Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Hong Niangzi had long wanted to persuade Wei Wentong to abandon the Sui army that had left the city and escape back to Dasanguan.

However, Wei Wentong still cherished his soldiers and was unwilling to abandon these generals who had followed him out of the city and fought bravely. He wondered if a miracle could happen and they could turn defeat into victory, so that he could reward these generals who had followed him out of the city with their military merits after the battle.

Unfortunately, no miracle occurred. The opposing dragon god, Liu Qing, fought against several demon saints alone and defeated them, which completely suppressed the morale of their side.

Seeing that Li Shimin's charge was about to collapse, Wei Wentong, despite his pity for his soldiers, had to consider his own interests.

The little mare, Red Lady, carried Wei Wentong and galloped towards Dasanguan behind them, abandoning the 10,000 Sui soldiers who had left the city, of whom only 3,000 or 4,000 remained on the battlefield.

Wei Wentong lowered his body and lay on the back of the mare, Red Maiden. Behind him came the curses of the abandoned soldiers, and he felt ashamed, not daring to lift his head.

As the curses faded from his ears, Wei Wentong knew he had escaped the battlefield and arrived at Dasanguan Pass.

He looked up at the city walls of Dasanguan and shouted in a panic, "Quickly open the city gates and let this general in—"

Unexpectedly, in the next instant, the flags on the city wall changed; the Sui army's flag was overthrown and replaced with the Tang army's flag.

A general dressed in Tang Dynasty armor, riding a tiger, with a burly man with a bushy beard on his left and a woman in red on his right, was laughing heartily at him.

"Wei Wentong, look carefully, who am I?"

Wei Wentong's eyes widened, and his expression suddenly turned ashen. Seeing Wei Wentong's demeanor, the general riding the tiger laughed again, "Let me tell you, your Dasanguan Pass has already been breached by me, Li Jing!"

"Remember this, I am Li Jing, the Left Route General under Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty!"

It turned out that Li Jing had bid farewell to Liu Qing and come to serve Li Shimin. He thought that after joining the army, he would not be able to use ordinary warhorses as his mounts because of his identity as a river demon. So he went back to Snake Pool and subdued the tiger demon on the north bank of Xiaolugou and used it as his mount.

This tiger spirit calls himself "General Yin".

Subsequently, he joined Li Shimin's army and, due to a letter of recommendation from Liu Qing, was appointed as the Left Route General, in charge of 10,000 naval soldiers.

During the attack on Dasanguan, Li Jing and 10,000 naval soldiers hid in a lake near Dasanguan until Wei Wentong was defeated. Only then did they launch a surprise attack from underwater, infiltrating Dasanguan along the waterway between the lake and the moat. Li Jing's good brother, Qiu Ran Ke, even killed the deputy general guarding the pass in one fell swoop, helping Li Jing to successfully steal the tower and making the greatest contribution.

Seeing that he had lost his way and was being pursued by enemy troops, Wei Wentong was in dire straits. He felt utterly hopeless and contemplated suicide.

He deserted his troops in the face of battle and lost the city gates he was stationed in, allowing the two Tang armies to connect. Such a crime, even if he escaped from the battlefield and returned to the court, would not be enough to escape the death penalty.

Knowing he was doomed, Wei Wentong stopped struggling, dismounted, and patted the mare Hongniangzi's rump: "Hongniang, this general has no way to survive. You don't need to follow me anymore. Run away quickly."

With a surge of demonic energy, Hong Niangzi transformed into a beautiful woman in red, and gave Wei Wentong a bitter smile: "I originally wanted to follow the general to seek a divine position of immortality, but unfortunately, my luck was bad and my plan failed."

"I have reached the end of my lifespan. I will definitely not survive the next tribulation. Even if I escape, how many more days can I live?"

"We shared a passionate love affair, but now we're both on the verge of death. So be it, I'll die with you."

Hong Niangzi rolled her eyes at Wei Wentong: "You're lucky, you dead ghost. You're lucky to have a demon king like me, who has cultivated for a thousand years, by your side even in death. You're quite fortunate."

Having said that, Hong Niangzi unleashed a burst of demonic energy, shattering her own heart. Then, as she unleashed her demonic soul, she ruthlessly self-destructed it, ensuring her complete annihilation from the Three Realms.

Having witnessed Liu Qing's methods, she feared that after her death, her demonic soul would be forcibly turned into a puppet, subject to his control and never find peace.

Wei Wentong chuckled, drew his ring-pommel sword from his waist, and slit his own throat. Before dying, he struggled to embrace Hong Niangzi before passing away peacefully.

With Wei Wentong dead, the Sui army was leaderless, and the Sui soldiers on the battlefield and inside Dasanguan surrendered to Li Shimin one after another.

Some of the local deities, mountain gods, city gods, and other incense gods who were close to the Sui dynasty were killed by Liu Qing's clones and demonic puppets.

Thus, Dasanguan Pass fell into the hands of Li Shimin.

Subsequently, Li Shimin reorganized more than 10,000 surrendered Sui soldiers and incorporated them into the Tang army, leaving Changsun Wuji to guard Dasanguan.

He personally led 10,000 soldiers out of Dasanguan Pass again, marching westward to meet the Tang army that was heading east from Jinyang.

Li Jing made the greatest contribution in this battle and was highly valued by Li Shimin, who ordered him to lead a battalion of soldiers and 10,000 naval troops to capture the Sui Dynasty city near Dasanguan.

Liu Qing himself instructed hundreds of clones to follow behind Li Jing's army. Whenever Li Jing conquered a place, they would immediately bring rain to win over the people and stabilize the region.

As the rains fell, Liu Qing reaped wave after wave of human merit, and his title as the Great Dragon God who brought rain resounded throughout the newly conquered land. At the same time, a temple dedicated to his river god was also built.

Humanitarian Merit: 200 points

Seeing the surge in humanitarian merit on the panel, Liu Qing was overjoyed, and his previously dreary work became more motivating.

Although Liu Qing slew several powerful demon saints and promptly moved the battlefield away from human habitation, preventing harm to mortals, the battle left the surrounding mountains, rivers, and land in ruins. It's important to remember that during the battle, those demon saints manifested their true forms, each a hundred feet tall, to fight Liu Qing to the death. Each possessed divine power, extraordinary talent, and astonishing demonic arts; their every move devastated the mountains, rivers, and land within their range.

After the war, Liu Qing looked at the severely damaged surrounding landscape and felt compassion. He then decided to repair the damaged landscape and the underlying ley lines.

It is important to understand that destruction is easy but repair is difficult. Three days have passed since Wei Wentong committed suicide, and Liu Qing has only managed to repair half of it.

Since we've decided to do it, we'll keep going no matter how tedious and monotonous the process of restoring the landscape may be.

Three days later, Liu Qing finished repairing the last crack in the ground. Looking at the landscape and ley lines he had restored, Liu Qing couldn't help but laugh with satisfaction.

The fallen trees were straightened and watered with cloud and rain magic to restore their vitality. The diverted rivers and ditches returned to their original course, continuing to nourish the fields on both banks. The crooked mountain peaks and twisted mountain roads were also repaired by Liu Qing.

After everything was done, Liu Qing looked at the newly appeared 'Terrain Merit' on the cheat and couldn't help but feel extremely excited.

The intelligence box didn't lie to me after all.

When Liu Qing first conceived the idea of ​​repairing the damaged landscape and the underlying ley lines, the most crucial factor was the golden light emanating from the intelligence box, indicating a great opportunity.

Now, indeed, great fortune has arrived.

[Territory Merit: 98 points]

Liu Qing was overjoyed to receive so many merit rewards simply for restoring the terrain within a radius of dozens of miles.

With the matter settled, Liu Qing informed his clone who remained in the Tang army camp before flying back to Dawan Lake.

Before leaving, Liu Qing left behind the demon soul of Li Daozong, the raccoon demon he had previously killed, and infused it into the bodies of the fallen Tang soldiers.

The Tang soldiers who died in battle were none other than Li Daozong, Li Shimin's cousin.

Just in time, Li Daozong was resurrected in another body.

After returning to Da Wan Lake, Liu Qing spent several nights playing with Bai She'er, Shui'er, Xiao Ya, and Sang Qingjun before discussing moving with Hong Gu.

Currently, Da Wan Lake can no longer accommodate Liu Qing.

With a minor breakthrough in comprehending the Shangqing Immortal Technique, Liu Qing only needed to circulate it slightly to instantly devour all the spiritual energy within a radius of several miles.

With such terrifying cultivation effects, if he continues to stay in Dawan Lake, it will probably not be long before Liu Qing exhausts all the spiritual energy in the lake's waters.

Without its spiritual energy, Dawan Lake, the place where Liu Qing started his career, will degenerate into an ordinary lake, with no possibility of giving birth to any spirits or river monsters.

Another reason is that after moving to the Wei River, the spiritual energy there is far richer than that of the Great Bay Lake, which is conducive to cultivation. Moreover, since his first avatar has taken over the Jing River, his original body should also prepare to become the Dragon King of the Wei River.

Hong Gu naturally had no objections. Wherever her husband went, that was her home. She was tired of staying at Dawan Lake, so moving to the Wei River would be a good opportunity to see a different kind of scenery.

Before leaving, Liu Qing passed on the position of Lord of the Great Bay Lake Water Palace to Eel Master.

Originally, the position was intended to be passed on to Crab Left Hand or Shrimp Traveler, but Crab Left Hand was going to the Wei River with Liu Qing this time, and Shrimp Traveler lost a claw after the battle at Dasanguan and lost his ambition. He also wanted to go to the Wei River with Liu Qing, so the position of the prefecture master fell to Eel Master.

Liu Qing assigned the mandarin fish demon from the Jade Pool to be in charge of salt production at Snake Pool. The mandarin fish demon was not strong enough to obtain a divine position through military battles, so Liu Qing, out of consideration for their past relationship, rewarded her with the lucrative post of guarding Snake Pool.

The Hu Zi Nian family went to the Sacrificial Realm to help the first avatar set up a market. They patted their chests and guaranteed that they would definitely make the Sacrificial Realm market the largest trading market in the Jing and Wei River basins.

Ji Ping'an also went to the Wei River and remained a doorman, while Steward Shi remained a steward, and the eighteen snake-like heroes of the Liu family remained personal guards.

However, their combat strength was too low to protect Liu Qing, so Liu Qing threw them into the Power Realm to take care of the Blood Peach Tree.

With everything arranged, Liu Qing took out the corpse of a great demon, shredded it into small pieces, and sprinkled it along the waterways of Dawan Lake, Xiaolugou, Shetan, and Wuding River, bestowing one last blessing upon the waters where he had started. Then, he went to the Wei River with Hong Gu, Bai She'er, Ji Ping'an, and the others.

After Liu Qing killed the most powerful centipede dragon and black dragon underwater in the Wei River, Yuan Haowen and Shen Gongbao had already divided, disintegrated and cleaned up the remaining smaller forces during this period.

Now, the river demons and river gods still alive in the Wei River have all submitted to Liu Qing's command.

Liu Qing rewarded Yuan Haowen and Shen Gongbao, and then sent them to change their appearance and join Li Shimin's army.

Their true identities are known only to the clones that remained there.

Otherwise, if word got out, the karmic debts left from the Investiture of the Gods alone would be too much for the master and disciple to bear; they could be easily killed by some Jie Sect deity at any moment. (End of Chapter)