Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 1108 Unstoppable, the Divine Power of Concealment (Seeking monthly votes, two chapters combined)

"We still need to hold a Buddhist ceremony at our small temple, so please excuse us, esteemed patrons."

"Thank you, Master Huaikong, for helping the people of Hantai to change their customs and traditions."

"Thin ears of strength."

"Sigh, go ahead, whenever you want to go back, just write a letter, fill it out as cash on delivery, and I'll pay for it for you and have Chishan come pick you up."

Huai Kong clasped his hands together, bowed deeply, and stepped onto the bluestone slabs, slowly walking towards the east of Hantai Mansion.

After watching the people leave, Ling Xuan and Liang Qu walked out of the courtyard, mounted their horses, turned them around, and galloped towards the undulating grassland.

The steeds galloped out of the city gate.

The wind blows on my face.

The low houses and huts disappeared, and the view suddenly opened up.

There were two tents scattered around, with cattle and sheep tethered next to them. Herdsmen were hanging furs on clotheslines with taut ropes to dry, and using rattan beaters to fluff them up.

As if admiring the scenery, the two of them simultaneously pulled on the reins, slowed down, and their upper bodies swayed with the rise and fall of the horse's back.

The horse's hooves pounded the grass, and the earth breathed in and out, squeezing out mud and water from the grass.

Liang Qu flipped through the book "The Art of Hidden Treasures" and glanced at the mud-covered hooves.

"Did it rain yesterday?"

“The day before yesterday, there was an unusually heavy rain,” Ling Xuan replied. “This spring was very warm, and the purslane and purple needlegrass grew very well. But even on such a fine day, the grass roots still couldn’t hold onto the mud. A section of landslide occurred on Mirror Mountain outside the city, burying three earthen houses. The ground is still not dry today, and when the horse runs fast, mud still splashes onto the robe.”

Liang Qu sat upright on his horse, turning the pages of the book, his brows gradually furrowing.

Ling Xuan, unaware of Liang Qu's thoughts, tightened his grip on the reins beneath his arm guard.

A long sigh.

"Is Marquis Xingyi determined to take Jian Zhongyi's life today?"

Liang Qu feigned surprise: "Why do you say that?"

Ling Xuan chuckled, lifted the hem of her robe, and flipped it several times. Then, as if remembering something, she put the hem down and mocked herself, "I almost forgot that this trip is a clandestine mission for the imperial court, and I don't carry the imperial seal. It's made things quite troublesome. Even when I'm out in the countryside, I have to go through the trouble of proving myself and getting a written certificate. Marquis Xingyi, you haven't forgotten my identity either, have you?"

Liang Qu laughed heartily.

The sheep were startled and began to bleat and stir.

Seeing that Liang Qu remained silent, Ling Xuan knew she wouldn't get an answer, so she changed the question.

"Does Marquis Xingyi have a grudge against Jian Zhongyi?"

"No grudge."

"Is that a conflict of interest with Jian Zhongyi?"

"There is no conflict of interest."

"It can't be a romantic entanglement, can it?"

"nothing."

"nothing?"

Liang Qu closed the book and asked Ling Xuan, "Why must there be something?"

Ling Xuan thought for a moment: "From bronze-level to silver-level, to gold-level, and then to purple-gold-level, I have handled countless cases and read countless case files. Does Marquis Xingyi know which type of case is the most difficult to solve?"
It's a casual killing, without reason, without entanglement; a sudden urge to kill, a single blow to the head, leaving only a corpse on the official road. Because of this, such people pose the greatest danger to the court and to the people!

"Random killing... Lord Ling is exaggerating. Random killing only leaves behind a corpse. When high-ranking officials and nobles commit murder, the foundations of their mansions are piled up with bones."

Ling Xuan didn't take it to heart: "People have different abilities, and you can't expect them to succeed in everything you do. My abilities are limited; I can only solve cases. If high-ranking officials break the law, the Censorate will impeach them. I'm not here to debate this matter."

“That’s true.” Liang Qu pointed to the flock of sheep. “See that pika in the flock? If there’s a chance, will Ling Tiqi lend a hand?”

Lingxuan gazed into the distance.

Among the rolling sheep flock, there was a pika that was hiding in a panic. It was a unique little creature on the grassland, resembling both a mouse and a rabbit, about the size of a palm. I don't know how it got here, under the sheep's hooves.

Sheep don't just eat grass.

Birds and pikas, given the chance, will not hesitate to eat these frightened little creatures.

One ram was chasing the pika the hardest. It ducked down, flipped the pika over, bit its hind leg, and tossed it up, smashing it against a rock, leaving a red dot. The ram then opened its neat white molars and tore at the pika, chewing out its intestines. The lambs around smelled the blood and all gathered around to fight for it.

“‘A gentleman, when dealing with animals, cannot bear to see them die even when he sees them alive.’ Although the cycle of heaven and earth is endless, once he sees them, he will naturally take action. But that doesn’t mean he should kill the sheep; he should just drive it away.”

"What if this sheep should have died long ago?"

"This sheep has already been sacrificed to atone for its crime; to take action again would be against the law."

Liang Qu continued, “At dawn today, the herdsman’s father said he wanted to eat mutton. The herdsman looked around at the flock and saw this scene. He remembered that he had been gored by this ram’s horns yesterday. Even now, when he thought about it, his lower back still ached. On a whim, he decided to catch it, slaughter it, and eat it.”

After pondering for a long time and considering Liang Qu's surrounding relationships, Ling Xuan finally understood that, based solely on the purpose, he could no longer dissuade him.

"Eliminating hidden agents is a national policy."

"Wrong! Eliminating spies is a national policy, not something that can be simplified to mean eliminating spies!"

Ling Xuan asked in surprise, "Does Marquis Xingyi have a replacement?"

Liang Qu glanced at him sideways.

Silent.

Ling Xuan replied, "If Marquis Xingyi has a solution, why not work together with Jian Zhongyi to serve the country? Wouldn't that be a more prudent approach?"

"A gentleman and a petty person are as incompatible as ice and charcoal, as incompatible as fragrant and foul herbs!"

Watertight.

Ling Xuan was extremely anxious.

Jian Zhongyi's fate was tied to the position of the drought demon; there were few matters of greater importance in the world! No one cared whether Jian Zhongyi lived or died, but his death would have a tremendous impact! The court's plan, executed step by step, failed; the failure to stop Liang Qu was the ultimate reason for the downfall…

He has no connection whatsoever to Liang Qu's political shield, but if he makes a mistake, he will be the first to be affected.

Is it just that the elders are so determined to eat mutton?

"Does Your Majesty know?"

"Whether His Majesty knows or not is not for you to know. If you are worried, you can send a secret memorial to the capital and the palace afterward to impeach me before His Majesty."

"What if it delays the removal of hidden moles?"

"Rest assured, this has nothing to do with you. If anything goes wrong with Wei Guo, I, Liang Qu, will take full responsibility!"

Silence.

I don't believe that statement.

Ling Xuan was not a new official.

Whether Shangguan can actually live up to his words is unknown, but before the outcome is revealed, making such a bold statement is bound to backfire.

If someone has signs of inner fire, it's difficult for others to persuade them unless they figure it out themselves and change their mindset.

Marquis Xingyi is too clever for his age and mature beyond his years. He wanted to eliminate Jian Zhongyi. Whether he had made an agreement with His Majesty or not, even if the two matters were in the open and the "evidence was conclusive," he would still insist on his position and refuse to admit it, so as not to give anyone cause for criticism.

The Tibetan macaques were watching intently from the top of the slope.

The grassland turned into a barren slope, half yellow and half green, and yellow sand gradually appeared on the ground.

It is a remote place with no people, no roads, no signs, no villagers, only endless mountains. To outsiders, every mountain here looks exactly the same.

The two took out a map and compass to confirm their location.

Ling Xuan said, "Sometimes when I handle too many cases, I develop a kind of intuition. When Marquis Xingyi first arrived, I felt that he was hiding something else in his mind."

I have reviewed all the files concerning the evil monk in the Three Judicial Offices and found that nearly ten years ago, your master, Lord Yang Dongxiong, reported on the matter of the evil monk. The matter was left unresolved, and Su Guishan also informed Vajra King of his whereabouts.

Vajra King, who hated evil as much as he was an enemy, pursued the evil monk all the way from the Great Snow Mountain to Qingzhou, and then to Huaiyin, which is today's Pingyang.

Now the wicked monk has reaped the consequences of his actions, having made a ritual bowl for Jian Zhongyi and met his demise. Meanwhile, the Marquis of Xingyi, having obtained the mantle of the Ming King, has traveled a great distance to Blue Lake. With these connections, I had my suspicions back then.

Since persuasion is ineffective.

Ling Xuan simply explained his reasoning, intending to curry favor with Liang Qu and show that he was merely doing his duty and was doing it for the good of the overall situation, rather than deliberately opposing Liang Qu.

At the same time, he implied that he would see how things went and help Liang Qu.

In fact, there was no way to stop it.

The entire team, consisting of Liu Jingxuan (second-stage True Immortal), Chi Erlan, and himself (first-stage True Immortal), plus Jian Zhongyi, totaled four people. Even if they were all tied up, they wouldn't be enough for Liang Qu to fight alone.

Liang Qu is now at the pinnacle of power, holding the titles of Marquis of Da Shun and Third-Rank Captain, making him someone who cannot be easily offended.

Choosing sides is easy.

Liang Qu nodded: "I owe you a favor."

After a pause, Ling Xuan added, "This matter is not known to me alone."

He can guess.

Anyone else can do it too.

Liang Qu frowned and urged his horse on: "I owe you a huge favor."

The two rode for half a day, then crossed the opposite bank of Blue Lake by boat, disembarked at the place where the Snow Mountain King was, and arrived at the border between Da Shun and Da Xue Shan.

Ze Ding trembled.

[Triggered by Karma]

【Accumulated bad habits: Part Two】

"Jyechen Gonpo!"

Liangqu looked up.

The snow-capped mountain is majestic, towering half a mountain higher than all the other snow-capped mountains in the mountain range!

Jiese means "boundary" in the Snow Mountain language. Renqin means "great treasure" or "precious gem". Gongbu means "protector", "ruler", or "king of sacred mountains". Jiese Renqin Gongbu is the highest snow mountain at the border between Da Shun and the Snow Mountain region.

No need to think, Zeding will provide the answer.

"The Lotus Sect arranged the Hidden Cave here?"

“That’s right.” Ling Xuan nodded. “The border area is also a no-man’s land. Perhaps this hidden stake is a trap set up by the Lotus Sect to create as much chaos as possible using the treasure. It’s quite complicated. After Sangjie’s matter was settled, we have been dealing with it here, but progress has been slow.”

Liangqu pulls a tall horse, standing halfway up the mountain, where the snow line is half yellow and half white.

Golden eyes ignited.

Beneath the celestial axis, the once sacred snow-capped mountain was instantly shrouded in dark clouds. Streaks of blackish-gray "threads" intertwined and coiled around the mountaintop, resembling a giant poisonous spider building its nest on the mountain, pulling threads to form a large web.

No.

Even the act of building a nest cannot describe it.

It was clearly a head of jet-black, tangled hair and beard!

Within the golden eye, white mountains turn into black mountains, and snowy mountains turn into hairy mountains.

Countless hairs sprouted from the mountaintop, spreading out and covering the entire mountain range! The hairs were extremely numerous and dense, like four or five hairs emerging from a single hair follicle, stretching the pores to their maximum size.

Strands of black hair floated quietly beside him.

The fifth layer of the Yinglong pattern, combined with the third supernatural power, completely exposes the previously invisible aura of disaster and misfortune!

"Where did Jian Zhongyi handle this?"

Liang Qu stretched out his finger to stir the floating black ribbon.

It can be touched! It can be changed!
"Remove the real undercover agents and replace them with the disguised ones?"

Liang Qu ascended step by step, sensing the black lines around him. He could perceive that these black lines were intertwined and interwoven, like dominoes. Once triggered by someone, they could create a chain reaction and cause a result.

Wrap your index finger around one.

[Triggered by Karma]

【Accumulated bad karma: Part 3】

The emotions in my heart seemed to be stirred, becoming more active.

If Liang Qu hadn't had his fingers wrapped around his fingers, he might not have noticed the change and would have easily fallen for it.

I recalled the old monk's words.

The characteristics of calamity and misfortune are that they lead things to the worst possible outcome; the two combined...

"It's a technical job."

When Liang Qu first saw the situation, he really didn't know how to start or how to handle it.

"Marquis Xingyi?" Ling Xuan turned around half a body length ahead.

"go!"

Liang Qu was serious and composed, with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger.

“The hidden cave is located in the snowdrifts; it is not a large, exposed cave. If Jian Zhongyi hadn’t sensed it, no one else would have been able to find it,” Ling Xuan explained.

In the mountain stream, the elite imperial guards Suo Yuqin and Hu Lixin stood guard outside by a babbling brook, like travelers who had come to rest in the mountain stream.

A hundred feet away from where the two were, a cave just big enough to accommodate one person came into view, resembling a tomb robber's tunnel.

The black lines are densest here, and the feeling of countless messy black hairs emerging from the same follicle reaches its peak, causing a kind of physiological discomfort.

The snow fell.

[Triggered by Karma]

【Accumulated bad karma: Part 5】

In the dim light, with unobstructed vision, I walked sideways for more than ten feet until the narrow entrance suddenly opened up, forming a passageway that could accommodate two people walking side by side.

Liang Qu saw that Ling Xuan's body was wrapped in many black lines as she came down.

How will you avoid it?

"Jian Zhongyi has a solution."

[Triggered by Karma]

[Accumulated bad karma: Eight]

[Triggered by Karma]

[Accumulated negative karma: Fifteen]

So fast!
If Liang Qu had known this would happen, there would have been no need for him to go through the trouble of urinating on the statue.

He looked at the materialized black lines on his body and brushed them aside.

[The karma of drowning dissipates]

[Accumulated negative karma: Ten]

The black line is gone, but the karma of drowning doesn't disappear immediately.

Wrap some more around your body.

There was a flash of golden light.

[The karma of drowning dissipates]

[Accumulated bad karma: Part 1]

The drowsy habit is gone, but the black line remains.

[Triggered by Karma]

Furthermore, the re-triggering speed is very fast. Without removing the black line, using the Great Sun Tathagata to dispel the drowning karma is equivalent to drinking poison to quench thirst!

Jian Zhongyi believes that by peeling away the black lines, the karma of drowning can gradually dissipate.

After traveling about a hundred paces, Liang Qu made a judgment.

"Chi Erlan, what are you doing outside?" At the end of the passageway, Ling Xuan frowned and questioned, her breath coming out in rapid, cold air, revealing her tone.

Chi Erlan protested, "Why can't I be here?"

“Jian Zhongyi is a criminal, so he must be accompanied by two people of Zhenxiang level or above. Don’t you know that? He already did it once last time!” Ling Xuan’s words were almost impolite.

No one can be shameless. Even if they are in the wrong, they will still feel angry and lose face when questioned.

“They are two colleagues, not close companions! Jian Zhongyi is inside. I just came out for some fresh air. What’s the problem?”

"Alright!" Liang Qu said, "I didn't come here to listen to your argument!"

The noise stopped abruptly.

Chi Erlan bowed slightly: "Greetings, Marquis Xingyi."

"Since we are serving His Majesty and the Great Shun Dynasty, we should work together with one heart and one mind!"

"clear."

Liang Qu was not the one who removed the hidden stakes.

But Liang Qu knew everything they knew, and he also knew things they didn't know. His strength, status, and talent far surpassed everyone else's, making him the undisputed second Dragon Elephant. Even if he wasn't qualified to command them, he had to give them some face and treat them as half a leader.

Liang Qu nodded: "I'll come and check out the hidden stakes. If you need some fresh air, go outside. I'll take care of things here."

"Thank you."

Successfully diverted one of them.

Only four people remained inside the cave. If they could also get Liu Jingxuan away...

Walk out of the corridor.

"Commander Liu?" Ling Xuan looked at Liu Jingxuan, who was waiting against the wall in a small square at the exit of the passage, and was even more surprised. She looked around and asked, "Where is Jian Zhongyi?"

“Jian Zhongyi is dealing with the mole inside. He said the mole is too difficult to deal with. I’m being plagued by calamities inside, so it’s hard for him to do two things at once,” Liu Jingxuan replied, without noticing anything amiss.

Ling Xuan's face darkened.

At this point, there was no need for questioning. He walked straight past Liu Jingxuan and rushed into the dark room.

There is someone who is faster than Ling Xuan!
Liangqu!

A gentle breeze brushed his face as he dodged the tangled black threads and entered the dark room.

Come into view.

A massive canyon cliff stretches across the center, and the water of the underground river rises and falls with the "narrowing effect," scouring the cliff walls and creating white waves. Countless "black lines" grow from the water, intertwining like hair.

On the opposite bank of the canyon, rock paintings are created with rust and indigo pigments, and dark gold martial arts techniques are engraved on the walls. A ferocious skeleton with joints and bones covered in spikes holds a scarlet stone, sits on a futon, and half of its jawbone has fallen off, like a sinister smile.

no one!

Empty.

Jian Zhongyi is not here!

Ling Xuan stood there, stunned.

Liang Qu looked around, and without any hesitation, jumped straight off the cliff and disappeared into the water!

"Simplified Chinese!"

Liu Jingxuan, who followed closely behind, was equally surprised to see the empty, dark room.

How could I have so easily agreed to Jian Zhongyi's request to be alone with him?
Under intense pressure, countless thoughts collided.

"He concealed his supernatural abilities!"

(End of this chapter)