Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 1226 Liang Ashui: From Beginning to Ending in Abandonment (Part 2)

The sun was blazing, snakes coiled around, and traffic came to a standstill.

The coachman jumped off the carriage, picked up a stone from the ground to wed the wheels, and the caravan stopped in the valley.

"How spectacular!"

With a flap of its golden wings, Tianwu Liangqu landed on Li Xianghan's head, its hundred-legged limbs gripping her hair bun as it gazed at the colorful swarm of snakes that tangled, hissed, and blocked its path.

There are at least tens of thousands of snakes.

The colors are vibrant, with red and green, densely packed, so that you can see the tail but not the head, and you can see the head but not the tail, a hundred times more tangled and intricate than the most complex knot.

They coiled their tails and swallowed intently, rolling down the mountain, crashing onto rocks, and surging into the bushes, doing everything in their power to reproduce. A few scattered snakes were thrown out of the group and landed at people's feet, slithering away in panic.

In the wild, there were unruly snakes, and the house mice were so frightened that they ran around in all directions, crawled into their cages, and locked the doors tightly.

I saw a similar scene once when I was a child on an animal documentary. The creatures there seemed to be called banded snakes. They would come out of hibernation and have a passionate group fight. I had a nightmare that night. If it was like that through the screen, witnessing it in person was absolutely terrifying. The snakes in front of me were even more vibrant, and there seemed to be several different kinds of snakes.

Do these snakes not have reproductive isolation?

"It's the Ten Thousand Snakes Society! The Ten Thousand Snakes Society!" The team leader jumped onto the roof of the vehicle and shouted, "Everyone, get out and rest. Don't go far. Be careful of monsters and poisonous insects. It looks like this has just begun. It won't end today. Get out and set up camp! Men, come and help. Be careful of the children getting bitten. Don't drink untreated water."

"The Ten Thousand Snakes Gathering, good luck is coming!"

"Work, work, it's time to take a break, I'm so hot, do you have any chilled wine? I'd like a sip."

"We don't have ice wine, but would you like some iced plum juice?"

"Give me some, give me some."

"Crash."

The wooden barrels collided, and ice cubes were poured into the dark red plum juice, splashing out two drops.

"Why did you stop and not move forward? Can such a small group of snakes really block the way?" Liang Qu turned around.

The convoy carried the tents down as usual, chatting with each other. The old people and children sat on the rocks, pointing at the snakes, showing no intention of continuing on their way.

There were three True Elephant level experts in the caravan, and Li Xianghan's grandmother was also there. They could have taken a detour, driven away, or killed them, so there was no need to stop.

"This is a custom of our people in southern Xinjiang." After looking around to make sure no one was beside her, Li Xianghan quietly explained, "When you see the Ten Thousand Snakes Gathering, the procession cannot take a detour or rush, otherwise it will bring bad luck."

Conversely, waiting for the ten thousand snakes to disperse on their own will bring good fortune. Your Majesty may not know much about snakes and insects, but a snake's duration is quite remarkable; it can take two or three hours, or even ten hours…”

"Hmph, a mere ten hours." Tianwu raised his head, "You are far inferior to me!"

Li Xianghan was speechless, her mind racing for a while before she remembered where she was. She thought to herself, "Can a human compare to a snake? Besides, ten hours? Can a normal woman withstand that? After it's over, she'll probably just babble. It's just a man's usual way of bragging about this, not afraid of exaggerating."

However, one cannot say for sure. Perhaps a Martial Saint is indeed quite powerful?
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty is amazing, truly extraordinary. Your Highness is so fortunate, enjoying revelry every night." Li Xianghan gave a perfunctory compliment and continued, "Because snakes take a long time to travel, we usually rest for a day when we encounter them on the road, stopping along the way to rest."

The Ten Thousand Snakes Gathering in Spring and the Bing Fire Star are frequently seen. It's precisely because of this worry that villages far away set off three months in advance, encountering these creatures more than ten times along the way. Our Qingwen Valley is close to the Insect Valley, so our time isn't too rushed; there's no need to invite bad luck.

Liang Qu scoffed: "What do you mean by bad luck or good luck? It's all feudal superstition."

Li Xianghan sighed, “Your Majesty, please bear with it. We will set off tomorrow and arrive around the day after tomorrow.”

"Xianghan!" Li Yilin's voice came from behind. "Come over here and talk to your grandmother."

Li Xianghan turned her head and smiled sweetly: "Alright, Grandmother! Little Xianghan is here!"

The little boy was charmed by the sweet voice and would glance at the saintess intentionally or unintentionally. If their eyes met and he caught a smile, he would be filled with fantasies and his face would turn red.

Does the saintess have feelings for me?
Liang Qu smacked his lips and flew up from his head: "I need to leave for a while, it will probably take half a day."

"Now?" Li Xianghan froze, her face full of worry. "How am I supposed to explain this to others?"

"You're so cunning and full of bad ideas. Need me to help you figure something out? Explain yourself. I'm leaving."

With a flash of golden light, it disappeared into the jungle.

Seeing this from a distance, Li Yilin was puzzled. When Li Xianghan came over, she couldn't help but ask, "We're going to Insect Valley the day after tomorrow. Where is your Golden-Winged Centipede now? Don't waste time."

"Let's go meet up with that old philanderer!"

"Old lover?"

Li Xianghan gritted her teeth in resentment: "Of course, there are wild love insects caught in the wild. They are lustful on ordinary days, and when the Bing Fire Day comes, they become even more aroused. They run out to meet in secret all day long. And Grandmother, do you know? They are not loyal!"
He had three wives and four concubines, was promiscuous, abandoned his lovers, was unfaithful, neglected his children, was despicable and shameless, and insidious. He specialized in playing with mother-daughter insects, sister insects, and six-month-old infants, indulging in debauchery. If he weren't strong enough, he would have been chopped into eight pieces by other insects long ago!

"Such a thing actually happened?" Li Yilin exclaimed in surprise.

“Of course there is!” Li Xianghan nodded, looked around to make sure Liang Qu wasn’t there, “I witnessed it all with my own eyes. If he weren’t quite capable, he would be nothing but a worthless worm!”

“Then you have to keep a close eye on it. It’s still a wild insect, lacking basic reproductive concepts. Deep down, it’s an unethical worm.” Li Yilin said seriously, “It’s remarkable that it has grown to this extent in the wild. It’s incredibly rare. Its essence should be carefully preserved and used to breed the next generation of Heavenly Centipede Gu Worms. It shouldn’t be squandered or wasted.”

"Grandma, don't worry, I'll take care of this rotten worm from now on. If I can't control it, I'll castrate it..."

"Haha, that won't do..."

"Aqiu!"

In the woods, Liangqu flapped his wings and sneezed.

"I feel like someone's talking bad about me... Is it that two-faced little brat...?"

Golden light weaves through the air.

The intense sunlight pierced through the tree canopy, and Liangqu flew in the beams of light, inexplicably enjoying the feeling of flapping its wings, hovering, and speeding.

After advancing to the Heavenly Dragon realm, the restrictions actually increase.

Going to the capital city requires prior notification. The freedom of the past is gone. Many things can't be forgiven with an apology if you make a mistake. There are constraints everywhere. Now, flying through the jungle is like a free dragonfly, without any worries about predators.

When Zhenxiang was invincible, those were his happiest times...

A venomous snake coiled on a branch, caught a glimpse of the golden light, and instinctively lunged forward.

call out!
A golden light flashed, and the venomous snake froze.

A few moments.

The snake's head fell smoothly off, its mouth open and biting wildly. The half-snake tail on the branch drooped limply, its internal organs mixed with snake blood, attracting a swarm of army ants that tore off pieces of flesh and carried them back to their nest.

"Strange, did the wing cut into something?"

Looking back, he couldn't see anything, so Liang Qu didn't care and continued searching for the river.

The forests of southern Xinjiang and Da Shun are actually quite different.

Check if there are any weeds on the trees.

In most parts of Da Shun, trees are just trees, clean and tidy, adorned with a couple of bird nests. In southern Xinjiang, the bends in the branches of trees are not bird nests, but rather a blooming broad-leaved grass, fluffy like lettuce, rooted in moss and lush, or covered with countless vines. If you look closely, you can see a scaly one among the vines.

Animals and plants grow intertwined and layered here.

What looks like a normal worm may actually be controlled by parasites inside, causing it to behave uncontrollably. The parasites that crawl out after being stepped on may look fine, but they may have already been infected with a virus and are just temporarily alive.

Life has proliferated too profusely.

In ordinary places, the forest is like a semi-transparent photograph, simple and clear. In southern Xinjiang, the forest is like many semi-transparent photographs superimposed together, with all the patterns intricate and many different things growing on a single tree.

"Rumble..."

The stream flows eastward.

Folding its wings, the Heavenly Centipede plunged into the winding river, gliding and swimming like a snake, before disappearing into the [Vortex Escape Path].

They returned to the great marshland by relying on the waterways.

Consciousness returns.

Outside the window, the rain was drizzling during the plum rain season.

A familiar scent lingered around my nose, and a soft body pressed against my chest.

Liang Qu bent down and kissed her from head to toe. Before E Ying could laugh out loud and push him away, he quickly got up, dressed, and rushed to Nanshui.

"Frog Master!" Liang Qu said with genuine emotion.

"Sigh..." The old toad, who had been catching fish all around, returned to his territory, tied up his bulging yellow leather bag, looked eastward, and carried his webbed feet on his back. "The southern border is hot and humid, and it happens to be the day of the blazing fire of Bing Fire. The heat is unbearable. Is this matter really something that only I can handle?"

"With the sun and moon in your hands, and stars in your grasp, there is no elder in the world like you, Frog Master! If Heaven had not given birth to the Frog Master of the Southern Waters, the Huai River would have remained in eternal darkness. Such a momentous event cannot be accomplished without you!" Liang Qu bowed deeply and shouted, "We respectfully invite the Frog Master to emerge from the marsh!"

Behind them, Longpingjiang, Longpinghe, Fat Catfish, Can't Move, Round Head, Fist, Awei, Little Mirage Dragon, Hundreds of Yangtze Finless Porpoises... Man and beasts roared and knelt down, shouting in unison:
"Holding the sun and moon in his hands, plucking stars from the heavens, there is no elder like this frog in the world! If Heaven had not given birth to the Frog Master of the Southern Waters, the Huai River would have remained in eternal darkness. We respectfully invite the Frog Master to emerge from the marsh!" *100
"Frog King!" "Frog King!" *100
"For the common people! For the masses! For the future!"

"For the common people! For the masses! For the future!" *100
Every sentence echoed, every paragraph lingered, and the shouts resounded throughout the vast marshland.

stab.

An electric current flows.

The old toad trembled like a leaf, then its shoulders slumped, and small wrinkles appeared on its round belly. After a moment, it put on its webbed back and its frog eyes shone brightly: "Very well, since that's the case, I'll accompany you on this journey! Let's seize the long life of the Southern Frontier!"

"Good! Frog Lord is acting for the sake of all living beings and the future of the South China Sea." Liang Qu stood up. "Fatty!"

The long beard is folded at a 90-degree angle.

The fat catfish opened its mouth wide.

The old toad, familiar with the route, leaped and kicked Fatty in the chin. Before Fatty could close his mouth, a glint of light emerged from the waterway and floated down like a jellyfish into Fatty Catfish's mouth.

"It's not a private car or delivery service," the old toad said, crossing his arms in dissatisfaction.

Liang Qu was taken aback: "What are you doing, Madam?"

Long Eying half-squatted in the giant fish's mouth, dressed in long clothes, trousers, and boots, her face calm, showing no trace of the lazy, naked figure she had been half an hour earlier. She asked in return, "Isn't this the bus to Southern Xinjiang?"

Liang Qu scratched his temple: "It's a train going to southern Xinjiang. I asked my wife what she was doing traveling with it?"

Long Eying said matter-of-factly, "Let's see what that little girl looks like."

Liang Qu: "?"

The fat catfish opened its mouth wide, looking left and right. Liang Qu waved his hand, signaling it to take it, and it was about to close its mouth.

"Wait, wait! The last train!"

Two more figures swam out of the waterway, one on the left and one on the right, and successively took Long Eying's arm.

"What are you two doing getting involved in this mess?" Liang Qu raised an eyebrow.

Long Yao and Long Li crossed their arms and said in a affected tone, "Let's see what that little girl looks like!"

Long Eying has crescent-shaped eyes.

Liang Qu held his forehead.

half an hour.

Raise your hand.

With its long whiskers folded at a 90-degree angle, and after confirming that no one else was riding the "Big Fish Bus," the fat catfish closed its mouth, turned around, and carried people and frogs into the swamp.

"let's go!"

……

There was a flash of golden light.

The golden-winged centipede wobbled as it flew out of the woods and landed on Li Xianghan's head.

Shaking her head and swaying, light and carefree, with a kind of relaxed and lazy feeling after a good time, Li Yilin looked more and more like someone who had just come back from messing around somewhere, just like Li Xianghan had said.

It really was a wild insect.

Even during such a short break, they still go out for secret meetings...

The Eye-Recognition Method allows one to always sense other people's gazes. The hair-like sensation makes the insect irritable. Liang Qu inadvertently turns around and says, "Why does your grandmother keep looking at me? Her eyes are strange."

"Huh?" Li Xianghan's scalp tightened, her toes gripped, and her eyes darted around. "Is there...is there?"

"Hmph, are you speaking ill of me?"

"My Lord, this is unfair!"

"Insolence! How dare you claim innocence before me? Are you saying I've wronged you?"

"I wouldn't dare," Li Xianghan replied meekly.

"Then there's no injustice. You're fined eight hundred!"

Li Xianghan took out the silver notes from her side and handed them over respectfully.

The arthropods inserted themselves into the banknotes and swiftly collected them.

midnight.

The Ten Thousand Snakes Silver Party ended, and people dispersed in twos and threes.

Everyone returned to the carriage, and the wheels continued to turn.

After finishing her cultivation, Li Xianghan stretched, hugged the mouse, and fell into a deep sleep. Little did she know that at that very moment, a layer of transparent water film completely enveloped the carriage, silently.

Not long.

As the candles were lit, blurry figures crawled out of the fish's mouth and were reflected on the carriage, surrounding the little man.

Li Xianghan shivered, opened her mouth to breathe, and felt a suffocating feeling that there wasn't enough air.

"This is the woman the elders see every night? She seems so-so, not even as good as me, and far inferior to Sister Eying. She's barely in the middle among the dragon maidens."

"That's right, the breasts and buttocks are just so-so. Elder really has no taste. It can't be that the feet are pretty, right? Elder likes those. Look, this won't do either, the size is a bit too big, and the toes are flat..."

"What nonsense are you spouting? You want some chestnuts, don't you?"

"Quack, she has nothing of value on her, what's there to see?"

"Frog, you've come out too early. We don't need your great skills yet."

"Why didn't you say so sooner? Hmm, there's a hidden compartment in the pillow, it looks like there are two silver notes inside..."

Awei, Long Eying, Long Yao, Long Li, the old toad, and the shrunken Afei filled the space, surrounding Li Xianghan.

The yellow mouse rolled over, yawned, drowsily opened its eyes, saw a big-mouthed fish, looked at it for a moment, and then closed its beady eyes again.

moment.

The mouse leaped three feet high, kicked Li Xianghan's head away, shrank into a corner, and panted heavily.

Li Xianghan felt increasingly depressed. She was kicked for no reason and opened her eyes in frustration.

A huge toad face squeezed into the eye socket.

"?"

"Wow!"

Li Xianghan screamed in terror, scrambling and rolling, her bottom pressing down on the rat as she squeezed into a corner.

"Hmph, a frog, of course it's a frog! What else could it be but a tadpole?" The old toad pulled the pillow away with its webbed feet, unstitched the seams, and slipped several large thousand-tael silver notes into its pocket, counting them with saliva.

"??"

Good heavens! A toad stole her things! Count her money!
And he's a powerful demon!

Where is Tianwu? Where is Huaiwang?
Help!
I still have value! I haven't become the First Holy Maiden yet, so I'm requesting political asylum as the Martial Saint of the Great Shun Dynasty!
Her pupils trembled as Li Xianghan desperately searched for the Heavenly Centipede. What she saw shocked her.

Who! Who held a party in her private car without telling her? And why are there so many people?

Who are these three women?
Holy crap, is that a fairy in the middle?
“You’ve seen it all, Madam, you should go back now. They’re not absolutely certain; they need to cultivate.” Tianwu jumped out.

Upon seeing the Golden-Winged Centipede, Li Xianghan felt somewhat relieved.

It seems that the Prince of Huai was behind this mess.

lady?

The wife of the Prince of Huai?
Wait a minute, how did they get in? With so many guards, didn't any of them notice?
Immediately, she saw the fairy in the middle nod, revealing a relieved and contented expression.

Li Xianghan was inexplicably annoyed.

No, although you are very good-looking, what are you hiding on your face?

(End of this chapter)