Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 1098: White Hair Means a White Ape! The Great Huai Sky Turns Dark! (Seeking Monthly Tickets, Two-in-One)

End of February.

Heavy snow fell in Pingyang, and the snow was so thick that it reached ankle-deep.

"Phew, I crow before the rooster, I'm born to be a busybody, always on duty, oops! It's so cold today, freezing, I should have worn an extra pair of pants."

"It was really cold. When I got up this morning, the ice in the water tank was three inches thick."

"Crack! Crack!"

Two crisp sounds.

On the steps leading to the government office of the River and Lake Bureau, two clerks stomped the snow off their feet to prevent the snowflakes from melting onto their new socks. They rubbed their red and itchy ears, ran into the woodshed, half-hidden in their sleeves, grabbed the cold, hard bamboo brooms, and swept the snow in front of the door while chatting idly.

"Damn, I'm exhausted. After the holiday, I feel like I haven't done anything. Ten days off have passed in the blink of an eye. When will I get another day off?"

"One day off in ten days, then the second day of the second lunar month and the third day of the third lunar month, nine days later? You haven't done anything, just comfortably sitting by the fire, what's there to be tired about? I'm exhausted, married to a lazy wife, a mountain of chores at home, the stool is missing a leg and no one's fixed it for half a year. By the way, did you go to the banquet yesterday?"

"I've eaten! There's meat, vegetables, and flour. It's a waste not to eat it. It tastes really good."

The two of them smacked their lips simultaneously.

Endless aftertaste.

A few days ago, the Prefect of Su and Governor Su were promoted to the so-called Celestial Beings. I wonder what kind of profound realm this is and how long they can live. The old man was overjoyed and granted a special permission for all the government offices in Pingyang to extend their holidays by an extra day. He also held a grand banquet at Tianbo Tower.

These lowly, insignificant officials, who couldn't afford the delicacies of Tianbo Tower, could only enjoy the three-day banquet in the prefectural city. The feast included pork and cabbage, steamed meat with vermicelli and stewed eggs, a large braised pork knuckle, and a big carp—a truly lavish meal. Afterward, they would simply put down their bowls and chopsticks and live a truly wonderful life.

"If you think it tastes good, then keep working hard, and there will be more opportunities in the future."

The two men turned around, their expressions hardening, and straightened their backs: "Commander Liang! Happy New Year!"

"Yes, Happy New Year." Liang Qu waved his hand. "Hurry up and sweep the snow clean. When Registrar Huang comes to the yamen later, tell him to classify the documents in the archives room. Class A, third grade, and Class B, first grade, move them to my study."

"Category A, Grade 3; Category B, Grade 1. Clear and understandable!"

Liang Qu nodded, half-lifted his knees to shield himself, and stepped over the threshold.

The two minor officials were left looking at each other, rubbing their eyes, and looking up at the river.

"hiss!"

Wait a moment.

Who is that person?
What kind of cold wind is blowing today, from east to west, north to south?
Commandant Liang!?

As the saying goes, "When the rooster crows, the oxen and horses are lassoed, and the man chops the grass."

They would come to sweep snow and open the door before dawn, arriving half an hour earlier. But Commander Liang was different. Not to mention that he wouldn't see anyone for seven out of ten days, even on the days he could see him, he would often have to wait an hour after the rooster crowed, until the end of Chen Shi (7-9 AM), when the sun was high in the sky and it was already bright, to report for duty.

Some busybodies joked that this was all because the captain's wife was too beautiful, with those legs and that buttocks. The nights were short and the days were long, so the captain never showed up for duty again and became a deadly killer.

Of course, these are just jokes to be taken with a grain of salt. Commander Liang is a dignified marquis, capable of anything, from the highest heavens to the deepest earths, a man of extraordinary strength and vigor.

Could it be...

Is war about to break out?

"Sweep the snow, sweep the snow."

Martial artists are sharp-witted and perceptive; once inside the government office, they dare not spread rumors.

As dawn broke, the government office grew increasingly noisy. Horses were fed grass in the backyard, and officials of all ranks filed in. Huang Pingchang carried a stack of books upstairs.

Ran Zhongshi counted the number of warships and ordered the Qingjiang Shipyard to carry out repairs, with an inspection to be conducted fifteen days later.

This time, many people did indeed taste something different.

First, Commandant Liang arrived early for roll call; second, Zuo Ran was in charge of inspecting the warships. The warships had just been inspected before the New Year, and people could only take leave after the inspection was completed. Now, he had ordered them to be inspected again...

"Wait a minute, has Supervisor Xu gone out today?"

"It seems not? I spent two hours in the study."

Huo.

Xu, the military commander, doesn't fish, that's the third point!

The three elements of war are complete!

One was fine, but three came out at once, and the weathervane of the river and lake management bureau was shining brightly.

Among the officials, one man narrowed his eyes and stroked his beard.

Further back, Yi Zhiyu, who was chopping hay for the horse, kept a close eye on it, as if a hawk had spotted a rabbit.

noon.

With swift and decisive action, he approved what needed to be approved and rejected what needed to be rejected, clearing up the backlog of government affairs accumulated over the past two weeks. Liang Qu then hurriedly left the office, rode his dragon home, and disappeared into an ice cellar.

The waterfall flows.

After the New Year, the beaver went to work. With its sharp red teeth, sawdust flew everywhere. The otter opened and hugged a large wooden box, seemingly tidying up something inside.

"Old Bei, when do you mention the 'young boys and girls' of the Tridacna tribe gather each year?"

"When the nine-nine cycle ends, the earthworms slowly move about, and they only begin to move when the peach and plum trees are in full bloom."

The Nine Days of Winter, also known as the Nine Nines of Winter, is a folk method for calculating the coldest days of winter and the days of spring. It begins on the winter solstice and is divided into nine-day periods, totaling eighty-one days. The third nine-day period is the coldest, and the end of the nine nine-day periods signifies the complete end of the cold season.

The term "螾" refers to an earthworm, and "螖" refers to a shellfish. In short, the only difference is that the giant clam is slow-moving.

"It's only a month short."

Liang Qu counted the days on his fingers.

A one-month gap, no more, no less.

At Snow Mountain Blue Lake, Buddhist disciple Huai Kong takes initiative, Dream Dynasty is not in a hurry, and Whale King continues westward to Pengze to enjoy the scenery because Fairy Island has disappeared.

I can take advantage of my white ape identity and make more of a splash in the Great Swamp!

"call!"

Chests heaved, hurricanes swirled, and the peach tree branches were bent low.

The Golden-Eyed White Ape King has not descended upon its loyal Jianghuai Marshland for far too long!

"Pfft!"

Silver bubbles floated up and down.

The strongman leaped into the bottom of the pool.

Transform!

With a thought, the energy flowed, and something seemed to be drawn out of the water, materializing into countless white ribbons that completely wrapped Liangqu, forming a large white sphere!
With increased field of vision, one can look up at the sky.

Stab it!

A muffled sound in the water, cloth tearing and fabric ripping.

A pair of golden, sharp eyes shot out like cold stars, breaking through the pool water and shining brightly in the sky.

A lion that shakes the heavens descends from the clouds, and a mythical beast that shakes the earth sits atop its throne.

A two-zhang-tall white ape suddenly appeared!
"Puff!"

The situation changed without warning, and the old giant clam was so frightened that it tightly closed its shell and spewed out a series of bubbles.

This kid.

It wasn't this terrifying before, how did it suddenly become so fierce?
Witnessing it firsthand, I was struck by the terrifying thought that one could smash open its shell with a single punch and devour its soft flesh!
Aside from their longevity and hard shell, the giant clam clan has no other advantages, yet they have perfected these two qualities. In terms of defense, they can be considered to be at a higher level than themselves!

"Inhuman! Bah, bah..." The old giant clam spat twice, feeling that it was really a bit confused. It had known this for a long time, "It is not of the human family. How could a human transform into an ape?"

"Be careful when you go out." Hearing the commotion, Long Eying came out of the quiet room and said seriously, "According to General Yuan, the dragon's anger may be feigned, but it truly sees you as an enemy. You must not be careless!"

"Don't worry, I'll be here and gone without a trace! Returning to Daze is just like coming home."

Liang Qu, with his sword at his side, was soaking in the pond, about to turn around and cross the underground river when suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him.

Jin Mu scanned his wife up and down, and before he could resist, he reached out and gently grasped Long Eying's slender waist.

White boots off the ground, feet dangling in the air.

Long Eying was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

"You arrested me without doing anything wrong?"

"Fun!"

"Fun?" Long Eying asked, puzzled.

"Fufufu."

Simulates the sound of an airplane in flight.

Standing at 20 feet 6.66 meters tall, a male's hands would occupy approximately 11% to 12% of his height, or 0.8 meters. The white ape's proportions were different; its hands were particularly large, reaching over a meter in length. It could easily grab Long E'ying completely, its tiger's mouth perfectly supporting her soft chest, providing a unique sense of control and satisfaction.

It's as if holding someone in your hand means they'll never leave.

Contrary to what most people imagine, many seals, including imperial seals, are quite small, so small that seeing them in person makes one doubt their authenticity. For example, the seal of the Marquis of Xingyi and the seal of the Commandant of Liangqu are only the size of a copper coin. They would look perfectly natural hanging around the neck with a rope, or easily hidden in the folds of the waist. The seal given by the master's wife's father is about the size of a thumb.

how so?

Liang Qu thought so.

Such a seal can be completely clenched into the palm of one hand, squeezed into the flesh, like power being firmly imprisoned!
It's human nature to have a possessive desire for things we like. Just like right now.

Lift it high.

He lifted Eying onto his shoulders.

Liang Qu was itching to play and felt he had to find a high-altitude building to shoot down a couple more planes.

Unfortunately, Pingyang has no tall buildings or spiral-shaped airplanes.

Long Eying hugged her knees, squatted on the shoulder, glanced at the sun, felt it was getting late, and wanted to jump down from the shoulder, but her white boots landed right in the white ape's palm.

With a flick of his wrist, she was grabbed again, her fingers gripping her sides, struggling to break free.

Long Eying felt that Liang Qu had a somewhat wicked sense of humor, and with a sigh, she patted her furry paws and said, "Alright, midday is a rare time, and it's good for your [sun]. It would be bad if it were later. You should hurry up and go."

"Understood, I will obey your orders, Madam!" Liang Qu lowered his hand and placed E Ying by the pond, then gently dried the water from her hair. "Don't forget to prepare my dinner tonight. I'll go first... Oh! I almost forgot about something important. It's all because Madam is too beautiful; she keeps distracting me."

Long Eying slightly raised her forefoot, rotated her ankle, and drew a small arc with her toes, chuckling, "So what was it all about?"

"The whale king is gone, there are no fish to watch now."

The white ape flipped its hand and pulled out an ice ball it had brought from the ice cellar, inside which a wisp of sapphire blue vapor swirled.

Release Ze Ding.

The long blue aura vanished instantly.

[If one obtains a wisp of morning dew from the heavens and it merges with the essence of ten thousand marshes, a spirit fish will be born, with wondrous effects.]

With a thought, a wave of blue tide vanished.

Ten thousand essence points were wasted.

[Water Essence: 2,709,000]

The process was so fast that Long Eying didn't even have time to speak before a small, blue-bodied, blue-eyed spirit fish reappeared in the ice sphere.

Wow.

The fish leaped and splashed, leaving two specks of water.

The white ape throws out an ice ball.

"The medium is done. Let's get the Third Elder to advance through Qi Refining as soon as possible. I'm off! Prepare my dinner!"

call out!
The white ape vanished instantly, causing the pond water to surge back and create splashes.

Long Eying held the ice hockey puck in her hands, standing silently in place.

The ripples on the pond gradually subsided, and the waterfall grew louder.

The water returned to normal.

"Hum~"

Long Eying, with her crescent-shaped eyes, straightened her clothes and turned around to see Otter open and close the lid, put a wooden box on its back, and excitedly leap out of the pond on all fours, running towards the gate without looking back.

Strangely enough, Otter has been keeping a low profile these past two days, keeping a low profile about what he's been busy with.

She crouched down, looking at the beaver at eye level, and pointed in the direction the otter had gone.

The beaver tapped its flat tail, groomed the tangled fur on its head, and called out to answer where its good brother had gone.

"Selling grilled fish?" Long Eying asked in surprise.

The beaver nodded and patted its chest.

The illustration shows all the tools they use to make grilled fish; they are clean and hygienic, and won't cause diarrhea.

"Otters have a special claw for grilling fish, and the taste is delicious. They are self-reliant, so it should be considered a good thing, right?"

Long Eying thought to herself.

……

Boom boom boom.

The white ape and the pig are advancing by leaps and bounds.

Within the vast marshland, streams of water opened up one after another, quickly returning to their source.

The terrifyingly large Qi Sea, a thousand times larger, brought Liang Qu the greatest change: the [Water Travel Across a Thousand Miles] supernatural power, which he could use without restraint, allowing him to advance madly!

The narrowest point of the Jianghuai Marshland is over ten thousand li (approximately 5,000 kilometers), requiring only ten separate journeys of "traveling a thousand li by water"!

Even with a full teleportation distance of a thousand miles, the energy consumption is greater than that of normal teleportation, but it is still only a few dozen times smaller than the Qi Sea.

In the past, the nine Qi were combined into one, and the powerful restorative properties of the Heavenly Water and Morning Dew were attached to the Qi Sea. The larger the remaining Qi Sea base, the faster the recovery. A Qi Sea that was dozens of times smaller could be fully restored in less than 15 minutes!
Use it slowly, one time at a time, with intervals of more than half a minute, and it's equivalent to no consumption!
What if it's two thousand times the current value? Could we extend it to fifteen seconds? Three thousand times, ten seconds?

Even five thousand times!
To achieve a balance between income and expenditure in some sense, so that you can never spend it all, and never run out of money for generations to come!

Crossing over the South China Sea, which was the territory of the Frog Clan, the Great Huai Army couldn't act openly. Many spirits silently lurked, searching for the white ape. A lanternfish witnessed the white ape leap and flash, its lantern ablaze with boundless light, almost bursting open!

White ape!!!

The great enemy that the Dragon King has been longing for!

Get rich! Get rich!
No one knows why the white ape, who isn't even a demon king, is so highly regarded by the dragon, but the reward is real! Anyone who provides clear clues about the white ape will receive a dose of low-grade medicine!
There were no aquatic beasts to be seen on either side.

The lanternfish shook off the mud and emerged from the silt, quickly heading towards the nearest outpost canyon.

Big medicine! Big medicine!

If you can't finish it yourself, give it to someone else, and a great monster will be just around the corner!
"Hey Fatty! A lanternfish! Watch out, intercept it! Even a tiny slip-up could give it away! No fish is safe!"

Clad in the [Vortex Armor], the white ape floated silently in the water, watching the lanternfish depart.

It has never gone away!
Liang Qu's perception in the water is divided into two layers: one is precise, as clear as seeing fire, and the other is rough, relying on the size of the water flow to perceive, which can extend for more than ten miles. Now, his precise perception range is so vast, with a straight line approaching one mile, that is, a radius of one mile, so the lanternfish in the silt cannot escape at all!

Liang Qu deliberately released that lanternfish!

Ah Fei is an undercover agent. He uses the lanternfish to find clues and then reports them to his superiors, which helps to eliminate suspicion.

Otherwise, the white ape either doesn't appear at all, or every time it appears, it's you, Black Whirlwind, who discovers it. How do you explain that?

As for major medicines.

"What powerful medicine?"

The fat catfish, perched high above, cast a long shadow that blocked out the sunlight.

day.

blacken.

The lanternfish was bewildered, then waved its fins and began carving words onto the stone slab.

"The Dragon King promised that anyone who provides definite clues about the white ape will be rewarded with a dose of low-grade medicine once the information is verified... I understand, I was just impatient. Please go and verify it quickly. The white ape is heading northeast."

The fat catfish remained motionless.

The lanternfish seemed a little uneasy, rubbing its fins, and then raised the stone slab high after the carving was completed.

"A big black fish? You still have time if you hurry. If you're too late and the white ape leaves, then I'll be the one who gave false information."

"That's my fault."

The lanternfish didn't quite grasp the concept.

half an hour.

Its heart pounded, and the carving on its fins was rather hasty.

"That was a clue I found, what does it have to do with you?"

"Now this is my lead!"

The lanternfish glared with wide eyes, furious, and flung its two fins, sending afterimages through the air, as it hurled the stone slab in front of the fat catfish.

"You fat black man! Don't think you're so great just because you can write a couple of poems! My Lanternfish clan has three great demons, far superior to you, a baseless peasant! I'm reporting you!"

fat?
snort!
The fat catfish spewed out a powerful, surging breath, while the lanternfish crashed violently against the wall, its internal organs churning as if in a storm. It coughed up blood and struggled to its feet.

Just as the spirit lanternfish was looking on in despair, an even larger lanternfish arrived at the fat catfish's "villa"—it was the second patriarch of the lanternfish clan! It was about to rejoice.

The fat catfish approached the large lanternfish, pointed its fin at the spirit lanternfish, touched the large lanternfish, then touched itself, and conjured five toes, flipping itself over once in each direction.

The monster stared wide-eyed, and then the two clan leaders silently nodded.

day!
blacken!

The giant lanternfish flicked its fins: "The inferior medicine is split 50/20, very good. General Black, hurry up and find the Scaled Serpent and capture that white ape. It's not good to waste time."

The fat catfish swam gracefully out of its hole.

The giant lanternfish approached the spirit, its belly bulged, and it spat out two top-quality treasure fish.

"Does a mere spirit like you think you can covet such a powerful medicine? You've got two fish in your mouth; don't make things difficult for yourself. Go back to your clan!"

hateful!

The fish fins are clenched tightly.

The little lanternfish, endlessly humiliated, questions the heavens.

Will the sky ever brighten over the vast marshes of the Jianghuai region?
(End of this chapter)