"It’s precisely thanks to this that your master’s lifetime of cultivation has in fact always been within your body.

"In the past you couldn’t make it your own because the Nine Yin Locking Vein Technique had been tormenting you all along.

"However, because of that, this Inner Strength has already fused with you as one, no longer distinguishing between self and other.

"Now that the Nine Yin Locking Vein no longer exists, and I have helped you unlock three of the anchors.

"The Inner Strength that has been broken open can now be used by you, and so your Inner Strength has advanced greatly. It’s just that... if you go up another level, I fear you may not be able to withstand it.

"The remaining six points, you must slowly dissolve on your own and reclaim them for yourself."

Su Mo smiled. "So this is what they call a blessing in disguise."

Dongfang Yu knocked his head to the ground:

"Your subordinate... could die ten thousand times and still not repay this grace!!"

Su Mo, however, shook his head, walked up to him, and helped him up:

"Right Saint, those words are off the mark...

"If we must speak of it, if the former Hall Master hadn’t secretly taken away the Dragon King Mirror, disregarding the Hall Master’s legacy, how would the Dragon King Mirror have been lost?

"Why should you and the Left Saint have to endure so many years of the Nine Yin Locking Vein’s torment?

"Now I am merely making a slight compensation; it can hardly be called something worth ten thousand deaths in repayment..."

Dongfang Yu hastily shook his head:

"All of this is what your subordinate was willing to bear."

Speaking to this point, Dongfang Yu seemed to have something more to say, but in the end he could not hold back and asked:

"Hall Master... where exactly did you obtain this Dragon King Mirror?"

"Has Right Saint ever heard of Longmu Island?"

Su Mo did not conceal anything.

Dongfang Yu was stunned:

"Of course I’ve heard of it!

"I’ve also heard of how you displayed your might on Longmu Island.

"I just never expected that the young wandering hero I heard of back then would actually become our Hall Master."

Su Mo smiled:

"The Dragon King Mirror was found on that Longmu Island."

"Ah?"

Dongfang Yu was greatly shocked:

"How can that be?

"So that means from the time you obtained the Dragon King Mirror until now, it’s only been a few months?

"But... but your Nine Yin Mysterious Ice Strategy Inner Strength is far deeper than that of the former Hall Master... this..."

"Perhaps before I cultivated this Skill, I already had a foundation of Inner Strength.

"Therefore, no matter what martial arts I cultivate, I progress faster than others."

Su Mo smiled. "Right Saint need not be astonished at this."

"..."

For a moment, Dongfang Yu did not know what to say.

He could only lower his voice and ask:

"Hall Master... at what level have you currently cultivated the Nine Yin Mysterious Ice Strategy?"

"I’ve been busy lately and have had little time to cultivate.

"At present I’ve just barely reached Seventh stage Perfection, and am about to step into the Eighth Level realm."

Su Mo sighed. "If not for all these trifling matters entangling me, if I could devote myself wholeheartedly, I should be able to break through to the Nine Layers. It’s rather a pity..."

"..."

Dongfang Yu felt he could no longer continue this conversation.

Any further talk would be enough to anger someone to death!

With deep Inner Strength and smoothly flowing meridians, of course cultivating any martial arts would be fast.

The problem was, to make such progress in such a short span of time.

This... this—this was still with ’trifling matters’ entangling him?

If there were no trifling matters... then this Nine Yin Mysterious Ice Strategy, which countless people spend their whole lives yet still cannot reach the summit of—would it be casually cultivated to perfection in our Hall Master’s hands?

Then before this, to what realm had our Hall Master’s martial arts already reached?

Thinking of this, Dongfang Yu suddenly burst out laughing:

"Truly, Heaven favors our Dragon King Hall!!"

Seeing him like this, Su Mo could only respond with a faint smile.

After pondering for a moment, Dongfang Yu clasped his fists:

"Your subordinate had originally planned to wait until my injuries had improved, then take my leave. I was going to seek out that Dark Dragon Hall to settle accounts...

"I did not expect to receive the Hall Master’s saving grace.

"Now I’ve recovered far faster than I had anticipated.

"Since that is so, your subordinate dares to request leave.

"I shall..."

Just as he spoke to this point, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps rush to the door.

He turned his head and saw it was a deckhand from the ship.

Seeing Su Mo and Dongfang Yu chatting at leisure, the man hurriedly clasped his fists:

"Chief, a person has appeared on the sea. Boss Song cannot determine where this person comes from and wishes to ask you to take a look."

"...A person?"

Su Mo was slightly taken aback, then lightly nodded.

Exchanging a glance with Dongfang Yu, they immediately walked out together.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived on the deck.

Song Yuanlong was at the ship head, holding the Thousand mile Sight, observing.

This Thousand mile Sight is considered a banned item upon Nanhai.

It has been jointly suppressed by the three great powers.

But now that Su Mo holds two of the three powers, having become one who sets the rules, those rules naturally mean nothing to him. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Hearing footsteps, Song Yuanlong hurriedly turned back to look at Su Mo:

"Greetings, Chief."

Su Mo waved his hand:

"Where is the person?"

"Out on the sea."

As he spoke, Song Yuanlong handed the Thousand mile Sight to Su Mo.

Su Mo raised his eyes, pushing his eyesight to the limit, and indeed saw a black dot upon the sea.

It seemed to be riding the wind and cleaving the waves.

He immediately lifted the Thousand mile Sight for a closer look, and it turned out to be a small wooden boat.

Calling it a skiff would be giving it too much credit; it was essentially a raft.

There was nothing else on it, only a single chair.

A Black clothed Man was seated comfortably on the chair, holding a cup of tea.

White waves surged at both sides as it sped forward.

Judging by its heading, it seemed to be coming straight for their ship!

For a moment he was slightly taken aback. Where did this eagle-eyed fellow come from?

But then he chuckled.

Ever since that encounter with the Yuhai King Ship, Su Mo knew he had already fallen within the sights of many.

Now this man alone on the sea, solitary and unaccompanied, showed that his skills were high and his胆气 bold.

Nine times out of ten, he was here for the Mo Shuang Flute in his hand and the map on that Burning Wood Armor.