Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 1199 Returning to the Underworld, the Toad's Lifespan Ends (Together)
The deep cave opened its mouth wide, unattended. Algae grew profusely in the passageway, like tangled, dirty hair, and bubbles rose from the plants as they breathed, clinging to the ceiling and forming a silvery-white semicircle.

Jiang Xiaotun, accompanied by three baby finless porpoises, chased after a large grass carp. With a charge and a snatch, the grass carp was cut in two, blood spurting from the wound. Jiang Xiaotun swallowed the fish head in two bites, but before finishing the tail, it was driven away by the finless porpoises guarding the gate.

The dragon-man reached out and patted the cave, and the fluorescent blue jellyfish lamps on both sides lit up one by one, illuminating the cave.

The statue of the Demon Mother radiated a ghostly light, and when Liang Qu touched it, his fingertips felt the smooth, cold texture of stone.

Has anyone been here recently?

"Reporting to the Fourth Elder," the Dragon Guard replied, "The people from the Great Shun Dynasty have come four times. There are people from the River and Lake Bureau, the Imperial Observatory, and the Ministry of War. There are as few as seven or eight people and as many as twenty-one or twenty-two people. They have sent beacon fires, tiger hunting, and elephant hunting. The shortest stay is three days and the longest is a month. They said they were studying the rituals of the Ghost Mother Sect. There are no more than that. I have verified their identities, and there are no problems with their documents and seals."

Liang Qu nodded.

"Well done. You can all go out now. Unless it's urgent, don't let anyone else come in and disturb me."

"Yes!"

Golden eyes opened.

Invisible ripples shimmered, and the "swamp" enveloped the Ghost Mother sculpture. At the same time, Liang Qu's third supernatural power enveloped an area of ​​ten zhang in radius. Under the strong influence of his own "originality," the clear energy of heaven and earth within this area was even more clearly visible and discernible.

Below the axis of the Heavenly Gate of Yinglong.

The energy of heaven and earth flowed freely, and the distorted statue of the Ghost Mother "shed" its original appearance, leaving only a dark red energy. In appearance, it transformed into a dark red tree with lush branches and leaves.

The Demon Mother is the trunk of a large tree, and her ten hands, which once held the eight auspicious symbols such as the conch shell, the parasol, and the double-headed fish, have become branches. The original treasures have turned into one "fetal bead" after another, like curled-up infants.

The King of Chu said that this ritual was made using the remains of the Martial Saint of Qiujin and was prepared by Master Pema of the Great Snow Mountain lineage.

The Eight Auspicious Symbols of the Lotus Sect are the treasure vase, the treasure canopy, the twin fish, the lotus, the right-spiraling conch shell, the auspicious knot, the victory banner, and the Dharma wheel. On this three-zhang-tall, ten-meter-tall sculpture of the Demon Mother, the twin fish are split into two, making a total of nine. The topmost space, temporarily empty, was originally the golden nanmu coffin that housed the Demon Queen.

Ten live, ten die.

There are twenty positions in total, and behind each of the ten arms is an overlapping "shadow".

The Dragon King's Cave in the Underworld is home to an old Dragon King, who is an important source of information for Liang Qu regarding the Whale King.

If it is a true dragon king, then he is an object of unity, and we must not give up on him under any circumstances.

Blood River Realm is also a treasure land.

Liangqu has never forgotten the path he came from.

Zhenxiang relies on underwater resource exploitation, and the same applies to the Blood River Boundary.

Venturing into places inaccessible to ordinary people often yields substantial profits.

The only problem.

How to go back?

The reason she was able to return to the underworld in the past was because Liang Quzhen had truly perished and transformed into a fish woman to travel between the two realms. It is absolutely impossible to replicate this again. The cooling effect of "withered wood reviving" has lasted for a full sixty years. To commit suicide for this is to completely put the cart before the horse.

[The wind blows from the north, reaching the heavens and the great spring; the snake transforms into a fish, becoming the Fish Woman… whoever dies will be resurrected.]

The awakening of spring brings revival, and this is the only remaining radiance of the Black Emperor in Ze Ding, but Liang Qu can vaguely sense the difference brought about by his resurrection.

He had an idea, a bold idea combining his own supernatural powers and talents with the rituals of the Ghost Mother.

"Patrick Star!"

On the cave ceiling, a dark red, inconspicuous, root-like tentacle responded with a wriggling motion.

“Give me a child body.”

I don't know where Patrick learned that, but he folds his wrists and feet at a 90-degree angle.

a long time.

The starfish-like arms split open, revealing a dark red "ball of thread" inside, with a clear nucleus that branches out into many twigs.

Having devoured the remains of the Net Lord, Pai Xiaoxing is now advancing from the peak of the third realm to the fourth realm without using any essence. It is not difficult for him to separate a sub-body.

Stare at the ten life positions and ten death positions on the sculpture.

The death positions are full, each with a "baby" curled up, but the life positions have seven empty spots, all occupied by the Zhenxiang Grandmasters who perished in the siege of the Ghost Mother Cult.

For example, Yi Chen, the ancestor of Yi Zhiyu, was originally in the position of life. However, due to the extinction of the path of life and death, and the lack of believers to contribute the Upper Fetal Pearl Pill in time to revive the Ghost Mother Zhenxiang in the position of death and allow the person in the position of life to enter the position of death, that position would be forcibly "blocked" out and become empty.

Liang Qu plucked the tentacles from the offspring of the small star.

Attach it to the vase, slide your fingers along it, and according to the ritual, the flow and laws of the Qi of Heaven and Earth are used to mix in the Qi of the child body, allowing it to slowly permeate.

We waited until roughly the middle of the night.

On the surface it is a treasure vase, but in the golden eyes, the treasure vase actually manifests as the shape of small star particles.

It became.

Liang Qu was delighted.

The offspring landed on the "birth" position of the Ghost Mother ritual, and then he followed the same method to continue to draw out the Qi, directly "pulling out" the Ghost Mother Grandmaster from the death position.

He didn't raise any mountain spirits, nor did he have enough people to generate the embryonic pearl pills. He had no way to bring this unknown master back to his original state, so the only option was to eliminate him by force.

The "baby" seemed to sense its impending doom, kicking and struggling, but Liang Qu remained unmoved, roughly pulling "it" out of the ghost mother's palm little by little.

The baby was born.

No waste.

Tuanba Tuanba, Liangqu also held this soul in his hands.

They are all talented people, and we can't waste them. The experts of the Ghost Mother Sect are in a state of competition for existing resources. Every one we use is one less. The few remaining living people are being squeezed for their remaining value in the Heavenly Prison.

Clear out the space.

"Are you ready? I'll have to do my job this time."

Patrick Star's "sub-body" has hundreds of arms that fold in half at ninety degrees, all in perfect unison.

"Good! You are truly loyal! I will not mistreat you in the underworld."

Liang Qu closed his eyes, waved his hand, and the "sub-body" vanished into thin air, drifting away with the current.

The death position is empty, and the life position is dead.

The cycle of life and death.

The statue of the Demon Mother rippled with water, and Patrick's "child" slowly disappeared from the "life" position, taking its place at the "death" position represented by the shadowy ghost hand behind it.

"call."

Liang Qu took a deep breath, feeling a strange sense of guilt, as if he hadn't been very kind.

Shake your head to clear away all the random thoughts; now comes the main event.

[Spirit Summoning]!
【Spirit Descent: Manifesting a spiritual body, descending upon the ruling beast, observing the four directions, and listening to the eight directions】.

Consciousness soared rapidly, Liangqu traversed thousands of miles, and descended upon Pai Xiaoxing in the center of Dongshui. Guided by Pai Xiaoxing and with the perception of the Heavenly Gate and Earthly Axis, it spread to the Ghost Mother Ritual, and then, with the help of the ritual, jumped to the "child body" on the Ghost Hand Death Position!
Rushing into the sculpture, my mind felt as if it were undergoing a violent, chaotic jolt, an electric shock.

Scarlet.

Liang Qu subconsciously clenched his fist, but instead of five fingers, he saw his wrists and toes swaying.

All successful!

Looking around, he saw not the cave where the sculpture was located, but a huge hand, like the hanging temple grasping the Buddha, falling into the six realms of desire, in the palm of the Buddha.

The palm is a deep blue, the sky is a dark red, and streams of light converge into a vast river.

Following the natural rhythms of heaven and earth, Liang Qu leaped and bounced in his palm, swimming upstream.

"Kakaka..."

As the blood river washed over them, bone spurs pierced out of the arms and legs of the small star-like bodies, and scales emerged from under their skin.

The shape of the offspring became increasingly bizarre and ferocious. Beneath the river of blood, the five-pointed star-shaped form continuously contracted, becoming streamlined, transforming into a fish body and a snake tail.

The resistance of the Blood River grew stronger and stronger, making it ten thousand times more difficult than a salmon swimming upstream to spawn. But Liang Qu, as a martial saint, was no ordinary person even when he possessed a small fish. He was fearless and leaped with all his might against the rushing waterfall.

"Wow."

The water murmured, and the world changed dramatically.

Brown soil on both sides of the river, red flowers in full bloom.

The petals drooped down one by one, wide open. The red spider lily!
Liang Qu's pupils dilated as he looked at the sky, the ground, and the river, an uncontrollable surge of ecstasy welling up within him.

It worked!
The Ghost Mother Cult, well done! All that struggle wasn't for nothing; there really is something there. This ritual of resurrection is probably the most precious treasure the Ghost Mother Cult left him!

"I don't know where I am right now..."

Liang Qu looked around but didn't see any familiar sights or sects. There were no villages nearby either. He had no idea where in the Blood River Realm he had ended up.

He did not take the souls of the King of Chu and his kin to the underworld like Jian Zhongyi did.

Pai Xiaoxing's offspring have very little strength. After [Spirit Descent], it's uncertain whether they can even be considered a Grandmaster. Liang Qu is very likely unable to subdue the True Elephant Grandmaster of the Ghost Mother Sect.

First, explore the surroundings and see if we can go to the River God Sect and Shuyu Pavilion. If we can contact Lao Yingtian and a few others, it will be much more convenient, and it will also be easier to go to the Dragon King Cave.

It turned into a strange fish again, half fish and half snake. This time, it also had radiation-mutated tentacles growing out from under its scales. Liang Qu didn't dare to look at what he looked like now.

"We need to think of a way to further develop the ritual. It would be most convenient for them to come in personally. The [Spirit Summoning] is a separate layer. It would be even better if we could bring Ah Fei in; he has the potential for enlightenment..."

Wandering in the remote Little Blood River, Liang Qu kept moving forward in one direction for two or three hours without finding any living creature he could communicate with. He then felt that it should be dawn in reality, so he temporarily put the matter aside and let his consciousness return to his body.

The strange fish disappeared, and the little star reverted to its original form, taking root in the riverbed and drifting quietly amidst the rolling clouds.

The following evening, after reviewing the documents, Liang Qu did not personally go to the Ghost Mother Cult's headquarters.

"River Stone" goes there every day, which makes it easy for the Whale King to notice it. [Spirit Descent] doesn't care about distance. It has already completed the investment of the Little Star Sub-body and can reconnect anytime, anywhere. It's just Little Star, Ghost Mother Sculpture, and two springboards.

"Wow."

"Huh, it's back to normal?"

Swinging his arms and legs, Liang Qu discovered that he hadn't transformed into the bizarre shape of a snake's tail, fish head, and snake body, but rather into a simple, unremarkable form—equally grotesque, but at least presentable. However…

His mobility was greatly reduced; he couldn't even swim. He also couldn't use the "Water Travels a Thousand Miles" skill because he was too weak and lacked a Qi Sea. He could only rely on the flow of the Blood River to propel himself forward.

For several days in a row, Liang Qu manipulated the sub-body of Pai Xiaoxing to explore the surrounding area.

The candlelight flickered dimly.

Long Eying, enveloped in white steam and wrapped in a white bath towel, combed her hair in front of the mirror. Looking at Liang Qu, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, she knew he was engrossed in some kind of exploration again, and nudged his shoulder.

"Hey, almost there, just wait until I find a safe place to stay. Wait, I feel like there are people around... I see people, I see people! Oh dear, this is going to take a long time. You go to sleep first... *kiss*

Eying was helpless.

Through a series of public displays of divine intervention, tests, and roundabout maneuvers.

Liang Qu finally understood his location. This place was ruled by a seventh-rank sect called Baisha Sect. As for the River God Sect and Shuyu Pavilion, the locals had never even heard of them.

So he went to Baishazong again.

The sect leader of Baisha Sect once again recalled the fear of being dominated by a powerful being. He couldn't understand why something that looked like a wisp of blood could be so strong, and no one in the entire Baisha Sect could defeat it. He was so frightened that he hurriedly offered up the map and gave away a lot of eighth-grade blood treasures as travel expenses.

Monsters in the River of Blood!

Having confirmed that the River God Sect, a second-grade major sect, was still there in the year since he left, without any major changes, but it was quite far away, more than 300,000 li away, Liang Qu consumed an eighth-grade blood treasure, shouldered his bundle, and set off for the River God Sect, a second-grade major sect.

River God Sect, your sect leader is back!

……

Snowflakes fell from the sky, and the riverbanks were bare, with only withered stalks remaining.

As time flew by and the sunlight changed, they traveled upstream along the Blood River, getting closer and closer to the River God Sect and the Jade Pavilion, and one step closer to finding out what the Whale King was really up to.

"The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, what are your plans for this year?"

"When we go to the Dragon Palace, we'll say that the White Ape is in seclusion. My uncle has always wanted to visit the Dragon Palace. We'll decorate with lanterns and colorful streamers and celebrate a bountiful year with the dragon people, dragon sturgeon, water beasts, frog clan, and the workshop owner. This is our first time returning to the Dragon Palace, so it's a memorable occasion and we should hold a grand celebration to boost the morale of the water beasts of the Jianghuai region."

By the way, we'll officially launch tourism after the New Year. The first route will be a one-day tour of Jiangchuan Mermaid County, Huaiyin Wutang, Pingyang Animal Mountain, and the Jianghuai region. We'll also introduce waterway transportation for people and goods, and register it in the capital. After the New Year, we'll get married next year!

"I'm not in a hurry. There are so many places where I need money right now, so I might as well wait a couple of years..."

"I'm in a hurry, and didn't everyone say we could collect the money? We won't lose much." Liang Qu settled his body, withdrew his consciousness from the Blood River Realm, jumped off the bed, and put on his boots. "By the way, has the Whale Emperor confirmed the date of the East Sea Hunt?"

Long Eying shook her head: "No cloud giant came to deliver a message."

Liang Qu fell into deep thought: "It seems there's plenty of time..."

"Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened! Brother-in-law! Something horrible has occurred!" Long Yanrui rushed into the Yang residence, shouting in a panic.

Wulong and Heichi pricked up their ears, startling all the servants in the Yang household.

Liang Qu strode out the door, pressed down on Long Yanrui's shoulder, and grabbed his arm: "What's wrong, Yanrui? Why are you so flustered? Don't worry, it's not like a dragon is attacking..."

"It's the Imperial Advisor!" Long Yanrui gasped for breath, his voice trembling with tension.

"The Imperial Advisor? Frog Master? What happened to Frog Master?"

"The frog is dying!"

"What?!" Liang Qu was shocked. The news was no less significant than a dragon invading the Jianghuai region. He asked urgently, "How could it suddenly stop working?"

"I don't know either, it just won't work, brother-in-law, you should go quickly."

Where is the Frog King now?

"The Frog Clan's territory!"

"What happened? Who's in trouble?" Madam Xu walked out from the covered walkway.

"The frog king of the frog clan doesn't know what's going on yet." Liang Qu put on his coat. "Mother, I'll go check it out first!"

“I’ll go with you.” Long Eying followed closely behind.

"Be careful on the road, ask around first, don't start making a scene as soon as you arrive," Xu shouted.

"know."

Pfft!Pfft!
Long Eying and Long Yanrui took the vortex escape path, keeping Liangqu hidden [traveling a thousand miles on water], and traveled through the air, using the speed of martial saints to rush to the Frog Clan's territory.

The lotus blossoms, a deep, emerald green, are covered with a thin layer of snow, but not a single large frog can be seen.

After Liang Qu informed the fat catfish, it sank to the riverbed.

Depressed, quiet.

The entire frog tribe's territory was deathly silent.

All the frogs stopped swimming and clung to the large anchor, gathering under the lotus stem. Occasionally, the large frog could be heard sobbing softly. Shuangli, the patriarch of the Ice Jade Toad Clan next door, also rushed over.

How could it suddenly stop working?
Just two days ago, he was riding Ao Miyun with great enthusiasm, catching treasure fish all over the Great Swamp, saying he wanted to carry out large-scale construction and plant lotus flowers for three thousand miles.

Liang Qu felt heavy-hearted and full of doubts. He quietly passed through the gap between the frogs and saw the old toad huddled against the lotus stem, and the dejected frog king.

The old toad was ashen and gray, like a faded and yellowed old photograph: "Ahem, Your Majesty, there is no need to be sad. My Duobao clan is born and raised by nature. At most, we can only be great monsters with a lifespan of 120 years. This old minister is the first monster. This year, I am 206 years old and have already achieved perfection."

Was it due to natural death?
Liang Qu's heart sank further.

I vaguely remember that Old Toad, Wu Cangshou, and Old Giant Clam had compared their ages in the pond, vying to be the eldest. At the time, they said that Old Toad was over 190 years old, making him the youngest. This caused Old Toad to leave in a sorry state that day, so much so that he subconsciously always felt that Old Toad was very young...

Yes.

The Tiger Hunting Grandmaster is only one hundred and twenty.

Frogs are not among the long-lived species of turtles or shellfish...

Overwhelmed with grief, the fat man cried out, "I told the elders to stay away from Bing Yuchan's territory long ago, but you wouldn't listen, and now you're fallen..."

Erpang tilted his frog head back and said, "Lust is a bone-scraping knife!"

"You two! Talking nonsense! Talking nonsense! This elder is pure and virtuous, pure and virtuous!" Perhaps it was a moment of lucidity before death, but the old toad was furious. He slammed his fist on the ground and stood up, displaying a completely different kind of vigor and strength. He pounced on the two frogs' faces, violently pulling at the fat frog's face and kicking his legs wildly.

Big Fatty opened his frog mouth and mumbled, "Elder, you don't seem to be about to collapse. Is it because you've been out searching for treasure for the past two months and you're too tired, and you're just imagining things?"

The Frog King's eyes showed anticipation.

However, the old toad quickly weakened, clutching his chest and crumpling into a ball: "No, it's just that my time is up, there's no mistake, Lord Liang!"

Liang Qu immediately stepped forward and grabbed the frog's webbed feet: "Frog Master!"

"I'm afraid I'm not up to the job of Imperial Advisor..."

(End of this chapter)