The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

Seeing Zeng Wenyu's eyes, Longtan's face suddenly turned a little bad, but Zeng Wenyu had never shown his real physical strength along the way, and he acted very convincingly when he escaped before. Longtan just felt that Zeng Wenyu was provoking him. He raised his right arm to show his strong muscles to Zeng Wenyu, and then looked at Zeng Wenyu's arm with a very disdainful look.

Zeng Wenyu understood what Longtan meant. He just wanted to say that Zeng Wenyu's arms were too small compared to his, and he could not possibly have his strength. Although Zeng Wenyu did not want to pay attention to this provocation, he changed his mind and realized that it was already very boring to be on this huge lake, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to have some more fun now.

"Longtan, what your eyes mean is that you think I can't keep up with you?"

"No, I don't think so, but if you think so, it's not impossible."

"Okay! Do you have a way to find Hua Zong's ship? Let's race in the direction you provided. Whoever can't hold on before catching up will lose!"

"No, I'm still injured and I'm definitely not in better shape than you. Unless you agree that I can use the pills to recover from my injuries, and before my injuries are completely healed, you are not allowed to take the pills!"

"Okay! I'll do as you say, but you can't take the pills anymore after your injury has healed."

"No problem, let's do it!"

After the two of them had discussed it, they prepared to set off. There were still cultivators in Hua Sect who were previously controlled by Long Tan. Even Bai Jie's senior sister and third senior sister could not get rid of the spiritual energy left by Long Tan in their bodies, so they had to be kept under centralized supervision. Long Tan could naturally feel his spiritual energy in those cultivators' bodies, which made it convenient for him to track Hua Sect's movements.

After pointing the direction to Zeng Wenyu, the two began to row towards Huazong. Zeng Wenyu's wooden boat and Longtan's ice surface, neither of them was willing to give in, and they were chasing each other, sometimes in front and sometimes behind.

The Hua Sect's large ship was not moving fast on the lake, and the independent cultivators were taking turns rowing the boat to move forward. Of course, Bai Jie did not abuse these independent cultivators, she just spent some mid-grade spirit stones that the sect did not care about at all, and let the independent cultivators row the boat voluntarily.

"Senior Sister, do you know what the black shadow under the boat last night was?" Bai Jie did not get enough rest. Last night, a huge black shadow also swam under Hua Zong's big ship. Fortunately, the monks on the big ship were very cautious. From the beginning of sailing on the lake, they only used oars to paddle the water. They did not input spiritual energy into the formation of the big ship to move, and those huge black shadows did not attack the big ship.

"I don't know, but you should have felt the vibration on the lake last night. There are other monks on the lake. Those monks must have been attacked by those black shadows last night."

"Other monks? I hope..."

Bai Jie's senior sister saw the worry on Bai Jie's face. She keenly realized that Bai Jie must be hiding something from her: "Do you know who that monk is?"

"Senior Sister, I will explain this to you later. The most important thing for us now is to leave this lake as soon as possible. After all, we don't know when those huge black shadows will take the initiative to attack us."

"Okay," Bai Jie's senior sister did not pursue the matter further. She also knew that this was not the best time to ask Bai Jie this question. Especially after seeing those huge black shadows last night, the monks on the boat were already a little impatient. "But we still can't see the edge of this lake. I don't know when it will end."

"Alas, Senior Sister, we can only sail on this lake now, and at the same time, try to suppress and appease the emotions of those independent cultivators. We still have a lot of spirit stones, so we can appropriately increase their treatment. I just hope that we can leave this lake before their emotions explode."

"Junior sister... I think you are too kind. If there are any unaffiliated cultivators causing trouble, just expel them from the ship. Why would you bother with them?"

"No! Senior Sister, you can only say this between you and me in private. You must never say it out loud!"

"Okay, okay... Then I will continue investigating those huge black shadows."

Seeing her senior sister leave, Bai Jie raised her hand and pinched her brows. She could feel that there must be more threats on this lake than just those huge black shadows, but she didn't know where this feeling came from. She was very worried and could only pray that she would not encounter any other threats during the next period of sailing on the lake.

Zeng Wenyu and Longtan naturally didn't know about Hua Zong's affairs, but Longtan knew that the physical strength of Zeng Wenyu next to him was somewhat unexpected. He kept taking pills relying on his injuries, and even forcibly suppressed the healing effects of the pills, keeping himself in an injured state, and just absorbing the power in the pills to maintain his physical strength. But even so, his body was already very tired. Then Zeng Wenyu, who was paddling a wooden boat next to him, now seemed to be fine. You know, he had been moving forward for an hour without rest.

After pouring out another pill from the jade bottle and swallowing it, Longtan finally couldn't help asking, "Brother Gao, do you usually pay attention to physical exercise?"

"Yes, although most monks do not pay attention to the strength of their bodies, I personally still like to exercise. In the past, I would seal the power in my body and exercise purely with physical strength."

"Then why don't you have muscles like me?"

"This..." Zeng Wenyu looked embarrassed when he heard Longtan ask this.

"Is it hard to say? If it's hard to say, Brother Gao, you don't have to answer."

"It's not something that's hard to say. I used to train like you, but then I met a senior who said that the muscles we cultivators have trained are just for show. Even the physical cultivators back then wouldn't train like this. Then I thought about it and it was true. So I gradually recovered and am still training, but I won't be like you."

Seeing the suspicious look in Longtan's eyes after hearing what he said, Zeng Wenyu did not explain any more. It was just a lie anyway, and he didn't want to say more. As for whether Longtan would believe it in the end, he didn't bother to care.

The two men paddled, and the canoe and the ice continued to sail on the water. No one spoke, but Longtan did not want to admit defeat. He still paddled hard, wanting to prove that he had better endurance than Zeng Wenyu.

Another hour passed, and the elixir in Longtan's jade bottle was completely consumed. He looked tiredly at Zeng Wenyu, who was only slightly tired, and said, "Alas... I lost. It seems that what you said before was right, but I can't give up this body of muscles."

Shrugging his shoulders, Zeng Wenyu stopped paddling: "It doesn't matter. Everyone has their own way of practicing. It's your choice if you like to practice in this way. I won't interfere with you. By the way, how far are we from Hua Zong's big ship?"

Longtan felt it for a while, and pointed forward: "If we maintain the speed just now, we can catch up in about a quarter of an hour, but at the current speed, it will take half an hour."

"so long?"

"I can feel that Hua Zong has increased its speed for some reason, but their ship is very large. Even if it has increased its speed, we can still catch up with it if we maintain this speed."