<h4>Chapter 1659 (Raw 1671): Breaking or Not Breaking Does Not Matter</h4>


    The Iron Hand Yama recovered very quickly. With a Medicinal Pill plus Xiao Suo personally treating him, hisplexion became much better.


    The remaining wounds on him started to heal automatically, and the scabs fell off.


    The physical body of a peak Major Primal Core cultivator was rtively strong. In fact, it was even stronger than Xiao Chen’s after he used all that Life Juice Source.


    This was because the physical body would undergo a transformation with every advancement.


    Of course, if Xiao Chen reached the peak Major Primal Core Realm, the strength of his physical body would definitely surpass that of the current Iron Hand Yama.


    On the deck, the Iron Hand Yama slowly woke. When he clearly saw where he was and the people around him, he slowly stood up. He did not say thank you, nor had any joy on his face.


    “Is there any wine?”


    Xiao Suo frowned when he heard that. “Although your cultivation is high, your wounds are only slightly healed. You should not be drinking wine.”


    The Iron Hand Yama smiled and said, “This body belongs to this old man. I don’t need a newbie like you to interfere. Do you think that you can start ordering me around just because you saved this old man?”


    Xiao Suo felt stifled when he heard this and somewhat embarrassed.


    Fei`er could not keep watching. She put on a serious expression as she said, “Why are you always like that? Boss Xiao Suo took the risk to save your life, yet you did not even thank him. He cared for you, and you turned around and scolded him.”


    The Iron Hand Yama turned his head and looked at her. Although he was injured, his air was still there. He red slightly, looking exceptionally scary.


    However, Fei`er did not take even half a step back, directly staring back at him.


    The Iron Hand Yama’s lips curled up as he said, “Little fat girl, get this clear first. This old man never wanted this newbie to save me from the start. Not pping him is already showing him a lot of respect, yet you want this old man to thank him? How ridiculous.”


    Fei`er’s face sank. Her somewhat babyish face flushed red in anger. “You called me fat? You...”


    Before Fei`er could go berserk, Luo Nan quickly pulled her back. This moment called for calm.


    After all, the other party was a peak Major Primal Core existence who was very infamous. He had just recovered some of his strength now. It was best not to offend him.


    “Hahaha!” The Iron Hand Yama guffawed, unable to stop. “The people on this ship are all very strange. I wonder where this young couple came from; they are as unsophisticated as they can be. There is also the newbie pirate that just came to the Grave Sea, very foolish and stupid like a cow. Hey, there is also an elder of the Beast Governing Sect. You are supposed to be a righteous sect.”


    Elder Tang’s face turned dark as he snorted coldly. Then, he waved his hand and left unhappily.


    The Iron Hand Yama did not care. He shifted his re to Xiao Chen and continued criticizing, “And there is this white-d fellow whoes from who knows where. To think that he is actually the captain. Furthermore, this lousy ship actually managed to escape the Divine Shield Army intact and unscathed.”


    After the Iron Hand Yama pointed and criticized others, heughed again.


    This was truly a case of kindness never pays. All they got in return was despisal and vicious criticism.


    “Whoosh!”


    Xiao Chen casually threw a bottle of wine, which shot out like a bolt of lightning.


    The Iron Hand Yama’s reaction was very fast; he firmly grabbed the bottle. Then, he opened it and drank in big gulps. There was finally a gag on his mouth.


    “Great wine! Great wine! I did not expect this. I could not tell that despite your foolish appearance, you actually have some good stuff on you.”


    However, Xiao Chen already turned around and said indifferently, “Everyone, return to your posts. The destination is the blessednds. Continue on our journey.”


    Everyone on deck red at the Iron Hand Yama before leaving.


    Facing the breeze, the Iron Hand Yama drank wine, not caring about the gazes of others.


    However, no one noticed theck of spirit in his eyes. As he stared at the sea, he appeared empty.


    The following days were peaceful.


    Having hit a block with the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Vition Saber Technique, Xiao Chen moved on to the Thousand Army Sword Technique. This Sword Technique possessed extraordinary might. In terms of offensive strength, it was even superior to his wless Saber Technique.


    After all, he created the wless Saber Technique when his cultivation was not very high. In hindsight, some of the moves had many areas for improvement.


    Compared to the extremely profound Mahāmāyā Abstinence Vition Saber Technique, the Thousand Army Sword Technique was grand and sweeping. Xiao Chen’sprehension ability was extremely high, and he quickly grasped the technique and infused it into his own skills with the saber.


    Xiao Chen altered the Thousand Army Sword Technique into his own Army Breaking Saber Technique. After all, a saber was different from a sword. Xiao Chen made use of his unique characteristics and emphasized the word “break.”


    He adapted and condensed the Thousand Army Sword Technique into four killing moves: Breaking Vast Armies, Breaking Mountains and Rivers, Breaking Stars, Breaking the World.


    Of which, Breaking the World was based on the extremely mighty One Sword Conquering the Country of the dark-gold-armored Venerate.


    As Xiao Chen worked on his Thousand Army Sword Technique over half a month, it became increasingly dazzling.


    When he brandished his saber, saber light howled as his Great Dao Energy spread out. Sonic booms reverberated as its sharpness rang out. It was like all his hot-bloodedness umted in his chest as he roared at the sky.


    Break! Break! Break! Breaking Vast Armies! Breaking Mountains and Rivers! Breaking Stars! Breaking the World!


    As Xiao Chen executed all the moves of Thousand Army Sword Technique on the deck, he felt very carefree. His blood rushed through his veins, and he felt veryfortable.


    Vaguely, the bottleneck to the Primal Core Realm also loosened significantly.


    “Great Saber Technique. I have seen many geniuses in my life but never such a demonic genius like you. In your hands, the famous Thousand Army Sword Technique of the Divine Shield Army transformed into your own creation in less than half a month.”


    For the past half month, aside from Xiao Chen, there had been only the Iron Hand Yama, who was hard to get along with and had abandoned himself to reckless drinking.


    When Xiao Chen heard this, he smiled faintly. This was the first time the Iron Hand Yama spoke properly.


    Over the past few days, Xiao Chen had suffered from many of the other party’s “evaluations.” The Iron Hand Yama was like a fly buzzing around his ears, very annoying.


    “Damn! If only that thieving general were here to see this Saber Technique. He would be frustrated to death! Hahahaha!”


    Xiao Chen had just thought something nice about the Iron Hand Yama when the Iron Hand Yama suddenly said that.


    Xiao Chen’s lip twitched as he said awkwardly, “It would be better if he does not show up.”


    Xiao Chen was not tired of living yet. If the Sword General appeared here, everyone would die.


    “That’s true. With that old fellow’s tortoise-like nature, even if he was angry, he would not show it on his face.” The Iron Hand Yama smiled and started to lose interest.


    Xiao Chen could not help asking, “What was the oue of that huge battle that day?”


    The Iron Hand Yama took arge gulp of wine before replying dispiritedly, “How else could it have gone? Given the Divine Shield Army’s style, no matter how great their losses, they would want to kill off all of the pirate groups. There was no way to charge out at all. Boss Savage Blood used his full power to help us create an opening...”


    When Xiao Chen heard that, he found it somewhat strange. “He dared to get distracted when fighting the Sword General?”


    “That’s right. Hence, even though we managed to charge out, Boss was nowhere to be found. We do not even know if he is alive. Later, everything turned chaotic. None of the Savage Blood Pirate Group’s people fled, going all-out with them.”


    As the Iron Hand Yama spoke, tears leaped out of his eyes. Then, he ferociously took a swig of wine and said, “However, you know, only I freaking lived! Everyone else died; only this old man alone lived!”


    Xiao Chen’s heart skipped a beat. He did not know what to do.


    He could imagine that under such an intense situation, the Savage Blood Star Venerate got severely injured due to his distraction. Since no one knew whether he was alive or not, the result was unlikely to be good.


    All of the people of the Savage Blood Pirate Group had not cared about their own lives, intent on fighting to the death as they charged at the Divine Shield Army.


    Everyone died in the intense battle or had their heads chopped off by the gold-armored cultivators’ swords.


    If not, they were killed by thousands of arrows piercing them, dying with their eyes open. Perhaps they managed to take their enemies with them.


    Some were sted apart by cannonballs. Hot-bloodedness filled that surging sea, rage spread throughout their bodies.


    The Savage Blood Pirate Group had fought to thest man. The Iron Hand Yama personally witnessed everyone’s death.


    Everyone died. Only he lived...


    The only pain greater than being parted by death was the resulting loneliness. Those who died were fortunate. The ones who lived were in greater pain.


    The Iron Hand Yama leaned against the side of the ship, holding his head and pounding on it.


    Xiao Chen did not know what to say.


    From the moment Xiao Suo said that the Iron Hand Yama refused to be rescued, Xiao Chen already had a rough idea of what happened. However, he had not expected it to be so miserable.


    Suddenly, Xiao Chen thought of a line from the mantra of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Vition Saber Technique’s Breaking the Mundane: “The mundane is bitter. One grows old, gets sick, and dies. There are grudges and hatred, unable to obtain what one desires, parting from love.”


    The line “There are grudges and hatred, unable to obtain what one desires” truly applied to the Iron Hand Yama.


    However, in reality, how was Xiao Chen different?


    The various things of the mundane are all sorts of bitterness. Break the abstinence and purification. Use the mundane as a cauldron to temper my Buddha-like heart!


    “Break the abstinence and purification...”


    Xiao Chen muttered to himself, pondering the words. However, bitterness spread in his heart. At this moment, he was not willing to think about this Saber Technique.


    He shook his head and turned back. Then, he saw Xiao Suo at the door, looking over.


    “What are you doing here?”


    Xiao Suo said abashedly, “I’m afraid that he will take things too hard. I’ve experienced what he did. Actually, I really don’t me him. I’ll go over and let him scold me for a while. Perhaps that might make him feel better.”


    “Go on, then.”


    After Xiao Suo left, Xiao Chen thought about what Xiao Suo said and suddenly felt enlightened.


    There were all sorts of bitterness. However, in this mundane world, there would always be someone who cared for one.


    Breaking the abstinence, ignoring the outmoded conventions of the secr world, did not bring purity but temporary delight, leading one into the Demonic Dao.


    Xiao Chen understood now. Breaking or not breaking did not matter. As long as one had a Buddha-like heart, one was a Buddha!