From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 385 Sixth Sister and Her Family Arrive

Summer passed and autumn came, and three months had passed.

Yu Shuyang waited for his sixth sister and brother-in-law at Yatou Mountain every day, and from time to time sent flying talismans to Li Taiping and Jin Hu to communicate about matters on Huxin Island and Hushan Island.

On the island in the middle of the lake, Yin Chenzi was preparing to make the elixir of immortality and had already started the preliminary preparations. Originally, Yin Chenzi wanted to teach Yu Shuyang personally.

Fortunately, both the Candlefire Spirit Wanjia and the Wind Spirit Qifeng inherited the alchemy heritage and followed Yin Chenzi to learn alchemy, so the inheritance was not lost.

Yang Fuzi also followed the earlier plan and first held several literary appreciation banquets in the Fox Kingdom of Qingqiu, and took out the rune jade disk for gambling.

It can be said that everything is going on in an orderly manner at Tokaido Temple, whether it is Yu Shuyang's disciples and students, or the three thousand foxes of the temple.

The only thing that was in vain was the naval battle with the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. The island in the center of the lake was located on the edge of the territorial waters of the Jiaotu Dragon, but there was no friction or fighting at all.

Yu Shuyang had nothing to say about this. In his reply letter to Li Taiping, he asked Li Taiping to brew wine. If the immortal grain from Qingqiu could not be transported out, then he could replace it with spiritual grain.

The East China Sea Dragon Palace blocked the Qingqiu Islands with the aim of interrupting the transfer of the sea merchants and preventing the sea merchants from losing their dominance in the sea market to the Jinlu Island because of the spiritual food business.

Of course, the Qingqiu Fox Clan also has its own considerations behind this. They don’t want to be completely tied to the Emperor of Dongyi.

Brewing spiritual wine was a method that Li Zhen and Yu Shuyang had discussed. The Huanghai Sea Market had not been built yet, so new ships had to be built and new sailors had to be recruited.

For this purpose, Li Zhen often went to Jinlu Island to order ships from Fu's Shipping Company, and he also secretly looked for sources of goods.

When going to Menzhou to sell goods, you can't just bring the humanitarian weapons prepared by Yu Shuyang, you also have to bring the specialties of the East China Sea Monster City.

Recently, the five islands and eight cities of Yazhou have also been weak. A large number of half-demons have been shipped to the northern river. The workshops in the demon city have also been affected. Without the hard-working laborers, many things have been affected.

For a long time, the Demon City has bound the half-demons in the outer city and exploited them like large animals. Now, the half-demons' confinement has been broken and they can break through to the fifth level.

The families behind the eight demon cities are all afraid of being attacked by half-demons. These half-demons have human blood in their bodies, and they can give birth to offspring very quickly, and all of them are intelligent.

Anyone with eyes can see clearly that the half-demons will only become stronger and stronger. If left unchecked, they will eventually retaliate against the eight demon cities.

As a result, all half-demons, regardless of age or size, from the five islands of Yazhou were loaded onto ships and sent away to avoid being attacked in the future.

In this way, the outer city was empty, which was another problem. In the demon city, there were only workshops and market towns, which needed a large amount of cheap labor.

In Yu Shuyang's opinion, the eight demon cities are experiencing a "labor shortage". The demon and fairy families on the island all have their own blessed lands, and the clansmen will not go out to do hard labor.

Even if there were some wandering cultivators and wild monsters escaping from the sea in Jiuzhou, they were all smart and at most would become apprentices in the workshops in the city, just like Cao Qing who went to the workshop in the Monster City to learn his skills.

"Cousin, do you think the Thunder Pattern Fire Spear can be successfully forged this time?" Li Zhen said with a smile.

Ever since the fire cave was drained and spiritual wood was used to nourish the earth fire, Cao Qing took the three brothers of the Cao family to forge fire spears in the cave.

This forging technique is really difficult and is not something that a pyrotechnician who only burns smoke and refines ink can master. The four insect demons repeatedly forged the iron to cast the gun body.

A batch of guns were just made a few days ago, but after the boy Saoxia added thunder patterns to the gun barrels, which were made of Hanbing iron, all broke and collapsed.

There was no other choice, so Yu Shuyang asked Saoxia Tongzi to follow Cao Qing to study the problem of the gun barrel together. He didn't know whether it would work.

"If you are anxious, just go and take a look yourself. I don't know what's going on. What do you think about the ship?" Yu Shuyang asked back.

When traveling on the trade route to the East China Sea, people used treasure ships and traveled directly through the cloud roads in the sky. This was safer as they were not affected by the sea breeze and waves. As we all know, the climate at sea is unpredictable.

Another point is to avoid the great sea merchants. After all, Jiuzhou belongs to the human race and the demon fairy family. If Li Zhen intervenes, he will be competing with them for profits, and friction and fighting are inevitable.

Therefore, Zhu Sanniang used a treasure ship at the beginning, which traveled back and forth on the cloud road, so as not to meet the merchant fleet and thus avoid fighting.

"Cousin, building a treasure ship will take at least thirty years. I have no other choice but to use a sea vessel to fill the void.

Besides, once the Desolate Sea Market opens, we'll inevitably have to deal with maritime merchants, so there's no point in avoiding them," Li Zhen explained.

Over the past ten years, treasure ships have been sailing continuously to the Huaihe River market, which has attracted the attention of Wuzhou's maritime merchants. Because the Salt Association and the Water Transport Association help to distribute the goods, they do not directly infringe on the interests of Wuzhou's maritime merchants, and the two sides have been able to live in peace.

Later, Li Zhen inquired about the trade route to Menzhou. Menzhou has only one ice-free port, and the other ports will freeze in winter.

Therefore, the strength of Menzhou's maritime merchants is extremely weak and cannot be compared with the east and south coastal areas. Moreover, what they make here are weapons and equipment, which are specifically sold to the Baiyi people, and there is no conflict with Menzhou's maritime merchants.

These days, Li Zhen went to Jinlu Island every few days. In addition to urging the Fu family to speed up shipbuilding, he also looked for the Menzhou merchant fleet.

He had already contacted the Menzhou maritime merchants, and just as Li Zhen had imagined earlier, there was no conflict between the two sides.

Menzhou is close to the North Sea, and it is winter for eight months a year. The output of spiritual fields is extremely poor, and most of the time people can only survive by relying on mountain products, fishing and hunting.

The maritime merchants of Menzhou have always exchanged spiritual medicines for food. Ever since the Dragon Palace surrounded the Qingqiu Islands, the people of Menzhou have not had an easy life.

When Li Zhen said that he wanted to sell weapons, armor and food to Menzhou, the captain of the merchant ship's eyes lit up. Not only did he not get angry, but he also smiled and held a banquet to entertain him with wine.

However, this matter has not been finalized yet. The captain needs to go back and inform the Menzhou merchants to discuss the result together.

The Great Sea Merchants is not a business run by just one family. It is run by several prominent families in one state, and many things have to be discussed together.

"It's good that you have a plan in mind. Is Mu Lingge still in seclusion? She has been on Sanxian Island all the time." Yu Shuyang changed the subject and turned to Li Zhen's wife.

Mu Lingge is the Mu family's attempt to win over Li Zhen, and is also a channel for communication with the Mu family. It doesn't matter if he doesn't show up at ordinary times. Now that Li Zhen wants to build a water market in the desolate sea, the Mu family will inevitably get involved.

"Cousin, you also know that Lingge is in seclusion in Wan Ya Palace. Besides, with my current status, it would be better if the Mu family does not get involved." Li Zhen said a few words.

As the lord of Chaoju City, the Mu family also has status and position in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. When Zhu Sanniang was traveling on the trade route, the Mu family was able to provide a treasure ship as a stake, which showed the other party's strength.

Of the money earned from trade over the years, 30% was given to the Mu family, 30% was given to the Longsun Water Palace, and the remaining 30% was given to the Zhu family.

The Li family worked hard but only earned 10% profit, which made Li Zhen very unhappy. He did not want to involve the Mu family and Longsun Shuifu in the Huanghai Sea City and Menzhou trade routes.

Therefore, Li Zhen did not send a flying talisman to Mu Lingge. It was not known whether the Mu family really did not know the news, or whether they were concerned about Li Zhen's current identity and did not try to interfere.

Before Yu Shuyang could continue asking questions, a fish-scale flying talisman fell from the sky and he crushed it with one hand.

"Stupid brother, go to the South Bank Harbor to pick up your sixth sister. She and your sixth brother-in-law will be here soon." The flying talisman was sent by Yu's father. Since half a month ago, Yu's father has been completely dependent on the pool. He needs the cold spring to freeze his sexual light from time to time to prevent the union of sex and life and bring about a heavenly calamity.

When Yu Shuyang heard the message, he immediately smiled with joy. He had been waiting in Yatou Mountain for too long. More than a year had passed since he knew that his sixth sister was coming.

"Li Zhen, are you going to see the Thunder Pattern Fire Spear, or are you going with me to pick up Sixth Sister?" Yu Shuyang asked.

"Sixth sister, are you the female general with Uranus in her horoscope?" Li Zhen asked curiously.

Yu Shuyang nodded and said, "Whether Sixth Sister is a general or not, I don't know yet, but she is the only one with the Pure Yang Metal element and Uranus in her destiny."

"Then what are we waiting for? I'll go with you to pick up our sister. I remember you said before that Sixth Sister holds a military post in the Spiritual Palace. Isn't the Spiritual Palace the Five Palaces Army of the Human Race? How could the demon race be allowed in?"

Li Zhen looked puzzled. The human race in Jiuzhou built five cities around Zhongzhou and trained five military prefectures. These five cities and five prefectures were dedicated to protecting the human race and did not participate in the change of human dynasties.

For a long time, the selection and appointment of the Five Prefectures Army has been based on background and origin, so as to avoid being involved in the struggles among human families.

Yu Shuyang shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. Back then, Sixth Sister was like a madman, determined to go to Lingzhou to join the army, and refused to listen no matter how we tried to persuade her.

You also know that the stars in one's destiny bring with them a legacy. Her Aries star is a star for generals, so being able to join the army will also be beneficial to her."

As Yu Shuyang spoke, he recalled that among his eight sisters, he had only seen the sixth, seventh, and eighth sisters. Among them, the eighth sister was the closest to him and loved him the most.

The seventh sister liked quietness and literary talent, and spent most of her time in the embroidery courtyard. Later, she got her wish and married a duckweed-eating deer from Bailu Cave. From then on, she took care of her husband and children and never returned to Xiyu Blessed Land.

The sixth sister, Yu Tienan, is as her name suggests, an extremely heroic and great lady. Her character can be seen from the weapon she wields - the tiger hunting spear.

The so-called tiger hunting spear is also called tiger spear. Its shape is similar to that of a spear. However, the spear head and spear shaft are specially made. The spear head is nine inches long, and the groove for bleeding on it is one finger wide.

The shaft of the tiger spear is also very thick, as thick as a baby's arm. This hard spear cannot perform the techniques of soft spears or fancy spears, but is instead somewhat similar to a lance.

Speaking of which, Yu Shuyang also contributed to this. Originally, he had Uranus in his horoscope, and his inherent weapon skill was the big iron spear.

Yu Shuyang couldn't stand it and thought the big iron spear was heavy and clumsy, so he made the hunting tiger spear from the Fuli world.

"Let me remind you, Sixth Sister practices military martial arts and has an extremely heroic character, so don't mess with her.

If she gets angry, no one can stop her, and I can't protect you either." Yu Shuyang couldn't help but turn around and remind Li Zhen that he had been punished by Yu Tienan many times over the years.

Li Zhen smiled delightedly and said, "Cousin, let's go quickly and don't keep Sixth Sister waiting."

There were no carriages on Yatou Mountain, and the Yu family's carriages were all at the Yu family noodle house in Chaoju City. Yu Shuyang had no choice but to ask Li Zhen to go to Qianzhang Cliff to get the carriage, and he drove to the South Bank Pier to wait.

Originally, these chores could be assigned to Uncle Mo, but unfortunately, it was the half-monthly delivery period, so he drove a ship to Hushan Island.

Not to mention how Li Zhen went back to Qianzhang Cliff to get the car, Yu Shuyang flew directly on the Autumn Wind from Wohu Mountain to Jinji Ridge, flying over many hilltops of demon and fairy families along the way.

Chaoju Island is arranged according to the four phases, with the White Tiger on the west and the Vermillion Bird on the south. In order to correspond to the directions, the Tiger Clan and the Golden Rooster were specially found to live there.

Yu Shuyang flew close to two mountain ranges without causing much noise. On Chaoju Island, the only ones who could fly in the air were fairies and monsters with naturally long wings.

Along the way, no one jumped out to cause trouble, and Yu Shuyang arrived at the South Bank Pier very smoothly. He and his father and mother got off the boat here.

The harbor is full of ships docked, some unloading and some loading. There are many monsters coming and going, and there are also turtle-shell ships that ferry people.

Yu Shuyang opened his divine eyes from time to time, searching for the traces of his sixth sister and brother-in-law among the passing ships and monsters, but he didn't know what ship they came on.

Just as he was looking around, he heard a hearty laugh coming from behind him. A female general wearing bronze armor appeared, and it was his sixth sister Yu Tienan.

"Ninth brother."

"Sixth sister."

Yu Shuyang looked around and didn't see anyone else, so he asked hurriedly, "Sixth sister, didn't you say that Sixth brother-in-law is here too?"

Yu Tienan pulled her bright red cloak closer. She had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and looked like a tough young man. Her hair was also covered by the bronze helmet. People who didn't know her well would never tell that she was a woman, but would just think she was a handsome man.

"Oh! Forget it. The warship ran into a storm halfway through. Your brother-in-law and I are not knowledgeable about maritime affairs, so we could only sail forward slowly.

I couldn’t wait any longer, so I flew over here.”

As Yu Tienan spoke, he looked his brother up and down. He saw that he was wearing a flowery Taoist robe, and his whole body was shining with rosy light and thunder.

He twisted Yu Shuyang's shoulder and said, "Let me see, our little Jiu has made great progress. When did he learn the method of Niubizi? This set of precious lights looks so handsome on him."

Yu Shuyang was embarrassed by Sixth Sister's praise and couldn't help complaining, "Sixth Sister, are you imitating the behavior of a soldier?
When will Sixth Brother-in-law arrive? I have to go pick up our mother later."

Yu Tienan raised his eyebrows and said, "We don't need to wait for him. Let's go get mother first. Your brother-in-law is the vanguard officer. He will come to us later.

Come to think of it, this is his first time coming to my house, so I have to give him a head start."

Yu Shuyang was stunned by what his sixth sister said. He remembered that his sixth sister got married at her maternal grandparents' home in Lingzhou, and Yu's father went there at that time to send her off.

According to the rules, a new son-in-law is considered a distinguished guest and should be treated with good tea and good food. There is no reason to give him a show of power.

"Sixth sister, let's wait a while. There's no rush. Li Zhen hasn't brought the carriage yet!"

Yu Shuyang made up an excuse and looked carefully at Sixth Sister's cultivation level, and found that she had also reached the late sixth level.

"Sixth sister, you and your sixth brother-in-law have been in the army for these years. Have you had a little nephew?"

After hearing this, Yu Tienan glared at him fiercely and said disdainfully, "If you can't speak, don't speak!"

Yu Shuyang didn't dare to offend Sixth Sister, and didn't dare to ask any more questions for a while, for fear of making her angry and then chasing her to beat him up.

Fortunately, Li Zhen and Li Li arrived not long after. They each drove a carriage. Before Yu Shuyang could stop Sixth Sister from getting on the carriage, the warship also docked.

(End of this chapter)