This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 1596 - 51: You’re Whaling Too Beautiful

An old-looking trawler set off from the dock, navigating the wide straight waterway, struggling forward on the sea.

A large flock of hungry seabirds followed the trawler with an extraordinary spiritual nature, flying in the sky.

The seabirds living in this area have rich experience.

They know that once trawlers pull in their nets, some fish that are too small, and shrimp and crabs, are unwanted by the fishermen and will be thrown back into the sea.

That’s their perfect buffet time.

They are not picky, nor do they scoff at the small fish and shrimp; in their eyes, those are all top delicacies, so delicious that they want to flap their wings with joy.

And sometimes, when there is a bountiful catch and the fishermen are in a good mood, they will even toss fish into the air, watching the seabirds snatch them up like puppies catching treats, laughing heartily.

"Let’s haul in the net. If we don’t, even these seabirds will get anxious," the captain, staring intently at the seawater as if he could see through it, commanded loudly.

The net had been out for a while, and it was indeed time to bring it in.

Upon his words, the fishermen immediately got busy.

They turned the winch at the stern of the boat vigorously.

Finally, the captain tore his gaze away from the water, glancing at the seabirds hovering in the sky.

They began to chirp joyfully, clearly understanding the action of netting fish.

Infected by the seabirds, the captain’s mood was also good.

"Hmm?" His peripheral vision caught a flash of brilliant light through the gaps left by the seabirds, streaking across the sky.

A meteor?

Impossible, a meteor during the day?

Instinctively, his attention focused on that light, watching it fall to the place they had come from—Jiaolong Island.

.....

After arranging everything, Lu Qingshan left Heavenly River City, setting out on the road back to Sky Dome Heaven.

However, he wasn’t returning to Yumen Pass but heading directly to the South Sea.

The South Sea rose and fell, vast and majestic.

Waves rolled like a thousand piles of snow, the crash of the surf thunderous.

The horizon of sea and sky met, releasing all repressed emotion.

A sword light rode the wind, appearing tiny amidst the vast expanse of the South Sea, yet perfectly harmonious.

As the familiar outline of Jiaolong Island came into view, the salty, damp air hit him face-on. Lu Qingshan looked at the expanse, feeling deeply moved.

On his last trip to Jiaolong Island, due to his cultivation limitations, he had to travel using ordinary ships.

But this time, as he stepped onto these waters again, everything was different; the once unreachable distance now took no more than a moment of sword control to traverse.

Lu Qingshan had anticipated this moment, yet hadn’t expected it would only take twenty years.

A vast and magnificent twenty years that had transformed him from a fledgling Sword Cultivator without a life-bound sword into the Sect Master of the most powerful sword-wielding sect in the region.

Even the most imaginative biographical novels couldn’t concoct such an outrageous plot, yet there it happened in reality.

It could only be said that reality is often more fantastical than fiction.

....

The sword light subsided as Lu Qingshan landed on Jiaolong Island.

Twenty years had passed, and the island had become utterly unfamiliar.

In fact, Jiaolong Island was no longer called Jiaolong Island but had a new name.

Now, it was called Dragon Slaying Island.

Ever since the Sea God Sect and the major threat of Jiaolong Island were eradicated, and Dragon Slaying Saber renamed Jiaolong City to Dragon Slaying City, the island’s inhabitants quickly and unanimously started calling Jiaolong Island Dragon Slaying Island.

Although a bit exaggerated, considering the word "dragon" was in Jiaolong, it wasn’t entirely groundless.

Twenty years is a very long time as far as the mundane world is concerned.

After Dragon Slaying Saber took over Jiaolong Island, although one couldn’t guarantee it wouldn’t become another Sea God Sect later, at least initially, it stayed true to its purpose and accomplished many good deeds.

The most notable was the abolition of the tariff at Jiaolong Port.

This move rapidly brought prosperity to Dragon Slaying Island, with numerous shops in Dragon Slaying City springing up like mushrooms after the rain.

The most famous among these was a weapon shop called Three-feet Edge.

It’s said that this weapon shop was originally an obscure wood carving shop, run by a slovenly and lazy middle-aged man named Xue.

Then, one day, a lady boss appeared in the shop, and subsequently, the carving shop transitioned into a weapon shop.

Ordinarily, such a drastic shift in business direction would likely fail.

But surprisingly, the weapons produced by the shop were of unexpectedly high quality, attracting people from miles away just to buy a weapon from ’Three-feet Edge.’

The hottest place in Dragon Slaying City was this weapon shop. Although it wasn’t as lively as restaurants or taverns, it had a constant stream of visitors.

However, there was an ironclad rule here: regardless of status, each person could only purchase one weapon.

Of course, this somewhat arrogant rule initially sparked sneers and scorn.

But when a burly troublemaker was nonchalantly thrown out by the seemingly frail shopkeeper with a wave of his hand, everyone realized that such "arrogance" was indeed well-founded.

Since then, no one dared to disrespect the rules here again.

Inside the shop, many racks were displayed, with various weapons hanging on them, the majority being sword artifacts.