It's just that now it seems that all these arrangements are still a little late, and I don't know if the two countries will send reinforcements, and whether their reinforcements will arrive in time?

And not long after, Ruoda Blackwater City returned to calm, and only the bright starry lights proved the existence of Blackwater City.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for countless families.

And Cao Yanchao, who was on the Warrior, although he didn't know the specific arrangements of the City Lord's Mansion, it was no problem just to watch a lively one.

It's just that when Blackwater City returned to calm, Cao Yanchao, who felt a little bored, had no choice but to return to the cabin where he rested.

And looking at the cabin that was supposed to be living in six people, now it looks empty.

Cao Yanchao understood, it seems that everyone will not come back to rest tonight, and they will all stay at their respective jobs to rest.

Although he couldn't chat with everyone, which made Cao Yanchao feel a little regretful, he didn't take it to heart, but took this opportunity to think about the things he had been ignoring.

That's about the inheritance of warriors.

And for this, Cao Yanchao can be 100% sure that before he comes to this magical world, he will definitely not have any martial arts.

Therefore, the inheritance of this martial artist must have been learned by luck after coming to this world.

And Cao Yanchao only has the opportunity to learn the time of martial arts inheritance.

That is, in the old village chief's house, he gave Cao Yanchao the Nine Realms mantra.

At the beginning, Cao Yanchao thought that the Nine Realms Mantra was just an ordinary breathing method, although it could temporarily improve physical functions, but the Nine Realms Mantra was not a particularly powerful method.

There is no peerless martial arts power in martial arts novels that Cao Yanchao knows.

But after some small talk with everyone, Cao Yanchao realized that he was thinking too simply.

Although magic and various magic tools are the most popular in this world, the inheritance of martial artists can last for thousands of years and has not completely disappeared.

This obviously shows that the martial arts inheritance is definitely not an ordinary inheritance, otherwise, it would not have been passed down for nearly 10,000 years.

And there must be a huge secret hidden in it, hidden in some dark corner.

Although Cao Yanchao couldn't explore the mystery for a while, he still needed to think about the true role of the Nine Realms mantra now.

Because the Nine Realms Mantra is definitely not an ordinary breathing method.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to increase Cao Yanchao's strength and speed.

Although, all of this is temporary, it is clearly not an ordinary breathing method

After thinking carefully for a while, Cao Yanchao seemed to have found a certain opportunity, but soon he forgot what kind of opportunity it was.

It's like when you have a dream, you remember everything clearly, but once you wake up, you will unconsciously forget the content of the dream.

And the moment of opportunity is the same thing.

Although Cao Yanchao has found that opportunity, he can't remember it now.

What is that so-called opportunity?

In the end, in line with the principle that if you can't think about it, you won't think about it.

Cao Yanchao turned his attention to the Nine Realms mantra again, and first recited it silently in his heart.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the first word of power, says: The power is infinite.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the second word is fast, saying: God is fast.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the third word is Gang, saying: King Kong is invincible.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the fourth word is combined, saying: Unity is one.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the fifth word is fierce, saying: Warriors are unparalleled.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the sixth word is reversed, saying: Reverse the world.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the seventh word is back, saying: A battle against the water.

The mantra of the Nine Realms, the eighth word is dense, saying: Dense and impermeable.

The Nine Realms Mantra, the Ninth Realm Boom, said: Boom and Boom.

Although Cao Yanchao has mastered the power word recipe and speed word recipe in the Nine Realms mantra.

He had already completed the initial stage of a martial artist, but he soon found that it was difficult for him to go any further, that is, he could not activate the effect of the Gang Character Technique.

At the beginning, Cao Yanchao thought that as long as he followed the breathing method taught by the old village chief and persevered in cultivation and breathing, he would eventually be able to master the skills of entering the Gangzi formula.

However, things are clearly not so simple.

At the beginning, Cao Yanchao was still a little unclear, but after a whole day of communication, he realized that maybe he shouldn't treat the Nine Realms Mantra as an ordinary breathing method.

And at that moment, Cao Yanchao suddenly recalled that many famous martial arts methods, although most of them were very obscure, people had no way to use them for cultivation.

But Cao Yanchao still remembers it clearly.

For example, in the Jiuyang Sutra: "He is strong by him, the breeze blows the hills, he is horizontal by him, the bright moon shines on the river, he is ruthless, he is evil, I am full of true anger." ”

Another example is the first volume of the Nine Yin True Scripture: "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency by losing more than it loses, so the void is better than the truth, and the lack is better than the surplus." Its meaning, its mystery, its interest is profound. The image of heaven and earth, the Hou Lie of yin and yang, the cause of change, and the sign of death and life.

Although these martial arts methods are just some useless text descriptions, there is one thing that remains the same, that is, about self-cultivation, almost all martial arts methods are based on the premise of cultivating one's own energy.

Originally, this was an impossible thing for the people of the earth.

However, Cao Yanchao, who cultivated the Nine Realms Mantra, was able to increase his strength and speed.

So in an instant, Cao Yanchao recalled that the Nine Realms mantra should be the opportunity that the earthlings lacked.

Finally, Cao Yanchao understood that the breathing method of the Nine Realms Mantra was not a simple breathing method, but a key to the cultivation of martial arts.

So Cao Yanchao tried to breathe according to the Nine Realms Mantra, using force and speed, the two powers together, but he found that this could not be done at all.

Originally, in one breath and one inhale, a very obvious effect could be obtained, and the difference was nothing more than a matter of length of time, but if you want to operate the Nine Realms Mantra at the same time in one breath, it is simply impossible.

Even if Cao Yanchao tried to combine force and speed breathing, the result was still the same, but he couldn't do it, and he could only use one breathing method at a time.

And just when Cao Yanchao was about to give up, he suddenly thought, what if he didn't immediately use the power of the Nine Realms Mantra, but stored this power down?

As a result, it still failed, even if it was not cast externally, the Nine Realms Mantra could not be used at the same time, and only one method could be used at a time.

So Cao Yanchao thought of it again, that is, in almost all martial arts, there is a dantian, it is no dantian, no martial arts!

Although the old village chief did not say anything about the dantian, the old village chief mentioned that a flame could be born in a person's stomach.

Originally, Cao Yanchao just thought that the so-called flame was just a foreign object, or a chain reaction of digesting food, but now I think about it, he was wrong, or he was very wrong.

So Cao Yanchao continued to use the Nine Realms Mantra Breathing Method, but this time he didn't want to run any words, but according to the Nine Realms Mantra Breathing Method, he continued to inhale a large amount of air, and then tried to awaken the flame hidden in his body.

At the beginning, there was no shadow of flame at all, and if there was anything, it was only the meat bun that I had just eaten.

However, as Cao Yanchao persistently inhaled a large amount of air, his body finally changed.

In a trance, Cao Yanchao could clearly feel that his stomach seemed to have turned into a large pot of boiling oil, and with the appearance of a little spark, the entire oil pot was ignited.

That feeling is exactly the same as when Cao Yanchao drank a whole bowl of pork bone broth.

And the flame that had been hidden in his stomach was finally successfully awakened by him at this moment.

Although it was just a very small flame, Cao Yanchao could still clearly feel that an inexplicable energy had been born in his body.

And this energy should be the legendary internal force.

Although this internal force is still very weak, it is beginning to grow continuously with Cao Yanchao's breathing.

And Cao Yanchao, who had finally found the way forward, began to use the Nine Realms Mantra Breathing Method unremittingly, slowly cultivating the small flame in his stomach.

And just when Cao Yanchao was obsessed with internal force cultivation.

Uncle Sam, who was the leader of the group, rode the symbiote of Temutu, and a white-headed giant falcon flew into the air and quietly left the Warrior.

Soon after, Sam boarded another wooden sailboat floating in the sky.

This is actually the spaceship that belongs to the Golden Baron, and because of various coincidences before, Uncle Torth easily took it without much effort, such a valuable spaceship.

As I said before, the spaceship in this world is definitely the rarest means of transportation.

Most of the spaceships are in the hands of the military of the Bashiros Kingdom, and the civilian version of the wooden spaceship is only ten.

But there are always exceptions, like the wooden ship Sam is now on, it is one of the few civilian ships, the name is the Golden Baron.

Soon after Sam boarded the boat, a young man in a cloth suit quickly greeted him.

As soon as the young man came up, he gave Uncle Sam a big hug very warmly, and then he said.

"Thank you so much, Big Sam. ”

Sam, on the other hand, looked disgusted, pushed the young man away, and then he said lightly.

"Edward, I've sent those of your men to prison, and now you're satisfied, right?"

The young man, known as Edward, nodded a little sadly.

"What Brother Sam did, I am naturally relieved, I am just a bad fate with them, and now I can leave them a way to live, it is already their creation. ”

Sam shook his head disdainfully, and then he looked at Edward for a moment, feeling that he wasn't lying, so he said.

"That's not necessarily a good thing, now those pirates on the sea are actually like crazy, and they are actually preparing to attack Blackwater City on a large scale, I'm afraid that most of your subordinates will become cannon fodder in the war. ”

After hearing this, Edward couldn't help but be stunned, and after a long while, he said helplessly.

"Whether it is Blackwater City or those pirates who are preparing to invade, it is not something you and I can control, as for whether those people under my command can survive or not, it depends on whether their lives are hard or not. ”

Sam asked, with some curiosity.

"What about those pirates? Didn't you belong to them before? You should know something, right?"

Although the scars of the past were revealed, Edward did not blame Sam, but talked about it.

"The matter of pirates is very complicated, I was only one of the small pirates at the beginning, I only know that this operation is because everyone has received a rally order from the Pirate Alliance, so they will follow them to attack the big brother's ship.

If I had known that it was Brother Sam's ship that was ambushed, I wouldn't have dared to join in the killing!"

Sam waved his hand unceremoniously, and then he continued to ask.

"Don't talk that nonsense! If we hadn't been able to defeat you by our means, you kid would still be daydreaming of becoming a pirate king!"

Edward, who had been exposed, only smiled awkwardly and continued.

"When it comes to the pirate alliance, it is actually a very loose alliance formed by pirates from the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the West Sea.

And the East China Sea Pirate Regiment, which I belonged to before, is actually only a very weak side.

I think this action should be that the Pirate Alliance has taken a fancy to the large amount of wealth that Blackwater City has accumulated over the past hundred years, so it is ready to attack!"

Sam nodded, then he thought for a moment before continuing to ask.

"Then listen to what you mean, it seems that those pirates really just want to make money, and they want to loot Blackwater City temporarily, hey, it's really a group of pirates who don't know whether to live or die, but this is a good result.

I think that after this war, this sea should be able to stop for a while. ”

Edward, on the other hand, said with some hesitation.

"Brother Sam, don't underestimate those pirates, the pirates of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, they are just pirate groups formed by ordinary humans.

However, the group of pirates from the Western Sea was a joint group of pirates composed of humans and aliens.

I can't tell if it's the humans who led the aliens, or the aliens who led the human pirates, who are not only much stronger than ordinary humans, but also very numerous.

In comparison, there are only a few thousand pirate ships in total, and the human pirates of the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

The group of pirates in the West Sea has a super large pirate group with more than 10,000 pirate ships and a total number of more than 100,000 people. ”

Originally, Sam didn't care, but when he heard that there were people of different races who were also pirates?

Sam asked incredulously.

"What are you? Aliens are pirates? Are you sure? Or just listen to other people?"

Unexpectedly, Edward replied with a firm face.

"I saw it with my own eyes, and this thing can't be faked. ”

Sam thought about it for a while, but still didn't understand it, so he secretly decided in his heart that he was going to go to the territory of the aliens and investigate the situation of the aliens.

Over the years, the Best Empire has been too quiet.

It's been more than a hundred years, but there hasn't been any movement in the Baester Empire, which is obviously abnormal!

However, due to the fact that the Baester Empire has always forbidden border trade, the human kingdom is almost ignorant of the situation of aliens.

It seems that if you want to really understand the situation of the aliens, you have to go to the territory of the aliens, which may be a difficult thing for others, but for Sam, it is just a long trip.

After a while, Sam asked Edward again.

"Then, are you going to join my mercenary group, or do you want to go solo yourself?"

Edward suddenly thought with a look of horror: "Solo Fei, that doesn't mean that I want to die, right?"

"If it weren't for my youth and ignorance, I mistakenly recruited a group of pirates on the ship, and as a result, I almost disgraced the reputation of my ancestors, and if I hadn't met Brother Sam by luck today, my life would have been ruined.

In the future, I will join your mercenary group, and I will follow you from now on. ”

Sam nodded, and then he said to Edward.

"Okay, you can go back with you!"

Edward nodded silently, and agreed to it.

Although in Edward's heart, there is indeed some reluctance, but now that the control of the spaceship is no longer in his hands, he can't beat Sam.

Now in addition to bowing his head and admitting cowardice, there is only one way to go solo.

But Edward was still young, and he didn't want to die so early and meaninglessly, so he could only admit it.

He also didn't expect Edward to be so cheerful, and Sam couldn't help but think a little more highly of him.

Sam then went to the cockpit of the Golden Baron and set a destination for the ship through the magic ball in the cabin, and then he said.

"I thought about it for a while, maybe other people will know your original name, so in the future, you will be called Phil Alex, my distant cousin, and this time you came to join me on purpose, how about you have no opinion?"

Edward naturally had no opinion, and he lost no time in patting Sam's ass.

"It's an honor to be a part of the Alex family. ”

Sam patted Edward on the shoulder indifferently.

"That's fine, I'll call you Cousin Phil from now on!

Edward also replied shrewdly.

"Cousin Sam!"

Sam couldn't help but feel a little proud at the thought that the heir to the throne of the kingdom of Slam, Edward Slam, had become his cousin.

Originally, Nalan Toya did not have a good impression of this down-and-out prince and suggested that Sam kill him, but Sam's ambition to revive the family made him finally choose to keep Edward Slam.

After all, a living and down-and-out prince is definitely worth more than a dead Edward Slam.

For example, now being Edward Slam's cousin makes Sam feel very happy, as if he has seen the moment when the family is re-emerging.

However, Sam soon returned to normal, and he said to Edward Slam on the side.

"Alright, let's go! It's almost dawn. ”

With that, Sam and his wife got on the Falcon again and flew back aboard the Warrior.

While Sam was not paying attention, Edward looked at the spaceship that no longer belonged to him, and was slowly sailing towards the far north.

If it weren't for Edward's young and ignorant youth, he lured the wolf into the house and recruited a large number of pirates to become the Golden Baron, and later the pirates designed to seize control of the spaceship, so he had to fall into the grass.

However, all the pirates who bullied him today were all sent to the prison in Blackwater City by Sam, and it didn't end well.

But the price was the complete loss of control over the Golden Baron, which made Ed a little dazed.

Fortunately, at this moment, Sam took the initiative to speak.

"Don't worry, the spaceship that belongs to you will always belong to you, but you are still too young now, for the time being, follow me to learn how to manage a mercenary group!

When the time comes, I will naturally return your ship to you. ”

Edward asked with a look of surprise on his face.

"Really?"

Sam replied with a look of disdain.

"We, the Alex family, have always been the same. ”

Although Edward was still a little suspicious, the Warrior was already close at hand, and without Sam having to explain, Edward shut his mouth.

Because in the current situation, Edward really had no other way, and he had no choice but to believe what Sam said.