Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 1131 Mayfly Blood Collection, Dragon King in the Dragon King's Cave (6k, three chapters combined)

The weather is turning from cool to cold.

The green reeds fade overnight. When the river wind blows, the yellow and white reed flowers will first float into the air, but because they are too heavy, they will fall back into the water after a short distance, looking like a layer of floating snow from a distance.

More and more waterbirds are coming to roost in Zeye to escape the cold. They circle around the fleet of boats at the riverbank, looking for opportunities to eat. When they get tired of flying, they fold their wings and perch on the mast.

The large warships lead the way, followed by the treasure ships of creation.

Bats flew in, tigers carried loads, wild boars galloped, and otters set up a plank to build their home, moving up and down, putting away their belongings, and tidying up their rooms.

"Ah Shui, how do we get to southern Xinjiang? Are there any major rivers?"

Xu Zishuai carried two large bundles, set up a shed, and looked out to inquire. He had few belongings and packed everything by himself.

Lu Gang was forging iron, so he carried a lot of things and tools, which he couldn't carry by himself. Ao Cangyuan and Ao Miyun transformed into human form, which was 1.5 feet tall, and helped carry them onto the boat.

Liang Qu tossed the bag to Awei.

"The provinces to the south are mostly hilly, with rivers that flow intermittently in all directions, requiring many turns and hidden reefs, making it impossible to travel straight. Let's head east first, to the mouth of the Huai River, and then to the East China Sea. Once we reach the East China Sea, we'll travel south along the coastline. After passing Nanhai County, we'll basically reach Tianzi Wharf. It's both fast and stable."

“Tianzi Wharf…Dagang?” Lu Gang looked up.

Liang Qu shook his head: "I've never seen it. I've heard that it's a whole size bigger than Lanzhou Port on the Jinglan Canal now, with a million dockworkers. But in a few years, it's hard to say which one is bigger or smaller."

People often use characters from the Thousand Character Classic to number things. The first line of the Thousand Character Classic is "Heaven and Earth, Black and Yellow", and the first character is "Heaven". Hence the saying "Heaven Number One", which means that the thing is the first and the highest. The fact that a wharf can be named Heaven Wharf shows its scale.

"Going out to sea! I've never seen the sea before!" Xu Zishuai said excitedly. "Are there any amazing sights or phenomena, like the moon rising over the sea, that I can remember?"

Liang Qu was taken aback, then realized that he was always running around and frequently visited Haiyuan Palace, but others might not be so sure.

The Jianghuai River basin is vast, and reaching its banks is no easy task. Without a travel permit, ordinary people cannot even leave a single county.

"It's new to people from other places, but it's no different here. Except for the water being a bit salty, it's just like the Jianghuai region. Let's go, senior brother. They're signaling ahead; they're about to set sail."

At the bow of the ship, soldiers waved signal flags in a crisscross pattern, indicating that the fleet was ready.

Upon seeing this, Xu Zishuai and Lu Gang hurriedly boarded the treasure ship and calmed themselves down.

Oh!

The burly man turned the winch and chain, the iron chain taut and spewing out water mist. The interlocking iron joints collided with the ship's planks, and with a series of clicks, the anchor was pulled out of the Yangtze River and Huai River.

The mast shook violently, startling water birds into flight.

The white water floated on the foam, and the ship suddenly pressed down, cleaving through the waves.

Leaving the dock and arriving at an open space, the sails billowed in the wind.

The ship was large enough that it gradually stabilized after leaving the shore, leaving a white trail in its wake as it sailed eastward. Liang Qu arrived at the lead ship, discussed some details with the soldiers, and after understanding the situation, returned to his own treasure ship.

"There are a lot of people."

With the Demon Suppression Division and the Three Judicial Offices stationed in Pingyang Prefecture, and Su Guishan overseeing the operations, they are more than capable of confronting the Ghost Mother Sect.

Inside the Huai Dong River and Lake Garrison, both commanders, Wei Lin and Xu Yuelong, went along. In addition, not only those from Pingyang Prefecture, but also those from the surrounding prefectures and the Zhenxiang Grandmasters who came from the capital of Southern Zhili, joined the garrison's team and headed south together. Together with Long E'ying, Long Binglin, Long Yanrui, and even the great demon Ao Miyun and the little mirage dragon, the fleet openly boasted over forty top-tier Zhenxiang-level experts!

Such is the perfect state.

The remaining hunting tigers and beacon fires need not be mentioned.

As a support force, this is by no means a small number and can greatly influence the course of the battle.

In particular, most of the forty-odd people had never been to southern Xinjiang in their lives. The people of southern Xinjiang did not have the ability to capture the vital energy of the enemy with flesh and blood, and were able to do many "surprise attacks" that the local garrison could not do.

This figure shows just how bad the situation is in southern Xinjiang.

Looking around from the ship with curiosity.

The group quickly grew weary from the journey, a weariness caused by aimless boredom.

However, this boredom was soon ended by important pre-war information.

Before dinner.

Ji Yanyu, a Celestial Master from the capital of Southern Zhili, ordered his men to strike the cloud gong, summoning all the masters and great demons to the top floor of the ship to give them important instructions.

The masters filed in, and the little mirage dragon coiled around Long E'ying's forearm. It liked the fragrance of Long E'ying's body and always bothered E'ying but not Liang Qu. Of course, in the eyes of the fat catfish, this was a serious case of interference in politics by the maternal relatives and the behavior of a eunuch, and it should be beaten to death immediately.

The great demon Ao Miyun, who was outside the small mirage dragon, attempted to enter, but failed.

In the past, when building multi-story ships, the craftsmen never considered the size of such behemoths.

Ji Yanyu looked at Liang Qu.

Liang Qu waved his hand: "You can sit by the door and listen."

Ao Miyun sat cross-legged at the doorway, lowered her head, and listened intently.

Seeing that everyone and the beasts were in place, Ji Yanyu stood in front of the stage and tapped the wooden board to attract everyone's attention: "As we all know, the Southern Frontier is good at the way of Gu insects. After thousands of years of selection and cultivation, this way may have some aspects that are not accepted by people, and it even shortens lifespan. It is not favored by our Central Plains Dynasty, but it does have its merits."

Today, the Southern Frontier has flourished and developed this art, quite unlike our Central Plains and Northern Court. Each tribe has its own specialized method of cultivating Gu worms, and all Gu worms recognize their master, not people, and blood, not faces. Even if we wanted to catch up, we would be far behind.

Everyone nodded.

The saying goes, "Recognize the master, not the person; recognize blood, not face."

This refers to the unique anti-counterfeiting methods used in southern Xinjiang, which are based on individuals and ethnic groups.

After thousands of years of selection and secret breeding, Gu worms grow within a person's dantian and are highly bound to the individual and their clan. Even if they fall into the hands of outsiders, they are useless and cannot be controlled.

It's like transforming a wolf into a dog. The people of southern Xinjiang cultivated the Gu worm into a "hunting dog" that only their own tribe could control. But in the hands of others, it remains a wild wolf.

While there may be individual cases where "wild wolves" can be tamed, it is impossible to develop a widely disseminated "technique" like the Yangtze finless porpoise in the river and lake research institute.

This is one of the reasons why the Central Plains region couldn't catch up even if it wanted to—it couldn't obtain the latest samples and innovate on its own.

If we start from scratch, there are fewer researchers than in southern Xinjiang. At most, a few southern provinces are willing to try. Even with government support and investment, the progress is nowhere near that of the Ten Thousand Mountains. Instead, we are just copying without understanding, abandoning our own advantages.

Moreover, the climate of southern Xinjiang is itself a unique feature, making the process much more efficient.

Everyone competed based on their own abilities.

"However..." Ji Yanyu changed the subject, "The reason why our Great Shun suffered such heavy losses on this trip is because Tian Tong and Bai Cao Jian, two of the nine major tribes in the Southern Frontier, have each developed two unique Gu worms!"

Ji Yanyu picked up a chalk pen and wrote large characters on the wooden board behind him.

"Mayfly Blood Collection Technique? Blood Concealment Gu?"

"What kind of Gu is this?"

Ji Yanyu explained: "Mayfly blood-collecting is a kind of tiny Gu worm that is invisible to the naked eye and cannot be detected even by a Grandmaster of the True Image Realm. It can penetrate almost any crevice."

This Gu worm itself doesn't have much killing power, but it has an extraordinary ability: to reside inside a human body, collect 'flesh and blood,' and then bring it back to the Gu master who controls the worm. This allows the Gu master to track the location of the person who has been Gu poisoned by the Gu worm across thousands of miles.

In other words, because of this Gu technique, we are completely on the defensive in the Southern Frontier. All our Zhenxiang actions have been captured by the enemy. We shouldn't be in such a passive position, but the Southern Frontier happens to have this Blood Concealment Gu.

This type of Gu worm can graft the Qi of the True Form, achieving a level of realism that is indistinguishable from the real thing! Although it can only hide for a short time, and will be exposed upon approach, by then it is often already within a thirty-mile radius! Or even closer, meaning that beyond thirty miles, we cannot track the enemy's movements!

Everyone frowned.

The combination of capturing and hiding, coupled with the unique environment of southern Xinjiang, is enough to give anyone a headache just thinking about it.

When Long Eying heard about mayfly blood collection, she couldn't help but feel nauseous.

Liang Qu raised his hand.

"Marquis of Xingyi?"

"How did the mayfly collect the blood and flesh of the elephant?"

Zhenxiang's strength is all-encompassing, not only on the surface but also internally.

Can an inconspicuous little insect break through defenses?

Even if it could break through the defense, it wouldn't be to the point that a grandmaster couldn't detect it. A thousand-mile chase isn't something that can be done with just a strand of hair; it would require at least the size of a finger.

"This is precisely the brilliance of the mayfly blood-collecting technique, and it is what I am about to explain." Ji Yanyu waved his hand, and someone brought over a tray containing exquisite sachets. "Because of their small size and ability to conceal themselves, these mayflies are not inherently aggressive. They collect blood and flesh not by forcefully sucking blood and cutting flesh, but by collecting from your internal circulation."

"cycle?"

Ji Yanyu picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and showed it to everyone.

“When I drink water, I sweat and urinate; this is part of the cycle. When I eat, of course, if one cultivates to the highest level, food can be completely digested. Not counting this part, the former alone will bring down a part of our body's 'flesh and blood,' but we usually don't notice it or care about it. However, mayflies will silently collect it, little by little, until the amount is large enough to be perceived.”

"How long?" Wei Lin asked.

"Three months of hiding is enough."

"If I go to southern Xinjiang for three months without eating or drinking, will I be able to avoid mayflies entering my body?" Xu Yuelong asked.

"Theoretically, it is possible, as mayflies mainly reproduce in water and enter their bodies through drinking water. However, there are occasionally small amounts in the air, and mayflies will reproduce on their own, which is actually very difficult to achieve."

Furthermore, the celestial elephant can go without food and water for three months, while hunting tigers and using beacon fires are not possible. As far as I know, mayflies can also spread between people. In other words, one must abstain from sex and speak little for three months.

"So, we have three months. During these three months, Southern Xinjiang will be unable to track our movements?"

“Not three months, but five months!” Ji Yanyu picked up the sachet from the tray. “The devil may be one foot tall, but the Tao is ten feet tall. There is always a way out for everything. The Southern Frontier took out these two kinds of Gu worms, which caught us off guard and caused us a great loss.”

However, since June, the imperial court has developed a simple countermeasure: carrying this sachet will greatly inhibit the growth of mayflies, requiring only a ten-day change, and allowing them to eat and drink normally, thus extending their lifespan from three months to five months or even more than half a year!

The crowd's brows relaxed slightly.

Six months should be enough to ease the tensions and allow the imperial court to come up with a better solution.

However, the problem was not fundamentally solved.

It's going to be a tough battle.

The soldiers distributed sachets to everyone one by one. Liang Qu received one and could smell a unique herbal scent. It was quite pungent when he got close, but he could barely tolerate it when he hung it on his waist.

"Six months..."

With the remaining time, Ji Yanyu further explained to everyone several of the more dangerous Gu worms in the Southern Frontier, along with their corresponding treatment methods.

"Gu worms are poisonous insects, and nine out of ten Gu worms are poisonous. Each of you has an antidote pill in your sachet. It is not a panacea, but it can alleviate more than 70% of the poison. I hope that all of you masters will keep it safe. It is getting late, so please have your meal first."

The journey to Southern Xinjiang is long and arduous, not something that can be accomplished in a day. From now on, every day before meals, I will explain the characteristics and details of Gu worms and the Gu worms of Southern Xinjiang here. Don't miss it. If you have any questions, you can come find me on the ship.

Say it.

Ao Miyun sat up and made way for the operations room.

Master Zhenxiang found familiar faces and left in twos and threes.

Back on his treasure ship of creation, Liang Qu picked up the sachet and examined it carefully.

A question occurred to him.

Ji Yanyu said that mayflies rely on internal circulation to draw blood, but he is now dead. If the Blood Fiend Divine Power Token is not activated, the basic functions of his organs cannot be maintained. A pure corpse will not have any bodily metabolism at all...

Prevent the blood evil from maintaining the functioning of the organs.

Is this Gu worm useless to him?

There is also the Gu poison. Perhaps it is impossible to be completely immune to the toxin, but a corpse without metabolic circulation can also have high resistance to the poison.

"what."

The more Liang Qu pondered, the more surprised he became, discovering that he seemed to possess some unique advantage.

blood.

It does not flow.

Tissue fluid?
It does not flow.

The poison is concentrated wherever it is injected, expanding slowly like a snail, giving it ample time to be processed and expelled.

"Let's take another look when we get there."

The journey to the southern border was long and arduous, and Liang Qu traveled alone. The Creation Treasure Ship flew swiftly, faster than any other ship.

Following the main group to the local area will take until at least the end of November, which is such a long time, we can't just wait idly.

Time is money. It's time to explore the Dragon King's Cave!
midnight.

Shedding the flesh-colored robe, his soul soared to the heavens.

"Eying, here is the Blood Fiend Divine Power Token. I'm going back to the Blood River Realm. Tell my senior brother to cover for me. Also, I won't be attending the Gu Insect Class for the next few days. Please make a note of it for me so I can review it when I come back."

"it is good."

The next day.

Ke Wenbin and others asked Liang Qu why he wasn't coming out to eat.

"My junior brother?" Xu Zishuai slammed his fist on the table, indignant. "He was in seclusion at Tongtian Juedi a while ago, consolidating his cultivation."

The visitor from out of town, Zhenxiang, was taken aback.

Is this a human being?
"He's an animal!" Xu Zishuai was still complaining.

With heartfelt sincerity and earnest words, the audience found themselves deeply moved and nodded in agreement.

Who on the path of cultivation doesn't have a junior brother Liang?
rational.

"Yeah, that's it."

"That's right, that's right."

"exactly."

Being a fellow disciple of the Marquis of Xingyi is indeed not an easy job; the pressure is immense.

"Let me talk about it again."

"Hey, you guys don't know, my junior brother is like this..."

……

River God Sect.

"River God Fish! River God Fish! You've returned from your travels! That tail, those fins, are even more powerful and majestic than ever before! The number one fish in the world!"

"Alright, let's talk about something we don't know. Has anything happened in the sect?"

"No, no, under your leadership, our River God Sect is thriving and flourishing." Shen Zhongliang said excitedly, "In the past month or so, your disciple, Xi Ziyu, has been taught very well by me and has made rapid progress. She will be able to enter the first realm this year! She is very talented."

The Ear-Recognition Method: This is a lie.

Damn it, the resources given are the limit that Xi Ziyu can absorb, and the cultivation technique was personally improved by Liang Qu. It will take half a year to enter the first realm...

It's a shame that Shen Zhongliang went against his conscience and uttered the words "overflowing with talent".

"You are a talent."

"Without a discerning eye, how can there be a thoroughbred horse? Zhongliang's success today is inseparable from the cultivation of the River God!"

"Let me go! Let me go! I'm going to appeal to the River God! I'm going to appeal to the River God! Shen Zhongliang, you are greedy for money, bribery, and deceitful, trying to please others and refusing to promote the virtuous and dismiss the wicked..."

Shen Zhongliang's expression changed drastically.

"What's that sound?" Liang Qu looked outside.

"Just some troublemakers, we don't need to pay them any mind." Shen Zhongliang wiped his forehead.

"Don't let those troublemakers disturb my eyes next time!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Has the female disciple who left Shuyu Pavilion and joined my River God Sect arrived yet?" Liang Qu asked, not having forgotten about it.

Even if it's a secret affair, one must keep one's word. Besides, as suggested by Senior Brother Lu, Lao Yingtian, a second-class disciple of the Ministry of Revenue, is of great use to Liang Qu.

Sometimes, ordinary people can achieve great things.

"She's here, she's here. Shall I go call her over?"

"Go."

Not long.

Shen Zhongliang led a woman gracefully over. She looked to be in her late teens, though her actual age was unknown. She possessed the strength of a third-realm cultivator, was quite beautiful, tall, and had a full chest.

"Greetings, Elder Yu." The woman bowed.

"You are Lao Yingtian's younger sister, Lao Mengyao?"

“Yingtian is the eldest brother.”

After confirming that everything was correct, Liang Qu waved his fins and said decisively, "Since it's you, pack your things. In three, no, five days, Shen Zhongliang, take her to the Heavenly Fire Sect. If you don't run into me, wait nearby."

"Me?" Shen Zhongliang was surprised.

"has a problem?"

"No, no." Shen Zhongliang was secretly puzzled. It was just a matter of the River God returning to the Heavenly Fire Sect and bringing a young woman along. Why did he have to come?

Could it be some kind of reprimand?
Shen Zhongliang shuddered, cold sweat pouring down his back.

The River God wanted to distract him and then investigate the development of the River God Sect.
Lao Mengyao was overjoyed, thinking to herself that the old man from the Heavenly Fire Sect was reliable, actually having a way to get her from a first-grade sect to a super-grade one! She really made a name for herself there.

There's a saying that it's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, but she wasn't the head of a chicken in Shuyu Pavilion.

Furthermore, chickens only have feathers, while phoenixes have plumage.

How can you know you can only be stuck in someone's butt if you can't even be a phoenix feather?

Even if a chicken feather works hard its whole life and gets stuck on a rooster's comb, it's still just a chicken feather!
"Okay, let's go down."

"Yes."

After briefly learning about the River God Sect, Liang Qu paid no attention to Shen Zhongliang's little tricks.

As long as nothing goes wrong on the surface, he doesn't have the energy to choose any trusted confidants.

Heshen was greedy, but he was undeniably useful.

"Let's go."

……

"Boom."

The sound of the water was deafening.

On the main channel of the Tongtian River, a strange fish suddenly appeared in the water. Liangqu arrived at the world's dark hemorrhoids, oops, dark gaps.

The entire world was created by Dali. The Dragon King Cave is so strange, and it has such a striking name. Liang Qu doesn't believe that the people of the Heavenly Fire Sect don't know the inside story. They assembled a fish tank with a big hole, how could they not know what's inside the hole?
In particular, Elder Wu Lingxu's statement that it should find the truth itself is solid evidence.

The exploration of the Dragon King's Cave must absolutely not be publicized.

The Heavenly Fire Sect neither prevented nor guarded the entrance, simply because they believed no one could get in.

A thought came to my mind.

Wow.

This time there was no tornado, just a flash of light, as if something burst out of the water and pierced the top of the Dragon King's Cave.

There is no actual "pillar" in the middle, but there is an extra supporting force at the "pillar head".

Optimus Prime!
[With water as its foundation, it bears immense weight without form. The surging waves form its pillar, unshaken for centuries!]

Liang Qu used the same trick again, throwing a stone onto the top of the pillar and starting to time it.

Twelve hours later.

The stone remained firmly in place and did not fall.

A whole day, compared to the original 15 minutes, is more than a hundred times longer.

Endurance has increased dramatically!
"There should be enough time."

Liang Qu took the initiative to remove the "Sky Pillar," allowing the pebble to fall into the abyss, so that after he went down, no one passing by would see the pebble floating above the Dragon King's Cave and become suspicious.

It began to lay a spiral path downwards.

"The Dragon King also has whirlpools that can support the island. It's quite a coincidence that I used the Sky-Supporting Pillar to descend into the Dragon King's Cave today," Liang Qu thought to himself.

The Optimus Primes stand up one after another, intersecting and building together to form a transparent spiral staircase.

With Liangqu's Qi Sea being 6,800 times larger and the [Heavenly Water Dew] property, it almost replenishes itself while being used, with no consumption whatsoever.

The light gradually faded.

The world slowly turned dark.

three days later.

"So deep?"

Liang Qu looked up in shock; there was no light of day, everything was pitch black.

It worked day and night to build Optimus Prime, completely unaware of how much it had descended.

Ten thousand miles?

Twenty thousand miles?
Perhaps more.

Liang Qu wasn't worried about not being able to get out. He sensed that the original [Optimus Prime] was still there. It was just a matter of time; it had been almost two months since he left the Heavenly Fire Sect.

It gritted its teeth and continued downwards.

Another three days.

Six whole days.

Liang Qu was completely numb and had no confidence at all. He could only repeat the mechanical movements of moving forward and descending, which felt like being in solitary confinement.

Fifty thousand li?
Eighty thousand miles?
More?

Where does this hole lead?

Could it simply be a bottomless pit?
Has it broken through the world?
Sinking deeper and deeper with trepidation.

In the darkness with no reference points, Liang Qu began to lose track of time and longed to return to the mortal realm to ask, until the seventh day.

A glint of blood appeared at the end of the bottomless pit.

hope!

The first hope in seven days!
Liang Qu was greatly encouraged, and his movements on the fins accelerated, spiraling downwards continuously.

The light grew brighter and brighter, and the cave became clearer and clearer.

In the end, Liang Qu wedged Optimus Prime into the blood-red cave entrance, using the entrance to observe the outside world.

red!
Blood red!
scarlet!

If the red of the Tongtian River is merely oppressive, then the towering sea of ​​blood that appears before one's eyes can make one uneasy and fearful at a single glance. An ordinary person who sees it once might go crazy!

Clutching the fish fin, Liang Qu felt inexplicably afraid.

He first transformed into a blood ape, then donned the [Vortex God Armor] to bolster his courage. With his ape arms outstretched, he firmly grasped the [Sky Pillar] for support. After a thorough internal struggle, he hung upside down from the cave entrance, quietly peeking out half of his body.

Go around in a circle.

Panoramic surround view.

The blood ape froze, its pupils shrinking to the size of pinholes.

Golden eyes flashed, and the world spun around them.

dragon!
A true dragon, half-bone and half-flesh, crawls in a sea of ​​blood!
(End of this chapter)