From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 167: Praying for Rain and Returning Wind

Yu Shuyang had previously sacrificed two real water beads in order to transform them into spiritual water to irrigate the spiritual fields every day. Later, Li Taiping moved a spiritual spring to make a well.

The real water beads were left idle and useless. Now Yu Bajie was making fun of the full water gourd, which also made Yu Shuyang laugh.

He picked up the water gourd, came to the Huangsha River, collected a full gourd of water, took out the Tianyi True Water Pearl and enlightened it, and it turned into a gourd of sub-spiritual water.

Thinking of his sister asking for purified water, he cast a spell and threw a water spirit text into the gourd, filtering the spirit water and turning it into nectar-like pure water.

So he went back with the water gourd, pretending to be nonchalant and said, "Eighth sister, look, is this the clean water you wanted?"

Yu Bajie was collecting pollen into a stone mortar. She separated the petals, stamens and pollen, and Yu Mu helped her pound the petals into fine powder.

"Put it on the table first. Help me collect the flower filaments into a bamboo plaque. I'll have my snake servant take it to the Tea City later and make flower stamen tea."

Yu Shuyang picked up a large bamboo plaque at random. This room was Yu Bajie's workshop, and all kinds of tools were carefully classified.

After he had removed the ends of the stamens, he spread them flat on a large bamboo plaque. This stuff was not easy to collect, as each flower was only a handful the size of a little finger.

Soon after, a snake servant came in and took the big bamboo plaque away. The eighth sister was also idle, so she insisted on making the incense herself, with a bunch of snake servants following behind her waiting for her orders.

He said that all the preparatory work should be handed over, and it would just be a matter of mixing and refining the incense. As the chefs often say, you don't have to start by raising pigs if you want to eat pork.

"This is a breakthrough to the middle stage of the ninth rank cultivation. It's worth the hard work of the past few days. The spiritual water is very good. I will take you to see it later."

Yu Bajie looked at the spiritual water, then looked at her brother carefully for a few more times. She found that he had made a breakthrough in his practice and was very happy for him.

The fish mother beside him was also happy to hear this. She looked at her son and said, "Your brother is a man of high aspirations, and he is never impatient.

"Practice cultivation is always done at a moderate pace. You don't know how many times your father has told me behind my back that he hates your brother's tepid attitude."

As soon as the words fell, before his daughter and son could respond, Yu's father came in and said, "Madam, I haven't even left yet, and you're already saying bad things about me behind my back."

Because Yu's father was of no help, was clumsy and only caused trouble, and even argued with Yu's mother, Yu Bajie asked him to leave.

He didn't go far, but squatted on the steps at the door, enjoying the peace and quiet of his family.

"Dad, how can you eavesdrop? We are just having a private conversation. Go find your son-in-law and don't stay here with us anymore." Yu Bajie scolded.

Father Yu chuckled, put his hands behind his back and walked away happily.

Yu Bajie followed Yu Mu back and forth and waited for a long time. Only at Yu Shuyang's urging did she order the snake servant to harness the carriage.

"Let me tell you first, we're going to Wind City, one of the twenty-five cities. It's not like Yellow Sand City, where cinnabar grows underground.

All the snake demons in Fengcheng are surnamed Hao. The musician I’ll take you to see is called Grandma Hao. She is a blind musician and has two white-bone demon servants at home.

This old lady Hao was not blind in her early years. She even went to study music among the human race. When she came back, she was completely blind and only had two servants with her at all times.

These days, she needs to replace her strings and flute membranes, so she asked your brother-in-law to bring them back from Shui City. She also likes the plum blossom incense I made.

"Remember one thing: Granny Hao is a fifth-rank demon fairy. Don't lose your composure in front of her," Yu Bajie warned her brother.

Ever since she knew about Grandma Hao's cultivation level, Yu Bajie had been trying to curry favor with her eagerly, but there was nothing she could do. The situation was pressing and she had to have a backer.

Once she gives birth to the child, the bloodline of the Basna will be exposed, and the matter will be completely confirmed. They will not be able to stay outside Huangsha City, and the family of three will be kicked out.

This was also because after listening to Yu Fu's talk about egg birth, she thought of letting Yu Shuyang take it to the East China Sea to buy time for her husband.

After all, Huang Wenxun's bloodline is more likely to reach the late sixth level, and by then he would be close to breaking through to the fifth level. It wouldn't take long for him to open up a blessed land.

Unfortunately, Grandma Hao is a cold-hearted snake demon. Apart from musical instruments and music, she cares about almost nothing. She is like an ice stone that cannot be warmed up.

The carriage was pulled by three Xima horses, spanning the distance from Huangsha River to Fengcheng from north to south. Fortunately, the Xima horses were not ordinary horses, and they arrived in less than half a day.

Fengcheng got its name from the sound of the wind. Cinnabar is constantly growing underground here. Every household digs mines to collect cinnabar, and the underground passages are like a spider web.

Therefore, when a small breeze blew into the mine, not only did air leak everywhere, but there were also bursts of strange noises. Over time, wind beasts were bred.

This wind beast mostly appears in wind caves where wind blows all year round. It looks like a civet cat or a fox, and has a very naughty personality.

Yu Bajie carried two boxes of Lingmei incense and took her brother Yu Shuyang with her. They walked into an alley with a row of weeping willows without letting the snake servants follow them.

A pond was dug here, but there were no lotus flowers planted in the water. Instead, it was filled with duckweed. There was also a human-like skeleton washing itself by the pond.

"Taohong, is your mother-in-law at home?" Yu Bajie asked the White Bone Demon who was washing gauze.

According to Yu Shuyang's many years of experience, this human white bone demon should be a male, so why is he named Taohong?

The White Bone Demon named Taohong stopped washing the gauze upon hearing this, looked up and saw Yu Bajie, and obviously knew her.

"Grandma is playing the piano at home."

Taohong also spoke with the voice of a middle-aged man, an opaque voice like the moon covered by clouds, but he must have practiced his voice frequently, as his voice had a hint of opera in it.

Yu Bajie nodded and walked into the courtyard with Yu Shuyang. Bursts of piano sounds came from there, and the tune was inexplicably sad.

The architectural style is very similar to that of the human race's music hall, and the layout is no different from that of a brothel. I don't know whether it was Grandma Hao's idea or the style of Fengcheng.

Yu Shuyang complained in his heart, could the word "feng" in "fengcheng" be the same as "fengchen"?

Yu Bajie stopped in the courtyard and waited for the piano music to stop. It was not a good time to disturb her. Fortunately, another White Bone Demon came out not long after.

"Mrs. Huang is here. My mother-in-law is in deep sorrow and won't wake up for a while. If there's anything important, please tell me first."

"Oh, I have a younger brother who wants to learn music, so he went to my mother-in-law for help." As Yu Bajie spoke, she handed two boxes of incense to the other party.

The White Bone Demon took the incense, smelled it, and said, "Leave this matter to me, Green Willow. You can stay here for now."

Yu Bajie hesitated when she heard this and asked, "Can't you come back later?"

"I'm afraid it will be too late after some time. My mother-in-law just got an ancient music score. She has been exhausted lately and has fallen into sorrow.

"When he wakes up in a few days, I'm afraid he'll have to go to Fengcheng for underground training, and he won't be back for a year or two," Lvliu explained.

Hearing this, Yu Shuyang found it funny. Since this Grandma Hao was going to practice, what was the point of him waiting here?

"Doesn't this mean that mother-in-law doesn't have time to teach?"

The White Bone Demon Green Willow glanced at him and said, "My mother-in-law doesn't have time to teach me anyway. Just tell her in person and I or Hong Tao will teach you."

"Ninth brother, what do you think?" asked Yu Bajie.

"Then I'll just wait here for a few days. There's no rush anyway," Yu Shuyang said with a smile. Just now, he had secretly summoned the wind, using the Qi-gathering technique. Taohong and Lvliu both had sixth-grade cultivation, and the music of nature enveloped the teaching building.

The so-called sound of nature is similar to auspicious aura, just like the aroma of rice, the aroma of literature, and the aroma of music. The sound of nature is the highest quality sound.

"Then I'll come to see you again in a few days." Yu Bajie said to her brother.

Lvliu took Yu Shuyang to the guest room and said as they walked: "I see you have all the air of water and wind, how did you think of learning music?

Please explain the reason so that I can prepare and see how to teach you."

Yu Shuyang then said, "I have learned a method of musical attack, but unfortunately I don't understand the five tones and six temperaments, so I want to study music."

Lvliu first opened the door for him, paused, took a look and said, "I thought I had met a great talent, but I didn't expect him to be a warrior.

It's really a waste of your literary talent, it's really like throwing a pearl away in the dark!"

After saying that, Lvliu left angrily. Before Yu Shuyang could react, he saw Bai Gu Jing coming back.

"Since you want to learn the five tones and six temperaments, you must learn music notation. I have several music books here. Pick one and start learning."

After saying that, Lvliu took out several music books, each with a label on the cover, including the Music Score for Praying for Rain and Returning Wind, Half of the Drum Sutra, and Records of the Jade Pearl and Golden Plate.

Yu Shuyang took two books and looked through them. Both were musical scores with twists and turns in the sounds. The sounds were marked with words, and the pitch was adjusted according to the sound of the words.

He really couldn't understand it, so he picked up a book of music for praying for rain and returning the wind based on the name, just for the word "returning the wind".

The Huifeng method taught by Li Taiping created a pure and natural wind. The word Huifeng has a long history, no matter what the music score is.

Immediately, Yu Shuyang felt from Lvliu's actions that he had made the right choice, because when he took the music score, the other party paused and hesitated.

After the White Bone Demon Lu Liu left, Yu Shuyang directly used the ultimate weapon - the Black Tortoise Book's True Shape Talisman.

He finished reading the entire book, and put the contents of the book into the Turtle Book along with his spiritual thoughts, and deduced them together with the Spring Breeze Curse.

Unexpectedly, they were very well matched. When the black tortoise stretched and contracted, the laws of heaven and earth each rotated more than three thousand times, and one cycle was more than three thousand revolutions.

Thus, the result was calculated in an instant.

This piece of music can be divided into two parts, the upper part calls for rain, and the lower part calls for wind. It is a magical power that uses music to call for wind and rain.

The melody simulates the sound of dragons. The upper part of calling for rain is said in dragon language, which means "rain, rain", over and over again. Maybe because of this, it is named "praying for rain".

The lower part of calling for wind is better. There are four sentences: return wind, attract wind, face wind and frame wind. The return wind here means to make the wind return, not the return wind in the return wind method.

It can be said that he was given a pillow when he was sleepy. He had just made a breakthrough in his cultivation and his dragon carp bloodline awakened the dragon roar magic power. He wanted to learn music and add rhythm to the dragon roar to try to increase its power.

It is really appropriate to give him the dragon language magic now, which feels like the right medicine for his disease.

Yu Shuyang couldn't help but think of the great talent and literary talent that the Green Willow and White Bone Demon had just mentioned. Only then did he realize that the star of literature had entered his destiny.

So, he turned back just now to test him?

Let’s not talk about what Yu Shuyang was thinking. Looking over here, Green Willow and White Bone Demon left the guest room, listened to some piano music in the yard, and then went out to talk to Hong Tao.

Hong Tao was washing water yarn in the pool, similar to washing clothes. In fact, she was refining magic tools in the water, using the pool water to wash away the foul smell of the water yarn.

The White Bone Demon is different from ordinary monsters. They are similar to zombies. Although they have no flesh and skin and only white bones left, they are also corpses.

Unlike objects that become spirits over time, corpses contain evil spirits. When a person rises from the dead, it is the evil spirit that rises from the dead, with an extra breath in the mouth.

Most zombies are unconscious because the evil spirit is the consciousness within the body. The evil spirit of the skeleton is almost dissipated, which makes it easier for them to become intelligent.

The Shuisha Zhaopao that Hongtao washed was the robe he usually wore. Because Bai Gu Jing practiced the Yin energy of the underworld, over time, the things he carried with him were tainted with foul air and bad luck.

"Hongtao, why are you wasting your energy? Is the White Bone Demon afraid of being infected by the death energy?" Lvliu advised.

Hong Tao ignored him and continued to wash the water yarn in the water. He was very skilled and washed the evil spirits into the pool bit by bit, slowly feeding them to the floating duckweed.

"Let me tell you something. The little fish demon who just came here wants to learn music. Don't argue with me, okay?" Lvliu said with a little flattery.

Hong Tao slowly stopped what she was doing, turned around to look at Lv Liu and said, "Besides his literary talent, this kid also has a certain charm about him. Don't you smell it?

After living in peace for too long, you may be blind or your nose may be dull, so you cannot see the quiet and natural charm of his charisma.

I heard that the little brats of the Wenxiang Sect in the north have set up a flag again. Life is not good now. You can go and give it a try. At least it is better than provoking the descendants of the Dao League."

After saying this, Hong Tao continued to rinse the gauze without even raising her head.

Lvliu stood there in a daze for a long time before she continued, "There's chaos everywhere right now. How long do you think we can continue like this?

You are just deceiving yourself now, burying your head in your crotch, thinking that others can't see it?
It's impossible. People will just laugh at you for being stupid. Don't forget how the Golden Snake Boy came from your ancestral city.

With the murderous calamity coming, where can you hide? This blind mad woman can protect you, and the ancestral city won't let you stay here any longer."

Taohong continued to rinse the water gauze, as if she didn't hear what Lvliu said. Lvliu was so angry that she stomped her feet and cried madly.

Then he said calmly: “There is a nest of wind-born beasts under Fengcheng. Mrs. Hao has restored the rain-praying wind song.

After she goes underground to refine the music, she will be able to catch them. At that time, she will sacrifice a substitute for death. Whether it is to fake death to escape the disaster, or to die in place of death to escape, she can at least save your life.

I'm warning you, don't mess with that little fish monster. I can smell the scent of the White Bone God from him.

The only people who could have anything to do with that old thief were the bait he threw and the tough guys he couldn't afford to mess with.

Since he is the successor of the Taoist Alliance, I believe that the old villain dare not mess with him. As I said, if you want to die, go to the north to find the little bastard of the Wenxiang Sect.

In this way, maybe the spirits of heaven and earth can give you a way out."

Lvliu was stunned by Hongtao's words. After pondering for a long time, she said, "Then I will believe you this time. You can't lie to me."

Then Lvliu went back with a lot on her mind.

Hong Tao continued to rinse the water yarn as usual, muttering softly, "What a pig brain! How did he get into the sect in the first place? It's not unreasonable that they were destroyed."

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