Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 352 The Eight Trigrams of the Water Dragon King?
"The 'carp' in 'carp' means I am a carp that was enlightened by my Dragon King!"

Li Shisan Niang's tone revealed an undisguised gratitude and pride.

Baili Shuang nodded in agreement, "That's definitely good luck!"

"Enlightenment" is a method of directly awakening the spirit of sentient beings, and some can even awaken the spirit of sentient beings who only have a little spiritual energy but have not yet awakened their intelligence.

Fang Xianyu could also achieve this using system energy points, though it would consume a lot of energy. But ordinary cultivators, and even immortals and gods, in the Guixu Realm could not do it.

First of all, there are very few immortals and gods qualified to enlighten others, and this standard is quite strange. Many people regard it as a talent, but Fang Xianyu has studied it and feels that it is more like "merit".

Most Earth Immortals who have achieved a certain level of cultivation possess the ability, or rather, the qualification, to bestow enlightenment. Among them, the Supreme Water Dragon King is the most outstanding.

It's said that before the old Dragon King became so reclusive, he would often casually enlighten spirits while responding to requests for rainfall, appointing them as minor deities managing tributaries or sections of the Taishui River. This is how the famous Thirty-Six Generals of the Taishui River came to be. Many Golden Immortals and Loose Immortals, however, are completely ineligible for this—"enlightenment" is not magic, but a kind of unseen "intuition." In the words of Fang Xianyu, who also gained this qualification after attaining enlightenment in Taiyin last week, it's a kind of "opening of authority."

Normally, simply opening one's intellect and awakening one's spirit requires no effort, at most consuming some spiritual energy. However, actions like bestowing supernatural powers or receiving a sudden enlightenment consume one's cultivation level!
The Dragon King of Taishui once easily enlightened the thirty-six generals with his supernatural powers. Thinking about it now, his cultivation was truly unfathomable. No wonder no one dared to disrespect him even though he had been staying in Taishui for so many years.

Aquatic demon cultivators like Fish Maidens and Fish Elders are relatively easy to enlighten and awaken, often possessing innate special abilities. Therefore, many human sects with ties to the Dragon Clan hire Fish Maidens and Fish Elders to serve within their sects, overseeing rivers, lakes, or large spiritual springs and other sect assets. These aquatic demon cultivators hold a different status than those "wild" demon cultivators who awaken their own intelligence and spirituality; after all, these hired aquatic demon cultivators have a "family" or "home."

Of course, for these enlightened fish girls and fish uncles, being enlightened was purely a matter of luck, perhaps they just liked the look of them, or perhaps there was some other reason. In short, they were indeed lucky.

but……

Looking at the red and white patterned tail that was faintly visible under the fish girl's gauze skirt, Baili Shuang thought that perhaps this fish girl had won good luck because of her good looks!
Li Shisan Niang was a talkative girl. Seeing that Baili Shuang was talking to her, she happily continued, "You are a human cultivator, right? Our Dragon King doesn't have any human friends yet!"

Baili Shuang quickly clarified, "I came here with a request; how could I dare to claim to be a friend of the Tai Shui Dragon King?"

Li Shisan Niang said, "Oh, I see! Is it a request for rain? Don't worry! Our Dragon King is very easy to talk to! Last time, a little demon from Wanku Continent came to ask for rain, and he granted it!"

This time it was Baili Shuang's turn to be surprised: "He's going to Wankuzhou too?"

“Yes! We all said that Wankuzhou is so far away, and it's not even on the shore of Taishui, so why bother! But our Dragon King said that since they have gone through so much trouble to come here to beg, if there were any other way, they wouldn't have come here, so he granted their request!”

Li Shisan Niang was very lively. When she talked about what the Tai Shui Dragon King had said, she even imitated his tone, deliberately puffing out her chest and speaking in a rough voice, which made Baili Shuang burst out laughing: "Pfft, the Tai Shui Dragon King made you talk about him behind his back like this. Be careful he doesn't get angry with you!"

"No way!"

As Li Shisan Niang spoke, she stuck out her tongue and made a little face, then said, "I don't look like him at all! Some generals have learned illusion magic and impersonate him to bring rain, that's more like it! Otherwise, with so many petitions every day, they'd be exhausted!" Baili Shuang found it amusing, never expecting that the "good old god" Tai Shui Long Wang would actually know how to slack off!
Just as she was about to ask more gossip questions, she heard a roar from afar, so loud that she could hear it even hundreds of meters away—

"You said she's going to Kunlun Hill to find someone!? The Dragon King Yinglong!?"

Baili Shuang looked in the direction of the sound and saw a white-scaled one-clawed dragon coiled on a crystal pillar. It was plump and its scales shimmered, each with a light golden halo, and some even reflected colorful iridescent light, making it quite beautiful.

This must be the Great Water Dragon King, Baili Shuang guessed.

This was the first time she had ever seen the true form of the Water Dragon King!

Contrary to the image imagined by people in China, the Tai Shui Dragon King is actually a Kui dragon, lacking horns and possessing only one claw. However, this does not diminish the Tai Shui Dragon King's majesty; the colors of his scales are his greatest source of power. Those beautiful colors are not only pleasing to the eye but also carry a unique aura of authority, inspiring reverence in all who behold him.

The roar of the Water Dragon King startled many dragons who were taking a nap. Even the dragons that Baili Shuang had seen earlier, which were rolling around and wrestling, looked over with bright eyes as if they had heard some major news.

"Who is it? Who wants to see that ancestor?"

"Ugh! Could it be another one coming knocking on our door..."

"Shh, shh, please don't bring up things that are hard to talk about!"

"Cough cough..."

Although the other dragons didn't just speak Middle-earth language when they got together to gossip, they spoke dialects from all over the world, and two of them even whispered in dragon language!

But let alone the languages ​​of the Ten Continents and Three Islands, Baili Shuang could understand even the Dragon Language. Language barriers were non-existent for her when she first attained the Dao of Taiyin last week! So she also heard the words that everyone kept to themselves, and her curiosity was even greater—could there be some unspeakable secret between Yinglong King and Taishui Dragon King?
Unfortunately, none of the gossiping voices offered any explanation, which made her so anxious she wanted to scratch her head in frustration! She could only concentrate even more, secretly listening to the sounds coming from every corner of the banquet.

Before Baili Shuang could even finish her remark, a fish-girl flew towards her like a whirlwind and whispered, "Fellow Daoist, my Dragon King invites you to come forward for a chat..."

"Oh, okay, okay..."

Baili Shuang was startled and quickly responded, following the fish girl as they flew towards the Tai Shui Dragon King.

But her movement, though seemingly insignificant, revealed something. The others... well, the other demons and dragons, didn't they all know that this human cultivator who had entered at some unknown time was looking for the Yinglong King? As a result, almost all the demon cultivators and dragons focused their attention on Baili Shuang, making her feel as if her clothes were about to be burned with a dozen holes!

My period cramps are so bad, I feel like killing someone!
Single update today, I'm off to the King of Glory battlefield to wreak havoc! Double update tomorrow!